EN BALLONS DIRIGEABLES
[circa 1900]
Rare and spectacular French game of aerostatic navigation from the great Age of Airships.
New Arrivals
IN THE GUTTER
(1978)
First edition of this quasi-anthropological, excruciatingly arch, but nevertheless legendary photobook study of punks: their habitat, dress, and curious manners.
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Z MÉHO DĚTSTVÍ [From My Childhood]
(1929)
Signed first trade edition of a landmark graphic novel, in extraordinary condition.
THE NEGRO IN ENGLISH ROMANTIC THOUGHT
1942
First printing of this critical assessment of the appearance of Black people in Romantic poetry and prose by a trailblazing Black academic.
NOTATIONS
(1969)
First edition of this foundational investigation into the modern score as visual (and not just musical) art, from Dick Higgins's noted press.
DISASTERS OF LOVE: A DEFENSE OF DELILAH
2005
Elaborate and dynamic multimedia artist's book that poetically retells the story of Samson and Delilah from Delilah's perspective.
A JAPANESE ROBINSON CRUSOE
(1898)
First edition of the first known book-length Japanese American autobiography, chronicling the author's "wandering life" to the United States, including his education at the Hampton Institute, Howard University, and Yale.
THE PREPARATION OF PROGRAMS FOR AN ELECTRONIC DIGITAL COMPUTER
1951
First edition, important association copy of this early work on subroutines in computer programming, owned and annotated by Mary Lee Woods, noted computer scientist and programmer (and mother of World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee).
THE GRAPHIC: New York's Craziest Newspaper
[circa 1960]
Original working typescript for editor Lester Cohen's memoir of his time at THE NEW YORK GRAPHIC (1924-1932), one of the earliest and most notorious tabloid newspapers of the 20th century.
DISSERTATIO DE LOQUELA
1700
First edition of this landmark work in the history of education for deaf people, especially deaf children, and focusing on articulation and lip reading.
THE SUBJECTION OF WOMEN
1869
First US edition, with interesting pencil marginalia by an educated 19th-century American reader – including a reference to New Jersey's little-known 18th-century laws granting women voting rights.
ECCENTRICO
(2013)
Uncommon exhibition catalogue featuring retrospective works from the legendary designer from 1985 through 2012.
LES TUILERIES Peepshow
[circa 1830]
Gorgeous three-scene peepshow depicting the Arc de Triomphe, the Champs Elysees, the Tuileries, and other landmarks of Paris as they looked in the early 19th century.
Illuminated manuscript of Ecclesiastes
[circa 1890s]
Rare American Arts and Crafts style illuminated manuscript on vellum by the designer credited with leading the American revival in hand-lettering.
THE ORCHID THIEF
(1998)
Signed first printing of this true story of botanical poaching, the basis for the Oscar-winning film ADAPTATION starring Meryl Streep.
PERSONAL HISTORY
1997
Warmly inscribed first printing of the Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir of the trailblazing publisher of the WASHINGTON POST during the tumultuous period that saw the stories of the Pentagon Papers and Watergate — with signed letter from Donald Graham.
BRIEF CANDLE IN THE DARK
(2015)
Signed first printing of the autobiography of the (in)famous evolutionary biologist and giant of the modern atheist movement, reflecting on his career and the fame brought about by his best-selling books.
ANCIENT LIGHT
(2012)
Signed first edition of Banville's novel, the conclusion of a trilogy whose first two books were ECLIPSE and SHROUD.
THE TRUTH ABOUT WINE
(1961)
Curious and scarce "book preview" of a work entitled IN VINO VERITAS by Juan Conde Montalbàn, said to be "forthcoming," but which never apparently forthcame.
THOMAS PAINE'S RIGHTS OF MAN: A Biography
(2006)
Signed first printing of Hitchens's history of the famous defense of the principles behind the French Revolution, by the English-born American Revolutionary and author of COMMON SENSE.
MONA LISA OVERDRIVE
(1988)
Signed first US edition of this third title in the Sprawl trilogy, the series that popularized cyberpunk.
THE ANNOTATED FRANKENSTEIN
2012
Signed first printing of this exploration of the historical context and continuing popularity of Mary Shelley's groundbreaking novel, this copy inscribed to Stanley Plumly — with an with original poem by him below inscription.
GRAND INQUESTS: The Historic Impeachments of Justice Samuel Chase and President Andrew Johnson
(1992)
Inscribed first printing, publisher's review copy, of the Chief Justice's second book, elucidating many aspects of the importance of the separation of the three branches of American government.
HITCH-22: A Memoir
(2010)
Signed first printing of the memoir of the journalist and critic, signed at his last event before the cancer diagnosis that would kill him a year and a half later.
MY BELOVED WORLD
2013
Signed first printing of the memoir of "the first Hispanic and third woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court [...] an instant American icon" (front flap).
