First edition of this autobiographical account by a formerly enslaved Jamaican apprentice, revealing the grim facts of the new system – in reality continued slavery – after the British Abolition Law went into effect in 1834.
Uncommon exhibition catalogue featuring retrospective works from the legendary designer from 1985 through 2012.
Visual history of Apple through the lens of employee-designed company t-shirts.
First edition of the artist's little-known chess monograph on a rare end-game position, with a cover design by the artist and sly Duchampian touches.
First edition, the classic study of Maori tattooing, profusely illustrated with photographs and Robley's own drawings.
Uncommon true first edition of the Chilean author's posthumous masterpiece.
Rare first edition, warmly inscribed by Derrida.
First printing of Lyon's influential work, with an original vintage print of his photograph "Route 12, Wisconsin," the book's iconic cover image.
First edition of this early and important survey of hip-hop culture.
Scarce complete run of Ricky Jay's exceptionally-produced periodical of "conjurers, cheats, hoaxters, pranksters, jokesters, impostors, pretenders, side-show showmen, armless calligraphers, mechanical marvels, [and] popular entertainments."
First edition in English, first issue, of Grimm's fairy tales, the version that transformed the collection of folk stories into fantasy stories for children, with magnificent plates by Cruikshank.
Signed limited first edition, one of only 525 copies, of this patriotic wartime book of fairy tales with traditional stories from all the countries who had joined the Allied Forces by 1916.
First printing, from Averill's Domino Press, with an autograph letter signed by Averill and on her stationery laid in.
Signed lithographic print, limited to only 100 copies.
First printing of the first Curious George book, one of the most scarce and sought-after classic children's books.
Inscribed first printing of the Coretta Scott King Award winner, signed by Hamilton, Leo Dillon, and Diane Dillon, and with advance review materials laid in.
First printing of this bucolic romp with a twist, in which a farmer creates a clockwork double of his nephew.
Signed first edition of this eccentric series of poetic odes to the 1939 New York World's Fair "World of Tomorrow," including its iconic robot "Elektro."
First printing of Vonnegut's scathing anti-war ("I guess") classic, with a lengthy personal inscription.
First edition, first impression of Maugham's collection of interrelated stories about a writer employed as a spy in World War I, drawing from the author's personal experience in the British Secret Intelligence Service.
Signed limited first edition of this poetry collection by the first Japanese-American photojournalist, one of 365 numbered copies signed by the author.
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First and only edition of this kid's story celebrating space exploration, printed just over a month before Yuri Gagarin would become the first person to journey into outer space.
First printing of the first mystery introducing Virgil Tibbs, a Black police detective who helps solve a murder case in a racist community in South Carolina.
Inscribed first edition account of the author's unusual machine-aided artistic techniques, alternatively titled "THE HOPEFUL MONSTER: A Subjective Report About Art-Robots."
First edition of this frenzied, anthropologically-minded contemporary account of disco: the music, the clubs, the way of life. Rare this condition.
