A CONCISE DICTIONARY OF MIDDLE ENGLISH: From A.D. 1150 to 1580
[circa 1930s]
Later printing of the standard Middle English reference work.
New Arrivals
CONTACT
(1985)
First printing of Sagan's classic exploration of the meaning of extraterrestrial life.
LOLITA
(1955)
First issue of the true first edition of one of the defining novels of the 20th century, and one of the most misunderstood books ever published.
A FLESHLESS DIET
(1910)
First edition of an important book in the American discourse on vegetarianism, in which a Yale Medical School graduate argues the medical benefits of eating less meat.
KLING KLANG GLORIA
1907
First edition of this striking Jugendstil production, featuring German folk songs with ornate floriated borders and accompanied by full-page color plates.
AMERICAN EXPRESSIONS
1876
First and only printing of this rare pamphlet of selected Americanisms, compiled by an English visitor to the United States.
ESPRIT: The Making of an Image
(1985)
First printing of this scarce and remarkable overview of the brand's design sensibility at the height of its dominance and power.
LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER
(1933)
Curiously rebound early edition of Lawrence's much-suppressed Great Book, in a full snakeskin binding.
AN INDEX TO THE LITTLE REVIEW 1914-1929
1961
First printing of Lohf & Sheehy's reference work.
DOCTORS OF PHILOSOPHY: A Play
1963
Inscribed first printing of Spark's only play.
LEAVES OF GRASS
[circa 1950]
Beautifully bound midcentury copy of Whitman's great works.
LIFE AS WE HAVE KNOWN IT
1931
First printing of these collected writings by members of the Women's Cooperative Guild, with a notable introduction by Woolf.
GIPSY TENTS AND HOW TO USE THEM
1890
First printing of this late Victorian guide to camping and the associated arts.
TESTIMONY AGAINST GERTRUDE STEIN (Transition Pamphlet No. 1)
February 1935
First printing of this group protest against Gertrude Stein's characterization of the authors in her book AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ALICE B. TOKLAS.
POOR FOLK
1894
First edition in English of Dostoyevsky's first book (and the first translation of any of his novels into English), in beautifully sinister pictorial cloth designed by Aubrey Beardsley.
BIERCE AND THE POE HOAX
1934
Limited printing of Hall's exploration of Ambrose Bierce's valiant attempt to perpetrate a literary hoax, for fun.
MODES AND MANNERS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
1927
Spectacular four-volume set, a revision and expansion of the original 1909 edition, introducing for the first time a chapter addressing American fashions and adding additional illustrations.
FIFTY YEARS OF PAINTING
(2009)
Immaculate signed first edition of this Ruscha retrospective.
THE BALLAD OF SEXUAL DEPENDENCY
(1986)
First printing of the classic photobook, a diaristic series of color photographs documenting moments in the lives of the artist's intimate circle of friends and lovers in New York's Lower East Side of the late '70s and early '80s.
A CLASSICAL DICTIONARY OF THE VULGAR TONGUE
1796 [but circa 1810]
Third edition, later issue, of Grose's classic slang dictionary of 18th-century colloquial and ungentlemanly nouns and verbs.
THE LITTLE PRINCE
(1943)
Rare signed limited first edition of Saint-Exupéry's well-beloved classic.
A THEATRE OF WITS
1660
First separately issued edition of this anthology of maxims and aphorisms, printed in the first year of the Restoration.
AREOPAGITICA
1907
The justly revered Doves Press edition of Milton's essay on freedom of the press.
WOMAN IN SCIENCE
1913
First edition of the first study to foreground, in a systematic way, the cultural barriers women face in pursuing careers in science.
THE EDWARDIANS
1930
Signed limited first edition of this incisive bildungsroman set among the English aristocracy of the early twentieth century.
