EDWARD S. CURTIS: Visions of the First Americans
Beautifully produced art book on the photographic vision of Edward Curtis, one of the great American photographers at the turn of the 20th century.
Beautifully produced art book on the photographic vision of Edward Curtis, one of the great American photographers at the turn of the 20th century.
Rare first edition in English of this investigation of life after death, seeking to explain scientifically phantoms, lycanthropes, vampires, and Doubles by reference to "magnetic fluid" and the mesmeric ether.
Part I of Daglish's six-part series of illustrated texts on the beasts of the earth and the fowls of the air.
Signed paperback original of the first book by the Hungarian-born American author, the first of non-Anglo/American descent to be nominated for the Astounding (then John. W. Campbell) Award.
First edition in English of the Njals Saga, one of the most popular tales of medieval Iceland.
Rare signed copy (this the second printing) of Amanda Davis' debut novel, follow-up to her acclaimed short story collection CIRCLING THE DRAIN.
First printing of this facsimile of an 1835 book of French fable poetry, a charming little book.
Signed first printing of the best-selling serial-killer thriller, first in a continuing series starring detectives Lincoln Rhymes and Amelia Sachs.
First printing of the first French edition of ROBINSON CRUSOE, one of the first ever translations of the book that has more translations than any work except the Bible.
Rare early set of the realist novel that transformed English literature, comprised of the second edition of the work and the first edition of its sequel.
First paperback edition of this collection of speculative fiction stories, including the 1967 Nebula Award-winning "Aye, and Gomorrah," one of the great queer short stories of science fiction.
First edition, paperback original, of this Nebula Award-winning science fiction novel combining the physics of Einstein, the philosophy of Godel, and the mythology of Orpheus.
First edition, paperback original, of Delany's acclaimed debut novel and now science fiction classic, published as an Ace Double with White's SECOND ENDING.
First edition of this collection of etchings and lithographs by Toulouse-Lautrec, part one of Delteil's two-part catalogue of the artist's graphic works.
Scarce catalogue of the Belgian symbolist's lithographs and engravings with an original lithographed cover by the artist.
Signed first edition of the first book in DeMille's Paul Brenner series, following an elite Army undercover investigator.
First edition of a Cold War spy thriller about a police detective who stumbles upon a mole in the CIA.
First printing of this collection of Denby's dance criticism, warm inscribed to fellow critic Clive Barnes and his wife.
First American edition of this uncommon novel set in Cuba after Castro's revolution.
First edition of this major novel by Dickens, a critical turning point in his career.
Uncommonly complete and exquisitely preserved set of the landmark Nonesuch Press publication, one of the most fully realized and beautifully executed Dickens collections ever produced — this with the original packing material and documents and in the rare original dust jackets.
Inscribed first edition of this suspenseful tale of a backwater rafting trip gone horribly wrong, adapted into an Oscar-winning film starring Burt Reynolds and Jon Voight – James Dickey's first novel.
First edition of the first novel by "one of the foremost writers of Anglophone Cameroonian literature" (CAMEROON LITERATURE IN ENGLISH), the story of an African student in an interracial relationship while studying in Paris.
Second edition of this early treatise on quantum mechanics, scarce in the original dust jacket.
First edition of these collected essays, papers, and letters on contraception and related scientific matters, by the research chemist responsible for the development of the first birth control pill.