THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.
First edition, first state, of this landmark work in the history of biography, an engaging and humanizing account of the great critic, lexicographer, and author of the Georgian era.
First edition, first state, of this landmark work in the history of biography, an engaging and humanizing account of the great critic, lexicographer, and author of the Georgian era.
First edition of this collection of selected reviews and critical writing by Boucher, including his essays "Baker Street Immortal" and "Opera and Murder."
Abridged edition of Boucher's THE CASE OF THE BAKER STREET IRREGULARS, cut down to a fraction of its former self "to speed up the story" for the reader under doctor's orders to strictly limit their daily intake of Sherlockian metafiction.
First printing of this reflection on the significance and structure of the practice of amateur photography, by one of the leading French sociologists of the 20th century.
First edition of Jane Bowles's only novel, one of the great masterpieces of the twentieth century.
Inscribed first edition of Bowles' first collection of short stories and second book, follow-up to his classic THE SHELTERING SKY — with an additional letter signed by Bowles.
First edition of Bowles's first short story collection, published without "The Delicate Prey" and "Pages from Cold Point" (both restored in the US edition) to save the fragile sensibilities of English printers and censors.
First edition of Bowles's first novel, the grim and enduring twentieth-century classic of alienated Americans wandering through North Africa towards destruction.
Inscribed first US edition of Bowles's first novel, the grim and enduring twentieth-century classic of alienated Americans wandering through North Africa towards destruction.
First edition of Bowles' fourth book and third novel, a political thriller set among the anti-colonial Moroccan independence movement of the 1950s.
Rare midcentury Boy Scouts promotional brochure advertising the benefits of scouting to an African American audience.
Signed, slipcased first US edition of Boyne's portrait of an unscrupulous literary striver, issued as part of the Powell's Books INDIESPENSABLE series.
Inscribed first printing of Bradley's influential re-evaluation of Arthurian legend.
Sixth collection of Sherlockian writings by the Illustrious Clients, with contributions from Steven Doyle, Patricia Ward, Andrew G. Fusco, Leslie S. Klinger, and others.
Inscribed first printing of this profile of "the greatest [basketball] player in the history of the Ivy League" (jacket) – who would later become a US Senator – John McPhee's first book.
Signed limited special edition of this tale of unrelated people brought together for an impromptu vigil in a parking lot, a Southwestern character study – part of the Powell's Books INDIESPENSABLE Series.
First printing of this mini book production to celebrate South Carolina's Brookgreen Gardens.
First printing of this group protest against Gertrude Stein's characterization of the authors in her book AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ALICE B. TOKLAS.
First edition in English of this attractive volume on the work of acclaimed Modern architect Marcel Breuer, who helped shape the tastes of postwar America.
Limited first edition and first trade edition of the novel that launched the "Elvis is alive" conspiracy, with a dramatic publishing history that reflects the struggles of feminine authority in authorship.
Inscribed limited first edition of the novel that launched the "Elvis is alive" conspiracy, with a dramatic publishing history that reflects the struggles of feminine authority in authorship, and an author inscription directly referencing Brewer-Giorgio's experience with Arthur's plagiarism.
Attractive first edition of the author's debut book, a collection of short stories from a master of the form.
Handsome complete seven-volume set of Smith & Elder's New Editions of the novels and poems of the Brontë sisters, with Gaskell's Life of Elizabeth Brontë.
First US edition of the wild Gothic tale of romance and betrayal, published only a few months after the nearly unobtainable London first, bound with another novel, NOW & THEN by Samuel Warren, published by Harper the same year.
First edition of this survey of street photography with work from 19 artists and photographers, including Catherine Opie, Noboyushi Araki, Terence Donovan, William Eggleston, Robert Frank, Lee Friedlander, Daido Moriyama, and others.