MALCOLM LOWRY'S VOLCANO: Myth Symbol Meaning
First edition of Markson's major critical study of Lowry's novel, building on the work of his Ph.D. thesis.
First edition of Markson's major critical study of Lowry's novel, building on the work of his Ph.D. thesis.
First printing of this collection of essays by the lesbian postmodernist "known for her audacity" (front flap).
Versatile original sales sample book, front-loaded with the expected popular hit about Ulysses S. Grant's world tour — and followed by a more exciting sexual title.
Scarce complete 3-volume set of the immense short-title catalogue, documenting books printed before 1701 held in the libraries of the Anglican cathedrals of England and Wales.
Trolls! Miniature. Collectible. Hideous. Trolls. A whole book of them. With pictures. And prices. From the era that gave us pet rocks. Because Tolkien.
Signed second printing of this New Englander's philosophical book of manners and human nature from a cosmopolitan life, including spending much of the 1920s and '30s in Paris's Left Bank.
First printing of the title that established a particularly influential model of historic economic growth, by economist and National Security Advisor W. W. Rostow.
First printing of this precursor to the modern phone book, a hefty directory of Baltimore-based people and businesses – including the name and address of Babe Ruth's father, George H. Ruth, Sr.
Rare and spectacular French game of aerostatic navigation from the great Age of Airships.
Advertising fan for showman Albert Smith's long-running "lecture" on his ascent of Europe's tallest peak — a sensational example of capitalizing upon the early days of the alpinism craze.
First US edition of Susan Sontag's reflections on the harm caused by metaphoric thinking of illnesses such as cancer and tuberculosis.
Pre-publication proof copy, with trial dust jacket, of the first edition of Strunk & White, as revised by E.B. White from Strunk's original "little book."
Second Dublin edition of this textbook for beginning Latin learners, focusing on vocabulary "from the purest Latin classics."
Reduced fascimile of Tchemerzine's complete ten-volume work, reproducing 12 pages of the original on each page of this reprint edition.
Educational aid issued by the Labour Department of the UK's Cotton Board for the demonstration of textile production from raw cotton to various finished fabrics.
Lovely chapbook edition of a selection of Isaac Watts's hymns, bound in an attractive vernacular wallpaper wrapper.
First edition of one of White's greatest and most important books, including much of White's best essays like "Once More to the Lake."
Signed first edition of White's correspondence from 1908-1976, collected and edited by Guth, his goddaughter, and presented with the author's own biographical notes.
Diary of one Lois B. Whitwell, written in the 'voice' of her daughter Maxine Alice Whitwell (then three years old), and updated near-daily through the year 1933.