LE TRESOR DU BIBLIOPHILE ROMANTIQUE ET MODERNE 1801-1875
Limited edition re-issue of this major bibliography of French novels first published in 1925-28, a formative reference work for book collectors and scholars on the subject.
Limited edition re-issue of this major bibliography of French novels first published in 1925-28, a formative reference work for book collectors and scholars on the subject.
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.
Inscribed first edition, first issue, second printing (before publication) of this transcendentalist approach to the Great Man theory of history — an important copy, early among Emerson's inscriptions.
Scarce first edition of this etymological textbook of English affixes.
First printing of the history and mystery of hogs from ancient times to the present.
Scarce presentation copy of the first edition, subscribers' issue, of the lore, language and song of the Isle of Wight.
Association copy first printing of this collection of essays on murderers and others, from the personal library of fellow true-crime pioneer Jonathan Goodman.