DUKE KAHANAMOKU'S WORLD OF SURFING
First printing of the surfing guide and memoir of Duke Kahanamoku, published the year of the Duke's death.
First printing of the surfing guide and memoir of Duke Kahanamoku, published the year of the Duke's death.
First printing of this paperback original, the first biography of Duke Kahanamoku.
First American edition, first printing of the Australian RAF pilot's first-hand account of the biggest Allied prisoner-of-war escape attempt of World War II, the basis for the film of the same name.
Rare newspaper account from one of Henry "Box" Brown's first public appearances, the Boston lecture where he received the nickname "Box," just two weeks after he mailed himself to freedom.
First edition of this complex autobiography by a formerly enslaved man of Virginia, comparing his days in slavery and in freedom.
Inscribed first printing of the first edition in English of the powerful memoir of imprisonment and escape in the penal colony of French Guiana, the basis for the Oscar-nominated 1973 film starring Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman.
Signed first printing, first state ("failure"), of this best-selling memoir from the former President.
First printing of these collected writings by members of the Women's Cooperative Guild, with a notable introduction by Woolf.
Beautiful first printing of the American edition of this evocative memoir of the author's experiences in Kenya.
First printing of the first book-length autobiography in the history of surfing.
First edition in English of Exquemelin's illustrated history of famous pirates, the central primary source on the subject during its most famous era, with the continuation by Ringrose.
Inscribed first printing of Fossey's landmark scientific memoir.
Early printing, published the same year as the first printing, of the first American edition of the diary of Anne Frank.
A superb association copy of this retrospective tribute to the legendary anthropologist, conservationist, and scientist, inscribed to the National Geographic Society.
First printing of this collection of correspondence between a "salty" American writer and the staff of an "over-mannered" London bookshop, the discovery of which has become a rite of passage for many first learning about the antiquarian book trade.
First printing of Ali's official biography, signed by Ali.
Second edition, the first with Harriet Beecher Stowe's introduction, of the memoir of the famous Underground Railroad conductor and leader of the Canadian freeman settlement Dawn.
First edition, scarce signed issue, one of an unknown number signed by Carver on a special leaf before the half title.
Uncommon hardcover first printing of actor, writer, and legendary sleight-of-hand artist Ricky Jay's first book.
Scarce complete run of Ricky Jay's exceptionally-produced periodical of "conjurers, cheats, hoaxters, pranksters, jokesters, impostors, pretenders, side-show showmen, armless calligraphers, mechanical marvels, [and] popular entertainments."
First edition in this format, sumptuously illustrated, of Johnson's celebrated biographical encyclopedia of infamous criminals.
Inscribed first printing of this candid memoir by one of the most influential contemporary artists of the form.
Signed first printing of this harrowing firsthand account of a disastrous ascent of Mt. Everest.
First edition of the remarkable memoir of the first Black man elected to Congress in Virginia and the great-uncle of Langston Hughes, who was named after him.
Signed limited first edition, one of an unknown limitation signed by Lindbergh as a special "presentation edition," chronicling Lindberg's journey on the first successful solo transatlantic flight.