HET ACHTERHUIS [The Diary of Anne Frank]
First edition of the world-famous "Diary of a Young Girl," a moving monument of the Holocaust and Nazi Germany's cataclysmic destruction of individual lives, communities, and cultures.
First edition of the world-famous "Diary of a Young Girl," a moving monument of the Holocaust and Nazi Germany's cataclysmic destruction of individual lives, communities, and cultures.
Inscribed first printing of Fossey's landmark scientific memoir.
Important edition of the monumental visual record of Native American leaders, including an extensive account of the original 1836-44 folio edition, biography of the original authors, and the infamous Smithsonian fire — all new to this edition.
Signed first edition of biography of heavyweight champion boxer JOE LOUIS, "The Brown Bomber" who fought racism and Nazism with athletic skill.
Signed first edition, review copy, of Smith's National Book Award-winning memoir of her intimate friendship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe — inscribed to the longtime Strand Bookstore rare book room manager Craig Anderson.
First edition of Washington's autobiography, detailing his rise from a life born into slavery to becoming the esteemed leader of the Tuskegee Institute.
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.
Beautiful first US edition, review copy with publisher's slip, of this evocative memoir of the author's experiences in Kenya.
Inscribed first printing of this oral history following the life of the late, great Stephen Sondheim, reflecting on his work from his first high school production to the state of Broadway and his career in the 1970s.
Early printing, published the same year as the first, of the US edition of the diary of Anne Frank.
First printing of Feynman's first volume of highly entertaining memoirs
Uncommon first edition of this memoir from the ghostwriter of the early Hardy Boys books, the original Franklin W. Dixon — Leslie McFarlane.
Association copy first printing of this collection of essays on murderers and others, from the personal library of fellow true-crime pioneer Jonathan Goodman.
Uncorrected proof of this stream-of-consciousness memoir of the influential multimedia artist and AIDS activist, published only a year before his death.
Signed first printing, first state ("failure"), of this best-selling memoir from the former President.
Scarce inscribed second printing of the autobiography of one of the 20th century's greatest hoteliers.
First edition of the biography of Scott Bond, a formerly enslaved man who became one of the most famous Black businessmen of the era and a model of Booker T. Washington's racial uplift philosophy.
First edition of this memoir by one of the founders of the Black Panthers, with a focus on his trial as one of the "Chicago 8."
Scarce first edition of the memoir of advertising legend Draper Daniels, real-life inspiration for MAD MEN's Donald Draper.
Scarce first printing of this modern cult classic of sexuality, gender, and obsession — basis for the recent and well-received Amazon series directed by Joey Soloway and starring Kathryn Hahn and Kevin Bacon.
First HarperPaperbacks edition of this profile of the legendary NYPD whistleblower, adapted into the Oscar-nominated Al Pacino film — inscribed by subject Frank Serpico.
Signed first printing of this moving and important memoir of Sister Helen's ministry on death row that was successfully adapted for the screen.
Signed uncorrected proof of this acclaimed poetic memoir.
Scarce first printing of this stream-of-consciousness memoir of the influential multimedia artist and AIDS activist, published only a year before his death.
First printing of this early, authorized biography of Doyle, written by an acquaintance sympathetic to his later Spiritualist convictions.