Handwritten manuscript of THE MISTRESS OF SHENSTONE
Original draft, entirely written out by hand, of the sequel to the international sensation THE ROSARY.
From the iconic to the eccentric. Over seventy items in all, including important works from Angela Davis, Eric Carle, Isaac Mizrahi, Jane Goodall, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and more.
Download PDF of Print Catalogue ThreeOriginal draft, entirely written out by hand, of the sequel to the international sensation THE ROSARY.
First printing of the pivotal true-crime book — signed by Capote, and with the ownership signature of Dorothy B. Hughes, author of the inverted noir masterpiece, IN A LONELY PLACE (1947).
The only known first edition copy of this landmark picture book with an entirely intact dust jacket priced at $4.25 — i.e. not price clipped.
An unusually attractive and unblemished first printing of a book which served as many cooks' lifelong working companion.
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.
Uncommonly complete and exquisitely preserved set of the landmark Nonesuch Press publication, one of the most fully realized and beautifully executed Dickens collections ever produced — this with the original packing material and documents and in the rare original dust jackets.
First edition in book form, first issue, of the second ever Sherlock Holmes story, in which Watson meets his future wife.
First edition, first printing of the famed novel exploring the poisons laced into the American dream — in the legendary original dust jacket, restored second issue (with "Jay" on rear panel).
Inscribed first printing of Fossey's landmark scientific memoir.
First edition of the first modern Western novel featuring a time machine, published eight years before THE TIME MACHINE by H.G. Wells.
Set of gorgeous and fashionable early 20th-century place cards, each hand-made, hand-colored, and dressed in real fabric and glitter.
Inscribed first edition of the best known book by the first woman and first Swedish person to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, beating out fellow nominees Joseph Conrad, Thomas Hardy, and Mark Twain.
Rare first edition of this subversive fantasy children's book, featuring surrealist photomontages of children interacting with insects after turning smaller than ant size.
Riots-inspiring anti-vivisection exposé by two leading Swedish-British feminists, medical students, and early animal rights activists, withdrawn by its publisher after sparking a lawsuit.
First printing, in the scarce original dust jacket, of this guide for ambitious amateurs by the author of GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES and the most successful screenwriter of her era.
First editions of two volumes of the Edinburgh detective's tales of Victorian crime and punishment.
The scarce first London edition of the most famous contemporary account of the Salem Witch Trials.
Original color sketch for two designs from Mizrahi's legendary Fall 1994 show for New York Fashion Week — the basis for the classic documentary UNZIPPED.
A rare image — considered by many "the greatest photo in jazz history" (THE NEW YORK TIMES) — of Charlie Parker, Thelonius Monk, Charles Mingus, and Roy Haynes performing at NYC's Open Door on September 13, 1953.
First edition in Russian of Pasternak's epic, its international success helping to cement his Nobel Prize win of the same year.
First printing of this groundbreaking treatise on female psychology by a pioneer in women's education.
Association copy first printing of this collection of essays on murderers and others, from the personal library of fellow true-crime pioneer Jonathan Goodman.
First printing of the classic coming-of-age story — a great copy, much nicer than typically seen.
Startlingly rare first printing of Gilman's most important nonfiction work.
Calendar of the Jewish year 5703 (1942-43), issued by the Synagogue of Turin for the period in which that synagogue would be destroyed by Allied bombardment.