ILLNESS AS METAPHOR
First US edition of Susan Sontag's reflections on the harm caused by metaphoric thinking of illnesses such as cancer and tuberculosis.
First US edition of Susan Sontag's reflections on the harm caused by metaphoric thinking of illnesses such as cancer and tuberculosis.
First edition of Edwards's classic compendium of the strangest of strange people and their uncanny powers and attributes.
Rare second edition of Moran's fanciful thesis on the lunar zodiacal origins of the phonetic alphabet, published together with Kelley's briefer "American Parallels," on the relationship between the calendar systems of Eurasia, Oceania, and Mesoamerica.
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.
First printing of the title that established a particularly influential model of historic economic growth, by economist and National Security Advisor W. W. Rostow.
Scarce presentation copy of the first edition, subscribers' issue, of the lore, language and song of the Isle of Wight.
Scarce first edition of this etymological textbook of English affixes.