First US edition of Susan Sontag's reflections on the harm caused by metaphoric thinking of illnesses such as cancer and tuberculosis.

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.

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 first edition of this etymological textbook of English affixes.