First edition of this practical guide for women interested in entering the professional world, advising on how best to market one's skills and addressing the wage gap — in particularly nice condition.
First printing of this history of magicians, entertainers, curiosities, and the just plain weird, by sleight-of-hand master Ricky Jay.
Original manuscript journal containing the wildly ardent lovelorn musings of "Magie" to "Margie," written while waiting for the finalization of Margie's divorce.
First edition of Markson's major critical study of Lowry's novel, building on the work of his Ph.D. thesis.
First printing of this collection of essays by the lesbian postmodernist "known for her audacity" (front flap).
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.
First printing of this precursor to the modern phone book, a hefty directory of Baltimore-based people and businesses – including the name and address of Babe Ruth's father, George H. Ruth, Sr.
Original interior wall sign from the first franchised Ben & Jerry's shop — opened in Shelburne, Vermont in 1981 — hand-made by founding designer Lyn Severance.
Pre-publication proof copy, with trial dust jacket, of the first edition of Strunk & White, as revised by E.B. White from Strunk's original "little book."
Lovely chapbook edition of a selection of Isaac Watts's hymns, bound in an attractive vernacular wallpaper wrapper.
First edition of one of White's greatest and most important books, including much of White's best essays like "Once More to the Lake."
