Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987-2015. Hardcover. A handsome example of this landmark multi-volume reference — the definitive scholarly history of cartography from prehistory through the twentieth century, nearly five decades in the making under the auspices of the University of Wisconsin–Madison and published by the University of Chicago Press..... More
New York: Gael Publishing Company, 1904. Wraps. 10.5" x 8". 410pp. Complete bound run of the final year of The Gael (An Gaodhal), the pioneering Irish-American bilingual monthly founded in Brooklyn in 1881 by Michael J. Logan (1836–1899), described by the Irish World as "the Father of the Irish Language..... More
New York: Harper, 2024. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Jennifer Aniston in ink to pictorial bookplate affixed to front endpaper. Stated First Edition with full number line indicating First Printing. 10 1/4" X 10 1/4". Unpaginated. Mild shelfwear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in pictorial..... More
New York: Tor Publishing Group, 2025. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Joe Abercrombie to publisher's bookplate affixed to half-title. Stated First Edition, with full number line indicating First Printing. 9 5/8" X 6 5/8". 547pp. Presents nicely in protective archival sleeved dust jacket. Gentle shelfwear to unclipped dust jacket, with..... More
Ashland: Black Stone Publishers, 2024. First Thus, Revised and Updated for the Twenty-First Century. Hardcover. Signed by Neil DeGrasse Tyson in purple ink at page specially bound in by the publisher. First Thus. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". x, 291pp. Moderate wear to unclipped dust jacket, with hard bumping and..... More
New York: Penguin Press, 2023. 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Signed by Arnold Schwarzenegger in ink to page specially bound in by the publisher. Third Printing. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". xix, 263pp. Mild edgewear to dust jacket, with bumping to extremities, particularly top corners, featuring Signed Copy label to front panel..... More
New York: Soho Press, 2025. First Collector's Edition, First Thus. Hardcover. Signed by Mick Herron to title page. First Collector's Edition, with full number line indicating first printing thus. 9 1/4" X 6 3/8". 356pp. Bound in die-cut paper over boards, with vignette from full color endpapers visible from front..... More
New York: Scribner, 2025. First Scribner Hardcover Edition, First Thus. Hardcover. Signed by Annie Proulx to page specially bound in by the publisher. Stated First Scribner Hardcover Edition, with full number line indicating first printing thus. 7 1/4" X 5 1/4". 54pp. Gentle shelfwear to pictorial dust jacket featuring artwork..... More
New York: Ballantine Books, 2026. First Deluxe Edition (First Thus). Hardcover. Signed by Andy Weir to page specially bound in by the publisher. Stated First Deluxe Hardcover Edition, with full number line indicating first printing. 9 1/2" X 6 3/8". 369pp. Moderate shelfwear and scattered surface wear to foil pictorial..... More
New Orleans: 1969. 5.5" x 6.5". A visually striking two-sided promotional card written and copyright-registered by Laurraine Goreau, the New Orleans journalist and author of Just Mahalia, Baby (1975), featuring her essay on the history, mystique, and social fabric of New Orleans Carnival. Illustrated with bold green woodcut-style artwork. Goreau's..... More
New Orleas: St. Mary's Church, 1955. Pamphlet. 6" x 8.75". Four page pamphlet. Vertical crease, light foxing, else very good. Inscribed on the title page: "With my priestly blessing, Fr. V. Liberto, O.M.I." — the signature of Father Vincent Liberto, O.M.I., Pastor of St. Mary's Church and the directing hand..... More
Baton Rouge: Louisiana Folklore Society, 1966. Paperback. 8.75" x 5.5". 64pp. Original tan wraps with light foxing. Contents clean and free of marks. A scarce issue of the Louisiana Folklore Miscellany, the journal of the Louisiana Folklore Society, presenting selections from the Anonymous Breaux Manuscript — a foundational primary source..... More
Red Dragon Print Collective / Weather Underground, 1974. First Edition. Paperback. 10.5" x 6.75". 154pp. Original red printed wrappers, tattered, chipped, and edgeworn, with the front cover half detached. Contents a bit grubby and soiled, with substantial and relevant annotations. Handwritten letter with fold creases and stains. An exceptional association..... More
Boston: The Christopher Publishing House, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. 8.25" x 5.5". First edition, presentation copy, signed and inscribed by Albert Emmanuel Kirk on the front free endpaper: "To R.G. Anderson, compliments, Albert E. Kirk." A remarkable work of Depression-era Social Gospel radicalism. Kirk, a Methodist Episcopal minister in Sterling..... More
Schwetzingen / Mainz / Boston: Schwetzinger Festspiele / Schott / Christian Science Monitor, 1961. Remarkble archive of eight items documenting the world premiere (Uraufführung) of Hans Werner Henze's opera Elegy for Young Lovers (Elegie für junge Liebende), libretto by W.H. Auden and Chester Kallman, performed May 20, 1961, Rokokotheater, Schloss..... More
St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands: Servants of the Light, 1976. Staplebound. Staple-bound wraps. 16 pp. Very Good. Original yellow/cream wraps with Celtic knotwork mandala design to front, Celtic interlace ornament to rear. Typewritten text throughout, mimeograph production. Light toning and edgewear to wraps, contents clean and tight. The quarterly journal..... More
Miami Beach: Irene Marie, 1991. Paperback. An original 1991 agency booking catalog from Irene Marie Models, 728 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach — one of the most significant modeling agencies in American fashion history and the launch pad for Niki Taylor's career. This is a rare surviving trade document from the..... More
New York: Unknown, c. 1940. Portfolio Wraps. 9 3/8" x 6 1/4". Folio of 32 loose plates. Printed recto only with title, artist, plate number, and collection credit beneath each image. Plain brown/orange card wrappers (left flap loose), blank on all surfaces inside and out. No title page, text, colophon..... More
Italy: Damiani, 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Martin Parr and Toilet Paper in marker to decorative front free endpaper. 14 1/2" X 11 3/8". [192pp]. Bound in color pictorial paper over boards. Mild edgewear to binding, with gentle bumping to head and tail of spine and lower corners, else..... More
New York: Rizzoli, 2026. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Kembra Pfahler in black marker to half-title. Stated First Edition with full number line indicating first printing. 8 1/4" X 6 1/4". 399pp. Bound in full scarlet leatherette over boards, with boards and spine decorated and lettered in blind, color pictorial..... More
New York: The Baker & Taylor Co., 1894. First Edition. Hardcover. Follow the Japanese Fringetail Goldfish gleaming from the green depths of the front cover and immerse yourself in this 1894 guide to aquarium-keeping, full of tried and true advice for “the amateur aquarist” and illustrated in 61 figures of..... More
New York: Thousand Voices x Ballantine Books, 2026. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Emma Brodie to title page. Stated first edition, stated first printing. 9 1/2" X 6 3/8". 436pp. Presents very nicely in protective archival sleeved dust jacket. Faint shelfwear to unclipped deluxe embossed dust jacket, featuring Reese's Book..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed with "Best wishes," by Alexander Theroux in ink to title page. Stated First Edition, with full numer line indicating First Printing. 9 1/2" X 6 3/4". xi, 396pp. Presents nicely in protective archival sleeved dust jacket. Mild edgewear to unclipped..... More
New York: MCD, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2026. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Ray Nayler in ink to illustrated page specially bound in by the publisher. Stated First Edition with full number line indicating first printing. 8 1/2" X 5 1/2". 370pp. Faint shelfwear to unclipped dust jacket featuring artwork..... More
Bloomington, IN: Media Montage, Inc, 1977. Staplebound wraps. Bloomington, Indiana: Media Montage, Inc., Summer 1977. 32pp. 8.5" x 11". Staple-bound. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs. Mild foxing to cover wraps, age toning to page edges, else near fine. A scarce issue of this short-lived Indiana University-affiliated film and media criticism..... More
