London: Constable: The Book Society, 1956. Inscribed by author on title page, "Remember Always the Precious Heritage of Freedom. [signed] Slavomir Rawicz Apr. [?] 1960." [iv], 240, [1, map] pp. Original navy cloth lettered in silver. First thus. (States on copyright page, "This edition issued on first publication by the... More about The Long Walk
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1942. First edition, first printing with 1942 listed on the title page. Bound in publisher's green cloth stamped in black; lacking the dust jacket. Good, with cloth soiled and rubbed through at front spine joint and tips. Previous owner name to front free end paper, with... More about West with the Night
New York: Summit Books, 1988. First edition, first printing. Signed by Hunter S. Thompson and inscribed to a former owner on the front free endpaper. Near Fine with faint soiling to rear cover, light foxing to textblock edge, light edge wear. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with slight... More about Generation of Swine: Gonzo Papers Vol. 2. Tales of Shame and Degradation in the 80's
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854. First edition. Ads dated May 1854, preceding the publication of the book that August; no priority as per BAL 20106. Map has faint S.W. Chandler & Bro. imprint. 357, 8 [ads] pp. with map facing p. 307. Publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth with gilt lettering to... More about Walden, or Life in the Woods
West Point, NY: United States Military Academy, 1972. First edition. x, 514 pp. Wraps. USMA Library Bulletin No. 10. Very Good, front wrap a little corner-creased, slight curve, wraps a little toned. An uncommon chronicle of Poe's military stint by an Associate Librarian at West Point. More about Edgar Allan Poe: The Army Years
Chicago: A.C. McClurg, 1894. First edition. 221, [2, ads] pp. Original brown cloth lettered in gilt, top edge gilt. Fine, though a little dust-soiled. No jacket. The memoirs of one of the most prominent portrait painters in 19th century America, with many black-and-white examples of his work. More about Reminiscences of a Portrait Painter
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1983. First edition, first printing. Signed by Dian Fossey on the title page. Near fine with tiny blemish to rear cover, in a Very Good+ unclipped dust jacket with light fading and rubbing to spine panel. An account of Fossey's research of gorillas at the Karisoke... More about Gorillas in the Mist
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1863. First American edition. 397, 2 [ads] pp. with fold-out map at front. Original brown ribbed cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Good+ with head and tail cloth worn away, cloth stained and a little rubbed, spine dulled, hinges starting, gift inscriptions at front, a.... More about African Hunting: From Natal to the Zambesi, Including Lake Ngami, the Kalahari Desert, Etc., from...
New York: The Orion Press, 1959. First American edition. 206 pp. Original blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket with sticker shadow on front flap, tiny closed tear to back panel top edge. A memoir by Italian Jewish Holocaust survivor Primo Levi, which is better... More about If This is a Man (Survival in Auschwitz
New York: Duffield and Company, 1906. .First edition. Brick red cloth with cream lettering. xvii, 216 pp. A Very Good copy, sans jacket. About Very Good with rubbed spine lettering and cloth, neatly excised front free endpaper, newspaper clipping tipped in to paste down, reading smudges. The famous Apache leader's... More about Geronimo's Story of His Life
Bolinas, CA: Tombouctou, 1978. First edition, first printing. A fantastic association copy, signed by Jim Carrol, inscribed to poets Ted Berrigan and his wife Alice Notley on the half-title page, "To Ted + Alice, 'I'll be right there'... All my love, Jim 10/7/78." Berrigan was a central figure in the... More about The Basketball Diaries (Association Copy
New York: Avon, 1973. First edition. 284, (4) pp. Illustrated wraps, red edges. Very Good with spine a bit creased, wear spots to front cover, a single dog-eared page. A paperback original that went through a single printing. One of the high spots of political cynicism in the Watergate... More about The Glass House Tapes
Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1918. First trade edition, first printing. x, 519 pp. Publisher's blue cloth lettered in gilt. Near Fine with newspaper clipping about author tipped into ffep, slight bumped corners. Lacking jacket. A very neat, clean copy of the Pulitzer-winning autobiography, first privately published in... More about The Education of Henry Adams
Los Angeles: Civil Rights Congress, 1953. First edition. [4], 44 pp. Stapled wraps. Very Good+ with wraps a little edge-worn. Letters from an African-American inmate on death row. More about Letters from the Death House