New York: Simon and Schuster, 1941. First edition, first printing of the Rachel L. Carson's first book. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper and inscribed "My very best wishes to you--." Bound in publisher's coarse blue cloth stamped in gilt, lacking the dust jacket. Very Good with..... More
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1911. First edition, first printing with dated title page. Bound in publisher's elaborately stamped dark green cloth; lacking the dust jacket. Near Fine with slight lean to binding, light wear and soiling to covers. Former owner names to front endsheet. Contents lightly toned..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1941. Uncorrected proof of Steinbeck's account of a collecting expedition in the Gulf of California with his friend Edward Ricketts, a marine biologist. This is what Goldstone & Payne term the "first edition, issue in wrappers," though this is in fact an advance copy of..... More
Berkeley: Ramparts Press, 1971. First edition. Association copy signed by Murray Bookchin on the front free endpaper, inscribed to poet Diane DiPrima, "For Diane -- with love and admiration [signed] Murray September 20 '71." The granddaughter of Italian-American anarchists and the best-known female Beat poet, DiPrima was a lifelong activist..... More