Auburn, Buffalo, Cincinnati: Derby and Miller; Derby, Orton and Mulligan; Henry W. Derby, 1853. First edition. (First printing with no mention of additional printings in thousands at top of title page.) [4, ads], xvi, (17)-336pp. Bound in publisher's brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, boards stamped in blind with original..... More

Detroit: Printed for the author, 1876. First Edition. 250 pp. Illustrated with 5 plates, text illustrations. Publisher's cloth stamped in blind and gilt. Good+ with some general wear and soiling to cloth, rubbing to extremities, chipping to spine ends; front hinge cracked, scattered foxing and occasional finger soiling, dampstain to..... More

London: Faber & Faber, 2008. Title page signed by Seamus Heaney and Dennis O'Driscoll, both Irish poets. First edition. xxx, (3 maps), 524 pp. Original dark gray paper-covered boards with gilt spine lettering. Fine in Fine unclipped dust jacket. More

New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1997. Signed by David Ogilvy on the front free endpaper. First thus, published earlier as Blood, Brains & Beer. x, 196 pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth with copper lettering. Fine in Fine dust jacket. A signed copy of the memoirs of the..... More

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1933. First American edition, first printing. Publisher's mauve cloth with black and purple spine decorations; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good with boards lightly splayed. Cloth toned, worn and soiled. Pages toned. Orwell's first published novel, a semi-autobiographical work, which, much as the title promises..... More

Cambridge: The M.I.T. Press, 1985. First edition. xii, (2), 499 pp. Purple cloth with white lettering. Miniscule name written on paste down, else Fine in a Near Fine unclipped jacket with very slight sunning to spine panel. A very nice copy of the philosopher's autobiography. More

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1979. First British edition, first printing. Signed by Yitzhak Rabin and inscribed to former owners in the year of publication. Bound in publisher's black cloth with spine lettered in gilt, Near Fine with trivial shelf wear, in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light rubbing..... More

New York: Printed by the Author, 1913. First edition. One of only 500 copies. 47 pp. Stiff brown wraps, housed in original brown slipcase with paper spine label. Near Fine with faint dulling to spine in fragile but intact slipcase that is chipped at extremities, with a nicked but legible..... More

Seattle: Gear Works Press, 1965. Folio. First edition, first printing. Signed by Guy Anderson and inscribed to former owner on verso of front cover;previous owner name written on cover verso as well. Bound in publisher's heavy grey stapled wraps printed in yellow and black. Near Fine with light shelf wear..... More

New York: Robert H. McBride & Company, 1947. First edition. Signed by explorer Matthew Henson, subject of this book, "Matt Henson" on the half title. Laid in is a program for the unveiling of a bust of Henson sponsored by the NAACP in New York City, Feb. 9, 1953, where..... More

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1958. First edition. Advance presentation copy signed by Eleanor Roosevelt on tipped in sheet, stating "This copy of On My Own is one of those signed by Mrs. Roosevelt for advance presentation to friends of the author and publisher." Laid in is the business..... More

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1937. First edition, one of 250 copies printed on large paper, numbered and signed by Eleanor Roosevelt on colophon at front. xii, 365, [1] pp. Publisher's blue cloth with navy title label lettered in gilt, top edge gilt. Very Good+, lacking slipcase. Cloth a...... More

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