New York: The Free Press, 1973. First edition, first printing. xiv, (ii) 314 pp. Bound in publisher's navy cloth with white and gilt spine lettering. Near Fine with very light wear to covers, light soiling to rear joint, and faint scattered foxing to endpapers and upper textblock edge. Spine slightly..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1911. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original olive green ribbed cloth ruled in blind and lettered in gilt. Near Fine with light wear to cloth at extremities and rear panel, spine faintly darkened. Former owner name to title page, contents tanned and with..... More
Washington, D. C. The Associated in Negro Folk Education, 1937. First edition of the first book to examine from a black perspective black stereotypes and their broader significance in American fiction, both as character and author. Bronze Booklet #6. Bound in publisher's original printed wraps. Very Good, with wear to..... More
London: J.M. Dent and Sons, 1914. First edition. Inscribed by E.A. Wallis Budge "from the writer" on front free endpaper to previous owner, Cecil Torr[?] Evy[?] and dated 6/6/14, the year of publication. xii, 280 pp. with five plates. Bound in publisher's dark green cloth with gilt spine lettering, black..... More
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press / Bollingen Series, 1973. Later reprint. Signed by Joseph Campbell and inscribed to a former owner on the colophon page. Bound in publisher's original illustrated wraps. Very Good, light creasing and wear to covers, covers curled outward, light soiling to textblock edge. The author's best-known..... More
New York: Pantheon Books, 1953. Second printing of the first edition. Signed by Joseph Campbell on the front free endpaper and inscribed, "For Shirley-- Good wishes for the adventures ahead -- Joseph Campbell SLC 1960." xxiv, 416 pp. Bound in publisher's black and green cloth with gilt spine lettering; lacking..... More
New York: Pantheon Books Inc., 1949. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's green cloth over black spine lettered in gilt. Very Good with wear to extremities, bump to foot of spine. Contents tanned, foxing to textblock edge and endsheets, several hinges slightly exposed. In a Very Good unclipped dust..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1968. First edition, first printing. Signed by Joseph Campbell on the title page in sharpie, "For James Wagner with all good wishes Joseph Campbell 5/27/78." xx, 730pp. Bound in publisher's blue buckram stamped in purple and lettered in gilt. Near Fine with minor wear at..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1951. First edition, first printing. 225 pp. Bound in publisher's gray cloth with black stamping. Very Good, cup ring to front board, in a Very Good dust jacket with toning, light edge wear, a few small abrasions to front panel, unclipped ($3.50). An uncommon..... More
London: Cassell & Company, Ltd., 1923, 1927 & 1933. Three volumes, all first editions, first printings. Volume 1 is a presentation copy signed by Howard Carter on the half-title page in 1924 and inscribed with thanks for the recipient's "kind good services." A blank space is left for the latter's..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1968. First edition, first printing. [xii], 196 pp. Dark grey cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Hint of foxing to edges, light shelf wear. Jacket has some rubbing, some small tears and small creases at extremities, price intact..... More
New York: Viking / Elizabeth Sifton Books, 1987. First American edition, first printing. Signed by Bruce Chatwin in pale blue ink on the title page. Fine, with gentle bump to top corner of preliminary pages. In a Very Good+ dust jacket with slight fading to the spine, a light edge..... More
New York: Harper and Row, 1963. First American edition. xvi, 204 pp. Bound in publisher's gray cloth with white and red lettering. Near Fine with former owner's name on front free endpaper in Very Good+ dust jacket, price-clipped, light rubbing. A nice copy. More
Paris: Editions du Seuil, 1952. First edition, first printing of Franz Fanon’s seminal work of autoethnography, signed and inscribed by the author. 223 pp., text in French. Bound in publisher's printed blue and white wraps. Very Good with pronounced foxing to covers and prelims, slight slant and chip to spine..... More
London: Macmillan and Company, 1890. First edition, first printing of Frazer's groundbreaking wide-ranging comparative study on mythology and religion. A presentation copy, signed and warmly inscribed to a former owner by James George Frazer on the first blank page of Volume I. Two volumes, bound in publisher's original green cloth..... More
[np]: [No Publisher], 1995(?). A presentation set with three volumes signed by Gajdusek and inscribed in 1995 to evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould, with an inscribed 8" x 11" sheet listing the volumes (apparently a fraction of the voluminous journals of the author) laid in. A Year in the Middle..... More
[Washington, D.C]: [War Relocation Authority], 1943. First edition. 7 pp. single-sided. Yellow sheets, corner staple bound. A Fine copy with faint rusting to staple and typical faint offsetting around mimeographed text. A very rare document in excellent condition. A list of the different types of groups and associations people..... More
New York: Printed by J. J. Little & Ives Company, 1931. First and only edition. x, 7 - 293 pp. Bound in publisher's red cloth lettered in black on the spine; lacking dust jacket. Near Fine fading to spine and light rubbing to cloth. Binding exposed at several places, contents..... More
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1902. First British edition. Signed by Peter Kropotkin on the front free endpaper, presentation copy inscribed to William Morris Colles in the year of publication. Colles was a British literary agent and the founder and managing director of The Authors' Syndicate, Ltd. xx, 348pp. Bound in..... More
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1966. First American edition, first printing. Signed by Levi Claude-Strauss and inscribed to a former owner on the half-title page. Bound in publisher's original blue cloth boards with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with light rubbing at corners and spine ends, two paper..... More
New York: Criterion Books, 1961. First American edition. Signed by Claude Levi-Strauss on the title page, inscribed to former owner in slightly broken English "Contrary to John Weightman excellent translation this one by John Russell besides being incomplete is so bad that I would be ashamed to sign it. [signed]..... More
New York: Criterion Books, [1962?]. Signed by Claude Levi-Strauss on the half title, inscribed to former owner. 404 pp. + 48 pp. of photos. Bound in publisher's turquoise cloth with gilt spine lettering. First thus in America with this title; confusingly, the first American printing had the original French title..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1987. First edition. Signed by Roger Lewin and inscribed to evolutionary biologist and author Stephen Jay Gould, "Steve, You'll recognize the 'message' in here, I think! Very Best wishes, [signed] Roger November 1987." From Gould's library. A nice association between historians of the sciences. 348..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. Legendary horror writer Howard Phillips Lovecraft's personal copy of the travelogue In Darkest Africa with his signature and mother's parents' address written in ink on the first blank page of each volume, and his initials written in pencil on the front free endpaper corners..... More
