Fawcett Crest, 1970. First thus. paperback. from rear cover: "What do you do with a drunken robot? You may not believe it, but robots have problems too. Just like humans. In these mind-spinning tales, Isaac Asimov brings us an astonishing and delightful vision of a tomorrow filled with marvels and.....
E.P. Dutton, 1917. hardcover. Duodecimo 358pp. Fifth printing October 1917. One of the first WWI novels to be published, based on Barbusse's experiences on the Western Front, it follows a single squad of French infantrymen on the Western Front after the German invasion. Credited as one of the earliest examples.....
Harper and Brothers, 1950. first edition. hardcover. Octavo 305pp. scarce with DJ. #00227.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1942. first edition. hardcover. 8vo 580pp. from front flap: "Franz Stoessel, young Bavarian immigrant working in a big Pennsylvania steel mill, decided early that America meant two things to him--money and power. If you had one you could get the other. He was willing to.....
Oxford University Press, 1951. Katherine L. Howe. hardcover. first edition later state ("By H. Wolff, New York" on copyright page). Rachel Carson's second book, which won the National Book Award in 1952 and established her as an important environmental writer. #00035.
Houghton Mifflin Company, 1962. Lois and Louis Darling. first. hardcover. Stated first edition first printing of Rachel Carson's extended essay on the environmental impact of indiscriminate pesticide use, a hugely influential book credited with leading to a ban on the pesticide DDT for agricultural use in the US and the.....
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1885. George Cruikshank. George Cruikshank Edition. hardcover. 8vo 531pp. with fifteen etchings on steel. George Cruikshank edition, no. 318 of 400. #01935.
American Research Council, 1960. first edition. hardcover. 8vo. 178pp. from front flap: "This extraordinary book makes available for the first time one of the most unusual success stories in the history of the stock market, along with a full explanation of the amazingly successful investment methods which brought an actual.....
MacMillan, 1901. hardcover. a history of taverns and stage coaches in colonial New England. Earle was an important historian of early life in New England because of her focus on smaller sociological details, as evidenced by this and other books she wrote including Home Life in Colonial Days, Child Life.....
Boston: Small, Maynard and Company, 1914. fifth edition. hardcover. 12mo 217pp. fifth edition 1914, originally published 1893. first poetry collection of noted early American feminist, whose short story "The Yellow Wallpaper" is a staple in feminist anthologies. This collection of 73 poems was her second published book but first book.....
Houghton Mifflin Company, 1971. Hugo Van Lawick (photo). first. hardcover. #00052.
Viking Press, 1949. first American edition. hardcover. Octavo 248pp. first American edition. from front flap: "The most interesting novel of the last ten years," V.S. Pritchett said of Loving in a front-page article in the New York Times. This enthusiasm for the works of Henry Green is shared by the.....
Berkley, 1976. first edition, ninth impression stated. hardcover. ninth impression. third book of the original Dune trilogy. NOT a BCE. red cloth, gilt lettering on spine, very nice clean copy. #00064.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1925. Fourth Edition. hardcover. 8vo, 4 vols. fourth edition. memoirs of British lawyer (1749-1830), famous for its portrayal of life in late 18th century London, Madras, Calcutta, and Jamaica. #01553.
New York: Random House, 1976. hardcover. 8vo 255pp. fifth printing. from front cover: "This book traces the history of the ancient Khazar Empire, a major but almost forgotten power in Eastern Europe, which in the Dark Ages became converted to Judaism. Khazaria was finally wiped out by the forces of.....
MacMillan and Company, 1900. hardcover. Duodecimo 506pp. a prose translation of the Iliad. #00288.
Little Brown and Company, 1926. Edward Lear. hardcover. 394 pp. 1926 reprint of original 1888 edition with all original illustrations. Nonsense Cookery, Nonsense Alphabets, Nonsense Botany, more. #00103.
Nyack, NY: Fellowship Publications, 1969. first edition. hardcover. 8vo 188pp. stated first printing. from rear cover: "It is not so much the life story of Frederick Libby that is so vividly and inspiringly told here, but the biography of the National Council for Prevention of War, the organization which he.....
Pantheon, 1955. hardcover. Second printing before publication, February 1955. An overall near fine copy of Anne Morrow Lindbergh's reflections on the lives of Americans, particularly American women, in the mid-20th century. She shares her meditations on youth and age, love and marriage, peace, solitude, and contentment. Occasioned by her visit to.....
Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1984. first edition. hardcover. 8vo 656pp. from front flap: "Huang Liu-hung was one of some 1,500 local magistrates in seventeenth-century China, and he wrote this book as a manual for other magistrates and their advisers. In it he presents his interpretation of proper official conduct.....
George W. Jacobs, 1908. first edition. hardcover. 16mo. 229pp. from introduction: "This little book is intended as a handy reference volume either in the home library or on the study table. It should prove particularly useful to school children and older students, to teachers, lawyers and clergymen, and to the.....
Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill, 1943. Will Forrest. hardcover. 12mo. 198pp. first edition from Bobbs Merrill Childhood of Young Americans series. scarce copy. #01295.
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1939. first edition. hardcover. 8vo 446pp. stated first edition. from front cover: "An extraordinary, vigorous, frank political autobiography, crowded with dramatic events and important political figures. Scrupulously fair, it could have been written only from intimate knowledge by a man of broad and tolerant views.".....
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1947. first edition. hardcover. 4to. 150pp. from front flap: "This book gives the history and significance of each of the more than 125 documents exhibited on the Freedom Train's year-long run to 300 American cities, and reproduces in facsimile about thirty of the most interesting.....
J.B. Lippincott and Company, 1930. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. hardcover. 8vo 248pp. 2nd edition, 4th printing, March 1930. Popular home health book about common bowel and rectal problems for the embarrassed, with recommendations on remedies, preventative care. #00783.