New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974. First edition. The Nobel Prize-winning author's second book. Rebound in brick-red cloth with fresh endpapers added, excised portion of dust jacket illustration inset on front cover, and printed label mimicking the colors of the jacket on spine. Original black-and-white photograph of Morrison mounted inside..... Item #72786 More

London: Printed for John Starkey, 1680. Second edition. Originally published in 1671. Milton’s epic poem recounting the temptation of Christ from the Gospel of Luke, together with his tragic closet play drawn from the story of Samson in the Old Testament. 16mo circa 18th-century polished calf leather binding with raised..... Item #72784 More

London: Macmillan and Co., 1889 and 1893. First edition of each book. With illustrations by Harry Furniss. An unnamed narrator bridges the world of Victorian-era England and the fantasy realm of “Outland” and “Fairyland,” home of the sibling sprites Sylvie and Bruno. Considered an early example of time travel fiction..... Item #72782 More

London: Macmillan and Co., 1902. First edition. Twelve charming, fanciful stories for children interspersed with poems. Chapter initials and full-plate illustrations by Kipling; text explaining the pictures on opposing pages. In small 4to unsigned, modern binding of three-quarter red leather over red cloth boards; gilt-lettered spine with five raised bands;..... Item #72780 More

London: Macmillan and Co., 1869. First French edition. Translated from the English by Henri Bue. The second foreign language edition, preceded only by the German. 12mo gilt-stamped blue cloth boards; all edges gilt; dark blue coated endpapers; 196 pages. Very good or better with spine somewhat darkened but gilt still..... Item #72778 More

London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, [1908]. First edition thus: with lavish color illustrations by Rountree throughout, both full plate and in the text. Of this edition, bibliographer Sidney H. Williams remarked, "Astonishing pictures, quite sui generis and unexpected. What would Lewis Carroll have thought of them?." No publication date in..... Item #72776 More

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1903. First edition of this collection. In addition to the title poem includes poems and verses from "Rhyme and Reason," "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," "Through the Looking-Glass," and "Sylvie and Bruno." Deluxe issue. 8vo gilt-stamped white paper boards; top edge gilt; color frontispiece and black-and-white..... Item #72774 More

San Francisco: Arion Press, 2002. First edition thus: edited with note on text by John T. Shawcross and introduction by Helen Vendler. The 64th publication of the press, printed by Andrew Hoyem. Number 252 of 400 numbered copies (an additional 26 copies were issued hors de commerce). Small 4to black..... Item #72772 More

London: Cassell and Company, 1938. First edition of the most elusive of Rand's first editions, a dystopian tale not published in the U.S. until 1948 in a revised edition. 8vo red patterned-paper boards stamped in gilt on spine. About near fine with spine just slightly cocked, previous owner's name on..... Item #72770 More

[New York]: The Academy of American Poets, 1977. First edition in this format. One of a designated 500 copies, this one SIGNED BY STRAND. Precedes the poem's appearance in Strand's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1998 collection, BLIZZARD OF ONE (its original appearance was in the Times Literary Supplement). Designed and illustrated by..... Item #72768 More

[London: The Studio Limited], 1937. Two typographic letters dated "September, 1937" and "October, 1937" soliciting orders for LETTERING OF TO-DAY (C. G. Holme, editor) and MODERN PUBLICITY 1937 - 1938 both of which were published in hardcover in London by "The Studio Limited" (the latter was also published in New..... Item #72765 More

Cleveland: World Publishing Co., (1947). First editions thus: with new introductions by Farrell. Published one per month from February to May 1947. “MY DAYS OF ANGER concludes the tetralogy dealing with the history of the O’Neill and O’Flaherty families” (from Farrell’s introduction). Note: The eventual fifth and final volume in..... Item #72763 More

(Middleboro, Mass.): Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Key Theatre, 1940. First edition. Promotional "herald" produced for handing out on street corners or in front of theaters in order to drum up ticket sales. This particular one is for the premiere four-day showing from Wednesday May 1st to Saturday May 4th [1940] at the..... Item #72761 More