San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, [1924]. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 190 copies, folio size, [5] leaves. "The Sermon on the Mount" is among the most widely quoted texts of the Canonical Gospels, most notably the Beatitudes, which exemplify the quintessential elements of mercy and compassion as taught by Jesus Christ..... More

New York: Thomas Kinnersley, 1825. Leather bound. One volume in two books (complete), quarto size, 958 pp. Oliver Goldsmith (ca. 1728-1774) spent much of his life as a wastrel - just barely earning his BA from Trinity, flitting from studying theology to law to medicine, finally finding his stride as..... More

Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition in book form, octavo size, 55 pp., inscribed by both George Sargent and A. Edward Newton, in publisher's box. Alfred Edward Newton (1864-1940) was one of the best-known collectors of rare books in his day, and his knowledge and..... More

New York: [Privately Printed], 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, octavo size, 112 pp., signed by Richard Nixon, limitation slip loosely laid in. Richard Millhous Nixon (1913-1994), the 37th President of the United States, will forever be remembered for Watergate. This book was written almost ten years after his resignation..... More

Paris: Editions Narcisse [printed by Lescaret], 1928. Alastair. Limited Edition. Wraps. No. 4 of of 300 copies, quarto size, 77 pp. Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) remains to this day a household name, a master of mystery and the macabre. "Most famously, Poe completely transformed the genre of the horror story..... More

Chicago [New Rochelle, New York]: Walter M. Hill [Printed at The Elston Press], 1904. [O'Kane, Helen Marguerite]. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 500 copies, octavo size, 89 pp., inscribed by Charles Erskine Scott Wood twice, with MSS errata list. The first published work of literature by Charles Erskine..... More

New York: Simon and Schuster, c. 1955. Knight, Hilary. Hardcover. 16th printing of the first edition, quarto size, 67 pp. "Eloise" is the little girl every woman wanted to be in the mid-1950s; daring, charming, inquisitive, and who was, according to Maurice Sendak, a "brazen loose-limbed little monster" (n.b., per..... More

New York: Random House, 1930. Kent, Rockwell. First Edition. Hardcover. First trade edition with Rockwell Kent illustrations, duodecimo size, 823 p., in original dust jacket. First trade edition of "Moby Dick" illustrated by Rockwell Kent, which became an instant success. The Lakeside Press published a limited edition in three volumes..... More

San Francisco: Arion Press, 1999. Thiebaud, Wayne. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Number 147 of 400 numbered copies for sale, square folio size, [164] pp., signed by Wayne Thiebaud, in original publisher's shipping box. "Italo Calvino, regarded by many as the greatest master of Italian fiction in this century, first published this..... More

n.p. Self-published, 1939. Later printing. Hardcover. Twelvemo size, 79 pp., with accompanying MS note from Sonya. An utterly charming volume of two fairy tales: one written by Fritz Joachim Weyl and the other by his wife, "Sonya" (Martha Weyl), who (it is highly likely) also did the calligraphy and bound..... More

Tarzana, CA: Burghounds Books com, Inc., (2018). First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto size, 597 pp, inscribed on a special plate by both Allen Meadows and Douglas Barzelay. An historical romp through the vintages of Burgandy, in date order, with far more than simply tasting notes - the authors have put each..... More

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, octavo size, 256 pp., signed by Arthur C. Clarke, in a custom box (see below for details on the three sequel volumes). Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (1917-2008) was an incredibly talented man; by the time of his death he had..... More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, folio size, 32 pp., no Caldecott Medal on the dust jacket. David Macaulay (b. 1946) was fascinated with machines and how they operated as a young child, making models and drawing illustrations of them. Many of his books display this..... More