New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (2001). First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo size, 320 pp., inscribed by Eric Seaborg. American chemist Glenn T. Seaborg (1912-1999) made monumental strides in the fields of physics and chemistry, and his career as a scientist and teacher has been much acclaimed; he was awarded the..... More

Ditchling, Sussex: S. Dominic's Press, 1922. Gill, Eric; Jones, David. Limited Edition. Wraps. One of 400 copies (unnumbered), duodecimo size, 115 pp., in a custom clamshell case. The Saint Dominic's Press, founded by Harry (Hilary) Douglas Clarke Pepler, flourished at Ditchling, Sussex, from 1916 to 1936. The first home of..... More

[Shaker Heights, Ohio]: Wind & Harlot, 1991. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 52 of 74 copies, miniature book, [30] pp. Edward Lear (1812-1888), although being an artist and illustrator himself, is remembered mostly today for his nonsensical works, particularly his limericks. One of the most recognizable of these is "The Owl..... More

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, octavo size, 472 pp. From the summary on the dust jacket: "In these interconnected essays the late Geoffrey de Ste. Croix defends the institutions of the Athenian democracy, showing that they were much more practical, rational, and impartial than has..... More

Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1992-1994. First Edition. Hardcover. First printings, five volumes (complete), octavo size, 3200 approximate pp. From the dust jacket flap of the first volume we learn that "A History of Women" seeks "to understand women's place in society, their condition, the roles..... More

n.p. [1977]. Limited Edition. No binding. One of 150 signed/numbered copies (plus an unknown quantity of unsigned copies), this no. 113 of 150, signed by both Ferlinghetti and Kamstra. This broadside announces a poetry reading featuring renowned poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti (b. 1919) and artist and writer Jerry Kamstra (b. 1935)..... More

New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, octavo size, 395 pp., signed by Joan London. Jack (John Griffith) London (1876-1916) and his stories remain widely read today; beginning his career as a newspaper reporter, he gained fame with the publication of "The Call of..... More

[Oakland, California]: The Oakland Museum Art Department, 1973. Soft cover. Oblong octavo, 105 pp. A documentation, through interviews taken with leading Bay Area artists, of the pioneering era of San Francisco Abstract Expressionism. Artists interviewed for the book include Adolph ("Ad") Reinhardt (1913-1967), abstract painter active in New York beginning..... More

London: Chapman and Hall, 1864-1865. Hardcover. Two volumes (complete, see below), octavo size, 927 total pp. Henry Cholmondeley-Pennell (1837-1915) authored several books on fishing, including "The Angler-Naturalist" (1863), "The Modern Practical Angler" (1870), "The Sporting Fish of Great Britain" (1886) and "Modern Improvements in Fishing Tackle and Fish Hooks" (1887).He..... More

St. Petersburg: Nikodim Press, 2014. Sayenko, Dmitry. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 11 of 15 copies, folio size, 31 pp., signed by book artist Dmitry Sayenko. Dmitry Sayenko, born in 1965 in Kiev, learned a love of book illustration from his father, a book illustrator himself, by watching his father at..... More

London: Chapman and Hall, Ld. 1894. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo size, 187 pp. In the preface dated November, 1893, the author (of whom we could find no information online) almost apologies for her work: "...it may seem presumptuous on my part to add [yet another cookbook] to their number." However..... More

New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1923. Lankes, J.J. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, octavo size, 124 pp. Robert Lee Frost (1874-1963) justly gained fame during his lifetime, and is, to date, the only poet to receive four Pulitzer Prizes; in addition, he was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in..... More

(Leningrad): (Aurora Art Publishers), (1975). Konstantinov, Fiodor. First Edition. Hardcover. Miniature book, [116] pp. Unable to find much information online, we turn to the book's introduction for information about this superb woodcut Russian artist, Fiodor (or Fyodor) Konstantinov (or Konstantinoy). Born in 1910, Konstantinov began his career in the 1930s..... More