Washington: [Privately printed at the Press of J. H. Furst Co., Baltimore.], 1910. First edition. Signed by Adams at the end of the introductory letter, as it seems that most copies were.Adams, historian and a direct descendant of John Quincy Adams, published and disseminated widely this present work. It is... Read More

New York: Weltdemokratische Vereinigong, 1939. Read More

[New York]: September 17, 1928. Benêt on John Brown: “I tried to do my best with him…”. Fascinating letter, written soon after the publication of Benêt’s most enduring poem, JOHN BROWN’S BODY (1928), to America’s most eminent literary agent of the day, Major Pond.   “Thank you very much... Read More

Leipzig, Berlin: Insel-Verlag, etc, 1928-1936. First editions of the first four titles, later editions of the last two titles. He Created the Myth of Nietzsche. Ernst Bertram (1884-1957), Germanist and poet, was appointed professor of German literature and philology at the University of Cologne in 1921. His friends included Stefan... Read More

Seal Harbor, Maine: Printed & Sold at High Loft, (1982). Number 122 of copies 51 to 200 of the regular edition. Printed in 16 pt. Blado, on Gutenberg paper at High Loft, the printing office of August Heckscher; by Tom Coleman and Karen MacDonald, printers. Read More

[Munich: Bremer Presse, 1932]. First edition, no. 61 of 85 copies, signed by Martin Bodmer on the colophon. One of 85 copies. Scarce trial specimen in preparation for a proposed edition of Goethe. Read More

Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co, 1914. First edition, first state, with printer’s name set in two lines of Old English type. The first edition of the first Tarzan novel — a brighter than usual copy.The child of Lord and Lady Greystoke who were marooned in West Africa, Tarzan ("White Skin"... Read More

London: Cape Goliard Press, 1970. Kitaj, R.B. First edition, one of 100 copies signed on the title page and numbered by Burroughs. Read More

New York: Charles L. Webster, 1885. First American edition, mixed state. The first edition of Twain's enduring classic of boyhood, the book that prompted Hemingway to state: “All modern literature comes from one book by Mark Twain. It’s the best book we’ve had. All American writing comes from that. There... Read More

Altdorf, Weingarten, etc. [Germany]: 1852-1862. Charming and decorative mind-nineteenth-century German album of sentiments, most dated variously between 1852 and 1854. On the verso of a poem headed Trennung (Separation) and inscribed “Tobis seiner liebsten Anna” is a portait of a pensive young man and the caption “Jetzt bin ich’s nicht... Read More

London: Henry Colburn, New Burlington Street, 1828. First edition. Read More

Dresden: Printed for Walther, 1830. First edition, one of just a few copies to survive, the rarest of Cooper's works. The Dresden Water Witch. The Water Witch was written in Naples and was first printed in Dresden in September 1830, a month before the English edition, and two months before... Read More

London: C. Baldwyn & James Robins, 1823 (?)-1826. Cruikshank, George. Later edition. UNBOUND and UNCUT!!! The Woodin Copy. The unbound sheets of an unidentified, early edition with plates on India paper, of one of Cruikshank’s early masterworks, whose etchings Ruskin described as “unrivalled in masterfulness of touch since Rembrandt.” These... Read More