New York: November 25, 1955. Peter Abrahams (1919- ), is a South African novelist who was deeply influenced by his discovery of the literature of the Harlem Renaissance. His early novel "Mine Boy" (1946) was the first to emphasize the dehumanizing effect of racism upon South African blacks. Read More about Portrait photograph of Peter Abrahams

Italy: 1805. Limited edition of 250 copies. Volume from Alfieri's OPERE, or collected works, comprised of odes to the American Revolution, printed here in a limited edition of 250 copies. Alfieri was an Italian dramatist and poet who published several poetical works on the American Revolution. Read More about Opere di Vittorio Alfieri da Asti: L'america Libera

New York: Grossman Publishers, 1969. First printing. Read More about The Divine Comedy. Translated by Thomas G. Bergin

New York: The Derrydale Press, 1934. First edition, first state, No. 276 of 332 copies, signed by the author on the title page. Superior Copy. The mythic lumberjack (and Babe, his blue ox) in picture and poetry.Laid in the front is a printed Merry Christmas note entitled “Bunyan's Biggest Contract”... Read More about Paul Bunyan and Resinous Rhymes of The North Woods

New York: The Derrydale Press, 1934. First edition, second state, no. 25 of 166 copies [first state, signed by author on title, consisted of 332 copies]. The mythic lumberjack (and Babe, his blue ox) in picture and poetry; very scarce. Read More about Paul Bunyan and Resinous Rhymes of The North Woods

[Boston]: Office of the Daily Commercial Gazette, n.d. [August, 1830]. Rare American Announcement of the July Revolution. This Boston broadside, published by the [Boston] Daily Commercial Gazette, contains extracts from the London papers detailing the July 1830 Revolution in France that overthrew Charles X. It is presumably one of the... Read More about Revolution in France! [drop title]

Rand McNally, (1929). In Radio's Heyday, Its Most Popular Program. Signed on the first blank by the creators. Read More about All about Amos ’n’ Andy and Their Creators Correll and Gosden

Copenhagen: Andreasen & Lachmann, 1940. Number 668 of 800 copies, signed by Grosserer Marius Maurinen on colophon, and by Andreasen on preface. With 12 wonderful illustrations, by Anton Hansen, Thor Bógelünd, Erik Stockmarr, Magnüs Bengtsson, Sikker Hansen, V. Steoft, Carl Jensen, Ebbe Sadolin, Albert Naür, Harald Hansen, Arne Ungermann, Herlief..... Read More about Tolv med Posten

New York: The MacMillan Company, 1927. First American edition. Questioning atomic energy in the 1920s. Scarce in dust jacket. Karel Čapek (1890-1938), a famous Czech novelist, dramatist, journalist, and theorist, is best known today for his book Rossum's Universal Robots (R.U.R.), which introduced the world "robot" to the field of..... Read More about The Absolute at Large

Venice: Alessandro Zatta, 1668. " ... novamente ristampato, & aggiuntovi le Figure ... " Read More about L'asino d'oro di … tradotto nuouamente in lingua volgare dal ... Sig. Pompeo Vizani ......

London: Printed for Mathews and Leigh, Strand, by J. Moyes, Greville Street, Hatton Garden, 1811. First edition. Read More about The Arabian Nights Entertainment: or, The Thousand and One Nights. Accurately describing the...

London: printed for John Morphew, near Stationer's-hall, 1712. Third edition (price from imprint “3 d”). Read More about An Appendix to John Bull Still in his Senses: or, Law is a Bottomless Pit. Printed from a...

London: printed for John Morphew, near Stationers-Hall, 1712. First edition. Enter John Bull. The first of the famous series of “John Bull” pamphlets by Arbuthnot, who invented the figure which became England’s national symbol. Read More about Law is a Bottomless-Pit. Exemplify’d in the Case of the Lord Strutt, John Bull, Nicholas Frog,...