Paris: 28 November 1988. Beckett writes from ‘a retreat for has beens’. “Paris 28.11.88 Dear Gloria, I’m in a retreat for has beens but have (?) having physiotherapy & don’t know when I’ll emerge. Haven’t seen book on Jack. What a life! Love to you both. Keep going. Somehow, Sam”..... Read More about Autograph Note, signed (“Sam”), on a Postcard to Gloria MacGowran, “I'm in a retreat for...

[Buenos Aires: 1926]. Produced in a very small number of copies for those in attendance. And Everyone Was There: Banquet for Güiraldes, signed by Borges. Group portrait from the luncheon banquet for Ricardo Güiraldes (1886-1927), fellow collaborator with Jorge Luis Borges on the short lived but influential literary journals Martín..... Read More about Photograph of the dinner in celebration of Ricardo Güiraldes and his novel Don Segundo Sombra,...

Buenos Aires: 5 May 1935. One of three copies prepared for author, publisher, and Sigifrido Radaelli (named in the contract as arbitrator). Signed Contract for Historia Universal de la Infamia. Signed contract for one of the key books by Jorge Luis Borges, Historia Universal de la Infamia, a collection of..... Read More about Contrato de Edición del Libro Historia Universal de la Infamia. [Typescript Publishing contract,...

[Buenos Aires: n.d., ca. 1927]. Unpublished Borges Tribute to His Friend Ricardo Güiraldes. Tribute by Jorge Luis Borges for his friend Ricardo Güiraldes (1886-1927), fellow collaborator on the short lived but influential literary journals Martín Fierro and Proa, and author of the acclaimed novel Don Segundo Sombra (1926). It was..... Read More about Ricardo Güiraldes. Autograph manuscript essay, signed (“J.L.B.”

New York: John S. Taylor, 1836. Second edition and first edition published in New York (originally published in Boston in 1833). Presentation copy inscribed to Caroline Weston. Inscribed by the author: "To Caroline Weston, from his affectionate friend, L. M. Child." Caroline Weston served as Vice President of the Boston..... Read More about An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans

New York: Ramparts / McGraw-Hill, (1968). Inscribed to Dr. Philip Shapiro. First edition. Introduction by Maxwell Geismer. Nicely Inscribed by Cleaver: "To Dr. Shapiro, a comrade in the struggle for Human Rights and Dignity. I always see you at the right places at the right times. Keep on pushing, baby!"..... Read More about Soul on Ice

Paris: The Black Sun Press, 1931. First edition, one of 200 copies on finest bristol paper, of 255 total. An excerpt of Crevel's novel Babylone, illustrated by photograms by Ernst made in conjunction with Man Ray, who also collaborated with the binder, A. J. Gonon. Read More about Mr. Knife Miss Fork. Translated by Kay Boyle. Illustrated by Max Ernst

Paris: Gallimard, [1943]. First edition, one of 13 copies on vélin pur fil Navarre, this is no. 2 of 10 numbered copies. One of 10 Copies. Novel of south America, published during wartime. Usually seen in the larger printing of 550 copies on héliona Navarre paper and bound in boards..... Read More about L'homme à cheval. Roman

New York: Aperutue Foundation, 2014. First Edition. Inscribed to Emma Amos. With essays by Dennis C. Dickerson and Laura Wexler. Also includes an interview by Dawoud Bey. Inscribed on half-tiitle: "For Emma Amos – Thank you for helping change my life. Love always, Latoya Ruby Frazier." Emma Amos (1937-2020) was..... Read More about The Notion of Family

Madrid: [Talleres de Graficas Luis Perez], 1962. First edition. Ejemplar de Editor no. 47 of 170 copies. Nice copy of this early work by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, issued in a very small limitation, 170 copies for the publisher and 50 copies for the author. A heavy-handed copy editor altered the..... Read More about La Mala Hora (Premio Literario ESSO 1961

Paris: Gallimard, [1951]. First edition, one of 210 copies on velin pur fil Navarre (numbered 31-230, this being no. 214). His Most Celebrated Novel. Giono’s most celebrated novel, Le Hussard sur le toit [The Horseman on the Roof], is set in the aftermath of the revolutions of 1830 and follows..... Read More about Le Hussard sur le toit

Philadelphia: Printed for John Fenno, by John Bioren, 1797. First edition. Hamilton Confesses to His Affair with Mrs. Reynolds. The first edition of the infamous "Reynolds pamphlet," in which Hamilton describes his affair with Maria Reynolds and admits to paying off a blackmailer. In the pamphlet Hamilton takes the extraordinary..... Read More about Observations on certain documents contained in No, V & VI of “The History of the United...

Annapolis: J. Hughes, 1824-1825. Important Printing of the Maryland Jew Bill. Although Article VI of the Constitution of the United States declares that "no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States" at the federal level, many states continued..... Read More about An Act for the Relief of the Jews of Maryland ... [printed within:] Laws Made and Passed by the...

London: Printed for W. Johnston [and others], 1769. Second and best edition including her correspondence with Benjamin Rush. Catharine Macaulay (1731-1791), sometimes referred to as the "Celebrated Mrs. Macaulay" and described as the first English female historian, proved an influential Whig political theorist, best remembered for her multi-volume History of..... Read More about Loose Remarks on Certain Positions to be Found in Mr. Hobbes’ Philosophical Rudiments of...

[N.p: n.d., 1959-60]. Terry Southern's manuscript of The Magic Christian. Terry Southern (1924-1995) found moderate success with his third novel, The Magic Christian, a story about an oddball billionaire named Guy Grand, who spends his time playing elaborate practical jokes on people. It's the book that brought Southern to the..... Read More about The Magic Christian. Author’s Working Manuscript and Revised Typescript

New York: Random House, [1972]. Steadman, Ralph. First edition. Signed. Signed H.S. Thompson on the front flyleaf. Read More about Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream

London: J. Almon, 1765. Zenger's trial represented the first case involving freedom of the press in America: “One of the famous decisions in legal history, establishing the epochal doctrine of the freedom of the press” (Howes). In 1733, John Peter Zenger published articles critical of the New York colonial Governor..... Read More about The Trial of John Peter Zenger, of New-York, Printer: Who was charged with having printed and...