Hunan Publishing House, 1992. Hardcover. In Chinese and English. This is a collection of 5 books of ancient Chinese poetry in one volume. With commentary and side-by-side translations. A scarce, beautifully designed edition. More

London: Chatto and Windus, 1955. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. 7.5"x5.5". Aqua cloth. Pictorial dust jacket. 128 pp. Minor scuffing to jacket. Tight and clean. This is a first edition of Huxley's novel of romance and intrigue. More

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1944. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. 8.25"x5.25". Blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Dust jacket. 311pp. Several tears with loss around jacket edges. Tight and clean. This is a first edition of Huxley's comic existential novel. More

Washington DC: U.S. Dept. of Labor, 1918. Wraps. 8vo. 9"x5.75". Burlap cloth wraps. With a fold-out map, several photographic plates and illustrations, and facsimiles of important documents from American history. 131 pp. Cloth curling at edges. Several stains and scuffs on covers. Corners of back cover creased along with top right..... More

Girard: Haldeman-Julius Company, [1950]. Pamphlet. 8vo. 8.5"x5.5" Staple-bound wraps. 7 pp. of "Notes and Comments" by Haldeman-Julius. 24 pp. Many creases, marks, and a faded stamp on covers. Title page and p. 24 discolored from offset orange color of wraps. Toning throughout. Tight and clean. This is a reprint of Ingersoll's philosophical..... More

Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1975. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Orange cloth. Photographic plates. 362 pp. No dust jacket. Slight lean to spine Edges and corners scuffed, lettering on spine faded. Rear hinge overopened. P. 158 dog-eared. Tight and clean. This is a scarce first edition of historian Jacobs' first book. Jacobs theorizes..... More

Progress Publishers, 1981. Hardcover. In Russian and English. This is a scarce collection of poems by Soviet Tatar poet Jalil who was executed by Nazis in 1944. With original silk ribbon attached. Corners are rather bumped. More

London: Almanach de Gotha, 2015. 193rd edition. Cloth. 12mo. 6"x4.5". Red cloth boards with gilt stamped lettering and design on cover and spine. Yellow ribbon attached. [i-iii] front matter, iv-xvi preface and contents, 18-450 pt. I, 451-918 pt. II, 919-1512 appendices, [i], ii-li index. Scuff on right edge of text block..... More

Mexico: D.F. Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, 1994. First Edition. Paperback. 4to. 12"x9". Paperback original with French flaps. In Spanish. 52 pp. This is a scarce pictorial history of Mexico City's Palace of Fine Arts. With many photo plates, illustrations, and fold-out blueprints. More

Henry Altemus Co., 1906. Hardcover. Cover is chipped and rubbed. Some small stains on first few pages. A collection of humorous political aphorisms from the turn of the century, such as "Take care of the pennies, and, by and by, you can put the dollars into some institution and let..... More

Literary Guild, 1934. Cloth. Owner's nameplate on title page. A novel of the American Civil War in fine blue cloth with gilt lettering. No dust jacket, presumably as issued. With a pressed flower found inside. More

Chicago: City of Chicago, 1947. Wraps. 8vo. Paper wraps. Many illustrations and photographic plates. 372 pp. Ex library. Scuffs and stains to wraps, and some tearing to header and footer of spine. Bookplate inside front cover and several withdrawal stamps from Hackley Public Library, Muskegon, MI throughout. Front hinge overopened. Top..... More

Triangle Books, 1946. Cloth. This is the Triangle Books reprint of the classic mystery novel about a blind detective and his seeing eye dog. Missing dust jacket. Previous owner's info inside front cover. A few stains on cover and some paper residue at bottom of front cover, probably from a...... More