New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. "Claudius was proclaimed Emperor at Rome after the assassination of Caligula in A.D. 41, and his thirteen-year reign included some significant accomplishments. Claudius added Mauretania, Lycia, and Thrace to the Roman Empire and began the systematic conquest of Britain. He extended the rights of Roman citizenship to many provincials and opened the Senate to prominent men from the western provinces..... More

Long Island City, NY: Osprey Publishing, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. "The image of the Roman legionary is as familiar today as it was to the citizens- and enemies- of the vast Roman Empire two thousand years ago. This book goes beyond the stereotypes found in popular culture to examine the Roman Army from the first armed citizens of the early Republic through the glorious heights of the Imperial legions to..... More

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: ECW Press, 1997. First Edition. Softcover. "The BUK book offers a unique look at a phenomenon: Charles Bukowski- BUK- the battered and scarred postal clerk, odd jobs man, and lowly factotum, became the best-known "underground" writer in the English language. Jean Genet called him "the best poet in America." His work- raw, crude, heartwarming, and hilarious- has inspired imitators, emulators, sycophants, and detractors. Until now, everything written..... More

New York, NY: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.; The Asia Society Galleries et al. 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. "The Paintings of Jakuchu presents the work of one of Japan's most important artists. Born in Kyoto in 1716 to a family of greengrocers, Ito Jakuchu remained fascinated throughout his life with the forms and colors of the natural world. In his strikingly original paintings, reproduced here in 97 full-color plates and 72..... More

Nashua, NH: Transition Publishing, 1999. First Edition. Softcover. Signed by Stephen Edington. "A fascinating journey back to Jack Kerouac's roots. Author Stephen Edington has undertaken an exhaustive research into the origins of the Kerouac family, unearthing a vast quantity of previously unknown information and relating his findings to Kerouac's own writings. The result makes absorbing reading and will be of immense interest and value to all students and admirers of..... More

New York, NY: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1912. First Edition. Hardcovers. The first full biography of Mark Twain (born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835-1910), the canonical American author & humorist. Published only two years after his death, this monumental three-volume achievement by Albert Bigelow Paine (1861-1937) describes Twain's life & works in granular detail, in a strictly linear chronology beginning with his ancestors. As noted on title page, the volumes are..... More