Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2000. First American Edition. Hardcover. "The combination of superb and thoughtfully-arranged illustrations, definitive text, and up-to-date illustration maps, all in a single volume, has already established the pocket-sized version of this guide...as the most essential reference to European bird identification. This sumptuous large-format edition with entirely redesigned text is intended to complement the field guide and permit greater appreciation of the extraordinarily beautiful artwork. The..... More

Atlanta, GA: The Coca-Cola Company, 1940; 1941; 1942. First Printings. Stapled Wrappers. "Remember, flowers are gay and beautiful. Arranging them should be pleasant. Don't take it so seriously that you cannot enjoy doing it. Study and read about it by all means, but not for fixed rules. Read to learn fundamentals of design, to get suggestions about plants, and, above all, for inspiration. Then with your flowers as material, your..... More

Los Angeles, CA: Floyd Clymer, 1948. First American Edition. Softcover. "It gives me great pleasure to announce that we have secured the publishing rights for the U.S.A. on this unusual book, BRITISH SPORTS CARS, by the authority, Gregor Grant. This book offers a most complete history of the British Sports Cars that have so intrigued many enthusiasts in the United States. The individualized cars of Europe have long interested many..... More

Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Robert J. Milewski's exhaustively authoritative "Jack Kerouac: An Annoted Bibliography of Secondary Sources, 1944-1979" is simply a masterwork of bibliography. "Part 1A" consists of "Reviews of Kerouac's Primary Works," including "Big Sur," "Book of Dreams," "Desolation Angels," "The Dharma Bums," "Doctor Sax," "Heaven and Other Poems," "Lonesome Traveler," "Maggie Cassidy," "Mexico City Blues" and many more. "Part 1B" consists of "Films, Including..... More

New York, NY: Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, Inc., 2001; 2013. First Printings. Softcovers. Gathered here are two salivating (to Booksellers, archivists, and Kerouac collectors, that is) bookseller’s catalogs produced by New York’s Glenn Horowitz describing-&-listing two different archival lots which once-upon-a-time were procured and brought to market by the New York-based bookseller. Beginning with the first-listed catalog, “This Isn’t Folly, This is Me” alluringly lists (in Special Collections library-friendly, “register” format)..... More

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: The Musson Book Company Limited, n/d (circa 1936). Unknown Edition. Hardcover. "The very thought of the tartan is enough to gladden the heart of the Scotsman in a distant land. Be he Highlander or Lowlander, he feels a glow of emotion when he beholds the dress he may have worn when he roamed the lonely glens or climbed the heathery hills of his beloved Scotland. To the..... More

New York, NY: The Macmillan Company, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. "Some time ago, The New Yorker printed a piece by E.B. White about a small book called The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr., the late professor of English at Cornell. Mr. White recalled that in his own student days it was known on campus as the little book, and paid tribute to the author for his devotion to..... More

Paris, France: La Main Courante with New Native Press, 2008. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Signed by co-publisher Thomas Rain Crowe. "Called by Jerome Rothenberg "The linking figure between American modernism (in-the-line-of-Pound) and Chinese traditions and practices", Wai-Lim Yip has been active as a bicultural poet, translator, critic and theorist between Taiwan and America for over 30 years. Prof. Wai-Lim Yip has been with UCSD since 1967, and has played a...... More