Rare autographed letter signed by the father of science fiction Jules Verne. One page in French, 32mo, addressed “Cher Monsieur,” the letter reads in full (translated), “Amiens, July...

First Vintage International edition of Nabokov’s greatest masterpiece. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Boldly signed and dated by the artist and dust jacket designer Chip Kidd on the front...

Association copy of the author’s landmark first novel, which went on to win the National Book Award. Octavo, original black and tan cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on title page...

First edition of this volume which compiles John Nash’s most well-known papers. Octavo, original black cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by John F. Nash, Jr. on the title page. Fine in a fine du...

First British edition of Watson’s ground-breaking work regarding the discovery of DNA for which the author, Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins were awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1962. Oc...

Rare vintage photographs of Franklin D. Roosevelt as Assistant Secretary of the U. S. Navy, signed by him. Two gelatin silver photographs showing FDR on his May 20, 1918 visit to Lake Torpedo Boat Com...

First edition. Quarto, original cloth. Inscribed by the author opposite the title page, “To the Walter Paepcke with best regards, Marcel Breuer.” The recipient, Walter Paepcke was an indus...

First edition of this classic prose monologue. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers, stitched pamphlet. Presentation copy, inscribed by the Samuel Beckett to his favorite American director, Alan Schn...

Signed limited first edition of Steinbeck’s classic novel, one of 699 copies. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, with illustrations by Wesley Dennis. Fine in the rare original slipcase...

First edition of Baldwin’s final novel “the work of a born storyteller at the height of his powers” (The New York Times Book Review). Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by James Baldwin on th...

First edition of Meadowcroft’s biography of Thomas Edison, written for children. Octavo, original cloth with paper label portrait of Edison to the front panel, illustrated with eight photographi...

First edition of the author’s Pulitzer-Prize winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Larry McMurtry on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket...

First edition, first printing of one of Giovanni’s earliest works, containing her famous poem, “Nikki-Rosa”. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by Nikki Giovanni be...

Special Detroit Symphony Concert display program featuring Gershwin as conductor and pianist. One page, small octavo, Special Detroit Symphony Concert display program, selections of ‘Porgy and B...

First edition of this overview of the Austrian School of Economics. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated in the year of publication by the author on the front free endpaper,...

First edition, one of only 2000 copies, with 213 photogravure plates. Oblong folio, original blue-gray cloth. In fine condition. Signed by Lee Friedlander.

First edition of the novelization of the classic 1936 film H. G. Wells’ Things to Come. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Signed by H.G. Wells and actor Derrick de Marnay on front free e...

Signed Limited edition, number 1858, with illustrated title and limitation pages, 19 full-page portraits, dozens of in-text half-tones and illustrations, and a facsimile of the Constitution. Large fol...

First paperback edition (issued simultaneously with the hardcover edition) of the author’s first book. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Boldly signed by David Foster Wallace on the title p...

First edition of this historical account on the friendship between writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and magician Harry Houdini. Octavo, original publisher’s orange cloth, top stain green, frontispi...

Large photograph of Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes in his judicial robes, boldly signed by him, “Oliver Wendell Holmes, April 9, 1932.” The photograph measures 13.25 inches by...

Sepia-tone photograph of the water speed record-breaking Bluebird K7 at speed inscribed by pilot Donald Campbell, “To G.M. Williams With best wishes from Donald Campbell.” The recipient, G...

First American edition of the author’s magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by V.S. Naipaul on the title page. Very near fine in a near fine dust jacket with just a touch of wear to the e...

First edition of a collection of key writings by Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman, “one of the 20th century’s leading economic scholars, on a par with giants like John Maynard Keynes and...