First Edition. Two autobiographical sketches written by Lincoln in 1859 and 1860, edited and with commentary by the historian Ralph G. Newman. Newman was also the founder and long-time owner of the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop (established 1938). Illustrated from drawings by Lloyd Ostendorf. This edition was limited to 70.....

A collection of mailers announcing and promoting books by Stephen King published by Donald M. Grant. The mailers are all folded for mailing: 1). The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger. 12 by 17 inches; 2) The Waste Lands (DT3). 18 by 24 inches; 3) The Little Sisters of Eluria. 17 by.....

A short letter, addressed to a "Mr. Barrett", who apparently asked a question about the historical basis for Cather's novel, Death Comes for the Archbishop. Cather asserts the accuracy of the novel and refers Barret to a statement on her sources. The letter reads in full: "September 26, 1928. My.....

First Edition. One of 400 signed and numbered copies of this extraordinary science fiction catalog, which includes an introduction by Ray Bradbury, short stories by Robert Bloch and William Nolan, an illustration from the fantasy artist Rowena, and a short, never-before published scene cut from Bram Stoker's Dracula. A lenticular.....

First Edition. A short bibliography and short biography of Bernhardt Wall, a commercial artist who designed thousands of postcards and published limited edition books composed almost entirely of his own etchings. This is a much expanded (both in word-count and size) of a miniature book with a similar name published.....

First Edition. The limited edition, one of 50 copies, of this survey of the graphic designer and calligrapher Luca Barcellona's lettering work, with a custom calligraphy example, the word "Surfadelic", commissioned by the original owner. This limited issue also includes a second original calligraphy example reading "Take your pleasure seriously".....

First Edition. The expanded signed, deluxe edition of this color survey of Bradbury's publications, beginning with the earliest fanzines. Includes photographs of first editions, paperback reprints, foreign editions, trial artwork, as well as of the plays and movies based on Bradbury's work. This version has 32 extra black-and-white pages at.....

First Edition. The first survey of the work of one of the great bookbinders of the late 20th century, finely bound in full goatskin by the artist, with a geometrical inlay pattern, a leather chemise with laid down fiery marbled paper on the front and back, a slipcase covered in.....

First Edition. The sequel to the Private Papers of a Bankrupt Bookseller, a very plausible first-hand account of a bookseller in difficult financial straits. The book purports to be papers found after the unlucky booksellers' demise. The author was in fact a member of local government in Scotland at the.....

First Edition. 32 [and] 12 pages. A posthumous Puffin Picture Book, completed by the Penguin Collectors' Society after the author, Paxton Chadwick's, death. With a separately printed essay on the Puffin Picture Book series in general and this book in particular. Published in an edition of 1000 copies, including 100.....

First Edition. 12 by 12 inches. 114 pages. First edition (first printing, with numberline ending in 1). A near fine copy (minor corner wear).

First Edition. The lecture given by Buck on accepting the Nobel Prize for literature. She was the third American (after Sinclair Lewis and Eugene O'Neill) and fourth woman (after Selma Lagerof, Grazia Deledda, and Sigrid Undset) to win the prize. Buck, whose best-known novel, The Good Earth, is set in China.....

Two versions of the teleplay for a half-hour BBC documentary about P.D. James's use of place in her fiction, both with manuscript changes and both differing from the program that eventually aired. These scripts, written and edited by James, are significantly longer than the final program and offer insight into.....