Two artifacts from the trailblazing physicians, Elizabeth Blackwell and Emily Blackwell, the first and third women licensed as physicians in the United States. These are two medical books, one on childbirth (parturition) and the other on diseases of the uterus, from their libraries, each with an ownership signature of one.....

Uncorrected Proof. The uncorrected proof of Katherine Dunn's beloved and critically acclaimed novel set in the world of carnival freaks. The promotional material accompanying this copy is filled with the typical hyperbole, but much of it has proved true: "It's like nothing you've ever read before...it is a work completely.....

First Edition. A dictionary of 430 terms, compiled with the assistance of C. R. Hellyer of the City Detective Department of the Portland police. An unusual Oregon imprint. "John Hancock, noun, current amongst confidence men and paper grafters generally. A signature. Derived from the common observation that John Hancock, of.....

First Edition. The foundational book of modern military encryption and cybersecurity. Kerckhoffs, a Dutch linguist, realized that the telegraph, in which messages travel over wires and through the hands of clerks fundamentally changed the needs of cryptography. He proposed six rules to govern transmission of messages that were subject to.....

First Edition. Le Guin's previously published and unpublished poems written between 1981 and 1987. 90 pages. First edition (first printing, wrappers issue; also published simultaneously in hardcover). A near fine paperback. This is an exceptional association copy, inscribed by Le Guin to William Stafford, the Oregon Poet who was also.....

A rare complete 58-issue run of this semi-comic political weekly published in Mexico City, including the very scarce five issues of volume 2 and the original text and layout, which was changed for the more commonly seen bound collection of just volume one. The introduction to the first issue states.....

First Edition. One of a series of memoirs, in the form of short vignettes, that McMurtry wrote in his later years. This one mostly provides anecdotes about his books, with bits about filmmakers and booksellers tossed in for seasoning. 175 pages. First edition (first printing); Three Dog Books issue, limited.....

First Edition. A scarce Mexican book with about 300 cocktail recipes published at the beginning of the 1960s by a noted cookbook author. A handful of the recipes reflect Mexican ingredients, like the Tequila Cocktail, which combines tequila, grenadine, a few drops of absinthe, lemon juice, and an olive garnish.....

First Edition. The first French cookbook printed in the United States, from the eightlh London edition of 1827 (the first was published in 1813). According to the title page, Ude was "ci-devant cook to Louis XVI and the Earl of Sefton and steward to his late Royal Highness the Duke.....

First Edition. An extensive report on US gold mines and mining practices, based on a site visits in Alaska, South Dakota, Colorado, and California. The author became the director and mill manager of the Taio Gold Mining Co., in 1937, a few months after this report was published (according to.....

First Edition. A biography of Frederick Douglass by the longtime leader of the Tuskegee Institute (now University). Washington frames Douglass as an inspiring figure from the past, part of an era of "destruction and liberation" focused on slavery and its immediate aftermath. Washington implies that the more difficult task of.....