First Thus. One of 26 lettered copies of this classic horror novel, with an original drawing (remarque) by the illustrator, Jeremy Caniglia. This is the first publication of the revised text incorporating changes that Blatty was unable to make when the book was first published. "For most of these past.....

A printed order establishing the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia on July 31, 1863. 4 pages. 8 by 10-1/2 inches. A single sheet folded to make four pages. Two works redacted in ink; rear panel tanned. Generally good. With the pencil signature of Lieut. Bradford D. Davol, a textile executive, who briefly.....

First Edition. The limited edition of one of the most critically acclaimed graphic novels of the 1990s. "Ghost World is widely regarded as a landmark in American comics history, an important and influential example of the literary graphic novel... For readers in the 1990s—and many since—it changed what comic books.....

First Edition. The first hardcover edition of the author's first book, published as an Ace Double about the time he turned 20. This edition follows the second American edition, based on Delany's original manuscript, which was about 30% longer than the first edition. In 1976, the Gregg Press published Delany's.....

First Edition. A beautiful copy of one of the most significant graphic novels, numbered and signed by Eisner and additionally inscribed in the year of publication. Contract with God is not, as it is sometimes described, the first (American) graphic novel. It is rather the first such book to find.....

First Edition. An exhibition catalog for an Elliott Erwitt show in Japan, with 36 full-page plates and 198 thumbnails. Text in Japanese. Not to be confused with Erwitt's English-language monograph of the same name. 84 pages. 12 by 11-1/2 inches. First edition, first printing. A very good copy, with minor.....

First Edition. A survey of Iturbide's work from the 1970s to the 2000s, mostly black and white with a few color plates. Iturbide is a noted Mexican photographer. This monograph marks her being awarded the prestigious Hasselblad prize. Text in English. 144 pages. First edition, first printing (no statement of.....

First Edition. The trade issue (there was a signed limited) of this cookbook published shortly after her TV show, The French Chef, came to an end. Many of the recipes were included in the color episodes of the TV show. Illustrated with drawings and photographs by Paul Child, Julia's husband.....

First Edition. The memoirs of the paleoanthropologist who discovered many fossils of early human ancestors in Africa. She also discovered and classified a variety of very early human-made tools. 224 pages (preliminaries included in pagination). First edition, first printing (states "First edition published in the United States..." on the copyright.....

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.....

First Edition. An influential and controversial study of John Brown's participation in the violence in Bleeding Kansas in 1856. Malin was critical of Brown and attempted in this book to separate fact from myth. Brown's biographer Stephen Oates wrote, "While I have learned a great deal from Malin about the.....