First Edition. An important work in the history of gynecology and feminism—a scientific argument by one of the first American women doctors against the standard prescription of total rest for women during their periods. This medical practice sidelined middle- and upper-class women for several days each month (poor women have.....

35 pages. 7-1/4 by 9-1/2 inches. Edition of 200 copies. Colección del San Juan. Poems, mimeographed from typescript on off-white paper from the design and illustrations of Hiram Aguiar. While many Ediciones Vigía books have uniform borders around the text, this book has unique vignettes on each page. OCLC: DEIAI DLC EEM.....

First Edition. A history of the instruments used to determine the weather, including chapters on measuring atmospheric pressure, temperature, humidity, precipitation, wind, sunshine, clouds, and attributes of the upper atmosphere. This is an early book by Knowles, who wrote a number of key books on the subject. viii, 213 pages. An.....

First Edition. The well-known lawyer writes a Holocaust legal thriller. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. This copy is inscribed to Dershowitz's Harvard colleage, the paleontologist and National Book Award-winning author, Stephen Jay Gould: "To Steve and Rhonda.....

First Edition. The novelist and lifelong Boston Red Sox fan writes about the team during the 1987 season. First edition (first printing with row of letters beginning with A on the copyright page). A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. This copy is inscribed by the author.....

First Edition. 731 pages. A biography of the composer. First edition (first printing). Very good in a good dust jacket, with considerable wear to the edges. This copy is, however, inscribed to Alfred Wallenstein, the noted cellist and conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra. "Inscribed to Wally, Kapellmeister extraordinary.....

First edition. 137 pages. An experimental novel in the form of short stories, poems, dialogs, dictionary definitions, and other unusual forms. An early book from this important Mexican writer. Published in an edition of 4200 copies. Very good in wrappers (paperback). This copy is inscribed by Pacheco to the Argentinean.....

Second Edition. 244 pages. A reprint of Banks' first book, which was rejected by one publisher as a "smartass parafeminist psycho-erotic thriller", a blurb that appears on the front cover of this re-issue. First published in 1979. Banks lives in Bastrop, Texas. First printing of this second edition. Fine in.....

First Edition. 100 pages. Bookseller catalog of 55 exceptional inscribed books, several illustrated in full color. First edition (first printing). Near fine in wrappers (paperback). Price list laid in.

First Edition. 182 pages. A Double D western. Lansdale's first hardcover book and something of a cult classic. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. A terrific copy, inscribed to Lansdale's friend and fellow Texas writer, Neal Barrett Jr. "For Neal, a real writer, from.....

First Edition. [16] pages. A long poem inspired by Herman Melville, Moby-Dick, and the Bible. One of 485 copies (the first 40 were signed by the author). First edition (first printing). A fine copy in wrappers (paperback). Copy 185 of 485. A presentation copy from Bradbury to his friend Sam.....