First Edition. The first complete English translation of these stories which are the foundation of Old Norse mythology. These 13th century tales, written in verse, have had a profound influence on Scandinavian literature and are sources and inspiration for modern fantasy, including that of J. R. R. Tolkien, and even.....

Possibly the earliest surviving image of Helen Keller (1880–1968), taken in August 1887, when she was seven years old, about five months after Anne Sullivan (1866–1936) became her teacher; together with a second photograph of Sullivan taken about the same time. The image of Keller shows her sitting in a low.....

First Edition. An early work in English supporting Alfred Wegener's theory of continental drift, which was given very short shrift when it was published. "Du Toit marshaled all the impressive geologic evidence for drift, yet again geologists paid no attention. The review in the American Journal of Science was barely a......

First hardcover edition. The first book in Elena Ferrante's worldwide bestselling series, the Neapolitan Quartet, published here in a stunningly beautiful signed, limited edition of 126 copies, comprising the entire first hardcover edition in English. Essentially, this edition offers the only obtainable signed books anywhere in the world by Ferrante.....

First Edition. A scarce 19th-century Spanish-language guide to San Francisco by a Mexican American author, printed in San Francisco by the Pacific Press. The book is illustrated with twenty-five full-page steel engravings and many in-text illustrations, plus a bird's-eye view of the city and a map of central California, from.....

Seven of 8 issues of the second and final year of this Latino poetry broadside series founded by the first Latino US Poet Laureate. Each a single sheet, folded in half to 5-1/2 by 8-1/2 inches. Poetasumanos was a Latino writing collective based in the Mission District of San Francisco. It.....

xcii (92), [3] leaves, printed rectos (front side) only. 8-1/2 by 11-1/2 inches. Published in an edition of 200 copies. Colección Venablos series. A mimeographed typescript printed on low-quality recycled paper. A substantial early book from the press, a critical consideration of St. John of the Cross by a noted.....

A fine, dramatic portrait of a Cantonese opera actor standing in a Chinese restaurant in San Francisco. He is surrounded by ornate Chinese-style chairs. In the background, a Buddha shrine is visible, as are stringed instruments hanging on the wall. Scrolls and paintings hang on the wall. The actor, clearly.....