First Edition. Five longish stories about Blaylock's title character, a nineteenth-century explorer-scientist. This is one of 200 numbered copies signed by the author and the illustrator, J. K. Potter (there was also a trade issue). 395 pages. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. This.....

First Edition. Bound with (as usual) The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women...To Which Is Added, The Contents of the Second Blast and a Letter...to the People of Edinburgh, Anno 1571 by John Knox. The Oxford Dictionary of National (UK) Biography describes this book as.....

First Edition. An early book of poems (her third or fourth?), published in an edition of 300 copies. Castellanos was a major Mexican literary figure in the 20th century, part of the Generación de los 50. She died in 1974, at 49 years old, while serving as the Mexican ambassador.....

First Edition. A nice mid-1960s introduction to surfing by an underwater stuntman. Illustrated with halftone photographs throughout. 220 pages. First edition (first printing, with no indication of later printings). Spine ends bumped, else a near fine copy in a like dust jacket. The jacket has faint blue lines from an.....

First Edition. A small format picture book about the popular 1960s fashion model, Peggy Moffitt. 32 pages. 6-1/4 by 8-1/4 inches. First edition (no statement of later printings; date code 0468 and $2.95 price on front jacket flap). A near fine copy in a very good toned dust jacket with.....

First Edition. The Nobel Prize-winning writer's first long fantasy. "The eponymous princess is abducted by dwarfs while her beloved fosterbrother is imprisoned by nixies (water spirits); the king of the dwarfs becomes enamoured of her, but gradually discovers an altruistic determination to reunite the lovers"—Clute and Grant, The Encyclopedia of.....

First Edition. This classic book of Sixties rock posters has become a sort of checklist for collectors and dealers, who cite "AOR" items in their descriptions. This is the full-size original version and one of the "special limited presentation edition," which has a more psychedelic design stamped on the front.....

A collection of short pieces adapted from African American folklore by Virginia Hamilton and illustrated by the Dillons. This book won the Coretta Scott King Award and it was issued with a Laura Ingalls Wilder Award sticker, which Hamilton had just received for her lifetime contribution to children's literature (she.....

First Edition. Three novellas: Brown Dog, Sunset Limited, and The Woman Lit by Fireflies. According to the Orr and Torrey bibliography (A22B), one of 20,000 copies printed. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Harrison on the.....

First Edition. An anthology of pieces published in the literary journal Sumac, edited by Harrison and Gerber from 1968 to 1971. With a new introduction by Harrison. This is one of 26 lettered copies; there were also 100 numbered copies and a trade paperback. Orr and Torrey bibliography, B97. 242.....

First Edition. A picture book retelling of the King Arthur legend by Margaret Hodges, with illustrations by Trina Schart Hyamn. Hyman won the Caldecott Medal for an earlier book collaboration with Hodges, Saint George and the Dragon. First edition (stated). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by.....