![3732453] Something Like an Autobiography. Akira Kurosawa, Audie E. Bock](/images/noimage-req.png)
Something Like an Autobiography.
First edition, first printing of this autobiography by the director of Seven Samurai (1954). New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. 205, [3]pp. 8vo. Quarter cloth..... Read More about Something Like an Autobiography
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![3731886] Frederick Douglass Document Signed, May 17th, 1882, as the first African-American...](/pictures/thumb/3731886_1.jpg?v=1669053426)
Frederick Douglass Document Signed, May 17th, 1882, as the first African-American Recorder of Deeds, Washington, D.C.
Autographed by Frederick Douglass on the docketing panel as “Fredk. Douglass.” Douglass served as Recorder of Deeds (1881–1886) in the District of Columbia. Formerly enslaved..... Read More about Frederick Douglass Document Signed, May 17th, 1882, as the first African-American Recorder of...
![3732626] The Christiana Riot and The Treason Trials of 1851, An Historical Sketch. [within Papers...](/pictures/thumb/3732626_1.jpg?v=1666823950)
The Christiana Riot and The Treason Trials of 1851, An Historical Sketch. [within Papers Read before the Lancaster County Historical Society October 6, 1911]
Hensel’s account of the Christiana Riot, an incident of African American-led armed resistance which took place in 1851 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, just over the..... Read More about The Christiana Riot and The Treason Trials of 1851, An Historical Sketch. [within Papers Read...
![3732600] Come One! Come All!! Woman’s Day at St. Johhn A.M.E. Church [African Methodist...](/pictures/thumb/3732600_1.jpg?v=1666823948)
Come One! Come All!! Woman’s Day at St. Johhn A.M.E. Church [African Methodist Episcopal Church handbill]
This ephemeral item records a “Mammoth Platform Meeting” in 1941 in Wayne, Pennsylvania. The pastor of Wayne’s St. John A.M.E.‘s Church was the Reverend William..... Read More about Come One! Come All!! Woman’s Day at St. Johhn A.M.E. Church [African Methodist Episcopal Church...
![3732392] 1903 African Methodist Episcopal Church Quarterly Ticket. R H. Shirley](/pictures/thumb/3732392_1.jpg?v=1666823947)
1903 African Methodist Episcopal Church Quarterly Ticket.
Scarce Quarterly Ticket of admittance to the religious meetings of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. This ticket prints a verse from the Bible and in..... Read More about 1903 African Methodist Episcopal Church Quarterly Ticket
Black Workers and the New Unions.
From the 1946 publisher’s catalog: “This is a book for those who want to know what really happens when, in circumstances of enormous complexity and..... Read More about Black Workers and the New Unions
![3732598] Samuel Barber. Collected Songs. (Signed by Samuel Barber). Samuel Barber](/pictures/thumb/3732598_1.jpg?v=1669147720)
Samuel Barber. Collected Songs. (Signed by Samuel Barber)
Signed by the celebrated American composer Samuel Barber (1910–1981) on the front cover of this compendium of his songs: Hermit Songs, Melodie Passageres, Monks and..... Read More about Samuel Barber. Collected Songs. (Signed by Samuel Barber
Love, Groucho. Letters from Groucho Marx to His Daughter Miriam. (Inscribed)
First Edition (first printing) and this copy inscribed by Groucho Marx’s daughter who died in 2017: “With best wishes, Miriam Marx Allen.” With a Foreword..... Read More about Love, Groucho. Letters from Groucho Marx to His Daughter Miriam. (Inscribed
Selected Writings
First edition. Painter, musician and calligrapher, Zazeela was a member of the avant-garde group Theatre of Eternal Music (Dream Syndicate) and married American minimalist composer..... Read More about Selected Writings
Veronica. The Autobiography of Veronica Lake.
First English edition. The scarce autobiography of this Brooklyn native and beautiful actress, written before her relatively early death, brought about in part by her..... Read More about Veronica. The Autobiography of Veronica Lake
The Art of S. Clay Wilson. (Signed)
First edition, first printing. Signed by Wilson. Profusely illustrated with cartoons and paintings by this American underground cartoonist who illustrated for R. Crumb’s Zap Comix..... Read More about The Art of S. Clay Wilson. (Signed
Requiem for a Dream.
First English edition of this novel set in the back streets of New York and written by the author of Last Exit to Brooklyn. London..... Read More about Requiem for a Dream
![3732445] A Girl in Winter. Philip Larkin](/pictures/thumb/3732445_1.jpg?v=1666802466)
A Girl in Winter.
First American edition, first printing of this poet’s novel first published in England in 1957. New York: St. Martin’s Press, (1962). 248pp. Sm. 8vo. Hardcover..... Read More about A Girl in Winter
Busby’s Street Scenes. Images of Street Hawkers and Criers In 19th-century London and Paris. [Limited edition; color facsimiles]
Limited to 120 copies. With a foreword by the letterpress printer/publisher, Henry Morris; his final book. Newtown [Pennsylvania]: Bird & Bull Press, 2013. 22, [1]pp..... Read More about Busby’s Street Scenes. Images of Street Hawkers and Criers In 19th-century London and Paris....
Several Observations. Thirty Five Poems.
First edition, first impression. Grigson’s first book, an unopened copy. His early poetry “consists of precise, imagistic observations of the world.” (Cambridge Guide to Literature)..... Read More about Several Observations. Thirty Five Poems
Medea. Freely adapted from the Medea of Euripides.
First edition and first Issue; with the line missing on page 99. New York: Random House, (1946). 107pp. 8vo. Hardcover in quarter cloth and boards..... Read More about Medea. Freely adapted from the Medea of Euripides
The Poet in Exile. (Signed)
First edition, first printing and boldly signed by Ray Manzarek on the title page. New York: Thunder’s Mouth Press, (2001). 210pp. 8vo. Hardbound. Fine in..... Read More about The Poet in Exile. (Signed
The Crown of Life.
First American edition. “A late and surprisingly romantic novel for Gissing, written at a period when his second marriage was falling apart ... As a...... Read More about The Crown of Life
![3732429] Three Trapped Tigers. (Signed). G. Cabrera Infante](/pictures/thumb/3732429_1.jpg?v=1669849640)
Three Trapped Tigers. (Signed)
First American edition of the author’s first book. Signed twice by the author and by Suzanne Jill Levine, the book’s co-translator. Gabriel Cabrera Infante (2939–2005)..... Read More about Three Trapped Tigers. (Signed
The Picturegoers. A Novel. (Signed)
It is unknown by us if the present copy is a first edition in a variant binding color, a trial binding, or an early reprint..... Read More about The Picturegoers. A Novel. (Signed
![3732374] Nonce. (Signed). Cid Corman](/pictures/thumb/3732374_1.jpg?v=1666802466)
Nonce. (Signed)
Limited to 500 copies; this copy signed by Cid Corman on the final leaf. New Rochelle: The Elizabeth Press, 1965. [20] leaves. 7¾ x 4¼..... Read More about Nonce. (Signed
![3732373] Contributor’s Note. [Limited Edition, signed by Dana Gioia]. Weldon Kees](/pictures/thumb/3732373_1.jpg?v=1666802466)
Contributor’s Note. [Limited Edition, signed by Dana Gioia]
Number 22 of 30 numbered copies signed by Dana Gioia, author of the introduction, out of a total edition of 150 copies. [West Chester, Pennsylvania:]..... Read More about Contributor’s Note. [Limited Edition, signed by Dana Gioia
![3732369] Testimony Against Gertrude Stein. [cover title]. Eugene Jolas Georges Braque, Tristan...](/pictures/thumb/3732369_1.jpg?v=1666802466)
Testimony Against Gertrude Stein. [cover title]
“In later years Braque, Eugene Jolas, Matisse, Andre Salmon, and Tristan Tzara published jointly a Testimony against Gertrude Stein (1935), in which they denied her..... Read More about Testimony Against Gertrude Stein. [cover title
The Complete Little Nemo in Slumberland. (Six Volume Set)
First editions, first printings, thus, of all six volumes comprising “Little Nemo in Slumberland” 1905–1911 and “In the Land of Wonderful Dreams,” 1911–1914. Westlake Village..... Read More about The Complete Little Nemo in Slumberland. (Six Volume Set
Images. My Life in Film by Ingmar Bergman. (First Edition)
First Edition. Autobiography of this giant in cinematic history. Bergman re-screened all of his films to write his memoir. New York: Arcade Publishing, (1990). 442..... Read More about Images. My Life in Film by Ingmar Bergman. (First Edition