Born on this Day: Dashiell Hammett (1894)

1894 : Hard-boiled mystery writer Dashiell Hammett is born

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1. HAMMETT, Dashiell. Big Knockover: Selected Stories and Short Novels. NY Random House 1956 Hardcover Edited and with an introduction by Lillian Hellman. Book club edition. Near fine in a near fine (a bit sun faded along the spine) dust jacket. Price: 10.00 USD

This Day in History: Vietnam War (1965 & 1971)

Vietnam War
1965 : Australian troops depart for Vietnam

1971 : North Vietnamese seize Snoul, Cambodia

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	1. HENDIN, Herbert and HAAS, Ann Pollinger. Wounds of War: The Psychological Aftermath of Combat in Vietnam. NY Basic Books 1984 0465092594 Hardcover First printing. Fine in a near fine (tiny nick at the base of the front panel) dust jacket. ISBN: 0465092594. Price: 20.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	2. LENS, Sidney. Vietnam: A War on Two Fronts. NY Lodestar Books (Dutton) 1990 0525673202 Hardcover First printing. Review copy with slip laid in. Fine in a very near fine (slightly sun faded along the spine) dust jacket. ISBN: 0525673202. Price: 15.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	3. LIFTON, Robert Jay. Home from the War: Vietnam Veterans: Neither Victims nor Executioners. NY Simon and Schuster 1973 0671215450 Hardcover Fine First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. ISBN: 0671215450. Price: 20.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	4. MASLOWSKI, Peter and WINSLOW, Don. Looking for a Hero: Staff Sergeant Joe Ronnie Hooper and the Vietnam War. Lincoln University of Nebraska Press 2004 0803232446 Hardcover First edition. Publisher's press release laid in. Open tear to the endpaper at the top of the front paste-down, else fine in a very near fine, price clipped dust jacket. ISBN: 0803232446. Price: 15.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	5. NEWMAN, John. Vietnam War Literature: An Annotated Bibliography of Imaginative Works About Americans Fighting in Vietnam. Metuchen Scarecrow Press 1982 0810815141 Hardcover First edition. Ex-library copy with typical markings, else near fine in blue cloth. No dust jacket. ISBN: 0810815141. Price: 15.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	6. ROTTMANN, Larry, BARRY, Jan, and PAQUET, Basil T. (editors). Winning Hearts and Minds: War Poems by Vietnam Veterans. Brooklyn 1st Casualty Press 1972 Paperback Second printing (paperback). INSCRIBED by Michael Uhl, one of the contributors. Near fine in olive green, printed wraps. Price: 30.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart

This Day in History: Coolidge signs stringent immigration law. (1924)

1924 : Coolidge signs stringent immigration law. Click here to read more.

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1. FERRELL, Robert H. Presidency of Calvin Coolidge. Lawrence University Press of Kansas 1998 0700608923 Hardcover First printing. Fine in a near fine (hint of sun fading to rear panel edges) dust jacket. ISBN: 0700608923. Price: 40.00 USD

This Day in History: Dracula goes on sale in London (1897)

1897 : Dracula goes on sale in London

The first copies of the classic vampire novel Dracula, by Irish writer Bram Stoker, appear in London bookshops on this day in 1897. Click here to read more.

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	1. ESTLEMAN, Loren D. (John H. Watson, M. D.). Sherlock Holmes Vs. Dracula or The Adventure of the Sanguinary Count. Garden City Doubleday 1978 0385140517 Hardcover Fine First edition. Light remainder spay on bottom edge, else fine in an about fine dust jacket. ISBN: 0385140517. Price: 20.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	2. GEARE, Michael and CORBY, Michael. Dracula's Diary. NY Beaufort Books 1982 0825301432 Hardcover First American printing. Blank book-plate on front paste-down, a bit of light soiling on fore edge, else very good in a very good (short closed edge tear at the top of the rear panel) dust jacket. ISBN: 0825301432. Price: 15.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	3. MCNALLY, Raymond T. Dracula Was a Woman: In Searh of the Blood Countess of Transylvania. NY McGraw-Hill 1983 Hardcover Book club edition. Initial stamped on front free endpaper, a bit of faint foxing on top edge, else very good in a very good dust jacket. Price: 65.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	4. MCNALLY, Raymond T. Dracula Was a Woman: In Searh of the Blood Countess of Transylvania. NY McGraw-Hill 1983 Hardcover Book club edition. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Price: 75.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	5. MCNALLY, Raymond T. and FLORESCU, Radu. In Search of Dracula: A True History of Dracula and Vampire Legends. NY Galahad Books 1972 0883652706 Hardcover Illustrated. A Reprint edition. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. ISBN: 0883652706. Price: 15.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	6. MUTH, Jon J. Dracula: A Symphony in Moonlight & Nightmares. NY Nantier, Beall, Minoustchine 1992 1561630594 Paperback Illustrated by the author. Second edition (paperback). About fine in oversized illustrated wraps. ISBN: 1561630594. Price: 15.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	7. MYLES, Douglas. Prince Dracula: Son of the Devil. NY McGraw-Hill 1988 0070721769 Hardcover First printing. Slight spine slant, else very good in a very good dust jacket. ISBN: 0070721769. Price: 15.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	8. SMULLYAN, Raymond M. What Is the Name of This Book: The Riddle of Dracula and Other Logical Puzzles. Englewood Cliffs Prentice-Hall 1978 0139550887 Hardcover First printing. Brief gift inscription on front free endpaper, small stain on fore edge, else very good in a very good (sun fading along the spine), price clipped dust jacket. ISBN: 0139550887. Price: 75.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	9. SMULLYAN, Raymond M. What Is the Name of This Book: The Riddle of Dracula and Other Logical Puzzles. Englewood Cliffs Prentice-Hall 1978 0139550887 Hardcover Third printing. Trace foxing to edges, else near fine in a very good (sun fading along the spine), price clipped dust jacket. ISBN: 0139550887. Price: 75.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	10. SMULLYAN, Raymond M. What is the Name of This Book?: The Riddle of Dracula and Other Logical Puzzles. NY Simon and Schuster (Touchstone) 1986 0671628321 Paperback Eighth printing of this paperback edition. Remainder mark on bottom edge, else near fine in illustrated wraps. ISBN: 0671628321. Price: 45.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart

This Day in History: Thomas Mann visits the Lido in Venice (1911)

1911 : Thomas Mann visits the Lido in Venice

Thomas Mann visits the Lido in Venice on this day and is inspired with the idea for his novella Death in Venice.

Mann was born in Germany in 1875, the second son of a grain merchant who expected Thomas to take over the business. His father died when Mann was 15, and his mother moved the family to Munich. Mann worked as a clerk at an insurance company and studied to become a journalist. In 1898, he published his first collection of stories, followed by his first novel, Buddenbrooks (1901), the saga of a family's decline from wealth. He published two more novellas, Tonio KrÝger and Tristan, in 1903. Click here to read more.

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	1. MANN, Thomas. Doctor Faustus: The Life of the German Composer Adrian Leverkuhn as Told to a Friend. NY Knopf 1948 Hardcover Fine in Near Fine dust jacket Translated from the German by H. T. Lowe-Porter. First American edition. Laid in is a small card printed with the name of Alfred Knopf, Jr. Fine in a near fine (one tiny chip at the top of the rear panel, spine slightly darkened) dust jacket. Price: 80.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	2. MANN, Thomas. Letters to Paul Amann: 1915-1952. Middletown Wesleyan University Press 1960 Hardcover Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket Translated from the German by Richard and Clara Winston. First edition. Price: 20.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	3. MANN, Thomas. Six Early Stories. Los Angeles Sun & Moon Press 1997 1557132984 Hardcover Fine Translated from the German with a note by Peter Constantine. Edited with an introduction by Burton Pike. First printing. INSCRIBED by the editor. Fine in an about fine (trace rubbing) dust jacket. ISBN: 1557132984. Price: 10.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	4. MANN, Thomas. Stories of Three Decades. London Secker & Warburg 1936 Hardcover Translated from the German by H. T. Lowe-Porter. First British edition. Previous owner's brief inscription on front free endpaper, else very good in a very good (edge worn at the spine ends, age darkened) dust jacket. Publisher's postcard laid in . Price: 75.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	5. MANN, Thomas. This Peace. NY Knopf 1938 Hardcover Very Good in Very Good dust jacket Translated from the German by H. T. Lowe-Porter. First edition. Original post card from the publisher laid in. Gilt lettering on spine partially rubbed off, else very good in very good age darkened dust jacket. Price: 30.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	6. MANN, Thomas. Thomas Mann Diaries: 1918-1939. NY Abrams 1982 0810913046 Hardcover Fine in Near Fine dust jacket Translated from the German by Richard and Clara Winston. First edition. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket with only a bit of edge wear at the corners. Price: 35.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	7. MANN, Thomas. Transposed Heads: A Legend of India. NY Knopf 1950 Hardcover Translated from the German by H. T. Lowe-Porter. Second printing of the American edition. Near fine in a near fine, price clipped dust jacket. A clean, nicely preserved, and attractive copy. Price: 15.00 USD

This Day in History: Star Wars Opens (1977)

1977 : Star Wars opens

On this day in 1977, Memorial Day weekend opens with an intergalactic bang as the first of George Lucas' blockbuster Star Wars movies hits American theaters. Click here to read more.

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	1. BEAR, Greg. Star Wars: Rogue Planet. NY Ballantine Books (Del Rey) 2000 0345435389 Hardcover First printing. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. ISBN: 0345435389. Price: 15.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	2. BROOKS, Terry. Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace. NY Ballantine Books (Del Rey) 1999 0345427653 Hardcover Fine Based on the story and screenplay by George Lucas. First printing. Fine in a fine (Darth Maul / Darth Sidious) dust jacket. ISBN: 0345427653. Price: 15.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	3. BULLUCK, Vic and HOFFMAN, Valerie. Art of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back: Episode V. NY Ballantine Books (Del Rey) 1997 0345410882 Paperback Edited by Deborah Call. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. Second printing of this revised edition (paperback). Light shelf wear, else very good in oversized illustrated wraps. ISBN: 0345410882. Price: 45.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	4. BULLUCK, Vic and HOFFMAN, Valerie. Art of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back: Episode V. NY Ballantine Books (Del Rey) 1997 0345410882 Paperback Edited by Deborah Call. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. Second printing of this revised edition (paperback). Near fine in oversized illustrated wraps. ISBN: 0345410882. Price: 45.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	5. CAVELOS, Jeanne. Science of Star Wars. NY St. Martin's 1999 0312209584 Hardcover Fine First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. ISBN: 0312209584. Price: 15.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	6. COSTIKYAN, Greg. Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game. NY West End Games 1987 0874310652 Hardcover Fine Illustrated. First printing. About fine in illustrated boards. No dust jacket, as issued. ISBN: 0874310652. Price: 20.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	7. DIETZ, William C. Star Wars: Dark Forces, Soldier for the Empire. NY Putnam (Dark Horse Comics) 1997 0399141987 Hardcover Fine Illustrated by Dean Williams. First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. ISBN: 0399141987. Price: 15.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	8. LUCENO, James. Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: The Unifying Force. NY Ballantine Books (Del Rey) 2003 0345428528 Hardcover Fine Contains a bonus CD-ROM. First printing. The packet in the back, containing the CD-ROM, has been opened (CD-ROM is still present), else fine in a fine dust jacket. ISBN: 0345428528. Price: 20.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	9. MILLER, Rusty (compiled by). Jedi Master's Quizbook: 425 Cosmic Questions & Answers About Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back. NY Ballantine Books (Del Rey) 1982 034530697X Paperback First edition (mass market paperback). Light corner crease to rear cover, else about fine in illustrated wraps. ISBN: 034530697X. Price: 15.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	10. RUSCH, Kristine Kathryn. Star Wars: The New Rebellion. NY Bantam Books 1996 0553100939 Hardcover Fine First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. ISBN: 0553100939. Price: 15.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	11. SMITH, Bill. Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game (Second Edition). Honesdale West End Games 1992 0874311810 Hardcover Fine Illustrated. First printing of the second edition. Small spot of abrasion from a removed sticker on front board, else about fine in illustrated boards. No dust jacket, as issued. ISBN: 0874311810. Price: 18.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	12. SMITH, Curtis and SLAVICSEK, Bill. Star Wars Sourcebook. NY West End Games 1987 0874310660 Hardcover Fine Illustrated. First printing. About fine in illustrated boards. No dust jacket, as issued. ISBN: 0874310660. Price: 20.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	13. TYERS, Kathy. Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Balance Point. NY Ballantine Books (Del Rey) 2000 0345428579 Hardcover Fine First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. ISBN: 0345428579. Price: 15.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	14. WALLACE, Daniel. Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Planets and Moons. NY Del Rey (Ballantine) 1998 0345420683 Paperback A detailed look at one hundred of the most exotic locales in the Star Wars cosmos. Original illustrations by Brandon McKinney and Scott Kolins. First printing (paperback). Fine in oversized illustrated wraps. ISBN: 0345420683. Price: 15.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	15. WATSON, Diane Masters (editor). Star Wars Album. NY Ballantine Books 1978 0345275918 Paperback Color and black and white photographs throughout. Third printing (paperback). Near fine in oversized illustrated wraps. ISBN: 0345275918. Price: 10.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	16. WILLIAMS, Walter Jon. Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Destiny's Way. NY Ballantine Books (Del Rey) 2002 0345428501 Hardcover First printing. Fine in a very near fine, price clipped dust jacket. ISBN: 0345428501. Price: 15.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	17. ZAHN, Timothy. Star Wars: Survivor's Quest. NY Ballantine Books (Del Rey) 2004 0345459164 Hardcover Fine First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. ISBN: 0345459164. Price: 20.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	18. ZAHN, Timothy. Star Wars: The Last Command. NY Bantam Books 1993 0553091867 Hardcover Fine Volume 3 of this three-book cycle. First printing. About fine in a fine dust jacket. ISBN: 0553091867. Price: 15.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart

Born on this Day: Margaret Fuller

1810 : Margaret Fuller is born

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1. FULLER, Margaret. Mountains: A Natural History and Hiking Guide. NY John Wiley & Sons 1989 0471620807 Paperback Black and white photographs. First printing (paperback). About fine in pictorial wraps. ISBN: 0471620807. Price: 10.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart

This Day in History: New York Public Library dedicated

1911 : New York Public Library dedicated

	1. ASHEIM, Lester (editor). Forum on the Public Library Inquiry: The Conference at the University of Chicago Library School, August 8-13, 1949. NY Columbia University Press 1950 Hardcover First edition. Ex-library copy with typical markings, else near fine in blue cloth. No dust jacket. Price: 20.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart

	2. DIEFENDORF, Elizabeth (editor). New York Public Library's Books of the Century. NY Oxford University Press 1996 0195108973 Hardcover Fine Illustrated by Diana Bryan. First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. ISBN: 0195108973. Price: 15.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart

	3. GOODRUM, Charles A. Treasures of the Library of Congress. NY Abrams 1980 0810916614 Hardcover Fine 439 illustrations, including 156 plates in color. First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. ISBN: 0810916614. Price: 30.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart

	4. KUHLTHAU, Carol Collier. Seeking Meaning: A Process Approach to Library and Information Services. Norwood Ablex Publishing Corporation 1996 1567500196 Paperback Fourth paperback printing. Fine in printed wraps. ISBN: 1567500196. Price: 35.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart

	5. MYERS, Sandra L. (editor). Ho for California!: Women's Overland Diaries from the Huntington Library. San Marino Huntington Library 1980 0873281039 Hardcover First edition. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper, boards are somewhat warped, else very good in a near fine dust jacket. ISBN: 0873281039. Price: 45.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart

	6. WILSON, Louis Round, et al. Library in College Instruction: A Syllabus on the Improvement of College Instruction Through Library Use. Westport Greenwood Press 1973 0837169283 Hardcover Fine Second printing thus. Fine in tan cloth. No dust jacket. ISBN: 0837169283. Price: 20.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart

Born on this Day: Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan (1859–1930)

Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan (1859–1930)

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Writer, the creator of Sherlock Holmes, born in Edinburgh, EC Scotland, UK. He studied medicine at Edinburgh, but poverty as a medical practitioner made him turn to writing. His first book, A Study in Scarlet (1887), introduced the super-observant, deductive Sherlock Holmes, his good-natured question-raising friend, Dr Watson, and the whole apparatus of detection mythology associated with Baker Street, Holmes's fictitious home. After The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes was serialized in the Strand Magazine (1891–3), the author tired of his popular creation, and tried to kill off his hero, but was compelled in 1903 to revive him. Conan Doyle himself set greater stock by his historical romances, such as The White Company (1890). He served as a physician in the Boer War (1899–1902), and his pamphlet, The War in South Africa (1902), earned him a knighthood (1902). He also wrote on spiritualism, to which he became a convert in later life. Related Works 1887 A Study in Scarlet 1889 Micah Clarke 1890 The Sign of Four 1891 The White Company 1896 Rodney Stone 1896 The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard 1897 Uncle Bernac Novels 1898 The Tragedy of the ‘Korosko’ 1902 The Hound of the Baskervilles 1903 The Adventures of Gerard 1906 Sir Nigel 1912 The Lost World 1913 The Poison Belt 1915 The Valley of Fear 1926 The Land of Mist Stories 1892 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 1894 The Stark Munro Letters 1894 The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes 1905 The Return of Sherlock Holmes 1917 His Last Bow 1927 The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes Click on Title to view full description 1. (Len Deighton) DOYLE, Arthur Conan. Adventure of the Priory School. Santa Barbara Santa Teresa Press 1985 Hardcover A facsimile of the original Sherlock Holmes manuscript. Introduction by Len Deighton. First printing - limited to 350 numbered copies (this copy is number 228). SIGNED by Len Deighton. Fine in a near fine (light age toning along the spine) dust jacket. Price: 75.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart 2. DOYLE, Arthur Conan. Guards Came Through and Other Poems. NY George H. Doran 1920 Hardcover Very Good First American edition. This copy came from the personal library of Margaret Sanger (famed feminist and founder of the birth-control movement in the United States) and bears her printed book-plate on the front paste-down. In addition, laid in is a typed library-style reference card which states "Library of Margaret Sanger" and is dated from 1964, only two years prior to the advocate's death. A relatively scarce Conan Doyle title with a rather interesting association. Small octavo, tan board Price: 400.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart 3. DOYLE, Arthur Conan. His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes. NY Oxford University Press 1993 0192123157 Hardcover Fine Part of The Oxford Sherlock Holmes series. Edited with an introduction by Owen Dudley Edwards. First printing thus. Fine in a fine dust jacket. ISBN: 0192123157. Price: 20.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart