Books, Manuscripts & Printed Books

The Celebrity Black Book 2010 contains the best celebrity addresses and celebrity contact information for over 60,000 public figures worldwide. Whether you're a fan, business person, nonprofit, author or a member of the media, you're bound to find this book useful. Everyone who is anyone is inside: ...

This handsome book celebrates the rich variety and depth of the Special Collections of the Auckland City Central Library. These amazing collections are full of rare, valuable and wonderful items that are not widely known. One hundred treasures are featured each pictured in full colour with and an ac...

Farewell Footrot Flats! After more than 30 years as the showcase of Kiwi humour, Wallace Cadwallader Footrot, the Dog and their mates are saying cheerio. The Long Weekender is Murray Ball's final Footrot Flats title - a  collectors' edition of Murray Ball's classic "double deckers"...

There's a good reason The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide has been the definitive guide for collectors and dealers alike since 1970. In addition to being the preeminent source of comic book pricing information, it features a ton of other data as well. The 42nd edition includes all new insights and...

This book contains some of the most beautiful and fascinating lithographed images ever printed on cigar box labels. With topics like transportation, sports figures, women, and politics--you'll have a glimpse into a bygone era when the cigar box was the king of the advertising industry. The gorgeous ...

This book contains 30 of the most beautiful and fascinating lithographed images ever printed on cigar box labels. You'll have a glimpse into a bygone era when the cigar box was the king of the advertising industry. The perforated pages tear out easily and are fit for being matted, framed, and hung a...

As words and stories are increasingly disseminated through digital means, the significance of the book as object - whether pristine collectible or battered relic - is growing as well. "Unpacking My Library: Writers and Their Books" spotlights the personal libraries of thirteen favourite novelists wh...

"I began printing books with the hope of producing some which would have a definite claim to beauty, while at the same time they should be easy to read and should not dazzle the eye, or trouble the intellect of the reader by eccentricity of form in the letters."William Morris In January 1891 William...

This new, eighth edition of R.B. Russell's Guide to First Edition Prices has been fully revised and updated and now includes over 725 full author bibliographies and contains over 50,000 values for first and collectable editions. It includes classic authors from Jane Austen to Oscar Wilde, detective...

The Celebrity Black Book 2009 edition contains the best mailing addresses and representative names (agent, manager, publicist, production company, etc.) for over 55,000 celebrities and public figures worldwide. Everyone who is anyone is inside: actors, musicians, athletes, politicians, religious fig...

"The Book of Kells" is the richest and most copiously illustrated book in the Celto-Saxon style that still survives. However, despite its rarity and fame, there is little that is known about it. Reproducing over sixty of the wonderful images from the book itself, this guide describes the hidden mean...

Four paper dolls can be transformed into a wild array of steampunk characters including an Arctic explorer, a vampire hunter, an airship mechanic, a pirate, a mad scientist, and other adventurers. Each costume comes with a full assortment of clock-work equipment, from an infrared varmint-detector an...

A fiesta of traditional Mexican folk costumes! Four dolls are accompanied by a wardrobe of 22 outfits including "serapes, ""sombreros, " and embroidered blouses and skirts. Historic dress from throughout the country includes a Wedding Dance costume from Veracruz, a Zapotec gown from Oaxaca, and othe...

Gorgeous and graceful dolls bring a fresh, contemporary attitude to powerful women from world mythology. Goddesses include Apsara, celestial maiden of Hindu and Buddhist lore; Bastet, feline deity of ancient Egypt; Brigantia, Celtic goddess of victory; Erzulie, Vodou spirit of love and beauty; Iduna...

The American picture postcard debuted around the start of the twentieth century, creating an enthusiasm for sending and collecting postcard art that continued for decades. As a form of popular culture, scenic postcards strongly influenced how Americans conceptualized both faraway and nearby places t...

The play "Blackberry Molasses" is an inspirational story about a young African American woman, Desera Harrison, who finds her voice through her writing. She struggles to find peace in her turbulent life. She begins building a life for herself in Atlanta, where she lives with her mother and fourteen-...

The play "Blackberry Molasses" is an inspirational story about a young African American woman, Desera Harrison, who finds her voice through her writing. She struggles to find peace in her turbulent life. She begins building a life for herself in Atlanta, where she lives with her mother and fourteen-...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally impor...

Cool Cooper Puma is so smooth. Cool Cooper Puma is so smart. Cool Cooper Puma is so strong. Come along and do that "Puma" Dance! Do that "Puma" Dance! Do that "Puma" Dance!

This is the one book you will need to value your collection, make the smart buy and just get in touch with the art of graded cards. Learn how the grading process works plus the things to look for in cards you buy. With everything from vintage to modern day Baseball, Football, Basketball, Hockey and ...

This book, first published in 1999, studies and compares two sixteenth-century libraries. Jean Grolier's was a bibliophilic 'cabinet' of fine books; Diego Hurtado de Mendoza's was a much larger and more scholarly collection; a full catalogue is provided for the first time. Both men were greatly infl...

Contains the most comprehensive coverage of die-cast cars available anywhere. Includes up-to-date die cast pricing, plus prices and alphabetical driver listings for every racing card ever issued. Covers NASCAR, IndyCar, Formula One, NHRA, Sprint Cars and more. Over 2,000 card set listings and 22,000...

This is the one book you will need to value your collection, make the smart buy and just get in touch with the art of graded cards. Learn how the grading process works plus the things to look for in cards you buy. With everything from vintage to modern day Baseball, Football, Basketball, Hockey and ...

The Celebrity Black Book 2012 contains the best celebrity addresses and celebrity contact information for over 60,000 public figures worldwide. Whether you're a fan, business person, nonprofit, author or a member of the media, you're bound to find this book useful. Everyone who is anyone is inside: ...

The Celebrity Black Book 2011 contains the best celebrity addresses and celebrity contact information for over 60,000 public figures worldwide. Whether you're a fan, business person, nonprofit, author or a member of the media, you're bound to find this book useful. Everyone who is anyone is inside: ...

Michael Ashe, an antiquarian bookseller in Los Angeles, suddenly finds his business in decline. Even librarians have turned their backs on books, while pouring money into electronic resources. But Ashe refuses to admit defeat: he continues the hunt for rare tomes in Mexico City and Paris, while stru...

Children have the right to experience life through their own eyes and not through the eyes of others. In many cases adults invade the sacred innocence of children. As a result, those children are robbed of their childhood and forced into experiencing adult situations and issues. "May I Be Just A C...

There is a house where they believe that it is haunted, until one Halloween night where three brother's explore it to see if it was haunted.

Over 1750 photos present more than 1550 fans in all their artistry, some showing both sides. The informative descriptions of the fans are often amusing. Roughly 100 factoids in boxes accompanying the captions, give readers extra insight into these fascinating fans. The fans are divided into forty-th...

The University of Canterbury is the guardian of a rich and varied inheritance, which is reflected in the diverse material held by its libraries. These collections enable us to discover not only the history of Christchurch, the South Island of New Zealand's largest city, but also into the history of ...

This book of poems gives the readers a reflection of the way the author sees herself as a person, as a woman and how she wants others to perceive her. It talks about how she doesn't need any other person to tell her what to do and how to live her life. Being an independent woman makes her realize ho...

This book of poems gives the readers a reflection of the way the author sees herself as a person, as a woman and how she wants others to perceive her. It talks about how she doesn't need any other person to tell her what to do and how to live her life. Being an independent woman makes her realize ho...

Journey Scott is a shy eight year old. Her mom is a teacher and encourages Journey to share her passions. There is one thing Journey is really passionate about. She is excited to let you know in her story. "Mom, take me back to The Best Fish House." This story is relatable to children to express a p...

In the less than eight decades since Superman's debut in 1938, comic book superheroes have become an indispensible part of American society and the nation's dominant mythology. They quickly expanded from their sequential art origins to become a part of nearly every portion of society, from film and ...

The Arcadian Library, based in London, is one of the finest collections of books reflecting European interest in the Arab and Islamic worlds. Among its c.10,000 volumes are many copies with important provenances and fine bindings. In this companion volume to no. 8 in the series, six distinguished au...

When the Somali crisis broke out in the 1990s and the Somali central government collapsed, the United Nations made several attempts to mediate the conflicting parties. The crisis reached its highest climax, leading to the successful US-led Operation Restore Hope. Unfortunately, when the leadership o...

When the Somali crisis broke out in the 1990s and the Somali central government collapsed, the United Nations made several attempts to mediate the conflicting parties. The crisis reached its highest climax, leading to the successful US-led Operation Restore Hope. Unfortunately, when the leadership o...