This week's list features our new acquisitions, quite a few of them first editions and high spots in the world of book collecting, such as "Finnegan's Wake," "The Catcher in the Rye," and Florence Nightingale's "Notes on Nursing." There is even a little bit of Halloween that creeps in!

This week we present you with a list of 110 early science fiction titles that we obtained from Serendipity Books after the unfortunate passing of Peter B. Howard. These books belonged to the writer, publisher, and ardent collector, John Eric Ruyle (1934-2008). Yes, that is correct, to our great surprise, we unearthed several more boxes. Ruyle, the creator of Berkeley’s fine press, Pequod Press, was a vigorous collector of Sherlockiana and early science fiction, including books with only minute or unclear “occult” and “fantasy” elements. The impassioned spirit with which Ruyle approached his collection, is immediately discernible when one looks at the detailed pencil notations he has left on the endpapers of so many of the books that he collected. In his notes, Ruyle readily comments on such things as the sheets used during the publication process of the title, its printing history, and any specific references or themes in the book, which imbue it with its unique “fantastical” flavor, no matter how subtle.   

This week's catalog features some of our best Western Americana offered at a discounted rate. Highlights include signed Maynard Dixon, Powell in Scribners, some Colorado Beauties, and a salesman's dummy of Daughters of America. Thank you and enjoy!

This week we are pleased to offer four signed works by Robert Frost, along with signed works from several other American authors, including Edna Ferber, Willa Cather, and Rockwell Kent.