Rare Books
News and information from our rare book department.
Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey
One of the great thing’s we have in our rare and vintage book collections here at Logos is a handbill from an old Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey circus performance. Check out some of our favorite images from the magazine in the gallery below. »
SIGNED FIRST EDITIONS – always better than coal in the stocking!
Further substantiating our claim that we see some of the rarest and coolest books on the West Coast, we have recently acquired many First Edition and Signed First Edition literary titles by the likes of Alice Walker and Larry McMurtry. Currently, we have a First Edition copy of The Color Purple in our Rare... »
The Fig by Ira J Condit
THE FIG: A Fruit of Ancient Origin! Here we feature an amazing 1947 publication – not intended to be a textbook or manual on practical fig culture, but a loving ode to the large, deciduous shrub or small tree native to southwest Asia and the eastern Mediterranean region. One of the first plants cultivated... »
Rare Frida Kahlo Invitation
It is not very often that someone else is selling something so awesome that I feel the need to highlight it, but this one is such a treasure I can’t pass it up. A dear friend and former employee of Logos sent out some pictures this week of a hand written invitation from Frida... »
Recently Acquired
Logos has recently acquired an extensive collection of editions from the Modern Library and Everyman’s Library series. These are 1960′s printings in lovely condition and almost all have dustjackets. If you are familiar with the ML and EL series you know that subjects range from literature to poetry, philosophy and beyond and encompass... »
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