In my day job at Honey & Wax Booksellers, we’ve made a specialty out of handling the unexpected, and especially unfamiliar books that illuminate more familiar ones. Here are ten of my favorites that we sold in 2018.

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An Alphabet of T.O.T.: Train Omnibus Tram,illustrated by Charles Pears, London, 1915

This scarce publicity pamphlet for the Underground Electric Railways Company was designed by poster artist Charles Pears, whose style helped define English mass...