Garden City, New York: Doubleday& Company, Inc., 1951. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 12mo. Pp. 92. Bound in black half-cloth over grey paper-covered boards, silver lettering stamped on spine. In the photo-illustrated dust jacket that shows chips and a diagonal crease on the front panel. Akin to E. B......
Boston: George Coolidge, [1865]. Illustrated with color lithographs. First Thus. Hardcover. 12mo. Pp. 128 followed by 21 pp. of ads. Full color title page and frontis. Poems, domestic advice (how to handle servants), obstetric information, etc. Bright green blind-stamped cloth with vibrant gilt title on spine and cover. Fine. Includes.....
[Washington, DC]: 1895. First Edition. Staplebound. 8vo. Pp. 40. Frontis. illustration of the US Capitol. Illustrated throughout with full page depictions of general subjects, ranging from cute children to risque poses of women. Illustrated wraps, stapled. Old minor half-inch tape repair to inside rear cover. Typical almanac of the period.....
Boston, Mass. W. B. Clarke & Co., 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Pp. [1-7], 8-80. Three-page foreword by Israel Zangwill. Bound in the publisher's red pebble-grain cloth, gilt lettering stamped on spine. Bookseller's tag on rear pastedown (Gotham Book Mart). General wear to extremities of cloth, with corners worn.....
New York: Random House, (1939). First Edition, Second Printing. Hardcover. Stout 8vo. Pp. xx, 680. Laden with black-and-white photography, line drawings, maps. Includes the large folding map in rear pastedown pocket. With a list of annual events. Bibliography. Index. Binding starting between half-title and title pages; offsetting to endpapers. Bold.....
[Milwaukee]: [Self-Published], 1972. First Edition. Stiff Wrappers. 4to. Pp. 112. Filled with correspondence, poems and reminiscences. Bound in stiff printed wrappers, side-stapled. Laid in is an unsigned letter referencing the author's teaching position in Seldovia, Alaska, on Cook Inlet, and a luncheon involving Floyd Starr and his effort with wayward.....
Glenview, Illinois: Scott, Foresman and Company, (1970). First Edition. Stiff Printed Wrappers. Large 8vo. Pp. 523. Index. Bound in stiff, glossy wraps. Very slight edge-wear, otherwise appears unread. Includes two pieces of publisher's ephemera related to the publication. A particularly bright copy of this anthology presenting writers as diverse as.....
Cooperstown: New York State Historical Association / The Farmers' Museum, (1989). Facsimile Edition. Stiff paper wraps. A miniature book that measures 2" x 3 1/8". Pp. 8. Illustrated with four block prints. Bound in hand-sewn, printed, laid-paper wraps. Top edge of leaves with faint dampstain. Signed on the title page.....
Boston: National Education Association, 1910. First Thus. Hardcover. 12mo. Pp. x; 190. Illustrated throughout with b&w photo reproductions. With eight plates of color maps. Green cloth with printing on cover. General wear with some light pencil notations on two pp., front hinge starting and cover worn. A fascinating look at.....
Chicago: S. Stone, (1901). First Edition. Leather-bound. 8vo. Pp. [6], 413. Introductions by General Joseph Wheeler and Opie Read. Poem by Grace Duffie Boylan. Frontis. photo portrait. Illustrated with several black-and-white photo reproductions. Marbled endpapers. Bound in three-quarter brown morocco over marbled boards, gilt lettering and rules stamped on spine.....
Indianapolis and New York: Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., (1970). First Edition. Stiff Printed Wrappers. 4to. Pp. 64. Bibliography. Bound in color-printed stiff glossy wrappers. Slight edge-wear. Withal, a good, bright copy. A Black Man's farewell to the Congress of the United States by G.H. White; Stirring up the Fires of Race.....
London: Elkin, Mathews, 1921. First Edition. Leather-bound. Squarish 8vo. Pp. 63. Marbled endpapers. Bound by the Atelier Bindery (NY) in three-quarter burgundy morocco over dark red cloth, gilt lettering stamped on spine that has five raised bands. Original front wrapper bound in at rear. Light foxing to preliminaries. Slight scuffs.....
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1926. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. 136. Foreword. Signed by Barton on limitation page. Dark green cloth with printed paper label on spine. General wear, with a dampstain splotch on front cover (see photo). President Lincoln's sublime letter to Mrs. Bixby, wherein he offers condolences for the loss.....
(Los Angeles): Greybull Press, (2002). Ruth-Marion Baruch and Pirkle Jones. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 4to. Pp. 137 followed by five pages of plate lists, (1). Frontis. photo. Laden with full-page plates of b&w photos. Bound in full black cloth with blindstamp lettering on spine. Former owner name on.....
Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, (1949). Limited Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. x, [2], 3-146. Chapters with line-drawing head pieces. Index. Endpaper pictorial maps. Bound in photo-printed cloth. In the photo-illustrated dust jacket that shows edge-wear and chips at head and tail of spine. Price of $3.00 intact.....
Ridgewood, NJ: The Gregg Press, (1966). First Thus. Hardcover. Folio. Pp. xlviii, 288, li-lxx. Frontis. reproduction portrait of Queen Anne. Glossary. Indices offer rosters of ships, merchants, masters of ships, a geographical index, etc. Bound in full, bright orange buckram with gilt seal stamped on front cover, blue lettering on.....
Boston: Beacon, (1970). Second Printing. Stiff Glossy Wrappers. 8vo. xix, 331. Bound in stiff glossy wraps. With a very slight indentation on top edge, otherwise and exemplary copy that appears fresh and unread. Collects three narratives: That of Olaudah Equiano (or Gustavus Vassa, the African), James C. Pennington, and William.....
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., 1945. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. xvii, [2], 266. Index. Bound in dark blue-green cloth with gilt lettering stamped on spine. Slight soiling to cloth. In the scarce pictorial dust jacket, slight chips, esp. at head and tail of spine.....
New York: Lemma Publishing Company, 1969. Reprint. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. 634; 635-1205 [68]. Frontis. Joseph Conrad photo Vol 1. Illustrated with manuscript facsimiles. Bound in black cloth, gold lettering printed on the spines, edges trimmed. Covers lightly rubbed. A lengthy two-page review clipped from the New York Times of The.....
(New York): Viking, 2015. Revised. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Edition Adapted for Young Readers. Small 4to. Pp. xi, 227. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white photography. With a timeline, and a section on the art of rowing. Index. Bound in blue paper-covered boards with yellow lettering stamped on spine. In the illustrated.....
New York and London: F. Tennyson Neely, (1902). First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. 94. Olive buckram with lettering in red on front cover. Printed on laid paper. Fore edge untrimmed. Dust soiling to top edge. Some slight wear to extremities. An obscure novel concerning rustic Tennessee mountain people. Quite uncommon.....
Winnepeg: Hudson's Bay Record Society, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Tall 8vo. Pp. lxxxiv, [2], 2-328, followed by 18 pp. of subscribers. Frontis. photo portrait of Brydges. Maps, including one large folding. Index. Bound in full black cloth with the HBC heraldic crest stamped on front cover, gilt.....
New York London and Edinburgh: Fleming H. Revell Company, (1939). First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. [10], 11-220. Frontis. photo of the Montcalm Market, Quebec. With a map and several excellent black-and-white photographs. Bound in full brown cloth with gilt lettering stamped on spine. In the photo-illustrated dust.....
Chicago: Standard Oil Co. (Indiana), 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Pp. 288. Nine complete periodicals preceded by a contents leaf. Illustrated throughout with black & white photographs, cartoons and diagrams. Bound in green buckram, stamped gilt periodical masthead on the cover and lettering on the spine. Lightly rubbed and stains.....
New Haven: College & University Press, (1962). Stiff Illustrated Wrappers. 8vo. Pp. Chronology. Bibliography. Index. Bound in stiff wraps featuring a photo of Cable on the front cover. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Slight wear to cover. A handsome copy. Inscription, to Howard University historian John Lovell.....