London & New York: Whittaker, Treacher, & Co., 1832. Hervieu, Auguste. 1st. Hardcover. Complete in One Volume. Reprinted for the Booksellers. First American Edition. 8vo. viii, 325pp. 8 black & white tissue-guarded plates by Auguste Hervieu. Original blue-green cloth covered boards; titles to paper label on the spine. Moderate wear..... More
Boston: Wells and Lilly, 1823. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. x, 508p, [2]. Black & white frontispiece; engragings. Full leather hardback with wear to extremities & spine; numerous amateur repairs, including covering the boards in clear packing tape, and using the same tape to repair loose prelims; internally clean; a...... More
Washington, D.C. US Civil Rights Commission, 1998. Softcover. Quarto, 52 pages; Stapled Wraps. 'A Summary Report, Background Paper and Transcript'. More
Washington DC: Ritchie and Heiss, 1847. 1st. Hardcover. Thick 8vo. xlix, [1]; 704; 111, [1]; 74 pp. 6 large fold-out charts; 9 folding maps. Original leather binding with red gilt lettered title label to spine. A good copy (boards holding by strings (more so to front board); some loss to..... More
New York; Chicago: 1937-1959. Six typed letters to Kenneth Brown SIGNED on Rudy Vallee's personalized stationary and one autograph letter SIGNED on Vallee's personalized stationary from his lodge in Lake Kezar. 9" x 7" black & white original photograph of a young Rudy Vallee INSCRIBED "To Ken, In friendship, Rudy..... More
Amsterdam: C. de Boer, Jr., 1947. 1st. Softcover. Small octavo; 66 pages plus fold-out map at rear. Inscribed on half title 'For Colonel and Mrs. ----- / o/b SS "Dduivendyk" / October 1948 / P. Verhoog'. More
Clinton, MI: Clinton Local, [1923]. 1st. Softcover. 8vo. [36]pp. Photo-illustrations of current and past Pastors. Stiff brown wraps with gilt lettering and decoration to front cover. A near fine copy (minor wear to extremities; Organ Dedication Service and Orgran Recital (dated 1927) pamphlets have been pasted in rear). Next day..... More
Putnam, CT: Aspinock Historical Society, 1980. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. 125pp. Appendix; Bibliography; Index. Black & white photo-illustrations. Two large folded maps laid-in: Putnam Plan of Development 1972, and Putnam Heights Area circa 1750-51. Blue cloth with gilt lettering in fine condition. SIGNED by the author on copyright page. Commemorative Issue..... More
[St. Louis]: The Author, 1933. 1st. Hardcover. Octavo; [xii], 510 pp. Near Fine in original quarter blue leather and decorated blue cloth boards gilt stamped at spine. Bookplate to front pastedown reads ' To Miss Mary H. Wheat/with the compliments/of the author/Rolla Wells/April 18, 1940' Next day shipping. Celebrating our..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947-1949. Complete in 3 volumes. 8vo. Various paginations. Photographic reproductions. Cloth in color illustrated dustjackets; housed in publisher's illustrated slipcase. Previous owner name in each volume & backside of slipcase; two volumes priceclipped; light wear to extremities & slipcase; some agetoning; a very good set..... More
San Francisco: The Colt Press, 1949. First Edition, Limited to 500 copies. Hardcover. Quarto; unpaginated (complete as issued); 1 photo, 5 facsimiles, some on colored paper; chronological index, appendix. This is a Near Fine copy (offsetting from handsome owner bookplate on front pastedown) in original 1/4 red linen and red..... More
San Francisco: The Colt Press, 1949. First Edition, Limited to 500 copies. Hardcover. Quarto; unpaginated (complete as issued); 1 photo, 5 facsimiles, some on colored paper; chronological index, appendix. Original 1/4 red linen and red and gold illustrated paper-covered boards. A fine copy. The classic bibliography containing 241 annotated entries..... More
Boston, MA: Privately Printed, 1923. 1st. Three-quarter leather. Limited Edition to 2,000 copies. 4to. x, 114pp. Frontispiece photo-reproduction of Crocker with tissue guard; illustrations. Printed on Antique Biography Book Paper. Three-quarter blue leather and cloth with gilt lettering and ruling; top-edge gilt; marbled endpapers. Compliments card from Douglas Crocker laid..... More
Boston: Marshall Jones Company, 1933. First Edition. SIGNED by the author. 8vo. 203 pp. Numerous photo-illustrations, including frontispiece with tissue guard. Previous owner name else fine in very good dustjacket 9light fading to spine; minor wear to extremities and spotting to covers). Artists from around the world have contributed to..... More
Philadelphia: A.S. Barnes, 1843. First Edition. 12mo; 336 pages. Early textbook. More
Baltimore: Wm. J. C. Dulany Co., State Printers, 1900. First Edition. 8vo. 131 pp. Presentation slip and Errata tipped in. Maroon pebbled cloth with gilt lettering & decoration on front cover; floral endpapers. Minor wear to extremities; light spine fading; gilt on front cover slightly burnished; else a near fine..... More
New York: Henry Holt, 1884. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. 313pp. Index. Frontispiece portrait engraving with tissue guard. Green cloth with gilt lettering & decoration; blindstamping to rear cover. Minor wear to extremities; light, general wear & soiling; decorative owner bookplate of James Strohn Copley, journalist and newspaper publisher of the San..... More
Amsterdam: 1947. First Edition. Oblong 8vo. 32, [2] pp. simple map of Holland with locations of the three cemetaries (Molenhoek, Son, and Margraten); plot map of the U.S. Military Cemetery in Margraten. Photo-reproductions on every page with descriptions. Half-brown cloth spine over light brown paper covered boards, with photo-illustrated plate..... More
Garden City: Doubleday and Company, 1980. 1st. Paperback. Uncorrected proof. 8vo. Unpaginated. Black & white illustrations; photographs; maps; facsimiles. Illustrated wrappers. Light crease to upper front corner else fine. "B. Traven was the pen name of a presumably German novelist, whose real name, nationality, date and place of birth and..... More