New York: E. French, 1860. 1st. Original cloth. First Edition. 8vo. viii, 472pp. Frontispiece illustration showing the library of Wm. Curtis Noyes, with tissue guard. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. A very good copy (minor wear to extremities; upper rear corner bumped; light, general wear; small owner... More about Private Libraries of New York
Berkeley & Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1942. First Edition, Limited #705 of 1000 copies. SIGNED by the author on colophon. 8vo. xv, 225 pp. Bibliography; Index. Reproductions of 80 water-color sketches by flower painter F. Schuyler Mathews; black & white illustrations. Blue cloth with gilt lettering; map endpapers;... More about Wild Violets of North America (SIGNED
New York: Henry Holt, 1909. First Edition. 8vo. x, 531 + 2pp advertisements at rear. Index. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering. Light spotting on upper page edges else a fine copy of the uncommon first edition. "An authorative history and a broad, clear statement of this problem." "...The historical... More about Chinese Immigration (American Public Problems
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1947. First Edition. 8vo. 435 pp. Bibliography; Index. The book reviewer's copy with his name/address label (Leonard E. Wedel). Taped in at rear is a partial slip of Mr. Wedel's review. Green cloth in publisher's tan & green illustrated dustjacket. Near fine (rust... More about Colonists in Bondage: White Servitude and Convict Labor in America 1607-1776