History and Culture of the Americas in general, and of the United States in particular.
(Image is from The Army of the United States, 19190.)
New=York: George G. Sickels; Publisher, 1830. Hardcover. 12mo. viii,(9-)290pp. Contemporary full sheep, spine gilt. Frontispiece of Franklin present, as well as both the engraved and the typeset title pages. Endpapers perished; typical general staining to the text block; hinges repaired, and spine gilt and spine tips worn; but still a...... More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, (1894). First edition. Hardcover. Thin 8vo. Each letter of the alphabet has a full page full color illustration of a member of the military in caricature, and a comic caption on the following page. Bound in red, white and blue cloths, gilt spine title..... More
Tucson: University of Arizona Press, (1974). First edition. Hardcover. Oblong 4to. 160pp. Photographs by Helga Teiwes-French. Illustrated throughout in black and white and color. Original blue cloth blocked with titles in silver; grey endpapers. A near fine copy. The dustwrapper is not price clipped; it is lightly rubbed in places..... More
Boston: Christian Scientist Publishing Company, 1875. First edition. Hardcover. Thick 8vo. 456pp. Publisher's black patterned cloth; gilt spine title; plain endpapers. Errata page tipped-in at rear. One of 1000 copies of the first edition. A fine, bright copy, with only the barest traces of wear, notably at the head of..... More
New York: The Grolier Club, 1947. Limited edition. Hardcover. Thin 8vo. 140pp. Cream-colored cloth spine printed in black and gilt. Deep red cloth boards. Remnants of a bookplate on the front pastedown else a fine copy. One of 600 copies printed by A. Colish. Catalogue of the Exhibition at the..... More
Kent: Volair Limited, 1978. Limited edition. Hardcover. Two volumes. Full calf. Spines in six compartments, gilt boards blocked in gilt; all edges gilt; moiré endpapers, ribbon markers. A fine bright set in publisher's slipcase. Issued in conjunction with the American Museum of Natural History. Contains the biographies and full color..... More
Indianapolis: Wm. B. Burford, 1901. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 318pp. Illustrated with photographs and with a large folding map in a front pocket. Purple embossed cloth, gilt spine title, floral endpapers. A fine copy. Comprehensive report on the monuments and markers on the battlefield of Chickamauga. The folding map shows..... More
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1855-1859. First English edition. Hardcover. 12mo Edition. Five volumes in 2. Full contemporary calf, spines in six compartments, gilt; reed and black lettering labels. Upper boards embossed with a gilt quotation on a banner: "Beati mundo corde". Volumes I and II are second state, the title..... More
Albany: Joseph McDonough, 1906. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 258pp. Folding map. Cloth backed boards, printed paper labels on upper board and on the spine. One of 500 copies. Howes J266. "The map, based on La Salle's Mississippi explorations, was the first accurate delineation of that river." --Jenkins Basic Texas Books..... More
Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1875. First edition. Hardcover. Thick 8vo. xiv, (15)-802, iv pp. Green textured cloth blocked in black and gilt on the spine and upper board. Map of Southern States as well as many illustrations throughout by J. Wells Champney. Travel in Louisiana, Texas, Indian Territory, Missouri..... More
Goodland, KS: R. G. Wolfe, n.d. (1924). Stapled wraps. 8vo. 40pp. Printed wraps. Illustrated. A very good copy, although the bottom edges was cut at an angle by the publisher. The story of Kansas just before the homesteaders' advent, and the pursuit of the King of the Wild Horsesd, Black..... More
New-York: H. C. Sotuhwick, 1807. Hardcover. Turn of the century half green morocco. Spine in 6 compartments, gilt. T.e.g. Marbled paper boards and endpapers. Bound by W. Smith, New York. Engraved portrait frontispiece of Count Pulaski. 3 discreet library stamps, one of which, on the reverse of the title page..... More
Paris: Libraire Plon, 1889. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. xvi, 292pp. Illustrated by R. J. de Boisvray. Contemporary quarter green calf, spine in five compartments, gilt, marbled paper boards and endpapers. Spine is rubbed in places, light wear to the corners and edges else this is a very good copy. Stories..... More
New=Orleans: Printed by Lyman and Beardslee, 1827. First edition. Hardcover. 2 volumes, 8vo. lxxxiii,(1),364;xv,(1)429pp. Contemporary full leather, spines with simple rules, leather lettering labels, gilt. Half-titles present in both volumes. Ownership name, E. Rawle, on the reverse of the half-titles. The classic history of Louisiana, from the discovery of America..... More
Richmond: Peter Cotton, 1825. Hardcover. The third edition, enlarged and improved. 12mo. vii,(8)-228pp. Contemporary full calf. Illustrated. Lacks front free endpaper and lettering label; spine and head of spine worn; dampstain on the upper third of the first half of the text block, but a presentable copy of a scarce..... More
Boston: 1st: Published by the Church; 2nd: C. C. C. P. Moody, 1854; 1852. Hardcover. 8vo. (6),53,(4); 124pp. Original green cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Cloth sunned and gilt faded else a very good copy. With the signature of Sarah S. Clement dated 1896 of the prominent Rutland, Vermont..... More
Gloucester: Board of Trade, (1909). Wraps. Oblong 8vo. (84)pp. String bound. Upper wrapper printed; lower wrapper plain. Illustrated throughout with photographs. Text covers Gloucester history, fisheries, catching fish, recipes, schools, etc., With a foldout panorama of Gloucester harbor, 4½ by 32 inches. Light wear and spotting, panorama reinforced at..... More
Tucson: Letter, 1943. Stapled wraps. The December 1943-January 1944 issue of this monthly journal, replete with articles on the Home Front, Russia, India and China and Men and Women. Examples: "Shall Arizona Allow Japanese Americans to Raise Vegetables?"; "How Did Russia Grow Strong?"; "Women in Pants". 40 articles, drawings, reviews..... More
New York: George P. Putnam and Co., 1854. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Original publisher's maroon marbled cloth, upper cover with elaborate blocked design in gilt and blind with large central sunken lozenge blocked with a gilt vignette of the "southern mocking bird" signed "Tompson" (in reverse), derived from the plate..... More
New York: B. M. Whitlock, n.d. (1889). Illustrated by H. A. Ogden. First edition. Hardcover. Large folio. Half leather, spine in 6 compartments, gilt; maroon colored pebbled cloth, gilt title on the upper board; all edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. With 44 full page chromolithographed illustrations of the uniforms of the..... More
n.p. n.p., n.d. (1939). Tunnel Book. Colour pictorial upper scene with single central peep-hole, four cut-away panels and a back-scene, all printed in color, 5 by 6¼ inches. When opened accordion style it shows the Grand Concourse from the 1939 New York World's Fair, culminating in a picture of the..... More
Auburn: Derby and Miller, et al. 1853. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xvi,(17)-336pp. 4pp. publisher's ads inserted between the front endpapers. Original brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, boards embossed in blind. Yellow coated endpapers. Illustrated with seven full page illustrations, including the frontispiece of the author. Significantly foxed, as..... More
Ann Arbor: n.p., ca. 1878. Stiff card. Original albumen photograph 6 by 8 inches and mounted to card with the handwritten captions. The photograph depicts University hall with two smartly dressed gentlemen outside. The Hall was built in 1871. In 1879 the 'pepper box' towers and balustrade were removed, hence..... More
New York, et al: Th A. N. Palmer Co., n.d. Stiff card. A complete set of fifteen cards, 8 by 17 inches, printed in black with letters and numbers in white showing the capital and lower case alphabet, numbers and symbols in the Palmer handwriting method. These cards were..... More
n.p. n.p., 1854. Hardcover. 8vo. Bound diary of blue lined paper on which the author has recorded his trips on sixty-four pages. The first page of the diary lists the ships: the Ship Arvum and the Ship R. B. Forbes. Peirce owned timberland in northern Maine, and did business as..... More
