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: 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
New Yorj: Columbia University Press, 1929. Louis Schellbach. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 8vo. xiii,(1),208,(2)pp. Publisher's red cloth spine, printed paper bards in a design by the illustrator. Neat ownership name on the front pastedown dated 1929.A fine,bright copy sand seldom seen now in this condition. The dustwrapper is not..... 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
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1923). With illustrations in color by James Montgomery Flagg. Hardcover. Fourth G&D printing. Tan cloth blocked in blue and brown on the spine and upper cover. Three full color full page plates. Light wear, rubbing to the upper board, else a very good copy. Signed..... 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
Toronto: Irwin & Gordon, Ltd., 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Small 4to. 153pp. Gray cloth printed in black on the spine and in black and silver on the upper board. Large folding map in the rear. Neat ownership name and sticker else a near fine copy with only traces of fading..... More
Boston: Moses King, 1895. Hardcover. Thick 8vo. 720pp. 450 illustrations. Original pictorial grey-green cloth blocked in dark red and gilt. Coated endpapers. Large folding map of New York is present at p. 476. Light wear to the binding; inner hinges cracked but strong; rear endpapers neatly repaired; else this is..... More
NY and Los Angeles: Angelina Book Concern, 1906. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Portrait frontispiece and 22 illustrations. Original cloth gilt title and vignette. Translated by Julius Behnke, Professor of Modern Languages, Occidental College, Los Angeles. With his printed photograph tipped-in, and his presentation inscription: 'Yours for progress / without end..... 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
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
NY: Viking, (1967). Robert Verity Clem, Limited edition. Hardcover. Large folio. Full leather, gilt spine. Edited by Gardner Stout, illustrated by Robert Verity Clem, text by Peter Matthiessen, and species accounts by Ralph S. Palmer. Illustrated throughout with full page color plates. One of 350 copies signed by all four..... 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
Philadelphia: B. & T. Kite, 1811. First edition. Hardcover. 16mo. xii, 376pp. Bound to style in full dark brown calf, red leather lettering label, gilt. Folding hand-colored frontispiece of Philadelphia, "taken from Kensington". Important early discussion of the societies, institutions and general infrastructure of the city. Howes, M-471; Sabin 47268..... 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
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
Auburn: Derby and Miller, et al. 1853. Good. Early edition. 8vo. xvi,(17)-336pp. 4pp. publisher's ads inserted between the front endpapers. Eighth thousand. Original green 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..... More
Ann Arbor: n.p., 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 he 'pepper box' towers an balustrade were removed, hence this..... More
Philadelphia: Atkinson & Alexander, 1828. Disbound. Disbound. A fine copy. Possession of a billiard table should be fined, and tippling on the Sabbath punished by the stocks. The complete title: 'Report of a Committee Appointed by the Pennsylvania Society, for Discouraging the Use of Ardent Spirits, to Examine and Report..... More
Santa Fé: Press at the Palace of the Governors, 1995. Limited edition. Hardcover. Folio: 9½ by 15 inches. Twenty-five hand-colored prints of saints, each mounted onto a die-cut paper triptych with letterpress text and with embossed and curved upper margin. The artwork is by Catherine Ferguson, and Spanish Colonial Arts..... More
