New-York: Re-Printed by Hopkins and Seymour for J. Orborn, 1806. Hardcover. 8vo. xii,297(1)pp. Publishers rose-colored paper boards, later sheep spine, black leather lettering label, gilt. Uncut. Top corner of title removed (likely an ownership signature), no loss, light soil and scuffing else a very good copy. First published in London..... More
Mexico City: Pedro Ocharte and Antonio Espinosa, 1576. Single leaf 10 by 15 inches, printed on both sides on fine paper in red and black. The leaf begins with the chant "Pascha nostrum immolatus est Christus" and a large two line woodcut 'P' in red. Near the bottom begins the..... More
Baltimore: American Job Print, 1886. Wraps. Original stiff printed wraps, cloth spine. 12mo. 92pp. Scarce pamphlet by the author of the 'Annals of Harper's Ferry'. Contemporary notation on the title page that the unnamed owner purchased this from the author at Harper's Ferry. Inner margin of title rough from the..... More
Evanston: The Shori Private Press, 1960. Limited edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 49,(3)pp. Hand printed on Ticonderoga Laid Text paper using types after Garamont. Bound in full marbled sheep. spine gilt with a red leather lettering label, gilt. Marbled endpapers. Housed in a slipcase covered in decorated paper. The binding is like..... More
NY: Banks and Brothers, 1870. New edition. Hardcover. Large thick 8vo. The New and Enlarged Edition. xxiv,800pp. Modern full navy blue polished calf. Spine in 6 compartments with raised bands; dark red morocco lettering pieces, gilt; marbled endpapers. Old presentation inscription on a preliminary blank from George Denis of the..... More
Washington: GPO, 1879. Hardcover. 8vo. 400pp. Original full leather boards, rebacked to style: spine tooled in blind with crossed muskets; brown lettering label, gilt. Profusely illustrated with full page plates, many of them folding, to illustrate the several appendices to the report. Reports on Hotchkiss Revolving Cannon, construction of muzzle-loading..... More
Greensburg, PA: Publisher by the Author, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xv, 258pp. Portrait Frontispiece and seven full page plates. Publisher's red T-grain cloth, gilt titles on spine and upper board, top edge gilt. Light wear to edges, binder's crease on rear board, else a very good copy. Signed by..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1843. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 437pp. Preface by W. H. Prescott. Later binding of brown textured cloth, gilt spine title. A near fine copy. Ostensibly a travel narrative told in 54 letters, it describes the politics, people, and landscape of Mexico through the eyes of a...... More
n.p. (Mérida, Yucatan): n.p. (Hu'un), n.d. Stiff card wraps. An accordion book in the style of a Mayan Codex. Closed, it measures 4 by 4½ inches. The covers are of stiff card made of handmade Mayan paper; the text, printed on both sides, is on handmade Mayan paper by Hu'un..... More
London: Printed by T. Bensley [and] published for the Author, by Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. 4to. 19th or early 20th c. half leather. Spine in 6 compartments, gilt; Cloth boards; Marbled endpapers; Top edge gilt. Errata slip present after dedication page, and scarce..... More
Santa Fé: The Press at the Palace of the Governors, (2016). Limited edition. Hardcover. 4to. 59pp. plus colophon. One of 80 numbered copies. Printed letterpress at the Palace Press by Tom Leech and James Bourland on handmade wove Spanish paper from the Garza Paper Mill. The typeface is digital Bodoni..... More
Tucson: DeGrazia Studios, (1962). First edition. Hardcover. Elephant folio. Twenty large 18 by 22 inch full color lithographs depicting the memorable events in the life of the popular, talented and heroic Eusebio Kino, SJ, sometimes called the most eminent and beloved Southwest pioneer. The images vary in size on the..... More
Walpole, Newhampsire: David Carlisle, Jun. 1796. Hardcover. 12mo. iv, 5-132pp. Contemporary full leather. Lacks front free endpaper, and a small piece from the top corner of the title page; leather mended at some time at the base of the spine; general wear and scuffing; else a very good copy. Silas..... More
Philadelphia: J. & T. Doughty, 1830. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. Volume I. 4to. vii,[1],298,[2];pp., plus 24 hand-colored lithographic plates, and uncolored engraved portrait of Charles Willson Peale. Engraved title page. Contemporary calf boards, rebacked to style in matching leather, and with the original spine laid-in. Text is brown and..... More
Philadelphia: Published byT.K. Greenbank, 1834. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. xii, 263pp. Illustrated. Publisher's original temporary binding of drab cloth, printed paper label. Label nearly perished, hinges neatly repaired, text block somewhat foxed as is typical for this period; a good copy in original binding. With the signature of G. C...... More
Cummington, Massachusetts: The Cummington Press, (1941). Limited edition. Hardcover. 12mo. Unpaginated. Natural linen cloth, the title printed in black on the upper board. Finely printed on Georgian paper by Harry Duncan, Katherine Frazier & Jane Ward, the staff of the Cummington Press. One of three hundred numbered copies; this is..... More
Washington: 1863-1874. Ten Cent note issued of March 3, 1863, printed by the American Bank Note Company. Folded; lightly worn; a good copy. 25 cent note Series of 1874. Folded, soiled and worn, a good copy. More
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
Philadelphia: McCarty & Davis, 1834. Hardcover. First edition thus, with "much matter not contained in any former edition." --from the title page. Full contemporary sheep, spines in five compartments with raised bands, gilt rules, lettering labels, gilot, marbled endpapers. Engraved frontispieces and title pages present in each volume..... 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
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
