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: 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
Wasington, D. C. n.p., 1900. First edition. Hardcover. Thick 8vo. xix, (1), 784pp. Brown cloth, gilt spine title, upper board blocked with a full cover decorative title in silver. Floral endpapers. Light wear, gilt darkened, else a very good copy. Born in Virginia in 1844 with roots to the Revolution..... 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
Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston, 185. First edition. Hardcover. 8VO. XII, (13)-432pp. Publisher's drab cloth blocked in blind and on the spine and upper board in gilt. Cloth well faded and gilt dulled, but the binding is strong and only lightly worn. Howes, C-726; Sabin 16339. 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
n.p. (Denver and Salt Lake Railway), ca. 1929; 1938. Hardcover. Two volumes, both bound in textured cloth and embossed in blind with the title The 1929 edition is numbered No. 271 and was signed out to "H. N. Ralston, Bman". The 1938 volume is No. 608, and there is no..... 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
Santa Fe: Pennyroyal Press; The Press at the Palace of Governors, 2020. Illustrated by Barry Moser. Limited edition. Hardcover. Small folio. Finely printed on Zerkall Book paper by Tom Leech and James Bourland at the Palace Press in an edition of 60 copies. This is copy No. 36. 122,(4)pp. The..... 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
