Washington (1841-42): Peter Force. Unbound. 12mo, 62 pages, 1 page of contents, 2 diagrams, 1 folding; disbound, stitched. This directory lists the following: names of senators, representatives, and delegates, with their post-offices and distircts; boarding houses and messes; alphabetical congress directory; committees, senate, house and joint; select committees; residences of..... More
Np: The Board of Officers, 1868. Hard Cover. Octavo. Frontispiece of the Seventh Regiment Armory, 166pp. plus a listing of the Roll of Honor of members of the Seventh Regiment who served as volunteer officers in the Army and Navy of the United States during the Great Rebellion. Previous owner's..... More
Boston: Dana Estes & Co., 1910. Hard Cover. Quarto. 237pp., 16 full page photo illustrations, bound in green pictorial cloth depicting totem poles accented in blue and orange, lettering gilt. A near fine copy, with just a hint of wear at edges. A beautiful copy. More
Boston 1814-1815: T.B. Wait & Sons. Hard Cover. Octavo. In 5 volumes, 1801-1815, vol. 1. 512pp., vol. 2. 511pp., vol. 3. 502pp., vol. 4. 536pp., vol. 5. 674pp., [xlvii] index. first four volumes bound in original blue paper covered boards with paper spine labels, the last volume bound in contemporary..... More
Philadelphia: William Young, 1792. Original Wraps. 12mo, pp. 83-152; original gray printed wrappers, rear wrap lacking. Contains, from Bartram's Travels, "Account of the Muscogulges, or Creeks; the Cherokees, Chactaws, and other Southern tribes of the North-American Indians. Also contains "Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the Subject of..... More
Philadelphia: William Young, 1792. Unbound. Octavo, unbound; ; pages 147-216. contains proceedings of Congress. String tied, uncut. Contains an article by Dr. Benjamin Rush. Very good. More
New York: The Neale Publishing Company, 1917. First Edition. Hard Cover. 12mo, 235 pages; original publisher's orange cloth, printed in gilt. Mr. Abbott and his brother, Alvin, went West at the beginning of the gold rush. Abbott tried gold mining, cattle ranching, hotel ownership and railroading; ever the entreprenure, he..... More
Washington, DC: U. S. Government, 1902. Offered are the following Very Good++ to Fine inserts in original printed wrappers: Series I- Volume I-LIII; Series II-Volume I-VIII; Series III-Volume I-V; Series IV-Volumes I-III; Atlas; General Index Volume, Serial No. 130. Original mailing envelope from "Official Records of the Union and Confederate..... More
Philadelphia: Joseph Crukshank, 1787. Full-Leather. 439pp., bound in plain contemporary calf, raised bands, wear to corners, edges and head, lacking front blank; couple of spots of worming to binding, leaves browned with some occasional foxing; contemporary note to verso of title page. A very good copy. More
New York: American Institute of Mining Enginers, 1910. First Edition. Hard Cover. Octavo. 946 pages, errata. Contemporary 3/4 leather, spine lettered in gilt, marbled end papers. Owner name on title page and FEP. A very good copy, internally very clean. More
Chicago: Sam Stone, 1904. First Edition. A miniature book (1 3/4" x 2 1/4"). A promotional book for the Campaign of Theodore Roosevelt; the appendix lists Electoral College votes by state. Yellow pictorial wrappers, printed in black; this copy is in English, but was also printed in Danish, German and..... More
California: Prima Publishing, 1995. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. xiv, 258 pp. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED on FEP BY MARY KAY ASH. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. More
New York: Rinehart & Co., 1946. First Edition. Full Leather. Octavo. Bound in full red morocco, by Brown & Bigelow of St. Paul. A lovely, near fine copy, with ownership name of New York Municipal Court Judge, William J. Morris printed in gilt on front panel, below the gilt image..... More
Boston (1817-18-20): Cummings and Hilliard. First Edition. Full-Leather. Three volumes in six, octavo (25 cm x 16.5cm); the first color plate book printed in America; the plates were printed by aquatint, with the ink applied to the plates "a la poupee." Being a collection of the native medicinal plants of..... More
London: Frost and Reed Ltd., 1962. First Edition. Large folio (24" x 18") beautifully reproduced in color, from the originals by Karl Bodmer in Maximilian of Wied's Travels in the Interior of North America, originally published in 1839. A set of 6 plates, housed in an imitation leather portfolio, the..... More
New York: Boy Scouts of America, 1912. First Edition. Original Wraps. 12mo. 404 pages, with 24 pages of ads at rear. Bound in original binding of flexible maroon wrappers, depicting a boy waving his hat above his head, on fron wrap. First edition, early printing; internally clean, with no writing..... More
New York: Boy Scouts of America, 1913. Proof Edition. Hard Cover. 12mo. Bound in original plain brown cloth, 344 pages. "Proof Edition" in center of title page, followed by a note: "A limited number of the proof edition of the Handbook has been made available with a view of securing..... More
Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1934. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. 294 pages. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket, with small loss at spine ends and a short closed tear on front spine fold. More
New York: Gaylord Watson, 1879. First Edition. Hard Cover. Octavo. Octavo, 176 pages, 4 pages of ads at rear; frontis; original brown cloth, decorated in gilt and black. A very near fine copy, with light browning to fore-edge of title page. More
Essex, UK (2012): Chipmunkapublishing. First Edition. Original Wraps. 12mo, 288 pages; paperback. Blue Hills Diary captures the author's ascension into the astonishing heights of bipolar mania as it intensifies over a few short months. Written as lyrical prose and comprised of a series of rapidly flashing vignettes, this books sings..... More
Essex, UK (2012): Chipmunkapublishing. First Edition. Original Wraps. 12mo, 288 pages; paperback. Blue Hills Diary captures the author's ascention into the astonishing heights of bipolar mania, as it intensifies over a few short months. Written as lyrical prose and comprised of a series of rapidly flashing vignettes, this book sings..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1889. Full-Leather. Octavo, 2 volumes; first reprinted edition; reformatted into two volumes and bound by Reviere, in contemporary tan calf; raised bands on spines, generously decorated in gilt; leather lettering pieces; marbled end papers. The chapter on the TWEED RING is present; it was suppressed in..... More
New York (2001): Scribner. First Edition. INSCRIBED by George and Barbara Bush, on front end paper, thus: "Phoenix / March 18, 2002 / To / Karl & Stevie Ellen / with so many thanks for / your support for us and / for our sons. / All best, / George..... More
New York: William Morrow & Co., 1999. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. SIGNED BY PRESIDENT BUSH ON THE BUSH BOOKPLATE TIPPED-IN HALF-TITLE PAGE without personalization. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. xvi, 253 pp. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. SIGNED by Carter on the title page, 155(2)pp., illustrated by the author's daughter Amy Carter. Bound in white paper covered boards, spine lettering red. Previous owner's Christmas gift inscription. In unclipped pictorial dust jacket. Near fine in..... More