New York: P. F. Collier & Son, 1901. Cloth. Octavo, (5.5" x 8"), dark green cloth with gilt titles. 356pp. with glossary and index. Frontispiece portrait. A solid copy with sound hinges. Light edgewear. The first 10pp. have a quarter-inch tear at the fore-edge. This is contained within: A Library..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1887. First American Edition. Cloth. Small octavo (5" x 7.75"), terracotta cloth, gilt, with black border design on the cover which is in blind on the back cover. 562 ,(2)pp. with index and appendices. 2p. advertisment for Appleton's publications follows the index. Illustrated with..... More
Highland Park, N.J: The Gun Room Press, 1972. Reprint edition. cloth. Octavo (5.5" x 8.25"), Black cloth with gilt titles. 207pp. Illustrated with frontispiece portrait and black and white photographs of guns. A facsimile reprint of the Concord 19913 edition written by the subject's grandsons. North manufactured firearms in Connecticut..... More
Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 1998. First Edition. Cloth. (1998). Octavo (5 1/2" x 8 1/2"), Black cloth with silver titles. 150pp. with index. Illustrated in black and white with frontispiece portrait, vintage photographs, manuscript material, and a map. Very good or better. James Jasper Hartley wrote eighty-nine letters..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1884. First American Edition. Cloth. Small octavo (4 7/8" x 7 3/4), terra cotta cloth. Cover decorated in black stamped border design, which is blind stamped on the back cover. Spine titled in gilt. 351, (17)pp. with publisher's ads for scientific books, including a...... More
Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2003. First edition. Cloth. (2003). Octavo (6" x 9"), dark green cloth with gilt titles. 354pp. with bibliography, index and notes. Illustrated in black and white a map in the text and photos. Very good or better. a very slight indentation on the cover..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1972. First edition. Cloth. (1972). Octavo (9" x 6"), teal cloth, gilt, in pictorial jacket. 554 pp. with index, bibliography and references. Very good in very good jacket. Jacket had a 1/4" closed tear on the back panel at the bottom and a 3/4 "..... More
New York: Holiday House, 1937. Original wraps. Sextodecimo (4" x 5.25"), red wraps with black Santa and reindeer wrap-around cover illustration. Unpaginated, but 30pp. Illustrated with color woodcuts in black, red and green. Illustrations by Ilse Bischoff Some light rubbing and faint crease in the cover, otherwise a very good..... More
Boston: Huntington Chambers, no date. [1924]. Duodecimo (5" x 7.5", cream colored wraps, string tied. 21pp. Illustrated with two tipped on photographs of ladies in the kitchen and the dormatory. Laid in are two broadsheets; one describing the courses and their times, and the other their prices. The date of..... More
Norfolk: New Directions, 1954. First separate edition. Boards. (1954). Duodecimo (5 1/8" x 7 1/4"), tan boards with black and red titling. 31, (ii)pp. Lettering by Samuel H. Marsh. Black lettering on book and jacket spine. Jacket replicates the front board. $1.50 price intact. Jacket has two 1/4" closed tears..... More
New York: Library of America, 1982. Seventh printing thus. Cloth. (New York:1982). Octavo (5" x 8"), navy cloth, gilt, in cream colored slipcase, also gilt. Decorated endpapers. 1082, (iii)pp with colophon. Very nice copy with ribbon marker. The colophon page is a little wrinkled at bottom corner. Slipcase is cery..... More
(New York): Regan Books, (2005). Hardcover. Octavo; pp; (xii), 290, index; profusely illustrated with color photographs; cream cloth and cream paper covered boards, lettered in gilt in a pictorial dust jacket;. When Jose Canseco burst into the Major Leagues in the 1980s, he changed the sport -- in more ways..... More
New York: Random House, (1968). Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; (xii), 211, (i); black cloth and black paper covered boards, lettered in gilt in an unclipped pictorial dust jacket, top edge stained pink;. Halberstam later wrote The Best and the Brightest, also about the Kennedy administration. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, (1955). First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; (viii), 151; white cloth and black paper covered boards lettered in red in a dust jacket; jacket has minor edge wear and light soiling to the rear panel;. Eric Hoffer--one of America's most important thinkers and the author of..... More
(Indianapolis: Lone Wolfe Press, Life Press, 2006). First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; 253, (i), index, colophon; illustrated in black and white; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt in a pictorial dust jacket. Fresh Cut Grass, Hot Dogs & Beer - memories of the Mets at Shea you'll never forget. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, (1962). Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; (vi), 310, (i), Author Bio; orange cloth, spine lettered in black in an unclipped dust jacket. The first novel from the pen of New York Times' correspondent Harrison Salisbury is the powerful story of the reactions of the..... More
(New York): Scribner's, (2002). First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; (x), 255; illustrated with a map and a building plan; green cloth and white paper covered boards in a dust jacket;. Entertaining murder mystery set within the world of Antiques Dealers & Shows. More
New York: Crown Publishers, (1999). First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; xii, (ii), 289, index; red cloth and green paper covered boards, lettered in gilt in a pictorial dust jacket;. Hall of Famer Joe Morgan speaks out on how to improve the game, raise the mound, abolish the DH & make..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. (1980). Octavo (65." x 9.5"), brown cloth and tan boards in dust jacket. 292pp. with index. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrated with photos in color and drawings in black and white. Jacket is slightly edgeworn. Slight slant. The author spent six years in..... More
Pleasantville: Reader' Digest Association, Inc., 1986. Cloth. (1986). Octavo (6" x 9.25"), half black faux leather and olive green cloth. Gilt titles and cover illustration. "Marbled" endpapers. 304pp. Illustrated in the text by E. W. Kemble. Ribbon marker. Very good or better. With the 4p. "Reader's Digest World's Best Reading"..... More
London: The Folio Society, 1993. First edition thus. Cloth. Octavo (6'x 9"), black cloth, gilt, with pictorial black and white boards, in a slipcase. 288pp. Illustrated with wood engravings by Harry Brockway. Near fine in very ggo or better slipcase. Slipcase has very light scuffing. More
Wilmington: Broadfoot Publishing Company, 1991. Reprint of the 1959 first edition. Cloth. Octavo (6" x 9.25"), tan cloth with orange titling. Pictorial dust jacket. 182pp. with index and a roster of the Officers and Men of Company "G", 17th Mississippi Volunteers (Infantry). Foreword by Bell Irvin Wiley... More
New York: Stackpole Books, 2002. First Edition. Cloth. (New York), (2002). Octavo (6" x 9.25"), brown and tan boards in pictorial jacket. 239pp. with notes, bibliography and index. Illustrated in black and white with maps and photographs. Very good or better. Just a little smudge on the fore-edge. Light wear..... More
Norwalk: The Easton Press, (1986). Hardcover. Octavo; pp; xvi, (iv), 460, index; frontispiece portrait; full gilt decorated brown leather covered boards with four raised bands on the spine with gilt text and decorations stamped in the compartments and with gilt tool work on both the front and rear boards, silk..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, olive gilt-stamped pictorial cover with cherub motif. 119pp. Illustrated with eight color and six black and white plates by Florence Storer. Some light wear at extremities and some scuffing to the gilt on the cover title panel. Some faint spots..... More