Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., (1957). First Edition. Hardcover. Vol. I; Patriot In The Making; Octavo; pp; (xiv), 431, index; illustrated, fourteen black and white plates; burgundy cloth in a blue dust jacket; Second printing; Vol. II; Practical Revolutionary; Octavo; pp; (xi1), 531, index; illustrated, twelve black and white plates;..... More
Concord N.H. Rufus Merrill, 1853. Hardcover. 48mo; (4” x 2.75”); pp; xiv, 15-192; four full page woodcut engravings and a title page vignette; green pebbled cloth decorated in blind, with a decorated spine lettered in gilt;. It is no wonder that young folks in the 19th century could have their..... More
Dublin: Yankee Books, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; 192; gray cloth, blue boards, lettered in blue in a dust jacket;. A "Flatlander" becomes a Vermont farmer. More
New York: W. W. Norton & Co., (1976). First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; (11), 12-384, index; black cloth and red boards lettered in gilt in a dust jacket;. Mollenhoff was Special Counsel To The President, brought on board because Nixon wanted a transparent Presidency. Within weeks he saw the power..... More
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin Company, 1926. Large paper edition. Limited edition, 1/375 copies of which 350 are to be sold. Printed at the Riverside Press. Hardcover. Octavo; pp. xvi, (ii), 250 with index, cream cloth and blue boards, gilt in a cloth dust jacket with paper label; Illustrated, frontispiece portrait, other..... More
New York: Times Books, Random House, (1997). Fourth printing. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; xi, (iii), 511, (i), index, colphon; photographs; tan cloth and white paper covered boards lettered in gilt in a pictorial dust jacket; previous owner's stamp on a preliminary;. Before the potato famine ravaged Ireland in the 1840s, the..... More
New York: A John Macrae Book, Henry Holt and Company, (1996). First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; x, (iv), 526 index; blue cloth and red paper covered boards lettered in gilt, in a dust jacket;. A study of the Clinton's personal relationship and their rise to power. A story that may..... More
Bellows Falls, Vt: Wyndham Press, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; (ii), (3), 4-257, index; green buckram, gilt. Colonial and early State records. More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. (1989). Octavo (6.25" x 9.5"), burgundy and green boards in pictorial jacket. 522pp. with index, bilbiography and extensive notes. Illustrated with vintage photos. Jacket has a slight crease along the length of the spine. More
Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, Inc., (1965). Second Printing. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; x, (ii), 275, bibliography, index; illustrated with photographs and plans; black cloth and green boards in a dust jacket, colored map endpapers;. The story of Fort Duquesne & Fort Pitt, George Washington, and the Ohio Frontier in the late 18th..... More
Chicago: The Engberg-Holmberg Publishing Company, 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Three volumes bound in one; Octavo; pp. I; 933 with index; II; 416 with index; III: 268 with index; iIllustrated; many portraits; decorated pebbled brown cloth lettered in gilt; patterned endpapers; Some edge wear; top right fore-edge of pages a bit..... More
Montgomery Al. State of Alabama, Department of Archives and History; Brown Printing Co. Printers and Binders, 1911. First Edition. Wraps. Octavo; pp; (5), 6-131; original printed gray paper wrappers, deckled edges, partially uncut;. A great resource for genealogy or researching old documents. The entries are detailed and informative. More
Brooklyn: P. F. O'Brien, Carpenter Builder, 1866. Only Edition. Printed Bill Head measuring 8.5" x 4.5" O'Brien was located at Skillman St, between Myrtle & Park Avenues and 192-194 Henry St. The bill is dated March 9, 1866, to a Mr. O. Gorman, and states that this is for "Mason..... More
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. Duodecimo; pp. 153; blue cloth, gilt, top edge gilt;. Intersting essays on Class, Society and Democracy in the post Reconstruction South. Page, a North Carolinian, was a journalist and publisher. Later he served as President Wilson's American Ambassador to Great..... More
Talahassee: University Presses Of Florida, (1980). First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; xi, (i), 436, index; Maps, diagrams, charts; decorated burgundy pebbled cloth lettered in silver in a black field in a dust jacket;. Deals with Minnesota's modern Chippewa Nation. More
(New York: Privately Printed, 1880). Wraps. Octavo; 9.25” x 5.25”; pp; 32; original printed paper self wrappers;. An economic and societal argument from a Southerner. He discusses labor and capitol and is predicting unrest. . Scarce, OCLC locates just four copies. Endorsement on last page by Peter Cooper. William Henry..... More
Norwich: Henry Bill Publishing Company, 1886. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp. x, 354; Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Emerson and many wood engravings; pictorial brown cloth, gilt, patterned yellow endpapers;. Everyone from Jenny Lind, Hugo, Emerson, Whittier to Lincoln and beyond. More
New York: Privately printed, 1902. Limited edition. Boards. One of 150 copies on hand made paper, untrimmed. Octavo, beige cloth and tan boards. iv, (ii), 101pp. Frontispiece portrait and a facsimile plate of a letter. Very good. Edge wear. Peter returned to England and became involved in the Civil War..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran and Co., 1942. Special edition. Hardcover. Quarto; pp; xvi, (ii), 41; illustrated with 192 monochromatic & color plates; beige linen, top edge stained blue with a pictorial paste-on title tile and a black spine tile lettered in gilt;. A fairly common book but a core piece..... More
Middleburgh: The Middleburgh Publishing Co., 1948. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (6" x 8.5"), blue cloth in pictorial jacket. 250pp. Five black and white illustrations. Very good in very good jacket. The price on the back panel of the jacket has been blacked out. The spine of the book is unevenly..... More
Boston: Cupples, Upshaw, And Company, 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo; pp; xviii, (ii), 439, index; Illustrated with full page views, folding map; green decorated cloth, blue coated endpapers, spine lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt. Map has seperations at folds, A good or better copy with some edge wear..... More
(Madison): State Historical Society Of Wisconsin, (1953). First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; xii, (iv), 263, bibliography, index; illustrated with sixteen photographs; navy blue cloth in a dust jacket, map endpapers;. This is the true first edition, it was later reprinted by the University of Nebraska Press. An important scholarly work..... More
Washington DC: Foster & Reynolds, 1899. Later printing, the first edition appeared in 1896. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; (9), 10-166; Illustrated, photographs, maps and plans, a folding map; Index at the front of the guide; pictorial blue cloth lettered in gilt, all edges gilt;. A lovely visitor's guide to the American..... More
(Arlington Va.): Thomas W. Richards, Sally Miller Atkinson, (2000). Limited Edition, 1/500 copies privately printed. Hardcover. Quarto; pp; 379, bibliography, index; frontispiece and many photographs, diagrams, maps; black cloth, gilt, in dust jacket;. Genealogy and a history of this Western Maryland Mining town. Inscribed by the Publisher on the front..... More
Boston: John Wilson and Son, 1852. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; viii, (ii), 263, (1), 320; frontispiece plus four engraved portraits, lacking one plate; brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, boards with blind rules, yellow coated endpapers; Lacks one engraving, minor edge wear, else very good. The Mathers served the..... More