The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge for the Year 1853
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1853. First printing. Hardcover. 8vo, half leather, good with some wear and rubbing, 352 pp, 16 pp. publisher's catalog. Text clean and bright.
American History
An authentic biography of General La Fayette. In which many errors and deficiencies existing in the memoirs heretofore published, are corrected and supplied [on Marquis de Lafayette]
Wheeling, VA: David and M'Carty, 1825. Hardcover. First published in 1824, this is apparently the second printing, 1825. Small 8vo, leather backed papercovered boards, 156 pp. Good copy, spine solid, boards firmly attached, but moderate to heavy rubbing and wear to boards, corners rounded, lacks a good deal of paper.....
Ca. 1808 letter to the editor of a journal on the results of electing Washington, Adams, Jefferson and Madison rather than a Federalist like Pinckney
10 x 7.5 inches, one page, chipping to edges resulting in the loss of a few letters. Unsigned letter to a W. McFarland, apparently in his capacity as editor of a journal, about the kinds of men elected President: Washington was a good President, Adams was terrible, Jefferson was a......
City of Lynn, Massachusetts, Semi-Centennial of Incorporation: Events and Exercises of the 50th Anniversary Celebration Held May 13th, 14th, 15th, 1900
Lynn, MA: 1900. Hardcover. Tall 8vo, maroon cloth gilt, very good with minor wear and soil. 292 pp, illustrated.
Hampshire County Journal (Massachusetts), Quarter Centennial Edition, October, 1887
Northampton, MA: Wade, Warner & Co., 1887. Folio (15.75 x 11 inches), pictorial wraps, good copy, light wear and soil to covers with some neat repairs to a few tears using pH-neutral document repair tissue, 66 pp, illustrated. Uncommon in commerce and few in institutions. A general survey of the.....
Manufacturers Record, September 1940: The South's Resources
Baltimore: Manufacturers Record, 1940. Paperback. 12 x 9 inches, wraps, very good, light wear and soil. 247 pp, illustrated. "A comprehensive survey of the natural wealth and opportunities of the sixteen Southern states for the expansion of American industry."
Postcard Souvenirs of Lakeside, Denver, Colorado, the June 1913 Festplatz Bundesturnfest
Denver: Lakeside Realty & Amusement Company Owners, 1913. Paperback. Pale green envelope with green tinted view of the Denver amusement park, opening to reveal three color postcards, thin, in color, of the casino, the bandstand and the derby raceway. Light soil to envelope, very good. Touted as the Coney Island.....
September 11, 1936 onboard newsletter for the USAT Republic, San Francisco to Honolulu
Pacific Ocean: 1936. 13 x 8 inches, 4 sheets stapled at top, good with some wear and small stains. The army transport ship, or troop ship, made regular San Francisco to Honolulu runs after long service under different names (see the wikipedia entry on the USS Republic AP-33 for a......
Tables of Commerce and Navigation of the United States, for the Fiscal Year 1851
Washington DC: A. Boyd Hamilton, 1852. Hardcover. Original dark brown cloth, gilt stamped on spine, good copy, solid binding, soil and foxing to endpapers, contents good with light foxing. 347 - 48 pp.
The Ticket for You: Adlai Stevenson; Estes Kefauver
1956? 7 inches tall, color wraps, 16 pp, illustrated, light wear.
Yearbook: Basic Training, United States Army Training Center, Infantry, Fort Jackson, South Carolina, Company C, Ninth Battalion, Second Training Regiment, June 1, 1962
Columbia, SC: R. L. Bryan Co., 1962. Hardcover. Quarto (12.75 inches tall), embossed blue rexine, very good, about 50 pp, illustrated throughout, including yearbook pics.
David Crockett: His Life and Adventures (American Pioneers and Patriots)
New York: Dodd and Mead, 1874. First edition. Hardcover. 1874. First edition. Hardcover, 8vo. in pictorial red cloth with gilt decoration and titles. 350pp. frontis. Very good. Spine ends and corners frayed, edges toned. Endpapers and titles foxed. Contents unmarked.
The Missile Crisis
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1966. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Abel! Stated first edition, 1966, hardcover with cloth-backed boards in dust jacket, octavo, 220pp., illustrated in b&w. Book VG+ with mild wear to boards and spine, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. DJ VG with soil to spine head, mild.....
From Frontier to Plantation in Tennessee: A Study in Frontier Democracy
Memphis: Memphis State College Press, 1955. Hardcover. 1955 Hardcover cloth 8vo, 392pp. Near fine in a very good dust jacket that is lightly sunned on the spine, light edgewear. Contents are cleana and unmarked.
From Frontier to Plantation in Tennessee: A Study in Frontier Democracy
Memphis: Memphis State College Press, 1955. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 1955. Cloth hardcover in dust jacket, 392 pp., illustrated, Good copy in Good dust jacket, ink-notes to some pages of the text, age-toning to the pages and page-edges, light rubbing to the tips of the book's covers, soiling and.....
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Nos. 7-14, 1838-1845
Westport, CT: Negro Universities Press, 1970. Reprint. Facsimile reprint. 8vo. in black cloth. Varying internal paginations. Very good. Boards and top edge foxed. Light penciling to contents, else internally unmarked in a sound binding.
Congressional Party in Hawaii, May 1907, souvenir; Letters written to the Washington, Pa. Observer
Washington, PA: Observer Job Rooms, 1907. Oblong 8vo, wraps, 9.25 x 6 inches, 30 leaves, 12 leaves of plates, plus map on yellow paper. Very good, light wear. Acheson was a Republic member of Congress from Washington, PA as well as the publisher and editor of the Washington PA Observer.....
The American Peace Movements: History, Root Causes, and Future
New Haven: The Advocate Press, 1986. First printing. Paperback. 8vo, stapled wraps, about fine. 45 pp.
The Maine Register, for the Year 1855: Embracing State & County Officers, and an Abstract of the Laws and Resolves; Together With a Complete Business Directory of the State and a Variety of Useful Information
Portland: Blake & Carter, Et. Al. 1855. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 1855. Blindstamped cloth hardcover with gilt title on the spine and gilt flourish on the spine, 432 + 87 pp., many ads., Very Good copy, old stamp on the first blank, soiling and age-toning to the pages and.....
Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science: Volume XIX--Diplomatic and Constitutional History (Contains: Nos. 1-3: American Relations in the Pacific and the Far East 1784-1900 by James Morton Callahan; Nos. 4-5: State Activities in Relation to Labor in the United States by William Franklin Willoughby; Nos. 6-7: The History of Suffrage in Virginia by Julian A.C. Chandler; Nos. 8-9: The Maryland Constitution of 1864 by William Starr Myers; No. 10: Life of Commissary James Blair, Founder of William and Mary College by Daniel Esten Motley; Nos. 11-12: Governor Thomas H. Hicks of Maryland and the Civil War by George L.P. Radcliffe)
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1901. Hardcover. Volume 19 only (containing nos. 1-12 all bound together)! Hardcover with gilt stamped green cloth boards, 1901, octavo, staggared pagination, not illustrated. Book VG+ with mild rubbing to boards and hint of wear to spine ends and corners, binding tight, text clean and.....
The Education of Henry Adams: An Autobiography
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1918. First edition. Hardcover. 1918. First edition. Hardcover, 8vo., 519 pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Previous owner's signature to front pastedown. Wear to covers; sunning to spine and edges of covers.
History of the United States of America during The First Administration of James Madison, Volume 1 only (History of the United States of America Volume 5)
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. First edition. Hardcover. Volume 1 only of 'History of the United States of America during The First Administration of James Madison'. Volume 5 of the larger set. First Edition, 1890. Hardcover, 8vo., original green cloth with gilt titles. Very Good. Rubbing to the boards.....
History of the United States of America during The Second Administration of James Madison, complete in 3 volumes, 1813-1817 (History of the United States of America Volumes 7-9)
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1891. First edition. Hardcover. 3 volume set, comprising the complete 'History of the United States of America during The Second Administration of James Madison'. Volumes number 7-9 of the larger set. First Edition, all published 1891. Hardcover, 8vos., original green cloth with gilt titles. All.....
Chapters of Erie and other Essays
Boston: James R. Osgood, 1871. Hardcover. First published 1869, this is the second edition with some additions. 8vo, rebound in quarter black leather and marbled boards, gilt stamped on spine, not to our taste but also not unattractive. With some ex-library marks from Washington and Jefferson College, also a withdrawn.....
The Courthouse in Virginia Counties 1634-1776
Hamilton: Published by the author, 1966. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 1966. Quarto, cloth hardcover, illustrated, 125 pp., clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy discoloration to the covers at the spine, no dust jacket.