Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/4 Inches. [xli] 487 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Includes natural history commentary by Joseph and Nesta Ewan. The first complete translation from the original Italian. Classic natural history / travel book originally published in..... More
Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 1939. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 3/4 x 8 1/2 Inches. 297 PP. Original orange cloth in superb condition. Signed, "Inscribed for the Honorable Mark Eagleton / President, St. Louis Board of / Education, with / personal regards / Sincerely /..... More
Harrisburg, Pa: The Archive Society, 1996. First Thus. Hardcover. 6 1/8 X 9 1/4 Inches. 620 PP. Faux leather facsimile edition with gilt edges. One of the splendid books from the Archive Society. Reprint of "Lighthorse Harry's" work on the Revolutionary War. More
Lanham, MD: Roberts Rinehart Publishers, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 12 1/4 X 9 1/4 Inches. 175 PP. First printing of this oversized homage to American Icons, both people and places. Signed by Gottlieb directly on the title-page. Includes a few poignant photos of the Twin Towers from the..... More
Boston: D.C. Heath and Company, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. 6 X 8 7/8 Inches. 598 PP. Syracuse University text once owned (and signed) by a 21 year old Draper Daniels! Draper is best known for his advertising career, but it is often overlooked that he quit this job in 1961..... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/2 X 9 1/2 Inches. 466 PP. First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $35.00 intact on front flap. More
Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas / Joslyn Art Museum, 2006. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8 3/4 X 10 3/8 Inches. 260 PP. First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Signed by Kinsey directly on the title-page. Tremendous biography Moran, who helped popularize..... More
Nashville: McCowat-Mercer Press, 1959. First Thus. Original wraps. Very early history of the Natchez, Cherokee, and Chickasaw Indian tribes. Original blue cloth with gilt title-stamping to front cover and spine. A very attractive copy. More
Los Angeles, CA: Willing Publishing Co., 1948. First Thus. Hardcover. 5 1/8 X 7 1/4 Inches. 108 PP. Important study of the religious beliefs and practices of many North American Indian Tribes. Original cloth soiled and a bit scuffed. PO bookplate to front pastedown. DJ worn at edges and spine..... More
Nashville, TN: Smith, Camp & Co., 1857. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 5 X 7 7/8 Inches. 356 PP. First printing copy in the original embossed cloth binding. The directory contains the names, business, and residence of all heads of families and businesses in Nashville, Memphis, Clarksville, Shelbyville, Knoxville, Franklin..... More
Boston: D.C. Heath & Company, 1925. Early Edition. Hardcover. 5 1/4 X 7 5/8 Inches. 122 PP. Presented to Gordon Story on his graduation from Little Falls Grammar School. A very attractive copy. More
Washington DC: The White House Historical Association, 1967. Signed Limited Edition. Hardcover. 6 X 9 1/4 Inches. 219 PP. #182 of only 300 copies issued and signed by First Lady Johnson on the limitation page. Each copy issued with an original (unused) White House Library bookplate tipped-in. Tan cloth with..... More
New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1901. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 7 1/2 X 10 1/2 Inches. 461 PP. Selected letters of William Byrd, also known as William Byrd I. Byrd was an Indian trader, explorer, member of the House of Burgesses (1679–1682), member of the governor’s Council (1683–1704), and auditor..... More
New York: Burt Franklin, 1970. First Thus. Hardcover. 5 3/8 X 8 1/4 Inches. Attractive reprints of the 1890 original. History of Pennsylvania from 1609 to 1790. Volume I 582 pages and Volume II 532 pages. Original blue cloth boards clean and sharp. An extremely well preserved set. More
New York: Modern Library, 1944. Early Edition. Hardcover. 5 X 7 1/4 Inches. 756 PP. Circa 1959 reprint of the 1944 Modern Library original. Lists "415" titles on inside of jacket. PO name in pencil. Two pages miscut at bottom corner at time of printing. An appealing copy overall. More
Boston: Samuel Walker, 1850. Early Edition. Leather bound. 9 3/8 X 11 3/4 Inches. [VOL I: 523 PP][VOL II: 519 PP.]. Stated "Third Edition" complete in two volumes. Period leather with marbled boards. Volume one contains the engraved title-page and 11 engraved plates, but seems to lack the frontis portrait..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1901. Early Edition. Hardcover. 5 1/8 X 7 5/8 Inches. 263 PP. Original green cloth with gilt illustration of the famous ship on front cover. The Constitution is the world's oldest ship of any kind that is still afloat. One of six frigates ordered by Congress in..... More
Hanover, NH: Steerforth Press, 2006. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 3/8 X 9 1/2 Inches. 570 PP. First printing copy with "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $32.95 intact on front flap. Spectacular print edition of the poems and other scrapbook "snips" that Jefferson compiled in..... More
Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. 8 3/4 X 11 1/4 Inches. 312 PP. First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Well researched and profusely illustrated history of Presidential engravings, illustrations and paintings accompanied by a history of their use..... More
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1944. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 X 8 3/4 Inches. 558 PP. Important biography of Nathan Beford Forrest. Stated First Edition on the copyright page. Listed in "In Tall Cotton". Signed and inscribed, "For the one who started all this - so long ago - Alice Eloise..... More
Indianapolis: Carlon & Hollenbeck, 1897. Revised Edition. Hardcover. 4 1/2 X 7 Inches. 86 PP. Stated "New, Revised and Illustrated Edition" on the copyright page. A very nice early look at the supposed domestication of the Indian Tribes in the west. Top corner of two page torn off (about 1/2..... More
Jacksonville, FL: Jacksonville Historical Society, 2005. Early Edition. Hardcover. 9 3/4 X 13 1/4 Inches. 433 PP. Profusely illustrated massive photographic history of the people and places of Jacksonville, FL in the late 19th and early 20th century. A few small closed tears to edges and rear DJ panel. Extremely..... More
Boston: C.M. Clark Publishing, 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. 5 X 7 1/2 Inches. 4442 [2] PP. Original blue cloth with gitlt title and author to cover and spine. A tale of Aaron Burr and his 1805 dream of a Kingdom in the Western United States. More
Washington: Rufus H. Darby, 1894. First Edition. Hardcover. 5 5/8 X 8 1/2 Inches. 89 PP (with original covers bound in at rear). A collection of essays and material about the assassination including an account of the organization of a memorial museum across the street from Ford's Theater. The author..... More
Stockholm: P.A. Norstedt & Soner, 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. 11 1/8 X 14 1/2 Inches. 174 PP. First edition of the first serious archaeological study of the Mesa Verde and the Pueblo Indian cliff dwellings in the American Southwest. Profusely illustrated and bound in orignal printed blue paper with leather..... More