Louisville, KY: Butler Books, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. 8 1/2 X 10 3/4 Inches. 271 PP. Original price of $39.95 intact on rear cover. Signed and inscribed by Zoeller on the second page. Dated in the year of publication. A very nice pictorial history of bourbon and the Kentucky distilleries..... More
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1941. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/2 X 9 1/2 Inches. 503 PP. Slight toning and foxing. Original price of $3.75 intact on front flap. Some scuffing to boards. Toning and foxing throughout. DJ worn and chipped at edges, especially at spine ends. Very nice history of..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1967. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. 221 PP. A true watershed book on the history of salvage efforts for the 1715 Spanish Fleet that went down off the coast of Florida. This copy signed by legendary treasure salvor Kip Wagner and eight other members..... More
Exeter, NH: The Exeter Historical Society, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 7 1/4 X 10 1/2 Inches. 568 PP. First edition of this exhaustive history of Exeter. Signed by Merrill directly on the title-page. Evidence of some moisture to a few pages in the prologue. Illustrated with B/W photos and illustrations..... More
Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co., 1898. First Thus. Hardcover. 5 1/2 X 8 1/8 Inches. Original green cloth with wildflower gilt decoration to covers and spines. Two volume complete set of the revised edition. History of the Rhine as well as the German cities that inhabit its banks. Pages 269..... 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
Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. 8 X 10 3/4 Inches. 388 PP. Original grey cloth with red title-stamping to cover and spine. Housed in original issue dust jacket. First-hand account of the life of an Indian trader in the early 20th century. Hegeman, born..... More
Garden City, NY: Garden City Publishing, 1931. First Thus. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 8 1/2 Inches. 514 PP. Early reissue of the Henry classic. Photographs throughout. Original grey boards with seal of the Confederate States of America embossed in blue on front cover. Light toning and foxing. Boards a bit..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2011. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/2 X 9 3/8 Inches. 535 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $30.50 intact on front flap. In depth examination of the "Columbian Exchange" of goods, services, animals, plants and viruses with around..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 2017. Early Edition. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 8 1/2 Inches. 176 PP. Early edition signed and inscribed on the title-page by McCullough. Collection of speeches by the author. Original price of $25.00 on front flap. More
College Station, TX: Texas A&M University, 1978. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/4 Inches. 487 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $17.50 intact on front. Signed and inscribed "For Paul Roseblatt..." in the year of publication on the FFEP. 2 1/4..... More
New York: W.W. Norton, 1978. Early Edition. Hardcover. 6 3/8 X 9 3/8 Inches. 566 PP. Original price of $10.95 intact on front flap. Extremely valuable resource on music beginning with the earliest chant of Roman Church usage. Light scuffing to FFEP. Some sunning to DJ spine. A very attractive..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1968. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 3/8 Inches. 302 PP. Stated "First Printing" on the copyright page. Original price of $6.95 intact on front flap of DJ. Signed by McCullough on laid-in unused bookplate. First book from arguably the greatest historian..... 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
New York: HarperCollins, 2012. First Thus. Hardcover. 6 1/8 X 8 3/8 Inches. 279 PP. Original illustrated binding with no DJ as issued. Deluxe reproduction of Everett's 1912 classic that features some newly commissioned artwork to further illustrate the original. While Everett's book was a tremendous "cash-grab" published only months..... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1926. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 8 1/2 Inches. 258 PP. First printing in the original illustrated red cloth binding. DJ retains the original price of $3.00 on the front flap. This book is widely considered the first American book on Jazz..... More
Hamden, CT: Archon Books, 1982. First American Edition. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 8 3/4 Inches. 277 PP. Illustrations and maps throughout. Discreet closed tear to top of DJ front panel. More
Germany: Franz Steiner, 1962. First Edition. 6 7/8 X 9 5/8 Inches. 185 [2] PP. First printing of the first book by Dr. Donald Detwiler, noted Professor at Southern Illinois University and past Chairman of the World War II Studies Association. A superb copy. Printed in the original German language..... More
New York: R. Spalding, 1865. First Edition. Cloth. 5 5/8 X 8 3/4 Inches. 86 PP. Important original 1865 book that features the first printing of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution: "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted..... More
Fredericksburg, TX: Windsor House Publishing, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/8 X 9 1/4 Inches. 263 PP. Stated "First Edition October 2001" on the copyright page. Original price of $26.95 intact on front flap. Signed by author on the title-page. First-hand account of the September 11, 2001 tragedy..... More
Nashville, TN: John Lawrence Connelly, 1982. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 5/8 X 8 3/4 Inches. 290 PP. Incredible history of North Nashville, Germantown and what is now considered East Nashville. Illustrated with several historic photographs of Nashville and her citizens. Quite scarce. More
New York: Garland Publishers, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. 6 1/8 X 9 1/4 Inches. 309 PP. First edition of this important study of Black culture in Boston prior to the Civil War. "Enormous reservoirs of hope, charity, energy, and faith fueled black Bostonians in their collective efforts for socioeconomic advancement;..... More
London: The Bodley Head, 1922. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 9 X 11 1/2 Inches. 96 PP. A stunning copy housed in the original issue DJ. Cover illustration and gilt title to spine in perfect condition. All woodcuts intact. More
Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. 6 X 9 1/8 Inches. 240 PP. First printing of this early biogaphy of the first Governor of the State of Tennessee, Governor of the lost state of Franklin and noted pioneer. Original cloth a bit toned. Light..... 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