New York: Harry Abrams, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. 11 1/2 X 13 1/4 Inches. 425 [2] PP. First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Large folio edition with 450 color illustrations. Original price of "$85.00" on front flap. Covers a bit worn at edges..... More
Nashville, TN: Printed for the Author, 1859. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/8 X 9 1/4 Inches. 668 PP. Original first printing of this scarce early history of Nashville and early middle Tennessee. This copy rebound in fairly simple cloth binding with title-stamping to spine. Slip signed by "the..... More
Private Printing, 1926. First Edition. Original wraps. 5 X 6 7/8 Inches. 63 PP. Original wraps clean and tight. Fold-out frontis illustration intact. History of the Company A of the Reading, PA militia throughout basic training and WWI. A nice first-hand account of the American soldier fighting overseas during WWI..... More
Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1993. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 3/8 X 8 1/4 Inches. 119 PP. A sharp and clean copy in all respects. "The Birth of the Despot examines a crucial moment in the long and ambiguous encounter between the Christian and Islamic worlds: the period..... More
London: Periplus Publishing Ltd, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 9 1/2 X 13 1/2 Inches. 274 PP. Well researched study of the Royal city of Alexandria that was destroyed in the 4th Century. All plates and fold-outs intact. Housed in original issue slipcase. This book is quite large and..... More
New York: Overlook Press, 2009. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/8 Inches. 265 PP. First Edition with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $26.95 intact on front flap. Remainder mark on bottom gutter, else a fine copy. More
New York: Grove Press, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/4 Inches. 495 PP. Stated "First Edition" with full number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $35.00 intact on front flap. An important and profusely illustrated history of the construction of..... More
London: Trustees of the British Museum, 1974. First Edition. Original wraps. 8 1/4 X 8 1/4 Inches. 48 PP. Exhibition catalog in original wraps. Illustrated throughout with photographs and illustrations of the Solomon Islanders as well as some of their weapons and artwork. More
London: B.T. Batsford, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. 5 5/8 X 8 3/4 Inches. 206 PP. First UK printing. Price-clipped. Light wear to DJ edges. Signed by previous owner, Donald Lehmkuhl on the FFEP. Donald Lehmkuhl, author of The Woman in the Moon (Doubleday, 1986), The Flights of Icarus, Mantua and..... More
London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., 1935. Frank Brangwyn. Early Edition. Hardcover. 7 5/8 X 10 1/4 Inches. 306 PP. No date, but circa 1935. Original orange cloth with decoration and title-stamping to front cover and spine. A bit of a travelogue covering Kinglake's journey through Turkey, Cyprus, Jordan and..... More
Paris: Pierre Bertrand and L'Armessin Family, 1680. Original Broadside. 6 3/4 x 9 1/4 INCHES. ORIGINAL 1680 ENGRAVED PORTRAIT OF AFRICAN KING "Tombut Roy of Guinea" Beautifully engraved portrait that was ISSUED SEPERATELY in Paris by the engravers Bertrand and Larmessin (not taken from a book). Within an oval frame the..... More
Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1976. First Edition. Original wraps. 8 3/8 X 11 Inches. 292 PP. First edition in the original wraps as issued. Review slip taped to first page. A very informative history of the founding of the United States profusely illustrated with photographs of letters, documents and publications..... More
Norman, OK: The University of Oklahoma Press, 1952. First Thus. Hardcover. 6 1/2 X 9 1/2 Inches. 503 PP. Slight toning and foxing. DJ price-clipped and a bit worn at edges. A few surface scratches to DJ. Very nice history of the Army of Tennessee prepared by Stanley Horn, important..... More
Knoxville, TN: The University of Tennessee Press, 1985. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. 810 PP. First printing copy signed "Best Wishes - Paul Conkin / Sept. 15, 1985" directly on the FFEP. Exhaustive complete history of Vanderbilt University and Peabody College for Teachers. A...... More
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/8 X 9 1/4 Inches. 265 PP. First printing with full number line to the "1" on the copyright page. More
Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. 7 X 10 1/4 Inches. 2644 PP. Complete eight volume set in the original red cloth binding. Important early history of the founding and settling of Tennessee. Profusely illustrated with photographs of historic sites as well as important Tennesseans. Foxing and..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1965. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. Complete two-volume set of "The White House Years" by President Dwight Eisenhower. Signed by IKE on personal bookplate affixed to half title-page of "Waging Peace." First edition copies of both as stated..... More
Chicago, IL: Follett Publishing, 1968. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/8 X 9 1/4 Inches. 564 PP. Stated "First Printing" on the copyright page. Original price of $6.95 intact on front flap. In-depth history of the case against Jack Ruby in the shooting death of Lee Harvey Oswald by..... More
Richmond, VA: Press of Cottrell & Cooke, Inc., 1936. First Edition. Cloth. 5 3/4 X 8 1/2 Inches. 243 PP. Blue cloth with title and illustration of "Pocahontas saving John Smith" in original on front cover. Extremities lightly rubbed. Contemporary name on FFEP. Hint of foxing throughout. Includes in part..... More
New York: The Literary Guild of America, 1930. First Edition. Cloth. 5 5/8 X 8 1/4 Inches. 308 PP. Early history of the historic Natchez Trace Bi-Way that still winds its way through Nashville and down to Natchez, Mississippi. Minor foxing to boards. An appealing copy that lacks the original..... More
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London: Harrions and Sons, 1899. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 3/4 Inches. 156 PP. Colored coat of arms frontispiece intact. Fore-edge of covers discolored a bit from an old dampstain. Accompanied by an 8 page letter entirely in the hand of Reginald Haines in regards to..... More
Nashville, TN: H.C. Brehm, 1979. First Edition. Original wraps. 4 7/8 X 7 Inches. 65 PP. Original light blue wraps. Profusely illustrated history of the Bell Witch of Adams, TN. An important collection of stories that further advanced the tourism industry at the John Bell farm in Adams. PO bookplate..... More
Honolulu, HI: Honolulu Star Bulletin Limited, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. 372 PP. Early history of The Chief's Children's School in Honolulu told through the letters of the two women who ran the school, Amos Starr Cooke and Juliette Mantague Cooke. The Chiefs' Children's School..... More
Williamsburg: Colonial Williamsburg (August & Charles Dietz), 1972. Early Edition. 5 1/8 X 8 Inches. 406 PP. Stated "Third Edition" finely bound in leather with black leather spine label and five raised hubs to spine. A nice history of Williamsburg, Virginia, with the additions to bring it up to 1971..... More
Bennington, VT: Anthony Haswell, 1793. First American Edition. Leather. 3 7/8 X 6 Inches. IMPERFECT COPY (Missing Pages 1-24). Scarce original Bennington, Vermont First American Edition. Contains all FIVE original copperplate engravings. Original period leather with following engravings: "Americans throwing the Cargoes of the Tea Ships into the River at..... More