Pleasant View, TN: Privately Printed, 1980. Signed Limited Edition. Hardcover. 8 3/4 X 11 1/4 Inches. 234 PP. #218 of 1000 "Limited First Edition" copies signed by the author. Comprehensive history of the settlers and their work at the Sycamore Powder Mills near Ashland City, TN. A special focus is..... More
Leipzig: C.H.F. Hartmann, 1831. First Edition. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 9 Inches. Three volume complete set in original German. Period marbled boards with cloth spine and tips. PO name in ink on FFEP of each volume. PO note in ink on front pastedown of third volume. Edges and folds a...... More
St. Petersburg, FL: Helga M. Rogers, 1985. First Thus. Original wraps. 5 1/2 X 8 1/2 Inches. 60 PP. "No man living has revealed so many important facts about the Negro." W.E.B. DuBois A to the point little treatise on the importance of the Negro throughout history. Light wear to edges..... More
Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1944. Early Edition. Hardcover. 6 3/4 X 9 3/4 Inches. 488 PP. Stated "Second Printing" on the copyright page. Housed in scarce original DJ. Price of $4.50 blacked out and new price of $5.00 stamped on front flap. Light wear to DJ edges and folds..... More
Berlin: Duncker und Humblot, 1836. Early Edition. Hardcover. 5 X 7 7/8 Inches. Period cloth with leather spine and tips. Rare complete set. Bindings worn at edges and spines, but all volumes intact. PO name in ink in each. Scattered foxing and and wear. Text in German. An attractive set..... More
Battle Creek, MI: Review & Herald, Publishers, 1887. Early Edition. Cloth. 5 1/8 X 7 3/4 Inches.298 PP [22 PP Publisher Catalog of Books]. Original red cloth boards with elaborate gilt decoration and title work to front cover. List of signers of the Declaration of Independence and "Liberty Bell" shaped..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1919. First Edition. Hardcover. 6 X 9 Inches. [722 PP][647 PP][461 PP]. Stunning three volume complete first edition set with the original dust jackets. Cloth binding and gilt title work to spine fresh and clean. DJ's chipped separating at folds. The jackets are lower grade..... More
London: Flammarion, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. 7 1/4 X 10 Inches. 287 PP. Sealed in original wrap. An AS NEW copy. More
London: Flammarion, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. 7 1/4 X 10 Inches. 251 PP. Sealed in original wrap. An AS NEW copy. More
Boston: Samuel Walker & Company, 1876. George T. Andrew; et all. First Edition. Hardcover. 9 X 11 1/4 Inches. First edition complete set issued in 1876/77. Bound in the original deluxe quarter leather binding with tips. Four raised hubs to each spine. Profusely illustrated and very heavy volumes. All plates..... More
Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1977. Early Edition. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/4 Inches. 216 PP. Includes a history of the Harlem Renaissance movement as well as studies of Ellison, Wright and Langston Hughes among others. Ink price of $12.50 to front flap. Hint of scuffing to..... More
London: Octopus Books, 1972. First UK Edition. Hardcover. 8 5/8 X 11 3/8 Inches. 72 PP. Original price of "1.95" on front flap. A clean copy in all respects. More
London: Oxford University Press, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. 6 3/4 X 9 7/8 Inches. 240 PP. First edition of the first volume. Original brown cloth with gilt title stamping to spine. All plates intact. History of the Clyde Company, Australiam locomotive maker (as well as other machinery). Slight lean to..... More
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
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