New York: Harper and Brothers, 1960. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 3/8 X 8 1/4 Inches. 233 PP. Original stated "First Edition" copy of Kennedy's foreign policy speeches and statements edited by historian Allan Nevins. Attractive quarter leather with gilt title stamping and four raised hubs to spine. A...... More
London: The Folio Society, 1986. First Thus. Hardcover. 6 3/8 X 9 1/2 Inches. 311 PP. First Folio Society printing in matching slipcase. Accompanied by original unused Folio Society advertising postcard (laid-in). Case a bit sunned at top edge. Huxley's non-fiction masterpiece of demonic possession and sexual perversion in 17th..... More
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2011. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 9 3/4 X 12 1/4 Inches. 417 PP. First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Profusely illustrated throughout. Exhaustive illustrated history of Philadelphia as the "center of science" in Colonial America. Spotting..... More
Charlottesville, VA: University Press of Virginia, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. 8 3/4 X 11 Inches. 170 PP. Oversized hardcover illustrated throughout. Complete history of the Jefferson Rotunda on the University of Virginia campus. Architectural plans including Jefferson's original are represented as well as a history of repair after the great..... More
Parsons, WV: McClain Printing Co., 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. 6 X 8 3/4 Inches. 363 PP. Signed with a lengthy and intimate inscription on the FFEP by the author. A fine (but rather eclectic) collection of stories about Appalachia. Orignal boards clean and sharp. DJ a bit worn and chipped..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1977. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 5/8 X 8 3/4 Inches. 262 PP. First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $8.95 intact on front flap. Signed by President Carter directly on the title-page. Carter's first..... 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
Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/4 Inches. 541 PP. First edition with original price of $29.95 intact on front flap. Signed and inscribed by author on the title-page. In-depth history of one of the great cities of the South. Light..... More
Philadelphia: Henry Coates, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. 5 3/8 X 8 1/8 Inches. 556 PP. Original highly decorated red cloth binding. Thirty photographs of Paris in the late 19th Century. Fold-Out map at rear present and attached. Original plain red cloth wrap present but a bit worn at spine and..... More
London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1964. First Edition. Original wraps. 5 7/8 X 9 5/8 Inches. 40 PP. Coverage of the "known documents in the Public Records which relate directly to William Shakespeare or to his literary work." Original stapled wraps. Attractive B/W copies of the original records discussed. Original..... More
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
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: 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
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