Miami, FL: Centennial Press, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. 10 1/2 X 8 3/4 Inches. Coverage and comparison of the 1926 and 1992 hurricanes that devastated South Florida. A sharp copy in original red DJ. Profusely illustrated with B/W photographs on every page. More
New York: Castle Books, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. 5 5/8 X 8 1/4 Inches. 191 PP. Original price of $4.95 intact on front flap. Signed by Glut directly on the title-page. Original $1.85 store price sticker on FFEP. Glut is famously the author of "The Empire Strikes Back" as well..... 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: Simon and Schuster, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 3/8 X 9 1/2 Inches. 759 PP. First printing copy with full and complete numberline to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $30.00 intact on front flap. Signed by Doris Kearns Goodwin DIRECTLY ON THE..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 6 1/2 X 9 1/2 Inches. 909 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $17.95 on front flap. Winner of the 1981 Pulitzer Prize for Biography. Signed by Massie on the first flyleaf. Hint of..... More
New York: Random House, 1951. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 5/8 X 8 1/2 Inches. 338 PP. Stated "First Printing" on the copyright page. Original price of $3.50 intact on front flap. Wear to DJ edges with a few closed tears and minor paper loss to crown of spine..... More
New York: Random House, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. 308 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page with the correct number sequence. Original price of $25.00 intact on front flap. Signed by Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Massie directly on the title-page. More
Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1987. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8 3/4 X 11 1/4 Inches. 571 PP. Stated First Edition of this oversized illustrated history of the Chalcatzingo archeaological site. Profuselty illustrated with maps, charts and descriptive sketches of the Olmec style artifacts found on the site..... More
New York: Hurd *& Houghton, 1866. First Edition. Cloth. 4 3/4 X 7 1/8 Inches. 359 PP. First printing in the preferred brown cloth binding. Gilt title stamping to spine. Carpenter penned this book after the assassination of Lincoln and his six month stay at the White House during which..... More
Kitty Hawk, NC: New Maritima Press, LLC, 2012. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/4 Inches. 396 PP. First printing of this fascinating historical account of the lost treasure that inspired Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island. One million pieces of eight stolen and hidden with only the..... 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
Washington DC: Communications Press, 1980. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/4 Inches. 292 PP. First printing copy with original price of $13.95 intact on front flap. Signed, inscribed and dated in the year of publication by the authors. A scarce Elvis related title to find signed..... More
New York: HarperCollins, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/2 X 9 1/2 Inches. 495 PP. First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $28.00 intact on front flap. Signed and inscribed by noted Civil War historian Oates on the FFEP..... More
Washington DC: Brassey's, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/8 X 9 1/4 Inches. 391 PP. #1273 of 2000 signed by Wittenberg on the Official Civil War Preservation Trust bookplate affixed to the front pastedown. First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original..... 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
New York: Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, 2006. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8 5/8 X 11 1/4 Inches. 343 PP. "This work of passion in not only entertaining, it is our history!" Dick Gregory First printing with original price of $27.95 intact on rear panel. Signed by the author..... More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1999. First American Edition. Hardcover. 10 3/8 X 14 1/4 Inches. 416 PP. First printing of this splendid photographic guide to the ancient treasures in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. Introduction by Suzanne Mubarak. Original price of $75.00 intact on front flap. A very large..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. 5 1/8 X 7 3/4 Inches. 216 PP. Original green cloth with gilt title and decoration to cover and spine. Matching 1904 dates on both title and copyright page. Written by son of Civil War General George McClellan in his first year as..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1986. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. 847 PP. First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $22.95 intact on front flap. A sharp copy overall. More
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