New York: Bell & Gould, n.y. Folio (13½" X 8"). 2pp (4pp lettersheet). Very good. Single light horizontal fold, else bright and nice. Handsome condition blank legal form published by this noted early 19th century publisher of legal blanks; at the death of one of the sons of company founder..... More
Melbourne: Cassell Australia Ltd., 1965. Hardcover. Small 4to. Tan cloth, pictorial dust jacket. xiv, 178pp. Illustrations (some color), pictorial endpapers. Fine/near fine. First Australian edition of this detailed city history. More
Las Vegas: Charles R. Bell, Publisher, 1964. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. 192pp. Numerous illustrations (some color), advertisements. Very good. Faint bit of edgewear. Tight, nice first edition of this thick celebratory centennial publication. More
[Pigeon Forge, TN: Nandel, 1986]. Hardcover. 8vo.Green cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 115pp. Illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Tight and attractive first edition of this gathering of essays and verse celebrating the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee -- boldly signed in full in black ballpoint by Steiner on the front pastedown, where she..... More
New York: Angus Sinclaur Co., 1912. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown cloth, gilt spine. 157pp. Numerous illustrations and line drawings. Very good. Slightest bit of mild edgwear and faint discoloration at upper right of front board; front pastedown abrasions from bookplate removal; faint hint of dampstaining at upper page edges. Tight..... More
New York: Harper & Row, 1965. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 305pp. Very good/very good. First edition. More
New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1986. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth spine and grey paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 230pp. Fine/near fine. First edition of author's third novel. More
Famed French actress, remembered for a few select films of the 1930s and '40s ("Carnet de Bal," "Innocents of Paris," "The Night Is Ours"). Large signature, dated 1978 December 10, on a heavy stock 5" X 3" card, n.p. Fine. With original envelope. Uncommon. More
Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, [2000]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xiv, 279pp. Fine/fine. Tight and pristine second printing of a selection of Bell's new poems together with an assortment from twelve earlier collections. He boldly inscribes and signs the title page..... More
Sioux City, IA: Quixote Press, 1991. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff blue pictorial wrappers. xii, 172pp. Illustrations. Very good. Mild bit of edgewear. First edition, tight and attractive, of the first volume in the "Midwest Riverboat Series." According to the front wrapper, it's an account of "how that no-good riverboat con artist..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1926]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Red cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 304pp, (10pp ads). Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. Tight and quite attractive reprint of this Big Apple rags to riches to rags again pot-boiler, first published by W.J. Watt. Nifty wraparound jacket art by Politzer..... More
New York: Atria Books, 2003. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth spine and black paper over boards, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 417pp. Map. Near fine/near fine. Handsome, tight first edition of this thriller, inscribed and signed large and bold by the author in black fineline on the title page: "For Douglas..... More
Madison: Olive Bell Daniels, 1978. Hardcover. 4to. Burgundy cloth. xxii, 540pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Near fine. Bookplate removal residue on front flyleaf. First edition, tight and handsome. Hefty biography of the Wisconsin physical chemist, boldly signed in full by Daniels on the title page. More
Washington, DC: War Department, 1864 December 2. 12mo. Handbill. Near fine. Four-punched at left edge, not affecting text. Titled "Exchange of Prisoners of War," this General Order consists of Townsend's report of a prisoner exchange arranged between Generals William T. Sherman and John Bell Hood that took place in Rough..... More
Secaucus, NJ: Blue and Grey Press, [1985]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Grey buckram spine with black lettering and grey paper over boards, dust jacket. 358pp. Maps. Near fine/very good. Faintest of jacket wear. First of this facsimile reprint of the 1880 first edition of the Confederate general's memorable memoir -- tight..... More
Secaucus, NJ: Blue and Grey Press, [1985]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Grey buckram spine with black lettering and grey paper over boards, dust jacket. 358pp. Maps. Near fine/very good. Quite mild jacket wear. A tight and attractive first of this facsimile reprint of the 1880 first edition of the Confederate general's..... More
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, [2004]. Hardcover. 8vo. White glazed paper over boards. xvi, 224pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Fine. Tight, perfect first edition of this festschrift of 18 essays on the book trade honoring this late (1921-2002) scholar of the provincial English book trade. Co-published by the British Library. Press..... More
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, [1970]. Hardcover. 4to. Grey cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 278pp. Fine/near fine. OK, it's the first volume ONLY of this 2-volume set and it's a second printing at that -- but it's as uncannily fresh as the day it was published..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1892. Hardcover. Edited by W. Minto. Complete 2-volume set. 8vo. Emerald green cloth with gilt spine lettering. x, 356pp; viii, 346pp. Top edges gilt. Tissue-guarded frontispieces, tissue-guarded plates, small line drawings. Very good overall. Bindings mildly edgeworn (mainly at spine heads/tails) and a tad rubbed..... More
New York: Bonanza Books, n.y. Hardcover. 4to.Tan cloth, pictorial dust jacket. vii, 273pp. Frontispiece, numerous illustrations. Very good/very good. Handsome and tight reprint edition of what James I. Robertson Jr. reviewed as "An admirable companion volume for David Donald's popular 'Divided We fought'; pictures and text recapture vividly all the..... More
Chicago: Chicago Historical Society, 1963. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff blue wrappers. 18pp. Very good. Faintest of edgewear, with price sticker mark near bottom of front and rear wrapper. Tight and nice first edition of Wiley's address before the Chicago Historical Society of September 21, 1962. More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1971. Hardcover. Complete 2-volume set. 8vo. Burgundy cloth with gilt spine lettering, dust jackets. 454pp, 444pp. Frontispieces. Good plus/very good. Jackets slightly edgeworn, with large chip on second volume at head of spine; both book spines a bit rubbed and lightly soiled, and bottom page..... More
Memphis: Memphis State College Press, 1956. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey cloth, pictorial dust jacket. x, 121pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Handsome first edition. "Three incisive essays that evaluate Jefferson Davis, trace the rise and fall of Confederate morale, and describe internal factors hastening Confederate collapse." -- NEVINS II, 176. More
New York: A.L. Burt Co., n.y. Hardcover. Illustrations by F. Graham Cootes. Small 8vo. Blue/green cloth with white lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 464pp. Color frontispiece, 3 called-for full-page color plates. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. A tight, bright and handsome reprint edition of this 1914 novel -- in the..... More