New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1954]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Graham Kaye. Small 8vo. Blue tweed paper over boards with dark blue lettering, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 210pp. Frontispiece, line drawings, blue pictorial endpapers. Very good/very good. Book itself is tight, bright and quite nice but for couple of faint spots..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1956]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Graham Kaye. Small 8vo. Pictorial paper over boards. 214pp. Frontispiece, line drawings, pictorial endpapers. Good plus. Some edgewear and bit of rubbing. Corners bumped. Later reprint edition of this 1956 text, tight and attractive, number 7 in "The New Tom Swift..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1954]. Hardcover. Illustrated by Graham Kaye. Small 8vo. Light blue tweed cloth with dark blue lettering and decoration, pictorial dust jacket. 208pp. Frontispiece, 10 illustrations, blue pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Faint jacket edgewear. Tight and handsome later (likely 1956) printing of the first volume..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1954]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Graham Kaye. Small 8vo. Blue tweed paper over boards with dark blue lettering, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 211pp. Frontispiece, line drawings, blue pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Light jacket edgewear. Attractive and tight early (not first) printing of the fourth title..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1956]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Graham Kaye. Small 8vo. Blue tweed paper over boards with dark blue lettering and graphic, pictorial dust jacket. 214pp. Frontispiece, line drawings, blue pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear and archivally closed (on verso) edge tear. A nicely tight..... More
New York: A.S. Barnes and Company, 1949. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green cloth. (9pp), 271pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Very good. Owner's signature on front flyleaf. First edition. SHEETS 26. More
Little Rock: Pioneer Press, 1964. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red and blue cloth, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. xxi, 137pp. Illustrations. Fine/near fine. First edition, an exceptionally tight and pristine copy. More
New York: ABC News, 1983. Paperback. 4to. Stiff color pictorial wrappers, cord-tied. (6pp). Color illustration. Elaborate promotional booklet for this "day in the life" type television documentary that follows Pope John Paul II throughout the course of a typical day. Interesting -- and bearing choice autograph addition: Tipped at bottom..... More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., [1997]. Hardcover. Folio. Black blind-embossed cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 616pp. Color frontispiece, extensive illustrations (most color). Near fine/near fine. A superb and tight first edition of this massive survey. More
Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1970. Hardcover. 4to. Red cloth, gilt. vii, 130pp. Maps, numerous illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Very good. Delightful and fascinating archeological study, well illustrated, plus bearing a choice presentation inscription and signature from Miller in black ballpoint on the front flyleaf: "To / Larry -- a /..... More
New York: The Modern Library, n.y. Hardcover. 12mo. Brown cloth with silver spine lettering, dust jacket. 527pp, (8pp ads). Near fine/very good. Quite mild jacket edgewear; “H” purple inkstamped on half-title page. Tight and attractive later printing of #200 -- first published in 1959, here undated but likely ca. 1970..... More
[Princeton]: Privately printed, 1972. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. ix, 69pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Near fine. Light inoffensive stain on outer page edges. Bright and tight first edition of this memorial tribute, limited to 1000 copies printed for Stevenson's Princeton University class of 1922. This unique family..... More
Chicago: N.p., n.y. [1956]. Printed ticket. 24mo (5½" X 2½"). Fine. Ticket printed in blue and red on heavy orange card stock. Full text reads: "All Chicago Greeting for / Adlai E. Stevenson / Chicago Stadium / Wood and Madison Sts. / Saturday, November 1st / Greet and Hear the..... More
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N.p. N.p., 1965. Hardcover. 4to. Blue padded leatherette folder with black cloth tape spine. Gilt-bordered recto opening with clear mylar window. Near fine. Presentation folder given to then-U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Adlai Stevenson (1900-65), formerly Illinois governor and two-time Democratic presidential candidate. Window at right bears insert with (top..... More
Bloomington, IL: Paint Hill Press, 1985. Paperback. Edited by Michael Maher. 8vo. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. iv, 166pp. Near fine. Tight and lovely first edition. From the collection of the Governor's son, Adlai E. Stevenson III (1930-2021), U.S. Senator from Illinois, with a sheet of his personal imprinted Chicago letterhead..... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., [1972]. Hardcover. Edited by Walter Johnson. Small 4to. Blue cloth, dust jacket. xxi, 586pp. Illustrations. Very good/very good. Jacket a bit edgeworn. First edition, tight and nice, of the first volume (only) of this set. More
New York: Harper & Row, [1965]. Hardcover. Edited by Alden Whitman. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. 45pp. Very good. Binding a tad irregularly sunned, else tight and internally near fine. Special edition, limited to 2,479 copies of this "best of" selection of Stevensonisms, published immediately following the governor's sudden death..... More
Washington, DC: Regnery Publishing, 1998. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 275pp. Color illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Tight and handsome later (6th) printing of this expose, boldly signed by both authors in black on the title page. In addition, the front flyleaf bears a large presentation..... More
New York: Crown Publishers, [1972]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Milton C. Weiler. Introduction by Sparse Grey Hackle. Small 4to. Green cloth, pictorial dust jacket. xiv, 297pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Tight, attractive first edition of this first-ever back-to-back edition of Walden's notable "Upstream and Down" (1938) and "Big Stony" (1940)..... More
Franklin, TN: Hillsboro Press, [1996]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 180pp. Illustrations. Fine/fine. Tight and pristine first edition of this tale of the Bostick family of the South and the impact of the Civil War on them. More