Washington, DC: McGill & Witherow, n.y., [1861]. Paperback. 8vo. Self-cover. 8pp. Very good. Minor binding traces along left margin; moderate, even age toning throughout. Typical Congressman's lip-flapping on the political tensions of the day. "It was officially announced yesterday in this Hall that Abraham Lincoln, a worthy, patriotic, and intelligent..... More
Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, [1986]. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. xvii, 298pp. Illustrations, maps. Very good. Ownership signature inside front wrapper and year inked on title page. A tight and nice first softbound edition of Number 5 in the "Wisconsin Publications in the History of Science..... More
Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1972. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green cloth. xiv, 243pp. Illustrations. Very good. First Canadian edition, tight and clean. More
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1931. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown blind-embossed cloth with gilt spine lettering. v, 147pp. Extensive figures and line drawings. Near fine. Faintest of binding edgewear; blind-embossed ownership name on front flyleaf and title page. A superb and tight second, revised edition of this 1913 text..... More
New York: The Free Press, [1993]. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff glazed wrappers. xv, 295pp. Illustrations. Very good. Sixth paperback edition, tight and nice, of the expanded edition of the 1981 classic. "The modern classic of race and medicine," notes the front wrapper, "updated with an additional chapter on the Tuskegee..... More
N.p. Indiana University, 1988. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff cream wrappers. iii, 21pp. Illustrations. Near fine. Sole printing of this excerpt from Madison's then-in-progress biography of Lilly, Number 8 in the "Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology Research Reports." More
President Franklin D. Roosevelt's rousing "date which will live in infamy" speech, in which the livid president declares that a state of war exists between the United States and the Empire of Japan, set the tone for World War Two and quickly became one of the most famous speeches in..... More
South Brunswick: A.S. Barnes and Company, 1972. Hardcover. 4to. Yellow paper over boards, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 270pp. Numerous illustrations. Near fine/very good. Tight, handsome first edition. More
Boston: D.C. Heath & Co., 1901. Hardcover. 12mo. Tan cloth with brown decorative stamping and lettering. v, 154pp. Good plus. Binding a bit soiled and edgeworn; "Public Schools of the City of Flint" plate tipped to front pastedown; small paper loss at upper outer margin of leaf 5-6 and 7-8..... More
New York: Exposition Press, [1955]. Hardcover. 8vo. Yellow paper over boards with brown spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 332pp. Very good/very good. Mild jacket edgewear; front flyleaf lightly toned from long-ago newsprint contact. A tight, attractive first edition. More