This popular Scottish physician and essayist gained more reknown as a man of letters than a man of medicine, though he did become a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1847; friend of Thackeray and Twain, he collected his essays into "Rab and His Friends" (1859)..... More
This American museum director oversaw the U.S. National Gallery of Art from 1969 to 1992 and made it the renowned institution it is today. Signed First Day Cover, 6½" X 3½", cancelled in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania on 2 August 1971 and with "First Day of Issue" boldly stamped. Single 8-cent..... More
This American museum director oversaw the U.S. National Gallery of Art from 1969 to 1992 and made it the renowned institution it is today. Signed First Day Cover, 6½" X 3½", cancelled in Washington, DC on 17 September 1965 and with "First Day of Issue" boldly stamped. Single 5-cent "John..... More
New York: Whittlesey House, 1944. Hardcover. Small 4to. Burgundy cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 219pp. Frontispiece, numerous illustrations. Near fine/very good. Some archivally closed (on verso) jacket edge tears. Handsome first edition of the humorist's (and naval lieutenant's) war experiences, with a bold presentation inscription on the front flyleaf: "For /..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1956. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth spine and brown paper over boards, dust jacket. ix, 302pp. Near fine/very good. Archivally closed (on verso) jacket edge tears. Handsome, tight first edition, bearing a nice presentation inscription from the author on the front flyleaf "For / Elizabeth Schenk..... More
Carmel, IN: Guild Press of Indiana, 1997. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. 312pp. Near fine. First edition, tight and handsome, of this tale of "Murder and Industrial Espionage in an Ohio River Valley Town," inscribed boldly by the author on the title page: "Best wishes & / Happy Reading!..... More
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Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1860. Hardcover. Small 4to. Rebound in brown cloth, with original blind-embossed front/rear board cloth and spine (with gilt lettering) remounted. 71pp, 255pp, (1p). Very good. Original remounted binding a bit rubbed; text block tight and bright. Attractively rebound in matching brown with original brown..... More
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1966. Hardcover. Small 4to. Orange cloth, price-clipped dust jacket. xix, 377pp. Fine/good. Second printing. Volume 80 in "The Civilization of the American Indian Series." More