Moore's Complete Civil War Guide to Richmond.
N.p. Samuel J.T. Moore, Jr., [1978]. Paperback. 8vo Stiff grey pictorial wrappers. 197pp. Frontispiece, illustration. Near fine. A tight and handsome revised edition of this thorough guide. More
N.p. Samuel J.T. Moore, Jr., [1978]. Paperback. 8vo Stiff grey pictorial wrappers. 197pp. Frontispiece, illustration. Near fine. A tight and handsome revised edition of this thorough guide. More
New York: Crown Publishers, [1992]. Hardcover. New York: Crown Publishers, 1992. Small 4to. Quarter tan cloth with gilt spine lettering and blue paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. x, 464pp. Frontispiece, maps, illustrations. Near fine/fine. Handsome, tight reprint edition. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, [1893-98]. Hardcover. Complete 2-volume set. 12mo. Blue cloth with gilt lettering and decorations. vi, 387pp; vi, 373pp, (4pp ads). Top edges gilt. Tissue-guarded frontispiece (Vol. I only), pocket at rear of Volume I lacks map. Near fine. Very faintest of binding edgewear; minor age toning to..... More
New York: Chelsea House, 1980. Paperback. Introduction by Earl N. Harbert. Small 8vo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. 335pp. Illustrations. Near fine. Tight, attractive facsimile reprint of the second volume (only) of this 1896 text -- a volume in editor Daniel Aaron's "American Men and Women of Letters Series." More
New York: Bantam Books, 1987. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth spine and white paper over boards, dust jacket. x, 270pp. Near fine/very good. Slightest bit of jacket edgewear. First edition, tight and nice, of this "Best Short Fiction for 1986" volume featuring contributions from Madison Smartt Bell, Tess Gallagher, T. Coraghessan..... More
Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, [2000]. Hardcover. Edited by Gary W. Gallagher. 4to. Blue cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 266pp. Frontispiece, numerous illustrations (some color). Fine/fine. Tight and handsome first edition of this scholarly yet entertaining study by two of today's finest Civil War scholars -- with an..... More
New York: Da Capo Press, [1982]. Paperback. 4to. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. 356pp. Illustrations. Near fine. A tight, bright and handsome first softbound edition of this most often-consulted and indispensable of Lincoln reference works -- and surprisingly scarce to boot. This sharp copy has been extra-illustrated with a fine autograph..... More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, [1995]. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. vii, 214pp. Frontispiece, numerous illustrations. Near fine. Tight, nice fourth printing. More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1993. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black and red cloth, dust jacket. viii, 214pp. Frontispiece. Fine/fine. A perfect and pristine first edition, handsomely signed and inscribed by the noted historian in black ballpoint on the half-title page: "To... / with best wishes, as / always -- / Mark."..... More
[Madison]: The Lincoln Fellowship of Wisconsin, 1983. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff textured wrappers. 16pp. Illustrations. Fine. Superb copy of this address by the noted Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, boldly inscribed and signed by him in full in blue ballpoint alongside his portrait on opening leaf: "With best wishes / Mark E...... More
[Madison]: The Lincoln Fellowship of Wisconsin, 1983. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff glazed wrappers. 16pp. Illustrations. Fine. Superb first edition of this address by the noted Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, boldly signed by him in full in black fineline below his portrait on the opening leaf. "Historical Bulletin No. 38" in this..... More
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1990. Hardcover. 4to. Burgundy cloth, pictorial dust jacket. xv, 172pp. Numerous illustrations (some color), pictorial endpapers. Fine/fine. A wonderfully handsome and tight first edition. On the half-title page, Neely signs and inscribes boldly in black ballpoint at upper right: "For ----, / With thanks for..... More
Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, [1993]. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff tan wrappers. xiv, 203pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Very good. Faintest of wear to outer wrappers only, with price sticker scuff at upper right of rear wrapper, else tight and internally fine. Tight and nice later softbound printing of this fascinating 1986..... 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
Bowling Green: Bowling Green University Popular Press, [1970]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black, red and white pictorial cloth. xii, 338pp. Very good. A bit rubbed at edges, else tight and quite nice. First edition of this anthology, with contributions from Ellery Queen, Dashiell Hammett, John Dickson Carr, Jacques Barzun and others..... More
New York: Harper & Row, 1976. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown paper over boards, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. viii, 341pp. Numerous illustrations. Good plus/good plus. A tight and respectable later (6th) printing of this "Outdoor Life Book": "A through Z coverage... for sportsmen, hunters, competitive shooters...." Ex-library, with the usual markings..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, Inc., 1969. Hardcover. 4to. White cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 256pp. Frontispieces, numerous illustrations (many color). Very good/very good. First edition. Lovely large pictorial survey of the NFL. More
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1966. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown cloth spine with ivory lettering and brown paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 321pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, map endpapers. Very good/very good. Faint foxing to page edges and occasional text pages, else near fine; jacket mildly age toned and lightly..... More
[Madison]: The Lincoln Fellowship of Wisconsin, 1991. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff glazed wrappers. 52pp. Illustrations. Fine. First edition. Historical Bulletin No. 46, being Ostendorf and Neely and Lattimer's speeches delivered on 8 April 1990 at this group's annual meeting -- their fiftieth. More
[Madison]: The Lincoln Fellowship of Wisconsin, 1991. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff glazed wrappers. 52pp. Illustrations. Fine. istorical Bulletin No. 46 -- Ostendorf, Neely and Lattimer's speeches given 8 April 1990 at this group's annual meeting -- their fiftieth. First edition. More
Banker turned... time-lapse photography pioneer? This time-lapse cinematographer, medical researcher and inventor designed and built time-lapse equipment, showcasing his photography techniques in the 1950s film "Dancing Flowers" and the 1956 Walt Disney documentary "Secrets of Life"; as a medical researcher, he explored how human and animal health as well as..... More
New York: Basic Books, 1988. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth, dust jacket. xi, 382pp. Near fine/near fine. A tight and handsome first edition, inscribed by trhe author large and bold in blue fineline on the front flyleaf: "To Rebecca Glenn-Ryan / With warm regards to a PMI [?] / Brad..... More
Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1981. Hardcover. 8vo. Pale green cloth with blue spine lettering and pictorial stamping, pictorial dust jacket. viii, 197pp. Fine/near fine. Superb, tight and bright first edition of this slim account of the infamous 19th century bandit (1806-44) -- and this sharp copy handsomely inscribed and..... More
Gainesville, GA: New Classics Library, [2002]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Navy blue cloth with white spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 463pp. Numerous figures and illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Quite tight, quite nice second printing of the first volume (only) of this modern classic in which this bestselling business author and stock..... More
New York: Basic Books, Inc., [1988]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xvi, 365pp. Figures. Fine/fine. Superb, tight and pristine second printing of this study of how Japan got the better of American industry, with the U.S.'s help all the way. Boldly inscribed and..... More