Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, [2007]. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. xxiv, 454pp. Maps, illustrations. Near fine. Tight and handsome later (8th) printing of this thick study first published in 1998 -- "a radical new survey of more than a thousand years of religious life at Rome: from the..... More
New York: New York University Press, 1970. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green cloth. xvi, 253pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Fine. Second printing. Autograph Note Signed from Callahan to Lincoln scholar Arnold Gates tipped to the front flyleaf. More
New York: New York University Press, 1970. Hardcover. Small 4to. Yellow cloth with red and black spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xv, 253pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Fine/near fine. Tight, handsome first edition, with fine autograph addition: Tipped to front flyleaf is an Autograph Note Signed from Callahan, 1p, buff heavy stock..... More
New York: S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr., 1860. Folio (12¼" X 15¼", image area 11½" X 14"). Hand colored. Very good. Lightly age toned. Bright and attractive map of these three southern states, from the 1864 edition of "Mitchell's New General Atlas, Containing Maps of the Various Countries of the World..... More
New York: S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr., 1860. Folio (12¼" X 15¼", image area 11½" X 14"). Hand colored. Very good. Lightly age toned, with bit of faint soiling; couple of small, discreet stains. A well colored map of this southern trio, from the 1864 edition of "Mitchell's New General Atlas..... More
New York: S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr., 1860. Folio (12¼" X 15", image area 10½" X 13½"). Hand colored. Very good. Faint age toning only. Bright and handsome example of this softly-colored continent map, from the 1864 edition of "Mitchell's New General Atlas, Containing Maps of the Various Countries of the..... More
New York: S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr., 1860. Folio (12¼" X 15", image area 10½" X 13½"). Hand colored. Very good. Mildly age toned, with minor soiling mainly about the edges and single small discreet stain. Quite nice example of this softly-colored continent map, from the 1864 edition of "Mitchell's New..... More
New York: Dell Publishing Co., 1963. Paperback. 24mo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. 64pp. Illustrations. Very good. First edition (Dell Purse Book 9025), tight and nice, of this nifty little pocket guide. More
Muscatine, IA: The Prairie Press, 1942. Hardcover. 8vo. Tan cloth with black spine lettering, dust jacket. 82pp. Fine/near fine. Lovely, tight first edition, signed boldly by North in full in black ink on half-title page. North (1891-1988) was a writer, poet and art historian and sister of writer Sterling North..... More
[New York]: HarperCollins, 1991. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth spine and blue paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xvi, 446pp. Illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Small discoloration on half-title page and title page from address label removal. Tight, clean and attractive first edition, with "A Very Special Message" printed bookplate on..... More
[New York]: HarperCollins, 1991. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth spine and blue paper over boards, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. xvi, 446pp. Illustrations. Fine/near fine. Tight, clean and nice first edition. More
Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2002. Hardcover. Small 4to. Grey cloth spine and black paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xviii, 605pp. Decorative endpapers. Near fine/near fine. Handsome first edition of this thinly-veiled autobiographical military fiction, signed boldly and sloppily by North in blue fineline on the dedication page (as..... More
Washington, DC: Regnery Publishing, [2005]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. x, 342pp. Illustrations, map, map endpapers. Fine/fine. A superb and tight first edition of this television series accompaniment, replete with unopened DVD in clear sleeve tipped to rear flyleaf. More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1969. Hardcover. Illustrations by John Schoenherr. 8vo. Black cloth spine with gilt lettering and brown paper over boards, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 222pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear, with spine slightly age toned. A tight, attractive first edition of this "Dutton Animal..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. Hardcover. Small 4to. Grey cloth spine and yellow paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 494pp. Fine/near fine. Tight and handsome third printing of this murder mystery set in the small Midwestern town of Lake City, signed bold and large and sloppy by Patterson in..... More