San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, [1994]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green cloth with gilt spine letterig, dust jacket. xxxvi, 288pp. Numerous tables and figures. Fine/fine. Pristine first edition of this scholarly study, boldly inscribed and signed by the lead author in black ink on front flyleaf: "For Bob Malott, / who has..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1982. Hardcover. 8vo. Cream cloth spine and tan paper over boards, dust jacket. 252pp. Near fine/near fine. First edition of this first novel by this Aussie author! A Seal Book Award winner. More
Indianapolis: Indiana Civil War Centennial Commission, 1965. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff pale blue wrappers. 402pp. Very good. Spine faintly sunned and half dozen page corners formerly folded. Tight, quite nice first edition of this useful reference, with much detailed Indiana regimental data. More
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1966. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. v, 391pp. Very good. Tight and nice first softbound edition of this 1956 study first published by Duke University Press. More
London: Michael Joseph, 1948. Hardcover. Introduction by Captain C.B. Fry. 8vo. Red cloth with silver spine lettering and decorations, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 269pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Front flyleaf ownership signature; jacket complete and attractive but edgeworn, with triangular paper loss at upper right of front..... More
Owings Mill, MD: Stemmer House Publishers, 1982. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black glazed paper over boards. 48pp. Color illustrations. Near fine. Name/address of noted antiques publication inkstamped on front pastedown and rear flyleaf. First U.S. edition of this volume in the "Introductions to the Decorative Arts" series. More
As stamp collectors go, Turner was about as famous as you can get: America's foremost philatelic librarian, holding the greatest philatelic library in the country; member of the United States Stamp Society Hall of Fame; president of the American Philatelic Congress and the American Academy of Philately; director of SIPEX..... More
Glen Ellyn, IL: Newman Educational Publishing, [2001]. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. xix, 285pp. Numerous illustrations, maps. Fine. Handsome and perfect first edition of this readable, well-illustrated young adult survey of the Land of Lincoln's runaway slave system -- and inscribed and signed large and bold by the author..... More
N.p. American Jewish Historical Society, 1964. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff grey wrappers. (42pp). Frontispiece, illustrations. Near fine. A tight and handsome first separate printing, from the December 1964 issue of "American Jewish Historical Quarterly" (Vol. LIV, No. 2) -- with interesting autograph addition: Tipped to the front flyleaf is a Typed..... More
This California investment broker was a noted Lincoln scholar and collector and author/editor of several Lincoln volumes, including "Mary Lincoln: Her Life and Letters" (1972). TLS, 2pp, 8½" X 11", Los Angeles, CA, 7 September 1953. Addressed to Arnold Gates (1914-93, notes Lincoln and Civil War scholar). Very good. On..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1939. Hardcover. 8vo. Black and yellow cloth with gilt spine lettering, dust jacket. xii, 175pp. Fine/good plus. Binding and text are pristine; jacket is complete and even attractive despite mild edgewear, a few small edge chips (and 1½" chip near spine center) and abrasion..... More
Harrogate, TN: Lincoln Memorial University Press, 2002. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. Pp. 97-135. Illustrations. Near fine. Tight, attractive issue of this famed quarterly. This issue includes Wayne C. Temple's "Lincoln's Connections with Middletown and ?Its Stagecoach Inn," Gordon Leidner's "Lincoln as a Transformational Leader," Frank J. Williams'..... More
Harrogate, TN: Lincoln Memorial University Press, 1997. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. Pp. 153-200. Illustrations. Near fine. Tight, attractive issue of this famed quarterly. This issue includes William Hanchett's "Persistent Myths of the Lincoln Assassination," Wayne C. Temple's "W.P. McGuire Saw Lincoln at Decatur in 1860" and Lloyd..... More
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, [1991]. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glazed blue wrappers. xvi, 265pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Fine. Second paperback printing, absolutely pristine. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1946. Hardcover. 4to. Blue cloth, pictorial dust jacket. xiv, 332pp. Extensive line drawings. Very good/good plus. Jacket edgeworn and edge chipped, but complete and fairly attractive nonetheless; "Compliments of the Author" heavy stock card tipped to front flyleaf and small engraved ownership heavy stock card..... More