Springfield: The Illinois State Historical Society, 1941. Hardcover. Small 4to. Dark grey cloth. ix, 217pp. Illustrations, foldout map. Near fine. Tight, attractive first edition of the fourth volume in this annual series. Of greatest interest is that this was the copy of Adlai E. Stevenson II (1900-65), Illinois governor and..... More
New York: The Vanguard Press, [1939]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Orange cloth with black lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 309pp. Fine/near fine. Outstanding, bright and tight first edition of this sequel to Clarke's 1930 bestseller "Millie." This earlier title was filmed in 1931 and a film version of "Millie's Daughter" was released..... More
New York: Huntington Press, 1930. Hardcover. Prefatory note by Chauncey Brewster Tinker. 12mo. Khaki suede with gilt-lettered burgundy calf spine label, slipcase with paper spine label. xxi, 197pp. Illustration. Very good/very good. Calf spine label a tad rough but tight; slipcase lightly edgeworn but sound. Attractive and internally fine and..... More
London: Faber and Faber, [1986]. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 69pp. Fine/fine. Pristine and perfect first edition of the first verse collection by the award-winning English poet (born 1945), signed boldly by her in black ballpoint on title page. More
London: Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, n.y. Printed broadside. Folio (13½" X 8¼"). Very good. Mild wear, mainly about the edges, which show discreet, expert expert archival mends on verso; tiny "DUPL NYPL" inkstamp on verso. Printed on ultra-thin pale green tissue paper by S.G. Fairbrother, undated but likely 1833, this..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1963. Hardcover. Illustrations by the author. Preface by Daphne Du Maurier. 4to. Quarter brown calf with gilt spine lettering and tan paper over boards, slipcase with paper spine label. xiii, 344pp. Frontispiece, numerous line drawings, decorative endpapers. Near fine/near fine. Superlative copy of the..... More
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, [1965]. Hardcover. Introduction by Herman Wouk. 8vo. Quarter grey cloth with blue lettering and blue paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 254pp. Near fine/very good. Jacket mildly edgeworn, with several archivally-closed (on verso) edge tears. Handsome, tight first edition of this humorous WW2 novel..... More
Prolific French writer, novelist, poet, essayist and literary critic, elected to the Académie Françoise in 1946; he was the son of noted French caricaturist Henri Henriot. IPS (in French), 8" X 11", n.p. [Chicago, IL], n.y. Good only. Heavy horizontal crack extends across bottom from ½" up from lower left..... More
Budapest: Helikon Kiado, [1984]. Hardcover. 4to. Full brown blind-embossed calf with raised bands and with ornate brass cornerpieces, centerpieces and clasps. (Ca. 400pp). Extensive full-color illustrations and marbled endpapers, sewn-in brown satin page marker. Near fine. Housed in as-issued rustic white cardboard slipcase with large color pictorial label. Very good..... More
Des Moines: F.R. Conaway, State Printer, [1896]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Grey blind-ruled cloth with gilt front board lettering and pictorial stamping. 85pp. Frontispiece, 5 full-page illustrations. Near fine. Faint handling to binding only, else tight and internally near fine. Handsome first edition of this "Report of the Battle Flag Committee..... More
Boston: J.G. Cupples Co. Publishers, 1890. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Half calf with raised bands and gilt spine lettering and glazed marbled paper over bevel-edged boards. xiii, 485pp, (3pp), (4pp ads). All edges gilt. Frontispiece, illustrations, marbled endpapers. Very good. Inner front hinge a tad delicate but expertly, archivally strengthened, thus..... More
New York: S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr., 1860. Folio (23½" X 15¼", image area 21¼" X 13¼"). Hand colored. Very good. Lightly age toned, with single vertical fold (as issued). Bright and fetching centerfold map of this large region, from the 1864 edition of "Mitchell's New General Atlas, Containing Maps of..... More
N.p. N.p., n.y., [probably 1864]. Paperback. 8vo. Self-cover. 8pp. Very good. Cover a tad soiled and age toned, else clean and attractive. Text of Naglee's September 27, 1864 letter to William D. Kelley. Pages 5-8 consist of "Second Chapter from the Secret History of the War," Naglee's October 6, 1864..... More
New York: S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr., 1860. Folio (15¼" X 12¼", image area 13½" X 10 3/4"). Hand colored. Very good. Mild age toning. Quite attractive map of these three northernmost European countries, from the 1864 edition of "Mitchell's New General Atlas, Containing Maps of the Various Countries of the..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1932. Hardcover. Illustrations by Marguerite Davis. Foreword by May Lamberton Becker. 8vo. Teal blue cloth with gilt lettering and decorations. xx, 194pp. Color frontispiece, numerous line drawings, pictorial endpapers. Very good. Quite faint binding edgewear, else tight and internally near fine. Superb, tight and handsome..... More
New York: George H. Doran Company, [1925]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Green cloth with orange lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 317pp. Very good/very good. Faint "flecking" to cloth spine, else near fine and internally fine; jacket rather age toned and edgeworn, with a few tiny edge chips along bottom. Quite handsome first..... More
Considered one of the founders of the United Nations, this Philippine journalist, diplomat and statesman was the first Asian to serve as president of the U.N. General Assembly (1949-50) and the first Asian to win a Pulitzer Prize in journalism (1942); he served in the cabinet under eight Philippine presidents..... More
Hartford: Brown and Gross, 1859. Hardcover. 8vo. Original blind-embossed red cloth, gilt. x, 402pp. Very good. Mild edgewear and bit of rubbing/light soiling to binding; light even age toning throughout. Overall a tight, clean, nice third edition of this verse collection (with front board and spine gilt bright) in which..... More
The distinguished Hungarian-born conductor became a British citizen and was knighted in 1972, yet it was as conductor and music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra that he achieved greatest reknown; 22 is not only the number of years he was with the CSO -- it is the number of..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, n.y. Hardcover. Illustrations by Worth Brehm. Small 8vo. Light green cloth with dark green lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 356pp, (2pp ads). Frontispiece, full-page plates. Very good/very good. Faintest binding edgewear only; jacket slightly edgeworn and age toned. Photoplay edition ("Illustrated with Scenes from the Photoplay..... More
The daughter of one of Abraham Lincoln's law partners and his presidential bodyguard, Ward Hill Lamon (1828-93), she pieced together and edited her father's book "Recollections of Abraham Lincoln, 1847-1865" (Chicago, 1895); a bawdy and not particularly popular companion to the president, Lamon authored (it was actually ghostwritten) an 1872..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, [1966]. Hardcover. Introduction by Edward Wagenknecht. Illustrations by Clarke Hutton. Small 4to. Quarter blue velvet with blue-lettered gold foil label and pale grey cloth, slipcase with paper spine label. 221pp. Color frontispiece, full-page color plates, line drawings. Fine/very good. Slipcase lightly age toned and..... More
Minneapolis: Harrison & Smith, 1895. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt lettering and black rules and decorations. 176pp. Tissue-guarded frontispiece. Near fine. Faintest of minor binding edgewear only. Outstanding, exceptionally "tight 'n' bright" third edition of this popular memoir (first published 1888) by the first white woman born in the..... More
New York: Harper & Row, [1962]. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter black cloth with gilt spine lettering and brown paper over boards, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. xiv, 240pp. Line drawings. Near fine/near fine. Handsome and tight early (not first) printing of this gathering of "New Yorker" letters -- with a twist: From..... More