Amherst: Amherst College, 1826-51. Paperback. Sizes range from 12mo to 8vo. Wrappers. 14pp, 16pp, 16pp, 16pp, 16pp, 16pp, 16pp, 20pp, 20pp, 20pp, 20pp, 23pp. Overall very good, with a few good plus only and a few near fine. Binding traces along gutters, with varying degrees of mild edgewear and edge..... More
British Royal Navy admiral who saw extensive service in the American Revolutionary War, the French Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic War. ALS, 1p, 7¼" X 8½" (tipped to heavy album leaf of same size), Spithead [off coast of southern England], 1800 November 2. Addressed to "Gentlemen." Near fine. Writing from..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, [1962]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Leonard Baskin. Small 4to. Orange cloth, pictorial dust jacket. (46pp). Numerous illustrations. Near fine/very good. Faint jacket edgewear and age toning. A tight, handsome first edition of this slim study of nocturnal creatures. Beautifully signed and inscribed large and bold in..... More
Few 19th century clergymen achieved the level of household-name fame and influence as this renowned Congregationalist minister, the most fiery of the fire and brimstone preachers; the brother of writer Harriet Beecher Stowe of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" fame, Beecher too was an outspoken social reformer, abolitionist and lecturer whose oratory..... More
This American huge-grinned comedian and actor appeared in numerous films of the 1920s, '30s and '40s, but is often remembered for his hilarious portrayal of millionaire Osgood Fielding III in "Some Like It Hot" (1959). Exceptionally large IPS, 9½" X 13½", n.p., 15 October 1932. Near fine. Lightly age toned..... More
This Canadian Native American wrestler, known as "Marvelous Mohawk," was one of the greatest box office attractions of the early days of televised wrestling; he won the best-of-three-falls AWA World title in 1950, but had it taken away three days later in a controversial incident during a match with Gorgeous..... More
Chicago: S.C. Griggs & Co., 1854. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Green blind-embossed cloth with gilt spine lettering and state seal. xvii, 447pp, (8pp ads). Very good. Binding mildly edgeworn and a bit rubbed; occasional age toning and bits of foxing to text block; 1855 and later ownership signature on front flyleaf..... More
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, [1958]. Hardcover. Edited by J. Eric S. Thompson. Small 4to. Green cloth with ivory lettering. li, 379pp. Illustrations. Very good. Faint binding edgewear. First of this edition, a reprint of the 1958 edition of the 1648 classic on travel in the West Indies, Mexico and..... More
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1904. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green cloth with gilt lettering and front board pictorial giltstamping. 410pp. Captioned tissue-guarded frontispiece, numerous illustrations, maps, captioned tissue-guarded full-page engravings. Very good. Mild edgewear and touch of foxing to preliminary leaves, but overall tight and internally quite nice. Attractive first..... More
Frankfort: Capital Printing Company, 1891. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff wrappers. 21pp. Frontispiece, two engravings. Good. Soiled covers. Tight, nice first edition. The former governor and representative's rousing, indignant speech rebuking an attempt to move Kentucky's capital from Frankfort to Lexington, signed boldly by Knott (with "Compliments of" added) across the..... More
Los Angeles: Los Angeles Corral of the Westerners, 1948-74. Hardcover. 14 volumes. Small 4to. Various color leatherette spines with gilt lettering and cloth over bevelled boards (last few volumes are full cloth), pictorial dust jackets (except #12, issued with heavy clear mylar wrapper -- still present). Various paginations (most between..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1925. Hardcover. 16mo. Full burgundy calf with gilt rules, gilt spine lettering and compartments. x, 240pp. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Very good. Spine slightly darkened, though the gilt lettering, decorations and devices remain bright and fresh -- and internally fine. A tight, quite handsome early..... More
Philadelphia: E.C. Biddle, 1836-44. Hand-colored lithograph. Folio (19½" X 14"). Very good. Mild overall age toning; several very small (¼") edge chips, all far removed from the image area. A handsome image from the first, folio-size edition of McKenney and Hall's renowned "History of the Indian Tribes of North America..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Original pebble-grained red cloth with gilt spine lettering and blind-embossed rules and front board publisher's device. xxiii, 635pp, (6pp ads). Good plus. Internally a sound "Very good," as it's internally tight and unrestored, showing only mild sporadic age toning and occasional..... More
Chicago: R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, 1918. Hardcover. 16mo. Green cloth, gilt. xxii, 186pp. Top edge gilt. Frontispiece. Very good. Bit of inoffensive staining on pp. xvi-xxi. Tight, attractive copy of this early "Lakeside Classic," the annual keepsake given by this printer and publisher to friends and clients starting in..... More
New York: Derby and Miller, 1865. Hardcover. Small 4to. Original black pebble-grain blind-embossed cloth with gilt spine lettering and decoration. 808pp, (6pp ads). Tissue-guarded Frontispiece, full-page illustrations. Very good. Though internally tight and exceptionally bright and lovely, binding is lightly edgeworn and corner bumped, with the spine typically chipped at..... More
Springfield: Phillips Bros. 1900-02. Hardcover. Complete 9-volume set. 8vo. Goldenrod cloth with black spine lettering. xii, 712pp; 715pp; 714pp; 687pp; 688pp; 616pp; 694pp; 848pp; xxxiv, 684pp. Extensive tables. Very good. Internally, uniformly tight and near fine, with only faintest of binding edgewear and small inoffensive mar at spine tail of..... More
Philadelphia: George Barrie & Son, [1900]. Hardcover. Complete 20-volume set. Translation by George Burnham Ives. 8vo. Half brown calf with compartments and gilt letterng and decorations and tan decorated paper over boards. Various paginations. Top edge gilt. Frontispiece with captioned tissue guards, full-page illustrations with captioned tissue guards, decorative tan..... More
This Russian-born American composer ended up in France after the Russian Revolution, where he performed and composed prolifically -- symphonies, orchestral pieces, piano concertos, operas, ballet and choral music; post-WW2 he emigrated to Chicago, where he taught and composed. Remarkably beautiful ALS, 1p, 6" X 11", Vanves, France, n.y. [likely..... More
Fascinating archive of student papers from a University of Illinois engineering undergraduate, dated between 16 January 1894 and 20 March 1896. Consists of 109 "themes" (rectos only) on 130 ruled leaves, each 8" X 10½", each signed and dated on the verso by Fergus. Overall very good. Each bears a...... More
N.p. N.p., n.y., [1856]. Paperback. Small 4to. Self-cover. 8pp. Very good. Slight overall age toning, mainly to outer wrappers; occasional light foxing. Interesting compilation of extracts from Congressional speeches "by Southern members, in which is avowed the purpose... of dissolving the Union and overturning the existing Federal Government." Slavery and..... More
New York: Sinclair Tousey, 1863-64. Hardcover. 12mo. Maroon cloth with gilt-titled tan calf labels and original glossy maroon wrappers retained. 42pp; 48pp; 47pp. Very good. Binding fine, original wrappers and text blocks very good, with light age toning. First editions. The original "New Gospel," a popular satire written in epic..... More
Coral Gables, FL: Parker Art Printing Association, 1941. Hardcover. Small 4to. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering. xi, 144pp, (10pp). Near fine. Bit of faint spotting to top page edges. A tight, attractive first edition of these notable English and early American lines, signed and inscribed large and bold in blue..... More
Albany political leader, elected to the Continental Congress in 1786. AES, 2pp, 8" X 3½", n.p., n.y. Very good. Minor age toning. Two small partial leafs from a legal document, still bound together at the bottom with original tan ribbon; the top leaf which bears Yates' bold, attractive endorsement: "Sealed..... More