London: Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, 1869. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Quarter black calf with gilt lettering and glazed marbled paper over boards. 535pp. Numerous illustrations. Very good. Minor edgewear; light even age toning; minor foxing, mainly to endpapers and preliminary leaves; ownership signature on front flyleaf. Tight and attractive first..... More
Springfield: The Abraham Lincoln Association, [1952]. Hardcover. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering, dust jacket. xiii, 353pp. Illustrations. Very good/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. First edition, tight and nice. The absolute best book on the subject -- surprisingly uncommon, especially in a nice jacket. Although this is a discreet ex-library..... More
New York: Hill and Wang, [1964]. Hardcover. 8vo. Teal green cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 333pp. Near fine/very good. Jacket faintly edgeworn. Superb, tight first edition of this collection of interviews with the popular Chicago novelist. On the front flyleaf, the subject inscribes and signs large..... More
Boston: John Wilson and Son, [1857]. Paperback. Small 4to. Self-cover. 12pp. Very good. Outer wrappers (only) faintly age toned. Clean, attractive first edition of this lengthy diatribe against President James Buchanan's handling of the slavery issue in Kansas, which they considered weak and ineffective, followed by his reply and their..... More
New York: W.T. Comstock, 1895. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown cloth with gilt lettering and burgundy decorations. iv, 98pp, (16pp ads). Frontispiece, numerous line drawings and floor plans. Near fine. Exceptionally, unusually tight and bright revised second edition of this study first published in 1893. Scarce in this incomparable, outstanding condition..... More
New York: The Modern Library, [1942]. Hardcover. Edited by Philip Van Doren Stern. Introduction by Allan Nevins. 8vo. Tan cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xxvi, 863pp. Near fine/very good. Jacket edgeworn and a tad rubbed. Quite nice, quite tight later printing (circa late 1940s/early 1950s) of Modern..... More
(Denver: Fred and Jo Mazzulla, 1966). Hardcover. 8vo. Full red leather, gilt, brass coin inlaid. 56pp. Numerous illustrations, 4 full-page color illustrations. Near fine. A tight and superb first edition -- the deluxe "Open Hearted Edition / Limited To Twelve Copies" (so giltstamped on front board) and boldly signed by..... More
Baltimore: Butternut and Blue, 1986-87. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth with silver lettering, pictorial dust jackets. v, 158pp; v, 187pp. Illustrations. Fine/near fine. Both jackets show the most minor of age toning only. Superb and tight first editions of the first two volumes only (out of three) of this compilation..... More
Edinburgh: John Ballantyne and Co., 1811. Hardcover. Small 4to. Rebound in quarter black calf with gilt spine and marbled paper over boards. 164pp. Marbled edges. Near fine/very good. Handsome newer binding near fine, with just a couple of quite minor scuffs; text block lightly, evenly age toned, with a blind-embossed..... More
Chicago: S.C. Griggs & Company, 1875. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Brown blind-embossed cloth with gilt lettering and black decorations. vi, 270pp, (4pp ads). Very good. Light edgewear only; 1875 ownership name inkstamped and pencilled on inner flyleaf and pencilled also on front pastedown (dark brown stock, thus barely discernible). Tight, quite..... More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1966. Hardcover. Complete 2-volume set. Small 4to. Burgundy cloth with gilt spine lettering, dust jackets. xlvi, 292pp; mxix, 326pp. Numerous illustrations. Near fine/near fine. THE classic worldwide survey, this famed text was first published in 1922, had a second edition in 1937 and third in 1962..... More
Stuttgart: Edition Hansjorg Mayer, [1978]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket, black cloth over boards slipcase. 410pp. Illustrations (some color). Signed print laid in. Fine/near fine/very good. Quite minor slipcase wear only. Handsome and tight first edition to this large collection by the noted..... More
New York: W.J. Watt & Company, [1912]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Will Grefe. Small 8vo. Dark blue cloth with gilt spine lettering and large color pictorial plate to front board. 300pp. Tissue-guarded frontispiece, 4 full-page plates. Very good. Quite mild edgewear only and spine lettering a bit rubbed, else tight and..... More
Chicago: The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1907. Hardcover. Small 4to. Half calf with gilt spine lettering and dark green cloth. 795pp. All edges gilt. Numerous illustrations, tissue-guarded full-page plates, green marbled endpapers. Very good. Mild binding edgewear (mainly at spine head/tail), with single large chip at spine tail; hinges a...... More