New York: Harper & Brothers, 1874. Hardcover. Translation by Frank Lee Benedict. Small 8vo. Purple cloth with gilt spine lettering. 356pp (leaf 1-2 ads), 4pp ads. Very good overall. Age-toned binding is quite "flecked" and speckled, though spine gilt still strong and internally tight and near fine. A tight, decent... More about Ninety-Three
New York: Worthington Company, 1892. Hardcover. Adapted by Elise L. Lathrop. Small 8vo. Blue and red cloth with gilt spine lettering and decorations. 302pp. Top edge gilt. Frontispiece, full-page plates, green floral endpapers. Near fine. A tight and bright first edition of this young adult historical fiction by this prolific... More about With Columbus in America: A Novel
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, [1941]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Green cloth with burgundy spine lettering and decoration, pictorial dust jacket. 304pp. Near fine/good plus. Endpapers a tad age toned, else tight and internally fine; jacket a bit edgeworn and a bit rubbed and scuffed, with old mends on verso, though complete..... More about The Black Night Murders
Magnificent-voiced star of "To Kill a Mockingbird" (1963), for which he was awarded an Oscar, and likeable leading man in such films as "Twelve O'Clock High" and "The Yearling." Large and bold signature and date ("9 Feb. 1989") in black fineline on a special heavy stock 5" X 3" card... More about Signature/ Unsigned Photograph
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938. Hardcover. Decorations by Edward Shenton. 8vo. Coarse tan cloth with green lettering and graphic. 428pp. Decorations. Very good. Binding cloth mildly age toned, else internally tight and near fine. Attractive first trade edition of the beloved Pulitzer Prize winner and subject of the 1946... More about The Yearling
New York: Hodder & Stoughton, [1912]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. 309pp. Frontispiece, 14 (out of 15) called-for full-page plates (lacks "The Plateau," p. 262). Near fine. Superbly tight and handsome first U.S. edition of Doyle's adventure yarns. Lacks one plate, else a truly sharp copy, with gilt lettering bright. More about The Lost World
Everett, WA: Alexander Printing Company, [1956]. Hardcover. Illustrations by John G. McCormack. Small 4to. Pale green cloth with dark green lettering and pictorial stamping. ix, 392pp. Illustrations, line drawings. Very good. Binding (only) a bit age toned and spotted, though internally tight and near fine. Scarce and attractive first edition... More about Back Trailing in the Heart of the Short-Grass Country
New York: William Farquhar Payson, [1931]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Coarse canvas-like tan cloth with green lettering and brown pictorial stamping. xii, 126pp. Captioned tissue-guarded frontispiece, extensive full-page plates, pictorial endpapers. Very good. Binding (only) a bit age toned, else internally tight and near fine. A handsome first edition of this... More about Sail Ho! Wind Jammer Sketches Alow and Aloft
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1940]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Jacob Bates Abbott. 8vo. Pale blue cloth with dark blue lettering and decoration, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 275pp. Frontispiece, line drawings. Very good/ very good. Binding faintly edgeworn and slightly "flecked"; mild jacket edgewear, with couple of archivally-closed (on verso) edge... More about Midnight: Wild Stallion of the West
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, [1966]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. xi, 468pp. Illustrations, maps. Near fine/very good. Minor spotting to page edges; jacket lightly edgeworn. A tight and handsome later printing of this well-rounded history. Rather uncommon. More about The Yellowlegs: The Story of the United States Cavalry
Garden City: Garden City Publishing Company, n.y. Hardcover. Illustrations by James Daugherty. 8vo. Dark blue cloth with green spine lettering/decoration (some copies have yellow) and large color plate to front board, pictorial dust jacket. 2pp color frontispiece, 2 full-page color plates, 10 full-page illustrations, green pictorial endpapers. Near fine/good plus..... More about Daniel Boone: Wilderness Scout -- The Life Story and True Adventures of the Great Hunter Long...
New York: The Modern Library, n.y. Hardcover. Introduction by Gilbert Highet. Translations by Andrew Lang, Walter Leaf, Ernest Myers and S.H. Butcher. 8vo. Light grey cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xxviii, 464pp, 383pp. Near fine/very good. Quite mild jacket edgewear. A tight and handsome early printing of..... More about The Complete Works of Homer: The Iliad and the Odyssey
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, [1958]. Hardcover. 8vo. Tan cloth with black lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 544pp. Very good/good plus. Faint binding wear; jacket edgeworn, age toned and rubbed, with several small edge chips at extremities. A tight and fairly attractive early (not first) printing of this 1959 Pulitzer Prize... More about The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
New York: Hastings House Publishers, 1940. Hardcover. 8vo. Coarse tan cloth with brown lettering. xxv, 530pp. Numerous sepia-tone illustrations, maps, map endpapers. Very good. One corner bumped, else tight and internally near fine; inkstamp on each pastedown of Tucson bookshop. An attractive first edition of this volume in the "American... More about Arizona: A State Guide
Chicago: J.G. Ferguson Publishing Company, [1960]. Hardcover. 4to. Full brown padded leatherette with black spine lettering blind-stamped front board lettering and pictorial. 320pp. Frontispiece, maps, extensive illustrations (some color), pictorial endpapers. Very good. Faint binding edgewear, else internally tight and near fine. First edition of this hefty and lavish production... More about The Alaska Book: Story of Our Northern Treasureland
New York: The Modern Library, n.y. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering and decoration, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 626pp. Very good/good plus. Faint dampstain evident to lower outer corners, else tight and nice; ownership signature on front flyleaf; jacket edgeworn, with several archivally-closed (on verso) edge tears and..... More about Look Homeward, Angel: A Story of the Buried Life
Rockford, IL: Centennial Committee of Rockford College, 1947. Hardcover. 8vo. Tan cloth spine with black lettering and pale green paper over boards. viii, 130pp. Very good. Mild binding soiling, else internally tight and fine. Tight, nice first edition, limited to 2000 copies. Potts (1884-1964) was an educator and long-time professor... More about House on Hill: For the Hundredth Year of Rockford College
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1932. Hardcover. Illustrations by Helen Finger. 12mo. Orange cloth with blue lettering. viii, 302pp. Line drawings. Very good. Mild binding edgewear; nonauthorial 1936 gift inscription on front flyleaf. A tighty and quite nice first edition of this husband-and-wife Western travelogue. More about Foot-Loose in the West: Being the Account of a Journey to Colorado and California and Other...
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1958. Hardcover. Introduction by Paul M. Angle. 8vo. Green cloth with red spine lettering, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. xi, 282pp. Illustrations, map endpapers. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear and faintly sunned spine. Handsome and tight first edition of this standard account -- the scarce... More about The Great Chicago Fire
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, [1942]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Harry Timmins. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. xi, 362pp. Line drawings, map, pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. Tight and attractive first edition of this "Rivers of America" volume with delightful front jacket... More about The Chicago
Chicago: The Centenary Fund of the Diocese of Chicago, Inc., 1936. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. xii, 243pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Very good. Tipped to copyright page is a 1945 newspaper obituary for Hopkins. A tight and nice first edition of this chronicle of four decades... More about The Great Forty Years in the Diocese of Chicago A.D. 1893 to 1934
New York: Julian Messner, [1944]. Hardcover. Introduction by Sterling North. Illustrations by George McVicker. 8vo. Tan cloth with black lettering, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. xxi, 317pp. Two-page map frontispiece, illustrations, decorated endpapers. Near fine/very good. Jacket a bit rubbed, with several archivally-closed (on verso) edge tears. Uncommon first edition, tight... More about Chicago: Crossroads of an American Enterprise
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, [1941]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Andrew Wyeth. 8vo. Brown cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. xi, 285pp. Illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Faint jacket edgewear, with single chip at top center of front panel; ownership inkstamp on front flyleaf. A handsome and... More about The Brandywine
Garden City: Garden City Publishing Company, n.y. Hardcover. Illustrations by James Daugherty. 8vo. Dark blue cloth with yellow spine lettering/decoration and large color plate to front board, pictorial dust jacket. 2pp color frontispiece, 2 full-page color plates, 10 full-page illustrations, green pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Jacket lightly edgeworn, with..... More about Daniel Boone: Wilderness Scout -- The Life Story and True Adventures of the Great Hunter Long...
Washington, DC: National Park Service, 1967. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown cloth with gilt lettering and green rules. xiv, 320pp. Maps, numerous illustrations, map endpapers. Near fine. Tight and handsome first edition -- with choice autograph addition: Tipped to inner flyleaf is a Typed Letter Signed from National Park Service director... More about Prospector, Cowhand, and Sodbuster: Historic Places Associated with the Mining, Ranching, and...