The greatest of all Federalists, the noted attorney who organized the Federal Party, was a Massachusetts statesman and Congressman (1789-97), famed for his 1796 speech defending Jay's Treaty; he declined the presidency of Harvard University in 1806 due to failing health. ADS, 1p, 7¼" X 2 3/4", Dedham, MA, 9... More
This noted Grafton, Massachusetts farmer, merchant, military and civic figure served as a captain of militia in the American Revolution, marching his minutemen to Concord and Lexington on April 19 to repel the British in 1775, joining the fray at Bunker Hill on June 17; he took prominent part in... More
John Marshall's brother-in-law (alongside whom he is buried) was himself a distinguished attorney in Richmond, Virginia (his home still stands today); when Marshall and Bushrod Washington were called to Washington to join the U.S. Supreme Court he took over their law practices; he is remembered today for the six-volume compilation... More
Portland, ME: N.p., 1923. Hardcover. Small 4to. Navy blue cloth with gilt lettering. 66pp. Frontispiece. Near fine/near fine. First edition, tight and handsome and with the unprinted tan jacket present and nice, of this slim biography and tribute to the Bowdoin graduate and Union soldier (1838-1915) who became a noted... More
The guy who put the "p" in philanthropy, considered the "father of modern philanthropy," was this American merchant and financier; after success in dry goods in Baltimore, he moved to London in 1837 and became a high-level banker and broker; a large number of educational and other causes bear his... More
This Spanish classical guitarist, who toured the U.S. and Europe for decades, is widely considered the most influential performer in this field of the 20th century. ANS, 1p (single leaf), heavy stock 5 3/4" X 4", Siena, Italy, n.y. Very good. Inoffensive stain touches upon a few words. On the... More
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1892. Hardcover. 4to. Olive green blind-ruled cloth with gilt spine lettering and front board pictorial stamping. xlvi, 617pp. Numerous full-page plates and some tissue-guarded chromolithographs, extensive line drawings, two small foldout maps. Very good. Faint binding wear and inoffensive rear board discolored spot, else internally... More
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1907. Hardcover. 4to. Olive green blind-ruled cloth with gilt spine lettering and front board pictorial stamping. xl, 846pp. Chromolithograph frontispiece, numerous full-page plates and couple chromolithographs, line drawings. Very good. Minor binding edgewear, else internally tight and bright and near fine; light ownership signature on... More
Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1989. Paperback. 16mo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. xii, 570pp. Illustrations. Fine. Second printing of the second paperback edition, perfectly clean and pristine. New afterword by forensic analyst George J. Throckmorton. Eminently readable account of not-to-be-believed Mormon forger Mark Hofmann. More
This Spanish classical guitarist, who toured the U.S. and Europe for decades, is widely considered the most influential performer in this field of the 20th century. ALS, 2pp (single leaf), heavy stock 6¼" X 4", Denver, CO, 27 January 1971. Addressed to Robert C. March. Very good. Faint inoffensive stain... More
The husband of "Battle Hymn of the Republic" composer Julia Ward Howe was a noted physician, ardent abolitionist (he was one of the "Secret Six" who funded John Brown's work) and tireless advocate of education for the blind -- he directed the Perkins Institution and personally taught Laura Bridgman, famed... More
Renowned liberal arts college Kenyon College was founded in 1824 by pioneering Episcopal bishop Philander Chase, whose friend Curtis traversed the hills of central Ohio to help locate this 8,000 acre parcel; Curtis was a noted attorney of Mount Vernon, Ohio, and founder in 1847 of Knox County Bank. ADS... More
The "father of state socialism" in France was a journalist and author who in the 1840s attacked the government's policies and methods; a figure in the revolution of 1848, his socialist policies were a dismal failure and he fled to England, remaining there until 1870; remembered for his multi-volume "History... More
This French politician served as that country's president from 1895 until his death, during the infamous Dreyfus affair; he died suddenly during a tryst with his mistress, wife of a well-known painter, causing a posthumous scandal. On a heavy stock 4" X 3¼" correspondence card bearing imprinted "Chambre / des... More
This American actress appeared often on stage and in many films between 1941 and 1990, but will forever be remembered as the ditzy sophisticate "Lovey," wife of Thurston Howell III, on the television comedy "Gilligan's Island" (1964-67). Sloppy vintage signature on dark ink on a 3 3/4" X 2¼" slip... More
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1891. Hardcover. 4to. Olive green blind-ruled cloth with gilt spine lettering and front board pictorial stamping. xli, 409pp. Numerous full-page plates and some tissue-guarded chromolithographs; centerfold; foldout map and also rear pocket containing color foldout map. Very good. Quite mild binding wear (mainly spine head/tail)... More
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1915. Hardcover. 4to. Olive green blind-ruled cloth with gilt spine lettering and front board pictorial stamping. 453pp. Full-page plates, single chromolithograph. Very good. Faint binding wear, with spine lettering a bit dulled. First edition of this hefty study, the "Thirtieth Annual Report of the Bureau... More
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1901. Hardcover. 4to. Olive green cloth with gilt spine lettering. 261pp. Frontispiece. Very good. Bit of faint edgewear, with small scuff midway up spine, else internally tight and near fine. Tight, attractive first edition of Bulletin 26 of the Smithsonian Institution's Bureau of American Ethnology... More
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1909. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black pebble-grain cloth with gilt spine lettering. 288pp. Numerous full-page plates, music notation. Very good. Faint binding wear, with ding at upper right of rear board; some foxing to front flyleaf. A tight and quite nice first edition of Bulletin 38... More
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1908. Hardcover. Small 4to. Olive green cloth with gilt spine lettering. ix, 460pp. Numerous full-page plates, graphs, tables, three large foldout charts. Very good. A tight and quite nice first edition of Bulletin 34 of the Smithsonian Institution's Bureau of American Ethnology reports. More
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1909. Hardcover. Small 4to. Olive green cloth with gilt spine lettering. vii, 48pp. Numerous full-page plates and tables. Near fine. Tight, attractive first edition of Bulletin 42 of the Smithsonian Institution's Bureau of American Ethnology reports. More
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1910. Hardcover. Small 4to. Olive green cloth with gilt spine lettering. vii, 116pp. Foldout map frontispiece, numerous illustrations and full-page plates. Near fine. A superb and tight first edition of Bulletin 37 of the Smithsonian Institution's Bureau of American Ethnology reports -- here a (to... More
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1909. Hardcover. Small 4to. Olive green cloth with gilt spine lettering. ix, 35pp. 22 full-page plates. Very good. Faintest of binding wear, else tight, clean and internally near fine, with spine gilt bright. A quite lovely first edition of Bulletin 48 of the Smithsonian Institution's... More
Los Angeles: Los Angeles Corral, [1961]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Dark and light green buckram with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 267pp. Numerous illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Faint jacket edgewear, mainly at head and tail of spine. Tight and quite handsome copy of this annual, limited to 550 copies. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1899. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Green cloth with gilt lettering, black rules and blue, white and black pictorial front board stamping. 329pp, (6pp ads). Frontispiece, 14 full-page called-for plates. Very good. Faint binding edgewear and a few minor smudges to front endpaper and title page. A... More