New York: The Century Co. [1932]. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt lettering. x, 305pp. Very good. Mild edgewear; inoffensive rear pastedown abrasion from bookplate removal. A tight and attractive first edition. Motivational speaker/guru/author Carnegie (1888-1955) is, of course, best known for "How to Win Friends and Influence People" (1936)... More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1929. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Red cloth with black lettering. 316pp. Near fine. Very faintest of binding wear. A tight, sharp and bright first edition of this tawdry historical fiction about Lincoln's children. Get out the hip waders! MONAGHAN 3077. More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, [1978]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth, dust jacket. 379pp. Near fine/near fine. First edition, tight and handsome, of this historical novel about Mary Surratt, her daughter Annie and John Wilkes Booth. More
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, [1982]. Paperback. Small 4to. Dark grey cloth with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xvi, 265pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Fine/near fine. A superb, attractive first edition. More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, [1956]. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. x, 406pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear and bit of rubbing. A tight, attractive third printing of (to cite front jacket panel) "The story of the dynamic Julia Ward Howe, her... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1909. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Blue diamond-patterned cloth with gilt lettering and elaborate gilt spine decorations. xix, 395pp. Color frontispiece. Good plus. Mild edgewear and corner bumping, with front and rear flyleaves rather darkened; rear inner hinge expertly, archivally strengthened, thus tight. A tight and decent later... More
Cincinnati: Jennings & Pye, n.y. Hardcover. 12mo. Green cloth with white front board portrait. 236pp. Frontispiece. Very good. Faint flecking to front board cloth, else tight, nice and internally fine. Handsome reprint edition of this 1894 biography and anecdote collection. Undated, but late 1890s or turn of the century. MONAGHAN... More
New York: Random House, 1976. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth spine with silver lettering and cream paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xiii, 209pp. Very good/very good. Small ding at lower right of front board, else tight and near fine. First edition, tight and attractive. "The story of the Confederate intrigues... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, n.y. Hardcover. 48mo. Full black calf with gilt lettering, inner dentelles. 256pp. Very good. Faint edgewear. A tight and nice copy of this not-quite-miniature Bible that the half-title page dubs "The Finger New Testament," as the 1" width and 3½" height makes this intriguing production roughly... More
Glasgow: David Bryce and Son, n.y. Hardcover. Miniature(2 1.8"). Full black calf with gilt lettering. 345pp. All edges gilt. Frontispiece. Near fine. A lovely miniature in sharp leather, undated but seemingly early 20th century. More
New York: George H. Richmond & Co. 1896. Hardcover. Illustrations by Walter C. Greenough. Small 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt and silver lettering and decorations. viii, 399pp. Top edge gilt. Frontispiece, full-page illustrations. Very good. Binding middle edgeworn and a tad rubbed, with spine rather rubbed and age toned; nonauthorial... More
New York: PF Collier & Son, 1910. Hardcover. 4to. Burgundy cloth spine and grey paper over boards with black and red lettering and decoration. (Ca. 150pp). Decorative-bordered frontispiece and numerous decorative-bordered illustrations. Very good. Minor edgewear, with boards slightly darkened, else tight, nice and internally fine. First edition of this... More
New York: Frederick Warne & Co. n.y. Hardcover. 24mo. Brown paper over boards with silver lettering and small inset color plate on front board. 85pp. Color frontispiece, color illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Very good. Bit of mild edgewear -- almost a "Near fine." A tight, quite charming and very early printing... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1923]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Light blue cloth with dark blue lettering and decoration, pictorial dust jacket. 328pp, (8pp ads). Color frontispiece. Near fine/good plus. Slightest age toning of endpapers; ownership signature on front flyleaf and frontispiece verso; jacket edgeworn, with some miniscule edge chips, but... More
New York: Exposition Press, [1959]. Hardcover. 8vo. Light blue cloth with red lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 304pp. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. Tight and handsome first edition of this apologetic "study" certainly penned from the Southern point of view. Some firsts of this title have all white printed jacket... More
New York: Exposition Press, [1959]. Hardcover. 8vo. Light blue cloth with red lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 304pp. Near fine/very good. Jacket mildly edgeworn and a bit rubbed. A tight, attractive first edition of a biased "study" definitely written from the Southern point of view. Interestingly, tipped to front flyleaf is... More
New York: Blue Ribbon Books, [1940]. Hardcover. 8vo. Dark tan cloth with brown, pictorial dust jacket. vii, 461pp. Frontispiece, iIllustrations. Near fine/very good. Jacket a tad edgeworn. A tight and quite nice reprint edition of this (to cite jacket front panel) "unvarnished story of the real Abraham Lincoln, taken from... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1938. Hardcover. Small 4to. Tan cloth with blue lettering and rules, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. vii, 461pp. Illustrations. Very good/very good. Some small edge chips to otherwise attractive and complete jacket; endpapers age toned near gutter, with two bookplates on front pastedown. Tight, handsome first... More
Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co. 1910. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter black cloth with paper spine label and grey paper over boards extra-illustrated with large diecut heavy stock colorized Lincoln portrait. xxviii, 555pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Very good. Mild edgewear and touch of rubbing; rear inner hinge expertly, archivally reconstructed, thus tight; dust... More
This Massachusetts educator, statesman and Revolutionary War patriot served as delegate to the Continental Congress during the critical 1777-82 period, later serving such offices as tax collector (1784-88), customs officer (1778, 1789) and naval officer for the Port of Boston and Charlestown (1789-1814). Partly-Printed DS, 1p, 7 3/4" X 12... More
Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1959. Hardcover. Small 4to. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. xvi, 32pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Fine. A tight and flawless first edition of this report, handsomely inscribed and signed large and bold in blue ink on front flyleaf by the chairman of the... More
Chicago: Jansen, McClurg, & Company, 1891. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering. 471pp. Tissue-guarded frontispiece. Very good. Bit of mild shelfwear, but overall tight and quite attractive and internally near fine. Fifth edition of this posthumously-published classic by Lincoln's friend, colleague and fellow Illinois Republican, with introduction by... More
La Crosse, WI: Sumac Press, 1954. Hardcover. Small 4to. Light green cloth with red lettering. 32pp. Illustration. Near fine. Tight, attractive first edition of this essay by the superb Minnesota historian and published by this interesting small Wisconsin press, limited to 780 copies. Best of all, this copy is boldly... More
N.p. N.p. [1908]. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt and ivory lettering and gilt front cover medallion. xii, 708pp. Frontispiece, numerous illustrations. Very good. Faint edgewear and minor bit of rubbing. A tight and quite attractive first edition of this bibliographically-challenged edition -- the "Memorial Edition Issued to Commemorate the... More
New York: The Literary Guild of America, 1939. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket . vii, 408pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, map endpapers. Near fine/good plus. Jacket edgeworn and rubbed, with spine sunned and large chip at spine tail; heavy old paper mends added to jacket verso... More