Austin: Texas Folk-Lore Society, 1930. Hardcover. 8vo. Brick cloth with green spine lettering. 185pp. 2 illustrations. Near fine. Ownership signature on front pastedown, where he adds a Frederic Remington style "My Book." Not the usual wrappers, but the less-often-seen clothbound edition in tight,handsome condition. Volume VIII of the "Publications of..... More
New York: Literary Guild of America, 1931. Hardcover. Small 4to. Orange cloth with gilt lettering and decorations, pictorial dust jacket. xv, 367pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, map, map endpapers. Near fine/very good. Jacket lightly soiled, more so on age toned spine, with chip at lower right of rear panel. A tight, quite..... More
New York: Carlton & Porter, [1856]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Brown ornately blind-embossed cloth with gilt spine lettering. 394pp, 4pp ads, 6pp ads. Tissue-guarded frontispiece, 6 called-for full-page plates. Good plus. Binding edgeworn, mainly at head and tail of sunned spine; nicely tight and handleable, with text block moderately age toned..... More
Dallas: The Story Book Press, [1953]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Yellow cloth with brown lettering and decorations, matching pictorial leather-textured dust jacket. ix, 218pp. Numerous small line drawings. Near fine/very good. Ownership signature on front pastedown, where he adds a Frederic Remington style "My Book." A handsome and tight first edition..... More
Chicago: Ralph Fletcher Seymour, [1926]. Hardcover. 8vo.Brown cloth spine with paper label and tan paper over boards with paper label. 116pp. Very good. Mild binding age toning and edgewear, else tight and internally fine. Nice first edition of this slim verse collection, signed and inscribed large and bold in blue..... More
Glendale, CA: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1970. Hardcover. Edited by L.G. (Pat) Flannery. 8vo. Light brown cloth with silver spine lettering. 291pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, 2 maps. Very good. Rubber-stamped ownership signature on front pastedown, which adds a Frederic Remington style "My Book," and same owner's cowboy-theme bookplate on half-title..... More
Glendale, CA: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1949. Hardcover. Small 4to. Burgundy cloth with gilt spine lettering. 406pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, foldout map. Very good. Ownership signature on front pastedown, where he adds a Frederic Remington style "My Book"; spine very lightly sunned, though gilt still bright. First edition of this..... More
Iowa City: The State Historical Society of Iowa, 1926. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth with gilt rules and lettering. xv, 349pp. Top edge gilt. Tissue-guarded frontispiece, full-page plates. Very good. Quite mild binding edgewear, faintly "flecked." A tight and quite attractive first edition. Editor Benjamin F. Shambaugh introduces this history..... More
Iowa City: The State Historical Society of Iowa, 1918. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth with gilt rules and lettering. x, 270pp. Top edge gilt. Tissue-guarded frontispiece, tissue-guarded map. Very good. Faint binding edgewear. Sharp, tight first edition. Editor Benjamin F. Shambaugh introduces this history of the military fortification at the..... More
New York: S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr., 1861. Folio (15¼" X 12¼", image area 13¼" X 10½"). Hand colored. Very good. Light age toning only. Really sharp, bright example of this well-colored multi-province Canadian map, from the 1864 edition of "Mitchell's New General Atlas, Containing Maps of the Various Countries of..... More
New York: S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr., 1861. Folio (12¼" X 15¼", image area 10½" X 13½"). Hand colored. Very good. Light age toning only. Attractive example of this superbly-colored multi-province Canadian map, from the 1864 edition of "Mitchell's New General Atlas, Containing Maps of the Various Countries of the World..... More
Jersey City, NJ: Clark Johnson, 1873. Hardcover. 12mo. Light orange cloth with black lettering and rules. 309pp, (1p). Frontispiece, illustrations. Good only. Binding quite rough and edgeworn (especially at spine head and tail) and corner bumped, age toned and scuffed; moderately age toned and foxed internally, though hinges are decently..... More
New York: S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr., 1861. Folio (12¼" X 15¼", image area 10 3/4" X 13½"). Hand colored. Very good. Light age toning only. Quite handsome example of this richly-colored multi-state map, from the 1864 edition of "Mitchell's New General Atlas, Containing Maps of the Various Countries of the..... More
New York: S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr., 1861. Folio (15¼" X 12¼", image area 14" X 11½"). Hand colored. Very good. Mild age toning. Attractive, clean-edged example of this pleasingly-colored multi-state map, from the 1864 edition of "Mitchell's New General Atlas, Containing Maps of the Various Countries of the World, Plans..... More
New York: S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr., 1860. Folio (15¼" X 12¼", image area 11" X 9¼"). Hand colored. Very good. Mild age toning. Attractive, clean-edged example of this detailed city plan, from the 1864 edition of "Mitchell's New General Atlas, Containing Maps of the Various Countries of the World, Plans..... More
Philadelphia: National Publishing Company, n.y. Hardcover. Small 4to. Dark Brown pebble-grain blind-ruled cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. xxx, 930pp, (10pp ads). Tissue-guarded frontispiece, illustrations. Very good. Spine quite sunned on otherwise only faintly edgeworn binding, with text block tight and bright and near fine. A tight and nice early..... More
New York: Henry Bill, 1864. Hardcover. Small 4to. Full black calf, heavily blind-embossed, with spine gilt lettering and pictorial boxed compartments. 782pp, (2pp), (4pp ads). Tissue-guarded double frontispiece (one color), full-page heavy stock tissue-guarded portraits, illustrations large and small (some color and one large color foldout), marbled endpapers and page..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1839. Hardcover. 8vo. Full brown calf with gilt spine lettering. iv, 460pp; iv, 146pp. Two foldout frontispiece maps, marbled page edges. Good plus. Binding slightly edgeworn but tight and attractive, with spine gilt bright; preliminary leaves front and back tanned, discolored and foxed, though remainder..... More
New York: S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr., 1860. Folio (12¼" X 15", image area 10½" X 13½"). Hand colored. Very good. Faint age toning only. Bright and handsome example of this softly-colored continent map, from the 1864 edition of "Mitchell's New General Atlas, Containing Maps of the Various Countries of the..... More
St. Louis: Tisk Bratri Wandasu, 1890. Hardcover. Small 4to. Purple cloth with gilt lettering and extensive black decorative stamping. viii, 551, (1p). Numerous illustrations, patterned endpapers. Good plus. Binding edgeworn, mainly at head and tail of well-sunned spine; internal hinges bear old but discreet expert brown cloth tape gutter reinforcement..... More
Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 1952. Hardcover. Translated and edited by Franklin D. Scott. Small 4to. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering. xiv, 262pp, (2pp ads). Illustration. Near fine. Errata slip tipped in. Tight, nice first edition of "Social Sciences Series Number Eight" by series editor Virgil B. Heltzel. Collection of..... More
Chicago: W. B. Conkey Company, [1896]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Half burgundy calf with gilt spine lettering and black cloth with silver pictorial gilt. 630pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, marbled page edges. Very good. Tiny bit rough at head of spine only -- else tight and internally fine and bright. Handsome first edition..... More
New York: S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr., 1860. Folio (23¼" X 15", image area 18" X 14¼"). Hand colored. Very good. Faint age toning only. Really lovely and bright example of this well-colored world map, from the 1864 edition of "Mitchell's New General Atlas, Containing Maps of the Various Countries of..... More
New York: S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr., 1860. Folio (15¼" X 12¼", image area 13" X 11"). Hand colored. Very good. Quite mild age toning, mainly about borders. Bright and quite lovely example of this nicely-colored world map, from the 1864 edition of "Mitchell's New General Atlas, Containing Maps of the..... More
New York: The Review of Reviews Co., 1911. Hardcover. Volumes 5-10 (out of 10) set. 4to. Blue blind-embossed cloth with gilt spine lettering and rules. Various paginations. Top edges gilt. Frontispieces, extensive illustrations and maps, decorated endpapers. Very good. Mild edgewear and occasional stray blemish, else uniformly tight and internally..... More