London: Isbister & Company, n.y. Hardcover. Illustrations by Herbert Railton and others. 8vo. Red cloth with ornate gilt lettering. 351pp. Frontispiece, numerous line drawings. Very good. Faint edgewear, mainly at head of spine, though internally bright and near fine. A tight and attractive first edition of the "First Series" of..... More about Our English Minsters: First Series
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, [1935]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Green checkered cloth with paper spine label. 240pp. Very good. Endpapers a tad age toned, else tight, bright and nice. First edition of this novel about a newlywed adjusting to in-laws in a Lake Shore Drive apartment, boldly signed and inscribed... More about Their Own Apartment
Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, [1966]. Hardcover. 8vo. Yellow cloth with black lettering and decoration, pictorial dust jacket. 256pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, maps. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear, with spine rather age toned. Tight and attractive first edition of this young adult biography, signed and inscribed by the author large... More about Fremont: Soldier, Explorer, Statesman
Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, [1959]. Hardcover. 8vo. Burgundy cloth with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 320pp. Near fine/good plus. Jacket quite edgeworn, with spine slightly sunned, a few small edge chips and expert archival mends on verso -- thus complete and fairly attractive overall. A tight, nice first... More about Secret Missions of the Civil War: First-hand Accounts by Men and Women Who risked their Lives in...
Chicago: A.T. Andreas, Publisher, 1884. Hardcover. 4to. Modern rebind in full black leatherette with gilt spine lettering. Pp. 33-888 (as published). Frontispiece, maps, chromolithograph, numerous illustrations. Fine/very good. New binding pristine; text block lightly age toned. A superb first edition of this hefty landmark study in a striking modern binding..... More about History of Cook County Illinois, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1856. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Modern rebind in brown cloth with original publisher's brown blind-ruled cloth with gilt lettering and pictorial gilt retained on spine, front board and rear board. xviii, 521pp, 2pp adds. Frontispiece, numerous small steel-engraved illustrations. Fine/very good. Rebind pristine, while text block... More about Lake Ngami; or, Explorations and Discoveries During Four Years' Wanderings in the Wilds of...
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1860. Hardcover. Small 4to. Modern rebind in brown cloth with gilt spine lettering. xii, 448pp, (4pp ads). Frontispiece, numerous small steel engraved illustrations, foldout map at rear. Near fine. Binding pristine, while text block lightly age toned, with bit of foxing and soiling to preliminary... More about Travels in the Regions of the Upper and Lower Amoor and the Russian Acquisitions on the Confines...
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1859. Hardcover. Small 4to. Modern rebind in brown cloth with gilt spine lettering and original publisher's brown pebble-grained blind-ruled front board cloth with pictorial gilt remounted. xv, 514pp, (2pp ads). Two-page frontispiece, map, numerous steel-engraved illustrations. Near fine. Faintest wear to text block only, else... More about Three Visits to Madagascar During the Years 1853-1954-1856, Including a Journey to the Capital;...
New York: Murray Hill Books, [1946]. Hardcover. 8vo. Tan cloth with brown lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xviii, 458pp. Illustrations, foldout map. Very good/good plus. Jacket a bit rough -- edge chipped mainly at head/tail of spine, with old mends on verso, but complete and still fairly attractive. First of this..... More about The Conquest of the Missouri: Being the Story of the Life and Exploits of Captain Grant Marsh
Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, [1967]. Hardcover. 8vo. Yellow cloth with black lettering and decoration, pictorial dust jacket. 296pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear, with spine lightly age toned. A handsome first edition of this young adult biography, signed and inscribed by the author large and bold in... More about Old Put: The Story of Major General Israel Putnam
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1952. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xix, 483pp. Illustrations. Near fine/good plus. Jacket slightly edgeworn with a few edge chips and archivally closed (on verso) tears -- complete and overall fairly attractive. Quite tight and nice first edition of... More about The Extraordinary Mr. Morris
London: The Readers Library Publishing Company Ltd., n.y. Hardcover. 16mo. Burgundy paper over boards with elaborate gilt lettering and decorations, pictorial dust jacket. 252pp. Near fine/very good. Text block faintly age toned as usual; jacket faintly edgeworn, with a few tiny chips at corners. "Copyright Edition" of the "Film Edition,"..... More about The Thief of Bagdad
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, [1956]. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey cloth with brown lettering and green decorations, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 434pp. Numerous small illustrations, map endpapers. Near fine/very good. Jacket a bit edgeworn, with spine slightly sunned, a few small edge chips and expert archival mends on verso. A tight, handsome... More about Wild America: The record of a 30,000-mile journey around the continent by a distinguished...
Washington, DC: United States Department of Defense, [1958]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Black pebble-grained cloth with silver lettering and medallion over limp boards. xi, 411pp. Figures, line drawings. Very good. Faint edgewear only. Tight, quite nice first edition of this significant advancement aided greatly by World War Two and the Korean... More about Emergency War Surgery: U.S. Armed Forces Issue of NATO Handbook Prepared for Use by the Medical...
New York: The Orion Press, [1967]. Hardcover. Introduction by Geoffrey Keynes. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering and blue cloth-over-boards slipcase with color plate on each side. xvii, (ca. 100pp). Numerous color illustrations. Near fine/very good. Spine ever-so-faintly sunned; mildest of slipcase wear. First thus, a tight and handsome... More about Songs of Innocence and of Experience
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, [1966]. Hardcover. 8vo. Burgundy cloth with green and black spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xi, 246pp. Maps, illustrations, map endpapers. Near fine/very good. Faint jacket edgewear. A tight and quite lovely first edition of this controversial work by the prolific writer (1889-1991) -- with... More about The Viking Explorers
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, [2007]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xix, 322pp. Maps, illustrations, map endpapers. Fine/fine. Superbly tight and handsome second printing of this 1944 WW2 incident, boldly signed by Drury on the title page, where he adds "Fair Winds!" More about Halsey's Typhoon: The True Story of a Fighting Admiral, an Epic Storm, and an Untold Rescue
N.p. Ralph Fletcher Seymour, [1952]. Hardcover. 8vo. Brick cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 70pp. Near fine/very good. Jacket slightly edgeworn; small ownership signature at top of front flyleaf. Handsome, tight first edition of this verse collection, inscribed and signed large and bold by the poet in black..... More about Chess Game and other poems
Milwaukee: The Bruce Publishing Company, [1956]. Hardcover. 8vo. Tan cloth with black and brown lettering and decoration, pictorial dust jacket. xv, 317pp. Near fine/very good. Jacket spine slightly sunned. Tight and quite attractive first edition of what some consider one of the most important interpretations of the Old Testament ever... More about The Two-Edged Sword: An Interpretation of the Old Testament
London: Methuen, [1953]. Hardcover. Wide 16mo. Pictorial paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 75pp. Frontispiece, extensive line drawings. Very good/very good. Binding a tad edgeworn; jacket lightly edgeworn, with several small edge chips. A tight and attractive reprint edition of this novel in diary form parodying 1920s life by the... More about For Whom the Cloche Tolls: A Scrap-Book of the Twenties
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1873. Hardcover. Small 4to. Modern rebind in green cloth with original cloth spine (with ornate gilt lettering and black decorations) laid down. xxiv, 761pp. Tissue-guarded frontispiece, numerous steel-engraved illustrations. Near fine. Bit of age toning to inner flyleaf, else exceptionally tight and bright throughout... More about The Rocky Mountain Saints: A Full and Complete History of the Mormons, from the First Vision of...
New York: Crown Publishers, [2006]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown cloth spine and beige textured paper over boards with copper spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 342pp. Fine/fine. A pristine, tight later printing of this fiction turned to blockbuster Brad Pitt film, signed huge and sloppy by Brooks in black marker on... More about World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, [2006]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black paper over boards with blue spine lettering, dust jacket. 313pp. Illustrations. Fine/fine. A perfect, pristine, tight later (4th) printing of the American inventor's memoir, signed large and bold by him in blue marker on title page with his nickname..... More about iWoz -- Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I invented the personal computer, co-founded Apple, and...
Washington, DC: Smithsonian Books, [2011]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black and grey paper over boards with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 300pp. Illustrations. Fine/fine. Absolutely pristine, choice 5th printing of the Apollo 15 command module pilot's memoir, inscribed and signed by him large and bold in black marker on... More about Falling to Earth: An Apollo 15 Astronaut's Journey
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, [2015]. Hardcover. Foreword by Nevada Barr. Small 4to. Black cloth spine with copper lettering and orange paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xiv, 348pp. Color illustrations. Fine/fine. A pristine first edition of this memoir by Nebraska's one and only astronaut, handsomely signed and inscribed with... More about The Ordinary Spaceman: From Boyhood Dreams to Astronaut