New York: Boni & Liveright, n.y. Hardcover. New preface by author. Introduction by T.E. Lawrence. 8vo. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering and decoration. l, 623pp, 690pp. Frontispiece, line drawings, 3 foldout plates, map in rear pocket. Very good. Binding mildly edgeworn, with text block tight. Attractive and serviceable "Thin-Paper..... More
Glendale, CA: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1963. Hardcover. Small 4to. Terra cotta cloth with gilt spine lettering. 307pp. Foldout frontispiece map, 4 illustrations, 2 foldout maps. Partly uncut. Near fine. Tight and handsome first edition of the ninth volume in the "Spain in the West" series. More
New York: Vantage Press, [1973]. Hardcover. 8vo. Green buckram with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 109pp. Near fine/very good. Bit of jacket edgewear; homely chip to lower corner of rear board. Tight and nice first edition of this slim verse collection, mainly of religious and spiritual focus -- boldly..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, [1962]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Burgundy cloth with gilt spine lettering. xi, 646pp. Decorative endpapers. Near fine. Tight and superb first edition of this excellent survey that ranges from Samuel Pepys ("Diary" selections) to Edmund Burke ("A Letter... to a Noble Lord"). Two-column format. More
London: Hamish Hamilton, [1975]. Hardcover. 8vo. Pink cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xvi, 252pp. Near fine/very good. Bit of jacket rubbing. Tight and attractive first edition of this account of the colorful English journalist, biographer and novelist (1904-73). More
Dubuque: Mount Saint Francis, [1928]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Li p brown leatherette with gilt lettering. 30pp. Very good. Quite mild edgewear only. First and only edition of this religious pageant celebrating the history of this Roman Catholic women's congregation from its origins in mid-19th century Germany to early-20th century Iowa..... More
This American racing driver won the Indianapolis 500 in 1973 and again in 1982, among many other championships. Signed PSE, 6½" X 3½", postally cancelled in Indianapolis, Indiana, on 30 May 1982 and with "'Indy Is' Hoosier Hospitality the All American City" (actual date the race took place). Fine. Pristine..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1913. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering and front board gilt and elaborate gilt/black decorations with central pictorial plate. 391pp. Very good. Quite mild binding wear, with spine dulled, else tight and internally bright and fine. Attractive and tight first edition of..... More
Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Company, [1917]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Green cloth with black lettering/rules, pictorial dust jacket. 443pp. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear only, with faint spine sunning. Just an early reprint edition of Wells' bestselling 1916 semi-autobiographical novel, but in exceptional condition and wearing an unusually bright, delightful..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, [1966]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Beige cloth with gilt spine lettering and decoration, pictorial dust jacket. 251pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Minor bit of jacket rubbing; ownership name/address inked small on front pastedown. Tight and nice first edition of this posthumous memoir by the Polish-American makeup..... More
Battle Creek: Ellis Publishing Company, [1928]. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue textured cloth with white and gilt lettering. 300pp. Decorative endpapers. Very good. Quite minor edgewear only, mainly spine head and tail -- tight and internally near fine. Ownership name/address inkstamped on front pastedown and front flyleaf; one sentence underlined on page..... More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1946. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt lettering, rules and decoration, pictorial dust jacket. viii, 337pp. Near fine/very good. Quite mild jacket edgewear only. Tight and quite handsome -- an early but not first edition of Dreiser's penultimate novel, published shortly after his December 1945..... More
London: University of London / The Athlone Press, 1960. Hardcover. Small 4to. Burgundy cloth with gilt spine lettering. 14pp. Near fine. Handsome and tight first edition of this memorable speech given by the noted German-British classicist and professor of Latin at University College London (1906-90) upon the hundred anniversary of..... More
Washington, DC: Dumbarton Oaks, 1972. Hardcover. Small 4to. Grey cloth with gilt lettering. 56pp, 47pp, 72pp. Numerous line drawings, illustrations, tables. Fine. Immaculately tight and bright first edition of this volume in the "Studies in Pre-Columbian Art and Archaeology" series -- numbers 8, 9 and 10 back to back. More
London: W. Strahan, 1762. Hardcover. Small 4to. Early full calf boards, rebacked in calf with five compartments and gilt spine lettering. xvii, (10pp), 262pp. Very good overall. Early calf boards are worn and edge-darkened, while circa early 20th century rebacked spine is lovely and pristine; endpapers likewise worn and age..... More
London: Jacob Tonson, 1697. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Quarter brown calf with gilt spine lettering, rules and devices and tan cloth over boards. 68pp, 134pp, 88pp, (6pp index), errata. Marbled endpapers, frontispiece, 5 full-page plates, tables. Very good overall. Mild wear to this early 20th century binding, with some miniscule chips..... More
New York: Barnes & Noble, Inc., [1969]. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. xvii, 366pp. Near fine. Minor rubbing to outer wrappers (only), else tight and internally fine. Attractive second printing of No. 2 in the "College Outline Series" meant as accompaniments to standard texts in the field. More
Chicago: Quadrangle Books, [1965]. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. 376pp. Near fine. Minor rubbing to outer wrappers (only), else tight and internally fine. Attractive sixth printing of this classic study first published in 1958.Tight and attracti. More
New York: Harper & Row, [1968]. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glossy wrappers. viii, 626pp. Near fine. Tight and nice third softbound printing of this large anthology. More
This major general of cavalry in the Union Army during the Civil War continued right up through the Spanish-American war, then became the first Military Governor of the Philippines. Large and bold signature on a lined 4" X 1½", slip, n.p., n.y. Near fine. Accompanied by a 6" X 9"..... More
During the Civil War this politician and military officer served briefly as major general in charge of the Department of Maryland and the East; in 1861, as treasury secretary, he is credited with saying, "If anyone attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot!"; other offices..... More
The commander of the Army of the Potomac's cavalry turned in such a mixed performance that eventually he was replaced by Phil Sheridan and shipped off to Missouri. Brief ALS, 1p, 5½" X 7", Washington, DC, 1 February 1888. Addressed to J.W. Weidemeyer. Very good. Old archival repair on verso..... More
This railroad executive and engineer served as a Confederate general during the Civil War and took part in many critical battles and campaigns; post-war he served Virginia in the U.S. Senate (1881-87). Large bold signature on a heavy stock 4" X 2½" card, below which he pens "Virginia" and dates..... More
San Francisco: John Henry Nash, 1927. Hardcover. 4to. Quarter vellum with gilt spine lettering and beige paper over boards. xxxi, 45pp. Top edge gilt. Frontispiece (with ornamental border, as is title page). Fine. Tiny archival mend to front flyleaf corner. TOGETHER WITH: A fine 16mo 47-page pamphlet "Sonnets" in plain..... More
This Union general later served as Secretary of War under Andrew Johnson; he was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions at Wilson's Creek; from 1888 to 1895 he served as Commanding General of the U.S. Army. ALS, 1p, 5" X 8", Bar Harbor, ME, 1898 September 24. Addressed..... More