New York: The Lincoln Cavalry Association, 1902. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. vii, 579pp. Numerous illustrations, decorative green endpapers. Good only. Decorative green front flyleaf a tasteful, replacement and title page/copyright page an expert archival replacement on period paper, while text block tight and nice; binding... More
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1976. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth spine with gilt lettering and yellow paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 349pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Tight and nice first edition of this journalist's action-packed autobiography, boldly signed by him in black fineline on the front flyleaf. More
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1978. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown cloth spine with copper lettering and tan paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 608pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. A tight and handsome first edition of this thick family biography, signed large and bold by Davis in... More
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1976. Hardcover. Small 4to. Yellow cloth spine with red lettering and grey paper over boards, dust jacket. 334pp. Illustrations. Very good/very good. Faint jacket edgewear. A tight and attractive first edition, boldly signed by Teichmann in black fineline on the front flyleaf. Kroch's &... More
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1975. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth spine with gilt lettering and grey paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 256pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Near fine/very good. Faint jacket edgewear. First edition, tight and attractive -- and signed large and bold by Harrison in blue fineline on... More
New York: The Viking Press, [1973]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth spine with gilt lettering and blue paper over boards, dust jacket. 432pp. Very good/very good. Slight bit of mild jacket wear; bit of spotting to outer page edges. A tight and nice first edition of this D.C. fiction --... More
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, [1978]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown cloth with copper spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 319pp. Illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Jacket spine ever-so-faintly sunned. First edition, tight and clean, signed big and bold in purple fineline (as usual) by Sandburg on the front flyleaf. Kroch's & Brentano's... More
New York: David McKay Company, [1971]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black and amber cloth with gilt and black lettering and decoration, dust jacket. xix, 696pp. Very good/very good. Mild jacket edgewear; small abrasion near top of front flyleaf from bookplate removal. A tight and nice first edition of this thick study... More
Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Co. n.y. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth with black lettering and black, ivory and brown pictorial stamping. vii, 557pp, (3pp ads). Frontispiece, full-page illustrations. Very good. Mild binding edgewear; inner hinges a bit rough but expertly, archivally strengthened, thus tight. A tight and decent reprint edition of... More
Evansville, IN: Unigraphic, Inc. [1977]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Light grey buckram with gilt lettering and decoration. 845pp, (1p ad), 88pp. Frontispiece, map, full-page portraits. Near fine. Ownership signature on front flyleaf. Just a facsimile reprint of the scarce county history of the northwest Illinois region famed for Galena and its... More
[Galena]: City of Galena, 1937. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff blue pictorial wrappers. 79pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, linoleum-block engravings, small color foldout map at rear. Very good. Faintest of wear to outer wrappers and bit and faint foxing to rear flyleaf - internally tight and near fine. A sharp first edition of this... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, [1961]. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth with black lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 192pp. Very good/very good. Mild jacket edgewear, mainly at head of spine. A tight, attractive first edition of this young adult biography of the Union general and 18th U.S. President, part of the "Lives... More
Characterized as "perhaps the most brilliant naval officer of his generation," this British admiral commanded the "Commonwealth," "Conqueror" and "Erin" during World War One, but was considered a boat rocker and was denied positions due to his advanced views and was forced into retirement. ALS, 2pp (single leaf), 4½" X.... More
Hailed as one of the heroes of the pivotal Battle of Jutland in 1916, this Royal Navy officer fought heroically there and was awarded the DSO (Distinguished Service Order) -- and later was awarded a second DSO for his role in quelling Turkish shore batteries at Salif; by 1931 he... More
"Admiral Acronym," as famed for his lengthy and eccentric name and many titles as for a distinguished career with the Royal Navy, which inspired character names for P.G. Wodehouse and Drax’s friend Ian Fleming, this British admiral held numerous important commands in both the First and Second World Wars. ALS... More
This British admiral served as aide-de-camp to King George V (1911-12) and retired as a vice admiral in 1918. ALS, 1p, 6½" X 8¼", La Croix, France, 25 October 1928. Addressed to "Sir" (noted American autograph collector Reverend Cornelius Greenway). Near fine. Writing from "Villa Torriano," the Italian-style the admiral... More
Chicago: A Century of Progress, [1933]. Paperback. Small 4to. Color pictorial wrappers. 194pp. Numerous illustrations, ads, partly-color foldout map. Very good. Quite mild wear to outer wrappers (only), else internally near fine. Handsome first edition of the first of the two annual guidebooks to this famed fair. The opening foldout... More
Iowa City: The University of Iowa Libraries, 1976. Hardcover. Blue cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. xvii, 107pp. Fine. Pristine first edition, limited to 1000 copies, of these conference essays presented by leading scholars in the field. More
Austin: The University of Texas, [1973]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth with black lettering. vii, 90pp, (5pp). Fine. Tight and handsome second printing of these articles by leading scholars on the works of the German Nobel Prize in Literature winner. More
New York: Burt Franklin, [1970]. Hardcover. Edited by John Malone. 12mo. Burgundy cloth with gilt spine lettering. xxvi, 113pp. Near fine. A tight and handsome facsimile reprint of the first edition (New York, 1900) of this still-useful reference. #573 in Franklin's "Research & Source Works Series." More
New York: Burt Franklin, n.y. Hardcover. 8vo. Burgundy cloth with copper spine lettering. lii, 180pp. Fine. A perfectly tight and superb facsimile reprint of the first edition (London, 1900) of this useful reference to writings about John Cabot, 16th century Venetian explorer who in 1497 was the first European to... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1944. Hardcover. 12mo. Tan paper over boards with blue lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xi, 229pp. Good plus/good plus. Ex-lending library, which means that front and rear endpapers bear marks where jacket was formerly affixed; and attractive, lightly-worn jacket trimmed ¼" off top and bottom edges... More
Bellevue, WA: Antique Paper Guild, [1994]. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff pictorial wrappers with black plastic comb binding. xv, 204pp, (2pp), (2pp ads). Heavily illustrated. Near fine. A tight, handsome first edition of this superbly illustrated and useful collecting guide to this most-collected form of postcards. More
Akron: The Saalfield Publishing Co. [1903]. Hardcover. Illustrations by W.H. Fry. Small 4to. Dark blue cloth with gilt and black lettering and pictorial stamping. 134pp, (4pp ads). Color frontispiece, five called-for full-page color plates, line drawings. Very good. Faint binding edgwear, with outer edge of rear board a bit rough;... More
Chicago: The Dixon-Hanson Company, 1908. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown pebble-grained cloth with black spine lettering and rules. 222pp, (2pp). Illustration. Very good. Faint binding edgewear, with spine lettering badly rubbed; text block evenly, moderately age toned as usual. A tight, fairly attractive second printing of this teacher's A to Z.... More