New York: A.S. Barnes and Company, 1876. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown cloth over bevel-edged boards with elaborate gilt lettering and pictorial stamping. vii, 712pp. Map frontispiece, numerous full-page maps. Very good. Quite mild binding edgewear, else internally tight and fine. A tight and sharp first edition of this hefty and... More about Battles of the American Revolution. 1775-1781. Historical and Military Criticism, with...

Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1976. Hardcover. Small 4to. Orange decorated cloth. x, 161pp. Illustrations. Fine. Tight and pristine first edition of this "high spots" annotated bibliography, with sections on Sub-Saharan Africa, West Africa, Southern Africa, Central Africa, East Africa and the West Indies. Quite useful for reference. More about Folklore from Africa to the United States

Chicago: R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, 2004. Hardcover. Edited by Joanna Brooks. 16mo. Teal green cloth with gilt lettering, rules and medallion. liii, 406pp, (2pp). Top edge gilt. Frontispiece, illustrations (some color), maps, decorative endpapers. Fine. Wonderfully tight, handsome first of this 102nd volume in the "Lakeside Classics" series. The... More about The Life of Olaudah Equiano: The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or...

Chicago: R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, 2002. Hardcover. Edited by John Miller Morris. 16mo. Brown cloth with gilt spine lettering and decoration. cxv, 421pp. Top edge gilt. Color frontispiece, illustrations (many color). Near fine. A tight and handsome first of this edition, the centennial volume of the noted "Lakeside Classics"... More about Narrative of the Coronado Expedition

Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, [1954]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Dark blue cloth spine with gilt lettering and green paper over boards, plain brown dust jacket with two modern paper labels. 33pp. Near fine/very good. Tight and lovely first of this edition, a facsimile with added materials of this early Southern... More about Catalogue of the Library of the Reverend James Warley Miles: Reprinted from the sole surviving...

New York: The Viking Press, 1975. Hardcover. Small 4to. Pale orange cloth spine with black lettering and yellow paper over boards, dust jacket. 487pp. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear, with small chip at head of spine; text block lightly age toned as usual. A handsome, tight first edition of... More about Humboldt's Gift

Murray Hill, NE: Rinehart & Company, [1928]. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering. 336pp. Map endpapers. Very good. Spine a tad sunned with lettering a bit rubbed, else tight and internally near fine. Attractive early reprint edition of this book-length epic poem, winner of the 1929 Pulitzer Prize... More about John Brown's Body

Galena, IL: Galena/Jo Daviess County Historical Society, 1995. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. 94pp. Illustrations. Fine. Tight and handsome first edition of this collection of ghost tales occurring in Galena, Illinois in northwest Illinois -- adopted hometown of U.S. Grant -- signed boldly by Watson in black ballpoint on..... More about Ghosts of Galena

Springfield: Illinois State Museum, 1958. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff red pictorial wrappers. 76pp. Numerous illustrations, tables, line drawings. Very good. Spine lightly sunned, else tight and internally fine. Attractive first edition of the ninth title in the "Story of Illinois Series." Though not so marked, from the collection of Adlai E.... More about American Indian Ways of Life: An Interpretation of the Archaeology of Illinois and Adjoining Areas

Dubuque: The First National Bank of Dubuque, [1975]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Carl H. Johnson, Jr. Wide 8vo. Tan cloth with pictorial gilt and gilt lettering. xii, 172pp. Extensive illustrations (many color), pictorial endpapers. Very good. Bit of minor, barely discernible spotting to front board and title page. A tight and... More about The Heritage of Dubuque: An Architectural View

New York: The John Day Company, 1957. Hardcover. Small 4to. Light blue cloth with black spine lettering. 48pp. Extensive illustrations, maps, pictorial endpapers. Good plus. Though tight and internally near fine, binding is irregularly sunned (most so on spine), with some smudges. Third printing of this unusual attempt to put... More about Cosmic View: The Universe in 40 Jumps

Chicago: R.R. Donnelly & Sons Company, 1980. Hardcover. Edited by Mark M. Krug. 16mo. Brown cloth. xlvii, 350pp. Top edge gilt. Frontispiece, illustrations, foldout map. Fine. Tight, handsome copy of this volume in the acclaimed "Lakeside Classics" series. First edition. More about Mrs. Hill's Journal -- Civil War Reminiscences

New York: The Viking Press, 1945. Hardcover. Selected by Dorothy Parker. Introduction by John O'Hara. 16mo. Light brown cloth with blue lettering. xix, 835pp. Very good. Minor and mild binding edgewear, else tight and internally fine. Wonderfully tight and nice first edition of the 14th volume in the noted "Viking... More about The Portable F. Scott Fitzgerald