Mount Vernon, NY: Peter Pauper Press, n.y. Hardcover. Illustrations by Aldren Watson. Small 4to. Tan cloth spine with paper label and green pictorial paper over boards, paper-covered slipcase. 294pp. Partly-color illustrations. Very good/very good. Spine lightly age toned; slipcase a tad edgeworn, scuffed and rubbed, with archival mend along one..... More
Galesburg, IL: Wagoner Printing Company, 1912. Hardcover. Small 4to. Purple cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. viii, 210pp. Illustrations. Near fine. First edition, wonderfully tight and bright with gilt glowing -- internally fine and pristine. History of this institution that hosted a Lincoln-Douglas Debate and boasts Carl Sandburg among its..... More
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall Inc., [1984]. Hardcover. Complete 2-volume set. Small 4to. Blue paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jackets. 156pp, 156pp. Extensive color illustrations, color pictorial endpapers. Fine/fine. An exceptionally tight and bright and pristine pair. So astonishingly detailed and thorough is this depiction it comes..... More
Poole: Blandford Press, [1981]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Christopher Warner. Small 4to. Blue paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 147pp. Numerous illustrations (most color). Near fine/very good. Faint jacket edgewear. First edition, a tight and handsome copy. More
Radnor, PA: Wallace-Homestead Book Company, [1992]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Glossy pictorial paper over boards. x, 198pp. Numerous illustrations (some color). Fine. Pristine, tight first edition of this well-illustrated survey, boldly inscribed and signed by the author in blue ballpoint on half-title page: "To Jak & Bob, / Here's to many..... More
London: Hamlyn, [1976]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Victor G. Ambrus. 4to. Burgundy cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 125pp. Extensive color illustrations. Near fine/very good. Jacket a tad edgeworn, with a few tiny edge chips on rear top panel. Handsome, tight first edition. The noted British actor (1907-91) retells..... More
N.p. N.p., n.y. Paperback. 24mo. Stiff orange wrappers. 23pp. Illustratios, chart. Very good. Faintest of wear to outer wrappers only, else tight and internally fine. Probable sole edtion of this bibliographically challenged pamphlet, undated but likely of 1920s vintage. Before you declare this concept for a recipe booklet bizarre and..... More
New York: Pantheon Books, [1977]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. xiv, 316pp. Pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. Tight and handsome third printing of this memoir by the Pulitzer Prize-winning Chicago broadcaster, journalist and historian who gave new depth and..... More
New York: New York Graphic Society, [1972]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Harold King. Small 4to. Red cloth with black lettering and decoration, pictorial dust jacket. 120pp. Frontispiece map, numerous line drawings (4 large foldouts), foldout map. Near fine/very good. Quite mild jacket wear, with spine faintly sunned and single small edge..... More
New York: Mallard Press, [1989]. Hardcover. 4to. Glossy pictorial paper over boards. 96pp. Extensive color illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Near fine. Promotional tie-in to the popular 1989 film -- this copy with four choice autograph addition: Tipped to blank inner flyleaf is an 8" X 10" black-and-white head-and-shoulders portrait of co-star..... More
Washington, DC: Center of Military History, United States Army, 1975. Hardcover. Small 4to. Burgundy buckram with gilt lettering and decoration. xvi, 447pp. Illustrations, 2 foldout maps (one small, one large color). Very good. Light foxing to endpapers. Nice and tight first edition of this volume in the "Army Historical Series."..... More
New York: Donald I. Fine, ]1993]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue and grey paper over boards with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 276pp. Fine/fine. Handsome, tight first edition of the fourth "Bishop Regan & Davey Goldman Suspense Novel." Inscribed and signed huge and bold by the author in black ballpoint..... More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., [1993]. Hardcover. Photography by Hedrich-Blessing. 4to. Red cloth with blind-embossed spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 256pp. Extensive illustrations (many color). Fine/fine. Pristine first edition of this lavishly-illustrated study, boldly signed by co-author Pridmore in blue fineline on front flyleaf. More
Bloomington: McLean County Historical Society and McLean County Genealogical Society, 2006. Hardcover. Folio. Khaki green buckram with gilt lettering. xi, 373pp. Illustrations, extensive full-page color maps, text endpapers. Fine. Superbly bright and pristine first and only edition of this exceptional compilation of five McLean County atlases -- each quite scarce..... More
Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1976-79. Hardcover. Two volumes. 24mo. Limp black calf (First Session) and burgundy calf (Second Session) with gilt front board lettering. 15pp, (15pp). Fine. First edition. Exceptionally pristine mixed pair of these pocket-size alphabetical listings of all U.S. Senators with their D.C. home addresses..... More
Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1977-78. Hardcover. Two volumes. 24mo. Limp black calf (First Session) and burgundy calf (Second Session) with gilt front board lettering. 15pp, (15pp). Fine. First edition. Superb, pristine pair of these pocket-size alphabetical listings of all U.S. Senators with their D.C. home addresses and..... More
Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1975-76. Hardcover. Two volumes. 24mo. Limp black calf with gilt front board lettering. 15pp, (15pp). Fine. First edition. Fascinating pair of these pocket-size alphabetical listings of all U.S. Senators with their D.C. home addresses and telephone numbers, followed by blank entries to be..... More
Geneva: Nagel Publishers, [1973]. Hardcover. 16mo. Red leatherette with gilt lettering, dust jacket. 1504pp. Line drawings, numerous color foldout maps and city plans, map/text endpapers, sewn-in red silk page marker. Near fine/near fine. Fourth edition of the English version of this small but thick-as-a-brick exhaustively thorough travel guide and reference..... More
Moline, IL: Moline Dispatch Publishing Company, [2007]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Bill Hannan. 4to. Glossy pictorial paper over boards. 143pp. Line drawings. Fine. Pristine first edition of these lighthearted essays by the popular Rock Island broadcaster, newspaper columnist and state senator -- and this copy hailing from the collection of another..... More
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, [1982]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown cloth spine with gilt lettering and beige paper over boards. xii, 527pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Very good. Spine mildly discolored, though binding tight and nice and internally fine; lacks dust jacket. Nice first edition of the autobiography of the influential..... More
New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, [1953-55]. Hardcover. First four volumes (out of 9). 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. xxiii, 519pp; ix, 553pp; ix, 555pp; ix, 563pp. Illustrations. Very good. Very faintest of binding wear and spines a bit rubbed, else overall tight and internally fine. Attractive, tight "History..... More
Geneva: Nagel Publishers, [1980]. Hardcover. Translation by Anne L. Destenay. 16mo. Red leatherette with gilt lettering, dust jacket. 1504pp. Line drawings, numerous color foldout maps, map/text endpapers, sewn-in red silk page marker. Near fine/near fine. Fourth edition of the English version of this compact but thick-as-a-brick travel guide and reference..... More
New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc., [1943]. Hardcover. 8vo. Orange cloth with green spine lettering. Line drawings, small foldout map. Very good. Quite faint edgewear to binding only, else internally tight and near fine. Attractive revised edition of this 1931 study. Interesting copy, bearing the early ownership signature on front flyleaf of..... More
Washington, DC: Brassey's, [2000]. Paperback. Foreword by James B. Stockdale. Small 4to. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. xvii, 219pp. Map, illustrations. Near fine. Superb, tight first softbound edition of this memoir by one of the survivors of this infamous WW2 march, handsomely inscribed and signed by the author in blue fineline..... More
Chicago: Bonus Books, [1987]. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. 318pp. Frontispiece, 2 line drawings. Fine. Pristine, tight first edition of this sci-fi fiction by of all people the financial futures pioneer and chairman of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (b. 1932), who boldly inscribes and signs the title page in..... More