Washington, DC: Acropolis Books, [1965]. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial dust jacket. x, 88pp. Numerous illustrations. Very good/very good. Jacket slightly edgeworn and rubbed, with couple of tiny edge chips. A tight and nice first edition of this slim, highly pictorial review of Grant's life. More
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1966. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown cloth spine with ivory lettering and brown paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 321pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, map endpapers. Very good/very good. Faint foxing to page edges and occasional text pages, else near fine; jacket mildly age toned and lightly... More
Chicago: J.G. Ferguson Publishing Company, [1961]. Hardcover. 4to. Full brown padded leatherette with black spine lettering blind-stamped front board lettering and pictorial. 336pp. All edges gilt. Frontispiece, maps, extensive illustrations (some color), pictorial endpapers. Very good. Quite minor bit of edgewear, else internally tight and near fine. First edition of... More
Chicago: J.G. Ferguson Publishing Company, [1960]. Hardcover. 4to. Full brown padded leatherette with black spine lettering blind-stamped front board lettering and pictorial. 320pp. All edges gilt. Frontispiece, maps, extensive illustrations (some color), pictorial endpapers. Very good. Tiny chips at head of spine, else internally tight and near fine. First edition... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1963. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering and red and green decorations, pictorial dust jacket. xx, 317pp, ix. Frontispiece, map, numerous illustrations. Near fine/very good. Jacket mildly edgeworn, with spine slightly age toned. Handsome and tight first edition of this hefty exploration... More
N.p. Pleasant Hill Press, 1972. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth spine with silver lettering and grey paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xi, 76pp. Illustrations, map, pictorial endpapers. Fine/very good. Jacket faintly edgeworn; miniscule ownership signature on title page. Quite tight and nice first edition. Life during the Civil War..... More
New York: Twayne Publishers, [1956]. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 381pp. Illustrations. Very good/very good. Binding spine rather sunned; jacket edgworn, with a few edge chips. A tight and nice first edition of this penultimate title by the noted Norwegian-American historian and author (1872-1963)... More
New York: The Modern Library, n.y. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering and decoration, decorative dust jacket. xxiv, 1041pp, (2pp ads). Near fine/very good. Minor jacket edgewear. Tight, handsome later (ca. 1966) Modern Library Giant (#G47), first published in 1939. Subtitled on front jacket panel "The Golden Age... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, [1953]. Hardcover. 8vo. Tan cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. lii, 504pp. 6 maps, map endpapers. Very good/very good. Minor jacket edgewear and bit of rubbing, with couple of tiny chips at tail of faintly sunned spine; small ownership signature on front pastedown. A... More
Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, [1949]. Hardcover. Edited by Lillian M. Swenson. 8vo. Green cloth with brown lettering, dust jacket. 159pp, (1p). Near fine/very good. Jacket edgeworn and rubbed, with a few small edge chips and sunned spine. Tight, nice first edition of this study by the noted Swedish-American authority and... More
Portland: Binfords & Mort, [1968]. Hardcover. Foreword by Mark O. Hatfield. 8vo. Brown cloth with orange lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xiii, 166pp. Illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Faint jacket edgewear. A handsome and tight first edition of this memoir of life on a central Oregon ranch in the early... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, [1970]. Hardcover. 8vo. Orange cloth with black lettering, pictorial dust jacket. ix, 120pp. Illustrations. Very good/very good. Jacket mildly edgeworn, with couple small edge chips. A tight, nice first edition of this slim account of the May 4, 1886 labor rally bombing and its aftermath... More
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, [1957]. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xv, 412pp. Map endpapers. Near fine/very good. Jacket rather edgeworn, with small edge chips. A tight and quite attractive first edition of this broad and thorough anthology of writings about southern plantation life. More
New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House, [1970]. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 489pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Tiny stain at rear flyleaf lower corner; jacket a bit edgeworn, rubbed and age toned, with tiny chip at spine tail. Tight and nice first edition of this... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., [1975]. Hardcover. Woodcuts by Kay Cole. Square 8vo. Black cloth spine with gilt lettering and green paper over boards, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. Frontispiece, full-page illustrations. Near fine/very good. Spine a bit age toned on otherwise near fine jacket. Handsome and tight first edition..... More
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, [1962]. Hardcover. Introduction by Clifford Dowdey. Small 4to. Pink cloth spine and vellum paper over boards with brown lettering and decoration, pictorial dust jacket. xv, 365pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear, mainly at spine head/tail, with some archivally-closed (on verso) edge tears. Handsome first..... More
New York: Viking Press, [2012]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Two-tone grey paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xiv, 382pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Fine/fine. A perfect and pristine first edition of this hefty biography, handsomely inscribed and signed by the author in green fineline on the title page: "For... More
N.p. University of South Carolina Press, 1988. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth spine with silver lettering and blue paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. x, 278pp. Illustrations. Fine/fine. A handsome and tight first edition, boldly inscribed and signed by the author in black fineline on front flyleaf: "To Howard Chandler..... More
Kansas City, MO: Burton Publishing Company, [1950]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Grey cloth with white and black lettering and pictorial stamping, pictorial dust jacket. 284pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, map and pictorial endpapers. Very good/very good. Binding faintly age toned, with endpaper gutters toned per usual; jacket a bit edgeworn, with large chip... More
Nashville: Southern Publishing Association, [1967]. Hardcover. 8vo. Black paper over boards with red spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 373pp. Illustrations. Fine/good only. Jacket quite edgeworn and rubbed, with edge chips and expert archival mends on verso. Tight and nice third printing of the story of Dutch WW2 resistance figure John... More
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, [1957]. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, dust jacket. viii, 221pp. Near fine/very good. Jacket slightly edgeworn, with spine a bit age toned; 1966 ownership signature on front flyleaf. Handsome and tight first edition of one of the last books by the celebrated... More
Mount Vernon, NY: The Peter Pauper Press, n.y. Hardcover. 12mo. Pictorial paper over boards, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 61pp. Decorations. Near fine/very good. Minor jacket edgewear. Handsome and tight copy of this undated (likely 1960s) little lovely. More
London: HarperCollins Publishers, [1995]. Hardcover. 12mo. Red paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 52pp. Illustrations, decorative endpapers. Fine/fine. Tight and pristine first edition of this tongue-in-cheek featuring such contributors as Walt Whitpig, Lord Baconbum, Robert Hedgepig, Geoffrey Porker and others. More
Dayton: Morningside House, [1990]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth spine with gilt lettering and black paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xxi, 389pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, maps. Near fine/very good. Single small edge chip on jacket rear panel. Just a book club edition of this tale of the 6th Wisconsin Volunteers... More
N.p. The University of Illinois Press, 1953. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green cloth with silver lettering, pictorial dust jacket. viii, 432pp. Near fine/very good. Faint jacket edgewear and age toning. A superb, tight and nice first edition of an account that scholar Robert W. Johannsen attacks as "An extremely weak study..... More