Charlottesville: University of Virginia, [1983]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xvii, 642pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Fine/near fine. Quite handsome, quite tight second printing of this thick history first published in 1981. Of special interest is a heavy stock 5½" X 8½" leaf..... More
Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, [1993]. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff tan wrappers. xiv, 203pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Very good. Faintest of wear to outer wrappers only, with price sticker scuff at upper right of rear wrapper, else tight and internally fine. Tight and nice later softbound printing of this fascinating 1986..... More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., [1984]. Hardcover. Wood engravings by Barry Moser. Narrow small 4to. Terra cotta cloth with gilt spine lettering and decoration, dust jacket. 260pp. Illustrations. Fine/near fine. Pristine first edition of this "Anniversary Volume for the Academy of American Poets" -- with choice autograph addition: Tipped..... More
Conshohocken, PA: Combined Books, [1995]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Burgundy and beige paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xiii, 280pp. Fine/near fine. Tight and bright first edition chronicling the 1993 (to cite jacket front panel) "proceedings of a Moot Court of Military Appeal to hear the case..... More
Belfast: Appletree Press, [2001]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Glossy pictorial paper over boards, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 267pp. Extensive illustrations (some color), maps, decorative endpapers. Fine/fine. Pristine third printing of the revised edition of this exhaustive study first published in 2000 -- and with two choice autograph additions: Tipped to the..... More
New York: The Library of America, [1998]. Hardcover. Edited by Richard Ford and Michael Kreyling. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. x, 976pp, (3pp). Decorative endpapers, sewn-in blue satin page marker. Delightful and tight first edition of the 102nd volume in this celebretaed series -- AND..... More
Washington, DC: National Geographic, [2007]. Hardcover. Foreword by Carson Walks Over Ice. Small 4to. Black glossy paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 192pp. Extensive illustrations (most color). Fine/fine. Superb first edition, tight and handsome, of this well-illustrated survey of Native Americans serving in the U.S. military..... More
Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1987. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. 44pp. Illustrations. Near fine. A bright and tight first edition of this useful, highly-focused study featuring 143 entries -- indispensable for serious research in this field. More
Norwich, CT: The Henry Bill Publishing Company, 1895. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown pebble-grain blind-ruled cloth with gilt lettering and rules. iv, 722pp. Tissue-guarded frontispiece, illustrations, floral endpapers, marbled page edges. Near fine. Faintest of binding wear at spine head/tail. Handsome first edition of this thick biography, with lovely autograph addition..... More
New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation, [1971]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown cloth with gilt spine lettering. xxv, 591pp. Illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. A tight and attractive first edition of this hefty survey, with chapters covering the black regiments (9th and 10th Cavalry, 24th and 25th Infantry)..... More
New York: Random House, n.y. Hardcover. Illustrations by Jules Feiffer. Small 4to. Black cloth with white spine lettering, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 256pp. Frontispiece, line drawings, map endpapers. near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear only. Tight and attractive reprint edition of this 1961 kids' classic -- which Juster signs large..... More
New York: The Heritage Press, [1990]. Hardcover. Introduction by Lewis Casson. Illustrations by Charles Mozley. Small 4to. Brown cloth spine with gilt lettering and tan cloth with red pictorial stamping, slipcase. xxix, 138pp, 63pp. Color illustrations. Near fine/fine. Tight, handsome later reprint edition of the Limited Editions Club's two-volume 1962..... More
New York: The Heritage Press, [1971]. Hardcover. Illustrations by John Flaxman. Small 4to. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering and decorations, slipcase. xxiii, 478pp. Frontispiece, line drawings. Near fine/fine. Tight, handsome reprint edition of this most famous of all Homer translations, with appropriate "Sandglass" issue laid in. More
New York: The Heritage Press, [1964]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Agnes Miller Parker. Introduction by Frank Swinnerton. 8vo. Tan decorated cloth with gilt spine lettering, slipcase. xvi, 318pp. Illustrations. Very good/fine. Spine sunned, else tight and otherwise fine. A tight and attractive reprint edition of the superb 1964 Limited Editions Club..... More
Norwalk, CT: The Heritage Press, [1966]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Charles Raymond. Small 4to. Burgundy cloth with gilt spine lettering and decorations, slipcase. xiv, 279pp. Color frontispiece, line drawings, color plates. Near fine/fine. John T. Winterick introduces ("How This Book Came to Be") this quite nice later (ca. 1980s) reprint of..... More
Norwalk, CT: The Heritage Press, [1988]. Hardcover. Edited by A. Grenfell Price. Illustrations by Geoffrey C. Ingleton. Small 4to. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering and front board pictorial stamping, slipcase. xvii, 292pp. Frontispiece, map, numerous line drawings. Near fine/fine. Spine sunning to otherwise-superb and tight binding. Quite nice later..... More
Norwalk, CT: The Heritage Press, [1971]. Hardcover. Selected and introduced by Walter Allen. Illustrations by Edward Ardizzone. Small 4to. Tan cloth with dark brown lettering and decorations, slipcase. xx, 423pp. Line drawings (most color). Fine/near fine. Superbly tight and lovely later (ca. 1980s) reprint of the Limited Edition Club's handsome..... More
Norwalk, CT: The Heritage Press, [1961]. Hardcover. Translation by Isabel F. Hapgood. Introduction by Matthew Josephson. Illustrations by Tranquillo Marangoni. Small 4to. Quarter teal green cloth with silver lettering and pale blue decorated paper over boards, slipcase. xx, 579pp. Wood engravings. Fine/near fine. Tight and handsome later (ca. 1980s) reprint..... More
Norwalk, CT: The Heritage Press, n.y. Hardcover. "Birds" introduction by Dudley Fitts and illustrations by Marian Parry. "Frogs" translation by William James Hickie, introduction by Gilbert Seldes and wood engravings by John Austen. 4to. Blue cloth with spine gilt lettering and front board pictorial giltstamping, slipcase. xii, 52pp; xviii, 62pp..... More
Berkeley: Yardbird Publishing Cooperative, 1972-75. Paperback. Two issues. Small 8vo. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. (28pp), 184pp; x, 198pp. Illustrations. Very good. Quite minor binding edgewear only, else tight and internally fine. Two tight and handsome issues of this influential yearly journal of African-American culture and history. In the premiere volume..... More
Lans-en-Vercors, France: Locus Solus, 1961-62. Paperback. Three volumes (out of four). 16mo. Tan, pale green and blue wrappers (respectively). 167pp, 205pp, 294pp. Near fine. All are internally tight and quite nice, with faint edgewear; single chip to upper corner of first issue's rear wrapper; third volume spine lightly sunned. Named..... More
Chicago: Big Table, Inc., 1959-60. Paperback. First four issues (Volume I, Nos. 1-4). Small 8vo. Stiff pictorial wrappers. 152pp, (6pp ads); 122pp, (2pp ads); 120pp; 141pp, (3pp ads). Illustrations (one foldout). Very good to near fine. Handsome, tight and near complete (4 out of 5) set of this short-lived Beat..... More
New York: Random House, 1937. Hardcover. Illustrations by Cyrus LeRoy Baldridge. Small 4to. Pictorial cloth, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. (24pp), 404pp. Color map, color plates, numerous line drawings. Near fine/very good. Jacket a tad edgeworn, with tiny chips along spine head and tail. Later printing of this illustrated edition of..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1959]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Light green tween paper over boards with dark green lettering and decorations, pictorial dust jacket. 182pp. Frontispiece, line drawings, decorative endpapers. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear only. Quite tight and lovely early printing of volume 52 in the popular 72-volume..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1949]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Light green tween paper over boards with dark green lettering and decorations, pictorial dust jacket. 210pp. Frontispiece, decorative endpapers. Near fine/very good. Mildest of jacket edgewear only. A tight and attractive much later printing of volume 42 in the popular 72-volume..... More