New York: New York Academy of Medicine, 1966. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue paper over boards with gilt lettering. 53pp. Frontispiece. Fine. Pristine first edition of these essays by nine colleagues eulogizing the just-deceased Menninger Clinic co-founder.
Kansas City, MO: Sheed Andrews and McMeel, Inc., [1976]. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth with silver spine letteriong, dust jacket. 196pp. Near fine/very good. Faint jacket edgewear. First edition, tight and attractive, of this study by the youngest son of Menninger Clinic co-founder William C. Menninger (1899-1966), himself also a noted...
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1948. Hardcover. 8vo. Light green cloth with dark green lettering, dust jacket. xi, 138pp. Very good/very good. Quite faint dampstain to lower outer corner of both boards; jacket mildly edgeworn and rubbed, with similar faint dampstaining. Tight, attractive first edition of this group of three lectures...
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, n.y. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth with white spine lettering, price-clipped dust jacket. vii, 310pp. Fine/near fine. Tight and handsome later printing (14th) of this 1942 title described thusly on front jacket panel: "One of America's leading psychiatrists analyzes the war of the emotions within.....
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey cloth with green lettering, dust jacket. xi, 175pp. Very good/very good. Faintest of dampstain to lower outer corner of both boards; jacket mildly edgeworn, with similar faint dampstaining. A tight and nice first edition of this (to cite front jacket panel)...
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, n.y. Hardcover. 12mo. Green pebble-grain paper over boards with silver lettering and decoration. xxi, 167pp. Color frontispiece, line drawings, numerous full-page plates (some color). Very good. Most minor of edgewear. A tight and nice very early (not first) printing of this bird classic -- the hands-on.....
New York: Random House, [1946]. Hardcover. Complete 2-volume set in slipcase.8vo. Illustrations by John Tenniel and colored by Fritz Kredel. Burgundy cloth spines with gilt lettering and decorative paper over boards, slipcase with color pictorial label. 150pp, 165pp. Numerous color illustrations. Near fine/very good. Both spines faintly sunned; slipcase a......
New York: Hawthorn Books, [1974]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. viii, 242pp. Fine/near fine. A superb and tight fifth printing of this psychiatric study by the elder brother (1893-1990) of William (1899-1966), with whom he founded the famed Menninger Clinic of Topeka, Kansas...
Chicago: Adlai E. Stevenson III, 2009. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth spine and black paper over boards, dust jacket. 299pp. Fine/fine. A tight, perfect first edition of this privately published volume. Signed boldly by Stevenson in black fineline on the front flyleaf.
Harrisburg: The Archive Society, [1997]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue blind-embossed paper over boards with gilt spine lettering. xvi, 577pp. All edges gilt. Frontispiece, maps, marbled endpapers. Fine. Tight, pristine facsimile reprint of the first edition (New York: The Century Co., 1897) of this Union general's memoir. NEVINS I, 156.
New York: Wiley & Halsted, 1857. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green heavily blind-embossed cloth with gilt spine lettering. v, 401pp. Numerous small line drawings and tables. Very good. Binding a bit edgeworn, mainly at corners and head/tail of spine, else tight and internally quite nice. Attractive sixth edition of this classic...
Burlington, IA: Free Press Printing Co., 1914. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green cloth with gilt lettering. 431pp. Frontispiece, numerous illustrations. Near fine. Faint binding edgewear. A tight 'n' bright first edition of this broad, thorough study -- and handsomely inscribed and signed by the author in black ink on front flyleaf...
Springfield, MA: Springfield Printing & Binding Company, 1912. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey cloth with gilt spine lettering. xii, 210pp. Two foldout charts, large folding map in rear pocket. Very good. Mild binding wear only, else internally tight, bright and near fine. Handsome fifth edition of this 1907 manual "Adopted for Use...
New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., [1973]. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xv, 462pp. Illustrations, maps. Very good/very good. Faintest of binding edgewear and faintest of jacket edgewear. A tight and handsome first edition of this in editor Louis Morton's "The Macmillan Wars of the...
New York: Greenwood Press, [1969]. Hardcover. Complete 2-volume set. Small 4to. Grey cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. ix, 924pp; 433pp. Frontispieces, illustrations (2 large foldouts), maps. Very good. Faint edgewear, with non-weakening crease down Volume I spine. A tight and decent first of this facsimile reprint of the 1904...
New York: John Wiley & Son, 1869. Hardcover. 16mo. Brown pebble-grain blind-embossed cloth with gilt spine lettering. vi, 305pp. 12 small foldout maps. Very good. Faint edgewear, but internally tight and quite nice, with spine gilt bright; contemporary ownership signature on front flyleaf. Tight and nice later printing of the...
New York: The Macmillan Company, [1967]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Bluen cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xiv, 688pp. Near fine/very good. Faint jacket edgewear. Quite tight, handsome first edition of this volume in the notable "Macmillan Wars of the United States" series. Front flyleaf bears nifty "US Army...
New York: The Macmillan Company, [1969]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xvii, 442pp. Illustrations, maps, map endpapers. Near fine/very good. Faint jacket edgewear; abrasion at front flyleaf upper right (likely from bookplate removal); light circular blind-embossed onership imprint on title page. A superbly...
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, [1966]. Hardcover. 8vo. Tan cloth with red spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. liii, 554pp. Fine/good plus. Large jacket chip at top of rear panel, a few other tiny edge chips and couple of archivally closed (on verso) edge tears. A tight and attractive first edition of...
New York: Basic Books, [1988]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. x, 313pp. Tables, figures. Fine/near fine. Superb and tight first edition , boldly inscribed and signed by the author in black ballpoint on front flyleaf: "To Bob Malott / In friendship and /...
Washington, DC: The National Tribune, 1913. Paperback. Small 8vo. Stiff green wrappers. 293pp. Color frontispiece, illustrations (1 color), 2 color maps. Very good. Minor edgewear and rubbing, mainly along head and tail of spine. Second printing, tight and clean, of this softbound-only study usually found in quite inferior condition. William...
New York: George U. Harvey, 1917. Hardcover. Compiled by C.C. Griffith. 16mo. Dark green cloth with gilt lettering. 207pp, (1p ad). 1 illustration. Near fine. A bright and tight second edition of this "small pocket manual collecting in one volume the essential parts of military information required by a young...
New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, [1935]. Hardcover. 8vo. Burgundy cloth with gilt spine lettering. xi, 833pp. Very good. Would rate near fine except for faint and rubbed abrasion near foot of lacquered spine on otherwise superb binding; internally tight and fine, with no ex-librarisa markings whatsoever. Tight and handsome "Student's edition."
Washington, DC: United States Infantry Association, 1935. Hardcover. Complete 2-volume set. Small 4to. Black cloth with gilt lettering. viii, 731pp; xii, 311pp. Extensive maps (Volume II only). Very good overall. Bit of binding edgewear, and Volume I gilt dulled; Volume II (only) ex-library, with very few and discreet markings. Tight...
Washington, DC: United States Infantry Association, 1922. Hardcover. Complete 2-volume set. Small 4to. Red pebble-grain cloth with gilt lettering. xi, 731pp; xii, 311pp. Extensive maps (Volume II only). Very good overall. Mild binding edgewear; Volume I inner hinges crudely mended at some point, inexpert but strong; 1930 ownership signature of...
