New York: Hyperion, [2001]. Hardcover. Photo foreword by Jerry Bruckheimer. Introduction by Michael Bay. Preface by Randall Wallace. Small 4to. Black paper over boards with white spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 176pp. Extensive color illustrations. Fine/fine. Pristine and tight third printing of this heavily pictorial chronicle of the 2001 war..... More
Cambridge: University Press -- Hilliard and Metcalf, [1823]. Paperback. Small 4to. Wrappers. 20pp. Good. Rather edgeworn, with outer wrappers having edge chips -- though tight and internally bright and clean. Rare first and only edition of this proposal for the famed experimental boys school that opened shortly after this prospectus..... More
New York: Mysterious Press, [1996]. Hardcover. 8vo. Black and burgundy paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 476pp. Map. Near fine/near fine. Handsome, tight first U.S. edition of the sixth title in the delightful "Marcus Didius Falco" mystery series set in first century A.D. Rome -- one..... More
Boston: Cummings, Hilliard & Co., 1825. Paperback. 8vo. Wrappers. 73pp. Very good. Mild age toning and touch of foxing and spotting to outer wrappers only -- tight and internally near fine. First edition of this patriotic flag waver -- as long-winded a sermon as the two-plus hour speech he gave..... More
Washington, DC: N.p., [1878]. Paperback. Small 4to. Wrappers. 31pp. Good plus. A bit age toned throughout, with faint edgewear; single hole punch at upper left. This string-tied pamphlet is "H.R. 112" -- a House Resolution from the 1st Session of the 45th Congress. In the 1870's civil Engineer Albert Kimsey..... More
Allentown, PA: Trexler, Harlacher und Weisser, 1864. Paperback. 8vo. Blue printed wrappers. 94pp. Very good. Outer wrappers (only) a bit age toned, with a couple small edge chips; lacks rear folding chart found in some copies. Sharp copy, entirely in German, for this annual assembly of the German Evangelical-Lutheran Ministry..... More
Selins=Grove, PA: Druckerei des "American Lutheran" 1865. Paperback. 8vo. Blue printed wrappers. Pp. 65-128. Very good. Mild wear to outer wrappers, with couple of edhe chips, but overall tight and attractive. Second half only ("Driites und viertes Heft") of this chronicle of German-Lutheran ministries in Pennsylvania by the towering German-born..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter black cloth with gilt spine lettering and orange paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xi, 233pp. Fine/fine. Superb and tight first edition. More
New York: Viking Press, [1990]. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter black cloth with silver spine lettering and grey paper over boards, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. ix, 75pp. Fine/fine. Pristine, tight first edition of this Maine's poet's work. More
Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, [1997]. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. viii, 77pp. Fine. Pristine second printing of this "Winner of the Iowa Poetry Prize" and boldly inscribed and signed by the Michigan-born poet, writer and novelist (born 1938) in black fineline on the title page: "To..... More
London, Ontario: South Western Ontario Poetry, 1984. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff tan wrappers. 28pp. Near fine. Tight and handsome first edition of this slim verse gathering by the Latvian-Canadian psychologist and poet (born 1940) who's a major player in the world of haikus, boldly inscribed and signed by him in black..... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1992. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff tan wrappers. 204pp. Very good. Mild wear to outer wrapper, though tight and internally near fine. Tight, nice twentieth printing of this thick and popular 1969 verse collection.Front flyleaf bears inked ownership signature of Bill Pauly (1942-2021), an Iowa poet and..... More
Minneapolis: New Rivers Press, 1994. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. 73pp. Near fine. Bright, tight first edition of this verse gathering by the Iowa poet, boldly inscribed and signed by her in black ballpoint on front flyleaf to a fellow Iowa poet: "For Bill Pauly / Nice meeting you..... More
Janesville, WI: The Lincoln Fellowship of Wisconsin, [2022]. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff wrappers. 34pp. Frontispiece. Fine. Pristine first edition of "Historical Bulletin Number 73," the 82nd annual address of this long-established Lincolniana studies group, delivered in Janesville, Wisconsin, on October 2, 2021. Boldly signed by Rogstad in blue ballpoint on title..... More
Janesville, WI: The Lincoln Fellowship of Wisconsin, [2022]. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff wrappers. (11pp). Fine. Pristine first edition of "Historical Bulletin Number 74," the 79th annual address of this long-established Lincolniana studies group. Colophon at rear limits to 200 numbered copies (this #58), boldly signed by White in black ballpoint... More
Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1939. Folio. Black card stock portfolio housing complete set of forty 12" X 16½" black-and-white plates. Very good overall. Portfolio shows some edgewear, with inside front wrapper bearing white-ink "Director's room" notes at top edge, while all prints are pristine and immaculate; lacks booklet in..... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, [2000]. Hardcover. Folio. Grey and terra cotta cloth with gilt lettering. xxvii, (ca. 250pp). Extensive color maps (one foldout), map endpapers. Very goodoverall . Bit of mild wear to binding, else tight and internally fine; inoffensive small tiny abrasion on title page. Tight and nice first..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1944. Hardcover. Introduction by Christopher Morley and note by A.S.W. Rosenbach. 4to. Green cloth spine with gilt lettering and green/gold decorative paper over boards, green cloth-covered clamshell case with gilt spine lettering. ix, 190pp (mostly uncut). Top edge gilt. Fine/very good. Mild wear and..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1962. Hardcover. Introduction by Granville Hicks. Illustrations by Jean Charlot. 4to. Quarter black morocco with gilt lettering and beige cloth with black/gilt decoration, slipcase with paper spine label. xix, 137pp. Color illustrations. Fine/near fine. Slipcase lightly age toned. Tight, quite handsome copy of the..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1953. Hardcover. Abridged and arranged by Edward Garnett. Introduction by T.E. Lawrence. Illustrations by Edy Legrand. Small 4to. Beige linen with brown lettering and pictorial stamping and wraparound closure flap. xxi, 455pp. Color map frontispiece, numerous small and full-page brown-ink illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Near..... More
Paris: The Limited Editions Club, 1937. Hardcover. Preface by A.P. Herbert. Illustrations by Mariette Lydis. Folio. Dark blue blind-embossed cloth with gilt lettering, rules and decorations. 121pp. Top edge gilt. Full-page lithographs. Near fine. Lacks slipcase. Tight and quite handsome copy of this large, early LEC production -- eighth title..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1961. Hardcover. Illustrations by T.M. Cleland. Preface by J. Donald Adams.8vo. Full beige damask with gilt lettered brown calf spine label, slipcase with inner sleeve. 121pp. Frontispiece, full-page color illustrations. Fine/near fine. Quite handsome and sharp copy of this slim novel by the prolific..... More
New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1873. Hardcover. 16mo. Limp full red calf with gilt lettering. xxxii, 310pp, (10pp ads), (16pp), (16pp "Memoranda"). Very good overall. Binding rates "Good" at best -- edgeworn, with chip near spine center), while internally tight and near fine; spine has been lightly shellacked, a common..... More
San Francisco: The Limited Editions Club, 1936. Hardcover. Introduction by William Rose Benét. Illustrations by Carlotta Petrina. Folio. Quarter linen with paper spine label and burgundy batik paper over boards. xiii, 441pp. Illustrations. Near fine. Lacks slipcase. Quite handsome, tight copy of this large and early LEC production -- second..... More
Verona, Italy: The Limited Editions Club, 1937. Hardcover. Translated and edited by John Addington Symonds. Introduction by Thomas Craven. Illustrations by Fritz Kredel. Folio. Beige decorative cloth with gilt spine lettering, dust jacket, slipcase. ix, 302pp. Numerous small illustrations. Near fine/very good/very good. Bit of age toning to front pastedown..... More