Chicago: Chicago Historical Society, 1907. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff pale green wrappers. 180pp. Frontispiece, illustrations (one foldout). Near fine. Faint soiling to outer wrappers (only), else tight and internally fine. Handsome first edition of this lecture on the French Jesuit priest and missionary (1660-1702) who founded a short-lived mission near what..... More

New York: The Seven Arts Publishing Co., Inc., 1917. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff manila pictorial wrappers. iii, pp. 397-532, iv-vii. Very good. A bit edgeworn, with 1½" chip at spine head, but overall a tight and nice issue of this notoriously-delicate production. Attractive copy of the tenth issue (out of..... More

Tokyo: The Kamakurabunko, 1948. Hardcover. Foreword by Edmund Blunden. 8vo. Beige paper over boards with orange lettering. 50pp. Very good. Faint wear to binding only, else tight and internally near fine. Handsome and tight first edition of the second book by Kenneth Yasuda (1914-2002), well-known Japanese-American translator, poet and scholar..... More

This Syrian politician filled a number of high-level posts before being named that country's prime minister (1970-71) and president (1971-2000), at which time his son Bashar assumed the presidency. PS, heavy stock 4 3/4" X 7", n.p., n.y. Very good. Bit of crimping along right margin. Attractive matte-finish half-length portrait..... More

This principal dancer with the Martha Graham Dance Company became the first person other than Graham to be invited to teach her dance techniques; in 1942 she met legendary folk singer Woody Guthrie and they wed in 1945; after his death from Huntington's Disease in 1967 she founded an organization..... More

Freeport, IL: Henney Buggy Company, 1892. Paperback. Narrow 32mo. Stiff pale green pictorial wrappers. (44pp). Illustrations. Very good. Mild wear and rubbing, mainly to outer wrappers. Attractive copy of this combination trade catalogue -- with a twist: Top of front wrapper cites "Political Information for the Campaign of 1892 and..... More

This Unitarian clergyman wrote a number of volumes and served as chaplain of the U.S. Senate, among various distinguished posts, but would not be remembered today were it not for one short story first published in 1863 -- "The Man Without a Country." AQS, 4½" X 2½", n.p., n.y. Very..... More

Lake George: Halcyon Press, 1969. Hardcover. 8vo. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering. 176pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, map and decorative endpapers. Near fine. Handsome, tight first edition of these laid back recollections and anecdotes prepared (to cite title page) "on his Ninetieth Birthday April 21, 1969" from the hard-hitting lawyer, civic activist..... More

Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1940. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, price-clipped dust jacket. viii, 220pp. Frontispiece. Very good/very good. Mild jacket edgewear and rubbing, with tiny chips at corners and spine sunned. A tight, nice first edition of this volume in the "Pennsylvania Lives" series --..... More

New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc., 1957. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xiii, 815pp. Illustrations, decorative endpapers. Very good/very good. Faintest of binding edgewear, with front board gilt rubbed (though spine gilt bright); jacket slightly edgeworn. A tight and handsome early printing of this hefty..... More

Norfolk, CT: New Directions, [1958]. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 622pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Very good/very good. Mild spotting to page edges; ownership signature on front pastedown; faint jacket edgewear and bit of rubbing. A tight, attractive first edition of this highly-regarded biography of the..... More

New York: The Modern Library, n.y. Hardcover. Translation by Carlyle-Wicksteed. Introduction by C.H. Grandgent. Green cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xxi, 625pp, (8pp ads). Maps, line drawings, genealogical charts, grey decorative endpapers. Near fine/near fine. A tight, handsome later printing of #208, first published in 1932 but this..... More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. Hardcover. Translation by Sophie Wilkins. Complete 2-volume set in slipcase. 8vo. Black cloth spines with blue lettering and black paper over boards, dust jackets, pictorial paper-over-boards slipcase. x, 725pp; vi, pp. 729-1774. Fine/fine/near fine. Faintest of edgewear to slipcase (only). Apparently a book club..... More