Jersey City, NJ: Clark Johnson, 1873. Hardcover. 12mo. Light orange cloth with black lettering and rules. 309pp, (1p). Frontispiece, illustrations. Good only. Binding quite rough and edgeworn (especially at spine head and tail) and corner bumped, age toned and scuffed; moderately age toned and foxed internally, though hinges are decently..... More
Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1845. Hardcover. Small 4to. Full brown calf with gilt spine lettering. xvi, 639pp, (4pp), pp. 3-32 ads. Numerous small illustrations. Good plus. Decently tight, with preliminary leaves age toned and foxed; binding worn, a bit rough and age toned, though spine gilt legible. A tight, presentable..... More
Philadelphia: National Publishing Company, n.y. Hardcover. Small 4to. Dark Brown pebble-grain blind-ruled cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. xxx, 930pp, (10pp ads). Tissue-guarded frontispiece, illustrations. Very good. Spine quite sunned on otherwise only faintly edgeworn binding, with text block tight and bright and near fine. A tight and nice early..... More
New York: Henry Bill, 1864. Hardcover. Small 4to. Full black calf, heavily blind-embossed, with spine gilt lettering and pictorial boxed compartments. 782pp, (2pp), (4pp ads). Tissue-guarded double frontispiece (one color), full-page heavy stock tissue-guarded portraits, illustrations large and small (some color and one large color foldout), marbled endpapers and page..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1839. Hardcover. 8vo. Full brown calf with gilt spine lettering. iv, 460pp; iv, 146pp. Two foldout frontispiece maps, marbled page edges. Good plus. Binding slightly edgeworn but tight and attractive, with spine gilt bright; preliminary leaves front and back tanned, discolored and foxed, though remainder..... More
St. Louis: Tisk Bratri Wandasu, 1890. Hardcover. Small 4to. Purple cloth with gilt lettering and extensive black decorative stamping. viii, 551, (1p). Numerous illustrations, patterned endpapers. Good plus. Binding edgeworn, mainly at head and tail of well-sunned spine; internal hinges bear old but discreet expert brown cloth tape gutter reinforcement..... More
Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 1952. Hardcover. Translated and edited by Franklin D. Scott. Small 4to. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering. xiv, 262pp, (2pp ads). Illustration. Near fine. Errata slip tipped in. Tight, nice first edition of "Social Sciences Series Number Eight" by series editor Virgil B. Heltzel. Collection of..... More
Chicago: W. B. Conkey Company, [1896]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Half burgundy calf with gilt spine lettering and black cloth with silver pictorial gilt. 630pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, marbled page edges. Very good. Tiny bit rough at head of spine only -- else tight and internally fine and bright. Handsome first edition..... More
New York: The Review of Reviews Co., 1911. Hardcover. Volumes 5-10 (out of 10) set. 4to. Blue blind-embossed cloth with gilt spine lettering and rules. Various paginations. Top edges gilt. Frontispieces, extensive illustrations and maps, decorated endpapers. Very good. Mild edgewear and occasional stray blemish, else uniformly tight and internally..... More
London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1899. Hardcover. 12mo. Green cloth with gilt and black lettering and decorations. xxvii, 370pp, (2pp ads). Frontispiece, illustrations, floor plans, maps (one large foldout in rear pocket). Very good. Mild edgewear and slightly age toned endpapers, else tight and internally quite nice; small expert archival..... More
New York: The Fairfax Press, [[1983]. Hardcover. Illustrations by the author. 4to. Grey cloth spine with blue lettering and blue paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 160. Extensive line drawings, color pictorial endpapers. Fine/very good. Archivally closed (on verso) edge tear to otherwise-handsome jacket. Quite tight and attractive reprint edition..... More
New York: Bonanza Books, [1981]. Hardcover. 4to. Black buckram with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 252pp. Frontispiece, extensive illustrations. Near fine/near fine. A most attractive and tight reprint of the 1959 E.P. Dutton edition. Extracts from Grant's "Memoirs," illustrated with more than 300 photographs, engravings, cartoons, maps, etc. DORNBUSCH..... More
[Madison]: The Lincoln Fellowship of Wisconsin, 1986. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff glazed wrappers. 24pp. Illustrations. Fine. Historical Bulletin No. 41, being Noyes's speech delivered on 14 April 1985 at this group's annual meeting. More
Chicago: The Werner Company, n.y. Hardcover. Wide 4to. Brown cloth with huge silver lettering and decorative stamping. (Ca. 15opp). Extensive full-page illustrations, floral endpapers. Good plus. Large but not highly visible discoloration to front board; old but neat, discreet brown cloth tape to inner hinges, thus tight. Tight and decent..... More
New York: The Library of America, [1984]. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 1600pp. Decorative endpapers, foldout map in rear pocket, sewn-in blue satin page marker. Near fine/near fine. Handsome and tight first edition of this modern compilation, which contains a massive amount of text..... More
New York: Appleton-Century, [1965]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Light green cloth with dark green spine lettering, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 231pp. Frontispiece, extensive illustrations, maps. Near fine/very good. Jacket rather edgeworn, with old tape mend and other archivally closed (on verso) edge tears. Tight, nice first edition of this heavily pictorial..... More
Chicago: S.C. Griggs & Co., 1874. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Green cloth with gilt lettering and pictorial stamping and black decorative rules. 258pp, (2pp ads). Frontispiece, small engravings. Very good. Mild binding edgewear and hint of rubbing, though tight and internally bright and near fine; inner flyleaf ownership signature. A handsome..... More
New York: Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Co., [1881]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Tan cloth with ornate gilt lettering and elaborate black decorations. 166pp, (2pp ads). Marbled page edges. Very good. Mild binding wear, though gilt gleams; other than small inoffensive stain at lower outer corner of couple of preliminary leaves, text..... More
Paris: Charles Hingray, 1859. Hardcover. 32mo. Black pebble-grain blind-embossed calf with gilt spine lettering. xv, 320pp; xxxii, 488pp. Marbled endpapers. Good plus. Decently tight-hinged, with mild binding edgewear; pencil and ink ownership signatures on preliminary leaves. Nice example of this "Nouvelle Edition" of this dual-language dictionary, which even has an..... More
Mexico, MO: James Bradley, 1894. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Light green blind-ruled cloth with gilt lettering. ii, 275pp. Frontispiece, full-page portraits, floral endpapers. Very good. Faint edgewear, with spine lightly toned but front board gilt bright and gleaming; front floral endpaper a near-matching late 19th century replacement and frontispiece and title..... More
New York: Phinney, Blakeman & Mason, 1861. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Dark brown blind-embossed cloth with gilt spine lettering. xvi, 336pp. 17 full-page plates at rear (3 foldouts). Good pluys. Mild edgewear, mainly to spine head and tail, and some spotting on rear board -- else tight and internally bright and..... More
New York: P.F. Collier & Son Company, 1924. Hardcover. Folio. Red cloth with black lettering, rules and decoration. 272pp. Large foldout color world map frontispiece, numerous full-page color maps and smaller maps, tables, illustrations, line drawings. Very good. Mild binding edgewear only -- tight and internally near fine. Attractive copy..... More
Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co., [1911]. Hardcover. Arranged and edited by Charles Higgins. Folio. Grey cloth with large orange and black lettering and pictorial stamping. 192pp. Numerous full-page and smaller maps (many color), graphs, tables, charts, illustrations. Very good. Mild binding wear only -- else quite tight and internally..... More
Chicago: The Werner Company, [1894]. Hardcover. Wide small 4to. Yellow cloth with ornate silver lettering and pictorial stamping. (Ca. 150pp). Extensive full-page illustrations, floral endpapers. Good plus. Front board quite age toned, rubbed and darkened, though internally bright and nice and near fine; old but neat and discreet expert brown..... More
New York: Barnes & Noble Books, [1993]. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth spine with gilt lettering and red paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 264pp. Illustrations, line drawings. Fine/fine. Tight and pristine reprint edition of this 1968 text. More