Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1989. Hardcover. Small 4to. Grey cloth with black spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xvi, 204pp. Near fine/very good. Light jacket edgewear. Tight and handsome first edition. More
New York: Hippocrene Books, 1973. Hardcover. Introduction by Peter Young. 8vo. Glossy pictorial paper over boards. ix, 67pp. Maps. Very good. Mild edgewear. First edition, tight and attractive, of this volume in the "Knight's Battles for Wargamers" series. More
New York: Hippocrene Books, 1973. Hardcover. Introduction by Peter Young. 8vo. Glossy pictorial paper over boards. xii, 101pp. Maps. Very good. Mild edgewear and touch of rubbing, with spine typically sunned; ownership name/address penned on front pastedown; internally near fine. Tight, nice first edition of this volume in the "Knight's... More
New York: Hippocrene Books, 1973. Hardcover. Introduction by Peter Young. 8vo. Glossy pictorial paper over boards. xii, 101pp. Maps. Very good. Slightest of edgewear, with spine sunned as usual; internally near fine. Tight, nice first edition of this volume in the "Knight's Battles for Wargamers" series. More
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2000. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xviii, 505pp. Illustrations, maps. Fine/fine. Pristine first edition, tight and perfect. More
New York: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, [1988]. Hardcover. Edited by John C. Dann. Small 4to. Tan cloth spine with green lettering and green paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xxx, 402pp. Numerous illustrations (some color), map endpapers. Fine/near fine. Tight and immaculate first edition of the first appearance of this journal... More
New York: Barnes & Noble Books, [2003]. Hardcover. Compiled by Calvin D. Cowles. Introduction by Richard Sommers. Folio. Blue cloth with silver lettering, pictorial dust jacket. Unpaginated (ca. 400pp). Numerous illustrations, 821 color maps, map endpapers. Near fine/near fine. Reprint of the 1978 Arno Press edition, itself a reprint of... More
Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 1982. Hardcover. Oblong 12mo. Brown cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xv, 159pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Mild bit of jacket edgewear. Quite attractive, tight first edition. First account of this regiment, illustrated with outstanding period drawings based on William Ruggles'... More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, [1966]. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 269pp. Illustrations, line drawings. Very good/near fine. Handsome first edition of this chronicle which E.B. Long critiqued as "More valuable for a history of the Congressional Medal than for a chronicle of the 27th..... More
Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, [2011]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 417pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Fine/fine. A superb, pristine first edition of this volume in general editor Gary W. Gallagher's "Civil War America" series -- handsomely inscribed and signed by... More
London: Seeley Service & Co., [1956]. Hardcover. Foreword by Neil Methuen Ritchie. Small 4to. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering. 351pp. Color frontispiece, full-page color plates. Very good. Mild binding edgewear, mainly at head and tail of spine; ownership signature on front flyleaf and large color image of Scottish uniforms... More
New York: Julian Messner, [1956]. Hardcover. 8bo. Tal blue paper over boards with dark blue spine lettering. 284pp. Map endpapers. Very good. Faint binding edgewear; lacks jacket. A tight, nice first edition of this nautical fiction set during the Civil War -- with choice autograph addition: Tipped facing the title... More
New York: Scribner, [2002]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black and white paper over boards with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 299pp. Illustrations. Near fine/fine. Handsome first edition -- and signed large and bold by Neal in blue ballpoint on title page. Neal (1949-2004) was a journalist and historian best known... More
N.p. The Schauer Printing Studio, 1957. Hardcover. 4to. Russet cloth with brown loettering and decoration, presentation box with printed lid. 124pp, (2pp). Color frontispiece, line drawings, full-page color plates, pictorial endpapers. Fine/very good. Faint wear only to box, mainly to bottom underside. The "Grizzly Edition," with colophon limiting to 1015... More
New York: Viking Press, [1990]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 246pp. Fine/near fine. Handsome, tight first edition of this mystery in the popular series by the English barrister turned screenwriter and novelist (1923-2009). This unique copy bears seven fine and relevant autograph additions... More
New York: The Modern Library, n.y. Hardcover. 12mo. Green cloth with gilt lettering. xxxii, 604pp (3pp). Grey decorative endpapers. Very good. Mild edgewear. A tight and decent later printing (circa 1962) of #256, first published by ML in 1955. More
New York: Clarkson Potter, [2001]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Tan and beige paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xiv, 242pp. Color illustrations. Fine/fine. A pristine and tight first edition of this broad survey from Chicago's preeminent auctioneer. Press release laid in. More
New York: Benziger Brothers, 1900. Hardcover. Arranged by St. Jane Francis Fremiot de Chantal. 16mo. Black pebble-grain leatherette with gilt spine lettering. 202pp, (16pp ads). Very good. Faint abrasion near foot of spine, else tight and handsome, with spine gilt bright. A sharp first of this edition. "This copy belongs... More
Quebec: Librairie Garneau Limitee, n.y. Hardcover. 12mo. Full black pebble-grain limp leatherette with gilt spine lettering and blind-embossed rules. 329pp, (5pp). Frontispiece, decorative endpapers. Near fine. Head of spine a tad rough, else tight, bright and lovely. "Nouvelle Edition" of this primer. Small convent name/address inkstamp on copyright page and..... More
Slough, Buckinghamshire: The Mercury Press of Archer & Co., 1947. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Brown cloth with black spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 188pp. 5 full-page plates. Very good/very good. A handsome and tight first edition of this privately published memoir of an 88-year-old British gent penned by his daughter --... More
Paris: E. Plon et Cie, Imprimeurs-Editeurs, 1874-79. 6-volume set (out of 8?). Small 4to. Quarter calf with gilt spine lettering and rules and brown pebble-grain cloth. xxiii, 601pp; xiv, 549pp; xxx, 632pp; 688pp; 716pp; 722pp. Very good overall. Minor binding edgewear, with rear board of last two volumes starting and... More
Roehampton, U.K. Privately Printed, 1867. Hardcover. Small 4to. Quarter black calf with gilt spine lettering and black pebble-grain cloth. x, 130pp, pp. 211-307, 2pp, 110pp, 14pp; pp. 131-210. 2 engraved plates, 2 foldout plates. Very good to near fine. Tight, handsome first edition of this how-to manual for the enclosed... More
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, [1998]. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff pictorial wrappers. ix, 273pp. Illustrations. Fine. Handsome and tight first edition. More
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, [1987]. Hardcover. Cartography by Miklos Pinther. 4to. Glossy green decorative paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xv, 224pp. Numerous illustrations, color maps. Fine/very good. Jacket faintly edgeworn. Quite tight and most handsome first edition of this important study. Uncommon in such... More
Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, [1998]. Hardcover. Foreword by Studs Terkel. Small 4to. Black paper over boards with silver lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xiv, 458pp. Illustrations. Fine/fine. Superbly pristine and tight first edition of this hefty, broad anthology -- articles reprinted from the Chicago Historical Society's quarterly journal. More