Stuttgart, Germany: Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft, n.y. Hardcover. 8vo. Beige cloth spine with black lettering and tan color pictorial paper over boards. vi, 291pp, (1p ad). Color frontispiece, 3 full-page color plates, extensive (441) line drawings. Very good. Faint binding wear only, else quite tight and internally fine. Handsome 24th printing..... More
Chicago: Another Chicago Press, [1991]. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. 174pp, (2pp). Fine. Superb, tight first softbound edition of this verse collection -- and handsomely signed by him in blue fineline on title page. Dana (1929-2010) was a noted Iowa poet, academic and state poet laureate. From the collection..... More
Chicago: Another Chicago Press, [1994]. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. 69pp, (2pp). Near fine. Handsome first softbound edition of this verse collection -- and boldly inscribed by him in black fineline in his calligraphic hand on half-title page ("For Bill -- / & Best Wishes -- / 5.10.02 /..... More
Boston: Beacon Press, [2005]. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff pictorial wrappers. 70pp, (2pp). Fine. Tight and handsome fourth softbound edition of these essays on art, poetry and other meditative matters by the National Book Award-winning poet (born 1953), boldly inscribed and signed by him in black fineline on title page: "Mark Doty..... More
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, [2005]. Paperback. Small 8vo. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. 76pp, (1p ad). Fine. Pristine, tight second softbound printing of the sixth verse gathering by the National Book Award-winning poet (born 1953), boldly inscribed and signed by him in black fineline on title page: "Mark Doty / --..... More
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, [2005]. Paperback. Small 8vo. Stiff pictorial wrappers. 108pp, (1p ad). Fine. Bright and tight first softbound edition of the seventh verse gathering from the National Book Award-winning poet (born 1953), boldly inscribed and signed by him in black fineline on title page: "Mark Doty / for..... More
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, [1995]. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. vii, 103pp. Fine. Pristine later (5th) printing of this verse gathering from the National Book Award-winning poet (born 1953), boldly inscribed and signed by him in black fineline on title page: "Mark Doty / -- for Bill --..... More
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, [1967]. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff beige pictorial glossy wrappers. 63pp. Fine. Pristine first softbound edition of the poet's slim fourth verse collection -- and handsomely signed by him in blue ballpoint on title page. Dana (1929-2010) was a noted Iowa poet, academic and state poet..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, [1996]. Paperback. Small 8vo. Stiff pictorial wrappers. xxii, 366pp. Near fine. Faintest wear to outer wrappers (only), else tight and internally fine. Tight, quite nice third softbound printing of this large verse gathering by the late prolific American poet (1926-2005). He boldly inscribes and signs..... More
New York: The Noonday Press, [1996]. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. x, 308pp, (2pp). Near fine. Wonderfully bright and tight first softbound edition of this verse poetry by the noted poet/critic/essayist (born 1940) -- with his huge signature in black fineline on half-title page, which he dates "5-1-91."..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, [1990]. Hardcover. 4to. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xix, 425pp. Numerous illustrations (some color), color maps, pictorial endpapers. Fine/fine. Pristine, tight and bright sixth printing of this exhaustively illustrated narrative of the war, organized chronologically. Best of all, the front flyleaf..... More
New York: The Fairfax Press, [1977]. Hardcover. 4to. Quarter blue cloth with gilt spine lettering and grey paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 512pp. Extensive illustrations (some color). Fine/near fine. Quite attractive and tight facsimile reprint of the popular 1912 pictorial overview, critiqued by a lukewarm E.B. Long: "With a...... More
New York: Bonanza Books, n.y. Hardcover. 4to. Grey/pale blue cloth with blue spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 342pp. Extensive illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Bright and tight reprint edition of this survey first published in 1958, largely "Leslie's" and "Harper's" image collections. Nice copy of this standard fare. NEVINS II, 5..... More
Huntington, WV: Blue Acorn Press, [1996]. Hardcover. 4to. Dark blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 483pp. Extensive illustrations. Fine/fine. A handsome and tight first edition of this thick reference. As the jacket front panel states, "450 Union and Confederate soldiers narrate the stirring events of 1863's Tullahoma..... More
New York: Castle Books, n.y. Hardcover. Small 4to. Grey paper over boards with black spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 358pp. Frontispiece, numerous illustrations, decorative page borders. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. A tight and nice reprint of the tenth and final volume of the 1957 Yoseloff edition -- itself..... More
New York: Crown Publishers, [1992]. Hardcover. New York: Crown Publishers, 1992. Small 4to. Quarter tan cloth with gilt spine lettering and blue paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. x, 464pp. Frontispiece, maps, illustrations. Near fine/fine. Handsome, tight reprint edition. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. Hardcover. Small 4to. Quarter burgundy cloth with gilt spine lettering and burgundy paper over boards, dust jacket. xix, 249pp. Extensive illustrations (most color), pictorial endpapers. Near fine/fine. Handsome and tight first edition of this PBS companion volume, with "Watch for the PBS Television Series"..... More
New York: Essential Classics of the Civil War Book-of-the-Month Club, [1994]. Hardcover. Edited by C. Vann Woodward. Small 4to. Quarter brown cloth with gilt spine lettering and cream paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. lviii, 886pp. Illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Near fine/near fine. Just a book club edition of the 1981..... More
Secaucus, NJ: Blue and Grey Press, [1985]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Grey buckram spine with black lettering and grey paper over boards, dust jacket. 358pp. Maps. Near fine/very good. Quite mild jacket wear. A tight and attractive first of this facsimile reprint of the 1880 first edition of the Confederate general's..... More
New York: The Modern Library, [1999]. Hardcover. Introduction by Geoffrey Perret. Small 4to. Black paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xiii, 702pp. Illustrations, maps. Near fine/near fine. Modern reprint of one of the greatest presidential memoirs ever (first published in 1885), though it only goes up..... More
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, [2000]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Quarter green cloth with gilt spine lettering and yellow paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xxviii, 612pp. Maps. Fine/fine. Just a book club edition, but remarkably pristine, tight and handsome. Front jacket flap describes this as a "major new interpretation of the..... More
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, [1994]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Quarter green cloth with gilt spine lettering and yellow paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xvii, 512pp. Illustrations, numerous maps. Fine/fine. Just a book club edition of this exhaustive account of the memorable battle that marked the first meeting of..... More
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, [1980]. Hardcover. Translation by Jack Sweetman. Small 4to. Blue cloth with white spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xiii, 290pp. Illustrations, maps, map endpapers. Fine/fine. Superbly tight and bright later (6th) printing of this firsthand account of the notorious German battleship -- he was its senior survivor..... More
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, [1988]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 272pp. Near fine/fine. Admiral Chester Nimitz writes the forward to this memoir, first published 1964, about (to quote front jacket flap) "the heroism of U.S. naval forces in the Pacific during World..... More
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, [1997]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xv, 242pp. Illustrations, maps. Fine/fine. A wonderfully perfect, pristine first edition of this World War Two study. More