Remaking America: New Uses, Old Places.
New York: Crown Publishers, 1986. Hardcover. Square small 4to. Burgundy cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 204pp. Numerous illustrations (many color). Fine/near fine. Handsome first edition. More
New York: Crown Publishers, 1986. Hardcover. Square small 4to. Burgundy cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 204pp. Numerous illustrations (many color). Fine/near fine. Handsome first edition. More
Philadelphia: George H. Buchanan and Company, 1896. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff green wrappers. 27pp. Very good. Minor soiling. First edition. Across the top of the front cover Dickson inscribes this copy to Samuel W. Pennypacker (1843-1916), the historian and Pennsylvania governor. Interesting criticism of an attitude, prevalent in certain British publications..... More
New York: Philosophical Library, 1975. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth, dust jacket. 217pp. Fine/very good. First edition. More
New York: Viking Press, [2007]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black and red paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xii,237pp. Near fine/near fine. Tight, superb first edition of this commentary from the noted journalist. More
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1973. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth, dust jacket. ix, 182pp. Fine/near fine. First edition. More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1953. Hardcover. 8vo. Green and black cloth, dust jacket. ix, 114pp. Near fine/good plus. Basically sound, decent jacket marred by abrasions on lower half of front panel. A tight, decent second printing of this examination by the noted Illinois senator -- having a fine senatorial connection..... More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1953. Hardcover. 8vo. Mustard and black cloth with black spine lettering. ix, 114pp. Near fine. Lacks dust jacket. An attractive, tight first edition of this 1951 Harvard University Godkin Lecture, a compilation of three talks by the noted politician. This lovely copy bears a fine senatorial..... More
Baltimore: Murphy & Co., [1859]. Paperback. 8vo. Self-cover. 23pp. Very good. Binding traces at left edge, else quite tight and attractive, bright and lacking edge tears. First edition. Lovely copy of this 1860 presidential election pro-Stephen A. Douglas piece, which supports his views and argues that both northern and southern..... More
Knoxville, TN: The University of Tennessee Press, [1985]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green cloth, pictorial dust jacket. xvii, 330pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Fine/fine. A superb, pristine first edition. More
New York: Henry Schuman, [1948]. Hardcover. Edited by Emmet Field Hobine. 8vo. Tan cloth with burgundy spine lettering. xxix, 257pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Near fine. Tight, quite attractive reprint edition of this important 1870 account. NEW HOWES D 478 note. More
Birmingham, AL: The Classics of Medicine Library, [1990]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Full grey pigskin with decorative gilt, compartments, gilt spine. xix, 985pp. Sewn-in grey silk page marker. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Fine. Handsome and tight facsimile reprint of the second volume or "Second Series" (Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo & Co...... More
New York: Harper & Row, 1967. Hardcover. Illustrations by John Chase. 8vo. Blue cloth, pictorial dust jacket. x, 307pp. Line drawings. Very good/very good. Minor jacket edgewear. Tight and attractive first edition of this volume in Carl Carmer's noted "Regions of America series, signed boldly by Dufour in blue ballpoint..... More
Iowa City: The University of Iowa Libraries, 1976. Hardcover. Blue cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. xvii, 107pp. Fine. Pristine first edition of these conference essays presented by leading scholars in the field. More
Iowa City: The University of Iowa Libraries, 1976. Hardcover. Blue cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. xvii, 107pp. Fine. Pristine first edition, limited to 1000 copies, of these conference essays presented by leading scholars in the field. More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1903. Hardcover. Two volumes. 8vo. Green cloth. xx, 388pp; xxiii, (434pp), (3pp ads). Frontispieces, illustrations, decorated endpapers. Good plus. First edition. HOWES E5. More
Durham, NC: Duke Univerity Press, 1968. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth, dust jacket. ix, 310pp. Near fine/very good. Minor jacket wear. Tight, handsome first edition. More
Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1968. Hardcover. Edited by Albert D. Kirwan. 8vo. Green cloth. xvii, 307pp. Near fine. First edition, tight and very attractive. More
Greenville, SC: Greenville County Events -- S.C. Tricentennial, 1970. Hardcover. 8vo. Yellow cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 98pp, (6pp). Frontispiece, map, illustrations. Very good/near fine. Abrasion on front flyleaf. Second printing, tight and handsome. More
Indianapolis: Ye Olde Genealogie Shoppe, 1986. Hardcover. 4to. Black buckram with gilt lettering. v, 463pp. Illustrations, maps. Near fine. A tight, attractive first edition of this family genealogy, tracing in exhaustive detail the lineage of Michael, John and Cjhristian Schwartz from 18th century Germany on up through 20th century Indiana..... More
New York: Coward-McCann, 1966. Hardcover. Illustrations by Jeanyee Wong. 8vo. Blue cloth, dust jacket. 640pp. Line drawings. Very good/very good. Tight, attractive first edition -- a mild ex-library copy, with very few and mostly-removed markings. More
Lexington: The Southern Historical Association, 1955. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff grey wrappers. 142pp. Very good. Mildest bit of faint edgewear, else near fine. Tight, handsome copy of this noted quarterly, this issue featuring Francis B. Simkins' "Tolerating the South's Past," John S. Pancake's "The 'Invisibles': A Chapter in the Opposition..... More
Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1986. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 239pp. Numerous illustrations. Near fine/very good. First edition, tight and attractive, of this history of the carpentry profession in this state from the 18th century to the 20th. More
New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., 1977. Hardcover. Illustrations by Earl Thollander. Small 4to. Tan cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 301pp. Illustrations, map, drawings. Very good/very good. Marvelous chronicle of four families' trek, over the course of many decades, from Massachusetts to Washington. Like most delightful books, this charmer is difficult..... More
New York: The Free Press, 1989. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth spine and blue paper over boards, dust jacket. xii, 386pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Non-authorial gift inscription on front flyleaf. Book club edition. More
Charlestown: William W. Wheildon, 1835. Paperback. 8vo. Pale pink wrappers. 66pp. Mildly edgeworn, with occasional foxing; ownership signature on front wrapper. A tight, decent first edition of this typically long-winded speech celebrating the 60th anniversary of the 1775 battle by the Massachusetts politician and orator who had just completed ten..... More