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
Boston: Geo. C. Rand & Avery, 1860. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff green printed glazed wrappers. 76pp. Very good. Outer wrapper a bit chipped at the foot of the spine, else a remarkably clean, tight, handsome copy -- about as good as it gets. First edition. SABIN 23271 note. More
N.p. Jessamine County Historical and Genealogical Society, 1993. Hardcover. 4to. Full brown leatherette with pictorial gilt and gilt lettering. 220pp. Extensive illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Near fine. First edition -- tight, handsome -- of this central Kentucky county history; rather homespun, but a useful adjunct to Bennett Henderson Young's 1898 "A..... More
Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, [1999]. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. 128pp. Extensive illustrations. Fine. Tight and pristine first edition of this volume in "The Postcard History Series." More
New York: Harper & Row, 1970. Hardcover. Black cloth, dust jacket. xxi, 329pp. Near fine/near fine. Small remainder dot on top page edges. First edition, tight and bright. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1966. Hardcover. 8vo. Tan and purple decorated cloth, dust jacket. xii, 368pp. Line drawings, map. Very good/very good. First edition. Account of the Eskimos of the northwest coast of Alaska, inscribed on the front flyleaf "To Fran -- / an Arctic nurse to / whom..... More
Chicago: Quadrangle Books, 1970. Square 4to. 179pp. Numerous illustrations. Very good. Early (not first) printing of this photographic tribute. More
New York: Crown Forum, [2006]. Hardcover. Forewords by Newt Gingrich and Edwin Meese III. Small 4to. Red and blue paper over boards with silver spine lettering, dust jacket. xvii, 231pp. Fine/fine. A pristine, tight second printing of this political commentary by the noted think tank president, boldly inscribed and signed..... More
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, [1976]. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth with black spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xiii, 476pp. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear, with couple small edge chips. A tight, attractive first edition of No. 20 in the "Contributions in American Studies" series. Publisher's promotional leaflet laid in. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, [1956]. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. ix, 522pp. Maps, map endpapers. Very good. Spine heavily sunned. Tight and decent first edition of this commentary on the contemporary worldwide political situation by the National Book Award-winning American journalist (1896-1970). Personal copy of Illinois..... More
Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1973. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue buckram, dust jacket. 288pp. Line drawings. Very good/very good. Minor jacket edgewear. First edition. Interesting look at the stories behind the names of 100 (2 from each State) U.S. town and cities. More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. Hardcover. 4to. Black cloth spine with gilt lettering and cream paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. vii, 472pp. Numerous illustrations. Fine/fine. Superb, tight first edition of this massive overview. More
Chicago: Acme Packing Company, December 1919. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff pictorial wrappers. 14pp. Very good. Outer wrappers slightly edgeworn and a tad soiled, but overall a tight, nice issue of this trade industry publication "Published Monthly in the Interest of the Wholesale Grocer." Accompanied by an Autograph Letter Signed from Forrest..... More
N.p. University of Central Arkansas Press, [1986]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Cream cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 321pp, (4pp). Illustrations, maps. Fine/near fine. A tight and handsome first edition of this well-illustrated survey of early Arkansas history. More
New York: Routledge, [1999]. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. 144pp. Numerous color maps and illustrations. Fine. Tight, handsome first softbound edition of this volume in series editor Mark C. Carnes' "Routledge Atlases of American History" series. More
N.p. N.p., [1895]. Paperback. 24mo. 2Stiff red printed wrappers. 4pp. Very good. Quite minor edgewear only; text block lightly age toned. Rare survivor of this delicate production in exceptionally tight and nice condition. Bibliographically cryptic, though likely the sole printing and likely produced locally in this important early Illinois town..... More