Suwannee River: Strange Green Land.; Illustrated by Alexander Key.
New York: The Literary Guild, n.y. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth. x, 296pp, (13pp). Illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Very good. Reprint, from "The Rivers of America" series. More
New York: The Literary Guild, n.y. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth. x, 296pp, (13pp). Illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Very good. Reprint, from "The Rivers of America" series. More
Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, [1963]. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glazed green wrappers. 60pp. Very good. Mild wear to wrappers. A tight, attractive and internally near fine later printing of this volume in series editor Charles Sellers' "Berkeley Series in American History." More
Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1867. Paperback. Small 4to. Wrappers. 36pp. Good plus. Minor chipping and soiling to outer wrappers. Number 1 of this society's "Fund-Publication" series. First edition. More
Garden city: Doubleday and Company, 1969. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth, dust jacket. viii, 323pp. Decorative endpapers. Near fine/very good. First edition -- tight, attractive. Presidential candidate's telling of the 1968 campaign. More
Columbia: University of Missouri Press, [1969]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green cloth with black spine lettering and pictorial stamping, pictorial dust jacket. xiv, 218pp. Fine/near fine. Lovely, tight first edition of this scholarly study and bearing interesting, unusual autograpgh addition: Tipped to front flyleaf is a 5" X 3" slip signed..... More
Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1980. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown cloth with silver lettering. xiii, 217pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Fine. Tight, pristine first edition of this useful guide to which Congresspersons' paper are held in the Manuscript Division at the Library of Congress and of what they consist. More
New York: Ivison & Phinney, 1856. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Original brown blind-embossed cloth. viii, 323pp. Frontispiece. Good plus. Binding edgeworn, with rear outer hinged cracked but still strong; lacks rear buff-colored flyleaf. Tight, decent third edition of this primer on debating. The same O.A. Boyd who pencils his ownership signature..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. Hardcover. Small 4to. White cloth spine and blue paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. x, 285pp. Map (two-sided). Fine/very good. First edition. Poignant, sometimes humorous portrait of life in modern Alaska. Uncommon. More
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1993. Hardcover. 8vo. Tan cloth spine and tan paper over boards, dust jacket. 320pp. Near fine/near fine. First edition, tight and handsome. More
Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1961. Hardcover. 8vo. Burgundy cloth. vi, 191pp. Very good. First edition, tight and nice, of the fourth volume in the "Foundation for Foreign Affairs Series," inscribed boldly in blue ballpoint by the author on the front flyleaf: "To Miss Herbolt / With warm best / wishes..... More
New York: William H. Graham, 1847. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff tan wrappers. 28pp. Good only. Wrappers dampstained and edge-chipped in areas; some dampstaining evident throughout; but overall tight and decent. First edition. Rather uncommon. Not in Howes. SABIN 43405. More
San Francisco: Whitaker & Ray-Wiggin Co., 1912. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff tan wrappers. 40pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Minor soiling of wrappers. Tight, attractive first edition. More
Philadelphia: Henry Altemus, 1896. Hardcover. 12mo. Grey paper over boards with silver gilt cattail stalks and lettering. 53pp. Frontispiece. Good. Covers slightly soiled. First edition. More
New York: Harper & Row, [1979]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Chandis Ingenthron and author. Square 8vo. Black paper over boards with silver spine lettering, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 191pp. Frontispiece, numerous illustrations and line drawings. Near fine/near fine. Faint circular blind-embossed ownership imprint on front flyleaf. A superb, tight first edition..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1975. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown cloth, price-clipped dust jacket. xxiii, 419pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. First edition, signed by co-author (and Rosenberg son) Robert Meeropol. More
New York: Hastings House, [1963]. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 120pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket wear; book0plate and ownship initials on front flyleaf. First edition -- tight, clean, attractive -- of this slim overview. More
Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 1971. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xi, 360pp. Illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Wonderfully tight and bright first edition of this in-depth study, nicely inscribed and signed by him in black ballpoint on front flyleaf: "Sept. 1971 /..... More
New York: The Dial Press, 1974. Hardcover. Small 4to. Yellow cloth with black spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xiv, 206pp. Extensive illustrations. Very good/very good. Bit of jacket edgewear; small red remainder dot on top and bottom page edges. Tight, nice first edition. More
Dedham: The Gazette Office, 1814. Paperback. 8vo. Self-covers. 70pp, 23pp. Very good. Minor occasional age toning; binding traces at spine. Interesting collection of reports on disputed election results. Inscribed on the title page to "Samuel Howe Esqr / From his friend & brother, / T. Metcalf." Metcalf (1784-1875) was a...... More
New York: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1989. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black and green paper over boards, dust jacket. x, 309pp. Very good/near fine. First edition. More
New York: Rinehart & Company, 1948. Hardcover. Illustrations by William Wellons. 8vo. Grey cloth, pictorial dust jacket. xiv, 418pp. Line drawings. Good plus/very good. Mild jacket edgewear and rubbing, with spine rather sunned and abrasion near foot; mild ex-library copy, with very few and mostly-removed markings; front flyleaf a discreet..... More
Washington, DC: Seven Locks Press, 1986. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth, pictorial dust jacket. viii, 144pp. Illustrations. Fine/fine. First edition. More
New York: Oceana Publications, 1959. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff wrappers, dust jacket. ix, 123pp. Near fine/very good. Advance review copy, softbound but in dust jacket, with a review slip and press release laid in. The former chairman of the Democratic party "shows the average citizen how to have his say in..... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1947. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff color pictorial wrappers. 150pp. Illustrations. Very good. 1948 ownership signature on half-title page (which notes this was purchased aboard the Freedom Train in Chicago in July 1948). A tight and lovely first edition of this text "presenting and explaining the documents..... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1948. Hardcover. Small 4to. Grey cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 150pp. Numerous illustrations. Near fine/good plus. Some jacket edgewear and several small edge chips, with jacket spine slightly faded and large chip at tail of jacket spine. A tight, attractive second printing of this text "presenting and..... More