America and the British Left from Bright to Bevan.
New York: New York University Press, 1957. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue paper over boards, dust jacket. x, 174pp. Near fine/near fine. First U.S. edition. More
New York: New York University Press, 1957. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue paper over boards, dust jacket. x, 174pp. Near fine/near fine. First U.S. edition. More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1950. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering. x, 462pp. Illustrations, tables, maps. Very good. Mild edgewear. A tight, decent first edition -- mild ex-library, with very few and mostly-removed markings and handsome bookplate of Northwestern University's Joseph Schaffner Library on front pastedown..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1942. Hardcover. 4to. Grey decorated cloth with pictorial label tipped to front board, dust jacket. xvi, 41pp, (187pp). Color frontispiece, numerous illustrations (some color). Very good/good plus. Jacket somewhat age toned, with edgewear. Tight, clean, attractive reprint edition of this classic. More
San Francisco: Institute for Contemporary Studies, [1988]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 430pp. Tables, charts. Fine/near fine. Superb, tight first edition of this study co-authored by Peterson (1926-2018), noted investment banker and Richard Nixon's Secretary of Commerce, who boldly inscribes and signs..... More
Philadelphia: Merrihew & Son, Printers, 1866-69. Paperback. 12mo. Stiff glossy marbled wrappers with modern black cloth tape spine. 27pp; 27pp; 16pp. Near fine. Tight, bright, attractive. This unusual society was founded in 1833, same year as the American Anti-Slavery Society, and did not disband until 1870 when both the 14th..... More
Helena: Scottish Rite Committee on Publications, [1972]. Paperback. Selected and arranged by Albert Beckman. 8vo. Stiff blue wrappers. viii, 162pp, (2pp). Near fine. A tight and attractive sixth edition of this gathering of excerpts (first published 1965) from the popular Freemason writer (1809-91). More
Columbus, OH: By the Author, 1904. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey cloth with brown lettering. 99pp. Near fine. Superb and tight first edition of this quite scarce "Who's Who" among cows -- 25 thumbnail biographies of beef cattle first published in the pages of "The Chicago Daily Drovers Journal" and here published..... More
Chicago: The Inter Ocean Publishing Company, 1878. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green blind-embossed pebble-grain cloth with gilt lettering. 169pp, (1p). Very good. Mild bit of edgewear; minor sporadic foxing to first few leaves. First edition, tight and nice, of this curious collection of trivia on virtually any subject, garnished from an..... More
N.p. N.p., 1921. Hardcover. 24mo. Full green leatherette with gilt lettering. 18pp, (72pp), pp. 19-35, (1p). Color maps. Fine. A superb, pristine copy of this promotional pocket diary for this Iowa lumber company. In addition to the central day-to-day calendar (with unwritten-in lined space for each day), it opens with..... More
Washington: Gales and Seaton, 1834. Paperback. Small 4to. Wrappers. 40pp. Very good. Mild wear, age toning and spotting. First edition. Front wrapper bears the large and bold ownership signature of Samuel McD. Moore -- the Virginia legislator who voted "Nay" on the Virginia Ordinance of Secession. Another in the voluminous..... More
Waukesha, WI: Country Beautiful Corporation, 1971. Hardcover. 4to. Brown cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 192pp. Numerous illustrations (some color). Near fine/good plus. Minor jacket edgewear and single large chip at head of jacket spine. First edition, tight and clean, of this well-rounded overiew. More
New York: Greenwich House, 1987. Hardcover. Edited by John Macrae III. 4to. Brown cloth with color pictorial label. 224pp. Color illustrations. Fine. Later printing. Stunning visual and prose portrait of scenic American landscapes. More
Louisville: St. Anthony Hospital, [1976]. Hardcover. Wide 8vo. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. (Ca. 150pp). Extensive illustrations. Near fine. Tight and nice first edition of this nostalgic photographic history. More
Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1965. Hardcover. 4to. Green imitation leather. 69pp. Maps, charts, tables. Fine. First edition of this interesting statistical study. More
[New York]: HarperCollins, [1996]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Burgundy cloth spine and burgundy paper over boards, dust jacket. xii, 283pp. Color illustrations. Fine/fine. A tight and handsome first edition, bearing Quayle's huge scrawled signature and date ("6-96") in black marker on the front flyleaf. More
[New York]: HarperCollins, [1996]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Burgundy cloth spine and burgundy paper over boards, dust jacket. xii, 283pp. Color illustrations. Fine/fine. Tight, superb first edition, bearing Quayle's quite large scrawled signature and "6-96" in black marker on the front flyleaf. More
San Francisco: Golden Gate National Park Association, 1991. Paperback. Edited by Lynn Cullivan. 8vo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. x, 164pp. Illustrations. Very good. Mild bit of edgewear. First edition -- tight, clean, nice -- of this fascinating memoir by a former Alcatraz inmate. Inside the front wrapper, the author nicely..... More
Boston: Wm. Crosby and H.P. Nichols, 1846. Paperback. Small 4to. Tan wrappers. 59pp. Good. Scarce first edition. Interesting and well-known dispute between the noted statesman/historian and a Revolutionary War historian against whom Bancroft had made insinuations -- academic bickering at its best. Josiah Quincy (1772-1864) was a Congressman, mayor of..... More
Minneapolis: Building America Company, 1936. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth. 320pp. Illustration, 2 color maps. Very good. First edition of this weird, idiosyncratic prescription on how to cure all of America's ailments and keep her on the straight and narrow. From the library of Frank O. Lowden (1861-1943), governor of..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1973. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth spine and red paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 211pp. Very good/very good. Tight, handsome first edition of this essay collection, bearing a handsome presentation inscription by the author on the half-title page "For Christopher, / who saw much the..... More
Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, [1974]. Hardcover. 8vo. Green pictorial paper over boards. xi, 104pp. Illustrations. Near fine. Tight and attractive first edition -- a volume in the outstanding "Kentucky Bicentennial Bookshelf" series. More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1967. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth. xiii, 326pp. Very good. Minor foxing to page edges; small ownership signature on front flyleaf. Tight, attractive first edition. More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1959. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Black cloth, dust jacket. 203pp. Very good/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. Second printing of this study by the noted Chicago steel industry leader (chairman of Inland Steel Company), handsomely inscribed and signed by him in blue fountain pen on the front..... More
N.p. N.p., n.y. Paperback. Narrow 8vo. Glazed wrappers. 14pp. Fine. Probable sole printing of this "Stenographic transcript of address before the Second General Session of the 81st Annual Convention of the American Bankers Association, Grand Ballroom, The Conrad Hilton, Chicago, Illinois, September 28, 1955" -- obviously not the full-length book..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976. Hardcover. 8vo. Tan cloth spine and brown paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 224pp. Decorations. Near fine/very good. First edition. Entertaining portrait of small-town citizens and their struggles to maintain traditional lifestyles. More