America's Historic Inns & Taverns.
New York: Arco Publishing Company, 1972. Hardcover. Small 4to. Tan cloth. ix, 182pp. Numerous illustrations. Near fine. First edition, tight and nice. More
New York: Arco Publishing Company, 1972. Hardcover. Small 4to. Tan cloth. ix, 182pp. Numerous illustrations. Near fine. First edition, tight and nice. More
[Chicago]: The Chicago Tribune, June 1940. Paperback. 16mo. pictorial wrappers. 15pp. Very good. First separate printing of this brief essay. Inside blank front wrapper bears an original (so identified) poem celebrating Hale ("Nathan Hale 'the spy' a True American") inked in by an admirer, Margaret Brandner, dated 1947 July 21..... More
New York: The Modern Library, n.y. Hardcover. Introduction by Edward Mead Earle. 12mo. Green cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. xlv, 622pp, (2pp ads). Grey decorative endpapers. Near fine/very good. Faintest of mild jacket edgewear; small front pastedown ownership signature. Tight and attractive later printing of #139 --..... More
New York: Viking, 1999. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. xvi, 526pp. Map. Near fine. Advance uncorrected proofs, with a promotional letter from the publisher laid in. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1979. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth spine and grey paper over boards, dust jacket. xiv, 295pp. Map frontispiece, illustrations. Near fine/near fine. A tight and handsome first edition. More
New York: The Macmillan Company, [1971]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xvi, 509pp. Illustrations, maps. Near fine/near fine. Wonderfully tight, attractive first edition of this volume in the esteemed "Macmillan Wars of the United States" series. More
New York, NY: Bantam Books, 1955. Paperback. 12mo. Pictorial wrappers. 276pp. Very good. Inscribed by Horan. First paperback edition of this historical novel set during the American Revolution. Inscribed boldly by the author to noted Civil War scholar Arnold Gates inside the front cover ("For Arnold / with best /..... More
Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1983. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. x, 38pp. Illustrations. Fine. First edition of this indispensable bibliographical guide to writings about the French soldier and statesman (1757-1834). More
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1968. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black and green cloth, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. xiii, 241pp. Illustrations, map endpapers. Very good/very good. Jacket slightly soiled. A tight, nice first edition of "The saga of Thundergate, site of twelve forts, centuries of adventure, and a score of battles crucial..... More
Brattleboro, VT: The Stephen Greene Press, 1976. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth, dust jacket. viii, 262pp. Illustrations, map endpapers. Very good/very good. Mild edgewear. A tight, quite attractive first edition. More
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1912. Hardcover. Small 4to. Burgundy cloth with gilt spine lettering. 186pp. Very good. Minor binding edgewear only, else tight and internally near fine. Attractive first edition of this still-useful reference. More
Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1932. Hardcover. Small 4to. Quarter calf with gilt spine lettering and tan cloth. x, 336pp. Top edge gilt. Near fine. Very faintest of binding wear only. Superp first edition, tight and lovely, of this important transcript (in English) of 120 years' worth of..... More
New York: James G. Gregory, 1861. Paperback. 8vo. Wrappers. 50pp. Very good. Outer wrappers a bit age toned and slightly soiled, with a blind-embossed institutional stamp at upper right of front wrapper. The grandson of Revolutionary patriot and Continental Congress president John Jay uses the occasion of this patriotic speech..... More
New York: Minton, Balch & Company, 1929. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth with paper spine label and pictorial paper cover label. 278pp. Frontispiece, 7 plates. Very good. Bookplate on front pastedown notes this volume came from the estate of Frank O. Lowden (1861-1943), Illinois governor; Lowden has pencilled an acquisition number..... More
N.p. Eastern National Park and Monument Association, 1958. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. 206pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, maps. Near fine. Bit of offsetting to front endpaper from long-ago newsprint contact. A tight and handsome first of this facsimile reprint of the true 1881 first edition (New York: Harper..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth spine with gilt lettering and red paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 477pp. Illustrations (some color). Fine/fine. An outstanding, pristiner than pristine first edition of this thick study, handsomely inscribed and signed by the preeminent historian of Native..... More
Harrisburg: Stackpole Books, [1960]. Hardcover. 4to. Brown cloth with black lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 374pp. Numerous illustrations. Near fine/very good. Jacket slightly edgeworn and a bit rubbed, with couple tiny edge chips. A tight and quite nice first edition of this well-regarded and well-illustrated study, featuring biographies of gunsmiths and..... More
New York: Bonanza Books, [1960]. Hardcover. 4to. Brown cloth with black lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 374pp. Numerous illustrations. Near fine/very good. Jacket mildly edgeworn and faintly rubbed, with a few miniscule edge chips. Lovely, tight reprint edition of a highly-regarded, well-illustrated study, with biographies of gunsmiths and other useful reference..... More
New York: Burt Franklin, [1970]. Hardcover. 8vo. Burgundy cloth with gilt spine lettering. xii, 199pp. Illustrations. Fine. Perfect, pristine facsimile reprint of this 1909 study -- volume 638 in their "Research & Source Works Series." More
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, [1986]. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. xiv, 304pp. Illustrations. Near fine. Later (6th) printing, tight and bright and exceptionally immaculate. More
New York: F.W. Dodge Corporation, 1935. Hardcover. 4to. Light blue cloth with brown lettering. Pp. 356-458. Extensive illustrations, floor plans, line drawings. Near fine. Tight and handsome first separate printing of these 100 pages excerpted from the December 1935 issue of "The Architectural Record," consisting of Kimball in the title..... More
Washington, DC: The Associated Publishers, 1941. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. xii, 180pp. Very good. A tight and decent first edition of this influential study. Mild, inoffensive ex-library, with very few and discreet markings. More
Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1987. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. 44pp. Illustrations. Near fine. A bright and tight first edition of this useful, highly-focused study featuring 143 entries -- indispensable for serious research in this field. More