Washington, DC: Union Republican Congressional Committee, n.y. Paperback. Small 4to. Self-cover. 8pp. Very good. Age toning and spotting along bottom ½" only. Fascinating 1868Republican document in which Treasury Department tables are culled to prove the anonymous author's thesis of a "Great Democratic Rebellion" in which it's maintained that "the rebellion..... More

New York: The Washington Life Insurance Company, 1884. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff green pictorial wrappers. (Ca. 50pp). Illustrations. Very good. Minor edgewear; triangular chip from upper corner of first four leaves. Tight, attractive copy of this annual, with an insect theme (illustrations and essays) strewn amongst the usual almanac calendars. More

Chicago: A.C. Becken Co., 1936. Hardcover. 4to. Grey cloth with blue and burgundy lettering and blue, gilt and burgundy decorations. 780pp. Extensive illustrations (some color and some partly color). Very good overall. Binding typically a bit edgeworn and age toned, but sound; text block mostly near fine; front flyleaf seemingly..... More

Westport, CT: Praeger, [1996]. Hardcover. Foreword by Warren B. Rudman. Small 4to. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering, dust jacket. xiv, 189pp. Fine/fine. Superb, tight first edition, inscribed and signed large and bold by the author in blue fineline on front flyleaf: "To Bob Malott / With admiration and /..... More

Midvale, UT: Eden Hill Publishing, 1984. Hardcover. Small 4to. Leatherette spine and brown pictorial buckram, mylar cover. ix, 252pp. Color frontispiece, illustrations. Fine. First edition of this centennial history. More

Scottsdale, AZ: AmeriPress, 2001. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth, pictorial dust jacket. x, 370pp. Fine/fine. Second printing of this economist's inspirational celebration of the free market economy, boldly signed by him on the half-title page and dated September "Best Is Yet to Come" bookmark laid in. More

New York: Carleton, 1865. Hardcover. 12mo. Original blind-embossed dark green cloth, gilt. 351pp, (8pp ads). Good plus. Mild edgewear, with chipping at head of spine and bit of discoloration to lower 1½" of cloth all around -- but tight hinged, clean and decent. First edition of the third volume of..... More

New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc., 1957. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xiii, 815pp. Illustrations, decorative endpapers. Very good/very good. Faintest of binding edgewear, with front board gilt rubbed (though spine gilt bright); jacket slightly edgeworn. A tight and handsome early printing of this hefty..... More

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1962. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, dust jacket. 332pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Near fine/very good. Faint jacket edgewear. Tight and attractive first edition of this biography of IBM's first president. More

Rocklin, CA: Prima Publishing & Communications, 1989. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth spine and black paper over boards, dust jacket. 194pp, (2pp ads). Fine/near fine. Later (6th) printing of this popular how-to, "revised, updated and expanded." Bermont (d. 2005) was a highly successful consultant in the book publishing industry, though..... More

Washington, DC: American Historical Association, 1963. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff blue wrappers. 28pp. Near fine. Second printing of publication number 48 of the Service Center for Teachers of History. More

New York: John Wiley & Sons, [1994]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Burgundy paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xx, 184pp. Near fine/near fine. Superb and tight first edition, boldly inscribed and signed in black fineline by this Princeton University and Andrew W. Mellon Foundation president (1933-2016) --..... More

New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., [1974]. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 231pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. First edition of this unauthorized biography of "Playboy" founder Hugh Hefner. More