Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1853. New Edition, "with additions and corrections by the former editor." Two volumes; octavos; publisher's purple blind-ruled cloth, gilt-lettered spines, brown glazed endpapers; xviii,[2],514; 504pp.; engraved portrait frontispiece at head of Vol. I, Vol. II extra-illustrated with two mounted mid-20th century plates. Spines uniformly sunned..... More
Boston: Printed for the Author. Press of Rockwell & Churchill, 1880. Second Edition. Octavo. 261 pp. + 2 pp. advertisements. Black and white illustrations, complete. Black leather boards lettered in gilt. Chips to spine ends, wear along edges, and spotting to rear. Binding is sound. Smudging to endpapers..... More
Cincinnati: Rickey & Caroll, 1864. Second Edition. Octavo; 504pp +10 ads. Seven illustrations including frontis, all present. Publisher's blindstamped brown cloth with gilt lettering and illustration to spine. Advert endpapers. Boards rubbed with some exposure along edges, spine chipped at head and tail with cracks to cloth starting along joints..... More
Coal Center, PA: John W. Elwood, 1914. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's green gilt-lettered cloth; xvi,[17],326pp.; portrait frontispiece of Abraham Lincoln, illus. throughout, many full-paged. Cloth rather rubbed at extremities, corners bumped, gilt starting to flake, dark soil spots along textblock margins slightly bleeding into interior, else a Good to Very..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1879. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's plum cloth, gilt-lettered spine, brown glazed endpapers; 274,[6](ads)pp. Cloth rather scuffed and soiled along extremities, spine faded, contemporary ownership signature at head of title page, else a Good to Very Good copy, internally clean and sound. Civil War..... More
Washington, D.C.: Henry L. Johnson and Luther T. Townsend / Norman T. Elliott, Printer and Publisher, 1897. First Edition. Large octavo (23cm.); publisher's maroon blind-embossed cloth, gilt-lettered spine, floral endpapers; 574pp.; frontispiece, illus. throughout, including photographic reproductions and full-paged drawings. Light shelf wear, corners bumped, textblock rather shaken in binding..... More
Columbia, SC: Palmetto Historical Works, 2000. Second Printing. Octavo; publisher's cloth in red photo-illustrated dust jacket; xx,[2],250pp.; illus. throughout. Jacket spine just a hint sunned, else a Fine copy. Inscribed and signed by the author on title page. More
New York: Fordham University Press, 2003. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's boards in glossy green pictorial dust jacket; xv,[3],228pp. Light shelf wear, corners bumped, else Very Good or better. More
Brattleboro': William Fessenden, 1805. First American Edition. 12mo; full contemporary calf, gilt-ruled spine; iv,[5]-352pp. Light scuffing to leather extremities, lacking spine label and endpapers, dark dampstaining to margins of first twenty and final ten leaves, 20th century ownership rubberstamp to front pastedown; nevertheless, a Very Good, still quite attractive and..... More
Philadelphia: B. & T. Kite, and S. Pike, 1811. Later Edition. Two volumes; octavo; full contemporary calf, brown gilt-lettered spine labels; xxiv,[25]-578; [2],603,[33]pp. Leather a bit scuffed at extremities and corners softened, Vol. I lacking front free endpapers, fairly ubiquitous later pencil marginalia throughout, occasional soil to textblocks, else a...... More
[Philadelphia]: Headquarters Grand Army of the Republic [Town Printing Company], 1917. Slim 12mo (16.5cm.); publisher's brown gilt-lettered cloth, contemporary paper label accomplished in manuscript mounted to upper cover; 71pp. Minor wear to cloth extremities, old brief paper reinforcement to top margin of pp. [39]/40, textblock uniformly toned, else Very Good..... More
Cincinnati, OH: Phonographic Institute, 1883. First Edition. Octavo. 231 pp. + 2 pp. publisher's advertisements. Brown cloth with spine lettered in gilt; brown endpapers. Boards rather worn with brief short splits to spine ends, brief exposure to corners, general scuffing, and a scrape to front. Cracked at hinges but..... More
Dayton, OH: United Brethren Publishing House, 1911. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's green decorative cloth embossed in gilt; 230pp.; photographic portrait frontispiece, eight leaves of plates. Corners a bit bumped, spine cocked and lettering entirely effaced, textblock rather shaken in binding, contemporary gift inscription to front free endpaper, else a Good..... More
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1851. New and Improved Edition. Two volumes; octavos; publisher's green blind-embossed cloth, gilt-lettered spines; viii,463; [4],495pp.; engraved portrait frontispiece at head of Vol. I. Cloth a bit rubbed at extremities, brief splitting at top half inch of Vol. I upper spine edge, dampstain to bottom gutter..... More
Philadelphia: John E. Potter and Company, [1885]. Reprint. Octavo. 251 pp. + 4 pp. publisher's advertisements. Map. Publisher's brick cloth decorated in black and gilt. Brown endpapers, though front free endpaper lacking. Boards edgeworn, scuffed, and smudged with some minor ripples and runs to cloth on back board..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1854. First Edition. Octavo. 312 pp. Nine black and white plates including frontis, complete. Blind-stamped publisher's cloth with gilt decoration to spine. Boards split with fraying along joints and loss to crown, brief exposure to corners, fading along edges, lacking front free endpaper. Binding..... More
Boston: Carter and Hendee, 1832. Reprint. 12mo; contemporary calf over marbled boards, gilt-tooled spine; 405,[1]pp.; engraved frontispiece (tissue guard). Leather rather scuffed, especially at corners, marbled paper toned at extremities, front free endpaper separated but present, contemporary armorial ex libris to front pastedown of a G. Washington Warren, along with..... More
Hudson, N.Y.: Ashbel Stoddard, 1817. First Edition. 12mo; full contemporary calf, gilt-lettered spine label; 264pp. Some scuffing to leather extremities and a few surface scars to both boards, spine label starting to separate, textblock uniformly toned, 20th century ownership rubberstamp to front pastedown, else Very Good, internally sound. Refutation..... More
Middletown, Edwin Hunt, 1843. First Edition. 18mo; full contemporary calf, black gilt-lettered spine label; x,[11]-351pp. Light scuffing to leather extremities, textblock a bit foxed and early leaves dampstained along gutter edge, 20th century ownership rubberstamp to front pastedown, else Very Good and sound overall. SABIN 52621. More
Princeton, MA: Co-Operative Publishing Co., 1876. "Thirtieth Thousand." Octavo; publisher's pink wrappers printed within decorative border; 23,[1](ads)pp. Light wear and dust-soil to wrappers, dampstaining affecting margins of first four leaves, else Very Good and sound. Economic tract by the individualist anarchist, women's suffragist, and free love advocate Ezra H...... More
New York: Joseph Sabin, 1865. Reprint Limited to 250 copies of which this is no. 43. Slim quarto; 20th century library binding of cloth tape over stiff marbled card, printed paper element mounted to upper cover; [4],47pp. Boards a bit toned at extremities, ownership rubberstamp inside upper cover, else a...... More
New York: Macmillan Company, 1928. First Thus, "Half Leather Edition." Octavo (18.5cm.); publisher's morocco over cloth boards in original orange dust jacket retaining original price on spine panel ($1.25); xx,[2],520,[4](ads)pp.; twelve (12) leaves of plates, pictorial endpapers printed in green. Fragile dust jacket separated along rear spine edge, bottom two..... More
Boston, MA: E.B. Stillings & Co., Printers, 1896. First Edition. Octavo. 512 pp. Black and white photographs including frontispiece with tissue guard, complete. Navy blue beveled boards decorated in gilt; dark topstain. Lacking front free endpaper and rear free endpaper detached but present. Light wear to edges with..... More
Princeton, IN: Press of the Clarion, 1895. First Edition. Octavo. 577 pp. Black and white photographs and illustrations, complete. Blind-stamped brown cloth decorated in gilt; floral endpapers. Promotional flyer for public libraries laid in. Wear to extremities with brief exposure and minor fraying; bio-predation to boards. Front hinge..... More
Boston: L. Prang & Co., [ca. 1890s]. Octavo. 19 - 26 pp. Printed wraps. Illustration to final page. Chipping to edges with discoloration/glue remnants along spine. Binding sound and pages unmarked. Companion text to number three of Prang's series of eighteen Civil War chromolithographs. Scarce. More