Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, Riverside Press, 1930 (Vol. I) and 1938 (Vol II). Octavo; viii + 552pp (Vol. I) and x + 672pp (Vol. II). First Edition of both volumes; eight-year gap between first publications. Each volume with its own index.Textblock of later volume about 3/4" narrower spine-to-fore-edge than that..... More
Boston: John Draper, [1758]. First Edition. Octavo (20.5cm.); later stiff black wrappers; 24pp. (A-C4, including half title); woodcut vignette at head of p. [5]. Slightly ex-New Haven Colony Historical Society with their pressure stamps to first three leaves including upper cover, upper cover additionally creased, else a Very Good, internally..... More
Boston, New-England: Printed and Sold by Thomas and John Fleet, in Cornhill; and Green & Ruslell [sic], and Edes & Gill, in Queenstreet, 1763. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); removed, remnants of old sheep along spine; [4],93,[1]pp. ([A2] B4 B-M4, lacking final blank). First two gatherings separated but present, texblock a...... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1936. First Thus. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket, cloth slipcase; [2],xi,[1],255pp.; color frontispiece, nine leaves of plates, color pictorial endpapers. Dust jacket rather unevenly toned and quite heavily restored with archival paper backing and extensive color touch-ups along margins; boards bright and square with..... More
Madison: The State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1948. First Edition. Octavo; 164pp. 125 illustrations, 22 of which are full-color and tipped-in. Printed paper wraps. Covers a touch faded at top and bottom edges, with light bumping to corners and at head of spine, and a couple small spots to front..... More
![Item #14699 The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross [Signed by Gates]. Henry Louis Gates Jr.,...](/pictures/thumb/14699.jpg?v=1670281014)
Carlsbad, CA: SmileyBooks, 2013. First Edition, stated, with full numberline. Quarto; publisher's glossy boards in pictorial dust jacket; xiv,304pp.; illus. throughout, some in color, text printed in double columns. Light shelf wear, boards slightly misaligned, else a Very Good, internally clean and sound copy. Signed by Professor Henry Louis Gates..... More
Granville, OH: The Granville Sentinel Publishing Company, 1989. First Edition, First Printing (stated). Signed by the author to noted antitrust-turned-public-interest attorney and law professor Victor H. Kramer and his wife Solveig, with inscription "To: Victor Kramer who taught me to sail, then we were shipwrecked with me at the helm!..... More
Chicago: Diamond Jubilee Exposition Authority, 1940. First Edition, wrapper issue. Octavo. 95 pp. Black and white frontispiece by Troy. Illustrated wraps. Wraps toned and edgeworn with curling and creasing at corners. Remnants of previous owner's stamp to front wrap. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. WPA publication produced..... More
City of Washington: A. & G. Way, 1808. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); removed; 5,[1]pp. Light foxing, spine nearly split, else Good to Very Good, despite slightly musty odor. Exceedingly uncommon pamphlet reproducing three pieces of correspondence between President Thomas Jefferson and American engineer Isaac Briggs. Briggs had volunteered his..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1865. Early edition. Octavo. 354 pp. Black and white portraits and illustrations, complete. Publisher's blind-stamped green boards with gilt lettering to spine; pale orange endpapers. Corners bumped and brief exposure along bottom edge. Binding sound and interior unmarked. Field comments on..... More
Cincinnati: Moore, Wilstach, Keys & Co., Printers, 1863. First Edition. Octavo. Original printed wrappers. 30 pages. Somewhat dust-soiled and stained; spine a bit worn and loose; a good, sound copy. A pro-Union address from the long-time Marietta College president and historian. Andrews attacks the principles behind secession and..... More
New Haven: J.W. Barber, 1831. First Edition. 12mo (20cm.); publisher's tan cloth, black gilt-lettered leather spine label; 120pp.; hand-colored map frontispiece, six leaves of hand-colored plates (tissue guards), woodcut vignettes throughout. Corners bumped, spine a bit cocked and leather label scuffed, light foxing throughout textblock, else a Very Good, sound..... More
![Item #25022 [Sammelband] The Life and Writings of Major Jack Downing, of Downingville, away down...](/pictures/thumb/25022.jpg?v=1672497174)
Two volumes in one; thick 12mo; contemporary half black morocco over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine in five compartments. Minor scuffing to extremities, long closed vertical tears across pp. 201/2 and 237/8 of the first title affecting text without loss of meaining, textblock uniformly finger-soiled, mid-20th century ownership rubberstamp to front..... More
London: Mills & Boon, [1905 but ca. 1918]. 12mo; publisher's simulated cloth in pictorial dust jacket; 217pp. General shelf wear to jacket and board extremities, including a number of small chips and closed tears to the former with old tape repair to verso, uniformly dust-soiled, boards foxed along upper margins..... More
Hartford: Press of The Case, Lockwood and Brainard Co., 1881. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's buff wrappers printed within double rule; 26pp. Shallow chipping at spine ends and corners, wrappers a bit dust-soiled, else Very Good, internally clean and sound. Eulogy delivered September 25, 1881, shortly after the death of..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1941. First Edition. Octavo. 471 pp. 31 black and white photographs bound at front of volume. Black cloth stamped in silver. Lacks dust jacket. Boards edgeworn with brief exposure and minor fraying to extremities and joints; additional small nick to front board with a...... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1925. First Thus. Octavo. 259 pp. Black and white photographs. Black boards lettered in gilt. No dust jacket. Very mild spotting and rubbing to boards and top of spine creased. Binding sound and pages unmarked. Very Good. More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1930. First edition. Octavo. 224 pages; 2 maps. Printed green dust jacket with $3.00 price intact; olive boards with gilt lettering on spine. Dust jacket unclipped, with slight wrinkling, a few tiny tears, and some discoloration to edges. Boards very light bumped at top right..... More
Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin, 1779. First Edition. Octavo (18cm.); stitched self-wrappers, removed from larger volume; 46,[2]pp. ([A]4 B-F4, collated and complete with half title and errata). First and final leaf spotted, else Very Good and sound. Revolutionary War-era election sermon delivered by the New Haven clergyman James Dana..... More
![Item #25596 Salem in the Eighteenth Century [Signed]. James Duncan Phillips](/pictures/thumb/25596.jpg?v=1676400616)
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company / The Riverside Press, 1937. First Trade Edition. Signed by Duncan Phillips with brief inscription to front free endpaper. Octavo. 533 pp. Black and white illustrations; two folding maps, complete. Illustrated dust jacket. Maroon cloth decorated in gilt. Price-clipped dust jacket worn along edges..... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1905. First Edition. Octavo. 287 pp. 12 black and white charts, all present and complete. Green cloth boards stamped in gilt. No dust jacket. Boards roughly edgeworn with chipping and exposure to extremities. Spine toned with separation and boards cracked at front gutter..... More
![Item #12924 Freedom - When? [Signed]. James Farmer, Jacob Cohen, intro](/pictures/thumb/12924.jpg?v=1650986388)
New York: Random House, 1965. First Edition. Signed by Farmer on title page dated 1966. Additional gift inscription from Lorna D. Smith to a W.T. Keys at title page. Octavo. 197 pp. Printed dust jacket with $6.95 price intact. Light and dark blue boards stamped in silver and blue. Red..... More
Scarborough, ME: Harp Publications, 1992. First Edition. Signed by author on title page without inscription. Octavo. Black and white photographs, maps, and illustrations, including map endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket; blue boards stamped in silver. Unclipped dust jacket shows some light general rubbing. Boards show a touch of shelfwear..... More
Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2005. First Edition. Large octavo. 205 pp. Black and white photographs. Glossy illustrated boards. No dust jacket, presumably as issued. Top of spine slightly crushed and touch of wear to corners. Binding is sound and pages clean and unmarked. More
New York: Macmillan Publishing USA / Simon & Schuster Macmillan / Prentice Hall International, 1997. Fourth Printing. Large octavo. 950 pp. Black and white photographs. Photo-illustrated dust jacket. Beige and black boards with spine lettered in gilt. Two typed letters on United States Civil War Centennial Commission letterhead..... More