New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1911. First Edition. Octavo. 340 pp. Black and white photographs, illustrations, and maps, complete. Dark blue cloth boards d Very mild scuffing and edgewear to boards. Binding sound. Contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper and pages otherwise unmarked. Covers Miles'..... More
Washington, D.C.: N.p., 2003. Octavo; 36pp. Side-stapled blue card wraps. Covers show faint creasing and light fading down spine. Bookplate with Rimensnyder's title and information affixed to inside front cover. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Brief biography of "Boss" Shepherd, who served on the DC Board of Public..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1925. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's buckram in grey printed dust jacket; portrait frontispiece, seventeen (17) leaves of illus. Front jacket panel nearly split along spine margin, extremities a bit toned, else a Near Fine copy in a Good jacket overall. Subtitle continues: "while..... More
![Item #21491 [Sammelband] Notes on the Spanish-American War. Office of Naval Intelligence](/pictures/thumb/21491.jpg?v=1673566974)
Octavo (23.5cm.); publisher's green blind-embossed cloth lettered in gilt, original upper wrappers of each title bound in; mixed pagination; illus. and folding maps throughout. Light wear to cloth extremities, chiefly spine ends and corners, some dampstaining to rear cover, else Very Good, contents fine. Collection of eight government-issued pamphlets as..... More
Baltimore, MD: Regional Publishing Company, 1974. Reprint. Octavo. 493 pp. Fold-out to front. Black boards with gilt lettering to spine. No dust jacket. Boards show light wear to edges with some general spotting and scuffing. Binding is sound. Ownership inscripton to front free endpaper and staining along top..... More
New York: Paisley Press, 1937. First American Edition. Octavo (22.5cm.); publisher's cloth in pale grey price-clipped dust jacket lettered in red; [2],151pp. Light shelf wear, rather extensive paper flaw along bottom quarter of upper jacket panel somewhat affecting imprint, brief ink stains to bottom textblock edge, contemporary gift inscription to..... More
![Item #25827 Life of Osborn H. Oldroyd: Founder and Collector of Lincoln Mementos [Signed]. Osborn...](/pictures/thumb/25827.jpg?v=1678204875)
Washington, DC: Beresford Printers, 1927. First Edition. Signed by Osborn Oldroyd at front free endpaper. Octavo. 31 pp. Twelve black and white plates. Black cloth with gilt lettering to front. Covers worn and scuffed and binding is sound. Substantial bio-predation along edges of preliminaries and terminals, though text unaffected..... More
N.p.: s.i., ca. 2004? Slim quarto; publisher's pictorial card wrappers; 79pp.; color photographs throughout. A hint of wear from handling, else Fine. Sticker cancel to p. 1: "Collection to be sold June 2014, Cowan's Auction." Self-published catalog of the Civil War Navy Collection of Paul and Pat DeHaan..... More
[Lawrence, KS]: University Press of Kansas, [1997]. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket; viii,376pp.; illus. throughout. Light wear to jacket extremities, corners bumped, else Very Good and sound. Inscribed and signed by the author on front free endpaper. More
New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1988. First Edition. William Safire's copy, with autograph letter signed by editor Peter Galassi to the New York Times columnist and essay contributor laid in. Quarto (10.75" x 9"); 192pp. Photo-illustrated dust jacket over dark green cloth with black stamped lettering..... More
Philadelphia: Joseph Allen, sold by Lippincott, Grambo & Co., 1855. Later edition. Octavo. 252 pp. Six black and white plates. Publisher's blind-stamped cloth with gilt decoration to spine. Boards rather worn at extremities with exposure and minor fraying, spine rubbed. Moderate lean to boards but binding holding soundly. Pages..... More
![Item #8437 A Rumor of War [Signed Bookplate Laid in; Book Club Edition]. Philip Caputo](/pictures/thumb/8437.jpg?v=1610744639)
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1977. Book Club Edition. Bookplate signed by Caputo loosely laid in at front. Octavo. 346 pages. Illustrated dust jacket. Beige boards stamped in black. Dust jacket is worn and toned along edges with some light chipping. General scuffing and rubbing with some..... More
![Item #9332 Cuba, Castro, and the United States [Inscribed and Signed]. Philip W. Bonsal](/pictures/thumb/9332.jpg?v=1619035820)
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1971. First Edition. Octavo (23.5cm.); publisher's cloth in black pictorial dust jacket; xii,318pp.; two leaves of photographic illus. printed on rectos and versos. General shelf wear to jacket extremities, including a few small closed tears, spine slightly cocked, textblock foxed throughout, else a Very Good..... More
Lynchburg, VA: J.P. Bell Company, 1927. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's green gilt-lettered cloth; xxii,554pp.; photographic illus. throughout. Ex-Handley Library with their extensive markings throughout, cloth quite worn and frayed at spine ends with some evidence of repair, hinges cracked, small soil spots to front cover; a Good copy at best..... More
[Palestine, TX]: [s.i.]. 1926. First Thus. Octavo. 118 pp. Black and white photographs. Printed wrappers. Wraps mildly rubbed at extremities with slight curling along fore-edge. Binding sound. Gift inscription to front free endpaper, but otherwise pages unmarked. Text begins with "Chapter II," as published, the first chapter having..... More
![Item #001827 The Winooski: Heartway of Vermont [Richard Spong's copy]. Ralph Nading Hill, George...](/pictures/thumb/001827.jpg?v=1599251151)
New York: Rinehart & Company, 1949. First Edition with encircled R on copyright. Ownership signature of journalist and author Richard Spong on front free endpaper (acquired from his estate). Octavo; xii, 304 pp. Two-color illustrated title page spread, with map and black and white illustrations throughout. Illustrated dust jacket..... More
Washington, NC: Published by the Author, 1976. First Edition. Quarto. 275 pp. Black and white illustrations, including fold-outs all present and complete. Illustrated wraps. Wraps toned with some light wear to edges and covers curl at edges and corners. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. More
New York: Hastings House Publishers, 1955. First Edition. Signed by all three authors without inscription on front free endpaper. Quarto (11.25" x 8.5"); 240 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with original $7.50 price intact; book in patterned boards with green cloth spine and white lettering. Jacket chipped at spine ends..... More
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1944. Third Printing (November 1944; 5000 copies). Octavo; xv, 352pp. Publisher's green cloth with black and yellow lettering to spine. Missing dust jacket. Boards rubbed and bumped at corners and spine ends, with some scuffing / dust soiling to back. Pages toning but..... More
Washington, D.C.: Historical Office, Office of the Secretary of Defense, 2001 [GPO]. [History of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Vol. III (of four volumes)] Octavo; xvi +792pp, including bibliography and index. Central 16-page gathering of B&W documentary photographs. Photographic dust jacket. Rust cloth on boards with gilt seal..... More
Harrisburg, PA: The National Historical Society / Historical Times Inc., 1987. Reprint. 27 octavo volumes including Series I, Vols. I-XXVII. Blue boards stamped in gilt. Photographic frontispiece and facsimiles of original title pages to each volume. Boards show just a touch of shelfwear at extremities with some mild..... More
Gettysburg, PA: Thomas Publications, 2001. First Edition. Slim quarto; publisher's grey pictorial card wrappers; 128pp.; photographic illus. throughout. A hint of shelf wear, else Fine. More
Baltimore, MD: Butternut & Blue, 1998. First Edition, stated at title page and printed in a run of 1000 copies. Octavo. 565 pp. Black and white illustrations. Illustrated dust jacket. Black boards stamped in red. Map endpapers. Dust jacket gently rubbed along edges with some faint rubbing and..... More
Medfield, MA: George H. Ellis, 1876. First Edition. Octavo; removed; 56pp. Textblock lightly toned, else Good and sound, though apparently lacking wrappers. More
Providence, RI: The Narragansett Club, 1867. Limited Edition reprint from an unspecified number run with "Club Copy No. 36" to copyright page. Quarto. 425 pp. Facsimile reproduction of original 1644 title page. Bound in quarter crimson morocco, six compartments to spine, lettered and decorated in gilt, all edges stained red;..... More