New York: Macmillan Company, 1935, 1939. First American Editions from the British sheets. Thick octavos; publisher’s cloth in printed dust jackets; Vol 1: 692pp, frontispiece, thirty-six (36) leaves of plates printed on rectos and versos, hundred of text illus. throughout; Vol 2: 813pp. frontispiece, sixty-six (66) leaves of plates &..... More

Oakland, CA: Afrikan Peoples Alliance, n.d., [ca. 1974]. First Edition. Pictorial broadside flyer (21.5x28cm) printed offset on cream stock. Previous folds, brief soiling and red dampspot to verso, else Very Good. Invitation to a fundraising dinner at the Breakfast Club on 4606 Grove St. (renamed Martin Luther King Jr. Way..... More

Tuscaloosa, AL: Marmaduke J. Slade, Printer, 1837. First Edition. Octavo. 52 pp. Wraps, removed. Light chipping and soiling to wraps; loss along spine of front and rear wraps; binding sound; pages unmarked. Overall a Very Good copy of Woods' farewell address to the University of which he was President for..... More

Cantabrigiae, MA: E Prelo Universitatis. Sumtibus Cummings, Hilliard, et So. Bibliopolarum, 1824. Editio Quarta Americana [Fourth American Edition]. Two volumes; octavo; full contemporary sheep, black gilt-lettered spine labels, all edges speckled; xvi,364,170,viii; xv,[1],344,296pp. Leather rather scuffed with some brief peeling along extremities, faint contemporary manuscript library spine labels, front joint..... More

Paris: Bossange Frères, n.d. [ca. 1825]. Presumed First French Edition. Oblong octavo (14.5 x 23 cm); publisher’s pictorial lilac paper-covered boards adorned with vignettes of two young girls, one skipping rope, the other playing badminton; iii,[4]-134pp.; six leaves of hand-colored aquatint plates. Ex-library with the early 20th-century gift bookplate to..... More

Maine? Autumn, 1962. Thick quarto (29cm); gilt-tooled string-bound leatherette, manuscript paper title and flower sample affixed to upper cover with extensive cellophane and tape; [75]ll. to which are mounted seventy-four plant and flower samples, each with typescript caption glued in. Upper cover sample starting to disintegrate, a few interior samples..... More

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1964. First Edition. Octavo (21.5 cm), [x], 340pp. Tan publishers dust jacket with pink, orange, and black printing, author photo on back, and price intact ($4.95). Boards full bound in sandy gray with orange and purple stamping on the spine. Dark orange endsheets. Dust jacket..... More

Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin, 1799. First Edition. 12mo; full contemporary calf, red gilt-lettered spine label; x,305[1]pp. (A-2B6 2C4, collated complete). Light shelf wear, endpaper margins quite browned, occasional spotting throughout textblock, contemporary ownership signature to front free endpaper and 20th century ownership rubberstamp to front pastedown, else Very Good and..... More

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, the Knickerbocker Press, 1915. First Edition. Octavo; navy cloth boards stamped in gilt; dark topstain; 454pp. Very light edgewear; corners bumped with a couple stray scuffs; binding sound; occasional pencil markings and long closed tear to pp. 5-6, else unmarked and a Very Good copy. First..... More

Chicago, IL: American School of Correspondence, 1918. Later Edition. Slim octavo; publisher's printed paper-covered boards; [2],67pp.; illus. throughout. Boards a bit worn at corners and chipped at spine ends, later ex libris to front pastedown, else About Very Good, internally clean and sound. Correspondence course textbook on all things dirigible..... More

Lexington, SC: Palmetto Bookworks, [2002]. First Edition, Limited to 1000 copies. Quarto (28cm); publisher's pictorial card wrappers; xxvi,291pp. Light shelf wear, else Very Good and sound. Inscribed and signed by the author on title page. More

New York: The University Publishing Society, 1905. First Edition. Four large octavo volumes. Black and white photographs and illustrations including frontis portraits to each. Red and white cloth with leather label and gilt stamping to spines; top edges gilt. Boards edgeworn; spine ends tugged; general soiling and smudging. Volume I...... More

Washington DC: Dunbar High School, 1943. First Edition. Quarto (28cm); boards bound in black wax cloth with school insignia at front panel and photographic endsheets; 95pp; photographs throughout. Boards bumped. Spine slightly cocked; binding sound. Textblock, endsheets, and interior pages toned. Former owner's signature in black ink at first free..... More