West Concord, MA: Hadley Press, [1929]. 2nd Edition. Cloth. 8vo. 8.5"x6". Purple cloth. Gilt lettering to front cover. Frontispiece. [13], 12-70, [2]. Minor edge wear. Several superficial stains to front cloth. Additional notes pasted on recto and verso of title page, as issued by publisher. This is a scarce case study meant..... More
1934. Hardcover. First page has a nameplate: "Ex Libris Roland H. Bradley" and is stamped twice: "R.H. Bradley" and "APR 9-1934". Light pen marks in pages 111-118 where previous owner bracketed and underlined several passages, mostly dealing with the ACLU. Self-published in 1934, this rare 352-page title details the organizations and..... More
Washington: Cornelius Wendell, 1857. First Edition. Cloth. Large 4to. Brown cloth with embossed decorations. Many steel engravings, woodcuts, and color lithographs throughout, as well as fold-out maps and charts bound in. Part I: [xvi], 258 pp. Part II: [xiii], 174 pp. Cloth covering spine is removed, but binding is not affected..... More
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Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1952. Reznichenko, A. Hardcover. Set of 2 hardcovers (parts 1 and 2 of the novel) without dust jackets, handsomely embossed. The cover of volume 1 is rather stained, and both are stamped on flyleaf: "Distributed by 'NEWS-FACTS,' 753, Bathurst St., Toronto." Both are illustrated and..... More
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New York: Macmillan, 1920. "New edition" Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's navy cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Very minor shelf wear to bottom edges and corners. Each volume bears the signature and attractive bookplate of Frederick R. Whitman, a history teacher at Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire from 1917-1945. This is..... More
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Jackson, MS: Press of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, 1927; 1929; 1932. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Full-page and text illustrations and maps. Vol. I covers 1729-1740, 488 pp; Vol. II covers 1701-1729, 694 pp.; Vol. III covers 1704-1743, 812 pp. All 3..... More
Philadelphia: Archibald Bartram, 1805. First Edition. Leather bound. 8vo. Contemporary calf backed with a leather strip. Large folding map frontispiece. Unpaginated. Boards and leather spine strip unglued from block. Toning and spotting throughout interior. Several contemporary plant leaves pressed in, which have caused discoloration. 2 closed tears at creases of folding..... More
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1899. Boards. Small 4to. Rebound in modern flexible boards. Numerous folding maps, charts, facsimile documents, and photographic illustrations. 178 pp. Text block is solid, but original wraps are gone. Library marking on the spine and verso front cover of new boards. Maps, illustrations, and full interior..... More
Johnson City, TN: Watauga Press, 1924. First Edition. Cloth. Large 8vo. Publisher's cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Gilt top edge. Deckle edge. Hand-pressed rag paper. Frontispiece portrait of John Sevier. 371 pp. Minor edge wear. White mark on front cover, seems to be paste residue. Inscribed by the author on..... More