Chicago: Lakeside Press, 1932. First Thus. Cloth. Small 8vo. Publisher's cloth with Lakeside device on cover. Gilt top edge. Deckle edge. Numerous full-page illustrations. 609 pp. Minor shelf wear. 1/2" closed tear at header of spine. Corners bumped. Front hinge overopened. Ex-library with bookplate inside front cover and card pocket on..... More
New York: Putnam, 1907. 3rd printing. Cloth. Large 8vo. Publisher's cloth with gilt lettering on spine and cover plus illustrated pastedown. Gilt top edge. Deckle edge. Title in red and black, numerous full-page illustrations. 590 pp. plus advertisements. Lacking the map. Minor shelf wear, Ex-library with mark on spine, bookplate inside..... More
Portland, OR: Champoeg Press, 1959. Cloth. 4to. Publisher's cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Finely printed on hand-pressed rag paper. Deckle edge. Title in red and black. Frontispiece view of Fort Vancouver in 1833. 148 pp. plus appendices. Minor shelf wear and bumped corners. Ex-library, with mark on spine, bookplate inside..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1889. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's cloth with gilt lettering on spine and cover. Gilt top edge. Heavily illustrated with photographs, facsimiles, maps, and line drawings. 328 pp. Minor shelf wear, with some scuffing at header and footer of spine. Hinges overopened. revious owner's name on front free endpaper. Tight..... More
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1927. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher’s cloth, gilt illustration on front cover. Numerous photographic illustrations. 298 pp. plus advertisements. Minor toning to endpapers. An excellent, near-mint copy. This is a very attractive first edition volume of historical tales of the exploration of American rivers. Profusely illustrated. More
Chicago: Donohue & Henneberry, 1890. "Popular Edition" 8vo. Publisher's cloth. Frontispiece, folding map, and several photographic plates. 460 pp. Cloth is quite worn, with several large tears and chips. Hinges split and boards nearly detached. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Interior is clean and very good, including excellent folding..... More
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1937. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Pictorial dust jacket. Publisher's cloth with pastedown on spine. Frontispiece plus 7 full-page illustrations plus folding map. 199 pp. Jacket is taped to boards. Ex-library with sticker on jacket spine and cover, stamp on top and bottom block edges, card..... More
Chicago: National Book Concern, 1888. Cloth. Large 8vo. Publisher's illustrated cloth with gilt lettering and decorations. Frontispiece and many engravings throughout. 671 pp. Several large chips to cloth covering spine. Covers quite rubbed, with sunning on rear cover. Ex-library with mark on spine and card pocket on front free endpaper. Hinges..... More
New York: Macmillan, 1915. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's cloth. Text illustrations throughout. 218 pp. Minor shelf wear. Large section cut from center of title page. Tight and clean. This is an early reprint of McMurry's collection of biographical sketches of American pioneers. More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1927. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Frontispiece, several illustrated plates, and a folding map. 185 pp. No dust jacket. Minor scuffing and toning to covers. Ex-library with mark on spine and bookplate inside front cover. 2 closed tears at top..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, 1931. Cloth. Large folio. Publisher's cloth. Hand-pressed paper. Very many lithographs throughout, many in color, including several pastedowns. 415 pp. Boards need to be re-glued to block. Cloth at header and footer of spine torn. Ex-library with mark on spine, bookplate inside front cover, and card pocket on..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1897. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's cloth with gilt lettering and illustration on cover. Many maps and text illustrations throughout. 595 pp. Both hinges overopened, and block is weakly attached to boards. Cloth covering spine coming loose. Ex-library with sticker on spine, and turn-of-the-century library card pocket inside front cover..... More
New York: International Polygonics, 1983. First Edition. Paperback. 8vo. Illustrated wraps. 224 pp. plus advertisements. Minor shelf wear. Distributor altered the advertisements in rear with marker and stickers which promote the new distributor. Excellent condition. This is a collection of the full run of Dashiell Hammett's seminal 1930s secret agent comic..... More
New York: Manor Books, 1975. First Edition. Mass market paperback. 12mo. Pictorial wraps. 255 pp. Some scuffing to colors and discoloration along spine. Previous owner's name inside front cover. Spine is not cracked. This is an uncommon paperback original of DeMille's second novel, which was out of print until 2013. More
London: Usborne Publishing Limited, 1997. Wraps. 8vo folder containing assorted paper pieces. Some minor wear to the outer folder. Packet is complete and appears to be unused, with the "Solution" envelope still sealed. This is an uncommon mystery puzzle game which tasks the players to take on the role of private detective..... More
Bloomfield, CT: Limited Editions Club, 1971. First Thus. Cloth. Large 4to. Publisher's cloth with gilt lettering on spine and red stained top edge. Full page color illustrated plates. 184 pp. No slipcase. Very minor edge wear. Signed by Ismar David on colophon. This is a finely printed Limited Editions Club first edition..... More
Garden City: Garden City Publishing Company, 1936. Cloth. 4to. Publisher's cloth. Illustrations and photographs throughout, including 106 color plates by Fuertes. 289 pp. No jacket. Scuffing and shelf wear to covers. Large damp stain on bottom edge visible throughout book, leading pages to wrinkle. Text and images not affected. This is a...... More
London: Collins, [1940]. Boards. 12mo. Publishers's flexible leatherette boards with gilt lettering on spine and cover and gilt top edge. Unpaginated. Covers nearly unglued from text block. Front cover is wrinkled, likely from a damp stain. Minor shelf wear. 1948 inscription on front free endpaper. This is an attractive reprint collecting both..... More
New York: Doubleday, 1940. Cloth. 4to. Burlap covered boards. Illustrated plates throughout, many in color. 317 pp. Cloth covering spine is missing, so boards are nearly detached. Edges are scuffed. Quite a bit of sunning to boards. Interior is excellent. This is a limited edition illustrated copy of Leaves of Grass. More
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1996. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's cloth. Illustrated dust jacket. Many illustrations and maps throughout. 224 pp. Shelf wear. This is a profusely illustrated history of the naval battles of Horation Nelson. More
New York: Military Press, 1987. Boards. Large 4to. Navy boards. Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrations and blueprints throughout, some in color. 416 pp. Shelf wear. Interior excellent. This is a pictorial history of the Royal Navy of Great Britain. A handsome book, profusely illustrated. More
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1988. Cloth. 4to. Publisher's cloth. Illustrated dust jacket. Photograph and illustrations throughout. 310 pp. Minor shelf wear. Excellent condition. This is a handsome illustrated history of merchant schooner ships. More
New York: Harper Collins, 2007. First Edition. Boards. Large 4to. Pictorial slipcase. Decorative boards. With 2 CDs and many pages of photographs and replica ephemera, much of it removable. 128 pp. A few dings and scuffs to edges of slipcase, and small scuff on bottom edge of rear board. Book is..... More
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Copenhagen: Westermanns Forlag, 1950. Leather bound. In Danish. 4to. Black quarter leather over decorative boards. Hubbed spine with gilt lettering. Speckled edges. Illustrations and photographs throughout. 313 pp. plus end matter. Minor scuffing to edges. This is a finely printed biography of Danish Prime Minister Thorvald Stauning (1873-1942). More
Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut, [1891]. First Thus. Cloth. In German (Blackletter script). 8vo. Publisher's decorative cloth with gilt lettering and gilt stamped decoration on spine. Marbled edges. Decorative endpapers. Frontispiece portrait with tissue guard. 443 pp. Very minor scuffing to edges. Circular damp stain on front cover which is difficult to see..... More