New York: Scribner's, 1915. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's cloth. With 3 full-page facsimile reproductions of documents. Ex-library with stickers on spine and cover, stamps on top and bottom block edges, and card pocket inside front cover. Circular damp stain on front cover. Tight and clean. This is a collection of primary..... More
Salem, MA: Newcomb & Gauss Co., 1969. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Yellow cloth. No jacket as issued. 69 pp. This is an uncommon book about the birth of the American Navy. More
Washington DC: Defense Intelligence Agency, 1982. Paperback. 4to. Wraps. Photographs throughout. Mixed pagination. Several scuffs and spots of discoloration to wraps. Interior is excellent. This is an uncommon declassified guide to the identification of Soviet warships. 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..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. 231 pp. Minor shelf wear to jacket. Doubleday stamp inside front cover. This is a first edition of the classic Vietnam War novel that was adapted into the Burt Lancaster film Go Tell the Spartans. More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1986. Uncorrected Proof. Paperback. 8vo. Wraps. 896 pp. Minor shelf wear. This is an uncommon uncorrected proof of Gilbert's history of the Holocaust. More
Glendale, CA: Arthur H. Clark, 1938. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's cloth. Top edge gilt. Deckle edge. Frontispiece plus 13 full-page illustrations. 429 pp. Ex-library, with sticker on spine and cover, bookplate inside front cover, card pocket on front free endpaper, and stamp on title page. An excellent copy. This..... More
Albany: Joel Munsell’s Sons, 1885. Wraps. Small 4to. Publisher's wraps. Hand-pressed paper. 94 pp. Interior is excellent, clean, and unmarked. Wraps are poor and quite fragile, with numerous chips and detached rear cover. 1891 owner's mark on front free endpaper. This is a limited printing in original wraps of the..... More
East Aurora, NY: Roycrofters, 1906. Wraps. 8vo. Sewn wraps. Frontispiece portraits. Hand-pressed paper with untrimmed edges. 133-160. Advertisements bound in front and end matter. Minor shelf wear. Some closed tears on wrap spine. Tight and clean. An excellent copy. This is an uncommon volume from the Roycrofters "Little Journeys" series..... More
London: West India Committee, 1934. 2nd Printing. 8vo. Publisher's cloth. With a folding map and several portraits. 404 pp. Tear along left edge of spine. Minor rubbing to covers. Discoloration from a paperclip in index. Tight and clean. This is an uncommon journal written between 1801-1815 by the wife of..... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1922. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter cloth with gilt text on spine. 330 pp. P aper boards at bottom edge of front cover have some scuffing and brown discoloration. Ex-library, but only markings are numbering on spine and bookplate inside front cover. This is a detailed economic..... More
New York: Sherman Publishing Company, 1886. Cloth. Large 8vo. Publisher's illustrated cloth with gilt stamps. Red stained edges. Numerous full-page and text illustrations and maps. 843 pp. Edge wear. Curled, closed tear at header of spine. Hinges split, threatening to detach. Attractive John Crerar Library bookplate inside front cover. Several..... More
ETR-IHA, 2014. First Edition. Cloth. This is a scarce first edition of Rafal's documentary photography monograph about America in the time the second Iraq War with original red cloth and clasp. Appears new and unread. More
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1971. 2nd printing. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's navy cloth. Deckle edge. Numerous photographic illustrations. 208 pp. No jacket. Ex-library with stickers on spine and front cover, card pocket pasted inside front cover. Tight and clean. This is an early printing of the memoirs of Sioux indigenous rights activist..... More
London: Printed for Thomas Wilcox, 1757. First Edition. Boards. 4to. Nineteenth-century half-calf over marbled boards. xii, 255pp. Front board detached along with first two endpapers. Endpapers not original, added later. Some unobtrusive foxing throughout. Lacks the folding frontispiece. Interior is excellent and otherwise complete. This is a rare first edition..... More
London: Printed for Lackington, Allen, and Co. Temple of the Muses, Finsbury Square, 1811. Hardcover. 8vo. Contemporary calf. 6-panel hubbed spine with blind-stamed decorations. [21], x, [1], 356, [3], cxliv pp. including a map. Front board detached. Wear to leather. Armorial bookplate of Bradby Hall (also called Bretby Hall), which..... More
Chicago: self-published, 1903. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's cloth with pastedown on spine and gilt lettering on front cover. Gilt top edge. Numerous photographic and text illustrations. 323 pp. Corners bumped. Spine pastedown rather rubbed. Right edge of cloth spine covering torn from footer about halfway up. Ex-library with a...... More
Century Magazine, 1891. Wraps. 8vo. Magazine pages in staple-bound modern wraps. Extract from Century Magazine, Vol. XLII, No. 6, October, 1891. 10 original illustrations by Remington. 837-848. Closed tear top of p. 843, intersecting with corner of illustration. Bright and clean. This is a short narrative by Lt.-Col. Sumner extracted..... More
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1917. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's cloth. Frontispiece. 98 pp. Shelf wear. Hinges overopened. Rear endpaper torn out. Damp stain on rear cover. This is an uncommon book commemorating the erection of a statue of North Carolina politician and Confederate officer Zebulon B. Vance. More
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1889. First Edition. Hardcover. Large 8vos. Cloth. Marbled edges. Profusely illustrated. Handsomely rebound in uniform cloth for the Rockford College Library. Ex-library, with stamp on bottom block edges, bookplate inside front covers, and sticker on front free endpapers. Sticker residue on spine. Pages of vol. 1 are..... More