New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" First edition of this famous volume. The book is very good, and the jacket is intact though foxed and spotted (possibly price-clipped). The named members of the Committee are: Theodore Dreiser, Lester Cohen, Melvin... More about Harlan Miners Speak: Report on Terrorism in the Kentucky Coal Fields
Paris: Corbet Aine Librairie, 1836. engr illus. First Thus. Full Leather. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Good+ in leather (wear to spine/Vol 1; few ex-lib mks). Tall 12mo ca. 270/v ol Text in French (translated by E.C. Piton). Originally published in Germa ny in 1780-81 under title: Die... More about Histoire de la Decouverte de l'Amerique
Washington, DC: Henry Polkinhorn, 1861. First Edition. Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Good in wraps (lacks orig wraps; sl stains/creases/edgewear). 8vo 16 At hea d of title: State of the Union. Rare. Corwin (1794-1865), Kentucky-born and Ohio-raised lawyer and statesman; Whig congressman (1831-40), senator (184 5-50), Secretary... More about Speech of Hon. Thomas Corwin, of Ohio, Delivered in the House of Representa tives, Jan. 21, 1861
Boston: Benjamin B. Mussey, 1851. B/w Illustrations By Darly; Lithograph Frontis and 1 Plate. First American Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First American edition of this classic Native Ameerican text, issued one year after the London edition. This is the first edition to be illustrated, and... More about The Traditional History and Characteristic Sketches of the Ojibway Nation. By G. Copway, or...
San Francisco: A. Roman & Co., 1868. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Firs edition of this Southwest classic. A nice copy in the original green cloth stamped in gilt (some puckering and minor wear to cloth; short tear to margin of one page). The binding... More about Life Among the Apaches
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1852. over 15 Engraved Illustrations. First American Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Good in cloth (slight wear to spine/corners; rubbing/stains to cloth). Small 8vo 206+[10 ] Author's third book, a recounting of sights in various New York State locations associated with... More about Lotus-Eating: A Summer Book
New York: Montross, Clarke & Emmons Publishers. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" (ca.1906] xii + 101pp., with 37 b/w photo plates (one is a double page) by B.B. Dobbs. Original red cloth with gilt titles. Top and bottom of spine is frayed, and has two horizontal... More about Seward's Land Of Gold: Five Seasons Experience With Gold Seekers In Northwest Alaska
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Boston: (D. Lothrop & Co., Publishers), 1879. Wraps. Single 15.5 x 9.25" sheet folded to 7.25 x 9.25", with 4 printed panels. Cover illustration features a steel engraving of the "The Black Valley Railroad" (handcolored) A great temperance item featuring testimonials, and printed "A paper read before the Plymouth Assoc... More about Temperance Prospectus] The Crystal River Turned Upon the Black Valley Railroad and Black Valley...
New York: Published for the Author By Fords, Howard & Hulbert, 1890. B/w Illustrations. First Edition. Disbound. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Rare first edition of this classic Gold Rish title. Disbound copy, needs rebinding. Rear cover present, front cover and spine missing; sewing intact but first signature loose;... More about The Argonauts of California: Being the Reminiscences of Scenes and Incidents that Occurred in...
Islip: Buys Bros. 1952. B/w Illustrations. First Edition, Second Printing. Paperback (plastic comb). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" A great copy, rich with history. Signed and inscribed by author on title page (as Hunter and as "Princess Nowedonah"). Also signed and inscribed to "Red Fox" by a number of... More about The Shinnecock Indians
Baltimore, MD: I. & M. Ottenheimer, 1910. Probable First Edition. Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 189 + [3]pp., with 10 b/w illustrations throughout. Lacks covers; a bit of wear along the edges, but no tears or chipping. Overall a Good copy, complete text. More about Jesse James: A Romance of Terror, Vividly Portraying the Daring Deeds of th e Most Fearsome and...
Boston: American Peace Society, 1850. First Edition, Later Issue. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Good in cloth (wear/head of spine; cloth/edges rubbed). Small 8vo xii+310 Introductory note by George C. Beckwith. "Seventh Thousand" (title page). Some interior foxing/staining; few signatures shaken, else a good copy. More about The War with Mexico Reviewed
Austin: Society of Separationists, 1966. Stapled Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" [20]pp., with orange color cardstock covers, saddle-stapled; with the printed apology from teh Society laid in loose (regards the errors in the text due to no printer wanting to take on the print job). Signed by the... More about What I am An Atheist
Boston: Christopher Publishing House, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" 288p. including index. Original red cloth, gilt titles. Signed and inscribed by author: "To Sister Mary Dolarosa, with the respect and best wishes of the Author. George A. Malcolm". Malcolm (1881 - 1961) American lawyer influential... More about American Colonial Careerist : Half a Century of Official Life and Personal Experience in the...
London: Trubner and Co., 1863. B/w Illustrations, Map. First English Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. xvi + 251pp., plus 24pp. ads (dated August 1882). One folding map at the back. Original dark brown cloth stamped in gilt and blind, yellow coated endpapers. Light wear at the... More about The Prairie Traveler: A Handbook for Overland Expeditions
Philadelphia, PA: Jones, Brothers & Co., 1868. B/w Illustrations. First Edition. Half Leather. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Bound in modern laf brown polished calf over marbled boards, spine with brown leather label and gilt stamping (some staining and dampstaining to text). Very interesting work concerning the darker side... More about The Secrets of the Great City: A Work Descriptive of the Virtues and Vices, the Mysteries,...
New York: National Sportsmen's Association, 1899. Over 20 b/w illustrations; Advertising Matter. First Edition. Paperback. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall (small thin). Slight soiling, rubbing and browning to wrappers (chiefly at edges); slight internal uniform browning (chiefly to edges). 80 pages. Upper and lower wrapper title: Sportsmen's Association... More about Catalogue of the Fifth Annual Show of the National Sportsmen's Association, at the Madison Square...
New York: HarperCollins, 1998. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Signed and inscribed by Gingrich to a strong political ally, a pioneering woman in American political history, Jennifer B. Dunn, who as a member of the US House of Representatives from Washington State, became in 1998... More about Lessons Learned the Hard Way
New York: Frederick Warne, 1889. Illustrated by Paul Frenzeny. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" An attractive, very good copy in the original brown pictorial cloth, stamped in gilt, red, blue, green and black (general light wear; spine a trifle cocked). First American edition of this... More about Fifty Years on the Trail. A True Story of Western Life
New York: J.& H.G. Langley, 1846. tables (1 folding). First American Edition. Original Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Good in cloth (some wear to spine/corners; slight internal foxing). 8vo 512 First English-language version; originally published in Leipzig, Germany in 1845. Translated, with a preface, by William W.... More about America and the American People / by Frederick von Raumer
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London: S. A. And H. Oddy, 1808. Frontispiece Engravings; 2 Folding Maps; Fold-out Plate; 2 Plates; Engraved Title. New Edition. Leather Binding. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" 2 volumes, complete as issued. Bound in period dark brown calf, spines with red morocco labels and gilt ruling (some rubbing to... More about The History of America [2 volumes
Richmond, VA: Shepherd and Colin, 1848. 1st edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Good in lthr/bds (up cover detached; lacks part/t.p.). 8vo xv+[1]+491 Howes USIANA R-364 ("a"); scarce early Virginia imprint. Bound in 3/4 19th centu ry brown calf over red-brown cockerell boards, brown endpapers, red-brown m arbled..... More about An Account of Discoveries in the West Until 1519, and of Voyages to and Alo ng the Atlantic Coast...
Philadelphia: G. D. Miller Publisher, 1855. Third Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" 303pp. 11 steel engraved plates, with illustrated title page. Rebound in in full brown cloth, with red paper label titled in gilt on spine, and new endsheets. Some soiling in places, light foxing along the... More about Wild Scenes in Kansas and Nebraska, the Rocky Mountains, Oregon, California, New Mexico, Texas,...
Washington DC: National Republican Job Office Print. 1873. B/w Illustrations. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" EXCEPTIONALLY RARE, the 4th in this series of reports. [1]+126+[3] pages. Illustrated with views of schools, and one double-page spread of floor plans; additional folding tables. Original plum cloth stamped... More about Annual Report of the Superintendent of Colored Schools of Washington and Georgetown, 1871-'72
Washington, DC: United States Congress, 1848. First Edition. Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 447pp. 30th Congress, 1st Session, Executive [doc.] 33, [Senate]. Textblock intact, removed from a larger volume; some foxing. More about Message of the President of the United States, Communicating the Proceedings of the Court Martial...
