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250th Coast Artillery, Army of the United States, Camp McQuaide, California, 1941
[Baton Rouge]: [Army and Navy Publishing Company, Inc.], 1941. Black and white photographs, one color cartoon. Hardcover. Folio. [vi], 89, [26] pages. Uncommon book on this California coastal defense regiment during World War II. Camp McQuaide was located near Watsonville, California, and the site is now occupied by Monterey Bay..... More
Mr. Reverdy Johnson: The Alabama Negotiations, and Their Just Repudiation by the Senate of the United States
New York: Baker & Godwin, 1869. First Edition. Original wraps. Octavo. 36 pages. Very critical analysis of Reverdy Johnson's arguments and actions regarding the Alabama Claims. The Alabama Claims were a series of demands by the United States against Great Britain for damages caused by Confederate ships which the latter..... More
The Commissioners of the Alms-House, vs. Alexander Whistelo, a Black Man; Being a Remarkable Case of Bastardy...
New York: David Longworth, 1808. Disbound. Octavo. 56 pages. The courtroom proceedings as a Black man is charged with bastardy in New York at the beginning of the 19th century. Alexander Whistelo was claimed by the mother herself to be the father of her female bastard child, which she had..... More
"As it Looked to Him": Intimate Letters on the War
San Francisco: Privately Printed, 1919. First Edition. Black & white photographs. Original cloth. Octavo. 117 pages. Interesting and often witty collection of letters from a young Californian to his parents and wife back home during World War I. Lt. Britton sailed for France in July, 1918. He participated in the..... More
De Shootinest Gent'man and Other Tales (Signed)
New York: The Derrydale Press, (1934). First Edition, number 698 of 950 copies. Black and white photographic illustrations. Full leather over boards. Octavo. [xvi], 240 pages. The first edition of Buckingham's first book with a lengthy inscription signed by him on preliminary blank leaf. Most of the inscription is a...... More
Fire Station (Signed)
Santa Barbara: Capricorn Press, 1970. First printing. Black and white drawing by Bukowski. Wrappers. Octavo. [34] pages. Collection of poems by the King of the Underground. Boldly signed by Bukowski under a printed drawing. Title page is printed on a smaller red sheet that hides the drawing but reveals Bukowski's..... More
Confidential_ Handbook of Aircraft Armament, August, 1918
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1918. First Edition. Fold-out plans, tables, photographs. Original cloth. Octavo. 96 pages. Scarce, Confidential manual on the weaponry associated with U. S. Army aircraft and pilots in World War I. Sections on the Marlin, the Lewis, and the Vickers aircraft machine guns, synchronizing gears, machine gun..... More
Obsequies of Addison O. Whitney and Luther C. Ladd, Soldiers, Who were slain at Baltimore, April 19th, 1861
[Lowell]: Stone & Huse, Printers, [1861]. First printing. Single sheet. 5" x 8" Rare broadside program for the funerals of the first two Union soldiers killed in action during the Civil War. Addison and Ladd, both of Company D, 6th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment, were killed in mob violence as..... More
The Curious Republic of Gondour and Other Whimsical Sketches
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1919. First Edition. Hardcover. Duodecimo. x, 140 pages. The short stories and essays in this collection originally appeared in periodicals under Clemens's pseudonym, Mark Twain. They are here collected and published in book form for the first time, crediting the author under his real name..... More
Methodism in Old Waverly and its Environment (Signed)
(Baltimore): (Day Printing Company), 1933. First Edition. Black and White Photographic Plates. Original cloth. Octavo. [ii], 107 pages. History of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the north Baltimore neighborhood of Waverly. The church was founded in 1871 by Dr. A. W. Rudisill. This charming narrative is filled with anecdotes about..... More
Cavalry Tactics; Comprising the Modern Mode of Discipline and Sword Exercise, for the Cavalry Generally...
Hartford: Oliver D. Cooke, 1822. First edition. Engravings. Paper over boards with leather spine. Duodecimo. 155 pages. This manual is an early attempt to introduce a uniform system cavalry of exercise and movements for the U. S. military. Illustrated with eight copper-plate engravings. Includes significant instruction on swords. More
The Dole Map of the Hawaiian Islands, U. S. A.: Being a descriptive portrayal of the history, transportation, industries and geography of the Territory of Hawaii, U. S. A.
San Francisco and Honolulu: Hawaiian Pineapple Co., Ltd., 1937. Color pictorial map. Single sheet, 18 1/2" x 36 5/8" This delightful, colorful, and iconic 1937 pictorial map of Hawaii's eight main islands whimsically depicts the unique characteristics of each. It was commissioned by James Dole's Hawaiian Pineapple Company, and executed..... More
Bed and Stove, Truro, Massachusetts. Interior, Cape Cod, 1931 (Signed photograph)
[1941]. #10 of 10. Black and white photograph. Photograph mounted on board. 1931 Walker Evans photograph, sometimes known as "Bed and Stove, Truro, Massachusetts," printed by Evans in 1941 for the exhibition "American Photographs at $10" at The Museum of Modern Art in New York. SIGNED twice on the mount..... More
The Vicar of Wakefield (Signed by Rackham)
Philadelphia: David McKay Company, [1929]. Limited edition. Color plates, black and white drawings. Vellum over boards. Quarto. 232 pages. Beautiful copy of this classic, with 12 full page color plates by Arthur Rackham. This is #155 of 200 copies in the American edition, and is SIGNED by Rackham under the..... More
The Ninth Regiment New York Volunteers (Hawkins' Zouaves) Being History of the Regiment and Veteran Association from 1860 to 1900
New York: (E. P. Colby & Co.), 1900. First Edition. Frontispiece photograph. Decorative cloth over boards. Octavo. [i-v], vi-xi, [xii], 634 pages. Civil War unit history of the 9th New York Volunteer Regiment, commanded by Rush C. Hawkins. This regiment participated in the first major land battle of the war..... More
![Item #1412 How to Treat the Trusts and How to Win in 1904 [for Democrats (cover title)]. John...](https://backcreekbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/1412_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1693869449)
How to Treat the Trusts and How to Win in 1904 [for Democrats (cover title)]
New York: The Abbey Press, (1902). First Edition. Original cloth. Duodecimo. [iv], 81 pages. Haggerty lays out his "Guarantee Plan" for the Democrats to deal justly with the trusts and defeat Theodore Roosevelt in 1904. Scarce. OCLC locates just 9 copies as of October 2019, none in commerce. More
In Black and White: An Interpretation of Southern Life
New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, (1914). Black and white photographic plates. Cloth over boards. Octavo. 244 pages. Lily Hardy Hammond was an activist in the social gospel movement who believed that the South could never solve its social, economic, and political problems while ignoring its racial injustice. She urges..... More
Greek Lessons: A Novel (Signed)
London / New York: Hogarth, (2023). First American Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. [ii], 1-[179] pages. This novel by South Korean writer, Han Kang, explores the bond between a voiceless woman and her sight-impaired Greek teacher, delving into themes of loss, communication, and human connection. Through shared struggles, they form a deep..... More
Hitch-22: A Memoir (Signed)
New York and Boston: Twelve, 2010. First Edition. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Hardcover. Octavo. xii, 435 pages. The last of Hitchens' books published before his death in 2011. Signed by Hitchens, without personalization, on title page. A lovely copy, as new. More
Can You Ever Forgive Me?: Memoirs of a Literary Forger
New York: Simon & Schuster, (2008). First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo. x, 131 pages. When Lee Israel's celebrated writing career took a sudden downturn she embarked on an astonishing one-woman forgery racket run out of her Upper West Side studio. Using old typewriters, she fabricated hundreds of letters from..... More
The Dual Revolutions. Anti-Slavery and Pro-Slavery
Baltimore: Printed by W. M. Innes, 1863. Later card covers. Octavo. 48 pages. Interesting and uncommon pamphlet published in Baltimore during the Civil War which is highly critical of Abraham Lincoln, New England, and Abolitionists. The author sees disunion and the Civil War as resulting from self-righteous New Englanders too..... More
A Reporter at Large: Survival (The New Yorker Magazine, Vol. XX, No. 18, June 17, 1944, pages 27-38)
(New York): (F. R. Publishing Corporation), 1944. Magazine. Folio. 72 pages. This is a complete, original issue of "The New Yorker" magazine, containing the first appearance of John Hersey's story of John F. Kennedy and the PT-109 incident. Hersey was a Kennedy family friend, and this article was crucial in..... More
Seven Limited Editions for 1927, The Nonesuch Press
New York: Random House, Inc., 1927. Logo by Rockwell Kent. Stitched wrappers. Twenty-fourmo. [4 leaves]. Rare "Announcement Number One" promoting seven fine limited editions planned for 1927 by The Nonesuch Press and to be distributed in the US by the fledgling Random House, Inc. This was the first commercial use..... More
How to Sin in Hollywood
[San Francisco]: [Richard F. Guggenheim], [c.1940]. First edition. Black and white drawings by Hoff. Comb binding. Octavo. 189 pages. Charming, slightly risqué guide to nightlife in Hollywood and Los Angeles on the eve of World War II. Numerous bars, dance clubs, and restaurants are described, accompanied by witty text and..... More