(Evanston): (Row, Peterson and Co.), (1941). First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 64 pages. The author spent time "on the road" himself to learn what happened to young people who were tramps and hobos. This down-to-earth story is the fruit of these efforts at gathering information on their thinking and way of..... More
New York: Macmillan Company, 1925. Limited Edition. Illustrated by Allen Tupper True. Hardcover. Octavo. 231 pages. Neihardt had been working on an Epic Cycle of the West for eleven years, having completed two parts prior to this one. "The Song of the Indian Wars deals with the last great fight..... More
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., (1930). First US Edition. Lead engravings. Hardcover. Octavo. [207] pages. Pioneering graphic novel capturing the crisis of capitalism in the early 20th century. The story is the tragic tale of a girl from the lower classes told entirely through pictures. Nückel, an artist working..... More
Concord: Republican Press Association, 1885. Third Edition. Wrappers. Duodecimo. 96 pages. Parker Pillsbury, prominent abolitionist and male feminist, first published this tract about 1847. In it he argues that the ruling influence of church and pulpit are on the side of the oppressor throughout the United States. Pillsbury's nephew, Albert..... More
Detroit: Detroit Free Press Publishing Company, 1885. First Edition. First Printing. Black & white engravings, cuts. Full cloth. tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall. viii, 520 pages. Subtitle continues..."Including Many Incidents and Circumstances Never Before Published in Any Form." Beautiful copy of this uncommon Civil War history. Two volumes were..... More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1901. First Edition. Flexible leather. Octavo. 141 [+14] pages. An important study of Governor Hicks and his crucial efforts to shape Maryland's loyalties on the eve and in the early years of the Civil War. Includes chapters on Hicks's early political career, rumors of plots against..... More
[Philadelphia?]: (Democratic National Committee?), [1937?]. Limited Edition. Color and b&w illustrations, ads. Full leather. Folio. 384 pages. The signed limited edition of the souvenir book that recapped Roosevelt's reelection victory and Democrat gains in the 1936 national election. A souvenir book recapping President Roosevelt's victory and Democrat gains in the..... More
Oyster Bay: 1901. 8" x 10". 2 pages. Letters from Theodore Roosevelt as Vice-President are rarely seen, as he only served in that office for about six months before succeeding to the Presidency upon the assassination of President William McKinley. This letter is on two separate sheets, the first of..... More
Concord: P. B. Cogswell, Printer, 1861. Map. Wrappers. Octavo. 48 pages. Mid-19th century reprint of the narrative of this battle between British colonists and the Abenaki at present-day Fryeburg, Maine. Includes a map of the locality drawn by George B. Barrows, popular ballads related to the incident, etc. More
New York: The Bradstreet Company, 1882. Colored maps, advertising cuts. Flexible leather. Oblong twenty-fourmo. [x], 50, [vi] pages. Scarce pocket atlas published exclusively for Boston haberdashers Macullar, Parker & Company. In addition to the colored maps of the states and territories, there are 15 maps of mining districts within various..... More
London: Methuen & Co Ltd, (1957). First English Edition. First Printing. Black & white photographs. Hardcover. Octavo. 196 pages. Account of the exciting ascent of Cho Oyu, the seventh highest mountain in the world, by Austrian Herbert Tichy and his small party. Lovely copy. More
New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, Publishers, (1865). Woodcuts. Disbound. Octavo. 79, [I] pages. Perhaps the first book on the Lincoln assassination, originally published about a month after the event. George Alfred Townsend was a pioneering war correspondent during the Civil War, and covered the Lincoln assassination and its aftermath for..... More
(s. L. ): (S. N. ), [1942]. Black & White Cuts, Map Drawings. Wrappers. Twenty-fourmo. 31 pages. Handbook for new recruits to the Coast Artillery Replacement Training Center which operated at Camp McQuaide from 1942-1943. There is information on the facilities and activities at the post as well as a...... More
Washington: J. & G. S. Gideon, 1845. Wood engravings. Disbound. Octavo. 24 pages. Vail was an engineer and inventor who collaborated with Samuel B. Morse in the development and practical application of the telegraph. Some have argued it was actually Vail who invented the telegraphic alphabet named after Morse, but..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1912. First Edition. Black & white frontispiece portraits. Original cloth. Octavo. xvi, 580 & x, 582 pages. Exciting memoir of Wilson's entire military career, with the majority being devoted to the Civil War. Wilson served on Thomas W. Sherman's staff in the South Atlantic..... More