New York: 1880. Manuscript. 8.5" x 5.5" Chester A. Arthur was the Republican James A. Garfield's vice-presidential running mate at the time of this letter, apparently dealing with some internal matter within the New York State Republican Party. Within a month he would be elected vice-president. Within a year Garfield's... 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
Philadelphia: E. L. Carey and A. Hart, 1834. Full cloth. Octavo. 211 [+ads] pages. The publication and fairly wide circulation of a spurious "Crockett memoir" by someone else compelled Crockett to produce the genuine article. He was careful to put "Written by Himself" on the title page. More
Annapolis: (S.n.), [1943]. Flexible cloth. 32mo 4" - 5" tall. 200 pages. Full of essential information for the USNA class of 1947, including brief history of the Academy, information on athletics, songs and yells, ships, uniforms and insignia, and more. More
New York: J. L. Taylor & Co., [1916]. Hardcover. Folio. [80] pages. "Tailors by Appointment to His Majesty the American Citizen." This spectacular sample book from J. L. Taylor & Co. of New York and Chicago shows the latest in men's custom suits and accessories just months before the United... More
Philadelphia: David McKay, 1883. First Edition. First Printing. Black & white plates. Hardcover. Octavo. 240 pages. An important Whitman book, though more of an anthology of documents about Whitman than a conventional biography. Its importance arises from the major contributions of Whitman himself, who wrote the account of his birthplace... More
Roma (Rome): (Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato), [1932]. First Edition. Softcover. Quarto. xvi, 239 pages. This amazing piece of propaganda consists of over 500 photographs captioned in French, English, German, and Italian. These images depict all the vigor, wholesomeness, strength, industry, and military might of the Italian nation under Mussolini. The... More
[Washington]: (S.n.), 1908. Broadside. 16" x 19" This commission appointed Alva B. Court an Assistant Naval Constructor with the rank of Lieutenant, junior-grade, in the U.S. Navy. Theodore Roosevelt remains one of America's most popular presidents, even after more than a century since leaving office, and this is a very... More
New York: Virtue and Company, (1860). First Edition. Black & white engravings. 3/4 leather. Quarto. over 2100 pages. Monumental illustrated biography of Washington, originally planned and partially written by Rufus W. Griswold. Complete in 3 handsome volumes. 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: Random House, (1985). First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 337 pages. McCarthy's masterpiece, which critics now acknowledge as one of the greatest American novels to date and likely to retain that status. Set in the American Southwest between 1849-1850 and based on historical events, McCarthy brings some unforgettable... More
[New York?]: (Gill Engraving Company?), [c.1905?]. One of a series of illustrations by E. M. Gill which were featured in Artemas Ward's advertising trade journal, "Fame," around the turn of the 20th century. Nicely matted and framed. More
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1891. Hardcover. Octavo. 152 pages. Only a handful of Emily Dickinson's poems were published during her lifetime, all anonymously and likely without her knowledge. The extent of her poetic output was unknown until after her death in 1886. This first collection of her poems was selected and... More
New York: Rinehart & Company, Inc., (1948). First Edition. First Printing. Black & white photos, data tables. Hardcover. Octavo. xvi, 541 pages. Scarce account of the groundbreaking attempt by psychologists and psychiatrists to assess the merits of men and women recruited for the Office of Strategic Services toward the end... More
Lyon: A. Bordet & Cie. 1914. Black & white plates. 1/2 leather. Octavo. 240 pages. Reproduces in facsimile much of the French propaganda and official documents produced in relation to the outbreak of World War I. Preface by Edouard Herriot, Mayor of Lyon, where these documents were accumulated. Several tissue-guarded... More
[East Aurora]: (Roycroft Shop), (1899). Limited Edition. Limp suede. Octavo. 92 pages. A handsome edition of Kipling poems produced by Elbert Hubbard at his Roycroft Shop in East Aurora, New York. This is #711 of 950 copies on unmarked handmade paper, and is signed by Hubbard on the limitation page... More
[Malmö, Sweden]: (S.n.), [1971]. First Edition. Illustrated by Niki de Saint-Phalle. Color Illustrations. Softcover. Square octavo. Unpaginated pages. Niki de Saint-Phalle was an important French-American feminist artist, sculptor, and filmmaker. She was one of the few women artists widely known for monumental sculpture. This artist book reproduces many colorful drawings..... More
[New York]: (S.n.), [1813?]. Broadside. 5 1/4" x 7 7/8" Blank printed form to certify ownership of shares in the privateer Yorktown during the War of 1812. The Yorktown operated out of New York against British ships beginning in 1813. This scrip is for her second cruise. She did manage... More
[Nashua]: (S.n.), 1865. Broadside. 9 5/8" x 11 1/2" Poem on the assassination of Abraham Lincoln composed by George G. B. DeWolfe--the Wandering Poet of Nashua, New Hampshire. Boldly printed title "MURDER!" as if a newspaper headline, with the subtitle and 20 line poem in 5 stanzas printed beneath. Dated... 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
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
Chicago: S. C. Griggs and Company, 1894. Third Edition. Hardcover. Sixteenmo. 218 pages. Important, author-annotated early edition of the most widely used manual of parliamentary procedure in the United States. This copy is inscribed and signed by the author to his wife: "Mrs. Helen M. Robert / from her affectionate... More
New York: Pioneer Press, 1933. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. [x], 154 pages. Lincoln and his family considered from a medical point of view. Includes previously scattered details on Lincoln family diseases, doctors of Lincoln's boyhood, his smallpox as President, the infections that killed his sons, etc. MONAGHAN 3403. . Signed by Author. More
[Washington, DC]: Union Republican Congressional Committee, [1872]. Wrappers. Octavo. 8 pages. Republican campaign piece in support of incumbent President Ulysses S. Grant in the 1872 election. After detailing common abuses suffered by immigrants, particularly in New York, the pamphlet presents the case that President Grant has gone to the verge... More
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