New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, for the limited edition subscribers of Arizona Silhouettes, (1956). Limited Edition, #352 of 450. Paintings, some color. Hardcover. Octavo. [12], vii-x, 302 pages. Chamberlain's memoir details his personal adventures in Mexico and the American Southwest before, during, and after the Mexican War. It is..... More
Salem: The Marine Research Society, 1930. First edition. Black and white plates, plans. Publisher's cloth over boards. Quarto. xii, 192 pages [plus 1 page publisher ad]. The first detailed study of these fast sailing ships. The type originated in Baltimore, Maryland, and most were built there. They were first used..... More
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1932. Early printing. Original cloth over boards. Octavo. [i]-[viii], 1-289 pages. A collection of alternative histories of famous events and people, proposed by the likes of G. K. Chesterton, Emil Ludwig, Hilaire Belloc, Harold Nicolson, and, of course, Winston Churchill. Contributions include such..... More
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1922. First American edition. Black and white photographic plates. Original cloth over boards. Octavo. [i]-[xii], 13-196 pages. Here is Conan Doyle's presentation of the evidence of the existence of fairies, as photographed in 1917 and 1920, by two young girls in England. Conan Doyle..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1900. First Edition. Illustrations by E. W. Kemble. Publisher's decorated cloth over boards. Small octavo. 362 pages. Beautiful copy of this Dunbar collection of 20 stories. Dunbar slips brilliantly into dialect throughout these stories. A fine and underappreciated piece of Dunbar, who was primarily..... More
New York and Washington: The Neale Publishing Company, 1910. First Edition. Frontispiece portrait. Original cloth over boards. Duodecimo. 206 pages. In the spring of 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt sent a Commission abroad in an attempt to interest the prominent nations of Europe in putting China's finances on the gold standard..... More
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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. More
(New York): Privately Printed for the Angler's Club of New York, 1926. Limited Edition, #209 of 350 copies. Black and white maps and plates. Paper over boards with cloth spine. Octavo. [xviii], 139 pages. An early attempt to outline the problems of trout stream ecology and conservation. Designed..... More
London: Heinemann, (1960). First British Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Harper Lee's novel of racial injustice in the South in the 1930s, as seen through the eyes of a young girl. Lee won the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 for this debut novel, which has become a classic of modern American literature. This..... More
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1907. First edition. Cloth over boards. Octavo. xxii, [2], 193 pages [+1 page ad]. Text includes articles and an address by Capt. Mahan, plus two articles by other authors. The pieces by Mahan are: - The Moral Aspect of War - The Practical Aspect..... More
Phliadelphia & London: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1926. First edition. Color frontispiece, numerous black and white plates, floor plans. Cloth hardcover. Quarto. xxii, 237 pages. A well-illustrated survey of this American-made architectural style--the Greek Revival. Gives the story of the development of this style--what it was, how it happened, its..... More
Philadelphia: Rufus C. Hartranft, Publisher, 1891. First Edition. Black and white plates. Original cloth over boards. Octavo. xxiv, 264 pages. Mrs. Maynard's personal recollections of séances conducted in the Lincoln White House. She claims Lincoln used spirit counsel in such matters as the Emancipation Proclamation and the Freedmen's Bureau... More
Richmond: Wm. Ellis Jones' Sons, Inc., Printers, 1915. First Edition. Printed wraps. Octavo. 59 pages. A vigorous account of the Chancellorsville Campaign in the spring of 1863. McIntosh had just been promoted to major and was in command of a battalion of Confederate artillery during these actions. Uncommon pamphlet... More
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1938. Limited Edition, #317 of 800 sets. Full calf. Octavos. xxviii, 415 and viii, 389 pages. Rousseau's "Confessions" is notable as one of the first major autobiographies ever written. Unlike other early autobiographies which focused on religious experiences, Rousseau shares his worldly experiences and personal feelings..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1904. Signed Limited Edition, #46 of 100 copies. Black and white plates. Three quarter leather. Octavo. [xiv], 439 pages. Winfield Scott Schley graduated from the U. S. Naval Academy in 1860, served in the Civil War and several other naval operations in his lengthy..... More
New York: Neale Publishing Company, 1905. First Edition. Black & white frontispiece portrait. Original cloth. Octavo. 315 pages. Scarce first edition of this exceptional Confederate memoir. Sorrel served on General Longstreet's staff, eventually becoming Chief of Staff of the 1st Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia. His proximity to..... More
New York: (New York American, Inc.), 1929. First edition. Black and white illustrations. Publisher's cloth over boards. Octavo. xxii, 397 pages. Anti-Prohibition book that looks at the American national reaction against the 18th Amendment by 1929. The $25,000 prize-winning plan by Judge Franklin Chase Hoyt is reprinted herein, followed by..... More
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1856. First edition. Frontispiece engraved portrait, woodcut plates. Three quarter leather with pebbled cloth sides. Octavo. 356 pages. Campaign biography of the first Republican Presidential nominee. Frémont had been born in Georgia, yet was opposed to slavery. He had led several expeditions to explore the West..... More
London: William Pickering, 1836. First Nicolas edition. Black and white engravings throughout. 3/4 leather and marbled boards. Quartos. ccxii, 129 and [130]-436, [32] pages. A handsome set of the large paper first Nicolas edition of Walton, acclaimed as the finest "Angler" ever published. Sir Harris Nicolas not only secured excellent..... More
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1881-82. Publisher's cloth over boards. Octavo. 382 pages. First printing of the famous "suppressed Boston edition," seventh edition overall. Rather scarce edition of Whitman's monumental work, due to the short time it was available for sale. The publisher, Osgood, was acting as go-between for..... More