New York: Moody's Magazine Book Dept. 1911. First Edition. With foldout stock chart. Original cloth over boards. Duodecimo. [iv], 124 pages. A thoughtful early 20th-century analysis of market behavior, Bond’s treatise explores the interplay of economic fundamentals, investor psychology, and speculative forces in shaping stock prices. Published at the height..... More
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
Princeton: Students of Princeton University, 1916. First Edition. Printed wrappers. Octavo. [x], [209]-240, [viii] pages. Scarce issue of Princeton's oldest student publication, containing at least three early original pieces by F. Scott Fitzgerald as a member of the class of 1918. The Fitzgerald contributions to this issue are... More
New York: John Bradburn (Successor to M. Doolady), 1864. First Edition. Original cloth over boards. Octavo. 328 pages. Laid into this volume is the author's handwritten letter, from Skowhegan, Maine, to "Hon. H. Hamlin"--presumably Vice-President Hannibal Hamlin, also of Maine. The purpose of the letter is to present the book..... More
Philadelphia: Wm. B. Selheimer, Printer, 1870. First Edition. Original publisher's cloth over boards. Duodecimo. 132 pages. A harrowing memoir of a Union soldier's capture and imprisonment in the Confederacy's most notorious prison camps during the Civil War. Harrold finally escaped from Florence Stockade in South Carolina, making his way through..... More
Auburn: Derby and Miller, 1851. First Edition. Frontispiece portrait. Full leather. Octavo. vi, 3-377, [ads] pages. Popular mid-19th century biography of the Marquis de Lafayette emphasizing his character, ideals, and devotion to liberty in both the American and French Revolutions. More
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., (1959). First Edition. Black and white photographs. Hardcover. Octavo. viii, 282 pages. First printing of Lansing's gripping account of Sir Ernest Shackleton's 1914-1916 Antarctic expedition. When the expedition's ship, "Endurance," was crushed by ice Shackleton led his 27 men on a miraculous journey that..... More
[Chicago]: (The Lakeside Press), [1964]. Two individuals sheets. 7 1/2" x 9 1/2" The superb facsimile of the "Everett" copy of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, produced by the R. R. Donnelley Company at its Lakeside Press in Chicago in 1964. Printed on laid paper specially manufactured for the project..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1953. First Edition. Illustrated with a section of black and white photographic plates. Cloth hardcover. Octavo. xiv, 562 pages. Lindbergh's autobiographical account of the events leading up to and including his historic transatlantic solo flight in 1927. This copy is inscribed by Lindbergh "To..... More
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, (1942). First Edition. Black and white photographs, diagrams, drawings. Thin paper boards. Sixteenmo. 72 pages. Advanced flying techniques presented to a World War II audience by a test pilot and Scottish flying ace in World War I. Very uncommon book, particularly in the dust..... More
Philadelphia: Continental Publishing Co., 1876. Engraved header illustration and borders. Single sheet, approximately 24" x 32" This is the impressive large format printing of the Declaration of Independence that is advertised on the smaller, more commonly encountered broadsides issued by McBride leading up to the 1876 Centennial International Exhibition in..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1888. First Edition. Illustrated with black and white plates, two maps. Original cloth over boards. Octavo. 130 pages (plus 6 pages of publisher ads). Carl I. Wheat's copy, with his bookplate and pencilled ownership signature and date at top fore corner of front free endpaper..... More
(Agoura): Trophy Room Books, (1997). First Edition, limited to 1,000 copies. Black and white photographs. Hardcover. Quarto. xiv, 230 pages. First publication of this remarkable memoir by probably the most famous guide in the golden age of African safaris. Philip Percival went to Africa in 1905 to join his older..... More
Baltimore: (Wm. K. Boyle, Printer), 1879. First Edition. Printed wrappers. Octavo. 19 pages. Rare pamphlet on these two prominent 19th century statesmen from Maryland and alumni of St. John's College. The pamphlet was printed by request of the St. John's Alumni Association. Each of these men had long..... More
[New York]: [The Outlook Company], 1910. Advertising illustrations. Wrappers. Small quarto. Complete original issue of the April 30, 1910 issue of "The Outlook" magazine. Containing what is arguably the first appearance of Theodore Roosevelt's famous "Man in the Arena" speech in the United States. This is the speech Roosevelt delivered..... More
London: Printed for the Author by Haines and Turner, sold by T. Tegg, 1815. Second Edition. Illustrated with woodcuts. Half leather over boards. Octavo. xxxi, 317 (misprinted as 217) pages. Published just a year after the first edition in 1814, this second edition boasts considerable additions, local descriptions, a glossary..... More
Frederick: Baughman Brothers, 1877. First Edition. Illustrated with 7 tissue-guarded wood-engraved plates by H. W. Crutchfield and Joseph T. Harley. Original cloth over boards. Octavo. 222 pages. Schley describes the haunts, habits, and methods of hunting partridge, quail, pheasant, and grouse. He includes directions on gun handling, the art of..... More
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1934. Limited Edition, #1204 of 1500. Illustrations by Everett Henry. Cloth over boards with leather spine. Quarto, in slipcase. xx, 257 pages. One of literature's all-time horror classics, presented in a finely printed edition by the Limited Editions Club in 1934, with striking color illustrations..... More
Richmond: Franklin Press, William W. Gray, Printer, 1819. From the London edition of 1629. Frontispiece in each volume, two fold-out maps, one fold-out leaf of plates. Half leather over boards with marbled paper sides. Octavos. [xiv], 247 and xii, 282 pages. The first American edition of these sweeping 17th century..... More
New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1893. First Edition. Frontispiece illustration by future Boy Scouts of America leader, Dan Beard. Publisher's original cloth over boards. Octavo. 260 pages [+9 pages of publisher ads]. The title story follows an honest but penniless Amercian in London who becomes the subject of..... More