New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961 (1960). Homer, Winslow. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, Second Printing, March 1961 as stated. Unclipped dustjacket with minor chipping and tearing at spine and corner. Tan boards blindstamped with a soldier on front cover and gilt lettering on spine. Deckled edge pages are clean.....
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The Court at Windsor
New York: Harper & Row, 1964. Hardcover. Unclipped dustjacket in very good condition; crease along spine. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine; slight sunning and dust wear along top edge. PO gift inscription on title half page. 347pp.+ illustrations.
The Age of Roosevelt: The Crisis of the Old Order, 1919-1933
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1957. BOMC. Hardcover. Unclipped dustjacket with slight chipping at spine. Tight sound copy, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on cover, red title box on spine with gilt lettering. Parts of previous owner's sticker remains on pastedown. Deckled edge pages are otherwise clean. 557pp.
Death of a Nation: Lee and His Men at Gettysburg
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1958. Fleming, Guy (Maps). First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition stated. Unclipped, decorative dustjacket with Confederate flag on cover and spine; map of Gettysburg campaign on back. Blue boards with silver gilt lettering on spine. Binding is square and tight. Deckled edge pages are clean and.....
A History of Mexico
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Orange cloth boards with red and green ink. Binding is square and tight. Pastedown designed as a map of Mexico and Lake Texcoco. Some browning on front pastedown from saving of article from The New York Times Book Review, April 9.....
The Challenge to Liberty
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition with publisher's "A" on copyright page. Red boards with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Some speckling on front/back cover from shelf wear. Binding is square and tight. Pages are clean and unmarked. 212pp.
Judea from Cyrus to Titus; 537 B.C.--70 A.D.
Chicago, IL: A.C. McClurg and Co., 1900 (1899). Hardcover. Blue boards with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Slight rubbing on heel of spine; some dust-dulling. Binding is square. Front hinge is cracked. PO inked signature on ffep. Some browning on pastedowns appropriate for age. Pages are otherwise intact and.....
The Age of Napoleon
New York: American Heritage Publishing, 1963. BOMC. Very good unclipped dust jacket with slight wearing on head of spine; small chips; a wrinkle near center of bottom edge and on bottom corner of front flap. Black and red boards with gilt lettering on spine. Binding is tight and square. Pastedown.....
McCarthy and His Enemies
Chicago, IL: Henry Regnery Company, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Slightly dust-dulled dust jacket with small chips and on edges and spine. Water mark on back panel of dust jacket, not on book. Tan boards with black lettering on spine. Binding is square and tight. Pages are clean and unmarked...
Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdrockh; In Three Books.
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1890. Hardcover. Marbled boards with gilt titling on spine. Shelf and handling wear; rubbing on spine and edges. Binding is tight and square. Pages are clean and unmarked. 288pp.
The French Revolution
London: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1900. Library of English Classics. Hardcover. Vol. II Begins, Part II--The Constitution (Continued) Red boards with shelf and handling wear; some dust-dulling from age. Binding is square and tight. Deckle edged pages beginning to brown but otherwise unmarked. 465pp. (index included).
The Cathedrals Of Northern Spain: Their History And Their Architecture; Together With Much Of Interest Concerning The Bishops, Rulers, And Other Personages Identified With Them.
Boston, MA: L. C. Page & Company, 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated; frontispiece of Leon Cathedral with cotton paper to protect. Blue boards with red and gilt decorated cover and spine; red titling on cover and spine. Dust-dulled and fraying from shelf and handling wear, but remains a solid, tight.....
Aretino Scourge of Princes
New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. Maroon and beige boards with gilt titling on cover and spine. Binding is square and tight. Pages are clean and unmarked. 478pp. The dust jacket shows signs of wear; torn.....