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.....
New Arrivals
Rebel Rose
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Unclipped dustjacket of red and black with tintype photograph of Rose O'Neal Greenhow; minor chipping and tearing along edges and spine. Two-tone blue with dark gray boards with gilt lettering on spine. Binding is square and tight. Slight tanning to pages.....
The Letters of Alexander Woollcott
New York: The Viking Press, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. First American Edition: Published by The Viking Press in July 1944. Unclipped dust jacket; crease at bottom corner of front panel, minor chipping and tears along edges and spine. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Front pastedown is rough.....
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.
The Revolutionary War
New York: The Dial Press, 1954. Hardcover. Unclipped dustjacket with slight dusting and shelf wear. Tan and red boards with black lettering on spine. Binding is square and tight. Some browning near hinge on front and back pastedowns. PO gift inscription on fep. Pages otherwise clean and unmarked. 180pp.
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.....
The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus.
New York: P O'Shea, Publisher, 1870. Hardcover. Black cloth boards with moderate shelf and handling wear. Binding is square. Pages are browning, appropriate for age. All pages are intact and unmarked. 125pp. A very good copy of a rare edition.
The Wonder & The Glory of the Stars
Dodd, Mead & Company, ND. Hardcover. [1926]. Blue boards with gilt lettering on cover and spine with some staining along edge of front cover. Binding is tight and square. Some staining along edge of ffep and half title page, as well as back end page. Otherwise, deckle edged pages are.....
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.....
Chess Fundamentals
New York--London: Harcourt, Brace and Company, G. Bell and Sons, LTD., 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. Original black boards with chess board blind stamp to front cover; gilt lettering on spine. Some fading to spine and end boards. Shelf and handling wear appropriate for age. Binding is square and tight. Slight.....
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.....
Dante
New York: P. J. Kenedy & Sons, 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. "A course of Lectures Delivered Before the Student Body of the New York State College for Teachers, Albany, 1919, 1920." Preface by John H. Finley. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use.....
Lemon Verbena and other Essays
Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1932. Hardcover. First US edition. Decorative yellow boards. Binding is square and tight. PO gift inscription on ffep. Otherwise, pages are clean and unmarked.
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...
Yankee From Olympus: Justice Holmes and His Family
Boston, MA: Little, Brown & Co., 1944. Hardcover. Unclipped dustjacket has chips along bottom edge and a tear on heel of spine and a crease tear at inside flap. Green boards with gilt design on cover and gilt titling on spine. Binding is square and tight. PO name stamp on.....
Mars and Its Mystery
Boston, MA: Little, Brown & Co., 1906. First Edition. Hardcover. Red boards decorated in black and gilt. Slight shelf and handling wear; rubbing on edges and spine and right corner bumped. Binding is tight and square. PO name plate appears to have been removed from pastedown. The number 800 is.....
Living Biographies of Famous Novelists
New York: Book League of America, 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. Black boards with decorative silver gilt titling on spine. Shelf and handling wear on cover and spine with pine tear about 1.5" at head. Binding is square and tight. Deckle edged pages are clean and unmarked. 305 pp.
The Autobiography of William Allen White
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Red boards with gilt titling on cover and spine. Slight shelf and handling wear on cover and spine. Binding is square and tight. Pages are otherwise clean and unmarked. 669pp.
The Glorious Adventure
Indianapolis, Indiana: The Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. A beloved and well-read copy that remains in good condition. Boards show signs of general shelf and handling wear. Red boards with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Binding is square. End-papers are decorated as maps. Pages are clean and unmarked.....
Home Country
New York: William Sloan Associates, 1947. Hardcover. Previously published newspaper articles from Scripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance from 1935-1940. First Edition, First Printing as stated. Red cloth boards with gilt titling on black panel on spine. Binding is square and tight. Slight browning on end papers. Deckle edged pages are clean and.....
The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti
New York: Modern Library, ND. Hardcover. Good copy in the original unclipped dust jacket. Some shelf wear on dust jacket; small chips on head and heel of spine. Green cloth boards with black and gilt design and titling. Binding is square and tight. Pages are clean and unmarked. 544pp.
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.