Boston: James French and Company, 1857. 1st Edition. 8vo. "A native of Kingston, Massachusetts, Mrs. Bates sailed to California in 1850 on board the Nonantum, a coal ship commanded by her husband. On reaching California , the Bateses operated a hotel in Marysville from 1851 to 1854. Incidents on land..... More
Washington, DC: New World Books, 1963. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. RARE title. Black cloth with gilt and white illustrated medallion to front board. Signed by Maryland Poet Laureate on front end paper. Square Tight Binding. Clean bright interior. Mild edge wear to binding. Jacket price clipped. Mild..... More
St. paul, MN: Price-McGill Company, 1892. 1st edition. 8vo. A superb regimental history of one of the North's most famous commands; a professional journalist, Stevens captured drama, color, and excitement. - Nevins I, 162 A gorgeous 1st Edition copy, bound in later navy blue cloth with gilt titling to..... More
New York: Carleton, 1866. 1st Edition. 8vo. A yeoman's copy of this 1866 1st Edition, much nicer inside than it appears out. Purple cloth with gilt titling to spine. Square tight binding. Clean interior, save for previous owner bookplate to front pastedown. Front board stained from a spill..... More
Boston: James B. Cullen Company, 1889. 1st Edition. 8vo. Beautiful 1889 1st Edition in original publisher's cloth. Brown cloth stamped in black with gilt titling to front board and spine. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Illustrated throughout. Frontis of 19th-century Poet John Boyle O'Reilly, with tissue guard..... More
Richmond: Garrett and massie, 1931. 1st Edition. Quarto. A lovely 1st Edition copy in the scarce original dust jacket. profusely illustrated with black and white photographs and floor plans. Blue cloth with titling stamped in gilt. Square tight binding. Clean interior. From the personal library of world-renowned Architectural..... More
Philadelphia: J. W. Daughaday, 1864. duodecimo. 1864 2nd printing of this scarce first-hand Civil War account. Brown cloth. Square tight binding. Clean interior. 285 pp + ads. Mild rubbing and edge wear with light soiling to binding. small chip to crown of spine. Gilt titling on spine somewhat faded. More
Washington, DC: Taylor & Maury, 1853-1854. 1st Edition. 8vo. A drop-dead gorgeous nine-volume set in luscious fine bindings of brown three-quarter brown morocco over marbled paper. This is the first publication of Jefferson's work after Congress appropriated funds to purchase his papers in 1848. Jefferson left his papers to..... More
Chicago: The Heritage Foundation, 1952. 1st Edition. 8vo. A handsome 1952 volume on the philosophies and opinions of General Douglas MAcArthur, with a letter laid in signed by MacArthur. The letter is presumably from a young boy, beginning an autograph collection, writing to MacArthur asking for his signature. MacArthur..... More
Baltimore, Md: Maryland Historical Society, 1956. 1st Edition. 8vo. A very nice edition of this Maryland Genealogical history, covering a family which includes Raphael Semmes, the finest Captain in the Confederate Navy, who terrified Union shipping aboard both the Alabama and Sumter. Green cloth with titling to front board..... More
New York: Covici-Friede, 1936. 1st Edition. 8vo. A solid 1st Edition copy of a very scarce work. "It was upon his concept of the crime and the criminal that the Police Department of the City of New York devised its plan of apprehension. It was his analysis of..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1912. 1st Edition. 8vo. A lovely 1st Edition in outstanding condition. Blue cloth with gilt titling to spine. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Little wear. A superior edition. Historic photos and illustrations. More
New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1896. 8vo. One of the most beautiful editions of Thoreau's classic natural history of the Massachusetts peninsula. Color illustrations by Amelia Watson. Two volumes complete. 173pp, 208pp, each volume with a color frontis. Green cloth with exquisite gilt floral decor on front boards..... More
New York: Privately Printed, 1933. 1st Edition. Quarto. A beautiful 1933 1st Limited Edition, one of 800 printed on Archer paper. 377pp. Large quarto. Blue cloth with titling in gilt on spine and front cover. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Mild foxing to outer pages. Illustrated slipcase with some..... More
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1973. 1st Edition. 8vo. A beautiful 1973 1st Edition of Walker's first short story anthology, featuring the first appearance in book form of her iconic story, 'Everyday Use'. Signed by author without inscription under her name on title page. "These are..... More