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Lincoln Boyhood
Washington, DC: National Park Service: Division of History, 1967. 1st Edition. Quarto. A scarce and exhaustively researched study into the formative years Lincoln spent as a boy in Indiana, from seven years old until he turned 21. Signed by Bearss on the title page above the title... More
Collected Poems 1937 - 2007: Law, Love, Politics and War
Xlibris, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. From the library of former head of the EPA (Gerald Ford & Richard Nixon) Russell Train, an exceptional association copy with a laid in letter, also signed by the poet, poking fun at mutual acquaintance Donald Rumsfeld, former Secretary of Defense under both Ford..... More
Death Walks in Eastrepps
New York: Mystery League, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. Beautiful 1st Edition of this tough-to-find Beeding classic in original dust jacket. First American edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original black cloth stamped in green. Square Tight Binding. Clean interior. Little wear to binding. Jacket..... More
Vermont in the Civil War. A History of the Part taken by the Vermont Soldiers and Sailors in the War for the Union, 1861-5; Two Volume Set
Burlington, VT: The Free Press Association, 1886-88. 1st Edition. 8vo. A lovely set of a scarce Civil War history, not usually found in this condition. Two volumes complete. Vol I, 620pp; Vol II, 808pp. Green cloth with gilt titling to spines. Square tight bindings. Clean interiors. Plates and maps..... More
Studies in the History of Maryland
Simon Cohen, 1940. 1st Edition. 8vo. Blue cloth. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Very mild offsetting to pastedowns where it appears a dust jacket once was, but is lacking now. A few spots of light discoloration to cloth. A superior edition. More
Old Deadwood Days
New York: J. H. Sears & Company, 1928. 1st Edition. 8vo. An attractive. and quite scarce history of the famed Black Hills town of the Wild West which attracted the likes of Wild Bill Hickock, Calamity Jane, and Wyatt Earp. 300pp. Frontis portrait of Calamity Jane. Back and..... More
Rational and Effective Treatment of Hip Disease Founded on Experience of Numerous Cases in Hospital Practice During 28 Years
New York: William Wood & Co., 1907. 1st Edition. 8vo. A lovely copy of a scarce turn-of-the-century medical text. 108pp. Maroon cloth with titling stamped in gilt. Square tight binding. Clean interior, save for previous owner info to front pastedown. Mild rubbing and edge wear. A desirable copy..... More
Noise Reduction, Prepared for a Special Summer Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
McGraw-Hill, 1960-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. Grey cloth. Square Tight Binding. Ex-Library with the usual markings. jacket with rubbing and edge wear, including a large chip to base of spine. Presents handsomely in archival mylar. More
With Fly, Plug, and Bait (Signed)
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1947. Limited Edition. 8vo. A lovely First Limited edition, this being #115 of 249 printed, and signed by the author on the limitations page. Three quarter navy-blue morocco over blue cloth. Limited edition #144 of 249 copies. Envelope with six color plates at..... More
Berlioz Romeo et Julietter op. 17 - study score - (ETP 424)
Eulenburg, 1970-01-01. Paperback. Trade paperback. Square Tight Binding.Clean interior, save for small p/o signature to inside of front wrap. Mild edge wear, mostly at corners. More
The Jacobi-Perron Algorithm: Its Theory and Application (Lecture Notes in Mathematics)
Springer, 1971-08-24. Paperback. 4to - over 9. Trade paperback. Square Tight Binding.Clean interior. Moderate wear to wraps with a lightly sunned spine. More
The Donald Kaufman Collection Volume II (Auctions of Sep 25th, Sep26th, 2009)
Bertoia auctions, 2009. 1st Edition. Leather Bound. 4to - over 9. Red leather gilt with illustrated pastedown to front board. GORGEOUS volume chock full of hundreds of color photos of antique and vintage trucks, automobiles airplanes and other transportation pieces. As new. A superior edition. More
The Rival Shores
New York: William Morrow, 1956. 1st Edition. 8vo. Interesting 1956 novel of Revolutionary War - Era Maryland. Half black and yellow cloth. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Mild wear to binding including age toning around edges. Dust jacket rubbed with moderate edge wear, including a small tape repair to..... More
Lot of Four Astrological & Occult Works by C.M. and Nakiim Bey
Privately Printed. 8vo. Lot of four staple-bound paperbacks by C.M. Bey and Nakiim Bey. All in the 'Clock of Destiny' series. Titles include: 'Your Master Key of Civilization, Volumes I and II. "The History of the Moorish Americans, Revised' 'The Circle of Life'. Each volume is..... More
History of the Tenth Massachusetts Battery of Light Artillery in the War of the Rebellion (Sleeper's Tenth Massachusetts Battery)
Boston: The Arakelyan Press, 1909. 8vo. A RARE 1909 1st Edition covering this storied artillery unit during the American Civil War, in exquisite condition. "The battery was organized Lynnfield, Massachusetts and mustered in September 9, 1862 for a three-year enlistment under the command of Captain Jacob Henry Sleeper... More
The Awkward Age in Women's Popular Fiction, 1850-1900
New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. 1st Edition. 8vo. A beautiful volume in Fine condition. Appears never opened. Black cloth gilt. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Dust jacket is equally as nice. Presents handsomely in archival mylar. A superior edition. More
The Young Quartermaster. The Life and Death of Lieut. L. M. Bingham, of the First South Carolina Volunteers (U.S. Colored troops)
New York: Board of Publication of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, 1863. 1st Edition. Duodecimo. An extremely scarce history of one of the white officers, Luther Melancthon Bingham, of the 1st South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment (Colored). "The 1st South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment (Colored) was a Union..... More
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Signed)
New York: Vintage Books, 2006. 8vo. A lovely copy of this acclaimed and influential Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, signed by both authors, and quite scarce as such. Trade paperback, and the basis for the acclaimed and Academy Award nominated movie. Both author signatures are without inscription and are adjacent..... More
A Souvenir Program in Memory of Dr. William E. Burghardt (W.E.B.) DuBois 1868-1963
New York: 1964. 1st Edition. Quarto. Scarce souvenir program presented to attendees of a memorial service for W.E.B. DuBois at Carnegie Hall in New York. The program includes many historic black and white photos as well as a biography by Ernest Kaiser, a timeline of DuBois' life and excerpts..... More
Economic Thought and the Irish Question
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1960. 1st Edition. 8vo. A lovely 1st Edition of this 1960s economic study, signed and inscribed by the author on the front endpaper, and scarce as such. This book presents a discussion of the relationship between economic theory and economic policy in relation to nineteenth-century..... More
The Kukukuku of the Upper Watut
Oxford: Oxprint, 1978. 8vo. Very Good copy of the Kukukuku peoples of Papua, New Guinea. Clean copy. Illustrated with maps and photographs. Edited by C. R. Hallpike from Beatrice Blackwood's published article and unpublished field notes. Interesting sociological and ecological study of these unique peoples. More
Elliptic Curves in Cryptography (London Mathematical Society Lecture Note Series)
Cambridge University Press, 1999-08-13. Paperback. Trade paperback. Square Tight Binding.Clean interior, save for small p/o signature to top of inside of front wrap. The mildest of wear to wraps. More
Decorative French Ironwork Designs (Dover Jewelry and Metalwork)
Dover Publications, 1999-01-25. Paperback. Trade paperback in new condition. Square Tight Binding.Clean interior. More
Protocol for a Kidnapping (The Philip St. Ives Mysteries)
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1971. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. Beautiful 1st U.K. Edition. (Ahearn, NAP) Charcoal grey cloth. Square Tight Binding. Clean interior. Jacket Fine. Presents handsomely in archival mylar. A superior edition. More