Carbondale, Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press, 1967. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. Original light brown cloth with gilt lettering and ruling on black leather labels of spine, in original tan dustjackets with black lettering and ruling on spine. Top edges variant light reds or white. Inscribed "For Jim Richards, friend and..... More
New York: The Century Co., 1914. Hardcover. Quarto. Original green cloth with gilt lettering, ruling and publisher's device on spine. Gilt top edges. Frontispieces. Publisher's device on title pages. Marginalia. Profusely illustrated with b/w reproductions of photographs and artwork and maps throughout. "We commend the result of so many years..... More
Mexico: Direcciòn de Talleres Gráficos, Dependiente de la Secretaria Pública, 1922. First edition. Hardcover. 2 volumes in 3, as published. 4to. Olive cloth with gold lettering on spine. Manuel Gamio (1863-1960) was a Mexican anthropologist, archaeologist, sociologist, as well as a leader of the "Indigenismo" movement. He was the first..... More
Madrid: Maestre, 1951. First edition. Hardcover. 1/312, out of series. Atlas folio. (xv) 351pp. 3/4 grey cloth over orange marbled paper boards, with gilt lettering over red labels on the spine. White string ties. The publication is a portfolio containing loose pages and plates. Includes 78 plates of facsimile reproductions..... More
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1848. Seventh Edition. Hardcover. 2 volumes. Quarto. viii,264pp. viii,266pp. Original gold- and blind-stamped red cloth and spine. Gold illustration on front cover shows an Indian on a horse, illustration on spine is of a medicine man. Deckled page edges. Modern endpapers in both volumes. Frontispiece. Authoritative..... More
London: J. Dodsley, 1778. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 303,249,[10],pp. Contemporary three-quarter calf over marbled paper covered boards with gold lettering and ruling on spine. Publisher's logo on title page. This important volume (the 20th volume of The Annual Register since its creation in 1758) includes, within the 'History' section, a...... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1898-1899. Softcover. Complete set in 32 parts. 507,[1]pages, continuous pagination. Each part with 16 pages and color frontispiece. Bound in original illustrated brown wrappers. Introduction by Maj.-Gen. Nelson A. Miles of the United States Army. Fascinating account of the Spanish-American War of 1898 with articles..... More
London: Wallace Gandy for private distribution, 1922. First edition. Hardcover. 1/100 unnumbered. Quarto. Bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Gilt top edges. Frontispiece document of Virginia Roll with tissue guard. Contribution to English and Colonial history during the reign of William III. on a period that was..... More
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New York: The Viking Press, 1938-1939. Limited first edition. Hardcover. 1/150. The Hidden Lincoln: (vii) [2] 461pp. Lincoln Talks: Octavo. (xi) 698pp. Green buckram boards with blind-stamped lettering on the front covers and gilt lettering on the spines. Top edges gilt. Pages uncut and some unopened. Signed and hand-numbered on..... More
Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 2015. First Easton Press edition. Folio (20" x 12"). 2 vols. The deluxe edition in full brown leather, covers illustrated and lettered in gilt. A.e.g. Illustrated with 100s of portraits, sketches and maps by Forbes, Waud, Taylor, Beard, Becker, Lovie, Schell, Crane and numerous other eye-witnesses..... More
Boston, New York, Cambridge: Houghton, Mifflin and Company; The Riverside Press, 1889. Standard Library Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. Original red cloth with gilt emblem and blind-stamped ruling on covers, gilt lettering and ruling on spines. Gilt top edges. Frontispiece portrait of Winsor with tissue guard. Black emblem on title page. The..... More
Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 1993. Limited edition. Hardcover. 1/800, Octavo (7¾" x 11¼"). Shrink wrapped in publisher's slipcase and shipping box. The landmark journals for the most epic expedition in American history… Easton Press’s luxurious edition of Journals of the Expedition is a masterpiece of fine bookmaking. Bound in full..... More
Kent: Volair Limited, 1978. First edition thus. Quarto. xxviii,470pp. 534,[5]pp. Finely gold-tooled leather in original brown cloth slipcase. All gilt edges. Raised bands. Ribbon marker. Silk-moire endpapers. Color frontispiece in Vol. I. Stunningly illustrated work by T. L. McKenney on American Indian Chiefs. Thomas Lorraine McKenney (1785 - 1859) was..... More
Washington: Beverly Tucker, Printer, 1855. First printing. Hardcover. Large Octavo. Vol. 1: viii, 134, vii, 651; Vol. 2: [4] 128, 132, 45, iv, [1] 185 [1], 50, 28, 22pp., 13, 24 plates. Original brown pebbled cloth boards with blind-stamped decorative covers, gilt lettering, tooling and blind-stamped ruling on spine. Small..... More
ロサンジェルス (Los Angeles): 南加日系人商業会議所 (Nankanikkeijin Shogyo Kaigisho), 1956. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 43pp. 8pp. [2] 370pp. [1]. Housed in the original cardboard slipcase with maroon lettering on the spine. orange buckram boards with maroon lettering on the spine. This Japanese language work is an important chronicle of the early history..... More
London: J. Debrett, 1783. First printing. Hardcover. Small octavo (8-3/4" x 5-1/2"). (2), xvi, (6), 260pp. With the errata leaf at rear, but lacking 4 pages of ads, otherwise complete. Rebound in early 20th c. blue buckram, gilt lettered spine, light rubbing at hinges and extremities. Illustrated with a large..... More
London: Printed by William Nichols, 1867. First edition. Hardcover. Small Octavo. xii, 204pp. Original brown blind embossed decor and ruling, and gilt lettering on covers. Yellow endpapers. "In presenting this volume to the public, the writer has three objectives in view. First, to give a concise description of the character..... More
Tacna: El Progreso, 1869. First edition. Softcover. 8vo. [54], 160 pp. Original wrappers rebound in modern wraps. American ephemeris preceded by historical beginnings on the discovery of the Conquista and the war of the independence of the Spanish America. Spanish history in the Americas beginning with the 1st inhabitants of..... More
New York: The American News Company, (1879). Hardcover. Elephant folio. iv,396pp. Three-quarter leather over gold-stamped cloth. Spine decorated in gold, raised bands. All gilt edges. Marbled endpapers. Ex-libris of Lucy [Doheny] Smith Battson (* see below) on free front endpaper. Color frontispiece protected by tissue guard. Profusely illustrated with 25..... More
Santiago de Chile: Fondo Histórico y Bibliográfico J.T. Medina, 1952. Second edition. Hardcover. 4to. [xxvi], 675 pp. Frontispiece of a b/w reproduction of a drawing. Original green cloth with gold lettering on spine. La Inquisicion en Chile. History of the Tribunal of the Holy Office of the Inquisition in Chile..... More
San Francisco: A. L. Bancroft and Company, 1882. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 5 leaves, [5]-417pp., plates with tissue guards. Original brown morocco leather with gilt vignette and decor on cover, gilt ruling on cover and spine, elaborate blind-stamped decorative ruling on covers; raised bands and dentelles. Gilt edges. Decorative endpapers..... More
Philadelphia, New York: J. B. Lippingcott Company; Croscup and Company, 1895. Limited edition. Hardcover. 347/1500. Octavo. Original green cloth with black lettering and ruling on paper label of spine. Gilt top edges, uncut at fore- and bottom edges. Limitation printed to inside front cover. Frontispieces with tissue guards. Title pages..... More
Paris: Claude Sonnius, 1936. Softcover. 4 volumes. Gray paper binding. History of New France and Canada, of the Canadian Indians (now called First Nation tribes), particularly the Wyandot Indians, and of exploration in Canada. A four volume set on Canadian Franciscan missionary history. Bindings of volumes split, but all parts..... More
Chicago: R. Blanchard, 1903. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 68 pp. + index. Half morocco over marbled boards. Front board detached. Some wearing to edges. 2" of spine missing. Frontis. Gilt edges. Illustrated with 9 b/w annotated images and a fold out map at rear illustrating "The Territorial Growth Of The..... More
New York: Non-Sectarian Anti-Nazi League To Champion Human Rights, Inc., 1946. Stapled. Folio. 7 leaves. Stapled mimeographed memorandum and letter to President Truman requesting investigation. Summary from evidence indicating that the Arab Office, representing the seven countries of the Arab League in Washington, is engaging in widespread subversive propaganda inciting..... More