New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio. [xviii], 51 plates, [iv] pages. Hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear. The price-clipped dustjacket has two tiny tears and minor rubbing to the spine extremities; protected in archival mylar. The original slipcase has minor shelfwear. The text is clean and... More
New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). xviii, 259 pages of text including an index. Original black hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear. The original maroon gilt-lettered spine label has a few scuffs, remaining intact and attractive. Protected in custom stiff archival mylar. The slipcase is lacking... More
New York: Pantheon Books, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). xlix, 589 pages of text. Hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear. Unclipped dustjacket with one tiny tear and crease, and minor shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. Signed and inscribed on the half title page "For Sy - Let Joy and Beauty... More
New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). xii, 239 pages of text including a bibliography and an index. Hardcover binding is moderately spotted, as are the endpapers and the closed page edges. Unclipped dustjacket with minor shelfwear, spotting and soiling; protected in archival mylar. First... More
Lexington, MO: Printed for the Lexington Historical Society, 1903. First Edition. Paperback. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 68 pages of text. Original paperback binding has two small chips, and is slightly browned at the edges. Illustrated with a frontispiece, plates, and in-text portraits and maps, and a fold-out... More
New York: Argus Books, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 268 pages of text. Hardcover binding with tiny bumps to corners, and minimal shelfwear. The unclipped dustjacket is torn and creased, with a few tiny chips, and minor soiling to the rear panel; protected in archival mylar. Signed by Vincent... More
New York: Abingdon Press, 1925. Early edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 176 pages. Hardcover binding with minor shelfwear and rubbing. No dustjacket. Contains a frontis and numerous photographs. The text is clean and unmarked, although a pencil name was erased from the title page. A 1925 reprint of the 1924 First edition. More
Shanghai: Kelly & Walsh, Limited, 1926. Fourth edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). xxiii, [i] blank, 488 pages of text. Original orange decorative cloth binding is slightly sunned on the spine, with minor shelfwear. No dustjacket. A few pages with minor staining to the margin. Fourth edition, revised. More
New York: Edward H. Fletcher, 1852. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 220 pages of text. Original stamped cloth binding with numerous small chips of loss to the front board and spine, but with the binding remaining intact; protected in archival mylar. Illustrated with a frontisportrait and an engraved title page... More
Chicago: Rand McNally, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (4to). 165 pages of text including an index. Hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear, and minor sunning. The unclipped dustjacket has minor rubbing and shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. Illustrated by numerous colorized black-and-white photographs and reproductions of color paintings by William Neebe... More
Milan: Aldo Martello Editore, 1955. Early edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 303 pages of text followed by [iii] pages of index. Hardcover binding with minor shelfwear and browning to the edges. The unclipped dustjacket has a large chip, with a stain to the back panel, numerous small tears, and shelfwear; protected... More
New York, NY: The American Journal of Medicine, Inc, 1955. Reprint edition. Paperback. Quarto (4to). [iv], [655]-742 pp. Reprinted from Volume XIX, November 1955, The American Journal of Medicine. Green paperback binding with minor shelfwear, minor sunning, and some creasing to covers and first page of text. Numerous contributors; edited... More
New Haven, CT: Printed by S. Converse, 1822. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 96 pages, 400 pages. Original full calf binding is lightly worn and rubbed. Illustrated with a frontisportrait and a fold-out hand-colored map titled "Territory of the United States in 1820" which measures 9 x 11 inches; a.... More
Boston, MA: Thomas and Andrews, 1798. Early edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 388 pages of text. Newly rebound in brown cloth with a maroon leather spine label. The title page and the fold-out map frontispiece was washed. Minor foxing to text. Early owner's ink inscription on... More
Albany, NY: Printed by Packard & Van Benthuysen, 1814. Early reprint edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 146 pages of text followed by [vi] pages of subscriber's names. Illustrated with two plates titled "The Execution of Ten of Miranda's Officers" and "The Schooner Three Friends picking up... More
Philadelphia: B. & T. Kite, 1812. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. x, 289 pages of text. Leather spine and corners refurbished, with hinges expertly repaired, and cloth covered boards; minor shelfwear. Marbled endpapers. Generic bookplate without name on inside front cover. Title page and next... More
Boston: Photo-Electrotype Company, 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. xii, 243 pages of text, followed by 15 pages of advertisement. Original mustard cloth binding with green, black and gilt stamping and lettering; minor mottling to the cloth and minor shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. Contains... More
Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1958. First American edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 384 pages of text. Hardcover binding with minimal bumping to corners. The unclipped dustjacket has minor to moderate rubbing to the extremities; protected in archival mylar. Signed and inscribed by the author on the half-title page in the... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). xiv, 341 pages of text. Hardcover binding in almost new condition. The unclipped dustjacket has minor shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. Signed on the half title page by Thor Heyerdahl with no further inscription. Illustrated with color... More
New York: Masonic History Company, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (4to). Seven volume set. 2028 pages of text. Rebound in black cloth; t.e.g (top edge gilt) and other page edges uncut, some pages unopened. Templar Edition, limited to 750 sets, of which this one is number 612. Illustrated with numerous... More
Goettingen: J.C. Dietrich, 1777. First Edition. Hardcover. 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall. Engraved half title page, followed by 19 plates of women's fashions (mostly of hats and headwear) printed on one side only, followed by 56 un-numbered pages of text which is interspersed with 10 engraved plates, followed... More
London: Fisher, Son & Co. 1841. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). Three volume set. Original hardcover bindings with minor shelfwear and one spine with a scuff; protected in archival mylar. Contains a frontisportrait, fold-out map, and numerous in-text cuts. Vol. I: xvi, 504 pages. Vol. II: [xiv], 563 pages. Vol... More
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 30 pages, 15 photographic plates, and two folding maps. Original hardcover binding has minor discoloration and shelfwear. One page with a margin repair and soiling to the same margin.The large folding colored maps locate Big Tree Groves as they existed... More
Boston, MA: Gould and Lincoln, 1853. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 14 pages of publisher's advertisement, 233 pages, followed by 12 pages of publisher's advertisement. Original brown blind-stamped gilt lettered cloth binding is moderately rubbed and worn, remaining intact and attractive. With a frontispiece and three plates. Sabin 6910. En... More
Chicago: Caxton Club, 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). [vii], 299 pages of text. Original gilt-stamped vellum spine and paper-covered boards; protected in custom-fitted archival mylar. The top of the spine has a small chip and the binding is somewhat rubbed and darkened. One of 224 copies printed on American... More