Philadelphia: Thayer, Merriam & Co. Undated, ca. 1889. Publisher's broadsheet prospectus, 9.5 x 12 inches, for "Barnum's Own Book," apparently one of many editions of The Life of Barnum, the World-Renowned Showman, which came out under several different imprints in 1890. Printed on very thin paper, it has old tape..... Item #20775
Boston: True and Greene, 1825. First Edition. 22 pp, complete with original wrappers, but with the stitching perished, so gatherings are loose. Pink staining to front wrapper, edgewear, otherwise very good. Scarce pamphlet criticizing monopolies in general and, more specifically, the factions who opposed a new (toll-free) bridge in Boston..... Item #20637
Small broadside and cabinet card photo of El-Joseph Robert Raycroft. Undated, but ca. 1905. Broadside measures 5.75 x 12 inches and has some old creases and short tears. Cabinet card is in fine condition and credited to photographer Geo. F. Reil of Chicago. Both of El-Joseph's parents were preachers, and..... Item #20692
Louvain: Université de Louvain, Institut Orientaliste, 1956. Softcover. Near Fine. Volume I: xvi, 192 pp + illustrations. Volume II: xxxiv, 163 pp + xxiii (illustrations). Orignal printed wrappers. Both volumes have unopened pages, light shelf wear; else clean and sound. Text is in French. DNB: "In 1926 [Philby] settled in..... Item #17805
New York and London: Longmans, Green, 1899. Hardcover. Very good. First edition, American issue. 8vo. pp. xxiv, 490; with two folding maps, 20 full-page plates, many other illustrations in the text. Original blue cloth stamped in gilt, top edge gilt. Very mild spine slant, rubbing to extremities; internals clean and..... Item #14880
Louisville, KY: Morton & Griswold, 1845. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 4.25 x 7.25 inches, pp xii, [9]-101.Original purple cloth with black leather spine, title stamped in gilt on upper board. Some pale staining to boards, interior very clean. All six original plates present, but folding map supplied in facsimile. Variously..... Item #20259
Rome and St. Louis: Jesuit Historical Institute and St. Louis Univesity, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Sources and Studies for the History of the Americas, Volume X. xi, 793 pp, with Ives' map (18" x 19") laid in; index, bibliography. Original blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Slight scuffing..... Item #19321
Rome and St. Louis: Jesuit Historical Institute and St. Louis Univesity, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Sources and Studies for the History of the Americas, Volume II. vii, 212 pp, with illustrations (facsimile pages) and folding map. Blue cloth boards stamped on the spine in gilt; no dust jacket..... Item #18544
Rome and St. Louis: Jesuit Historical Institute and St. Louis Univesity, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Sources and Studies for the History of the Americas, Volume II. vii, 212 pp, with illustrations (facsimile pages) and folding map. A fine copy bound in 3/4 red leather and marbled boards; signed by..... Item #17389
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1862. First American Edition. Hardcover. good. 8vo, xii, [4], 574+ [2] ads. Illustrated with engravings; 3 maps on one folding sheet. Blue cloth stamped in blind and gilt. Spine darkened, fraying to spine ends, corners rubbed, front hinge partially cracked. Embossed library stamp on a...... Item #13758
London: Tinsley Brothers, 1869. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Two volumes. 8vo, pp xii, 443; viii, 478, [2] (ads), each with engraved frontispiece and title page vignette, folding map in Volume II. Publisher's green cloth ruled in blind, with gilt figure on each front board. Account of Burton's journey from..... Item #20752
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. good+. xiv, 552 pp, indexed, with four folded maps in rear pocket, in original mustard cloth binding. Paper over front hinge split (but hinge still secure), penciled ownership signatures on front free endpapers, occasional penciled annotations in the margins. Binding sound, all..... Item #21422
San Francisco: Henry Grobe, 1917. Sheet music. 10.5 x 13.5 inches, 5 pp. Old dampstaining to back wrapper, abrasion to upper corner front wrapper, partial split at spine; good. An example of the Indianist movement in American classical music, this composition was based on a text and melody transcribed by..... Item #20880
London: Edward Stanford, 1870. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. xiv, 214 pp, with colored folding map (of the Provine of Victoria) and two color plates, but no ads. Rebound in cloth-backed marbled boards with leather spine label. Embossed library stamp on title page; no other libraray markings. Leather corners rubbed, some..... Item #19772
Long Beach: Arthur H. Cawston, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Approx. 8 x 11 inches, 431 pp, with index and 180 additional pages of illustrations not included in the pagination. Original embossed cloth binding. Light rubbing to extremities; binding sound, text clean. Signature of longtime Long Beach businessman and..... Item #20671
Lyndon, VT: 1882. First Edition. Softcover. Good. 233 pp + ads, in original salmon pictorial wrappers, with frontispiece (of a burro) and additional small illustrations in the text. Chips to corners of front wrapper and lower spine, previous owner's signature on front wrapper; internally very good. A series of letters..... Item #20755
San Francisco: California State Board of Trade, 1904. Softcover. Near fine. 55 pp, with chromolithograph frontispiece (of a poppy), folding map (Geographical, Topographical and Railroad Map of California, with birdseye view of San Francisco in 1903 on the verso), tables (one folding), and illustrations from photographs. Minimal general handling wear;..... Item #2821
Milwaukee, WI: North American Press, 1921. First Edition. Soft cover. Good. Unpaginated (c 200 pp), 6 x 9 inches, oblong, bound in flexible leather, illustrated with many b/w photographs from the Klondike Gold Rush (including scenes along the trail and views of Fairbanks and Dawson), one color illustration. Signed "Sincerely..... Item #13466
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London: Truslove & Shirley, 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo, 148 pp, with eight photogravure plates, folding plan of outrigger canoe, folding chart, and other illustrations. Number 291 of 500 copies issued. Spine lean, rubbed and bumped corners, old tape repair to verso of chart, otherwise clean and sound..... Item #19168
Mexico City: Editorial LAYAC, 1943. First Edition. Softcover. Very good. 9.5 x 7.25 inches, xv, 417 pp, including index and bibliography, illustrations, folding maps and facsimiles, in original colorful printed wrappers. A few penciled check marks in the index, otherwise unmarked, clean and sound. Some pages unopened. Second volume in..... Item #21212
Washington DC: 1924. Hardcover. Near fine. Unpaginated, approximately 80 pp, with frontispiece, 19 illustrations. Original brown cloth with vignette and title in gilt on front board. Very light shelf wear to boards; contents clean and sound. No dust jacket. The introduction to this scarce and rather odd work offers a...... Item #2194
Syracuse: E.H. Babcock & Co., 1853. First and only edition. 12mo, 148 pp, in publisher’s blind-stamped plum cloth. Wood-engraved vignette of a family scene on title page. Inscribed on the front pastedown “Mrs. Clement Dale, the Author L.D. Davis a Cousin of my Mama.” Some staining to boards, internals clean;..... Item #19918
London: John Murray, 1826. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9" - 12" tall. Two volumes in one. lxvii, 335; 269 pp, complete with 38 engraved plates (1 colored) and maps (1 folding), 6 wood-engraved vignettes in the text. Rebound in red buckram with leather spine label, date..... Item #13060
[Columbia, South Carolina]: Southern Carolina Environmental Coalition, 1975. Softcover. Near fine. 8.5 x 11 inches, 144 pp, in original wrappers. Ownership signature on first page, "Congaree Swamp" handwritten on the spine, else fine. A collection of articles compiled to explain the importance of South Carolina's old-growth, bottomland forest and to..... Item #20457
Salt Lake City: Charles Ellis, 1891. Softcover. Good. "Second edition of five thousand." 32 pp, in original printed wrappers, but with losses at the spine old stab holes from having been bound into boards. Good. A survey and pro-Mormon analysis of various events in the history of the Mormon Church..... Item #20643
