An American Theme and its application to Australian History. Pp. [viii]+48, frontispiece portrait [of American historian Frederick Jackson Turner], bibliographical note, appendices; post 8vo; red cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, faded (heaviest on backstrip), edges rubbed and split, with a couple of small chips; endpapers slightly offset, the..... More
Texte de Claude Aubry. Gravures de Saul Field. [Text in French]. Pp. 102, 10 full page coloured illustrations, patterned endpapers; med. 4to; pictorial beige cloth, lettered and decorated in maroon, the boards slightly foxed; text block faintly browned; edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Les Editions des Deux Rives, Ottawa..... More
from the coast of Virginia to the Territory of Illinois. Pp. 156, hand-coloured folding frontispiece map; full nineteenth century calf, with gilt lettered maroon leather title label (chipped) on spine, boards with gilt edges, the spine ruled in gilt around raised bands, small ink stain to upper board, the boards..... More
Glimpses of John Augustus Sutter, the Hok Farm and neighboring Indian Tribes, from the Journals of Prince Paul, H.R.H. Duke Paul Wilhelm of Wurttemberg. Edited with an introduction by John A. Hussey. Pp. 80, frontispiece portrait, 2 plates; med. 4to; qr. brown cloth, printed label on spine, patterned papered boards;..... More
Preface by Walter Wenzel Frese. Pp. 192, numerous illustrations, index; demy 4to; qr. green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, green papered boards; dust wrapper, with barcode sticker on reverse; Architectural Book Publishing Co., Inc., Stamford, Connecticut, 1994. *Originally published by Hastings House, in 1962. 'Samuel Chamberlain photographed New England for..... More
[Facsimile edition]. Pp. xiv+104, index; Maurizio Martino Publisher , Mansfield Centre, CT, n.d.[1997]. Edition limited to 150 copies. *Originally published in Washington in 1941. More
Pp. [vi]+958(last blank)+xliv(last blank), 32 plates, index; thick med. 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; text block faintly browned; Hutchinson, London, 2004. First U.K. edition, first issue. *With 'failure of my life' (later corrected to 'failures of my life') in the last sentence on page iv of..... More
Pp. [viii]+196(last blank), text illustrations and figures, bibliography, index; The University of Alabama Press, Alabama, 1982. *Collection of papers originally presented at a symposium held during a Southeastern sectional meeting of the Geological Society of America in Birmingham, March 1980. More
American Immigration to Australia. Pp. [ii]+xxii+254(processed), text maps, tables, appendices, sources; corners of boards lightly worn; dust wrapper, rubbed, edges slightly split; a little light foxing; R & E Research Associates, San Francisco, 1977. First edition. *With a typescript list of other works by the author tipped-in at the end..... More
An Anthology of Native American Tales and Legends. With decorations by Donald Crews. Pp. x+214(last blank), decorations printed in grey & black, notes and sources; qr. red/brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, beige papered boards, the upper board decorated in blind; price-clipped dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and..... More
Letters of Henry Eno from California and Nevada, 1848-1871. Edited and with an Introduction by W. Turrentine Jackson. Pp. xiv+224, frontispiece, plus 2 plates, title page vignette, full page family tree, bibliography, index; qr. brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, yellow papered boards; dust wrapper, slightly soiled and worn, edges..... More
A history of Michigan's Battery D through the letters of Artificer Harold J. Bartlett, 1861-1864. Pp. [x]+171+25(Unit roster, last blank), frontispiece plus 18 plates; dust wrapper, edges a trifle split; Ray Russell Books, Rochester, Michigan, 1983. First edition, limited to 500 numbered copies. More
Pp. xii+276(last blank), frontispiece, title page vignette, full page text illustrations, double page map, bibliography, index; qr. blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, a trifle flecked, light blue buckram boards, lettered and decorated in gilt; inked gift inscription on upper free endpaper; General Publishing Co., Toronto, 1966. *Signed by the..... More
1963. Pp. [iv]+38, frontispiece portrait, printed textured paper wrappers, stapled; privately printed by Winthrop Grant, Philadelphia, 1963. *With a loosely inserted sheet noting the murder of President Kennedy: 'A great sorrow has come over our country in the untimely passing of John F. Kennedy, revered 35th President of The United..... More
Pp. [iv]+62, frontispiece portrait; printed textured paper wrappers, stapled, tiny mark on lower wrapper; upper free endpaper a trifle foxed, the staples starting at front; privately printed by Winthrop Grant, Philadelphia, 1962. More
Pp. 8[Introduction]+[2]+32[facsimile almanac, illustrated]; printed papered boards, edges lightly faded, spine fractured at head and a trifle chipped at foot; a little light foxing; Friends of the Huntington Library, San Marino, California, 1942. *Printed at the Ward Ritchie Press. Includes news from the gold diggings. More
Pp. [viii]+292, frontispiece, text illustrations, bibliography, index; edges of boards a trifle rubbed; price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly faded and worn, edges chipped, with small piece torn from head of backstrip; Oxford University Press, New York, 1956. *Biography of A. Oakey Hall, who became Mayor of New York in 1868, during..... More
Pp. 122(last blank); tiny bruise at head of spine; dust wrapper, slightly soiled and browned, edges a trifle rubbed; name in ink on upper free endpaper, the free endpapers faintly offset, edges of leaves lightly foxed; Andre Deutsch/Hutchinson Group (Australia) Pty. Ltd., Melbourne, 1977. First Australian edition. More
printed and in manuscript, offered for cash. l20 page catalogue, listing l36 items with prices, several illustrations of title pages, large folding map with yellow border; demy 4to; marbled papered boards, printed label, edges slightly rubbed; tiny closed tears to margins of a few leaves; Metuchen, N.J., 1930. More
A collection of contemporary broadsides, pamphlets and a few books pertaining to the history of the Stamp Act, the Boston Massacre and other pre-revolutionary troubles, the War for Independence, and the Adoption of the Federal constitution. Alphabetically arranged with index to items issued anonymously but listed under author's name. Bibliographically..... More
Memoranda of a journey across the plains, from Dundee, Ill., to Olympia, W.T., May 7 to November 3, 1862. Pp. 80(last blank); med. 8vo; red cloth, lettered and decorated in blue; patterned endpapers; Dogwood Press, Seattle, 1955. *First published in 1863 at Olympia, at the office of the Washington Standard..... More
The most fascinating house in America. Pictures by Samuel Chamberlain. Pp. [iv]+84, coloured frontispiece and 3 plates, numerous black & white illustrations (several full page), upper endpaper plan, index; small cr. 4to; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled and rubbed, edges lightly chipped and split, small ink scribble on front flap..... More
The Houstons and Woodwards of Chestnut Hill. Foreword by E. Digby Baltzell. Pp. xviii+208(last blank), frontispiece plus 31 plates, full page map, family tree, notes, index; dust wrapper; University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 1988. First edition. *Inscribed and signed by the author on title page. The story of one of..... More
Americans in England 1760-1940. Introduction by Alistair Cooke. Pp. xvi+288, numerous text illustrations, selected bibliography, index; cr. 4to; edges of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, faintly soiled, the backstrip and edges of back panel lightly faded, bookseller's sticker on front flap; outer leaves and edges faintly soiled; Holt, Rinehart..... More
Pp. 272, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, index; med. 4to; qr. red cloth, spine lettered in black, light blue papered boards, upper board lettered in blind, the fore-corners bruised and with a couple of tiny bumps to bottom edges; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges a trifle creased..... More