Lowell, Massachusetts: Self-Published, 1899. Paperback. Staplebound booklet 4 1/4" x 6 1/4". Full of descriptions of what to see when you embark upon longer-distance trolley travel, accompanied by photographic images and drawings. Several raggedy-edged pages, one page detached, and two with an unreadable spot where two leaves became stuck to..... More
London: Printed for John Stockdale, 1794. Second British Edition. Leather-bound. Three octavo volumes.Half bound leather over marbled boards. Second British edition and Third Editon overall, bound without the frontispiece portrait of Adams. 392, 451,528 [36] pages which includes the index to the set. Five raised bands with black spine labels..... More
Boston, Mass: American stationers company. John H. Eastburn, City Printer, 1836. First Edition. Stitched Pamphlet. 9 1/2" x 6" octavo. 90 pages. Sewn as issued with original blue wrapper on front cover, nearly detached. Stitches fragile. Lightly-tanned with minimal, light foxing. Very clean copy (Sabin 278). John Quincy Adams delivered..... More
Boston, Mass: J.H. Eastburn....City Printer, 1831. Stitched Pamphlet. 8" x 5 1/8" octavo. 100 pages. Removed from a book of pamphlets. Original stab-holes present. Ink off-set ghost on title page. First gathering fully detached. Last gathering starting to detach. Neatly trimmed edges, close to text on bottom. Lightly-tanned pages with..... More
Boston, Mass: Published by Oliver and Munroe, 1808. Second Edition. Stitched Pamphlet. 7 1/2" x 4 3/4". 32 pages. Removed and sewn with original stab-holes. Edges trimmed close to text, page numbers 8, 13, 14, 28, 29 shaved. Paper lightly-browned throughout with foxing. Ink marginalia on 11 pages, most likely..... More
Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 1976. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY AUTHOR to half-title page. Previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Brown cloth-covered boards are Near Fine. Sharp corners. Pictorial dustjacket is Good Plus Jacket is lightly stained, and edges have a few creases with closed tears..... More
Los Angeles, California: Bank of America, 1959. Staplebound Pamphlet. Staplebound pamphlet protected in custom quarter-bound leather case. Some minor wear to edges of book itself, and some minor staining to inside of case. This is a story of what made Los Angeles a great city. 48 pp. More
London, England: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall; and sold by M. Cooper, at the Globe in Pater-Noster Row, 1758. First Edition. Pamphlet. 8" x 5" octavo. 130 pages. Removed with leather remnants on spine. Paper disintigration and loss on first 7 leaves. Nearly half a leaf missing..... More
London, England: printed for W. Davis, the Corner of Sackville-Street, Piccadilly; and T. Evans, Pater-noster-Row. 1775. First Edition. Removed. Octavo (7 3/4" x 5") . 128 pages. Removed from a book of pamphlets. Missing pp.129-131 and last blank leaf. Half-title fully detached but present. Approximately 1/4 of paper missing from..... More
Rolla, Missouri: Rolla Printing Company, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. 108 pages. Frontis drawing of Bill Wilson, text photos. Black flexible boards with titles in red on cover and small decoration of rider on galloping horse in red. Light wear to cover, binding strong. Some writing in pencil to front endpaper..... More
Chicago, IL: C. W. Stanton Company, 1910. Hardcover. Canvassing Book with Subscription Pages partially filled out. 8vo. Green cloth with photo paste-on to front board Quote to top of front board: "For God's Sake, Do Something!", says General Booth, and "The Greatest Crime in the World's History", to bottom. What..... More
Batavia, New York: Adams and Thorp, 1827. Seventh Edition. Pamphlet. 12mo. (7 1/4" x 4 1/2"). Disbound/Removed from larger gathering, remnants of cloth, glue and original stitching to spine. Lacks title leaf. Some stains to first page (heading: "NARRATIVE, &c."), and light tidelines from pp. 45-59, but not at all..... More
Easley, South Carolina (USA): Southern Historical Press, Inc., 1985. Hardcover. Bright red boards with bright gilt lettering to front and spine. One small stray ink mark to rear board, and a tiny spot to front. 170 pp. (plus 40-pp. Index at rear compiled by Melodey Mozeley Hauch, League City, Texas)..... More
London, England: Printed for J. Dodsley,in Pall-Mall, 1777. Second Edition. Softcover. 8vo. Plain paper wrappers, approximately 8" x 5". 75 pp. in all. Small, ongoing stain to very bottom of first AND last 25 pp. This second edition (of which there were two pressings) was the first London printing, after..... More
London. Printed for William Lane, Leadenhall St. 1789. First Edition. Leather-bound. 2 volumes. Full polished leather with red and black spine labels. Octavos. Corners bumped, edgewear and some discoloration and staining to boards, cracking to outer spines and fraying to heads and tails of spines. Volume 1: vii, list of..... More
Los Angeles, California: Wetzel Publishing Co., 1945. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. "...the experiences of a transcontinental bus driver and his passengers". Inscribed and SIGNED to an apparent colleague and friend, front free endpaper. Dustjacket torn and chipped at edges with lower half of rear flap missing, and lower third of..... More
Philadelphia: Published by the Author, 1815. Sixth Edition. Hardcover. Stated Sixth edition, enlarged. 452 pages, appendix, index. Rebacked brown cloth spine over original boards. Paper label to spine, octavo. Corners chipped, chafing and edgewear, scratches and some stains to boards. Binding solid. Private library stamp to inside board and front..... More
London: Printed for the author and sold by J. Bowen, 1780. First Edition. Hardcover. NOTE: THIS IS BOOK I, BUT BOOK II NEVER PUBLISHED.Nicely rebound in brown cloth, red leather title label, titles and spine rules in gilt. Large quarto [11 1/2 x9 inches]. Very light general wear, gilt title..... More
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Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed and signed "For Miss Rosemary Street with compliments from Charnwood." xx,232 pages, index. Frontis photo of Roosevelt. Red cloth with embossed cameo design, titles in gilt, octavo. Corners bumped, minor edgewear, textblock square and tight. Note: Rosemary Street was the daughter..... More
Cooperstown, New York: H. & E. Phinney, [1716] 1846. Revised Edition. Leather-bound. Full leather. 1/2" chip to head of spine. Rear board DETACHED but present. Scattered foxing. Full page illus. First published in Boston in 1716. More
New York: A.S. Barnes, 1904. Hardcover. 8vo, 7" x 4.25", maroon cloth with gilt lettering and graphic (compass star surrounded by solar petals) to front board, and lettering to spine, labeled "The Trail Makers". 410 pp. Octavo. Rubbing to extremities. Rear hinge just barely starting, but binding very tight. Lithographed..... More
Cambridge, U.S.A. Privately Printed At The University Press, 1912. Hardcover. Lovely early, assumed first edition of this title, in deep burgundy-red boards with gilt titles to front and spine. Privately printed. Boards and textblock bright, clean and tight with the slightest hint of wear at board corners, but no bumping..... More
Dallas: Taylor Publishing Company, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. 96 pages, photos. Red cloth, quarto. Fine copy. No dust jacket as issued. More
Arcadia Publishing, 2006. Softcover. Book excellent shape, two mildly dogeared pages near front. Illustrated throughout with numerous images depicting the history of Paradise California, which in 2018 was devastated by wildfires. "The images of America series celebrates the history of neighborhoods, towns, and cities across the country. Using archival photographs..... More
Albuquerque: Gelcour Books, 2012. Hardcover. Signed by the author on the front endpaper. 645 pages, bibliography. Gray cloth, thick octavo. As new copy in fine dust jacket. This is an imaginative revisionist history based on the author's extensive and scholarly investigations into the life and myth of William Bonney and..... More
