Berlin: Bey Haude und Spener, [1784]. Second Edition. 12mo., [8], 182, [2] pages; VG; bound in plain blue/gray paper wraps; housed in a custom ox-blood morocco card-deck style slipcase with lid; bookplate of Mark Dineley to front pastedown; Second edition, with the author's initials corrected on the title page and the date 1784 added to the bases of three plates.; finely engraved allegorical frontispiece; beautiful hand-tinted folding map of the North American colonies by Daniel Friedrich Sotzmann based on earlier work by William Faden the Younger; 12 engraved plates by artist Daniel Chodowiecki, engraved by Daniel Berger, depicting events from the Revolutionary War bound in throughout; engraved plate by Berger depicting five Revolutionary War figures; a double-plate by Berger depicting both the Libertas Americana medal and the Continental Currency dollar; and three vividly hand-tinted plates depicting the American flag and pennant, Gen. Washington with a guard, and a sharpshooter and infantryman.; text in German; RF consignment; shelved case 3. More

London: John Stockdale, 1787. First English Edition. Octavo; VG-; 382 pages; full brown leather binding paneled spine with burgundy label, gilt lettering; Professionally rebound; Lacking map; Fold-out table of Native American tribes intact; pages toned; a few spots of liquid at upper edge, text unaffected; JG Consignment; Shelved Case 1. More

n.d. [1981]. Group photograph of the Presidents of the United States. 8 by 10 inch photo of Presidents Reagan, Ford, Carter, and Nixon at the White House, in frame 13.5 by 15.5 inches. Signed by Presidents Ronald Reagan (1911-2004), Gerald R. Ford (1913-2006), Jimmy Carter (b. 1924), and Richard Nixon (1913-1994). A view of the four living US Presidents gathered at the White House in 1981, prior to departing for Egypt to attend the funeral of Anwar Sadat. SG consignment;. More

New York: The Century Co., 1900. First Edition. Octavo, xxii; G+; bound in publisher's green cloth, gilt lettering to spine; top edge of text block gilt; spine cocked, weakened binding; tape to front gutter; mild rubbing to boards; interior clean; Scarcer than the 1901 Printing; shelved case 10. More

Philadelphia: S. Augustus Mitchell, 1871. Folio, unpaginated; VG-; newly rebacked with brown cloth, majority of original front board cloth preserved, including gilt titling; spine with black label, gilt titling; water-damage to upper half of the volume, more pronounced on the first 5 pages, impacts mags, but does not affect coloring; With 67 hand-colored maps (plus insets) on 56 mapsheets (including 9 double-page), plus time table page, reference table, and appendices; shelved above case 3. More

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 496 pages; VG/VG; Black jacket spine with white lettering; Book has been Signed by John Lewis on the title page; Jacket shows minimal wear to the edges, bookstore sticker on rear of jacket, jacket now protected by mylar cover; Boards straight, Binding tight; Text block clean; LH consignment; Shelved case 5. More

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1863. First Edition. Folio; Rebound in brown leather with gilt lettering; VG;832 pages; Volume contains all issues of Harper's for 1863; SOme minor wear to the boards and scuffing at the edges; Title page has been repaired and has some light tearing to the edges; No interior markings or note taking; Age toned as is typical; Item is heavy, please contact us for international or priority shipping. JC Consignment; Shelved above mythology. More

Boston; New York: Houghton Mifflin Company; Harper & Brothers, 1880-1904. Various Editions. Octavos, 28 volumes; VG; all volumes matching 3/4 bound in brown leather, spine with 6 compartments, two with gilt lettering and a single rule border, the others with a double ruled border; marbled boards, endpapers; top edges gilt;name of F. A. Delano on spine tail in gilt on all volumes; Frederic Adrian Delano II was a member of the Delano family as a son of Warren Delano Jr. and Catherine Robbins Lyman, brother of Sara Ann Delano, and uncle of U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Among other accomplishments, he was the chairman of the influential National Capital Park and Planning Commission and helped approve and oversee the building of the Pentagon.; heavy, please contact for shipping costs; shelved above WWII. More

Newark: Printed by Pennington & Gould, 1801. Third American Edition. Octavo, [2], 391 pages; G-; bound in contemporary calf, flat spine with gilt bands, missing label, morocco oval with gilt 'J. F.'; front board detached, with remnants of an adhesive to hinge, rear board tenuously attached, chipping to head of spine; moderate rubbing and bumping to corners; foxing throughout; with an initial advertisement and contents leaf; with frontispiece portrait of Jefferson engraved by John Scoles, folding table, and in-text map of Madison's Cave. mild wear to fore edge of frontispiece and title page; JG consignment; shelved case 1. More

1898-1924. Contains the following 16 items in 3 categories: 1) American Negro Academy, Group of 14 "Occasional Papers" ; Washington, D.C. Group of 14 issues of this landmark African American intellectual publication, beginning with Occasional Papers No. 3 in 1898; the latest journal is No. 22 (1924). Various paginations; small 8tos, original wrappers. Condition varies; many are fragile, particularly the earliest issues, but handleable.Textblocks all appear complete. No journal is missing its front cover, i.e., all are present; however, some (Nos. 3, 4, 7 and 9) are separated and others severely chipped. The 4 issues with the loose front wrappers also are lacking a (blank) bottom wrapper. Conversely, a couple issues-- namely No. 15, No. 16 and No. 17-- are Very Good+ to Near Fine. Founded in Washington D.C by 78-year-old Reverend Alexander Crummell, the American Negro Academy was an organization of black intellectuals dedicated to the promotion of higher education, the arts, and science for African Americans as part of the overall struggle for racial equality. This group of their Occasional Papers includes: #3 Alexander Crummell's 1898 paper "Civilization the Primal Need of a Race;" #4 A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE NEGRO PROBLEM (Cook, 1898), #5 "How the Black St. Domingo Legion Saved the Patriot Army in the Siege of Savannah, 1779" (Steward, 1899),#6 "The Disfranchisement of the Negro" (Love, 1899), #7 "Right on the Scaffold, or The Martyrs of 1822 (Grimke, 1901); #9 "The Early Negro Convention Movement" (Cromwell, 1904), #11 "The Negro and the Elective Franchise" (Grimke, Cook, Hope, et al., 1905); #14 "Charles Sumner Centenary," a historical address by Grimke (1911); #15 "Peonage" (Hershaw, 1915); #16 "The Ballotless Victim of One-Party Governments", 1913 Annual Address (Grimke); #17 "The Ultimate Criminal," 1915 Annual Address (Grimke); "Papers of the American Negro Academy" series of six essays by various authors [1916], #21 "The Shame of America, or, The Negro's Case Against the Republic" (Grimke, 1924); and #22 "The Challenge of the Disfranchised: A Plea for the Enforcement of the 15th Amendment" (Cromwell, 1924). 2) The Atlanta Riot: A Discourse by the Rev. Francis J. Grimke, Pastor of the Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church, October 7, 1906 Grimke, Rev. Francis J. [s.l.]: Published by Request, 1906. 1st ed. Paperback. 14p. Softcover in original wrapper. 23cm. Poor; with loose front cover, heavily chipped, with back cover absent; textblock is complete and still stapled, though with some closed tears at spine. No markings. Very hard to find. 3) Paul Cuffe Sherwood, Henry N. Washington, D.C.: Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, 1923. (Reprinted from the Journal of Negro History, VIII, No. 2, April 1923). 77p. Softcover in original wrapper. 25cm. Good. Despite some damage, these exceedingly scarce pamphlets represent the work of some of the greatest African American scholars of any era.; shelved case 1 or window. More

New York: Francis P. Harper, 1895. New edition; with Memoir, New Map and Other Illustrations. Set of three octavos in dark green hardcovers with gold letters on spine; VG; moderate soiling; good binding; deckle edges dusty; frontispiece portraits; some pages uncut; text clean; vol. 1 Memoirs; vol. 2 Arkansas and Mexico; vol. 3 Index and large folded map in separate compartment; please contact us for shipping costs; EM consignment.; shelved case 1. More

Washington: Beverley Tucker, Printer, 1857. First Edition. 4to., 134p., 85pp., 102pp., 114pp., iv, 64pp,; VG; dark brown blind-embossed boards, faded letters to spine; signs of repair to binding, with spine being rebacked, chipping to spine where rebacking is visible; some shelfwear and rubbing, particularly to corners; bump to middle of upper and lower edges of rear board; title page is misspelled, with the 'he' of 'the' missing; pages 51-54 of the botanical report slightly loose; 13 plates/2 woodcuts [lacking maps], 5 plates [complete], 16 plates [complete], plate XXIIa/b, XXVa/b, XLa, XLVI, LXII, LXVI, LXVIII, LXX, LXXIV, XXVI, XXXIV, I?, III, XXIX [complete]; Signature of former president Millard Filmore on front pastedown, with date of Oct. 25, 1859. Filmore (January 7, 1800 – March 8, 1874) was the 13th President of the United States (1850–53). Fillmore and his cabinet rode the first train from New York City to the shores of Lake Erie, and was a big proponent of a transcontinental railroad, urging Congress to authorize the federal funding for one.; This is the California/Oregon volume, with the report by Lieutenant Henry Abbot on the expedition, under the command of Lieutenant R.S. Williamson. They were attempting to find routes from the Sacramento Valley to the Columbia River. The first section described the routes and terrain, followed by sections on the geology, the botany, and the zoological report which included fishes, birds and mammals of the region.; JC consignment; shelved case 1. More

Boston: Printed by Manning & Loring, 1797. 8vo., 300pp.; VG-; bound in brown leather, spine has red label and gilt lettering; moderate wear to boards, including scratches, scuffing, and rubbing; foxing, age-toning, and mild water-marks to interior; name written on ffep, dated 1801; lower edges of hinges beginning to split; TG consignment; shelved case 1. More

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 2015. Octavos, 3 volumes; VG; bound in fine genuine red/gray/black leather with bright gilt spine titles and gilt and black decorative motif on covers; each volume with matching motif; gilt text block; silk endpapers; silk ribbon; contains "The Path for Power," "Means of Ascent," and "Master of the Senate." lacking "The Passage of Power."; "The Path for Power," is signed by Caro on the limitation page, lacking the Easton Certificate of Authenticity; shelved above Easton Press. More

Philadelphia, PA: J. Ormrod, 1800. First Edition. Octavo, 338/44 pages; Fair; fully bound in brown leather, paneled spine has faded gilt lettering; binding has heavy wear, with detachment on either side of the spine, significant rubbing along all edges of the boards and on the front and back covers, damaged joints but boards still attached, has fraying on the fore edge corners, tap and bottom of the spine have edges missing, spine has several abrasion marks, ex library with a bar code and book plate on the inside of the back cover; pages have significant age toning, have occasional dog-earing, have blotching throughout and markings on the edge of the text block, first several pages have minor tearing, original owner's name is written on the ffep and inside the front cover in ink; SEE ALL NINE IMAGES FOR DETAILS NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, in bookcases next to Ephemera section. More

London: Robert Jennings, [1830], 1828. First Edition. Octavo; G; bound in 3/4 burgundy calf, marbled boards, spine with gilt titling; moderate wear and rubbing to binding, including front board largely detached, part of marbled paper on front board peeling, chipping to head and tail of spine; small ink splatter to top edge of text block, impacts top edge of Columbia and Brazil maps; with 80/81 plates, lacking the final plate (Intermediate Geography). With 55 maps illustrating the modern world and 25 of 26 maps illustrating the ancient world; Calligraphic title page to both parts; Scales differ.; RR consignment; shelved case 9. More

New York: Best Books Inc., 1965. First Trade Paperback Edition. Octavo, 286 pages; VG-: spine is white with red lettering; binding has minor wear along the edges, has a small crease at the bottom of the front cover and at the top of the back cover, has minor creasing on the spine; pages have red coloring along the text block, have minor fading along the edges and have age toning; signed by Ronald Reagan on the title page; SG Consignment; Shelved in case 5. More

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1905. Octavo; VG; bound in three quarter dark blue calf, paneled spine, gilt titling and tooling, marbled endpapers; mild wear and rubbing; top edge gilt; A Collection of speeches, reports, and the Bill regarding admitting the Oklahoma, Arizona, New Mexico, and Indian Territories to the Union in one binding. From the collection of Albert J. Beveridge, chair of the Senate Committee on Territories. Mounted clipped signature of Beveridge loose within. Contains the following: Washington: 1905. Speech of Hon. Albert J. Beveridge, of Indiana, Closing the Debate on the Statehood Bill, in the Senate of the United States, February 6, 1905 (47 pages); Washington: 1905. Statehood Bill - Speech of Hon. William B. Bate, of Tennessee, in the Senate of the United States, Friday, January 20, and Monday, January 23, 1905. (39 pages) Washington: 1905. The Autonomy of Arizona Guaranteed Forever - Speech of Hon. Thomas R. Bard, of California, in the Senate of the United States, Friday, January 6, 1905 (27 pages); Washington: 1903. Statehood Bill - Speech of Hon. Thomas R. Bard, of California, in the Senate of the United States, January 29 and February 2, 1903 (26 pages); Washington: 1903. Omnibus Statehood Bill - Speech of Hon. William P. Dillingham, of Vermont, in the Senate of the United States, Monday and Tuesday, December 15 and 16, 1902 (47 pages); Washington: 1903. Statehood Bill - Speech of Hon. Chauncey M. Depew of New York, in the Senate of the United States, February 11, 12, 13, and 17, 1903 (64 pages); Washington: 1905. Statehood Bill - Speech of Hon. Joseph B. Foraker of Ohio, in the Senate of the United States, February 6 and 7, 1905 (24 pages); Washington: 1903. Statehood Bill - Speech of Hon. Joseph B. Foraker of Ohio, in the Senate of the United States, Thursday and Monday, January 15 and 19, 1903 (59 pages); Washington: 1905. Speech of Hon. Jacob H. Gallinger of New Hampshire, in the Senate of the United States, Friday, January 27, 1905 (39 pages); Washington: 1903. Statehood Bill - Speech of Hon. John Kean of New Jersey, in the Senate of the United States, February 4, 6, 7, and 9, 1903 (36 pages); Washington: 1905. Immediate Admission of Oklahoma and Indian Territory as a State - Speech of Hon. Chester I. Long of Kansas, in the Senate of the United States, February 4, 1905 (24 pages); Calendar No., 2109 Senate 57th Congress, 2nd Session, Report No. 2206. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 New Statehood Bill.; House of Representatives 57th Congress, 1st Session, Report No. 1309. Admission of Certain Territories.; House of Representatives 57th Congress, 2d Session, Report No. 2335. Statehood for the Territories.; Washington: 1903. Senate 57th Congress, 2nd Session, Document No. 36. New Statehood Bill - Hearings before the subcommittee of the Committee on Territories [Nov. 12-24, 1902] on House bill 12543, to enable the people of Oklahoma, Arizona, and New Mexico, to form constitutions and state governments and be admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original states. December 10, 1902.--Submitted by Mr. Beveridge and ordered to be printed. (394 pages, with two maps.); shelved case 1. More

London: W. Richardson, 1801. Octavo, 334 pages; G; bound in contemporary marbled boards, rebacked in brown cloth, red label with gilt titling; moderate rubbing to boards; new endpapers, with old endpapers preserved; front pastedown with bookplate, ownership stamp, signature of Millard Fillmore, dated Nov. 6th, 1858.; two folding plates plus folding frontispiece; SG consignment; shelved case 5. More

Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office, 1970. 8vo., 136pp.; VG; bound in blue cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine; slight bowing to boards; very mild shelfwear; interior clean; INSCRIBED by Chief Justice Earl Warren on the ffep, dated 11/23/70; consignment; shelved case 1. More

New York: R. H. Russell, 1900. First Edition. 4vo., xxxi, 298pp.; VG; bound in publishers paper boards with tan cloth spine, gilt lettering on spine; spine shows light bug flecking, paper split over one forecorner; front board has a large cover label pasted on, bright and unrubbed; protected with a plastic covering; pages are uncut along the fore edge; minor bumping to head and tail of spine, corners; bookplate of Collin Armstrong on ffep; ; interior clean; top edge of text block gilt, others uncut; with eight plates by Parrish, plus cover picture; in uncommonly nice condition; shelved in Allan's office. More

Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1839. Octavo, 196 pages; G+; bound in faded cloth with a paper label pasted to spine, faded black titling; Minor shelf wear and bumping to edges and corners of covers; Cloth binding somewhat faded; label on spine chipped, age-toned, and worn; Small patch of damp staining along center of front hinge; endpapers age-toned and slightly foxed; Text block lightly age-toned and somewhat foxed; Volume 2 only;This book was in President Millard Fillmore’s library, and he wrote his name on the front pastedown along the hinge.; EF consignment; shelved case 1. More

New York: White, Gallaher, & White, 1827. First American Edition. Octavo, 416 pages; VG: bound in publisher's teal paper-covered boards, brown cloth spine with paper label; binding with moderate wear, including mild staining to boards, wear to corners, fraying to spine and hinges, rear board separated but attached by string; pages entirely uncut; mild foxing to interior; scarce; shelved case 1. More

New York: Doubleday, 1969. First Edition. Octavo; VG-/No Jacket; 323 pages; Black spine with gilt lettering; INSCRIBED "For Ethel, From Gene" to Ethel Kennedy. Some fading along the spine; general edge wear and some light bumping on the corners; Pages are age toned, as is typical; Interior clean and free of markings. Shelved in case 5. More

Lynchburg, VA: Schroeder Publications, 2004. Second Edition, Revised. Octavo; pp 319; VG-/no-DJ; dark green spine with light green and red text; cloth shows moderate rubbing to exterior; bookshop's autograph sticker to front; strong boards; text block shows light shelf wear to exterior edges; small chip to head edge of title page; interior clean; profusely illustrated; signed by Patrick Schroeder. More