Biography & Autobiography
Books documenting the lives of notable people throughout history, ranging from Presidents to actors.
WOODROW WILSON LIFE & LETTERS [FIVE VOLUMES]
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1927. First Edition. Octavos, Five Volumes. In Good minus condition. Spines are brown and blue with gold lettering. Boards have shelf wear, bumping to corners, minor scraping along the edges, and scuffing to spines. Volumes 1 and 2 have staining to front board. Volumes 1, 2, and 5 have faded coloring. Volumes 3 and 4 were printed in 1931. Volume 5 was printed in 1935. CONTENTS: Vol. I. "Youth 1856-1890" (xxxiv, 335 pages) -- Vol. II. "Princeton 1890-1910" (vi, 373 pages) -- Vol. III. "Governor 1910-1913" (ix, 483 pages) -- Vol. IV. "President 1913-1914" (vi, 518 pages) -- Vol. V. "Neutrality 1914-1915" (xii, 409 pages) [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates] NOTE: Shelved in Room X, atop one of the bookshelves. More
HORACE WALPOLE: MEMOIRS OF KING GEORGE II [THREE VOLUMES]
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1985. Octavo, three volumes. In Very Good condition with Very Good minus dust jackets. Spines dark green with gilt lettering. Dust jackets protected with mylar coverings. Spines have sunned moderately with damp staining to tail edge inside jacket to volume one. Small indentation to front to volume three. Very light age toning to flaps. Boards have extremely light wear to the exteriors. Text blocks have lightly age toned with minimal foxing to the head edges. Frontispiece to volume one. Illustrated. CONTENTS: Vol. One "January 1751- March 1754" xxxii, 248 pages -- Vol. Two "March 1754-1757" ix, 295 pages -- Vol. Three "1758-1760: Appendices and Index" ix, 291 pages Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates. More
SON OF THE SUN: THE LIFE AND PHILOSOPHY OF AKHNATON, KING OF EGYPT
San Jose: Supreme Grand Lodge of A.M.O.R.C., Inc., 1981. Fourth Edition. Octavo, xii, 322 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine teal green with gilt lettering. Boards show very mild wear with tiny rubs to the corners. Gilt illustration and lettering to the front. Text block has head edge colored green and slight foxing to the fore and tail edges. Previous owner's name to the front pastedown and faint offsetting to the end papers. Frontispiece. Fourth Edition. More
PATRIMONY A TRUE STORY
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1991. First Edition. Octavo, 238 pages. In Very Good minus condition with Very Good dust jacket. Spine is off-white with brown lettering. Dust jacket has mild creasing to edges. Boards have some discoloration and minor scuffing. Inscription to previous owner is on title page. More
JACKSON: AN AMERICAN SAGA [SIGNED]
New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., 1989. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 934 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine pictorial black with gilt and white lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Mild wear exteriorly with minor crinkles to the corners. Boards have extremely slight wear exteriorly with light rubbing to head/tail edges. Broken front hinge. Text block has light shelf wear to the edges. Deckled fore edge. Illustrated. First Edition. First Printing. Signed by the authors. More
THIS BOY'S LIFE: A MEMOIR [SIGNED]
New York: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1989. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 288 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Dust jacket protected a mylar covering. Spine very light green with green lettering. Boards have light sunning exteriorly. Text block shows very faint finger marks to the edges. First Edition, First Printing. Signed by the author. More
A DREAMER'S PARADISE LOST: LOUIS C. FRAINA/LEWIS COREY (1892-1953) AND THE DECLINE OF RADICALISM IN THE UNITED STATES
Atlantic Highlands: Humanities Press International Inc., 1995. First Edition. Octavo, v, x, 192 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine black with gilt lettering. Boards have mild lean to the spine with slight, whitish scuffs exteriorly. First Edition. More
DADDY'S GIRL
Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1980. Octavo, 255 pages. In Very Good condition with a Good dust jacket. Spine is red with black print. Dust jacket has slight edge wear, short tear to front top edge. Boards quarter bound with grey cloth to spine and black paper to boards. More
WAS SHAKESPEARE SHAKESPEARE? A LAWYER REVIEWS THE EVIDENCE [Inscribed]
New York: Cooper Square Publishing, 1965. First Edition. Octavo, xii, 155 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine tan with black lettering. Dust jacket protected in mylar covering, with price uncut: "$4.50." Minor shelfwear. Light staining to front and rear covers. Interior pages clean. Inscribed flat by Martin on front free endpaper. Shelved in Drama - Shakespeare. More
SIR JOHN GEORGE BOURINOT, VICTORIAN CANADIAN: HIS LIFE, TIMES AND LEGACY
Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2001. Octavo, vi, ix, xviii, 367 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine dark green with white lettering. Slight shelf wear with light wear to the edges. Boards have slight cocking to the spine with extremely mild wear exteriorly and minor edge wear. Text block has light wear to the edges with slight dark smudges to front pastedown, small smudge to page vi and facing page. Illustrated. More
CYRUS K. HOLLIDAY: A DOCUMENTARY BIOGRAPHY
Topeka: The Kansas State Historical Society, 1979. Octavo, viii, 254 pages. In Very Good condition with a Good plus dust jacket. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Spine off-white with black lettering. Slight soiling wear with small chip to rear head edge. Boards have minimal wear to head/tail edges. Text block shows mild age toning to the edges with "Surplus-2 Library of Congress Duplicate" stamped to the front free end paper and ex-library stamps to the copyright page. Frontispiece. Illustrated. More
THE DISSENTING OPINIONS OF MISTER WESTBROOK PEGLER
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938. First Edition. Octavo, 333 Pages. In Good Plus condition. Orange spine with black lettering. Full binding in orange cloth. Boards show light shelf wear and edge wear, minor fraying to corners and slight sunning to spine. Text block exhibits moderate age-toning. More
PAUL BOURGET
Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1976. First Edition. Octavo, 184 pages. In Very Good condition. Green spine with silver lettering. Full binding in green cloth. Boards show mild edge wear and slight creasing to headband. More
AKSAKOV: CHRONICLES OF A RUSSIAN FAMILY
London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd., n.d. Octavo, xv, 398 pages. In Good plus condition. Quarter bound red spine with black lettering to a paper label. Boards tan with black lettering to paper label to the front. Mild age toning to the spine with lightly rubbed edges. Text block has moderate age toning. Deckled fore and tail edges. Marbled end papers. Previous owner's small sticker to front pastedown. More
THE INTIMATE LIFE OF THE LAST TZARINA
New York: Lincoln Mac Veagh, The Dial Press, 1928. Octavo, x, 325 pages. In Good condition. Spine pink with gilt lettering. Boards have slight soiling wear with whitish scratches to the rear, mildly age toned spine, rubbing wear to head/tail edges and tape mends to spine edges. Text block has moderate age toning to the edges, faint offsetting to the end papers and tape mend to rear hinge. Frontispiece. Stray, small ink mark to the table of contents page and slight defect to gutter to pages one hundred two and one hundred three. Illustrated. More
LIVES OF GENS. HALLECK AND POPE [Bound with] A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE REBELLION, AND A LIFE OF GEN. MCCLELLAN; CONTAINING SOME FACTS NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED.
Philadelphia: J. Magee, 1862. First Edition. Octavo, 1-32 pages, [2], 1-31. In Good minus condition. Half bound in red leather with black textured paper covering boards and gilt lettering to spine. Front board detached, moderate rubbing and bumping to head and tail of spine, light plus discoloration to red leather, light rubbing and bumping to corners, light chipping to black paper on edges, and light rubbing overall. Light age toning to exterior and throughout interior of textblock, and light foxing and discoloration to first and last few pages. RWO Consignment. More
I'M EVE [Signed]
Garden City: Doubelday & Company, 1977. First edition. Octavo, xiii, 461 pages. In Good plus condition with a Good dust jacket. Spine is black with white print. Dust jacket has light edge wear. Price unclipped: “$10.00”. Boards in black cloth. Light wear to spine caps and corners, slight bump to front bottom edge. Illustrated with b&w plates. Inscribed in ink by author Sizemore inside front flyleaf. More
RICHARD BURDON HALDANE : AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1929. Third edition. Octavo, vii, 368 pages. In Good minus condition with a Poor dust jacket. Spine is tan with black print. Dust jacket is tan with black print, front panel separated from spine, spine has large portions of top and bottom torn away, portion of front top edge torn away, edge wear, smudging/shelf wear. Price unclipped: “25/- net”. Boards in blue cloth with gold print. Wear to spine caps and corners. Text block has name and inscription in ink on front flyleaf, tanning and spotting to endpapers. Illustrated with b&w frontispiece (portrait) and plates. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, ND-HV Column. More
ANDREAS VESALIUS BRUXELLENSIS Y SU ÉPOCA
Montevideo: Imprenta Nacional, 1963. Quarto, iv, 511 pages. In Good condition. Spine is brown with gold print. Boards in brown cloth. Light wear to spine caps. Text block has bookplate on front pastedown, light tanning to endpapers. Illustrations are b&w. Text in Spanish. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. More
ROBERT BURNS IN GLOBAL CULTURE
Lewisburg: Bucknell University Press, 2011. First Edition. Octavo, 269 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine green with white lettering. Dust jacket protected in mylar covering. Minor shelfwear. Textblock clean. Shelved in Poetry - Criticism. More
THIS I SAW: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF GOYA [REVIEW COPY]
New York: Random House, 1949. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 371 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Good dust jacket. Spine gray with beige and black lettering. Moderate plus wear including mildly darkened spine, few scratches to the spine, scratch to the front, minor chips and rubbing wear to head/tail edges. Boards have slight, whitish spotting to the spine and small scratch to the front. Text block has head edge colored black and slight age toning to the fore and tail edges. Illustrated. Review Copy with slip laid in. First Edition, First Printing. More
A CONTINUAL REMEMBRANCE: LETTERS FROM SIR WILLIAM OSLER TO HIS FRIEND NED MILBURN 1865-1919
Springfiled: Charles Thomas, 1968. First Edition. Octavo,132 Pages. In Very good condition with a Very good minus dust jacket. Light brown spine with black lettering. Dust jacket shows mild soiling to edges and minor fraying to corners. Text block has the ownership inscription of 'Ingram" on front free endpaper. More
THE FORTUNE OF BOOKS
Chicago: Walter M. Hill, 1941. First Edition. Octavo, 442 Pages. In Good plus condition. Navy spine with gilt lettering. Full binding in navy cloth. Boards show light shelf wear and edge wear, slight sunning to spine, mild bumping to corners and modest cracking to headband and tailband. Text block has deckled fore and bottom edges along with the ownership inscription of " William B. Bean" on pastedown. More
ANTHONY BRAXTON: DISCOGRAPHY
Pisa: Bandecchi & Vivaldi Editore, 2000. Octavo, 217 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Paperback bound. Spine black with white lettering. Covers have light soiling with slight rubbing wear with creases to the corners. Text block has mild foxing toward the edges to few pages and exterior edges. Illustrated. More
DELIGHTFULEE: THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF LEE MORGAN
Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 2011. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, ix, 250 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine green with black lettering. Slight splaying to the boards with previous bookshop's small sticker to the rear. Text block has very light foxing to head edge and minimally to the end papers. Illustrated. First Edition, First Printing. More
AUDUBON: AN INTIMATE LIFE OF THE AMERICAN WOODSMAN [Signed]
New Orleans: Harmanson, 1937. Limited Edition: #334/375. Octavo, 517 pages. In Good plus condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Later edition dust jacket. Spine orange with brown lettering. Dust jacket protected in mylar covering, with price uncut: "$5.00". Moderate shelfwear. Creasing and soiling to dust jacket, with non-archival tape adhered to inside. Front board and first few endpapers detaching from spine, with webbing exposed. Bookplate on front pastedown. Features illustrations and photographs throughout. Signed flat by Arthur and Harmanson on limitation page. Shelved in Environmental Science. More
THE LIFE OF JOHN CALDWELL CALHOUN
Auburn: James M. Alden, 1850. First Edition. Octavo, xiv, 454 pages. In Good condition. Spine is black with gilt lettering. Boards show tooling. Boards show minor rubbing to front and back boards, fore edges and tail edges. Boards show minor bumping to head edge of back board near back hinge. Boards show rubbing and bumping to fore edge corners. Boards show minor rubbing to spine, rubbing and bumping to headcap and tail, moderate tearing to headcap and spine near headcap causing exposure of binding. Textblock shows age toning, moderate foxing spots, minor scratching to tail edge. RWO Consignment. More
ESSAY ON NATIONAL PRIDE
New York: M.L. & W.A. Davis, 1799. Octavo, xi, [1], 42-300, [28]. In Good condition. Spine is brown with red spine label and gilt lettering. Bound in brown leather. Boards show rubbing to front and back boards, moderate rubbing to head, fore, and tail edges. Boards show mild rubbing and bumping to fore edge corners. Boards show moderate rubbing, minor creasing, rubbing and bumping to headcap and tail, minor fading to gilt lettering, all to spine. Boards show significant tearing to front and back hinges, exposing binding. Boards show mild tearing to front board near hinge and tail edge, and minor tearing to front board near hinge and head edge. Boards show mild tearing to back board near hinge and head edge, minor tearing to back board near hinge and tail edge. Textblock shows age toning, minor staining spots on head edge, minor foxing spots to fore and tail edges. RWO Consignment. More
THE PHILOSOPHER AND THEOLOGY
New York: Random House, 1962. Octavo, 236 pages. In Good condition with a Good minus dust jacket. Spine is black with gold print. Dust jacket has light edge wear, small tear to front top flap corner, light shelf wear. Price unclipped: “$3.75”. Boards in brown cloth. Light wear to spine caps. Text block has brown tinted top edge. More
WIND, SAND AND STARS
New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1939. First edition. Octavo, 306 pages. In Good condition with a Fair dust jacket. Spine is blue with white print. Dust jacket has edgewear with tears at spine ends and flap corners, tears along top edge, peripheral toning, rubbing, surface tears to spine. Boards quarter bound with black cloth to spine and blue cloth to boards. Light wear to spine caps and corners, fading and blemishes to spine, slightly cocked spine. Text block has blue tinted top edge, tanning to endpapers. Two-color illustrations. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, ND-HV Column. More
LIFE OF ANDREW JACKSON [THREE VOLUMES, COMPLETE]
New York: Mason Brothers, 1860. Presumed First Edition. Octavo, Three Volumes. In Good condition. Spines are black with gilt lettering. Boards show minor rubbing to front and back boards, rubbing to head, fore, and tail edges. Boards show rubbing and bumping to fore edge corners, minor bumping to tail edges. Boards shows moderate rubbing and tearing to front hinges of Vol I and Vol II, minor rubbing and tearing to front hinge of Vol III, back hinges of Vol I, Vol II, Vol III. Boards show rubbing to spines, fading to gilted lettering, rubbing and bumping to headcaps and tails, with minor exposing to binding. Page 15 of Vol II torn from binding, however still included in proper space. Textblocks show age toning, minor foxing spots to fore edges, minor foxing spots to tail edge of Vol III. Textblocks show minor scratching, minor smudging to tail edges towards fore edges. CONTENTS: Vol I., (xxx, 636 pages) -- Vol II., (672 pages) -- Vol III., (x, 734 pages). RWO Consignment. More
LIFE OF JOHN KNOX; CONTAINING ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE HISTORY OF THE REFORMATION IN SCOTLAND
Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1831. First Complete American Edition. Octavo, xvi, 579 pages. In Good condition. Spine is black with gilt lettering. Boards show rubbing to front and back boards, minor rubbing to head, fore, and tail edges. Boards show moderate rubbing and bumping to fore edges, headcap, and tail. Boards show moderate plus tearing of front and back hinges, slightly exposing binding, moderate tearing to spine. Textblock shows age toning, minor smudging to head edge and tail edge, moderate minus foxing spots to fore and tail edges. RWO Consignment. More
THE LETTERS OF DR. CHARLES BURNEY: VOLUME ONE, 1751-1784
Oxford, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, x, xi, xii, xviii, xxi, xxix, xxxiv, 501 pages. In Very Good minus condition, lacking the issued dust jacket. Spine dark blue with gilt lettering. Boards show slight sunning to the spine with mild wear to front/rear, faint sticker residue to lower spine and light wear to the head/tail edges. Text block has ex-library name stamped to fore edge, small brownish stain to tail edge and several instances of ex-library markings interiorly. Frontispiece. Illustrated. Volume One. First Edition, First Printing. More
THE FOREIGN POLICY OF THOMAS F. BAYARD 1885-1897
New York: Fordham University Press, 1940. First Edition. Octavo, xxxix, 800 pages. In Good condition with Good dust jacket, price clipped. Dust jacket protected by a mylar covering. Dust jacket shows minor rubbing, moderate foxing spots to spine, front, and back boards. Dust jacket shows minor rubbing to fore edge corners, minor rubbing and tearing to head edges of front and back boards. Dust jackets shows mild minus water marking to spine, minor rubbing and bumping to headcap and tail. Textblock shows age toning, minor water mark spot on head edge, minor smudging to tail edge near fore edge. RWO Consignment. More
CAPE COD [Signed]
Portland: Printed at The Antheonsen Press for the members of The Limited Editions Club, 1968. Limited edition 450/1500. Octavo, xiv, 215 pages. In Very good minus condition with a Good slipcase. Slipcase in green paper, toning to rear panel, light peripheral toning. Spine is illustrated cream cloth, grey print. Boards in cellophane wrapper (toned and torn), cream illustrated cloth. Toning to spine cap. Illustrated with green, monochrome drawings. Signed in ink by the illustrator on the limited edition page. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, ND-HV Column. More
FAR AWAY AND LONG AGO : A HISTORY OF MY EARLY LIFE [Signed by designer and illustrator]
Buenos Aires: Printed for the Members of the Limited Editions Club by Guillermo Kraft, 1943. Limited edition 45/1500. Octavo, xiv, 306 pages. In Fair minus condition. Spine is tan with letter “H” in gold. Boards bound in cowhide, the lower portion of undressed leather, with laced edges.Top portion is cracking at hinges, light smudging, small stain on rear. Text block has leather doublures [endpapers], cracked front hinge, broken rear hinge exposing binding, light age-toning to paper, tissue plate guards are tanned and brittle. “With 32 full page illustrations” ( b&w ) with tissue guards. Signed by both the book designer and the illustrator on limited edition page. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #1. More
JEREMY BENTHAM: 1832-2032
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Lld. 1932. 16mo, 121 pages. In Good condition. Spine is red with white spine label and red lettering. Quarter bound in red cloth spine and white cloth boards. Boards show minor rubbing to front and back boards, minor bumping to tail, fore edge corners. Boards show sunning to spine, fading to red lettering on spine label, rubbing and bumping with minor tearing to headcap and tail. Ex-libris copy, with ownership inscription and ink stamp on front free end paper, ink stamp on head edge of textblock. Textblock shows ink stamp at head edge, age toning, minor smudging to fore edge. RWO Consignment. More
AN ESSAY ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF FLUTES, GIVING A HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE MOST RECENT IMPROBEMENTS
Oxford, London: Rudall, Carte & Co., 1882. Presumed First Edition Thus. Octavo, x, 78 pages. In Good plus condition. Spine is green. Boards show tooling on front and back boards, spine. Boards show minor rubbing to front and back boards, minor rubbing and bumping to fore edge corners. Boards show minor rubbing to spine and hinges, minor bumping to headcap and tail. Boards show minor bumping to head edge of front board and tail edge of back board. Textblock shows age toning, minor foxing spots to fore edge. RWO Consignment. More
ALBERT GALLATIN : JEFFERSONIAN FINANCIER AND DIPLOMAT [Signed]
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1957. First printing. Octavo, viii, 461 pages. In Fair minus condition with a Poor plus dust jacket. Spine is tan with black print on white banner with portrait. Dust jacket has edgewear with tears at spine ends and flap corners, damps stains, foxing, shelf wear. Price unclipped: “$7.00”. Boards quarter bound with green cloth to spine and grey cloth to boards. Light wear to spine caps and corners, overall soiling. Text block has damp stain to top edge, tanning to endpapers, damp stain to page top and fore edges, puckering to paper. Inscribed in ink by the author on the front flyleaf. More
REQUIEM FOR A KINGFISH [Signed]
Baton Rouge: Award Publications/Ed Reed Organization, 1986. First edition, Limited edition 538/2500. Octavo, iv, 250 pages. In Good minus condition with a Fair dust jacket. Spine is black with red print. Dust jacket has edgewear with small tears at spine ends and flap corners, mild shelf wear. Boards in orange cloth. Light wear to spine caps. Text block has spotting to edges and endpapers. Illustrated with b&w plates. Inscribed in ink by the author on the front flyleaf. More
DEN HAAG MET RECHT EEN STAD : ELF JURIDISCHE PORTRETTEN
Den Haag: Jongbloed, 1997. Octavo, 172 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Spine is brown with blue print. Boards in brown cloth with blue print. Text block has gutter glue stains on endpapers. Includes b&w illustrations. Text in Dutch. More
THE LIFE OF GOVERNOR LOUIS KOSSUTH : WITH HIS PUBLIC SPEECHES IN THE UNITED STATES, AND A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE HUNGARIAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE
Budapest: Osiris Kiadó, 2001. Octavo, 199 pages + [13] pages of plates. In Very Good condition. Spine is red without print. In clear plastic sleeve. Boards are red with small pastedown portrait on front. Illustrated with b&w frontispiece and plates. Published under the auspices of the Embassy of Hungary in Washington, D.C. in honor of the 150th anniversary of Governor-President Louis Kossuth’s visit to the United States”— copyright page. More
THE PERSONAL GOVERNMENT OF CHARLES I.: A HISTORY OF ENGLAND FROM THE ASSASSINATION OF THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM TO THE DECLARATION OF THE JUDGES ON SHIP-MONEY 1628-1637 [TWO VOLUMES, COMPLETE]
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1877. Octavo, Two Volumes. In Good condition. Spines are red with gilt lettering. Boards show minor rubbing to front and back boards, tail edges. Boards show minor rubbing and bumping to fore edge corners, rubbing and bumping to headcaps and tails. Boards show minor creasing to spines, minor rubbing to front and back hinges. Ex-libris, with ownership bookplate on inside of front boards on paste down page, near head edge. Some pages uncut. Textblocks show age toning, minor scratching, and minor foxing spots on fore edge. CONTENTS: Vol I., (xxiv, 373 pages, 24) -- Vol II., (ix, 387 pages). RWO Consignment. More
THE EMPEROR ROMANUS LECAPENUS AND HIS REIGN: A STUDY OF TENTH-CENTURY BYZANTIUM
London: Cambridge University Press, 1929. First Edition. Octavo, vi, 275 pages. In Good plus condition with a Good dust jacket. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price clipped front flap. Spine deep yellowish beige with blue lettering. Moderate plus age toning exteriorly with several instances of chipping to head/tail edges. Boards have slight rubbing wear to head/tail edges with bumped tail fore corners and light pucker to front head edge. Text block has modest age toning and offset toning to the end papers. Illustrated. Fold out map at rear. First Edition. More
THE PAPERS OF DANIEL WEBSTER, SERIES 3: DIPLOMATIC PAPERS [TWO VOLUMES, COMPLETE]
Hanover, New Hampshire: The University Press of New England, 1983. First Edition. Octavo, Two Volumes. In Very Good minus condition. Spines are black with blue spine label and gilt lettering. Quarter bound in black cloth on spines and blue cloth boards. Boards show minor bumping to tail of Vol II and headcaps of Vol I and Vol II. Boards show minor bumping to fore edge corners. Textblocks show minor foxing spots to head edges. CONTENTS: Vol I., "1841-1843", (xliv, 960 pages), ISBN: 087451245X -- Vol II., "185-1852", (xxxiii, 820 pages), ISBN: 0874510961. RWO Consignment. More
WILLIAM PLUMER'S MEMORANDUM OF PROCEEDINGS IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE, 1803-1807 [PRESENTATION COPY]
New York: The MacMillan Company, 1923. First Edition. Octavo, xi, 673 pages. In Good plus condition. Spine is green with gilt lettering. Boards show rubbing and minor scratching to front and back boards. Boards show rubbing to tail edges of front and back boards, rubbing and bumping to fore edge corners. Boards show minor age toning to spine, minor rubbing to front board hinge, minor rubbing and bumping to headcap and tail. Boards show minor bumping to tail edge of front board. Presentation copy, editor inscription message reading "Compliments of the editor". Textblock shows age toning and minor scratching. RWO Consignment. More
THE KID WHO FOOLED THE FBI: THE TRUE* STORY OF MY LIFE AS A DENTIST, DEVELOPER, BANKER, PHILANTHROPIST, COLLECTOR, CONNOISSEUR, ETC.
United States: Privately Printed, 2008. Oblong Quarto, 112 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Spine red with gilt lettering. Boards have few soiling stains and lightly bumped corners. Text block has very light wear to the edges with slight offset line to hinges. Small initialed note by the author taped to title page. Frontispiece. Illustrated. Inscribed by author. More
A SPORTING FAMILY OF THE OLD SOUTH : WITH WHICH IS INCLUDED "REMINISCENCES OF AN OLD SPORTSMAN"
Albany: J.B. Lyon Company, 1936. Octavo, xvii, 477 pages. In Good minus condition. Spine is tan with gold print. Boards in red cloth with gold print. Wear to spine caps and corners, toning to spine, peripheral toning, light shelf wear. Text block has shaken binding. Illustrated with b&w frontispiece and plates. More
APOLOGIA PRO VITA SUA : BEING A REPLY TO A PAMPHLET ENTITLED "WHAT, THEN, DOES DR. NEWMAN MEAN?"
London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green, 1864. Octavo, iv, 430, 127 pages. In Fair plus condition. Spine is black with gold print, raised bands. Boards half bound with black leather to spine and corners and brown cloth to boards Wear to spine caps and corners, torn hinges, peripheral toning. Text block has marbled edges and endpapers, bookplate on front paste-down, cracked hinges, slight foxing to endpapers. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, ND-HV Column. More