Parigi Books
1915. Hardcover. Contemporary dark red half leather. Unpaginated. 22 cm. A scrapbook with eighty-seven newspaper clippings (including photographs and illustrations) pasted on slick paper. With the name Franklin D. Rice lettered in gold on the front panel. Front cover partially split at spine, some loss to the spine panel. A...... More
Fitchburg, MA: J. Garfield Printer, 1836. First Edition. Printed wrappers. 111pp. Original yellow wrappers, stitched. Wear along the edges, scattered foxing throughout more pronounced on the first and last few leaves, name in pencil on front cover, lacks back cover. A good+ copy. Uncommon. Sabin 93600. ; Octavo. More
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1941. Illustrated by Donnelly, Ernest J. First Edition. Hardcover. Limited numbered edition (this being #237). Signed by Arthur Bernon Torutellot on the limitation page. One of the Rivers of America Series. x, 355pp. Cloth. Decorated endpapers. Map. Illustrations by Ernest J. Donnelly. Light wear to..... More
New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, 1865. First Edition. Self-wraps. First issue published during the trial. iv, [5]-64 + 10 misnumbered pages of publisher's advertisements. Disbound, stitched. Two portrait frontispieces of John Wilkes Booth, two plates (the Garrett's House where Booth died and a map), and four in-text maps. Soiling and..... More
Milano: Longanesi & C., 1965. Ninth Edition. Hardcover. 180pp. Green cloth stamped in gold and black on the spine. Cloth shows mild fading to the edges else a fine copy in good+ dustjacket with two tape mends to the reverse, a few short tears and creases to flaps and the..... More
Milano: Mursia, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. 204pp. Pictorial boards. The poignant reminiscences of an Italian prisoner of war who spent more than two years in an internment camp in Hereford, Texas. Tumiati later became a journalist and writer. His novel Il busto di gesso won the 1976 Premio Campiello. Light..... More
[Washington, DC]: Thomas Allen, print. 1839. 25th Congress, 3rd Session. Document No. 208. 27pp. Disbound. Includes A Constitution or Form of Government for the People of Florida, An Act to Take Sense of the People of This Territory on the Policy and Propriety of Becoming a State, An Act for..... More
Philadelphia: Printed by Francis Childs and John Swains, [1793]. First Edition. Hardcover. 175, iii, [3], 178-291, [ii], [1], [24]pp. Contemporary full calf with red label lettered in gold on the spine. The Acts of the Second Congress are of particular importance because they codified the first ten amendments to the..... More
[Washington, DC]: 1869. 40th Congress, 3rd Session. Ex. Doc. No. 32. 17pp Disbound. A fine copy.; Octavo. More
New York: Dell, 1955. Paperback. D159. VG+. Light wear to spine, two small spots on back cover. A nice copy. More
New York: The Library of America, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Slipcased edition. Cloth. A fine copy in fine slipcase.; Octavo. More
New York: The Library of America, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Slipcased edition. Cloth. The Library of America leaflet laid in. A fine copy in fine slipcase.; Octavo. More
Schenectady, NY: Published by Barhyte & Birch, 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. 54pp. Green stiff wrappers lettered in gold on the front panel. With foldout color map of Schenectady County. A history of the County of Schenectady adapted for school use. Small damp stain affecting upper edge, map partially split at..... More
Salem, MA: The Club, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth backed boards. Collects a series of essays written by various members, each paginated separately. Include The Public Service of John Endecott in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Local Government Under the First Charter, Roger Williams, Witchcraft, and more. Signed by several contributors..... More
Washington, DC: 1831-47. Hardcover. Light brown half calf over marbled boards. A collection of twenty-six congressional speeches from the years 1831 to 1847 including: Speech of Mr. Allen, of Ohio, on the Bill to Separate the Government from the Banks; Speech of Mr. Wall, of New Jersey, on the Bill..... More
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1945. Illustrated by Smith, Getlar. First Edition. Hardcover. One of the Rivers of America Series. x, 368pp. Cloth. Decorated endpapers. Map. Illustrations by Getlar Smith. Light foxing to edges of cloth, toning to endpapers. A very good+ copy in very good+ dustjacket with light fading..... More
Paris: Librairie de Firmin-Didot Frères, Fils et Cie, 1875. First Edition. Hardcover. viii, 572pp. Original publisher's red decorated cloth stamped in gold on the sides, spine in red morocco lettered and decorated in gold, all edges gilt, decorated endpapers. The binding was done by Magnier and is signed in gilt..... More
Boston: The Boston History Company, Publishers, 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. vii, 247, 54pp. Contemporary brown quarter morocco over pebbled cloth, spine with five raised bands, with gold lettering and decorations in blind, silk moire endpapers, all edges gilt. Three inserted plans (the Siege of Fort Stanwix; Rome, NY; Rome Arsenal)..... More
Philadelphia: Published by Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1819. Second Edition. Hardcover. lvi, 512pp + errata slip (present only in this edition). Recent red half calf over marbled boards, spine with four raised bands, lettered and decorated in gold. The second part of the work was never published. Includes Political and..... More
Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Co., 1819. First Edition. Hardcover. In three volumes. lxiv, 552pp; xii, 571pp; xii, 588pp. Original brown paper covered boards with paper labels affixed to the spines, all edges uncut. With one large folding map of the city of Washington and territory of Columbia and..... More
London: B. T. Batsford Ltd, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. 184pp. Blue cloth stamped in gold on the spine. The story of the first full-scale naval battle in the war with Revolutionary France. With numerous b&w illustrations and diagrams. Name on the front free endpaper. A fine copy in very good..... More
New York: Rinehart & Company, Inc., 1946. Illustrated by Fechin, Nicholas. First Edition. Hardcover. One of the Rivers of America Series. xii, 400pp. Cloth. Maps by George Annand, illustrations by Nicholas Fechin. Neat bookplate on half-title page, short inscription in pencil on front free endpaper. A near fine copy in..... More
New York: Rinehart & Company, Inc., 1946. Illustrated by Fechin, Nicholas. First Edition. Hardcover. One of the Rivers of America Series. xii, 400pp. Cloth. Maps by George Annand, illustrations by Nicholas Fechin. Corner tips and spine ends bruised. A very good+ copy in very good dustjacket with fading to spine..... More
London: H. D. Symonds, 1795. First Edition. Hardcover. 137pp. Modern brown cloth stamped in gold on the spine. Old repair to the verso of title page and of page 137, some foxing to endpapers. A near fine copy. ; Octavo. More
Providence, RI: Soldiers' and Sailors' Historical Society, 1890. First Edition. Printed wrappers. Personal Narratives Fourth Series, No. 9. Edition limited to 250 copies. 48pp. Original yellow wrappers lettered in black. Describes the Burnside Expedition and the engagement at Roanoke Island. Library stamp on front cover, chipping to edges, lower corner..... More