London: Orbis Publishing Limited, 1985. First English Edition. Hardcover. Small stain on fore edge not affecting text. A near fine copy in near fine dustjacket with a hint of wear to upper edge. Signed and dated by the author on front free endpaper and with a presentation card attached also... More about Christopher Columbus: The Grand Design
London: The Folio Society, 2003. Hardcover. Part of the History of England series. xxxi, 638pp. Blue cloth stamped in gold on the front and in light blue and gold on the spine, top edge stained blue. Introduction by Chris Wrigley. With numerous color and b&w illustrations. A fine copy in..... More about England 1914-1945
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 about Lincoln and Booth: The Inner Story of the Great Tragedy of Fifty Years Ago. As Published in the...
London: Printed by Andrew Clark for Charles Harper, 1676. Second Edition. Hardcover. Second edition, revised and corrected. [46], 357, [10]pp (with two pages misnumbered). Recent dark red full paneled calf, sides decorated in blind, spine with five raised bands, lettered and decorated in gold. Engraved title page in Latin, title... More about The History of the Grecian War: In Eight Books. Written by Thucydides. Faithfully Translated from...
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 about History of the Town of Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Comprising Also a History of Lunenburg, from Its...
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 about Settembre nero
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 about Prigionieri nel Texas
[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 about Admission of Florida. Memorial of the People of the Territory of Florida, for Admission into the...
[Washington, DC]: 1869. 40th Congress, 3rd Session. Ex. Doc. No. 32. 17pp Disbound. A fine copy.; Octavo. More about Claim for Salvage Against United States Steamer Leviathan. Letter from the Secretary of War,...
New York: Dell, 1955. Paperback. D159. VG+. Light wear to spine, two small spots on back cover. A nice copy. More about The Man Who Killed Lincoln
New York: The Library of America, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Slipcased edition. Cloth. A fine copy in fine slipcase.; Octavo. More about The American Revolution: Writings from the War of Independence
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 about American Speeches: Political Oratory from the Revolution to the Civil War
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 about A History of the County of Schenectady
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 about Sketches About Salem People
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 about Twenty-six Congressional Speeches from 1831-1847
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 about Jesus-Christ. Avec une étude sur l'art Chrétien par E. Cartier. Ouvrage contenant 180 gravures...
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 about Our City and Its People: A Descriptive Work On the City of Rome, New York
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 about An Appeal from the Judgments of Great Britain Respecting the United States of America. Part...
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 about A Statistical, Political, and Historical Account of the United States of North America; from the...
London: B. T. Batsford Ltd, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. 184pp. Blue cloth stamped in gold on the spine. With b&w illustrations. Name on the front free endpaper, three small spots to front panel. A near fine copy in very good dustjacket with mild edge wear, and fading to spine panel..... More about The Battle of the Nile
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 about The Glorious First of June
Portland, ME: Hoyt, Fogg & Donham, 1879. First Edition. Hardcover. 371pp. Original brown cloth stamped in blind on the sides and lettered in gold on the spine. The book covers the years 1775-1875 and includes an index of subjects and of surnames. Wear to extremities, spine heel frayed, light soiling... More about The History of Waterford, Oxford County, Maine, Comprising Historical Address, Record of...
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 about The Life of George Gordon: With a Philosophical Review of His Political Conduct
London: The Folio Society, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. 508pp. Pictorial cloth. Illustrated. A few faint spots on the fore edge else a fine copy in fine slipcase. ; Octavo. More about The Thirty Years War
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 about Personal Narratives of Events in the War of the Rebellion, Being Papers Read Before the Rhode...