Schenectady, NY: Giles Y. van de Bogert, 1857. First Edition. Hardcover. 148, [2]pp. Original brown cloth lettered in gold on the front panel. With one full page engraving of the West College building of Union College. Boards are worn, both hinges cracked, stain affecting half of the text block, one..... More

Chicago: Published by the Commissioners, 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. 188pp. Original green cloth stamped in gold and blind on the front panel. Signed and inscribed by F. H. Gansberger, one of the Lincoln Park Commissioners, on the front free endpaper. With 1 plan and 1 two-page map. Profusely illustrated. Includes..... More

London: Printed for Henry Colburn, 1818. First Edition. Hardcover. xvi, 504pp. Recent green cloth, spine stamped in gold and with leather label lettered in gold. Dusty edges, some very minor trace of foxing to text block, name in pencil on the last page. A near fine copy. Howes B785. Sabin..... More

Broadside. Circa 1860s. No publisher. Eight verses with chorus with a simple ornamental border. Measures approximately 12 x 19 cm (4.5 x 7.5"). Faint pencil markings on the top edge, tiny spot to the left of the last verse. Near fine. More

New York: J. Andrews. Broadside. Circa 1850s. No. 38. Composed by L. V. H. Crosby. Three verses with an elaborate ornamental border. Measures 11 x 22 cm (4.25 x 8.75"). Trimmed. Minor foxing, short closed tear to the edge, a couple of tiny holes. Very good. More

Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co, 1873. First Edition. Hardcover. x, 403pp. Green cloth stamped in blind on the sides and lettered and decorated in gold on the spine, top edge gilt. Engraved frontispiece. Previous owner's inscription to flyleaf, light wear to extremities, front hinge a bit weak, flyleaf excised. A...... More

Washington, DC: The Smithsonian Institution, 1855. First Edition. 11, (1)pp. Unbound. Large foldout map (71 x 55 cm), one plate, diagrams. The map is about fine with mild toning along the edges and a short closed tear. Sabin 12008. ; Quarto. More

Scranton, PA: J. A. Clark, Publisher, 1875. First Edition. Hardcover. 236pp. Later blue cloth lettered in gold on the spine panel, original wrappers preserved. With twenty-three large, cabinet-size photographs by William H. Schurch. Originally published in parts, the work was supposed to include fifteen issues but only ten were published..... More

Lincoln, NE: 1935. Ephemera. Three pages on folded letterhead of the Executive Mansion. Ms. Cochran was the Lincoln County superintendent of schools, and wife of Nebraska Governor Robert Leroy Cochran. The letter starts: "My dear Bishop, I was very happy to receive your recent letter and have waited until I...... More

Geneva, NY: Courier Steam Presses, 1880. First Edition. Printed wrappers. 47, [1], XIIpp. Original wrappers. Collects a series of articles from the Geneva Courier but with text much revised, as the author explains in the advertisement page. Chipping to spine, numbers in pencil on both covers. Still a clean, very..... More

Toronto: Historical Publishers Association, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. 427pp. Original brown cloth with embossed patterns and image of Niagara Falls stamped in blue and green, embossed lettering on the spine panel, silk endpapers with floral motifs. Frontispiece, eighteen b&w photographs, and numerous portraits. Occasional small smudges and very mild foxing..... More

Rochester, NY: George P. Humphrey, 1897. Second Edition. Printed wrappers. Edition limited to 300 numbered copies. 41pp. Original yellow stiff wrappers. Numbered and initialed by the publisher on the copyright page. With an introduction by James Fenimore Cooper. Light shelf wear, short tear to upper edge affecting the last few..... More

Malines: P. J. Hanicq, 1844. First French Edition. Hardcover. vi, 304pp. Contemporary full mottled calf decorated and lettered in gold on the spine. Frontispiece and nineteen inserted plates. Small bookstore label to front pastedown, library markings on half-title and title page, otherwise clean. Rear joint is almost completely cracked, wear..... More