History from Brillig Books

Buchanan, MI: Self-Published, 2003. Book. Fine. Trade Paperback. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Quarto, full color photo-illustrated stiff wraps (trade paperback). 320pp. TRUE FIRST EDITION, including index. An "autobiography" of the men of the "509th Composite Group" whose sigil was a lightning bolt and the words "First Atomic Bombardment" (this appears on the title page). SIGNED by… Read more about this item

Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1988. Book. As New. Cloth. First Edition. First Edition in English, First Printing. BRAND NEW. Octavo, grey cloth covered boards with gilt spine titles. 320 pp. including index and extensive bibliography. Illustrated throughout with black and white line drawiings and maps, funerary details, site plans etc. Joussaume ranges across the world (althought with a strong… Read more about this item

St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society, 1932. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Octavo, brown cloth covered boards with gilt spine titles. 214 pp, including index and addenda. Generously illustrated throughout with black and white reproductions of line drawings by Frank Blackwell Mayer, many full page. A valuable historical and anthropological reference work for the dress and manners of Native Americans… Read more about this item

Bloomington, IL: Medi-Ed Pr, 1995. Book. As New. Cloth. First American Edition. Octavo, black cloth covered boards. 462 pp. including index and bibliography. A psychohistorical examination of the personalities and traits that made three great leaders and (some would say) dictators in modern history. A tight, clean, fresh, bright unmarked and unread volume in a tight, crisp, sharp, glossy, unclipped… Read more about this item

Claremont, N.H.: Printed For The Town Claremont Manufacturing, 1876. Book. Fine. Full Leather. First Edition. First Edition. Thick quarto, full navy blue morocco with gilt decorative borders and corner stamps, gilt spine titles and decorations and gilt dentelles. Decorative endpapers in navy blue with small white diamonds and a curious mottled silvering. 726 pp. including index and extensive Historical Miscellaney… Read more about this item

Boston and New York: Houghton and Mifflin, 1914. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo flexible red cloth with gilt title and spine titles. All edges marbled. Two silk ribbon markers. 799 pp. including index plus approx. 80 pp. of advertisements. Illustrated with 8 specially drawn folding maps and 21 plans all in color, including the Mausolea at Nara, Kyoto, Tokyo,… Read more about this item

Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1966. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Octavo, pale tan cloth covered boards. 268 pp. including index, bibliography and appendices. A tight, clean volume with fresh cloth and unmarked, unblemished bright white interior, in a crisp, sharp, clean, unclipped dust jacket with just a touch of rubbing/edgewear, else fine. Fine in near fine… Read more about this item

Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1999. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. First Edition. Octavo, dark plum colored cloth spine over charcoal gray paper covered boards, with gilt spine titles. 124 pp. Illustrated with black and white vintage photographs. A very tight, clean, fresh, bright, unmarked and unread volume in an equally tight, bright, clean, unclipped dust jacket. Fine… Read more about this item

University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2000. Book. As New. Cloth. Second Printing. Thick large octavo, black cloth covered boards with silver spine titles. 765 pp. including index. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Written by the Soviet leader's son. A tight, clean volume with very fresh cloth, brilliant white interior, unmarked and unread in a very tight, crisp,… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Library of America, 2003. Book. As New. Cloth. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo, dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt titles on black spine label. Dark blue silk ribbon marker. A tight, clean volume with fresh cloth, bright spine gilt, silk ribbon marker in original position, unmarked, unblemished and unread in a very tight, glossy,… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1867. Book. Fine. Original Cloth. First Edition. Four volumes in octavo, original burgundy cloth covered boards with titles on paper spine labels. Top edges gilt. All four volumes 1867. Illustrated with portraits and a folding map14.5" x 11.5" "A Bird's Eye View of the Siege of Antwerp". An excellent set, very tight, clean and unmarked… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Abbeville Press, 1983. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Folio, blue cloth covered boards with gilt spine titles. 148 pp. Very generously illustrated throughout with 89 full color reproductions of historic maps and a section on the invention of the compass and Mercator's method of projection. A very tight, clean volume with very fresh cloth and… Read more about this item

New York: Abbeville Press, 1981. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Folio, forest green cloth covered boards with gilt spine titles. 148pp. Generously illustrated throughout with 68 colour plates (4 double-page) and commentary on the historical importance of each map by Tony Campbell. A tight, clean volume with very fresh cloth and bright, gilt, unmarked and apparently unread in a very… Read more about this item

New York: Macmillan, 1917. Book. Fine. Original Cloth. Octavo, brown decorated cloth covered boards 381 pp. Very generously illustrated throughout with blackand white plates, in-text drawings, photographs and reproductions of school books in early American history from spellers and grammars to primary and advanced readers, arithmetic and geographies. Charming and informative for the collector. A nice clean, tight, bright volume… Read more about this item

Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press, 1996. Book. Fine. Soft cover. Inscribed by Author(s). First Edition. First Printing. Octavo, black photo-illustrated stiff wraps (paperback). 263 pp. including index and notes. Warmly inscribed and SIGNED by " RENEE-MARIE CROOSE PARRY one of the "witnesses" who tell their stories in this collection of oral history on flight from the Holocaust. A very… Read more about this item

New York: Dial Press, 1938. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Octavo, blue cloth covered boards with silver spine titles. Top edge stained purple. 407 pp. including index and selected bibliographies for each of the Scandinavain countries including Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland and Denmark. An extensive, definitive and authoritative history of the leading works in the literature of the Scandinavan countries.… Read more about this item

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1999. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. Large octavo, red cloth spine over cream paper covered boards with gilt title and spine titles. 366 pp. including extensive index, notes and bibliography. Illustrated throughout with black and white diagrams, reproductions, drawings and mathematical proofs. A history of the intersection of science and theology in the Roman… Read more about this item

New York: Readex Microprint, 1966. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. Octavo, textured olive gree paper covered boards with gilt titles and gilt spine titles. 468. Facsimile reproduction of the 1874 edition published by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. With long foldinig map (24" X 8.25"). A very clean, crisp, fresh, bright, unmarked and unread volume without dust jacket… Read more about this item

London: Alfred Van Der Marck, 1983. Book. As New. Cloth. First Edition. Folio, wheat colored cloth covered boards with gilt spine titles. 301 pp. including index. Very generously illustrated throughout with full color photographs (many full page edge to edge) maps, drawings and reproductions. A very tight, clean, unblemished volume with sparkling gilt and fresh cloth in a crisp, very… Read more about this item

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1960. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Small thick quarto, burgundy red cloth covered boards with gilt title and gilt spine titles. 400 pp. plus colophon. In dust jacket and slipcase. Generously illustrated throughout with color and black and white reproductions, many full page. A very clean, tight, unblemished volume with sparkling gilt and very fresh cloth.… Read more about this item