Search Results: History from Madden Books

HB 8vo NF/NF Illustrated. Index. Bibliography. 207 pages. Ochre boards with quarter beige cloth, black letters. Owner's name and date (small) on fpd; light dust-spotting on top edges; no other defects noted; bright, tight, clean. DJ is bright, clean; no chips or tears.

PB 8vo NF/-- Illustrated. Index. 335 pages. Front wrap and spine are bright, clean; rear wrap has few faint, small, scuffs; no other defects noted; interior is bright, tight, clean.

HB 8vo VG/-- Illustrated. Index. 324 pages. Third printing. Dark blue cloth boards with gilt letters; gte. Spine letters are darkened; small (3/4") light mark on vol 2 front cover; minor rubbing at spine ends, not split or frayed; both vols are tight, clean.

HB 12mo NF/NF 1st Ed. Illustrated. Index. Bibliography. 160 pages. Stated 1st ed. Grey cloth boards with red letters. Crisp, clean; owner's name (small) on fpd, o/w Fine. DJ has a gold sticker that says "Library Binding" attached, o/w Fine.

HB 12mo VG/VG 1st Ed. Index. 189 pages. From Henry Steele Commager's collection. Off-white cloth boards with black letters. Minor dust-spotting on edges. Ephemera: Sales receipt from Edinburgh bookseller to Prof. Commager.

2nd printing. Good softcover. Clean front cover and spine; lightly scuffed/soiled rear cover; very slight edge wear; tightly bound; small owner name stamp on title page at top fore corner; light, clean interior. 8vo (26 cm), 198 pp; index, biblio; illustrated.

HB 12mo AsN/AsN 1st Ed. Signed. Index. 284 pages. Stated 1st ed (August 2002), signed by Cockburn on tp. No defects noted; bright, crisp, tight. DJ is bright, clean; no chips, tears, scratches.

PB 12mo G/-- Illustrated. Index. Bibliography. ExLib. 495 pages. Crease on spine; moderate wear to wraps; stamp on fep + on text block edges; label on spine; tight; clean interior.

HB 12mo VG/-- 1st Ed. Index. Bibliography. 121 pages. Stated 1st. Black cloth boards with silver letters. Light sunning on backstrip and corner of front cover; ffep removed. Discussion of the French-Algeria colonial seperation during 1950s by the First Secretary of the Embassy of Iraq.

HB 8vo VG/G- 1st Ed. 409 pages. Stated 1st. Black cloth boards with white and blue letters. Slight sunning at spine end; owner's name and date (small) on fpd; tight; clean. DJ is chipped along edges; few small tears; scuffed; tape repairs on inside face.

HB 8vo G/G+ 1st Ed. Illustrated. Bibliography. ExLib. 167 pages. Red cloth boards with black letters; library markings; some fraying at bottom edge. DJ in mylar. In "You Are There" fashion, tells little pieces of American history by observers incl, Crevecoeur, Lafayette, Tocqueville, Trollope, Schurz, Kipling, Riis.

HB 8vo NF/G 1st Ed. Illustrated. Index. 977 pages. Slipcased, not DJ. Blue cloth boards with gilt letters, somewhat faded on spines. Slipcase is light blue, faded, esp on edge opposite spines. Slipcase beginning to split on edges. Drawings by Wilfred Jones.

Good HC, no DJ. Blue cloth over boards, gilt titles. Lightly scuffed covers; faded on spine, gilt dulled; rubbed at spine ends; tightly bound; clean interior. 12mo, 332 pp; illustrated.

HB 8vo VG/FR Illustrated. Index. Bibliography. 459 pages. 8th printing. Grey cloth boards with black letters. Slight rubbing wear at head/heel of spine, no other defects noted. DJ is chipped, browning and in two pieces, split at front wrap-in.

HB 12mo NF/VG 1st Ed. Index. 474 pages. Stated 1st printing. Dark blue cloth boards with gilt letters. Very minor wear at head of spine, o/w crisp, tight, clean. DJ has few small chips at head of spine.

'Second edition, much improved'. Good+ hardcover. Brown paper over boards backed with black leather, gilt titles on spine. Clean, scuffed covers; two names written on rear cover in ink (quite small); moderate edge wear; tightly bound; owner name on prelim pp and on title page (all small); clean interior but for foxing, some age darkening; leaves remain supple. 12mo (18 cm), 236 pp. See, OCLC #3663160. Lists and discusses dozens of varieties now little-known, including: American Gloria Mundi, American pippin, Black apple, Catline, Maiden's blush, Quince apple, Raritan sweeting, Spitszenburgh, Vanwinkle, and many others.

HB 8vo VG/-- 164 pages. Reprint of 1861 edition. Purple cloth boards with gilt letters. Owner's name and date on fpd; no other defects noted; crisp, clean, tight.

1st printing. Near Fine hardcover in Fine DJ. Bright, clean, square covers and spine; bumped at front cover top fore corner; tightly bound; bright, crisp, clean interior. DJ is bright, clean and complete. 8vo, 381 pp; index, biblio; illustrated.

HB 8vo G+/-- Illustrated. 302 pages. Apparent 1st ed. Blue cloth with black panels, gilt letters. Sunned on spine; light rubbing at spine ends; owner's embossed blind stamp on half title; tight; clean interior.

HB 12mo G+/-- Illustrated. Index. ExLib. 392 pages. Red cloth boards with gilt letters. Light rubbing at head/heel of spine, not split or frayed; partial split to super at center of text block, not shaken or started; library label at base of spine; bp on fpd; library matter on reps.