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McFarland & Company, Jefferson, NC, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket (as issued). Signed by Author. NF HB with No DJ, as issued. vii, 232 p.f: ill. ; 24 cm. Inscribed "To [previous owner] | with best wishes | W Emerson Reck" on the front free end paper. Reck’s account is based on 30 years of research, “based on material from several hundred sources, including over a hundred individuals who figured in activities and events of April 14-15, 1865 . . .” (from the Preface). Size: Octavo (8vo; up to 9 3/4" / 20-25 cm tall). 232 pages. Text block is tight, bright and unmarked. Green cloth over boards with title [Lincoln's name is a facsimile of his signature] in white on the front cover and spine. Corners are sharp with minimal shelfwear. No foxing in this copy. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; Presidents & Heads of State; United States /… Read More

Doubleday, Doran & Company, New York, 1945. Later Printing. Hardcover (Printed Boards). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: ngri & Edgar D'Aulaire. Book A well-preserved copy of an early printing of the 1940 Caldecott Medal winner (although the note on the front flyleaf of the dust jacket gives the date as 1939). In their note on the book, Peterson and Solt (1982) write, "Five-color stone lithographs alternate with black and white illustrations of lithographic pencil on stone, and all reflect the wholesome qualities for which Lincoln was famous." This early reprint does not have what they describe as "changes in the illustrations ... and even the frontispiece ... in later editions." Size: Between 11"-13" - Quatro (4to). [55] pages. Item Type: Book. Text block is tight, bright and unmarked, with the exception of a neat line written in ink on the verso of the free front endpaper noting the Caldecott Medal award. Bound in blue cloth spine over… Read More

Sundog, LTD, Nashville, TN, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fine Condition/Very Good-. Book Signed by Author. Warmly inscribed on the dedication page: "[Name], | Thank you for | inviting me to Ohio! | I had a wonderful | experience. Enjoy | the book! | [Signature and 2003 date]." Willcox served as an officer in Company B, Third Michigan Calvary, during the Civil War. The title comes from a "bold and spirited speech" entitled "The South in War Time" Willcox gave in 1863 "to a packed crowd of Confederate soldiers and civilians at a courthouse in Lexington, Tennessee." From the blurb on the front flap: "According to the major, it was the first and only instance in which a Union officer spoke directly across the bloody chasm." The appendices include the Roster of Third Michigan Cavalry (pp. 310-338). WorldCat lists only eight libraries holding the book (OCLC # 56942481). Size: 9" -11" - Small Quarto (Sm. 4to). 383 pages.… Read More

Kendall and Russells, Printers to the State, Frankfort, KY, 1818. First Edition. Disbound. Poor Condition. Book Collection of acts (pp. 303-573) and resolutions (pp. 574-580) passed by the Kentucky General Assembly from December 1, 1817 to February 4, 1818. One of the most important issues dealt with in this session was the changing of the border between Kentucky and Tennessee. This appears in an act to “repeal all laws passed by this State relative to the Southern Boundary Line” (pp. 437-438) and a series of resolutions “relative to the Boundary Line between this State and the State of Tennessee” (pp. 576-579). WorldCat does not show any libraries holding this issue in book form and no copies are currently for sale. The microform copy in the Early American Imprint Second Series shows up under two OCLC numbers (40033732, 15460724). The catalog note for the microform copy notes that it was “[p]hotographed from… Read More

The Pemberton Press, Austin, TX, [n.d.]. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Covarrubias, Miguel. Book . xxi, 376 p., [9] leaves of plates: ill.; 24 cm. Sub-title: Being a True Account of the Life of Captain Theodore Canot, Trader in Gold, Ivory & Slaves on the Coast of Guinea: His Own Story as told in the Year 1854 to Brantz Mayer. Volume in the Negro Heritage Series. Yellow and brown illustrated cover over boards with title on spine. Corners sharp. Text block is tight, bright and unmarked. Undated (c. 1974) reprint of 1928 ed. First pub. as Captain Canot, New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1854. Size: Octavo (8vo; up to 9 3/4" / 20-25 cm tall). 376 pages. Item Type: Book. Illustrator: Covarrubias, Miguel. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; Africa / West; United States; 1970s; Biography & Autobiography. . Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 688. .

Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Lynd Ward. Book The book is probably of more interest to the Lynd Ward collector than for the dated view of Africa and Africans. It has a "Woodcut by Lynd Ward," although his contribution is limited to the front panel and spine of the dust jacket. Ward, described by the Royal Academy of Arts as an “American artist and storyteller, is known for his series of wordless novels using wood engraving, and his illustrations for juvenile and adult books.” Recently Ward has been rediscovered, given the title of “Father of the Graphic Novel” by The Atlantic magazine in recognition that, quoting the RAA again, his “wordless novels influenced the development of the graphic novel.” This book includes a provenance card stating it is from the collection of Lynd Ward’s long-time friend Dan Burne Jones. Jones was a fellow artist whose own work was influenced by Ward and Rockwell… Read More

Air Force History and Museums Program, Washington, D.C, 2004. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Very Good. Book . Fine HB in VG+ DJ, protected by mylar cover. xii, 481 p.:ill.; 25 cm. Gray cloth over boards with silver Air Force seal on front cover and silver title on spine. Corners are sharp with no sign of shelf wear. DJ has 1" closed tear at top edge of front panel, which has been repaired with archival tape. From The USAF in the Persian Gulf War series. Inside account of the planning of the air campaign for the first Gulf War. Size: Octavo (8vo; up to 9 3/4" / 20-25 cm tall). 481 pages. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; Military / Persian Gulf War (1991); United States; Modern; Military & Warfare. . Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 655. .

Paul S. Eriksson, New York, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Good. Book . Fine HB in Good DJ. 175 p. illus., ports.; Bib. (pp. 169-171); index (pp. 172-175); 24 cm. Stated First American Ed. Blue cloth over boards with white title on spine. DJ has 3" closed tear at top of back panel and wear around the edges. From the flap: "This absorbing book ... presents Einstein the man, his early life, his professional career and influences, the formulation of his ideas and the struggle for their acceptance." This is the first USA edition. Size: Octavo (8vo; up to 9 3/4" / 20-25 cm tall). 175 pages. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Science & Technology; . Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 261. .

Simon & Schuster, New York, 1945. 8th printing. Hardcover. Good Condition. Book The 8th printing on March 1, 1945, of the third book of the Little Golden Book series in its original blue spine. (The trademark gold spine was originally only printed on the dust jacket.) The back cover is Style #2.4 – "The Little Golden Library" with numbered list to #27. Size: 7.5"-8" - Small Octavo (Sm. 8vo). 42 pages. Item Type: Book. The text block is tight. There are marks in blue pen (mainly a line or two) on the pages for Q, R, S, T and U. Solid blue binding over paper-covered cardboard covers. The blue has browned from exposure on the outside edge. There is a 1/4" chip at the head of the hinge of the front cover. The top 1 1/4" of the front hinge has split, though not all the way through, and the bottom 2" of the rear hinge has split through. The upper corner of the front cover has taken a bump, resulting in some creasing and there is a small bump at… Read More

Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1924. Photoplay. Hardcover. Very Good+ Condition/Very Good+. Book First Photoplay Edition, illustrated with scenes from D. W. Griffith's 1924 photoplay based upon Chambers' book. It starred Lionel Barrymore as Capt. Walter Butler and Carol Dempster as Miss Nancy Montague. The story plays out against the frontier fighting in upstate New York during the American Revolution. Illustrated with seven full-page stills from the film, printed on coated stock The text block is followed by seven unnumbered pages of advertising for other G&D series First Thus. Size: 7.5"-8" - Small Octavo (Sm. 8vo). 399 pages. Item Type: Book. The text block is tight, bright and unmarked, except for one pencil mark in the margin next to a paragraph in the Prologue, p. xxv. Blue cloth over boards with black title and illustration of the Liberty Bell on the front cover. Minimal wear at the corners with a slight bump to the top corner of the front cover. The dust jacket has… Read More

Holbrook and Fessenden, Brattleborough, VT, 1827. Revised Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Poor Condition. Book Skeel 220. The revised impression, with the latest corrections. The title page lacks a date, but she dates it as 1827? based upon Table LII, Of Numbers, which provides examples of Roman numerals, the last being for 1827 (p. 144). She describes this printing as, "Undated, and different in make-up from other Holbrook and Fessenden editions. ... This edition resembles most closely that of Middletown, 1829." OCLC shows no holdings for this particular printing, though Skeel in 1958 reported seven copies at Yale, Harvard, the Henry Ford Museum, NYPL, Columbia University, Western Reserve Historical Society and Middlebury College. Size: 5"-6" - Vigesimo-quarto (24mo). 168 pages. Item Type: Book. The text block is tight. The first few pages are are folded at the bottom corner. A few internal pages (87-92) are folded at the upper corner. The illustrations for the fables… Read More

Thomas Nelson & Everybody's Press, Camden, NJ, 1971. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Good. Book . Fine HB in G DJ. 416 p.:illus. (part col.); Bib. (pp. 412-413); index (pp. 414-416); 26 cm. Dark gray cloth over boards with bright silver title on cover and spine. Corners are sharp. Contents tight and clean. Standard reference source on the topic. Heavily illustrated and with such features as a list of all souvenir spoons and bio. notes on makers. Size: Quarto (4to; up to 12" / 25-30 cm tall). 416 pages. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Antiques & Collectibles; Silver, Gold & Other Metals; . ISBN: 0840743084. ISBN/EAN: 9780840743084. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 279. . 9780840743084

Synod of Ohio, Lutheran Church of America, Columbus, OH, 1980. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Very Good+. Signed by Author. This copy is number 632 of a special edition limited to 2,000 copies. The author, at the time the 11th president of Wittenberg, has signed under his name on the title page. There is a presentation card laid in indicating that the book was a gift from the Board of Directors of Hamma School of Theology. From the card: "As one of its final acts, the Board commissioned Dr. Kinnison to prepare this history as a complement to Dr. Willard Allbeck's 'Theology at Wittenberg,' which was a history of Hamma up to 1945. This completes that record of faith, commitment and contribution to American Lutheranism by the leaders of the church at Hamma." Size: 8"-9" - Octavo (8vo). 245 pages. Text block is tight, bright and unmarked. Bound in dark tan textured paper over boards with bright gilt title on the front cover and spine. Corners are sharp;… Read More

The Huntington Library, San Marino, CA, 1966-78. Mixed set. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good-. Book A mixed set of the three volume reference set. Vol. 1 (1774-1850) is the Second Revised Edition, published in 1969. Bound in blue cloth in Fine condition with bright gilt title on the spine. Corners are sharp. Text block is tight, bright and unmarked. Page edges clean, though the top page edges are browned. Unclipped ($10.00) dust jacket has a slightly darkened spine with a 1/2 by 1/4" indentation and some shallow chipping at the foot. Vol. 2 (1851-1875) is the 1978 printing, labeled "Additions and Corrections Appended." Bound in red cloth in VG+ condition with bright gilt title on the spine. Corners are sharp. There is a small (1/8") darkened dot toward the bottom of the front cover Text block is tight, bright and unmarked. Page edges and bright and clean. A bookseller has made some annotations in pencil at the top corner of the free front end paper. Dust jacket has a… Read More

Pine Publishers, Ocala, FL, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Book . VG+ HB in G DJ, protected by archival polyester cover. xiii, 159 p.: ill., ports.; 21 cm. Brown cloth over boards w\bright gold title on spine. Corners sharp with a little shelf wear at corners and bottom of spine. Contents tight and clean with two "Property of" stamps for retirement home and date on FEP; no other markings. DJ has wear around the edges: 3/8" loss at top of spine, punched hole in hinge on front panel, 1/2" closed tear at bottom of front panel and 1" closed tear and folding at top back panel. Size: Octavo (8vo; up to 9 3/4" / 20-25 cm tall). 159 pages. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Category: GENEALOGY; Family History; Genealogy & Local History. . Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 506. .

Harper & Row, New York, 1946. Stated First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good- Condition/Good. Book Antioch College is known for its unique Work-Study approach to higher education. Located in Yellow Springs, Ohio, it is the alma mater of many distinguished graduated, including Rod Sterling and Coretta Scott King. Although the college was briefly closed, its alumni rallied to re-open the school in order to keep its approach alive. From the dust jacket blurb: "This book is the record of one of the outstanding contemporary experiments in college education. . . . Through a careful and systematic account of the whole Antioch plan, how it has evolved in the twenty-five years since it was first put into effect in 1921, the authors detail the policy and practice which have brought a fresh vitality to the pattern of college life and learning." There are seven appendices provided details of and supporting data for Antioch's educational approach. A business card of Dr. Henderson… Read More

Johnson Books, Boulder, CO, 1983. Edition Unstated. Trade Paperback. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Book Signed by Author. VG Trade PB, flat signed by the author. vi, 325 pp.: ill.; Bib. (pp. 279-309); index (pp. 311-325); 23 cm. Spine is uncreased. Some browning around the outside edges of the cover and there is a slight bump at the top of the front cover. Contents are tight and clean. In addition to a discussion of the archeology of the state, the books includes terminology, a list of radio carbon dates, a list of state agencies and institutions, and a glossary. Size: Octavo (8vo; up to 9 3/4" / 20-25 cm tall). 325 pages. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY); Archaeology. Signed by Author. ISBN: 0933472765. ISBN/EAN: 9780933472761. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 222. . 9780933472761

Gannett Books for the Kenneth Roberts Centennial Commission, Kennebunk, ME, 1985. Facsimile Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Very Good. Book Inscribed by person(s) connected with book. Limited Edition facsimile reprint of Robert's first novel in its first state, including the reproduction of the famously rare first state dust jacket with Stafford Good's illustration. It is reproduced in a larger format than the 20 cm original. This is copy #736/1000, numbered and signed by Commission officers on the limitation page. Note: I have a large selection of Kenneth Roberts books and related materials. Contact me if you are looking for something in particular. First Thus. Size: 9" -11" - Small Quarto (Sm. 4to). 618 pages. Item Type: Book. Text block is tight, bright and unmarked. Bound in dark blue cloth with a bright silver decoration and title on the front cover and silver title on the spine. Corners are sharp. Light shelf wear along the bottom edges of the… Read More

Doubleday & Company, Garden City, NY, 1953. 300th Anniversary of Arundel. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good+ Condition/Good+. Illustrator: N.C. Wyeth (dust jacket painting). Book Signed by Author. Glossy special title page for the 300th Anniversary of Arundel bound in in front of the regular title page. Signed by the author; features a facsimile of his bookplate. Stated "Latest American Edition, May 1953." Note: I have a large selection of Kenneth Roberts books and related materials. Contact me if you are looking for something in particular. Size: 7.5"-8" - Small Octavo (Sm. 8vo). Item Type: Book. Text block is tight, bright and unmarked. Hardcover bound in navy blue cloth over boards with embossed diamond and star pattern, bright gilt eagle decoration on front cover and bright gilt title on spine. Corners are sharp with slight wear to the tips. Light self wear to the head and foot of the spine. Unclipped ($4.00) dust jacket. The color of Wyeth's painting on the… Read More

Kenneth Roberts Centennial Commission, Kennebunk, ME, 1985. Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Good. Book . Fine HB in G+ DJ, protected by mylar cover. Limited Ed., #854/1000; signed by Commission officers on limitation page. 618 p.: ill.; 24 cm. Facsim. of the first edition w/the famously rare first state DJ, reproduced in a larger format than the 20 cm original. Dark blue cloth w/bright silver decoration & title on cover; silver title on spine. Text block is tight; owner's name blind stamped on title. Unclipped DJ has 2 1/2 x 3/4" chip at top of back panel; worn at edges; spine sun-faded w/creasing. Note: I have a large selection of Kenneth Roberts books and related materials. Contact me if you are looking for something in particular. Size: Octavo (8vo; up to 9 3/4" / 20-25 cm tall). 618 pages. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Historical - American Revolution, 1775-1783; United States; 1980s; . ISBN: 0930096355. ISBN/EAN: 9780930096359.… Read More