Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin & Company, 1906. 1st edition thus. Leather. 1st edition thus, limited printing of 1,000, 1906. A Very Good copy. 4to., 183 pp., with black & white images including photogravure frontis of Franklin. Bound in publishers deluxe binding of 3/4 dark green leather with stamped..... More
New York: The Collegiate Society, 1905. Limited Edition. Cloth. National Edition, limited to 500 numbered copies (this set un-numbered). A Very Good set.19 titles of Irving's works, bound in 28 volumes. 8vos., each volume approximately 450 pages, many volumes illustrated with a frontispiece. Uniformly bound in the publisher's green cloth..... More
Paris: Jean De Bonnot, 1967. Imperial Edition. Leather. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st edition thus. Text in French. A Near Fine copy. 8vo., 446, pp., illustrated. Bound in full green leather with floral scroll decorations in gilt. t.e.g. Silk ribbon. A Near Fine copy. *** Joseph Fouché..... More
Knoxville: The University of Tennessee Press, 2004. 1st edition. Cloth. 1st edition, stated. A Fine copy in Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo., xix, 235 pp. Dark green cloth in black and red photo-illustrated dust jacket. Light edge wear to the jacket. The dj is now protected in a mylar sleeve..... More
Buffalo, New York: R. B. Adam, 1923. 1st Edition. Cloth. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. 1st edition. A Very Good copy. Folio, approximately 100 pages, illustrated with b&w photographs. Tan cloth backed paper over boards. Tips rubbed. Internally clean and bright. A Very Good copy. *** Contains reproductions..... More
Buffalo, New York: Volksfreund Press / Oxford University Press, 1930. 1st Edition. Cloth. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1st edition, limited to 500 copies. 3 volume set, complete. SIGNED. 4tos. Bound in blue cloth in tan, printed dust jackets. Moderate soiling to the dust jackets, with volume 3's..... More
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, Inc., 1933. 1st Edition. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st edition. A Very Good copy in Good dust jacket. 8vo., 246 pp., illustrated with portrait frontispiece and 10 b&w plates. Dark brown cloth in tan, printed dust jacket. The dj, priced..... More
Princeton; New York: Princeton University Press; American-Scandinavian Foundation, 1940. 1st Edition. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st edition. A Very Good to Near Fine copy in Good dust jacket. 8vo., 314 pp., illustrated. Blue and white patterned cloth, in printed dj. The dj is lightly edge worn..... More
Springfield 9, Massachusetts: The Pond-Ekberg Company, 1945. 1st edition. Cloth. 1st edition, 1945. A Very Good book in a Good dust jacket. 8vo., 361 pp., bound in publishers tan/gray linen cloth with illustrated orange dust jacket, not price clipped. Jacket has a small closed tear at the top of the..... More
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1948. 1st edition. Cloth. 1st edition. A Near Fine copy in Very Good dust jacket. 8vo., xi, 313 pp., illustrated with a portrait frontispiece and b&w photographs of art. Brown cloth in tan, printed dust jacket. The dust jacket has edge wear and toning..... More
Durham, NC: Duke Univ. Press, 1963. First edition. Hardcover. black cloth, 1st ed. (1963), 527 pages, NO DJ, Signed by Sorokin. Light soil & wear to exterior. Signed Presentation (to fellow sociologist Peter M. Blau) by Pitirim Sorokin. More
np: Unknown, 1966. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 12mo., 69pp., illustrated with portrait frontispiece and b&w photographs. White stiff wrappers with type in purple. A near fine copy. More
np: Unknown, 1966. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 12mo., 69pp., illustrated with portrait frontispiece and b&w photographs. White stiff wrappers with type in purple. A near fine copy. Previous owner's neat signature on a front end paper. More
New York: Vantage Press, 1989. 1st edition. Hardcover. red cloth, 1st ed., 242 pages, in Dust Jacket, SIGNED. Bottom edges shelfworn, owners name inside. Ilse Altorjay's book is a valuable historical document, and also a vivid warning of what can happen if ANY society is taken over by arrogant authority..... More
New York: Rand McNally & Company, 1942. 2nd edition. Cloth. 2nd edition, 1942. Good. 8vo., 600 pp., with black & white images. Bound in publishers illustrated red cloth. Tips rubbed thru, cloth on spine wrinkled, overall fading and soiling to cover. It appears this book belonged to a middle school..... More
New York: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1935. hardcover. 1935. Fair+. 4to., 1082 pp., with black & white images. Bound in publishers green cloth. Covers and spine are soiled with heavy water & insect damage. After page 15, interior pages are clean and unmarked with some transfer on pages opposite..... More
Newton, CT: American Political Biography Press, 1997. Reprint. Cloth. Reprint, 1997. Fine. 8vo., 706 pp., with black & white illustrations. Bound in publishers black cloth with illustrated, glossy dust jacket. Fine with no defect, clean and unmarked. Dust jacket now protected in mylar sleeve. More
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1926. 1st edition. Hardcover. 1st edition, 2nd printing, September 1926. A Good copy. 8vo., 230 pp., bound in turquoise thistle decorated boards with dark blue cloth spine lettered in gold. Tips rubbed thru, spine faded. A few pencil underlines. No dust jacket... More
Durham, NC: author / Seeman Printery, 1920. 1st edition, Hardcover. 1st edition. A Very Good copy. 8vo., 229 pp., with b&w portrait frontispiece. Red cloth with gilt titles. The front board is a bit soiled, with a small area of discoloration on the front board, and the spine's crown; spine..... More
Indianapolis: Indianapolis Athletic Club, 1935. 1st edition. Hardcover. 1st edition thus, 1935. A Good copy. 4to., 53 pp., with many unpaginated appendices, with many real photographs of people, places, landmarks in black & white. Bound in blue cloth with title in gilt on front cover and spine. Covers are rubbed..... More
Berlin: Deutsches Historisches Museum, 2009. 1st edition. Wraps. 1st edition, 2009. Fine. 4to., 444 pp., with full color illustrations. Bound in publishers stiff glossy, illustrated wraps. Fine without defect. Catalog to accompany exhibit April - July 2009. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1929. 1st Edition. Leather. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st edition. A Near FIne copy. 8vo., 263, ix pp., illustrated. Bound in a fine binding of half polished leather and red cloth over boards. Spine titled and decorated in gilt. Top edge gilt..... More
New York: Julian Messner, 1966. 1st edition. 1st edition. INSCRIBED. A Very Good copy in Very Good dust jacket. 8vo., 191 pp. Green cloth in yellow dust jacket. The price-clipped dj has light edge wear. INSCRIBED and signed by the author on the front end paper. The spine of both..... More
New York: Carlton & Porter, 1839. Cloth. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. A Good copy. 24mo., 184 pp. Bound in blind stamped tan cloth. The cloth is soiled, with light edge wear. Lacking a front blank end paper. Occasional light foxing throughout. A Good copy. *** Memoirs of..... More
Arcade, New York: Charles N. Aronson, Writer Publisher, 1977. 1st edition. Cloth. 1st edition. SIGNED. A Near Fine copy in Very Good dust jacket. 8vo. Black cloth in white dust jacket. Some chipping along the dj's top edge. SIGNED by the author on a front end paper. Publisher matter laid..... More