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Prindle's Almanac, For the Year of Our Lord 1835

Charles Prindle · 1836

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

New Haven A.H. Maltby 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall 26pp. ( pagination error shows 28), Stitched, light soiling, dampstaining, dogeared and slightly rounded corners, test and front and rear covers complete, and all very readable. Almanac measures 8 x 4 1/4 inches. Good

Hesperos: Or Travels in the West. (2 Volumes as One)

Houstoun, Mrs. (Matilda Charlotte Houstoun) · 1850

$135.00 (€122.48 | £102.18 | ¥21,558)

London John W. Parker First Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 293, 279pp. Two Volumes bound together as one. Blue embossed cloth, gilt ship vignette to front cover, all edges gilt, frontispiece with tissue-guard for each volume. Covers edgeworn, spine chipped at head and t...

The Defense of Fort Sumter

Tower, Roderick · 1938

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Fort Sumter Hotel 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall 39pp. 16mo. First Edition. Publication sponsored by The Fort Sumter Hotel. Light blue cloth over boards, folding map. Covers foxed but solid and unworn. Foxing to endpapers and a small chip to front pastedown, tiny slit along...

Adolf Hitler

John Toland · 1976

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,969)

Garden City, New York Doubleday & Company, Inc. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall Signed by Author(s) 1035pp. Red boards, black buckram backing, gilt spine lettering.Signed by Author on half-title page. Light wear to spine ends and lettering. Book is sound, binding is tight, conten...

Beside Galilee

Bolitho, Hector · 1933

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

New York D. Appleton Century Company 1st Edition 206pp. FIRST EDITION. Purple cloth, gilt lettering. Covers are clean and sound, minimal fading to lower edge, light offsetting of dustjacket to endpapers. Original dustjacket is soiled and chipped and missing a few pieces. ...

Things as They Are

Dwight, Theodore Jr. · 1834

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,380)

New York Harper & Brothers First Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 252pp. Brown cloth, paper spine label. Cover faded, spine label chipped but readable, first and last few pages heavily foxed and stained, rest of contents only occasionally foxed, author's name written on tit...

Beautés de l'histoire des États-Unis de l'Amerique Septentrionale ou Précis des Événemens les plus Remarquables...

Nougaret, P.J.B. · 1817

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Paris Brunot-Labbe . Corners Worn.. 507pp. Contemporary mottled calf, gilt tooling and lettering to spine, red leather spine label, 8 engraved plates. Light wear to edges, binding is tight, slit to upper backstrip neatly mended, owner's bookplate on front pastedown, 1/2 ...

Washington (2 Volumes) SIGNED

Sawyer, Joseph Dillaway · 1927

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

New York The Macmillan Company First Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Netter, Frank H. Signed by Author(s) 640, 619pp. Black cloth, gilt lettering and decoration. Very light wear to extremities, contents age- toned (mainly endpapers), bindings are tight. Volume I is INSCRI...

The Great Metropolis. Phelps' New York City Guide...With Street Directory and Foldiing Map

Humphrey Phelps · 1867

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.23 | ¥39,922)

New York Humphrey Phelps 2nd Edition 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall 70pp., folding map. Purple cloth, gilt lettering. Fading to cover mainly to spine, corners lightly rubbed, text is sound with a very occasional spot, historical society bookplate on front pastedown, folding map h...

North America (2 Volumes Bound as One)

Trollope, Anthony · 1862

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

Philadelphia J.B. Lipincott & Co. First American Edition 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall 335, 334pp. Brown embossed cloth. Volumes I and II bound together. Very light external wear, spine lettering heavily faded, small chips along spine and foredge some signatures slightly protr...

The Story of Dumbarton Castle, Rothesay, and other Castles.

Shelley, H.C. · 1923

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Edinburgh Andersons 48mo - over 3 - 4" tall 122pp. Miniature book 3 1/4 x2 1/2 inches. Six illustrations including frontispiece. Red tartan plaid cloth over boards, all edges gilt. Very good condition, spine slightly faded, gilt edges very bright, interior is clean, unworn...

Harry S. Truman: The American Presidents Series: The 33rd President, 1945-1953

Dallek, Robert · 2008

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

New York Times Books 1st Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 208pp. A very good copy with a very good dust jacket. Near Fine

The Union Pacific Railroad Company, Chartered by Progress of their Road West from Omaha , Nebraska, Accross the Continent. Making with Its Connections, and Unbroken LIne From the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. Five Hundred and Forty Miles Completed December, 1867.

Union Pacific Railroad Company · 1868

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.54 | ¥23,953)

New York Union Pacific Railroad Company 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall 32pp. Pamphlet 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches in size, describes the company's progress during the construction of their cross continental railroad in 1867. Cover and map are not present. The 32 page booklet is in ver...

The Chautauqua Text-Books - American History - No. 21 - 1883

Hurlbut, J. L. · 1883

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

New York Philllips & Hunt 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall 76pp. Printed wraps. Small book measuring 5 x 3 1/8 inches. Very good condition, very light wear to cover, text is clean and sound, some staple rust. Very Good

Elements of Useful Knowledge. Containing Historical and Geographical Account of the United States: For the Use of Schools. - Volume I.

Webster, Noah · 1802

$175.00 (€158.78 | £132.46 | ¥27,945)

Hartford Hudson & Goodwin 1st Edition 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall 206pp. FIRST EDITION 1802. Quarter calf over original boards. Boards worn, scuffed and stained, no endpapers, text is age-darkened, moderately foxed and damp stained, binding is tight, slight crack to rear up...

The Immigrant's Guide, and Citizen's Manual: A Work for Immigrants of All Classes to the United States of North America

Warner. I.W. · 1848

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.23 | ¥39,922)

New York C.M. Saxton 1st Edition 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall 172pp. Brown stamped boards, gilt lettering and decoration to spine.Front board is detached but present, spine is chipped (no missing text), a bit of damp staining to some margins and text is mildly age-toned, text b...

Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States, In February Term, 1804 and February Term, 1805. (Volume II)

Cranch, William · 1812

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.54 | ¥23,953)

New York C.Wiley Second Edition, Revised and Corrected by the Author. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 463pp. Contemporary calf, red leather spin label, gilt lettering. Cover very lightly worn some mottling, spine slightly darkened, contents are tanned and has scattered foxing, bin...

Rogues on Both Sides...Characters of Some Rogues not yet Describ'd...An Old Whig, and a Modern Whig; an Old Tory....

Defoe, Daniel (Attributed to) · 1711

$525.00 (€476.33 | £397.38 | ¥83,836)

London Samuel Whiting 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall Signed by Author(s) 36pp. Original pamphlet published in 1711 disbound from book. Light wear and age-toning, overall sound and complete. Title page reads: " R____'s on both Sides. In which are the Characters of Some R____'s n...

Life of the Duke of Wellington. To Which are Added Memoirs of Duke of Marlborough

1847

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

St. Louis, MO Nafis & Cornish 1st Edition 32mo - over 4 - 5" tall 256pp. FIRST EDITION. Green stamped boards, gilt stamped design to cover and spine. color title page and frontispiece plus 11 full-page black and white illustrations, text pages have ruled frame borders. Corn...

A Pocket Almanack For the Year of our Lord 1794. Being the Second after Leap Year,...Calculated chiefly for the Use of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Bound with The Massachusetts Register for 1794 By T. and J. Fleet

1794

$165.00 (€149.70 | £124.89 | ¥26,348)

Boston T. & J. Fleet 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall 148pp. Marbled boards, leather spine and leather backing. Rear board detached but present, front board barely holding, first 5 leaves separated (including title age), contents age-toned but clean and unmarked. A fascinating j...