La Grande, Oregon: SELF-PUBLISHED, ca. 1962. Hardcover. Black, cloth-covered hardback measuring 11 1/4 in. x 8 3/4 in. x1 1/2 in. Roughly over 300 pp. - most likely more. Text consists of xerographic (?) historical articles, memoirs, recollections of citizens of towns in Union County, Oregon, local lore, genealogical histories..... More
London, England: C. Dilly in the Poultry and John Stockdale, Piccadilly, 1787. First Edition. Leather-bound. NOTE: Volumes II and III Only. Mixed, and sympathetically restored. Full, contemporary tree calf, trimmed on all sides.Henry Cabot Lodge bookplate to front pastedown of Volume II. Recently rebacked with contrasting gilt-on-black spine labels. Five..... More
Newburyport, Massachusetts: Charles Whipple, 1837. Removed from Bound Volume. 8vo. Removed, 209 mm. x 132 mm. Complete. Lacks front wrapper. A little foxing on first and last pages, and one or two pages with single spots of foxing. 68 pp. A direct account of the governmental theory embodied in the..... More
London, England: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall; and sold by M. Cooper, at the Globe in Pater-Noster Row, 1758. First Edition. Pamphlet. 8" x 5" octavo. 130 pages. Removed with leather remnants on spine. Paper disintigration and loss on first 7 leaves. Nearly half a leaf missing..... More
Chicago, IL: The Pilgrim Press, 1898. FIRST EDITION (NAP). Hardcover. Octavo. 7" x 8 3/4". Yellow boards with design of a roaring red and black fire, surrounded by sprigs of Holly. Corners are lightly nudged. Book is overall, very bright on both outside and inside. Design on front board is..... More
Paris: Chez J.W. Imprimeur, Rue du Colombiere Fauxbourg St. Germain, a l'Hotel de Saxe, 1766. Stitched Pamphlet. Octavo. 9 in. x 5 1/2 in. Good thick laid bond. Nibbling to top quarter outer edge of first several pages, with no text loss. Soiling, smudging, wrinkling and two, small raisin-size holes..... More
Newport, Rhode Island: Oliver Farnsworth, 1800. First Edition. Leather-bound. 12mo. Contemporary tree calf. . . Seven narrow, gilt bands to spine. Spine label (gilt on burgundy) reads "Memory of Washington". Howes W-141 (p. 617); Evans American Bibliography 37951 (Vol. 13, Clifford K. Shipton); pp. 246, plus a six-page list of..... More
Boston: Printed for Young & Minns, and Manning & Loring, 1800. Second Issue. Stitched Pamphlet. Stitched pamphlet. No covers. Title page nearly detached, but still holding. Removed. 31pp. Evans 36829. Graphics of funerary urns, initialed "G.W. Fisher Ames (April 9, 1758 – July 4, 1808) was a Representative in the..... More
Philadelphia, PA: Dorrance & Company, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 7.7 in. x 5 in., pp. 116. Inscribed, signed and dated (1953) by the author on the front free endpaper. Illustrated with three photographs. Blue-green cloth boards with gilt title to front and spine. Light shelfwear to edges. Rubbing to..... More
London, England: J. Almon, opposite Burling-House in Piccadilly, 1766. First Edition. Pamphlet. 8vo. 36 pp. Half-Title. First page (half-title/no cover) detached with chip to left side. Exceedingly rare. Last copy sold at auction in 2022, and before that, more than twenty-five years previous. "A strong argument in support of the..... More
St. Paul, Kansas: National Order of the Anti-Horse Thief Association, 1915. Staplebound Pamphlet. Pamphlet, 6.5 in. x 4.5 in. pp. 16. Orange-brown cloth wrappers. Rubbing and light soiling to wraps with vertical crease at center. Bent corners. Pencil writing to verso of rear cover. Age-toning to pages. "A number of..... More
Leipzig, Germany: Karl Baedeker, 1909. Fourth Revised Edition. Hardcover. 12mo, 6.25 in. x 4.25 in., pp. cii, 724. Illustrated with 33 color maps, most of which fold out. Flexible red cloth boards with line design stamped in blind to front and back. GIlt title to front and spine. Closed tears..... More
Chicago, IL: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1924. L. Maynard Dixon. 26th edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 5 in. x 7.5 in ., Brick red buckram cover with gilt lettering on front and spine. Cover has green/black drawing of canoe reflecting on the water. Very slight rubbing to bottom corners and bottom of..... More
London: Reprinted for J. Johnson in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1792. First British Edition. Leather-bound. Missing Map. This first British edition reprinted for J. Johnston. Full contemporary calf (21 1/2 x 13 1/2 cm.) Recent spine label in burgundy, with gilt lettering and borders. Faintly marbled edges. Marbled endpapers, rear free..... More
Portland, OR: Hoyt, Fogg, and Donham, 1884. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarrto, 10 in. x 7.5 in., pp. xxxi, [1], 520. Limited edition of 50 copies; this copy is unnumbered. Illustrated with nineteen plates, fascimile letters, and maps, five of which fold-out. Green cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Gilt..... More
New-Brunswick (New Jersey): Abraham Blauvelt, 1800. Stitched Pamphlet. 24 pp. Sewn pamphlet, removed (traces of leather on "spine".) Evans: 36911. "...There are two characters in which he has appeared most familiar to our minds; as a hero, and a sage; as our General in war, and our President in peace;..... More
Amsterdam, Holland: Chez Lombrail, Marchand Libraire dans le Beurs-straat, [1705] 1707. Leather-bound. IN FRENCH. 12mo. Contemporary full calf, designed "windowpane" leather binding. (15.08 cm. x 9.50 cm.) Morocco title label. Engraved armorial frontis. Engraved title in black and red. Corner of front free endpaper clipped. 433, [16] pages. Paper lightly..... More
Wheaton, Illinois: R. Blanchard & Co. (Self-Published), 1882. Hardcover. Small Quarto. Brown cloth-covered books ruled and corner-decorated in blind, with gilt lettering to front and copper lettering to spine. Moderate shelfwear to extremities - a bit of scuffing and corner-nudging is all. Sage-green floral endpapers. Previous owner's signature to front..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1967. Hardcover. Octavo, 9.4 in. x 6.4 in., pp. 480. Illustrated with seven maps. Black boards with stamped title in blind to front; gilt title to spine. Publisher's yellow topstain. Very light rubbing to edges of dustjacket. Price clipped. Protected in mylar. The Nez Perce..... More
Washington DC: Associates in Negro Folk Education, 1937. Softcover. Octavo, brown card covers with an art deco design. Considerable shelfwear, missing two small sections (1 in. and 1/2 in.) of paper near top and bottom of spine, and a 1 in. x 1/2 in. chip missing from bottom corner of..... More
Hartford, Connecticut: American Publishing Company (R.W. Bliss and Co.(Newark New Jersey), and H.H. Bancroft and Co. (San Francisco, California). 1869. First Edition. Leather-bound. A study and commentary of dozens of aspects - historical, social, occupational, varying strata of society, of huge, varied, great bustle of an American city -- New..... More
[San Francisco, CA]: Blurb, 2010. Hardcover. Oblng Octavo, 8.25 in. x 9.75 in., pp. 75, [1]. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Black paper boards with white title and photograph of TR giving a train-side speech to front. White title to spine. Unmarked. On April 1, 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt..... More
Batavia, New York: Adams and Thorp, 1827. Seventh Edition. Pamphlet. 12mo. (7 1/4" x 4 1/2"). Disbound/Removed from larger gathering, remnants of cloth, glue and original stitching to spine. Lacks title leaf. Some stains to first page (heading: "NARRATIVE, &c."), and light tidelines from pp. 45-59, but not at all..... More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1930. Second Edition. Hardcover. Matching set of two: Octavo, 9.6 in. x 6.5 in; Vol I: pp. xxiv, [2], 431; Vol II: pp. vii, [3], 433-862. Dark blue cloth boards with coat of arms stamped in blind to front and gilt..... More
Philadelphia : London: Reprinted for J. Almon, opposite Burlington House, in Piccadlly. 1776. Second Edition. Leather-bound. "Most famous answer to Paine's advocacy for independence in "Common Sense." (Howes S696). Pamphlet, rebound in full, speckled calf 8 1/8 in. x 5 1/4 in. Second edition of the first British printing. ("Authorship..... More
