Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909. 1st Edition. Leather. 857p. A large hardcover book bound in dark brown, blind-stamped leather with gilt spine text. Fair condition; the front cover is nearly detached (but still holding due to the original reinforced hinge), and the back cover is starting to split off as..... More
New York: Macmillan, for the Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio, 1926. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 312p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. The book is clean and tight, physically like-new, but has a light cigarette smell inside. The jacket has some light edgewear and a...... More
Cincinnati: Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio, 1960. Paperback. 98p. A softcover book in very good condition. Edges slightly faded, sticker residue on front cover, and light cigarette smell inside. Text clean and binding tight. A nice resource for genealogical research. More
Norristown, PA: Historiical Society of Montgomery County, 1941. Paperback. A softcover book in very good condition. The spine is edgeworn and tanned. There is also a distinct cigarette smell inside. Text unmarked and binding tight. The main article is about Lacey's Campaign of 1778 (the Battle of Crooked Billet) during..... More
Willow Bend Books, 2003. Paperback. 333p. A softcover book in good condition. Distinct cigarette smell inside. Occasional pencil notations, but most text clean. Cover is like-new and binding is tight. A useful resource for Quaker genealogy. Includes the Wrightstown, Richland, Buckingham, Makefield, and Solebury Monthly Meetings. More
Willow Bend Books, 2003. Paperback. 378p. A softcover book in good condition. Spine lightly creased and a few faint brown spots on cover; there is also a distinct cigarette smell inside. Occasional pencil notations. Most text clean and binding tight. A useful resource for Quaker genealogy. More
The Preble County Historical Society, 1975. Facsimile Reprint. Paperback. 192p; 44p index. Facsimile reprint. A small softcover book in physically fine condition -- that is, unmarked and tightly bound with a like-new cover -- but with a distinct cigarette smell inside. Measures approx. 7" x 4.5" More
New York: The Pictorial Review Company, 1925. Hardcover. An oversize magazine excerpt bound in burgundy cloth boards. Essentially fine condition apart from some very light wear to the page edges and tiny staple holes in some margins. Clean and tight. A specially bound article from the PICTORIAL REVIEW from April..... More
Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, 1964. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 371p. Ex-library. A hardcover book in very good condition. Clean and tight apart from the usual library markings and card pocket. The jacket is fully intact. A study of James Hall (1793-1868), a pioneer judge and editor in Illinois and..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1911. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 541p. Ex-library. A red cloth hardcover book in acceptable condition. Besides having the usual library markings on the spine, foredges, and endpapers, the book has lots of scuff marks and tiny scratches all over the cover. The front hinge has been repaired..... More
Chicago: Rhodes & McClure, 1885. 1st Edition. Hardcover. REBOUND. A hardcover book in good condition. Rebound with new endpapers, preserving the majority of the original red cloth covers and spine. Small circular stamps on a front endpaper. Stains and indentations penetrating a span of about 40 pages in the middle..... More
New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1919. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 181p. Ex-library. A brown cloth hardcover book in good condition. Cover lightly rubbed from ordinary shelf wear. Library marks on spine, endpapers, and copyright page, but otherwise unmarked and securely bound. Illustrated with several black and white plates. More
Syracuse: Hall & Dickson, 1847. Hardcover. 427p. A dark brown cloth hardcover book in acceptable condition. Edges wearing through, most visibly at the head and foot of the spine. Old owner's signature inside front cover. Deep golden-brown discoloration on first 40 or so pages. The rest of the pages are..... More
New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1894. First American Edition. Hardcover. 219p; 4p advertisements. A hardcover book bound in decorated beige-grey cloth. Good condition. The spine cloth is wrinkled and the edges lightly worn. Light soiling on cover; most noticeable is a thin red streak down the front cover..... More
Hartford, CT: The Hobby Shop, 1930. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 24p. A slender hardcover book bound in navy blue cloth. Near-fine condition; the spine is faded, but otherwise, the cover is in great shape and the interior is clean and tight. Limited edition, #958 out of 1,000 copies. A nice bibliographic..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1905. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 83p plus plates. A red cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Spine faded and spine text partially rubbed out.Paper clip rust stain and crease at top of pages 56-71. Otherwise clean and tight. First edition of this book of essays..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1900. First U.K. Edition. Hardcover. 414p; 32p advertisements. A golden-yellow cloth hardcover book in acceptable condition. The edges of the spine are wearing through, having a crackly appearance (possibly insect damage) which penetrates through to the gutters of the endpapers. However, the binding is still quite..... More
Sparks, NV: Falcon Hill Press, 1985. 1st (Limited) Edition. Hardcover. A large brown cloth hardcover book in fine condition. A scarce history of THE TERRITORIAL ENTERPRISE, a frontier journal published in Virginia City, Nevada, during the 1800s. Mark Twain worked for the journal during the 1860s. More
Boston: Atlantic Monthly Group, 2001. 1st printing. Paperback. 176p. A staplebound magazine in fine condition. A special double issue of ATLANTIC featuring the first printing of Twain's novelette, "A Murder, a Mystery, and a Marriage." More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc. Hardcover. 210p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. A collection of Western short stories featuring the author's own illustrations. Introduction by Will Rogers. The copyright date is 1927, but this appears to be a reprint, ca. 1940s. More
Dover, MA: 1969. Paperback. 29p. A staplebound softcover book in very good condition. Crease in front cover, edges faded, and tiny tear on bottom edge of back cover. Otherwise clean and tight. A technical monograph produced with the cooperation of the Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton..... More
New York: J.H. Sears & Company, Inc., 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 300p. A dark green cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Spine text is dull with age, practically invisible. The spine is also lightly worn at the top and darkened from sun exposure. Corners rubbed through. Otherwise, interior clean..... More
Milwaukee: E.M. Hale and Company, 1938. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. 480p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a dustjacket in good condition. The book is clean and tight. The jacket is chipped at the head of the spine and splitting along the folds, but is still in one piece and..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1919. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 53p. Ex-library. A 1/4 charcoal-grey cloth hardcover book in good condition. Library marks on spine, endpapers, and title page. Otherwise clean and tight -- an excellent, sturdy reading copy! Poems about World War I by Paul Claudel (1868-1955), a famous Catholic..... More
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1939. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 287p. A beige cloth hardcover book in good condition. Cloth lightly soiled and spine a bit cockeyed. Lacks blank front free endpaper. Half-inch closed tear at the bottom of pages 15-18. Scattered small stains and fingerprint smudges, but otherwise..... More