Atlantic City: American Society for Testing Materials, 1930. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 192p. Ex-library copy of a gilt dark blue cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Library mark on spine. Usual library markings inside. Edges lightly worn and spine darkened. Small closed tear on title page. Otherwise clean and tight..... More
New Orleans: Harmanson, 1955. Wiley Churchill. Paperback. 95p. A softcover book in very good condition. The cover is unevenly tanned and spotted. Small scuff and traces of tape residue along spine. Otherwise, text clean and binding tight. Historical folktales of Louisiana by Andre Cajun (the pseudonym of Andrew Jackson Navard)..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 292p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. The spine is slightly cockeyed; otherwise clean and tight. The jacket has a tiny closed tear at the bottom of the front panel, but is in good..... More
New York: Bantam Books, 2010. Paperback. 372p. A softcover book in very good condition. Small crease to front bottom corner; otherwise like new. A book on preparing for political disaster. More
New York: Summit Books, 1987. Hardcover. 524p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. The book is clean and tight, and the dustjacket is only faintly sunned on the spine. Porter was a music critic for the NEW YORK TIMES. The essays contained in this book were..... More
Cleveland: J.B. Cobb & Co., 1854. Leather. 336p. A tan-brown leather hardcover book in good condition. Exterior is rubbed and worn. Old pen note on a front endpaper. Foxing and occasional staining inside, but the text is unmarked by previous owners, and the binding is quite secure. From the title..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1942. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 278p. An orange cloth hardcover book in good+ condition. Back cover stained, front cover foxed, front hinge shaken, and poorly erased pencil scribbled on endpapers. Otherwise, main text unmarked and binding secure enough for reading purposes. A portrait of life in early..... More
Evanston, IL: National Woman's Christian Temperance Union, 1912. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 357p. A navy blue cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Front cover lightly scuffed, and endpapers and foredges foxed. Owner's name inside. Many pages uncut. Text unmarked and binding tight. A biography of the American temperance activist and..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1925. Hardcover. 557p. A purple cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Spine slightly faded and hinges a bit shaken from use. Text clean and pages securely attached. An illustrated vintage guide to manners and social etiquette. More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co., 1895. Limited Edition De Luxe. Hardcover. 248p. A gilt-decorated ivory cloth hardcover book in very good condition. The cover and plates are foxed, and the ribbon page marker is detached. Owner's bookplate inside front cover. Text unmarked and binding secure. An account of the life of..... More
Washington DC: Washington National Cathedral, 1995. Paperback. 96p. A softcover book in fine condition, apart from a former owner's private library stamps on page facing title page and on the last page. Externally like-new. A guide to the history, architecture, and artistic features of Washington National Cathedral. Thoroughly illustrated with..... More
No Place: No Publisher. Paperback. 44-page spiralbound softcover book in very good condition. This is a privately printed booklet with no date or publication data - it is probably from sometime between 1960-1990. A rare work; no copies located on WorldCat. Biography of a young woman from Dayton, Ohio who..... More
San Francisco: The Colt Press. First Edition. Hardcover. 32p. A slim, patterned hardcover book in very good condition. Head and foot of spine worn. Text clean and binding secure. Limited edition; one of 500 copies. Wood engravings by Mallette Dean. More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1862. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 2 vols. 467p; 494p. REBOUND. A set of two hardcover books which have been rebacked with new endpapers, preserving most of the original cloth. Tips of the corners rubbed through. In volume I, the chipped edges of page 1-2 has been repaired..... More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1863. First American Edition. Hardcover. 335p; 334p. A light brown cloth hardcover book in very good condition. The spine is faded and slightly cockeyed, though the binding is still quite secure. Light foxing on foredges and endpapers. Text is unmarked. Two volumes in one. The..... More
Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks, 2018. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 359p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a fine dustjacket. Externally like new, with check-marks in the margins of some pages, but mostly unmarked. Binding is tight. More
Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1924. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 395p. A navy blue cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Spine text mostly rubbed out. Early owner's neat signature on front free endpaper. Otherwise, text clean and binding secure for reading. Archibald Butt (1865-1912), a military aide to Presidents..... More
Virginia Beach, VA: The Donning Company Publishers, 2002. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 160p. A large hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. Captioned black and white photographs offering a historical portrait of Oak Lawn, Illinois. Measures approx. 11.25" x 8.75" More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1945. Hardcover. 189p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Cover mildly shelf-worn; text unmarked and binding secure. The jacket is lightly rubbed and crinkled, but otherwise intact. An affectionate memoir of American short-line railroads. Contains three sections of black and white..... More
Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books, 1974. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 205p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a very good dustjacket. The book is clean and tight. The jacket is lightly edgworn and sunfaded, but essentially intact. A history of the Tennessee Valley Authority, a New Deal program, written by its..... More
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1951. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 504p. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. A grey cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Very mild shelf wear and a small white smudge on the front cover. Otherwise clean and tight. Inscribed by the author inside the front cover. An..... More
Yellow Springs OH: Kahoe & Spieth, 1927. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 111p. A fine hardcover book in a good+ dustjacket. The jacket has some mild wear at the top of its spine and a few tiny puncture holes in the spine's middle. Scarce in dustjacket. Collection of essays by the then-president..... More
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1959. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. 288p. A hardcover book in near-fine condition with a very good dustjacket. Spine slightly faded; otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is tanned and edgeworn, but otherwise intact. A publication of the American Historical Association. More
Scranton, PA: International Textbook Company, 1945. 2nd Edition, 7th Printing. Hardcover. 646p. A dark green gilt cloth hardcover book in good condition. Edges bumped and scuffed. Spine slightly twisted. Signature on front pastedown endpaper. Scattered underlining and notes in red colored pencil. However, the majority of the text ic lean..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1994. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Two volume set. A pair of oversized hardcover books in fine condition. Appear unread. Glossy pictorial picture cover hardbacks. More