NEW YORK HERALD: Bound volume of 120 issues from 1 January 1862 to 30 April 1862 with much war reportage
by [Civil War]
1862. Hardcover. Spine rubbed. Overall a Very Good and fascinating compilation. Large folio (16" x 21-1/2") bound in half sheep and marbled boards. Includes a number of triple sheets. Extensive reportage of the war with numerous maps throughout. In addition to the war news, the papers have ads and other news. Bound in at the front is a... Read More
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REPORT ON THE BIRDS OF PENNSYLVANIA. WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE FOOD-HABITS, BASEDON OVER FOUR THOUSAND STOMACH EXAMINATIONS
by WARREN, B. H
Harrisburg, PA: E. K. Meyers, 1890. Second Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Large octavo (6" x 9-1/4") in original marbled boards with a new black leather spine and corners. Illustrated with 98 (of 99) color plates and one B&W plate. Plate #24 of the Kingfisher is lacking. The preferred edition because of the additional color plates after Audubon not... Read More
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REPORT ON THE BIRDS OF PENNSYLVANIA. WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE FOOD-HABITS, BASEDON OVER FOUR THOUSAND STOMACH EXAMINATIONS
by WARREN, B. H
Harrisburg, PA: E. K. Meyers, 1890. Second Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Large octavo (6" x 9-1/4") in original publisher's green cloth. Illustrated with 99 color plates and one B&W plate. The preferred edition because of the additional color plates after Audubon not in the First Edition.
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TWO POEMS
by WARREN, Robert Penn
[Winston-Salem, NC]: Palaemon Press Limited, (1979). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Bill Komodore. Marbled boards. Copy #104 of 200 numbered copies (of a total edition of 230) SIGNED by the author on the colophon page. Additionally INSCRIBED there by the publisher, Stuart Wright, to the poet William Meredith: "WM from SW/in friendship, with admiration--/February 1970."
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THE CIRCUS IN THE ATTIC And Other Stories
by WARREN, Robert Penn
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1947). First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good, lacking the dustwrapper. Short stories and a novella, the first work of fiction published by Warren after the Pulitzer prize-winning ALL THE KING'S MEN. Includes the much-anthologized story "Blackberry Winter." INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper: "For Alexander [?]/with all good wishes,/Robert... Read More
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BALLAD OF A SWEET DREAM OF PEACE: A CHARADE FOR EASTER
by WARREN, Robert Penn
Dallas: Pressworks, (1980). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine acetate dustwrapper. Bill Komodore. Marbled boards with a black cloth spine. Three mounted color illustrations with acetated guards by Bill Komodore. Copy #72 of 350 numbered copies (of a total edition of 376) SIGNED by the author and the illustrator on the colophon page. Laid in is the... Read More
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MANUSCRIPT DRAFT OF HIS ANNUAL REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE with AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED
by WASHINGTON, Booker T
[Tuskegee, AL], [early 1906?]. Manuscript. Minor wear with a one-inch closed tear to first sheet. Near Fine. A handwritten manuscript by Washington consisting of 17 pages (numbered 1-3, 7-14, a-f) on 17 8-1/4" x 11" sheets, apparently missing pages 4-6, with a partial typed transcript. The handwritten letter by Washington is to the trustees of the Tuskegee Normal... Read More
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AUTOGRAPH QUOTE SIGNED (AQS)
by WASHINGTON, Booker T
Tuskegee, AL, 7 Dec. 1897. Autograph. Mild aging of paper. About Fine. A fine quote--"Be too great to be little"--on a 6-1/2" x 8" page removed from an autograph album SIGNED and dated by Washington in Tuskegee. The verso bears an unknown signature as does the top of the page that Washington has signed, but this could be... Read More
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UP FROM SLAVERY
by WASHINGTON, Booker T
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1913. Early Edition. Hardcover. A small tear to bottom blank margin of one leaf; 1998 statement by a previous owner on the recto of the frontispiece stating the importance of the book on her grandfather; Vincent's bookplate on the front pastedown. Mild rubbing to the spine edges and tips with small frayed spot... Read More
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UP FROM SLAVERY
by WASHINGTON, Booker T
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1970. Hardcover. Bookplate tipped to front pastedown. Fine in a close to Fine slipcase with mild scuffing. Denver Gillen. Quarto (7-1/4" x 10-1/2") bound in brown-black buckram with a Swedish-made textured brown Tumba Ingres paper sides and a brown leather spine label; 236 pages. Introduction by Booker T. Washington III. Illustrated with 12... Read More
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UP FROM SLAVERY
by WASHINGTON, Booker T
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1970. Hardcover. Fine in glassine and a Fine slipcase. Denver Gillen. Quarto (7-1/4" x 10-1/2") bound in brown-black buckram with a Swedish-made textured brown Tumba Ingres paper sides and a brown leather spine label; 236 pages. Introduction by Booker T. Washington III. Illustrated with twelve full-page and two double-page color plates by Denver... Read More
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UP FROM SLAVERY
by WASHINGTON, Booker T
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1970. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine slipcase. Denver Gillen. Quarto (7-1/4" x 10-1/2") bound in brown-black buckram with a Swedish-made textured brown Tumba Ingres paper sides and a brown leather spine label; 236 pages. Introduction by Booker T. Washington III. Illustrated with twelve full-page and two double-page color plates by Denver Gillen. Copy... Read More
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BRUMIDI'S ALLEGORICAL PICTURE WITHIN THE CANOPY OF THE DOME OF THE U.S. CAPITOL AT WASHINGTON
by [WASHINGTON, D.C.]
n.p., n.d. [1880s]. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Decorated cloth, bound accordion style, 3-1/4" x 4-3/4". Contains 11 images with captions printed on glossy paper. Rather scarce.
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NIGHT OVER DAY OVER NIGHT
by WATKINS, Paul
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Very slight lean, still Fine in Fine dustwrapper. Acclaimed writer's first book, a story of a German SS soldier during the Battle of the Bulge.
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NIGHT OVER DAY OVER NIGHT
by WATKINS, Paul
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Minor bumps to corners of front board. Fine in Fine dustwrapper.. Acclaimed writer's first book, a story of a German SS soldier during the Battle of the Bulge.
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BASIL SEAL RIDES AGAIN
by WAUGH, Evelyn
Boston: Little, Brown, (1963). First Edition. Hardcover. Light spotting to cloth. Lacking original acetate. Near Fine. Color frontispiece. One of 1000 numbered copies SIGNED by Waugh. This copy additionally INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Alec Waugh in 1963: "For Atalanta [Arlen]/As a Christmas card/with love/from the author's brother."
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ALL-AMERICAN XVII. GLORY BE
by WEBER, Bruce
Little Bear Press, (2017). First Edition. Softcover. Fine. Pictorial wraps (9-1/2" x 12") with black cloth tape spine. Many black-and-white and color photograph reproductions.
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ALL-AMERICAN Volume Twenty. COMING HOME
by WEBER, Bruce
Little Bear Press, (2020). First Edition. Softcover. Small tear to rear cover. Near Fine. Pictorial wraps (9-1/2" x 12") with black cloth tape spine. Many black-and-white and color photograph reproductions.
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ALL-AMERICAN IX. A NEAR-PERFECT WORLD
by WEBER, Bruce
Little Bear Press, 2009. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. Pictorial wraps (9-1/2" x 12") with black cloth tape spine. Contributions by Weber, Willa Cather, Carl Sandburg, and Walter Cronkite, among others. Many black-and-white and color photograph reproductions.
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ALL-AMERICAN. VOLUME XVIII. FACING THE WORLD
by WEBER, Bruce
(Little Bear Press), (2018). First Edition. Softcover. Fine. Pictorial wraps (9-1/2" x 12") with black cloth tape spine. Many black-and-white and color photograph reproductions.
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THE URBAN PRISONER: PHOTOGRAPHS BY MATT WEBER
by WEBER, Matt
(New York): Sanctuary Books, (2004). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine slipcase. Oblong quarto (12" x 9-3/4") bound in black cloth. First Limited Edition, copy #21 of 200 numbered and SIGNED copies with an original 8x10 SIGNED print laid in. Introduction by Ben Lifson. An impressive first collection of photographs, mostly of life in New York City.... Read More
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MAX WEBER
by [WEBER, MAX] CAHILL, Holger
New York: Downtown Gallery, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Contents clean, many tissue guards present. Minor wear to spine tips. Very Good. Small quarto (6-3/4" x 10") bound in brown cloth with silver lettering. Illustrated with numerous black and white plates. Of a limited edition of 250 numbered copies with an ORIGINAL SIGNED LITHOGRAPH by Weber, this is copy... Read More
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HAZARD'S UNITED STATES COMMERCIAL AND STATISTICAL REGISTER Containing Documents, Facts, and Other Useful Information, Illustrative of the History and Resources of the American Union, and of Each State...
by [WEBSTER, Daniel] HAZARD, Samuel (editor)
Philadelphia: Wm. F. Geddes, 1840-1842. First Edition. Hardcover. Occasional light to moderate foxing. Near Fine. Contemporary polished calf-backed marbled boards. Five (of six) volumes, lacking volume 5 (July 1841-January 1842). "Containing documents, facts, and other useful information, illustrative of the history and resources of the American union and of each state." Daniel Webster's copy with his bookplate on... Read More
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THE WORKS OF DANIEL WEBSTER
by WEBSTER, Daniel
Boston: Charles C. Little & James Brown, 1851. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Original cloth with 5 (of 6) volumes, lacking the second volume and with volumes 3 and 5 supplied from another set. Illustrated with plates. A presentation copy with a 34-word SIGNED INSCRIPTION by the author to William Judson in the first volume. While the signed... Read More
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TRAVELS IN NORTH AMERICA DURING 1834, 1835, & 1836 Including A Summer Residence With the Pawnee Tribe of Indians ... and a Visit to Cuba and the Azore Islands
by [WEBSTER, Daniel] MURRAY, Charles Augustus
London: Richard Bentley, 1839. First Edition. Hardcover. Occasional light foxing. Near Fine. Publisher's light brown cloth, rebacked with later cloth; illustrated with a lithographic frontispiece of Native American dances. Volume 1 (of 2) only. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper: "Daniel Webster Esq/with the best regard & esteem of/The Author/Buckingham Palace/July,1839. Webster went to England in 1839 for both... Read More
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