Cincinnati, OH: Fleuron Press, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. Number 146 from a privately printed limited edition of 150. A fine copy with in a very near fine slipcase with minor edge wear. Item #134015 More
Price: $30.00
Kingsport, TN: The Kingsport Press, 1958. First edition. Hardcover. 77 pages. The third in a series of Keepsakes from Kinsgsport Press. Features text by Angle about the Library of Congress. Eagle illustration by Fritz Kredel. A fine copy in a fine acetate jacket in an about very good slipcase that has some wear and with laid in publisher presentation sheet. A very nicely printed book. Item #146609 More
Price: $20.00
Avon, CT: Limited Editions Club, 1976. First edition thus. Hardcover. 193 pages. Number 1338 from an edition of 2000 copies printed at the press of A. Colish with typography planned by Frank Lieberman. Features an introduction by Melford E. Spiro. Includes illustrations by Ayres Houghtelling. A fine copy in cloth boards and in a very near fine slipcase. No dust jacket. Signed by Ayres Houghtelling on the colophon page. Item #189611 More
Price: $40.00
New York: Facts on File, 1987. Later printing. Oblong softcover. 192 pages. Includes numerous black and white images. An about very good copy in wrappers with a vertical crease to the front cover but internally a clean copy. Item #129572 More
Price: $8.50
Athens, GA: The University of Georgia Press, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 582 pages. Includes numerous black and white illustrations. A tight near fine copy in a close to near fine dust jacket with a crease to the rear panel. Item #130315 More
Price: $15.00
New York: Random House, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. A well received book from this Chicago based historian who was a professor at the The University of Chicago and who went on to be Librarian of the United States Congress. A clean and tight near fine copy an about very good dust jacket with some sunning to the spine and front panel and some other minor wear as well. Signed and inscribed by Boorstin on the front free endpaper: "For Lois and Wayne Wille from Daniel J. Boorstin Chicago Oct 21, 1965." A nice copy as one of the recipients, Lois Wille, was a two time Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author. Uncommon signed. Item #166948 More
Price: $200.00
Bloomfield, CT: Limited Editions Club, 1974. First edition thus. Hardcover. 327 pages. Number 1338 from an edition of 2000 copies printed at the Sign of the Stone Book. Features marginal comments and markings from a copy annotated by Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi and illustrated with contemporary prints by Thomas Rowlandson. A fine copy in marbled paper covered boards with leather spine and top edge gilt and in a near fine slipcase with a tiny chip to the paper label. No dust jacket. An attractive edition of this classic. Item #189525 More
Price: $65.00
New York: The American Past - Book of the Month Club, 1986. Book of the Month Club edition. Hardcover. New introduction by Henry Steele Commager. Illustrations by Warren Chappell. A fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket and in a very near fine slipcase. Item #124379 More
Price: $15.00
Lunenburg, VT: Limited Editions Club, 1975. First edition thus. Hardcover. 267 pages. Number 1332 from an edition of 2000 copies designed by Roderick D. Stinehour and printed at The Stinehour Press. Edited by Peter J. Stanlis. Features illustrations by Lynd Ward. A fine copy in cloth boards with leather spine label in a spine darkened glassine dust jacket that has some small chips and wear in a very near fine slipcase and with laid in newsletter for the Limited Editions Club. Signed by Lynd Ward on the colophon page. Item #195192 More
Price: $40.00
Chicago, IL: Finch & McCullouch Publishers, 1933. First edition and first printing. Small hardcover. Published in conjunction with the 1933 Century of Progress in Chicago. Includes a pictorial history of the development of Chicago and a reprint of the first city directory of Chicago from 1844 which was done by J.W. Norris. An about fair copy with a faint moisture stain to the fore edge of the pages in an about very good dust jacket with numerous small chips, tears and some faint moisture stain to the verso as well. Signed and inscribed by Butt on the half title page. Uncommon in a dust jacket and signed. Item #183339 More
Price: $50.00
Verona, Italy: Limited Editions Club, 1954. First edition thus. Hardcover. 227 pages. Number 1332 from an edition of 1500 copies printed by Giovanni Mardersteig at the Officina Bodoni in Verona. Features a new translation and an introduction by John Warrington and with a preface by John Mason Brown. Includes illustrations of engravings by Bruno Bramanti. A near fine copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine with some creasing to one page and in a near fine dust jacket and near fine slipcase and with laid in newsletter for the Limited Editions Club. Signed by both Mardersteig and Bramanti on the colophon page. Item #195112 More
Price: $100.00
New York: Oak Publications, 1963. First edition. Softcover. 112 pages. Features a preface by compilers Guy and Candie Carawan. Includes numerous songs to be used for Sit-Ins, Freedom Rides, Albany, George, Voter Registration, and Greenwood Birmingham. Includes black and white images by Danny Lyon, Bob Zelllner, Ida Berman, Thorstein Horton, and others. A very good copy in wrappers with a vintage $1.00 price to the front cover and some bumping to the top and bottom corner of the pages and some other minor wear. Still, a very nice copy. Item #186359 More
Price: $125.00
Avon, CT: Limited Editions Club, 1975. First edition thus. Hardcover. 143 pages. Number 1332 from an edition of 2000 copies. Translated and edited by Daymond Turner. Features illustrations of drawings by Jack and Irene Delano. A fine copy in cloth covered boards with a vellum spine in a very good plus glassine dust jacket that has some light wear and in a near fine slipcase with some minor wear and some bumping to the bottom corner of the spine and Limited Editions Club. Signed by Jack and Irene Delano on the colophon page. Item #195119 More
Price: $65.00
New York: Atheneum, 1981. Revised edition. Hardcover. 447 pages. Number 64 of only 250 specially bound copies. First edition of this enlarged edition of a book that was first published in 1953. Includes numerous illustrations. A fine copy in a fine acetate dust jacket and in a fine slipcase. Signed by Dedmon on the limitation page. Item #184409 More
Price: $35.00
Verona, Italy: Limited Editions Club, 1974. First edition. Hardcovers. 514 pages. Number 1338 from an edition of 2000 copies printed in Verona at the Stamperia Valdonega by Martino Mardersteig. Attractive edition of this classic translated by Constance Garnett and with an introduction by Konstantin Mochulsky. Features illustrations from wood engravings by Fritz Eichenberg. Both books are in very near fine condition and in a near fine slipcase with some light rubbing and wear. No dust jackets. Signed by Eichenberg on the colophon page. This is a heavy and oversized set and will require extra shipping. Item #189893 More
Price: $85.00
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1993. Hardcover. 282 pages. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. As new and still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. Item #176513 More
Price: $35.00
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 283 pages. Another interesting book from this Pulitzer Prize winning author. A clean and tight very near fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by Ellis on the title page. Item #183630 More
Price: $25.00
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1989. Hardcover. 547 pages. Revised and edited and with an introduction by Manuel Komfroff. Features illustrations by Nikolai Fyodorovitch Lapshin. A very near fine copy in decorated full leather binding with all page edges gilt and bound in silk bookmarker. No dust jacket as issued. Item #189270 More
Price: $40.00
Cincinnati, OH: Fleuron Press, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. Number 32 from a privately printed limited edition of 165. A very near fine copy with in a near fine slipcase that has slight rubbing around the opening. Item #134023 More
Price: $30.00
New York: The Viking Press, 1986. Second printing of the third revised edition. Hardcover. 235 pages. Interesting book that looks at the pre-Columbian culture of the Mayans. Includes numerous black and white images. A very good copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine with a former owner's blindstamp and ownership chop to the front free endpaper and in a near fine price clipped dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by Gallenkamp on the verso of the front free endpaper. Uncommon thus. Item #191204 More
Price: $50.00
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. Acclaimed book from the Pulitzer Prize winning historian Goodwin. The basis for the Stephen Spielberg film "Lincoln" that starred Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field and David Straithairn. A clean and tight very near fine copy in a near fine with a few crimps and minor wear. Item #182056 More
Price: $50.00
Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2004. First edition. Softcover. 126 pages. Features text by John Paulett and Ron Gordon. Includes numerous black and white images, most of which are by Ron Gordon. A clean near fine copy in wrappers with some sunning to and along the spine. Signed and inscribed by Ron Gordon: "For Wayne and Lois Thank you for your wonderful book on Dearborn Park Ron Gordon." Additionally signed by John Paulett as well. A nice copy as the recipient, Lois Wille, was a two time Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author. Uncommon signed. Item #166947 More
Price: $25.00
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1988. Hardcover. 336 pages. A fine copy in decorated full leather binding with all page edges gilt and bound in silk bookmarker. No dust jacket as issued. Item #189250 More
Price: $35.00
Hobart, Tasmania: Hobart Ports Corporation Pty Ltd., 2000. First edition. Softcover. 461 pages. A clean very near fine copy in wrappers. Item #173625 More
Price: $35.00
Los Angeles, CA: Siglio, 2016. First edition. Hardcover. 150 pages. A book on German artist and magician Matthias Buchinger. Features text by magician, actor and collector Ricky Jay. Includes numerous illustrations. A clean very near fine copy in illustrated boards with two tiny spots to the fore edge of the pages and a tiny tap to the top right corner. No dust jacket as issued. Item #193743 More
Price: $100.00