Lake Forest, IL: First National Bank of Lake Forest. Presumed first edition. Oblong softcover. 24 pages. A look at the history of this leafy north shore suburb of Chicago. Includes numerous black and white photographs. An about very good copy in stapled wrappers with some small creases to the top corners. Scarce with only 5 copies listed in OCLC. Item #125217 More about 1861-1976
Price: $25.00
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 about Treaty of Alliance with France
Price: $35.00
Cincinnati, OH: Fleuron Press, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Number 121 from a privately printed limited edition of 195. A fine copy with in a near fine slipcase with minor edge wear and a little soiling to the panels. Item #134016 More about Treaty of Peace With Great Britain
Price: $35.00
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. Later printing. Hardcover. 211 pages. Includes numerous black and white illustrations. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Item #155934 More about The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Anatarctic Expidition
Price: $10.00
Kingsport, TN: The Kingsport Press, 1958. First edition. Hardcover. 77 pages. The third in a series of Keepsakes from Kinsgsport Press. 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 about The Library of Congres
Price: $20.00
New York: Library of America, 1993. First editions. Hardcovers. First printings. Two volumes containing the various debates on the constitution. Both volumes are in very near fine condition but Part 1 has two pages with some creasing and both in very near fine slipcases. No dust jackets as issued. A nice and clean set. Item #151713 More about Debate on the Constitution Parts One & Two
Price: $25.00
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 about Ellis Island: A Pictorial History
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 about Why The South Lost the Civil War
Price: $15.00
Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1999. Softcover. 285 pages. Translated by Elizabeth Fackelman and with revisions and edited by Edward Peters. A tight and clean very near fine copy in wrappers. Item #142961 More about The Promised Lands: The Low Countries Under Burgundian Rule, 1369-1530
Price: $25.00
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 about Miracle at Philadelphia: The Story of the Constitutional Convention - May to September 1787
Price: $15.00
Boston, MA: Bulfinch Press / Little, Brown and Company, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. 128 pages. Photographs by Marilyn Bridges with an essay by Penelope Lively. A very near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Item #132184 More about Egypt: Antiquities From Above
Price: $20.00
New York: A.S. Barnes and Company, 1937. Popular edition. Hardcover. Includes an introduction, art section and illustrations by Ernst Thomas Seton. A very near fine and tight copy in a very good plus dust jacket that has a faded spine, numerous tears, a crease to the rear panel and some soiling. Still, a very presentable copy of this attractive book. Item #108846 More about The Rhythm of the Redman: In Song, Dance and Decoration
Price: $100.00
Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Institution Press, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Item #162087 More about Lawmen: United States Marshals and Their Deputies 1789-1989
Price: $20.00
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 706 pages. Wide ranging collection of eyewitness reports taken from throughout history by editor Carey. A tight near fine copy in a very good dust jacket that has a few small edge tears and is somewhat faded. Item #135491 More about Eyewitness to History
Price: $10.00
New York: HarperCollins, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 160 pages. A fascinating look at some of the peformers of impresario Buffalo Bill. Text by Michelle Delaney and with numerous photographs by Gertrude Kasebier. A clean and tight near fine copy in photographically illustrated glossy boards with a small remainder mark to the bottom of the pages in a very near fine dust jacket. Item #160834 More about Buffalo Bill's Wild West Warriors: A Photographic History by Gertrude Kasebier
Price: $20.00
New York: Horizon Press, 1957. First edition. Hardcover. An interesting book from this important Israeli statesman. A near fine copy in an about very good dust jacket that has a number of chips and tears. Item #133289 More about Voice of Israel
Price: $15.00
Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Large folio sized book with text and illustrations by Forbes. A fine and tight copy in a very near fine dust jacket. Item #108273 More about Thirty Years After: An Artist's Memoir of the Civil War
Price: $20.00
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 about The Whistle
Price: $40.00
New York: Library of America, 1987. Fifth printing. Hardcover. 1605 pages. Contains: Boston and London 1722-1726, Philadelphia 1726-1757, London 1757-1775, Paris 1776-1785, Philadelphia 1785-1790, poor Richard's Almanack 1733-1758, and The Autobigoraphy of Benjamin Franklin. A tight about good copy with a stain to the base of the spine but no internal impact in a close tonear fine slipcase that has some minor soiling. No dust jacket as issued. Item #151710 More about Writings
Price: $8.50
Linden, Trenton, Bloomfield, NJ, Tarrytown, NY and Baltimore, MD: Eastern Aircraft Division, 1944. First edition. Hardcover. A collection of annonymous black and white photographs providing a pictorial history of Eastern Aircraft in the war effort. An about very good copy in blue cloth boards that have some soiling and minor wear, some slackness to the binding and a small tape shadow to the title page but otherwise a very serviceable copy. No dust jacket as issued. A nicely printed book by the William E. Rudge's Sons company. Item #150802 More about A History of Eastern Aircraft Division: General Motors Corporation
Price: $45.00
San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 151 pages. Includes numerous black and white images. A near fine copy in a very good price clipped dust jacket with some edge wear. Uncommon in the cloth. Item #161282 More about Between The Devil & The Deep Blue Bay
Price: $25.00
Hanover, NH: Dartmouth Publications, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. 357 pages. A look at the history of this Ivy League school. Includes numerous black and white illustrations. An about very good copy with some slight bumping to the bottom rear corner and some slight mottling to the boards in a close to near fine dust jacket with some very slight wear. Item #137847 More about The College on the Hill: A Dartmouth Chronicle
Price: $12.50
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1924. First U.S. edition. Hardcover. First printing. Preface by The Queen of Rumania. Decoration by Bold. Includes 32 duotone images by Hoppe. A very good copy with some faint foxing to the page edges and some tanning to the paper spine label and a vintage bookstore label on the front free endpaper. No dust jacket. A very nice copy. Item #153554 More about In Gipsy Camp and Royal Palace: Wanderings in Rumania
Price: $50.00
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1998. Softcover. 480 pages. Includes numerous black and white illustrations. A clean and tight near fine copy in wrappers. Item #142960 More about Worldly Goods: A New History of the Renaissance
Price: $10.00
New York: Library of America, 1984. Sixth printing. Hardcover. 1600 pages. A collection that includes: Autobiography, A Summary View of the Rights of British America, Notes on the State of Virginia, and various letters, speeches, public papers, replies and other writings. A fine copy in a very near fine slipcase. No dust jacket as issued. A tight and clean copy. Item #151705 More about Writings
Price: $15.00