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Roll over Image to expand, : An Account of the Action at Tarrytown on July Fifteenth, 1781 And of Its Commemoration by the Sons of the Revolution of Tarrytown on July Fifteenth, 1899. First Edition Published by: The Winthrop Press in New York: 1899. Very good- in 1/2 dark blue cloth and tan cloth covered boards with gilt text and gilt seal on the front board. The edges of the spine area rubbed as is the cloth at the head and heel of the spine with mild foxing throughout the text block. Without a dust jacket. 40 pages of text including a list of the subscribers of the memorial fund. The volume commemorates the engagement known as "The Action at Terrytown" which was an attempt undertaken by two British frigates and three schooners sailed up the Hudson to attack the stores at Tarrytown and capture or burn American supply ships. The attack was repelled by the American forces. TB21847 $75.00

, : Art in the United States Capitol. First Edition Published by: U.S. Gov. Printing Office in Washington, DC: 1976. Near fine in cloth covered boards with signs of light foxing on the boards and with a gift inscription on the front end paper. Without a dust jacket. 453 pages containing an index, text, illustrations and photographs of the nation's works of art. TB10250 $8.00

, : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Illinois of The Nineteenth Century. First Edition Published by: Galaxy Publishing Company in Philadelphia: 1875. Very good- in full leather covered beveled boards four raised bands on the spine with gilt text and dark brown decorations stamped in the compartments with all edges of the text block gilt. The leather on the edges of the bands are worn as is the leather at the fore edges of the boards. There is also an attractive prior owner's circular book plate on the front paste down. Without a dust jacket if one was issued at all with this volume. A small quarto measuring 10 1/5" tall by 8" deep containing 529 pages including an index. Illustrated throughout with highly detailed steel engravings. TB20539 $150.00

, : Condition of Seal Life on the Rookeries of the Pribilof Islands and to Pelagic Sealing In Bering Sea and the North Padific Ocean, in the Years 1893-1895 (Part I of Two Parts). First Edition Published by: Government Printing Office in Washington, DC: 1896. Very good+ in 1/2 brown leather over marbled paper covered boards with gilt text stamping in one of six compartments on the spine separated by five raised bands with marbled end papers. The edges of the boards and the leather of the joints is rubbed but remains quite strong as are the hinges. This is Part I only if a two part, two book set. Part II contains the maps and illustrations. 379 pages of text. TB17658 $50.00

Roll over Image to expand, : The Deerfield Captive, an Indian Story; Being a Narrative of Facts, For The Instruction of the Young. Fourth Edition Published by: A. Phelps in Greenfield, Mass.: 1842. Disbound with an illustrated, paper covered front board. The rear board is missing and the last end paper is detached. An early prior owner's name and notations are on the front paste down and on the verso of the second free end page. A 32 mo measuring 5" tall by 4" deep. Without a dust jacket. Illustrated with seven woodcuts and a frontispiece which has seen a modest amount of had coloring since its printing. 68 pages. (Ayer/Newberry, 61) TB21561 $75.00

Roll over Image to expand, : A Descriptive Catalogue Of The Marine Collection To be Found At India House. Limited Second Revised Edition Published by: Wesleyan University Press in Middletown, Conn.: 1973. Near fine in purple cloth covered boards with beveled edges, gilt text and decorations on the spine and on the front board with gray end sheets. The top edge of the text block is gilt. A quarto measuring 11 3/4" high by 10" deep. Without a dust jacket; however, the book is contained within a very good+ cloth covered slip case with mild soiling on the sides. One of only 435 copies printed for India House members and this copy is identified as number 75 on the last page of text. 144 pages followed by two blank pages and four pages of subscribers. This edition was updated from the original 1935 edition (of which only 1,000 copies were printed) with the acquisitions made by India House since 1935. Illustrated with 12 full color plates and 39 monochrome plates. TB22534 $200.00

, : The First New England Catalogue. First Edition Published by: The Pequot Press in Chester, CT: 1973. Very good in heavy green paper wraps with modest curling at the lower corner of the front panel & paper text beginning to tan. Without a dust jacket as issued. 192 pages of ads and write-ups on uniquely New England products and companies. TB11712 $4.00

, : Hanabi The Fireworks of Japan. First Edition Published by: JICC, Inc. in Tokyo: 1986. Fine in light gray cloth covered boards. A small quarto measuring 10 1/2" tall by 8" deep. In a near fine but price clipped dust jacket. 80 pages heavily illustrated with line drawings, black and white and many color photographs. TB22991 $45.00

, : Hymns For The Use of The Methodist Episcopal Church. Revised Edition Published by: Carlton & Porter in New York: 1846. Very good in light brown leather covered boards with a chipped red leather label on the spine. There are two small areas (1/8" and 1/3") on the spine where the leather has been worn away to expose the back of the underlying sewn signatures. There is a presentation inscription on the first free end page with a date of 1861. A 64mo measuring 3 5/16" tall by 2" deep. 714 pages including an index. TB21660 $30.00

Roll over Image to expand, : Letters on the Origin and Progress of the New Haven Theology. From a New England Minister to one at the South. First Edition Published by: Robert Carter and Esra Collier in New York: 1837. Very good although an xlibrary copy with only one library stamp on the front end paper, a call number written at the upper edge of the paper spine label and the ghost of a label pasted to the lower edge of the spine. The binding is decorated brown ribbed cloth over boards with a small green paper spine label. There is a contemporary gift inscription to Frederick Kellogg, Esq. "from his friend Jim Storm" (or Stone) written on the first free end paper. 180 numbered pages with light foxing throughout. The author of this collection of letters between himself and a Southern Presbyterian minister remains anonymous. TB16048 $65.00

Roll over Image to expand, : The Powers and Duties of the Town Officer, as Contained in the Statues of Maine. Second Edition, Revised Published by: Calvin Spaulding in Hallowell, Maine: 1825. Good+ in full leather covered boards with a red leather title label on the spine. The edges of the boards and head and heel of the spine are scuffed and rubbed; however, the binding remains tight and strong. The first free end paper appears to be missing and the text is lightly tanned throughout. The full title reads: "The Powers and Duties of the Town Officer, as Contain in the Statues of Maine; with forms adapted thereto including also the Powers and Duties of Plantation and Parish Officers, and other useful Matter." A 16mo measuring 7" tall by 4 5/16" deep containing 324 pages including an index. TB18883 $100.00

, : Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association Third Annual Meeting Vol. II 1902. Published by: New York State Historical Association in Albany: 1902. Near fine in blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and the same on the front board. The cloth at the head of the spine is rubbed and slightly worn with hints of fraying and there is a prior owner's name on the front paste down. The full title reads: "Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association Third Annual Meeting with Constitution and By-Laws and List of Members...." This 74 page book contains articles on Fort Ticonderoga, Ethan Allen, Lord Howe, the Legend of Duncan Campbell, Montcalm, and the Evolution of American Free Government. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Sir William Johnson and two photographs. TB19568 $40.00

, : Submarines Hunter/Killers & Boomers. First Beekman House Edition Published by: Beekman House in New York: 1990. Fine in glossy black paper covered boards. In a fine dust jacket. 192 pages with a glossary, 219 color photographs and 7 illustrations. TB11765 $10.50

Abbey, Edward: Appalachian Wilderness The Great Smokey Mountains. First Edition Published by: E. P. Dutton in New York: 1970. Near fine in medium green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine with the lower board edges slightly faded. In a near fine dust jacket. Text by Edward Abbey and photography by Eliot Porter. 123 pages of text and beautiful full color photogarhs. The last page of text in the book is slightly creased at the lower corner. TB09227 $94.50

Abbey, Edward: Confessions of a Barbarian. First H.B. Edition Published by: Little Brown & Co. in Boston: 1994. Fine, In a fine dust jacket. TB02943 $28.00

Abbey, Edward: Epitaph for a Desert Anarchist. First Edition Published by: Atheneum in New York: 1994. Fine in 1/4 cloth and paper covered boards. In a fine dust jacket. Written by James Bishop, Jr. "The Life and Legacy of Edward Abbey TB04940 $17.50

Abbey, Edward: The Fool's Progress. First Edition Published by: Henry Holt & Co in New York: 1988. Fine in 1/4 blue cloth and paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket. TB05885 $30.00

Abbey, Edward: Hayduke Lives!. First Edition Published by: Little Brown & Co in Boston: 1990. Fine In a fine dust jacket. The sequel to The Monkey Wrench Gang. TB02088 $21.00

Abbey, Edward: Resist Much, Obey Little. First Revised Edt. Published by: Harbinger House in Tucson: 1989. Fine, Without a dust jacket. Written by James Hepworth and Gregory McNamee. The updated and revised version of the original 1985 edition. TB02708 $15.00

Abbey, Edward: The Serpents of Paradise. First Edition Published by: Henry Holt and Co. in New York: 1995. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and paper covered boards. In a fine dust jacket. A collection of thirty-five essays and short stories arranged by John Macrae into a reader. The stories and essays are provided in a chronological order to show the progression of Abbey as a writer and the events which shaped his thoughts. TB05132 $21.00

Roll over Image to expandAbbott, Wilbur: New York in the American Revolution. First Edition Published by: Charles Scribner's Sons in New York: 1929. Very good+ in dark blue cloth covered boards with a white paper label on the spine and illustrated end papers. Missing its issued dust jacket; however, the front flap of the jacket is laid-in. Signed and inscribed by the author on the second free end paper. 302 pages including an index, bibliography, text and illustrated with reproductions of contemporary art. The author traces the history of New York City during the American Revolution. TB18911 $40.00

Abbott, E. C.: We Pointed Them North. First thus Published by: The Lakeside Press in Chicago: 1991. Fine in dark brown cloth covered boards with gilt text & decorations with a gilt top edge. Still within the publisher's protective shrink-wrap. Originally published in 1939 by Farrar & Rinehart, Inc. Written by E. C. "Teddy Blue" Abbott and Helena Huntington Smith. A Lakeside Classic issued in 1991. TB22365 $30.00

Abdill, George: A Locomotive Engineer's Album A Saga of Steam Engines in America. First Edition Published by: Superior Publishing Company in Seattle: 1965. Near fine in orange cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and front board. In a near fine dust jacket with the original price intact on the front flap with minor rubbing at the ends of the spine area. 190 pages of text and black and white photographs throughout. This is the fifth volume in the Old Railroad series of books. TB17501 $30.00

Roll over Image to expandAbercrombie, Captain W. R.: Alaska 1899 Copper River Exploring Expedition. First Edition Published by: Government Printing Office in Washington, DC: 1900. Very good+ in the publisher's original black cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and blind embossing on the front and rear boards. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is worn and rubbed through in a number of small areas and there are two prior owner's names on the front end sheet with one name repeated on the second free end page. A small quarto measuring 9" tall by 5 1/2" deep. 169 pages of printed text followed by 168 black and white photographs and a large fold-out map with one 1" closed tear at the margin which does not impact any portion of the contour lines. TB23025 $150.00

Adams, Ramon: Charles M. Russell The Cowboy Artist. First Edition Published by: Trail's End Pub. Co. in Pasadena: 1948. Near fine in dark red cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a poor dust jacket as the entire upper 1/3rd of the front panel, the upper 1/4 of the spine area and the upper 1/2 of the rear panel are missing. 350 pages containing text, a list of illustraions and a bibliographic check list. Laid-in are two more recent, color photographs of the Russells' grave markers. TB08098 $45.50

Adams, Richard: The Day Gone By. First UK Edition Published by: Hutchinson in London: 1990. Fine in green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket. TB07005 $10.00

Adams, Frank Davis: The Life & Times of Buckshot South. First Edition Published by: E. P. Dutton & Co. in New York: 1959. Fine in red paper covered boards. In a very good+ dust jacket with light wear and curling at the ends of ends of the spine area. A humorous novel of the west during the closing of the frontier era. TB09858 $17.50

Adams, Samuel Hopkins: The Pony Express. First Edition ? Published by: Random House in New York: 1950. Very good in decorated cloth covered boards with a prior owner's name on the verso of the first free end paper & faded upper edge. In a very good dust jacket with a 1/3" chip at the top of the spine area and a 1" closed tear at the upper edge of front panel with creases. The 7th volume in the Landmark book series. With illustrations by Lee J. Ames. TB06368 $15.40

Adams, Richard: Tales from watership Down. First Edition Published by: Alfred A. Knopf in New York: 1996. Fine in green paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket. TB07680 $8.00

Adams, Richard: The Unbroken Web. First Edition Published by: Crown Publishers, In in New York: 1980. Near fine in brown cloth covered boards. In a near fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. A collection of stories and fables with some wonderful color and black and white illustrations. Illustrated with color plates by Yvonne Gilbert and drawings by Jennifer Campbell. TB00113 $5.60

Roll over Image to expandAdams and Abigail Adams, John: Letters of John and Abigail Adams 1762 to 1826. Limited Edition Published by: Westvaco in n.p.: 2001. Fine in 1/4 dark red cloth and printed paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and with decorated end sheets. Without a dust jacket as issued; however, the book is within a fine paper covered slip case. 133 pages of text followed by a listing of the Westvaco's American Classics Series. With a forward and introduction by Willaim J. Bennett. Illustrated with eleven colored plates as "a brief pictorial history of the design of our flag from 1775 to the present". The 44th volume in the Westvaco Christmas series. TB23090 $40.00

Adamson, Joy: Born Free A Lioness of Two Worlds. First by Easton Press Published by: The Easton Press in Norwalk, Conn.: 1960, 1987. Fine in gilt decorated brown leather covered boards with gilt text and decorations stamped four raised bands on the spine and with gilt decorations and borders on the front and rear boards. This is a new and revised edition of Joy Adamson's original book of 1960. It is illustrated with photographs by Alan Phillips. The edges of the text block are gilt and a silk placement ribbon is bound-in. 219 pages of text and photographs. TB17462 $60.00

Roll over Image to expandAdjutant General's Office, Horse-Guards, : Regulations And Instructions For The Cavalry Sword Exercise. First Edition Published by: William Clowes in Northumberland-Court: 1819. Good in light blue-green paper covered boards with a paper label on the spine. The joints are well worn and there are heavy spots of foxing in the preliminaries and the end pages. The hinges reamin tight and strong and no pages are missing. The paper label on the spine is heavily edge worn leaving just a portion of the title visible. The large fold-out plate of Angelo's Sword Exercise at the front of the book is in excellent condition with no tears or chips. 94 pages followed by four pages of ads describing other military books by the publisher. (Thimm, p. 238) This instructional manual for cavalry contains sections dealing with: Preparatory Positions and Movements; Cuts, Points, Guards and Parries; Attack and "Defence" (sic); Practice Drill with Sticks; Cuts, and Guards, Points and Parries, When Mounted; Attack and "Defence" (sic) Practice and the Posts; Practice with the Sticks; General Observations and Directions; Words of Command; Formation for an Inspection on Foot; Distance of Ranks on Horseback and Review Exercise. TB20575 $300.00

Roll over Image to expandAdjutant-General's Office (John Gaspard le Marchant), : Rules and Regulations for the Sword Exercise of the Cavalry. Reprint of 1810 Published by: T. Egerton in London: 1810. Fine in a recent 1/4 brown morocco leather and marbled paper covered boards with gilt borders and text stamping on the spine. Without a dust jacket. The title page of this volume provides no indication as to the author; however, the last page of text bears the initials "J.G.L.M." which are the initials of John Gaspard le Marchant. Marchant was a cavalry officer, promoted to Major-General in the British Army, who lived from 1766 to 1812 when he was killed in the Napoleonic Wars at the battle of Salamanca. He is best known for having developed the British Light Cavalry Sword (Pattern 1796 or P1796). Additionally, he sponsored a standardized military training program for British officers. In that vein he wrote several training manuals for the cavalry this being one of them. An octavo measuring 8 3/16" tall by 5" deep containing 98 pages of text and illustrated with 29 fold-out plates. Originally published in December, 1796 this is a reprint of 1810 printed for the "War-Office and sold by T. Egerton, Military Library, Whitehall." A remarkably clean and bright copy with virtually no foxing or tanning of the pages. Very uncommon as such. TB20577 $1700.00

Adlard, Mark: The Greenlander. First Edition Published by: Summit Books in New York: 1978. Fine in decorated brown cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine with a prior owner's name & gift inscription. In a near fine dust jacket with a price clipped jacket flap, otherwise fine. A novel which takes place on board the whaler William Scoresby Senior on a voyage from England to the Greenland Sea. TB07006 $10.00

Roll over Image to expandAdler, Mortimer: The Four Dimensions of Philosophy Metaphysical, Moral, Objective, Categorical. Signed First Edition Published by: The Easton Press in Norwalk, Conn.: 1993. Fine in full gray leather covered boards with three raised bands on the spine with gilt text and decorations stamped in the compartments and with gilt tool work on both the front and rear boards. The end papers are silk with a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. All three edges of the text block are in gilt. A octavo measuring 8 1/8" tall by 5 1/4" deep containing 273 pages of text including an index. Signed by the author on the specially tipped-in second free end page. One of The Easton Press' signed, first edition, leather bound books. A beautiful, tight, clean copy with no names, dates, notations or former owner's book plates to mar its appearance. TB19510 $175.00

Adler, Bill: More Kennedy Wit. First Edition Published by: The Citadel Press in New York: 1965. Near fine in light blue cloth covered boards. In a very good+ dust jacket with light wear and flecking to the spine ends and light soiling to the rear panel. TB01591 $3.50

Roll over Image to expandAeschylus, : The Oresteia. Collector's Edition Published by: The Easton Press in Norwalk, Conn.: 1979. Fine in full dark green leather covered boards with two raised bands on the spine with gilt text and decorations stamped in the compartments and with gilt tool work on both the front and rear boards. The end papers are silk with a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. All three edges of the text block are in gilt. A quarto measuring 10 3/4" tall by 7 1/2" deep containing 177 pages of text. Illustrated with drawings by Michael Ayrton, with an introduction by Rex Warner and translated from the Greek by E. D. A. Morshead. The title is also known as The House of Atreus and is a trilogy of Greek dramas including Agamemnon, The Libation-Bearers and The Furies. A beautiful, tight, clean and crisp copy with no names, dates, or former owner's book plates. TB22893 $70.00

Roll over Image to expandAinsworth, William Harrison: Crichton. Fourth Revised Edition Published by: George Routledge and Co. in London: 1853. Very near fine in 3/4 red leather and marbled paper covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with bright gilt text and tool work in the compartments and with marbled end sheets. The top edge of the text block is gilt. An octavo measuring 8 1/2" tall by 5 1/2" deep. The only flaws with the book is the leather over the fore corners of the boards is rubbed through at the edges and the illustrated title page on both its recto and verso sides shows spots of foxing and tanning as do the plates throughout the text as they were done on paper inferior to the balance of the text. The hinges and joints are tight and strong and there are no markings, names or book plates other than the tiny printed text of the binder. 353 pages of text followed by one page of ads by the publisher. Illustrated with 17 engravings by Hablot K. Browne although 18 are listed. One engraving (the frontispiece) appears to be missing from the text. (This may be an oversight by the binder.) Hablot K. Browne (1815-1882) was also known as "Phiz" and illustrated a number of books for Charles Dickens. An extremely handsome, beautifully bound book done by W. Hoach Co. of New York. TB22739 $125.00

Alain-Fournier, : The Wanderer. First Illustrated Edition Published by: The Limited Editions Club in New York: 1958. Fine in patterned cloth covered boards with a paper label on the spine which is very slightly faded and with a prior owner's book plate on the front end paper. There was no issued dust jacket with this book; however, it is housed in a near fine paper covered slip case with slight fading to the opening ends of the case and there is some rubbing to the upper edge of the paper label pasted to the outside of the case. One of only 1,500 copies signed and numbered by the illustrator. This copy is numbered 461 and is signed by Dignimont on the last page of text. 233 pages of text and illustrated with hand colored sketches. TB16710 $42.00

Roll over Image to expandAlcott, Louisa: Little Men: Life At Plumfield With Jo's Boys. First American Edition Published by: Roberts Brothers in Boston: 1871. In fair to good condition in the publisher's original light brown cloth covered boards with a gilt seal on the spine and on the front board and with clay end papers. The cloth at the rear joint is worn through in four areas each measuring approximately 1/4"; as well as the fore corners of the boards; and, the cloth is soiled on the lower 1/3rd of the front board. There is the handsome signature of a prior owner with a date of "10th June 1871" on the verso side of the first free end paper. Although there is no foxing within the text block it is uniformly dampness stained around the outside edges. The text is preceded by four pages of ads from the publisher the last of which states that Pink and White Tyranny is "nearly ready". A 16mo measuring 6 1/2" tall by 4 1/4" deep containing 376 pages of text illustrated with a frontispiece and three full plate illustrations one of which is loose. (BAL 167) TB19260 $45.00

Roll over Image to expandAlcott, Louisa May: Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. Collector's Edition Published by: The Easton Press in Westport, Conn.: 1976. Fine in light brown leather covered boards with four raised bands on the spine with gilt text and decorations stamped in the compartments and with gilt tool work on both the front and rear boards. The end papers are silk with a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. The front end paper shows the faint and minor ghost of a prior owner's book plate. All three edges of the text block are in gilt. A small quarto measuring 9 3/16" tall by 6 1/4" deep containing 429 pages of text. Illustrated with drawings by Henry C. Pitz and with an introduction by Edward Weeks. One of the volumes in The Easton Press' collection of The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written. A beautiful, tight, clean copy with no marks, notations or prior owner names or bookplates. TB23329 $75.00

Roll over Image to expandAlexander, Caroline: The Bounty The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty. First Edition Published by: Viking Penquin in New York: 2003. Fine in light green paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. 491 pages including an index, bibliography, notes on sources, text and illustrated with three sections of reproductions of contemporary works of art. The author provides a truly eye-opening account of the Mutiny on the Bounty proving beyond any doubt that Captain Bligh's ultimate reputation as a scoundrel and scourge to his men was undeserved. TB20499 $25.00

Alexander, Edwin: The Collector's Book of the Locomotive. First Edition by Bramhall Hous Published by: Bramhall House in New York: 1966. Near fine in 1/4 red cloth and paper covered boards with very faint fading around the edges of the boards. In a very good+ dust jacket with a 2" closed tear on the rear panel at the fold to the spine area and a 1/2" closed tear at the upper edge of the front panel. 197 pages with over 150 illustraions in black and white and 44 in full color, with an appendix. TB11707 $10.50

Roll over Image to expandAlexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay, : The Federalist Papers. LimitedEdition Published by: Westvaco Corporation in n.p.: 1995. Fine in black, leather like, cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine, illustrated end sheets and a red, silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. Without a dust jacket as issued; however, the book is contained with-in a near fine illustrated paper covered slip case with slight tanning to all sides. "A selection from the original 85 papers published in 1787 and 1788". The Christmas 1995 issue by Westvaco which is the 38th volume in their series of American Classics. 261 numbered pages of text. TB23093 $40.00

Alexie, Sherman: Indian Killer. First Edition Published by: Atlantic Monthly Press in New York: 1996. Fine, In a fine dust jacket. TB04244 $24.50

Allen, Hervey: Action at Aquila. First Edition Published by: Farrar & Rinehart in New York: 1938. Near fine in blue cloth covered boards with gilt text block on the spine and embossed likeness of author's signature on the front board. In a very good dust jacket with 1/2" x 1" chip at the top of the spine and 1" chip at the base of the front panel. A novel of the Civil War written with the historical accuracy for which Hervey Allen was noted. A nice collectable copy despite the noted flaws. TB05216 $25.00

Allen, Hervey: Bedford Village. First Edition Published by: Farrar & Rinehart in New York: 1944. Near fine in decorated tan cloth covered boards with a gift inscription on the first free end paper. In a very good- dust jacket due to a price clipped front flap, a lightly faded spine area and shallow chipping at the ends of the spine area. The jacket art and frontispiece are by Andrew Wyeth. The second volume in The Disienherited series. This is an unusual variant as it lacks the pasted missing last line of text on page 298 which is pasted in on most 1st editions. TB11176 $28.00

Allen, Hervey: Toward the Morning. First Edition Published by: Farrar & Rinehart in New York: 1948. Near fine in decorated tan cloth covered boards. In a very good- dust jacket due to 1/3" chips across the upper edge of the spine area & wear at the panel edges but with the price intact. The jacket art and frontispiece are by Andrew Wyeth. The third book in the series of historical novels of the early American frontier called The Disinherited. TB11175 $24.50

Roll over Image to expandAllende, Isabel: Eva Luna. First Edition Published by: Alfred A. Knopf in New York: 1988. Near fine in maroon cloth covered boards with copper colored text stamped on the spine with the same on the front board with a small green remainder mark at the top edge of the text block near the headband. In a near fine price clipped dust jacket. Translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden. (272) pages of text. TB23272 $10.00

Alloti, P.: Map of Rome (circa 1800). Published by: in Milan: n.d. (circa 1800). Map in Italian measuring 6 1/8" tall by 8 1/8" wide (border to border) listing 46 sites of interest in the city of Rome showing major roads, buildings and hills. TB21605 $25.00

Alsberg (Editor), Henry: The American Guide A Source Book and Complete Travel Guide For The United States. First Edition Published by: Hsatings House in New York: 1949. Very good+ in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and on the front board and with decorated map end papers. The head and heel of the spine are slightly turned in and the hinge areas at the end papers are beginning to tan due to the high acid content of the glue used in binding. This book undetakes what the WPA's American Guide Series was not able to accomplish, that is to create a tour guide for the entire United States in one volume. 1348 pages with an index. TB16459 $24.50

Altman & Violet, Seymour: The Book of Buffalo Pottery. First edition Published by: Crown Publishers, Inc. in New York: 1969. Near fine in 1/4 cloth and paper covered boards with a small 1/8" deep tear to the cloth at the heel of the spine. In a very good+ dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap and a 1/2" deep closed tear at the upper edge of the front panel and light wear and rubbing at the lower edge of the spine area. 192 pages including an index, text with 400 pieces illustrated in colore and black and white photographs. TB13804 $10.00

Ambler, Eric: The Intercom Conspiracy. First Edition Published by: Atheneum in New York: 1969. Fine in red and orange cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a very near fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. 241 pages of text. TB17611 $10.00

Ambrose, Stephen: Lewis & Clark Voyage of Discovery. First Edition Published by: Nat' Geographic Soc. in Washington, DC: 1998. Fine in black decorated paper covered boards with white text stamping on the front board and spine. In a fine dust jacket. A photographic tribute to the journey undertaken by Lewis and Clark. With photographs by Sam Abell. An oblong book of 255 pages. TB08004 $30.00

Roll over Image to expandAmbrose, Stephen: Nothing Like It In The World. Signed First Edition Published by: The Easton Press in Norwalk, Conn.: 2000. Fine in full black leather covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with gilt text and decorations stamped in the compartments and with gilt tool work on both the front and rear boards. The end papers are silk with a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. All three edges of the text block are in gilt. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4" tall by 6" deep containing 431 pages of text including an index and chapter notes. Signed by the author on the specially tipped-in second free end page and identified as copy number 1,034 of only 1,650 copies signed, printed and sold. Illustrated with two sections of black and white photographs. One of The Easton Press' signed, first edition, leather bound books. A beautiful, tight, clean copy with no names, dates, notations or former owner's book plates. TB22448 $275.00

Roll over Image to expandAmbrose, Stephen: Nothing Like It in the World The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad. First Edition Published by: Simon & Schuster in New York: 2000. Fine in paper covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine and with map end sheets. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. 431 pages including an index, chapter notes, text and illustrated with maps and a large section of black and white photographs. TB23316 $25.00

Ambrose, Stephen: Undaunted Courage. Stated first (Book Club) edition Published by: Simon & Schuster in New York: 1996. Near fine with a small ding on the front board and a small stain on to the fore edge of the text block. The boards are covered with paper and closely resemble the true first edition. In a near fine dust jacket but the flap has been clipped to try to disguise the fact that it is a book club edition. By the same author who wrote D-Day and several biographies of Nixon and Eisenhower. An epic work which utilizes the most up to date information uncovered on the expedition. TB04426 $28.00

Roll over Image to expandAmerican Neptune, : The American Neptune A Quarterly Journal of Maritime History 13 Issues. Published by: The Peabody Museum of Salem in Salem, Mass.: January 1973 to January 1976. A complete run of 13 issues of The American Neptune all in very good or better conditions in heavy printed paper wraps with glued bindings. Without dust jackets as issued. This collection includes: Vol. XXXII, Numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4. Volume XXXIV, Numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4. Volume XXXV, Numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4; and, Volume XXXVI, Number 1. TB22762 $125.00

Roll over Image to expandAmerican Neptune, : The American Neptune Pictorial Supplement I to X. Published by: The American Neptune in Salem, Mass.: 1959 to 1968. A ten issue run of the Pictorial Supplement from 1959 to 1968 all in very good or better conditions in heavy illustrated paper wraps with glued bindings. Each volume is a small quarto measuring 10" high by 7" deep. Each issue has a prior owner's book plate affixed to the verso side of the front cover. Without dust jackets as issued. These issues include: I, American Clipper Ship Prints by the Curriers; II, Antoine Roux Sketch Books; III, Blockade Runners; IV, Whaling; V, New England Coasting Schooners; VI, The Francis Lee Higginson Collection of Steamships; VII, A Selection of Marine Paintings by Fitz Hugh Lane; VIII, American and Canadian Fishing Schooners; IX, Shipbuilding in Bath, Maine; and X, Penobscot Marine Museum, Searsport, Maine. TB22761 $75.00

Andersen, Kurt: Heyday. First Edition Published by: Random House in New York: 2007. Fine in black paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 622 pages of text. TB21894 $25.00

Anderson, Hans Christian: The Little Mermaid. First Edition Published by: Henry Holt and Co. in New York: 1994. Fine in 1/4 cloth and paper covered boards. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. Signed by the illustrator on the title page. 48 pages of text and illustrations. With illustrations by Michael Hague. TB13885 $45.00

Anderson, Hans Christian: The Little Mermaid. First Edition Published by: Henry Holt and Co. in New York: 1994. Fine in 1/4 cloth and paper covered boards. In a fine dust jacket. With illustrations by Michael Hague. 48 pages of text and illustrations. TB09067 $17.50

Roll over Image to expandAnderson, R. C.: The Rigging of Ships in the Days of the Spritsail Topmast 1600-1720. First Edition Published by: Marine Research Society in Salem, Mass.: 1927. Very good in medium blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. The cloth on the spine is a bit faded and the cloth at the edges of the spine is lightly rubbed and the end pages are beginning to show very faint tanning. Without its issued dust jacket. 278 pages including an index and text. Extensively illustrated with line drawings thtoughout. The fourteenth volume in the series of publications by the Marine Research Society. TB22584 $85.00

Andrews, Mary Raymond: His Soul Goes Marching On. First Edition Published by: Scribner's in New York: 1922. NF, owner's name on 1st FEP & unobtrusive stain at top of spine. Without a dust jacket. A short story of Teddy Roosevelt. TB03141 $5.00

Angel, Marie: Beasts In Heraldry. First Edition Published by: Stephen Greene Press in Brattleboro, VT: 1974. Fine in white paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. Issued without a dust jacket but the book is contained in a near fine clam shell box with an illustrated paper label on the front panel and red text on the hinge side. The book contains "twenty heraldic creatures in full colour introduced by the Richmond Herald of Arms". Unpaginated but containing approximately 40 pages of text and illustrations by Marie Angel in full color. TB16797 $31.50

Angier, Bradford: Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants. First Edition Published by: Stackpole Books in Harrisburg: 1974. Near fine in blue denim covered boards with silver colored text on the spine and on the front board. Without a dust jacket. 256 pages of text illustrated with color plates. TB20442 $8.00

Angle, Paul: Pioneers Narratives of Noah Harris Letts and Thomas Banning 1825-1865. First thus Published by: The Lakeside Press in Chicago: 1972. Very good with top edge gilt w/ boards covered with dark blue cloth with gilt text stamping with first 185 pages dampness wrinkled. A Lakeside Classic issued in 1972. The "narrative of Noah Harris Letts and Thomas Allen Banning" between the years of 1825 to 1865. There is also a white 1/4" spot on the gilt top edge. TB05185 $15.00

Roll over Image to expandAnonymous, : The Banditti of the Rocky Mountains and Vigilance Committee in Idaho An Authentic Record of Startling Adventures In the Gold Mines of Idaho. Reprint of 1964 Published by: Ross & Haines, Inc. in Minneapolis: 1964. Fine in light brown cloth covered boards with dark brown text on the spine. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. Originally published in March of 1865 in a paperbound format under two imprints. One from Chicago and the other from New York. Copies of this work are exceedingly scarce and presently only three copies are known to exist. Ramon Adams in his bibliography Six-Guns and Saddle Leather states: "No one seems knows the author of this book, but many think it was written by John Lyle Campbell, a reporter for the Chicago Tribune, who had earlier written a guidebook to the gold fields and had it published in Chicago and New York just as this book was published." This is the first time the original work was reprinted with valuable notes and bibliography by Jerome Peltier. (Adams, 6-Guns 131; Howes I-1) TB19135 $65.00

Roll over Image to expandAnonymous, : From Cambridge to Champlain March 18 to May 5, 1776 A Manuscript Diary. Published by: Lawrence B. Romaine in Middleboro, Mass.: 1957. Near fine in 1/4 black cloth and paper covered boards with a printed paper label on the front board. Without a dust jacket as issued. With a foreword by Bruce Lancaster. A small quarto measuring 10 3/4" tall by 7 3/16" deep overall containing 30 pages of text and a frontispiece of a photograph of the original journal. Lawrence B. Romaine found a battered, 16 page, closely written diary by an un-named author who was most certainly a commissioned officer probably from Massachusetts who chronicled his experiences from the liberation of Botson and for the next three months of the American Revolution. Speculation surrounds the author when his diary ends abruptly on May 5th, 1776 22 miles from Crown Point, New York. One of only 250 copies printed. This copy is out of series. TB18647 $80.00

Anonymous, : Heroes and Hunters of the West: Comprising Sketches and Adventures of Boone, Kenton, Brady, Logan, Whetzel, Fleethart, Hughes, Johnston, &c. Reprint of 1859 Published by: H. C. Peck & Thoe. Bliss in Philadelphia: 1853. Very good- in blind embossed brown cloth covered boards with with gilt text and decorations stamped on the spine. The cloth at the heel of the spine is worn and frayed and there is shelf wear to the cloth at the lower edge of the boards. The spine is slightly rolled and the yellow end papers are slightly foxed. The text block is tight and secure in the binding. The pages are generally quite clean and only mildly foxed. The first 41 pages show a faint dampness stain at the fore edges in the margin which does not effect the text. 300 pages illustrated with numerous engravings. (Streeter, 31527) TB17519 $52.50

Roll over Image to expandAnonymous (Marsha A. Moore), : Dinah. First Edition Published by: Charles Scribner in New York: 1861. Very good+ in the publisher's original green pebbled cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and embossed borders on the boards. The end papers are brown clay covered. The end papers are lightly foxed but the text remains tight, bright and clean. A small octavo measuring 7 5/8" tall by 5 3/8" deep overall containing 466 pages of text. A very nice copy with no prior owner's names, dates or notations. TB18981 $60.00

Applegate, Jesse: Westward Journeys. First thus Published by: The Lakeside Press in Chicago: 1989. Fine with top edge gilt w/ boards covered with dark brown cloth with gilt text stamping. The Lakeside Classic release of 1989. The unpublished memoirs of Jesse A. Applegate and Lavinia Honeyman Porter each of whom traveled the Overland Trail. This volume contains a number of reproductions of engravings, drawings and period photographs, an uncommon addition by Lakeside. TB22372 $25.00

Appler, A. C.: The Younger Brothers. We believe it to be a first Published by: Frederick Fell, Inc. in New York: 1955. Fine in tan cloth covered boards with red/brown text on the spine. In a near fine dust jacket. "The life, character, and daring exploits of the Yongers, The Notorious Bandits who rode with Jesse James and William Clarke Quantrell." 245 page of text and several illustrations. Normally Frederick Fell publishing indicates the printing on the copyright page; however, in this instance there is no indication of the printing & with a $3.50 on the DJ. TB09861 $28.00

Armstrong, John Borden: Connecticut A Bibliography of its History. Published by: University Press of New England in Hanover: 1986. Very good in medium green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine with two short 1/4" closed tears at the upper corners of the head of the spine; otherwise, this volume is in fine condition. A quarto measuring 11" tall by 8 3/8" deep. Without a dust jacket as issued. 591 pages including an index. This is volume six of Bibliographies of New England History prepared by the Committee For A New England Bibliography. Edited by Roger Parks. TB21143 $25.00

Armstrong, Robert: Nevada Printing History A Bibliogrpahy of Imprints & Publications, 1858-1890. First Editions Published by: University of Nevada Pr in Reno: 1981. Both volumes are in fine condtion in dark blue and dark brown cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spines. In a fine jacket with the price for both volumes intact on the front flap of the first volume. Volume 1: A Bibliography of Imprints & Publications, 1858- 1880 contains 421 pages with an index. Volume 2: 1881-1890 contains 403 pages with an index. TB13002 $122.50

Arnold, Edwin: Conversations with Erskin Caldwell. First Edition Published by: University Press of Miss. in Jackson: 1988. Fine with the spine area very slightly faded. Without a dust jacket. Part of the Literary Conversations Series. A collection of articles and interviews with Caldwell spanning the years 1929 to 1987. TB05145 $15.00

Arnow, Harriette Simpson: The Kentucky Trace. First Edition Published by: Alfred A. Knopf in New York: 1974. Near fine in brown cloth covered boards with the extreme ends of the spine very lightly faded. In a near fine dust jacket with a hint of wear and creasing at the ends of the spine area. A novel of the American Revolution which is set in the woods of Kentucky. TB10693 $24.50

Ashe, Geoffrey: King Arthur's Avalon. First Edition Published by: E. P. Dutton in New York: 1958. Very near fine in burnt orange cloth covered boards with silver colored text on the spine which is very modestly rolled and the top edge of the text block is slightly dust stained. In a very good- unclipped dust jacket with a 1/2" wide by 1/2" deep chip at the upper fore corner of the spine area and with rubbing and wear to the lower edge of the spine area and to the fore corners of the front panel. 384 pages including an index, bibliography, appendices and text. The author pieces together the history of Glastonbury and reveals its importance as the Dark Age meeting-place between Saxon and Celt. TB00614 $15.00

Ashe, Christopher: Whaler's Eye. First Edition Published by: The Macmillan Company in New York: 1962. Near fine in charcoal gray cloth covered boards with orange and light gray text and decorations stamped on the front board and spine. In a very good dust jacket with the original price intact on the front flap with several short closed tears at the ends of the spine area and a 2" long closed tear at the lower edge of the front panel with related creasing. 245 pages including an index, text and illustrated with 200 black and white photographs. TB16980 $14.00

Athearn, Robert: Forts of the Upper Missouri. First Edition Published by: Prentice Hall in Englewood: 1967. Fine black and light red cloth covered boards with gilt tooling. In a near fine dust jacket with just a hint of soiling on the rear panel. The sixth volume in the which deals with "The dramatic, action filled story of how the military forts and trading post of the Upper Missouri River contributed to the developement of the American West. 339 pages containing text, notes and an index. TB10394 $38.50

Atherton, Gertrude: My San Francisco A Wayward Biography. First Edition Published by: Bobbs-Merrill Compan in Indianapolis: 1946. Very good in light blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and front board. In a very good- dust jacket with 1/8" chips across the ends of the spine area and rubbed at the folds to the flaps. The author's autobiographical view of her favorite city: San Francisco. TB06472 $17.50

Atwood, Wallace: The Rocky Mountains. First Edition Published by: The Vanguard Press in New York: 1945. Near fine, In a very good- dust jacket price clipped, top 1/8" of spine heavily worn with creases on front panel. The third of 9 in the American Mountain series. The dust jacket did have a price of $3.75 in the lower corner and the front panel of the jacket shows a red/brown top with the black and white photograph. TB02293 $21.00

Auchincloss, Louis: Watchfires. First Edition Published by: Houghton Mifflin in Boston: 1982. Fine in maroon cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and front board. In a near fine dust jacket. A novel of the Civil War by a prolific author of both fiction and non-fiction titles. TB04775 $17.50

Roll over Image to expandAuden, W. H.: Van Gogh A Self-Portrait Letters Revealing His life as a Painter. First Edition Published by: New York Graphic Society in Greenwich, Conn.: 1961. Fine in light yellow linen cloth covered boards with red and black text on the spine with a red depiction of "Vincent" on the front board. An octavo measuring 8 3/4" by 6 1/4". In a near fine unclipped dust jacket with faint rubbing to the fore corners of the front panel at the fold to the flap. 398 pages of text illustrated with a color frontispiece tipped-in, 27 black and white reproductions of Van Gogh's drawings from his letters and other correspondence and seven color plates tipped-in throughout the text. A fine bright copy with no names, dates or prior owner's book plates. TB23401 $40.00

Auel, Jean: The Mammoth Hunters. First Edition Published by: Crown Publishers in New York: 1985. Fine in 1/4 linen and decorated paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a near fine dust jacket with modest curling at the upper edge of the spine area. The author's third novel and the third book in the Earth's Children series. TB08299 $8.82

Auger, et al, Ray: Guide to the Appalachian Trail In New Hampshire and Vermont. Revised Fourth Edition Published by: The Appalachian Trail Conference, Inc. in Washington, DC: 1985. Fine in heavy paper wraps. Without a dust jacket as issued. 302 pages of text including an index together with nine related, multi-color, fold-out maps. TB16843 $7.00

Roll over Image to expandAusten, Jane: Pride and Prejudice. Franklin Library Edition Published by: The Franklin Library in Franklin Center: 1980. Fine in full bright red cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping and decorations between three raised bands on the spine and with gilt decorations on the front and rear boards with paper end sheets. 367 pages of text and illustrated with portraits by Chris Duke. A very handsome, clean and crisp volume with no names, dates or prior owner's book plates or notations. TB23351 $35.00

Roll over Image to expandAyars, James: The Illinois River. First Edition Published by: Holt Rinehart Winsto in New York: 1968. Fine, a reinforced Library Edition; but, not an x-library copy. In a near fine dust jacket with the upper and lower flap corners of the panels rubbed. One of the titles in The Rivers of America Series for young adults. Illustrations by Lili Rethi. TB07513 $75.00

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