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    Bartlett, Allison Hoover:  The Man Who Loved Books Too Much.  New York: Riverhead Books, (2009). Fifth Printing. Near fine in 1/4 black and maroon paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine and the author's name and decoration in gilt on the front board. An octavo of 8 1/4 by 5 1/2 inches with a remainder mark on the lower edge of the text block and a mild bump to the heel of the spine and several spots of foxing to the top edge of the text block. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 274 pages of text. The true story of the book theif, John Charles Gilkey and the relentless efforts of book dealer, Ken Sanders of Salt Lake City to track down and have Gilkey arrested.
    TB33149  $10.00



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    Berendt, John:  Midnight In The Garden Of Good and Evil.  New York: Random House, 1994. Reprint. Fine in black paper covered boards with metallic light blue text stamped on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 5 1/2 inches. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. 388 pages of text. A tight, clean and handsome copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind. This title "became a New York Times Best-Seller for 216 weeks following its debut and remains one of the longest-standing New York Times Best-Sellers.(Wikipedia)
    TB33153  $20.00




  • Boller, Henry A.:  Among the Indians Eight Years in the Far West 1858-1866.  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1959. First thus. Fine in blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine with gilt top edge to the text block. Edited by Milo Milto Quaife. Originally published in 1868 in Philadelphia by T. Elwood Zell; but, evidently it saw an earlier release prior to November 1867. In the later chapters of this book the author describes his two trips to Montana. The first during the initial gold mine discoveries of Montana and the second in 1864 for a trip to both Montana and California.
    TB33164  $35.00




  • Brooks, Joanna (Editor):  The Life of Olaudah Equiano.  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 2004. First thus. Fine in blue-green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and gilt borders on the boards and with decorated end papers and a gilt top edge to the text block. Without a dust jacket as issued. "The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, The African, Written by Himself." The Lakeside Classic edition for 2004. 406 pages of text which includes a list of the Lakeside Classics published as of this date which is followed by two pages of image credits. Illustrated with 58 engravings (some in color) and maps. Originally written and published in 1789 in London the author, who experienced the horrors of slavery as a young boy, wanted to publish this book to help dismantle the practice of slavery.
    TB33174  $30.00




  • Cooke, John Esten:  Outlines From the Outpost.  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1961. First edition. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and with a gilt top edge to the text block. Edited by Richard Harwell. Laid-in at the front of this copy is a Compliments of the Season card from Russell W. Thompson. This book was not previously published but is from the original manuscript which Cooke was preparing for publication who served on the staff of J.E.B. Stuart during the Civil War. 413 pages including an index and a list of all previous title published in the Lakeside Classic series.
    TB33162  $25.00




  • de Hauranne, Ernest Duvergi:  A Frenchman in Lincoln's America (Vol. I).  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1974. First thus. Near fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text and decorations on the spine and front board with a gilt top edge to the text block. The gilt text on the spine is darkened with tarnish. The Lakeside Classic release of 1974. The first English publication of the Journal and letters of the author's eight month travels through the US at the start of the Civil War. 525 pages including an index followed by a list of previous titles published in the series.
    TB33161  $20.00



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    Erskine, Charles:  Twenty Years Before The Mast.  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 2006. First thus. Fine in blue-green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and gilt borders on the boards and with decorated end papers and a gilt top edge to the text block. Without a dust jacket as issued. The Lakeside Classic edition for 2006 edited by Thomas Philbrick. 382 pages of text including an index and a list of the Lakeside Classics published as of this date which is followed by two pages. of image credits. Illustrated with six pages of colored maps which highlight the exploration voyages taken by the author between 1838 and 1842 and reproductions of engravings and lithographs some of which are in color.
    TB33172  $20.00




  • Freemantle, Sir Arthur J.:  Two Views of Gettysburg.  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1964. First edition. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping and the top edge of the text block in gilt. Co-authored by Frank A. Haskell and edited by Richard Harwell. Published from original records and journals of both Fremantle (visiting with the CSA from Great Britain) and Haskell who served with the Union Army provide two dispassionate pictures.
    TB33163  $25.00




  • Lynch, Jeremiah:  Three Years in the Klondike.  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1967. First thus. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and with a gilt top edge to the text block. Still within the publisher's issued glassine dust jacket with shallow chipping across the upper edge of the spine area. Edited by Dale L. Morgan. The Lakeside Classic for 1967. This title was originally published in 1904 in London. 352 pages including an index followed by a listing of other titles previously published in this series.
    TB32921  $25.00




  • Manly, William L.:  Death Valley in '49.  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1927. First thus. An ex-library in very near fine condition in green cloth covered boards with a gilt top edge with minor rubbing the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and tips of the boards. There is a call number written in ink on the margin of page v and a library pocket on the rear paste down. There is a prior owner's book plate on the front paste down. to The gilt on the front board is bright and clean. Edited by Milo Milton Quaife. With a tipped-in fold-out map preceding page 3 which is in perfect condition. Laid-in at the front of the book is a compliments of the season card from Thomas E. Connelley, President of R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company. First published in book form in 1894 under the title Death Valley in '49 The autobiography of a Pioneer. The 25th volume in the series and the last to be bound in dark green cloth. This copy has no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB33158  $85.00




  • McConkey, Harriet Bishop:  Dakota War Whoop.  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1965. First thus. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text and decorations with a gilt top edge. The gilt text stamping and gilt decorations are clear and bright. A Lakesides Classic released in 1965. Sub-titled: Indian Massacres and War in Minnesota. Edited by Dale L. Morgan and consists of a personal narrative of the Sioux uprising of 1862 in Minnesota. It was first published in 1863. 391 pages including an index and followed by a list of the previously issued Lakeside Classics.
    TB33168  $20.00



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    Parker, Arthur C.:  The Life Of General Ely S. Parker Last Grand Sachem Of The Iroquois And General Grant's Military Secretary.  Buffalo, New York: Buffalo Historical Society, 1919. First Edition. Very good+ in dark blue, ribbed cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and blind embossed borders on both boards. A small quarto of 9 by 6 1/4 inches with rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and with four very short closed tears to the cloth at the head of the spine and three short closed tears to the heel of the spine. The front hinge is broken but has been recently professionally repaired with Japanese tissue. This copy has been warmly inscribed and dated in the year of publication by the author to a friend and each noted with their respective Native American names. Without a dust jacket. Contained within an envelope at the front of this copy is an original photograph of the author dated in 1947 and several newspaper articles about him and relatives containing family history dating back hundreds of years.. 346 pages including an index, editorial notes, a lenghty appendix, and text. Illustrated with 23 plates from black and white photographs and two facsimiles. The author of this biography of General Ely S. Parker was written by his grand nephew, Arthur C. Parker. During the Civil War, the senior Parker worked his way up through the ranks to eventually become General Grant's military secretary. At the close of the war the then Col. Ely Parker was with Grant and Lee at Appomattox for the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia. In introductions to Grant's staff, General Lee looked long at Parker and said "I am glad to see one real American here." Parker shook his hand and said, "We are all Americans here." (page 133)
    TB33157  $400.00



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    Peterson, Roger T.:  The Field Guide Art of Roger Tory Peterson (Western Birds).  New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. Limited Edition, Second Printing. Fine in heavy dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a near fine jacket with two minor closed tear to the lower end of the spine area which have been repaired with archival tape on the verso of the jacket. Signed by author on the title page in his customary, red flow tip pen. A large folio limited edition containing 356 pages with 165 full color plates. A beautiful volume with the images appearing so large details are easily seen unlike in the much smaller field guides. A superb, tight, handsome copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB33154  $250.00



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    Roosevelt, Theodore:  The Rough Riders.  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 2003. First thus. Fine in blue-green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine, gilt borders on the front and rear boards, decorated end papers (a first for the Classics) and bright gilt applied to the top edge of the text block. The 101st volume in the Lakeside Classic series, the first of the fifth binding color given to the books in the series. 317 pages including a list of the books in the series, an index, text and illustrated with photographs maps and reproductions of contemporary art. Edited by Marifeli Perez-Stable. Originally written by Roosevelt immediately upon his return from Cuba and published in 1899. This book continues the goal of the series to offer first person narrative accounts of personal experience.
    TB33169  $30.00




  • Rose, Robert T.:  Advocates and Adversaries.  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1977. First thus. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text and decorations and a gilt top edge. The Lakeside Classic release of 1977. A never before published account of the activities of Robert R. Rose during the eight years he practiced law in Kenmmerer, Wyoming. 322 pages including an index followed by a listing of other titles previously published in this series.
    TB33165  $20.00



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    Shakespeare, William:  The Globe Illustrated Shakespeare The Complete Works Annotated Deluxe Edition.  New York: Greenwich House, (1983). Deluxe Edtion, Second Printing. Fine in full, red, bonded leather covered boards with elaborated gilt text and decorations on the spine and on the front board with an illustration of the Globe Theater. The end sheets are marbled paper and the three edges of the text block are gilt. A heavy and thick small quarto of 10 7/8 by 8 inches. Without a dust jacket as issued. 2363 pages of text with illustrations in black and white from engravings throughout by Sir John Gilbert. Edited by Howard Staunton "with annotations and commentary by Samuel Taylor Colderidge, Samuel Johnson and others". Due to the size and weight of this volume extra shipping charges must be applied.
    TB33152  $40.00




  • Smith, Dwight L.:  John D. Young and the Colorado Gold Rush.  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1969. First thus. Fine with top edge gilt and with the boards covered with dark blue cloth with gilt text stamping on spine. A Lakeside Classic issued in 1969. From an unpublished manuscript titled: "A Trip to the gold regions of the Rocky Mountains in the summer of 1860" by John D. Young. Edited by Dwight L. Smith.
    TB33167  $20.00



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    Stowe, Harriet Beecher:  A Key To Uncle Tom's Cabin; Presenting The Original Facts and Documents Upon Which The Story is Founded. Together with Corroborative Statements Verifying the Truth of the Work..  Boston: John P. Jewett & Co., 1853. First Edition, First printing. Very good in its original, blind stamped black cloth covered boards with gilt text and decorations on the spine and with light yellow end sheets. (BAL binding = C.) A small quarto measuring 9 5/8 by 6 inches with the cloth at the head and heel of the spine rubbed and worn and the cloth over the tips of the boards is worn through, Both front and rear joints have splits to the cloth, but are holding. The hinges are sound and tight. The contents are extremely clean and tight with no foxing or tanning. Without a dust jacket (if ever one was issued with one). 262 pages of text including an index followed by two pages of ads by the publisher. A second issue of the first US edition with the printers' imprint of Hobart & Robbins and Damrell & Moore on the copyright page. (BAL, 19359; Sabin, 92412)
    TB33175  $350.00



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    Thoreau, Henry David:  The Maine Woods.  Boston: Tickner And Fields, 1864. Second Edition. Very good in brown, blind stamped cloth covered boards with decorative blind stamping on the boards with the spine decorated with a gilt wreath and gilt text which is worn and fading. A 12mo measuring 7 1/8 by 4 1/2 inches with coated brown end sheets with the cloth over the joints worn in several areas and at the head and heel of the spine. The cloth over the tips of the boards is worn through. The last half of the text block shows a very faint dampness stain to the upper fore corner in the margins. The hinges, joints and the contents are sound and tight. 328 pages including an appendix. This edition was not bound with the publisher's catalog. The page facing the title page shows a list of Thoreau's books published by Ticknor And Fields with the sizes of each book listed. One of only 500 copies of the second edition printed. (BAL, 20113; Borst, A4.1.b)
    TB33150  $900.00



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    Various Authors:  Lakeside Classics from The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin to Nurse and Spy In The Union Army - A Complete Unbroken set of the 118 volumes.  Chicago: Lakeside Press, 1903 to 2019. . The first 26 volumes (which includes the 1915 reprint of The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin) of this complete set are in very good+ to near fine condition and are all bound in dark green cloth covered boards. None of the dark green volumes have prior owner's names or markings in them. The 25 volumes bound in red are all in at least very good+ condition or better and none of them have any prior ownership markings of any kind. All 25 volumes of the "blues" are in fine condition; although four of the years (1974-1977) have a prior owner's raised, embossed seal on the front end pages. All of the "browns" are in fine condition; however, two volumes (1978 and 1980) have a prior owner's raised, embossed seal on the front end pages; and, 1979 has the ghost of a removed book plate from the front paste down. The last seven volumes of the "browns" are still within the publisher's original shrink wrap. The final 25 volumes in the teal cloth binding are all fine and all are still contained in the publisher's shrink wrap. This is a remarkable collection as it is a complete run of the Classics and each of the volumes are in such attractive, collectible condition.
    TB33156  $12500.00



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    Various Authors:  Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.  New York: Random House, (2000). Second Edition. Fine in full bright red bonded leather, covered boards with bold, gilt text on the spine. A thick and heavy small quarto of 11 by 8 1/2 inches with seven thumb notches on the fore edge of the text block and the end sheets are printed with references to foreign alphabets, pronunciation key, etymology key and weights and measures. Without at dust jacket as issued. 2,230 pages of text with small illustrations and maps throughout. A very clean and handsome copy with no spine lean, damage or prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB33151  $75.00



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    Woolf, Virgina:  A Room Of One's Own.  New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1929). First Edition, First Printing. Very good+ in black cloth covered boards with yellow text on the spine. A 12mo of 7 3/8 by 5 1/4 inches with a long gift inscription dated in the year of publication on the first free end page and with minor rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine. In a good+ price clipped dust jacket with a one inch deep chip at the upper edge of the spine area, three 1/4 inch deep chips at the upper edge of the front panel and two shallow chips at the lower edge of the spine area which is well tanned. 199 pages of text. One of only 4,000 copies of the first trade edition in it original, very scarce dust jacket.
    TB33155  $1150.00






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