Atlanta: U.P. Byrd, 1896. Hardcover. vii, [17]-207 p., 2 leaves of plates; 20 cm. Grey cloth with black spine title, gilt-stamped cover title, black-stamped decorative border on front cover and illustration on back cover. Preface signed: Charles W. Hubner. Without music. No publication information, which has been taken from WorldCat..... More

Berlin: Volksverband der Bücherfreunde Wegweiser-Verlag, 1931. Hardcover. 379, [5] p., 8 unpaginated pages of illustrations: map; 19 cm. Half black leather with gilt-stamped spine title and decoration. Green and brown paper over boards. Top page edges green. First edition. Small bookplate on back fixed endpaper. The author, Hans Jannasch, grew..... More

1885. 1 handwritten letter (2 pages), dated Washington, April 7, 1885, signed by J. E. Johnston, Commissioner of Railroads. On stationery of the Department of the Interior, Office of Commissioner of Railroads. J. E. (Joseph Eggleston) Johnston (1807-1891) studied civil engineering at West Point and joined the U.S. Army, becoming..... More

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1866. Hardcover. 2 volumes: 392 p.; 480 p.; 21 cm. Publisher's red cloth with gilt-stamped spine titles and double-blind-ruled border on boards. In clear plastic covers, which have protected the volumes without damage. Stamp of Ida Public Library, Belvidere, Ill., on p. 2 of..... More

West Point, N. Y. Lithographed by J. C. Poortermans, 1832. Hardcover. [4], 55 p., 24 folded leaves of plates; 35 cm. Original calf spine and plain boards. Plates removed from volume by previous owner. Both text in original plain binding and separate plates are housed in a new clamshell box..... More

Allentown, Pa. Pennsylvania German Folklore Society, 1943. Hardcover. [6], 174, [2] p., 70 pages of illustrations: in-text and full-page illustrations and tables; 24 cm. Off-white cloth with red spine title and red cover illustration. Title page has decorative red border. Decorated inital letters in red. Former owner's name on front..... More

New York: T. Allen, Bookseller and Stationer, 1793. Hardcover. The Second American Edition. Title continued: "To which are added, His Political and Military Essays: Also, Letters to and from Many Distinguished Characters, both in Europe and America." viii, 284 p.; 18 cm. Early 19th-century? half calf with marbled paper over..... More

Berlin: A. Asher & Co., 1895. Hardcover. [8], 163, [1] p., frontispiece portrait of Kaiser Wilhelm I, 5 leaves of color maps (1 folded), 19 leaves of plates: many in-text illustrations and maps; 31 cm. Grey cloth with black spine title; gilt cover title with black, green, and gilt front..... More

New York: Random House, 1943. Hardcover. Second printing. xv, [1], 328 p.: illustrations; 20 cm. Grey cloth with red and black spine title and red cover title. No dust jacket. Letters from 95 American men and women about their experiences in branches of the U.S. military since the beginning of..... More

Philadelphia: Gebbie & Co., 1882. The sheet is 11.5 x 15 inches; the image is 7.25 x 10 inches. The print is a black-and-white image of the painting The Emperor Napoleon III. at Solferino by Jean-Louis Ernest Meissonier (1815-1891). The series The Masterpieces of French Art was issued in the..... More

Philadelphia, Pa. John B. Perry, 1845. Hard Cover. The Life and Times of Gen. Francis Marion with an Appendix; Containing: Biographical Notices of Greene, Morgan, Pickens, Sumpter, Washington, Lee, Davie, and Other Distinguished Officers of the Southern Campaign, durning the American Revolution. 210 p. (frontispiece and 5 additional leaves of..... More

Hartford, Conn. Oliver D. Cooke, 1821. Hardcover. Second Edition, Enlarged and Improved. 384 p., frontispiece and 3 leaves of plates: portraits, tables; 19 cm. Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between double gilt rules; leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title "Life of Com. Perry." Appendix, comprising a...... More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1978. Crane Duplicating; Barnstable, Mass. Uncorrected Proof. [12], 384 p.; 21 cm. Green paper covers. This is an uncorrected proof of the book, which does not contain the illustrations contained in the published version. In Near Fine Condition: cover is very slightly creased... More