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
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1941. Hardcover. 339 p., 14 leaves of plates; 22 cm. Red cloth with gilt on black spine title; blind-stamped cover title. Top page edges black. No dust jacket. Stated First Edition. Includes index. The author discusses the men who Winston Churchill had around him after..... More
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Allentown, Pa. Pennsylvania German Folklore Society, 1946. Hardcover. [4], 3, [6], 4-241 p., 6 leaves of illustrations (including 2 folded maps): many in-text and full-page illustrations; 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..... More
New York: Harper Torchbooks, Harper & Row, 1952. Paperback. Vol. 2, only: vi, 405-794, 9, [11] p.; 20 cm. Paperback. Paginated continuously with vol. 1. Final 2 unpaginated pages contain A Letter to the Reader from Edward R. Murrow, Director of the U. S. Information Agency, asking for support for..... More
Paris: Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1766. Hardcover. "Sixieme Edition, Réimprimée sur la quatrième, pour servir d'abrégé de la cinquième." xxxvi, 412 p.: 19 folded plates; 17 cm. Contemporary full mottled calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Morocco label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title. Gilt-tooled in other spine compartments. Gilt..... 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: Verlag Scherl, 1937. Hardcover. 237, [3] p., 30 p. of unpaginated illustrations (including 1 double-page illustration), 15 leaves of color plates; 22 cm. Orange cloth with gilt spine and cover titles. Lacking dust jacket. Bookseller's label on front fixed endpaper: B. Westermann Co., New York. Entirely in German. In..... 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
Washington, D.C. U. S. Government Printing Office, 1950. Paperback. Revised September 1950. x, 456 p.: illustrations, figures, tables; 23 cm. Light green paper cover with black front title. Appendices include: Calculation of Hazard from World-wide Contamination, and Meteorological Trajectory Analysis. In Very Good Condition: spine and upper edges of cover..... More
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1917. Hardcover. 120, [8] p.; 20 cm. Green cloth with dark green stamped spine and cover titles and double-rule border. Publisher's advertisements on 8 pages following text. No dust jacket. First edition. The author, Patrick MacGill (1889-1963), was an Irish poet, journalist, and novelist who served with..... 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
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1855. Hardcover. 212, 4 p., 1 double-leaf frontispiece, 2 double-leaf plates, and 6 additional leaves of plates; 19 cm. Original dark brown cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and cannon illustration; embossed pattern on both boards. Yellow endpapers. Plates were lithographed by Sarony & Co...... 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
Corsham, Eng. 1902. Autograph letter signed, dated Oct. 22, 1902 (on Corsham Court, Wiltshire, stationary) to unknown recipient praising the Burnham Rifle Club, which had been formed in 1899 (either the first or second rifle club formed in England). Methuen concluded: "I should consider it a great honour to be..... More
Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2011. Hardcover. xxiii, [1], 225 p.: illustrations, map, tables; 24 cm. Black cover with silver spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Nearly 370,000 Black soldiers served in the military during World War One and about 400,000 Black civilians came north for defense jobs. After 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
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1917. Hardcover. 31 p.; 16 cm. Red cloth; pastedown with title and waving American flag. Contains the message issued by President Woodrow Wilson when the United States entered World War One, along with an explanation of the symbolism of the flag and the lyrics to..... 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
Washington, D.C. 1824. Pamphlet. 4 p.; 16 cm. "[No. 33.]" - above heading. Dated Washington, May 28th, 1824, and signed: Chs. J. Nourse. Lists promotions and appointments made by the President since the publication of the Register in Jan. 1824. These were in the 1st, 2nd, and 4th regiments of..... More
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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
London: Mandrake Press, 1929. Hardcover. 187, [1] p.; 19 cm. Brown cloth with green spine title. No dust jacket. Set in a foxhole during the First World War, this bleak novel was inspired by the author's experience as an Irish Guardsman during that war. Liam O'Flaherty (1896-1984) was an Irish..... More
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1835. Hardcover. xvi, 448 p.: frontispiece and 5 additional leaves of plates (including 1 folded map); 23 cm. Contemporary full polished calf; six spine compartments between raised bands. Black leather label in second spine compartment with gilt-tooled title: Life of Ld. Exmouth. Gilt-tooled decoration in..... More
![De l'Italie et de Ses Forces Militaires [provenance: William Macneile Dixon]. Nicholas Charles...](/pictures/thumb/004552.JPG?v=1472082369)
Paris: Anselin, Libraire pour l'Art Militaire, 1835. Hardcover. [4], 324, [2] p.: title vignette, tables; 22 cm. Contemporary half calf with gilt-tooled spine title; both gilt-tooled and blind-tooled spine decoration. Pink, blue, and white marbled paper in an unusual tiger pattern over boards. Dark blue and black marbled endpapers in..... More
1872. 1 leaf (37 x 24 cm.). Printed form with handwritten information, dated 27 Dec. 1872, and with the gilt state seal. John M. Palmer, Governor of Illinois, commissions Stephen J. Towson as Notary Public of Cook County, Illinois. Signed by Palmer and the Secretary of State Edward Rummel. John..... More
Philadelphia: G. Palmer, 1816. Hardcover. v, [1], 354 p.; 21 cm. Contemporary calf; red leather spine label with gilt-tooled title. Includes index. Former owner's name stamped on front fixed endpaper: "B. Grimler." Contains two sections: Annals of America and Official Documents. Both relate to events in the War of 1812..... More