New York: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1920. 1st. Three-Quarter Leather. The 1920 1st edition of the final volume --the "Biographical" volume-- in the "History of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations". Tight and VG+ in its 3/4 dark leather over black boards. Bright gilt-lettering along the spine and, other than..... More
New York: J.T. Cowdery, 1876. Decorative Cloth. The 1876 1st edition. Solid and VG in its dark-green cloth, with decorative blindstamping and gilt-titling at the front panel. Light streaking and spotting to the panels, mild offsetting at the front endsheet and pastedown. Thin octavo, wonderful local ads throughout. More
The City of Boston. 1st. Full-Leather. INSCRIBED BY AUGUSTUS P. MARTIN, THE MAYOR OF BOSTON, ON JULY 25TH, 1884. A solid, very presentable copy to boot of this bound 1884 Inaugural Address. Tight and VG in its full, dark-brown morocco, with bright gilt-lettering, insignia and rule at the front panel..... More
The City of Boston, 1885. 1st. Full-Leather. A nice piece of late 19th century Boston history. Bound in a full chocolate-brown morocco, with bright gilt-lettering, insignia and rule to the front panel and 5 raised bands and 6 compartments along the spine. Light offsetting at the upper front panel, otherwise..... More
Indianapolis: E. Chamberlain, 1850. Full calf. The stated 1850 3rd edition, with 10,000 copies printed. This is a serviceable copy, bound in its original light-brown calf. Notable wear --and shaking-- at the outer hinges, pronounced scuffing along the spine. Light foxing and staining at the preliminaries and pastedowns. Contemporary-to-the-period stamp..... More
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1879. 1st. Cloth. Uncommon "Proceedings and Exhibits" of the International Monetary Conference of 1878. Solid and VG in its bevelled red boards, with blindstamped "Department of State" insignia at the front panel. Light soiling to the panels, mild darkening along the spine and very light wear..... More
New Britain, CT: Adkins Printing Company, 1893. Original Wraps. First Thus. Lovely late 19th century literary magazine, with nice chromolithography thruout. In its original decorative wrappers. Octavo, solid and VG, with light chipping at the spine and very light soiling to the front panel. More
Andover, MA: The Andover Press, 1924. Cloth. A nice piece of Americana, this scarce 50 year Alumni Directory of Kappa Omega Alpha (KOA), Phillips Andover Academy's first secret society. Clean and very well-preserved in its bevelled navy-blue cloth, with bright gilt-titling at the spine and pasted-on KOA insignia to the..... More
Chicago: The Lakeside Press (R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co.). Cloth. The complete run (in 25 volumes) of the 3rd series, the "navy-blue" series, of Lakeside Press's wonderful Americana re-issues. 1953-1977. All 25 volumes clean and Near Fine in their navy-blue cloth, with bright gilt-insignia and lettering along each front panel..... More
Chicago: The Lakeside Press (R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co.). Cloth. A near-complete offering of the 4th series, in chocolate-brown cloth, of classic Americana re-issues by the formidable Lakeside Press. 22 of the 25 volumes published in the series here offered. All 22 volumes clean and Near Fine, with bright gilt-insignia..... More
George A. Kraemer, Publisher, 1901. Half-Leather. 1901 1st edition. VG- in its half-leather over matching boards. Bright gilt-lettering to front panel, rather pronounced chipping and wear along spine. Quarto, 221 pgs., marbled endpapers. Former owner bookplate to verso of front free endpaper. More
Raleigh: The State of North Carolina, 1868. Full-Leather. 1868 1st thus. Octavo, clean and tight and VG. Bound in publisher's full leather, red leather spine label, compartments. Light scuffing at the panels and light fraying at the spine. More
The City of Boston, 1888. 1st. Full-Leather. A wonderful piece of Americana-- and specifically of late 19th century Boston history. The 1888 list of city and county employees (and their home addresses and salaries), "prepared under the direction of the Special Committee of the Common Council, appointed April 26, 1888"..... More
Brooklyn, New York: The Eagle Library, Inc., 1939. Decorative Cloth. 1939 1st edition, compiled and edited by Arthur R. Macoskey. Tight and VG+ in its original orange cloth, with bright lettering to the panels and spine. Octavo, 144 pgs. More
Valley Forge, PA: The Martha Washington Guild, 1924. 1st. Decorative Cloth. A clean, crisp copy of the 1924 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in its blue cloth, with bright gilt-titling (and pictorial inlay) at the front panel. 12mo, 132 pgs. plus wonderful publisher's ads. More
Willow Grove, PA: Women's Committee of the Willow Grove Memorial Hall Building Fund, 1919. 1st. Cloth. A very solid copy of the 1919 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in its black cloth, with bright gilt-lettering at the front panel. Octavo, 128 pgs. More
Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office, 1968. Hardcover. A nice Association copy: WARMLY INSCRIBED BY NEW YORK CONGRESSMAN HERBERT TENZER (1905-1993) TO CHARLES H. SILVER, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE NEW YORK CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION AND PRESIDENT OF BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER. Tenzer's tribute to Charles Silver's patriotism is recorded in..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928. 1st. Decorative Cloth. The 1928 signed/limited. #107 OF 230 COPIES SIGNED NY H.L.MENCKEN on the limitation page. A well-preserved copy to boot: VG in its duotone cloth, with gold title label at front panel and spine. Mild darkening along the spine (rendering the spine..... More
New Haven, CT: Mory's Association, 1928. Decorative Cloth. 1928 1st edition of this look at the Mory's Association, the Board of Governors who ran the legendary Yale eatery and watering hole. Solid and VG in its original gray boards. Octavo, 113 pgs. More
Philadelphia: George W. Childs, 1864. Cloth. A tight, very well-preserved copy of the 1864 edition. Solid and VG+ to Near Fine in its dark pebbled boards, with just a touch of light soiling to the panels. The neat signature of G.A Churchill (apparently of Savannah, GA) at tghe front pastedown..... More
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1934. Cloth. A clean, very sharp copy of the 1934 1st edition. Solid and Near Fine in its wine-red cloth, with bright gilt-titling along the spine. Internally, clean as could be as well, with no writing or markings of any kind. Octavo, includes the..... More
Civic League of Nantucket, 1945. Original wraps. A crisp, sharp copy of the 1945 1st edition of this uncommon look at post-War town politics/town planning in Nantucket. Clean and VG+ to Near Fine in its light-brown, gouache wrappers. Quarto, 15 nicely-captioned photographs complementing the text. More
Hoboken, NJ: Terminal Printing & Lithographing, 1973. Original Wraps. First Thus. A 1973 facsimile reproduction --scarce in its own right-- of the program of the very first game played at Yankee Stadium. Clean and bright and VG+ in its wonderful pictorial, stapled wrappers. The 2 cameo photos on the front..... More
Brockton, MA: A.M. Bridgman, 1894. Original cloth. A tight, well-preserved copy of this 1894 photographic study of Boston's beautiful State House. Bright and VG in its russet cloth, with crisp gilt-lettering and device to the front panel. Just a tiny amount of scuffing to the front panel, otherwise clean as..... More
Santa Fe, New Mexico: The Rydal Press, 1961. Cloth. 1961 1st edition. VG+ in a bright, VG dustjacket, with very light soiling at the front panel. Octavo, 284 pgs. More
