Austin, TX: Self-published, 1900. 1st. Cloth. Uncommon, turn-of-the-century study of 19th century "life on the border, especially in Southwest Texas". Comprehensive and sweeping, with particular focus on the settlers and Indian fighters of the region. Skillfully re-bound (and with new endsheets) in a beige cloth, with bright gilt-lettering at the..... More
Boston: Marshall Jones Company, 1920. 1/4 cloth. A solid, very presentable copy of the 1920 1st edition. Tight and VG in its light-brown boards over 1/4 dark cloth. Mild wear along the tips (notably the rear panel's upper tip), light scuffing and creasing at the rear panel. Octavo, deckled fore..... More
New York: The Iron Age, 1926. Cloth. Scarce bound reprint from "The Iron Age" magazine, June 24th, 1926. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the title page. "History of Early Development and Litigation --'Moonshine' War-- More Than 400 Varieties Patented". Solid and VG in its navy-blue cloth, with bright gilt-titling to..... More
Cincinnati: Morgan, Lodge, and Fisher, 1827. Original wraps. The February 1827 1st edition, in its original slate-gray wrappers. Includes both of the engraved tipped-in plates ( The Branch Bank {U.S. Cincinnati} and The Medical College of Ohio) AND the mounted title-label to the front panel ("Cincinnati at the Close of..... More
New York: Self-published, 1874. 1st. Cloth. The 1874 1st edition, in 2 volumes. Both volumes handsomely re-bound in a russet cloth, with the original gilt-lettered spine labels pasted-on. Clean and Near Fine. Thick octavos, 1,144 pgs. all told. Beautiful engraved portraits --and their original tissue-guards-- thruout. More
Austin: Eakin Press, 2001. 1st. Hardcover. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the front free endpaper. An immaculate copy to boot of the 2001 1st edition. Bright and Fine in its laminate boards. Without dustjacket, as issued. Quarto, 92 pgs. "Twenty courageous Westerners who struggled with right and wrong, good..... More
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1954. 1st. Cloth. A crisp, well-preserved copy of the 1954 stated 1st edition. Solid and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with light chipping at the spine ends and very light creasing along the panel edges. 12mo, 192 pgs., nicely illustrated in silhouette by Charles V...... More
Hartford, CT: A.E. Brooks, 1876. Decorative Cloth. A handsome copy of the 1876 1st edition. Clean and VG in its terra-cotta cloth, with black-rule, gilt-titling and gilt-representation of Bacchus at the front panel. Very light foxing to the preliminaries (including the frontispiece etching of the statue Bacchus and its tissue-guard)..... More
Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1878. Cloth. A tight, very well-preserved copy of the 1878 2nd printing of this exhaustive history of Harvard, complete in 2 volumes. Both volumes solid and Near Fine in their light-purple, bevelled cloth. Bright, unflecked gilt-insignia (Harvard's crest) and lettering along the front panels and..... More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University, 1886. Cloth. A solid copy of the 1886 1st edition. Tight and VG+ to Near Fine in its dark cloth, with bright gilt-titling along the spine. A touch of light rubbing and spotting at the panels, otherwise very clean. Octavo, 324 pgs. plus Appendices and Index..... More
Ringos, NJ: C.W. Larison, 1883. Cloth. A tight, very presentable copy of the 1883 1st edition. Solid and VG to VG+ in its chocolate-brown cloth, with decorative blindstamping to the panels and gilt-titling along the spine. Light rubbing and wear at the spine and along the panel edges. Internally, clean..... More
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1942. Cloth. A very sharp copy of the 1942 1st edition (with the "Farrar Rinehart" logo at the copyright page). Tight and easily Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact ("$3.50"), VG+ to Near Fine dustjacket, with none of the fading along the spine often associated..... More
Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1981. 1st. Cloth. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the half-title. A very solid copy to boot of the 1981 stated 1st edition. Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 222 pgs. Signed by Author. More
Lexington, KY: The Anti-Gambling Society of Transylvania University, 1835. Original wraps. A very uncommon piece of anti-gambling literature, in its 1835 original printing. Issued by the Anti-Gambling Society of Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky, this slim "discourse" is one of the earliest to appraoch the problem of gambling as a...... More
Meriden, Conn. Self-published, 1870. 3/4 leather. The 1870 deluxe edition, bound in 3/4 dark leather over dark pebelled boards. 4 raised bands, bright gilt-titling, design and bordering along the spine. Very light scuffing to the boards, light, innocuous soiling along the preliminary edges. Thick octavo, matching marbled edges and endpapers..... More
1870. Marbled boards. Very impressive November 1870 diary and genealogy of a thoughtful, highly-literate Missouri and Kentucky man named Charles Robert Morehead, who ultimately recorded this diary and lived out his life in Leavenworth, Kansas. This album represents a broad slice of mid-19th century American life, including references to running..... More
Coldwater, Michigan: Daily Courier Print, 1913. 1st. Decorative Cloth. The very uncommon 1913 1st edition. Solid and VG+ in its dark cloth, with bright gilt-lettering and device at the panels. Small former owner name and tag at the front pastedown, otherwise very clean. Octavo, 76 pgs., fold-out plate at rear..... More
New York: The Abingdon Press, 1923. Cloth. A tight, VG copy (with bright gilt-lettering to the front panel and spine) in a bright, VG- pictorial dustjacket, with light soiling to the panels and light chipping to the edges and spine ends. Thick 12mo, 385 pgs. 1923 2nd edition (so stated..... More
Chicago: The Lakeside Press (R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co.), 1919. Decorative Cloth. A tight, solid copy of the 1919 1st thus. VG in its dark-green cloth, with bright gilt-rule and design at the front panel and bright gilt-lettering to the spine. Very light wear at the spine ends, a touch..... More
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1882. Decorative Cloth. A solid, presentable copy of the 1882 1st edition. Tight and VG in its dark-green cloth, with bright git-titling to the front panel and spine. Spotting along the panel edges, tasteful former owner bookplate at the front pastedown. Tall quarto, a...... More
Moscow, Idaho: University of Idaho Press, 1999. 1st. Cloth. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the half-title. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1999 1st edition. Fine in a bright, Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 260 pgs. Signed by Author. More
Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1939. 1st. Cloth. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO THE EMINENT HARVARD HISTORIAN DR. FREDERICK MERK on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1939 1st edition. Tight and VG in its dark-green leatherette, with lightly-flecked gilt-lettering along the front..... More
Kingston: Ian Randle Publishers, 2006. Cloth. The 2006 1st Jamaican edition. Clean and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket. Thick quarto, dozens and dozens of figures and table throughout. An all-but-immaculate copy. More
Hartford, CT: Press of R.S. Peck & Co., 1899. Decorative Cloth. The 1899 1st edition of this nice piece of Connecticut military history. Solid and VG to VG+ in its dark-blue cloth, with bright silver-titling and design along the front panel and spine. Light rubbing and scuffing to the panels..... More
New Haven: The Citizens' Law and Order League of Connecticut, 1894. Cloth. A handsome copy of the 1894 1st edition of this late 19th century piece of Connecticut "temperance" literature. Solid and VG in its navy-blue cloth, with bright gilt-titling along the front panel. Light soiling and spotting to the..... More
