Staplebound wraps. 8vo. 33 pp. Stapled Wraps, Letterpress on Laid Paper. Illustrated. VG+. Fourth annual booklet issued by the Curtis Paper Company, designed by Joseph Blumenthal and printed at The Spiral Press, New York. The paper used is Curtis Rag Natural Laid, with the cover in Tweedweave Chartreuse. The type.....
American History
Great Historical Documents of America, Reproduced by Official Authority from the Originals in the Department of State and the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., and the Lenox Library, New York
New York: Collier. (c. 1910). Folio, loose plates and stapled booklet in original folder (cloth-covered stiff boards), as issued. 21 documents in facsimile accompanied by explanatory notes. Plates in Very Good condition but for tanning and some chipping at edges; booklet creased at spine with wrappers beginning to pull from.....
Liberty Collection, The
Los Angeles: Liberty Collection Group, 1963. Staplebound Wraps. Folio, pp. unnumbered. Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Bill of Rights, Monroe Doctrine Gettysbrg Address, Star-Spangled Banner & Pledge of Allegience. Wrappers worn, a bit soiled and stained.
The Mind of America, 1820-1860.
New York: Columbia University Press, 1975. First edition thus. Wraps. 603pp., Bibliography, Index.
Pictorial History of the American Revolution, With a Sketch of the Early History of the Country, the Constitution of the United States, and a Chronological Index, Illustrated with Several Hundred Engravings
New York: Robert Sears, 1853. Cloth. Thirty-sixth thousand. 8vo, 432 pp., text illustrations throughout. Rebound using original gilt-decorated cloth covers. Boards worn at edges and corners with some loss at corners; page edges and endpapers soiled, discoloration and creases to endpapers, previous owner name (twice), name in pencil on one.....
Works of Fisher Ames, As Published by Seth Ames. Two Volumes
Indianapolis: Liberty Classics, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo, 1618 pp. A couple of very faint top edge stains, otherwise Fine.
Why the South Lost the Civil War
Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1991. Later printing. Wraps. 582pp., Notes, Bibliography, Index.
Are We to Be a Nation? The Making of the Constitution
Harvard University Press, 1987. First printing. Paperback. 4to, 342 pp., color plates, b/w illus. SIgned by Bernstein on title page. Light exterior soiling, wrapper corners creased.
History of the American Working Class
New York: International Publishers, 1936. Later printing. Cloth. 8vo, 385 pp. Foxing to top edge, page edges tanned.
Thomas Jefferson: An Intimate History
W W Norton & Co Inc, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. 591 pp. Previous owner name/address, otherwise unmarked. Jacket sunned, edgeworn, with a couple of small tears, corners of front flap clipped.
AMERICA'S FIRST DYNASTY; The Adamses, 1735-1918
New York: Free Press. First edition. Cloth. 8vo.244pp. illus. b&w. Cloth. First Edition. Notes, Index. The story of the Adams family-John, John Quincy, Charles Frances and finally Henry, America's first dynasty.
Terra Incognita: The True Story of How America Gots Its Name
Seattle: Educare, 2001. Hardcover. 8vo, 188 pp.
Words of John Brown (Old South Leaflets No. 84)
Boston: Old South Meeting House, 1971. Stapled. 12mo, 28 pp. Light sunning and wear to edges.
Mississippi's French Heritage: Selected Writings, 1682-1763
Mississippi State Department of Education, Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning, 1992. Wraps. 4to, 113 pp., illus. Corners lightly bumped.
GRANT MOVES SOUTH; 1861-1863
Boston: Little Brown, 1960. Seventeenth Printing. Cloth. 8vo. 564pp. Illus. Maps. Cloth> Later printing. Notes, Bibliography, Index. Part one of the classic Civil War Study of General Ulyssey s. Grant.Fine copy in like jacket.
John Quincy Adams
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1932. First printing. Cloth. 437pp., Illus., Bibliography, Index.
My Life
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. First edition. Boards. 8vo, 957, xlii pp.., illus. One corner of front board lightly bumped, light edgewear to jacket.
Corruptions of Empire: Life Studies & the Reagan Era
London & New York: Verso, 1987. First edition. Boards. 8vo, 479 pp. Page edges tanned, top edge a bit dusty. Jacket sunned, rubbed, dustsoiled, edgeworn.
Boys of '76: A History of the Battles of the Revolution
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1876. First edition. Cloth. Wide 8vo, 398 pp., numerous b/w plates, text illustrations throughout. Covers rubbed and handled with wear and some fraying at extremities, front hinge cracked, page edges dusty, book plate on front pastedown.
Lincoln's Lost Speech: The Pivot of His Career
New York: Hawthorn, 1967. Cloth. 4to, 425 pp., color frontis., b/w illus. Inscribed and signed by author. Spine faded, corners of boards lightly bumped, small dampstain to top of fore-edge, dampstain to heel of spine and bottom of front board (not affecting interior), previous owner blind stamp. Jacket sunned, edgeworn.....
ENTERTAINING SATAN; Witchcraft and the Culture of Early New England
New York: Oxford University Press, 1982. 2nd printing. Cloth. 8vo. 543pp. Appendix: List of Know Witchcraft Cases in Seventeenth Century,Subject Index, Name Index. Rear panel of dj has 1" closed tear and 2 short nicks at bottom of front of dj.
THE ASSASSINATION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN
New York: Macmillan, 1909. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. 320pp.Cloth over boards.Original maroon cloth, Very good. Appendix with notes to chapters, index, plus publishers advertisement. title in gilt on spine. minor spotting to cover, minimal shelf wear to corners,Published during the centenary of Lincoln's birth, the book includes an examination of.....
Story of American Freedom, The
Norton, 1998. Hardcover. 8vo, 422 pp. Lightly bumped at head and heel of spine and corners, small scuff to front pastedown.
THE AGE OF FIGHTING SAIL; THE Age of Fighting Sail
New York: Doubleday, 1956. Later Printing. Cloth. 8vo. 284pp. Cloth. Clipped dj. Llater printing.. Dj has a couple oflight creases, minor chips.
Longitudes and Attitudes; Exploring the World After September 11
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002. Later printing. Cloth.