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Great Historical Documents of America, Reproduced by Official Authority from the Originals in the Department of State and the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., and the Lenox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.
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.
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.....
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.
Jews in American History, 1654-1865
New York: International Publishers, 1945. Wraps. 12mo, 96 pp. Wear at head and heel of spine and edges and corners of wrappers, title handwritten on spine, previous owner name on front cover and halftitle page, page edges tanned.
Women and the American Labor Movement from the First Trade Unions to the Present
Free Press, 1982. Paperback. 8vo, 612 pp. Wrappers worn at edges, previous owner name and address, light pencil notations to a few text pages only.
Longitudes and Attitudes; Exploring the World After September 11
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002. Later printing. Cloth.
Secret Agents: The Rosenberg Case, McCarthyism and Fifties America
New York: Routledge, 1995. Paperback. 8vo, 309 pp. Signed on halftitle page by Robert Meeropol. Heel of spine and wrapper corners lightly bumped.
People on the Move: A United States History to 1877 [and] A United States History Since 1860 (Two Volumes)
Allyn & Bacon, 1975. Wraps. 4to, 780 pp., illus. Wrappers sunned and rubbed at edges, corners lightly bumped, previous owner name/address.
Patriots in Disguise; Women Warriors of the Civil War
New York: Marlowe & Co, 1994. First edition thus. Paperback. Remains of sticker on front flyleaf. 225pp. Bibliography, Index.