New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1899. First printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth with black lettering and a decoration on the front board, spine lettered in gold. Illustrated with several photograph portraits, maps, charts, and tables. Part of the Twentieth Century series. A 19th century overview of American history, intended... More about A History of the American Nation
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press [1974], 1974. First printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [9], x-xi, [4], 2-353, [1] pp. Brown cloth with black lettering on the spine. Illustrated with several black and white photographs. Part of the Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology. A history of the research and... More about Philadelphia's Philosopher Mechanics:; A History of the Franklin Institute, 1824-1865
New York: Chautauqua Press, 1891. First printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [7], 10-208, [2] pp. Navy cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Illustrated by a frontispiece map. Not in Gephart. A Near Fine book with a few hints of rubbing to the edges of the boards. More about The Story of the Constitution of the United States
Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, [ca. 1890]. Later printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [3], 2-489, [1], [2] (pages of publisher's advertisements), [2] pp. Pink blindstamped cloth with decorations and lettering in black on the front board and spine. Illustrated with a frontispiece. Howes B-86. First American edition published in 1826. This volume the... More about The Life of George Washington; Commander-in-Chief of the American Army through the Revolutionary...
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1891. Later printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [3], iv, [1], vi-lvi, 615, [1] pp. Navy cloth with gold lettering on the spine. The University edition, reprinted from the original text. A Very Good book with a few hints of wear to the edges of the boards and... More about The Federalist (Foederalist); A Collection of Essays, Written in Favor of the New Constitution as...
Urbana: University of Illinois Press [1977], 1977. First printing. Hardcover. 4to. [13], xiv-xvii, [6], 4-296, [2] pp. Beige cloth with black lettering on the spine. Price of $16.50 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Includes the original price stamp. Illustrated with facsimiles of advertisements for music recorded by... More about Early Downhome Blues; A Musical and Cultural Analysis
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1932. First printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [10], 13-359, [1] pp. Orange cloth with decorations and lettering in black on the front board and spine. Price of $2.50 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Frontispiece with one fold-out diagram of the Osage Agency's Residence and... More about Wah'Kon-Tah; The Osage and the White Man's Road
Washington D.C. Various, ca. 1925 - 1950. Pamphlet. Six brochures, each a pictorial folded sheet (folded into three sections). Brochures for the rates of the rooms of The Maury Hotel [ca. 1925], Hotel Grafton [ca. 1937-1941], Senate Hotel [ca. 1935], The Martinique Hotel [ca. 1939], The Lafayette Hotel [ca. 1950]... More about Washington D.C. Hotel Brochures
Boston: E. Littlefield, 1839. Reprint. Hardcover. 2vol. [4], iv, [5], 6-223, [3]; [3], iv-vi, [1], 8-318 [4] pp. Blindstamped green cloth with lettering in gold on each volume's spine. Howes B-86. First American edition published in 1826. A Very Good set with minor foxing to the pageblock and mild fading to each volume's spine. More about The Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the American Army, Through the Revolutionary...
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company/The Riverside Press, 1895. Reprint. Hardcover. 2vol. 8vo. [5], vi-xxi, [2], 2-344, [2]; [4], iv-xii, [1], 2-305, [3] pp. Navy cloth with gold lettering on the spine, top edge gilt. Volume one illustrated by a frontispiece portrait of George Washington and eight maps. Volume two illustrated... More about The American Revolution
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company/The Riverside Press [1888], 1888. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], vi-xviii, [1], 2-368, [2], [4] (pages of publisher's advertisements) pp. Navy cloth with gold lettering on the spine, top edge gilt. Gephart 8709. A Very Good book with a slight push to the spine and a few annotations in pencil. More about The Critical Period of American History; 1783-1789
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company Publishers, 1875. First printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [3], 4-360 pp. Blindstamped navy cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Part of the American Pioneers and Patriots series. A Very Good book with some rubbing to the spine and board tips, one annotation in the margins. More about George Washington; or, Life in America One Hundred Years Ago
Boston: Ginn & Company, 1887. First edition thus. Hardcover. 8vo. [9], 2-618, [2] (pages of publisher's advertisements) pp. Red cloth with decorations and lettering in black on the front board and spine. With introduction and continuation, giving a brief outline of United States history from the discovery of America to... More about Washington and His Country Being Irving's Life of Washington; Abridged for the Use of Schools
New York: Baker and Scribner, 1847. Reprint. Hardcover. 2vol. 8vo. [7], viii, [1], x-xiv, [1], 16-348, [2]; Quarter pebble-grained morocco over marbled boards, spines in five compartments, lettered in gilt, top edges gilt. Volume one and two each illustrated with eight plates. Bookplate of James Miles on each volume's front... More about Washington and His Generals
Chicago: R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company [1899], 1899. First printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [7], 4-444, [2] pp. Navy cloth with gold lettering on the front board and spine. Illustrated with numerous in-text black and white photographs, a frontis portrait of the author, and several plates throughout. A Very Good book with... More about History of the Second Regiment; Illinois Volunteer Infantry from Organization to Muster-Out
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1893. Reprint. Hardcover. 8vo. [7], viii-ix, [2], xii-xxii, [1], 2-413, [3], [4] (pages of publisher's advertisements for the American History Series) pp. Navy blindstamped cloth with spine lettered in gold. With three colored maps. A Good+ book with a faint dampstain to the front board, both hinges slightly starting. More about The French War and the Revolution
Hartford, Conn. Gilman & Company, 1878. Reprint. Hardcover. 8vo. [8], ix-xix, [1], 21-417, [1] pp. Green cloth with decorations in gold and black on the front board and spine. Illustrated with a steel lithograph frontispiece and eight additional full-page, wood-engraved illustrations. Glazier fought on in a New York regiment during... More about Battles for the Union; Descriptions of Many of the Most Stubbornly Contested Battles in the War...
New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1936. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], vii-xiv, [2], 336 pp. Red cloth with gold lettering on the spine and front board. Illustrated by a colored frontispiece with thirty-two additional pencil drawings by E.H. Suydam. A comprehensive history of San Francisco's famous district, with descriptions of... More about San Francisco's Chinatown