New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], vii-xvi, [2], 3-367, [1] pp. Tan cloth with a brown label on the spine, brown topstain. Illustrated by a frontispiece and fifteen additional plates, illustrations taken from paintings of horse racing culture in the United States. A history of..... More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston [1977], 1977. First printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], vii, [1], 311, [1] pp. Black cloth with gold lettering on the spine and red decorations on the spine. Price of $12.95 on front flap of dust jacket. Illustrated with several black and white photographs. The author's..... More
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company [1966], 1966. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], 383, [1] pp. Blue cloth with gold and silver lettering on the front board and spine. Price of $7.95 on front flap of jacket. Illustrated by two maps and pictorial free front endpapers. Jacket has some slight toning..... More
New York: Cowles Book Company, Inc., 1969. First printing. Hardcover. 242 pp. Price of $5.95 on front flap of jacket. Inscribed and dated by author on free front endpaper. Few hints of shelf wear to edges of boards; traces of edge wear, small abrasion on reverse of jacket, few mild..... More
New York: E.P Dutton & Company, Inc., 1956. First edition. Hardcover. 363 pp. Price of 5.00 on front flap of jacket. Name written on free front end paper, newspaper photo of author laid in, (toning to the two adjacent pages), few traces of foxing to text block; light edge wear..... More
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1905. First printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [5], viii-xx, 392, [2], [1] (page of publisher's advertisements for other works by Wharton) [3] pp. Original green cloth lettered in gold on the front board and spine, decorations in gilt on the front board, top edge gilt. Illustrated with..... More
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company [1971], 1971. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [8], xv-xx, [2], 3-366, [6] pp. Black cloth with yellow lettering on the front board and spine; red topstain. Price of $9.95 on front flap of jacket. Illustrated by three maps and several black and white photographs of historic..... More
New York: R. Worthington, 1884. Later edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [3], 4-307, [1], [8] (pages of publisher's advertisements), [5] pp. Green cloth with gilt decorations on the front board and the spine, with other decorations stamped in black and green. A Very Good+ book that has a few spots of discoloration..... More
New York: Gay Brothers & Company, 1890. First edition. Hardcover. 2vol. Large 8vo. [3], iv-xxxi, [4], 54-698, [2]; [5], x-xxvii, [4], 36-536 pp. Purple pebbled cloth with black decorations and gold lettering on the front board and spine, textblocks stained red. The first volume illustrated with a steel lithograph frontispiece..... More
New York: The New American Library, 1968. First printing. Hardcover. 288 pp. Price of $5.95 on front flap of dust jacket. Mailer's account of his participation in the October 1967 demonstrations against the Vietnam War in Washington D.C. Significant fading to top edges of boards and spine; jacket shows some..... More
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
Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press [2003], 2003. First edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. [9], x-lviii, [4], 2-413, [5] pp. Quarter navy cloth over light blue paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $29.95 on front flap of dust jacket. Illustrated with three maps. The abridgement of the..... More
Seattle: University of Washington Press (1965), 1965. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [8], x-xii, [3], 4-324 pp. Light green cloth with gold lettering blocked in teal on the spine. Price of $7.50 on front flap of jacket. Includes an index, notes, and a bibliography. A Near Fine book with a few..... More
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
New York: The New Press [2012], 2012. First printing. Hardcover. 130 pp. Price of $19.95 on front flap of jacket. First printing of the New Press edition. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1875. First edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. [3], iv-viii, 928, [2] pp. Three-quarter late nineteenth-century black leather over marbled boards with gold lettering and ruling on the spine, textblock decoratively speckled. Profusely decorated with several full-page illustrations and numerous in-text illustrations. Contents include a travel..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1875. First edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. [3], iv-viii, 920, [2] pp. Three-quarter late nineteenth-century black leather over marbled boards with gold lettering and ruling on the spine, textblock decoratively speckled. Profusely decorated with several full-page illustrations and numerous in-text illustrations. Contents include several installations..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1872. First edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. [3], iv-viii, [3], iv-viii, [1], 802-952, [2] pp. Three-quarter late nineteenth-century over marbled boards with gold lettering and ruling on the spine, textblock decoratively speckled. Spine is labeled as VOL. 45 but the sheets are really Volume 44..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1873. First edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. [3], iv-viii, 904, [2] pp. Three-quarter late nineteenth-century black leather over marbled boards with gold lettering and ruling on the spine, textblock decoratively speckled. Profusely decorated with several full-page illustrations and numerous in-text illustrations. Contents include a biography..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1873. First edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. [3], iv-viii, [1], 2-952 [2] pp. Three-quarter late nineteenth-century black leather over marbled boards with gold lettering and ruling on the spine, textblock decoratively speckled. Profusely decorated with several full-page illustrations and numerous in-text illustrations. Contents include several..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1873. First edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. [3], iv-viii, [1], 952, [2] pp. Three-quarter late nineteenth-century black leather over marbled boards with gold lettering and ruling on the spine, textblock decoratively speckled. Profusely decorated with several full-page illustrations and numerous in-text illustrations. Contents include several..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1890. First edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo. [7], viii, [5], 4-258, [4] (pages of publisher's advertisements) [2] pp. Bound in dark green cloth stamped with black and orange decorations on the front board, lettering in gilt on the front board and the spine, top edge..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1854. Eighth Edition. Hardcover. 6vol. 8vo. [5], vi-clx, [3], 4-457, [3]; [5], vi-vii, [4], 4-622, [2]; [5], vi-vii, [4], 4-551, [3]; [5], vi-viii, [3], 4-558, [2]; [5], vi-viii, [3], 4-545, [3]; [5], vi-x, [5], 4-633, [3] pp. Three-quarter early 20th century leather over marbled boards..... More