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. First printing. Hardcover. 311 pp. Price of $12.95 on front flap of dust jacket. The author's history of the development of railroads in the American west in the 19th century. Very few hints of edge wear to jacket. More
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1966. First printing. Hardcover. 383 pp. Price of $7.95 on front flap of jacket. Jacket has some slight toning to the spine panel and a tiny chip to top right corner of the rear panel, but is otherwise Fine. 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. First printing. Hardcover. 366 pp. Price of $9.95 on front flap of jacket. Includes several black and white photographs of historic persons mentioned in Johnson's history of the gold rush to Montana. Some areas of discoloration to textblock, rubbing and fading to boards; jacket..... 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: 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. First printing. Hardcover. 413 pp. Price of $29.95 on front flap of dust jacket. The abridgement of the Definitive Nebraska Edition, Meriwether Lewis, William Clark and the Members of the Corps of Discovery. Edited and with an introduction by Gary E. Moulton. A..... More
Seattle: University of Washington Press (1965), 1965. First printing. Hardcover. 324 pp. Price of $7.50 on front flap of jacket. Includes an index, notes, and a bibliography. A few hints of foxing on the top of the textblock; closed tear on top right edge of rear panel, few very tiny..... 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: 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