New York: Louis Carrier & Co. [1929], 1929. First printing. Hardcover. 302 pp. Includes an index and several black and white photographs. Translated from the German by Frederick Philip Grove. A Near Fine book with mild fading to the topstain in a near Very Good dust jacket with traces of..... More
Richmond, Va. Bell Book & Stationery Co., 1913. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [11], 10-303, [2], ii-xvi pp. Red cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Illustrated with a frontispiece of Thomas Ritchie and three additional plates. No dust jacket. ANB, Joel H. Silbey. "Ritchie, Thomas (05 November 1778–03 July 1854)"..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster [1989], 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. [7], 8-736 pp. Quarter blue cloth over blue paper boards with orange lettering on the spine. Blue endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $24.95 on front flap of dust jacket. Inscribed by the author on the first page. Illustrated..... More
Chicago: Acme Publishing Co., 1889. First edition. Hardcover. Large 4vo. [8], 19-1033, [7] pp. Bound in pebbled brown leather with gilt lettering and decorations on the front board and spine, all edges gilt. The front and rear boards are decorated with flowers stamped in blind, with beveled edges. Four raised..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster [1971], 1971. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [8], 3-392 pp. Black cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Red endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $10.00 on front flap of jacket. With a frontispiece portrait of De Gaulle. First printing of the first American edition. Translated..... More
London: London, 1955. First printing. Hardcover. 320 pp. Price of 18s. net on front flap of jacket. Translated by Jonathan Griffin. Includes several black and white photographs from de Gaulle's life. An attractive copy of the first volume in the French general and politician's memoirs of World War II. A..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1976. First printing. Hardcover. 275 pp. Price of $5.95 on front flap of dust jacket. The first full-length biography of Titus, the tenth emperor of Rome. Jacket shows traces of edge wear and rubbing, and has a small closed tear to the rear panel..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1941. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [8], viii-x, [7], 4-310, [1], ii-vii, [3] pp. Orange cloth with gold lettering on the spine; green topstain. Price of $3.00 on front flap of jacket. Illustrated with a few black and white photographs. With an index. A biography of..... More
New York: Hill And Wang (2002), 2002. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [9], x, [3], 4-396 pp. Quarter beige cloth over beige paper boards with orange lettering on the spine. Price of $26.00 on front flap of jacket. Illustrated with several black and white photographs. Includes notes, a bibliography, and an..... More
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press [1964], 1964. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], vii-xvii, [3], 3-301, [1] pp. Blue cloth with gold lettering blocked in black on the spine; purple topstain. Price of $6.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. The authorship of this book was supported by..... More
Madison, WI: David Atwood and Company, 1883. First edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. [3], 4-584, [2] pp. Pebbled brown cloth ruled in black with gold lettering on the spine; floral endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated by a frontispiece portrait of Matthew Hale Carpenter. Wisconsin Historical Society, "Carpenter, Matthew Hale (1824-1881)". Carpenter was..... More
Cambridge: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1896. Reprint. Hardcover. 8vo. [5], vi-xiv, [1], 8-253, [1], [2] (pages of publisher's advertisements) pp. Light brown cloth lettered and decorated in black on the front board and spine. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Benjamin Franklin, two plates, and a map. With notes and..... More
New York: [L. H. Walter] [1919], 1919. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [4], 5-512 pp. Bound in olive green cloth with decorations stamped in black and gilt; speckled textblock with green patterned endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated by 64 black and white photographs including a frontispiece photographs of Teddy Roosevelt. Introduction by..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1954. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [4], v-xvii, [3], 297, [3] pp. Navy cloth with white lettering on the front board and spine. Price of $5.00 on front flap of jacket. Illustrated by a few black and white photographs. Inscribed by the author on the free..... More
New York City: Mast, Crowell & Kirkpatrick, 1896. Later edition. Pamphlet. Large 8vo. Staple-bound tan pictorial covers with decorations in red on the front and rear cover, spine lettered in red. Illustrated with a frontis portrait of George Washington and a portrait of Martha Washington on the proceeding page. Additionally..... More
New York: Stein and Day [1969], 1969. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [9], 8-380, [2] pp. Quarter grey cloth over green paper boards with gold lettering on the front board and spine. Price of $7.95 on front flap of jacket. Illustrated with a few black and white photographs. A Very Good..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company [1898], 1898. Later printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [5], vi-viii, [3], 2-317 pp. Navy cloth lettered in gilt on the front board and spine, top edge gilt. Gephart 13523. A Very Good book with several small annotations in pencil and a slight strain to the front hinge. More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [9], x-xxiii, [4], 4-551, [1] pp. Blue cloth with gold lettering on the front board and spine; blue topstain. Price of $19.95 on front flap of jacket. With a few plates and full-page illustrations. A Near Fine book in a...... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [9], viii-xii, [3], 4-909, [5]. Bound in black cloth with gold lettering on the spine, map on endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $17.95 on front jacket flap . Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography. A presentable copy of Massie's..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1959. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [5], viii-xii, [2], 3-659, [1] pp. Navy cloth with gold lettering on the front board and spine. Price of $8.50 on front flap of jacket. With a full-page portrait of Hamilton. Gephart 13523. Name written on free front end..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1971. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [10], 3-215, [1] pp. Blue cloth boards with gold lettering on the spine. Orange endpapers and pastedowns. A Very Good+ book with slight toning to the textblock and a sticker ghost to the front pastedown; dust jacket is..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1971. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [10], 3-215, [1] pp. Blue cloth boards with gold lettering on the spine. Orange endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $5.95 on the bottom of the front flap. A Very Good book with some toning to the textblock, owner's..... More
New York: The Viking Press (1973), 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. [10], 3-760 pp. White cloth with black and gold lettering on the spine with red and blue decorations on the spine. Price of $12.95 on front flap of dust jacket. Very near Fine in a Near Fine dust..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1938. Book of the Month Club. Hardcover. Large 8vo. [5], vi-xix, [6], 4-845, [5] pp. Brown cloth with gold lettering on the front board and spine; red topstain. Illustrated with a few color plates. Includes the book of the month club brochure advertising the book..... More