HUMAN NATURE AND THE HUMAN CONDITION
New York: Random House, (1959). First Edition. Hardcover. An exploration of American society by a great modern humanist.
New York: Random House, (1959). First Edition. Hardcover. An exploration of American society by a great modern humanist.
London: C. Cradock and W. Joy, 1813. Second Edition. Hardcover. First Issue (with title page dated 1813) of this Corrected and Improved Edition. Two octavo (5-1/4" x 8-1/2") volumes in contemporary polished calf leather rebacked at an early date with gilt-lettering on the spines; xxxiv, 544, [2]; viii, 532 pages.....
Montreal: The Lawtence Lande Foundation for Canadian Historical Research, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio in linen boards backed with pigskin leather housed in a slipcase. Collected, arranged, and annotated by Lawrence Lande, with an introduction by E. A.Collard. Copy #160 of 950 copies SIGNED by the editor. This essential work.....
Madison: W. J. Park, 1866. First Edition. Printed wraps. 31 [1] pages. Early Wisconsin printing. One word corrected in blue pencil.
Menasha, WI: Limited Editions Club, 1942. John Steuart Curry. hardcover. Quarto (7-1/2" x 10-3/4") bound in full butternut muslin with a gold-stamped reddish brown leather spine label, 320 pages. Introduction and notes by Carl Van Doren; designed by Will Ransom. Illustrated with reproductions of watercolors by John Steuart Curry. Of.....
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1973). First Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED on the title page by the author and by the subject's son, aviator Charles Lindbergh, who wrote the foreword. The first biography of the liberal Minnesota congressman of the early 20th century known for his ties to the farming and.....
Cambridge and Boston: George Nichols and Ticknor and Fields, 1848 and 1867. First Edition. Hardcover. The first volume in publisher's dark brown cloth (BAL 13068: Binding A) with the preferred Cambridge imprint only on the title page; the second volume in publisher's green cloth (BAL 13126: 1st Printing, Trade Format).....
London: George Newnes, Limited, 1897. First British Edition. Hardcover. Publisher's decorated wine cloth. Published the same year as the American edition. Illustrated with 9 plates.
Newcastle upon Tyne: MacKenzie and Dent, [1819]. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (5-1/4" x 8-1/2") in 19th-century black calf-backed marbled boards; xv, (1), (9)-712 pages. Illustrated with a large folding engraved map, 2 engraved plans of the City of Washington and the Country round Pittsburg, and 6 engraved views: the Capitol.....
New York: Duell, Sloan, & Pierce, Inc., (1939). First Edition. Softcover. Unbound and uncut sheets of this book-length poem emphasizing that America can no longer wait for promises to come true. Archibald MacLeish was not only a well-known poet but also served as Librarian of Congress, appointed by Franklin Roosevelt.....
New York: The Viking Press, (1984). First Edition. Hardcover. Matthiessen explores ten important instances where the white man's encroachments upon the sacred grounds of Indian tribes show the tragic effects of a confrontation bound to harm both sides.
(Mansfield): M. Martino, [2000]. Reprint. Hardcover. Cloth; large octavo; [iv], 351 pages. Reprint of the 1931 Chicago edition. This is a comprehensive bibliography of all the issues of the Michigan Press from 1796-1850. In pratically every case, the original imprint was examined and described by McMurtrie or by his staff.....
Philadelphia: Thomas Dobson, 1792. First Edition. Hardcover. Recent full calf leather; [6], v, 130 [1] pages. Austin 1247; Evans 24534; Heirs of Hippocrates 761. An important first book by a noted antiquarian, geologist, and physician in early nineteenth century America who, among other accomplishments, led the fight for systematic instruction.....
(Mansfield): M. Martino, [1994]. Reprint. Hardcover. Three volumes, red cloth. Limited to only 100 sets. The definitive and most important of all bibliographies on the subject with thousands of detailed entries up to 1924. Includes an annotated bibliography of publications relating to American natural history, a guide to the institutions.....
Middletown, (CT): E. & H. Clark, 1823. First Edition. Hardcover. Small quarto (5-3/8" x 8-3/4") bound in original full calf leather with a red morocco spine label. 484 pages.
Philadelphia: Mitchell & Hinman, 1836. First Edition. Hardcover. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards; 342 pages. Population and census data by county. Early bookplate on front pastedown and signature on front endpaper of John F. Fager of Harrisburg. Samuel Augustus Mitchell and his sons were the leading publishers of maps.....
Washington: A. & G. Way, 1814. First Edition. Wraps. Printed wraps; 18 pages. Appears to be removed from a collection of pamphlets. Prepared by Monroe during his brief term as Secretary of War, this document presents four proposals to recruit men to strengthen U.S. military forces. We are not very.....
London: Alexander Hogg, [1785]. First Edition. Hardcover. Two folio (9" x 13-3/4") volumes bound in contemporary marbled calf leather with gilt rules and decorated spines and matching gilt-lettered morocco spine labels, marbled endpapers. Illustrated with 2 engraved frontispieces, 20 maps including 8 large folding maps, and 80 full-page copper engravings.....
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1963. Lima de Freitas. Hardcover. Folio (9" x 12") bound in full blue natural linen buckram with a large black medallion of Columbus embossed on the front cover and a gilt-lettered and decorated black leather spine label; 440 pages. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was so impressed.....
New Haven, CT: S. Converse, 1823. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (6" x 9-5/8") in original publisher's sheep leather with gilt-lettered red morocco spine label; 856 pages; text in two columns. As usual, the Atlas is not present.
Burlington, NJ: Isaac Collins, 1776. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio (8-3/4" x 13-1/8") bound by Brentano's in twentieth century 3/4 polished calf leather with a gilt-decorated and lettered spine, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers; viii, 493, [1], 6, 4, 4, 3, [1], 15, [1] pages (appears to lack a 6-page appendix).....
Philadelphia: W[illiam] Bradford, [1758]. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio (7-1/4" x 11-1/2") bound in contemporary calf leather with a decorative blindstamped border, recently rebacked with a new gilt-lettered and decorated spine, preserving original paste-downs and free endpapers; (4), 763 pages. Title within rule border, decorative woodcut head- and tail-pieces. An important.....
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1879. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo (7-3/4" x 10-1/2") bound in the original decorated green cloth; 664 pages. Illustrated with 2 steel-engraved portraits, over 70 wood engravings, photo engravings, and heliotypes, 8 sketches of regional coastlines drawn by Inuits, and 13 maps, including the large.....
Bay Shore: Long Island Forum, 1942. Offprint. Wraps. Octavo. A 16-page pamphlet in printed wraps with several illustrations. Long Island in the early 1800s as seen through the eyes of these fraternal artists. Limited to 500 numbered copies.
Avon, CT: Limited Editions Club, 1975. Jack and Irene Delano. Hardcover. Folio (7-1/2" x 12") bound in imported natural vellum-backed scarlet buckram boards with a gilt design. Translated and edited by Daymond Turner. Illustrated with drawings by Jack and Irene Delano including 8 full-page four-color serigraphs silk-screened from the originals.....