HUMAN NATURE AND THE HUMAN CONDITION
New York: Random House, (1959). First Edition. Hardcover. An exploration of American society by a great modern humanist.
Americana
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS ON ALASKA PUBLISHED BEFORE 1868
(Mansfield): M. Martino, [1998]. Reprint. Hardcover. Quarto, cloth; vii, 567 pages. Limited reprint of the only compilation of major works on Alaska published during the Russian period in all languages but primarily in English and Russian. Illustrated with facsimiles. This wonderful work covers a wide range of subjects with extensive.....
THE LAWRENCE LANDE COLLECTION OF CANADIANA IN THE REDPATH LIBRARY OF McGILL UNIVERSITY. A BIBLIOGRAPHY
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.....
ADDRESSES ... AT THE DEDICATION OF THE ROOMS IN THE SOUTH WING OF THE CAPITAL FOR THE STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY...
Madison: W. J. Park, 1866. First Edition. Printed wraps. 31 [1] pages. Early Wisconsin printing. One word corrected in blue pencil.
THE LITERARY WORKS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN
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. Copy.....
THE LITERARY WORKS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN
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.....
THE LITERARY WORKS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN
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. Copy.....
LINDBERGH OF MINNESOTA. A POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY
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.....
THE COURTSHIP OF MILES STANDISH, AND OTHER POEMS
Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1858. First Edition. Hardcover. Original brown cloth with brown endpapers. BAL 12122. First Printing with the October catalogue and "treacherous" for "ruddy" on line 3 of page 124. One of the copies with the inserted ad for Ticknor & Field's edition of the Waverley Novels at.....
THE KING OF THE BRONCOS AND OTHER STORIES OF NEW MEXICO
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.
AMERICA WAS PROMISES
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.....
INDIAN COUNTRY
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.
EARLY PRINTING IN MICHIGAN 1796 - 1850
(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.....
AN INAUGURAL DISSERTATION ON THE DISEASE PRODUCED BY THE BITE OF A MAD DOG, OR OTHER RABID ANIMAL...
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.....
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN NATURAL HISTORY
(Mansfield): M. Martino, [1994]. Reprint. Hardcover. Three volumes, 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 that.....
ESSAYS ON FEVERS, AND OTHER MEDICAL SUBJECTS
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.
LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE ON MILITARY AFFAIRS, UPON THE SUBJECT OF THE DEFECTS EXISTING IN THE PRESENT MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT. OCTOBER 27, 1814
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.....
A NEW AND COMPLETE COLLECTION OF VOYAGES AND TRAVELS...
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.....
JOURNALS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS ON THE LIFE AND VOYAGES OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
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.....
JOURNALS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS ON THE LIFE AND VOYAGES OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
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.....
TRAVELS IN PHILADELPHIA
Philadelphia: David McKay, (1920). First Edition. Hardcover. First issue. Decorated cloth. Illustrated with plates.
ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE PROVINCE OF NEW-JERSEY, FROM THE SURRENDER OF THE GOVERNMENT TO QUEEN ANNE...
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).....
THE GRANTS, CONCESSIONS, AND ORIGINAL CONSTITUTIONS OF THE PROVINCE OF NEW-JERSEY. THE ACTS PASSED DURING THE PROPRIETARY GOVERNMENTS, AND OTHER MATERIAL TRANSACTIONS BEFORE THE SURRENDER THEREOF TO QUEEN ANNE. THE INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER, AND HER FORMAL ACCEPTANCE THEREOF. LORD CORNBURY'S COMMISSION AND INSTRUCTIONS CONSEQUENT THEREON...
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.....
NARRATIVE OF THE SECOND ARCTIC EXPEDITION MADE BY CHARLES F. HALL: HIS VOYAGE TO REPULSE BAY, SLEDGE JOURNEYS TO THE STRAITS OF FURY AND HECLA AND TO KING WILLIAM'S LAND, AND RESIDENCE AMONG THE ESKIMOS DURING THE YEARS 1864-'69
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.....
THE TALENTED MOUNT BROTHERS
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.