THE OXFORD COMPANION TO UNITED STATES HISTORY
NY: Oxford, 2001. First printing. Large 8vo, pp. xli, 940. Index. Some illustrations, mostly maps. Dark blue cloth. About as new in dj. An encyclopedia. More
NY: Oxford, 2001. First printing. Large 8vo, pp. xli, 940. Index. Some illustrations, mostly maps. Dark blue cloth. About as new in dj. An encyclopedia. More
New Haven: Yale, (1988). First printing. 8vo, pp. xii, 225. Notes, bibliographic note, index. Illustrated with several facsimiles.Top edge little spotted, o/w a nice copy in dj. Begun as a project to teach literacy to poor working children, Sunday school gradually evolved into its current form. More
Pittsburgh: W. S. Haven, 1859. First edn. 8vo, pp. 336. Bound in publisher's cloth (lacks a 1" piece at the top of the spine and 1/2 inch on the bottom.) Howes B-685. Howes notes that the author: "defends his father for defending the frontier." More
Pittsburgh: W. S. Haven, 1859. First edn. 8vo, pp. 336. Bound in publisher's cloth, ex-library copy with bookplate on the endpaper, a very good clean copy. Howes B-685. Howes notes that the author: "defends his father for defending the frontier." More
Boston: Wells and Lilly, 1825. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 376. Uncut and partially unopened, and bound with the half title to later binder's cloth. A very good copy of the second portion of Bradford's three part history of Massachusetts. Sabin 7221; Howes B-698; S & S 19845, Larned 3132. The..... More
Secaucus NJ: Chartwell, (1986). First Edition. 4to, pp. 192. Bibilography, index. Copiously illustrated, some in color.A nice copy in somewhat scuffed and chipped dj. More
NY: Time, 1961. Lewicki, James. 4to, pp. 348. Glossary and index, bibliography. Illustrated by James Lewicki. Red cloth. Edges very slightly soiled, cover slightly faded, o/w 1 VG tight copy. More
Minneapolis, MN: Milkweed Editions, 1986. First edn. 8vo, pp. 212. Paper wraps. Inscribed by the author to the poet Paul Metcalf. VG. Poems and prose based on actual characters and events in the South before and during the Civil War. More
[Chicago]: Chicago School of Civics and Philanthropy, 1912. First Edition. 8vo, pp. xiii, 502. Index. With a few illustrations. Blue cloth stamped in gilt and white. Ex library with bookplate and stamps. Hinges tender, cover and edges soiled, good only. Includes articles by Jane Addams, Winfield Hall, Richard C. Cabot..... More
San Francisco: Bohemian Club, 1963. First Edition. 8vo. Music by Raymond W. Hackett. 58th Grove Play of the Bohemian Club as performed by its members on July 26, 1963. VG in decorated green boards. More
NY: Harper, 1853. First American edn. 8vo, pp. 651, 654. Hinge loose, little split to the cloth on the hinges and some soiling internally, but generally a VG copy. Howes B-745; Sabin 7713; Clark III, 450. The Swedish feminist was one of the best known and most influential Swedish women..... More
Cambridge MA: Harvard, 1970, 1971. First Edition. Two volumes. 8vo, pp. x, 836; viii, 811-1546. Indices. Illustrated. Gray cloth. A VG tight set in somewhat soiled and chipped djs. A collection of excerpts from many documents and accounts having to do with the treatment and condition of children in the..... More
Cambridge MA: Harvard, 1971. Two volumes. Large 8vo, pp. xvi, 810; vii, 811-1546. Chronology, bibliography, index. Gray cloth. With several illustrations. VG tight copies in chipped djs. Traces the nation's changing provisions for youth through the period from the end of the Civil War to the beginning of the New..... More
Cambridge MA: Harvard, 1971. First Edition. Two volumes. Large 8vo, pp. xvi, 810; viii, 811-1546. Chronology, bibliography, index. Illustrated. Gray cloth. Edges slightly soiled, o/w VG tight copies in little chipped and soiled djs. More
London: Samuel Mearne John Martyn and Henry Herringman, 1674. First issued in quarto in 1614. 8vo, pp xxxii, 252, iv . Bound in later scuffed smooth calf with modest blind stamping A very good copy Wing B4378; Sabin 7732. This is a world-wide survey and contains chapters on America, Antartica..... More
NY: Harcourt Brace, (1993). First Edition. 8vo, pp. 513. Bibliography. Illustrated with photographs; map on endpapers. Very slight signs of moisture, but a nice copy in little chipped dj. The story of the maiden voyage of Hofstra University's traveling course, "An American odyssey: art and culture across America." More
Philadelphia: Zeigler, McCurdy, 1867. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 799. With an introduction by Henry Bellows. Illustrated with 16 steel engravings. Maroon cloth, blind-stamped, with gilt lettering on spine. Front hinge tender, cover somewhat worn at ends of spine and corners, moisture staining on cover and lower part of interior leaves..... More
NY: Black Dog & Leventhal, (2002). 4to, pp. 576. Glossary, index. Black-and-white photography by Brockmann, text by Bill Harris. Foreword by Judith Dupre. A very nice copy in little scuffed dj. Very heavy. More
NY: Brandywine Press, (1979). First Edition. 4to, pp. 319. First published 1978 by Dutton. Over 200 black and white and 32 color illustrations. Cover slightly scuffed at ends of spine, o/w a nice copy in little chipped dj. Most of the work presented is contemporary, although the author discusses how..... More
NY: Norton, (1974). Fifth printing. 8vo, pp. 591. Notes, index. Illustsrated. Maroon cloth. Front flyleaf missing, ex library, with stamp VG. More
Chicago: Kerr, 1978. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 265. Notes, index. Illustrated. Blue cloth stamped in gilt. A nice copy in little nicked dj. More
NY: Macmillan, 1921. First edn. 8vo, pp. 441. A very good copy. A study of the acquired power of the labor movement. More
New Haven CT: Yale, 1937. First Edition. 8vo, pp. x, 361. Notes and bibliography, index. Illustrated with photographs and cartoons. Blue cloth. Cover little worn at edges, o/w a VG tight copy in worn and mended dj. A summary of the facts behind the LaFollette Committee investigations, the split between..... More