Diary of Charles Francis Adams
Cambridge: Harvard Univ.Press, 1964-1968. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo, Indexes in Vols. 2 and 4. The first four volumes cover the years January 1820 - December 1832.Bookplates. More
Cambridge: Harvard Univ.Press, 1964-1968. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo, Indexes in Vols. 2 and 4. The first four volumes cover the years January 1820 - December 1832.Bookplates. More
Albany: Brandow Printing Company, 1905. First edition. Hardcover. 1480 pages. 8vo, Fraud proceedings and conviction of Justice Warren B. Hooker. Paper spine labels on front covers and spines. More
Boston: Loring, Publisher, 1868. First edition. Hardcover. 296 pages. 18 x 12 cm. This copy with ad leaf and Dick standing alone with his boot-blacking box: later issues have image of four street boys. Ad leaf here contains two titles in the "Ragged Dick Series," plus three in "Campaign Series."..... More
New York: Crown, 1972. Wyeth, N.C. First edition. Hardcover. 336 pp. Voluminously illustrated in color and black and white. Foreword by Paul Horgan. Introduction by Edward Layton. This Catalogue Raisonne contains an invaluable 1200-entry, illustrated, complete bibliography, with detailed data on all N.C. Wyeth's pictures and published writings, etc. Index..... More
New York: C.M. Saxton, 1850. Later printing. Hardcover. 325 pages. 12mo, 19 x 12 cm. Illustrated with more than 100 engravings. Bound with Hasty-Pudding; A Poem by Joel Barlow, and A Memoir of Indian Corn compiled by D.J. Browne. 10 pps of adverts at rear. Firm, tight copy, modest text..... More
Brattleboro: Stephen Greene, 1959. First edition. Hardcover. 120pages. 26 1/2 x 19 1/2 cm. More than 100 illustrations, diagrams and maps. More than 400 existing bridges located and described. Selected Bibliography. Glossary. Index. ROOS 252. "Basic history for Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, W. Virginia and Washington, DC." More
Brattleboro: Stephen Greene, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. 152 pages. 26 1/2 x 19 1/2 cm. More than 100 illustrations, diagrams and maps. Covers bridges in Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Kansas and Minnesota. Selected Bibliography. Glossary. Index. ROOS 252. More
Brattleboro: Stephen Greene, 1957. First edition. Hardcover. 121 pages. 26 1/2 x 19 1/2 cm. More than 100 illustrations, diagrams and maps. Roster of Builders. Selected Bibliography. Glossary. Index. ROOS 253. "Basic history and reference for New York, New Jersey and New England." Bookplate. More
Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, 1937. First edition. Paperback. 98 pages. Illustrated. Index. More
Philadelphia: Victorian Society in America, 1983. Paperback. 254 pages. 28 x 21 cm. Profusely illustrated: photographs and prints. Owner inscription. More
Boston: J.H. Eastburn's Press, 1857. Third edition. Hardcover. 63 pages. The"Dictionary of American Biography," notes, "Appleton wrote his masterly pamphlet, `Currency and Banking' (1841) to discuss the principles of sound finance and to show the danger from an institution of so great power." Sounds familar. More
Berkeley: Univ. of California Press, 1966. First edition. Paperback. More
New York: W.W. Norton, 1967. First edition. Hardcover. 256 pages. Lavishly illustrated with color and black and white plates. A survey of 300 years of American Art with essays by experts. Introduction by Lloyd Goodrich. More
Boston: Privately Printed, 1903. Hardcover. 48 pages. 12.5 x 16.5 cm. Limited edition, one of 175 copies printed by D.B. Updike at The Merrymount Press. Seven illustrations with tissue guards, most are maps from original engravings. Addenda. Index, covers slightly dusty. More
Ottawa: S.E. Dawson, 1893. First edition. Paperback. 24 pages. With quarter-sheet map in two colors of the Cambrian Rocks in the Counties of Temiscouata and Rimouski. Geological Survey Of Canada. More
NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1936. First edition. Hardcover. 187 pages. 24 x 16 cm. Barber served in the Mexican War, killed 1846 in the battle of Monterey. Limited edition, copy 297 of 1000 signed by Ms. Doubleday. Bright copy. Spine with a few age spots. More
Princeton: Pyne, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. 16 pages in text. 37 x 29 cm. Fifty-eight full-page, exquisite color drawings by this imaginative toymaker. Every attempt was made to reproduce the "sketchbook" in exact facsimile. Full play was given by Brown to the brilliant use of color and realistic detail in..... More
Vancouver: Univ. of British Columbia Press, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. 391 pages. Copiously illustrated; more than 200 photographs, plans, drawings and maps. Bibliography. Index. The first major critical study of a Yorkshire born, Canadian architect who had a major influence and impact on the Canadian West. He was also chief..... More
Toronto: M.F. Feheley, 1976. Pope, William. First edition. Hardcover. 175 pp. Thirty-six four-color plates with accompanying commentary by J. Fenwick Landsdowne. Index. Pope emigrated from Kent, England and settled in Port Ryerse, Ontario. Canada's first artist-naturalist, his watercolors are artistically comparable to those of his contemporary, Audubon. Selections fromPope's very..... More
San Francisco: John J. Newbegin, 1915. First edition. Hardcover. 142 pages. 19.5 x 12.5 cm. This volume consists of articles originally published in the San Francisco Bulletin with 47 black and white photographs and Frontispiece photo of statue of Pioneer Mother by Charles Gadfly. Ex-library, bookplate, back cover tail rubbed..... More
Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press, 1924. Second edition. Hardcover. 338 pages. Abundantly illustrated. Early chronology. Index. More
West Hatfield: Pennyroyal Press, 1985. Moser, Barry. Hardcover. 268 pages. 33.5 x 30.5 cm. Limited edition, Handling copy #5 of 350 illustrated and signed by Barry Moser. With an appreciation by Justin G. Shiller, printed by Harold McGrath in Van Dijck type on archival paper with calligraphy by Yvette Rutledge..... More
Baltimore: John Hopkins, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. 568 pages. 25 1/2 x 21 1/2 cm. More than 1600 illustrations. Introduction by Alan Fern. Foreword by Carl Zigrosser. Bibliography. Geographical Index. Name Index. Approximately 12,000 prints from colonial times to the present representing the work of 1250 artists. KARPEL K301. "The..... More
Washington, DC: National Park Service, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. 26 x 20 cm, approx. 64 pages in text printed recto only. Sixteen photographs, and drawings. Subject Index. Index of Architects, Builders, and Engineers. Georgetown Buildings. Bookplate. More
Toronto: McClellandand Stewart, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. 224 pages. Over 200 illustrations with more than half in color. Bibliography. Index. A panorama of Canadian art complemented with descriptions from contemporary travel literature, diaries and letters. A good survey of the topic. More