Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, (c. 1874) but likely published in the 1880s. Hardcover. frontis, engraved series title-page, 276, plus 12 p. adverts. Original illustrated brown cloth. 19 cm. Moderate cover soil and wear. Backstrip is worn at ends and the lettering is gone on the series title. Spine moderately sloped..... More
New York: Charles Scribners's Sons, (c. 1978). 1st ed. Paperback. illustrations, index, xviii, 565p. Original cloth. dj. 24cm. Two errata sheets laid in. More
Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 1961. Paperback. map, photos, 28p. Wrapper. 23cm. University of Florida Monographs, Humanities, No.6 (Winter 1961). More
New York: National Non-Partisan Committee to Defend the Rights of the 12 Communist Leaders, n.d. [1949]. 1st ed. Paperback. 16p. Softcover in original wrapper. 22 cm. Crockett, born in Florida, graduated Morehouse(1931) and University of Michigan Law School (1934). He was admitted to the bar in Florida in 1934. He..... More
n.p. n.d. [1854 or later]. Bottom portion of a note or letter on light blue paper to an unknown recipient. 20 x 14 cm. Undated but probably circa 1854. Horzontal fold. Brown ink. Richard Henry Dana, Jr. and Chrles Eillis defended Anthony Burns in court when he was arrested as..... More
Daytona Beach, Fla: Bethune-Cookman College, (c. 1953). 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis (portrait), 78p. Original maroon cloth. 12cm. Minor cover wear. No jacket. Signed on front pastedown ("1957 Richard V. Moore"). Richard Vernon Moore, 1906-1994, was Bethune-Cookman College's third President (1947-1975). This little book contains a brief biography of Ms. Bethune..... More
Washington: February 1944. Paperback. 2 vols. (text volume and schedule volume). Text volume: ix, 169p. Schedules volume: Schedules A-U on unnumbered pages, some folding. Softcover (Text in gray wrapper; Schedules in beige wrapper backed with black binding tape). 26cm. Former owner's name on covers. "Confidential (Not released for Publication)" printed..... More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, (c. 1981). Lee Boltin. 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis, photos (most color, some full-page), map on endpapers, index, 256p. Original red cloth. 30 cm. No Jacket (probably as issued). Red cloth-covered slipcase. Copy #135 of the special first edition limited to 500 numbered copies, signed by..... More
Sapporo: Franciscan Missionaries of Mary Printing Shop, (c. 1949). Paperback. photos, 159p. Original flexible wrappers. 19 cm. Modest cover wear. Endpapers browned. More
Hong Kong: Printed by Techpearl Printing, (1994). Hardcover. Illustrated in color, 312p. Hardcover dj. 35 cm. Original cloth-covered slipcase. More
Port Washington: Associated Faculty Press, (c. 1983). Hardcover. frontis, facsimiles, 122p. 22 cm. White hardcover binding. No Jacket (as published). Edited by Stanley Austin Ransom, Jr. This was a reprint of the 1970 edition with the addition of a new three-page Preface by Ransom. A further revised edition with the..... More
New York: Anchor/Doubleday, 1974. 1st ed. photos, 131p. Softcover in original wrapper. 28 cm. Modest cover scuffing and wear. INSCRIBED on half-title to Charles [Vernon] Hamilton ("To Dr. and Mrs. Hamilton -- Thanks a lot for your time, advice and counsel -- Chester 5-25-74"). More
Dallas: Matthis & Van Nort Company, (c. 1946). 1st ed. Hardcover. photos (many small and grainy), [8], xvii, 126p. Original tan cloth, lettered in red, as are almost all copies we've seen. 19 cm. Modest soiling and wear including a light dampstain in lower right corner of front cover. No..... More
Davis, Calif. The Printer, (1975). 3rd ed. Paperback. vii, 74, (2)p. Original wrapper. 27cm. More
Boston: Brimmer, 1924. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 366p. Original maroon cloth. 19 cm. No Jacket. INSCRIBED on front free endpaper by Jones ("to Miss Elisabeth Herlihy - may my book and I be considered among your life's best friends Joshua H. Jones Jr. April 7, 1924"). The only novel by this..... More
New York: Public Affairs, (c. 2001). 1st ed. Hardcover. photos, index, 344p. Original boards. dj. 24 cm. SIGNED by Jordon on bookplate for a Tribute to Emory S. Campbell for 22 years of service to the Penn Center Community at which Jordan was the Guest Speaker. More
Tokyo: Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha; Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle, (c. 1960). 1st ed. in English. Hardcover. frontis, photos, xvi, 327p. Original cloth. dj (price-clipped). 34 cm. Jacket edge-worn. More
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1919. 1st ed. Paperback. 158p. Softcover in original wrapper. 23cm. Extensive light dampstain on back cover. "4-(25" inked in upper right corner of front cover. Introduction by J. H. Dillard.An attempt to quantify and understand the Great migration of African American workers and their families from..... More
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1858. 1st ed. Hardcover. folding map (as frontis), xi, [2], [14]-488p. plus 4p. publisher's advertisements. Original cloth. 20cm. Minor cover fraying. Contents browned with some light staining in margins. Pages 20-37 on Australia; pages 37-84 on China; balance on travel in India. More
Provo: New World Archaeological Foundation, 1973. Paperback. frontis, photos, illustrations, xvi, 141p. Softcover. 27cm. Inked ownership signature (Rosemary Sharp) on title page. Papers of the New World Archaeological Foundation. No. 33. More
New York: R. H, Russell, (c. 1900). Hardcover. photos, unnumbered. Original cloth-backed boards with a photographic imag on the front cover. Oblong 37 x 24 cm. Corners, edges and ends of backstrip chipped and rubbed. Some cover soil. Contents sound and clean. No jacket or box is present -- it..... More
Washington: (1959). Paperback. iii, 129p. Untitled blue wrapper. Black plastic comb binding. 28cm. Prepared for the Department of Commerce Transportation Study and not for publication. More
Wilberforce, Ohio: Printed by Eckerle Printing Co., 1942. 1st ed. Hardcover. 272p. Original green cloth. 19 cm. Sermons and addresses presented at conferences of the AME Church. Spivey was Dean of Payne Theological Seminary when this was published. He later (1964-1972) served as Secretary-Treasurer of the A.M.E. Sunday School Union..... More
Taihoku: Southern Asia Economic Research Association, Taihoku College of Commerce [first item]; Manila: Bureau of Publications [second item]; and Manila: University of Manila, 1960 [third item], (1) n.d. [1930s?]; (2) 1918; and (3) 1960. Hardcover. First item: 37p. Second item: 288p. Third item: 69, 21p. Bound together in a single..... More
Dallas: Southwestern Legal Foundatio, (c. 1951). Hardcover. index, xxx, 274p. 25cm. No Jacket. More
