Hemet, California: Robertson Typographics, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (9-1/2" x 6"). 271pp. Light blue leatherette covers with gilt titles to spine. Inscribed (unknown hand, author missing arm) and signed by author on fly leaf, rest of text block tight and unmarked. Unclipped DJ, corners bumped, wear to head of... More about They Called Me Dixie
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (8" x 5") xiii, [1], 360, ( [4] publisher's ads)pp. Tan cloth covers with red and blue titles, spine and covers darkened. Three maps (2 in color-one folding, one b/w) present. Text block tight and unmarked. BAL 4529, state one. More about The Cuban and Porto Rican Campaigns
London: G. Bell, 1924. Later printing. Hardcover. 8vo (8"x 5-1/2"). xv, 596pp. Red cloth covers, gilt tiles to spine, spine fading, upper joint loose. A.L.s. (2/17/29/ on paste-down end paper with author's signature (4/23/29) on free endpaper, rest of text block unmarked. Ninth edition of Rose's classic work on Napoleon... More about The Life of Napoleon
Baltimore: Joseph Jewett, 1832. Boards. 24mo (5-1/2" x 4-1/4"). i-x, 172pp. ("Catalogue of entertaining and useful books for children and youth"[167]-172). Quarter bound brown leather and brown paper boards, gilt title to spine, wear to covers and edges, corners bumped. Head 2" of free endpaper missing, children's (?) letters to... More about Peter Parley's Tales About South America; Illustrated by a Map and numerous Engravings
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to (10-1/2" x 7"). xx, [2] 411pp. Green cloth covers, gilt (red, white and faded blue eagle/shield) stamped upper cover, wear to head/tail of spine and corners, gilt titles to spine. Colored frontispiece, b/w illustrations and both folding maps present... More about Nearest the Pole : a narrative of the Polar expedition of the Peary Arctic Club in the S S...
Otsego. New York: H. 7 E. Phinney, 1811. Hardcover. 16mo (6-1/2 x 4"). 375pp. Brown leather covers, wear to head/tail of spine, joints, edges and corners. Library (Watervllle) ownership sticker (#26, 2" x 3") on paste-down endpaper, missing front free endpaper. PO name, price to title page, pages age browning. OCLC 926065493. More about The History Of Charles XII
New York: Reynal and Hitchcock, 1939. Later printing. Hardcover. 8vo (8" x 5-1/2"). xxxvi, 1003pp. Red cloth covers, spine missing all but title. Head/tail of spine, corners, edges and joints worn. Gift inscription (no date) to a prominent member of the J.W.V. by post #164 wishing him a speedy recovery... More about Mein Kampf