Search Results: History from Brillig Books

Buchanan, MI: Self-Published, 2003. Book. Fine. Trade Paperback. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Quarto, full color photo-illustrated stiff wraps (trade paperback). 320pp. TRUE FIRST EDITION, including index. An "autobiography" of the men of the "509th Composite Group" whose sigil was a lightning bolt and the words "First Atomic Bombardment" (this appears on the title page). SIGNED by "Dutch" Van Kirk, "NAVIGATOR-ENOLA GAY AUGUST 6TH, 1945". Very generously illustrated throughout with photographs of the pilots, crews, airplanes, facilities etc. of this group who launched the first atomic bomb in the history of warfare. Many photographs of documents as well as photographs of signed photographs of crew members and officers. A very scarce copy of the TRUE FIRST EDITION, (not the later hardcover editions of 2005), signed by the navigator of the most important and historically consequential bombing run in the history of aviation warfare. This… Read More

St. Paul, MN: MBI Publishing, 2003. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. Quarto, original navy blue cloth covered boards. 156pp. including index. Very generously illustrated throughout with black and white and color photographs and reproductions of historic advertising and posters for airline travel, aerial photographs of airport installations, modern and vintage aircraft, maps, air show programs etc. A beautifully produced concise history of growth of the modern American airport into an essential part of urban infrastructure. Chock full of great illustrations for lovers of aircraft and flying. A very tight, clean, fresh, unmarked and unread volume in a crisp, sharp, sparkling dust jacket. Pristine. AS NEW.

Danbury, Connecticut, U.S.A.: Franklin Watts, 1996. Book. Fine. Original Cloth. First Edition. Octavo, black cloth covered boards. 208pp. including index, bibliography and notes. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs, resproductions and a couple of maps. A very tight, clean, fresh, unmarked volume in a crisp, sharp, bright dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket..

Bloomington, IL: Medi-Ed Pr, 1995. Book. As New. Cloth. First American Edition. Octavo, black cloth covered boards. 462 pp. including index and bibliography. A psychohistorical examination of the personalities and traits that made three great leaders and (some would say) dictators in modern history. A tight, clean, fresh, bright unmarked and unread volume in a tight, crisp, sharp, glossy, unclipped dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. AS NEW..

Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1988. Book. As New. Cloth. First Edition. First Edition in English, First Printing. BRAND NEW. Octavo, grey cloth covered boards with gilt spine titles. 320 pp. including index and extensive bibliography. Illustrated throughout with black and white line drawiings and maps, funerary details, site plans etc. Joussaume ranges across the world (althought with a strong emphsis on Western Europe) and across millenia to seek the unifying motifs in structure, engiineering and design of these pre-historic funerary edifices fashioned from massive unhewn slabs. This volume is tight, with very fresh cloth and sparkling gilt spine titles, and unmarked, unblemished and unread interior, in a similar dust jacket which is tight, unclipped, glossy, unmarked and sharp. Very fine in a very fine dust jacket. AS NEW..

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1936. Book. Very Good. Original Cloth. First Edition. Octavo, blue cloth covered boards with red title decoration and spine titles. Map endpapers. 592pp. Top edge stained red. FIRST ISSUE with "Published May 1936" on copyright page. An excellent copy with clear red solid titles and only nominal dulling to covers and a couple of tiny spots of soil. Top edge rather faded. Printed book plate on front pastedown. A very attractive copy with very minor faults and scarce in the first issue. Very good plus to near fine..

New York: Abbeville Press, 1981. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Folio, forest green cloth covered boards with gilt spine titles. 148pp. Generously illustrated throughout with 68 colour plates (4 double-page) and commentary on the historical importance of each map by Tony Campbell. A tight, clean volume with very fresh cloth and bright, gilt, unmarked and apparently unread in a very tight, crisp, clean, unmarked dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. A great copy..

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Abbeville Press, 1983. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Folio, blue cloth covered boards with gilt spine titles. 148 pp. Very generously illustrated throughout with 89 full color reproductions of historic maps and a section on the invention of the compass and Mercator's method of projection. A very tight, clean volume with very fresh cloth and bright gilt, in a dust jacket which is glossy, sharp, tight, crisp and clean but shows an almost imperceptible narrow strip of fading at ourter edge. Fine in near fine dust jacket. A great copy, nearly perfect..

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1921. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First American Edition. Octavo, golden yellow cloth covered boards. 311pp. including index. An important sociological, agricultural, historical and community focused study of the Village of Aldington in Worcestershire, England, in the mold of Gilber White's "Natural History of Selbourne". A very tight, sound, internally clean, unmarked volume. NO tears, NO crease, NO stains. Prior owner bookplate on ffep and light to moderate cover soil, but NO stains or other egregious marks. Very good plus. No dust jacket. SCARCE original edition..

New York: Dial Press, 1938. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Octavo, blue cloth covered boards with silver spine titles. Top edge stained purple. 407 pp. including index and selected bibliographies for each of the Scandinavain countries including Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland and Denmark. An extensive, definitive and authoritative history of the leading works in the literature of the Scandinavan countries. A very tight, clean, fresh, internally unmarked and apparently unread volume with a solid top stain, in a crisp sharp, very tight, clean fresh remarkably well preserved dust jacket. A couple of small white spots to fron board, else fine. Near fine in a very fine dust jacket..

New York: Readex Microprint, 1966. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. Octavo, textured olive gree paper covered boards with gilt titles and gilt spine titles. 468. Facsimile reproduction of the 1874 edition published by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. With long foldinig map (24" X 8.25"). A very clean, crisp, fresh, bright, unmarked and unread volume without dust jacket (as issued). AS NEW..

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1867. Book. Fine. Original Cloth. First Edition. Four volumes in octavo, original burgundy cloth covered boards with titles on paper spine labels. Top edges gilt. All four volumes 1867. Illustrated with portraits and a folding map14.5" x 11.5" "A Bird's Eye View of the Siege of Antwerp". An excellent set, very tight, clean and unmarked with crisp tissue guards in place, solid top edge gilt and crisp undamaged folding map. Light toning to some spines and slight darkening and minor chips at edges of paper labels. A handsome set and very good plus to near fine. Very attractive. SCARCE COMPLETE IN THE FIRST EDITION particularly in this excellent condition. ".

Claremont, N.H.: Printed For The Town Claremont Manufacturing, 1876. Book. Fine. Full Leather. First Edition. First Edition. Thick quarto, full navy blue morocco with gilt decorative borders and corner stamps, gilt spine titles and decorations and gilt dentelles. Decorative endpapers in navy blue with small white diamonds and a curious mottled silvering. 726 pp. including index and extensive Historical Miscellaney which includes rolls of citizens on an annual basis since the founding. Illustrated with 23 full page black and white photographs, (6 buildings, 7 landscapes and 10 portraits of leading citizens). An excellent source for genealogical studies as well as a complete history of a New England township for the first century of its history from the American Revolution. A very nice, clean, solid volume with excellent attractive smooth and almost completely unblemished leather and clear bright, gilt decorations and titles. A handful of tiny neat pencil notations, and a couple of small spots of foxing… Read More

Springfield, IL: Illinois State Journal Company, 1870. Book. Very Good. Original Cloth. First Edition. Octavo, original pebbled brown cloth covered boards with gilt spine titles. 549 pp. plus 3 page appendix and notes. Frontispiece engraving of the author with tissue guard in place. A very tight, clean, fresh, volume with bright title gilt and clean bright white predominantly unmarked pages. Gently ex-library with bookplate on pastedown and a few marks only on first few pages. Thereafter NO further library marks. NO external library marks. NO card pocket or circulation stickers. Small 1/8" closed tear at top of spine, else fine. All pages white bright an unmarked besides the first few. Very good. A very attractive volume. Uncommon..

Richmond, VA: Virginia State Library 199 Book. Fine. Cloth. Revised Edition. Revised and expanded edition with a new Foreword. and additional material Large octavo, black cloth covered spine with silver title and spine titles. 194 pp. including index, bibliography and notes. Illustrated with black and white photographs. A very tight, clean, fresh, bright volume marred only by a short gift inscription, else fine in a crisp, sharp, tight, sparkling dust jacket. Near fine in fine dust jacket. A great copy..

Hamden, CT: Archon, 1979. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition Thus. Octavo, green cloth covered boards. 333 pp. including index. Illustrated with black and white reproductions. A faithful unabridged reprint of the original edition of 1896. With fascinating information on the leisure activities of all classes of London society at the beginning of the popular outdoor park as a place of entertainment, dining, gambling and public spectacles. This is a collector's volume in wonderful condition. A very tight, clean, bright, fresh, unmarked volume in a crisp, sharp, bright, very tight dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. In mylar jacket protector. A beautiful copy..

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1930. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 2 Volumes, impeial octavo, red cloth covered boards with cream colored paper spine labels. Top edges gilt, fore edges uncut. 551, 672 with indexes in both volumes. Illlustrated with frontispiece engravings with tissue guards in place. Volume I (1930) limited to 1 of 325 copies of which 300 were for sale and Volume II (1938) limited to 205 copies of which 200 were for sale. Volume I in original red paper covered slipcase with printed cream spine label. Volume II lacks the slipcase and is not numbered as called for. Both volumes are in excellent condition with solid top edge gilt, clean, tight, and having seen very little if any use. Volume I has neat prior owner signature to top corner of ffep and some slight staining to spine label, else clean and unmarked. Volume II is completely unmarked and fine. Volume I slipcase has some staining to one side and Volume II lacks the slipcase. Volume I near fine in very good slipcase and… Read More

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1960. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Small thick quarto, burgundy red cloth covered boards with gilt title and gilt spine titles. 400 pp. plus colophon. In dust jacket and slipcase. Generously illustrated throughout with color and black and white reproductions, many full page. A very clean, tight, unblemished volume with sparkling gilt and very fresh cloth. Discreet short gift inscription on ffep, else fine. In a very tight, bright, crisp, sharp dust jacket with very slight rubbing at corner tips, else fine. All housed in the original grey paper covered card slipcase with printed illustrated pasted on title label, with minor fading and slight superficial rubbing. Near fine in near fine dust jacket and slipcase. A great copy with very minor flaws..

Washington, D.C: United States Census Printing Office, 1893. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. First Edition. Quarto, black library buckram with gilt spine titles. vi, 136 including index. Bound into rear is Eastern Band Of Cherokees Of North Carolina, by the same author 1892. 24pp. Moqui Indians very generously illustrated throughout with 4 maps (2 folding), 4 full page chromolithographs and 129 illustrations total including numerous black and white multi pane photographs and line drawings with many full page photographs. Color frontispiece of "The Turkey Dance". Eastern Band of Cherokees has full page black and white frontispiece photograph of Principal Chief "Nimrod J. Smith" or "Cha-la-di-hih" "Charles the Killer", with 25 photographs (several full page) and 2 folding maps. A very tight, complete and generally quite clean and undamaged volume. Short closed tear to cloth at top of spine gutter. Ex-library but quite gently so with no card pocket and… Read More

University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2000. Book. As New. Cloth. Second Printing. Thick large octavo, black cloth covered boards with silver spine titles. 765 pp. including index. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Written by the Soviet leader's son. A tight, clean volume with very fresh cloth, brilliant white interior, unmarked and unread in a very tight, crisp, sharp, glossy, unclipped dust jacket. Finie in fine dust jacket. Flawless. AS NEW..