Search Results: American History from Grimalkin Books

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1909. This First Edition, published in January, 1909, is in Good+ condition. It is an historical novel set in Washington in 1844 and deals with the type of events that would fourteen years later erupt into the Civil War. In addition to writing, the author, Emerson Hough, was a well-known conservationist, responsible for inspiring Congress to protect the dwindling buffalo in Yellowstone National Park. He was also a friend to President Theodore Roosevelt, to whom he dedicated this novel. The book is bound in a burgundy cloth with a blind-stamped maze pattern on the the front panel with titles set off against a cream-colored border. This border is flaking off. The spine border has flaked off completely, although the blindstamped title letters remain. There is also shelf rubbing at the spine tips as well as bumped, frayed corners. The binding seems secure, and the text pages are clean and bright. There are four handsomely painted illustrations by Arthur Keller,… Read More

Louisville, Kentucky: Trout Lily Press, 1998. This beautiful, lavishly illustrated First Edition traces the history of the Abbey of Gethsemani from a 12th Century French monestery to pre-Civil War Kentucky, where the monastery became the largest Cistercian community in the world and the best-known Trappist monastery in America, thanks in part to Thomas Merton, its most celebrated monk. The book includes 350 illustrrations, photographs, illuminated medieval mansucript pages, and other treasures from the abbey's archives, in color, sepia, and black and white. The book is bound in a woven pale gray cloth, with titles in die-stamped black letters on the front panel and spine. The book measures 9 3/4 by 11 7/8 inches and includes 246 pages. NOTE: Due to the weight and size, this book is for domestic U.S. purchase only (UNLESS international buyers email me in advance regarding shipping costs).. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

South Deerfield, MA: Channing L. Bete Co., Inc, 1990. Decribed as a Scriptographic Booklet, this 1990 Edition mainly contains timelines with drawings on various topics related to the African American experience, including Colonization and Slavery, The American Revolution, The Cotton Revolution, Civil War and Reconstruction, The Turn of the Century, WWI and the Twenties, Depression and WWII, The Civil Rights Revolution, The Age of Protest, and The Age of Choices. This booklet is only 15 pages but is packed full of concise facts to inspire more in-depth research. The booklet measures 8 1/2 by 11. . Oversized Soft Cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: The Literary Guild, 1930. This fascinating account of one of America's most famous families is based on the voluminous writings of its various members through four generations, from John Adams to John Quincy Adams to Charles Francis Adams to John Quincy, Charles Francis, Henry, and Brooks Adams. There are eight pages of illustrations, including a frontis. The book is bound in a blue-black cloth with gilt titles on the front panel and spine, as well as a blindstamped vignette of Poseidon also on the front panel. It shows some light rubbing and wear. The binding is tight and secure. The text pages are clean and bright throughout. The book measures 6 1/2 by 9 1/2 inches and includes 364 pages, with Index.. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1922. This clean, handsome volume has never been read and the pages will require a page cutter or envelope opener. The book is in Very Good+ condition with only minimal signs of wear for its 90 years. Lt.- Col. Repington was a Commander of the Order of Leopold, Officer of the Legion of Honour, and author of an earlier book, "The First World War." This personal diary reveals his take on the condition of major (often war-scarred) cities and countries throughout Europe and the U.S. as he visited them in a diplomatic capacity. The book is bound in burgundy cloth covers with die-stamped gilt spine titles. Th ebook measures 6 by 8 7/8 inches and includes 477 pags, plus Index.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1982. This Stated First Edition (and unless it's stated, it's not) was written by President Dwight Eisenhower's son, John, himself a retired brigadier general and former ambassador. This book concentrates on the Allied effort, the military campaigns, and the personalities -- Churchill and Roosevelt, Brooke and Marshall, Eisenhower, Dill, Patton, Montgomery, and more -- who brought World War II to a successful conclusion for the Allies and how this was accomplished. The book is in Very Good condition with a Very Good, unclipped dust jacket. I've placed the dust jacket into a Brodart protective sleeve. The book is bound in a sky blue cloth with gilt lettering. The pages are clean and bright, with endpaper maps, plus photo inserts and other maps. The dust jacket has small tears and chips and toning or age darkening. There is a d.j tape repair made by the former owner in the spine area. The former owner's embossment is also on the… Read More

New York: William Morrow, 1987. This Stated First Edition (and if it isn't stated, it's not) is in Fine condition with a close to Fine unclipped dust jacket (click on photo). Additionally, it has the required "number line" for First Printing, starting with a "1". This definitive work on spooks who spied on the former Soviet Union makes for a compelling look at U.S. intelligence organizations, such as the C.I.A., and how they work. The book includes photos. The book has a small address sticker of the former owner on the front free endpaper. It is bound in cream-colored boards with black spine cloth and die-stamped silver spine lettering. The dust jacket has several tiny tears and rubbing at the spine tip bottom. I've placed it into a Brodart protective sleeve. The book measures 6 1/2 by 9 1/2 inches and includes 383 pages. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Chapel Hill, N.C.: The University of North Carolina Press, 1986. This book is in Fine, unread condition (click on photo). I purchased it New for an American Studies graduate class, and the professor never got to it. This oversized paperback may be a First Edition since I bought it the same year as publication and no later printing history is provided. Filled with black-and-white photographs, drawings, blueprints and ads to complement the text, this book provides a century and a half of architectural design for American middle-class homes, their room set-ups, and the prevalent sense of decor. The book measures 7 7/8 by 10 inches and includes 281 pages. . Oversized Soft Cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Chicago: The Encyclopedia Britannica, 1976. This handsome, complete 20-volume set is in Fine condition. Most volumes appear to be unread. It also includes an oversized Near-Fine paperback, Introduction. This Introduction volume also contains the Contents of all 20 volumes and an Index of Authors and Sources. The Encyclopedia Britannica published this edition in 1976, just in time for America's Bicentennial celebration. Each book is bound in blue leatherette with "The Annals of America" blindstamped on the front panel, with gilt titles and borders on the spine (click on photo). The Introduction makes clear that this set is composed of a documentary rather than a narrative history. (If you're aware of the current textbook controversy, you will know that today's history books are often written by those with a strong political bias. However, these annals supply independent readers with the actual first-hand narratives themselves, thus allowing readers to come to their own… Read More

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1968. Possibly a First Edition, with no later printing history noted, this fascinating study of Black history, as seen through the eyes of both contemporary and period authors, illustrates the roles that African Americans have played in U.S. history from their African roots through slavery, the Civil War, and the Civil Rights Movement. Contributors includes W.E.B. Du Bois, John Hope Franklin, C. Vann Woodward, Benhamin Quarles, and Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. The book is in close to Fine condition, but with a former owner's inscription on the front free endpaper. The book is bound in a light salmon colored cloth with a brown spine cloth, and die-stamped gilt spine titles. The binding is tight and secure, and the pages are clean, white, and bright throughout. The unclipped dust jacket has some chipping at the spine tips, plus several tears that have been repaired on the reverse with non-acidic tape. I've placed the dust jacket into a Brodart… Read More

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1969. This mammoth volume is a new printing from 1969 (the book was first released in 1963). It is in Fine condition with a Near-Fine dust jacket. (Click on photo.) This definitive book on the Old West was written by numerous writers, each a specialist in his field. These include Dale Morgan, Oscar Osburn Winther, Oscar Lewis, Don Russell, Wayne Gard, Ramon F. Adams, Robert Easton, Natt N. Dodge, B.A. Botkin, and Clarence P. Hornung. This handsome volume is clean and bright and tightly bound, with no marks or inscriptions from former owners. I doubt it was ever read. It includes numerous illustrations by famous artists of the period: There's a Gallery of Western Art in the rear, in color and black-and-white, showing paintings by George Bird King, Carl Bodmer, George Catlin, John Mix Stanley, Alfred Jacob Miller, Albert Bierstadt, Thomas Moran, Frederic Remington, Charles Russell, and more. The dust jacket is in excellent condition, with only minimal shelf rubbing in… Read More

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1928. This attractive Stated First Edition (and unless it's stated, it's not) is in Very Good+ condition. (Click on photo.) The author traces the history of Canada from the age of exploration up through the aftermath of World War I, But instead of providing just dull facts and figures, she makes the history come alive through the human-interest anecdotes about explorers, adventurers, pioneers, and great leaders. To complement the text, the book includes 18 full-page black-and-white illustrations. The book is bound in a yellow cloth with titles and a vignette illustration on both the front panel and spine. The book has top-edge blue-black stain. As for the interior, the binding is tight and secure. There are no names of former owners nor any stains or tears. The pages are clean and bright throughout. The book measures 5 1/2 by 8 1/4 inches and includes 267 pages. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over… Read More

Denver, Colorado: Sage Books, 1964. The author moved to Kansas with her parents in 1886 and later spent a year's duration in the Indian Territory of Oklahoma, with her uncle. She returned using the old Chisholm Trail. She was raised to womanhood in the Cherokee Strip, which was opened for white settlement in the famous"run" by 100,000 men, women, and children to stake land claims on September 16,1893. The author details what was to be the opening of the last frontier, Oklahoma. The book is inscribed "To Lucile" and signed by the author. The book is in Very Good+ condition. It is bound in a turquoise cloth with silver spine titles. The spine tips and edges are lightly rubbed. The endpapers are a map of Oklahoma as it was initially divided up. The book includes photographic inserts. The binding is tight and secure, and the text pages are clean and bright. When I purchased this book, I found tucked inside a period newspaper article from the Wichita Eagle and Beacon about the… Read More

Hauppauge, New York: Barron's, 2003. This First Edition, with a complete "number line" ending in a "1" to indicate First Printing is in New, unread condiiton. This handsome volume is bound in illustrated covers with the same artwork, titles, and blurbs as the dust jacket. The book includes numerous period photographs, maps, and drawings to complement a text that traces the conditions in old Europe that made Jews emigrate to the New World, only to discover the sordid reality of tenement life. The book also includes some famous Jewish Americans. The book measures 7 3/8 by 7 3/8 and includes 128 pages, with Index.. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Barnes & Noble, 2000. This beautifully produced volume is in New condition with a New dust jacket. (Click on photo.) Illustrated with more than 90 photographs, color maps, and 3D battle maps, the largest amphibious landing operation in history on June 6, 1944, is vividly recreated by a renowned military historian. The book measures 7 1/2 by 10 1/8 inches and includes 96 pages, with Chronology. I've placed the dust jacket into a Brodart protective sleeve.. Hard Cover. New/New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Epicom Media/Bulfinch Press, 2005. For domestic U.S. purchase ONLY, this Stated First Edition from October 2005 (and, unless it's stated it's not) is in Brand New condition with a Brand New dust jacket. More than 70 women's stories are told through evocative photographs and personal profiles. This richly rewarding book is filled with the diversity and uniqueness that make our mothers, our daughters, our sisters, and our friends truly special. The book was photographed by 50 of the world's leading women photographers. The book is bound in ivory boards with a colored photograph of five women on the front panel. The book measure 11 3/8 by 11 5/8 inches and includes 176 pages. For Domestic U.S. Media Mail Shipping ONLY.. Stated First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1991. Released to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, this book is in As New, unread condition, with an As New, unclipped dust jacket by a skilled master at recreating history. (Walter Lord also authored "A Night to Remember," the definitive work on the sinking of the Titanic.) The book is bound in red boards iwth a black spine and silver lettering. It contains 32 pages of photo inserts, plus an Index. The book measures 5 3/4 by 8 1/2 inches and includes 243 pages.. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Tudor Publishing Co., 1936. This Stated First Edition from July 1936 is the First U.S. Edition of a book originally published in the U.K. by Longmans, Green and Co., London in 1931. It traces the entire history of Westward expansion in what was to become the United States from before the Louisiana Purchase from 1540 through 1803 and throughout the American Period of expansion from 1803 through 1850. It is an invaluable reference tool. The book is bound in green cloth covers with die-stamped gilt titles on the front panel and spine. It has top-edge red stain. There is light cover spotting. The binding is tight and secure. The pages are clean and bright throughout. The book measures 6 1/2 by 9 3/8 inches and includes 411 pages, with illustrations and Index.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1971. This quality BOMC edition is in Fine, unread condition, with a Near Fine dust jacket that shows light rubbing and shelf wear. I've placed the dust jacket into an archival Brodart protective sleeve. This renowed admiral, historian, and author provides a brilliant account of all known voyages across the North Atlantic to the New World prior to 1600, including those by Leif Ericsson, John Cabot, Verrazzano, Gomez, Jacques Cartier, Martin Frobisher, John Davis, Sir Walter Raleigh, Grenville and Gilbert, and many more. The book is bound is light brown cloth with a deep gray-blue spine cloth, and gilt spine titles. The book meassures 6 1/4 by 9 1/4 inches and includes 712 pages, with Index. Many black-and-white illustrations and maps are included, as well as a color frontis.. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1964. This Stated First Printing (and unless it's stated, it's not) is in Very Good+ condition with a Very Good- price-clipped dust jacket. I've placed the dust jacket into an archival Brodart protective sleeve. Considering the breaches of civil liberties in our own era, this incredible story of one's man fight to reclaim his good name and reputation is as powerful today and when the events first occurred. It deals with John Henry Faulk, a popular radio and television personality of the 1950s who was blacklisted and decided to fight back against the lies, half-truths and innuendos that culminated in a history-making trial. The book is bound in a denim blue cloth cover with titles on the front panel and spine. The cloth has some fading at the edges. The binding is tight and secure. The text pages are clean and white throughout, with no stains, tears, or other marks. The dust jacket has some small chips and closed tears, repaired on the reverse. The book… Read More