Political And Military from Yesterday's Book Shop (Member IOBA)

New York: Belford Company, 1890. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Thick hardcover, great cloth boards show quite a bit of spotting and soiling along with edge and corner bumps/wear. The internal binding is complete but does have some issues: the hinge is cracked at the front… Read more about this item

New York: The John Day Company, 1929. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, which has always had a presumably generic blank dust jacket on it. Note: this is NOT the pictorial DJ which was issued with the book, although the blank jacket appears to be… Read more about this item

Philadelphia / New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1948. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover with dust jacket that still has original price of $2.75 on the front flap. DJ is toned and scuffed with numerous chips and small tears along the edges. The blue… Read more about this item

Atlanta, GA: Army-Navy Publishers, Inc., 1941. Hardcover. Good-/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. See photos for condition details. Tall hardcover, brown cloth boards with raised text and design on front. During shows scuffing and spotting along with agent corner bumps/wear. The top of the hinge, right side, as a tear present in the rear board… Read more about this item

Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1890. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, original binding shows scuffing and spotting along with edge and corner bumps/wear. The bottom of both boards and spine show spots were the cloth is raised with loss to the finish. Both the front… Read more about this item

Burrows Brothers Company, 1898. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Poor/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, inscribed and signed by the author on the front pastedown to a friend. Original binding of first state blue-green cloth boards, later states were produced in red cloth. Exterior shows scuffing and spotting along… Read more about this item

New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1923. 1st Edition . Hardcover. VG-/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, red cloth boards show spotting and scuffing along with edge and corner bumps/wear. Spine also shows fading. The interior binding is good, no hinge cracks although binding is crackly when you… Read more about this item

New York: George H. Doran Company, 1919. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good-/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, gray cloth boards are quite spotted in toned, particularly on the spine cloth. Edges and corners also show bumps/wear. The internal binding is good, no hinge issues at boards although there is… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1969. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. VG+/Good-. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Cover with unclipped dust jacket that still has the original price of $6.95 on the front flap. DJ is scuffed and spotted, front of the jacket has a 1.5 inch tear in the upper left… Read more about this item

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1957. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Vicky. See photos for condition details. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket that still has the original price of 12/6 Net on the front flap. DJ shows some scuffing and soiling along with minor edge and corner bumps/small tears. Red… Read more about this item

Neosho, MO: Ozarkana Book Press, 1968. 1st Edition . Hardcover. VG+/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket. DJ shows scuffing and soiling along with some edge and corner chips/tears, spine is also faded. Blue cloth boards underneath are clean and without issues. The internal binding is good… Read more about this item

Philadelphia, PA: Henry Altemus Company, 1904. 1st Edition . Hardcover. VG+. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. J. C. Claghorn. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, green cloth boards ornately decorated on front. Exterior shows some light scuffing and spotting along with edge and corner bumps/light wear. Some of the gilt on the spine in front is… Read more about this item

Akron, OH: Saalfield Publishing Company, 1911. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover with original dust jacket. DJ shows scuffing and toning along with numerous chips and tears along the edges. Gray cloth boards underneath or clean with only very minor spotting present. The internal binding… Read more about this item

New York: George H. Doran Company, 1917. 1st Edition . Hardcover. VG+. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Charles Huard. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, green cloth boards with paper label in gilt on front. Exterior shows some spotting to the cloth as well as minor edge bumps/wear. The internal binding is good, no hinge issues.… Read more about this item

New York: The Devin-Adair Company, 1941. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good+. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, light blue cloth boards show spotting along with edge and corner bumps. Spine is faded and the worst of the bumps is on the front board top edge, near the left corner. Internal binding… Read more about this item

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1918. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, black cloth boards show spotting and light scuffing and there are cloth on the front left spine hinge area. Edges and corners show some light bumping as well. The internal binding is good,… Read more about this item

New York: Lovell, Coryell & Company, 1890. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, red cloth boards are quite spotted in darkened, with the spine and the front board being the heaviest. The internal binding of the text pages is good but the hinges are cracked at… Read more about this item

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1930. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Good+. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, exterior cloth boards show scuffing and soiling along with edge and corner bumps/wear. The internal binding is good and text pages are tight. No hinge issues, no signatures or bookplates, no library markings, nothing… Read more about this item

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1941. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good-. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Deconn. See photos for condition details. Hardcover with dust jacket. DJ is quite worn, with numerous edge chips and small tears tear that the edge for the front flap which measures about 50% of the length. Blue cloth boards… Read more about this item

Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1920. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, blue cloth boards show scuffing and spotting, particularly on the rear board. Edges and corners show bumps/wear. The internal binding is good, no hinge issues. The front end page is stamped "Hon. Ed \gar… Read more about this item