John Brown by Victor Hugo - 1902

Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1873. A desirable copy of the First Edition -- tough-to-find like this in the publisher's cloth binding. Very Good condition. SEE PHOTOS. This is the 1873 HARDCOVER first printing -- not a cheaply-made modern reprint. NOT a library discard. It is bound in the original cloth with a gilt-decorated spine and blind-stamped covers. The spine is uniformly sun-lightened but all gilt lettering and decorations are still bright and distinct. SEE PHOTOS. The cover is faded at the edges. Spine ends and corners are mildly worn. Hinges are sound. Original yellow endpapers. No owner's name or bookplate. A few pages are lightly foxed but are otherwise clean and unmarked. Complete with all 6 folding maps (one hand-colored), and 48 tissue-guarded steel-engraved portraits, diagrams, fold-out lithographs, etc. Included are important accounts of the Pennamite Wars, early Indian tribes, histories of early settlers, annals of each township, etc. The… Read More

China: Pantheon, 2004. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/No Jacket. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Art Spiegelman. Book is new, unread. Signed and dated in my presence by Spiegelman. Art Spiegelman won the Pulitzer Prize for his two volume work Maus: A Survivors Tale. This is his personal and artistic rendering of the fall of the World Trade Center. First edition, first printing.

Nice condition complete 2-volume set of the "History of Concord New Hampshire" - From the Original Grant in Seventeen Hundred and Twenty-Five to the Opening of the Twentieth Century. The set comes with its original, oversized color map (35" tall x 31" wide) titled "Commissioners Map of Concord New Hampshire" dated 1902. Both volumes are illustrated with maps and engravings of notable homes and sites. 1903; The Rumford Press; Concord. "Prepared under the supervision of the City History Commission." Here is a sample of the chapter contents:* Aboriginal Occupation* King George's War and its Indian Hostilities* Colonization by Concord Settlers* Last French and Indian War* Period of the American Revolution* Revised State Constitution* Early Events of the New Century* War of 1812* The State House Erected* Toleration Act* Temperance Reform* Religious, Social, Intellectual, and Material Progress* Catholic-Irish Immigration* Public Library* The Prohibition Law* Period of the Civil War* Weather Record from 1856… Read More

First House edition of this famous report. 1845. Complete in original binding except for the gigantic map which is available in full size color thick glossy paper professional reproduction ($25 extra if desired). Pagination: 583 pages, 22 plates, 4 maps, all blanks present. Includes fascinating pencil diagram of oil rig on back of map. Oil rig drawing titled "Sheffield Oil Company. Warren(?), Co., Pa." That pencil drawing is the only interior writing or ownership marking anywhere in the book. Condition is a mixed bag. Original half leather marbled boards show heavy wear and looks like they were professionally rehinged in the distant past. Binding is sound. Pages show moderate to heavy toning and foxing. Some plates have weird 'dot' foxing I have never seen elsewhere (see scan). Marbled endpapers. A nice well maintained copy suitable for reading and research with a cool drawing. Howes F372; Wagner-Camp 115:2; Graff 1436. House Doc. No. 166. Feel free to inquire. Please see scans of the book you will… Read More

New York: The Macmillan Co,, 1920. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front end page -"Inscribed for Mrs. Paul L. Ryan by Ida M. Tarbell July 04 - 1921". Near Fine, no jacket, light rubbing to cloth at spine ends and corners, rear end page slight toning. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. Small 8vo. Presentation Copy.

Fall River, MA: J. H. Franklin and Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, spine cracked.. 1902. Hardcover. Dark green cloth binding with gilt town logo stamped on front boards and gilt lettering on spine. Index. Decorative endpapers. Many photos and illustrations. A history of one of the oldest towns in Massachusetts, and America, stated by the first page of the text to have occurred through a transaction in 1659 between "Wamsitti and his squaw Tattapanum" and 26 original purchasers. Articles on various eras and aspects of this Bristol County town include Palo Alto Pierce, Gilbert M. Nichols, Rev. Leonard Woolsey Bacon, Mrs. Paul M. Burns, Col. Silas P. Richmond, Benjamin Buffinton, and John M. Deane. Printed on glossy stock. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 287 pages .

NY: Baker, Godwin & Co., 1853. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published NY: Baker, Godwin & Co., 1853. 8vo., 155pp., plus 1pp. advertisement. Blind embossed brown cloth with gilt spine titles and design. Historical accounts of the Revoultion in the upstate NY regions of Fort Edward, Saratoga, Crown Point and the massacres of Jane McCrea and the Allen family. Howes 11179. Field 1683. Signature of Mrs Anna Elmore, Fort Edward, New York, 1865 on front pastedown. Light edgewear, front fly leaf removed, title page and 2 following pages have a closed slit at the gutter, several pages have mild corner creasing, minor, light foxing, but pages clean and bright, binding tight. Very good. . 1st. Hard. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo.

London: Ward, Lock and Tyler, 1874. Hard cover in original cloth. Published London: Ward, Lock and Tyler, no date, (1874). Thick 8vo., xxiv+761pp. + 24pp. publisher's ads, illustrated frontis of Brigham Young and 79 illustrations. Maroon cloth with gilt and black titles and pictorials, black endpapers. Spine cloth chipped at the crown with closed tear, binding lightly shaken. Good overall, but very good internally, clean, unmarked, no foxing. . Hard. Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo.

* SIGNED by author Pete Souza on Presidential Library inlay on half-title page, no inscription.
* 1992 Edition, first printing (number line contains "1").
* Leather/leatherette book cover near new, light edge/shelf wear - pages clean, bright and unmarked spine like new.
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A collection of photographs and text depicting not only history in the making, but also the personal side of Ronald Reagan himself.

New York / Washington, D. C. ( Speech ): Frederick A. Stokes Co. / Government Printing Office (speech), 1910. First Edition. Hard Cover / Staple Bound (Sp). Good/No Jacket. TWO items included: 1) The North Pole"": Hardcover/ no DJ; both Good+ to VG condition. First Edition, 1st printing- ""September, 1910"" boxed w/ publisher's FAS logo on copyright page, same year on title page. 373 pages, 9.75"" x 7"", frontis w/ tissue protector, numerous color & b/w photos, 6 panel color fold-out map at back, top edge of text block bright gold gilt. Blue cloth binding tight & square w/ some rubbing, soil, light fraying at ends of spine- none severe. Gold title on front crisp & bright w/ sm. scuff obscuring part of O & L in ""POLE""- pretty minor (about 20% of O, 10% of L). Gold spine lettering tarnished or a little rubbed but totally legible. Copy displays well. Beautiful old owner bookplate dated 1914 inside front cover, neatly pencilled sm. gift note dated 1910 in corner of half title page. Front pastedown… Read More