Hampton Roads 1862: Clash of the Ironclads
Osprey Publishing, 2008. Softcover. Soft cover. Fine copy. More
American History
Hampton and Its Students. By Two of its Teachers. With Fifty Cabin and Plantation Songs, Arranged by Thomas F. Penner, in charge of the Musical Department at Hampton.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1874. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 256 pp. B/w fold-out frontis., woodcuts in text. Original gilt lettered green cloth.Bumping and rubbing to extremities, wear to spine ends and corners. Cloth is cockled to rear board, a few scuffs and spots of light soiling. One leaf Publisher's..... More
White Slaves, African Masters. An Anthology of American Barbary Captivity Narratives
University of Chicago Press. Softcover. New in shrink wrap. More
Panama Canal: what it is, what it means
Washington DC: Pan American Union, 1914. Hardcover. 8vo, 120pp. Black lettering to beige boards. Clean copy, as new. More
The Singular Adventures and Captivity of Thos. Barry, Among the Monsipi Indians, in the Unexplored Regions of North America: including the manners, customs, &c. of that tribe, also, a particular account of his escape, accompanied by an Indian female, the extraordinary hardships they encountered in their flight, and their safe arrival in London, December the 6th, 1799
[London]: A. Neil, At the Sommers-Town Printing Office, Chalton-street; and may be had of all other Booksellers, 1802. Hardcover. The second edition. 12mo, bound in 6's. Pp. 62Half red morocco over marbled paper boards, with gilt outlines and gilt lettered spine within patterned border. Top edge gilt. Title-page foxed at..... More
The Library of American Antiques
United States: Greenwitch Hose, 1987. Hardcover. Hard cover in dust jacket and slipcase. 1987 reprint. Set of three volumes. Minuscule nicks on the edges of each book. Otherwise very good clean copies. More
The Indian Races of North and South America. Comprising An Account of the Principal Aboriginal Races, A Description of their National Customs, Mythology, and Religious Ceremonies....With Numerous and Diversified Colored Illustrations...
New York: The American Subscription House, 1856. Hardcover. 8vo. 640pp., with last page mis-numbered. More recent reback in smooth black calf over the original leather boards. Thick gilt titles right on the spine, slightly off and imperfect, spine faded at the top. Edges a little scuffed and the contents with..... More
The American Revolution in Indian Country. Crisis and Diversity in Native American Communities
Cambridge University Press, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 327p. Black boards with gilt spine lettering. Spine foot lightly bumped, a couple of very tiny spots of white paint to the front board and spine head, but overall a fresh and as new copy in dust jacket. More
Writings with Other Narratives of Roanoke, Jamestown, and the First English Settlement of America
New York: Library of America, 2007. Hardcover. First printing. Library of America no. 171. Green cloth, gilt spine lettering, in a price clipped dust jacket. Neat ink name to the first blank, else unmarked and clean. Near fine, as new. More
Democracy in America
New York: The Library of America, 2004. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth boards in dust jacket. Ink name to verso of the front endpaper, otherwise a clean and tight copy in a fine dust jacket. First printing. More
The Practical Book of Period Furniture. Treating of Furniture of the English, American Colonial, and Post-Colonial, and Principal French Periods
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1914. Twelfth Impression. Hardcover. Thick Quarto. Pp. 371. Title in red and black, colour frontispiece, 47 doubletone plates, 19 black & white key plates, and numerous textual figures. Original tan cloth, decorated in red and black on front cover and spine, d/w. In fine condition. More
After Jihad: America and the Struggle for Islamic Democracy
New York, New York, United States: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover. First edition. Minor bumps on the bottom board. Otherwise as new copy. More
Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant
Montreal/ Toronto: Dawson Brothers/ Rose Publishing Company, 1886. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 584.; 647pp. Green cloth wilt gilt lettering and details to spine and circular medallion to the front board to match the US edition. This is the first Canadian edition from the US sheets with the Rose publisher's slug..... More
Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant; Selected Letters
The Library of America, 1990. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth in dust jacket. Ink name to the top right corner of the first blank, else a clean and tight copy in a fine dust jacket. Fifth printing. More
Reconstruction: A concise History
United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, 2018. Hardcover. Hard cover. Light creasing to the dust jacket's corners. Otherwise, as new copy. More
The Naming of America
GILES, 2008. Hardcover. Oblong 8vo. New copy, in the shrink wrap. More
Three Western Narratives: A Tour on the Prairies; Astoria; The Adventures of Captain Bonneville
New York: The Library of America, 2004. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth boards in price clipped dust jacket. Ink name to the first blank, otherwise a clean and tight copy in a fine dust jacket. First printing. More
Field Surgeon at Gettysburg: A Memorial Account of the Medical Unit of the Thirty-Second Massachusetts Regiment
Indian, IN. Guild Press of Indiana, Inc., 1994. Hardcover. Second edition. Navy coloured leatherette boards with gilt lettering to the front board and spine, without jacket as issued. Previous owner's neat ink name to the front endpaper, else a very good copy. More
Pathfinders of the West. Being the thrilling story of the adventures of the men who discovered the Great Northwest: Radisson, La Verendrye, Lewis and Clark
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1906. Remington, Goodwin, Marchand and others. Hardcover. 8vo. pp. 380. Grosset reprint. Green decorated cloth with lettering in black. Cover design signed with monogram 'WF'. Light bumping to the spine ends and ink name to the front endpaper, else a bright and tight copy. More
The Lincoln Centennial Medal. Presenting the medal of Abraham Lincoln by Jules Edouard Roine.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo, x. 80 pp. [6] p. ads. Blue cloth with gilt lettered spine and front board, with outline border in gilt and a mounted illustration within a circular gilt stamped border. All edges gilt. The cloth rubbed at the corners..... More
The U.S. Army War College Guide to the Battles of Chancellorsville & Fredericksburg
Carlisle, Pennsylvania: South Mountain Press, Inc. Publishers, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Grey hardcover with gilt lettering, very light bumping to the board edges and spine ends, with the previous owner's name stamped in blue ink to the first blank, else clean and tight, in a near fine dust jacket. More
The People Called Apache
New York: BDD Illustrated Books, 1993. reprint. Hardcover. Hard cover in dust jacket. 1993 reprint. Wrapped in mylar. A very good clean copy. More
Death Valley in '49 by Willaim L. Manly (The Lakeside Classics)
Chicago: R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company, 1927. Fisrt edition. Hardcover. 12mo. Pp. xxiii, 307, with frontispiece and folding map. Green cloth with gilt device to the front board and gilt frame, with gilt lettering to the spine. Upper corners and spine ends lightly bumped, with some light rubbing to..... More
The Story of Mount Desert Island.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1960. Hardcover. Third printing. 8vo. Pp. 81. Blue cloth boards with illustrated front board and gilt titles. Ownership signature to front endpaper, else clean throughout and unworn, in a slightly scuffed jacket. More
Letters from the United States, Cuba and Canada
New York: G. P. Putnam & Company, 1856. First Edition. Hardcover. First American edition, issued in one volume. 8vo. Pp. 402. Original brown cloth, blind stamped patterned boards and gilt spine lettering, light blue endpapers, title-page a touch yellowed from age and a short ink mark, otherwise clean throughout, the..... More