Specializing in C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Inklings & "The Seven"
New York: Mayflower Books, 1980. Hardcover. Ink name to flyleaf and name stamped to top edge - no other writing or markings in the book. Clean white pages with mild foxing on book edges. Dust jacket shows minimal edgewear and has faded spine. Protected by mylar. Full refund if not.....
Item #014917
New York: Mayflower Books, 1980. Hardcover. No writing in the book - not even an owner's name. Clean, crisp pages with minor foxing to endsheets. Dust jacket faded. Now protected by mylar. Full refund if not satisfied. 0x0x0.
Item #014918
New York: Mayflower Books, 1980. Hardcover. No writing in the book - not even an owner's name. Clean white pages. Dust jacket price clipped with faded spine. Protected by mylar. Full refund if not satisfied. 0x0x0.
Item #014920
Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky, No Date Listed. hardcover. Hardcover. Bound in green buckram cloth. Cover is plain, silver foil text on the spine. Religion and the Radical Republican Movement, 1860-1870 is a study of the interplay of religion and politics during the Civil War era. More specifically, it.....
Item #071369
Baton Rouge and London: Louisiana State University Press, 1980. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Johanna Maria Lind was a Swedish opera singer, often called the "Swedish Nightingale". P.T. Barnum proposed the ten month tour across America during the mid-1850s. Detailed accounts of concerts, eyewitness accounts and illustrations recapture the history of antebellum.....
Item #078056
Lexington, MA: The Stephen Greene Press, 1986. Illustrated. Tenth Printing. Paperback. For those of us who yearn for simpler times, this is a book that reminds us how difficult the simpler things could be. Dictated from the memoirs of Walter Needham's grandfather, it gives brief and colorful descriptions of carpentry.....
Item #032159
Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION, 1997. Warmly inscribed to previous owner by Walt Conser on half-title page. Contains minimal underlining in red pen, otherwise text clean and crisp. One page has small nick in fore edge. Purple cloth covers with silver lettering to spine.....
Item #014840
Knopf, 1999. hardcover. This is a nicely illustrated history. 240 pp. Signed by Burns on the half-title page. (not signed on a label.) Full refund if not satisfied. 7x0x10.
Item #072542
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. Brown half leather cover with marbleized boards. Marbled edges. Marbled end-papers. Frontispiece. Illustrated with 33 charts (some fold out) and 61 plates (most fold out). x, 431pp plus charts and plates. Covers and spine are rubbed in places. Spine is also lightly.....
Item #060265
New York: The Century Company, 1900. Hardcover. Green cloth with original leather spine label. Includes an October 27, 1937 newspaper article on the author from the New York Herald Tribune. Personal library bookplate inside front cover. x, 294pp. Full refund if not satisfied.
Item #036928
New York and London: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION, 1934, RARE. Burgundy cloth with gold and black lettering. Private library mark inside front cover. Public library mark inside rear cover. Partial dust-jacket paste-down on front free end-paper. No writing in the book. viii, 350pp. Full refund.....
Item #028850
San Francisco, CA: W. M. Hinton & Co, 1881. Author's Edition. Hardcover. AUTHOR'S EDITION, 1881. The book recounts numerous gold rush memoirs and descriptions of the major cities. Much of the beginning of the text is a critique of Soule's Annals of San Francisco. Also included in the text are.....
Item #032126
Urbana / Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1983. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Continued from title page - "Being an Account of the Hatred Felt by Many Americans for President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War and the First Complete Examination and Refutation of the Many Theories, Hypotheses, and Speculations Put Forward.....
Item #075851
Touchstone Books, 1991. Paperback. Very good paperback with moderate shelf wear. Signed on the title page and inscribed on the first free end sheet by the author. Full refund if not satisfied. 5x1x9.
Item #022066
Dubuque, IA: Kendall / Hunt Publishing Company, 1967. Fourth Edition. Paperback. Rare Fourth Edition, 1967. Paperback. Spiral bound. Illustrated cover. v, 61pp. Scarce. A distillation of many lectures on American national government. Excellent study guide. Full refund if not satisfied.
Item #028934
Dartmouth College, 1988. hardcover. Book is brand new in shrink wrap. Series 4 volume 2 only. Price sticker, small tear and some spots on shrink wrap. Full refund if not satisfied. 9x6x2.
Item #077237
Readex Microprint, 1966. Reprint Edition. Leather. Part of the Great Americana Series. Facsimile of the rare Baltimore 1836 first edition. Near fine condition. These facsimiles are the most affordable way to study, own and enjoy rare Americana. Original leather grained cloth binding. Decorated end papers. viii, 184pp. Solid copy. No.....
Item #033786
Readex Microprint, 1966. Illustrated. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Part of the Great Americana Series. US Army officer, Zebulon Montgomery Pike, led several expeditions into the new Louisiana Territory during the years 1805-1807 and published his accounts of his travels, with the blessing of President Jefferson, 4 years before Lewis and Clark.....
Item #033789