Grapes from Thorns.
New York: Norton, (1972), Second Printing. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. Norton, More
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Life on Earth. A Natural History.
Boston: Little, Brown, (1979), First American Edition. Later printing. quarto, cloth in dust jacket. 319pp. Little, Brown, More
The Myth of the Guerrilla. Revolutionary Theory and Malpractice.
New York: Knopf, 1971, First Edition. octavo, red cloth in dust jacket. xiv, (286), (xvi)pp. Knopf, Fine copy, jacket not price clipped. More
Looking at Laughter. Humor, Power, and Transgression in Roman Visual Culture,100 B. C.-A.D. 250.
Los Angeles: University of California Press, (2007), First Edition. large octavo, maroon cloth in dust jacket. xii, (322) pp. University of California Press, A very fine copy in a very fine dust jacket which is not price clipped. More
Jesse James was my Neighbor.
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, (1949), First Edition. octavo, black cloth in dust jacket. (xiv), 313 pp. Duell, Sloan and Pearce, With an index and a description of sources for every chapter. Shelf wear to jacket which is price clipped. More
Trigger Marshal. The Story of Chris Madsen.
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, (1958), First Edition. octavo, red cloth in dust jacket. x, 267 pp. Duell, Sloan and Pearce, Oklahoma outlaws and the peace officers that tracked them down. Fine copy in fine jacket which is not price clipped. More
Captain Carey's Blunder. The Death of the Prince Imperial.
London: Leo Cooper, (1973), First Edition. octavo, brown boards in dust jacket. 240pp. Leo Cooper, Illustrated. A very fine copy, jacket not price clipped. More
The Dutch and Quaker Colonies in America. Two volumes.
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1903, Second Printing. octavo, green cloth. T.e.g. xx, 256p: xxvi, 374 pp. Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Illustrated with Portraits, Maps, Facsimiles, Contemporary Views, Prints, and Other Historic Materials. Laid in is a Autograph Note, signed from Fiske to Mr. Kiernan, dated July 3/93 requesting the..... More
Old Virginia and Her Neighbors. Two volumes.
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1900, First Edition. octavo, red cloth. T.e.g. xxxi, 296; xxv, 397pp. Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Illustrated with Portraits, Maps, Facsimiles, Contemporary Views, Prints, and Other Historic Materials. Laid in is a Autograph Note, signed from Fiske to Miss Harris, dated Dec 2/89, Again it is..... More
The Early Charters of Northern England and the North Midlands.
Leicester University Press, 1975, First Edition. octavo, grey cloth in dust jacket. 422 pp. Leicester University Press, Includes an Addenda and Corrigenda for preceding volumes; List of Charters; Index of Places; Index of Persons and Corporate Bodies. First three leaves with the blindstamp of Philip Cronenwett, former Special Collections Librarian..... More
The Trail Drivers of Texas. Two volumes.
New York: Argosy-Antiquarian Ltd, 1963, New Edition, Limited to 750 copies. octavo, tan cloth. 549; (549) [sic] - 1070 pp. Argosy-Antiquarian Ltd, First published 1920-1923; second edition, revised, 1925. This edition with a new introduction and with a detailed index. These are the chronicles of the trail drivers of Texas--those..... More
More Criticisms on Darwin and Administrative Nihilism.
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1887, Later printing of the 1872 first edition. small octavo, deep red flexible cloth covers with printed paper label. (86), followed by a (10) pp. publisher's catalogue. D. Appleton and Company, Vertical fold to front cover with some scuffing and folds to corners. Contents..... More
A Little Tour in France.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1900, Second Edition, ordinary issue. octavo, dark green cloth, lettering and multi-ruled panels in cream-green and castle ornament blocked in gilt, cream-green, and orange-brown on front cover. T.e.g. Houghton Mifflin, A few minor revisions were made in the text of the second edition. The preface is new..... More
The Development of Southern French and Catalan Society, 718-1050.
Austin: University of Texas Press, (1965) , First Edition. octavo, blue cloth. (xviii), 471 pp. University of Texas Press, Half-title with a small ownership blind-stamp. A fine, clean copy. More
Pioneer Days in the Black Hills. Accurate History and Facts Related by One of the Early Day Pioneers.
Deadwood, SD: John S McClintock, (1939), First Edition. large octavo, red cloth. (xiv), 336 pp. John S McClintock, "Contains much material on the road agents and outlaws of the Black Hill and on Wild Bill Hickock and Calamity Jane. The author knew Calamity Jane very well and tells much of..... More
The Life of a Sportsman.
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1905, First Printing of this edition. quarto, olive green cloth stamped in gilt. T.e.g. 402 pp., plus 36 plates. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., First published in 1842 by Rudolph Ackerman in London. Illustrated by H. Alken with 36 color plates with..... More
A Time to Build.
New York: Macmillan, (1967), First Edition. large octavo, maroon cloth in dust jacket. Macmillan, Fine copy, jacket not price clipped. More
Francis Parkman's Works. Thirteen Volumes, Complete.
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1910, Frontenac Edition. octavo, publisher's special binding of three-quarter green leather with marbled boards and matching endpapers. T.e.g. (xxv), 493; (xv), 586; (xxii), 522; (xix), 559; (xv), 523; (xi), 368; (vii), 416; (xvi), 529; (xii), 562; (xxi), 381; (x), 484; (xviii), 479; (xvi), 394 pp..... More
The Architecture and Landscape Gardening of the Exposition. A Pictorial Survey of the Most Beautiful of the Architectural Compositions of the PanamPacific International Exposition.
San Francisco: Paul Elder and Company, (1915), Second Edition. octavo, brown cloth. Paul Elder and Company, 96 illustrations tipped-in with facing description. Very good. More
An Appeal To Impartial Posterity: By Madame Roland, Wife Of The Minister of the Interior: Or, a Collection of Tracts, Written by Her During Her Confinement in the Prisons of the Abbey, and St. Pelagie, in Paris. Four Parts in Two Volumes.
New York: Printed by Robert Wilson, for A. Van Hook, 1798, First American Edition - Corrected. octavo, full calf with red leather spine labels. 164; 235 pp. Printed by Robert Wilson, for A. Van Hook, First published in 1795. "Her Mémoires de Madame Roland (1795) were written from prison where..... More
Odd Fellowship: Its History and Manual.
New York: M. W. Hazen Co, 1888, octavo, red cloth stamped in black and gilt. (viii), 694 pp. M. W. Hazen Co, Hinge at titlepage weak. Bottom 2" of cloth at spine water stained. Scuffing to cloth, but not bad. More
Trails and Trials of a Texas Ranger.
(William Warren Sterling, 1959), First Edition. large octavo, cloth and vinyl in dust jacket. xvi, (527) pp. (William Warren Sterling, "An absorbing story by the man who served in the most remote Texas Ranger camps on the Rio Grande, and eventually became the commander of all Rangers - the Adjutant..... More
Alexander of Russia. Napoleon's Conqueror.
New York: E. P. Dutton, (1982), First American Edition. octavo, boards and cloth in dust jacket. (xiv), 335 pp. E. P. Dutton, Translated by Joan Pinkham. Illustrated. Publisher's promotional material laid in. Top edge of text block very lightly soiled, else a very fine, clean copy. More
The Complete Angler; or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation. Being a Facsimile Reprint of the First Edition published in 1653. With a Preface by Richard Le Gallienne.
London: Elliot Stock, 1896, First printing of this edition. duodecimo, olive green cloth. x, 246 pp. Elliot Stock, Le Gallienne contributes a 10 page Preface which is followed by the facsimile. Cloth faded to tan, especially at spine, also with overall soiling and a faint white spot on spine. Contents..... More
The Cruise of the Essex. An Incident from the War of 1812.
Philadelphia: Macrae Smith, (1969), First Edition. octavo, dark blue cloth in dust jacket. (160)pp. Macrae Smith, Very fine copy, jacket not price clipped. More
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