History
From Viking to Crusader, Scandinavia and Europe 800-1200
Uddevalla, Sweden: Nodic Council of Ministers in collaboration with the Council of Europe, (1992). 8773035580. The 22nd Council Of Europe Exhibition. Perfect bound paperback. Text in English. 428 pp. full color Catalog of Exhibition which was displayed at Grand Palais, Paris 2 April to 12 July 1992 and at Altes..... More
Graham's Magazine of Literature and Art 1850
1850. Illustrated with forty-two black and white engravings and eight hand-colored fashion engravings. Full twelve months of 1850 bound together in a thick 8vo. volume 6-1/2" x 10-1/4". Glossy marbled endpapers. At the end of June is the Table of Contents of the Thirty-sixth Volume, Jan. 1850 to June, 1850..... More
Historic postcard commemorating the death of William McKinley on Sept. 14, 1901
"Shot down in the Temple of Music, Friday Sept. 6, died in Buffalo Sept. 14, 1901." More
Katharine Tekakwitha, The Lily of the Mohawks
New York: Fordham University Press, (1940). Being the Original Documents first published at the Vatican Polyglot Press now done into English and presented for the Edification of the Faithful. First edition. 4to. 10-3/4" x 7-7/8".Brick colored cloth covered boards stamped in gold. Hand drawn decorative map endpapers. 468 pp including..... More
Mr. Punch's History of the Great War
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1919. Numerous illustrations. Thick 8vo. 9-1/2" x 6-3/4". 304 pp. Green cloth covered boards blind stamped and stamped in gold. "Though a lover of peace, Mr. Punch from his earliest days has not been unfamiliar with war. He was born during the Afghan campaign;..... More
New York Folklore Quarterly, 4 issues
Ithaca, New York: New York Folklore Society, 1945-46. 8vo. 8-1/2" x 6". Perfect bound with heavy paper covers. Four issues: May 1945, August 1945, November 1945, and Winter 1946. More
Our Islands and Their People as Seen with Camera and Pencil - 2 volume set complete
N.D. Thompson, (1899). Superbly Illustrated with more than Twelve Hundred Special Photographs, Colotypes, and New Colored Maps. Two quarto volumes. 16" x 12". Green cloth covered boards stamped in gold and with three blind stamped rules. Vplume I is devoted to Cuba. Color frontispiece map of Cuba. 384 pp. Introduced..... More
Presidential post card
Washington, D.C. J. F. Jarvis. Image of the Executive Mansion flanked by portraits of Pres. McKinley and Vice-Pres. Roosevelt. More
The White House. an Historic Guide signed on the title page by Jacqueline Kennedy
1962. Third edition. More
Wright Brothers Complete Program for the "Wright Brothers Home-coming to the Gem City," held in Dayton, OH on June 17-18, 1909.
A 14 pp. pamphlet measuring 8-3/4" x 6." Published by Kerr-Geyer-Tyroler. Program contains a 'guide to Dayton,' with many advertisements and information about the city in general, as well as images of the various members of the Wright family, their planes, and their factory. The last few pages contain a...... More
Essays from the Spectator
London: William Tegg, nd. 575 pp. 8vo. green cloth stamped in gold and black. Frontispiece from wood engraving. From Preface: The present volume will be found to comprise, with some exceptions, which will be more particularly adverted to hereafter, the whole of the Essays contributed by Addison to the "Spectator."..... More
Essay on an Introduction to the Heroic and Musical Trumpeters' and Kettledrummers' Art, for the Sake of a Wider Acceptance of the Same. Described Historically, Theoretically, an Practically and Illustrated with Examples
Nashville: The Brass Press, 1974. In Two Parts Halle Printed and Published by Jon. Christ, Hendel 1795. Complete English Translation by Edward H. Tarr. 0914282018. 8vo. 9-1/8" x 6-3/8". 148 pp. including index. Greenish beige cloth covered boards with greenish brown spine stamped in gold. Pictorial endpapers match drawing on..... More
William Shakespeare, His World, His Work, His Influence, Complete in 3 volumes
New York: Simon & Schuster Macmillan, (1985). 0684178516. Three 4to. volumes, each bound in maroon cloth with spine stamped in gold. Maroon endpapers. This three-volume work contains sixty original essays that, for the first time, present the broadest range of Shakespeare studies in one accessible set. As a valuable learning..... More
Living and Working with the Gods, Studies of Evidence for Private Religion and its Material Environment in the City of Ostia (100-500AD)
Amsterdam: J.C. Gieben, 1994. 9050630561. First Edition. 8vo. 9-3/4" x 6-1/2". Grey cloth covered boards. 311 pp. including index. Plus 62 pp. of black and white photo illustrations numbering 100 figures in all. Volume XII in the series, Dutch Monographs on Ancient History and Archaeology, editors: F.J.A.M. Meijer and H.W...... More
Vinegar Pie and Other Tales of the Grand Traverse Region
Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1959. Large 8vo. 9-1/4" x 6-3/8." Paper covered boards with a look of knotty pine. Map endpapers. 184 pp. including index. Tales of the pioneers, lumberjacks sailors and others who made history in the Grand Traverse Region of Michigan. More
Lonz of Middle Bass, The Story of a Man, a Woman, a Building and an Island
Charlotte, NC: Delmar Printing Co., (1982). A Limited First Edition. 4to. Blue leatherette stamped in gold. 144 pp. Pictorial photo endpapers. Lonz of Middle Bass is a unique book, particularly in view of the fact that it covers not only the obvious story of George Lonz and his wife, Fannie..... More
Lejeune: A Marine's Life, 1867-1942
University of South Carolina Press, (1991). Illustrated with photos and maps. 0872497712. 8vo. 9-1/4" x 6-3/8". 214 pp. including index. White leatherette covered boards stamped in gold. More
African Ceremonies
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1999. 0810942054. In volume I on the half title page is a personal inscription signed by both authors and dated Nov 10th, 1999. New York. Volume II is also signed by both authors on the title page. First Edition. 2 volumes. Large 4to. 14-1/16 x...... More
White Nights, The Story of a Prisoner in Russia
New York: Harper & Row, (1977). 0060102896. First U.S. Edition. 8vo. 5-3/4" x 8-1/2." Black cloth covered boards. Spine stamped in silver. Orange endpapers. Translated from the Hebrew by Katie Kaplan. The Times of London has called White Nights "nothing less than one of the greatest pieces of prison literature..... More
The Stane Street
London: Constable and Company, 1913. Illustrated by William Hyde with 16 illustrations and 23 maps. First Edition. 8vo. Brown cloth boards stamped in gold and black. 304 pp. including index. Tracing the history of the ancient road between London and Chichester, built by the Romans early in the first century..... More
The Battleground Syria and Palestine, The Seedplot of Religion
Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1936. With 16 illustrations in Aquatone and 7 maps. FIrst edition. Large 8vo. 9-9/16" x 6-7/8". 337 pp. including index. Crimson endpapers. More
The Crisis of Civilization, Being the Matter of a Course of Lectures delivered at Fordham University 1937
New York: Fordham University Press, (1937). First edition. 8vo. 8-11/16" x 5-5/8". Tan cloth covered boards stamped in reddish brown. Pink endpapers. 245 pp. More