Oblong 4to 11" - 13" tall; 112 pages; Oversize oblong format HC/DJ. Inscribed by Harper to the great grand-son of Henry Clay Harper. Solid clean copy has a short closed tear and and stress scrunch to lower corner of the front panel, tape repaired to blank reverse surface. Illustrated with maps and photos. VG++/VG- ... Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. ; Signed by Author View More...
45 b&w plates on glossy stock; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 421 pages; 1st edition. Volume I the only volume published. Soundly bound in original blue cloth with titles brightly in gilt to spine. Prior ownership of a local Historical Society library with catalog label to base of spine and a few cursory ownership marks to leaves. Snugly bound with bright clean contents. Illustrated with 45 b&w plate on glossy stock at rear of book. Aside from library tag to spine a VG or better copy but graded to G+ for ex-lib indications. View More...
Woodcuts, 1 folding; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 674 pages; HC original 1853 edition, indicated by the publisher as the "Fourth Thousand" on the title page. Complete in two uniformly bound volumes. Soundly bound and clean in original ribbed brown cloth with decorative patterned borders in blind to sides and pictorial title designs in gilt to spines. Shallow chipping and nicks to cloth at spine ends; board corners tapped with mild abrasion to cloth at tips. Light foxing to front and rear endpages, but text pages bright and clean with a few period pencil annotations observed. Illus... View More...
Engravings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 364 pages; Bound in publisher's decoratively patterned and ruled cloth; gilt titles and designs to spine just a little dulled. Illustrated with engraved vignette title page and three plates. Binding snug. Mild fray to cloth at lower front corner and a short, open, surface scrape to the topmost 1/2" of the front spine edge. Cloth lightly crimped and nicked at spine ends. Moderate foxing confined to the first and last few leaves. Solid copy. BAL 8127. G+ to VG- View More...
B&W Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 275 pages; 1953 Little Brown HC 1st edition stated. Blue cloth boards with titles stamped in yellow to spine. Square and sound; numerous ills from photo and engraving. Light to moderate rubbing spine ends and corners. Lower corners with some light rub through. Endpages and binding sound, but binding slightly shaken and not firm. Text unmarked. Sound clean 1st edition copy lacking DJ. VG- View More...
B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 424 pages; Trade sized paperback in original pictorial, title lettered wraps. Soundly bound and clean with light shelf rubbing and wear to cover edges; mild fray / nick to paper at spine ends reinforced with judicious application of archival japanese tissue. Illustrated with b&w photos and diagrams, tables etc. VG- View More...
B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 216 pages; 1st printing. Square, sound and neat. Prior owner's name and date to slightly toned front endpage. Rearmost several pages have trace foxing. Wraparound pictorial dust jacket is sharp and clean with just a few tiny nicks and spots of rub. Illustrated with B&W potraits, paintings and drawings. VG+/VG+ View More...
B&W Photographs & Maps; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 158 pages; [SIGNED] 1st edition. Larger trade size paperback in glossy pictorial covers. Inscribed by the author on the title page to historian, William Bruce Catton. Snugly bound and clean with mild shelf evidence to cover edges and trace shelf rub to surfaces. VG+; Signed by Author View More...
Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 225 pages; HC/DJ. Snugly bound and very neat in crisp edged and uniformly bright pictorial dust jacket. Prior owner's brief 2 line note on half-title page commends the quality of the book. Otherwise very nearly as new. NF/NF View More...
Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 260 pages; SIGNED 1994 [self-published] Oversize paperback in glossy illustrated covers. Signed by the author on the title page. Bright tight copy with just a touch of shelf rub at edges. Illustrated with some photos in text. NF ... Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. ; Signed by Author View More...
B&W Photographs, maps ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 250 pages; Bright, snug and neat in original pictorial dust jacket with publisher's $2.75 price intact to unclipped flap. Dust jacket lightly shelf rubbed and lightly stressed at edges with a few small nicks. Trace spotting/mottling to cloth along top edge of boards. Illustrated with an extensive section of plates and photographs at rear; pictorial map endpage. VG/VG- View More...
Maps; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 288 pages; 2008 University of Massachusetts Press. Trade size paperback in glossy pictorial covers. Light reader / handling wear to covers. About 5 to 8 pages corner creased and several with light marginalia. Illustrated with maps. G++ View More...
Map/s; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 533 pages; 1954 Devin Adair. HC/DJ 2nd printing. Sound clean copy in original pictorial dust jacket. Publisher's black cloth title lettered in red to spine. Pictorial dust jacket missing some small chips at spine ends; overall general light surface rubbing. $5 issue price intact on unclipped front flap. Sound clean copy. VG/VG- View More...
Color maps; b&w photos; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 256 pages; 2009 National Geographic. Folio oversize HC/DJ. 1st edition. Snugly bound and neat in crisp edged and uniformly bright color pictorial dust jacket with publisher's $40 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. Contents bright and fresh; no marks of any kind. Jacket just lightly shelf rubbed at extremities and with a tiny nick at the bottom front corner of the flap fold. Lavishly illustrated with large color mapss and b&w photos, NF/VG+ ... Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. View More...
Maps, B&W photos, reproductions and facsimiles; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 374 pages; 1979 Presidio Press. HC/DJ. 1st edition. Soundly bound and clean in original color pictorial dust jacket. Jacket lightly toned at spine with superficial foxing to panels. Trace foxing to page block front edge. Numerous b&w maps, reproductions and facsimiles. VG/VG- View More...
Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 310 pages; HC 1st edition. Large 8vo. Soundly bound copy with title lettering brightly in gilt to spine. Ex-library with catalog label base of spine and light attachments to endpages. Two small abrasions to front free endpage from what appers to have been the removal of a personal bookplate. Illustrated with photographs. G+ View More...
Woodcuts, engravings, maps; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 514 pages; Full polished calf leather binding with morocco leather title label at spine. Contents complete and binding sound. Leather splitting along the front external hings, but with boards still sound. Leather moderately surface and edge rubbed. Damp line along the top edge of the first and last 80 or so pages. Scattered mild foxing and toning to text, but considerably heavier to the engraved plates and adjoining pages. Pages a bit stiff from the effects of the damp/spill to the top edge. One signature starting mid book, but still well ... View More...
Men At Arms Series, 63; B&W and color Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 48 pages; 1990 Osprey Publishing. Larger format paperback in glossy color illustrated covers. Snugly bound copy. Prior retail shop sticker inside front cover. Superficial soiling to cover edges. Illustrated with color and b&w plates. VG View More...
Colour plates; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 48 pages; Men at Arms #37. Larger format, thin paperback in stiff color illustrated covers. This copy is from "new' unsold backstock at an out-of-business military antiques and bookstore. Shop sticker inside front cover and just superficial shelf evidence at edges. Includes about 8 full color painted scenes showing Civil War era Army of N. VA uniforms. Excellent resource for model hobbyists and recreators. Nearly as new View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 241 pages; HC/DJ. 1st edition. Snugly bound in original pictorial dust jacket with publisher's $5 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. Jacket a trifle sunned at spine and lightly shelf rubbed with superficial nicking at edges. VG++/VG View More...