American History from Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB

Four octavo volumes varying in size, pagination & date of publication, all first editions, illustrated throughout, the first three ex-library in library bindings, one in dust jacket. Incudes: Vol I: 1741-1850. New York: Appleton, 1930; Vol II: 1850-1865; Cambridge: Harvard, 1938; Vol III: 1865-1885. Cambridge: Harvard, 1938; Vol IV: 1885-1905. Cambridge: Harvard, 1957. Volumes I, II & III display typical library markings including card pockets in… Read more about this item

Bethany Beach, Delaware: Published by Harold E. Dukes, (2000). First edition. Quarto (11.25 x 9"), 256 pages, profusely illustrated from photographs. Publisher's gilt lettered blue cloth in pictorial dust jacket. A fine copy in very good dust jacket with brief edge wear including a half-inch closed tear & a couple of nicks. "Nearly two years of research unearthed the more than 500… Read more about this item

New York: World Publishing Company, (1968). First edition, this copy signed & inscribed in ink by Dr. Travel to a fellow physician on the front free endpaper. Octavo (9.25" x 6.5"), xvi & 496 pages plus 16 unnumbered pages of illustrations from photographs. Publisher's dark gray cloth lettered in blue & green on the spine, in pictorial dust jacket. Bottom edge… Read more about this item

Wilmington, Delaware: Printed by the Star Publishing Company, (1947). First edition. Octavo (9.5" x 6.5"), x & 69 pages plus 6 illustrations on 4 plates. Publisher's blue cloth with an applied gilt label on the upper cover, in pictorial dust jacket. Slight edge wear, sporadic foxing, previous owner's name & date in pencil at the half-title page, otherwise very good in… Read more about this item

Washington: Printed by William A. Davis, 1816. First edition. Folio (13" x 8.25"), letterpress on laid paper, 2 leaves & 10 folding tables. Shaw & Shoemaker/ Early American Imprints series II 39500. Disbound. Removed from a bound volume, moderately toned, foxed, stained, edge wear including small tears, otherwise Good. "Having this day received the enclosed abstracts on the books of the… Read more about this item

Washington: Printed by William A. Davis, 1816. First edition. Folio (13" x 8.25"), letterpress on laid paper, 5 pages including 2 folding tables. Shaw & Shoemaker/ Early American Imprints series II, 39535. Disbound. Removed from a bound volume, moderately toned, foxed, stained, edge wear, tears, separating at the spine, some creasing, otherwise Good. "The estimate for arsenals, etc. appears large, but it… Read more about this item

No place [Columbia, South Carolina]: no publisher [the author ?], no date [1973 ?]. First edition, this copy signed in ink by Devereux at the ffep. Octavo (9.25" x 6.25"), viii & 125 pages, illustrated. Original tan cloth lettered & decorated in black in dust jacket which replicates the binding. A fine copy in very good price-clipped dust jacket, moderately browned… Read more about this item

No place [Camden, New Jersey] Thomas Nelson, (1970). First edition. Octavo (8.75" x 6.75"), 176 pages, illustrated throughout. Publisher's gilt lettered maroon cloth in pictorial dust jacket. A fine copy in good or better dust jacket, price clipped, browned at the spine, moderately soiled & toned, with edge wear including small losses & tiny tears. A title in the Colonial Histories series… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1946. Later edition. 22 volumes bound in 11 (2 volumes per book), complete. Quartos (10.25" x 7.5"), variously paginated. Publisher's light blue cloth lettered in gilt within dark blue blocking on the spine. Text in two columns. Please note, this set is Ex-Library (marked "withdrawn") with the bookplate of the United States Embassy in Paris at… Read more about this item

Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States Army, 1975. First edition, this a presentation copy for Lieutenant General Harold G. Moore, signed on a laid in sheet by author Hewes & Brigadier General James L. Collins, Jr., Chief of Military History. Octavo (9.5" x 6.25"), xvii & 452 pages, illustrated, plus [10] folded leaves of plates. Publisher's textured maroon… Read more about this item

Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1856. First edition. Octavo (9.5" x 6"), 4 (publisher's advertisements), xxv & 546 pages. Original dark brown cloth lettered in gilt on the spine & decorated in blind on the covers. Brief fraying at spine extremities, margins lightly sunned, foxing/ toning mostly at early & late leaves, previous owner's name in ink at the first blank… Read more about this item

Macon, Georgia: Southern Press, 1963. First edition. Octavo (9.75" x 6.25"), 6 unnumbered leaves followed by 50 leaves printed recto only, with illustrations from photographs interleaved & a folding chart providing "Ancestry of the Family of Mr. and Mrs. I.C. Plant." Publisher's gilt-lettered pebbled maroon cloth. Laid in are 9 printed sheets providing corrections & additions. Lightly rubbed, gilt dull, brief… Read more about this item

Orange, Virginia: Orange County Review, (1988). First edition. Octavo (9.25" x 6"), viii & 233 pages, illustrated. Publisher's maroon cloth lettered & decorated in gilt. Bruise at the top edge of the upper cover, brief wear at two corners, previous owner's name, address, & phone number in ink at the front pastedown, otherwise very good. "Rhoadsville Baptist Church was organized November 11,… Read more about this item

New York: Published under the direction of the American Historical Company, 1939. First edition thus. Quarto (11" x 8"), 523 pages, with illustrations from portraits. Publisher's three-quarter crushed black morocco & blue cloth, the spine in five compartments separated by raised bands, lettered or decorated in gilt in four compartments. Text in two columns. Top edge gilt. Edges & joints moderately… Read more about this item

Barre, Massachusetts: Imprint Society, 1971. First edition, one of 1590 copies, this out of series & unnumbered. Folio (14.5" x 10.5"), 18 unnumbered pages & 60 facsimiles with adjacent descriptive text. Publisher's brick cloth backed in gilt-lettered blue cloth, in slipcase with applied title label at the front panel. Binding very slightly spotted, otherwise fine in good or better slipcase… Read more about this item

Washington City: Published annually, by Davis & Force. Sold also by Cummins & Hilliard, Boston (& many others). 1823. First edition. Sextodecimo (6.75" x 4"), [9] & 14-296 pages plus 4 leaves of plates (2 folding) & 5 folding tables, with additional illustrations in text. Publisher's marbled paper over boards backed in gilt-lettered black roan. Binding with edge wear & rubbing… Read more about this item

Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1951. Octavo (9.25" x 6.5"), xxii & 209 pages, with Thomas Kitchin's map of the Carolinas and Georgia (from the 1765 original). Publisher's maroon cloth lettered & decorated in silver. Spine a bit faded, upper cover slightly spotted & sunned, binding started in a couple of places (still secure), "Winston Lane" in ink at… Read more about this item

Washington, D.C.: Religious Liberty Association, 1911. "Revised & Enlarged Edition" edited by Willard Allen Colcord." Octavo (8.75" x 6"), 800 pages. Publisher's gilt-lettered dark maroon cloth. Binding rubbed, spine gilt dull, modest wear at spine extremities & corners, front hinge started (still secure), previous owner's name & place at front pastedown, sporadic foxing & toning, a good or better… Read more about this item

New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1939. First edition. Octavo (9.25" x 6.5"), ix & 486 pages, plus frontispiece & 15 plates (portraits). Publisher's blue cloth lettered in gilt on the spine with the embossed Seal of the United States in blind on the upper cover, in pictorial dust jacket. Gilt dull, one corner bruised, offsetting at endpapers & pastedowns, otherwise… Read more about this item

[Columbia, South Carolina: R.L. Bryan, 1955]. Staple card covers. [Columbia, South Carolina: R.L. Bryan, 1955]. Offprint, reprinted from the Illustrations and Introduction to Tales of Edisto. Octavo (8.75" x 6"), 31 pages, with illustrations from photographs & a map. Publisher's pale green wraps die cut to reveal a portion of the title page. Printed label over imprint: "Copyright 1955.… Read more about this item