Biography, Autobiography from Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB

London: John C. Nimmo, 1893. First edition. Complete in two octavo volumes (9.5" x 7.25"), xxxii & 469; viii, 443 & [2] pages, profusely illustrated including one folding chart of the Sistine Chapel. Publisher's one quarter green over lighter green cloth with the coat of arms of Buonarroti Simoni in gilt, red, blue & black on the upper covers, the… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1906 - 1913. Limited edition, one of 1250 sets, this hand numbered 61. Twenty-six volumes, I through XXVI (of 28), octavos (8.75" x 6.25"), variously paginated, each volume illustrated with plates from paintings, engravings, etchings, drawings, photos, maps, etc., including frontispieces, with tissue-guards. Publisher's three-quarter crushed dark blue morocco & marbled paper over boards by… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: John C. Winston Company, (1929). First edition. Octavo (9.25" x 7.25"), xv & 408 pages, profusely illustrated including 4 color plates. Publisher's blue cloth lettered & decorated in gilt & red, with a large color illustration applied to the front cover. Binding slightly soiled, otherwise near fine. Include profiles of Joan of Arc, George Washington, Daniel Boone, Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln,… Read more about this item

Chicago, Illinois: Gillette Publishing Company; London: E. & F.N. Spon, Limited, 1929. First edition, "Third Thousand." Octavo (9.25" x 6.25"}, [10], 295 & [7] pages, illustrated. Publisher's maroon cloth lettered & decorated in gilt on the upper cover. Top edge gilt. Lightly rubbed, spine gilt dull, text block cracking in a couple of places (still secure), brief gift inscription at the… Read more about this item

New York: Privately Printed, [The De Vinne Press], 1908. Limited edition, number 396 of 425 copies on handmade Italian paper, this copy inscribed, signed, & dated in ink by Ira Hutchinson Brainard to artist Wilford Seymour Conrow at the ffep & additionally signed by Mary Brainard French on a following leaf. Tall octavo (9.75" x 7"), xiii & 95 pages… Read more about this item

Volume 1. The Hillbilly and Western Scrap Book, Over 100 Stars, Personal Autographs [in facsimile], Caricatures, Cartoons, Over 125 Pictures, 45 Biographies. With: Volume 2. The Hillbilly and Western Scrapbook, Photographs, Biographies, Autographs. Over 200 Stars of Radio, Television, Stage and Screen. (cover titles). Cincinnati, Ohio: Scrapbook Publishers/ Jordan O. Zimmerman (copyright), 1949 & 1950. First editions Oblong quartos (8.5" x 11"),… 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

New York: The Century Company, 1912. Reprint, originally published 1911. Octavo (8.5" x 5.75"), xi & 397 pages, with frontis portrait & numerous plates hors texte. Publisher's blue cloth lettered & decorated in gilt. Top edge gilt, the others uncut. Spine gilt dull, binding lightly soiled & briefly rubbed mostly at the spine extremities & corners, text block cracking in a… Read more about this item

New York: Anson D. F. Randolph & Company, 1883. Octavo (8" x 5.75"), xii & 601 pages, illustrated (facsimiles, plates, portraits, maps}. Publisher's gilt-lettered gray cloth. Ex-library with occasional rubber-stamped marks of the Sunday School Library of Providence, Rhode Island's Central Baptist Church. Gilt dull, brief edge wear, lightly soiled, sporadic foxing & toning, otherwise good. Adoniram Judson (1788 - 1850) was… 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

New York: Random House, (1997). First edition, this copy signed in ink by Salter on a tipped in leaf following the ffep. Octavo (9.5" x 6.5"), x, [4], [1] - 365, & [4] pages. Publisher's black-lettered white paper over boards, in translucent, pictorial dust jacket. A fine copy in very good or better dust jacket with slight edge wear &… Read more about this item

New York: Published by the author, 1902. First edition. Octavo (9.25" x 6.5"), 501 & [1} pages. Original gilt-lettered green cloth, in unprinted, plain white dust jacket (as issued ?). Binding slightly spotted, brief foxing & offsetting at pastedowns, endpapers & edges of the text block, otherwise very good or better in worn, soiled, torn, & chipped dust jacket. Author… Read more about this item

New York: Simon & Schuster, (2000). First edition, this copy signed & inscribed in ink on the title page by Thomas. Octavo (9.5" x 6.5"), 509 pages plus 16 unnumbered pages of illustrations from photographs. Publisher's two tone gray paper over boards lettered in silver on the spine, in pictorial dust jacket. Lower margin of the covers slightly sunned, otherwise fine… 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

New York: McDowell, Obolensky, (1957). New York: McDowell, Obolensky, (1957} First edition, first state (with title page printed in blue, and "walking" for "waking" on page 80, line 1) Octavo (85" x 575"), 6 preliminary leaves, 3 - 339, & [1] pp Publisher's blue cloth lettered in silver & decorated in pale green, in pictorial dust jacketMargins sunned, dust… Read more about this item

Birmingham, Alabama: Oxmoor House/ Southern Classics Library, (1982). Octavo (9.5" x 6.25"), xvii & 601 pages plus 30 unnumbered pages of plates including a two page color illustration after a painting by Charles Hoffbauer. Publisher's full brown leather, the spine in six compartments separated by raised bands, elaborately lettered & decorated in gilt. All edges gilt, satin ribbon marker sewn… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910. First edition. Octavo (9" x 6.5"), viii & 247 pages plus 2 plates (portraits of Jesup). Signed binding by "Stikeman for Charles Scribner's Sons," three-quarter once green crushed morocco & green cloth, the spine in six compartments separated by raised bands, lettered or decorated in gilt in each compartment. Top edge gilt. Calling card… Read more about this item

Odessa, Texas: The Rahtbooks Company (1964). "Edition DeLuxe," this copy with generic presentation signed by the author at a tipped in leaf adjacent to the front pastedown. 8vo, xv & 208 pp, with frontis from photograph & 16 unnumbered pages of illustrations. Publisher's gilt lettered blue cloth, in pictorial dust jacket One corner bruised, previous owner's name, place & historic price… Read more about this item

New York: Park Lane, (1967), reprint ca. 1975 Quarto (12.25" x 10.25"), 277 & [7] pages, profusely illustrated in color & black & white. Gilt lettered light brown cloth-patterned paper over boards in pictorial dust jacket. Slight foxing at endpapers & pastedowns, otherwise fine in near fine dust jacket with a trace of edge wear "Rodin's career as a sculptor spanned… Read more about this item

Baltimore, Maryland: Southern Methodist Book Depository, 1888. First edition. 8vo, [4], [1] - 101, [7] pp. Original printed paper wraps, sewn, LACKING lower wrap. Not found in OCLC as of 7/5/2022. Worn: Lower wrap lacking, soiled, edge wear, spine partially perished, occasional annotations, still a useful copy. Includes memoirs of various departed reverends & interesting illustrated advertisements following text.