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Paris,: Booster:, 1938. A beautiful copy; original wrappers burnished in gold. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY HENRY MILLER TO AUTHOR WILLIAM SAROYAN - "For Bill Saroyan, Greetings! Henry Miller, 1938" . Housed in a custom cloth chemise and 1/4 gilt-lettered clamshell box.. First Edition. Original Green Cloth. Near Fine. 8vo..

New York:: Boni & Liveright,, 1927. Limited. Deco cloth. Excellent. 8vo., Limited to 440, SIGNED BY THEODORE DREISER..

London: T. Cadell,, 1778. Full Contemporary Calf. Very Good. First Edition. 8vo. 8vo, pp. [8], iv, [5]-326, [2] ads; contemporary full calf, neatly rebacked with a new calf spine retaining the original label lettered in gilt. English portrait painter and aesthetician who dominated English artistic life in the middle and late 18th century. He was the founder of the Royal… Read more about this item

London:: Bradbury & Evans,, 1848. Full Crushed Red Morocco. Fine. 8vo. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. 624pp. with the half-title and errata slip. First Issue: Cuttle's hook on his lieft hand in title page vignette; p.284, "Delight" instead of "Joy"; "Capatin" instead of "Captain" p.324, final line. Magnificently bound in full, red, crimson crushed red levant for Asprey. Gold vignette portrait… Read more about this item

St. Paul:: Office of the Printing Press Co.,, 1863. 16 pages, double columns. A very rare pamphlet comprising papers sent to the St. Paul Daily Press in the Fall of 1863 dealing with the uprising and hostilities encountered by the Sibley & Scully expedition through the northern plains. It's recommendations include waging a fierce campaign from Minnesota to the Black… Read more about this item

Philadelphia and New York:: Lippincott,, 1963. First Edition, First State (no reviews on real panel). Very light fading to top and bottom edges, first state dust wrapper shows some very minor rubbing to spine panel and ends; thin wrinkle beneath front panel lettering. A very bright near fine copy.. First Edition. Original Violet Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo..

New York:: Random House, 1957. A lovely, bright copy of Rand's famous novel. Original dust wrapper shows light wear with tiny section of upper right corner missing. Ayn Rand's magnum opus is a philosophical thriller, the story of a society's slow collapse as the men of ability go on strike against the creed that treats them as sacrificial animals.. First… Read more about this item

Columbia, S. C.:: The State Col,, 1924. Frontispiece portrait of Bragg, 544pp.. A highly praised account of one of the Confederacy's foremost generals. The text includes many quotations from General Bragg's wartime letters and documents. Original beige cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. In immaculate condition. Previous owner's small bookplate on the front pastedown.. First Edition. Beige Cloth… Read more about this item

Boston:: Ticknor,Reed & Fields., 1852. First Edition. First binding. Frontis and 6 plates. Sm. 8vo., BAL. 7606. Bound in original blue cloth with gilt spine lettering and blind stamp covers. Book is very slightly cocked, lightly rubbed with a few flecks from the gilt on the edges. There are two tiny repairs, skillfully done to the very top and… Read more about this item

Philadelphia:: Printed for the Author,, 1841. 199pp.. "Account by a Presbyterian minister of a journey by sea to Galveston and then to Houston, Austin, San Antonio and Goliad.The rest of the book if made up of general but rather favorable observations on Texas, an attach upon "Popery," a discussion taking several pages to the effect that Texas is at a… Read more about this item

London:: Longman, Hurst, Rees..., 1823. Full Polished Tan Calf. Full calf. Excellent - lightly scuffed and rubbed. Engraved portrait frontis. 8vo., Full polished calf trimmed in gold, spine with raised bands, gilt. " Memoirs of a Captivity Among the Indians of North America, from Childhood to the age of Nineteen: with Anecdotes Descriptive of their Manners and Customs. To which… Read more about this item

Boston,: L.C. Page:, 1899. Frontis, 243 pp., 14pp. publishers's ad catalogue., t.e.g.. Covers moderately rubbed, small dampstain on lower right corner of rear board. Contents very clean. A strong and very good copy of a rare 19th century golf book.. First Edition. Original Pictorial green Cloth. Very Good. 8vo..

New York:: Warner Books, 1982. First Printing. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED TO ENTERTAINER PEARL BAILEY on the half-title page as follows: To Pearle Bailey/Ambassador of Love/with warm regards/from/ Richard Nixon/ 5-16-85. Jacket with unclipped price shows some minor creasing and wear. A great association piece.. First Edition Signed. Pullisher's Blue Cloth. Fine/Excellent. 8vo..

New York:: Knopf., 1952. First American edition. black cloth. Near fine., Illustrated 8vo., The pictorial dust wrapper is also in near fine condition and is not price-clipped. Former owner's signature in green ink on the top right corner of ffep. Rebellion of the Hanged, the 5th of B. Traven's 6 Jungle Novels, is full of emotion. This is a… Read more about this item

New York:: Privately Published., 1942. Number 116 of 349. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY HELLMAN TO ACTRESS LUCILLE WATSON - "For Lucille" on the limitation page. Additionally, the page has been SIGNED BY VINCENT PRICE, ORSON WELLES, DOROTHY PARKER AND WILIAM GROPPER. Housed in a magnificent decorative, quarter morocco folding case based on the book cover deign of ROCKWELL KENT.… Read more about this item

Chicago:: A. C. McClurg & Co.,, 1928. 377pp. Illustrations by St. John . Bright green cloth binding with dark brown lettering. Spine very slightly cocked, one tiny spot at bottom of front board; full color pictorial dust wrapper quite bright and clean with some moderate wear to front leading edge and very bottom of spine, two small vertical creases to… Read more about this item

New York:: Bernard Geis Assoc., 1960. A lovely copy of Truman's biographical reminiscences after leaving the White House. - SIGNED BY TRUMAN ON THE TITLE PAGE. Dust wrapper shows some very light wear.. By the Author. First Edition. Original Blue & White Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo..

New York,: B. Appleton and Company,, 1874. Six maps; 15 plates. . (Howes J167) Brown publisher's boards with gilt lettering,depicting the Confederate flag and a cannon in gilt. Spine ornately decorated in gilt. Contents clean and very slightly toned in the margins. Was Joseph E. Johnston a genius or a marplot? This question almost splintered the Confederacy, and still… Read more about this item

New York:: D. Van Nostrand,, 1875. Pictorial regimental frontispiece, illustrated with maps and scenes, many in color, publisher's ads in rear. Original bright red cloth, the 2d Cavalry regimental insignia embossed on the front cover in gilt. The spine showing an elaborate military insignia and gilt lettering. The seminal work on the Second U.S. Cavalry written by an illustrious Civil… Read more about this item

Boston:, 1907. This wonderful narrative Includes a complete roster with enlistment and muster out dates. Photgraphic frontis of Plummer and most interestingly there are fifteen black and white photographic illustrations of the regimental officers and of the State House in Baton Rouge, LA, burned in 1862. Some minor wear and soiling but still a very bright and clean copy..… Read more about this item