New York: Oxford University Press, 1966. First edition. xvi, [ii], 450; viii, [451]-984 pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth with gilt lettering. Slightly musty smell, else Fine in bright Near Fine dust jackets, lightly worn, new price stickers on front flaps. An attractive set. A major two-volume biography..... More
New York: Mahlon Day, 1837. Second edition. [2], 257-260, [3]-253 pp. (index, i.e. pages 257-260 bound following title page). Bound in publisher's diapered reddish purple cloth with gilt spine lettering. A completely unsophisticated copy in wonderful shape for an American imprint of its age. Tight binding. Stain to front board..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1949. Signed limited first edition. Number 111 of a limited 1,000 copies signed by Eleanor Roosevelt. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with title label to spine printed in black, in publisher's original unprinted acetate jacket, housed in original slipcase. Very slightly musty, else Fine..... More
Bolinas, CA. Tombouctou, 1978. First edition, first printing. Signed by Jim Carroll with a warm inscription on the half-title page. Bound in publisher's original wraps. Very Good with wear to covers, creasing to spine and front cover, a series of indentations to the front cover extending into the first several..... More
New York: Doubleday, Page and Company, 1901. First edition, first printing, second issue with "Author of 'The Future of the American Negro'" underneath author's name on title page. x, 330 pp. Bound in publisher's ribbed maroon cloth stamped in gilt, gilt topstain.Very Good, slightly sunned spine, a few tiny blemishes..... More
New York: Robert H. McBride & Company, 1947. First edition. Signed by explorer Matthew Henson, subject of this book, "Matt Henson" on the half title. Laid in is a program for the unveiling of a bust of Henson sponsored by the NAACP in New York City, Feb. 9, 1953, where..... More
New York: Atheneum, 1963. First edition. 172, [1] pp. Bound in publisher's brown cloth with gilt lettering. Eight pages have ink underlining, former owner's name and sticker on front free endpaper. In a Near Fine dust jacket with slightly faded spine panel, light wear. Jacket folds out to reveal examples..... More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1928. First edition, first printing. Signed by Henry Beston on the front free endpaper and inscribed to a former owner. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with titles stamped in gilt; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good with fading to cloth at edges..... More
Frankfurt am Main & Erlangen: Heider & Zimmer, 1858-1871. First collected edition. Limited to 800 sets. Complete: eight volumes in nine. With engraved frontispiece in Vol. I; 3 p. facsimile letter in Vol. II; three engraved plates in Vol. V; engraved frontispiece in Vol. VI; folding table in Vol. VII;..... More