Search Results: History from Vandello Books, Member IOBA

Crown, 2006-10-17. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. New York: Crown, 2006. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. The second book by President and Noble prize winner Barack Obama. Near Fine with mild edgewear.

Charles E. Lauriat and Co, 1928. 11th. Near Fine. Boston: Charles E. Lauriat and Co, 1928. Hardcover. 11th edition. Born into a family of map makers, Barthololmew became a leading cartographer of his age. 224 pages of maps in color. A handsome copy bound in 3/4 leather with gilt edgings. Near Fine with rubbing to the spine.

Derrydale Press, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. New York: Derrydale Press, 1931. Hardcover. Details the author's adventures in the early days of Denali National Park. Frontispiece illustration, photographs by the author throughout. Decorative endpapers, fold out map. Split front hinge, ownership mark. Good.

The Riverside Press for the Walpole Society, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1939. Hardcover. Limited edition printed for members of the Walpole Society of which this is 250 of 250. Biography of the silversmith with 28 illustrations and a colored portrait frontispiece. Includes a chapter on Hurd's bookplates. Bound in green buckram with a navy blue slipcase. Very Good with a hint of rubbing to the corners and staining to the front gutter.

The Riverside Press & Houghton Mifflin, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Cambridge: The Riverside Press with Houghton Mifflin, 1932. Limited edition with this volume being 60 of 350. Biography of the early American silversmith with 32 illustrations. Slipcase is slightly split at the head and is rubbed at the corners, else Fine.

The Southworth-Anthoensen Press, 1940. First Edition. Very Good. Maine: The Southworth-Anthoensen Press, 1940. Hardcover. Limited edition of which this is 152 of 500. John Hull and his partner Robert Sanderson operated the first mint in America. 15 plates. Newspaper review laid-in which stained the endpapers. Rust brown slipcase is moderately rubbed. Very Good.

Stephen Day Press, 1933. First Edition. Near Fine. Vermont: Stephen Daye Press, 1933. Hardcover. First Edition. Detailed account of an expedition overwintering on Mount Washington. The group worked to reestablish an observatory at the summit, the previous one closed in 1892. Pictorial cloth covers. Near Fine with faded spine.

Chick and Andrews, 1871. First Edition. Good. Boston: Chick and Andrews, 1871. Led by two geologists the Huntington-Hitchcock Expedition overwintered on the mountain to record the weather patterns. Rubbing, staining to the covers.Several engravings.Bound in green cloth with gilt decorations.

MacMillan, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Macmillan, 1970. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Autobiography detailing the Heisman winner's early career. Very Good with pulling at the spine ends, and small chips at the head of the spine panel.

Crosby, Nichols, and Company, 1860. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Boston: Crosby, Nichols and Company, 1860. New England guidebook written with a transcendentalist flair. 60 engraved illustrations and engraved map. Green leather binding, hubbed spine with gilt lettering. Rubbing to the corners and spine ends. About Very Good.