Salt Lake City by Nelson's Pictorial Guide Books: With a Sketch of the Route of the Central Pacific Railroad, from Omaha to Salt Lake City, and Thence to San Francisco

New York: Isaac H. Planchard. Very Good. 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean green cloth has dark title on spine & front cover. Text tight, clean & intact. Illustrated with fold out maps & charts. Gilt title somewhat faded but legible. New York; Charts & Maps; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 627 pages .

SIGNED, FIRST EDITION, 1ST PRINTING - We Came To Dominate: the United States Army and the 1989 World Helicopter Championships by Dan Kingsley CW4, Ret. is a Signed (by author Kingsley in an inscription) MidSky Books softcover First Edition/First Printing - it states First Printing on the copyright page (Even though a book may state First Edition, it may not be a true First Printing. This copy is guaranteed to be a true First Edition and First Printing). The book was published in 2011 - ISBN 9781936122172. The softcover book is in acceptable condition with some beginning page separation - note this is a delicately put together book - one page in particular is coming loose. This copy would make a special addition to any collection or library. You can buy with confidence, we have been selling books for over 45 years. Thanks for buying.

Circa 1875 edition of popular captivity narrative. Nelson & Phillips, New York. Spencer was 11 when captured in 1792. Brown blindstamped cloth, gilt title on spine. Condition is Very Good: Recased using original boards sometime in last 40 years. Modern endpapers. No interior writing, occasional foxing, some smudges, old corner folds. Small hole pp.13/14 affecting a few letters. Binding is sound. 160 pages with 4 plates and 4 engravings embedded in text all included in pagination. Contents bound at end as usual with this book. The plates and engravings are same topics and locations as the 1842 edition but are by a different engraver. True first edition is 1835 in either New York or Pennsylvania. See Howes S843; Ayer 272; Field 1470; Graff 3930 and OCLC: 35730821. Please see images of the book you will receive. Notes: putting an accurate date on this edition is problematic. Nelson began publishing in 1854 so definitely after that. WorldCat suggests "187?" which is reasonable looking at materials used.… Read More

Massachusetts: Fall River Line and Old Colony Railroad, 1888. Original 1888 issue by the Fall River Line and Old Colony Railroad. 8vo.wrappers with printed card covers, 5" x 8", 86pp., illustrated with plates, b/w reproductions within the text and 5 fold-out maps, of which only the first two are present - "General Map Old Colony Railroad" (3-color, 2-fold) and "Newport" (single fold, b/w). The other three maps are supplied in b/w facsimilie. Chipping to the spine wraparound at the heel, else a very good example - clean, unsoiled, strong, unmarked. Scarce. . Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo.

NY: John Wells, 1856. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published NY: John Wells, 1856. 12mo., 144pp., illustrated frontis, portraits of U.S. presidents, state seals, tables of electoral votes. Blind embossed brown cloth with gilt cover itles and design. A Civil War-era reference on government and voting, with documents - including the Declaration of Independence, The Constitution. Missouri Compromise of 1820, Fugitive Slave Law of 1850, Kansas Nebraska Act of 1854. Some loss at the spine ends, wear at the tips and lower edge of rear board, sweat stain in the margin of page block, light foxing. Binding tight, sound, text very good. Good. . 1st. Hard. Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo.

This used paperback book is in very good condition. The pages are clean and neat. The binding is tight. The boards are clean inside and out.

NY: Baker, Godwin & Co., 1853. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published NY: Baker, Godwin & Co., 1853. 8vo., 155pp., plus 1pp. advertisement. Blind embossed brown cloth with gilt spine titles and design. Historical accounts of the Revoultion in the upstate NY regions of Fort Edward, Saratoga, Crown Point and the massacres of Jane McCrea and the Allen family. Howes 11179. Field 1683. Signature of Mrs Anna Elmore, Fort Edward, New York, 1865 on front pastedown. Light edgewear, front fly leaf removed, title page and 2 following pages have a closed slit at the gutter, several pages have mild corner creasing, minor, light foxing, but pages clean and bright, binding tight. Very good. . 1st. Hard. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo.

London: London: printed for and sold by Greenland & Norris, Finsbury Square, 1805. 1st Edition . Full leather. Very Good. Two separate works in one volume. First editions, octavo. Sketch of Worcester: [2], 16pp, with full complement of 14 engraved plates, one folding. Memoirs of Charles I: [1], 22, [ii]pp, complete with engraved title-page bearing portrait of Charles I and 17 engraved portrait plates together with closing publisher's adverts. In contemporary full speckled leather (lightly worn with minor loss to extremities), gilt rolls to board margins, spine gilt, gilt lettered black leather spine label, marbled endpapers with internal hinges expertly reinforced in matching blue cloth, twentieth century ownership label to front blank, sporadic light paper browning and unobtrusive soiling, overall an attractive complete copy of these two uncommon illustrated titles. The Sketch of Worcester is listed in ESTC (T155523) since it was previously thought to have been printed around 1760; 4xUK… Read More

London: Ward, Lock and Tyler, 1874. Hard cover in original cloth. Published London: Ward, Lock and Tyler, no date, (1874). Thick 8vo., xxiv+761pp. + 24pp. publisher's ads, illustrated frontis of Brigham Young and 79 illustrations. Maroon cloth with gilt and black titles and pictorials, black endpapers. Spine cloth chipped at the crown with closed tear, binding lightly shaken. Good overall, but very good internally, clean, unmarked, no foxing. . Hard. Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo.

New York / Washington, D. C. ( Speech ): Frederick A. Stokes Co. / Government Printing Office (speech), 1910. First Edition. Hard Cover / Staple Bound (Sp). Good/No Jacket. TWO items included: 1) The North Pole"": Hardcover/ no DJ; both Good+ to VG condition. First Edition, 1st printing- ""September, 1910"" boxed w/ publisher's FAS logo on copyright page, same year on title page. 373 pages, 9.75"" x 7"", frontis w/ tissue protector, numerous color & b/w photos, 6 panel color fold-out map at back, top edge of text block bright gold gilt. Blue cloth binding tight & square w/ some rubbing, soil, light fraying at ends of spine- none severe. Gold title on front crisp & bright w/ sm. scuff obscuring part of O & L in ""POLE""- pretty minor (about 20% of O, 10% of L). Gold spine lettering tarnished or a little rubbed but totally legible. Copy displays well. Beautiful old owner bookplate dated 1914 inside front cover, neatly pencilled sm. gift note dated 1910 in corner of half title page. Front pastedown… Read More