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Very rare. Contemporary rich calf, beautifully rebound in matching style. Near fine, especially for the age. The best on the market we've seen. Light toning, foxing and a bit of soiling.
This scarce, official printing of the collected laws passed by the Fifth United States Congress, includes the notorious Alien and Sedition Acts, passed in 1798. 'There are three Alien acts, which grew directly out of the XYZ Affair and the failure of the embassy to France. Debate began in April 1798, as the story was reported to Congress. The first bill, the Naturalization Act, was signed into law on June 18, 1798. It increased the residency requirement for American citizenship from five to fourteen years and created other hurdles to citizenship (the majority of emigrants were supporters of the Jeffersonian Republicans). The second, the Alien Friends Act, was passed on June 25, 1978. It allowed the President to imprison or deport aliens considered 'dangerous to the peace and safety of the United States.' On July 6 the… Read More

First Deluxe Limited Edition thus, First Printing. Fine. A beautiful limited edition published under the auspices of The American Revolution Bicentennial Administration. Leather bound with hubbed spines, accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with all edges gilded. The end sheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. 8vo 8' - 9' tall. A wonderful copy and edition of this award winning title by Carl Sandburg.

First Edition. First Printing. A fine set. Six volumes, complete (The War Years, in 4 vols, The Prairie Years, in 2 vols.). Sandburg was awarded the 1940 Pulitzer Prize for History for "The War Years." Publisher's full, rich blue cloth, gilt lettering on spines, blind-stamped medallion on covers, fore-edges deckle. Illustrated with hundreds of photographs, illustrations, sketches, cartoons and maps. War Years in original publisher's matching slipcase. Fine with boards ever so lightly shelf-worn, all volumes unmarked, tight, square and clean. Large 8vo 9' - 10' tall. Volumes 1-4 660,, 655, 673 and 515 pp., respectively. A fine and truly lovely first edition set of this timeless classic by Sandburg.

First Edition. Scarce in dust jacket. Very good plus, overall. Near fine in green cloth with black tiles and gilt lettering. Pictorial boards with photographs richly colored and clean, Very good dust jacket with wear and some small chipping to head and tail of spine, corners and edge and rear cover edge, otherwise very nice.in price-clipped dust jacket. Octavo. 22x15 cm. 445 pp. A lovely copy.

First Trianon Edition. Limited issue, numbered 338 of 480 copies (526 in total). Fully and beautifully illustrated with 18 full-page color plates, facsimile reproductions of the original illuminated pages from 1887, (printed for The William Blake Trust from trustee Paul Mellon's original volume). Printed on Arches pure rag paper made to match that used by Blake, with each page watermarked with Blake's monogram. Just about fine in original dark blue quarter-morocco over marbled paper. Presented in publisher's matching near fine marbled paper slipcase. Mild spotting to end sheets and slightest edge wear. ''America' was the first of Blake's books to name a place (Lambeth) in the imprint. which was an act of defiant courage. for the first time he designated one of his books as 'a prophecy,' he concentrated particularly on the dramatic events in Boston. Blake continued his tale in Europe and then to make the cycle of continents complete he wrote 'Africa' and 'Asia' giving a general title of all four of his… Read More

First Deluxe Limited Edition thus. One of 200 copies printed, (this one unnumbered), on the occasion of the American Bicentennial, this copy being unnumbered. A stunning work. Fine in dark blue half-bound goatskin over beautiful hand-marbled boards by Barnard & Jackson, lettered in gilt within a circular leather onlay on the front cover. Presented in a near fine lightly rubbed blue cloth slipcase. Illustrated with 30 hand-colored maps, all but one of which fold-out, and many of which are two pages. Pages are hand-numbered. First published in 1776, this was one of the first major atlases of the Americas.
This extremely high quality facsimile was based on the hand colored copy of the original held by the Royal Geographical Society and was issued to celebrate the 200th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. The Maps cover the whole of the Americas, but the majority focus on the then known areas of North America. This beautiful copy is quite large and heavy, and may require additional postage.

First Edition, First Printing. Signed by President Hoover on the front free endpaper. Very good plus. With scarce, first state dustjacket, (with no review on front dj panel), in very good plus condition; small chip and crease on lower back cover and edge, and a bit toned. Near fine with publisher's original blue cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt. Content fine, with pages and text bright, clean and unmarred.
A collection of political essays written by Hoover six years before he sought the presidency. A short but important book, arguing for American individualism, 'our most precious possession', and against governmental encroachment on personal freedom, initiative and enterprise' (Hazlitt). American Individualism was the future 31st president's first political book, and the first aimed at a popular audience, following only a book on mining and two reports to the US Food Administration. Hoover was at the time the third US Secretary of Commerce, then one of the most influential positions in… Read More

First Edition. BAL State B, lacking illustrations. Inscribed by Holmes on the front free endpaper. Very rare thus. Overall very good in publishers beveled terra-cotta, pebble, embossed cloth. All edges gilt. Tear and chipping to head and tail of spine; front and rear cover hinges starting. Some bumping to corners. Internally, text is clean, bright and unmarred. First published in 1858, this is one of Holmes' more popular literary works. The novel is a series of essays, featuring a collection of boarders who gather around a table, providing an audience for the wit and philosophy of the Autocrat. The essays take the form of conversations that generally develop into monologues. Cleverly and epigrammatically, the seemingly disconnected, is unified by the recurring themes and personalities. 8vo (8-5/16 x 5-1/2 inches. [ii], viii, 373 pp. Overall, a very good and scarce signed copy of this famous work.

First Edition, Fifth Printing (Crown Publishers, New York, 2006). Signed by President Obama on the title page in black ink with his distinctive Capital B and O flourish. The second book written by Obama almost a decade after Dreams From my Father in 1995. Quickly topping the bestseller lists after it's release, the book bolstered the reputation of the then-Illinois senator, who declared his ultimately-successful candidacy for the presidency only a few months after publication. A wonderful collector's copy.

Fine in a just about fine dust jacket. Internally fine, content clean and bright. Fine in publisher's black boards, gold titles stamped to spine, light brown endpapers. Dust jacket about fine with only the very slight edgewear. Octavo. 375 pp. An excellent copy.

First Edition, Later Printing. Signed by First Lady, Michelle Obama, on the pre-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. The powerful, inspirational memoir of one of the most influential and accomplished first ladies ever to grace the White House and the public stage. Octavo. 427 pp. A lovely copy.

First Revised Edition. Includes a collection of notes by Rockwell regarding the illustrations he submitted for this edition. Fine in publishers original tan and brown cloth boards with embossed cover title and spine title in gilt. Complete with beautiful, full page colored illustrations by Rockwell bound in. Printed on heavy stock. Prior owners signature and gift inscription on front free endpaper. Lacking the dust jacket. Octavo. 300 pp. A lovely copy.

First Edition, First Printing. Limited Edition of 400 copies, this one numbered 189. Includes a free standing, tipped in, copy of the frontispiece portrait of Leonard Baskin by the famous artist, Barry Moser. Fine, as new. History of the highly regarded and prolific Gehenna Press, of Northampton, MA. Thin quarto. A lovely copy.

First Edition, First Printing. Very good plus. Quite scarce. An inspirational classic of Native American Literature, being a series of interviews with famous Lalokta holy man, Black Elf, who survived both the Battle of Little Big Horn and the Wounded Knee Massacre. Complete with 15 beautiful illustrations by Standing Bear. Gray cloth with mild spots; rubbing to top and bottom cover edges, with corners bumped. Binding square and tight with no cocking. Pages are fine, clean and unmarked. A very nice copy of this amazing Native American story.

Softcover, as published. First Edition. Signed by President Carter on the title page. Near fine, with very slight rubbing on on the head and tail of the spine. Content bright, clean and unmarred. 257 pp. An excellent copy, one that is becoming scarce.

First Limited Edition. Fine, as new. Signed by Morgan. One of 100 specially-bound and numbered copies, thus being number 96. As new in tan textured Japanese silk cloth lettered in black on the spine and housed in a textured black Japanese silk cloth slipcase adorned with a reproduction of the mountains of the Cumberland Plateau at dawn by Dobree Adams mounted on the front panel. With a few black-and-white illustrations and five maps. Boone has enjoyed enormous critical success with extended, glowing reviews in The Washington Post, The New York Review of Books, and The New York Times Book Review. Octavo. 6 x 9.25 in. xxii; 538 pp. A wonderful copy for the Morgan fan.

Third Edition. Juglar was a French statistician for whom the Juglar cycle is named, one of the first business cycles identified in economic theory. Translated, edited, and updated with an introduction by DeCourcy W. Thom. Very good in original maroon cloth lettered in gilt on front cover and spine, spine lettering dull, page edges and endpapers somewhat spotted, binding otherwise tight and sharp. Duodecimo. 14 x 19.5 cm. [viii]; 189 pp.

First Edition, First Printing. Inscribed by President Hoover to his friend and supporter, A.B. Cargill, on the front free endpaper. Just about fine in publisher's original blue cloth. First printing, as denoted by Scribner's 'A' on copyright page. Lacking the rare dustjacket. Content fine, with text bright, clean and unmarred. The 31st President of the United States, Herbert Hoover wrote more than two dozen books throughout his lifetime, including The Challenge to Liberty, a harsh criticism of the New Deal. Hoover feared that the New Deal was a threat to the country's 'freedom of mind and spirit.' He criticized he National Recovery Administration and Agricultural Adjustment Administration as 'fascistic,' and the 1933 Banking Act as a 'move to gigantic socialism.' Octavo, 212 pp. A very nice copy of this important work.

First Edition, First Printing (1946). Book one of Starkey's famous Native American Series, which tells the bitter tale of the Trail of Tears when at the beginning of the 1830s, the nearly 125,000 Native Americans who lived on millions of acres of land in Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina and Florida–land their ancestors had occupied and cultivated for generations--were, in support of white settlers, forced by US Government to leave their homelands and walk hundreds of miles to a specially designated "Indian territory" across the Mississippi River. A deadly, harrowing journey known as the Trail of Tears.
Near fine in brown cloth, embossed and spine gilt, very slight dulling to front cover. Pictorial dustjacket. Very scarce thus. Some dj wear and chipping at and near spine head and tail. Interior fine, unmarred with prior owner's name on front free endpaper. A lovely copy; very hard to find.

First Edition, First Printing. Signed by President Carter on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. With four B&W illustrations by his daughter, Amy. President Carter reminisces about the Christmas holidays he spent as a boy, a youth, a midshipman, a naval officer, a governor, and a President. 5.5' x 7.5', 156 pp. A lovely copy.

First Edition, First Printing (Scribner, New York NY, 1999). Signed on the title page by award winning author Annie Proulx (best known for Brokeback Mountain) and renowned watercolor artist, William Matthews. Matthews created the cover, frontispiece, and six full-page illustrations specifically for this first state printing. This collection of eleven stories by Proulx brings to life the challenges living and ranching in wind-scoured Wyoming.

Fine in a fine dust jacket; as new. Protected with a mylar cover. Octavo. 283 pp.