Search Results: American History & Americana from The Wild Muse

London: George Virtue, 1840. First edition. 2 volumes bound in 3/4 green leather with raised bands, all edge gilting, marbled endpapers. Published London: George Virtue, 1840. Large 4to., 8 3/4" x 11", 140pp.,+map+66 engravings+engraved title; state A of volume 2, with contents page numbered, 106pp.,+53 engravings+engraved title. Magnificent views of the Eastern United States before industrialization altered the landscape. Bartlett was a skilled landscape artist with a keen eye. He travelled extensively in the U.S. and Canada. Ocassional foxing to the plates and tissue guards, Light wear/rubbing to extremities, faded area to the cloth of volume two, mild outer hinge starting. Very good. . 1st. Hard. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. Illus. by William H. Bartlett. 4to.

London: George Virtue, 1840. First edition. 2 volumes bound in extra gilt-ornamental red full leather with panels, raised bands, all edge gilting, gilt edge decorations, colored endpapers, ribbon markers. Bookplate of former U.S. Senator and Congressman William L. Scott (Virginia Republican) on pastedown in each volume. Published London: George Virtue, 1840. Large 4to., 8 3/4" x 11", 140pp.,+map+66 engravings+engraved title; state A of volume 2, with contents page numbered, 106pp.,+53 engravings+engraved title. Magnificent views of the Eastern United States before industrialization altered the landscape. Bartlett was a skilled landscape artist with a keen eye. He traveled extensively in the U.S. and Canada. Internally fine with no toning or foxing, plates nearly immaculate under tissue guards. Joints and corners rubbed, front joint of one volume starting. Very good, near fine internally. 1st. Hard. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. Illus. by William H. Bartlett. 4to.

Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Published Evanston: Northwestern Univ Pr, 1959. . 864pp., illus. Very Good. . 1st. Hard. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.. Illus.

Boston: Boston Publishing Co., 1985. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Boston: Boston Publishing Co., 1985, first printing. Folio, 9 1/4" 11 1/4", v+346pp., iillustrated with b/w plates. Very good in very good minus dust jacket chipped on the back panel.. 1st. Hard. Very Good/Very Good Minus. Folio.

Schenectady, NY: Outdoor Associates, 1974. First edition. Trade soft cover. Published Schenectady, NY: Outdoor Associates, 1974. 4to. wrappers, 8 1/2" x 11." viii+200 pp., over 300 illustrations. Mild spine creasing, previous owner label inside cover, else very good.. 1st. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. Folio.

NY: Farrar, Straus & Young, 1952. Softcover "Special Election Edition". Published NY: Farrar, Straus & Young, 1952. 8vo. wrappers, 236pp. Good. . Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo.

NY: Henry Schuman, 1952. First edition. Trade softcover. Published NY: Henry Schuman, 1952, first printing. 8vo. stapled wrappers with printed glossy covers, 80pp. Covers rubbed, else very good. . 1st. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo.

NY: Norton & Company, 1997. Hard cover in dust jacket and publisher's shrink wrap. Published NY: Norton & Company, 1997. 4to., 10 1/4" x 11 1/4", 224pp., illustrated with 93 full-color photographs. New in shrink wrap. "In this important volume, Christian A. Peterson finally gives the pictorialists of the first half of the twentieth century their due. He describes the backgrounds of the movement, their methods, the photo clubs they belonged to, and their work, illustrated here with ninety-three stunning reproductions. The movement seemed to die out, Peterson suggests, with the rising popularity of 35mm photography in mid-century, when the care and slow working procedures required by large-format cameras became unpopular. 93 full-color photographs." . Hard. New/New. 4to.

NY: Crown Forum, 2009. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Crown Forum, 2009, first printing. 8vo., xi+753pp. From Steven F. Hayward, the critically acclaimed author of The Age of Reagan: The Fall of the Old Liberal Order, comes the first complete, true story of this misunderstood, controversial, and deeply consequential presidency. Fine in near fine dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo.

Washington, D.C.: Zenger Pub, 1980. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Washington, D.C.: Zenger Pub., 1980. 8vo., xi+506pp., illustrated with b/w reproductions. Very good in very good dust jacket with some sweat creasing to the rear panel.. Hard. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

NY: Bramhall House, 1957. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Bramhall House, 1957. 4to., 9" x 12 1/8." 232 pp., illustrated throughout with b/w photos. Abrasion on spine. Good plus in Good plus dust jacket with a small chip off spine, several closed tears. . Hard. Good Plus/Good Plus. 4to.

NY: Macmillan, 1974. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published NY: Macmillan, 1974, printing. Folio, 8 1/4" x 11 1/4." x+262 pp., illustrated with b/w plates. Some highlighting to entry title lines in text, else very good.. 1st. Hard. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. Folio.

NY: Oxford University Press, 2016. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Oxford University Press, 2016, first printing. 8vo., xvi+427pp., illustrated with b/w photos. "In American Maelstrom, Michael A. Cohen captures the full drama of this watershed election, establishing 1968 as the hinge between the decline of political liberalism, the ascendancy of conservative populism, and the rise of anti-governmental attitudes that continue to dominate the nation's political discourse. In this sweeping and immersive book, equal parts compelling analysis and thrilling narrative, Cohen takes us to the very source of our modern politics of division." Mild bump to lower corner, else very good, in very good dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Cambridge: MIT Press, 1993. Signed first edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Cambridge: MIT Press, 1993, first printing. Square 4to., 10 1/4" x 10 1/4", xxxiii+426pp., Illustrated with b/w photographs. "For twelve years beginning in 1951, the United States government conducted above ground testing of nuclear weapons in the deserts of Nevada. For more than four decades it has tried to cover up the human and environmental devastation wrought by this testing. In American Ground Zero, Carole Gallagher has penetrated the veil of official secrecy and anonymity to document the incredible untold story of the Americans whose misfortune it was to live downwind of the nuclear detonations - those citizens described in a top-secret Atomic Energy Commission memo as "a low-use segment of the population" - and of civilian workers and military personnel exposed to radiation at the Nevada Test Site." Inscribed by author on title page. Some dust foxing on top and front edge of… Read More

Washington: W. F. Roberts, 1920. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published Washington: W. F. Roberts, nd, 1920, first printing. 8vo., 451pp. Red cloth with gilt tiles. Attractive, very good plus condition.. 1st. Hard. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 8vo..

Hamden, CT,: Archon Books, 1982. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Hamden, CT: Archon Books, 1982. Small 4to., 7 1/4" x 10 1/4", 195pp., illustrated with b/w photographs. Red cloth with gilt spine titles. Library of Congress Copyright Office Surplus rubber stamp on f/l and copyright page. Near fine in very good dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to.

NY: Viking, 1967. First edition. Hard cover ex-library copy in original cloth and dust jacket . Published NY: Viking, 1967, first printing. 8vo., xvii+286 pp., illustrated with b/w plates. Good in good dust jacket.. 1st. Hard. Good/Good. 8vo. Ex-Library.

Noroton Heights, CT: Medallic Publishing Company, 1990. First edition. Trade softcover. Published Noroton Heights, CT: Medallic Publishing Company, 1990. 8vo., xx+242 pp., illustrated with color plates, b/w reproductions. Some check marks, circling in text, else very good plus.. 1st. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo.

NY: Viking, 1964. First edition. Hard cover Ex-library copy in original cloth and dust jacket . Published NY: Viking, 1964, first printing. 8vo., xiv+173 pp., illustrated with reproductions. Ex-library copy with markings, dust jacket taped on. Good. . 1st. Hard. Good/Good. 8vo. Ex-Library.

NY: Viking Press, 1976. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Viking, 1976, first printing. Oblong 4to., 12 1/4" x 10 1/2", 134pp., illustrated with full page color plates. Inscription on fly leaf. Very good in very good minus dust jacket frayed, few tears along the top edge. . 1st. Hard. Very Good/Very Good Minus. 4to.