Rutland, Vermont, & Tokyo, Japan: George A. Tuttle and Co., 1855. 3" x 4 3/4" ". 72pp., Giving the full Declaration of Independence, the signers, Washington's farewell speech along with the Constitution and the 13 amendments. Bound in publisher's brown patterned cloth, no lettering, pale orange endpapers, text clean and..... More
New York; (1977): E.P. Dutton. First Edition. Octavo. 242 pages. Signed by the author. His first nonfiction book since Desert Solitaire is alive with ranchers, dam-builders, and mountain lions. The same theme arises in The Journey Home. Abbey denies that technology and industry are inherently evil, but insists that they..... More
Fall River, Mass: L'Independent, 1941. 12mo. Inscribed by Joseph Eid " God loves you/Jos. Eid. 24 pages. Published as a souvenir of the Pontifical Maronite Mass, Rt. Rev. P. Farah Assemani, clebrant, ninth National Eucharistic Congress, Saint Paul and Minneapolis, June 3-26-1941 where they held a huge parade with over..... More
Paisley; 1876 and 1878: J. & J. Cook. Limited Edition. Quarto. In two volumes. A special edition of only 32 copies printed for subscribers, printed on Whatman's Hand-Made imperial paper. Vol. I (1876) continue with the subtitle: with notes, introductory and explanatory, and six fac-similes of old documents. an original..... More
Paris: Leon Willem, 1873. Limited Edition. Small Quarto. #14/70 copies printed on Hollande paper by Charles Meyreis, from an overall edition of 350 copies, illustrated with 20 very interesting and fine macabre etchings, finely bound in 1/4 dark blue morocco over a French moulded gilt paper, spine gilt, marbled endpapers..... More
New York: Charles B. Richardson, 1865. First Edition. Thick Octavo. Portrait frontispiece, 473pp.(verso blank), 2pp. publisher's ads, illustrated with 17 (as called for) engraved portraits with tissue guards. The author has presented what he believed were the most prominent Generals because including all of them would fill an encyclopedia.... More