‎Biography‎

‎Hubbard, Gurdon Saltonstall; Caroline M McIlvaine (Intro)‎

‎The Autobiography of Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard PA-PA-MA-TA-BE "The Swift Walker"‎

‎Chicago: R. R. Donnelley & Sons / The Lakeside Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1911. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full green cloth gilt lettering on spine gilt border and publisher's medallion gilt on cover t.e.g. fore-edge deckle. Illustrated with Tissue-Protected engraved portrait frontispiece. . Head of spine has very slight shelf-wear one faint scratch at the top edge of the front cover and a light scuff on the bottom edge of the rear cover else pristine unmarked tight square and clean. VERY GOOD. . The Lakeside Classics Series. Vol. 9. B&W Illustrations. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. xxvii 182 pp . R. R. Donnelley & Sons / The Lakeside Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 19988

‎Manly, William L; Milo Milton Quaife (ed)‎

‎Death Valley in '49‎

‎Chicago: R. R. Donnelley & Sons / The Lakeside Press. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1927. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full green cloth gilt lettering on spine gilt border and publisher's medallion gilt on cover t.e.g. fore-edge deckle. Illustrated with tissue-protected frontispiece and fold-out map. William Lewis Manly 1820-1903 was an American pioneer of the mid-19th century. He was first a fur hunter a guide of Westward bound caravans a seeker of gold and then a farmer and writer in his later years. He wrote an autobiography first published with the title "From Vermont to California" then a second edition with the title "Death Valley in '49" which tells of the pioneer experience in America's Far West in particular the 1848 California Gold Rush. In December 1848 at age 29 Manly traversed California's Death Valley today the centerpiece of Death Valley National Park as a member of a group of emigrant pioneers traveling overland from Salt Lake City Utah to the California gold rush the Death Valley '49ers. These pioneers became lost in the Great Basin Desert and entered Death Valley having followed an inaccurate map for three weeks. Their food supplies were almost exhausted and the oxen pulling their wagons were dying of starvation. Manly with his associate John Haney Rogers trekked 250 miles on foot across the Mojave Desert to Rancho San Fernando near Los Angeles California to scout an evacuation route for the families trapped in Death Valley and procure food and horses if a settlement could be located. . The volume shows only the slightest shelf-wear else pristine unmarked tight square and clean. NEAR FINE. . The Lakeside Classics Series. Vol. 25. Frontispiece and Map. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. xxiii 307 pp . R. R. Donnelley & Sons / The Lakeside Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 20081

‎Prescott, William H‎

‎Prescott's Works Complete in 16 Volumes‎

‎Boston: Dana Estes & Company. Good with No dust jacket as issued. c. 1902. Reprint. Later Printing. Leather. Complete in 16 Volumes including: History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella 3 Vols. History of the Conquest of Mexico 3 Vols. History of the Conquest of Peru 2 Vols. History of Philip the Second 3 Vols. History of the Reign of Charles the Fifth 3 Vols. Biographical and Critical Miscellanies 1 Vol. and The Life of William H. Prescott 1 Vol. by George Ticknor. No date circa 1902. All are bound in half red leather with marbled boards and endpapers 5 gilt-decorated raised bands on spine 4 compartments on spine with a flower embossed in black and gilt 2 compartments have gilt lettering t.e.g. fore-edge and bottom edge deckle. Each volume has a different engraved frontispiece and several b&w photographs. . Spines of books are darkened in varying degrees with a couple being almost black one volume has a 2" chip on the marbled cover the cover on one volume is holding on by a few threads though most of the hinges are nicely intact almost all of the volumes show some wear to the spine ends and/or leather on the covers. There are no bookplates or ownership markings of any kind and based on the tightness of the hinges and the many uncut pages few of these volumes have been read. VERY GOOD-. . B&W engravings and photographs. 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Dana Estes & Company hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 20153

‎Phipps, Edmund‎

‎Memoirs of the Political and Literary Life of Robert Plumer Ward. With Selections from His Correspondence Diaries and Unpublished Literary Remains Two Volumes Complete‎

‎London: John Murray. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1850. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Leather. Contemporary tan half calf over marbled boards spines in six compartments separated by raised bands gilt lettering on red and green morocco labels in two compartments marbled endpapers and edges. Illustrated with portrait frontispiece in Volume One. . Former owner's signature on verso of first blank preliminary page of both volumes otherwise unmarked; covers mildly worn seemingly unread tight square and clean. NEAR FINE. . Portrait Frontispiece. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. viii 496; viii 492 pp . John Murray hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 21606

‎Adolphus, John‎

‎The History of England from the Accession of King George the Third to the Conclusion of Peace in the Year 1783 Three Volumes Complete‎

‎London: T. Cadell and Jun. and W. Davies. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1802. 1st Edition. First Printing. Leather. First Edition First Printing. Three volumes in contemporary half calf over marcled boards spines in five compartments separated by raised bands gilt lettering in two compartments on burgundy labels intricate gilt tooling in the remainder blind-stamped borders on covers marbled endpapers marbled edges. Frontispiece portrait of George III in volume one. John Adolphus 1768–1845 was an English barrister and historian. This his major work was first published in 1802. It includes summaries of parliamentary debates and Adolphus was praised for it in issue No. 2 of the Edinburgh Review. The papers of George Dodington 1st Baron Melcombe had been placed at Adolphus's disposal in the preparation of his history and they enabled him to throw light on the conduct of Lord Bute and on the political transactions of the earlier years of the reign of George III who in conversation commented on the accuracy with which some of the first measures taken after his accession had been described. Extremely scarce. The volumes are in excellent condition with occasional foxing throughout but unmarked tight square and clean. Volume Two only has been professionally rebacked with the original spine laid on. An extremely elegant set. VERY GOOD. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall . T. Cadell and Jun. and W. Davies hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 22234

‎Matson, N‎

‎Memories of Shaubena: Incidents Relating to the Early Settlement of the West‎

‎Chicago: D.B. Cooke &Co. As New with No dust jacket as issued. 1878. Reprint. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full brown cloth gilt lettering on spine. Illustrated with several full-page B&W plates. Originally published in 1878 this reprint was published in 1989 by the Historical Societies of Bureau Grundy LaSalle Marshall and Putnam Counties Illinois. . The volume is in perfect pristine condition unmarked unread tight square and clean. Scarce. AS NEW. B&W Illustrations. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. 269 pp . D.B. Cooke &Co. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 22528

‎Powys, John Cowper; Llewellyn Powys‎

‎Confessions of Two Brothers‎

‎NY: The Mansas Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1916. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full navy blue cloth black lettering and red borders on labels on cover and spine. John Cowper Powys 1872-1963 was a British novelist lecturer philosopher literary critic and poet. Powys is a somewhat controversial writer "who evokes both massive contempt and near idolatry". Thus while Walter Allen in Tradition and Dream recognizes Powys's genius he is dissatisfied with what Powys has done with it seeing Powys’s approach to the novel as "so alien to the temper of the age as to be impossible for many people to take seriously". Annie Dillard however views things quite differently: "John Cowper Powys is a powerful genius whose novels stir us deeply." What is noteworthy is that throughout his career he consistently gained the admiration of novelists as diverse as Theodore Dreiser Henry Miller Iris Murdoch Margaret Drabble and James Purdy as well as the academic critics George Painter G. Wilson Knight George Steiner Harald Fawkner and Jerome McGann. Periodically over almost 50 years starting with Confessions of Two Brothers in 1916 Powys wrote works that present his personal philosophy of life. . Minimal shelf-wear text block tight and clean a single piece of tape on the inside of back cover. VERY GOOD. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. 265 pp . The Mansas Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 22835

‎Price, Mary and Vincent‎

‎A Treasury Of Great Recipes: Famous Specialties of the World's Foremost Restaurants Adapted for the American Kitchen‎

‎NY: Bernard Geis Associates. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1965. Fifth Printing. Hard Cover. Padded two-toned copper boards gilt lettering on spine gilt lettering and decoration on boards; illusrated endpapers; user notebook at rep; two ribbon place-holders. Illustrated with sumptuous color plates and restaurant menus. One of the most desirable of celebrity cookbooks. Modest shelf-wear at heel of spine very light soiling on cover else fine; unmarked tight square and clean. VERY GOOD. . Color Illustrations. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 456 16 pp . Bernard Geis Associates hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 23814

‎Cellini, Benvenuto‎

‎The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini‎

‎Cleveland: Fine Editions Press. Near Fine. 1948. 1. Hard Cover. Fine Editions Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 240

‎Messner, Reinhold‎

‎To the Top of the World‎

‎Seattle: The Mountaineers. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1992. First Printing. Hard Cover. 0898863325 . Signed by author on half-title. Full black cloth gilt lettering on spine. Illustrated with B&W and color photographs. Translated by Jill Neate. . The volume is in excellent condition unmarked tight square and clean. Unclipped dust jacket shows only mild shelf-wear else fine. FINE/NEAR FINE. . Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. 256 pp. Signed by Author . The Mountaineers hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 24318 ISBN : 0898863325 9780898863321

‎Smith, Matthew‎

‎Matthew Smith: Fifty Two Colour Plates‎

‎London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1962. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full red linen boards with robin's egg blue lettering on spine and cover. Illustrated with 52 full-color plates of works by Matthew Smith. Sir Matthew Smith CBE 1879-1959 was a British painter of nudes still-life and landscape. He studied design at the Manchester School of Art and art at the Slade School of Art. Smith studied under Henri Matisse in Paris and acquired an interest in Fauvism. During World War I he was wounded at the Battle of Passchendaele. In 1949 Smith was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE. He was knighted in 1954. He married Gwen Salmond and their relationship broke up when he entered into an affair with Vera Cuningham. Smith lived worked and exhibited in England and France. . Dust Jacket has some wear at top and sides of spines; otherwise the book is very bright and clean as are all of the plates. VERY GOOD/GOOD. Color Illustrations. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 52 v pp . George Allen and Unwin Ltd. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 24630

‎Simmons, Gene‎

‎Sex Money Kiss Gene Simmons Family Jewels‎

‎U.S.A.: Phoenix Books 2006. Soft cover. Fine. Inscribed by author on front cover of book very clean tight and bright. <br/> <br/> Phoenix Books paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 015512 ISBN : 1597775029 9781597775021

‎Whitaker, Francis as Told to Gary Mansfield‎

‎My Life as an Artist Blacksmith‎

‎U.S.A.: F. Whitaker 1995. Hardcover. Near Fine. Signed by Francis Whitaker on title page previous owner's notes beneath the signature minor edge wear pages clean binding tight. <br/> <br/> F. Whitaker hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 015758 ISBN : 0964638908 9780964638907

‎Adlum, John‎

‎Memoirs of the Life of John Adlum in the Revolutionary War‎

‎Chicago: The Caxton Club. As New with no dust jacket. 1968. Limited Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. First Limited edition limited to 500 copies. Bound full blue slate G. S .B. Fabric's S-522 cloth blue-stamped on the spine black lettering and red decoration on white label on cover printed endpapers. Edited and with an Introduction by Howard H. Peckham. John Adlum 1759-1836 was a pioneering American viticulturalist who was the first to cultivate the Catawba grape. He is known as "the father of American viticulture." He also served in the American Revolutionary War; was a well-known surveyor; was one of the first associate judges in Lycoming County Pennsylvania; and served in the United States Army in the War of 1812. Adlum's memoirs offer personal glimpses of Nathanael Greene George Washington Wilhelm von Knyphausen Ethan Allen Hugh Gaine German mercenaries and others. This is the first publication of Adlum's original notebooks. The volume was designed by Greer Allen composed by R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company at The Lakeside Press Chicago and printed at the Acorn Press in Maywood Illinois. . The volume is in perfect pristine condition unmarked tight square and clean; in its original shipping box. AS NEW. . 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. xii 143 1 pp . The Caxton Club hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 26281

‎Johnson, Samuel‎

‎Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets‎

‎London: Frederick Warne & Co. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1. Hard Cover. Publisher's full red leather spine in six compartments separated by raised bands gilt lettering in one panel gilt tooling in remainder gilt border on covers marbled edges and endpapers. . Volume shows mild wear and rubbing mostly around corners and head and heel of spine former owner's name written on reverse of ffep hinges starting. VERY GOOD. . 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. xxiv 588 pp . Frederick Warne & Co. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 25306

‎Woods, John‎

‎Two Years Residence on the English Prairie of Illinois‎

‎Chicago: R. R. Donnelley & Sons / The Lakeside Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 1968. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full blue cloth gilt lettering on spine gilt medallion on cover t.e.g. John Woods was an English farmer apparently of some substance who was attracted by the opportunities for himself and his family in the United States and especially in the Midwest. Like many others before and after he descended the Ohio River and struck out north and west to give great impetus to the early settlement of the southern parts of several midwestern states. His detailed and interesting account of his journey and what he found was surely an important contribution to the early development of Illinois. A map of Woods's trip from Baltimore to Illinois was drawn for this edition. The original title page also is reproduced London: 1822 along with other drawings and reproductions from historical records. . The volume is in perfect pristine condition unmarked tight square and clean; still in original shipping box and glassine wrapper both of which are also in perfect condition. AS NEW. The Lakeside Classics Series. Vol. 66. Maps and Reproductions. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall . R. R. Donnelley & Sons / The Lakeside Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 8382

‎Hubbard, Gurdon Saltonstall; Caroline M McIlvaine (Intro)‎

‎The Autobiography of Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard PA-PA-MA-TA-BE "The Swift Walker"‎

‎Chicago: R. R. Donnelley & Sons / The Lakeside Press. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1911. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full green cloth gilt lettering on spine gilt border and publisher's medallion gilt on cover t.e.g. fore-edge deckle. Illustrated with tissue-protected engraved portrait frontispiece. Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard 1802 – 1886 was an American fur trader insurance underwriter and land speculator. Hubbard first arrived in Chicago on October 1 1818. He went on to build Chicago's first stockyard and help foment a land boom for Chicago in the East. On several trips throughout Illinois he became the adopted son of Chief Waba of the Kickapoo and married Watseka niece of Chief Tamin of the Kankakee Potawatomi. After he walked for 75 miles in a single night to warn the town of Danville of an impending raid by Indians he earned the nickname "Pa-pa-ma-ta-be" or "Swift-Walker." When a local Indian tribe questioned his ability to perform this feat he challenged their champion walker to a race. Hubbard's challenger lost by several miles and was unable to move the next day. Hubbard seemed to be unaffected. . Former owner's signature stamp on ffep otherwise unmarked gilt bright a few pages very lightly soiled corners sharp tight and square. NEAR FINE. . The Lakeside Classics Series. Vol. 9. B&W Illustrations. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. xxvii 182 pp . R. R. Donnelley & Sons / The Lakeside Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 8463

‎Byrd, Richard Evelyn‎

‎Discovery: The Story of The Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition‎

‎New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Good with no dust jacket. 1935. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full blue cloth gilt lettering and decoration on cover gilt lettering on spine t.e.g. light blue fore-edge deckle maps on endpapers. Illustrated with B&W frontispiece and B&W photographs. . Spine moderately sunned and slightly rubbed boards lightly sunned corners slightly bumped and worn front hinge starting. GOOD . B&W Photographs. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. xxi i 405 pp . G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 9498

‎Vallery-Radot, Jean‎

‎The Life of Pasteur‎

‎Garden City NY: Doubleday Page & Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1923. First American Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full blue cloth gilt lettering on spine gilt medallion on cover. Illustrated with photographic frontispiece portrait of Pasteur. . Spine faded covers rubbed old faded damp-stain on upper boards and first several pages not affecting text; former owner's name and address on fep else near fine hinges strong text block tight and square. VERY GOOD. B&W Illustrations. 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 10073

‎Thompson, Hunter S‎

‎Fear And Loathing In America; The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist 1968-1976‎

‎New York: Simon & Schuster. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2000. First Edition. 1. Hard Cover. 068487315X . Gonzo Letters Series. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. xxv 756 2 pp . Simon & Schuster hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 12037 ISBN : 068487315X 9780684873152

‎Churchill, Winston S; Timothy Baker‎

‎The Island Race‎

‎London: Cassell & Company Ltd. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1964. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. The Island Race is an abridgment by Timothy Baker of the four volumes of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Sir Winston Churchill. Quarter bound in dark green buckram over light green cloth boards gilt lettering on spine gilt ruling on covers dark green endpapers. Profusely illustrated in color and monochrome. . Bottom edge lightly sunned text block unmarked tight square and clean. The unclipped dust jacket is mildly chipped with some minor loss at the head of the spine. NEAR FINE/VERY GOOD. . Color Illustrations. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 309 pp . Cassell & Company, Ltd. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 12382

‎Honnen, Hugh H‎

‎After Ten‎

‎USA: Self 1978. Hardcover. Very Good. Inscribed by "Hugh & Dorothy" family history scarce. <br/> <br/> Self hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 013381

‎Strickland, Agnes‎

‎Lives of the Queens of England from the Norman Conquest; with Anecdotes of their Courts now first Published from Official Records and Other Authentic Documents Private as well as Public Volumes 8 9 and 10 only of 12‎

‎London: Henry Colburn. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1845. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. Bound in half blue leather over marbled boards marbled endpapers and edges. Illustrated with engraved frontispieces and vignettes in each volume. Vol. 8: Henrietta Maria and Catherine of Braganza; Vol. 9: Mary Beatrice of Modena Chapters 1-8; Vol. 10: Mary Beatrice of Modena Chapters 9-12 and Mary II. . Ends and hinges worn corners bumped only light foxing else near fine. VERY GOOD. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 478; 429; 416 pp . Henry Colburn hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 12986

‎Clinton, Bill‎

‎My Life‎

‎NY: Knopf. As New in Near Fine dust jacket. 2004. Stated First Edition. 1. Hard Cover. 0375414576 . The volume is in perfect pristine condition. AS NEW. B&W Illustrations. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. 957 xlii pp . Knopf hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 13037 ISBN : 0375414576 9780375414572

‎Quaife, Milo Milton (Ed); Black Hawk‎

‎Life of Black Hawk: Ma-Ka-Tai-Me-She-Kia-Kiak‎

‎Chicago: R. R. Donnelley & Sons / The Lakeside Press. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1916. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full green cloth gilt lettering on spine gilt border and publisher's medallion gilt on cover t.e.g. fore-edge deckle. Illustrated with tissue-protected frontispiece portrait of Black Hawk from a portrait painted by Robert M. Sully at Fort Monroe in 1833. Boards very lightly soiled unmarked tight square and clean seemingly unread. VERY GOOD. . The Lakeside Classics Series. Vol. 14. B&W Illustrations. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. xi 196 pp . R. R. Donnelley & Sons / The Lakeside Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 13365