1896Best.-Nr. 025198Longman Green: 1896. 1168 pages. 2 FINE- HARDCOVERS with the bookplate of William Crowninshield Endicott Nov. 19 1826 - May 6 1900. He was an American politician and the Secretary of War in the Administration of President Grover.". Hard Cover. Fine-/No Dust Jackets Present. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Longman, Green: Hardcover
1914Best.-Nr. 022505No Place: No publisher 1914. Wraps. Poor. Disbound leaves roughly 8 by 7 inches with a cardstock front cover bearing a label with the student's name and year Marion Conaway 1914. 14 leaves with 12 of the 14 containing a piece of fabric that displays an example of various stitches mostly along hems or seams. The fabric is mounted by metal fasteners. Laid in is a certificate issued in 1918 from the Victory Girls and the United War Work Campaign certifying that Ms. Conaway paid a dollar toward the United War Work Campaign and was deemed an official Victory Girl. This campaign was created as a way for people in the US to support troops during World War I. Presumably the booklet was done for school demonstrating the variety of sewing and stitching techniques that was being taught. POOR condition. Booklet falling apart with all leaves detached and cover detached. Lacking a rear cover. The paper mountings are toned and brittle with some chipping and loss along the edges. The fabrics are clean although some are folded due to mishandling. No publisher unknown
1956Best.-Nr. 021414No Place: No publisher 1956. Unbound. Good. No publisher or place. All 1956. Approximately 30-40 pieces. Most are duplicate typed sheets as well as some blank fundraising forms and envelopes and a lengthy guest list including number of tickets needed. These papers relate to a campaign fundraising dinner Adlai Stevenson and his campaign held on April 25th 1956 at the Waldorf. This includes duplicates of letters of invitations addressed to a variety of people; confidential campaign memos; blank fundraising forms; and a lengthy guest list that includes Eleanor Roosevelt among others. These are from an executive of a very large international insurance firm name of owner and firm withheld for privacy. The owner was a highly placed executive in an insurance company and travelled throughout the world extensively. They were active in politics through donations and fundraising and it appears their family was friendly with the Roosevelts especially Eleanor Roosevelt. The previous owner's work for the insurance company led them to meet with various heads of state worldwide including US government officials. Some of the people associated with this firm were also involved in World War II activities including financing the Flying Tigers in China as well as work for the OSS using knowledge gained from insurance work. While we have not found any direct connection to intelligence work by this owner their ties to those who did are strong. GOOD condition. All housed in a manila folder. Some are stapled many bear creases and are toned with some pencil or pen notes scattered throughout. No publisher unknown
1956Best.-Nr. 021525No Place: No publisher 1956. Unbound. Good. Various places and dates. Dates range from April 25 1956 to June 27 1956. 14 leaves printed on single sides only. It appears most are copies of originals but a few may be original as well. All these letters stem from a proposal letter written by Ambassador Whiting Willauer to his friend and insurance executive from whose estate these came. Willauer mentions his troubles with some Chinese refugees he sponsored which made him ponder the possibility for some sort of insurance for sponsors of refugees to cover financial losses in case the refugees are not able to fulfill their obligations stipulated in the Refugee Act of 1953. The letters are between other US insurance executives pondering options and feasibility with the eventual conclusion that the proposal was not practical. The act itself was meant to accommodate 200000 refugees affected by communism. The earliest letter is from US Ambassador Whiting Willauer on "The Foreign Service of the United States of America" letterhead and apparently written from Honduras where Willauer was serving at the time. Notably Willauer along with Claire Chennault established the Civilian Air Transport Company in China in 1946 selling it to the CIA in 1950 although not resigning from the company until 1954. At this time he became ambassador to Honduras and worked directly with the CIA in Guatemala in support of their operation to overthrow its government led by Jacobo Arbenz Guzman see Wikipedia for previous information-or misinformation. Willauer's letter does bear a signature but we have not authenticated it in any way. These are from an executive of a very large international insurance firm name of owner and firm withheld for privacy. The owner was a highly placed executive in an insurance company and travelled throughout the world extensively. They were active in politics through donations and fundraising and it appears their family was friendly with the Roosevelts especially Eleanor Roosevelt. The previous owner's work for the insurance company led them to meet with various heads of state worldwide including US government officials. Some of the people associated with this firm were also involved in World War II activities including financing the Flying Tigers in China as well as work for the OSS using knowledge gained from insurance work. While we have not found any direct connection to intelligence work by this owner their ties to those who did are strong. GOOD condition. Letters mounted by metal clip in a manila folder. Some wrinkling to the letters with a few handwritten notes to some of them. No publisher unknown
1953Best.-Nr. 021611No Place: No publisher 1953. Unbound. Good. Mickey Mantle Exhibit Card. Circa 1951-53 based on the "Made in U.S.A." printed in upper and lower case. 5 5/16 by 3 5/16 inches. No printing on the reverse. An exhibit baseball card featuring all time great Mickey Mantle. UNGRADED. Tiny dings/creases at the corners with the extremities bearing minor rubbing. Unfortunately the number 50 is written in pen at the top of the card both front and reverse. Small spot of soiling to the left of Mantle's head. UNGRADED. No publisher unknown
1993Best.-Nr. 021055New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1993. Cloth. Very Good. Black cloth lacking cardboard slipcase. 583 pp. between the two volumes. Color and black and white photos throughout. A detailed history of embroidery and needlework in the early United States. This includes a look at its role in the education of young women in colonial America as well as a look at the art in the New England states and beyond. VERY GOOD condition. Minor fading soiling and edgewear to the books. Alfred A. Knopf unknown
Best.-Nr. 021224No Place: No publisher. Unbound. Very Good. 8 by 10 inch glossy photos. No publisher place or date. The photographs are loosely contained in a manila folder with the name of Colonel L.B. de Long typed on it. Affixed to the interior is a copy of a letter addressed to someone working for an insurance company dated September 9 1952. This letter suggests meeting a John Mead and Colonel L.B. deLong who apparently handled "lots of interesting towage and construction projects in Alaska Greenland etc." The photographs are primarily shots of the pier that would make the Port of Thule being constructed depicting metal pipes platforms etc. with some icebergs visible as well as Dundas Mountain in the background. One shot depicts two former Navy vessels which may have been used as temporary housing for workers. They are the USNS General Stuart Heintzelman and the USNS General A W Greely. One photo depicts a ship moored and another depicts a ship just offshore. Pituffik Space Base Thule Air Base was originally built in 1951 and is the northernmost US military installation. It has gained more interest recently due to a US president's inane obsession with Greenland. The website icyseas . org indicates that the Port of Thule is the northernmost deep water port in the world and was constructed in three weeks. It was meant to be a temporary port but is still in use today. It also appears from that website that the pier depicted in these photos is sometimes referred to as the deLong Pier. These are from an executive of a very large international insurance firm name of owner and firm withheld for privacy. The owner was a highly placed executive in an insurance company and travelled throughout the world extensively. They were active in politics through donations and fundraising and it appears their family was friendly with the Roosevelts especially Eleanor Roosevelt. The previous owner's work for the insurance company led them to meet with various heads of state worldwide including US government officials. Some of the people associated with this firm were also involved in World War II activities including financing the Flying Tigers in China as well as work for the OSS using knowledge gained from insurance work. While we have not found any direct connection to intelligence work by this owner their ties to those who did are strong. Photos in VERY GOOD condition with minor toning and general curling. No publisher unknown
1792Best.-Nr. 020796No Place: No publisher 1792. Unbound. Very Good. Includes wool cards linen cloth paper etc. Captain James Libbey led a company of men from New Hampshire in Colonel Evans' Regiment in 1777 during the Revolutionary War where they marched and joined the Northern Continental Army at Saratoga. VERY GOOD. Minor toning and foxing with a few wrinkles. No publisher unknown
1767Best.-Nr. 020556Portsmouth: No Publisher 1767. Unbound. Good. Single sheet printed on a single side only. 12 ¼ by 7 ½ inches. Armorial ornament of King George III at the top of the sheet followed by printed text asserting that in pursuance of the Acts passed in the General Assembly of the Province of New Hampshire the town named Dover New Hampshire was required to pay the stated sum of taxes as well as naming the constables or collectors who collected the sums. Signed by George Jaffrey at the bottom with the remains of a wax seal present. George Jaffrey Esquire was part of a prominent New Hampshire family who essentially held an oligarchy in the province. They and a few others sought to separate New Hampshire from the province of Massachusetts and through various machinations and political maneuverings did so. George Jaffrey eventually became treasurer of New Hampshire. In the run up to and during the American Revolutionary War Jaffrey was a staunch Loyalist asserting that it was just a few people causing the turmoil and that eventually the colonies would remain with England. Despite his beliefs and the danger it caused him he held his post and remained in Portsmouth New Hampshire during the war. GOOD condition. Horizontal and vertical fold creases present with a few small tears along the folds. A 1 inch triangular area torn off from the upper edge. Uneven toning. Handwriting on the reverse clerical in nature. Many small old paper repairs present along the center fold. No Publisher unknown
1971Best.-Nr. 016065Washington: Government printing Office 1971. Wraps. Good. Printed wraps. 145 7 pp. A few black and white illustrations throughout reprints of illustrations from issues of The Black Panther Party. A supposedly "analytical" report on the Black Panther Party discussing its origins ideology and methodology in achieving its aims. The work cites the words of Black Panther Party leaders and ex-members and subtly seeks to tie the party to foreign groups communists seeking to overthrow the US government while ignoring the facts in some cases such as the murder of Fred Hampton that would portray the US government in a poor light. The report was issued by the Committee on Internal Security formerly known as the House of Un-American Activities Committee chaired by Richard Ichord a staunch anti-communist. GOOD condition. Minor to moderate toning some staining and minor soiling with light rusting to the staples. Minor creasing and wrinkling. Government printing Office unknown
1970Best.-Nr. 028069McNeil Island Washington: Vocational Training Duplication Department 1970. First Edition . Paperback. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. iv 96pp. Volume contains numerous illustrations. Typographer: John Sivyer. Sponsors: Lester A. Lucht Mrs. Lorraine Dattler and Byron W. Stensen. Volume admits to several minor bumps and some creasing in places at extremities as well as light soiling mild yellowing and several tiny spots to covers. Text clean. Binding sound. Remains an attractive copy. SCARCE Vocational Training Duplication Department paperback
1887Best.-Nr. 011564Washington: Government Printing Office 1887. Half Leather. Good. Half leather with marbled boards. Pagination varies throughout. Nine volumes including index volumes plus a report volume containing testimony from railroad officials government officials and others associated with railroads in the United States ascertaining their finances and benefit to the US government and how the financing and relationship between the government and railroads should continue. GOOD condition. Moderate to heavy scuffing to the leather along the extremities and hinges. Owner's name in gilt at the foot of each spine. Minor fading. Some dustiness and light soiling to the covers. Light toning to the paper. Government Printing Office unknown
1829Best.-Nr. BB1450London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley New Burlington-Street 1829. First Edition. Half-Calf. Fine. Scarce First Printing complete in three volumes of the "first anti-miscegenation novel in our literature Fiedler. 12mo: xiv2991; 23111; 2316pp. Contemporary pink half calf over marbled boards by Harrison of Belfast their ticket to front paste-down of vol. I; black morocco lettering pieces gilt; spines decorated in blind; marbled endpapers and edges. A truly excellent set occasional light foxing mostly marginal; spines rubbed and faded to tan. Spiller & Blackburn 11. BAL 3843. Sabin 16416. Fiedler quoted in Wallace James D. Race and Captivity in Cooper's the Wept of Wish-ton-wish American Literary History 7.2 1995: 189209. True First Edition of this historical novel published in London September and later in November in Philadelphia under the title The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish: A Tale both from the same sheets printed in Florence by Molini. Written in Paris when Cooper was as the center of the small American expatriate community and set in the seventeenth century on frontier land later part of Connecticut. N. B. With few exceptions always identified we only stock books in exceptional condition carefully preserved in archival removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association and we subscribe to its codes of ethics. Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington-Street unknown
1818Best.-Nr. 001142Paris: F. Béchet 1818. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good . 6 267 1 p.; 22 cm. Original pink paper wrappers with printed paper spine label. Untrimmed. Verso of half title page contains list of booksellers in other cities selling books printed by Imprimerie de Poulet. Verso of table of contents contains list of other works by Pradt. First edition. This volume discusses independence movements in South America in particular developments in the second half of 1817 as well as the reactions of European powers. Pages 177-258 contain translations of documents concerning Haiti and other areas. In 1789 Pradt 1759-1837 was elected to the États Généraux; he fled to Germany after the beginning of the French Revolution. After he returned to France in 1800 Pradt supported Napoleon and became bishop of Poitiers 1805 and archbishop of Malines 1808. In Very Good Condition: much of paper spine label lacking; lower corner of front and back wrapper lacking; tear from lower edge of first leaf half title not touching text; occasional light foxing; otherwise a clean and bright copy in the original wrappers. F. Béchet paperback
1825Best.-Nr. 21618London 1825. Folio. 310pp. Bound in modern blue wrappers with copy of title on front wrapper. Fine. A wonderfully detailed report on the structure of the legal system in these colonies with explanations of the courts forms of action and remedies crimes punishments police forces slave codes manumission reform measures fees tables of cases tables with names and races of parties to legal proceedings. OCLC records nine locations under several accession numbers as of September 2024. unknown
2000Best.-Nr. 036247Rutledge Books/Easton Press: 2000. 196 pages illustrated with Mort Kunstler's paitings in color. Fully bound in genuine leather 22kt gold deeply inlaid on the "hubbed" spine. Sewn pages. Handsome brown moiré endpages and a satin-ribbon page marker. Gilded page ends. FINE HARDCOVER. Grey Leather binding by Easton Press with the Certificate of Authenicity by Easton Press. By the Author . Hard Cover. Fine/Not Issued with a Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Rutledge Books/Easton Press: Hardcover
2011Best.-Nr. 036248BlueRed Books/Easton Press: 2011. 448 pages illustrated in color and b&w. This book "covers the subject chronologically and examine the war as one continuous event but Civil War State by State looks at the war from the perspective of the forty-five states and territories that existed during the period. Fully bound in genuine leather 22kt gold deeply inlaid on the "hubbed" spine.Sewn pages. Handsome brown moiré endpages and a satin-ribbon page marker. Gilded page ends. FINE- HARDCOVER Grey Leather binding by Easton Press. Hard Cover. Fine-/Not Issued with a Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. BlueRed Books/Easton Press: Hardcover
1882Best.-Nr. 034449U.S. War Department: 1882. Ordance Notes: 126 April 20 1880- ARTILLERY EXPERIMENTS OF THE KRUPP STEEL WORKS EXECUTED AT THE PRACTICE GROUND NEAR MEPPEN IN AUGUST 1879 to Ordance Notes: 167 October 18 1881-ARMOR-PIERCING PROJECTILES. FAIR HARDCOVER complete but detached from covers spine cloth missing a plate of two is torn in half but complete and one page detached from spine but present. RARE. Hard Cover. Fair/Not Issued with a Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. U.S. War Department: Hardcover
2010Best.-Nr. 034128Columbia University Press: 2010. 301 pages. "This volume contains a selection of the authors articles about Hugnarian American experience. Both authors are internationally renowned for their prolific research in the field of Hungarian Studies." FINE HARDCOVER FINE DUST JACKET. Signed by both authors. Signed by Authors. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Columbia University Press: Hardcover
1858Best.-Nr. 032889Johnson Fry & Company 1858. This book is Volume I of a two volume set 246 pages illustrated with numerous highly-finished steel engravings including battle scenes and full-length portraits- from original paintings by Alonzo Cappel. "To supply the demand which is thus created this work has been prepared- a description of the battles of the republic in detail with such original documents relating thereto and such sketches of the lives of those who took part therein as will enable all who may refer to its pages to gain full and authentic information on the subject on which it treats." VERY GOOD HARDCOVER. Black covers with gilt lettering on spine. A more modern binding. Overall a nice clean tight copy. Volume I only. Hard Cover. Very Good/Not Issued with a Dust Jacket. Illus. by Alonzo Chappel. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Johnson, Fry & Company, Hardcover
1855Best.-Nr. 033421G. P. Putnam & Co. 1855. 504 pages. GOOD HARDCOVER with the original brown bind-stamped covers. Foxing title page illustration. Else a nice clean tight copy moderate wear at the spine edges and lower corners of book. Lettering bright on the spine edge. Hard Cover. Good/Not Issued with a Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. G. P. Putnam & Co. Hardcover
1855Best.-Nr. 033420G. P. Putnam & Co. 1855. 518 pages with Error Correction Page regarding an error in the editions of Volume I. VERY GOOD HARDCOVER with the original brown bind-stamped covers. Foxing title page illustration. Else a nice clean tight copy light wear to spine edges. Hard Cover. Very Good/Not Issued with a Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. G. P. Putnam & Co. Hardcover
1941Best.-Nr. 032526Oxford University Press: 1941. First published in 1940 this book is the second printing from Nov. 1941 561 pages illustrated with the folded map in the back pocket. "The Maryland Guide is one of the splendid series of books prepared by the Federal Writer's Project." FINE- HARDCOVER GOOD DUST JACKET. Dust jacket protected with a clear plastic acid-free jacket. Hard Cover. Fine-/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Oxford University Press: Hardcover
1974Best.-Nr. 032844Harbor Hill Books: 1974. This book is a reprint of the original edition published in 1871 570 pages illustrated. FINE HARDCOVER FINE- DUST JACKET. Dust jacket protected with a clear plastic acid-free jacket. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine-. Illus. by Abram Hosier. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Harbor Hill Books: Hardcover
1980Best.-Nr. 032484Scarecrow Press Inc. 1980. 278 pages. "The current resurgence of Evangelical religion has highlighted the important role of this force in the formation of American culture." FINE HARDCOVER. Not issued with a dust jacket. Hard Cover. Fine/No Dust Jacket Present. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Scarecrow Press, Inc. Hardcover