New York: Covici Friede, 1936. Full Description: STEINBECK, John. In Dubious Battle. New York: Covici Friede, [1936]. First edition, one of ninety-nine copies signed by the author of which this is number 57. Octavo (8 x 5 3/8 inches; 205 x 137 mm). 349, [3, blank] pp. With the signed.....
New York: Covici Friede Publishers, 1937. Full Description: STEINBECK, John. Of Mice and Men. New York: Covici Friede, [1937]. First edition, second issue. With page nine reset with words omitted and no bullet between the eights of the page numbers on p. 88. Small octavo (7 3/8 x 4 3/4.....
Philadelphia: Illman & Sons, 1859. Philadelphia]: Illman & Sons, [n.d.c.a. 1859]. Large broadside (20 1/2 inches; x 16 inches; 510 x 410 mm). Engraved. The text in a small script within an elaborate vine and floral border. The engraving includes portraits of the Presidents from Washington to Buchanan. As well.....
Philadelphia, printed; London, re-printed: For J. Almon, 1776. on the following subjects: I. Of the Origin and Design of Government in general, with concise Remarks on the English Constitution. II. Of Monarchy and Hereditary Succession. III. Thoughts on the present State of American Affairs. IV. Of the present Ability of.....
Utrecht: Chez Guillaume Broedelet, Marchand Libraire, 1697. First edition of this account of Hennepin's travels in what is now the United States and Canada. Twelvemo (6 x 3 1/2 inches; 153 x 30 mm). [70], 506 pp. [with extra 10 * pages, all numbered 313]. With engraved title-page, two folding.....
New York: George P. Putnam, 1849. Full Description: PARKMAN, Francis. The California and Oregon Trail: Being Sketches of Prairie and Rocky Mountain Life. New York: George P. Putnam, 1849. First edition, first issue, terminal catalogue B, binding A. Binding A is noted on first printing sheets only according to BAL.....
New York: North American Review, 1885. Full Description: BARTHOLDI, Frederic Auguste. The Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World. Described by the Sculptor, Frederic Auguste Bartholdi. Published for the Benefit of the Pedestal Fund. New York: North American Review, [1885]. First edition. Small quarto (9 x 7 inches; 228 x 178.....
Philadelphia: Printed for Thomas Dobson, 1789. An Inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations.. By Adam Smith, LL.D. and F.R.S. of London and Edinburgh: one of the commissioners of His Majesty's Customs in Scotland; and formerly professor of moral philosophy in the University of Glasgow .......
Frankfurt: Theodor de Bry and Johann Saur, 1598. First Latin translation of the author's "Brevissima Relacion" Seville : Sebastian Trugillo, 1552. Also the first illustrated edition. Small quarto (7 3/16 x 5 7/8 inches; 195 x 150 mm). [8], 141, [1, blank] pp. Bound without the final blank. With engraved.....
Full Description: SMITH, Samuel. Autograph Manuscript Signed "S.F. Smtih". Untitled. [America (My Country ‘Tis of Thee)]. [No place, No date]. One tall half sheet (12 x 6 inches; 306 x 150 mm). Being a fair copy of the complete four stanzas of Smith’s celebrated poem America in brown ink in.....
London: Printed for J. Dodsley, 1775. Full Description: BURKE, Edmund. Speech of Edmund Burke, Esq. on American Taxation, April 19, 1774. The second edition. London: Printed for J. Dodsley, 1775. Second edition. Octavo (8 3/16 x 5 1/8 inches; 208 x 130 mm). [i]-iv, 5-96 pp. Disbound but stitched together.....