1903 OKLAHOMA TERRITORY MAP by Frank Bond - 1903: Map of Oklahoma Territory. Compiled from the Official Records of the General Land Office and from data in the Executive Office of the Territory, to accompany the Annual Report of the Governor of the Territory.

London: Dent, 1912. Hardcover. Fine. Robinson, Charles. Large 8vo, full ivory cloth stamped in pictorial gilt, illustrated with 17 mounted full page color plates with captioned tissue guards and mounted color chapter head art by Charles Robinson. Top edge gilt. Mild toning to pictorial endpapers else a lovely bright copy with tiny bumps to tips, no previous ownership markings. Each plate is mounted with a gold border. Amongst an abundance of beautifully illustrated books of Robinson's, this stands out. The spine gilt with the full title and a large gnome is a delight; the cover, also all in gilt, is a delicate work with a princess and elaborate borders filled with more characters. The endpapers feature trolls with mining tools, all in gilt. The title page is again elaborately drawn. Vignettes are everywhere throughout the text. It's a charmer and one of our favorite Charles Robinson books.

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1951. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1st Edition stated, Authors first book and the precursor to his 1968 Pulitzer prize winning book “Confessions of Nat Turner”. A VG+ book in a VG+ dust jacket. Jacket has small stain on front cover (just above the title) and some edgewear to the jacket, jacket currently with removable archival protection. Also included is the signed Franklin Library Edition. One of the sixty books in the series of Author Signed Leather Limited Editions published by Franklin Library from 1977 through to 1982. Beautifully bound in dark brown leather with gilt letter and design in 22kt gold and printed on archival paper with gilt edges. The end sheets are of moire silk fabric with a red silk marker sewn in, still in its original position. The book is in mint condition, unread with tight binding. Excellent collectable book, ; 400 pages; Signed by Author .

LOUIS-RENÉ MADELAINE LA VASSOR, COMTE DE LA TOUCHE-TRÉVILLE (1745-1804). The Count De la Touche was a French admiral who served in the American and French Revolutions, as well as the Napoleonic Wars. LS. 2pgs. December 14, 1786. Paris. A letter signed “De la Touche”. In French, the Admiral De la Touche wrote to the Marquis de Lotbinière regarding a Naval volunteer. The letter dates to the period between the American and French Revolutions. In translation, it reads: “Even though I have the greatest desire, dear Marquis, to do what is possible to make M. Laudrier Desbordes happy, it is impossible for him to embark as 1st class volunteer if he does not have the required three actual years of service at sea. In case that he cannot fulfill that requirement, issued last January 1, he will qualify as 2nd class volunteer, to which the two campaigns that he has already participated in entitle him. You have inspired my infinite interest in him, dear Marquis, and I will be happy to provide support for… Read More

Los Angeles, CA: U. S. Engineer Office, 1946. Wraps. Good. Oblong folio. 37 black and white maps and charts showing sections of the propsed and existing sections of the highway through Guatemala to Panama. This is the plate volume only, no text. Printed paper wraps bound with rivets. The item has been folded once vertically with wear and loss to the covers. The maps have age toning but are mostly in very good condition, the vertical crease being more a bend on the maps than a crease. The size is 10 by 15 inches; some maps are larger and are folded at the right edges to fit. Only a good copy, but very scarce.

A baseball classic! Eight Men Out The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series by Eliot Asinof.States "First Edition." The book is near fine in a very good jacket with some chipping to spine and small tear to front cover.

Secretary of the navy under Lincoln and Johnson. ADS, 1p, 8" X 9½", n.p., 1848 August. Very good. Attractive pale blue lined sheet. Welles, at this time chief of the bureau of provisions and clothing for the U.S. Navy, requests a $150 advance for costs incurred in traveling from Washington to Auburn, New York, to attend the case of United States vs. L. Caldwell, as well as reimbursement for two past trips. Signed with his usual cramped "GWelles." This item is accompanied by an exceptional and scarce 8" X 10" glossy photograph, a full-length portrait (possibly from a Mathew Brady negative?) made circa 1950 by pioneering photography historian FREDERICK HILL MESERVE (1865-1962), "America's first great photograph collector" who assigned numbers to Lincoln photographs ("Meserve numbers") that are still used today. This striking image was quite likely made from the original glass plate negative, as was Meserve's habit. It is identified on the verso in pencil in Meserve's distinctive hand: "Gideon Welles /… Read More

London: Hand and Flower Press, 1949 One of 260 copies printed on handmade paper by the Ditchling Press, Sussex, signed by the author. A charming production. Half brown crushed morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe over gray boards. Gilt spine with raised bands. Top edge gilt, others uncut. . Quarto. Title-page engraving by Alfred Richard Lane. With bibliography. A fine copy.

Napoli (Naples). Full Cloth. Very Good. N.d., circa 1880s. Leporello of the ruins, including one of the museo and a photogravure of local paesane carrying baskets generally over head in the ruins. Closed, 18 by 13 cm. 22 panels with photographs. Probably missing two photos. Giogio Sommer (1834-1914) was a well-known, and extremely prolific, German-born photographer who made a successful business out of photographing and selling photographs of Italian scenery and ruins, and most specifically, in and around Naples, where he came to have multiple storefronts operating simultaneously. Condition: as noted, probably missing two photos. Soiling of the spine. Some fraying of the cloth along the joints, and a few folds reattached discreetly on the blank backs. Some scattered minor soiling within.

Stuttgart: Edition Hansjorg Mayer, 1978. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket, black cloth over boards slipcase. 410pp. Illustrations (some color). Signed print laid in. Fine/near fine/very good. Quite minor slipcase wear only. Handsome and tight first edition to this large collection by the noted American poet and visual artist (1925-2007), limited to 1000 copies and with a lovely, vibrant original print signed and dated by Williams laid in.

Translated into French by Henri Robillot. Illustrated with original Frontispiece and full-page color lithographs by Garcia-Fons. 8vo. Padded faux leather, gilt design. André Sauret; de la Collection des Douze Meilleurs Romans Policiers. No. 11. Lithographs printed at Les Presses de Mourlot Frères, Paris 1969. First French Illustrated Edition. Limited to a small number on alfa paper, unnumbered. Fine.