History from Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1906 - 1913. Limited edition, one of 1250 sets, this hand numbered 61. Twenty-six volumes, I through XXVI (of 28), octavos (8.75" x 6.25"), variously paginated, each volume illustrated with plates from paintings, engravings, etchings, drawings, photos, maps, etc., including frontispieces, with tissue-guards. Publisher's three-quarter crushed dark blue morocco & marbled paper over boards by… Read more about this item

New York: A.L. Burt, no date (ca. 1900). Complete in 8 duodecimo volumes (7.5" x 5.25"), variously paginated, illustrated throughout. Contemporary three-quarter calf & marbled paper over boards, the spines in six compartments separated by raised bands, lettered or decorated in gilt in all compartments. Top edges gilt. Bindings lightly rubbed & scuffed, modest wear at spine extremities & corners, otherwise… Read more about this item

London: Map Collectors' Circle, 1963 - 1965, numbers 1 through 20. First editions. Octavos (9.75" x 7.25"), variously paginated, profusely illustrated. Publisher's printed & decorated light card covers house in a pair of gilt-lettered maroon folding cloth cases. Prospectus & facsimile catalog laid-in. Modest occasional edge wear, couple of creased corners, otherwise very good or better in rubbed cases with edge… Read more about this item

London: Burroughs Wellcome, 1912. Sextodecimo (6.75" x 4"), 262 & [2] pages followed by several unused leaves for memoranda & 12 unnumbered pages, illustrated throughout (some in color), & two maps of Atlantic City. Original red cloth lettered in gilt on the upper cover & decorated with the Burroughs Wellcome Unicorn trade mark. All edges gilt, decorated endpapers. Covers spotted, soiled… Read more about this item

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Company, 1910. First edition, one of 450 copies "for sale in Europe and the British Dominions," this out of series and unnumbered. Folio (14" x 11"), xix, 311, & [1] pages plus 127 plates of which 27 are in color. Publisher's bevel edged blue cloth lettered & decorated in gilt Top edge gilt, the… Read more about this item

[Leesburg, Virginia]: National Historical Society/ Weider History Group, (2008). Facsimile reprint edition, originally published in 1905. 11 volumes only of 12 (lacking volume 12). Octavos (9" x 6"), variously paginated, with illustrations, facsimiles (some folding), & portraits. Publisher's one-half brown faux leather simulating crushed morocco & green cloth, the spines lettered & ruled in gilt, each volume with the facsimile… Read more about this item

Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 1972. First edition. 8vo, vi, [8],513 pp Gilt-lettered brown cloth in printed & decorated dust jacket. Faint stain at the fore edge of the textblock, previous owner's chop & date in ink at the ffep, otherwise very good in lightly soiled, very good dust jacket. Reprinted several times, author Beasley was Professor of the History of… Read more about this item

Paris: Didot, Nion Fils, Damonneville, Savoye, 1749. "Nouvelle edition." Sextodecimo (6.5" x 4.25"), [8], 543, & [1] pages. Contemporary full mottled calf, the spine in six compartments with a gilt-lettered maroon leather spine label in one compartment, the others elaborately decorated in gilt. All edges red, marbled endpapers, text in French. Binding rubbed & scuffed, corners worn, previous owner's notes, underlining,… Read more about this item

Tunis: Saliba Editeur, (1955). First edition, limited to 1400 copies, this # 115. 4to, xvi, 40 pages of black & white illustrations, 181 pp, folding reproduction of the 1860 "Plan de la Ville de Tunis" with glassine overlay showing the street grid as of 1955 in red. Publisher's unprinted card covers in French fold pictorial dust jacket Partially unopened, text… Read more about this item

[Havana, Cuba]: Nuevo Fabrica de Hielo, SA, no date (ca 1925). First edition. Octavo (8.25" x 5"), 32 pages, illustrations from photographs throughout.Original pictorial, stapled, light card covers. Soiled, foxed, couple small holes in the upper cover, moderate edge wear (including short tears & creasing), staples replaced, Good or so. Provides concise historical sketches of old Havana with accompanying illustrations.… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1977. First edition, this copy inscribed & initialed by Galbraith in the year of publication. Tall 8vo, 365 pp., illustrated. Publisher's gilt-lettered blue cloth in pictorial dust jacket. Slight foxing at the edges of the text block, otherwise Fine in rubbed dust jacket with moderate edge wear including nicks & small losses, Good or better. Professor Galbraith's ambitous… Read more about this item

Greystones County Wicklow: Published by the author, (2004). First edition. 8vo, 355 pages, illustrated. Publisher's gilt-lettered blue cloth-patterned paper over boards in pictorial dust jacket. Corners & spine extremities bumped, otherwise very good in near fine dust jacket with a trace of edgewear. Although the title page indicates that this is volume one, no subsequent volumes have ben published to date. … Read more about this item