Americana from Mossback Books

University of Michigan. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1989. First Edition :. Hardcover. Large octovo hardcover, tight binding, fresh unmarked pages, else FINE in very bright and off-white NFINE DJ, now in clear mylar jacket protector. A handsome copy. Entering the army as a teen, serving about 8 years, his letters tell of low morale, mutiny, 'even… Read more about this item

Simon & Schuster. Fine. 2023. ARC. Softcover. Small octovo in wraps, covers bright and unworn, tight binding, clean and FINE. Starting from 1493 charting a new course toward democracy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Doubleday, Page & Company. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1926. First Edition :Limited edition. Hardcover. Octovo hardcover, Limited to 1000 copies, this being #206, black cloth spine over fine green boards, tight binding, clean fresh pages, deckle edges, top edge gilt, spine label on spine faded, else VG+, no jacket as issued. Book enclosed in heavy… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincot Co. Fine. 1902. First Edition ?. Signed/inscribed by author on endpaper. Small octovo hardcover in beautiful ornate cover with vertical gilt florets and a central gilt motif, exceptionally bright gilt lettering within the motif and on the spine, signed binding (H) on front, top edge gilt, very tight, square and straight spine/binding,… Read more about this item

Kodansha International. Fine. Proof Copy. Softcover. Octovo in wraps, faint shelfwear, else FINE. Bright copy, a proof copy. 446 pages of letters Americana, early letters, e. G. Cotton Mather...; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown. Very Good. 1819. Third Edition. Hardcover. Octovo hardcover 1/2 leather (black cloth spine) over buckram cloth, tight binding, clean unfoxed text, edges marbeled, wear to tips, short tear in gutter, else VG; still a solid copy. Fearon traveled much of the country, was not enthusiastic of what he saw, slavery, Lazy… Read more about this item

Johns Hopkins Press. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1995. First Hopkins paperback edition. Softcover. Small squarish quarto in wraps, tight binding, fresh unmarked pages, faint wear at tips, else VG+++++ to NF. Contains dozens and dozens of photos showing roadside artifacts like marquees and entrance signs, or giant dinosaur. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall… Read more about this item

David & Charles. Very Good+. 1968. Second Edition. Hardcover. Octovo hardcover, ex-libris, light shelfwear, else VG++++. Written in 1800s, an analysis of Slavery, origins of the Civil War, much on slave societies, composition, dynamics, characteristics, etc etc. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Altwerger and Mandel. As New in As New dust jacket. 1991. First Edition :. Hardcover. Octovo hardcover, unworn unread and as NEW in AS NEW DJ. A fresh copy. Bitter feud between Hudson and his mentor, mabeley; the move into the suburbs and its effects on the large store down town Detroit.. ; 8vo 8" - … Read more about this item

University of Iowa Press. As New. 1989. First Edition :. Softcover. 0877452520 . Small octovo in wraps, unread unworn and as NEW. A crisp copy green covers with railroad on front. '"Reefer Charlie" Fox rode the rails from 1928 to 1939; from 1939 to 1965 he hitched rides in automobiles and traveled by foot. From Indiana to… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Joseph Crukshank. Very Good. 1789. Second Edition Revised and Enlarged; 1789. Hardcover. Tall 12mo in brown cloth, newly rebound, four raised spines with horizontal gilt lines, tight textblock, clean unfoxed pages tho toned, foredges smudging, the cover is unworn, new endpapers, title page backed with new paper to compensate for chipped edges and fragile… Read more about this item

Michigan State University Press. New. 1992. First Thus. Softcover. Thick octovo in bright wraps, edges knife-sharp, unworn unread and brand NEW. A crisp copy. Schoolcraft was popular reading in his time, started with the Cass Expedition of 1820; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag. Very Good+. 1893. First Edition :. Hardcover. Octovo in one-half leather over black cloth, tight binding, clean and unfoxed pages, faint wear to covers, back panel has label-size part missing, else VG+, attractive and solid copy. In Danish , appears to be a travel book, illustrated throughout. Very scarce Americana item. ; 8vo … Read more about this item

Washington: Bevereley Tucker, Senate Printer. Good. 1854. First Edition :. Hardcover. Larger and thick octovo hardcover in original brown blind-stamped covers, ex-libris, gilt lettering on spine, very clean unfoxed pages, covers hae wear at edges, joints starting, chipping at spine tips, now in clear mylar wraps. British trade, look at southern states , also with emphasis on… Read more about this item

Mitchell Kennerley. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1913. Hardcover. Octovo hardcover in navy, tight binding, fresh unmarked pages, covers have light wear, bumps, else VG++, no DJ. Heavy solid hefts well in hand, filled with many photos, apparently more than previous edition, a first thus? Chinatown as it was at turn of 20th century, San Francisco.… Read more about this item

Stewart Tabori & Chang. Fine+. 1989. First Edition :. Hardcover. 1556700598 . Small octovos in leather coverings, 12 matching, all unworn, edges gilt like mirrors, silk place holders, pages are very crisp, unread and all very FINE, like new. All illustrated in color, featuring regions of the U. S. , a historical guide. Fast shipping in cardboard… Read more about this item