Americana from Page 1 Books

Chicago: Warner & Beers, 1875. Hardcover. Fair. 1875 edition, entered according to the Act of Congress in the year 1872 stated. Fully titled "Atlas of DeWitt County and the State of Illinois, to which is added an Atlas of the United States, Maps of the Hemispheres, &c. &c. &c." Folio, 18" x 16". Original brown leather panels with… Read more about this item

New York: Harold Vincent Smith for The Home Insurance Company, 1939. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good+. Copyright 1939, no additional printings indicated. Thin 4to., red paper boards with a gilt spine and title and an affixed illustration. No jacket as issued. Illustrated throughout in B&W and color. Good+ (board corners bumped, worn, torn; edges rubbed and worn; panels… Read more about this item

New York: Crown Publishers, 2011. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. VG-/Very Good. Hardcover, in dust jacket. 8vo. Beige boards with black spine, gilt lettering on spine. vg-, (spine ends bumped, heavy denting to lower board corners, else clean and sharp) in vg dj, creases and rubbing to spine ends and top edging) 325pp

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019. 1st Edition . Hardcover. VG-/VG+. hardcover, with dust jacket. 8vo. Black paper over boards, gilt lettering on spine. vg-, (bumping to ends of spine, 1/8th in tear to spine head, else clean and sharp) in vg+ dj, (minimal bumping to spine ends, else fine) 354pp

San Lorenzo, NM: Flying Monkey Press, 2007. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good-. First edition stated, one of 1500 printed. Tall 4to with purple striped paper boards and stamped silver titles. Very good+ (faint scuff on front board, dents on rear board and near spine) in vg- dj (shelfrubbed, especially rear panel). 277pp.

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1990. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good-/Very Good-. First edition stated with complete number line. SIGNED by Barbara Bush on a tipped-in bookplate, further paw-"signed" by Millie in brown ink. Large 8vo with blue cloth boards and gilt title. Color photographs throughout on clean glossy pages. Very good- (spine ends bumped;… Read more about this item

New York: Grolier Club, 1927. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good-/Poor. Limited Edition, one of 325 copies; folio, green boards in original glassine dj and slipcase; vg- (bottom corners of boards lightly bowed; small tear to bottom of front joint; black mark and faint stain to rear board; title piece on spine toned and lightly soiled; spine ends… Read more about this item

Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1912. Soft cover. Good+. Senate, 62d Congress, 2d Session, Document No. 896; 8vo, stapled white paper; good+ (pencil erased from top of front cover; front cover toned and dustsoiled; corners crimped from front to rear; chip to tip of bottom corner of front cover; chip to tip and tear to bottom corner of… Read more about this item

Covington, KY: Self Published, 1849. Soft cover. Fair. Published two years after an earlier printing which claims Maine and 1847 as the state and date of the hanging; though appearing to be an account of a true crime, the existence of two identical accounts with different venues and dates seems to indicate a fiction by Calhoun; the reference… Read more about this item

Fayetteville, AR: University of Arkansas Press, 1993. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. First Edition, complete number line starting at 1; 8vo, brown cloth; vg+ (shelfwear; front board lightly bowing; spine tail bumped) in vg dj (spine sunfaded; edges bumped and worn; crease to middle of front panel; bottom edge of front flap and top edge of… Read more about this item

Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1960. Soft cover. Good+. A Bill to Provide for Amendments to the Compact Between the People of Puerto Rico and the United States, and Related Legislation; Serial 14; 8vo, gray paper covers; good+ (covers toned and soiled; front cover creased with stain to bottom joint end; pencil writing erased on rear cover; spine… Read more about this item

Ann Arbor, MI: George Wahr Publishing Co., 1950. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good-. First Edition, same date; 8vo, brick cloth, no dj; vg- (shelfworn; front panel rubbed and joint darkened and discolored; bump to bottom edge of rear board; spine sunfaded; spine ends bumped, crimped, and worn; corners worn; edges and pages toned; eps browned; owner's name… Read more about this item

Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 1953. First Edition . Hardcover. Good+/Fair. First Edition, no additional printings and same date; INSCRIBED by Hamilton on ffep; 8vo, brown cloth; good+ (shaken; shelfworn; very edges of boards worn; rear board lightly soiled; spine ends and corners bumped, crimped, and heavily worn; owner's name on ffep; erased pencil notations; dirt to margins… Read more about this item

New York: E. P. Dutton, 1938. First Edition . Hardcover. Good+/Good. First Edition stated, no additional printings; 8vo, green cloth; good+ (dent and tear to top edges of both boards; joints toned; spine ends and bottom corners crimped, bumped, and worn; top corners worn; eps browned; p146-7 browned, probably from removed newspaper clipping; shallow tears to rear hinge)… Read more about this item

Buffalo: Matthews-Northrup Co.. Soft cover. Very Good. C. D. Arnold and G. E. Curtis. Published circa 1901, C. D. Arnold described as 'Official Photographer. . . Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, 1901' but 'With Text. . . Explanatory of the Views, Niagara Falls, NY 1899' also stated; oblong 24mo, stapled green paper covers; vg (stain to top edge… Read more about this item

Chapel Hill: Chapel Hill Press, 2003. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Limited First Edition, No. 270 of 400, limitation bookplate on front pastedown; SIGNED by Easton on title page; 8vo, green boards; vg (cocked; spine ends and corners bumped; 'Painful Lesson' article pasted onto rear pastedown) in vg dj (edges lightly worn and bumped; light fading… Read more about this item

Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1904. Disbound. Poor. 58th Congress, 2d Session, Senate, Report No. 2132, April 13, 1904; 8vo; disbound, no wraps or boards; POOR (pages detached; edgeworn; bottom right hand corner sltly bumped; chips to left side edge of first two pages); 15pp.

St. Louis: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 1918. Periodical. Poor. Sunday newspaper-magazine; color illustration of naval ship on front cover, entitled 'America at War' by Joseph Pennell w/color illustrations of tanks on rear; POOR condition (foxing and toning to pages; only one rusted staple left for binding; pp1-8 detached, rest of pp partially detached; edges of pages chipped, torn, and… Read more about this item

New York: Association of Producers of Petroleum in Mexico. Soft cover. Fair. No date; stapled; 8vo; incl. two appendices, Translation of Article 27 of the Mexican Constitution of 1917 and Proceedings of the United States-Mexican Commission, Formal Meeting August 2, 1923; FAIR (tears to covers at staples; corners of covers bumped and chipped; edges toned; wear and spotting… Read more about this item

Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1890. Disbound. Fair. 51st Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, Report No. 2915, August 5, 1890; 8vo; disbound, no wraps or boards; FAIR (toned; first 10pp detached; tear to side edge of p7-8; two chips to p9-10; pp11-18 attached); 18pp.