Philadelphia: Blanchard and Lea, 1862. Second American from the Revised and Enlarged London Edition. Large octavo (26cm.); publisher's full sheep, black gilt-lettered spine label; xxxii,[33]-816pp.; hundreds (395 to be exact) woodcut illus. throughout. Leather quite scuffed with some peeling along margins, most notably to upper cover, old dampstain along bottom..... More
Napoli: A spese di Giuseppe Ponzelli / Nella stamperÃa di Giovanni di Simone, 1746. Six volumes in five; folio (42.5cm.); uniformly bound in full contemporary vellum, gilt spine lettering, all edges speckled grey and orange; collated and complete (collation available upon request); engraved illus., head- and tail-pieces, and initials throughout..... More
New York: S.S. McClure Co., 1899. First Edition. Octavo (22.5cm.); publisher's blue decorative cloth stamped in gilt, black glazed endpapers; 576pp.; illus. throughout. Ex-Library of Congress with their rather extensive markings throughout, boards rubbed at extremities with small flaw to cloth along top margin of upper cover, spotting to cloth..... More
College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 1989. First Edition. Octavo (23.5cm.); publisher's cloth in photo-illustrated dust jacket; xiii,[1],225pp.; photographic illus. throughout. A hint of shelf wear, faint ink mark across rear free endpaper, else Fine. The first full-length biography devoted to the career of General William R. Shafter (1835-1906)..... More
Philadelphia: Levytype Company, 1896. First American Edition. Octavo (20cm.); publisher's blue pictorial cloth stamped in gilt; xvi,17-442pp.; sixteen leaves of illus. printed on rectos and versos, color folding map bound in rear, dozens of engravings in text throughout. Cloth sizing rather rubbed at margins, spine panel and gilt quite dulled..... More
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1996. First Edition. Octavo (24cm.); publisher's green cloth stamped in black and silver foil; xii,[2],378pp. A hint of wear at corners, brief white stain to rear cover, else Near Fine. More
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New York: Press Publishing Co., 1899. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); publisher's glazed wrappers printed color lithograph; xvi,576pp.; illus. throughout, including two-toned maps. Wrappers a bit brittle and worn with some exposure at spine edges, textblock uniformly toned due to inferior paper quality; still, a Very Good example overall. This almanac..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1909. First Edition. Octavo (23cm.); publisher's green cloth, gilt-lettered spine, top edge gilt; ix,[1],610pp. A hint of shelf wear, new endpapers, else a Very Good to Near Fine copy. The author's two-volume history of the Spanish-American War followed this preliminary study two years later, in..... More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1904. First Edition. Octavo (24.5cm.); contemporary tan library cloth, spine lettered in black, grey topstain; 334,[12](ads)pp. Ex-George C. Marshall Research Library with their markings throughout, cloth a bit finger-soiled, spine toned, else Good to Very Good. At head of title page: Studies in History, Economics..... More
New York: Century Co., 1899. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); publisher's green cloth stamped in purple, orange, and yellow; xiv,[2],270pp.; photographic portrait frontispiece, forty-six (46) leaves of photographs, additional illus., including plans and facsimiles, throughout text. Some light shelf wear, corners gently bumped, faint spotting to cloth sizing at margins and..... More
Oakland, CA: Pacific Press Publishing Company, 1902. First Edition. Large octavo (26.5cm.); publisher's blue cloth, upper cover and spine lettered in gilt, small pictorial element mounted to upper cover; 458pp.; photographic illus. throughout. General edge wear to cloth extremities, especially at corners and spine ends, cloth additionally a bit unevenly..... More
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1899-1900. First Edition. Six volumes; octavo (23.5cm.); uniformly bound in publisher's black blind-ruled cloth, gilt-lettered spines; photographic illus., maps, and plans throughouts, many folding. General shelf wear to cloth extremities with some brief exposure to a few volumes, corners generally bumped, gilt unevenly dulled, several..... More
Chicago: International Publishing Company, [1899]. Large octavo (24.5cm.); publisher's grey pictorial cloth stamped in black, gilt, and blue; [2],x,33-503pp.; double-paged frontispiece printed color lithograph, myriad illus. throughout. Some general edge wear, bottom corners rather heavily bumped, spine gilt significantly dulled, rear cover bowed and spotted, front hinge cracked; a Good..... More
Baltimore: John Murphy & Co., 1898. First Thus. Small, slim 12mo (17cm.); publisher's green cloth-backed paper-covered boards, upper cover printed within double rule; 50pp. Light wear to extremities including brief exposure at margins, boards lightly dust-soiled, else Very Good, internally clean and sound. Printed compliment card from the author bound..... More
Chicago: American Anti-Imperialist League, 1899. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); publisher's pale green wrappers (evidence of having been removed from larger volume); 27pp. Wrappers toned to tan, stock quite brittle with a few tiny chips at corners; Good to Very Good overall. Issued as Liberty Tracts no. 4. More
Chicago: A.B. Kuhlman & Co., [1896 but 1898]. Octavo (21cm.); publisher's grey pictorial cloth stamped in five colors, all edges marbled, floral endpapers; [4],664pp.; illus. and maps throughout, decorative presentation leaf (unused) printed lithograph in green and black bound at head of volume. Cloth quite rubbed and worn at extremities..... More
Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1907. First Edition. Three volumes; small octavo (19.5cm.); publisher's blue gilt-lettered cloth; fourteen (14) folding map plates printed on tissue, collated and complete. Light shelf wear, a few faint soil spots to Vol. III upper cover, attractive contemporary maritime ex libris of a Robert R...... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1898. First Edition. Octavo (20cm.); publisher's mustard pictorial cloth stamped in red, blue, and gilt; xxii,406pp.; photographic portrait frontispiece of Rear-Admiral Dewey, over a hundred photographic illus. throughout, many full-paged. Light shelf wear, cloth a bit spotted and spine darkened, top textblock edge dust-soiled, hairline..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911. First Edition. Two volumes; octavo (23cm.); publisher's green cloth, gilt-lettered spines, top edges gilt, in bespoke green cloth dust jackets, tan morocco and gilt spine labels; x,[2],414; vii,[1],514pp.; five map plates, including three double-paged and one folding, the remaining illus. and maps printed in..... More
New York: Macmillan Company, 1900. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); publisher's brown pictorial cloth stamped in gilt, green, and blue; xi,[1],316,[3](ads)pp. Light shelf wear, spine a shade toned, else Very Good and sound. Most likely a fictitious collection of letters pertaining to the Spanish-American War, the editor Bonsal admitting that "For..... More
New York: The Nation, 1898-1899. First Edition. Twenty-two volumes; quartos (30.5cm.); uniformly stitched self-wrappers. Collection comprises the following issues: Nos. 1714 (May 5, 1898), 1716-19, 1721, 1724, 1730-2, 1734, 1736-7, 1746-7, 1751-2, 1754, 1762-3, 1766, & 1770 (June 1, 1899). Condition ranges from Near Fine to Good only, with a...... More
Brookline, MA: Edward Atkinson, 1902. Seventh Edition. "1000 Each." Quarto (27.5cm.); staplebound self-wrappers; 19pp.; tables printed in text. Slightly ex-Hartford Theological Seminary with their faint contemporary pressure stamp to first two leaves and small call number rubberstamp to upper cover, the whole rather dust-soiled, a few shallows chips to extremities..... More
New York: Anglo-American Committee, 1899. First Edition. Slim quarto (28cm.); publisher's cream printed card wrappers; 57pp. Wrappers a bit brittle with a few small chips and closed tears to extremities, call number rubberstamped to upper cover otherwise free of library markings; overall Very Good, internally clean and sound. Printed letter..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1958. Second Printing. Quarto (27cm.); publisher's white pictorial linen stamped in blue; [6],314pp.; photographic frontispiece, illus. throughout. Corners bumped, spine rather toned, ownership rubberstamp to front pastedown, else Very Good, internally clean and sound. Extensive and quite lavishly-illustrated popular history of the Spanish-American War, published..... More
New York: Paisley Press, 1937. First American Edition. Octavo (22.5cm.); publisher's cloth in pale grey price-clipped dust jacket lettered in red; [2],151pp. Light shelf wear, rather extensive paper flaw along bottom quarter of upper jacket panel somewhat affecting imprint, brief ink stains to bottom textblock edge, contemporary gift inscription to..... More
