American and world history
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A very good plus, first edition. Blue pictorial cloth boards with black and bright gold stamping on cover and spine. Mild to moderate shelf wear at head and tail of spine. Binding is sturdy and square. Floral end papers. Previous owner’s name lightly pencilled on first free end paper. Color frontis with intact tissue guard. Black and white plates. Moderate foxing and toning. Small stain on title page. Last page of index and last free end paper creased. 706 pp. including index. Octavo 6 x 9 1/2 inches tall.
$40
The American Heritage Picture History of World War II by C. L. Sulzberger
$24
Edition: Early printing. Book condition: Very Good +
New York: American Heritage Publishing Co., Inc., 1966. Early printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. Very good +, apparent early printing of this massive pictorial work on World War II, from the library of a World War II “Black Cats” squadron pilot.
Green paper boards over blue quarter cloth spine, with perfect gilt American eagle on front cover. Binding is sound and tight on this massive book, pages and photos bright and clean. Bumping to head and tail of spine. Tiny ink drops spattering about 1/2″ on first free endpaper, no other markings. Dust jacket a little chipped and price clipped. Dust jacket now protected in clear, removable, archival cover. Profusely illustrated. 640 pp. Small quarto, 9 x 11 inches tall.
This comprehensive book begins with pictures from before, during and after the war. Barbed wire still on Normandy beach decades after the war, a rusted tank in the water off an island somewhere in the South Pacific, and Japanese children playing near the bombed out ground zero of Hiroshima. There are over 600 pages of pictures, maps and insight into the war. Mixed in are letters from important figures as well as ordinary men and women from all sides of the conflict balanced by historians.
A History of the Dominion of Canada. By John B. Calkin. Halifax: A.& W. Mackinlay, 1898.
A very good 1898 edition, with copyright and title date matching. Orange cloth boards with fading. Map end papers in front. Rear end papers heavily toned across most of page. Color plate of Canadian flag. B/W photos. Binding is sturdy and square. xv, 448 pp. including index. Duodecimo, 5 x 7 1/4
$30
A fine first thus. Brown leather boards with gilt title stamping on cover and spine. Frederick Remington end papers. From the private library of Larry Southwick, collector’s marginalia pencilled at edge of half title. 67 pp. including index. Octavo, 6 x 9 1/4 inches tall.
$50
The Dwellings of Eternity by Alberto Siliotti
$35
Edition: First English language edition. Book condition: Fine
Edison, New Jersey: Chartwell Books, Inc., 2002. First English language edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Beautiful, full color, fine English hardcover edition, printed in Italy. Off-white cloth covered boards. Fine condition in a fine dust jacket, now protected in clear, archival, removable cover. First published in Italian as Dimore Eterne. 304 pp. plus bibliography. Small folio, 10 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches tall.
Life’s Picture History of World War II by Life; Arthur Tourtellot
$45
Edition: First edition. Book condition: Very Good +. Quantity available: 3
New York: Time Incorporated, 1950. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. Very good + first edition, no dust jacket or slipcase as issued. Red leather-like cover with paper title block pasted into the center of cover. Title block is peeling or scraped on both of my copies. One page has small, 3/4″ inch tear in all three copies. Some fingerprints to pages in all copies. On one copy, one leaf for pages 185-188 was never sewn in and has been left as original. 368 pp. incl. index. Small folio, 10 3/4 x 14 1/4 inches tall.
“[C]omposed of the finest work produced by photographers and painters during World war II, much of it published in Life” magazine. Text editor: John Dos Passo. Photos by the best war photographers of the era.
The September 11 Photo Project by Michael Feldschuh.
$75
New York: Regan Books, 2002. First printing. Hardcover. As New/as new. As new first edition hardcover, first printing in a like dust jacket, with two programs laid in from the Sacramento, California exhibit. Black boards with silver title. Full color & b/w photos throughout. As new dust jacket now protected in a clear, removable, archival cover. 197 pp. plus index. Small folio, 10 x 12 1/2 inches tall.
The September 11 Photo Project was a community-based response to the September 11th 2001 terrorist attacks, using photos and written statements by survivors, eyewitnesses, and those generally affected.
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