American History from Design Books

Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1992. This is a near fine hardcover copy with a near fine dust jacket. Very clean inside and out. First edition. Illustrated in black & white with photographs, prints, maps, etc. 10" high X 7" wide, 623 pages. Heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and shipped with tracking.… Read more about this item

Johnson Publishing Company, , 1963. This is a very good softcover copy of the stated first printing of this important document with almost no wear. A little light cover wear, but no chips, tears, or markings. Binding not creased. Illustrated in black & white with photographs taken on this historic day, August 28, 1963. Introduction by Lerone Bennett, Jr. Statement… Read more about this item

Paris: Assouline, 2011. This is a near fine hardcover copy with a like illustrated hardshell slipcase. Completely clean inside and out. No fading gilt letters still bright on red cloth spine. Lightly bumped front board lower corner does not affect the text block. Illustrated in black & white and color with photographs from the legendary costume balls of the twentieth… Read more about this item

Little Bear Press, 2002. This is a near fine softcover copy with just a little wear, the rear cover has a crease. Completely clean. Features on Francesco Clemente's two sons. Hudson River by George Daniell. Ingrid Sischy remembrance of Sam Wagstaff. Poems by James Schuyler. Interior paintings by Jeremiah Goodman. Bruce Weber remembrance of Elizabeth Taylor. Illustrated in black &… Read more about this item

Little Bear Press, 2011. This is a fine softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean. This is volume XI of the series 'All American'. Illustrated in color and black & white. Sister Corita Kent feature in color with posters from her workshop. Homecoming at West Point. Physical Therapy at Walter Reed. Also a feature interview with documentary filmmakers D.A.… Read more about this item

Portsmouth, NH: Bonhams & Butterfields, 2006. This is a very good two volume softcover set (complete) with just light wear. Generally clean inside and out, but some prices marked. These are sale catalogs for an auction held by Bonhams & Butterfields in Portsmouth, New Hampshite on October 12, 2006. Sale number: 14627. Part 1: Arms and Militaria, 534 lots. Part… Read more about this item

New York: Allison Press, 1971. This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out, except for a small tan spot on the rear cover photograph. The spine is not creased, binding firm. Geoff Winningham, a wrestling night afficionado, has assembled here a sort of social history of Friday night wrestling at the… Read more about this item

Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press, 1982. This is a near fine softcover copy with almost no wear. SIGNED by the author, John W. Reps, on the title-page, just above his printed name. Not inscribed to anyone, just signed. Uncommon signed. Illustrated thoughout in black & white. 8" high X 10" wide, 169 pages. This book will be securely packed… Read more about this item

Matteo Editore , 2002. This is a fine softcover copy with virtually no wear. SIGNED by Mark Kostabi, on the title-page, just beneath his printed name. Also signed, on the front endpaper, by the author and photographer, Baird Jones, and briefly inscribed. Illustrated throughout in black & white with black & white photographs by Baird Jones. 8" high X 6"… Read more about this item

New York: Columbia University Press, 1927. These are very good hardcover copies in the publisher's original dark red cloth bindings, decorated in gilt. These are the first three volumes, of 15 that were published between 1927 and 1949. Very clean inside and out. Volume 1: To 1798, published January 1927, xiii, 496 pages. Volume 2: 1798- 1821, published January 1927,… Read more about this item

New York: John Doggett, Jr., 1847. This is a very good hardcover copy rebound in later black cloth spine and tan boards, gilt letters on the spine, probably early twentieth century. Inside very clean, a few stray marks. A number of wood engravings and interesting ads on red paper for F.W. Wood leather belts on Franklin Street, also a red… Read more about this item

New York: Long Island Historical Society, 1979. This is a very good hardcover copy without dust jacket, as issued, with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Limited edition of 1000 copies. Illustrated in black & white with facsimiles of title-pages. 10" high X 6" wide, 192 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. .… Read more about this item

Apu Pub Group, 1996. This is a fine hardcover copy with a fine dust jacket with no wear at all. SIGNED by Roderick Terry on the title-page over his printed name. Not inscribed to anyone, just signed. Introduction by Roderick Terry plus additional texts by African American scholars, activists, people of note. All photographs of the marchers by Roderick Terry.… Read more about this item

New York: Christie's, 2007. This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Christie's New York on June 19, 2007. Sale code: SHOCHET-1938. 153 lots in the sale. All illustrated in black & white, some color. No prices realized sheets, just price estimates for each lot.… Read more about this item

New York: Sotheby's, 2010. This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Sotheby's New York on June 17, 2010. Sale code: NO8698 "STRAYHORN". This is one volume only of the James S. Copley Library, this contains Copley's books on the arts and sciences, including his… Read more about this item

Wash. D. C.: Center for Applied Linguistics, 1966. This is a very good softcover copy with just light cover wear. The covers have small creases at the lower corners. The spine is darkened. Completely clean. Illustrated in black & white with maps, charts, etc. No previous owner marks. Binding firm and tight. 9" high X 6" wide, 655 pages. Heavy… Read more about this item

Rensselaerville, New York : The Catholic Art Association, 1970. This is an about very good softcover copy in the original publisher's illustrated wrappers, with light cover soil. Completely clean inside. This is one of the publisher's 'Good Work' annuals. Volume XXXIII, 1970. Subtitled 'Fourteen essays on the Aquarian Age'. One of the essays is by the Guerilla Art Action Group,… Read more about this item

Greenwich, CT: American Golfer, Inc. , 2002. This is a fine hardcover copy with a near fine dust jacket. Completely clean. The jacket is complete, clean, just a little wear to the rear panel top corner, softly creased. This copy has the bookplate "1953 Limited Edition" pasted down to the front endpaper. The plate has been signed by the author,… Read more about this item

Montreal/London : McGill Queens University Press, 1971. This is a very good hardcover copy bound in black cloth with silver title on the spine. Very clean inside and out. Front endpaper stamped "Library of Congress Surplus Duplicate". Fold-out map attached to rear board. Full title is 'Arctic Bibliography Volume 15, A- Z, No. 93, 301-101, 500 & Index'. 9" high… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Butterfield & Butterfield, 1993. This is a very good softcover copy with just light cover wear. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Butterfield in San Francisco on November 8, 1993. Sale number: 5805A. The sale consisted of the William Frenchu (1930- 1992) firearms collection. 539 lots in the sale.… Read more about this item