Americana from Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA

Richmond: The Reviewer, 1921. Stapled Pamphlet. near Good binding. Octavo. 227-258 pp. First edition. As issued in self wrappers. This copy has a significant closed tear to the cover and the first advertising leaf nearly separating 2/3 of the cover and leaf, 1/2" of paper keeps the respective pieces attached; otherwise, a clean copy with light soiling and… Read more

Richmond: The Reviewer, 1921. Stapled Pamphlet. Very Good binding. Octavo. [2] 197-226 pp. First edition. As issued in self wrappers. This copy has covers that are toned and a trifled soiled; contents clean. The Reviewer began as a biweekly, shifted to a monthly and concluded its final years as a quarterly. A significant publication begun by Emily Clark,… Read more

Richmond: The Reviewer, 1921. Stapled Pamphlet. Very Good binding. Octavo. 37-68 pp. First edition. As issued, in self wrappers. This copy has covers that are toned and a trifled soiled, a closed tear to the margin of two leaves; contents clean. The Reviewer began as a biweekly, shifted to a monthly and concluded its final years as a… Read more

Richmond: The Reviewer, 1921. Stapled Pamphlet. near Very Good binding. Octavo. 69-100 pp. First edition. As issued in self wrappers. This copy has covers that are toned and a trifled soiled as well as some colored pencil scribbles on the front wrapper; contents clean. The Reviewer began as a biweekly, shifted to a monthly and concluded its final… Read more

Richmond: The Reviewer, 1921. Stapled Pamphlet. near Very Good binding. Octavo. 259-290 pp. First edition. As issued in self wrappers. This copy has some intense offsetting to the inside of the front cover and first leaf from several relevant newspaper clippings; staples are beginning to pull through the wrappers; otherwise, a clean copy with light soiling and toning… Read more

Richmond: The Reviewer, 1921. Stapled Pamphlet. Very Good binding. Octavo. 165-196 pp. First edition. As issued in self wrappers. This copy has covers that are toned and a trifled soiled; contents clean. The Reviewer began as a biweekly, shifted to a monthly and concluded its final years as a quarterly. A significant publication begun by Emily Clark, Hunter… Read more

Richmond: The Reviewer, 1921. Stapled Pamphlet. near Very Good binding. Octavo. 291-322 pp. First edition. As issued in self wrappers. This copy has some closed tears to the margins of several leaves from being opened roughly, otherwise, it is fairly clean but for some light soiling and toning to the covers. The Reviewer began as a biweekly, shifted… Read more

Richmond: The Reviewer, 1921. Stapled Pamphlet. Very Good binding. Octavo. 291-322 pp. First edition. As issued in self wrappers. This copy is fairly clean but for some light soiling and toning to the covers. The Reviewer began as a biweekly, shifted to a monthly and concluded its final years as a quarterly. A significant publication begun by Emily… Read more

Bristol, VA: Privately printed by Quality Printers, Inc., 1970. Stapled Pamphlet. Very Good binding. Octavo. 72 pp. First edition. Stapled into printed wrappers. A clean copy of this fascinating look into some gnarly criminals ranging from the late 19th century to mid-20th century including sketches of E. A Hopson, Enoch Wright, Bob Mullins, Clifton Branham, Talton Hall, John… Read more

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1878. Original Wrappers. near Very Good binding. Octavo. 55, [1] pp. First edition. As issued, stitched into stiff, printed wrappers. Wrappers are generally soiled and shelfworn with some minor chipping to the top corner of the front wrapper with corresponding chipping to the first few leaves; contents clean.

Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo & Co., 1852. Hard Cover. Good binding. 12mo. 280, 9-24 (publisher's ads) pp, frontis, engraved title, plates. Early printing, stated "sixteenth thousand." In publisher's embossed cloth with title on the spine. Some conservation work on the book as it appears to be recased with new endpapers, probably within the last decade or so; it is… Read more

Richmond: Old Dominion Press, 1924. Hard Cover. Good binding. Octavo. [1]-348, [2]; [8], 349-724, [2] pp., frontis, plates, maps. First edition. As issued, in red, textured cloth; all plates and maps, including the folding map in the rear pocket of Volume I, are present as called for. Evidence of moisture exposure to the bottom of both volume near… Read more

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1989. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding/Very Good+ dust jacket. Oblong folio. viii, 152 pp. First edition, signed and dated by Gleason on the half title page. As issued in green cloth with dust jacket. A bright, clean copy in similarly nice dust jacket with only a trace of shelfwear; price clipped. Profusely… Read more

Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, 1999. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good+ dust jacket. Octavo. xxii, 704 pp., plates. First edition, thus. As issued, in light gray cloth with dust jacket; a bright copy in similarly sharp dust jacket with just a little rippling on the spine of the jacket; the book would be nearly fine but being bumped… Read more

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1916. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding. Octavo. [8], 311, [1] pp. First edition. In publisher's cloth with title in gold on the front cover and spine; top edge gilt. A bright, fresh copy with only light shelfwear; previous owner bookplate on the front pastedown. Haynes 5444.

Richmond: Library Board | Virginia State Library, 1937. Hard Cover. Good binding. Octavo. xxvi, 840 pp., frontis, plates. First edition. In publisher's cloth; largely unopened; all plates present as called for. Former boy's school library with bookplate and scattered numbers in the preliminaries as well as a faint number on the spine, otherwise clean.

Richmond: William Byrd Press, 1931. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding. Octavo. xx, 286; [8], 287-638 pp, plates, portraits, facsimiles. First edition, limited to 1000 copies, this copy is 929. As issued, in red cloth with a slipcase; and unopened copy. The bindings are exceptionally bright and sharp; previous owner gift inscription on the front free endpaper of volume… Read more

Petersburg: Edmund and Julian C. Ruffin, 1841. Half Leather. Very Good binding. Octavo. iv, 143, [1] pp. First edition. 19th century half morocco with marbled paper over boards. Light to moderate shelfwear; a handsome volume, all in all. This copy belonged to Virginia and West Virginia politician Charles James Faulkner and has his bookplate on the front pastedown;… Read more

Richmond: T. W. White, 1824. Full Leather. Poor binding. Octavo. xxviii, 219, [1], 156, 168 pp. Original boards present but detached; spine desiccated and largely perished with crude label; contents are foxed, but it is a fairly solid textblock but for some loose and detached preliminary pages. A binding or reference copy.

New York: Richards and Company, 1846. Hard Cover. near Good binding. Octavo. 48 pp. Stitched into yellow, printed wrappers, all in later quarter leather over flexible boards. Wrappers are quite stained with some tidelines on the rear wrapper and a few leaves into the pamphlet; pages edges are worn; a few pencil notes on the first preface page… Read more