Social History from Tannery Books

New York: E.P Dutton, 1973. Later printing. Hardback. Good/good. Richard A. Wolters, introduction by John W. Randolph, pictures by Joan Sydlow; Gun Dog: Revolutionary Rapid Training Method; New York E.P. Dutton & Co., 1973, later printing. Red covered boards with bold silver lettering on spine, bw photo endpapers, x, 150 pp with index, many bw photos; Glossy red… Read more

Raleigh: N.C. Department of Cultural Resources, Division of Archives and History, 1976. First edition. Paperback. Good. Alice Elaine Mathews, Society in Revolutionary North Carolina, Raleigh, N.C. Department of Cultural Resources and Division of Archives and History, 1976, First Edition with no other printings mentioned. Trade pb with bw photo of cabin on red covers, viii, 92 pp with… Read more

Houghton Mifflin & Co,, 1888. First Thus. Hardcover. Ex-library. Charles Dudley Warner, On Horseback - A Tour in Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee With Notes of Travel in Mexico and California. Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin & Co., First Thus [previous version in The Atlantic Monthly, 1885]. Brown cloth hc with black-stamped cover illustration and gilt spine… Read more

New Bedford: Edmund Anthony, 1856. Revised Edition. Leather_bound. Fair. Rules of Discipline of the Yearly Meeting, Held on Rhode Island, for New England, New Bedford, [New England Yearly Meeting] Edmund Anthony, printer (originally Abraham Shearman, Jun.), 1856. Full leather hc with rolled borders and edges, xvi with index, 154 pp. Fair: front cover detached, spine missing, po names,… Read more

Lewisburg, Penn.: Oral Traditions Project, 1994. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Jeannette Lasansky; Celia Y. Oliver et al. On the Cutting Edge : Textile Collectors, Collections, and Traditions, Lewisburg, Penn., Oral Traditions Project, Union County Historical Society, 1994. Stiff, illustrated paper covers, 4to (30 cm), 118 pp, many bw and color illustrations. Topics include Shelburne's Quilt Collection, the… Read more

Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1975. First Printing. Hardcover. Ex-library/good. Dorothy Clarke Wilson, Stranger and Traveler: The Story of Dorothea Dix, American Reformer, Boston, Little, Brown & Co., 1975, First Printing. Red cloth hc, 8vo (21 cm), xxiv, 360 pp with index and bibliography, illustrations; brown illustrated dustjacket. She reformed care for the mentally ill and was in… Read more

Indianapollis: Guild Press of Indiana, 1993. First Printing. Hardcover. Very good. Jenny E. Hinshaw. Dorothy Strattan Hinshaw, illustrated by Jenny E. Hinshaw, When I Was Young in Indiana: A Country Life, Indianapollis, Guild Press of Indiana, 1993, First Printing. Laminated hc, horizontal 4to (28 by 22 cm), [vi] 39 pp (last page is pastedown), illustrated with drawings and… Read more

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1929. Hardcover. Ex-Library. Caroline Singer, Cyrus Le Roy Baldridge, White Africans and Black, New York, W. W. Norton & Company, 1929. Illustrated travelogue of early 20th-century west Africa. Geometrically illustrated cloth hc, 4to (32 cm), [ii] 120 pp [2 printer info, six color plates, heavily illustrated. Dustjacket flap and clippings laid… Read more

New York: Arms and Armour Press, 1996. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good. Philip Katcher, Civil War Uniforms - A Photo Guide, New York, Arms and Armour Press, 1996. Laminated HC, larger 8vo (24 cm), unnumbered pages. Includes Part One: Confederate Forces, with 83 bw photos, sketches and notes on accessories and weapons; and Part Two: Union Forces, with 87… Read more

The John Hopkins University Press, 1980. Third edition. Hardcover. Ex-Library. Blue cloth HC, 8vo, xvi, 416 pp with references and index, bw photos. Good/no DJ: ex-library with minor markings, covers lightly warped, small mark on top edges, light foxing on edges, no apparent underlining, pages crisp.

Harper and Brothers Publishers, 1905. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good. W. D. Howells, London Films, New York and London, Harper and Brothers Publishers, October 1905, First Printing. Detailed impressions of an American photographer in London at the turn of the last century. Green cloth HC, gold-stamped lettering with painted red accents, 8vo (21 cm), plain endpapers, [x] 242… Read more

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1970. Later printing. Paperback. Good. Paper covers, 8vo, xvi, 208 pp with index. Good: front cover lightly warped with small tear at top edge, mark on top edges.

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1970. Reprint. Paperback. Good. Cyril Aldred, Egypt to the End of the Old Kingdom, New York, McGraw-Hill, 1970 reprint. Stiff paper boards, 8vo, 144 pp with index and notes, illustrated. Good: lightly bumped and scuffed, po bookplate inside front cover, some foxing, no underlining. Printed in Great Britain

Alfred A. Knopf, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. Ex-Library/good. Chronicle of the author's sojourn among the Dodoth tribe of northern Uganda. Blue cloth hc, 8vo, xxviii, 258 pp, 32 plates of bw photos. Maps and glossary. Illustrated dustjacket. Good (ex-library)/Good: pocket and markings, no underlining; DJ has tape on spine, small tears at edge. Printed in USA

Abingdon Press, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Ex-Library/good. David Wilson. Jesse Burt, Robert B. Ferguson, Indians of the Southeast : Then and Now, Abingdon Press, 1973. An overview of Southeastern tribes from prehistoric times to contemporary individuals, with emphasis on culture: religion, food, dance, recreation, etc. Tan cloth HC with dancer image on the front and brown lettering on… Read more

Facts on File Publications, 1987. Hardcover. Ex-Library/good. Irene M. Franck, David M. Brownstone, Clothiers – Work Throughout History Series, New York and Oxford, Facts on File Publications, 1987. An illustrated overview of clothiers from ancient history to the industrial age. White cloth spine over gray paper boards, super 8vo (24 cm), xii, 174 pp with index; blue and… Read more

Boston: Unitarian Sunday School Society, 1889. Hardcover. Good +. Charles V. Dole, The Citizen and the Neighbor; or, Men's Rights and Duties As They Live Together in the State and in Society, Boston, Unitarian Sunday School Society, 1889, sixth edition. Dark green HC with gold lettering on front and blind-stamped border, 12mo (18cm), [i]-viii, 9-100 pp. Good+/no DJ:… Read more

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1973. Paperback. Good. Elizabeth Stilinger, The ANTIQUES Guide to Decorative Arts in America, New York, E.P. Dutton, 1973, no earlier printings mentioned. Thick trade paperback with color photo on cover, 8vo, xvi, 480 pp, illustrated with 192 drawings and 434 photographs. Listed by era from 1600 to 1875, includes furniture, silver, ceramics, glass, and… Read more

New York: Walker and Company, 1979. First printing. Hardcover. Ex-Library. Barbara Moore, Honor Holland, The Art of Postage Stamps, New York, Walker and Company, 1979, First Printing. Gray hc, 4to (27 cm), 96 pp, illustrated. A visual, international look at stamps from early versions to those commemorating historical moments and national pride, with special affection for flight and… Read more

London: David Bogue, 1854. Second edition. Hardcover. Fair. Round Games for All Parties: A Collection of the Greatest Variety of Family Amusements for Fireside or Pic-Nic; Consisting of Games of Action; Games Simply Taking the Attention; Games of Memory; Catch Games, Depending on the Assistance of an Accomplice or Secret Knowledge for the Purpose of Mystification; Games Requiring… Read more