New York. 1982. xlviii,954pp. Thick quarto. Cloth. As new. A continuation of this indispensable resource, describing books about the Americas printed in Europe in the first half of the seventeenth century.
New York. 1951. Unpaginated. Small folio. Cloth, pictorial onlay. Inscription on front pastedown. Very good. Reproduces works by Santee, Russell, Leigh, Remington, Dixon, and others.
Baltimore. 1928. xxv,70pp. plus folding facsimile. Quarto. Half cloth and printed boards, printed paper spine label. Very good, partially unopened, in tattered original glassine. Describes the conditions under which the 1778 treaties of alliance, and amity and commerce, were written and signed. Includes a printing of the treaties in double-.....
Cambridge, Ma. Maurizio Martino, [1990s]. Three volumes. [iii]-vii,[1],404; [iii]-vii,591; [v]- xiii,[1],732pp. Publisher's red cloth, spines stamped in black and gilt. Fine. Originally published as Volumes 9, 10, and 12 of University of Washington Publications in Literature (1935- 1949), reprinted here in a limited facsimile edition of 350 copies. A detailed.....
New York. 1902. Two volumes. [xii],240; xii,235,[1]pp. plus plates and facsimiles. Publisher's maroon cloth, printed paper spine labels. Moderate edge wear, minor soiling. Front hinges just starting, modern bookplate on each front pastedown. Very good. A handsomely-illustrated work on the notable New York printer and bookseller Hugh Gaine, with numerous.....
Worcester. 1991. x,271pp. Illus. Cloth. As new. In dust jacket. The full account of Mark Hoffmann's forgery of the alleged first document printed in America.
Madison. 1985. 431pp. Cloth. As new. Useful research guide.
London. 1900. xvii,[1],84pp. Original tan cloth. Very good. A reprint of the first history of Virginia by the first major specialist in printed Americana. One of 150 copies.
Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1979. Four volumes. Large Quarto. Cloth. As new (issued without dust jackets). A checklist of printed materials on artists of all kinds, including Native Americans, architects, decorative artists, graphic artists, photographers, musicians, filmmakers, choreographers, et. al.
New York. 1977. ix,[3],1306pp. Cloth. Fine in lightly chipped, clipped dust jacket. An essential reference in Western Americana. Edited by Yale's revered professor of Western history.
Washington: Association of Research Libraries, 1976. Unpaginated. 76 single-page descriptions plus facing facsimile. Index. Cloth. Fine in original dust jacket. A representative selection of important American books, issued in commemoration of the Bicentennial. Includes entries for Webster's Dictionary, Wilson's AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY, Isaiah Thomas' HISTORY OF PRINTING, and such like. Printed.....
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1991. 671pp. Profusely illustrated in color and black and white. Thick quarto. Cloth. Very fine. In dust jacket and slipcase. A sumptuous production of the National Gallery of Art, illustrating a far-reaching exhibition of European, Asian, and American art dating from the age of exploration.....
Washington. 1912. x,567pp., plus lithograph frontispiece and titlepage. Original red cloth, spine gilt. Front hinge cracked, corners bumped, spine ends slightly worn. Light tanning, otherwise internally clean. About very good. A descriptive list of 750 maps depicting former Spanish possessions in the current United States from the collections of Woodbury.....
Berkeley: The Friends of the Bancroft Library, 1995. 119pp. Portrait frontispiece. Stiff printed wrappers. Very fine. Highlights Martineau's commentary on America, from the time of her visit in 1834-36 through and beyond the Civil War, with examples from the Reinhard S. Speck collection of Martineau manuscripts. This is number 41.....
Westport: Greenwood Publishing Company, 1971. x,491,[4]pp. Original blue cloth. As new. As essential reference for the history of the presidential cabinet and the Executive Branch.
[ Fort Worth]: Amon Carter Museum, 1982. viii,480pp. Facsimiles, many in color. Quarto. Cloth. Fine. In slightly rubbed dust jacket. The famed western artist's visual chronicle of the Oregon Trail, Rocky Mountains, fur trade and western Indians. A handsome production, with extensive bibliography and index.
