Hardcover. New York, American Heritage Publishing Co., Inc., 1976, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, A set of 2 volumes that strive to create a comprehensive account of American architecture as a whole. Includes buildings from all 50 states and the District of Columbia, all of which the author personally visited. Fully illustrated with hundreds of black/white photographs. Both volumes are in fine condition; hardcover slipcase has very slight wear to the corners and slight rubbing.
Hardcover. New York, A.S. Barnes, 1st, 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 328 pages. Illustrated with mainly black & white photographs. Dust jacket has interior tape repair at bottom of spine. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Philadelphia, Chilton, Revised Ed., 1960, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, New enlarged edition with added years: 1860-1900, 1956-1960. Over 5,000 photographs. A terrific book with one major fault - it smells musty
Cleveland, OH, Western Reserve Hist. Society, 1st, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Many black & white illust. 151 pages plus bibliography and index. Light edgewear to dust jacket.
Hardcover. Philadelphia, W.A. Leary & Co., 1853, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 588 pages w/ appendix. Brown leather w/ raised bands on spine, outlined in gilding. Spine cracking and worn. Edge wear. Colorful marbled end pages. Engraving of G. Washington pictured on frontispiece. Inscription in pencil on prelim page dated 1954. Blue design on top/bottom/sides of pages. Corners of boards have gilt design. B/W sketches throughout. Some tissue guards.
Hardcover. New York, Scribners, 1st, 1956, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. illustrated with black & white photographs, drawings and paintings. Light wear to dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.
Chicago, LoFollett, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Color illust. by W. T. Mars. SIGNED BY KELLY on title-page. Lives of Father Jacques Marquett,a Jesuit priest and Frenchman Louis Jolit met in New France and explored the Mississippi River in the 1670's.
Hardcover. Washington, National Museum of American Art, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 239 pages. Hardcover. Dust jacket with only minor wear. Full color and black & white illustrations throughout. Clean unmarked text.
Hardcover. Boston, Pilgrim Pr, 1st, 1907, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 483 pages, with b&w illustrations. Gilt titles and top edge. Ex-library residue on rear fly leaf and sticker on spine, light spine edge fray, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.
Hardcover. Baltimore MD, J. D. Ehlers & Co's Engraving and Printing, 1st, 1873, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth with gilt design stamped to front cover, 144 pages. B&w frontispiece of Hotchkiss, 2 folding railroad maps. The first map is of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, the second is another, larger map of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad a radius map covering 600 miles from Jordan Alum Springs in color, and advertisement for the Jordon Alum Springs in Rockbridge County, Virginia on the back. Probably rebound as it appears the original cloth has been pasted to matching pebbled cloth covers. A few nicks to the edges of the front otherwise tight and clean. Maps in very good condition.
Hardcover. Minneapolis, University of Minn, 1st, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, memoirs of a Swedish pioneer in Minn. 1841-1858 ex-lib, vol 1 only
Hardcover. Philadelphia, Chilton Book Co., 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 85 pages. History of Saugus Iron Works of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Illustrated in b/w by Joshua Tolford. 8vo. Color pictorial and white cloth. Minor foxing to endpapers. Brown spotting in small section of spine. Very Good. Matching pictorial dust jacket. Tear in front near top of spine. Minor browning. Some wear and small tears around edges.
Softcover. Gualala, CA, Quilt Digest Press, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 103 pages. Softcover. Wrapper excellent. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. Binding tight. Pages and edges clean. In great shape. Through quilt masterpieces, the life of America is reflected in this nostalgic look at the lives and creative work of a spirited, freedom-loving people.
Norman, OK, University of Oklahoma Press, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. 277 pages. Light rubbing to corners. Dust jacket with very light soiling.
Hardcover. New York, Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., 1st, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 475 pages. Hardcover without dust jacket. Very minor normal wear to cover, otherwise clean and tight copy. Inscription from previous owner on front end papers. "Library of George Murphy" impressed into front end paper.
Hardcover. Columbia, University of South Carolina Press, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 308 pages. Hardcover. Remainder dot on bottom edge. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Columbia, SC, University of South Carolina Press, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 308 pages. Hardcover. Small remainder mark on bottom edge. B/w illustrations throughout. Red cover boards, gilt title on spine. Pages clean and unmarked. Binding tight, spine straight. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Indicative of the adventurous, carefree, and relatively risk-free period between the world wars was the early career of a young navel office, Dan Gallery. He would eventually achieve the rank of admiral and garner international fame for capturing a German submarine during World War II.