1920s. Wraps. As. Unpag. 8vo. Light scuffing to the covers from shelf wear, clean within.
An early promotional piece for Bar Harbor and what is now Acadia National Park. Established in 1916 as Sier de Monts National Monument, the park's elevation to National Park status on February 26, 1919 also came with a name change to Lafayette National Park. On January 19, 1929 it was renamed a third time to Acadia National Park. This dates this pamphlet for publication sometime between 1919 and 1929. Very Good. More

Chicago, IL: Chicago & North Western Rail Ry. 1928. Wraps. First Edition. 56 pp. 4to. Light red paper wraps with a touch of sunning to the spine edge. Clean within. Heavily illustrated in both color and black & white.
Promotional piece issued by the Chicago & North Western Line to attract touristm to National Park sites in the Southwest. Very Good. More

Eytel, Carl. Boston, MA: Little, Brown, and Company, 1906. Hardcover. First Edition. xliv, 270, xiv, 271-547 pp. 8vo. Blue cloth boards with grey cloth spines. Gold embossed desert flora illustration embossed on the cover of each volume, gold embossed titling to spine. Very minor scuffing, bumping to corners. Small stain at upper right corner of front board of Volume I, small ruffle along gutter of front pastedown. Large folding map of the region tipped into first volume, has small tear at lower right corner when unfolded. Both volumes clean within, top edges gilt. 300 drawings by Carl Eytel illustrate the text as well as numerous full page photographs and illustrations. Very Good. More

Cunningham, Peter. Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint, 2010. Wraps. First Edition. First Printing. Clean, crisp copy.
The chonicle, in words and photographs of Peter Mathiessen and Bernie Glassman's travels back to Japan to meet their dharma ancestors. This is chronicled fully in Mathiessen's "Nine-Headed Dragon River" which is excerpted in this volume. From the prfate library of Peter Mathiessen with his bookplate centered on the inside front cover. Fine. More

Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1977-2007. Hardcover. First Edition. The Formative Years, 1822-1852 (Volume I), Second Printing, 1983, xx, 423 pp.; Slavery and the South 1852-1857 (Volume II), First Printing, xxi, 503 pp.; Creating Central Park, 1857-1861 (Volume III), First Printing, xxvii, 470 pp.; Defending the Union, 1861-1863 (Volume IV), First Printing, xxv, 757 pp.; The California Frontier, 1863-1865 (Volume V), First Printing, xxvi, 8vo pp.; The Years of Olmsted, Vaux & Company, 1865-1874 (Volume VI), First Printing, xxvii, 729 pp. Parks, Politics, and Patronage 1874-1882 (Volume VII), First Printing, xxiv, 756 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copies with light scuffing to dust jackets, now in mylar covers. A heavy set, will require additional postage.
An important run of the Papers of Frederick Law..... More

Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1985. Hardcover. First Edition. First Greenwood Press Edition. Originally published in 1960 by the Oxford University Press. Clean, crisp copy. No dust jacket as issued. Fine. More

Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1986. Hardcover. First Edition. First Oxford University Press Edition. xxvii, 638 pp. 8vo. Slight scuffing to covers from shelf wear. Previous owner's name in ink on first free endpaper. Clean within. No dust jacket, as issued. Very Good. More