Americana from B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA

New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1888 Two volumes. Illustrated with numerous portrait plates (including frontispiece portraits at beginning of both volumes) and maps. First editions, first printings. Publisher's dark green cloth, with rider on horseback stamped in gilt to front boards, lettered in gilt, band of military stars in gilt to spines, and floral endpapers; near fine set,… Read more about this item

New York: Beadle and Adams, 1875 First edition. Publisher's orange wrappers printed in black with batting illustration to front wrapper, Peck & Snyder advertisement to rear wrapper, hand-colored ads to interior. Good plus book with tears along spine, a 1/2" chip to spine head and 1" chip to spine foot, minute chipping to wrapper edges and corners, wrappers bright but… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: The Athletic Publishing Company, 1888 First edition. Publisher's yellow wrappers, lettered in black. Near fine, with light toning to spine, very light soiling to wrappers, black marker line to fore edge of text block, light chipping to spine ends, top left corner of rear wrapper missing and some tears to top corners of a few pages at back of… Read more about this item

New York: Beadle and Adams, 1876 First edition. Publisher's orange wrappers printed in black with batting illustration to front wrapper, Peck & Snyder advertisement to rear wrapper, hand-colored ads to interior. About very good book with tears along spine, including a 2" split along front wrapper hinge and a small chip at spine foot, corners shallowly chipped, light rubbing to… Read more about this item

Cleveland: American League Publishing Company, 1908 First edition. Publisher's blue and white wrappers with photo of Lajoie to front wrapper, advertisement for Tryon's baseball goods to rear wrapper. Very good with some creasing to front wrapper, small closed tear to fore edge of front wrapper, small chip to foot of spine, light soiling to wrappers and text block edges. Overall,… Read more about this item

New York: Beadle and Adams, 1873 First edition. Publisher's orange wrappers printed in black with batting illustration to front wrapper, Peck & Snyder advertisement to rear wrapper, hand-colored ads to interior. Very good or better book with light wear to spine, bookseller's stamp to last page. Overall, an excellent copy. Scarcely found in original wrappers and in collectible condition. Beadle's… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1839 First edition. Publisher's original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Signed by James Fenimore Cooper on title page. Very good, with some toning to spine and board edges, boards lightly rubbed, a hint of dampstaining to top left of front board, a bit of wear to spine ends including a small closed tear to head… Read more about this item

1988 1988. 18" x 23.5" poster in a 20" x 25" frame. Illustrated by Sendak. Signed by Sendak on lower right of poster. Color illustration of a Wild Thing in New York, reading a book and leaning between Book Row establishments (Argosy, George's Abbey, Greg's Circulating Library, and others) with a "Tenth Anniversary" ribbon in his mouth, designed by Cynthia… Read more about this item

1998 1998. 18.5 x 27.5 poster in a 20.25 x 29.25 frame. Illustrated by Sendak. Signed by Sendak on lower right of poster. Color illustration of a Wild Thing seated in New York and preparing to carve into a stack of books with a fork and knife, with a 20th anniversary ribbon in background pulled by In the Night Kitchen… Read more about this item

New York: Robert M. De Witt, 1874 First edition. Publisher’s yellow wrappers printed in black with illustration of mustached pitcher to front wrapper, Peck & Snyder advertisement to rear wrapper. Good copy with triangular chip to top right corner of front wrapper (loss of “Price 10 Cents” statement), some shallow chipping to bottom edge of front wrapper, a few small… Read more about this item

[No place]: The Evening Herald, 1922 First edition. Publisher’s off-white stapled wrappers printed in navy, The Evening Herald advertisement to rear wrapper. About fine, with a tiny crease to lower right corner of front wrapper and previous owner’s name written lightly in red pencil at top of front wrapper. Overall, an excellent and fresh copy. … Read more about this item

New York: De Witt, 1883 First edition, first printing. Rebound in custom brown cloth with titles in black to spine, with publisher’s yellow wrappers bound in, printed in black with illustration of mustached pitcher to front wrapper, Peck & Snyder advertisement to rear wrapper. Good with some rubbing to wrappers, light edgewear, a bit of soiling to rear wrapper, some… Read more about this item

New York and Auburn: Miller, Orton & Mulligan, 1855 Introduction by Dr. James McCune Smith. First edition, first printing. Original publisher’s brown cloth, with decoration in blind to boards, titles in gilt to spine, three engraved plates including frontispiece portrait of Douglass engraved by John Chester Buttre. Minor rubbing to cloth, spine lightly faded, touch of fraying to foot of… Read more about this item

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merril Company, 1902 Illustrated by Howard Chandler Christy. Early printing. Publisher's vertically-ribbed green cloth, lettered to spine in light green, with color pictorial onlay to front board with Christy's illustration of a young woman holding a book, lettered in gilt; in the publisher's glassine wrapper and box. A near fine copy, light scattered spotting to front board, small… Read more about this item

1949 (printed 1990) Gelatin silver photograph, 16 x 20 inches. 1949 (printed 1990). Signed by Link in pencil on the verso, copyright stamped to verso. Image depicts street vendors with awnings drawn, lined up along empty Orchard Street in New York City's Lower East Side. A bright print, fine condition. Matted in white, in a sleek black wood frame. … Read more about this item

New York: Printed by the Order of the Council, 1858 Hand-colored Lithograph, 4 x 6.55 inches. Lithographed by George Hayward at 120 Water Street, New York. From David Thomas Valentine's Manual for the Corporation of the City of New York (New York: Printed by the Order of the Council, 1858). Image depicts the Tammany Society's headquarters on East 14th Street… Read more about this item

New York: The John Day Company, 1952 First edition. Signed and inscribed by author to politician and Tammany Hall boss, Carmine DeSapio. A fine copy with a slight trace of rubbing to the spine and the lower corners lightly bumped.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine.