Indiana History from Dale Steffey Books, ABAA

Indianapolis: Printed by Douglas and Maguire, 1832. 302 pages. Very Good Minus, calf at spine split 2" at top rear joint, moderate toning throughout associated with ink in type, contemporary owner's name in pencil at all end pages. Gilt label bright. Binding sound. A solid and clean copy, and uncommon thus. . Quarter Calf. Very Good Minus. 8vo - over… Read more about this item

Chicago: Baskin, Forster & Co., 1876. 458 pages complete with all maps and lithographic illustrations. Handsomely and solidly rebound in 20th c. red morocco, gilt lettering at spine, reinforced hinges, new endpapers, original marbled edges. Near Fine, widely scattered spots of toning. SCARCE in lovely condition and with a binding that will function well for many years to come.… Read more about this item

Bloomington, Indiana: Department of Political Science, Indiana University , 1970. iv, (2), 201, (1) pages. PHD dissertation, bound in black cloth, Fine, Signed by four members of the Doctoral Committee. During the Klan's resurgence of the 1920s, its greatest successes came in Indiana. . SIGNED. First Printing. Cloth. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

LaPorte, Indiana : Jas. W. Beasley, Harry U. Wilstach, Publishers, 1879. RARE directory for the city of Logansport, Indiana, 1879-1880, Very Good Minus, covers and end papers soiled, cloth at spine with several small holes, contemporary prior owner name in ink front cover and front end page. 201 pages, with several pages of advertising front and back. An excellent source… Read more about this item

Indianapolis: W. & J. Braden, 1869. Original map from the 1869 book, open measurement, 12 1/4" x 30", folds to 8 1/2" x 5 ", Very Good Plus, 2" tear at fold and 1/2" tear at fold, light soiling to verso at main folded section. One of 3 maps from the SCARCE 1869 book.. First Printing. Map, Folded.… Read more about this item

Indianapolis, IN: Douglas and Maguire, 1833. RARE. Second Edition, carefully revised, corrected and enlarged. 200 pp., original cloth with red leather spine label. Very Good, moderate foxing, cloth a bit rubbed and faded, small holes in front hinge, 1980 bookseller's description laid in. Pencil note front end page to "see page 127, Crown Hill in 1826", with corresponding pencil mark… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Burk & McFetridge, Printers, 1889. Prior owner name in pencil front paste down "Geo. H. Thompson, Post No. 523 Dept of Indiana 1888", with different PON in pencil verso of front end page. Very Good Minus, edges rubbed, gilt at spine dulled yet sttill legible, title and front end pages starting to separate from text block, soiling and a… Read more about this item

Indianapolis, IN: Wm. B. Burford, Contractor for State Printing and Binding, 1905. Presentation Copy, "Compliments of W. H. Freeman, Secretary" tipped in slip at front end page. Very Good Plus, boards a bit soiled, gilt at front board a bit rubbed. Large fold-out map Fine. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Indianapolis, IN: The Bowen-Merrill Co., 1886. SCARCE in current commerce in the First Edition and in any of its five States. Riley's 2nd published book. 263 pages. Illustrated blue-stamped tan cloth boards. Coated brown endpapers. First Edition, State 5, ( verso of title page changed, lacking the advertisement for "The Old Swimmin'- Hole", Russo, pp.8-11). A Very Good copy,… Read more about this item

Indianapolis, IN: Wm. B. Burford , 1892. Very Good Plus in original printed wrappers, small tear fore edge front wrapper, ligh wear at edges of wrappers with app. 1" paper loss of wrapper at bottom edge of spine. 79 pages, 12 leaves of plates, explanation printed on verso of plates. RARE, none found in current commerce, WorldCat locates 7 libraries… Read more about this item

No Place: No Publisher SCARCE, the beloved James Whitcomb Rley poem "Away". No Publisher, no date, circa 1889-1925. Fourteen lines on stiff brown paper with author's name at end, hand-colred and decorated with capital "I"and floral decorations. In original frame, under glass, the frame measures 8 1/2" x 6". Fine, not examined out of frame. "I cannot say, and I… Read more about this item

Cincinnati, Ohio: Jennings and Graham, 1910. Quarter white cloth over green cloth boards, floral vining decorations and gilt lettering and top edge. Numerous black and white photographs throughout the text. Near Fine, light soiling to spine, tiny rubs at corners. A gorgeous, gift quality copy. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Richmond, IN: BOArd of Inspectors, City of Richmond, 1884. Single sheet, 25" x 8" , folded 6 times to 8" x 3 1/8". Manuscript election returns for the May 1884 election for city councilman for the five wards of the city of Richmond, Indiana. "We the undersigned Board of Inspectors of an Election for Councilman in the respective Wards of… Read more about this item

Columbus, Ohio: Copyright W. H. Fisher, G.P and T.A./ Printed by the Ohio State Journal, 1890. First Edition, 1890. Illustrated by W. H. Mullay. Oblong 8vo, original printed wrappers, printed on coated white paper, tied with white string( replacing original brown ribbon with buckeye attached). 10 unnumbered leaves. Each leaf contains one verse of Riley's poem in black, and… Read more about this item

Cincinnati, Ohio: Western Biographical Publishing Company, 1880. Two thick quarto volumes, arranged by congressional district, and paged separately. SCARCE in commerce as the complete set. Very Good in original pebbled calf with decorative embossing white moire silk end papers, all edges gilt, numerous engraved portraits with tissue guards. Very Good, rubbed at edges and corners, corners bumped, scattered foxing associated… Read more about this item

Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., 1894. Very Good, handsomely rebound in brown cloth except for original leather spine, gilt titles and devices, marbled end pages, spine a bit rubbed, prior owner name title page, some marginal genealogical writing and some underlining. With a fascinating trove of 5 pp. of genealogy and local history and with 1895 ribbon commemorating 10th… Read more about this item

Indianapolis, IN: Indiana-Vicksburg Military Park Commission , 1911. Near Fine in the original dark blue cloth, gilt title at spine with date in gilt 1911, edges of page block light foxing, fold-out map at rear paste down Near Fine, small edge tear at paste down. Overall a quite handsome copy. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo… Read more about this item

Crawfordsville, Indiana: The Journal and Review, 1941. RARE. OCLC lists only 1 institutional holding. SIGNED by the Mayor and all of the City Council and other officers of the City of Crawfordsville at the time of printing. Signatures present front end page include Mayor Thomas L. Cooksey, City Attorney Raymond O. Evans, Clerk-Treasurer Clark D. Jones, Councilmen Earl Barcus, Walter… Read more about this item

Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill, 1907. Very Good Plus, light rubbing at edges of boards. SCARCE. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Greenfield, Indiana : Indiana Historical Society, 1921. First Edition Thus, 1921. Very Good, wrappers chipped at top and bottom of spine, chips to spine at staples, 1" chip bottom corner last 2 pages at spine, not affecting text. Journal of Henry Hay in the year 1789-1790. Paginated 295-361. Originally published in 1914 in Proceedings of the Wisconsin Historical Society, under… Read more about this item