Americana from Great Expectations Rare Books

Washington. D.C.: National Geographic Society , 1979. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover, dark blind-stamped line green covers, lettered in brown on spine, in publisher's dust-jacket. 215 pages. Index. Illustrated throughout with color photographs. No previous ownership marks. Some abrasion to duct-jacket at extremities. Very good+ in… Read more about this item

Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1976. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover, pictorial gray cloth, lettered in dark gray on spine, in publisher's dust-jacket. 199 pages. Index. Illustrated throughout with color photographs. No previous ownership marks. Some abrasion to duct-jacket at extremities. Very good+ in a good dust-jacket.… Read more about this item

Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1972. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover, blind-stamped beige cloth, lettered in dark red on spine, in publisher's dust-jacket. 207 pages. Index. Illustrated throughout with color photographs. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square and unmarked copy. Very good+ in a very good+… Read more about this item

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1988. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, bound in genuine burgundy leather with real 22 kt gold decoration. 293 pages. All edges gilt, silk ribbon marker sewn-in, raised spine. Edited by Allan Nevins. Two-page broad-side, Collector's Notes from The Library of… Read more about this item

New York: Ballantine Books, 1974. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Trade paperback. 109 pages. Index. Illustrated with drawings throughout. Second printing of this reprint edition, -- American Museum of Natural History Special Members' Edition. No previous ownership marks. Foxing to fore-edge of bulked sheets,… Read more about this item

Stamford, CT: Architectural Book Publishing Co., 1993. Book. As New. Hardcover. re-issue. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Large format hardcover, tan cloth spine over red paper covered boards, in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 192 pages. Detailed introduction, with information on each of the fifty-six homes presented herein, by Walter Frese. Illustrated with 300 black… Read more about this item

Wiliamsburg, VA / New York, NY: Colonial Williamsburg / Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc. , 1961. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Revised Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover, quarto bound in forest green cloth lettered and decorated in gold, in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 104 pages. Bibliographical Notes, Index. Profusely illustrated throughout with black… Read more about this item

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1986. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Large hardcover, blue cloth lettered in gold on spine in publisher's pictorial dust-jacket. 320 pages. Index. Profusely illustrated throughout with original color photographs by Langdon Clay. Large map by 'Masonry Conservation Initiative' laid-in loose, color coded to… Read more about this item

Princeton: The Pyne Press, 1974. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Large format hardcover, quarto bound in teal cloth and publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 398 pages. Bibliography and Index. Introduction by Douglas Southall Freeman. Illustrated with 150 full page black and white photographs and maps. First edition… Read more about this item

Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2010. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Large format paperback. 128 pages. Inroduction by James P. Molinaro. Profusely illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. First edition. No previous ownership marks. A clean, fresh, square and unmarked copy with sharp corners and no… Read more about this item

Shrewsbury, Vermont: Mountain Publishing, 2009. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Large format hardcover, blue cloth lettered and stamped in silver on spine and front board, in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 352 pages. Signed by author on title-page and again with presentation inscription on front free end-paper. Also signed… Read more about this item

Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1971. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Later Printing. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Hardcover, large folio volume bound in quarter gold cloth and gold paper covered boards. 114 pages, including a twenty-four page introductory essay by Chapman J. Milling followed by a suite of 89 full page photographic plates by Carl Julien.… Read more about this item

New York: Friendly Press, Inc., 1987. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Hardcover, oblong folio bound in white boards and publisher's pictorial dust-jacket. Unpaginated [196 pages]. Profusely illustrated on nearly every page with magnificent color photographs by Stephen Wilkes. First edition, first printing. A pictorial homage and celebration of… Read more about this item

Osceola, WI: Motorbooks International, 1996. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Large format hardcover, burgundy cloth in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 192 pages. Index. Profusely illustrated with over 125 color and 75 black and white photographs. First edition, first printing with no other printings listed. A pictorial history of… Read more about this item

Norfolk / Virginia Beach: The Donning Company Publishers, 1995. Book. Fine. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Trade paperback. 295 pages. Signed by the author on half-title. Illustrated with over 30 photos and sketches by local artists. Reprint. No previous ownership marks. No spine crease. Approximately… Read more about this item

Los Angeles, CA / Park City, UT: The Weller Institute for the Cure of Design, 1984. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Large folio size hardcover in publisher's colorful pictorial dust-jacket. Unpaginated. Text printed n brown offset stock. Profusely illustrated with magnificent color photographs on white coated stock. First edition.… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1973. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover, oblong quarto, cloth in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 112 pages. Profusely illustrated with black and white and color photographs. First edition. No previous ownership marks. A clean, sound, unmarked copy. very good+ in a very good+… Read more about this item

Cooperstown, New York: The New York State Historical Association, 1998. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Perfect bound paperback. Pages 101 - 192, being the second issue for the year 1998. Includes articles on Peter Williams, NY State's first Episcopal Priest; John King, Republican Patriot; Fratricide and Suicide on NY's… Read more about this item

Princeton, NJ: D. Van Nostrand Co., 1964. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, blue cloth lettered in gold, no dust-jacket. 255 pages. N.B. BINDING ERROR -bound in wrong covers. This is vol. 17 in the New Jersey Historical Series, "Fundamental Laws and Constitutions of New Jersey 1664-1964", but… Read more about this item

Plainfield, New Jersey: The Society of Colonial Wars in the State of New Jersey, 1928. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, black cloth with red paper covered boards, lettered in white. 115 pages. Bibliography, Index. Illustrated with black and white photographs throughout. Large fold-out map mounted to rear… Read more about this item