Search Results: Geography, History from Madden Books

1st edition. Good HC, no DJ. Black cloth over boards, gilt letters; map end papers. Clean, lightly scuffed covers and spine; faded on spine and slightly along cover edges; tightly bound; bright, clean interior. Typed note laid in from Cass Canfield to Henry S. Commager presenting this book and asking for comment. Henry Steele Commager was a noted author and historian (NYU, Columbia & Amherst). Cass Canfield was the longtime president of Harper publishing and an author. 8vo, 222 pp; index; illustrated.

1st US edition. Very Good hardcover in Very Good DJ. Light gray cloth over boards, gilt titles on spine; map end papers. Bright, clean, square covers and spine; scattered, fine faded spots on covers; tightly bound; bright, clean interior. DJ is price-clipped; otherwise complete; bright and clean; now in paper-backed mylar. 4to, 224 pp; index, biblio; illustrated throughout.

1st printing. Very Good hardcover, no DJ. Green cloth over boards, gilt titles on spine; map end papers. Clean, square covers and spine; spine titles faded, just legible; dust spotting on text block top edge; tightly bound; owner name and date (1947) on half title; light, clean interior. 8vo, 408 pp; index, biblio; illustrated.

Good HC pamphlet bound with Very Good map. 2nd edition. Brown pseudo-marbled paper over boards with red leather fore corners; spine probably once red leather is rebound with red cambric cloth tape; white hand lettered titles and library number on spine. Generally clean covers; some rubbing wear on covers with few small areas of paper lift; rubbed at fore corners, boards exposed; tightly bound; library matter on front and rear pastedowns; 'discard' stamp on obverse face of bound in map and on rear free end paper; cloth tape reinforcement at front and rear inside hinges; interior clean with very limited, light foxing; all leaves pierced at inside edge where probably once side-stab bound as pamphlet. McClelland 1854 'pocket' map bound in before title page is in Very Good condition. Map is 13.25 inch x 17 inch (34cm x 44cm) with an 8.5cm square inset map of the District of Columbia at lower left corner; map shows block numbers, wards and major buildings and includes an index of points of interest. Scale… Read More

Text in English. Revised edition (1983). Brown boards with red titles; map end papers. Bright, clean, square covers and spine are Fine condition; light dust spotting on text block edges; tightly bound; faint foxing on front and rear end papers; bright, clean interior. DJ is bright, clean and complete; some foxing on DJ inner face. Large 8vo, 464 pp; index, biblio; illustrated. See, OCLC #7573204. NOTE: This is the English edition (ISBN 0866280162). This is not an English and Hebrew edition.

6th edition. Good hardcover, no DJ. Clean covers and spine; lightly scuffed; spine titles dulled but legible; tightly bound and square in case; clean interior. 8vo, 484 pp; index; illustrated throughout.

Two volume set. Limited printing, no. 106 of 210, signed by publisher. Very Good hardcovers, no DJ. Light blue-gray paper over boards backed with white cloth; paper spine labels with red titles; tissue-guarded frontispieces; laid paper. Covers and spines are lightly scuffed/soiled; square in cases; spines are age darkened and label titles are completely faded; interiors are bright and clean - start to finish in both volumes, most leaves are unopened on top and fore edges - never been read. Large fold-out map in Fine condition in rear pocket of 2nd volume. Pub'd by New Amsterdam Book Co, New York, 1902. 8vo, 715 pp (paged, 355 pp, 360 pp).