51. Argentina – Vidal. E.E.

Picturesque Illustrations of Buenos Ayres and Monte Video, Consisting of Twenty=four Views: Accompanied with Descriptions of the Scenery and of the Costumes, Manners, &c. of the Inhabitants of Those Cities and Their Environs.

No.1987 of a limited edition. London, R.Ackermann, 1943. Quarto. XXVIII, 115 pages with 24 plates in colour (several of the folding out). Hardcover / De Luxe Edition of this Reprint in quarter leather with 5 raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Personalized gift-copy, signed by former co-workers of the recipient.

52. Barnard, Melanie.

Cincinnati à la Carte [20 Great Restaurants [in Cincinnati] share their best Recipes [Including a Recipe Index]. Edited by Laura Pulfer and Lilia F. Brady. Design by Kay Walker and Barbara Bendall.

Cincinnati (Ohio), Published by Cincinnati, 120 West Fifth Street, 1980. Octavo. 128 pages. Original, illustrated Softcover (Cover illustration by Jim Schaefer). Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Extremely Rare !

53. [Earl of Shannon] Irving, Washington.

Voyages and Discoveries of the Companions of Columbus. [From the library of the Earl of Shannon Earl of Shannon [Richard Boyle], with his armorial Bookplate].

First Edition. London, John Murray, 1831. Small Octavo. Frontispice – Engraving (Convent of La Rabida), XVIII, 337, [1] pages. Map missing ! Hardcover / original half leather of the early 19th century, with original spinelabel. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. The armorial bookplate of the Earl of Shannon to the pastedown.

54. Barnouw, Erik.

A History of Broadcasting in the United States – Volume I: A Tower in Babel [Period from the Beginnings to 1933] / Volume II: The Golden Web – [Period 1933 to 1953] / Volume III: The Image Empire [Period from 1953 (to 1970)].

Mixed Editions: (Volume I in Second Edition / Volumes II/III in First Edition). Three Volumes (complete Set). Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1969-1970. Octavo. Pagination: Volume I – 344 pages / Volume II – 390 pages / Volume III – 396 pages. All Volumes with many illustrations and photographs throughout. Hardcover / All three Volumes in original publisher’s cloth with the dustjackets in protective Collector’s Mylar. The jackets with some loss and minor tears have been beautifully preserved. The Volumes all in excellent, very clean condition.

55. [Irving, Washington] Knickerbocker, Diedrich.

A History of New York, from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty – Containing, among many surprising and curious matters, The Unutterable Ponderings of Walter the Doubter, The Disastrous Projects of William the Testy, and The Chivalric Achievements of Peter the Headstrong. The Three Dutch Governors of New Amsterdam : Being the only Authentic History of the Times that ever hath been published.

A New Edition. In Two Volumes (complete set). London, John Murray, 1821. Octavo. Volume I: XXXI, 341 pages / Volume II: [3], 282 pages. Hardcover / Original half-leather with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Marbled paper on boards of both volumes slightly damaged. Otherwise both Volumes in very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

56. Kenny, Kevin.

The American Irish – A History.

Harlow / London, Longman, 2000. Octavo. XIX, 328 pages. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

57. Morison, Samuel Eliot.

The Maritime History of Massachusetts (1783 – 1860). With Illustrations.

Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company – The Riverside Press Company, 1941. Octavo. XI,420 pages with wonderful illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear to the jacket (some fraying and loss to corners of the jacket only). The book is firm and due to the protected dustjacket in wonderful gift-condition.

58. [Olney, Peter Butler] McMillan, D.C.

The Elective Franchise in the United States.

New York, P. Putnam’s Sons, 1878. 18.7cm x 12.7cm. 181 pages. Original Hardcover in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Inscribed / Signed by the author to american lawyer and politician Peter Butler Olney.

59. [Quine, Willard Van Orman] Cherry, P. P.

The Western Reserve and Early Ohio.

Ohio, R. L. Fouse, 1921. 14 x 20 cm. 332 pages with 40 illustrations. Original blue cloth covered Hardcover-edition. Gilt lettering on spine and frontcover. In protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of logician Willard Van Orman Quine – with his ownership-stamp to the front free endpaper.

60. Sprague, Marshall.

The Great Gates. The Story of The Rocky Mountain Passes. With illustrations and maps.

First Edition. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1964. Octavo. VII, 468 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. One corner of the rare dustjacket with small damage. Otherwise in near Fine condition with only minor signs of external wear.

61. Updike, John / Ford, President Gerald.

Memories of the Ford Administration. A Novel.

First Trade Edition. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. Octavo. 371 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Near Fine condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by President Gerald Ford on the halftitle. Also signed and beautifully inscribed by John Updike on the endpaper: “Read this book – it feels unread” / Includes also a typed note in which John Updike asks the recipient of this signed book to refrain from any future attempts to send him books for signing: “Recent changes in postal regulations have made the task of signing and sending back books more complicated than before…..So i ask you to make this your last shipment; any books henceforth received from you will be donated to the local church book fair……”

62. Potter, Jean.

The Flying North.

Third Printing of the First Edition. New York, The Macmillan Company, 1965. Octavo. XIV, 261 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Near Fine condition with only minor signs of external wear. Unusual in this excellent condition.

63. Gallagher, Gary W.

The Wilderness Campaign – Military Campaigns of the Civil War.

Chapel Hill / London, The University of North Carolina Press, 1997. Octavo. XV, 283 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Near Fine condition with only minor signs of external wear.

64. Lord, Walter.

Day of Infamy: Pearl Harbour December 7th 1941.

First British Edition. London, Longmans, 1957. Octavo. 243 pages. Original Hardcover with vintage dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

65. Schama, Simon.

Rough Crossings – Britain, The Slaves and the American Revolution.

London, BBC Books, 2005. 16 cm x 24 cm. 448 pages with illustrations. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Clean inside with solid binding.

66. Koebel, W. H. (William Henry).

Central America: Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama, and Salvador.

Second Edition. London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1919. 23 cm. 382 pages. Illustrations, including frontispiece, portraits, fold-out map and tables, in black and white. Original Hardcover. ORIGINAL EDITION (NOT a Facsimile). Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Some rubbing on spine at title, as well as some foxing on inside and selective pages. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen – Translator Erik Haugaard. South American series ; [v.14].

67. Taylor, Richard.

Destruction and Reconstruction. Personal Experiences of the Late War.

New York, D. Appleton and Co, 1879. 23 cm. 274 pages. Original hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear only. Binding firm. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen – Translator Erik Haugaard. With his Exlibris to the pastedown.

68. Mills, C. Wright.

The New Men in Power – America’s Labor Leaders. With the assistance of Helen Schneider.

First Edition. New York, Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1948. 14 cm x 20.5 cm. 323 pages. Several tables throughout. Original Hardcover with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with obvious signs of external wear to the dust jacket and minor wear to the cover. Pages only slighty discoloured. Name in ink pen on endpaper. Annotations in pencil throughout.

69. Mead, Robert Douglas.

Journeys Down the Line – Building the Trans-Alaska Pipeline.

First Edition. New York, Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1978. 15 cm x 22 cm. 609 pages with a Map to the pastedown and endpaper, totled “Alaska and the Trans-Alaska Pipeline”, showing the Route of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline between Prudhoe Bay and Valdez in the Gulf of Alaska. Original Hardcover andl illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Deckled fore edge. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rare.

70. Anonymus.

An Historical Review and Directory of North America: Containing a Geographical, Political, and Natural History of the British and Other European Settlements, the United and Apocryphal States, the General State of the Laws, particularly those affecting Commerce, Foreign and British Debts; also, Strictures upon Lord Sheffield’s Treatise upon American Commerce to which is added “A description of the Interior Parts of North America, general Face of the Country, Mountains, Forests, Rivers and the most noted Towns, Cities, Seats and Public Buildings. A Plan of the Roads and a concise account of the different Indian Nations. A copious Index to American State Papers. With a Great Variety of Tables necessary to all Merchants in their Intercourse with North America. [With a concise Account of the Island of Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard, together with the Manners, Customs, Policies and Trade of the Inhabitants and a short account of the Whale Fishery]. By a Gentleman immediately returned from a Tour of that Continent.

Volume II (of II). Cork, Printed by W. Matthews, 38 North-Main-Street, 1801. 10 cm x 17 cm. IX, 377 pages. Original Hardcover (full calf). The original binding with some stronger signs of external wear. Corners bumped. Endpapers and pastedowns a little scruffy. Otherwise in very good condition.

71. Fell, Barry.

America B.C. Ancient Settlers in the New World.

New York, Wallaby, 1978. 22,5 cm x 15 cm. X, 312 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only slightly foxed.

72. [Kennedy, Jacqueline] Schlesinger Jr., Arthur M.

Jacqueline Kennedy. Historic Conversations on Life with John F. Kennedy. Foreword by Caroline Kennedy. Introduction and Annotations by Michael Beschloss.

New York, Hyperion Books, 2011. 24 cm x 16 cm. XXXII, 368 pages. With several black-and-white photographs. Includes 8 CD’s with the original interviews. Original Hardcover. Excellent, close to new condition.

73. Serrano, Andres.

America and other work.

Köln, Taschen, 2004. 37,5 cm x 28,5 cm. 352 pages. With over 100 photographic images, full page and with some double pages Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. With full red cloth hardboards & spine and title embossed into cloth. The price for this heavy book includes international shipping per Courier ! The price for this heavy book includes international shipping per Courier !

74. [Moylan, General Stephen] Griffin, Martin I.J.

General Stephen Moylan.

Philadelphia, 1909. 16 cm x 24 cm. 142 pages. Original hardcover. Slightly damaged binding. A few loose pages. Contains some children’s drawings in pencil, and a note in ink describing where it was purchased in 1931.

75. [Hoover, J. Edgar] Gentry, Curt.

J. Edgar Hoover, The Man and His Secrets.

New York, Plume, 1992. 15 cm x 23 cm. 846 Pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

76. Kelly, Mary Pat.

Home Away From Home – The Yanks in Ireland.

Belfast, Appletree Press, 1994. 16.5 cm x24 cm. 164 Pages. Original Softcover. Dogear to rear cover. Otherwise in excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

77. Virga, Vincent.

Eyes of the Nation – A Visual History of the United States.

First Edition. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. 24 cm x 31 cm. 399 pages. With more than 500 illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, close to new condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

78. Ketchum, Richard M.

Saratoga – Turning Point of America’s Revolutionary War.

First Edition. New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1997. 16 cm x 24 cm. XII, 545 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Out of print.

79. Morgan, Ted.

Valley of Death – The Tragedy at Dien Bien Phu That Led America into the Vietnam War.

New York, Random House, 2010. 16 cm x 24 cm. XXII, 722 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Rare. Out of print.

80. Greene, Jack. Massignani, Alessandro.

Ironclads at War – The Origin and Development of the Armored Warship 1854-1891.

Pennsylvania, Combined Publishing, 1998. 16 cm x 24 cm. 423 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

81. Fleming, Denna Frank.

The Treaty Veto of The American Senate.

London / New York, G.P. Putnam’s Sons / The Knickerbocker Press, 1930. 15 cm x 22.5 cm. IX, 325 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Fading of cover and slight yellowing of pages. Signed by the author.

82. Franklin, Benjamin / Wright, Esmond (editor).

Benjamin Franklin: His Life As He Wrote It.

London, The Folio Society, 1989. 16 cm x 25.5 cm. 260 pages. Original hardcover with slipcase. As new.

83. Shaw, Simon.

Frontier House. Simon Shaw with Linda Peavy and Ursula Smith. Photography by Audrey Hall.

New York a. o, Atria Books, 2002. 22cm x 28.5cm 232 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.