American Illustrated

Hardcover. New York , Random House , 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 436 pages, hardcover in publisher's original deep navy cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. Folio 12 1/2 '' x 10 1/4 ''. Contains 436 printed pages of text with 350 color and approximately 550 monochrome illustrations throughout. Illustrator Raeburn Van Buren's copy with his ownership signature on the half-title page dated February 24, 1978. His illustrations featured on several pages. Foreward by Norman Rockwell, notes on the artists, bibliography. Dust jacket bright with minor shelf wear.

Hardcover. Chicago, Monarch Book Company, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 166 pages. Sixteen color plates by Louis Betts. Yellow cloth cover with title and illustration on front. Spine very slightly darkened. Private library sticker on inner front cover, no other markings. First published by Herbert Stone in 1900, this edition undated but appears to be soon after as quality color plates appear to be from that printing. Clean.

Hardcover. Hartford CT, J. Seymour Brown, reprint, 1842, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in a worn leather binding, spine stamped in gilt with title and decorations fairly bright. 654 pages with 60 engravings. Front fly leaf missing so book opens to title page. History of the US from Columbus through the beginning of the Harrison/Tyler administration (including the death of Harrison). Marbled edge pages. Endpapers tanning, interior clean with minor foxing, binding tight.

Hardcover. NY, Holiday House, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Color illustrations by Ronald Himler. This picture-book biography focuses mainly on the War of 1812, but also mentions Madison's contributions to the Constitution and the creation of the three branches of government. Although this is a biography of the couple, there is more specific information on James Madison than on Dolley. Still, readers do learn some interesting facts about her, such as how she rescued a portrait of George Washington while the Executive Mansion burned. Adler's writing is clear yet not oversimplified, and is without fictionalization.

New York, Scholastic Press, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dustjacket. Color illustrations by Ted Lewin. Unpaginated. Skinny as a beanpole and tall for his age, an awkward young boy learns that Abraham Lincoln was called "gorilla, baboob, backwards hick." Yet along with big feet and big hands, Lincoln had a big heart and the great ability to keep a nation together. And what the boy learns as he studies Lincoln opens his mind to great possibilities for his own future.

Hardcover. New York, Roaring Brook Press, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 32 pages. Hardcover no dust jacket. Color illustrations. When a school girl gets separated from her tour of the White House, and finds herself in the Lincoln bedroom, she also discovers the ghost of the great man himself. Illustrations by Lane Smith. Clean, unmarked copy in excellent condition.

Hardcover. Roaring Brook Press, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 32 pages illustrated by author. Clean copy.

Softcover. New York, Harper Design, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 208 pages. Softcover. Color illustrations throughout. Includes extensive bibliography. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown & Co , 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 180 pages, b&w illustrations. Previous owner's inscription on prelim page. Light shelf-wear and rubbing to price clipped dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

hardcover. NY, Coward McCann & Geoghagan, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. Sepia-toned illustrations by Stephen Gammell. Dust jacket with edgewear, closed tears.

Hardcover. New York, NY, DC Comics, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap.

Hardcover. New York, Arno Press, reprint, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 415 pages with 18 Color and 136 Black and White Plates. Cream colored boards. A reprint of the 1931 Doubleday edition. Some foxing to boards and edges, else very good. No dust jacket, as issued. Light smudging to covers and top and bottom edge. Else a very clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. New York, Little Simon, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Unpaginated. Hardcover. Color illustrations throughout. In beautiful condition, no rips. All pop-ups are intact and fascinating. Includes a small, to-scale pop-up book within. "Master paper engineer Robert Sabuda has interpreted the classic American anthem 'America the Beautiful' in dazzling dimention. From the Golded Gate Bridge to Mount Rushmore to the Statue of Liberty, America has never looked more spectacular. This stunning keepsake masterpiece will be shared and admire by generations to come; indeed it is a national treasure in and of itself."

New York, Macmillan, 1st, 1947, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardbound, 144 pages. Black & white and color illustrations by the Petershams. Edgewear, chipping, soiling to dust jacket. Brodart cover.

Hardcover. New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 282 pages, plus index. Text by Bernard Barenholtz and Inez McClintock, photographs by Bill Holland. Light blue cloth covers with gilt titles to spine, illustrated laminate dust jacket, 285 illustrations including 100 plates in full-color. Light rubbing to dust jacket, clean boards, pages crisp and unmarked; a very clean, tight copy in great condition.

Hardcover. New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 282 pages, plus index. Text by Bernard Barenholtz and Inez McClintock, photographs by Bill Holland. Light blue cloth covers with gilt titles to spine, illustrated laminate dust jacket, 285 illustrations including 100 plates in full-color. Light rubbing to dust jacket, clean boards, pages crisp and unmarked; a very clean, tight copy in great condition.

Hardcover. New York , R.R. Browker Co., 1st, 1938, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 290 pages, red cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. New York, Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1st, 1948, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 190 pages. Hardcover. Black & white illustrations by Barbara Cooney. Moderate foxing to cloth covers. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. London, The Fine Arts Society, 1st, 1907, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 376 pages, hardcover. Decorated boards with gilted top text block. Illustrated by Elizabeth M. Chettle. Homes and memorials of the founders of Virginia, the New England states, and Pennsylvania. Also includes the universities of Harvard and Yale, the first president of the United States and other illustrious Americans. Fading and edgewear to spine. Light bumping to corners with mild fraying. Moderate spotting to text block edges. Weak spine at front endpapers. Unmarked. A clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, D. Appleton & Co., 1st, 1872, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 74 pages. Hardcover. Green Pebbled cloth. Gilt title and decoration on front cover. Black & white illustrations by Toby. Front endpaper has been removed. Previous owners name on inside front cover and preliminary page. Moderate fraying at bottom of spine, light rubbing to corners. All edges gilt. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. Chicago, Follett Publishing, reprint, 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, 224 pages. B&w illustrations by Lorence Bjorklund. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a edgeworn dust jacket. Illustrated in 2-colors by Peter Parnall. A tale of the Navajo. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, An extraordinary work, unparalleled in its breadth and depth of detail, this three-volume set offers the first comprehensive history of architecture and town planning throughout colonial North America, from Russian Alaska to French Quebec, to Spanish Florida and California, to British, Dutch, and other settlements on the East Coast. Across this vast terrain, James Kornwolf conjures the outlines of the constructed environment as it emerged in settlements and communities, in structures and sites, and in the flourishes and idiosyncrasies of the families and individuals who erected and inhabited colonial buildings and towns. Here as never before readers can observe the impulses and principles of colonial design and planning as they are implemented in the buildings and streets, harbors and squares, gardens and landscapes of the New World. Incorporating more than 3,000 illustrations, Kornwolf's massive work conveys the full range of the colonial encounter with the continent's geography, from the high forms of architecture through formal landscape design and town planning. From these pages emerge the fine arts of environmental design, an understanding of the political and economic events that helped to determine settlement in North America, an appreciation of the various architectural and landscape forms that the settlers created, and an awareness of the diversity of the continent's geography and its peoples. Considering the humblest buildings along with the mansions of the wealthy and powerful, public buildings, forts, and churches, Kornwolf captures the true dynamism and diversity of colonial communities-their rivalries and frictions, their outlooks and attitudes-as they extended their hold on the land. His work conveys for the first time the full scale, from intimate to grand, of their enduring transformation of the natural landscape of North America. NOTE: DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Hardcover. New York, Morrow, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 160 pages. Illustrated in full color. Still in shrink wrap. Beautifully illustrated with 68 full color reproductions, several double page spreads and two foldouts. Impressive paintings of cowboys, Indians, buffalo, cavalry, mountain men, immigrant wagons, spectacular rock formations and vistas, etc. McCarthy was a successful book cover and movie poster illustrator before becoming one of our finest Western artists.