Paris: Plon, 1889. 24 plates, frontispiece portrait, tissue guard, 9 heliogravures, 6 eaux forts and 8 folding facsimilies. 630 pages, tall thick 4to, 1/2 brown morocco (rubbed), marbled boards. Paris: Plon, 1889. Very good (+). More
Washington: Brassey's, 2004. 309 pages. 8vo, navy cloth, d.w. Washington: Brassey's, (2004). First edition. A very good(+) copy but for occasional underlining (in pen) throughout; in a very good(+) dust wrapper -- previous owner's name written in pen on rear panel. More
New York: Times, 1992. Illustrated. xix + 380pp., 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w.; inked inscription on front free endpaper. New York: Times Books, (1992). First U.S. edition. A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Boston: John Folsom, 1794. 227pp. 12mo, disbound; (last page loose and chipped with some loss of text, light foxing). Boston: John Folsom, 1794. First American Edition. "Both Swift and Pope ascribe this (work) to Arbuthnot...It is an ingenious and lively attack upon the war policy of the whigs; and, if it wants the force of Swift's profounder satire, it is an admirably effective and still amusing party squib." DNB I, p. 535. Evans 26574. More
New York: Harcourt, 1972. [12], 240 pages. 8vo, red cloth, several tiny tears and some yellowing on the d.w. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1972). A fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Garden City: Doubleday, 1966. 820p. 8vo, two-toned cloth, d.w. chipped and lightly soiled, spine of cloth lightly dampstained, corners of cloth bumped. Garden City: Doubleday, 1966. More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1964. Jefferson, and Andrew Jackson. 8vo, green cloth, d.w. slightly chipped and lightly soiled. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1964. More
8vo, cloth, d.w. Urbana: Univ. of Illinois Press, (1972). More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1986. xxii + 613 pages, 8vo, red cloth, d.w. Princeton: Princeton University Press, (1986). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. Presentation copy signed by author. Also laid in is a warm hand-written letter from the author. More
illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Morrow, 1974. vg. More
1689. 20 pages (pp. 31-51) extracted from a larger volume. Short 4to, modern wrappers. London: Tim. Goodwin, 1689. Light browning and minor marginalia, still a very good copy. Author was a judge on the Court of Common-Pleas and Speaker of the House of Lords. Bernardiston had been elected by his county to serve in Parliament. Soames prevented him from taking office. Atkyns ruled in favor of Bernardiston. More
New York: Life, 1900. Collection of black-and-white cartoons by Francis Gilbert Attwood. 4to, decorative blue cloth; book is slightly bowed and the covers worn, front hinge beginning. New York: Life Publishing Company, 1900. A very good copy. More
New York: Penguin, 2003. 296 pages. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: Penguin, 2003. First edition. A near fine copy with slight scuffing to bottom outer edge; in a very good(+) dust wrapper with a touch of tearing at foot. More
New York: Atheneum, 1988. Illus. 8vo, 1/2 black cloth, d.w. New York: Atheneum, (1988). Very good. More
Paris: Chez l'Auteur, 1826. 2 volumes. 392; 416 pages Thick 8vo, original pink printed wrappers. Paris: Ches l'Auteur, 1826. Some foxing throughout, but still a very good solid copy. More
New York: Metropolitan Books, 2008. 8vo, 1/2 blue cloth, d.w. lightly soiled. New York: Metropolitan Books, (2008). More
small 4to, cloth; (ex-lib). Washington: Carnegie Endowment for Int. Peace, 1915. More
London: Simpkin Marshall Hamilton Kent, 1898. Municipal Work Carried on therein. Illus. 8vo, red cloth, covers slightly warped, corners bumped, spine sunned, partial browning to endpapers, front flyleaf, and last blank page. London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, 1898. More
158pp. 8vo, two toned cloth, d.w. New York: Harper & Row, (1972) First editon. Very good. More
8vo, cloth, d.w. University: Univ. of Alabama Press, (1964). More
Lanham: Barnes & Noble Books, 1995. 8vo, black cloth, d.w. very lightly soiled. (Lanham): Barnes & Noble Books, (1995). Very good. More
New York: Macmillan, 1966. Illustrated. 280 pages, 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. New York: the Macmillan Company, (1966). First printing. A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
New York: Atheneum, 1983. 463 pages, 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: Atheneum, (1983). First edition. A fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1989. 237 pages. 8vo, light blue boards with a dark blue spine, dust wrapper. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, (1989). A very good (+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. Drawing upon numerous interviews with United States senators who previously served in the House of Representatives as well as journalists, lobbyists, and staff members, Ross K Baker paints an engaging portrait of the two houses of Congress which remain distinct, but often..... More
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