James a Gresham (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No DJ as Issued. 1st Edition. A lovely crisp clean hardcover copy in very good condition, light rubbing to cover and lightly bumped corners. No DJ as issued. Joelle Gresham (illustrator).

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Joelle Gresham (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. 5" x 7.25." 101 pages. 3/4 leather binding. Spine labels. Covers are connected to text block with tape, both at hinges and joints. Contemporary owner's inscription on pastedown; free endpaper and possibly half-title missing. Text pages complete and in good shape. Rare title dealing with, I believe, cotton futures.…

Full-Leather. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition of this reissue, very good with no dust jacket in an original full leather binding. Black leather title and author labels on the spine; some wear and rubbing to the boards. Front board is slightly flared outward. Marbled endpapers and page edges. Some foxing to title page and frontispiece, but the rest of the book has very little foxing. Foldout map of the 1798 plan of the City of New Orleans after the end of the History at page 412. The map has one tear at the edge where it is attached. Pages 413 to 469 contain the Annals and Appendix, with the Contents listing at the rear comprising 16 pages. Originally published in two volumes in 1827, this edition is the first reissue of thar original.…

Hardocver. Condition: Good +. None. Unstated but likely a first. Good + dark green cloth hardcover shows bumping and light tearing at spine ends, bumping to corners, rubbing and soil to covers, browned frontispiece tissue, foxing to endpapers and occasional bit of same to text block, ownership marks at reverse of front endpaper, there are also notes at top and bottom of illustrated plate (Eugenie Empress of France) at rear of book with notes continuing to full of reverse of endpaper. 420 pages. Solid copy of this hard to find edition of these mainly Civil War recollections.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. The title page lists M. Doolady in New York as a secondary publisher. Original green cloth. Not an ex-library copy. No remainder marks. Most books shipped within 24 hours. All books mailed with Delivery Confirmation in a heavy cardboard box. A previous youthful owner has written "1877" in pencil on the front fly-leaf. Very good condition. Sabin 5351. Selling Used and Rare books online since April 1998 and from our bookstore in the heart of the Bluegrass since 1984. Included are poems related to New Orleans and Henry Clay. ; 12mo.; 258 pages.…