Skip to content

Secure Checkout

Website Secured with 256-bit TLS Encryption
Subtotal: $2,950.00
Shipping: $11.95
$0.00
Donation Amount: $0.00
Total: $2,961.95
2 - 6 days
4 - 14 days

All fields are required unless marked optional.

Add Shipping Note
  • Visa
  • Mastercard
  • American Express
  • Discover
  • Paypal
  • Apple Pay
  • Google Pay

Verified and Secured. Guaranteed.

Website Secured with 256-bit TLS Encryption
Please select your payment method from the following list:
Click the button to checkout with PayPal.
You will be charged $2,961.95 when completing this purchase.

Cart Totals

Subtotal: $2,950.00
Shipping: $11.95
: $0.00
Donation Amount: $0.00
Total: $2,961.95

You are about to purchase:

Mapping the Transmississippi West, 1540–1861,

Mapping the Transmississippi West, 1540–1861, by Carl Irving Wheat (1892-1966)

7 to 14 days for delivery
Standard Shipping: $7.00
Details
$2,500.00
( US$)
Seller: The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA
Title
Mapping the Transmississippi West, 1540–1861,
Author
Carl Irving Wheat (1892-1966)
Seller
The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
From the Spanish discovery to the opening of the Civil War5 volumes in 6. Volume One: The Spanish Entrada to the Louisiana Purchase 1540-1804 xiv+264 pages with color frontispiece map and 275 maps (many folding) and index; Volume Two: From Lewis and Clark to Fremont 1804-1845 xiii+281 pages with colored frontispiece map, 143 additional maps (some folding) and index. Volume Three: From the Mexican War to the Boundary Surveys 1846-1854 xiii+349 pages with colored frontispiece map, 322 additional maps and index; Volume Four: From the Pacific Railroad Surveys to the Onset of the Civil War 1855-1860 xiii+260 pages with color frontispiece map, an additional 127 maps (some folding) and index; Volume Five From the Civil War to the Geological Survey, Part One: xviii+222 pages with color frontispiece map and an additional 152 maps; Volume Five From the Civil War to the Geological Survey, Part Two: [223]-487 pages with 124 maps and index. Folio (14 1/2" x 10 1/2") bound in quarter green leather with gilt lettering to spines. volume I printed by the Grabhorn Press; volumes II-V printed by Taylor & Taylor and James Printing based on the designs of Edwin and Robert Grabhorn. First edition limited to 1000 copies.Carl Wheat's Mapping of the Trans-Mississippi West is a comprehensive and readable cartographic history of the American West. The first three volumes of the work are by necessity bulky and out sized to accommodate the many maps contained with their covers. These beautifully printed books present a truly graphic picture of the exploration and peopling of the vast unknown land west of the Mississippi. The author does not merely present a catalog of significant maps of each era but tells the exciting story of many facets of history that resulted in their making-of the hard journeys, the hazardous exploits, the motivation, the mysticism, the misunderstandings and the strange blend of fact, imagination, false geographic concept and political necessity which were consummated in the engraver's work. These volumes will provide exciting text for the casual reader and have become eminent source book for the student and scholar.Condition:A near fine set. Due to the size and/or weight of this lot extra shipping and/or handling charges may apply.
Ballads of the B.E.F.

Ballads of the B.E.F. by [Communist Party USA]; [Bonus Army]

7 to 14 days for delivery
Standard Shipping: FREE
Details
$300.00
( US$)
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Title
Ballads of the B.E.F.
Author
[Communist Party USA]; [Bonus Army]
Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
New York: Coventry House, 1932. First edition. First edition. 47 pp. Bound in publisher's brown cloth with paper title label. Near Fine with slight lean to spine, in a Good example of the rare dust jacket, with some chips to edges and along gutters, and wear. Seldom seen in jacket. A collection of music for the Bonus Army (AKA the Bonus Expeditionary Force, as they called themselves), a group of World War I veterans who marched on Washington seeking the bonuses the government had promised them for their services but had never paid. It didn't end well: in 1932 President Hoover would have them gassed, shot at, and charged by the military under MacArthur. This particular collection of songs was produced anonymously by the Communist Party USA, looking to piggyback on the cause of the Bonus Army (whose exact politics remain the subject of debate amongst historians to this day). Similar to IWW songbooks, these are parodies of well-known songs with political, sometimes bitterly humorous lyrics. Illustrated.
The Mystery of the Louvre

The Mystery of the Louvre by Bernede, Arthur

4 to 7 days for delivery
Standard Shipping: $4.95
Details
$150.00
( EU VAT US$0)
Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books
Title
The Mystery of the Louvre
Author
Bernede, Arthur
Seller
Brenner's Collectable Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
London: The Readers Library Publishing Company, 1929. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. 12mo., 252pp. Beautiful Photo-Play Edition and First Edition in English, #268 in the Readers Library Crime Series. Bound in maroon cloth with titles and ornate borders in gilt on front board and spine. Four plates with eight stills from the 1927 French film. Square and solid with mildly toning interior page edges. Mild edge-wear. Spine starting to split at the crown but holding. Spine a bit dulled. One contemporary and one modern ownership inscription on two preliminary pages. Very pretty unclipped, though unpriced, dust-jacket, has some fairly mild rubbing to hinges and edges. A few pieces of likely unnecessary reinforcing tape on reverse and invisible from the front. Still quite bright and colorful with no creases, chipping or tears. A sharp collectable copy of a delicate book. (Hubin p.32).

Hang on… we’re fetching the requested page.