Authors starting with A from Austin's Antiquarian Books

New York: : American Association for the Advancement of Science, , 1893-1894. . Octavo,. Good. Some light dampstaining to covers. Moderate wear at extremities. Hinges starting, with front endpaper loose. Former owner's name in threee places. An additional 4 pages from another source glued in at rear. . royal blue cloth, gilt. From Memoirs Torrey Botanical Club, vol. 5. ... more information

New York: : American Sports Publishing Company,, 1931.. 16mo (5" x 6 3/4"). Good or better. . Illustrated in black and white. . red, white and green pictorial wraps. The founder of A. G. Spalding & Bros. (athletic equipment), was Albert Goodwill Spalding. He was a baseball player for the Boston Red Stockings and the Chicago White Sox, and helped to create the National League. The company's baseball was the first official baseball of the major leagues and continues to be today. The comp... more information

Boston: J. Nancrede printed by Manning and Loring, 1799. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Duodecimo. Quarter brown leather and marbled boards. 132pp. including 7pp. Nancrede's ads. Moderate edge wear, corners worn. Spine worn and rubbed but "Letters" in gilt readable. Last leaf of ads trimmed without any loss of text. Toning. Gift Inscription on the front free fly leaf; Eben Francis Cambridge Mass. gift of L. B. Sparhawk... 1806". A second ownership name appears at top right of the title... more information

Philadelphia: : J. B. Lippincott Company, , 1894. . First edition. . Duodecimo,. Very good with light wear and soil, particularly the extremities. A few signatures are dented at the bottom. . green cloth, gilt. A delightful book about observing and appreciating birds, and of creating and maintaining the environment of gardens, with native plants,shrubs and trees to attract birds and butterfiles. A brief discussion of the newly established Arbor Day and the planting of trees. ... more information

New York: : Harry N. Abrams, Inc.,, (1981). . First edition. . Quarto,. Very good in good or better jacket. Former owner's bookplate on front free fly. Corners lighlty bumped. Jacket scuffed and lightly edgeworn, verso lightly soiled. . Illustrated with numerous black and white and color photographs. . tan cloth, gilt, in dust jacket. ... more information

New Haven: : Yale University Press, , 1924. . First edition. . Octavo,. Good. Pages 19-49 damaged at the bottom in the margin. A small spot on the spine, which is also lightly faded. . Illustrated. . wine cloth, gilt. Studies in reputation, including Pepys, Disraeli, Sir William Monson, Colonel Thoomas Blood, Cromwell, Sir John Wentworth, Venerable Bede and Colonel John Scott. ... more information

New York : Macmillan Company, 1957. First edition in English. Hardcover. Very Good/good. (1957). Octavo, blue cloth in dust jacket. 336pp. with index. Illustrated. Tape stains on front and rear end papers. Top edge foxed. A comprehensive treatment of all aspects of modern solar knowledge. ... more information

London:: Faber & Faber, (1966)., 1966. First British edition.. Duodecimo. Good in fair to good jacket. Pictures on request. There are some small white stains on the bottom of the cover and spine. Jacket has some edgewear and light chipping. The bottom half of the back panel of the jacket is stained. Gift inscription on front free-endpaper.. Green cloth. Hardcover. ... more information

Los Angeles: : Nash Publishing, , (1970). . First edition. . Octavo,. Very good in fair jacket with edgewear, rubbing, and a one by one-half inch piece missing from the front top of the jacket. . red cloth in dust jacket. ... more information

New York: : The Macmillan Company:, 1935.. Duodecimo,. Good. Boards faintly foxed, bottom edge lightly soiled. Faint wearing of extremities. Text block tight and in good condition. . Illustrated with color frontis.. blue cloth, gilt. ... more information

London: Rigel Publications, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 192pp. with index and appendices. Illustrated with photographs, maps ... more information

Boston: Wilkins, Carter, and Company, 1848. Revised. Hardcover. Good +. Fourth edition, revised and enlarged. Duodecimo. Patterned green cloth, gilt. lxi; 472pp. Frontispiece portrait of Mrs. Adams and a facsimile of a manuscript letter. Very good. Light wear. Four page ads tipped in at front. Appendix with the Letters of John Quincy Adams to his son on the study of the Bible. Tasteful 19th century bookplate of former owner. ... more information

New York: : G. P. PutnamÕs Sons,, (1973).. First edition.. Octavo,. Very good in a good but lightly soiled jacket. . Illustrated.. red cloth, dust jacket. ... more information

Syracuse: : Roosevelt Wild Life Forest Experiment Station,, 1926. . Octavo,. Very good. . Illustrated. Folding charts. . original printed paper wrappers. Volume 3 #4 of the Roosevelt Wild Life Bulletin. ... more information

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1928. Hardcover. Good +. Octavo, blue cloth with a paper spine label. 175pp. Very good. Spine faded, some wear to label. Published posthumously, this book explained Adams’ search for a scientific approach to history. ... more information

Boston: : Houghton, Mifflin Company,, 1930.. First edition. . Octavo,. Very good in a toned jacket with chips at extremities. . Portrait frontis. . blue cloth, gilt in a dust jacket. Edited by Worthington Chauncey Ford. BAL #47. ... more information

Newburyport: W. and J. Gilman, Printers and Stationers, 1808. First edition. Paperback. Good. Octavo, original string tied printed paper wrappers. 33pp. Good. Foxing. Shaw & Shoemaker #14276. Mr. Jefferson’s Embargo. The Massachusetts General Court elected Adams as a Federalist to the U.S. Senate and he served from March 4, 1803, until 1808, when he broke with the Federalist Party. Adams, as a Senator, had supported the Louisiana Purchase and Jefferson's Embargo Act, actions which made him ve... more information

Cambridge: : Harvard University Press,, 1978.. Octavo,. Very good in good or better jacket. Corners lightly splayed. Jacket moderately edgeworn. Some underlining in pencil. . brown cloth in dust jacket. Henry Steele Commanger's Copy. ... more information

Cincinnati: : Cincinnati Art Museum, , 1959.. First edition. . Large octavo,. Very good. . Illustrated with 558 colored and black and white plates. . gray cloth and cream boards. From the library of a noted art historian and critic. ... more information

Boston: Gambit Incorporated, 1969 . First edition . Hardcover. Very Good/good. Octavo, wine and navy cloth in pictorial dust jacket. Jacket has edgewear, and a chip missing from bottom of spine and one corner. ... more information