Washington, DC: The National Intelligencer, 1813. 1st Edition. An original 1813 War of 1812 newspaper with early reports announcing that the British Army has landed in Talbot County, on Maryland's Eastern Shore off Chesapeake Bay, along the coast of the Miles River about two miles from St Michaels, a shipbuilding..... More
Boston, Ma: George H. Walker & Co., 1879. A Beautiful large folding original 1879 hand-colored map of Brockton, Massachusetts, in Plymouth County, showing property owner names at the time as well as 19th-century building footprints. This map features two sections of the town in vignette along the left side and..... More
New York: I.S. Seidman, 1939. 1st Edition. GORGEOUS 1939 Pictorial Map of Manhattan, featuring iconic landmarks such as the Empire State Building, Central Park, the Polo Grounds, the Original Yankee Stadium, The newly opened Rockefeller Center, Times Square and the Chrysler Building.On the reverse are smaller maps of the New..... More
Davenport, IA: Andreas, Lyter & Co., 1871. 1st Edition. Lot of 24 broadside sheets featuring more than 100 images from the towns, farms, and homesteads of McDonough County, Illinois, depicting life in the rural Midwest during Civil War Reconstruction. These historic pieces, generally architectural in nature, feature landmarks..... More
Haverhill, MA: Merrimack Intelligencer, 1810. An 1810 Haverhill, MA newspaper with a compelling inside-page detailed account of a planned Greene County, Georgia slave rebellion. The report reprints a letter from one "NEGR0" man" to another at the time detailing the planned slave revolt, and the promise that word of..... More
Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 1980. 8vo. A very nice set in original publisher dust jackets. 12 volumes complete. Grey cloth. Square tight bindings. Clean interiors. Mild rubbing and edge wear to bindings and dust jackets, which present handsomely in archival mylar. May require extra shipping. Domestic U.S...... More
Philadelphia: Henry Coates & John Winston, 1902. 1st Edition. 8vo. A gorgeous two volume set with striking gilt decor. Two volumes complete, in exquisite condition. This title appears to have been published simultaneously by two different houses, John Winston, and Henry Coates, with identical bindings. This particular set..... More
Millwood, NY: Kraus, 1974. Quarto. Two-Volume 1974 reprint set combining these individually published guides of the early 20th century. Tan typographical wraps. Volume I - 81pp + index; Volume II - 162pp + 15 plates. Profusely illustrated with plates and in text illustrations. Square tight bindings. Clean..... More
San Francisco, CA: Railroad Commission of the State of California, 1922. 2nd Edition. A gorgeous large 1922 map of the state of California, depicting many of the state's railroad lines in remarkable detail, including 15 different color-coded lines. Divided into 64 separate panels, backed with linen and folding into..... More
Philadelphia: Lake Griffing & Stevenson, 1877. 1st Edition. Original 1877 hand-colored map of the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland. This map depicts Wicomico, Somerset and Worcester Counties as well as a much larger Smith Island and the towns of Salisbury, Crisfield, Ocean City, Berlin, Princess Anne and many..... More
San Francisco, CA: Privately Printed, 1967. A fabulous, and quite scarce, original 1967 poster advertising an upcoming show by African-American Mississippi blues guitarist, Otis Rush, at The Matrix Club in San Francisco. "The Matrix was a nightclub in San Francisco from 1965 to 1972 and was one of the..... More
Camp Devens, Ayer, MA: c. 1917-1919. Oblong Small 8vo. A unique piece of WW I Nursing history, this historic piece features more than 150 original black and white photographs of life at Camp Devens, Massachusetts This album is an oblong small otcavo in size, features 48 leaves and 96..... More
Charleston, SC: News and Courier Book Presses, 1885. 1st Edtion. 8vo. A very scarce Confederate history of the Civil War from the Confederate Woman's perspective, including those involved as battlefield nurses or relief society volunteers, etc... Light blue cloth with an illustration of the Confederate battle flag in gilt..... More
Philadelphia, PA: Lake, Griffing & Stevenson, 1877. 1st Edition. Folio. A scarce 1877 Hand-Colored Street Map of this historic Eastern Shore of Maryland County. This map, from the "Atlas of Talbot & Dorchester Counties", features natural landmarks such as the Nanticoke and Choptank Rivers, Bloodsworth Island, Hooper's Island, James..... More
New York: Random House, 1953. 8vo. A very nice Early printing of Anderson's trail-blazing 1953 play, an early pioneer in attempting to normalize how the American public thought about and approached homosexuality, inscribed by the playwright on the front endpaper. A well-received play that was directed by Elia Kazan..... More
New York: Henry Holt, 1947. 1st edition. 8vo. A very nice copy of this auto-biographical first-hand account from a key member of the German underground during WW II. "Andreas-Friedrich (1901 – 1977) was born Ruth Andreas in Berlin and was a member of the Wandervogel movement as a girl..... More
Richard Wong, 1985. Special Edition. A beautiful miniature book, a Limited Edition of 250, this being number 158, bound by Richard Wong with his stamp at the rear. "Charles Bukowski moved to San Pedro in 1978 to escape Hollywood and find a quiet place to focus on his writing..... More
Bryn Mawr: Franklin Press, 1956. 8vo. A very nice 1956 2nd Edition of this influential yachting work which spurred the explosion of Chesapeake Bay pleasure yachting. Blu buckram illustrated and titled in black. in sage cloth with a plain brown paper spine. 276pp. Large fold-out map of the Chesapeake..... More
New York: Mystery League, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. Beautiful 1st Edition of this tough-to-find Beeding classic in original dust jacket. First American edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original black cloth stamped in green. Square Tight Binding. Clean interior. Little wear to binding. Jacket..... More
London: Sidgwick and Jackson, Ltd, 1926. 1st Edition. 8vo. A Darwin 1st Edition classic in a beautiful fine binding. A wonderful anthology covering all things all things sporting, such as golf, football, hunting, fishing, dogs, etc...from acclaimed writers such as Surtees, Nimrod, Dickens, Stevenson, Pepys, Darwin and many..... More
Easton, Maryland: The Republican Star & General Advertiser, 1823. Folio. An incredible piece of Talbot County, Maryland post War of 1812 Black Americana. This original April 15, 1823 issue of the Republican Star & General Advertiser, published in Easton, Maryland on the state's beautiful and primarily agricultural Eastern Shore..... More
New York: 1964. 1st Edition. Quarto. Scarce souvenir program presented to attendees of a memorial service for W.E.B. DuBois at Carnegie Hall in New York. The program includes many historic black and white photos as well as a biography by Ernest Kaiser, a timeline of DuBois' life and excerpts..... More
New York: Edmund M. Blunt, 1827. 11th Edition. 8vo. A nice 1827 printing of THE seminal early American coastal navigation guide. This is the 11th Edition. Twenty black and white engraved map plates. Eight-page ad section at the rear. Original calf, with gilt ruling to spine..... More
New York: Edmund M. Blunt, 1822. 10th Edition. 8vo. A beautifully-rustic 1822 printing of THE seminal early American coastal navigation guide, re-backed in early sailcloth. This is the 10th Edition, 1st issue. Fifteen black and white engraved map plates present, of 18 called-for. Lacking the maps of Portland, Portsmouth..... More
New York: Edmund M. Blunt, 1837. 13th Edition. 8vo. A nicely-rebound 1837 printing of THE seminal early American coastal navigation guide, re-backed in early sailcloth. This is the 13th Edition. Seventeen engraved black-and-white map plates. Rebound in brown levant morocco with red and gilt title label, with..... More