J.Hopkins, 1916-01-01. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. Two volumes complete. Green cloth gilt. Square Tight Bindings. From the library of St. Gertrude's Monastery on the Eastern Shore of Maryland with usual markings, but very clean for an ex-lib set with NO markings on spine and clean text. Mild..... More
Baltimore, Maryland: 1836. Jacob Cohen (1789-1869) was a banker, railroad executive and civic leader who helped win for for Maryland Jews the right to hold public office in the "Free" State. He and his colleague, Solomon Etting, won the fight for the "Jew Bill" and, subsequently elected to the Baltimore..... More
Concord, NH: New Hampshire Association of Military Surgeons, 1906. 1st Edition. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt titling to spine. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Mild rubbing and edge wear, Text block edges lightly foxed. Cloth along bottom edges a touch frayed. An attractive edition of this scarce Civil War title. More
Boston: James B. Cullen Company, 1889. 1st Edition. 8vo. Beautiful 1889 1st Edition in original publisher's cloth. Brown cloth stamped in black with gilt titling to front board and spine. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Illustrated throughout. Frontis of 19th-century Poet John Boyle O'Reilly, with tissue guard..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1906. 8vo. A beautiful 1st edition of Union Major-General Newton Martin Curtis's memoirs; inscribed by him on the front end paper to George F. Seward, longtime U.S. diplomat to China during the latter half of the 19th century and nephew of William Seward, Abraham Lincoln's..... More
Chicago: Cera. 1st Edition. Burgundy cloth with silver foil illustration and type. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Jacket Fine. More
New York: Penguin, 1998. 1st Thus. Beautiful Advance Proof 1st Edition of the Penguin Poets series, boldly signed on the title page by Di Prima. This Penguin edition contains Parts I-XVI. One of the most influential of the Beat Poets, known for co-editing The Floating Bear newspaper with fellow..... More
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1881. 2nd Printing. 8vo. A very nice 2nd printing of this uncommon Civil War history. From the library of the Maryland Eastern Shore iconic Tilghman family, this copy belonging to F.B. Tilghman with his signature on the front end paper and a simple..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1914. 8vo. Handsome chronical of Dwight's journey West. Edited with an introduction by Max Farrand. Board binding with cloth back, printed paper label on spine. Square tight binding. slight staining on the edges of the front and back boards. The author, a niece of..... More
Philadelphia, Pa: Sanford, Everts & Co., 1872. 1st Edition. Folio. A beautiful 1872 hand-colored map of Kennebunk Landing and Kennebunk Depot, Maine. This map includes property owner names, building footprints and lines of the defunct Boston and Maine Railroad. Listing the Kennebunk Landing and Kennebunk Depot Business Directory... More
Philadelphia, Pa: Sanford, Everts & Co., 1872. 1st Edition. Folio. A beautiful 1872 hand-colored map of York County, ME, including the villages of South Waterborough and Littlefield's Mills, Kennebunkport, Biddeford and more! This map includes lines of the defunct Boston and Maine Railroad as well as those of the..... More
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1947. 2nd Edition. 8vo. A very nice 1947 Early Printing, increasingly uncommon with original map in rear pocket. Blue cloth. Map in rear pocket in beautiful condition with original fold lines. Square, tight binding. Mild rubbing and edge wear. Very light foxing..... More
Paris: J.A.C. Buchon, 1825. 1st Edition. Folio. A SPECTACULAR 1825 French hand-colored map of Delaware from Lucas' 1822 map, which breaks populations by Whites, Free Blacks and Slaves. Originally published in 1822 by Carey and Lea and then revised and republished in 1825 by J. A. C. Buchon..... More
First Rhode Island Cavalry Veteran Association, 1876. 1st Edition. 8vo. A beautiful 1876 1st Edition in original green publisher's cloth. Gilt emblem to front with titling in gilt to spine, Rebacked with original title and publisher lettering laid down. 600pp. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Mild..... More
Boston: Walker, Wise and Co., 1863. 1st Edition. Small 8vo. A lovely 1863 1st Edition and unique perspective on the Civil War, published in 1863 as the war was raging across the land. Fuller gives nice eyewitness accounts of the Battle of Fredericksburg, the Peninsula Campaign as well..... More
Philadelphia: J. W. Daughaday, 1864. duodecimo. 1864 2nd printing of this scarce first-hand Civil War account. Brown cloth. Square tight binding. Clean interior. 285 pp + ads. Mild rubbing and edge wear with light soiling to binding. small chip to crown of spine. Gilt titling on spine somewhat faded. More
Amer Mathematical Society, 1990-06-01. 1st Edition. Paperback. 8vo - over 7. VOLUMES I & II Only, lacking vol III. Trade paperbacks. VERY SCARCE title. Two volumes. Square Tight Bindings. Clean interiors, save for small p/o signature to top of inside of front wrap of each volume. Mild edge wear to..... More
Moscow: Academia, 1934. Folio. A Spectacular 1934 portfolio of 100 illuminated color miniature illustrations from Medieval Russia, published in Moscow during the pre-WW II rule of Joseph Stalin. Of the original 100 prints in the collection, three are lacking, nos. 72, 73 and 99, making a total of 97..... More
Gagosian Gallery, 2006-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. Quarter white cloth over illustrated boards. Square Tight Binding. Clean interior. Very slight bow to boards. Mild wear. More
Glendale Press, 1947. 8vo. Black flex binding with tight spirals. Ex-Library with markings on wraps. Interior generally clean with card holder in rear removed. More
Pennsauken, New Jersey: Albert N Hardin, Jr., 1977. Quarto. Descriptions and illustrations of over two hundred kinds of American bayonets. Red cloth with gilt title on spine and gilt lettering and emblem on front cover. Tight square binding Excellent photographs complimented by clear text descriptions and line drawings..... More
New York: 1861. A GORGEOUS and rare 1861 folding pocket map of the recently-begun Civil War, complete with original yellow typographical maps. This historic piece, titled "Panorama of the Seat of War", features engraved portraits of Commodore Andrew Hull Foote and Admiral Silas Stringham in vignette at the top..... More
New York: The Modern Library, 1940s. ML19. duodecimo. One of Ernest Hemingway's early masterpieces coupled with this iconic Modern Library dust jacket, one of the finest in the entire run of ML. This edition features a dust jacket price of $1.25 so it is a post WW II edition..... More
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1973-09-01. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. Square tight binding with clean bright interior. Small office stamp to front end paper. Appears never opened or read. In beautiful condition. More
Boston: Wright and Potter, 1895-96. 1st Edition. 8vo. A delightful set of this essential Civil War history in exquisite condition. "The standard authority for Massachusetts' role in the war, at the front, and at home" - Nevins, 151. Blue cloth with gilt titling to spines. Square tight..... More