Baltimore: Regional Publishing Co., 1967. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. Scarce 2nd Printing of this Eastern Shore of Maryland history. Two volumes complete. Green cloth gilt. Square Tight Bindings. Clean interiors. Frontispiece portraits in each volume, I with a portrait of Samuel Harrison, The Eastern Shore's most important..... More
Gallimard, 1952. Hardcover. 12mo. Absolutely beautiful 10-volume set of Balzac's classic La Comedie Humaine, all in original dust wrappers with copyright dates between 1950 - 1952. All jackets sleeved in archival mylar. Text all in French. Page edges very lightly age toned in a few of the volumes... More
Mathematical Association of America, 1978-07-01. Hardcover. Blue cloth gilt. Square Tight Binding.Clean interior. Mild rubbing to boards, else fine. More
Elkton, Md: Privately Printed, 1881. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. Navy cloth gilt. Square Tight Binding.Ex-Library with a few markings, but very clean for an ex-lib volume. More
Augsburg Publishing House, 1965-06-01. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. Three volume set complete with original slipcase. Books in like new condition, Dust jackets in Very Good condition, slipcase in Very Good condition. Grey cloth with gilt to spine blocked in black. Set appears never used. Square Tight Bindings. Clean interiors..... More
Paris: University of Paris, 1967. 1st Edition. Paperback. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. This historic piece is the Doctoral Thesis of renowned French Mathematician Max Karoubi, presented to the University of Paris on June 24, 1967. Karoubi founded the 1st European Congress on Mathematics and is a fellow..... More
Bruce Publishing Company, 1941-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. 1941 1st Edition signed by Kenny, a trailblazer in the field of PHYSICAL THERAPY and she is credited for laying the groundwork for modern PT principles. Kenny was an unaccredited Australian nurse who promoted a controversial new approach to..... More
See Description, 1981-01-01. Hardcover. 4to - over 9. Three volumes complete. Square tight bindings. Clean interiors. The mildest of wear to edges. A handsome set, appears never read. More
Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1983-01-01. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. Black cloth with King's signature in gilt to front board. Tight Binding. Clean interior. Mild slant to spine. Jacket fine with just the slightest hint of edge wear. Presents handsomely in archival mylar. More
Printed by Warner & Hanna, Harrison street, 1799-01-01. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. Contemporary quarter leather over marbled paper-covered boards. 1799 signature on the front paste down of John Hanson Thomas, grandson of FOUNDING FATHER and President of the Continental Congress, John Hanson. John Hanson Thomas was the..... More
F. Ungar Pub. Co, 1958-01-01. Second edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. Red cloth. Square Tight Binding.Clean interior. jacket with mild edge wear and lightly age toned. Presents handsomely in archival mylar. More
Historical Society Press of Berks County, Pennsylvania, 1995-01-01. First Edition. Paperback. Quarto. Trade paperback with plastic comb binding. Square Tight Binding.Clean interior. a handsome edition. More
New York: Little Brown, 2005-10-01. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840 – 1914) was a United States naval officer and historian, whom John Keegan called "the most important American strategist of the nineteenth century." His book The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660–1783 (1890)..... More
Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1851. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. RARE 1st Edition of this paper presented before the Maryland Historical Society on its 6th Anniversary in 1851. In modern black cloth binding. Square Tight Binding. Deaccessioned from the Musuem of the the American Indian. Little has been..... More
Charles Webster & Co., 1887. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. Green cloth gilt with embossed medallion in red and gilt to front board. Frontis portrait with tissue guard. Square Tight Binding. Clean interior. Both hinges showing just a bit but very tight. Mild rubbing and edge wear. More
New York: Nathaniel Currier, 1838-1848. Original c.1838-1848 Nathaniel Currier Lithograph of the USS Constitution. This very early and rare lithograph was likely produced between 1838-1848, when most of the prints in this series were completed. This time frame also corresponds with the address on the print and the..... More
Franklin Library, 1985-01-01. Special Edition. Leather Bound. 8vo - over 7. Beautiful copy of one of the scarcer Franklin Library Special Editions. Brown cloth with elaborate gilt decor. Moire end papers with silk book mark. A superior edition, as new. More
Baltimore: Reginad F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture, 2015. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. Signed and inscribed by Barbara Paca on the title page. Inscription in her characteristic presentation of 'To celebrate ALL Founding Families'. This book was written and issued to commemorate the exhibition of the..... More
The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987-07-01. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. Two volumes complete. Brown cloth gilt with illustration to front board. Square Tight Bindings. Clean interiors. a few spots to text block edge of volume 1. A superior edition of a scarce title. More
New York: Little Brown, 1898. 8vo - over 7. Twelve volumes complete. Brown cloth with black embossed decor. Spine type in gilt. Fold-out maps. Titles include: The Pioneers of France in the New World, The Jesuits in North America, LaSalle and the Discovery of the Great West, The Old Regime..... More
New York: James Eastburn & Co., 1817-01-01. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. 2nd Edition of this American Finance classic. Howes P392. xii,445,viiipp. Original boards with rubbing and edge wear. Spine rebacked in off-white paper, preserving original spine label. End papers and text with light foxing and tanning. Untrimmed..... More
New York: Franklin Library, 1983. Special Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. Three volumes complete. Brown leather with elaborate gilt decor. All edges gilt. Moire end papers. Silk book mark. A superior edition of a scarce title of gift quality. More
New York: The Literary Emporium, 1845. Hardcover. 8vo. “Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary.....” This 1st Edition of The Literary Emporium contains a very early printing of Edgar Allan Poe’s 'The Raven', the most famous poem of the 19th century and one of the..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Fils, 1892-1899. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. Exquisite three volume set of Poincare's 19th-century astronomical-physics work, from the library of notable 20th-century mathematician M.H. Martin. Poincare was arguably the most important scientist working in Celestial Mechanics since Isaac Newton and his work differed sharply from..... More
Derrydale Press, 1940-01-01. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. Original 1940 Limited Edition, this being number 361 of 570 copies issued. Maroon leather with gilt ruling and illustration to front board. Gilt lettering to spine. Square Tight Binding. Clean interior, save for small p/o gift inscription to verso of..... More