London: Hakluyt Society, 1982. 8vo. Four volume set devoted to the journals of the naturalist aboard the second expedition of Captain James Cook to the South Pacific. "When Joseph Banks withdrew at the last moment as naturalist on Cook's second voyage, Forster and his son were appointed to..... More
New York: Richard R. Smith, Inc, 1930. Thurman, Claude & Bowyer, John (Editors). 1st Edition. 8vo. An incredible memoir of 19th-century post Civil War Texas, with a laid-in handwritten signed letter from the subject as well as a typed letter signed by legendary 20th-century Speaker of the House of Representatives..... More
Baltimore, Md: 1881. An original 1881 holographic letter from iconic Baltimore, Maryland banker J. Harmanus Fisher to talbot County Gentleman Farmer, Historian and Doctor Samuel Harrison documenting the sale of Baltimore City stocks, listing dollar values, signed by Fisher at the end. Along with the letter is the..... More
Boston: Privately Printed, 1887. 1st Edition. Quarto. A very nice 1887 1st Edition 1st hand account of this storied Civil War unit, with exceptional Massachusetts Civil War provenance, this copy belonging to 2nd Lieutenant James Briggs, who served in the unit and who's signature is on the front end paper..... More
Historical Committee of the Regimental Association, 1903. 1st Edition. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt titling and shield stamped to spine. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Profusely illustrated with historic photos. 452+pp. The mildest of edge wear to binding. End papers lightly age toned. A superior edition. More
St Johnsbury: Republican Press, 1893. 1st Edition. 8vo. A very nice copy of this scarce Civil War history. 271pp. Tan cloth. Square tight binding. Clean interior, save for previous owner name, with black crayon scratch-out, to front end paper. Mild rubbing and edge wear to binding with a touch..... More
n.p. Privately Printed, 1944. 1st Edition. Duodecimo. Beautiful 1944 collection of color photographs of important Maryland architectural landmarks, mostly early mansions. Featured alongside each of the 24 photographs is a detailed description of the subject. Depicted are iconic Maryland wonders such as Perry Hall in Talbot County, Deep Falls..... 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
Baltimore, Maryland: Maryland Historical Sociiety, 1955. 1st Edition. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt titling to front and spine. Square tight binding. Clean interior, save for p/o signature to top of front end paper. Binding with mild rubbing and edge wear. A superior edition. More
new York: The Mysterious Bookshop, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. This is the signed, limited edition, this being #13 of 100 numbered copies and 26 lettered copies. Signed by Block on a special limitations page. Issued with no jacket, specially bound in half..... More
Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1989. 8vo. A beautiful copy in Fine condition. Volume III only. Issued as part of a three-volume set without jacket. Tan cloth. Square tight binding. Clean interior. A superior edition. More
North Carolina: Anson County Historical Society, 1976. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. Beautiful 1st Edition inscribed by author. Red cloth gilt. Square Tight Binding. Clean interior. Jacket with mild edge wear. Presents handsomely in archival mylar. More
Privately Printed, 1979. 1st Edition. Quarto. Trade paperback. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Mild rubbing and edge wear to wraps. More
Munchen: Verlag der, n.d. 1st Edition. Folio. A beautiful large portfolio, string-bound, consisting of 12 color reproductions of Munzer paintings, mostly the female nude, each pasted down to a tan stiff cardboard sheet. Each work is titled on the front page but no text accompanies the works. "From..... More
England: The Northampton Mercury, 1781. Folio. A spectacular 1781 Revolutionary War newspaper with FRONT-PAGE reports of events in South Carolina during the lead up to Cornwallis' surrender at Yorktown. The front page consists of a report of the Continental Army's Siege of the British backcountry stronghold Ninety-Six, including excerpts..... More
United Kingdom: Quiller, 2008. 3rd Edition. 8vo. Beautiful 3rd Printing of this uncommon hunting classic. Green cloth with gilt titling to spine. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Dust jacket with the mildest of edge wear, presents handsomely in archival mylar. A lovely edition. More
Scranton, Pa: Privately Printed, 1910. 1st Edition. 8vo. AN interesting and unique aspect of military service during the Civil War. "Some light is shed on military telegraphing operations by the author's collection of short reminiscences from many who served with him." - Nevins, p12. Red cloth. Square tight..... More
1958. Original 1958 theatre lobby card for the re-release of the 1927 feature film 'Uncle Tom's Cabin', based on the 1852 novel by Harriett Beecher Stowe, the abolitionist work which was a major catalyst in driving the nation toward civil war in 1861. As the Civil Rights movement continued..... More
San Francisco: Rosicrucian Anthroposophic League, 1933. 1st Edition. 8vo. A BEAUTIFUL and quite scarce 1933 1st Edition in original publisher's dust jacket. The Rosicrucian Anthroposophical League was founded in 1932 by Parchment, as astrologer and occultist who trained with Max Heindel. He wrote many books on the occult, but..... More
Philadelphia: Sherman & Co, 1865. 1st Edition. 8vo. A lovely 1865 1st Edition, first-hand account by Patterson, a Union Major General, signed and inscribed by the author to a fellow officer on the half-title page. Frontis Map. Brown cloth stamped in blind with gilt titling to spine. 128pp. Square..... More
New York: New Directions, 1948. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. 1948 2nd Printing, so stated. Black cloth. Square Tight Binding. Clean interior. Mild wear to binding with top edge lightly foxed. Jacket with mild wear and age toning to edges and spine. Presents handsomely in archival mylar. More
Boston: Fields, Osgood & Co., 1869. 5th printing. Beautiful Quincy family copy of this early printing Quincy biography, with a Quincy family inscription to the front endpaper dated 1870. "Josiah Quincy III (1772 – 1864) was a U.S. educator and political figure. He was a member of the U.S...... More
Baltimore, Md: James Murphy, 1908. 8vo. A very nice 1st Edition of Randall's poems, including his iconic 'Maryland My Maryland', which became the state song. Maryland My Maryland has come under fire over the last few decades for its anti-Lincoln, Confederate leaning sympathies and there have been repeated calls..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1984. Quarto. Beautiful two-volume set featuring the art and history of Britain's finest romantic landscape painter. One volume contains reproductions of Constable's work while the other is text only, with detailed annotations. The 'Plates' volume contains approximately 1100 black and white as well..... More
Roe, Alfred S., 1907. 1st Edition. 8vo. A wonderful first-hand account history with exceptional 1864 Civil War provenance. This copy presumably belonged to Union Major and regiment member Charles H. Hooper, as laid in is a manuscript letter from him to the Second Auditor of the Treasury in..... More