New York: Benjamin Blom, 1968. 8vo-Quarto. A beautiful set of Architectural works by William Halfpenny, reprinted from their original 18th-century editions in uniform illustrated cloth bindings. The titles in the set include: - The Art of Sound Building - Magnum in Parvo : or, the Marrow of Architecture..... More
Baltimore, MD: John P. des Forges, 1876. 1st Edition. 8vo. A scarce 1876 of this essential Eastern Shore of Maryland history, rebound in blue cloth gilt. Square tight binding. Clean interior, save for 1948 inscription in pencil to top of front end paper. A desirable edition..... More
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, save for p/o signature and date to front end papers. Frontispiece portraits in..... More
New York: O. Judd Co., 1886. 8vo. An absolutely gorgeous 1886 gardening how-to, with detailed black and white illustration. 250pp + ads. Royal blue cloth with titling and illustration stamped in gilt, still nice and bright. Square tight binding. Clean interior. The mildest of edge wear to binding..... More
Boston: Marshall Jones Company, 1923. 1st Edition. Quarto. An uncommon volume and profusely illustrated with historic black and white photos. Red cloth. Square tight binding. Clean interior, save for previous owner signature to front endpaper. From the personal library of world-renowned Architectural Historian and Colonial Williamsburg Foundation leader..... 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
Washington, DC: Taylor & Maury, 1853-1854. 1st Edition. 8vo. A drop-dead gorgeous nine-volume set in luscious fine bindings of brown three-quarter brown morocco over marbled paper. This is the first publication of Jefferson's work after Congress appropriated funds to purchase his papers in 1848. Jefferson left his papers to..... More
Columbia, SC: The State Company, 1925. 1st Edition. 8vo. a 1925 1st Edition in original dust jacket in exquisite condition. Jervey was a lawyer, judge and a Southern Democrat from South Carolina during the height of the Jim Crow South and wrote extensively on slavery, Negro suffrage, Civil rights..... More
New York: G.. Forreman, 1797. Large Octovo. Yes, there were accounting texts in the 18th century. "Jones's English system of book-keeping by single or double entry, in which it is impossible for an error of the most trifling amount to be passed unnoticed; calculated effectually to prevent the evils..... More
Generic, 1977. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9. Brown cloth. Square Tight Binding.Clean interior. jacket with mild edge wear. Presents handsomely in archival mylar. More
Baltimore, MD: Meyer & Thalheimer, 1938. 1st Edition. 8vo. A lovely and quite scarce history of St. Mary's County, the Cradle of Maryland, rare in original dust jacket and signed by the author as well. Red cloth. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Signed by author on front end..... More
New York: Catholic Publication Society, c.1867. Early Printing. 8vo. A beautiful early reprint of this 19th-century Holy Land classic. Russet cloth, stamped in black and gilt. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Black and white plates. A desirable 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
Providence, RI: Snow & Farnham, 1892. 1st Edition. 8vo. A handsome and quite scarce history of this Rhode Island Civil War unit. 540pp. Black cloth. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Fold-out map at rear. Gilt to front board and spine. Roster and Index. Mild rubbing and edge wear. More
London: Percy Lund, Humphries & Co, c.1920s. 1st Edition. 8vo. Portfolio in purple cloth with fore edge cloth tie. 35 color plates of various stitches. Mild rubbing with moderate edge wear and sunning. A lovely copy. More
Chicago: The Heritage Foundation, 1952. 1st Edition. 8vo. A handsome 1952 volume on the philosophies and opinions of General Douglas MAcArthur, with a letter laid in signed by MacArthur. The letter is presumably from a young boy, beginning an autograph collection, writing to MacArthur asking for his signature. MacArthur..... More
New York: Negro Universities Press, 1969. 2nd Edition. 8vo. 1969 reprint of an edition originally published in 1851. Brown cloth with gilt titling to spine. Square tight binding. Clean interior. 564 pp. Little if any wear. A superior edition. 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
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
New York: G.W. Dillingham Co., 1902. 1st Edition Thus. Quarto. An exquisite Early Illustrated Edition of Moore's iconic American Christmas classic, 'A Visit from St. Nicholas', originally published in 1823. This turn-of-the-century edition is illustrated by William Wallace Denslow, known for his work with L. Frank Baum in the 'The..... More
New York: Greenberg, 1951. 1st Edition. Quarto. A lovely 1st Edition from the influential 20th-century photography, complete with scarce original dust jacket. Profusely illustrated with black and white photographs from Munkasci's camera. Red cloth with titling stamped in silver foil. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Little wear to..... More
Images, 2002. 1st Edition. Quarto. A lovely coffee table art book, complete with the scarce advertising wrap still intact. 255pp. Dark grey cloth. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Dust jacket Near Fine, with just a touch of wear. Presents handsomely in archival mylar. A superior and desirable edition. More
Paris: The Olympia Press, 1959. 4th printing. Duodecimo. A STUNNING 1959 4th Printing of Nabokov's masterpiece, with the rear-wrap warning - 'NOT TO BE SOLD IN U.S.A., U.K. OR PHILIPPINES", where the book had been either banned (U.K.) or not published due to its controversial nature (U.S.). Green..... 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
Baltimore, Md: Maryland Historical Society, 1956. 1st Edition. 8vo. A very nice edition of this Maryland Genealogical history, covering a family which includes Raphael Semmes, the finest Captain in the Confederate Navy, who terrified Union shipping aboard both the Alabama and Sumter. Green cloth with titling to front board..... More