Edinburgh, Scotland: The Edinburgh Advertiser, 1795. 1st Edition. SPECTACULER 1795 newspaper with a complete front-page printing of exiled French King LOUIS XVIII's Declaration of Verona. The manifesto, known as the "Declaration of Verona", was Louis XVIII's attempt to introduce the French people to his politics. The Declaration of Verona..... 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
Boston, Ma: George H. Walker & Co., 1879. A Beautiful large folding original 1879 hand-colored street map of Marshfield and the village of East Marshfield, Massachusetts, in Plymouth County, showing property owner names at the time as well as 19th-century building footprints and street names. Depicted are individual..... More
Washington, DC: National Geographic Society, 1937. First Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. This beautiful 1937 pictorial map of the White Mountains of New Hampshire is very detailed with shading to show topography. It features White Mountain Scenery in vignette, surrounding the map, depicting iconic landmarks..... More
n.p. United States Navy, 1983. 1st Edition. Quarto. Green leather with yellow type and illustration to front board. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Profusely illustrated with historic photographs. A very small chip to leather along bottom front edge. A superior edition. More
Baltimore, Md: Baltimore Museum of Art, 1947. Quarto. 1st limited Edition, this being number 741 of 2000 printed. red cloth. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Very mild wear. A superior edition. More
New York: Leavitt & Allen, 1855. 1st Edition. 8vo. A nice 1855 Gift Book, featuring literature and poetry of the days just before the Civil War. Gift book bindings are often bright and elaborately gilded. Gift books were a display of cultural capital and, in many cases, design took precedent..... More
Baltimore, Md: Maryland Historical Society, 1939. 1st Edition. 8vo. Trade paperback. Blue typographical wraps. Square tight binding. Clean interior. A touch of age toning around edges, including text block edges, otherwise a very nice copy. A superior edition. More
Paris: 1751. Louis-Jacques Goussier, engraved by Robert Bénard. 1st Edition. Beautiful 1751 French copperplate engraving illustrating the complexities of 18th-century ship building From the "Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers", edited by Denis & Jean le Rond d'Alembert. Published in Paris, France... More
Philadelphia: Lake Griffing & Stevenson, 1877. 1st Edition. Original 1877 hand-colored street map of Snow Hill, Maryland, in Worcester County on Maryland's Eastern Shore. This map also features the lines of long defunct Eastern Shore railroad, the Worcester Railroad. Individual property owners are listed by name..... More
Ottsville, Pa: Mary Whitney Inc., 1989. 1st Edition. Quarto. Very nice 1989 genealogical reference in as new condition. Blue cloth with illustration of Statue of Liberty stamped in gilt to front board. Square tight binding. Clean interior. A superior edition. More
Field Camps in Virginia: 1864-1865. Two original 1864 and 1865 MARYLAND CIVIL WAR UNION ARMY CHAPLAIN Requisition Forms, submitted by Arthur Brickman, a U.S. Army Chaplain for the 3rd Maryland Infantry and the 1st Maryland cavalry. The 1864 document is for a horse for use in the field in..... More
New York: Privately Printed, 1831. 8vo. A beautiful 34-page manuscript book of poetry, bound in what appears to be period wallpaper, red patterned cloth backed with sturdy rag paper. Most of the poems are titled at the top and signed by Mrs. Maxson at the bottom, some dated..... More
folio. A large bound volume of facsimile issues of the New York Weekly Journal, one of the earliest newspapers printed in North America, dating from January 7, 1740 - December 29, 1740, printed by John Peter Zenger. Zenger is still famous today due to the lawsuit brought against him..... More
Philadelphia, Pa: Sanford, Everts & Co., 1872. 1st Edition. Folio. A beautiful 1872 hand-colored map of Buxton, Maine in York County, ME This map includes property owner names. "The first permanent settlement commenced in fall of 1750 near Salmon Falls, which was within protection of the stockaded..... More
New York: 1934. Appleton, LeRoy. 1st Edition. Quarto. A STRIKING 1934 1st Edition of Appleton's allegorical map which follows the flow of tax dollars from the U.S. Treasury to the various New Deal ancillary agencies. On the left is a detailed description of some of the larger agencies with..... More
New York: Plenum Press, 1971. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. profusely illustrated with historic charts and photos as well as early research from the infancy of the science of Cryogenics. Orange cloth gilt. Square Tight Binding. Clean interior. jacket rubbed with mild edge wear and fading to spine..... 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
Boston: The Arakelyan Press, 1909. 8vo. A RARE 1909 1st Edition covering this storied artillery unit during the American Civil War, in exquisite condition. "The battery was organized Lynnfield, Massachusetts and mustered in September 9, 1862 for a three-year enlistment under the command of Captain Jacob Henry Sleeper... More
Florence: EDIZIONI PONTE VECCHIO, n.d. Brahe, Tycho. Later Printing. Elephant Folio. A GORGEOUS later restrike of a 1662 copperplate engraving of an astronomical instrument printed by Johan Blaeu, taken from the original drawings of Tycho Brahe, the most important astronomer of the 16th century. Published by Edizioni Ponte..... More
London: Elliot Stock, 1884. Early Printing. Duodecimo. A beautiful 1884 Early Printing covering a year in the English artist's garden, in a gorgeous fine binding. Contemporary black morocco with gilt ruling to board edges. raised bands to spine with gilt ruling and titling. 205pp. Top edge gilt. Illustrations by..... More
Providence, RI: Snow & Farnham, 1892. 1st Edition. 8vo. A beautiful 19th century 1st Edition of this storied Civil War unit. 382pp. Black cloth with gilt emblem to front and gilt titling to spine. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Mild rubbing and edge wear to binding. A superior edition. More
Washington, DC: New World Books, 1963. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. RARE title. Black cloth with gilt and white illustrated medallion to front board. Signed by Maryland Poet Laureate on front end paper. Square Tight Binding. Clean bright interior. Mild edge wear to binding. Jacket price clipped. Mild..... More
Oxford University Press, 1958-01-01. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. GORGEOUS complete 7-volume set, all in original dust jackets. Blue cloth gilt. Square Tight Bindings. Clean interiors. Jackets with very mild edge wear and slight age toning to spines and extremities. Jackets Present handsomely in archival mylar. A superior set. More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1904. 8vo. A gorgeous 1904 1st Edition. Profusely illustrated with black and white plates. Half black and white cloth with gilt medallion to front board. Top edge gilt with deckled fore edge. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Binding lightly soiled with mild edge wear..... More