Baltimore County, Md: State of Maryland, 1866. Quarto. An outstanding 1866 CIVIL WAR UNION SOLDIER DISCHARGE BOUNTY document from JOHN W ELLIS, an infantry soldier in Company F of Purnells Maryland Legion. COMPLETE, ORIGINAL CIVIL WAR DOCUMENT, dated December 28, 1866, with fantastic MARYLAND CIVIL WAR and PURNELL'S LEGION..... More
Annapolis, Md: State of Maryland, 1913. A spectacular WW I-era Eastern Shore political appointment boldly signed by Governor Phillips Lee Goldsborough. Featuring a gorgeous bronze-colored, richly embossed and detailed Seal of Maryland, this piece documents the appointment of John Scott as a Justice of the Peace in Worcester..... 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
New York: I.S. Seidman, 1939. 1st Edition. GORGEOUS 1939 Pictorial Map of Manhattan, featuring iconic landmarks such as the Empire State Building, Central Park, the Polo Grounds, the Original Yankee Stadium, The newly opened Rockefeller Center, Times Square and the Chrysler Building.On the reverse are smaller maps of the New..... More
Los Alamos, NM: U.S. Department of Energy, 1984. 1st Edition. Paperback. 4to - over 9. RARE. Plastic comb binding. Clean interior. Mild age toning and edge wear to wraps. A valuable reference of U.S. Nuclear testing throughout most of the Cold War. 80 pages, the first 8 being the..... More
U.S. Government, 1950s-1970s. Three ring binders. An archive of nine (9) three-ring-binders containing Atomic Energy treaties between the United States and dozens other countries of the world with diplomatic relations with the United States during the Cold War. Notably, the section for Germany is broken up into two sections, one..... More
c.1970s. Beautiful c.1970s Hand-Carved Patriotic Eagle carrying the U.S. Stars and Stripes Shield in Flight. This piece likely was carved mear the Bicentennial in 1976. Painted in Red, white, blue, yellow and black, this wall hanging measures 19" X 13" framed, with the obligatory 'E Pluribus Unum' hand..... More
London: The London Illustrated News, 1863. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Three original issues of the London Illustrated News dated July 4, 18 & 25, 1863 with inside-page detailed headline reports covering the Union victory over Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army at the pivotal Battle of..... More
Gateway Press, 1982-01-01. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. Red cloth gilt. Square Tight Binding.Clean interior. Just a hint of foxing to end apers and text block edges. More
Santa Fe: New Mexico State Tourist Bureau, 1940. Large 1940 full-color Pictorial Map of New Mexico. This beautiful piece such iconic landmarks as Carlsbad caverns, ancient Indian cities such as Acoma Pueblo, Colonial and Territorial military forts such as Fort Barclay and Santa Clara. Historical Wild West figures..... More
Carroll County, Virginia: 1947. 1st Edition. Paperback. Quarto. Six Broadside sheets measuring 14 1/2" X 8 1/2", listing the whites of Pipers Gap (Carroll County, Virginia, who were qualified to vote in the upcoming election. Three staples at the top hold the broadsides together. A compelling look at the difficulty..... 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
Buffalo, NY: International Railway Company, 1931. GORGEOUS 1931 Great Depression-era illustrated pictorial map of the Niagara Frontier from Niagara Falls in the South to Lewiston, NY at the North. This aerial bird's-eye view is from the the Canadian vantage point and looks across the Niagara River into New..... More
Las Vegas: U.S. Department of Energy, 1995. First Edition. Paperback. 4to - over 9. Trade paperback. Square Tight Binding.Clean interior. A superior edition. More
London: International Sugar Council, 1949. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. This beautiful piece appears to be a one of a kind item, with some original typed pages and copies of others, in tab-delineated sections, possibly from the President of the Council. Until 1968, this Organization..... More
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1917. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. LARGE WW I BROADSIDE poster, with President Woodrow Wilson's signature in script type at the end of his appeal to U.S. housewives, farmers and yeoman workers, asking for a community effort in an attempt to support..... More
Harvard UP, 1958-01-01. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. 1st Edition signed and dated by Acheson on front end paper. Black and yellow cloth. Square Tight Binding. Clean interior. Jacket with just a hint of wear. Presents handsomely in archival mylar. A superior edition. More
London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1811. 1st Thus. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. Beautiful set of the works of one of the most influential literary figures in Western history, complete in six volumes. Joseph Addison (1672-1719) was a British poet, playwright, essayist, statesman and member of the British Parliament..... More
Washington, DC: United States Atomic Energy Commission, 1971. First Edition. Paperback. 4to - over 9. An incredibly interesting study of U.S. atomic detonation unintended consequences with descriptions of each mistake. Yellow typographical wraps. Staple-bound trade paperback. Square Tight Binding. Clean interior. A superior edition. More
Lamport, Blakeman & Law;, 1854. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. 1854 Pre-Civil War edition of this annual gift book. Contains the 1st Printing of the story 'Somebody's Father' by Harriet Beecher Stowe, published just two years after her groundbreaking novel 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'. Black leather with elaborate gilt..... More
ASAP, 1994. Phil Parks. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. An exceptional Special limited 1st edition in acrylic slipcase. Introduction by Edward D. Hoch. Illustrations by Phil Parks. This is copy 249 of 250 limited copies SIGNED by Block, Hoch and Parks. A fine unread copy in gray..... More
New York: Minton, Balch & Company, 1928. Kappel, Philip. Early Printing. Beautiful 1928 Early printing of this often-overlooked but hugely important colonial American Ohio River Valley frontiersman, who fought both along side and against American settlers as well as American Indians. In RARE original dust jacket. Red cloth..... More
Springer, 1974-12-01. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. A VERY NICE association copy. Inscribed by Burgers to friend, colleague and notable 20th-century mathematician M.H. Martin on front end paper. Laid in is a copy of Burgers obituary. Blue cloth. Square Tight Binding. Clean interior. The mildest of edge wear..... More
Cambridge, Maryland: Tidewater Publishers, 1970. 1st Edition. 8vo. Beautiful 1st Edition, in exquisite condition, signed twice by Burgess on two laid-in letters addressed to an editor at the Baltimore Sun newspaper. The second letter is a copy of the first, but contains a live signature. The letter references two..... 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