England: The Northampton Mercury, 1789. Folio. A beautiful original 1789 issue of the Northampton Mercury, dated August 6, 1781 with spectacular news of the Southern Campaign of the Revolutionary War, including a front-page letter from partisan guerrilla fighter Francis Marion, announcing his victory against the British at Fort Watson, South..... More
New York: The New York Herald, 1861. A BEAUTIFUL original 1861 newspaper with a full, front-page map showing Union and Confederate troop dispositions just outside of Washington, DC, in Northern Virginia after the Battle of Bull Run. This historic depicts the front of war during its first year and..... More
Philadelphia: Lake Griffing & Stevenson, 1877. 1st Edition. Folio. A beautiful 1877 hand-colored map of Rising Sun & Charlestown in Cecil County, Md on Maryland's Eastern Shore. This historic map features these two towns in vibrant color and includes the lines of 19th-century Eastern Shore railroads, such as..... 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
New York: Rand McNally, 1917. GORGEOUS WW I-Era Street Map of New York city, featuring many iconic NYC landmarks. The Polo Grounds, home of the New York Yankees in 1917, is represented, as is Central Park, Grand Central Station, Battery Park, the Brooklyn Bridge and many more. Most..... 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
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
Annapolis: Jehu Chandler, 1816. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. Contains laws at the end of the WAR of 1812, December 5, 1814 - February 3, 1815, including laws on SLAVERY as well as the defense of the State of Maryland to reduce the number of militia call-ups. Rebound in 1927..... More
New York: Harper's Weekly Illustrated Newspaper, November 10, 1860. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Front-page woodcut engraving of a beardless Abraham Lincoln from an earlier portrait photographed by Mathew Brady. This portrait and the corresponding front-page headline report announce that Abraham Lincoln has been nominated by..... More
London: The British Museum, 1914-1930. Folio. Complete set of six Folio portfolios, each with unbound contents in folding pocket. Each volume comprises a portfolio case, with an introductory booklet, descriptions of the manuscripts illustrated as well as detailed descriptions of each plate. Mild rubbing and wear to stiff..... More
New York: Triangle, 1942. Early Printing. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. Beautiful early printing of this scarce Gardner title, RARE in original dust jacket. Grey cloth with red type. Boards ruled in red. Square Tight Binding. Clean interior. This edition strikingly bright for a Triangle edition, the pages..... 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
Rochester, NY: The Du Bois Press, 1928. First Edition. Folio. GORGEOUS 1928 pictorial map of Cleveland, Ohio, by Arthur Suchy. Includes iconic Cleveland landmarks such as the Perry Monument, City Hall, the Garfield Monument, the Cleveland Museum of Art, and many, many more. Measuring 39" X...... 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: Thomas Crowell Company, 1951. 1st Edition. 8vo. Gorgeous 1`st Edition copy of this Young Adult classic. Brick colored cloth with black titling. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Duochrome illustrated endpapers. Little wear to binding. Dust jacket with $2.50 price intact and mild edge wear. Presents..... More
New York: Doubleday Doran, 1931. Quarto. A beautiful early printing of Beebe's classic outdoors work, complete in original dust jackets and scarce as such. Two volumes complete. Profusely illustrated with 64 plates, some color and some black and white. Green cloth with gilt titling and gilt medallion to the..... More
Simon Cohen, 1940. 1st Edition. 8vo. Blue cloth. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Very mild offsetting to pastedowns where it appears a dust jacket once was, but is lacking now. A few spots of light discoloration to cloth. A superior edition. More
Bertoia Auctions, 2011-01-01. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9. red leather with illustrated pastedown to front board. GORGEOUS 2011 auction catalog full of hundreds of photos of antique and vintage toy trucks and automobiles, including race cars. As new. A superior edition. 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
Gardiner, Me: Tilbury House Publishers, 1997. 1st Edition. Large octavo. A beautiful 1st Edition of an uncommon Maine history. Trade paperback. Square tight binding. Profusely illustrated with early Maine photography. Near Fine, with a very slightly age toned spine being the only flaw, else as new. 379 pp. 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
London: Chapman and Hall, 1880. 8vo. GORGEOUS three-volume set in contemporary 3/4 calf over cloth binding. From the 1880 Library Edition 0f 30 volumes, these three volumes constitute numbers II-IV of the original set. Tan calf over tan cloth covered boards with gilt ruling . Raised..... More
London: Friends Historical Society, 1971. 1st. 8vo. Scarce work on this influential 17th century Irish Quaker. Light green typographical wraps. Mild edge wear to wraps, which hang about 1/4" over the text block. Small semicircular stain to the lower front edge. Mild foxing to rear panel fore edge. A superior edition. More
Easton, Md: Easton Publishing Co, 1962. 1st Edition. 8vo. 1st Edition of this Eastern Shore of Maryland Quaker offshoot sect. Very Scarce in commerce and quite rare signed by Carroll, a leading authority on Quaker history. The Nicholites "came into being along the Maryland-Delaware border about 1760...and soon waxed..... More
New York: harper & Brothers, 1957. 1st Edition. 8vo. A beautiful 1st Edition copy of Cheever's 1st novel and winner of the 1958 National Book Award. Half black and olive cloth. Square tight binding. Clean Interior. Little wear to binding. Dust jacket in very nice condition..... More