Philadelphia: Pennsylvania packet & Daily Advertiser, 1787. 1st Edition. Folio. This January 18, 1787 issue of the Pennsylvania packet & Daily Advertiser features an inside-page complete printing of a new Virginia law further restricting the movement, behavior and duties of slaves and free blacks within the Commonwealth. Among the..... More
Boston, MA: Ballou's Pictorial, 1856. 1st Edition. a BEAUTIFUL 1856 Hand-Colored woodcut engraving of a triumphant U.S. General Winfield Scott entering Mexico City after its capture during the Mexican-American War, 1846-1848. This engraving is printed in the January 19, 1856 of Ballou's Pictorial Newspaper, and this offering includes..... More
New York: Harper's Weekly Illustrated Newspaper, 1860. 1st Edition. 1860 ILLUSTRATED newspaper with a large double-page centerfold engraving of the Republican candidates for US President at the Republican national Convention in Chicago. The poster-like engraving depicts the candidates in vignette and are from MATHEW BRADY portraits, including a...... More
New York: The New York Tribune, 1864. 1st Edition. Folio. An original 1864 New York Tribune newspaper, dated July 7, 1864 with a captivating front page featuring a large engraving of the CSS ALABAMA, the most notorious ship in the Confederate Navy, as well as two first hand accounts by..... More
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
New York: Rand McNally, 1902. Beautiful 1902 color map of baltimore, Maryland. This map features Baltimore landmarks such as Druid Hill Park, Greenmount Cemetery, Fort McHenry, the B&O Railroad's Camden Station, which now serves as the dramatic backdrop at the home of the Baltimore Orioles, Camden yards, and..... 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
n.p. C & P Telephone Co., 1968. 1st Edition. 8vo. 1968 Edition of a great Eastern Shore of Maryland reference. Invaluable for genealogy or family history research. Great 1960s local ads from the Eastern Shore. Illustrated wraps. Significant rubbing and wear. Interior clean, except for the list of frequently..... 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
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, 1813. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. Contains laws passed by the State of Maryland during this crucial time just before the WAR of 1812, November 4, 1811 - January 7, 1813, including laws on SLAVERY as well as many other topics Rebound in 1927 in..... More
New York: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1864. 1st Edition. Quarto. An original 1864 newspaper with a full front-page woodcut engraving depicting the celebration north of the Mason-Dixon Line after the border state of Maryland abolishes slavery while the Civil War rages on. The abolition of slavery went into effect..... More
Annapolis: State of Maryland, 1812. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. Laws Made and Passed by the General Assembly of the State of Maryland at an extra session....June 1812.This volume consists of the few laws passed by the state of Maryland after and in response to the U.S. declaration..... 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
Philadelphia: Augustus Mitchell, 1850. Beautiful 1850 Hand-Colored Map of Maryland and Delaware with a Chart of Chesapeake Bay Steamboat Routes. Published a decade before the beginning of the Civil War and during an explosion in the country's railroad routes, this map also depicts the still economically viable canals of..... More
Fort Collins, CO: Colorado State University, 1972. 1st Edition. Paperback. Quarto. Trade paperback. An important research from accomplished 20th-century Weather Scientist Robert F. Abbey, Jr., and from his personal library. Atmospheric Science Paper 211. Blue and white typographical wraps. Square Tight Binding. Clean interior. A rare and superior edition. 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
Oxford University Press, 1976-01-29. Paperback. Trade paperback. Square Tight Binding.Clean interior, save for p/o stamp to front end paper. Mild rubbing and edge wear to wraps. A few creases 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
Philadelphia: Franklin Press, 1909. 1st Edition. 8v0. 1909 1st Edition of this influential Nautical Memoir originally from the family of Robert Barrie. Fold-out map included. A handsome and sound classic account of the Barrie brothers' sailing adventures in the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays in the early days of boating..... More
Xlibris, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. From the library of former head of the EPA (Gerald Ford & Richard Nixon) Russell Train, an exceptional association copy with a laid in letter, also signed by the poet, poking fun at mutual acquaintance Donald Rumsfeld, former Secretary of Defense under both Ford..... More
Paris: J. Carez, 1825. 1st Edition Thus. A SPECTACULAR 1825 French hand-colored map of Pennsylvania from Lucas' 1822 map, which breaks down county populations by Whites and Free Blacks. "Carte Geographique, Statistique et Historique de la Pensylvanie" Originally published in 1822 by Carey and Lea and then..... More