Geneva, New York: Handiwrap Cardmakers of Geneva, 1927. Brew, Laura Aurora Hosmer. 1st Edition. A spectacular and exceedingly rare 1927 pictorial map of the Finger Lakes region of New York State, depicting the ancient tribes and towns of the Iroquois Confederacy, the most powerful Indian nation on the North American..... More
Berkeley, California: Wingbow Press, 1978. 1st Edition. 8vo. Beautiful 1st Trade edition of the first compilation of all parts of Di Prima's iconic series written between 1973-1978. Comprises parts I-VIII. One of the most influential of the Beat Poets, known for co-editing The Floating Bear newspaper with fellow Beat..... More
New York: Modern Library, 1944. Early printing. Duodecimo. Beautiful early Modern Library printing in original dust jacket. Includes contributions from the likes of Langston Hughes, Richard Wright, Zora Neal Hurston, W.E.B. Du Bois, and many more. Grey cloth with gilt titling blocked in green. Square tight binding..... More
Boston, Massachusetts: The Boston Chronicle, 1768. 1st Edition. A 1768 pre-Revolutionary War American newspaper, the Boston Chronicle dated June 27, 1768, with a detailed exchange between Maryland Royal Governor Horatio Sharpe and the Maryland Assembly regarding a petition by Maryland Native Americans to join the Iroquois Confederacy. On the..... 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: Julian Messner, 1950. 1st Edition. 8vo. Beautiful 1st Edition of this scarce equestrian history. Cooper & Treat's biography is the definitive work on one of the most famous and accomplished race horses in American history. Light sage cloth with maroon titling to spine. Square tight binding. Clean..... More
New York: Derby & Jackson, 1859. Early Printing. 8vo. A beautiful 3rd Printing of Graham's classic biography of Morgan, one of the preeminent American field commanders of the Revolutionary War. Morgan was instrumental in the battles at Quebec, Saratoga and Cowpens, where his victory directly set in motion events..... More
Boston: Little Brown & Co., 1905. 1st Edition. 8vo. A beautiful 1st American Edition of Mahan's classic study of naval warfare during the War of 1812. Mahan (1840 – 1914) was a United States naval officer and historian, whom John Keegan called "the most important American strategist of..... More
Long Beach, CA: Safari Press, 1999. 1st Limited Edition. 8vo. BEAUTIFUL 1st Limited Edition signed by Flack on the Limitations page at the front of the book. The limited edition was issued in a slipcase with no jacket. Blue cloth with gilt titling to front and spine with the..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1950. 1st Edition. 8vo. Handsome 1st Edition of Hemingway's 1st novel of the 1950s in a 2nd state dust jacket. Black cloth with Hemingway's signature in gilt to front board and gilt titling to spine, somewhat faded. Square tight binding. Mild edge wear. Some..... More
Philadelphia: Reformed Church in the United States, 1916. 1st Edition. 8vo. Brown cloth with gilt titling to front board and spine. Mild edge wear, mostly at spine ends, with a touch of fraying. Square tight binding. Clean interior, save for p/o signature in ink to front end paper..... More
London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860. 1st Edition. 8vo. A beautiful two-volume set of this important Discovery & Exploration work on the American West before the Civil War. Domenech was a French Catholic missionary stationed in several mid-western and his job was to not only to attend the..... More
New York: New Directions, 1946. 1st Edition. 8vo. Beautiful 1st Edition (McBride, NAP) of this important mid 20th-century poet. Signed and inscribed on the front endpaper by Creekmore in Oxford, Mississippi in January, 1947. - "For Russell A------ - with all good wishes for music and song, love..... 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
United Kingdom: Quiller, 2008. 3rd Edition. 8vo. Beautiful 3rd Printing of this uncommon hunting classic. Green cloth with gilt titling to spine. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Dust jacket with the mildest of edge wear, presents handsomely in archival mylar. A lovely edition. More
London: Chatto & Windus, Ltd., 1970. 1st UK Edition. 8vo. Beautiful 1st UK Edition of this 1970 Pulitzer Prize Winner. Blue paper covered boards with gilt titling to spine. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Very mild wear. Dust jacket with mild edge wear. 1.80lb price intact on..... 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
New York: New York American, 1842. 1st Edition. A stunning 1842 antebellum New York Whig Party Election Campaign poster, printed the day before the election and designed not only to promote its own candidates, but to sling mud at the opposing Locofoco Party. The Locofocos were an offshoot of..... More
Dayton, OH: Morningside House, Inc., 1988. Reprint. 8vo. A Near Fine1988 reprint of Thomson's 1906 classic history of this important Civil War Union Rifle Regiment, which fought at many important battkes including Antietam and gettysburg. Green cloth with gilt to front and spine, color illustration to front. Square tight..... More
Baltimore, Md: Williams and Wilkins, 1914. 1st Edition. 8vo. "among the most valuable of Confederate soldiers' reminiscences because he avoids improbable details and concocted conversations, depends on a diary and carefully checks his narrative with records of the times." - Coulter GORGEOUS 1st Edition of this important Civil War..... More
Saverna Park, Md: 9780982335420, 2013. 1st Edition. Quarto. Gorgeous and quite scarce history of this Anne Arundel County, Maryland town and its surrounding region. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page. Illustrated boards. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Profusely illustrated with historic photos. UPC barcode on..... More
St. Michael's Maryland: Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, 1990. 1st Edition. 8vo. Thin staple bound trade paperback. In brand new condition. Illustrated throughout with historic drawings and photographs. Blue wraps with steamboat illustration to front wrap. 20pp. As new. A superior edition of a scarce Chesapeake nautical history. More
New York: Sports Illustrated, 1954. 1st Edition. Quarto. The VERY FIRST issue of Sports Illustrated, with the FULL FOLD-OUT SHEET of baseball cards, including such Hall-of-Famers such as Jackie Robinson, Willie Mays, Richie Ashburn, Ted Williams, Duke Snyder, Eddie Mathews, Larry Doby and more. In addition to the baseball..... More
Philadelphia: Childs & Peterson, 1856. 1st Edition. 8vo. Two volumes complete. Black cloth with gilt titling to spines. Elaborate illustration to boards stamped in blind. Elisha Kent Kane was a US navy surgeon who was part of the first Grinnell Expedition which attempted to find the whereabouts of..... More
London: Hakluyt Society, 1982. 8vo. Four volume set devoted to the journals of the naturalist aboard the second expedition of Captain James Cook to the South Pacific. "When Joseph Banks withdrew at the last moment as naturalist on Cook's second voyage, Forster and his son were appointed to..... More