New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2014. 2nd Printing. Quarto. A wonderful 1st Thus Edition of this iconic American project by photographer Nicholas Nixon. Nixon began the project in 1975 of photographing his wife, Bebe, and her three sisters, and the project continues today, though this 2014..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964. 1st Edition. 8vo. A lovely 1st Edition copy of the beloved author's first book. Half black cloth over sage-paper covered boards with gilt titling to spine. Square tight binding. Clean interior, save for previous owner identification and date to front end paper... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975. 1st Edition. 8vo. A nice 1st Edition copy of Gaddis' uncommon novel, the 1976 National Book Award winner. Black cloth with gilt titling to spine. Square tight binding. Clean interior, save for small previous owner identification to front end paper. Dust jacket with..... More
New York: Twayne Publaishers, 1950. Edward Gorey. 1st Edition. 8vo. A handsome 1st printing of this later work from one of the core members of the Fugitive Poets, warmly inscribed on the front endpaper. Illegitimate Sonnets is known primarily for its endpapers, featuring six individual cartoons illustrated by..... More
New York: Liveright, 2015. 1st Edition. Quarto. A beautiful 1st Edition copy of this essential Douglass reference, signed by the author on a bookplate on the front flyleaf. Black cloth. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Dust jacket Fine. Presents handsomely in archival mylar. A superior edition. More
New York: Random House, 1947. 6th Printing. Small 8vo. 1947 6th Printing, signed by Auden on the title page, with his customary method of scratching through his printed name and signing underneath, this time in blue-green ink. Bound in original publisher's green cloth. Square tight binding. Clean interior..... More
New York: Random House, 1947. 4th Printing. Small 8vo. 1947 4th Printing, signed by Auden on the title page, with his customary method of scratching through his printed name and signing underneath, this time in bold green ink. Featuring an original price-clipped dust jacket, this volume is bound..... More
Providence, RI: Providence Press, 1881. 1st Edition. duodecimo. Brown cloth with gilt titling to spine and gilt seal to front board. Both hinges cracked with wear to binding. Fraying and closed tears to cloth. Corners and spine ends bumped. Clean interior. A nice reading copy at..... More
Washington DC: Henry L. Johnson and Luther T. Townsend, 1897. 1st Edition. 8vo. A beautiful 1st Edition of this storied New Hampshire Civil War unit. Burgundy cloth. Square tight binding. Clean interior, save for previous owner small stamp to top of rear pastedown. Mild rubbing and edge wear... More
Concord, NH: Rumford Press, 1898. 1st Edition. 8vo. Light blue cloth with gilt titling to spine. Square binding with front hinge starting. Clean interior, save for small p/o stamp to top of rear pastedown. Mild rubbing and wear to binding. More
Boston: Fort Hill Press, 1904. 1st Edition. 8vo. Blue cloth. Square tight binding. Clean interior, save for small p/o stamp to top of rear pastedown. Gilt titling to spine. Mild rubbing and edge wear to binding. Overall a handsome and desirable edition. More
Lowell, Ma: Lowell Daily Courier, 1846. Folio. An 1846 newspaper printing of a Frederick Douglass Letter on the merits of Robert Burns as both a poet and person, as well as reflections on his trip to Scotland. This July 18, 1846 issue of the Lowell Daily Courier was published..... More
Philadelphia: J.L. Smith, 1888. 1st Edition. 8vo. A detailed history and first-hand account of this important Civil War unit. Blue cloth gilt. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Fold out map, in text illustration as well as plates. Mild rubbing and wear to binding. A handsome edition..... More
Boston: Wright and Potter, 1895-96. 1st Edition. 8vo. A delightful set of this essential Civil War history in exquisite condition. "The standard authority for Massachusetts' role in the war, at the front, and at home" - Nevins, 151. Blue cloth with gilt titling to spines. Square tight..... More
Providence, RI: valpey, Angell and Co., 1875. 1st Edition. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt titling to spine. Square binding. Clean interior. Rear hinge cracked. lacking map. mild rubbing and wear with a small dark stain to front board. More
New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1928. 1st Edition. 8vo. A beautiful 1928 Limited 1st Edition, with a page of the Beveridge manuscript attached to the front flyleaf of Volume I, in this case an edit from Chapter I of Volume II. This set is number 999 of 1000 published..... More
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1929. 1st Edition. Quarto. An important study profusely illustrated with black and white photos and in-text illustrations, along with 85 fill-page plates at the rear. Blue cloth with gilt titling to spine. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Hinges professionally reinforced. Sporadic foxing. Mild..... More
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1929. 1st Edition. Quarto. An important study profusely illustrated with black and white photos. Blue cloth with gilt titling to spine. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Hinges professionally reinforced. Sporadic foxing. Mild rubbing and wear to binding. More
Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1929. 1st Edition. Quarto. An extremely scarce catalog of historic items loaned to the Library of Congress by Maggs Bros. of London for a 1929 exhibition. In a later hardback binding of blue cloth with original title wrap laid down to front board, making..... More
Leonardtown: St. Mary's County Historical Society. 1st Edition. Quarto. Red cloth. Square tight binding. Clean interior. The mildest of wear to binding. Text block edges lightly foxed. More
Scranton, Pa: Privately Printed, 1910. 1st Edition. 8vo. AN interesting and unique aspect of military service during the Civil War. "Some light is shed on military telegraphing operations by the author's collection of short reminiscences from many who served with him." - Nevins, p12. Red cloth. Square tight..... More
New York: Privately Printed, 1895. 1st Edition. Duodecimo. A gorgeous 1st Edition first-hand account of Union Army Civil War life. "Garrulous recollections by an officer attached to Gen. John Wool's command at Norfolk, Va., during the first year of the war." Nevins, p.67. Half burgundy and navy blue..... More
Harrisburg, Pa: W.S. Ray, 1904. 1st Edition. Two volumes complete. Bound in 3/4 leather over marbled paper-covered boards. Square tight bindings. Clean interiors, save for contemporary signature and 1904 date to each front end paper. Laid in is a program from the 1906 Civil War Veteran reunion at..... More
1764. Bellin, Jacques Nicolas. 1st Edition. Quarto. A beautiful 18th-century copperplate engraving from Bellin's Le Petit Atlas Maritime, Paris, 1747-64, with contemporary hand coloring. In addition to navigation of the Mississippi River, between the Iberville and the Yazoo, this map depicts a large section of the Red River..... More
Bellin, Jacques Nicolas. 1st Edition. A beautiful 18th-century copperplate engraving from Bellin's Le Petit Atlas Maritime, Paris, 1747-64, with contemporary hand coloring. An uncommon French map of the Mississippi River delta and the coastline to Mobile Bay, including the fledgling towns of New Orleans, LA and Biloxi, MS..... More