Philadelphia: Aetna Publishing Company, 1889. 1889. 8vo. In exquisite condition, this 19th-century memoir documents a journey from Bombay to Constantinople the author made attached to a group of French government officials. Brown cloth with beautiful gilt and black illustration on the front board of a hookah smoker sitting..... More
New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1962. 1st Edition. 8vo. A handsome first printing of Carson's landmark environmental work, which documented the adverse environmental effects of chemical pesticide use. "The book was met with fierce opposition by chemical companies, but, owing to public opinion, it brought about numerous changes..... More
England: The Northampton Mercury, 1781. Folio. A spectacular 1781 Revolutionary War newspaper with FRONT-PAGE reports of events in South Carolina during the lead up to Cornwallis' surrender at Yorktown. The front page consists of a report of the Continental Army's Siege of the British backcountry stronghold Ninety-Six, including excerpts..... More
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
n.p. United States Navy, 1983. 1st Edition. Quarto. Green leather with yellow type and illustration to front board. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Profusely illustrated with historic photographs. A very small chip to leather along bottom front edge. A superior edition. More
Salem Massachusetts: The Salem Mercury, 1789. 1st Edition. Folio. An incredible Piece of U.S. Presidential history, this June 2, 1789 issue of the Salem Mercury features the complete printings of two letters regarding the 1788 U.S. Presidential Election, the first in U.S. history. The first letter is from the..... More
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
New York: William Morrow, 1941. 1st Edition. 8vo. Uncommon history of Huey Long's corrupt run as Governor of Louisiana during the Great Depression, scarce in original dust jacket. Burgundy cloth. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Lacking front end paper. Dust jacket with moderate rubbing and wear, including..... More
London: T.W. for Tho. Knight, 1655. 1st Edition. Duodecimo. A wonderful 17th-century English-French primer, with words, phrases and even complete paragraphs presented in English and then followed with their French translations, designed so that people could learn French, one of the International languages of the day along with Latin, in..... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. 1st Edition. 8vo. A beautiful volume in Fine condition. Appears never opened. Black cloth gilt. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Dust jacket is equally as nice. Presents handsomely in archival mylar. A superior edition. More
Herrin, IL: Trovillion Private Press, 1939. 1st Limited Edition. 8v0. Beautiful 1st Limited Edition, signed by both the author and artist on the limitations page, this being # 418 of 493 published. Includes the scarce publisher's slipcase. Green cloth with gilt titling blocked in blue. Square tight binding. Clean..... More
Brooklyn, NY: Bazan Photos Publishing, 2011. 1st Edition. Quarto. Beautiful and quite scarce 1st Edition of Bazan's second documentary of life on the isolated island of Cuba beginning, which he began with the publication of 'Bazan Cuba' in 2008. Al Campo takes a different path than Cuba, which..... More
Chicago: R. R. Donnelley & Sons Co, 1970. Facsimile Broadside. Folio. On July 2, 1776, in the throes of revolution, the statesmen of the American Colonies, meeting in secret at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia, voted to break the shackles of allegiance to the British Crown and become free..... More
New York: The New York World, 1863. An original 1863 Civil War newspaper with spectacular front-page headline reports covering the occupation of Maryland by Union forces at the order of President Abraham Lincoln, to keep the border state under Union control and prevent its moving into the Confederacy... 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: 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
New York: Geographia Map Co., 1942. An original 1942 Folding Street Map of Queens, published with an eye towards tourism in a booklet chock full of vintage WW II ear NYC history. This beautiful piece is printed in green and black and features such landmarks as Flushing Meadow Park..... 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
New York: Experimenter Publications, 1930. Dean, Bob. 1st Edition. Quarto. Published during the beginning days of the Great Depression, this historic cocktail guide was also released during the height of Prohibition, when many of the ingredients listed were scarce commodities. Art Deco-Illustrated boards and profusely illustrated throughout in..... 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
Philadelphia: Childs & Peterson, 1856. 1st Edition. Two volumes complete. Brown 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 the..... More
London: John major, 1823. Various Artists. 1st thus. Duodecimo. Beautiful 1823 copy of the first major edition of Cotton and Walton's essential fishing guide in a binding by Rivere, stamped as such on the verso of the front end paper. Fourteen copper-plate engravings by Cook, Pye, Smith, Ashby..... More
Florence, Italy: EDIZIONI PONTE VECCHIO, n.d. Brahe, Tycho. 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 Vecchio..... 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
