New York: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1876. 1st Edition. A STUNNING 1876 Illustrated Street Map of Philadelphia, commemorating the opening of the Centennial Exhibition being held in the City of Brotherly Love. This scarce map was originally published as a supplement in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. The map depicts..... More
London: Grub Street, 1992-1993. 1st Edition. 8vo. A beautiful two-volume set in the excellent condition. Titles include: ‘The Drift to War to the Fall of Singapore’ and ‘The Defence of Sumatra to the Fall of Burma’ Square tight bindings. Clean interiors. Dust jackets Fine and present handsomely..... More
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1984-1994. 1st Edition. 8vo. A beautiful two-volume set in the excellent condition. Titles include: ‘Guadalcanal Campaign’ & ‘Pacific Naval Air Combat from Pearl Harbor to Midway’ Square tight bindings. Clean interiors. Dust jackets Fine and present handsomely in archival Mylar... More
Pacifica, CA: Pacifica Press, 1994-1998. 1st Edition. 8vo. A beautiful two-volume set in the excellent condition. Titles include: Air War Europa 1942-1945 and Air War Pacific 1942-1945 Square tight bindings. Clean interiors. Dust jackets Near Fine and present handsomely in archival Mylar. A lovely and desirable set. More
Philadelphia, PA: The Pennsylvania Chronicle and Universal Advertiser, 1769. 1st Edition. Quarto. A RARE pre-Revolutionary War, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania newspaper with incredible "Taxation Without Representation" history. This historic July 3, 1769 issue of the Pennsylvania Chronicle and Universal Advertiser features an inside-page complete printing of the retaliation of the Maryland..... More
New York: Del Rey/Ballantine Books, 1979. 8vo. 1979 Book Club Edition in very nice condition. Brown-paper covered boards. Square tight binding. Clean interior, save for previous owner signature to front pastedown. Little wear to binding. Dust jacket with mild edge wear, including small chips and a...... More
New York: BOMC, 1946. 8vo. A GORGEOUS Early book club edition of this Orwell classic, printed the same year as the 1st American Edition. This historic piece also features the original informational flyer from the BOMC laid in. Animal farm "tells the story of a group..... More
New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1960. Early Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. A very nice 7th Printing of this high spot of 20th-century literature . Half grey cloth over publisher's brown paper. Square tight binding with clean bright interior. Mild silverfishing to cloth. Bottom fore-edge corner with the thinnest, small..... More
Washington, DC: Taylor & Maury, 1853-1854. 1st Edition. 8vo. A drop-dead gorgeous nine-volume set in luscious fine bindings of brown three-quarter brown morocco over marbled paper. This is the first publication of Jefferson's work after Congress appropriated funds to purchase his papers in 1848. Jefferson left his papers to..... More
Easton, Md: Privately Printed, 2023. A STUNNING linocut print from contemporary artist Adam Himoff, which has made local and national impression after a building-sized mural of the print was installed in Douglass' hometown of Easton, Md in 2023. Himoff's work brings the image of Douglass into the 21st century..... More
Easton, Md: Privately Printed, 2023. A STUNNING linocut print from contemporary artist Adam Himoff, which has made local and national impression after a building-sized mural of the print was installed in Douglass' hometown of Easton, Md in 2023. Himoff's work brings the image of Douglass into the 21st century..... More
New York: Doubleday, 1960. 8vo. A beautiful, early Golf Digest Book Club printing in original dust jacket. Jones today remains one of the greatest golfers in history and the only golfer to complete a calendar-year Grand Slam. "Jones was the most successful amateur golfer ever to..... More
New York: Albert A. Knopf, 1923. First. 8vo. A beautiful copy of this 1920s Golf classic in the rare original dust jacket. 1st edition. With an introduction by "Chick" Evans. Taylor was a widely read columnist for the Chicago Tribune who frequently spiced his writing with..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. 1932. Tunis, Edwin. 8vo. A lovely early printing of this classic Maryland cookbook, increasingly scarce, particularly in original dust jacket. Certainly the most whimsical Maryland cookbook ever printed, and quite politically incorrect by today's standard. Illustrations by renowned Maryland illustrator Edwin Tunis..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and World, 1954. Batchelor, Joy Halas, John. 8vo. a GORGEOUS Early illustrated book club edition of this Orwell classic, In 1946, Harry Scherrman, President of the Book of the month club wrote "Every now and then through history some inspired individual has spoken out..... More
Great Britain: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1931. Early Printing. 8vo. A lovely 1st Edition copy of Cotton's first book, extremely scarce in original dust jacket. Cotton was a three-time British Open Champion, and placed in the top ten 17 times over the course of his career. His record round..... More
Hartford, CT: Thomas Belknap, 1880. 8vo. A GORGEOUS 1880 Early Printing of one Lossing's seminal works. The first great, comprehensive study of the war, meticulously researched by Lossing, who scoured the country interviewing for Union and Confederate soldiers, citizens, government officials, and former slaves. Three volumes complete..... More
New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1916-1924. 1st Edition. 8vo. A STUNNING 10-volume Limited Edition set with a manuscript leaf from Muir's "1897 essay "The American Forests". This 1st Edition Set is number 336 of 750 printed, is bound in olive publisher cloth with brown leather spine labels titled in gilt..... More
New York: Atheneum, 1990. 1st Edition. 8vo. A GORGEOUS 1990 1st Edition of this Pulitzer Prize finalist, signed by Hogan without inscription on the title page. Mean Spirit is a fictionalized account of the true events in Oklahoma during the 1920s, after the discovery of oil on Osage..... More
New York: Atheneum, 1990. 1st Edition. 8vo. A GORGEOUS 1990 1st Edition of this Pulitzer Prize finalist, signed by Hogan without inscription on the title page. Mean Spirit is a fictionalized account of the true events in Oklahoma during the 1920s, after the discovery of oil on Osage..... More
London: George Routledge & Frederick Warne, 1923. 24mo. A stunning 1923 desk set, seven volumes, including atlas, bound in fine olive calf by Sangorski & Sutcliffe of London. The set comprises two smaller volumes - Nuttall's Bijou Pronouncing Dictionary Of The English Language, 636pp; and The Bijou Dictionary..... More
c.1979. Limited Edition. A beautiful c.1979 full color lithograph from famed Eastern Shore of Maryland artist, John Moll. This Limited Edition is signed and dated in pencil by Moll, this being #128 of just 200 printed. The scene features the iconic waterfront of Annapolis, one of the most historic..... More
Williamsburg, Va: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1995. 1st Edition. Quarto. A scarce and profusely illustrated detailed study of this historic Chesterfield County, Virginia colonial plantation mansion. From the personal library of world-renowned Architectural Historian and Colonial Williamsburg Foundation leader, Edward Chappell, with his signature at the top of the..... More
Williamsburg, Va: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1995. 1st Edition. Quarto. A scarce and profusely illustrated detailed study of this historic Chesterfield County, Virginia colonial plantation mansion. From the personal library of world-renowned Architectural Historian and Colonial Williamsburg Foundation leader, Edward Chappell, with his signature at the top of the..... More
NCROL, 1992. 1st Edition. 8vo. Publisher's cloth. 231pp. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Dust jacket Fine. Presents handsomely in archival mylar. More