New York: Macmillan & Co, 1913. 8vo. An early 20th-century autobiographical account of the post-Civil War 'struggle' of Georgetown, South Carolina plantation life from a woman's perspective. "This journal of Southern life records a widow’s gallant four-year struggle to make rice-growing pay in post-bellum Carolina. Her style is..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1880. 8vo. GORGEOUS fine binding in contemporary 3/4 calf over cloth binding. From the 1880 Library Edition 0f 30 volumes. Tan calf over tan cloth covered boards with gilt ruling . Raised bands to spine with titling and ruling in gilt. Marbled..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1880. 8vo. GORGEOUS fine binding in contemporary 3/4 calf over cloth binding. From the 1880 Library Edition 0f 30 volumes. Tan calf over tan cloth covered boards with gilt ruling . Raised bands to spine with titling and ruling in gilt. Marbled..... More
Hartford, CT: Park Publishing Co., 1882. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. 1882 2nd Edition of Frederick Douglass' 3rd and final autobiography, originally published in 1881. Douglass' written life story was very similar to 'Leaves of Grass', by poet Walt Whitman, in that both were continually adding..... More
Salisbury, Md: Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture, 1996. Quarto. Two volumes complete. Trade paperbacks. Volume I - 1666-1700 Volume II - 1701-1720 Perfect bindings. Square tight bindings. Clean interiors, save for just a very few pencil markings and p/o signature to top of each front..... More
Salisbury, Md: Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture, 1997. 1st Edition. Quarto. Trade paperback. An exhaustively researched listing of known slaves and servants in Somerset County during its earliest days until the early 18th century, when the Eastern Shore was primarily agricultural and trading heavily in tobacco, when slaves..... More
Charlotte, NC: Karl Smith, 1949. Smith, Karl. A beautiful and quite scarce illustrated pictorial map memorializing and celebrating the life of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. The map identifies key battles of the Civil War as well as important moments on the life of Lee, such as his service in..... More
Philadelphia: Louis H. Eferts, 1881. 1st Edition. Quarto. A BEAUTIFUL 1881 1st Edition of this essential Maryland history. Scharf is arguably the most important historian in Maryland history, compiling many histories during the later half of the 19th century, and this is like most in that it is..... More
Baltimore, Md: Privately Printed, 1945. 1st Edition. 8vo. A beautiful volume in 'As New' conddition. Blue cloth with gilt titling Square tight binding. Clean Interior. A superior edition. More
Baltimore, Md: Kelly, Piet & Co., 1877. 1st Edition. 8vo. A yeoman's copy of this exceedingly scarce Maryland history, desirable for its concentration on important figures in the history of the free state often overlooked in general histories. Included are the likes of Revolutionary War hero Otho Holland Williams, Daniel..... More
Baltimore, Md: Privately Printed, 1934. 1st Edition. Scarce Maryland genealogical history. Burgundy cloth. Tight binding. Clean interior. Gilt titling to front and spines nice and bright. Boards with a very slight bow. Text block edges with mild foxing. A very nice edition. More
Wilmington, DE: Privately Printed, 1962. 1st Edition. 8vo. A beautiful 1962 1st Edition signed by the author and from the library of notable historian Charles Francis Stein, with two 1962 letters from the author to Stein laid in. Gold typographical wraps. Black plastic comb binding. Inscribed by the..... More