William Paca: A Biography
Maryland Historical Society, 1976. 1st Edition. 8vo. Trade paperback. Square Tight Binding. Clean interior. More
Maryland Historical Society, 1976. 1st Edition. 8vo. Trade paperback. Square Tight Binding. Clean interior. More
New York: Macmillan, 1938. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. A GORGEOUS 8-volume Limited Edition set of one of the most in-demand memoirs of the 19th-century.Charles Greville was born and bred into the the uppermost circles of British aristocracy and served under three British Kings and Queens, George IV..... More
D. Appleton and Co., 1930-01-01. 3rd edition. Hardcover. Square tight binding with clean interior. Rubbing and wear to boards. Pages lightly tanned. Deckle edge. More
New York: Random House, 1955. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. Illustrated cloth boards with square tight binding and clean bright interior. Light erasure marks to top of front end paper. Jacket with faint edge wear and light soiling, presents handsomely in archival mylar. More
Texas: Frontier Press, 1954. 1st Edition. Paperback. 8vo - over 7. Staple Bound trade paperback. Orange wraps. Square Tight Binding. Clean interior, though previous name erased out creating small hole in title page underneath author name. Mild edge wear and rubbing to wraps. Ex-Library with a very few of the..... More
Houghton Mifflin Company, 1939. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. Three volumes, all with dust wrappers. All three with Square tight binding with clean interiors. Illustrated map end papers to two volumes. Jackets lightly soiled with minor edge wear but in good shape. All three $2.50 original prices intact. Presents handsomely..... More
Houghton Mifflin Company, 1939. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. Three volumes, all with dust wrappers. All three with Square tight binding with clean interiors. Illustrated map end papers to two volumes. Jackets lightly soiled with minor edge wear but in good shape. All three $2.50 original prices intact. Presents handsomely..... More
Maryland Historical Society, 1980-06-01. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. Blue cloth with silver foil lettering and coat of arms. Square Tight Binding. Clean bright text.Inscribed by author Samuel Jett to friend, long-time Annapolis Capital columnist and former CIA executive John Mellin, with Mellins private library bookplate on the..... More
Clearfield, 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. 1914 1st Edition. An excellent copy of this VERY scarce Revolutionary War valuable reference. 668 pages of entries of known officers of the Revolution with short biographical sketches of service in the Continental Army, including dates and battles taken prisoner. In..... More
The Archive Society, 1996. Special Edition. 8vo. A gorgeous two-volume set in a beautiful fine binding. Grey leather with titling stamped in gilt. All edges gilt. Folding maps. Vol. I 447pp; Vol II 528pp. Square tight bindings. Clean interiors. Originally published in 1913, Henderson's work remains..... More
Baltimore, Md: Williams & Wilkins Company, 1914. 8vo. Scarce first-hand account from the grandson of Revolutionary War hero John Eager Howard, who served with distinction for the South during the Civil War. 423pp. Fold-out map with 11 black and white plates. Red cloth. Square tight binding. Clean interior..... More
Harpercollins, 1990-05-01. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. Square tight binding with clean bright interior. More
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1978. Alfred Stieglitz. 1st Edition. Folio. A gorgeous folio-sized collection of intimate black and white portraits of one of the 20th century's most influential artists. Complete with original dust jacket and slipcase. Introduction written by O'Keeffe. 51 plates of photographs taken by..... More
McGraw - Hill Book Company, 1950-01-01. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. Square tight binding with clean interior. P/O signature to top of front pastedown. Pages lightly tanned. Jacket with rubbing and edge wear. Presents handsomely in archival mylar. More
New York: Scribners, 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. Yellow cloth. Square Tight Binding. Clean interior. Yellow cloth lightly soiled with mild edge wear. Jacket rubbed and worn with a few closed tears. Presents handsomely in archival mylar. More
Privately Printed, 1864. 1st Edition. 8vo. A beautiful first-hand Civil War account published while the war was still raging. Brown cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Square tight binding. Clean interior, save for a contemporary inscription on the front end paper from 49th member James Kittle to fellow Union..... 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: D. Appleton and Co., 1876. 8vo. 1876 early printing, bound in original publishers cloth. Green cloth with gilt titling to front and spine. Square tight binding. Clean interior, save for contemporary signature to top of front end paper. Sporadic mild foxing. Mild rubbing and edge..... More
Charlottesville, Va: Virginia Folklore Society, 1979-1981. 1st Edition. Quarto. Two quarto-sized staple-bound trade paperbacks, very uncommon in commerce, featuring a myriad of articles and vintage photography of Appalacia and Blue Ridge folklife. Topics include the Tradition of African-American Banjo Playing, a biography of 'Tippy' Rhodes: Black Street Dancer in..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1925. Early Edition. 8vo. A beautiful 1925 Early Printing of Joyce's first published novel, which made its first appearance in serial format in 1914-1915, complete with Rare original dust jacket in excellent condition. "In its final form A Portrait of the Artist as..... More
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1979. 8vo. A drop-dead gorgeous set, all in original dust jackets, complete in 23 volumes. This set, extremely rare when offered as such, is more so when offered with the two supplemental volumes, A and B. The original set was 20 volumes in 21..... More
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2009. Early Printing. Folio. An extraordinary facsimile of the personal self-searching journal of Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung, profusely illustrated with Jung's own brightly illuminated art. "The work was crafted by Jung between 1914 and about 1930. It follows, records and comments..... More
P. J. Kenedy & Sons, 1937-01-01. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. Handsome 1st Edition copy of this important Saint who lived during the early days of Spanish colonization of the New World. Tan cloth. Square Tight Binding. Clean interior. Three small spots to fore edge of text block..... More
Published by the author. 1938-01-01. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. Square tight binding with clean bright interior. A History of Butch Cassidy and his Wild Bunch: Hole-in-the-wall/ Brown’s Hole/Robber’s Roost. Initial blank leaf signed by the author, Charles Kelly. Bill Flenning illustrator. Salt Lake City: 1938. 8vo. Maroon..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1935. Kent, Rockwell. 8vo. A beautiful 1935 1st Edition of this classic Rockwell Kent work, illustrated by Kent. Blue cloth. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Profusely illustrated with Kent's iconic art-deco illustrations, including along the spine of the binding. Light dampstain..... More