1793. 8vo. A beautiful 1793 Talbot / Queen Anne's County, Maryland manuscript land deed complete with original embossed paper seal attached. This document details a parcel of land, Lillington Castle, on the Eastern Shore of the Old Line State tracing its history back to its original grant in..... More
Washington, DC: U.S. Coast Survey, 1853. A GORGEOUS multi-color mid 19th-century nautical map of Chesapeake bay and the Eastern Shore of Maryland. This large map triangulates between various points on both sides of the Bay as well as Washington, DC, and includes historic towns such as Oxford, Easton, Cambridge..... More
New York: The New York Tribune, 1862. 1st Edition. AN incredible EARLY account of the important Civil War Battle of Antietam, near Sharpsburg, Maryland. This September 19, 1862 issue of the New York Times features a front page completely devoted to the battle, with more than five columns containing..... More
Philadelphia: Lake Griffing & Stevenson, 1877. 1st Edition. An original BEAUTIFUL 1877 hand-colored street map of NORTHEAST, Maryland and surrounding area in Cecil County, along Maryland's Eastern Shore This map features property owner names and some building footprints as they were shortly after the Civil War during the last..... More
Chicago, IL`: Poole Brothers, 1920. Quarto. A beautiful 1920 map of the Mason and Dixon Line of the Western Maryland Railroad, including depictions of a few routes of Chesapeake Bay steamboats, as well as all stops along the railroad routes. "The Mason and Dixon Line" is depicted 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
Baltimore, Maryland: The Baltimore Sun, 1999. Special Edition. A beautiful 1999 special section of the Baltimore Sun newspaper featuring four vintage Richard Q. Yardley cartoons, including a large cartoon on the front page. The front-page cartoon documents the event in 1910 when the Sun paid an aviator $500 to..... More
Baltimore: Baltimore: Press of T.A. Munder & Co., Inc., 1925. 8vo. Black backed with decorative yellow scale pattern to the front and rear. Illustrated endpapers. 36+15pp. B/W illustrations, color plates. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Mild rubbing and edge wear with a hint of very sporadic foxing. Overall a...... More
New York: The New York Tribune, 1863. An 1863 CIVIL WAR newspaper with a front-page headline report covering the Battle of Champion Hill, THE pivotal battle during the Siege of Vicksburg. This newspaper, among its front-page stacked headlines, contains a headline announcing the death of Confederate General and Claiborne..... More
Diocese of Wilmington, 1971. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. 1st Edition. From the library of St. Gertrude's Monestary on the Eastern Shore of Maryland with usual markings. Square tight binding with. Scarce history of the Catholic church in Dorcester County, Md. Mild edge wear and rubbing to boards..... More
Baltimore: Privately Printed, 1886. 1st Edition. 8vo. Original 1886 1st Printing. 20pp staplebound booklet Typographical wraps. Tape repair to spine. More
Washington, DC: Eastern Shore Publisher, 1974. Paperback. 8vo - over 7. 1974 directory of DELMARVA PENINSULA residents and businesses including 1970s artwork and advertising from Maryland and Delaware. Tan wraps with mild rubbing and edge wear. Small dampstain to rear lower fore edge corner affecting the last several pages... More
London: J. & A. Churchill, 1893. 1st Edition. Elephant Folio. An incredible elephant-folio sized portfolio containing large, fold-out architectural plans of hospitals and medical buildings around the world in the late 19th century, including Johns Hopkins, in Baltimore; Michael Reese Jewish Hospital, in Chicago; Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital, in Hanover..... More
Baltimore, Md: Maryland Historical Society, 1939. 1st Edition. 8vo. Trade paperback. Blue typographical wraps. Square tight binding. Clean interior. A touch of age toning around edges, including text block edges, otherwise a very nice copy. A superior edition. More
Annapolis: Jehu Chandler, 1816. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. 1st Edition. Contains laws of Maryland, December 4, 1815 - January 30, 1816, including laws on SLAVERY as well as the construction of the famous BATTE MONUMENT in Baltimore, construction of a new courthouse in Hagerstown as well as..... More
Annapolis: Jehu Chandler, 1813. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. Contains laws passed by the State of Maryland during a special session called by Governor Levin Winder to address military issues related to the WAR OF 1812. The Assembly met from May 17 -30, 1813 and passed, among others..... More
n.p. Board of Education of Dorchester County, 1962. Quarto. A BEAUTIFUL 1962 guide to living in Dorchester County, Maryland, then much different than it is today, then primarily a rural farming community outside of its historic seat, Cambridge. This work features 24 full-page tinted black and white historic..... More
Privately Printed, 1986. 1st Edition. Quarto. An interesting detailed study of this original two-room 18th-century Calvert County, Maryland agricultural structure. Illustrated with photocopied black and white photographs as well as fold-out architectural drawings. 24pp. White plastic comb binding. in pristine condition. More
Annapolis: State of Maryland, 1812. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. Laws Made and Passed by the General Assembly of the State of Maryland at an extra session....June 1812.This volume consists of the few laws passed by the state of Maryland after and in response to the U.S. declaration..... More
Philadelphia: Lake Griffing & Stevenson, 1877. 1st Edition. Elephant Folio. Original 1877 hand-colored map of Salisbury, Maryland, the seat of Wicomico County on Maryland's Eastern Shore. This map also features the lines of long defunct Eastern Shore railroads of the Wicomico & Pocomoke as well as the Eastern Shore..... More
Annapolis, Maryland: Historic Annapolis Foundation, 1980s. 4to - over 9. Three folders/binders full of Annapolis, Maryland history and architectural history designed as training material for history guides and docents. The lot consists of two folders and one binder. One binder contains fact sheets and talking points on the history of..... More
Washington, DC: The Goetz Co., 1962. 1st Thus. Quarto. The 3rd and final revision of this exhaustive history of the Tilghman family, one of the founding families of Maryland, originally published in 1928. Blue cloth. 320pp. titling stamped in gilt. Square tight binding. Clean interior, save for previous owner..... More
Field Camps in Virginia: 1864-1865. Two original 1864 and 1865 MARYLAND CIVIL WAR UNION ARMY CHAPLAIN Requisition Forms, submitted by Arthur Brickman, a U.S. Army Chaplain for the 3rd Maryland Infantry and the 1st Maryland cavalry. The 1864 document is for a horse for use in the field in..... More
Philadelphia: Augustus Mitchell, 1850. Beautiful 1850 Hand-Colored Map of Maryland and Delaware with a Chart of Chesapeake Bay Steamboat Routes. Published a decade before the beginning of the Civil War and during an explosion in the country's railroad routes, this map also depicts the still economically viable canals of..... More
Sanborn Insurance Company, 1912. Elephant Folio. A vibrant and exceedingly rare 1912 Sanborn Insurance Map of the historic business district of Easton, Maryland, depicting detailed building footprints as well as property owner names. This beautiful piece is matted and framed under UV-protective glass. While on the..... More