Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1929. 1st Edition. Quarto. An extremely scarce catalog of historic items loaned to the Library of Congress by Maggs Bros. of London for a 1929 exhibition. In a later hardback binding of blue cloth with original title wrap laid down to front board, making..... More
1859. A large 1859 facsimile printing of the grant of Pennsylvania by King Charles II of great Britain to William Penn. Charles granted the large tract to settle a debt to Penn's father. This historic piece is dated 1681and features the King's coat of arms. "In 1677..... More
Chicago, Ill: The University of Chicago Press, 1935. 8vo. A beautiful 1st Edition with a warm inscription to a colleague on the half title page, signed boldly in blue ink. Red cloth. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Very mild wear to binding. Beautiful Art Deco illustrated dust jacket..... More
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Amsterdam: Nicolaas Goetzee, 1749. 1st Edition. An uncommonly nice and beautiful example of this scarce 18th-century map of the 'Old World' showing the continents of Europe, Asia, and Africa divided among the sons of Noah. The continental outlines are shown according to 18th century knowledge, with interiors reflecting..... More
Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1903. 1st Edition. 8vo. A spectacular 1903 1st Edition, 1st Printing of this turn of the last century Maine wilderness memoir, in Fine condition. Frederick Barker (1853-1937) lived in the Rangeley Region of Maine and was what one might call a wilderness renaissance..... More
Cambridge, Maryland: Tidewater Publishers, 1977. Quarto. A vibrant narrative of the Ward brothers' lives and their achievements, increasingly difficult to find. Green cloth with gilt titling on spine with large gilt duck illustration on front board. Slight wear on bottom binding edges. Interior is clean except for..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam & Co., 1855. 8vo. First.edition of Bayard Taylor's first hand account of his travels across the world. Red cloth. Tight square binding. Gilt on spine slightly worn. Bumping to the top and bottom of the spine and edges. Illustrated with a detailed folding map..... More
Oxford: Oxprint, 1978. 8vo. Very Good copy of the Kukukuku peoples of Papua, New Guinea. Clean copy. Illustrated with maps and photographs. Edited by C. R. Hallpike from Beatrice Blackwood's published article and unpublished field notes. Interesting sociological and ecological study of these unique peoples. More
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1937. 1st Edition. 8vo. 1st Edition of this important 'Rivers of America' work, the first published in the 64-volume series. "Constance Lindsay Skinner initially conceived the series and was also the first series editor. "She wrote an essay that was included..... More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1907. 1st Edition. A beautiful 1907 1st Edition of the explorations of Colonel George Earl Church in Brazil during the 1870s with six maps, five of them full-color and black-and-white fold-outs. "Having written on issues associated with Mexico, the United States Government had Church appointed as..... More
New York: Ethyl Corp, 1953. Evans, Lewis. Quarto. Beautiful 1953 color printing of Lew Evans' important and iconic map of the Middle Colonies of the British North America at the beginning of the French and Indian War. Published by the Ethyl Corporation presumably as a gift for employees or..... More
Brockhampton, 1960-01-01. Hardcover. Light green cloth. Square Tight Binding. Warmly inscribed by Rear Admiral Dufek, presumably to the son of one of fellow Operation Deep Freeze adventurers D-Diroche. Dufek waxes about the possibility of the son going to the Antarctic like his father. Dufek was a WWII hero who commanded..... More
Ohio: Martino Fine Books, 1995. 8vo. Five volumes complete. Burgundy cloth. Square tight bindings. Clean interiors. Set in Fine condition with little, if any, wear. A superior edition. More
New York: G. P. Putnam & Co., 1934. 1st US Edition. 8vo. First edition of R. T. Gould's classic examination of this mystical and legendary sea creature, in original dust jacket. The lore of the sea serpent has been a large part of the sea-faring world since the..... More
London: Hakluyt Society, 1982. 8vo. Four volume set devoted to the journals of the naturalist aboard the second expedition of Captain James Cook to the South Pacific. "When Joseph Banks withdrew at the last moment as naturalist on Cook's second voyage, Forster and his son were appointed to..... More
Kingston House, 1951. Hardcover. Half teal cloth. Square Tight Binding.Clean interior. jacket with a few creases and a chip to lower spine. Presents handsomely in archival mylar. More
Burt Franklin, 1968-06-01. Hardcover. Brown cloth gilt. Square Tight Binding.Clean interior. Very little wear. More
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
London: Thomas Bassett and Richard Chiswell, 1676. A Fine example of the all-important 1676 map, "A Map of Virginia and Maryland", the ninth and last derivative of the 1608 John Smith map. Offered here without later coloring, in its original published form. This map was engraved..... More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1909. 1st Edition. 8vo. A beautiful and scarce 1st Edition of this first-hand turn-of-the-century travel memoir. Ex-library but in nice condition as such. Olive cloth with elaborate gilt décor to front board and spine. Square binding. Top edge gilt. 389pp. black..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1910. Maney, John Arthur. First Edition. Royal Octavo. A gorgeous 1910 1st Edition of a fascinating history of this crucial region which was pivotal in deciding the War for Empire between France and England in the 18th century. 1st Edition. 381pp + ads..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1914. 1st Edition. Large Octavo. A BEAUTIFUL 1914 1st Edition of this classic Roosevelt South American memoir. Photogravure frontispiece of Roosevelt and Colonel Rondon. Profusely illustrated with photographs by Kermit Roosevelt. Large fold-out map at the end rear of book. "After failing..... More
New York: Philosophical Library, 1956. 1st US Edition. 8vo. A gorgeous 1st American Edition in a lovely original publisher dust jacket. 636pp. Translated and with an introduction by Hazel Barnes. As Sartre became more intimately involved in the concrete political questions of his day, he came..... More
For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O, 1981-01-01. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9. Square tight binding with clean bright interior. small scratch to front board. More
IMPRINT SOCIETY, 1971-01-01. Special Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. Two volumes complete in original slipcase. Square Tight Bindings. Clean interiors. Little to no wear to books, save for a small discoloration to paper spine label of volume two. Slipcase with very mild edge wear. A handsome set. More