New York: The New York Herald, 1861. A BEAUTIFUL original 1861 newspaper with a full, front-page map showing Union and Confederate troop dispositions just outside of Washington, DC, in Northern Virginia after the Battle of Bull Run. This historic depicts the front of war during its first year and..... More
New York: The New York World, 1863. An original 1863 Civil War newspaper with spectacular front-page headline reports covering the occupation of Maryland by Union forces at the order of President Abraham Lincoln, to keep the border state under Union control and prevent its moving into the Confederacy... More
1958. A beautiful 1958 movie theatre advertising poster for the re-release off the 1927 classic 'Uncle Tom's Cabin', based on Harriet Beecher Stowe's 1852 novel. "Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927) is a silent film directed by Harry A. Pollard and released by Universal Pictures. The film is based on the..... 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
n.p. United States Navy, 1983. 1st Edition. Quarto. Green leather with yellow type and illustration to front board. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Profusely illustrated with historic photographs. A very small chip to leather along bottom front edge. A superior edition. 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
London: Anglo-Palestine Publications, 1946. 8vo. An important post-WW II Middle East Documentary on what would become the country of Israel just two years later, with large fold-out color map of Palestine. The map depicts the Gaza Strip in Vignette at the lower right and refers to today's West Bank..... More
New York: Niagara Lithography Co., 1919. Christy, Howard Chandler. 1st Edition. One of the most iconic bond posters of WW I and one of Howard Chandler Christy's most beloved. This original WW I propaganda poster features a monumental Lady Columbia, rising from the ocean before a billowing American..... More
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
New York: Geographia Map Co., 1942. An original 1942 Folding Street Map of Queens, published with an eye towards tourism in a booklet chock full of vintage WW II ear NYC history. This beautiful piece is printed in green and black and features such landmarks as Flushing Meadow Park..... More
New York: United States Printing and Lithograph Co., 1918. Young, Ellsworth. 1st Edition. A beautiful original WW I propaganda poster by iconic early 20th-century illustrator Ellsworth Young, who go on to create artwork for the Works progress Administration under Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal. The poster depicts a German soldier..... More
New York: Japan Textile Color Design Center, 1980. Folio. A beautiful over-sized coffee table book complete with publisher's clamshell box. Thick grey buckram. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Crepe paper end papers. Dust jacket with bright floral design in Fine Condition. Clamshell box in Very Good condition..... More
New York: New York Graphic Society, 1986. Quarto. A spectacular set of five volumes in exquisite condition, each in original dust jackets and each in publisher slipcases. The five titles are Architecture; Manuscripts, The Treasury, Textiles, and Carpets. Profusely illustrated with full-page color plates. Books and dust jackets..... More
Paris: Horos, 1921. 1st Edition. Folio. A beautiful folio-sized naturist portfolio with folding flaps. Twenty plates, 12 in black and white and eight in duotone, each with protective tissue. This is the 1st Edition after a Limited Deluxe edition with a 21st plate. Preface hymn by de Saint Pol..... More
folio. A large bound volume of facsimile issues of the New York Evening Post, one of the earliest newspapers printed in North America, dating from January 6, 1746 - December 29, 1746. Each leaf is printed on one side only, making each page of each newspaper, in effect, a...... More
London: Cassell, 1910. 1st Edition. 8vo. A very scarce turn-of-the-century how-to from the wooden club era. 134pp. Illustrated color wraps. Period advertising throughout. Historic black and white photos and illustration. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Mild rubbing and edge wear to wraps. A crease or two to spine..... 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
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
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
Florence: EDIZIONI PONTE VECCHIO, n.d. Brahe, Tycho. Later Printing. Elephant Folio. A GORGEOUS later restrike of a 1662 copperplate engraving of an astronomical instrument printed by Johan Blaeu, taken from the original drawings of Tycho Brahe, the most important astronomer of the 16th century. Published by Edizioni Ponte..... More
London: Elliot Stock, 1884. Early Printing. Duodecimo. A beautiful 1884 Early Printing covering a year in the English artist's garden, in a gorgeous fine binding. Contemporary black morocco with gilt ruling to board edges. raised bands to spine with gilt ruling and titling. 205pp. Top edge gilt. Illustrations by..... More
London: Privately Printed, 1842. 24mo. A scarce 1842 3rd printing of this antebellum era sewing primer, with a fold-out broadside at the front depicting 35 different 19th-century stitches. Charcoal grey cloth. Gilt titling and illustration to front board. All edges gilt. Clean interior. Hinges a touch tender but intact..... More
Salem, Massachusetts: The Peabody Museum of Salem, 1981. Quarto. Handsome two volume set which includes every maritime picture received by the Peabody Museum of Salem since its founding in 1799. Oversized hardback books with over 1,500 illustrations of which some are in color.. Dust jacket of volume I shows..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1880. 8vo. GORGEOUS three-volume set in contemporary 3/4 calf over cloth binding. From the 1880 Library Edition 0f 30 volumes, these three volumes constitute numbers II-IV of the original set. Tan calf over tan cloth covered boards with gilt ruling . Raised..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, Limited, 1888. 1st Edition. 8vo. This scarce 1888 1st Edition features historic black and white photographs of historic Irish traditional lace designs along with detailed descriptions of each. Thin yellow illustrated cloth over thick card stock boards. Illustration and titling in green. Square tight..... More