New York: New York Tribune, 1864. 1st Edition. A beautiful 1864 issue of the New York Tribune, dated October 18, 1864, with a long and detailed front-page report announcing that the border state of Maryland has officially abolished slavery, to take effect on November 1st of the same year... More
New York: Rand McNally, 1917. GORGEOUS WW I-Era Street Map of New York city, featuring many iconic NYC landmarks. The Polo Grounds, home of the New York Yankees in 1917, is represented, as is Central Park, Grand Central Station, Battery Park, the Brooklyn Bridge and many more. Most..... More
Brooklyn, NY: Bazan Photos Publishing, 2011. 1st Edition. Quarto. Beautiful and quite scarce 1st Edition of Bazan's second documentary of life on the isolated island of Cuba beginning, which he began with the publication of 'Bazan Cuba' in 2008. Al Campo takes a different path than Cuba, which..... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. 1st Edition. 8vo. A beautiful volume in Fine condition. Appears never opened. Black cloth gilt. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Dust jacket is equally as nice. Presents handsomely in archival mylar. A superior edition. More
Chicago, IL: Ken Magazine, 1938. 1st Edition. Quarto. "Caught here in all their peculiar beauty by the soul searching stylus of W. Cotton, Ken holds up for wonder the mangy motley pack of little "strong men" who are now leading the world on a backward march to the Dark Ages"..... More
England: The Northampton Mercury, 1781. Folio. A spectacular 1781 Revolutionary War newspaper with FRONT-PAGE reports of events in South Carolina during the lead up to Cornwallis' surrender at Yorktown. The front page consists of a report of the Continental Army's Siege of the British backcountry stronghold Ninety-Six, including excerpts..... More
London: Nonesuch Press, 1925. 12mo. A beautiful 1925 Nonesuch Press Limited Edition of Mother Goose, with color illustrations throughout. This copy is number 688 of 1250 printed. Quarter blue cloth with gilt titling to spine. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Gilt on spine faded. paper covered boards with..... More
England: The Prometheus Trust, 1995. 8vo. A BEAUTIFUL five-volume set of Plato, the ancient Greek philosopher who founded the Platonist school of thought and the Academy, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. These five volumes, a complete five-volume set of this title, were part of..... More
England: The Northampton Mercury, 1781. Folio. A spectacular 1781 Revolutionary War newspaper with a long and detailed front-page eyewitness account of the Battle of the Capes, the pivotal naval battle at the mouth of Chesapeake Bay between French and English warships which sealed the fate of British General Lord Cornwallis..... More
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1942. 1st Edition. A beautiful original WW II War Bonds Poster illustrated by Alfred Charles Parker, featuring a mother and daughter doing their part to help the war effort, filling their stamp books. "A founder of the modern glamour aesthetic, Alfred Charles Parker (1906-1985)..... More