August, 2022
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
Philadelphia: Lake Griffing & Stevenson, 1877. 1st Edition. Elephant Folio. Original 1877 hand-colored map of Ocean City, Maryland, with detailed street maps of Ocean City and Whaleyville (Worcester County) in vignette along the lower edge. This map also contains the picturesque town of Berlin and features the lines..... More
New York: Easton Press, 1989. 8vo. A stunningly beautiful six-volume set, bound in leather with gilt titling and binding illustrations stamped in blind with grey and black shadowing. The titles include: List of titles: 1. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, with original illustrations by W. W. Denslow; 2.The..... More
San Francisco: The H.S. Crocker Co., 1918. 1st Edition. Quarto. A beautiful 1918 1st Edition of 26 halftone photographic plates from this iconic early 20th-century disciple of Stieglitz. These photos were produced early in Bruguiere's career when he operated from his own studio in San Francisco, and document turn of..... 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
Buffalo, NY: Gies Company, 1916. A beautiful 1916 pictorial panoramic map depicting the lower portion of the Niagara Gorge and Niagara Falls between Buffalo and Lewiston, New York. The Bird's Eye View is situated above the Canadian Falls looking across the Niagara River into New York to maximize the views..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1914. 8vo. Beautiful Two-volume 1st Edition J.H. Fabre set on Bees, with Volume I in the exceedingly rare dust jacket. "Fabre is best known for his findings in the field of entomology, the study of insects, and is considered by many to..... More
Baltimore, Md: Charles Saffell, c.1889. Duodecimo. Extremely scarce history of the Battles of North Point and the Bombing of Fort McHenry during the War of 1812, with detailed muster rolls of those patriotic Americans who participated. Very early reprint, though undated. 137pp while Sabin notes a 1st Edition of..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1922-1927. 8vo. Beautiful six-volume set from the winner of the 1921 Nobel Prize in Literature, all in scarce original dust jackets. Three of the volumes are 1st Editions and three are early printings, with none printed after 1926, two years after the..... More
Moscow: Academia, 1934. Folio. A Spectacular 1934 portfolio of 100 illuminated color miniature illustrations from Medieval Russia, published in Moscow during the pre-WW II rule of Joseph Stalin. Of the original 100 prints in the collection, three are lacking, nos. 72, 73 and 99, making a total of 97..... More
New York: 1861. A GORGEOUS and rare 1861 folding pocket map of the recently-begun Civil War, complete with original yellow typographical wraps. This historic piece, titled "Panorama of the Seat of War", features engraved portraits of Commodore Andrew Hull Foote and Admiral Silas Stringham in vignette at the top..... More
Salisbury, Md: Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture, 1997. 1st Edition. Quarto. Trade paperback. An exhaustively researched listing of known slaves and servants in Somerset County during its earliest days until the early 18th century, when the Eastern Shore was primarily agricultural and trading heavily in tobacco, when slaves..... More