Philadelphia, Pa: Collins Printer, 1863. 1st Edition. duodecimo. A lovely volume on the history of a Southern Delaware congregation and church published as the Civil War was at its apex. Frontis engravings of the chapel as it was in 1780 and also the Mt. Pleasant Church in 1863, the..... More
Philadelphia, PA: Lake, Griffing & Stevenson, 1877. 1st Edition. Folio. A scarce 1877 Hand-Colored Street Map of the historic Eastern Shore of Maryland town of St. Michaels. This map, from the "Atlas of Talbot & Dorchester Counties", features building footprints, property owner names and a listing of the..... 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
Long Island: Privately Printed, 1946. 1st Edition. Quarto. A spectacular piece of U.S. Navy WW II history from one of the Navy's more decorated officers. Cooke (1879 – 1958) was a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and highly decorated officer in the U. S. Navy eventually rising..... More
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1988. Quarto. A beautiful two-volume set in original publisher dust jackets. 160 color illustrations, 138 halftones and eight maps. Beige cloth with titling stamped in gilt. Square tight bindings. Clean interiors. Dust jackets Near Fine to Fine, with very light edge..... More
Liverpool, England: City of Liverpool, 1974. 1st Edition. A beautiful and quite scarce 1974 pictorial map featuring landmarks associated with the Fab Four in the city where they got their start. This map was part of a promotional package issued by the city of Liverpool to capitalize on..... More
Philadelphia, Pa: Microsurance, 1968. Folio. A large three-volume set of the Pennsylvania Gazette while Benjamin Franklin was still the sole printer. The Pennsylvania Gazette was one of the United States' most prominent newspapers from 1728 until 1800. In the several years leading up to the American Revolution the..... More
New York: for Thos. E. Wilson & Co. by The Reilly & Lee Co., 1921. 1st Edition. 8vo. A scarce 1921 1st edition in the extremely rare original dust jacket. One of the greatest golfers of the sport's early Golden Era, Evans was the first person to win the..... More
New York: Macmillan, 1942. 2nd Printing. 8vo. A lovely 2nd Printing in scarce original dust jacket. Grey cloth. Square tight binding. Clean interior, save for previous ownership info in ink to front end paper. Mild rubbing and edge wear to binding. Dust jacket lightly age toned with..... More
Chicago, IL: Abraham Lincoln Bookshop, 1950. 1st Thus. Folio. A beautiful portfolio of facsimile campaign newspapers, originally printed to support Abraham Lincoln's first Presidential Election campaign in 1860. Limited to 150 sets printed. Originally printed between August 1 and October 27, 1860, this folio-sized portfolio contains a...... More
New York: Coward-Mccann, 1940. 1st Edition. 8vo. A lovely and uncommon culinary work featuring the recipes of the first First Lady, though modernized for the 20th century. "Prepare from the original manuscript given by Frances Parke Custis to Martha Washington which has hitherto never been released for publication by..... More
New York: University Publishing Company, 1870. 1st Thus. 8vo. A beautiful 1870 edition of this Revolutionary War classic first-hand account. This 3rd Edition has the additional feature of a new biography of Light Horse Harry Lee by his son, Confederate General Robert E. Lee, who also wrote the preface to..... More
London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1906. 8vo. A lovely two-volume set of Byron's classic satirical epic poem in a gorgeous fine binding. Black Morocco over blue cloth with gilt rules and titling. Vol 1, 252pp, Vol II, 262pp, printed on laid paper with deckle edges. Mild rubbing and edge..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996-97. 8vo. A beautiful three volume set in original publisher dust jackets. Norwich's magnum opus, Byzantium tells the history of the Eastern Roman Empire from 286 ad until the fall of Constantinople in 1453. Publisher's cloth. Square tight bindings. Clean interiors. All..... More
Frankfort, NY: Charles Magnus, 1864. A gorgeous 1864 original lithograph printed during the Civil War. This was one of several chromolithographs published by Magnus depicting the soldier hospitals in the nation's capital during the conflict. "Opened in December 1862, Lincoln General was the largest of the military..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1984. Quarto. Beautiful two-volume set featuring the art and history of Britain's finest romantic landscape painter. One volume contains reproductions of Constable's work while the other is text only, with detailed annotations. The 'Plates' volume contains approximately 1100 black and white as well..... More
London: Holland Press, 1987. 2nd Printing. Quarto. A beautiful 2nd Edition of Shirley's iconic cartographic history covering the golden age of exploration. Profusely illustrated with black and white as well as 18 full-color illustrations. Red cloth. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Dust jacket with mild edge wear and..... More
New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1896. 8vo. One of the most beautiful editions of Thoreau's classic natural history of the Massachusetts peninsula. Color illustrations by Amelia Watson. Two volumes complete. 173pp, 208pp, each volume with a color frontis. Green cloth with exquisite gilt floral decor on front boards..... More
New York: Harper's Weekly Illustrated Newspaper, 1861. 1st Edition. Folio. A full-page illustrated woodcut engraved illustrated map of Washington, DC just a few months after the start of the Civil War, depicting the heart of DC including the half-completed dome of the U.S. Capitol building. This July 27..... More
Hartford, Connecticut: American Pub. Co., 1888. 1st Edition. 8vo. A lovely 1888 1st Edition of a scarce history on the early African American military experience. Decorated red cloth, stamped in black and gilt. Generally a square tight binding, though front hinge starting. Clean interior, save for two inscriptions on..... More