Annapolis, Md: State of Maryland, 1913. A spectacular WW I-era Eastern Shore political appointment boldly signed by Governor Phillips Lee Goldsborough. Featuring a gorgeous bronze-colored, richly embossed and detailed Seal of Maryland, this piece documents the appointment of John Scott as a Justice of the Peace in Worcester..... More
Annapolis: State of Maryland, 1812. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. Laws Made and Passed by the General Assembly of the State of Maryland at an extra session....June 1812.This volume consists of the few laws passed by the state of Maryland after and in response to the U.S. declaration..... More
Philadelphia: Lake Griffing & Stevenson, 1877. 1st Edition. Elephant Folio. Original 1877 hand-colored map of Salisbury, Maryland, the seat of Wicomico County on Maryland's Eastern Shore. This map also features the lines of long defunct Eastern Shore railroads of the Wicomico & Pocomoke as well as the Eastern Shore..... 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 Easton, seat of Talbot County. This map, from the "Atlas of Talbot & Dorchester Counties", features building footprints, property owner names and a...... More
Field Camps in Virginia: 1864-1865. Two original 1864 and 1865 MARYLAND CIVIL WAR UNION ARMY CHAPLAIN Requisition Forms, submitted by Arthur Brickman, a U.S. Army Chaplain for the 3rd Maryland Infantry and the 1st Maryland cavalry. The 1864 document is for a horse for use in the field in..... More
Venice, Italy: Atante Novissimo, 1779. Beautiful hand-colored map published during the midst of the Revolutionary War, extending from Philadelphia and Delaware Bay in the Northeast, to Cape Lookout, Beaufort and the Welsh Settlement in South Carolina in the Southeast and extending West to show all of the Allegheny Mountains and..... More
New York: William Morrow, 1956. 1st Edition. 8vo. Interesting 1956 novel of Revolutionary War - Era Maryland. Half black and yellow cloth. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Mild wear to binding including age toning around edges. Dust jacket rubbed with moderate edge wear, including a small tape repair to..... More
Easton, Maryland: The Republican Star & General Advertiser, 1823. 1st. Folio. An incredible piece of Talbot County, Maryland pre-Civil War Black Americana. This original November 4, 1823 issue of the Republican Star & General Advertiser, was the hometown newspaper, published in Easton, Maryland on the state's beautiful and primarily..... More
Baltimore, Md: Maryland Historical Society, 1970. 1st Edition. 8vo. An exceedingly-scarce history of Quakers on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Virginia, a hotbed of the religion since the 17th century. Carroll (1924-2021) was a leading authority on Quakers and the Society of Friends for six decades, since..... More
Federalsburg, Md: Federalsburg Chamber of Commerce, 1932. 1st Edition. Long Octavo. A wonderful booklet celebrating this historic Caroline County, Maryland town. Published during the darkest hours of the Great Depression, this booklet was intended to lure visitors, businesses and new residents. Unpaginated but approximately 100 pages. Profusely illustrated..... More
Alexandria, Va: The Alexandria Gazette, 1863. Quarto. An original 1863 CIVIL WAR newspaper with a detailed back-page headline report announcing that a group of Maryland plantation owners has complained to President Abraham Lincoln about units of U.S. Colored Troops stationed in the area poaching their property by attempting to recruit..... More
Paris: J.A.C. Buchon, 1825. 1st Edition. Folio. A SPECTACULAR 1825 French hand-colored map of Delaware from Lucas' 1822 map, which breaks populations by Whites, Free Blacks and Slaves. Originally published in 1822 by Carey and Lea and then revised and republished in 1825 by J. A. C. Buchon..... More
Privately Printed, 1982. 8vo. Trade paperback. Signed by the author on the title page. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Mild wear. More
Calvert Marine Museum Pr, 1991-11-01. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. Brand new, still in publisher shrink wrap. An excellent history the M.M. Davis & Son shipyard in Solomons, Maryland along the Western Shore of the Chesapeake Bay, begun in 1883. A superior edition. More
New York: Triangle Books, 1942. 8vo. An early reprint of this scarce Maryland-themed medical mystery. "The horrible death of an aged spinster, solved by a new kind of detective, a woman physician whose knowledge of human nature led her to her killer." Gold cloth. Clean interior. Tight binding..... More
Baltimore, Md: Privately Printed, 1934. 1st Edition. Quarto. Gorgeous 1st Edition copy of one of Forman's most desirable works. Without question Forman's most beautiful book, privately printed and bound in red cloth with elaborate gilt titling and illustration to the front board. From the library of notable historian..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1935. 1st Edition. Octavo. This 1935 Great Depression era novel of life on Maryland's Eastern Shore is exceedingly scarce in commerce, and this 1st Edition comes in rare original dust jacket. Set just north of the historic town of Saint Michaels, in Talbot County, Gill's..... More
Talbot County, Md: Privately Printed, 1992. 1st Edition. 8vo. Beautiful 1st Edition inscribed and signed by the author on the front end paper. Blue cloth gilt. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Dust jacket Near Fine with a hint of rubbing to the rear panel. Presents handsomely in archival..... More
Oxford, Md: Privately Printed, 2004. 1st. A very nice association copy, Inscribed by Hanks to his friend and next door neighbor in Oxford, Maryland, Hanks' home town. "K__, This book is factual, but it reveals the unexpected.", Mr Fletcher. Fletcher Hanks 10/10/04" Hanks was a pilot and Captain..... More
York, Pa: George Shumway Publisher, 1977. 1st Edition. Quarto. A beautiful copy in original dust jacket. profusely illustrated and covering arms makers from early colonial days into the 20th century. Tan cloth. Square Tight Binding. Clean interior. Mild edge wear to binding. Dust jacket with just..... More
hagerstown, Md: Globe Jobs Room Print, 1890. 1st Edition. 8vo. Rare edition combining a history of the 1862 Maryland Campaign with a History of the Antietam national Cemetery, with a detailed roster of the battle dead interred. Laid in is an original19th-century button, dated September 17, 1896, likely..... More
n.p. Privately Printed, 1944. 1st Edition. Duodecimo. Beautiful 1944 collection of color photographs of important Maryland architectural landmarks, mostly early mansions. Featured alongside each of the 24 photographs is a detailed description of the subject. Depicted are iconic Maryland wonders such as Perry Hall in Talbot County, Deep Falls..... More
Printed by Warner & Hanna, Harrison street, 1799-01-01. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7. Contemporary quarter leather over marbled paper-covered boards. 1799 signature on the front paste down of John Hanson Thomas, grandson of FOUNDING FATHER and President of the Continental Congress, John Hanson. John Hanson Thomas was the..... More
Cambridge, MD: Dorchester County Historical Society, 1965. 1st Edition. Quarto. A lovely copy signed by the author on the title page. Gold typographical wraps. Black plastic comb binding. Clean interior, save for previous owner name to top of verso of front wrap. Mild rubbing and edge wear to wraps. More
New York: Longmans, Green, 1910. 1st Edition. 8vo. A scarce Confederate memoir from this Baltimore, Maryland native and member of the 2nd Maryland, CSA who was struck by four bullets on Culp's Hill at the Battle of Gettysburg. McKim was born in Baltimore and grew up at Belvedere, the..... More