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Ilchester: College Press, 1904. First edition. Black and white illustrations. Full cloth. Octavo. xxiv, 253 pages. In 1853 the Redemptorist Order inherited the Annapolis mansion of Charles Carroll of Carrollton--the longest surviving Signer of the Declaration of Independence. This is a history of that religious community during its first 50..... More

(Burton, MI): Subterranean Press, 2007. Limited edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 389 pages. Ray Bradbury's "I Sing the Body Electric" was first published in 1969. The title story was adapted from a 1962 episode of the Twilight Zone which Bradbury had written. This limited edition includes 11 additional stories that had appeared..... More

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1918. First Edition. Fold-out plans, tables, photographs. Original cloth. Octavo. 96 pages. Scarce, Confidential manual on the weaponry associated with U. S. Army aircraft and pilots in World War I. Sections on the Marlin, the Lewis, and the Vickers aircraft machine guns, synchronizing gears, machine gun..... More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933. First US Edition. Maps and plans, some folding. Full cloth. Octavo. xvi, 381 pages. Winston Churchill's detailed military history of the operations directed by Lord Kitchener on the Upper Nile between April 1896 and November 1899. Churchill was a participant in the decisive battle..... More

New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1903. First edition. Black and white photographs. Full cloth. Small quarto. xiv, 492 pages. Observations and impressions by an American woman's who was with Ambassador Horace Porter's party on a diplomatic visit to Turkey. Dodd stayed at the Sultan's Yildiz Palace at Constantinople. Illustrated..... More

London: J. Almon, 1766. Second edition. Disbound. Octavo. [vi], 81, [1] pages. Daniel Dulany's highly influential pamphlet in opposition to the Stamp Act of 1765. He argued that while inhabitants of England were properly represented by members of Parliament (elected by other inhabitants of England), the same was not be..... More

New York: International Publishers, (1938). First printing. Black and white frontispiece photographic portrait. Cloth over boards. Octavo. 222 pages. Jim Ford was an African American activist and Vice-Presidential candidate for the Communist Party USA in 1932, 1936, and 1940. He wrote these articles in the heat of the struggles for..... More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1963. Second printing before publication. Cloth hardcover. Octavo. [viii], 434 pages. Sterling Hayden was a very successful actor with a multi-film contract when he suddenly walked away from Hollywood. This is his own story of that revolt and his defiance of federal courts to sail..... More

Fort Worth: Western Heritage Press, (1971). First Edition. Black & white photos, facsimiles, etc. Hardcover. Octavo. 202 pages. History of New Mexico's rugged frontier rangers and their fight for law and order in the territory. In addition to his other research, Hornung was able to gather personal recollections from the..... More

New York: Pynson Printers, 1937. Limited Edition. Black & white cuts, some color. Hardcover. Duodecimo. 83 pages. Beautiful little collection of Rockwell Kent's distinctive bookplates, initials, and marks. A first collection was printed in 1929 in an edition of 1250 copies, and quickly sold out. This companion volume was published..... More

Washington: Printed by William A. Davis, 1817. Disbound. Quarto. 14 pages. A listing of 24 post-roads across various states that were deemed unproductive as of February 20th, 1817. The criteria were that the road had been established for more than two years and that it had not, within the preceding..... More

(S.l.): (S.n.), [1940s]. Black & white halftones from photographs. Saddle-stapled wrappers. Octavo. [8] pages. Interesting booklet on Ray R. Myers, born without arms. Though a circus sought to employ him at age 3, his parents chose to give him as normal a life as they could. He learned to play..... More