(s. L. ): (S. N. ), 1927. First Edition. Black and White Photographs, Maps. Full leather. Quarto. viii, 106 pages. History of the evolution of the great port of London, from Roman times to the early 20th century. Well illustrated with photographs, a color plate of the Head Office of... More
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., (1940). First Edition. Black & White Photographs, Drawings. Full cloth. Quarto. 223 pages. Chronological record of American ship carving, an art which as one of the first expressions of the plastic arts in this country represents an important epoch in American sculpture... More
Gloucester: Procter Brothers, 1873. First Edition. Black & White Engraved Cuts. Original cloth. Octavo. iv, 172 + ads pages. Subtitle continues: "…Containing a list of vessels and their crews, lost from the Port of Gloucester from the year 1830 to October 1, 1873, embracing a period of nearly half a.... More
Baltimore: John Murphy Company, (1908). First Edition. Frontispiece Portrait. Full cloth. Duodecimo. 180 pages. James Ryder Randall, a native Marylander, was a 22 year-old teacher living in New Orleans when the Civil War broke out in 1861. His sympathies were definitely with the South, and his inspiration for "Maryland, My... More
[New York]: (The Harbor Press), 1933. Hardcover. Octavo. 15 pages. The true first edition of FDR’s first Inaugural Address. He made a number of last-minute changes to the text after it had already been delivered to the Government Printing Office for printing, and even then deviated somewhat from his amended... More
Los Angeles: Glen Dawson, 1961. First Edition. Color Frontispiece. Full cloth. Duodecimo. x, 178 pages. One of 250 copies. Comprehensive reference to the series, including chronological and numerical lists of the volumes published plus indexes by contributor and subject. Errata page bound in at rear. Grey cloth over boards with... More
Philadelphia: Ferguson Bros. & Co., 1880. Engraved Plates. Quarter cloth. Quartos. 595 & 600 pages. Rev. Smith was the first provost of the College and Academy of Philadelphia, first president of Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, secretary of the American Philosophical Society, etc. His great-grandson here presents a heavily documented... More
Springfield: Phillips Bros. [1929]. First Edition. Black and White Photographs. Hardcover. Octavo. 56 pages. Commemorative book produced for the 40th annual convention of the Sons of the American Revolution. Includes many interesting anecdotes of the Lincolns' lives in Springfield. There is an informative analysis of the newspaper coverage of the... More
Ayer, MA: E. B. Butterfield, 1890. First Edition. Numerous Black & White Cuts. Cloth spine, printed boards. Octavo. 39 pages. Directories for Plymouth and the adjoining town of Kingston, Massachusetts bound together with individual title pages thus: "Directory and History of Plymouth, Mass. 1890. Containing: General Directory of the Citizens... More
New York: Smith & Stanton, 1895. First Edition. Drawings. Full cloth. Oblong quarto. 500 pages. Superb collection of drawings depicting a century's worth of American steamers, from Robert Fulton's Clermont in 1807 to the St. Louis, built by William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, in 1894-1895. Stanton reproduced the older vessels... More
Boston: John P. Jewett & Company, 1852. First Edition. Original cloth. Octavos. Laid in is a prospectus of the writings of Harriet Beecher Stowe which she has signed, and which is in its original mailing envelope apparently addressed by Stowe. Two volumes in custom slipcase. More
[chicago]: Black Cat Press, 1968. Second Printing. Leather. Miniature. [26] pages. Dr. Taft was seated in the orchestra section of Ford's Theatre with a clear view of President Lincoln when he was shot. Taft leapt to the stage, called up to the presidential box that he was a doctor, and... More
(albrighton): Waine Research Publications, (1995). First Edition. Color and Black & White Photographs, Drawings. Hardcover. Quarto. [ii], 114 pages. Well illustrated study of the merchant and naval ships' figureheads of Great Britain and the men who carved them. Includes directories of carvers and an appendix on the sources from which... More
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1890. First Edition. Original cloth. Octavos. over 1,900 pages. Three volume report on this conference of international maritime powers. The aim was to revise and amend rules, regulations and practice of vessels at sea and navigation generally; to adopt a uniform system of marine signals with... More
Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, (1984). Color and Black & White Photographs. Wrappers. Quarto. 342 pages. Detailed and well-illustrated catalogue of the furniture collection of the Maryland Historical Society. Includes a checklist of Maryland furniture craftsmen who worked between 1740 and 1860. Bound in printed card covers, decorated endpapers. Some mild rubs to covers. More