Baltimore: John D. Toy, Printer, 1838. Disbound. Octavo. 45 pages. Speeches in support of colonization and in adamant opposition to abolition, by President of the Senate Richard Thomas, Speaker of the House William H. Tuck, J. H. Culbreth, William F. Giles, and Rev. Robert J. Breckinridge. This Maryland branch of..... More
New York: Modern Library, (2002). First Modern Library Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. vi, 471 pages. McCarthy's fourth novel, reputedly semi-autobiographical, set in Knoxville, Tennessee in 1951. Cornelius Suttree leaves his prominent family to live, estranged from normal society, in a dilapidated houseboat along the Tennessee River. Reviewer Stanley Booth has suggested..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1933. First Edition. First Printing. Black & white photographs, map. Full cloth. Octavo. 198 pages. Vivid account of an American woman's trek through the Forbidden Land, crossing the Himalaya twice--from the Eastern and Western sides--accompanied only by native servants. Ms. Merrick was the most..... More
[Pittsburgh]: Monument Press, (1974). Limited edition, #42 of 50. Portfolio of loose prints. Folio. [14 unpaginated leaves]. A suite of 10 boldly printed linoleum cuts by American artist George Nama, each depicting an ordinary household object constrained from its normal function by wire or cord binding the critical part of..... More
(S.l.): The Walpole Society, 1929. Limited edition. Black and white plates. Full cloth, octavo, xviii, 325 pages. Useful reference that gives brief sketches of a wide variety of craftsmen and manufacturers, including silversmiths, cabinet makers, stone cutters, sign painters, engravers, glass ware makers, upholsterers, clock makers, and much more. One..... More
Detroit: Detroit Free Press Publishing Company, 1885. First Edition. First Printing. Black & white engravings, cuts. Full cloth. tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall. viii, 520 pages. Subtitle continues..."Including Many Incidents and Circumstances Never Before Published in Any Form." Beautiful copy of this uncommon Civil War history. Two volumes were..... More
London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1839. First edition. Steel and wood engraved black & white plates and text illustrations. Expertly rebacked original cloth over boards. Octavo. xii, 327 pages. Illustrated treatise on fox-hunting, by the Master of Hounds at the Hertfordshire Hunt Club. More
London: Faber and Faber, (1944). First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 54 pages. The first collection of poems by this important but obscure Welsh wartime poet. Lynette Roberts was born in Argentina to Welsh parents, but lived her adult life in Wales. Her work began to appear in magazines and anthologies in..... More
Oyster Bay: 1901. 8" x 10". 2 pages. Letters from Theodore Roosevelt as Vice-President are rarely seen, as he only served in that office for about six months before succeeding to the Presidency upon the assassination of President William McKinley. This letter is on two separate sheets, the first of..... More
New York: Rinehart & Company, Inc., (1956). First edition. Illustrated by Lamar Dodd. Full cloth. Octavo. x, 435 pages. The 51st volume in the Rivers of America Series, here is the story of the Santee, which drains the Carolinas east of the Appalachian Mountains. Peopled with rugged individualists of the..... More
New York: The Albertype Co., 1896. Black & white photographs. Paper over boards. Oblong octavo. [ii], [18 leaves]. Scarce collection of photographs around Annapolis at the end of the 10th century. There are 20 photographic images on 18 leaves. Primary subjects are interior and exterior views of the State House..... More
New York: Derrydale Press, 1931. Limited Edition. Black & white photos, drawings. Full cloth. Octavo. [xvii], 125 pages. One of the best practical books on jumping. Capt. Littauer was a graduate of the Nicholas Cavalry School in St. Petersburg before heading a large riding school in America. Edited by Phyllis..... More
Boston: John P. Jewett & Company, 1852. First Edition. Original cloth. Octavos. A lovely copy of one of the most influential books on 19th century America. Mrs. Stowe's book and its widespread readership in the North solidified abolition sentiment and hastened the oncoming Civil War. This first edition..... More
New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, Publishers, (1865). Woodcuts. Disbound. Octavo. 79, [I] pages. Perhaps the first book on the Lincoln assassination, originally published about a month after the event. George Alfred Townsend was a pioneering war correspondent during the Civil War, and covered the Lincoln assassination and its aftermath for..... More
Bloomsbury: Nonesuch Press, 1929. Limited edition. Colored engravings. Full leather. Octavo. x, 631 pages. A beautiful copy of this collection of Walton, done in an edition of 1100 copies, of which this is #905. On laid paper with portraits engraved by Charles Sigrist and color-stencilled drawings by Thomas L. Poulton..... More