New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952. First edition. Octavo. Cloth over boards. The fine piece of writing that finally won Hemingway a major literary prize--the Pulitzer in 1953. First editions in collectable condition are getting rather tough to find...yet, here is one. More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1923. First American edition. Four diagrams. Einstein himself explains his then controversial Theory of Relativity and discusses its most recent developments as of 1921. The lectures included here are "Space and Time in Pre-Relativity Physics," "The Theory of Special Relativity," and "The General Theory of Relativity"..... More
New York: American Rocket Society, (1945). First edition thus. Black & white photographs, diagrams. More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1962). First edition. Cloth hardcover. Octavo. 313 pages. Bud Mahurin was America's first double ace in World War II, and returned to aerial combat in the Korean War. In 1952 Mahurin's F-86 Sabre was shot down by ground fire as he was perfecting the..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., (1942). First edition. Black and white photographs. Cloth over boards. Octavo. xxiv, 295 pages. Women took the skies at almost the same time men first flew, both in 18th century balloons and early 20th century airplanes. Here are the stories of many notable..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, (1942). First edition. Black and white photographs. Cloth hardcover. Octavo. [x], 333 pages. A good account of the role of women in the origins and progress of aviation. Women were active in aviation from its beginnings, and this account showcases female flyers, instructors, aircraft..... More
Philadelphia: The Franklin Press, 1909. First edition. Black & White Photographs, 1 fold-out map. Full cloth. Octavo. [x], 276, [3] pages. A Chesapeake Bay classic. The first book to draw significant attention to the Bay as ideally suited for pleasure boating. The Barrie brothers were members of the Corinthian Yacht..... More
North Montpelier: Driftwind Press, 1943. Second printing. Watercolors by Jack Lewis. Original cloth. Octavo. 170 pages. Gilbert Byron's first book, with lovely tipped-in color illustrations by Jack Lewis. Here are the people and wildlife of the Chesapeake Bay, captured in verse by the region's answer to Thoreau. This copy..... More
New Bedford: The Arena, A.C., 1922. Black and white halftone photos, ads. Softcover. Octavo. 24 pages. Original program from this 1922 boxing event in New Bedford, Massachusetts between then World Champion, Jack Dempsey, and Jimmy Darcy of New York. The exhibition bout was held at The Arena, A. C. in..... More
Annapolis: Treasury Office, 1818. Single sheet, approximately 9 1/4" x 11 3/4" Statement of expenses related to the construction and first few years of the Maryland Penitentiary in Baltimore. Issued by Benjamin Harwood, Treasurer of the Western Shore of Maryland, and dated December 16th, 1818. Over $160,000 in expenditures are..... More
(Köln, Germany): Taschen, (2013). Limited edition, #AP-20 of 250 copies. Photographs, letterpress poster art by Hatch Show Print. Cloth over boards. Elephant folio. 418 pages. A fantastic collection of photographs documenting Elvis Presley as he burst onto the national stage, ushering in a metamorphosis of pop music and the cultural..... More
Annapolis: U.S.A. General Hospital, Division No. 1, 1864. Woodcut masthead. Single sheet, folded once. An original issue of the weekly news and literary paper published for Union soldiers at U.S.A. General Hospital, Division 1 during the Civil War. The hospital occupied part of the ground of the U.S. Naval Academy..... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1964. First edition. 3 black and white plates. Cloth over boards. Octavo. [vi], 392 pages. Marx's first book. A fascinating study of the tension between the traditional view of America as a rural paradise and the view of America as an urban, industrialized nation that..... More
Boston: Beacon Press, (1959). First U.S. edition. Cloth over boards. Octavo. xiv, 111 pages. The first U.S. edition of this highly influential book that in later editions became known as "Man's Search for Meaning." Dr. Frankl, a psychiatrist from Vienna, spent three years in four different Nazi concentration camps in..... More
Barre: Barre Publishers, 1969. Limited edition. Cloth over boards. Octavo. [viii], 99, [1] pages. A collection of essays on fishing and hunting. Lamb was one of the 20th century's best outdoor writers. Frontispiece features is A. L. Ripley's last illustration. Printed on specially made paper with a salmon watermark on..... More
Barre: Barre Publishers, 1964. Limited edition. Cloth over boards. Octavo. [vi], 111, [1] pages. Dana Lamb was one of the 20th century's best writers on fishing. This collection of 33 essays on trout and salmon adventures was limited to 1500 copies. In original slipcase. Ref. HAND L25; BRUNS..... More
Barre: Barre Publishers, 1971. Limited edition. `. Cloth over boards. Octavo. [viii], 92, [1] pages. A fine collection of Lamb's essays on fly-fishing for trout and salmon and other outdoor sporting adventures. Edition limited to 1500, this copy is SIGNED by Lamb but not numbered. Lacks the slipcase... More
Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1920. First edition. Wraps. Duodecimo. xiv, 45 pages. Historically significant anti-Semitic and anti-Bolshevism "world conspiracy" pamphlet. Introduction by that paradoxical critic of Jews, Dr. Oscar Levy. George Pitt-Rivers was wounded at the first Battle of Ypres in World War I. An anthropologist and avid eugenicist..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1864. First printing. Extra engraved title page, 1 map. Cloth over boards. Duodecimo. 196, 8 (ads) pages. An important firsthand account by a woman who experienced the siege of Vicksburg by Union forces in 1863. Ref. Nevins vol II, p. 195. More
(S.l.): (S.n.), [c.1950s]. Black and white photographic portrait of Adams. Poster. 18.5" x 22.5" Fantastic poster featuring groundbreaking Black radio DJ and Annapolis native, Charles W. "Hoppy" Adams. The Annapolis radio station WANN, founded by Morris Blum in 1948, is thickly intertwined with the story of the beginnings of Black..... More
Frederick County: Matthias Bartgis at Pleasant Dale Paper Mill, 1823. Woodcut frontispiece portrait of Washington. Original calf. Duodecimo. Sixteenmo. Scarce imprint of this Revolutionary War history, originally published at the turn of the 19th century. Richard Snowden was a New Jersey school teacher whose works were mostly aimed at a...... More
[Lowell]: Stone & Huse, Printers, [1861]. First printing. Single sheet. 5" x 8" Rare broadside program for the funerals of the first two Union soldiers killed in action during the Civil War. Addison and Ladd, both of Company D, 6th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment, were killed in mob violence as..... More
Baltimore: Society of the War of 1812 in Maryland, 1913. First printing. Frontispiece map. Hardcover cloth. Octavo. xx, 519 pages. This scarce volume remains the only full length history of the War of 1812 which confines itself to the events in Maryland. Marine, who was born on the Eastern Shore..... More
New York: Hafner Publishing Company, 1951. Cloth hardcover. Octavo. xvi, 244 pages, + ads. A study of the principles of experimentation, aiming to supply the machinery for unambiguous interpretation by analyzing the structure of successful experiments. For example, a simple experiment is devised to test the veracity of a lady's..... More
(London): Honey Dun Press, (1975). Limited edition. Six hand-colored plates by John Simpson. Hardcover. Octavo. [vi],32, 6 plates. A study of one of the rarest books in angling literature. There are six hand-colored plates by John Simpson depicting 30 flies. The frontispiece is an actual countersunk Black Gnat fly tied..... More