[Philadelphia?]: (Democratic National Committee?), [1937?]. Limited Edition. Color and b&w illustrations, ads. Full leather. Folio. 384 pages. The signed limited edition of the souvenir book that recapped Roosevelt's reelection victory and Democrat gains in the 1936 national election. A souvenir book recapping President Roosevelt's victory and Democrat gains in the... More about The Democratic Book 1936 (Signed by FDR
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[Philadelphia?]: (Democratic National Committee?), [1937?]. First Edition. Color and b&w illustrations, ads. Softcover. Folio. 384 pages. A souvenir book recapping President Roosevelt's victory and Democrat gains in the 1936 national election. Contains campaign speeches, profiles of candidates and cabinet members, records of accomplishment for departments in Roosevelt's first term, and... More about The Democratic Book 1936 [cover title
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1901. First Edition. Flexible leather. Octavo. 141 [+14] pages. An important study of Governor Hicks and his crucial efforts to shape Maryland's loyalties on the eve and in the early years of the Civil War. Includes chapters on Hicks's early political career, rumors of plots against... More about Governor Thomas H. Hicks of Maryland and the Civil War (Johns Hopkins University Studies in...
New York: Macmillan Company, 1925. Limited Edition. Illustrated by Allen Tupper True. Hardcover. Octavo. 231 pages. Neihardt had been working on an Epic Cycle of the West for eleven years, having completed two parts prior to this one. "The Song of the Indian Wars deals with the last great fight... More about The Song of the Indian Wars
[Bruceton Mills]: Old Hemlock, 1986. Limited Edition. Black & white drawings. Hardcover. Octavo. [x], 182 pages. Sketches from the gun diaries of George Bird Evans, who was one of the world's foremost authorities on upland gunning and bird dogs. He perfected the Old Hemlock line of English Setters, the descendants... More about Grouse along the Tramroad: Shooting over Four Generations of Old Hemlock Setters
Philadelphia: I. R. & A. H. Diller, Republishers, 1843. First Edition. Wood engravings. Original cloth. Octavo. 119 pages. First edition of this uncommon swordsmanship manual. It was re-issued in 1861 at the start of the Civil War. Includes nearly 3 pages at rear with numerous recommendations of Col. Stephens and... More about A New System of Broad and Small Sword Exercise,... Comprising the Broad Sword Excercise for...
[Boston]: (S.n.), 1862. Broadside. 6 1/8" x 14 5/8" John Wilkes Booth, following in his father's and siblings' footsteps, tried his hand at acting and found some success in stock companies in Philadelphia, Richmond, and other provincial theaters. Still, he performed under the name "J. Wilkes" because he lacked the... More about Boston Museum, Fourth Night of Mr. J. Wilkes Booth! as Richard III (Playbill for May 15, 1862
[Baltimore]: (Printing Bureau, Police Department), 1925. Flexible cloth. Sixteenmo. 158 pages. 1925 pocket handbook for Baltimore Policemen with detailed descriptions of over 50 rules of expected conduct in a variety of situations. Pencilled ownership inscription on front pastedown: "Officer Michael J. Moloney / Northeastern District." There is a $5.00 receipt... More about Rules and Regulations for the Government of the Police Department of the City of Baltimore
[Mexico City]: 1861. Manuscript. 10.50" x 8.25" The Juarez government had recaptured Mexico City on January 1, 1861, and he was elected President in the month following this letter. His declaration of a 2-year suspension of interest payments on international debts related to the Mexican Revolution led to an invasion... More about Signed Letter to Edgar Conkling of Cincinnati, Dated February 26, 1861, Mexico City
New York: Lee Keedick, 1913. First Edition. First Printing. Maps, b&w photographs. Original cloth. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. xxv, 392 & x, 449 pages. Amundsen's expedition was the first to reach the geographic South Pole, achieving the feat on December 14, 1911. They were 8 weeks ahead of the... More about The South Pole: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expeditions in the "Fram," 1910-1912
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1995). First Edition. First Printing. B&W Photographs. Hardcover. Octavo. 514 pages. Bradlee's candid memoir of his life in the newspaper business. He became a national figure during the Watergate scandal when, under his executive editorship, the Washington Post brought down President Richard Nixon. . Signed... More about A Good Life: Newspapering and Other Adventures
Easton: Eastern Shore Publishers' Associates, (1975). Limited Edition. First Printing. B&W Photographs, scale drawings. Hardcover. Quarto. xiv, 402 pages. Forman began work on this--his largest book--in 1935. Gives a full account of Eastern Shore life, customs, gardens, artifacts, and yes, buildings, linking these with their British origins. Illustrated with over... More about The Virginia Eastern Shore and Its British Origins: History, Gardens and Antiquities
New York: The Bradstreet Company, 1882. Colored maps, advertising cuts. Flexible leather. Oblong twenty-fourmo. [x], 50, [vi] pages. Scarce pocket atlas published exclusively for Boston haberdashers Macullar, Parker & Company. In addition to the colored maps of the states and territories, there are 15 maps of mining districts within various... More about Bradstreet's Pocket Atlas of the United States Published exclusively for Macullar, Parker &...
Cambridge & Chicago: Stone and Kimball, 1894. First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Duodecimo. [50] pages. Scarce Lincoln item. The poem was read before the Phi Beta Kappa Society at Sanders Theatre, Harvard College. One of 450 copies. MONAGHAN 1155. More about Lincoln's Grave
Baltimore: Baltimore Department of Education, 1935. B&W Photographs. Softcover. Oblong octavo. 31 pages. Scarce 1935 booklet on education for special needs children in Baltimore in the 1930s. Front cover illustration of the William S. Baer School for Physically Handicapped Children No. 301, Warwick and Wheeler Avenues. Photographs on every page... More about Facts about the Baltimore Public Schools: Division of Special Education
[Bruceton Mills]: Old Hemlock, 1985. Limited Edition. B&W Photographs. Hardcover. Octavo. [x], 302 pages. George Bird Evans was one of the world's foremost authorities on upland gunning and bird dogs. He bred the Old Hemlock line of English Setters, the descendants of which are much prized for their birding abilities... More about Troubles with Bird Dogs and What to Do About Them: Training Experiences with Actual Dogs Under...
Washington: Vantage Press, (1968). First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 126 pages. The author alleges that a German man he knew in Baltimore around 1930 was actually Adolf Hitler living in the United States under an assumed name. Hance spent quite a bit of time with "Hitler" as he courted American business... More about When Hitler Lived in the United States, Book I
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 about Field, Fort and Fleet; Being a Series of Brilliant and Authentic Sketches of the Most Notable...
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1867. First Edition. First Printing. Full cloth. Octavo. xvi, [17]-492 pages. Early account which tends to mythologize Mosby, but which also contains valuable personal insights into the man, his rangers, and their part in pioneering the tactics of harassment during the Civil War. More about Partisan Life with Col. John S. Mosby
New York: 1880. Manuscript. 8.5" x 5.5" Chester A. Arthur was the Republican James A. Garfield's vice-presidential running mate at the time of this letter, apparently dealing with some internal matter within the New York State Republican Party. Within a month he would be elected vice-president. Within a year Garfield's... More about October 9, 1880 Autograph Letter Concerning "Matters at Ticonderoga"
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., (1930). First US Edition. Lead engravings. Hardcover. Octavo. [207] pages. Pioneering graphic novel capturing the crisis of capitalism in the early 20th century. The story is the tragic tale of a girl from the lower classes told entirely through pictures. Nückel, an artist working... More about Destiny: A Novel in Pictures
New York: J. L. Taylor & Co., [1916]. Hardcover. Folio. [80] pages. "Tailors by Appointment to His Majesty the American Citizen." This spectacular sample book from J. L. Taylor & Co. of New York and Chicago shows the latest in men's custom suits and accessories just months before the United... More about Fall & Winter 1916-17 (cover title, menswear fabric swatch book
Philadelphia: David McKay, 1883. First Edition. First Printing. Black & white plates. Hardcover. Octavo. 240 pages. An important Whitman book, though more of an anthology of documents about Whitman than a conventional biography. Its importance arises from the major contributions of Whitman himself, who wrote the account of his birthplace... More about Walt Whitman
[Washington]: (S.n.), 1908. Broadside. 16" x 19" This commission appointed Alva B. Court an Assistant Naval Constructor with the rank of Lieutenant, junior-grade, in the U.S. Navy. Theodore Roosevelt remains one of America's most popular presidents, even after more than a century since leaving office, and this is a very... More about Signed Naval Commission
