[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
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
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
[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
[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
[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
[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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
London: Methuen & Co Ltd, (1957). First English Edition. First Printing. Black & white photographs. Hardcover. Octavo. 196 pages. Account of the exciting ascent of Cho Oyu, the seventh highest mountain in the world, by Austrian Herbert Tichy and his small party. Lovely copy. More
New York: Random House, (1985). First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 337 pages. McCarthy's masterpiece, which critics now acknowledge as one of the greatest American novels to date and likely to retain that status. Set in the American Southwest between 1849-1850 and based on historical events, McCarthy brings some unforgettable..... More
[New York?]: (Gill Engraving Company?), [c.1905?]. One of a series of illustrations by E. M. Gill which were featured in Artemas Ward's advertising trade journal, "Fame," around the turn of the 20th century. Nicely matted and framed. More
[New York]: (S.n.), [1813?]. Broadside. 5 1/4" x 7 7/8" Blank printed form to certify ownership of shares in the privateer Yorktown during the War of 1812. The Yorktown operated out of New York against British ships beginning in 1813. This scrip is for her second cruise. She did manage..... More
[Nashua]: (S.n.), 1865. Broadside. 9 5/8" x 11 1/2" Poem on the assassination of Abraham Lincoln composed by George G. B. DeWolfe--the Wandering Poet of Nashua, New Hampshire. Boldly printed title "MURDER!" as if a newspaper headline, with the subtitle and 20 line poem in 5 stanzas printed beneath. Dated..... More
Washington: J. & G. S. Gideon, 1845. Wood engravings. Disbound. Octavo. 24 pages. Vail was an engineer and inventor who collaborated with Samuel B. Morse in the development and practical application of the telegraph. Some have argued it was actually Vail who invented the telegraphic alphabet named after Morse, but..... More
Concord: Republican Press Association, 1885. Third Edition. Wrappers. Duodecimo. 96 pages. Parker Pillsbury, prominent abolitionist and male feminist, first published this tract about 1847. In it he argues that the ruling influence of church and pulpit are on the side of the oppressor throughout the United States. Pillsbury's nephew, Albert..... More
(s. L. ): (S. N. ), [1942]. Black & White Cuts, Map Drawings. Wrappers. Twenty-fourmo. 31 pages. Handbook for new recruits to the Coast Artillery Replacement Training Center which operated at Camp McQuaide from 1942-1943. There is information on the facilities and activities at the post as well as a...... More
