New York: Gotham Book Mart & Gallery, 1977. First printing. Black and white photographic illustrations. Wrappers. Octavo. [8 unpaginated leaves]. This poem on Harry Houdini was originally written by Patti Smith in 1972, but this is its first published appearance. More
[Annapolis]: Maryland State Archives, 2009. First printing. Well illustrated in color and black and white. Softcover. Quarto. [ii], 46 pages. The only detailed account of Abraham Lincoln's passage through Annapolis on his way to and from the Hampton Roads Conference in early February, 1865. The extensive research for..... More
London: Printed for Burgess and Hill, 1820. First printing. Cloth over boards with leather spine. Octavo. xv, [errata], 410 pages, vi Appendix. James Wilson was a pupil of the eminent Scottish surgeon, John Hunter, and took over Hunter's position as Professor of Anatomy at the Hunterian School in London. These..... More
[Pittsburgh]: Office of Administrator, Prohibition District No. 4, [1925]. Cloth over flexible boards. Sixteenmo. [ii], 53 pages. A rare manual issued by Prohibition District No. 4, Pittsburgh as a pocket guide to help its Revenue and Prohibition agents build strong cases as they enforced the Volstead Act in the field..... More
New York: Random House, (1934). Limited edition. Cloth over boards with leather spine and fore corners. Octavo. 157 pages. Beautiful edition of this play by Eugene O'Neill. This is copy #220 of a stated limitation of 325 copies. Binding by Bayntun of Bath. More
New York: David Longworth, 1808. Disbound. Octavo. 56 pages. The courtroom proceedings as a Black man is charged with bastardy in New York at the beginning of the 19th century. Alexander Whistelo was claimed by the mother herself to be the father of her female bastard child, which she had..... More
(New York): (New Directions Publishing Corp.), (1975). Limited edition. Facsimile notebook pages (some color). Cloth over boards. Quarto. About 200 unnumbered pages. Signed and numbered by Henry Miller, this is #152 in an edition limited to 700 copies. This is a near-facsimile of Miller's holographic "Notebook of American Tour" housed..... More
London: Trübner & Co., 1864. First British edition. Cloth over boards. Duodecimo. 91 pages. This anonymously published pamphlet first appeared in New York. This is the London edition from the same year. The title is a coined word in this work to describe intermixing of races. While this is the..... More
[London]: G. W. Bacon & Co., Ltd, 1914. Single sheet. 22" x 30". Folds into paper covers. A rare seriocomic pictorial map of Europe at the outbreak of World War I. Likely designed in September 1914, after the German advance on Paris had been halted with the aid of the..... More
London: Faber and Faber Limited, (1934). First printing. Cloth hardcover. Octavo. 68 pages. Three lectures delivered by Eliot at the University of Virginia in 1933--The Page-Barbour Lectures that year. He asserts that the weakness of modern literature is a religious weakness. This copy is signed and dated 22..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, (1922). First printing. Cloth over boards. Octavo. 328 pages. Mencken's acerbic wit and good sense. A nice looking copy. Errata slip tipped in. More
New York: The Derrydale Press, (1939). Limited edition. Copy #362 of 950 sets. Color and black and white illustrations, fold-out map. Cloth hardcovers Quartos. xviii, 200 pages and x, 192 pages. Haig-Brown was an Englishman who spent most of his adult life on British Columbia's Campbell River. This fine Derrydale..... More
Austin: 1969. A nice letter on Johnson's post-Presidential stationery with a clear, bold signature. Includes the original free franked mailing envelope. Johnson expresses his gratitude for a very complimentary letter from a private citizen who states that: "Historians will surely regard you as the president most conscientious about the needs..... More
London: Charles Dilly, 1781. Third Edition. Half calf over marbled paper boards. Duodecimo. xx, 415 pages. Knox was an educator, having succeeded his father as headmaster of Tonbridge School. Here are 40 interesting essays in which he gives his views on education--everything from learning classics by heart to developing a...... More
Boston: Published and sold by the Author, 1865. Second Edition, Revised. Engraved frontispiece portrait. Original cloth over boards. Octavo. 408 pages. A fascinating and anecdote-rich account of law enforcement in Boston, taken largely from the diary officer Savage kept during 15 years. More
[New York]: [Fashion Academy], [1935]. Color illustrations. Hardcover. Duodecimo. 47 pages. A charming 1935 prospectus for fashion and costume design courses at the Fashion Academy, under the direction of Emil Alvin Hartman. Aimed at young women. Charmingly illustrated with colored drawings in a very art deco style. More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1933). First printing. Hardcover. Octavo. vi, 112 pages. A scarce drinking guide, published the year Prohibition was repealed. Separate sections for beer, wine, and cocktails with mixing instructions for the latter. Particular attention is also given to what foods should be served with each..... More
New York: National Travel Club, (1947). Cloth over boards. Octavo. [xx], 266 pages. An uncommon biography of Matthew Henson--the African American explorer who was Robert Peary's indispensable man on his polar expeditions--and who actually reached the North Pole before Peary did. Henson was highly respected among other explorers..... More
Hicksville: The Gnome Press, Inc., (1959). First printing. Cloth over boards. Octavo. 255 pages. First edition of the collection of eight science fiction stories by one of the biggest names in the genre. A handsome copy, housed in an attractive custom slipcase. More
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Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1841 and 1844. First printings. Original cloth. Duodecimos. [vi], 303 pages and [iv], 313 pages, [2] pages ads. A nice set of first editions of Emerson's Essays (1841) and Essays: Second Series (1844). These writings represent the core of Emerson's thought, and read as well..... More
[Philadelphia]: [Moses Thomas], [1814]. First edition. Marbled paper and leather over boards. Octavo. [i], 353-440 pages. A very early printing of the poem that became the National Anthem of the United States. Francis Scott Key wrote: "Defence of Fort McHenry" as he witnessed the British bombardment of Fort McHenry 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
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
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