(s. L. ): (S. N. ), [1945]. Limited Edition. Wrappers. Octavo. 24 pages. This racist satire originally appeared shortly after publication of Elizabeth Keckley's "Behind the Scenes or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House" in 1868. This is #69 of a 1945 facsimile edition limited... More
London: Simpkin And Marshall, 1832. Second Edition. Black & White Plates, Colored Map. Hardcover. Duodecimo. xii, 288 pages. Illustrated with numerous lithographic and wood engravings and a double spread map. Bound in original paper over boards with title label at head of spine. Minor wear and rubs to extremities. "From... More
New York: Smith & Stanton, 1895. First Edition. Drawings. Full cloth. Oblong quarto. 500 pages. Superb collection of drawings depicting a century's worth of American steamers, from Robert Fulton's Clermont in 1807 to the St. Louis, built by William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, in 1894-1895. Stanton reproduced the older vessels... More
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., (1940). First Edition. Black & White Photographs, Drawings. Full cloth. Quarto. 223 pages. Chronological record of American ship carving, an art which as one of the first expressions of the plastic arts in this country represents an important epoch in American sculpture... More
Boston: Henry Tolman & Co., 1861. Paper covers. Folio. [3 ] pages. Unusual copy of the "Star Spangled Banner, " printed with Oliver Wendell Holmes' fifth stanza in place. Holmes' lyrics are very much of their moment at the outbreak of the Civil War, as seen in this sample: "If... More
Cambridge: Peabody Museum, 1950. Black and White Photographs, Maps, Illus. Softbound. Folio. xii, 116 pages. Includes appendices by W. C. Root, Eleanor B. Adams and Doris Stone. Volume IX, No. 3 of "Memoirs of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University. " Bound in tan printed paper covers... More
Cambridge: Peabody Museum, 1937, 1942. Black and White Photographs, Drawings, Maps. Paper covers. Folios. xviii, 327 and xiv, 292 pages. These are volume VII and VIII, "Memoirs of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University. " Superbly illustrated large format volumes in tan printed paper covers. Covers show... More
Durham: Carolina Academic Press, (1995). First Edition. Black and White Photographs, Illus. Full cloth. Octavo. xxxvi, 421 pages. Study of the admiralty system as it was transmitted from England to America, with an emphasis on Maryland. Based on extensive manuscript research on both sides of the Atlantic. Includes appendices on... More
Albany: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1886. First Edition. Original cloth. Octavo. 446 + errata sheet pages. Good history of the development of the Virginia Colony during the Carolan period, based on rare printed documents of the period and unpublished papers in the British Museum, Her Majesty's Public Record Office, the Virginia... More
Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, (1984). Color and Black & White Photographs. Wrappers. Quarto. 342 pages. Detailed and well-illustrated catalogue of the furniture collection of the Maryland Historical Society. Includes a checklist of Maryland furniture craftsmen who worked between 1740 and 1860. Bound in printed card covers, decorated endpapers. Some mild rubs to covers. More
Washington: E. A. Waters, 1861. Wrappers. Octavo. 13 pages. President James Buchanan declared January 4, 1861 a national day of fasting and prayer in an effort to calm both sides in the brewing secession crisis. This was the earnest sermon preached by Reverend Chew to his flock in Prince George's... More
(baltimore): Woodlawn Recreation And Parks Council, 1977. First Edition. Photographs, Map Drawings. Wrappers. Quarto. vi, 110, [26] pages. Well illustrated and well researched history of this community just to the northwest of Baltimore. Numerous photographs. Appendices include a chronological list of original land grants and resurveys, tax assessments of 1798... More
Fairhaven: Edward J. Lefkowicz, Inc., 1983. Limited Edition. Black and White Sketches. Full cloth. Folio. [56] pages. Gilkerson's portfolio of studies for his ink and watercolor wash drawings in "American Whalers in the Western Arctic. " This edition consisted of 120 copies of which 100 were for sale. This is... More
London: Fishing News (Books) Limited, (1967). First Edition. Black and White Photographs, Drawings. Hardcover. Quarto. 650, i-xlii pages. Detailed reference from the third FAO Congress on Fishing Boats of the World, held in Gothenburg, Sweden in 1965. This volume focuses on smaller types of craft used in inshore and near-water... More
(forty Fort, Pa): Self Published, (1966). Black and White Photographs. Comb binding. Quarto. 120 pages. Detailed study of this single-operator, single-truck, lightweight safety-equipped streetcar. Includes tables of information on individual cars from across the country, including information on operating companies, gauge of the company, builders, specifications, date of completion, ultimate... More
Cincinnati: Stewart Kidd Company, Publishers, (1921). First Edition. Drawings by Carll B. Williams. Original cloth. Octavo. 409 pages. The first volume published in the Seckatary Hawkins series. These boys' stories revolve around a club of boys whose home base is a river bank on the Ohio, with the lead character... More
Providence: (Standard Printing Company), 1906. Wrappers. Octavo. 29 pages. Memorial to Hay, Brown University class of 1858, secretary to Lincoln, diplomat, journalist, biographer, and Secretary of State under McKinley and Roosevelt. Bound in tan paper covers stitched to textblock, Yapp edges, front cover titled in black. A few edge wrinkles. More
Concord: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1959. First Edition. Black and White Photographic Plates. Full cloth. Octavo. xviii, 256 pages. Well researched study of the evolution of American jurisprudence in New Hampshire, with special attention given to the case of Robert Mason. Bound in dark orange cloth over boards with dark... More
Paris: Bureau Veritas, [1912]. Tables and Diagrams. Quarter cloth. Square quarto. xxxii, 287 pages. Detailed compilation of shipbuilding standards as of 1912. Includes rules for the construction of steel vessels, rules for the construction of vessels intended to carry oil in bulk, regulations as to the quality and tests of... More
(s. L. ): (S. N. ), 1927. First Edition. Black and White Photographs, Maps. Full leather. Quarto. viii, 106 pages. History of the evolution of the great port of London, from Roman times to the early 20th century. Well illustrated with photographs, a color plate of the Head Office of... More
New York: Richardson And Company, 1868. First Edition. Color Coats of Arms, Black and White Plates, Cuts. Original cloth. Octavo. viii, 9-15, 21-114 pages. Genealogical records and notes of this distinguished family, the most famous member of which is probably Gen. Robert E. Lee. Includes color plates of two coats... More
Springfield: Phillips Bros. [1929]. First Edition. Black and White Photographs. Hardcover. Octavo. 56 pages. Commemorative book produced for the 40th annual convention of the Sons of the American Revolution. Includes many interesting anecdotes of the Lincolns' lives in Springfield. There is an informative analysis of the newspaper coverage of the... More
Boston: Bartlett And Halliday, 1865. First Edition. Wrappers. Octavo. 16 pages. Rev. Hall was a strong supporter of Lincoln and abolition and had urged his own government to support the North during the American Civil War. Here he provides a British perspective on Lincoln's murder. One of 500 copies. MONAGHAN... More
[chicago]: Black Cat Press, 1968. Second Printing. Leather. Miniature. [26] pages. Dr. Taft was seated in the orchestra section of Ford's Theatre with a clear view of President Lincoln when he was shot. Taft leapt to the stage, called up to the presidential box that he was a doctor, and... More
Baltimore: Church Home & Hospital, 1994. First Edition. Black and White Photographs. Full cloth. Quarto. x, 115 pages. Recollections of 13 men and women who devoted their lives to one of Maryland's oldest medical institutions--the Church Home & Hospital facilities located at Fayette Street and Broadway in Baltimore. It was... More