(Evanston): (Row, Peterson and Co.), (1941). First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 64 pages. The author spent time "on the road" himself to learn what happened to young people who were tramps and hobos. This down-to-earth story is the fruit of these efforts at gathering information on their thinking and way of..... More
(Wilmington): (S. N. ), (1946). First Edition. Black and White Frontispiece Photos. Full cloth. Octavo. 72 pages. Scarce biography of this prolific Victorian journalist and writer. "Gath, " as Townsend signed himself, was the youngest war correspondent during the American Civil War. His dispatches from the Battle of Five Forks..... More
Norfolk/Virginia Beach: Donning Company Publishers, (1989). Black and White Photographs. Hardcover. Quarto. 191 pages. The best compilation of historic photographs of Anne Arundel County. Includes over 300 generously captioned photographs of Annapolis, Glen Burnie, Severna Park, Fort Meade, Odenton, and South County, along with historical narrative by Kelly for each..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, (2008). First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo. x, 131 pages. When Lee Israel's celebrated writing career took a sudden downturn she embarked on an astonishing one-woman forgery racket run out of her Upper West Side studio. Using old typewriters, she fabricated hundreds of letters from..... More
S.l. S.n., 1936. Ephemera. 3.5 x 5.5 inches. This postcard was carried on board the Hindenburg on her inaugural flight from Germany to Lakehurst, New Jersey in May, 1936. It was a souvenir created by Veedol Motor Oil of Pennsylvania when the company mailed these postcards from Hamburg, Germany to..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1875. Hardcover. Folio. 247 pages. A fantastic collection of over 60 etchings of historic buildings and place in New York City, along with lengthy descriptive texts for each. Etchings produced by H. Thatcher from original pen drawings of Eliza Greatorex. Bound in leather over..... More
New York: E. M. Blunt, (Proprietor,) and Samuel A. Burtus, 1817. 1/2 leather. Octavo. xvi, [2], 274, 280, [555]-597, [13] pages. Early edition of this important work on navigation. The extensive tables have in this edition been stereotyped for the first time, at significant expense. This is the first and..... More
[New York]: (s.n.), (1961). Softcover. Octavo. 42 pages. Taylor Mead, beat film actor, poet, muse of Andy Warhol... This is the first and most scarce of his published diaries. Photographs of Mead on front and rear covers by Lenora Miller. Prior owner gift inscription on inside front cover reads "..... More
New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, (1931). First American Edition. Hardcover. Duodecimo. 109 pages. Rare book by the Father of the Boy Scouts, reviewing the positive roles played by such organizations in fostering healthy, happy, and helpful citizens of nations and the world. Bound in black cloth over boards..... More
London: Offices of Engineering, 1932. Stapled wraps. Quarto. 7 pages pages. Interesting article reprinted from "Engineering," April 15 and 22, 1932. Includes photographs and an unpaged centerfold showing various scaled elevation drawings of the catapult from different perspectives. More
London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1811. Sixth Edition. 3/4 leather. Octavos. The revised and augmented sixth edition. Beautiful 4 volume (complete) set in 3/4 leather over boards with marbled paper sides. Gilt stamped spines. Bindings tight, gilt bright. More
Morningside House, 1997. Hardcover. Octavo. 842 pages. Bachelder was the most important 19th century historian of the Battle of Gettysburg. He arrived on the field soon after the battle and spent the next 23 years talking to veterans of both armies, collecting and organizing their stories, researching reports, and organizing..... More
Dover, MA: Hired Hand Press, 1979. Limited Edition. Black & White Photographs. Full cloth. Square octavo. 87 pages. Premier reference and complete study of the photographs of John Wilkes Booth. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by both authors on half title, SIGNED by both on limitation page at rear. The book reproduces..... 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
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
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
Philadelphia: Ferguson Bros. & Co., 1880. Engraved Plates. Quarter cloth. Quartos. 595 & 600 pages. Rev. Smith was the first provost of the College and Academy of Philadelphia, first president of Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, secretary of the American Philosophical Society, etc. His great-grandson here presents a heavily documented..... More
(moline, Il): (Desaulniers & Co. , Printers), (1908). First Edition. Black and White Plates. Wrappers. Octavo. 53 pages. Uncommon booklet on Lincoln as a ferryman, boatbuilder, advocate of waterway improvements, and believer in Captain John Ericsson's "monitor" naval vessel. There is also information on Lincoln's visit to Niagara Falls, his..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1930. First Edition. Black and White Photographs, Illus. Full cloth. Quarto. xvi, 133 pages. Good account of this artistically gifted family and the portraits of many founding Americans produced from life. Much of the information herein is from the Frick Art Reference Library in New..... More
Washington, D. C. Self Published, (1935). First Edition. Wrappers. Octavo. [iv], 143 pages. Critical report on the U. S. Military establishment just after World War I in which it is alleged that a "war trust" simultaneously profited from war preparations while inviting war and keeping American military power weak. Isham..... More
(baltimore): (Day Printing Company), 1933. First Edition. Black and White Photographic Plates. Original cloth. Octavo. [ii], 107 pages. History of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the north Baltimore neighborhood of Waverly. The church was founded by Dr. A. W. Rudisill in 1871. This charming narrative is filled with anecdotes about..... More
(albrighton): Waine Research Publications, (1995). First Edition. Color and Black & White Photographs, Drawings. Hardcover. Quarto. [ii], 114 pages. Well illustrated study of the merchant and naval ships' figureheads of Great Britain and the men who carved them. Includes directories of carvers and an appendix on the sources from which..... More
Paducah, KY: Turner Publishing Company, (1995). First Edition. Black and White Photographs. Hardcover. Folio. 112 pages. History of the battleship U. S. S. California and her crew, with focus on operations in World War II. The California was sunk during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor but was salvaged and..... More
(annapolis): Naval Institute Press, (1993). First American Edition. Black and White Photographs, Scaled Drawings. Hardcover. Folio. 192 pages. Fascinating analytical study of the rivalry in fast shipping that sprang from the discovery of gold in California. MacGregor, a talented draftsman, uses his own drawings when possible to describe and compare..... More
New York: Burt Franklin, (1973). Reprint. Black and White Plates, Line Drawings. Full cloth. Quarto. xv, 281 , + plates pages. Fascinating history of decorative naval architecture, originally published in 1925. Well illustrated. Bound in red cloth over boards with gilt-stamped spine titles. Color frontispiece. Very shallow bumps to spine..... More