[New York]: (National Urban League), [1963]. Scarce souvenir portfolio of collages by Lo Monaco, "created specifically as a memento for those who participated in the historic March on Washington for Freedom and Jobs on August 28, 1963." In all, there are six collage images by Lo Monaco: one printed on... More about We Shall Overcome March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom August 28, 1963
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 about The New American Practical Navigator Being and Epitome of Navigation; Containing All the Tables...
[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 about Taylor Mead Excerpts from the Anonymous Diary of a New York Youth
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 about Scouting and Youth Movements
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, (1938). Hardcover. Octavo. xx, 408 pages. First published book by a man who became one of the 20th century's most influential thinkers and futurists. Buckminster Fuller took a comprehensive view of the world's problems and devoted his life to innovative solutions to do more with... More about Nine Chains to the Moon An Adventure Story of Thought
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 about Extending Structure Type Catapult for Launching Aeroplanes
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 about The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. , Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works,...
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 about John Bachelder's History of the Battle of Gettysburg
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 about John Wilkes Booth Himself (Signed
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 about Lincoln and Springfield
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 about A Sermon on the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Preached At Surrey Chapel, London, Sunday, May...
[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 about Abraham Lincoln's Last Hours, from the Notebook of Charles Sabin Taft, Army Surgeon Present At...
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 about Poe Died Here Recollections of Church Home and Hospital
Boston: Tappan & Dennet, 1843. First Edition. Engraved Plates. Original cloth. Duodecimo. xvi, [17]-305 pages. Subtitle concludes: "…and was taken in the United States brig Syren, by the British ship Medway. " First edition of this classic firsthand account naval warfare in the War of 1812. HOWES #L224; SABIN #39812... More about Thirty Years from Home, or a Voice from the Main Deck; Being the Experience of Samuel Leech, Who...
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 about Life and Correspondence of the Rev. William Smith, D. D. , … with Copious Extracts from His...
(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 about Abraham Lincoln Incidents in His Life Relating to Waterways [Binder's Title: Abraham Lincoln on...
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 about The Sharples Their Portraits of George Washington and His Contemporaries; a Diary and an Account...
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 about The Trail of War Dogs
(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 about Methodism in Old Waverly and its Environment (Signed
(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 about British Figurehead and Ship Carvers
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 about USS California (BB-44
(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 about British and American Clippers A Comparison of Their Design, Construction and Performance in the...
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 about Old Ship Figure-Heads and Sterns, with Which Are Associated Galleries, Hancing-Pieces, Catheads...
Washington: Gideon & Co. , Printers, 1851. Wrappers. Octavo. 21 pages. The Reform Convention of Maryland, assembled to reform the state constitution, honored Mr. Webster for his role in the Compromise of 1850. This pamphlet contains Webster's address that evening as well as the toasts and speeches by some of... More about Speeches Delivered At a Dinner Given to the Hon. Daniel Webster by the Reform Convention of...
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1890. First Edition. Original cloth. Octavos. over 1,900 pages. Three volume report on this conference of international maritime powers. The aim was to revise and amend rules, regulations and practice of vessels at sea and navigation generally; to adopt a uniform system of marine signals with... More about Protocols of Proceedings of the International Marine Conference Held in Washington, D. C. ,...