Brooklyn: Theo. Gaus, Ltd., (1977). First Edition. Full cloth. Octavo. xii, 315 pages. History and reminiscences of sailing, yacht clubs, and yacht racing around Long Island Sound. Anecdotes of the Larchmont, Port Washington, Knickerbocker, American, Riverside, and Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht clubs. MORRIS & HOWLAND p. 33. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by... More
Gloucester: Procter Brothers, 1873. First Edition. Black & White Engraved Cuts. Original cloth. Octavo. iv, 172 + ads pages. Subtitle continues: "…Containing a list of vessels and their crews, lost from the Port of Gloucester from the year 1830 to October 1, 1873, embracing a period of nearly half a.... More
Salem: Marine Research Society, 1924. First Edition. Black & White Plates. Full cloth. Quarto. 51 , [208] leaves of plates pages. An excellent pictorial record of New England shipping along with an interesting introduction on Donald McKay, builder of clipper ships. One interesting anecdote concerns the Trent Affair early in... More
(london): Conway Maritime Press, Ltd., (1981). First Edition. Black & White Illustrations, Plans. Hardcover. Quarto. 128 pages. Deane was a Master Shipwright at Harwich and Portsmouth in the late 17th century, and this treatise was originally commissioned by Samuel Pepys to explain the intricacies of designing a major warship of... More
[east Bridgewater]: Baggia Press/Elmwood Bookshop, 1972. Limited Edition. Stage Diagram. Wrappers. Duodecimo. [iv], 35 pages. Copy #130 of 500 in this limited edition. One of a few plays penned by Cape Cod's most famous and beloved author of the early 20th century. Bound stiff card covers over a saddle-stapled binding... More
Baltimore: John Murphy Company, (1908). First Edition. Frontispiece Portrait. Full cloth. Duodecimo. 180 pages. James Ryder Randall, a native Marylander, was a 22 year-old teacher living in New Orleans when the Civil War broke out in 1861. His sympathies were definitely with the South, and his inspiration for "Maryland, My... More
(s. L. ): (S. N. ), 1869. First Edition. Wrappers. Duodecimo. 46 pages. The first printed appearance of the popular play that Lincoln was watching when he was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth in 1865. Laura Keene had acquired the rights to Tom Taylor's "Our American Cousin" in 1858, and... More
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. , Inc., 1942. First Edition. Black & White Photographs, Facsimiles. Full cloth. Octavo. 244 + appendix pages. Uncommon book capturing impressions of Abraham Lincoln by African Americans who personally knew and interacted with him. The historical record is weak in regard to Lincoln's... More
Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1992. First Edition. Black & White Photographs, Illustrations. Full cloth. Octavo. xx, 214 pages. Descriptions of 679 croquet books, ephemera, pamphlets, and other items from this unique collection housed at the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center in Fremont, Ohio. Good annotations. Appendices list books on... More
Catonsville, MD: American Bicentennial Committee Of Catonsville, (1983). Second Printing. Black & White Photographs, Prints, Drawings and Ma. Full cloth. Quarto. [viii], 188 pages. Well researched local history of the village of Catonsville, near Baltimore. Focuses on the pre-Revolutionary period and gathers many interesting facts, anecdotes, and genealogical threads from... More
(danville, Ill): (Illinois Printing Co. ), (1907). First Edition. Black and White Drawings. Full cloth. 9½" x 8". [23 ] pages. James Judson Lord's poem, read at the dedication of Abraham Lincoln's tomb and memorial in 1874. Printed on rectos only. Illustrated with sketches by W. Jerome Willoughby. MONAGHAN #1538... More
Paris & Nancy: Berger-Levrault & Co., 1899. Folded Tables and Maps. Folio. x, 47 pages. Detailed comparison study of two important battles between France and Prussia--Jena in 1806 and Sedan in 1870. In October of 1806 the French under Napoleon routed the Prussians at Jena [Iéna] and Auerstadt, and inflicted... More
Pleasantville: Reader's Digest Assoc. , Inc., 1944. Magazine. Duodecimo. 128 pages. Complete issue of Reader's Digest magazine containing John Hersey's story of John F. Kennedy and PT-109. To put it simply, this is the article that launched Kennedy's political career. Hersey, a Kennedy family friend, first published this flattering account... More
Livorno/milan: Graphis Arte/Toninelli Arte, 1974. Limited Edition. B&w and Color Plates. Hardcover. Folio. xiv, 133 pages. One of 500 copies in English. Translation by Dermot T. Cooke. Introduction by Enzo Carli. Primarily a catalogue of Marini's work, with notes and captions. Red textured paper over boards with gilt stamped spine... More
Northridge: Lord John Press, 1984. Limited Ed. Hardcover. Small octavo. 25 pages. This is one of 200 copies signed by Crumley. A wonderful fragment, a least some of which went on to become "Mexican Tree Duck. ". Issued w/o DJ. More