New York: Charles Magnus, [1864?]. Hand-colored lithograph headpiece. Single leaf approximately 5" x 8" A sentimental Union Civil War song sheet with three verses and a chorus. . The hand-colored headpiece is a view of the City of Richmond from across the James River, with the Confederate Capitol prominently..... More
New York: Charles Magnus, 1864. Hand-colored lithograph headpiece. Single leaf approximately 5" x 8" Patriotic Union Civil War song sheet with three verses, beginning: "Draw comrades draw the bright sabre again, Let the crack of rifle for ever be heard..." The hand-colored headpiece is a view of..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1915. First edition. Original cloth over boards. Octavo. vi, 282 pages. Doster served as Provost Marshal of Washington, DC before requesting he be reassigned to command troops in the field, which he did at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. He was even briefly held captive by..... More
London: G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1787. First edition. A few woodcut illustrations. Marbled paper over boards with leather spine and fore corners. Quarto. The first edition of this fantastic collection of medieval letters providing valuable primary source documentation on life in England during the Wars of the Roses..... More
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1908. Cloth over boards with leather spine and fore corners. Octavo. 218 pages (with interleaved blanks). Extensive instruction, by means of questions and answers, on torpedoes, mines, and electricity as applied thereto. A typed note signed by Commander Albert Gleaves to the Navy Department's Chief of..... More
New York: The Viking Press, (1964). First edition. Cloth over boards. Octavo. 63 pages. Hall's third book of poetry, signed by him on the title page. More
New York: Random House, (1975). First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. [iv], 185 pages. Gayl Jones's scarce and highly regarded debut novel of an African American woman's struggles with abuse, generational trauma, and her hatred of the 19th century slave master who raped her maternal ancestors. Toni Morrison, who was the book's..... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1873. First printing. Cloth over bevelled boards. Octavo. xii, 13-521 pages. John R. Kenly had just been admitted to the bar in Baltimore when the War with Mexico broke out. He raised a company of volunteers and led them into battle as a captain..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1860. Wood engravings. 1/2 leather. Quartos. 783 and 772 pages. Handsomely bound history of the American Revolutionary War, filled with 1100 illustrations, maps, and decorations from wood engravings by Lossing and William Barritt, mostly from original sketches by Lossing. Color frontispiece in..... More
Sauk City: Arkham House: Publishers, 1963. First edition, limited to 2,000 copies. Illustrations by Frank Utpatel. Cloth over boards. Octavo. [viii], 134 pages. Lovecraft's poems are compact expressions of the weird themes found in his fiction. This collection forms an integral part of any Lovecraft library. Ref. JOSHI 35;..... More
New York: Julian Messner, Inc., (1955). First edition. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Hardcover. Octavo. [xiv], 335 pages. A fascinating, behind-the-scenes report on the U. S. push for space flight. Published just two years before Sputnik. Of particular note is that this is the first book appearance..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., (1962). First American edition. Color and black and white photographs. Hardcover. Octavo. 95 pages plus unnumbered photo sections. A spirited book on the unspoiled island of Hekura, the amphibious community of Ama living there, and the accomplished women divers who harvest mollusks from..... More
Washington: 1858-1859. Sheets of stationery folded once to approximately 8" x 12 3/4" Three letters from Lord Napier to American attorney James Mandeville Carlisle while Napier was British Minister to the United States in Washington, DC. Two of the letters seek the advice of Carlisle on behalf of Her Majesty's..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1933. First printing. Color and black and white illustrations. Cloth over boards. Octavo. xii, 171 pages. An important book, believed to be the first on the history and art of American tattooing. Tattoos were mostly worn by sailors, criminals, and prostitutes when this work first..... More
Washington: Privately Printed, 1946. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. [viii], 92 pages. A delightful volume of fishing reminiscences by a prominent Yale geologist and petrologist. Pirsson writes of fishing for trout in New England, ouananiche in Quebec, grayling in Montana, and salmon in the Atlantic. Written during Pirsson's last illness and..... More
Akron: Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, 1917. First edition. Scaled drawings, plans, black and white photographs. Hardcover. Quarto. Course book on ballooning from Goodyear's Aeronautical School in Akron, Ohio. Includes chapters on: I. Parts of the Free Balloon II. Physical Properties of Gases and Atmosphere III. Gases Used in..... More
New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1888. Engraved frontispiece portraits, plates, fold-out maps. Cloth over boards. Octavos. xiv, 500 and xii, 486 pages. A military classic. Sheridan covers not only his early years in the west (like most other Civil War commanders on both sides), but also his experiences..... More
Washington: John L. Ginck, 1877. Original printed wrappers. Octavo. 29 pages. Liberia was founded in 1821 by freed American slaves. Commodore Shufeldt describes the Navy's role in the origins and preservation of the colony. Uncommon. OCLC shows only 7 holdings. More
(Harrisburg): The Military Service Publishing Company, 1934. First edition. Black and white photographs, diagrams, endpaper maps. Hardcover. Octavo. xx, 270 pages. Detailed first-hand account of the 1916 Expedition into Mexico ordered by President Wilson in response to Pancho Villa's raid on Columbus, NM. Colonel (then Major) Tompkins was in command..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1948). First printing. Charts, maps, and data tables. Cloth over boards. Octavo. xviii, 404 pages. A study of racial segregation in the North from an economic rather than a moral perspective. The author, a respected African American economist, begins with an exploration of the..... More