Solomons Island, MD: Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, 1950. Paperback. Publication No. 88. Green paper side-stapled wrappers with black title to front cover. Minor wear and light browning to edges. Illustrated. Small - 4 x 6 inches. 45 pages. MD/021919. Very Good. More

Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1991. Hardcover. 4to. "The essays address many aspects of Baltimore's history and collectively provide a much broader vision of the city than traditional accounts offer" (jacket). Chapters address segregation and the stuggle for equality in Old West Baltimore, Baltimore's clothing industry, Radicalism on the waterfront in the 1930s, Hampden-Woodberry: Baltimore's Mill Villages, Camden Yards and the strike of 1877, Fells Point: Community and conflict in a working-class neighborhood and more.Black cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Clean and bright with illustrations throughout. In black and white illustrated dust jacket with yellow spine panel titled in black. A few chips to edges of jacket, which is now in protective mylar. Bibliography, index, 268 pages. BALT/121218. Near Fine / Very Good. More

Berkeley: Flying Fish Press, 2018. Hardcover. Number 14 of 50 copies signed and numbered by the book artist. Flying Fish Press was established in 1987 by internationally known book artist and book art educator Julie Chen. The press focuses on the design and production of limited edition artists' books with an emphasis on three-dimensional and movable book structures and fine letterpress printing. Editions range in size from 25 to 150 copies. Work from the press Is known for combining meticulous attention to craft, intricate structural design, and inspired artistic vision. Half Century was written, illustrated, and designed by Chen. It is dedicated to Sandra Kroupa, Book Arts and Rare Books Curator, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of her career at University of Washington Libraries, Seattle, WA (colophon). Chen writes: "The text of this book considers the complexity of our relationship to time in our daily lives. We think we understand how time works, but our public beliefs about time may not sync up with our private beliefs about time. Our conception of time changes over the course of a lifetime but we often only realize this at milestones and/or traumatic moments in our lives. Imagery includes a variety of large wood type numbers that were printed at the Hamilton Wood Type Museum in Two Rivers, WI, along with an abstract visual timeline illustrating a pattern of significant life events over a 50-year period." Half Century has an accordion structure that measures 6 x 6 x 1 inches when closed, opening to a full width of 174 inches. Bound in red cloth with title label and "Act I" or Act II" on front and back covers. Letterpress printed from wood type and photopolymer plates. Presented in a red cloth box with a magnetic closure. In fine condition. Unpaginated. PRI/012219. Fine. More

Easton, MD and Haverford, PA: Printed Privately for the Author, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION. Very good in red cloth boards with gilt title to spine and front cover. Black, silver and gold emblem to front cover. Minor soiling and rubbing to exterior as well as light browning to spine and a small open tear to cloth on spine. Browning to end pages and light soiling to blank page at front. Else is clean and bright. Includes over 250 photographs, illustrations, and floor plans of historic plantations in Maryland. Index, 269 pages. Maryland. MD/011519. Very Good. More

New Paltz, NY: Codhill, (2003). Paperback. Oblong 8vo. Fine in illustrated cream and white paper wrappers with red and black title to front wrapper and to spine. Pristine interior with illustrations throughout. 97 pages. ART/021119. Fine. More

Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, (2002). Paperback. Small 4to. Fine in green side stapled paper wrappers with white title and black illustration to front wrapper. Pristine interior with illustrations throughout. 35 pages. ART/021119. Fine. More

London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1877. Hardcover. This is the most famous work by English historian and biographer, James Anthony Froude (1818 - 1894). Originally intending to be a clergyman, Froude ultimately turned from this career after publishing a novel that questioned the Christian faith. Very good in three-quarter tan leather over marbled paper boards with leather title and volume labels to spines. Gilt decoration to spines. Minor wear to edges, corners, and spine ends of all volumes. Occasional pulls and small chips to leather. Marbled endpapers and marbled edges. Clean, bright interiors overall with occasional spots of foxing and soiling. Tight bindings. An attractive set despite noted condition issues. Each volume is about 600 pages. This set may require an additional shipping fee. ENG/021519. Very Good. More

Morristown, NJ: The Morris Museum, 2002. Paperback. SCARCE. Oblong 8vo. Very good+ in grey paper wrappers with white and dark grey title to front wrapper and dark grey title to spine. Minor fading to edges of front wrapper and to spine. Residue from small price sticker to rear wrapper. Very slight yellowing to edges of pages. Previous owner's name written to inside of front cover. Else is clean and bright with illustrations throughout. 50 pages. HOL/020819. Very Good+. More

London: Printed for J. Nourse, 1779. Hardcover. Second edition. Contents include: animals (rabbit, squirrel, flying squirrel, marmout, agouti, paca, guinea pig, mouse, rate, leming, cricetus, mole, hedge-hog, tanrec, porcupine, armadilla, bat, beaver, seal, morse, manati, baboon, monkey, maki, oppossum, elephant, camelopard, camel, lama, nyl-ghau, bear, badger, tapir, racoon, coatimondi, ant-bear, sloth, gerbua) Includes 41 plates (squirrel, flying squirrel, squirrel in the act of flying, marmout, agouti, paca, guinea pig, moles, hedge-hog, tanreck, porcupine, pangolin, armadillo, bats, beaver, morse (seal), ouran-outang, long armed monkey, magot (monkey), wanderow (monkey), mococo (lemur - tear to this plate), lori, opossum, tarsier, cayopolin, elephant, rhinocerous, hippo, camelopard (giraffe), camel, dromedary, brown bear, white bear, badger, tapier, racoon, coati, ant bear (anteater), another ant bear (anteater), sloth, kanguroo). Bound in the original brown leather boards with maroon title label to spine and gilt decoration to spine. Front board is detached and rear board is nearly detached. Rubbing to boards and wear to edges and corners. Cracking to leather on spine. Foxing and browning throughout. Antiquated pen markings to front free endpaper. Occasinoal dampstaining. Tears to margins of some pages. Previous ownership signature in pen to top corner of title page. Front pastedown has lifted. A good reading copy. 356 pages. NAT/021519. Good. More

London: Printed for J. Nourse, 1779. Hardcover. Second edition. Contents include: birds (bittern, spoonbill, crane, water hen, coot, pelican, albatros, cormorant, gannet, gulls, penguin-kind, puffin, goose-kind, swan, duck, kingfisher) and fish (whale, narwhal, dolphin, shark, lamprey, sturgeon, apodal fish, jugular fish, abdominal fish, thoracis fishes) and shell fish (lobsters, tortoise). Includes 13 plates (spoonbill/calao, flamingo/avosetta, grebe/culterneb/pelican, ray/torpedo, sturgeon/mystus, frog fish/sun fish, sea hedghog, swordfish/sturgeon/salmon, sawfish/codfish/tunny, flying fish, violet crab/river crab/sea, lobster/lobster crab, tortoises). Bound in the original brown leather boards with maroon title label to spine and gilt decoration to spine. Minor wear to binding including wear to corners and edges of boards and rubbing to boards. Dampstaing to many pages, which has caused minor browning to the affected areas. Small spots of foxing throughout. Previous ownership signature in pen to top corner of title page. 400 pages. NAT/021519. Good. More

London: Printed for J. Nourse, 1779. Hardcover. Second edition. Contents include: Insects (caterpillars, butterflies, moths, enemies of the caterpillar, silk-worm, bee, wasp, Ichneumon-fly, ant, bettel, gnat, and tipula) and Zoophytes (worms, star-fish, polypus, sponges). Includes 3 plates (beetles, cuttlefish, and coral). Bound in the original brown leather boards with maroon title label to spine and gilt decoration to spine. Heavy wear to binding including chips to leather on spine, boards, and title label. Dampstaining and discoloration to boards. Wear to corners and edges of boards. Boards remains attached but hinges are cracked. Browning to all pages and minor dampstaining to bottom margins of many pages. Previous ownership signature in pen to top corner of title page. A good reading copy. 200 pages plus an index that is unpaginated but also seems to be about 200 pages. NAT/021519. Good. More

Richmond: The Dietz Press, (1951). Hardcover. 8vo. Scarce. Red cloth covered boards with gilt title to front board and to spine. Else is clean and bright. Blue and white illustrated dust jacket with blue title to front and spine panels. Minor soiling, creasing and edgewear to jacket as well as "Claiborne" and "Hale of Kent" written in faded pen to spine panel. Index, 340 pages. VA/011419. Very Good+ / Very Good. More