New York: Park Lane, 1977. Hardcover. Includes 89 illustrations, 72 in color. Tan cloth boards with gilt title to spine. In beige dust jacket with black title to spine and front panels. Minor wear to edges of jacket. Clean and bright interior with light browning to margins. Size: quarto. 192 pages. ILL/011718. Very Good / Very Good. More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003. Hardcover. 4to. Revised with new foreword by Paul W. Wirtz. "Harwood gives us a glorious picture of the streetcar in Baltimore, combining the story of lines and equipment with a nostalgic view of Baltimore when so many of her people relied on street railways" (jacket). Black cloth spine over grey paper covered boards with gilt title to spine. In black dust jacket with yellow title to spine panel. Interior is very clean with bright text and many photographic illustrations. Tight binding. 171 pages. BALT/121218. Fine / Fine. More
Boston: Trustees of the Public Library of the City of Boston, 1991. Hardcover. Ex-library from the Library of Congress with stamp to front endpaper. Tan cloth boards with gilt title to spine and front cover. Bumping to foot of spine. Filled with photographic illustrations. 187 pages. Massachusetts State History AFAMER/122018. Very Good. More
Washington DC: National Museum of Women in the Arts, 2000. Paperback. 4to. Illustrated paper wrappers with dark blue spine panel titled in white. Minor wear to edges and corners. Filled with color illustrations. 239 pages. ART/121218. Near Fine. More
Holniker Retrospective, 1992. Paperback. 4to. Scarce. White paper wrappers with black title to spine and front cover. Clean and bright with many photographic illustrations featuring images of Baltimore in the 1980s and Russia / Eastern Europe in the 1990s. The juxtaposition between the two in this retropective is perhaps unintentional, but jarring none-the-less. Includes famous Baltimorians such as a young John Waters, Bella Abzug, Lee Atwater, Blaze Starr, Kurt Schmoke (mayor), etc. Unpaginated. BALT/121218. Fine. More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1902. Hardcover. Includes map and several illustrations. Red cloth boards with gilt title to spine and front cover. Three small water stains to front cover, else clean. Slight roll to spine. Bookplate of A.J. Tullock to front pastedown. Bookplate of A.J. Tullock to front pastedown. Tullock (? - 1904) was an engineer from Illinois who later owned the Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Company. Gift inscription in pen to front free endpaper. Minor foxing to first few pages. 230 pages. AMER/022019. Very Good. More
New York: The Galleon Press, 1934. Hardcover. An anthology of over 150 new short short stoires. Uncommon volume. Black cloth boards with gilt title to front cover. Chipping to gilt on title. Minor wear to edges of boards, spine ends, and corners. Foxing to endpapers, else clean. 461 pages. LIT/122618 (Literature Anthology section). Very Good. More
Ann Arbor: George Wahr, 1921. Hardcover. Ex-library from the Library of Congress. Tan cloth spine over cream paper covered boards with paper title label to spine and front cover. (Title label reads "Sjouke Gabbes") Minor wear to corners and edges of boards. A few smudges to boards and small stain to spine. Ex-library markings to endpapers. Illustrated. 172 pages. BOB/122018. Very Good. More
Chicago: The John C. Winston Company, 1934. Hardcover. Scarce in dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with gilt title to spine and front cover. Foxing and light browning to first / last pages and margins. Previous ownership marking to front free endpaper. Charming color illustrations by Pogany (with foxing to margins). In white dust jacket with pink and black floral decoration, titled in black to spine and front panels. Chipping, soiling, and wear to jacket including loss to rear panel. Rear flap of jacket is present but detached from rear panel. 504 pages. CHILD/122418. Very Good / Good. More
London: Conway Maritime Press, 1970. Hardcover. Facsimile of the 1794 4th edition. Very good+ in blue cloth covered boards with silver title to spine. Slight browning to end pages. Else is clean and bright with many illustrations including fold-out diagram at rear. Orange and white illustrated dust jacket with brown title to front and spine panels. Minor creasing to top edge of dust jacket. 303 pages + plates. MAR/011519. Very Good+ / Very Good. More
(2011). Paperback. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Near fine in illustrated paper wrappers with orange and green title to front wrapper. Inscription to title page. Pristine interior. 137 pages. MAR/021219. Near Fine. More
Wye Mills, MD: Chesapeake College Press, (1986). Paperback. 8vo. Near fine in beige illustrated paper wrappers with red title to front wrapper and grey title to spine. Spine faded. Pristine interior with photographic illustrations throughout. 182 pages. MD/021219. Very Good. More
Baltimore: self published, 2000. Hardcover. Scarce. Illustrated paper covered boards with white spine panel titled in black. Clean and bright with pen inscription on front free endpaper from one of the contributors (Joan Maloney). Photographic illustrations. Size: 8vo. 151 pages. MD/121218. Fine. More
Portland, ME: Falmouth Publishing House, 1950. Hardcover. Inscribed to Eileen from the author on the dedication page. "Here are poems of nature, songs of the sea, the seasons, the meadows, which have a refreshing simplicity and spontaneity" (jacket). Red cloth boards with gilt title to spine and front cover. Small dampstain to rear cover. In green and white dust jacket with green title spine panel. Minor wear to edges of jacket including some closed tears. Foxing to interior of jacket and flaps. Clean interior with minor foxing to endpapers. 72 pages. POE/122018. Very Good / Very Good. More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, (1991). Paper Wrappers. 4to. Revised edition. Beige illustrated paper wrappers with brown spine panel and red title to spine. Pristine, tight interior filled with illustrations. 168 pages. BALT/121218. Near Fine. More
Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1896. This is a beautiful original leaf from the magnificent The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer issued by the Kelmscott Press. It is considered a landmark in the history of printing. This disbound leaf is the first page of text for "The Hous of Fame Liber Tercius - the Invocation". Chaucer’s 'House of Fame' is a surreal account of a dream in which the poet visits the palace where Fame herself sits in state. Chaucer’s tour-guide to this strange corner of the medieval universe is a comically garrulous eagle, and there is even time for the pair to stop by the House of Rumour. This page has a splendid illustration by Edward Burne-Jones, who provided the designs for the 87 wood-engravings that illustrate the book. It shows the poet wandering among the ice that have the names of famous people inscribed - but he cannot read them because all but a few letters have thawed and disappeared (fleeting fame...). The illustration is enclosed in a beautiful ornamental border designed by William Morris. There is also an ornate 16-liine opening initial and a six-line initial on the front page. The other side of the page has double column text with ten three-line initials. Printed in Chaucer type on Perch paper. In near fine condition save for pinholes along the left margin from binding, a few light spots of foxing, and two faint tape marks to the top margin of the verso. 11 x 17 inches. PRI/011519. Near Fine. More
Centreville, MD: Tidewater Publishers, (1982). second printing. Hardcover. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. 8vo. Near fine in black cloth backed beige paper covered boards with silver title to spine. Author's inscription to half title page. Else is pristine. Very good+ illustrated grey dust jacket with black title to front and spine panels. Minor edgewear to dust jacket. Index, 127 pages. COOK/010419. Near Fine / Very Good+. More
Hungary: Petofi Printing House, Kecskemet, 1979. Hardcover. Quarto. Turquoise glossy paper covered boards with black title to spine and front cover. Minor wear to edges of boards and spine. Clean. A cute book filled with color illustrations. 60 pages. CAT/122818. Very Good. More
Greece: ilias Lalaounis, 1985. Hardcover. Quarto. Heavily influenced by Greek historical motifs and traditions, goldsmith ilias Lalaounis (1920 - 2013) created modern day sculptures and jewelry. Many examples are showcased in this book. Grey cloth boards with gilt title to spine and gilt design to front cover. Clean and bright with full color illustrations. In blue dust jacket with white title to spine and front panels. Sticker to front of jacket reads " French Academy Awards". Minor rubbing to jacket. Black and white photograph of unlabeled art object laid in. Text in English. 339 pages. Jewelry. ANT/021519. Fine / Fine. More
New York: Beehive Press, 1991. Martin, Van Jones. Cloth. 4to. In green cloth covered boards with silver title stamp to spine. In black and white illustrated glossy dust jacket with green and white title to spine and front panels. Interior clean and bright. B/w illustrations throughout. Index. 251 pages. MD/021419. Very Good in Very Good dj. More
Savannah, Georgia: Beehive Press, 1996. Martin, Van Jones. Hardcover. 4to. Black cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine. Interior clean and bright. Black and white illustrations throughout. Index. Black and white illustrated dust jacket with gilt title to front and spine panels. Light wear to edges. 251 pages. MD/021418. Fine / Fine. More
Savannah, GA: Beehive Press Book, 2001. Hardcover. "Fifth edition of a classic portrait of Savannah, Georgia's 18th century capital and 19th century cotton port ... This handsome gift volume surveys in words and pictures the early and colorful history of the colonial outpost, the development of its extraordinary town plan and dignified architecture and the city's 20th centry decline and recent renewal" (jacket). Near fine in yellow cloth boards with green title to spine. Foxing to fore-edge of textblock and to some pages, else clean. Includes many black and white illustrations. In green and white dust jacket with mint green spine panel titled in black. 252 pages. STA/021919. Fine / Fine. More
San Francisco: Deeply Game Publications, 2012. Hardcover. Number 45 of 55 copies. Signed by the author and book artists. Book artist Sara Press collaborated with Andrew Rottner to create this exquisite tribute to printing’s golden age. "The story, by Christina Lauritsen, mis-remembers H.C. Andersen’s classic tale of the same name, transforming it into a story of revelation and madness. The visual progression of the book mirrors the plot, pitting the beauty of the decorative arts against the intense and unpredictable messiness of human experience. This book confronts the inevitability of loss and bows to intellectual freedom and its attendant risks." [artists' statement]. The book is printed in Garamond and Bembo types on Moab Entrada paper. It features two 26 inch wide foldouts with illustrations by Rottner. The striking cover is done from a cut-marbled-paper and brocade. The book measures 7 x 9 inches. It is unpaginated. Deeply Game Productions creates and distributes the art works of Sara Press and her collaborators. Sara L. Press is a photographer, printmaker and book artist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Many of her projects examine peculiar areas of overlap between nature and culture (for example: dog fighting, feral children, and our co-evolution with snakes). Sara has also wrestled with the relationship between creativity and the scientific method. Recently, Sara has turned to constructions of masculinity and femininity in our culture (such as human bloodsports and altered fairy-tales). Her work can be seen in public collections around the country and are also in many library and private collections. A lovely book in fine condition. PRI/021919. Fine. More
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1859. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Very good in three quarter brown leather with marbled paper covered boards. Leather title and volume labels to spines of both volumes. Wear to edges of volumes including pulls to leather, minor bumping to corners, and chipping to marbled paper. Spot of soiling to top front corner of volume two. There is a one inch split to the bottom of the front edge of volume one. Bookplate of Edward Hamilton to front pastedown of volume one. Minor toning to margins and occasional finger smudge marks, but clean and bright overall. Short closed tears to edges of a few pages. An attractive set despite noted wear. Volume I has 455 pages and Volume II has 485 pages plus ads. Medicine. MED/013119 This set may require an extra shipping fee. Very Good. More
New York: April, 1865. Scarce copy of this paper from April 15, 1865, printed as an 8:10am extra edition providing additional details on the death of President Lincoln, with earlier reporting of his assassination, scenes at his deathbed, and the escape of the alleged assassin, John Wilkes Booth. The president was shot on April 14, 1865 around 10pm at the Ford's Theatre and died at 7:22am the next morning. There is other reportage of the attempts by the southern president Jefferson Davis to lead defiance in light of the South's loss, despite the earlier surrender of his general, Robert E. Lee. The Herald was America's national newspaper at that time. The entire original newspaper of four pages. Creases where folded in half and in quarters, including small tears in a few places. Right margins are chipped and torn, not affecting text. Paper has browned, but all together in very condition for a 19th century newspaper. CIVWAR/012519. Very Good. More
