Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (1946). Hardcover. First edition. Tan cloth boards with blue title to spine and front cover. Slight roll to spine and browning to spine. Minor wear to edges of boards and spine ends. Pen notation from previous owner to front free endpaper "This is a wonderful book." Slight browning to margins of pages. 378 pages. LIT/122618. Very Good / Very Good. More

New York: T.B. Sidebotham, 1879. Paperback. Reprinted from the New York Freeman's Journal, this pamphlet addresses the discovery of Mississippi. Tan paper wrappers with black title to front cover. Chipping to edges of wrappers, with several large chips to rear wrapper. Browning to edges of wrappers and minor staining to rear wrapper. Previous owners stamp to front cover and top margins of first few pages. Clean interior otherwise. 24 pages. AMER/021919. Very Good. More

New York: Arundel Printing and Publishing Company, circa 1881. Hardcover. Bound in the original red cloth boards with gilt title to spine and front cover. Large chip to book cloth on spine. Wear to edges and corners of boards with chipping to book cloth along spine ends. Roll to spine. Loose binding with several large splits - but still a good reading copy. Includes illustrations. Minor dampstaining to some margins and corners. Previous owner inscription in pen dated 1881 to front endpaper. Old price stamp in black to front endpaper. A charming book despite noted wear. 128 pages. POE/122818. Good Plus. More

New York: The Harry T Thomas Company, 1896. One of 540 copies of the scarce Autograph Edition signed by the author/artist. Francis Hopkinson Smith (1838-1915) was an American author, artist and engineer born in Baltimore, Maryland, a descendant of Francis Hopkinson, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. He became a contractor in New York City and did much work for the Federal government, including the stone ice-breaker at Bridgeport, Connecticut, the jetties at the mouth of the Connecticut river, the foundation for the Bartholdi Statue of Liberty in New York harbor, and the Race Rock Lighthouse off New London, Connecticut. His vacations were spent sketching in the White Mountains, in Cuba, in Mexico, and afterwards in Venice, Constantinople and Holland. He published various volumes of travel illustrated by himself, including this work on Venice [Wikipedia]. This beautiful large folio is extensively illustrated both in color and black & white. There are 20 full page color plates and 21 in b&w, all protected by tissue guards. In addition there are numerous color and b&w text illustrations throughout the book. In his preface Smith wrote that his aim was to describe and depict the beauties of Venice that one sees in the sunlight of a summer's day. Bound in contemporary brown three quarter leather with marbled paper boards and endpapers. Leather is scraped and scuffed, with tear along top of spine. Paper boards are also scraped and worn. The interior pages are quite clean and bright. There is a margin stain on the free front endpaper but the rest of the book is very good plus. A very desirable copy of this homage to the magical city of Venice. 140 pages plus plates. This is very heavy book that will require extra postage. ART/012319. More

New York: The Citadel Press, 1970. Hardcover. "The direct inspiration for the First Universal Races Congress came in 1906 at a conference held in Eisenach, Germany, of leaders of the International Union of Ethical Societies" (jacket). Black cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Offsetting to endpapers, else clean. In black and white illustrated dust jacket wiht white title to spine. Minor wear and rubbing to edges and panels of jacket. 485 pages. AFRAMER/122018. Very Good / Very Good. More

Baltimore: By the Author in Cooperation with the Calvert County Historical Society, 1960. Hardcover. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. 8vo. Orange cloth covered boards with gilt title to front board and to spine. Minor fading to edges and spine. Author's signature to front free end page. Light browning to end pages. Else is clean and bright. with photographic illustrations throughout. Blue and white illustrated and price clipped dust jacket with black title to front and spine panels. Soiling, chipping and creasing to dust jacket which has been repaired with archival tape and is in a protective plastic sleeve. Index, 404 pages. MD/011419. Very Good / Good+. More

Baltimore: The Maryland Historical Society, 1868. Paperback. 8vo. Very good- in light brown paper wrappers. Rear wrapper is missing and about half of the spine is chipped away. Chipping and soiling to front wrapper. Writing to top edge of front wrapper. Minor damp staining to top of half title page. Small open tear to top edge of rear free end page. Else is clean and bright. 44 pages. MD/021319. Very Good -. More

Fribourg: Editions d'Art Ebory, [1984]. Hardcover. An exquisite exact facsimile of a miniature book of hours from the Vatican library's collections. This is the first reproduction of this sumptuously designed and decorated book from the end of the fifteenth century. The facsimile is bound in fine brown leather with three raised spine bands with gilt decorations and Ross 94, gilt heraldic image on front cover, and all edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. The book was laser printed on specially made paper. Accompanying the book is another book providing commentary in French written by Marcel Thomas, the chief conservator of the manuscripts department at the Bibliotheque Nationale. He writes about the book's provenance, history, and importance. This is followed by a discussion of the decorations and bibliographical details. Bound in cream suede soft covers with gilt title on front cover. Both volumes are housed in a cream colored suede clamshell box with the title on spine. Books and box are all in fine condition. Facsimile measures 2.75 x 3.75 inches and has 240 pages; Commentary is 45 pages. Box measures 5.75 x 8 inches. ILLUM/010319. Fine. More

Baltimore: The National Society of Colonial Dames of America in the State of Maryland. Paper Wrappers. 4to. Brown paper wrappers with white title to spine and front cover. Clean interior with tight binding. Illustrated. Foxing to fore-edge of textblock. 128 pages. MD/021419. Very Good. More

Cambridge. MD: Tidewater Publishers, 1975. First Edition. Paperback. 8vo. Mint green paper wrappers with black title to front wrapper and to spine. Minor foxing and rubbing to wrappers. Old price sticker to rear wrapper. Interior is clean and bright with illustrations throughout. Tells the story of Ernest Tucker and his adventures sailing the Chesapeake Bay in his boat, Half Pint. 96 pages. MD/020619. Very Good. More

New Jersey: Turtle Light Press, 2010. Softcover. The poet writes: "I worked in Israel for six years including three years as a reporter for The New York Times. But I never felt like I was able to capture the essence of the country...in my reportage. Upon my return to the U.S. I rediscovered haiku and realized that I had stumbled upon a form that I could use to write about Israel in a way that I always wanted." The result is this lovely small book with verse that captures the contradictions and paradoxes of life in Israel. Done in a dos a dos structure with one side for Peace and the other for War. Bound in black paper covers with white title label on one side. This third edition was printed and produced by Laserwave Inc. in New Brunswick, NJ. In fine condition. 32 pages. POET/013119. Fine. More

Baltimore: County Directories of Maryland, (1956). Hardcover. 4to. Orange and white paper covered boards with black title to front board and to spine panel. Spine faded to yellow. Minor fading to edges of front board. A few small cosed tears to head of spine. Light rubbing and one small spot of soiling to rear board. Interior is clean and bright with illustrations throughout. 298 pages. MD/011618. Very Good. More