THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ANNE ROYALL
Cedar Rapids: Torch Press, 1909. 1st ed. 8vo. 298pp. Very good. Period bookplate on pastedown. More
District of Columbia
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The Life and Times of Anne Royall.
Cedar Rapids, IA: Torch Press Book Shop, 1909. First edition. 8vo. 298 pp. Publisher's printed prospectus and 8-page pamphlets of "Commendations and Opinions" of this title laid in. Cf. Howes-481 to 485 (all accounts of sojourns or travels in the United States, most in the South). Howes called Mrs. Royall..... More
STUDIO PRODUCTS CORPORATION, RECORD OF INCORPORATION. A collection of the articles of incorporation, by-laws, meetings, minutes, capital stock issued, purchase of property, corporate officers, etc. related to this company, incorporated in the state of Delaware in 1928.
Ring-binder notebook, bound in 3/4 red leather and grey cloth boards. Two page index in ink, followed by typescript corporate records. 28 cm. (2), [67] pp., each section separated by stiff grey paperwraps with typescript titles and imprint of the New Jersey Registration & Trust Company, East Orange, New Jersey..... More
OFFICIAL WHITE HOUSE COLOR PHOTOGRAPH OF THE REAGANS, picturing the President shaking hands with Frankie Hewitt.; With a printed inscription in the lower margin, "To Frankie Hewitt with best wishes," and signed by the President and First Lady.
Fine. The photograph, 8 x 10 inches, is accompanied by Mrs. Reagan's printed card of presentation and White House envelopes for both the card and the photograph. Hewitt (1931-2003) had a long career in Washington, DC, first as a speech writer for John F. Kennedy and an assistant to U.N...... More
GIFT BEQUEST OF THREE NEGROES FROM BARBARA REILY TO HER FOUR GRANDCHILDREN, IN AN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT, SIGNED BY REILY, 20 JUNE 1831.
Single sheet, folded, 2pp., docketted on fourth integral leaf, matted, glazed and framed. Barbara Reily, of the City of Washington, gives to her grandchildren Joseph Anderson, William, Philip Key, and Phoebe Wright, children of her son Th. B. Reily "Negroe woman Frankey, or Frances, and her two children Mary and..... More
Monumental Washington: The Planning and Development of the Capital CenteR.
Princeton, (NJ): Princeton U. Press, 1967. First edition. Oblong 4to. xv, (2), 221 pp. [double-column text]. Illustrated from photographs, old prints, paintings, maps, plans, etc. Fine. Blue cloth, gilt spine title. (9185). More
The Stranger's Guide-Book to Washington City and Everybody's Pocket Handy-Book; Containing the Most Complete Guide to Washington and Vicinity, a Family Laundry Book, a Family Expense of Receipt-Book, Salaries of Officers, Civil and Military, Interesting and Valuable Statistics, Compiled from the Last Census Report, Population of States and Territories, Population of Principal cities, Rates of Postage, Distances from Washington to Principal Cities, and Much Other Useful and Valuable Matter: Read the Table of Contents.
Wahington, DC: The author, 1864. First edition. 16mo. 103pp, 31pp. [ads for local businesses]. Original gilt-stamped brown cloth (spine ends chipped). Very good. More
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PORTRAIT OF BOY WITH THE U.S. CAPITOL BUILDING IN BACKGROUND. [title supplied]
[Washington, DC]: nd [ca.1870]. Original watercolor, charcoal and chalk drawing on canvas, 24.5 x 29.5 in., glazed and framed. Signed by the artist. The young boy is well dressed in a double-breasted suit and bow tie, with button-up boots. He stands on a tiled terrace, one hand one a balustrade..... More
WASHINGTON, D.C. STREET SCENES DEPICTING THE CAPITAL CITY AND ITS AFRICAN AMERICAN WORKING CLASS CITIZENS, AN ORIGINAL DRAWING BY W.A. ROGERS, ARTIST AND POLITICAL CARTOONIST.
nd [ca.1910s?]. Pen & ink drawing with a watercolor wash, approx. 22 x 14 in., matted, glazed and framed. Signed by W.A. Rogers in the lower right corner. Five vignettes of Washington life sketched on a single sheet, each with an inked caption title: "Baggage-Express Men," "The Monument," "A Typical..... More
ROOSE'S COMPANION AND GUIDE TO WASHINGTON AND VICINITY.
[Washington, DC]: Gibson Brothers, Printers, 1880. Carefully revised and corrected to 1880. 12mo.; vii, 144 pp. Illustrations and large folding map. Blind stamped red cloth (soiled; minor wear to spine ends, rubbing to rear board). A very good copy. More
ROOSE'S COMPANION AND GUIDE TO WASHINGTON AND VICINITY.
[Washington, DC]: Gibson Brothers, Printers, 1887. Carefully revised and corrected to 1887. 12mo.; iii-viii, [9]-144 pp. Illustrations and large folding map with a couple small closed tears. Blind stamped red cloth (lightly soiled), gilt title on front board (a bit rubbed). Lacks title page. The final paragraph of text remarks..... More
LETTER AND ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTS FROM THE HON. RICHARD RUSH .....RESPECTING THE LOAN OF A MILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS... FOR THE CITIES OF WASHINGTON, GEORGETOWN, AND ALEXANDRIA.
Wash. Peter Force, 1830. 8vo. Printed wraps. 171pp. Light staining throughout. This money was negotiated from Europe to build the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. More
PHOTOGRAPH OF GEORGE WHITEFIELD SAMSON, PASTOR OF E STREET BAPTIST CHURCH IN WASHINGTON D.C., AND FIFTH PRESIDENT OF COLUMBIAN COLLEGE [now George Washington University, Washington, D.C.]
Original oval photograph, approx. 7 x 5 in., matted. Samson is shown as an older man, in 3/4 view, turned slightly to his right, and dressed in a suitcoat and bow tie. A very good image. Rev. Samson was born in Harvard, Massachusetts in 1819, and graduated from Brown University..... More
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SCHULTZ'S SEED ANNUAL 1910. [cover title]
Washington, DC: G. Edward Schultz, n.d. [1910]. Black lettered buff semi-glossy paperwraps. Black and white photo illustration of Snow White Evergreen Corn on front panel. 8vo.; 56 pp. Unused printed order sheet and envelope (advertising Red Comb Poultry Feed) laid in. With numerous illustrations and photos of fruit and vegetable..... More
HOVEY ET AL. vs. McDONALD ET AL. No. 13, General Term, Jan. 1876.
Disbound pamphlet. 8vo. 19pp. Brief for Appellants. McDonald employed Hovey & Dole to prosecute his case regarding a claim before "the British & American Mixed Commission" for a large sum of money, for cotton destroyed by certain military forces of the U.S. during the late war. The judgement won, McDonald..... More
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE RIGHTS ON THE ANACOSTIA RIVER.
Washington, DC: Senate Document No. 19, 62nd Congress, 1st Session, 1911. Black lettered grey paperwraps. 8vo. 38 pp., plus 10 folding plates and maps. A very good copy. This is Taggart's second report, as Special Counsel on the ownership of lands and riparian rights along the Anacostia River. More
GEORGE J. BOND, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, SOLICITOR PATENTS, & LAND CLAIMS
N.P. n.p., n.d. Single sheet, printed on one side, measuring approx. 6 x 10 in. Advertisement for Bond, whose offices were located at 623 F St., Washington, DC. He offers his services in obtaining China, Spanish & Civil War Pensions, quotes military rights under the Civil War Act of June..... More
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TRUST'S PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY OF WASHINGTON AND NEAR-BY TOWNS [cover title]
Washington, DC: Edward Trust, Sr. 1913. First edition. 8vo. 115 pp. Directory of "physicians, dentists, druggists, and nurses of Washington, and near-by towns in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia." OCLC locates two copies (National Library of Medicine, Center for Research Libraries). Original printed red cloth (soiled; spine faded)..... More
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TRUST'S PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY OF WASHINGTON AND NEAR-BY TOWNS [cover title]
Washington, DC: Edward Trust, Sr. 1913. First edition. 8vo. 115 pp. Directory of "physicians, dentists, druggists, and nurses of Washington, and near-by towns in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia." OCLC locates two copies (National Library of Medicine, Center for Research Libraries). Original printed red cloth; front hinge repaired..... More
THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES: A REVIEW OF THE DISCUSSIONS, IN CONGRESS AND ELSEWHERE, ON THE SITE AND PLANS OF THE FEDERAL CITY; WITH A SKETCH OF ITS PRESENT POSITION AND PROSPECTS; ALSO, REMARKS ON MONUMENTAL STRUCTURES AND THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.
Washington, (DC): R. Farnham, 1854. Second edition, with an alphabetical index. 8vo. 121pp., v. Somewhat later black half-leather and marbled boards (rebacked, original spine laid down); old institutional bookplate, accession number on title page. A good copy, lacking map. More
THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
NY: Press of Hunt's Merchants' Magazine, 1848. Disbound pamphlet. 8vo. 69pp. A review of the site & plans of the Federal city. Also, a notice of the Smithsonian Institution. Very good. More
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METZEROTT'S VIEWS OF WASHINGTON. [cover title]
Washington, DC: W.G. Metzerott, nd [ca. 1860]. First edition. Oblong 12mo. 17 loose individual plates printed on glossy card stock, each 41/2 x 5 1/2 inches (one plate cropped across the top margin with no loss to image), laid into a gilt-stamped embossed green cloth folder; each engraved image appears..... More
THE WASHINGTON DIRECTORY, AND CONGRESSIONAL, AND EXECUTIVE REGISTER, FOR 1850.
Washington, [D.C.]: THE COMPILER, (Columbus Alexander, Printer), 1850. First edition (apparently the only Washington directory published by Waite). 19 cm. xi (1, errata), 242 pp. [The last 56 pages contain advertisements for local businesses.] Folding detailed plan of the central city, with a small inset map of the entire District..... More
Architect's Report on the United States Capitol Extension and the New Dome, November 1, 1862.
Washington, (DC): Government Printing Office, 1962. 8vo. 10pp. Printed wraps some chipping along edges. Very good. More
60 MINUTES! -- THE "60 MINUTE WAY" TO KEEP IN THE PINK OF CONDITION
Washington, DC: Washington Athletic Club, nd (c. 1935). 12mo. 16 pp. Illustrated with photographs. Original stapled paper wraps, somewhat creased. A very good copy. More