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Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1841. 8vo. Original green cloth, gilt title on spine. First edition. The artist's only novel. Biographical pencil notes about the author on an endpaper, but a very good copy. BAL 501. More
Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1841. 8vo. Original green cloth, gilt title on spine. First edition. The artist's only novel. Biographical pencil notes about the author on an endpaper, but a very good copy. BAL 501. More
Richmond, VA: Richmond Press, 1910. First edition. 8vo. 69 pp. Two portrait plates of the author. Beall and his men, including Baker, operated as naval irregulars, primarily in the Chesapeake Bay area; after mounting an unsuccessful foray into Lake Erie in an attempt to free Confederate prisoners on Johnson's Island..... More
Washington City: Tuesday, August 30, 1814. Broadside newspaper, 33 x 26 cm., printed in four columns. Unevenly trimmed along the top edge, some old spotting, and one small hole; the word "Boston" written in ink on the verso. The rare first issue of this paper, following a necessary pause in..... More
New York: William Abbatt, 1913. Second edition, Magazine of History with Notes and Queries, extra no. 24 (first published Paris, 1902). Small 4to. 96 pp. Corbin served as a staff officer to Major General Charles W. Field, the commander of Hood's old division, in Longstreet's corps. Nevins "Civil War Books"..... More
4to. 1 page, approximately 125 words. Folded as for mailing, now matted with a typed transcription and title ("Theatrical Letter of John T. Ford / Owner of Ford's Theater [sic], / Where President Abraham Lincoln Was Shot"). Glazed and framed. A hastily written, undated letter to an associate discussing the..... More
4to. Two pages, approximately 225 words, in part: "I and one of the boys that work for us went a hunting last week. We got 30 Duck & 18 Jack Snipe. Wish you could have been with us when I was up in Alaska. I catch a Trout that weight..... More
Paris, [FR]: Baudry's European Library, 1836. 8vo. xvi, 336pp. Later red buckram cloth with gilt title on spine. Wear to spine ends, spine faded. BAL 10298. "Classic account of the first American attempt at settlement of the Pacific coast, 1811 - initial action towards sustaining our claim to Oregon -..... More
Raleigh, NC: Printed & published by Joseph Gales, 1819. 12mo. 223, (2) pp. Contemporary calf (rubbed), leather spine label; text heavily foxed, scattered old light tidelines, ownership names on the front endpapers, rear free endpaper removed. Still a solid, very good copy. First edition. Marshall, "Mythical Mayflower Competition" (North Carolina..... More
8vo. 5 total pages, approximately 175 words. Newcomb, born in Nova Scotia, studied at Harvard and began work at the Naval Observatory in 1861, publishing studies of planetary orbits, the motions of the moon, and other subjects during his service there (see a long entry in DAB). Abbot (1831-1927) graduated..... More
Raleigh, NC: Edward & Broughton Co., 1946. First edition. 8vo. xxii, (2), 313 pp. Illustrated from photographs, portraits, plates, facsimiles. Thornton 10467. Original navy cloth, gilt spine title, printed green dust jacket (a little soiled). Very good. More
(1 letter), Newberne (8), Washington (5), and Newport News, Va. (1), to his cousin Wesley Strong in Grout’s Corner, Massachusetts, and other relatives. 8vo. 73 pages, approximately 8000 words. Passages from the letters below give a flavor his life and military service in eastern North Carolina, primarily in the siege..... More
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
Boston: Small, Maynard, 1899. 12mo. 244pp. Portrait frontispiece. Original gilt-stamped burgundy cloth (rubbed, spine faded). Very good copy. First edition. Author's third book, following only two slim volumes of aphorisms. Work, p. 364: "African colonization not favored." Blockson Collection 2901. More
Head Quarters, Bergen County, (NJ): 1780. Folio, one page, approximately 125 words, in part: “I perceive … that you had collected about two hundred Cattle more, and that a further number might be obtained … I cannot of right command the services of the militia … let the commanding officers..... More
Reported and published by Williams Hincks and F.H. Smith. Washington, (DC): Buell and Blanchard, printers, 1852. 8vo. 37 pp. [printed double-column]. Original printed plain pink wrappers (soiled), stitched; scattered foxing, but very good. First edition. Francis Lieber's copy with his ownership signature at the head of the front wrapper. More
Charlottesville, VA: U. Press of Virginia, (c1987). First editions of the first two volumes in this series. 8vo. 2 volumes: xxiv, (2), 511; xxiii, (3), 533 pp. Title page vignette for each volume. Very good. Gilt-stamped back cloth, decorated dust jackets. (10834). More
[Springfield, MA: 1814]. Broadside, 29 x 18.5 cm. Two odes, printed in two columns, with typographical border between the columns, and at the head and foot of text. Unevenly torn along top edge, just touching typographical border; some old spotting. Old repair on verso, using old paper, of a long..... More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, (1972). First edition. Folio. 230 pp. Profusely illustrated from Bearden's artwork, plates, some folding, many in color, portrait frontispiece. "[Bearden's] visual idiom involves montage and collage elements in combination with forms and styles that echo those of African sculpture, and is orchestrated by a deft..... More
Wenatchee, Wash. Letter Press and Presswork by The Republic Press, nd [ca. 1904?]. Printed paper wrappers. 23.5cm. (16)pp., illus. Date taken from a map of the county on the verso of front cover. Some archival tape on edge of inside cover, small hole punch at upper edge of wrapper and..... More
Cascade Mountains and Spokane, Washington, and Montana: nd [ca. 1920]. Photograph album. Oblong 4to photograph album (7 x 10 inches), "Photographs" gilt-stamped on upper board, all of the photographs captioned in white ink on the album leaves, below the images (the captions have been taken from identical notes on the..... More