London: Edward Lumley, Chancery Lane, 1840. 8vo. Five volumes. Bound in green leather with spines stamped in gilt and five raised bands, gilt inner dentelles, edges with gilt rules. Spines slightly faded else very good. Gift inscription "C. Lawson from A. W. Johnstone, 1856." More
London: Bell and Dandy, York Street, Covent Garden, 1872-1874. First editions. Two volumes. 8vo. 152pp.; 140pp. Each with 54 chromolithograph plates. Bound one in original brown the other in original green decorated and gilt stamped cloth with portrait of flower center of front board each volume. All edges gilt. Very... More
London: James W. Parker and Son West Strand, 1855-1861. First edition. 8vo. xv, 528; vii, 526; viii, 584; viii, 510, 8 pages. Maps. Original green cloth. Bright fine set. Larned calls this “a standard work, written in a vein of philanthropic philosophy, not intended as a narrative of the annals... More
NP: np, (1939)? Stapled on top. 8 pp. 12 by 6 7/8. Printed on one side browned. There appears to be no listing for this, under the title, a similar item is listed as printed in 1939 but only chronicles to 1936. Bears pencil signature of Eugene Leach. More
Baltimore [MD]: printed by Warner & Hanna, Harrison-Street, 1799. First edition. 8vo. 173, (blank), iv. Including a subscriber's list and a list of members of the Legislature of Maryland. George Washington, Mount Vernon, is listed amongst the subscribers from Alexandria. Contemporary marbled boards, with leather spine; gilt lettered red morocco... More
NP: np, March 1990. 4to. 227 pp. White paperwraps. Printed front cover. Very good. Number of short articles by various writers. More
Johnson City: Watauga Press. 1947. 8vo. 2nd, revised ed 109pp. Very good in original glassine. More
London: printed by H.M. for B. Lintot and R. Gosling in Fleet-Street, A. Bettesworth on London-Bridge, and W. Innys in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1712. First edition. 20 cm. [23], errata, 456, [10] index, [2] ads. With folding frontis. map depicting California as an island, plus 19 other maps and plates... More
[Washington: Post Office Department, 1867]. Broadside, 14 x 8.5 in., old folds. A very good example, signed in type by both Andrew Johnson and Secretary of State William H. Seward. Prefaced by a short printed note from Postmaster General Alex W. Randall, dated Sept. 10, 1867, transmitting the President's official... More
Washington: Gale and Seaton Printers, 1845. 8vo. 693pp. plus twenty-two plates and five maps (three folding, one in rear pocket). Original brown blindstamped cloth rebacked, with original spine laid down. Usual foxing, a few tears to large map in pocket. Cowan, p. 223. Graff 1437. Grolier Club, One Hundred American... More
Charlottesville: F. Carr, 1829-1830. Volume 1, no. 1-52. June 17, 1829 - June 9, 1830. Thick 8vo. 830pp. Black leather backed marbled paper boards, four raised bands bordered with gilt rules, title stamped in gilt on spine. Rubbed, some wear to front joint and head of spine. Period book binders... More
Frederick-Town [MD]: printed at the Office of the Republican Advocate, 1804. First edition. Sewn pamphlet. 12mo. 48pp. Printed title page. Some overall toning and slight margin wear, else a nicely preserved copy. A pro-Jeffersonian tract, issued for the Presidential election of 1804. Colvin, editor and proprietor of the Frederick "Republican... More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1924. First edition. 8vo. xx, 303pp., illus. with 79 photos and a map. Beige spine with stamped lettering, with blue cloth boards also with front stamped with author and title. Tipped in signed carte-de-visite of K.P.R. Pawar Sthan Mongol. Second King of Siam. Note... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1, 3, and 5 Bond Street, 1880. First American edition. 8vo. xxxii, 446pp., 2p. of publisher's ads. Brown cloth with rules in black on spine and front board and title and author stamped in gilt. Library bookplate on front pastedown. Very good. Kossuth was... More
NY: G.F. Nesbitt & Co., Printers and Stationers, corner of Pearl and Pine Streets, 1864. Stitched buff paper wrappers, moderately soiled. Title and publication information printed within a decorative border on front wrapper. 9 in. 8pp. A prospectus for the company, formed in April 1864. The company's property, both owned... More
New York: Printed by Hopkins and Seymour, for I. Riley & Co. 1806. First edition. 8vo. 76pp. Bound in paper spine with marbled wrappers and a printed paper label with decorative border on front wrapper, which has title and publisher printed on it. Not an uncommon pamphlet but we have... More
Salt Lake City [UT]: Press of Harper Brothers, nd [ca.1902]. Printed paper wrappers, stapled, illustration of the Knutsford Hotel on rear wrapper. 8 x 8 cm., 31 pp., including 18 views of the City Hall, Mormon Temple and Tabernacle, the Lion House, the Salt Air Pavilion, etc. Cover title: "Salt... More
Chicago, IL: Edited, engraved and published by the Geographical Publishing Co. nd [ca.1920s?]. Wall maps of Tennessee, "Dixie," the United States and Europe, and the World. Two sheets (4pp.), each 32 1/2 x 23 in., with maps printed on both sides, joined along top edge with a thin band of... More
NP: Printed in U.S.A. nd (1930). Poster, 28 x 10 1/4 in., printed on both sides, text and illustrations enclosed in a scalloped border. Some overall toning, and shallow chipping to the left margin, not affecting image. A very nice example. Two of the illustrations were done by Walker Litho... More
Washington, DC: Social Security Board; Allied Printing, New York City, Trades Council, Union Label. nd [1936]. Broadside, 18 x 12 in., bold title underlined, text printed in various sizes of type. Some overall toning, else a very good copy. The notice announces the terms of compliance with the Social Security... More
[Washington, DC?]: 1961. Artist's sketchbook containing six original drawings for cartoons depicting political topics of note in 1961: a split amongst the Teamsters (1), the newly inaugurated D.C. Stadium (2), The Common Market (1), the Berlin Wall (1), and Nuclear Bomb Tests by Russia (1). Three of the drawings, 8... More
[Washington, DC]: Printed by the U.S. Geological Survey, Engraved by R.F. Bartle & Co., Washington, DC, 1934. Large wall map of the United States, 58.5 x 81 in., including part of Mexico, and the Island of Cuba, mounted on cloth and attached to wooden rollers at the upper and lower... More
New York: Rudd & Carleton, 310 Broadway, 1857. First edition. 12mo. 68pp. , frontis, 7 plates. Blue cloth, blind stamped with gilt lettering on front board. Very good. First book of poetry by this New York City lawyer. A classic satire of society ladies and fashion, which spurred many imitations... More
[Washington, DC: October-December 1868]. Andrew Johnson prepares his final address to Congress, taking aim at Congressional Reconstruction: "The greatest injuries inflicted upon a people is by improper and unjust Legislation and the greatest good by their timely repeal and absolute revocation. Most if not all our political troubles and wrongs... More
Chapel Hill, (NC): UNC Press, (c1946). First edition. 8vo. 286 pp. Signed by the author. Rust cloth. Very good. More
