THE TRIUMVIRS OF FOUR-AND-A-HALF STREET
Washington, DC: R. Beresford, 1881. 8vo. Printed wraps. Vol. 1 No.2 33-88pp. Very good in chipped wraps, with one long tear at top of spine. More
Washington, DC: R. Beresford, 1881. 8vo. Printed wraps. Vol. 1 No.2 33-88pp. Very good in chipped wraps, with one long tear at top of spine. More
Charleston, SC: Wm. R. Babcock, 1856. Reprint (first published in 1845). 8vo. 544 pp. In-text wood engravings, plates, folding map (rumpled along a fold, short tear from hinge). Sabin 33301: "Mostly scissors and paste, but very well done." Howes H-722. Persistent light foxing, marginal pencil markings and notes, a good..... More
[Washington City, DC]: np, 1851. Circular, printed in two columns. 32 x 21 cm. Text informs interested parties who is eligible and what they are eligible for, the paperwork or proof needed to make a claim. The circular goes on to tout the lawyer's work with various government agencies and..... More
Washington, DC: Institute for the Preservation and Study of African-American Writing: D.C. Community Humanities Council, 1990. Paperwraps, front cover illustrated with photographs. 28cm. iv, 75pp. illus., portraits. Of the twelve oral histories recorded here all but one are done by women. OCLC: Am. Univ., DC Pub. Lib., George Washington Univ..... More
Washington [DC]: April 6 & 21, 1863. Two letters, in ink, signed by Amos Kendall, and addressed to Prince & Co. of Flushing, New York. One is on plain paper, 1 p., approx. 45 words; the other on lined paper, 1 p., approx. 112 words, both tipped on to a...... More
Washington City: M'Gill & Witherow, Printers and Stereotypers, 1870. Grey printed paper wraps. 23 cm. 16 pp. Chipping to upper outer corners of pages, not affecting text; short splits to wrappers along spine. Kilbourn's speech accompanied his proposed resolution for the International Industrial Exhibition to be held in the city..... More
Washington [DC]: Casimir Bohn, 1860. 12mo.; 133 pp. Color illustrated plate; black & white frontis. of the east front of the Capitol; extra illustrated title page; and 10 plates. Gilt illustrated green cloth (faded to grey). Small ink publication date written on spine; some wear to spine ends. Previous owner's..... More
Philadelphia, [PA]: Carey, Lea and Blanchard, 1833. First edition. 26cm. vi, (5),12-227 pp., illustrated with 6 engraved plates. Bound in a later blue cloth, new endpapers. Inscribed to Theodore Gill with the authors respects. Some staining (smoke and old tidelines) on title page and edges of some pages. Penciled in..... More
(1815-ca.1842). Lear's 25pp. speech, approx. 4000 words, selfwraps with ms. title page, bound at left margin with a thin ribbon. Lear's prose celebrates the 40th anniversary of the founding of the United States, its Constitution and first President, but also speaks of the more recent events of the War of..... More
Frances D. Lear's first note, signed by her, was written to her "Dearest friend," and dated Wednesday 10th April [18]39. Single sheet, 12.5 x 16 cm., approx. 60 words, addressed on verso to "Mrs. Madison." Mrs. Lear requests "the favor of one more frank for Miss Hart and if you..... More
Philadelphia: Published and sold by Uriah Hunt, No. 239, Market Street, Sept. 1822. First American edition from the last London. 12mo. xi, [13]-332 pp. Seven leaves of plates, six folding, one with coloring. With the ownership signature of Peregrine Warfield on the title page and his small book label affixed..... More
Two large scrapbooks, 38 x 30 cm., bound in green leather, with gilt stamping on front covers. Over 150 items, including invitations, programs, Christmas cards, thank you notes, etc., many glued down (some with glue residue showing through), some tipped in or laid in loose. Accompanied by approx. 30 black..... More
[Washington, D.C.? ca. 1899]. A collection of photos, several showing the medical training or treatment of service men. Ten of the images, 5 x 7 in., are mounted on stiff card stock, the other five, 4 3/4 x 6 1/2 in., are not mounted. All the photos are very good..... More
Washington City: Garret Anderson, 1837. First American edition. 8vo.; 160pp. Paper spine and blue-green boards (chipping and wear to spine ends; joints & spine cracked; boards soiled). Prev. owner's name in ink on front board, front flyleaf, & at head of title page; old tidelines through the first 18pp., especially..... More
Washington: Thursday, May 2, 1822. Single sheet, 56 x 40 cm., [2] pp., printed in 5 columns. Some overall toning to text, a few spots, else very good. Printing a message from Pres. James Monroe transmitting "sundry papers relative to the Recognition of the Independence of the South American Colonies,"..... More
Washington [D.C.]: Printed by Kirkwood & McGill, 1852. Disbound pamphlet. 22 cm. 14 (2, blank) pp. Some foxing to text, ink number at upper corner of the title page. Morison, principal and proprietor of the Academy, states the object and design of the school to be "an Institution wherein youth..... More
Washington, DC: Catholic U. of America Press, 1951. First edition. 8vo. 30 pp. Printed wrappers. Very good. More
Washington, DC: The Weekly National Republican, [1871]. Single sheet, folded to 27 x 22 cm., 2 leaves, [2] pp. of text, printed on the first and third pages only. The first page states the paper's principles and policies in support of "the great Republican party, and... the Administration of President..... More
Baltimore [MD]: Printed by William A. Francis, 1831. Disbound pamphlet. 21 cm. 24 pp., errata slip tipped in. Published with the Approbation of the Most Rev. Archbishop of Baltimore, by James Myers, near the Cathedral. Foxing scattered throughout the text. The cures included one for Mrs. Ann Mattingly's Foot, and..... More
Arlington, VA: Northern Virginia Regional Planning and Economic Devlopment Commission, 1965. Paperwraps. 4to. i, 17pp. Maps & tables. Very good. More
Washington: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. 4to. xii, 65 pp. Paper wraps. Illustrated. Small glue splotch and small damp stain on front wrap, else clean and tight. A very good copy. More
One page ALS. 4to. Single sheet. Few short tears and some edgewear. More
Washington, (DC): The author, 1917. First edition. 4to. 78 pp. Illustrated from photographs and old prints, paintings, and maps, plates. Account of the placement and growth of Washington, D.C., by the long-time Chief of the Division of maps at the Library of Congress. Very good. Original gilt-stamped blue cloth. (9184)..... More
Cedar Rapids: Torch Press, 1909. 1st ed. 8vo. 298pp. Very good. Period bookplate on pastedown. More
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