Washington, DC: Charles H. Potter & Co. Printers, 1932. Program for the game. 8vo. (4) pp., the title leaf illustrated with a nice political cartoon representing the game, and an Elephant catcher about to take a throw, while a Donkey slides into the White House. The next two pages print..... More
[Washington, DC?]: United States Congress, nd [between 1842 and 1861]. First edition (?). 8vo. 6 pp. Prints 17 sections for the act, setting up a police commission and seven districts [i.e., police precincts], with a total of 17 police officers commanded by a captain; an additional captain would be appointed..... More
194-'s Black quarto binder 128 pp, index. Mimeographed by Pvt. W.G. Stickley. Signature of Lieut. W.S. Boss. Approximately 20 forms for various needs of Fire Dept. laid in. This document shows equipment carried on Hose Wagons, salaries, techniques for fire prevention of the period. More
[Washington, D.C. Chinatown Creative Workshop Program, n.d.] [ca. 1974]. Grey photo illustrated paper wraps, stapled. 22 cm. [12] pp., including wrappers. Reproduced typescript. Brief captioned text illustrated with photos taken by participants in the Chinatown Creative Workshop, sponsored and funded by the Youth Opportunity Service.The brochure advocates for a playground..... More
[Richmond, VA: 1824]. First edition. 4to. 15 pp. Each line of the text is numbered. George Washington founded the Potowmack Company in 1785 to make navigability improvements to the Potomac River, with an ultimate goal of using waterways to connect the eastern seaboard to the Ohio River and the Great..... More
Takoma Park, Washington, D.C. N.P., n.d. Blue lettered buff paperwraps (some short splits to wrappers, at spine ends). 8vo.; 76pp. Photo illustrated. A very good copy. The Bliss Electrical School was founded in 1893 and located in the suburbs of Washington, DC. Included in the catalog is a description of..... More
Washington [D.C.]: Published by Cassmir Bohn. Sold by all the booksellers. Murphy & Co. Printers, 178 Market Street, Baltimore, 1854. 24mo. 103 pp. Embossed pebbled green cloth stamped in gilt on spine and front cover. All edges gilt. Title page printed in two colors, a folding map of Washington, DC..... More
[Georgetown, DC]: Columbian Gazette Office, 1831. 15.5 cm. 15pp. Plain blue gray wrappers. Laid down on the inside of the rear wrapper is a printed sheet, with caption title "An Act to ammend the charter of the Potomac Fire Insurance Company of Georgetown," dated March 3, 1837. No copies found..... More
Washington: John T. Towers, Printer, 1848. 8vo. 52 pp. Blind stamped brown cloth binding; gilt title on front cover. Very slight bumping to corners; wear to spine ends; darkening to text block, not affecting legibility of text. A very good copy. More
Washington City: M'Gill & Witherow, Printers and Stereotypers, 1871. 16mo; 41 pp. Original orange cardboard wraps, soiled. A very good copy. "Soon after the organization of the Grand Chapter [of Freemasons], in 1867, Companion Benjamin B. French, the Inspector General of the Southern Jurisdiction for the A.A. Scottish Rite for..... More
NP, Approx. 1915. oblong 4to. Gray paper wraps. Promotional brochure comprised of 17 photgravure printed plates. No OCLC. More
Washington, DC: Printed by Robert A. Walker, 1849. 8vo. (6) pp. Original self-wrapper, stitched; old accession numbers at head of title page, else very good. Prospectus and catalogue for this private secondary school, teaching "all the branches of an English education required for a thorough preparation for any business, professional..... More
[Washington, DC: np, ca. 1854]. 4 pp. promotional letter offering services for Revolutionary claims and pensions. Was folded in letter format and bears postmark. Some small tears at folds, else very good. More
Phila. [PA]: E.A. Wright, (1885). Engraved invitation, printed on stiff card stock. Vignette of sailing ships, pictured within a seashell on the upper portion of the invitation. Laid down on the lower right corner is a printed list of students names, including Delano Ames, Pres.; F. Howard Seely, V. Pres.;..... More
Washington, (DC): Printed by Davis & Force, 1819. First edition. 8vo. 575 pp. With the ownership signature of James F. Haliday, who served on the District's Common Council in the early 1840s, at the head of the title page. Sabin 20300 (“Not adopted”; a code was finally adopted in 1855)..... More
Washington, D. C. Willard's Hotel, 1882. 12mo. 30 pp. Paper wrapped promotional pamphlet. Features numerous illustrated advertisements for everything from clothiers and jewelers to hotels and restaurants. A very good copy. More
![Item #58052 [Cut of the American Eagle, 5 x 11 inches] / Pensions!! Justice for the Soldier!! /...](https://bartlebysbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/58052.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1738693763)
Washington, DC: J.W. Flenner, 1883. Printed broadside, 19 x 12 inches, employing several sizes and styles of type, including a large display type (3 1/4 inches) in the head. A solicitation for the business of Civil War veterans and their widows, especially deserters and the disabled. "Pensions, Increase, Bounty, Back..... More
Menasha, WI: George Banta, July, 1921. 4to. 84 pp. Illustrated with photographs. Original red cloth, soiled. Some foxing to title page, but a very good copy. More
City of Washington: Printed and published by S.A. Elliot, Pennsylvania Avenue, near the Washigton Assembly Rooms, [1825]. 16mo. (13 cm). 64 pp. SABIN 22238. DRAKE 1521. OCLC locates four copies (American Antiquarian Society, New York State Library, George Washington, Wisconsin Historical Society). Drake adds three locations (D.C. Public, Boston Athenaeum..... More
Washington, DC: published monthly by the Federal Employees Union No, 14632, 1916. 8vo.; 232pp. Bound in tan buckram, original paperwrappers bound in at front and rear. Each issue with a separate table of contents. Illustrated with photos, ads and political cartoons. Buckram moderately soiled; dates stamped on spine indicate only..... More
Washington, DC: Gibson Brothers, Printers, 1873. First edition. 8vo. 198 pp., plus errata sheet. Bound in brown cloth; gilt stamped title on front board. A very good copy. The first report of the District's Board of Health, organized under an act of Congress, approved Feb. 21, 1871. The board's goals..... More
Washington: Commission of Fine Arts, 1967. 4to. 130 pp. Original wrappers bound in green cloth. Book plate of noted architectural historian James M. Goode. A very good copy. More
Philadelphia [PA]: E.A. Wright, [1893]. Engraved commencement invitation, printed on stiff card stock, to be held at the Academy of Music, Washington, D.C. on June 5, 1893. 14.5 x 21.5 cm. Vignettes of one of the main Georgetown campus buildings, the Law Dept. building, and the U.S. Capitol printed on..... More
nd. Reverse painting on glass, in a distressed silver and black frame. 17 x 30 cm. showing an image of the building and its cupola, a few trees in the foreground, within a gilt and black border. Very good. More
[Baltimore & New York: Pride Mark Thomsen-Ellis Co., 1937] Dated from the mailing envelope. Tan paper wrappers, bound with thread at the left margin. 16 x 24 cm., frontis. photo, one page of text and 16 leaves of photo illustrations, printed on rectos only. Accompanied by a mailing envelope, addressed..... More
