Washington: Blair and Rives, 1835. First Edition. Printed paper wraps. 16 pages. Publication of an address of Freemason Lawrenson of the Grand Lodge of DC to offer aid to the orphans of the city. Final page split along bottom half of spine, but holding. Overall very good copy..... More
![Item #7708 Snake Country [Inscribed and Signed]. James McEuen](/pictures/thumb/7708.jpg?v=1604089598)
Washington, DC: Word Works, [1990]. First Edition, First Printing. Slim octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's white pictorial card wrappers printed in black and green; 60pp. Wrapper extremities rather unevenly toned, else Very Good, internally fine. Addendum laid in. Inscribed and signed by the D.C. poet on title page: "To Cherie..... More
Washington, DC: R. Farnham, 1854. Second Edition. Octavo. 121 pages + index. Printed wraps. Ex-library with "New York State Library" stamped to front wrap. Lacking map. Varnum was a Whig member of the New York State Assembly, and also, clearly had an interest in the plans and monuments..... More
Washington, D.C.: Office of History and Historic Architecture / Eastern Service Center, 1970. First Edition. Quarto (26cm.); publisher's blue pictorial card wrappers; [2],vii,[1],147pp. & 42ll. of plates including one folding plan. Some wear to extremities from handling, spine a bit toned, old piece of tape to upper cover as well..... More
New York: Bunce & Brother, 1853. First Edition. 12mo; 345pp. Recased in later blue cloth with original blue and gilt-decorated cloth panels retained to front and back. Gilt page edges. Original cloth moderately scuffed, but gilt decoration is still clear and generally bright. Clean tape repair to original front free..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1922. First Edition with "1" on final page of text. Octavo. 304 pages. Grey cloth stamped in red. Lacks dust jacket. Boards worn along edges and spine with exposure. Binding is sound. Brentano's sticker to rear pastedown. Pages toned but unmarked... More
Washington, DC: Navy Yard Recreation League, 1921. First Edition. Quarto. 124 pages plus advertisements. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Brown wraps printed in black and red. Original illustrated tan wrappers are chipped along edges with some light staining and soiling. Large but light dampstain to top edge running..... More
Washington, DC: Navy Yard Recreation League, 1920. First Edition. Quarto. 140 pages plus 84 pages advertisements. Illustrated tied dark blue wraps with yapp edges. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Sections include descriptions of the Navy Yard football team going undefeated -- though the previous season had many..... More
Washington, D.C.: N.p., 2003. Octavo; 36pp. Side-stapled blue card wraps. Covers show faint creasing and light fading down spine. Bookplate with Rimensnyder's title and information affixed to inside front cover. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Brief biography of "Boss" Shepherd, who served on the DC Board of Public..... More
![Item #25827 Life of Osborn H. Oldroyd: Founder and Collector of Lincoln Mementos [Signed]. Osborn...](/pictures/thumb/25827.jpg?v=1678204875)
Washington, DC: Beresford Printers, 1927. First Edition. Signed by Osborn Oldroyd at front free endpaper. Octavo. 31 pp. Twelve black and white plates. Black cloth with gilt lettering to front. Covers worn and scuffed and binding is sound. Substantial bio-predation along edges of preliminaries and terminals, though text unaffected..... More
Washington, D.C.: Historical Office, Office of the Secretary of Defense, 2001 [GPO]. [History of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Vol. III (of four volumes)] Octavo; xvi +792pp, including bibliography and index. Central 16-page gathering of B&W documentary photographs. Photographic dust jacket. Rust cloth on boards with gilt seal..... More
Washington, D.C.: Paycock Press, 1997. First Edition. Signed by contributors Diane Williams and Ben Marcus on their respective pages. Octavo; 363pp +4pp ads. Illustrated paper wraps. Covers very lightly shelfworn, but clean and crisp overall. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Gargoyle was founded in 1976 in Washington..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1986. Third Printing. Signed by Robert Parker without inscription at front free endpaper. Octavo. 261 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. White and black boards stamped in silver. Dust jacket worn with a few chips and creased along edges. Boards show light shelfwear. Binding..... More
Washington, DC: Free D.C. Press, [ca. 1978]. First edition. Illustrated paper wraps. Octavo. 95 pages. Inscribed on title recto "For Meema with love, Mark, 11-22-78" -- possibly contributor Mark H. Montgomery aka "Captain Trash," whose bio reads, "writer - artist - cloner - member of the original Bananas Orangutan Five..... More
First Edition. Frederick: Professional Surveyors Publishing, 1999. First Edition. Signed by the author with brief inscription on front free endpaper. Octavo; 184pp. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket is crisp with light bumping to corners and spin ends, but no chips, tears, or..... More
Washington, DC: Southern Railway Employees Immediate Relief Association, 1911. First Edition. Quarto; publisher's blue pictorial cloth stamped in white; 154pp.; illus. throughout, chiefly photographic portraits printed within blue decorative border. Boards rubbed and front cover quite soiled, textblock heavily foxed, especially preliminaries. A rather unlovely, Good only copy of an..... More
Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1997. Ethics Committee report in octavo; 1267pp. Printed beige wraps. Standards of Official Conduct report and appendix in quarto; 213pp, 190pp, remainder unpaginated. Side-stapled beige paper covers. All covers lightly shelfworn with some fading along edges. Call numbers taped over bottom spine edge on larger..... More
Washington, DC: United States Department of The Interior / National Park Service / National Capital Parks, 1961. Reprint. Signed by McClure on title page. Stapled wraps. Octavo. 49 pages. Black and white photographs, illustrations, and fold-outs throughout. Wraps are chipped along edges. Lightly soiled at edges. Holding in..... More
Washington, DC: Fourth of July Hemp Coalition, 2003. Small Poster. Colorfully illustrated recto, text on verso. 14" x 8 1/2". The artist for the poster, Steve Marcus, has produced illustrations for "popular and unpopular culture" for decades, creating art for MTV, the Cartoon Network, and Nickelodeon, among others..... More
Washington, DC: The Evening Star, 1936. Side-stapled paper wraps. Quarto. 27 pages. Photographs, charts, and graphs throughout. Cover is a reproduction of cover of Evening Star paper, printed in black and red. A promotion for The Evening Star newspaper of Washington, DC, giving detailed information on why the..... More
[Washington, DC]: Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution / Harry N. Abrams, [1993]. First Edition. Square quarto; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket; 272pp.; color illus. throughout. Minor shelf wear, else Very Good or better. More
Georgetown: Robert Alleson, 1815. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); removed; 8pp. Stock rather brittle, toned, and slightly foxed, shallow loss along top edge of each leaf not approaching text, contemporary ownership signature at head of title page with subsequent ink splatters, else Good or better. Anonymously-penned critique of the Madison..... More
Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1959. First Edition. Octavo (24cm.); publisher's cloth in green pictorial dust jacket; xiv,205pp. Extremities rather rubbed with some very brief exposure at board margins, jacket flaps and free endpapers lightly foxed, spine a hint cocked, else Very Good overall. Collection of short stories set..... More
Washington, DC: Washington Trestle Manufacturing Co., [ca. 1885]. Sheet of pale pink paper, printed on one side. An advertisement for a company based at 304 13th St NW, outlining the uses and advantages of their patented trestles useful for "plasterers, kalsominers, and all purposes where trestles are needed." Stamp on..... More
Menasha, WI: The Collegiate Press / George Banta Publishing Company, 1921. "Published July, 1921" on full title. Quarto (10.75" x 8"); 84pp. Red buckram with gilt lettering. Ex- District of Columbia Public Library, with discard stamps to front and back endpapers, reference stamp with pencil numbering at top of dedication..... More