[Philadelphia]: F. Bouclet, 1861. Original color lithograph (68x54cm). Mounted to matte backing; marginal tears and soiling; rubbing and a few scrapes around title; colors remain bright; a Very Good copy. This large, vibrant lithograph was issued to commemorate Lincoln's first inauguration, depicting the first sixteen Presidents, with George Washington at top..... More

Washington DC: The New Classroom [Watershed Foundation], 1972. Set of two white cassette tapes housed in a white cardboard box. (18.5x11cm) Cover design by Hunter W. Jones printed in black on cover and spine. Blue paste-down on verso has original $7.95 price and lists contributors. Box toned with some edgewear..... More

Pocket notebook (16 x 8cm); 40 leaves. Handwritten notes in ink on each recto. Staple-bound at top edge with black tape covering. Perforated leaves. Cardboard backing with no front cover, possibly as issued (one stub remains on top from a torn-out sheet; unsure if this was a cover page or..... More

Washington, DC: Audubon Society of the District of Columbia, 1947. First Edition. 12mo (17.5cm.); publisher's blue printed staple bound card wrappers; 39pp.; double-paged map at center fold, tables throughout, text printed from typescript. Light toning, else Very Good or better. First appearance of this guide for the already seasoned birder..... More

Washington, DC: Mrs. Carry A. Nation, 1907. First Edition. Octavo (19x13.5cm); printed wraps; 32pp. Wear and soiling; brief tape mending to verso; wraps split along bottom third of spine but overall binding holding; vertical crease along center; crude oversized manicules in pencil to most pages; about Very Good. Also included..... More

Washington, DC: The Associated Publishers, Inc., 1959. Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Octavo; blue-green cloth, illustrated dust jacket; 472pp.; black and white photographs and illustrations throughout. Dust jacket chipped along edges with slight sunning to spine. Boards show light edgewear; a Very Good and sound copy.Woodson and Wesley's wide-ranging and..... More

Washington, DC: Howard University Gallery of Art, 1941. First Edition. Bifolium (28x20cm); illustrated wraps. Folds, soiling, light chipping, else Very Good and sound. Quite uncommon exhibition catalog for a show held at Howard University's Gallery of Art and celebrating artists from the Chicago Black Renaissance, including a young Charles White..... More

Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 2017. First Edition. Large octavo; publisher's boards in pictorial dust jacket; 609pp.; black and white illus. throughout. Dust jacket lightly edgeworn and creased with a couple minor nicks. Boards show light shelfwear with a few bumps to extremities. Binding sound and pages unmarked;..... More

New York: A.S. Barnes & Company, 1947. First Edition. Octavo (23.4cm); photo-illustrated dust jacket with $3.00 price intact; yellow boards with red lettering; [xvi],238pp; b&w photos. Jacket split down flap folds and spine edges, with front flap still just holding; some loss of text at center and tail of spine;..... More

Washington DC: Anacostia Museum / Smithsonian Institution Press, 1987. First Edition. Quarto (28cm); publisher’s stiff wraps; 79pp; color illustrations throughout. Dust jacket rubbed; bottom right corner of front panel creased. Binding sound. Textblock, endsheets, and interior pages clean. Very Good or better copy of this exhibition catalog. Published in conjunction..... More

New York: St. Martin's Press, 2018. First Edition. Signed by the four central authors at title page without inscriptions. Octavo; 316pp. Photo-illustrated dust jacket; black boards stamped in silver. Unclipped dust jacket lightly rubbed along edges. Boards bumped at spine ends; binding sound; pages lightly toned but unmarked; Very Good..... More

Washington, DC: 1906. Picture postcard (9x12.5cm). Illustration shows DC’s historic Soldiers Home, where the authors of the note have written in black ink “Going to get divorce on my return, don’t like married life. / [NDC?] Jr.” and “Me either! / Edna.” Verso shows recipient address (Richmond, VA) and typical postal markings..... More

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1992. First Edition with full numberline. Octavo(24cm); publisher's cloth-backed boards in photo-illustrated dust jacket with $19.00 price intact; 250pp.; photographic illus. throughout. Jacket a bit rubbed along top edge with scattered dust-soiling to surface. Boards square with nudging at spine ends. Binding sound and..... More