St. Louis, MO: William K. Bixby, 1907. First Edition, Limited to 487 copies of which this is no. 212. Quarto; publisher's three-quarter calf over cloth, gilt-lettered spine, housed in original paper-covered slipcase; xxvii,[1],263pp.; frontispiece, large folding map, and thirty (30) leaves of plates, chiefly facsimiles. Slipcase rather scuffed and toned..... More

Baltimore, MD: Eichelberger Book Company, 1910. First Edition. Octavo (20cm); publisher's green decorative cloth lettered in gilt, top edge gilt; 160pp.; photographic portrait frontispiece. Light shelf wear at corners and spine ends, brief spotting to endpapers, else a Very Good copy. Collection of poetry, both sentimental and religious..... More

Baltimore, MD: [1937]. Illustrated broadsheet (23x15cm) promoting Chick Webb and his N.B.C. Orchestra and featuring 20-year-old Ella Fitzgerald, who had begun singing with the band in 1935. Verso prints an "Open Letter to Dance Lovers of this City" promoting Webb's band for combining "hot stomp music and sweet melodies." Printed..... More

Baltimore: Baltimore Museum of Art, 1985. First Edition. Quarto (12.5" x 10"); 203pp, including chronology for the Cone acquisitions. Eighty-one reproductions of the pieces in the collection; over 50 documentary photographs. Publisher's red cloth-covered boards with silver lettering. No jacket, as issued. Very faint curve to front board, else..... More

New York: Rinehart & Co., 1955. First Edition, First Printing with "R" present on title page verso. Octavo (21cm.); publisher's cloth in black pictorial price-clipped dust jacket; xiii,[1],493pp.; pictorial double title-page printed in green and black, illus. throughout. Jacket extremities a bit chipped and worn with coin-sized loss at top..... More

Kent, OH: The Kent State University Press, 1989. First Edition. Octavo (23.6cm); illustrated dust jacket over black buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket is crisp overall, with a couple vertical creases down front flap and old National Capitol Parks price sticker on rear. Boards sturdy and square. Binding..... More

[Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, 1991]. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); publisher's grey pictorial glossy card wrappers; vii,[1],241pp. Very light wear from handling, else Fine. More

[New York]: Jubilee Records, ca. 1952. Broadsheet (28x21.5cm) featuring a photograph of five members of the pioneering Maryland doo-wop group with a list of their "Current Record Successes" to verso. A few minor nicks to edges; general soiling; horizontal center fold; previous owner has written the names of the members..... More

New York: Mysterious Bookshop, 2006. First Edition, Limited to 100 copies of which this is no. 95. Small, slim 12mo (18cm.); publisher's blue gilt-lettered cloth; 35pp. Fine condition. Signed by the author on colophon. Issued as Mysterious Profile #2. More

New York: Charities Publication Committee, 1912. First Edition. Octavo (20cm); publisher's olive green cloth lettered in gilt; xv,[1],217pp. Light shelf wear, chiefly at corners and spine ends, contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper, old price sticker to rear endpaper. Very Good and sound overall. A fascinating report on..... More

Annapolis, MD: Blacks of the Chesapeake Foundation, Inc., 1999. First Edition. Quarto; publisher's pictorial wrappers; 32pp.; photographic illus. throughout. Very mild rubbing to edges of wraps; binding sound; pages unmarked; Near Fine. Signed by Leggett with brief inscription at title page. History of Black culture of the Chesapeake Bay with local lore..... More

New Brunswick: Rutgers Press / Terhune & Letson Printers, 1830. First Edition. Octavo; removed self-wrappers; 34pp. Foxed but in stable, Very Good condition. Address by William Wirt (lawyer, orator, and presidential candidate) addressing to two Rutgers student societies on education. SABIN 104869; AMERICAN IMPRINTS 5513. More