New York: R.H. Russell, 1899. Small octavo; 75pp. Light blue paper-covered boards with illustrated paper title card to front. Boards lightly worn and toned along edges, with a faint outward bow to front cover. Covers have come unglued from spine but are still holding by front. Page binding is sound..... More
New York: A. Wittemann, 1889. Oblong quarto (5.75" x 9.75"); [19pp]. Red cloth-covered boards elaborately stamped in black and gold; bound with woven red string along spine. Boards very lightly shelfworn with a bit of soiling, mainly along spine. Pages occasionally smudged along margins with one or two small, clean..... More
Softcover. 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..... More
Second Edition. Washington, D.C.: The Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, 1919. Second Edition. Octavo; 454pp. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to front and spine. Dampstain tracing along entirety of bottom front and back edges, not involving text or interior, with some bumping to corners and spine..... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1961. First Edition. Signed by Martin on front free endpaper with inscription, "Faithfully, / Charles Martin." Octavo. 126 pages. Blue boards with navy lettering to spine. Lacks dust jacket. Letters of advice from the longtime headmaster of St. Alban's preparatory school in Washington..... More
First Edition. Paperback. Washington, D.C.: United States Department of the Interior / National Park Service, 1955. Small quarto; 106pp. Stapled paper covers. Light wear to edges with a couple shallow chips and some toning. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. History of Georgetown's Old Stone House (built 1765)..... More
Hardcover. Washington, D.C.: National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1965. Octavo (9.25" x 6.25"); [viii], 115p. Onionskin dustjacket over green cloth with gilt lettering. Jacket shows a couple small chips and tears along edges, but is intact and present. Boards are sturdy and square. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Not..... More
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Washington, DC: Dunbar High School, 1941. First Edition. Quarto. 93 pages + 3 pages of advertisements. Illustrations by George Mercer; black and white photographs throughout. Textured black cloth with embossed medallion in dark red to front board. Yearbook for the traditionally African-American high school in Washington, DC, which counts..... More
First HarperPerennial Edition. New York: HarperPerennial, 1993. Stated First HarperPerennial Edition (First Paperback). Signed by the author without inscription on full title. Octavo; 250pp. Illustrated paper wraps. Covers edgeworn with a 3" vertical crease to top front and a faint crease to back. Pages toned along edges but unmarked. Binding..... More
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1992. First Edition. Signed by Jones on title page to Carol Joy Smith. Octavo; 250 pages. Illustrated unclipped dust jacket. Black boards in black cloth with spine stamped in silver. Carol Joy Smith was Director of the National Advisory Committee on Black Higher..... More
First Edition. Hardcover. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1960. Stated First Edition. Signed by editor Frances Carpenter with brief dedication on front free endpaper. Octavo; 314pp. Printed dust jacket with original $5.75 price; book in red paper-covered boards with red cloth spine and silver lettering. Jacket chipped at spine ends with a...... More
New York: George P. Putnam, 1864. First Edition. 24mo (6" x 3.75"); 368pp. Vignette title page. Blue cloth-covered boards with red leather spine and paper spine label. Boards worn at corners with bumping along top edge, soiling to cloth, and some toning to spine. Title page cleanly separated along gutter..... More
Limited First Edition. Hardcover. Washington, D.C.: National Park Trust Fund Board, [c. 1954]. Limited First Edition, numbered 758 of 1000 copies with an extra color plate laid in at front. Octavo (9.5" x 6.25"); 73p. Color frontis with black and white photo plates throughout. Reddish-brown cloth-covered boards with dark green..... More
![Washington: The National Capital [Theodore Goldsmith Joslin copy]. H P. Caemmerer, ed](/pictures/thumb/6106.jpg?v=1581525609)
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1932. First Edition. Quarto. 736 pages. Black and white illustrations. Blue cloth stamped in gilt, with ownership stamp of Theodore G. Joslin in gilt at bottom corner of front board. Joslin was Press Secretary under President Herbert Hoover. Lacks dust jacket. Light wear..... More
First Edition. Hardcover. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1935. First Edition. SIGNED by the author without inscription on front free endpaper. Octavo (8" x 5.5"); [xvi], 276p. 13 plates including frontis, all present. Photo-illustrated dustjacket with original $2.50 price; book in red cloth with gilt lettering. Inch or less dampstain..... More
First Edition. Hardcover. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994. First Edition with full numberline. SIGNED by both authors without inscription on front free endpaper. Octavo (9.5" x 6.25"); 352p. Illustrated dustjacket with original $24.00 price; book is in gray paper-covered boards with blue cloth spine and silver lettering. Jacket is..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, Riverside Press, 1930 (Vol. I) and 1938 (Vol II). Octavo; viii + 552pp (Vol. I) and x + 672pp (Vol. II). First Edition of both volumes; eight-year gap between first publications. Each volume with its own index.Textblock of later volume about 3/4" narrower spine-to-fore-edge than that..... More
Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books, 2003. Second Edition, First Printing with full numberline. Signed by the author on half title with inscription "For the library of the Church of the Covenant, Arlington, Virginia. With best wishes, James M. Goode. Washington Club, 6 June 03." Quarto; 539pp. Constantly illustrated; map endpapers..... More
First Edition. Hardcover. Washington, D.C.: Gibson Bros., 1903. First Edition, SIGNED by the author with inscription dated July 4th, 1903 in Washington on front free endpaper. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering and capital dome. Photo frontis. Small bump to top front edge, with lighter bumping to corners and spine..... More
First Edition. Hardcover. Washington, D.C.: Gibson Bros., 1903. First Edition, SIGNED by the author with inscription dated June 26, 1903 in Washington on front free endpaper. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering and capital dome. Photo frontis. Covers show light bumping to corners and spine ends with a few small..... More
First Edition. Hardcover. New York: HarperCollins, 2006. Stated First Edition with full numberline. SIGNED by the author without inscription on full title. Illustrated portrait dustjacket with original $27.95 price; book in off-white paper-covered boards and black cloth spine with gilt lettering. Jacket is crisp with light edgewear but no chips..... More
Stanford: Hoover Institution Press at Stanford University, 1978. First Edition. Octavo. 251 pages. Signed by author on half title page to William Safire with inscription, "For Bill Safire - / The only novelist I / know who understands / welfare reform. / Martin Anderson / 3/24/78." Anderson spent..... More
First Edition. Paperback. Washington DC: Washington Writers' Publishing House, 1979. First Edition. SIGNED by contributors Jonetta Barras-Abney, Grace Cavalieri, Dolores Kendrick, E. Ethelbert Miller, Jean Nordhaus, Carlo Parcelli, and Linda Pastan on their respective pages. Printed paper covers; [xviii], 185p. Covers edgeworn with some bumps and creases to corners and..... 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
First Edition. Hardcover. Washington, D.C.: R.O. Polkinhorn, 1878. First Edition. Octavo; 350pp. Blindstamped brick cloth-covered boards with beveled edges and gilt lettering to spine. Boards edgeworn with some bumping to corners and spine ends, light wear to joints, and some general light smudging and soiling. Front board opens a bit..... More