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 about The Education of the Negro Prior to 1861: A History of the Education of the Colored People of the...

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 about The Old Stone House

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 is sound. More about Lost in the City

First Edition. Hardcover. Alexandria: Frederick Tilp, 1978. Stated First Edition. SIGNED by the author without inscription on title page. Tall octavo (11.5" x 8"); xv, 358p +9p pictorial supplement at back. Map endpapers, and illustrated throughout. Blue cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. Missing dustjacket. Boards a bit warped... More about This Was Potomac River

First Thus. Hardcover. New York: Modern Library, 1999. First Modern Library Printing with full numberline. SIGNED by Vidal without inscription on flyleaf. Ex-library with pocket on back free endpaper, abrasion from removed bookplate on front pastedown, and District of Columbia Public Library stamp on top page edges, but with no... More about Washington, D.C

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 about Dream City: Race, Power And the Decline of Washington, D.C

First Edition. Hardcover. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994. First Edition with full numberline. 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 lightly bumped at corners and spine ends, but with no chips... More about Dream City: Race, Power And the Decline of Washington, D.C

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 about Beautiful Washington

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 about The Senator and the Socialite: The True Story of America's First Black Dynasty

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 about The Chronicles of Georgetown, D.C.: From 1751 to 1878

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 about The Jefferson Stone: Demarcation of the First Meridian of the United States

Second Printing. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1972. Stated Second Printing. SIGNED by the author with inscription on half title. Octavo (8" x 5.25"); 211p. Covers bumped at corners and spine ends, with a few scuffs to front and some toning to back. Light foxing to page edges... More about For Blacks Only: Black Strategies for Change in America

First Edition. Hardcover. Boston: Richard G. Badger / The Gorham Press, 1919. Octavo; 197pp. Illustrated plates throughout, all present. White dustjacket over red cloth with gilt lettering. Jacket chipped at head of spine, with a few smaller chips and tears along edges and light waterspotting aalong fore-edge. Boards are square... More about The Road to Washington