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
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
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
Washington, DC / Washington City: McGill & Witherow, Printers and Stereotypers, 1874. [1874 Edition / Revised Annually.] Duodecimo; 252 pages. Seven illustrations including two fold-out maps -- the first of Washington and its surrounding areas, the second being a proper plan of the city. Limp red cloth boards..... More
![Liber Anni 1941 [Dunbar High School Yearbook]. Dunbar High School Senior Class, George Daniel Mercer](/pictures/thumb/6050.jpg?v=1580842958)
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 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
![Dream City: Race, Power and the Decline of Washington, D.C. [Signed]. Harry S. Jaffe, Tom Sherwood](/images/noimage.png)
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994. First Edition with full numberline. Signed by Harry Jaffe without inscription but dated May 1994 on half title page. Octavo (9.5" x 6.25"); 352p. Illustrated dust jacket with original $24.00 price; book is in gray paper-covered boards with blue cloth spine and silver lettering..... 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
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
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
![My Imprisonment and the First Year of Abolition Rule at Washington [William Safire copy]. Rose...](/pictures/thumb/6303.jpg?v=1590597688)
London: Richard Bentley, 1863. First Edition. Octavo. 352 pages plus 2 pages advertisements. Portrait frontis. Blue cloth stamped in gilt at front and spine. Ex-library of the Wigan [England] Free Public Library. Front hinge separated with front board still holding to front endpapers and frontis, with some precarious tears..... 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