Washington, D.C. and Heilbronn: Historical Society of Washington, D.C. and Stadtarchiv Heilbronn, 2005. First Edition. Quarto (29.5x24x2.5cm); 184pp, including chronology; list of Cluss buildings, and index. Documentary and photographic illustrations throughout. Photographic sepia card covers with French flaps; rear flap unfolds to a map of Washington, D.C. in the..... More
![Item #7358 Travels of an Irish Gentleman in Search of a Religion [William McSherry's Copy]....](/pictures/thumb/7358.jpg?v=1601133589)
Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1833. First American Edition. Small octavo; publisher's cloth, printed paper spine label; viii,[13]-328pp. Some shelf wear, especially at spine ends, spine cloth toned and label's text mostly effaced, light foxing throughout textblock, else Very Good and sound. Pencil and ink ownership inscription of..... 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
[Washington, DC]: [n.p.], 1804. Wraps. Duodecimo. 14 pages. Binding is worn but holding. Front cover split at bottom. A trifle soiled along edges. Report of a committee on a survey of buildings of DC. Pages 7-14 are the text of a letter from Benjamin Henry Latrobe giving his..... More
Boston: Automobile Club of America by Walker Lith. & Pub. Co. Lithographers, 1909. First Edition. Fold-out map. Stiff printed front wrap with map panels mounted in linen. Color. Publisher's printed card laid in with directions from New York to Delaware Water Gap. Rubbing and toning with some edgewear. Moderately mothballed..... More
![Item #11128 The Day Lincoln Was Almost Shot: The Fort Stevens Story [Signed]. Benjamin Franklin...](/pictures/thumb/11128.jpg?v=1633029707)
Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2013. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's pictorial boards, no jacket as issued; xv,[1],322pp.; illus., chiefly photographs. Just About Fine. Signed and dated in year of publication by the author on title page. History of the Battle of Fort Stevens in present-day Northwest Washington, D.C. More
![Item #9750 The Story of Washington: The National Capital [Great Cities of the Republic]. Charles...](/pictures/thumb/9750.jpg?v=1622225874)
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1889. First Edition. Octavo xviii, 416pp +4 ads. Frontis with tissue guard, plates, vignettes, and fold-out maps throughout, all present. Half green cloth and decorated red cloth. Boards bumped at corners and rubbed along edges, with some tugging and fraying to spine ends, darkening to..... More
Washington, DC: Byron S. Adams, [1890s-1910s]. Side-stapled/red-string bound wraps. 24mo. 27 pages. Text in black and red. A price list of food, drink, and services offered by Mr. Rauscher, "late with Louis Sherry, New York." Rauscher moved from Paris to New York in 1878, where he worked with..... More
Washington, DC: The Farmers National Publishing Company, 1923. First Edition. Octavo. 218 pages. Frontis portrait. Grey cloth stamped in black. No dust jacket. Light wear to extremities. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Barrett's attempt to convince farmers of the importance of pursuing aggressive lobbying efforts to get..... More
![Item #14058 The Supreme Court in United States History [Three volumes]. Charles Warren](/pictures/thumb/14058.jpg?v=1662070473)
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1923. Mixed printings, with first and second volumes Later Printings (1923) and the third volume a First. Three octavo volumes. 540 pp.; 551 pp.; 532 pp. Black and white photographs and portraits to each volume, complete. Maroon cloth with gilt titling to spine. Dark topstains..... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1957. First Edition. Octavo (22x15x3cm); xvi + 389pp, including bibliography and index. Two portfolios of B&W documentary photographs bound in, unpaginated, totaling 16pp with 38 images. Photographic dustjacket. Volume in charcoal cloth with brown spine; title in gilt within black field. Dustjacket retains on its..... More
Laury's Station: Garrigues House Publishers, 1991. First Edition. 215 color photographs plus additional document reproductions. Five-color system map on front endpapers. Pictorial dust jacket. Army green boards stamps in gold front panel and spine. Dust jacket lacking large triangular chip (2" x 1.5") and additional thin strip (3.5") at bottom..... More
Chappaqua, NY: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington / Rossel Books, 1985. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's boards in cream dust jacket lettered and ruled in maroon; xiii,[3],300pp.; illus. Light dust-soil and minute rubbing to jacket extremities, else Very Good to Near Fine. Collection of primary sources on Jewish..... More
Washington, D.C.: Gibson Bros., 1890. First Edition. Octavo; 59pp. Ex- Library of Congress copy in their red cloth with gilt lettering and Library of Congress emblem to spine. Original front paper cover was retained and bound in, but has cleanly separated along gutter and is now laid in. Boards rubbed..... More
Danville: The Interstate Printers & Publishers, 1984. First Edition with full numberline. Signed by the author to Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf ["...and Hard of Hearing" added in 1999] Executive Director Dr. Sara Conlon with brief inscription on front free endpaper. Octavo; xvii, 420pp. Rebound in..... More
New York: John A. Gray & Green, Printers and Stereotypers, 1864. Octavo. 80 pages. Removed. Biopredation along edges of front and rear. Some scuffing and toning. Holding in binding. A serviceable copy. More
New York: The Neale Publishing Company, 1906. First Edition. Octavo. 445 pp. Black and white frontis portrait with tissue guard. Blue cloth stamped in gilt. Top edge gilt. Boards gently rubbed at extremities and gilt lettering heavily rubbed. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. More
Washington: J. & G.S. Gideon, 1847. First Edition. Octavo (22.5cm); removed; 15pp. Light dustiness, title page nearly separated, bottom fore-edge corner of text block dog-eared, else Good overall, internally fresh and sound. Indiana Whig politician's attack on the Mexican War policy of the Polk administration, especially in regards..... 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
![Item #11784 This Was Potomac River [Signed]. Frederick Tilp](/pictures/thumb/11784.jpg?v=1640032803)
Alexandria, VA: Frederick Tilp, 1978. First Edition. Quarto (28.5cm.); publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket; xv,[1],358pp. & [5]ll. photographic illus., additional illus. throughout. Light shelf wear and wrinkling to jacket, jacket extremities a bit toned, especially spine panel, contemporary ownership label to front free endpaper verso, else Very Good and..... More
![Item #9490 Down by the River Where the Dead Men Go [Signed ARC]. George P. Pelecanos](/pictures/thumb/9490.jpg?v=1620237244)
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1995. Advance Reading Copy. Signed on title page. Octavo (21x14x1.5cm); 272pp. Illustrated card wrapper. Some minor edge and corner wear; flattened dogleg at upper right corner of cover. The blurb speaketh: "After a night of drinking, Nick Stefanos passes out in a public..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994. First Edition, with full numberline. Octavo; publisher's cloth-backed boards in pictorial dust jacket; 352pp.; eight leaves of illus. printed on rectos and versos. Light shelf wear, lighter portions of dust jacket a shade toned, corners gently bumped, else Very Good. Remains exceedingly hard to..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1955-1956. First Editions, stated. Volume I signed at half title by Harry Truman at half title with inscription, "To Mr. and Mrs. Simon Pearl. Kind regards from Harry Truman 10/18/58." Two octavo volumes. 596 pp.; 594 pp. Printed dust jackets. Black cloth boards..... 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
City of Washington: A. & G. Way, 1808. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); removed; 5,[1]pp. Light foxing, spine nearly split, else Good to Very Good, despite slightly musty odor. Exceedingly uncommon pamphlet reproducing three pieces of correspondence between President Thomas Jefferson and American engineer Isaac Briggs. Briggs had volunteered his..... More