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

New York: Ullman Manufacturing and Bergan Publishing, 1908. Three different Masonic promotional broadside posters. Printed recto only. 6 3/4" x 9 3/4"; 7 3/4" x 9 3/4". Light rubbing to edge; short closed along edge of "I dearly love a Mason." "Let's End All Discontent" undated but the style..... More

New York: The Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, 1948. First Edition. Signed by President Harry Truman and Cardinal Francis Spellman to front. Large octavo. 8 pp. Illustrated stapled wraps with tied string along spine. Invoice from previous owner's purchase in 1965 laid in at rear... More

Two volumes in one; thick 12mo; contemporary half black morocco over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine in five compartments. Minor scuffing to extremities, long closed vertical tears across pp. 201/2 and 237/8 of the first title affecting text without loss of meaining, textblock uniformly finger-soiled, mid-20th century ownership rubberstamp to front..... More

Charlottesville, VA: University Press of Virginia, 1986. First Edition. Thick octavo. 526 pp. Red boards stamped in gilt. Boards show light white discoloration/scuffing to front. Binding is sound. Numerous pages dog-eared, but overall pages unmarked. More

New York: A.S. Barnes & Company, 1881. First Edition. Octavo. 241-320 p. + 16 p. advertisements. Printed Wrappers. Frontispiece of John Eager Howard with tissue guard; fold-out map of "Seige of Yorktown." Includes notice of the death of President Garfield and Chester A. Arthur taking the oath of office... More

Cambridge, MA: Privately Printed / University Press, [1965]. Second issue, nearly identical to the 1945 first edition, but with the emblem in black at title page. Octavo. 75 pp. Black and white photographs. Red cloth with black title label to front, lettered in gilt. No dust jacket. Light scuffing to..... More

New York: Meredith Press, 1968. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth-backed boards in cream pictorial price-clipped dust jacket; [4],213pp. General edge wear and wrinkling to jacket extremities, light soil, spine panel a shade sunned; overall a Near Fine copy in Very Good dust jacket. Bookplate signed by the author laid in..... More

Washington, DC: Beresford Printers, 1927. First Edition. Signed by Osborn Oldroyd at front free endpaper. Octavo. 31 pp. Twelve black and white plates. Black cloth with gilt lettering to front. Covers worn and scuffed and binding is sound. Substantial bio-predation along edges of preliminaries and terminals, though text unaffected..... More

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1900. Six volume set. Small octavos. Bound in half calf with leather spine labels; top edges gilt; marbled endpapers. Frontispiece to each volume. Volumes II and VI recased. Chipping and flaking to extremities and joints; volume V front joint starting. Bindings else sound. Bookplate of..... More

Boston: Wells and Lilly, 1829. Later Edition, the first published after Jefferson's death. Octavo. 280 pp., collated and complete. Full contemporary calf with black title label to spine. Boards show a few minor scuffs; both joints cracked but holding. Recent ownership stamp to front pastedown and pages otherwise clean and..... More

[Providence, RI: Livermore & Knight Co, 1911.] 12mo (16cm.); original cream string-bound card wrappers ruled in pale blue, photographic portrait element mounted to upper cover; [4]pp.; text printed in blue and orange. Light soil to wrappers, else Very Good or better. Menu included caviar, clams, salmon, beef, chicken, "Frozen..... More