Geneva. 1775. Three volumes. [4],iii,iii-viii,719pp. plus folding map and three plates; [4],viii,622pp. plus two folding maps and two plates; [4],viii,658,iv pp. plus folding map and three plates. Thick quarto. Contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt, leather labels. Some light wear to hinges and corners. Contemporary ownership inscription on each fly leaf.....
[Baltimore?]: 1902. 94pp. plus frontis. Original grey printed wrappers. Front wrapper torn with small stain, edges and spine chipping. Ownership signature on front wrapper. Front wrapper starting, but intact. Internally very clean. Good. A scarce pamphlet commemorating the Battle of Caulk's Field in Kent County, Maryland during the War of.....
London: Published for the author, 1861. [4],140pp. plus five plates (three tinted, one colored). Later three-quarter roan and pebbled cloth, spine gilt. Extremities rubbed. Lower outer corner of final leaf expertly repaired. Very good. A humorous account of the author's tour giving theatrical entertainments mainly in the towns of Canada.....
Albany. 1867. 235pp. Original green publisher's cloth, gilt. Front inner hinge cracked, bookplate on front pastedown. Extremities rubbed. Internally clean. A good to very good copy. Later and what Howes calls the best edition, translated from the original German by William Stone, of this excellent eyewitness account of Burgoyne's ill-fated.....
London. 1765. vii,[1],264pp. Modern half speckled calf and marbled boards. Titlepage and first text leaf separating at top of gutter, moderate tanning. Very good. The companion to the journals of the famous ranger of the French and Indian War. This is an important work utilizing Rogers' knowledge of the western.....
Paris. 1835. Two volumes. xiv,355; [2],359pp. Half title in each volume. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards. Worn at extremities, corners slightly bumped. Scattered foxing, old institutional stamps on half titles. Very good. A most interesting political work, hostile to America's progressive politics and France's contributions towards republican government in.....
Baltimore: James Young, 1886. 24,[2]pp. Original printed wrappers bound into modern three-quarter calf and cloth boards, spine gilt, by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. Front board slightly bowed, back board lightly rubbed, spotted fading. Wrappers toned. Internally very clean. Very good plus. A biographical address honoring the life and accomplishments of the.....
Erlangen: Johann Jacob Palm, 1788. Two volumes. [24],644,[1]; [6],xxxii,551,[1]pp., plus folding map. Modern half calf and marbled boards. Two volumes from different sets, bound uniformly. First volume foxed and dampstained. Second volume with institutional ex-lib. on titlepage. Titlepage of each volume printed on thick paper. Nonetheless, a good set. The.....
Philadelphia: F. and R. Bailey, 1795. Engraved titlepage, [iii]-vi, errata leaf, blank leaf, [292]pp. Text printed in double columns. Nineteen engraved folding maps, including the large folding frontispiece map. 12mo. Contemporary tree sheep, red morocco label. Boards rubbed, mostly along the spine and edges. Two-inch closed tear in edge of.....
Baltimore: John D. Toy:, 1858. 36pp. Original printed wrappers bound into modern three-quarter calf and cloth boards, spine gilt, by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. Boards slightly bowed. Ownership signature and small stamp on titlepage. Toning to edges, very light scattered foxing. Very good. A biographical sketch of the Baron de Kalb.....
[Frankfurt. 1655]. Engraved map, 14 3/4 x 12 3/4 inches. Minor dust soiling. Single vertical fold line through center. Very good. This edition of Smith's Virginia map, with German text, first appeared in Gottfriedt's NEWE WELT in 1655, after the 1612 original edition. A handsome edition of this famous map.....
Richmond. 1819. Two volumes. [14],247pp. plus one folding plate, two folding maps, and frontispiece portrait; xi,282pp. plus frontispiece coat of arms. Contemporary mismatched tree calf, first volume neatly rebacked, spines gilt, leather labels. Contemporary ownership inscription on front fly leaf. Light toning and foxing of text in each volume. Very.....
Baltimore. 1811. 41pp. Later three-quarter brown morocco over marbled boards, rubbed. Ex-lib., but unobtrusively so, with bookplate and old library label, else very good. Smith was Secretary of the Navy in both Jefferson administrations (1801-9) and was Secretary of State under Madison till March, 1811 when he resigned in disagreement.....
[Baltimore]: Press of the the Sun Job Printing Office, 1910. 151,[4]pp. plus plates. Original red publisher's cloth, gilt. Spine lightly faded, minor soiling to cloth. Minor dampstaining to lower corner, otherwise clean internally. Good plus. Second issue, with the four-page letter to the author from McHenry Howard added at the.....
[Baltimore, Md.; various locations in Louisiana; and Alexandria, Va. April 24, 1861 - August 4, 1864]. Seven letters, totaling [32]pp., plus two unrelated letters. Old folds, minor wear. Overall very good. An interesting Civil War archive of seven letters by Lt. Col. Joseph Stedman, giving Stedman's account of his activities.....
Baltimore: John Murray, 1851. 31pp. plus frontispiece portrait. Original printed wrappers (rear wrapper lacking) bound into modern three-quarter morocco and cloth by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spine gilt. Modern bookplate on rear pastedown. Contemporary ownership signature on front cover. Internally clean. Near fine. Biographical pamphlet on Otho Holland Williams, a Maryland.....
[Various locations between California and New York. May 15 - September 27, 1910]. 77pp. Contemporary pictorial cloth over cardboard. Covers chipped and brittle, some staining and soiling. First page tanned, minor thumb- soiling to text. Good condition. An interesting and well-written record of an educated young woman's experiences accompanying her.....
Baltimore: Published by J. and T. Vance, 1812. 117pp. Original calf backed paper boards. Hinges cracked, spine ends chipped, some wear and soiling to boards. Later ownership inscription and pencil annotations on front endpapers and titlepage. Moderate tanning and foxing. Good. A scarce collection of patriotic songs published for the.....
New York. 1856. 460pp. Original cloth. Light scuffing and edge wear. Front pastedown wrinkled, light foxing. Else very good. First edition, edited by the author's son. Watson travelled through most of the American colonies in 1777 and gives a long account, though he spent the rest of the war in.....
Paris. [ 1800]. Three volumes. [4],viii,[5]-321pp. plus six plates; 344pp. plus four plates; [4],294pp. plus one plate and a large folding map. Half title in each volume. Contemporary marbled paper- covered boards, gilt leather spine labels. Minor shelf wear, some sunning to spines. Contemporary French bookplate on pastedown of first.....
Baltimore: The Maryland Historical Society, 1938. xvi,226pp. plus portrait frontispiece and plates. Original green cloth, spine gilt. Minor wear to extremities, sun lightly sunned. Very good. A useful Maryland bibliography listing 550 Revolutionary- era state imprints. Also includes eight chapters on notable early Maryland printers, including William Goddard (pictured in.....
Cincinnati. 1828. 272pp. Contemporary calf. Rear free endpaper torn. Contemporary ownership inscriptions to front endpapers. Foxing. Good. Williams visited Maryland, Virginia, the Carolinas and Georgia in his capacity as a Quaker minister. He blamed much of the evil he saw rampant on the frontier on demon rum, and had little.....
London. 1822. 310pp. plus three maps (two folding). Lacks the errata slip. Half title. Original paper boards, rebacked in matching paper, paper label. Rubbing and slight paper loss on front board. Scattered foxing and faint dampstaining to maps. Very good. Untrimmed. This important work was written by a prosperous British.....
Baltimore. 1922. 275pp. Original gilt cloth. Near fine. A presentation copy, inscribed: "With great affection and thanks for William Mitchell Van Winkle, Lawrence Wroth 14 October 1951." One of the best local studies of colonial imprints, and the first major work of one of the great Americanists of this century.....
Baltimore. 1922. 275pp. plus limitation page. 20th-century blue half morocco and cloth, gilt morocco spine labels. Minor wear to extremities. Near fine. Special limited edition of Wroth's excellent history of colonial Maryland printing, being copy 119 of 125 copies signed by Wroth on the limitation page bound at rear. One.....
