Washington. 1848. 40pp. plus engraved portrait frontispiece. Original printed wrappers. Removed. Spine perished. Some foxing. Else very good. Collection of addresses by members of Congress upon the death of John Quincy Adams. With a small but pleasing engraved portrait of Adams.
Washington, D.C. [ca. 1891]. Albumen card-mounted photograph, image approximately 8 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches. Light wear to card. Faint line of older adhesive substance in center of photograph. Minor wear and fading. About very good. A large photograph of a well-dressed African- American woman posing with four white children.....
Washington, D.C. Washington Photo Co., 1942. Panoramic photograph, 32 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches. Black-and-white photograph with captions printed below the image. Mild toning and fading. Three one-inch tears and two three- inch creases starting to split, not affecting image); moderate insect damage to upper left and rear (where rolled.....
Washington, D.C. American Automobile Association, 1940. 640pp. including maps, illustrations and advertisements. Large folding map affixed to rear wrapper. Stiff pictorial wrappers. Wrappers soiled and beginning to pull away from the text block, spine cracked. Good, lacking the second folding map. Gives descriptions and points of interest for fourteen northeastern.....
Washington, D.C. American Automobile Association, 1941. 656pp. including maps, illustrations and advertisements, plus two large folding maps. Printed stiff pictorial wrappers. Wrappers soiled and faded, a note in ink on the front wrapper. One leaf detached. Very good. Descriptions and points of interest for fourteen Northeastern states, the District of.....
Washington. 1834. 22pp. Dbd. An occasional fox mark, else very good. One of the first detailed proposals for national patronage for the arts, including in- depth descriptions of forty paintings displayed in the rotunda of the Capitol to encourage the establishment of a national gallery of art. With a testimonial.....
New York & Washington. 1902. [29]pp. plus 34 color plates. Oblong octavo. Original cloth backed boards. Pasted illustration to front cover. Negligible shelf wear. Very good. A color plate book illustrating the mural art in the Library of Congress.
Georgetown, Territory of Columbia: Green and English, [ 1801]. 75pp. Modern calf, spine gilt. Minor foxing. Very good plus. Letters by Stephen Bloomer Balch, a Presbyterian minister at Georgetown, addressing the issue of infant baptism and refuting a pamphlet by Rev. Adam Freeman on the subject. Freeman opposed baptising the.....
[Washington. 1819]. 17pp. Folio. Dbd. Lightly tanned. Very good. Rare slip bill printing of an interesting bill establishing and limiting the number of banks in the Washington, DC and the surrounding area. For twenty years forward the only banks allowed in the District are the Bank of Washington and the.....
[Washington. 1814]. 15pp. Folio. Dbd. Lightly tanned. Very good. Scarce slip bill printing of this Congressional bill incorporating the "Bank of the Metropolis" in Washington, D.C., capitalized at a million dollars and with shares therein valued at forty dollars each. Also included are the rules for the Board of Directors.....
London. 1840. Two volumes. [2],iv,140pp. plus sixty-six plates, frontispiece portrait, and engraved title; iv,106pp. plus fifty-two plates and engraved title. Quarto. Contemporary black morocco, gilt extra, a.e.g., silk endpapers. Minor shelf wear. Foxing to a few plates, light tanning to some leaves, more pronounced in second volume. Near fine, an.....
[Washington]. 1850. Broadsheet, 21 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches. Woodcut illustration on recto, text in double columns on verso. Old folds. Minimal foxing, a few small edge chips, tear in lower left corner not touching text. Very good. Encapsulated between mylar sheets. A very scarce broadside advertisement for an exhibition.....
[Washington, D.C. ca. 1898-1916]. Fifty-two leaves, each containing an autograph and a pen-and-ink portrait. Oblong small octavo. Original limp calf, gilt stamping on front cover, a.e.g. Wear to extremities, front board starting to separate from pastedown, rear board with vertical crease and cracked pastedown. A few spots of light soiling.....
London. 1853. Two volumes. xxi,[1],313pp. plus folding table; viii,328pp. Half title and color frontispiece in first volume. Original gilt cloth. Extremities rubbed, spines darkened, neat bookplate in each volume. Very good. Alfred Bunn was a theatrical manager who, according to the DNB, "is best remembered on account of his literary.....
Philadelphia. October 3, 1829. [2]pp. on a folded folio sheet, third page blank, fourth page with manuscript address and docketing. Old fold lines. Near fine. A pessimistic and despairing letter from the famed Philadelphia publisher and editor, Mathew Carey. The letter is written to Philip R. Fendall, Jr., a Washington.....
Washington. 1836. 58pp. Later three quarter morocco and marbled boards. Extremities worn and scuffed, bookplate removed. Some light foxing, else internally quite good. Cass was president of the Society, and here espouses the need for American history written by Americans.
London. 1853. Two volumes bound in one. xi,[1],282,viii,325pp. plus ads. Thick octavo. Original cloth. Cloth soiled and rubbed, extremities worn, inner front hinge broken but cords sound. Some light scattered foxing, else internally quite good. Remainder issue. One of the rarest British accounts of the Battle of New Orleans, and.....
Washington. 1864. Three sheets, each 7 1/4 x 5 inches. Loose sheets. Two slits at gutter margins for intended binding. A couple of small creases at corners. Very good. Three interesting General Orders from the War Department at the end of 1864 relating to freedman and the organization of black.....
Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office, 1895. 9pp. Original printed wrappers. Ex-lib., with call number inscribed in upper inner corner of front wrapper, else near fine. Discusses the Capitol, Capitol terraces, Capitol grounds, United States Botanic Garden, the Court House, and the Pension Office Building, and gives a statement of expenditures.....
Philadelphia: E.L. Carey and A. Hart, 1835. 234pp. plus 34pp. "Catalogue of a Valuable and Useful Collection of Books in the Various Departments of Science...for sale by E.L. Carey & A. Hart...." Engraved frontispiece portrait. Contemporary pink muslin over boards, printed paper label. Noticeable rubbing to label, moderate wear and.....
New York: Hermann J. Meyer, [ 1855]. Two volumes. 180,154pp. plus seventy-nine steel-engraved plates. Extra engraved titlepages. Tissue guards. Quarto. Original blue publisher's cloth. Light wear to corners and spine ends. Minor scattered foxing. Very good plus. Dana's work contains handsome steel engravings of scenes throughout the country, many of.....
Boston: Printed Privately, 1910. Two volumes. 181; 175pp. Original vellum backed paper covered boards, spines gilt. Very good. First printed in 1803. Davis travelled throughout the east coast, living for a year and teaching in Charleston, S.C., and also for a time in Virginia. He includes passages about slavery, American.....
London. 1827. xii,235pp. Original paper boards, expertly rebacked, paper label to spine. Old lending library bookplate to front pastedown. Minor loss to lower outside corner of pp.71-2 (not touching text), occasional light foxing and a few spots of soiling. About very good. The third edition, issued in the same year.....
Washington. [1822; i.e. ca. 1922]. xx,[13]-148pp. plus six engraved leaves of advertisements. The entire work in facsimile. 12mo. Original half roan and printed boards. Slightly rubbed. Very good. The first directory of Washington, in facsimile, particularly interesting for its listing of the lodgings for members of Congress. Originally printed in.....
[ Philadelphia]. 1799. 9; 4pp. including three folding tables. Modern half cloth and marbled boards, leather label. Fine. Details receipts and expenditures of the Commissioners of the Federal Buildings between May and November of 1799. Includes a report from the secretary of the treasury regarding sums applied towards the discharge.....
