Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1938. 314,xiv pp. Later black cloth, gilt leather label. Front board lightly scuffed, label slightly worn. Deckled edges. Very good. A selection from the correspondence of Herbert Baxter Adams, documenting the pioneering efforts of Adams and his colleagues to professionalize the study and practice of.....
Washington: Printed by Gales and Seaton, 1835. 94pp. Contemporary red straight-grained morocco, ruled in gilt; neatly rebacked with original spine laid down. Leaf tipped in preceding titlepage with presentation inscription from the author ("Gideon Hard from John Quincy Adams") and further inscriptions by several later owners passing along the book.....
Washington: Printed by Gales and Seaton, 1835. 94pp. Contemporary red straight-grained morocco, ruled in gilt. Extremities lightly rubbed. Internally clean. Fine. In a cloth chemise and red half morocco and cloth slipcase, spine gilt. A presentation copy of Adams' speech honoring the memory of Revolutionary War hero Marquis de Lafayette.....
[Baltimore]. 1827. 24pp. Dbd. Contemporary ownership inscription on titlepage. Some tanning and foxing. Good plus. A tract seeking to generate support around the candidacy of John Quincy Adams in the 1828 presidential election, published by the pro-Adams convention met in Maryland in 1827. The address principally defends Adams against the.....
New York: Williams Gowans, 1869. 125,[3],40pp. Large quarto. Original gilt-stamped cloth. Some fraying at extremities, else very good, partially unopened. Later edition, after the original of 1666, with an introduction and notes by John Gilmary Shea, issued as the fifth entry in Gowans' "Bibliotheca Americana" series. One of only sixty-four.....
Madrid: En la Oficina de Antonio Fernandez, 1778. 196pp. Small quarto. Modern calf, ruled in gilt, spine gilt with raised bands, gilt leather labels. One raised band scraped of its leather, bookplate on front pastedown (see below). Faint contemporary ownership inscription on titlepage. Very good plus. A compilation of material.....
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.....
Baltimore. Nov. 10, 1831. 44pp. Dbd. A bit foxed. Very good. Calls for the continued protection of American industry by duties, tariffs and other protective measures. AMERICAN IMPRINTS lists only the Library of Congress copy.
London: Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan, 1776. 210,215-250,253-330,333-370,373-442,445- 470,473-614,617-654,657-678,681-828pp. Folio. Modern calf, spine gilt, raised bands. Each act has separate general titlepage; pagination and register are continuous. Slight shelf wear, occasional tanning, lacking one general titlepage and several blanks (see below). Very good. An impressive collection of the.....
New York. 1926. 349pp. Mezzotint portrait by Cruikshank. Original cloth. Bookplate removed from front pastedown, else clean and very good. This is one of forty-two special large paper copies with a 19th-century mezzotint portrait of Audubon by Cruikshank inserted as the frontispiece. The most convenient sampler of Audubon's writing, combining.....
London. 1926. 349pp. Portrait. Cloth. Slight shelf wear. Bookplate to verso of front free endpaper. Very good. The most convenient sampler of Audubon's writing, combining episodes from his various writings, with many scenes set in the Ohio and Mississippi valleys.
New York. 1926. 349pp. Portrait. Cloth. Slightest shelf wear. Very good. The most convenient sampler of Audubon's writing, combining episodes from his various writings, with many scenes set in the Ohio and Mississippi valleys.
Baltimore. 1949. xxix,219pp. plus many facsimiles. Thick quarto. Gilt cloth. Fine, in a slightly worn dust jacket. One of 300 copies printed by the Anthoensen Press. With an introduction by Lawrence Wroth. A superb reference for early Americana.
Baltimore: Published and Sold by Geo. Willig Junr. 1828. 3pp. of engraved sheet music, with an engraving of an early railroad engine and cars. Small folio. Dbd. Leaves cut from original binding and loose. Closed tear to first leaf repaired with tape (no loss of text), some wear to edges.....
Paris. 1797. [2],xvi,336pp. Half title. Original plain wrappers. Front joint a bit worn, old stain on rear wrapper. Near fine, untrimmed. Bayard was twenty-three when he made this trip with his wife and children to summer at Bath in the Shenandoah Valley to escape the heat of the Baltimore summer.....
Springland, Pa. [ 1808?]. Single-sheet engraving, 6 7/8 x 8 1/4 inches. Very good. This plate, here in black and white, appeared in colored state in Birch's well-known color plate book on country houses, THE COUNTRY SEATS OF THE UNITED STATES OF NORTH-AMERICA WITH SOME SCENES CONNECTED WITH THEM (Springland.....
Baltimore. 1837. Two volumes. xii,[9]-314;728pp. Contemporary speckled calf, leather label, speckled edges. Spines chipping, boards rubbed. Front hinges cracked on both volumes but secure. Light to medium foxing. Modern bookplate to rear pastedown. Good. Second and "best edition" (Howes) of Bozman's history, including much material on the discovery and early.....
London: Printed by E. Holt for William Hawes, 1700. [2],33[i.e. 34],[8]pp. Small quarto. 20th-century three-quarter brown morocco and cloth, spine gilt with raised bands. Light wear to extremities and joints. Titlepage a bit dust soiled, a few spots of light soiling and minor tanning throughout. Lacks final blank (as called.....
Paris: Chez Buisson, Avril 1791. Two volumes. xl,275; [4],317pp. Half titles. Original wrappers, printed paper labels. Spines and spine labels chipped, else near fine, untrimmed and unopened. A very rare, largely unknown edition of Brissot de Warville's account, published the same year as the regular first edition, but here printed.....
London. [ 1841]. Three volumes. [16],504; [14],563; [12],569,[20]pp. Map and illustrations. Engraved portrait. Contemporary three quarter calf and marbled boards, spine gilt, leather labels (one chipped). Contents somewhat tanned, some light scattered foxing. Overall very good. "Devoted to New England, New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland" - Howes. An extensive travel.....
New York. 1841. Two volumes. 514,[1]; xiii,[blank],[9]-516pp. plus folding map. Engraved frontispiece portrait. Additional frontis. Woodcut illus. Modern three quarter morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt. About fine. An extensive travel description by one of the better British commentators of the period. The folding map depicts the eastern United States.....
London. 1777. Two volumes. [6],xii,324; xii,308pp. Folding frontispiece map in each volume. Later speckled calf, maroon and black gilt morocco labels, ornate gilt spines. Front board of second volume detached, but present. Covers slightly bowed. Armorial bookplate and early 19th-century ownership signature on front paste down of each volume. Later.....
Londres. 1755. xxiv,336pp. 12mo. Contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt tooled, leather label, edges painted red. Boards lightly rubbed, corners and edges somewhat worn, two small chips to spine extremities. Light tanning, scattered foxing. About very good. An important survey of the state of the British colonies, quickly translated into a......
London: Printed for R. Goadby and W. Owan Bookseller, at Temple-Bar, 1775. xxiv,iv,347,[1]pp. Folding frontis. Contemporary calf, raised bands. Minor rubbing. Slight tanning in margins of end matter, contemporary ownership inscription on front free endpaper. Overall very good. Ninth edition, after the first of 1745, and the first appearance under.....
