Washington: Centennial Commission, St. Elizabeths Hospital, 1956. Octavo; G/no DJ; Hardcover w/out DJ; Spine, brown with gold print; Boards in brown cloth with gold print, light wear to spine caps, else clean and strong; Text block has name in ink on front flyleaf, notation in ink on rear endpapers, ink underlining on pp. 100-101, else clean and tight; ix, 251 pages, frontispiece, illustrated (b&w plates). More

Washington, D.C. The Commission of Fine Arts/The Historic American Buildings Survey, 1970. Quarto; G+ Paperback; Brown spine with black text; Covers have shelfwear/cornerwear, spine has creasing, small stain on bottom left of front cover, faint staining on right side of back cover near spine, bottom left corner of back cover clipped, faint black streak on back cover; Binding strong; Textblock is age-toned; Text clean; pp 291. More

Washington, D.C. and Arlington, VA: The Commission of Fine Arts and The Historic American Buildings Survey, 1967. Large Octavo; pp 108; G-/paperback; black comb spine; gray covers show moderate wear to exterior; light sunning toward rear head edge; minor chip to spine head edge; text block shows light age toning to exterior edges; previous owner's name to first page; interior clean; illustrated. More

n.p. Logan Circle Community Association, 1979. Oblong Quarto; pp 113; G; dark green spine without text; no jacket; cloth has slight panels; few chips to spine edges; gilt lettering to front; mildly rubbed exterior; sturdy boards; text block has mild wear to exterior edges; frontispiece; profusely illustrated; good binding;. More

Washington, DC: Printed In Pursuance of a Resolution of the U.S. Senate, Printed by A. Boyd Hamilton, 1852. First edition. VG-. 4to in black-brown cloth, title on cover in gilt (simply "MAPS OF WASHINGTON" on cover). No DJ as issued. Moderate shelf and edgewear to boards; rubbing and fraying at all edges and folds, corners bumped, significant age toning to boards, significant moisture staining to rear board and spine. Age toning to textblock, minor deterioration to rear of block, may be mouse-chewed, or moisture deterioration. Foxing to endpages, and light foxing to rest of pages. Includes two of three fold-out maps tipped in on front endpage. On 6 pages after title page are paste-down newspaper cutouts from "The North American" (Feb 22, 1846), and "The Evening Transcript" (Jan 14, 1853), and an undated, unsourced article, describing sermons given in Pennsylvania, Boston, and New York, respectively. The remaining pages are numbered square breakdowns of the blocks and lots presented in the maps. 159 pp. Shelve: CASE 4 Spine is black leather, textless. More

Philadelphia: Pennsylvania R. R. Company, 1889. First Edition. 12mo.; Good condition paperback; mint green staple-bound booklet, comes in plastic protector; cover has rubbing, age toning, Covers about half separated at the spine but still intact; textblock is clean, includes foldout map; pp 16. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, in Ephemera box C. More

Washington, D.C. U.S. Department of the Interior, 1976. Quarto; pp 194; G-/paperback; beige spine with black text; covers have light wear to exterior; text block has slight wear to exterior edges; profusely illustrated; lightly toned interior; mild cracking to front gutter; maps to rear pastedown; frontispiece;. More

Washington DC: DC History Center, 2020. Special issue. Meeting the Moment: Commentary on 2020 “Meeting the Moment” came together in the summer of 2020 as a response to the global pandemic and ongoing Black Lives Matter protests. Washington History challenged DC historians to look back into their research and ask: what could DC’s past tell us about how we arrived at this moment? What are this moment’s implications for our next steps as a community? These essays probe the old structures and experiences, dating back to the District’s founding, that shape our present. More

Washington, D.C. Abdon Daoud Ackad, 1958. One mounted photograph, on which Potter Stewart has inscribed his best wishes to the photographer, Abdon Ackad, dated 'November 1958'; JK consignment. More

Washington, D.C. Abdon Daoud Ackad. One mounted photograph, with the signature of Francis Dewey below.; JK consignment. More

Washington, D.C. Abdon Daoud Ackad. One mounted photograph, on which Alben Barkley has inscribed his best wishes to the photographer, Abdon Ackad; There is some damage to the rear from tape, acid did not bleed through; JK consignment. Shelved in Dupont, near front. More

Washington, D.C. U.S. Government Printing Office, 1978. Hardcover small Imperial Octavo; VG;Tan spine, Gilt text; Inscription and signatures of Senator Paul S. Sarbanes of Maryland and Staff; Stamp from Senator's office on first title page; Tan spine with light beige boards and gilt text; Boards are clean with minimal shelf ware. Text block age toned but clean; pp 455. More

Octavo; pp 196; G/Fair; sunned brown without discernible text; dust jacket has sunning to exterior; noticeable chips to corners; purple/white front has white titles and pictorial design; lightly soiled rear; mylar wraps; cloth has lightly sunned spine; small chip to front tail edge; sturdy boards; text block shows light toning to exterior edges; interior clean; illustrated;. More

New York: Pantheon Books, 2007. First edition. Octavo; First edition; VG/VG; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, tan with black print; DJ has slight edgewear but is clean and bright; Boards quarter bound with black paper to spine and brown paper to boards, clean and strong; Text block clean and tight; Signed in ink by the author on the title page; xii, 336 pages, illustrated (b&w). More

Washington: Casimir Bohn, 1861. 12mo.; VG/no-DJ paperback; green spine, no text; cover has rubbing, chipping along spine; textblock has age toning, writing on front endpaper, otherwise clean; pp 134. More

Boyd, 1884. First Edition. Extra thick octavo in discolored blue/grey hardcovers with gold letters on spine; VG; boards show some soiling; large open gutter on back board, but binding still strong; edges soiled and dusty with previous owner's large stamp on side edge; paper and text clean; print very tight and readable; pp. 962; shelved in Second Alcove. More

Washington, D.C. U.S. Government Printing Office, 1900/1903. First Edition. Folios, 2 volumes; VG-; bound in publisher's oxblood cloth, gilt lettering and tooling to front covers and spines; moderate wear and rubbing to boards; volume one has a shaken binding; volume 2 rebacked with original spine preserved, ex-library, with remnant of sticker to tail of spine, discard stamp, pencil notations; Illustrated with 322 gravure plates. A handsome set with many fine architectural photographs and plans, portraits, and historical prints and photographs; heavy, please contact for shipping costs; shelved above case 2. More

1930. Octavo; G-; Hardcover; Spine, black with gold print; Boards in black cloth, wear to corners and spine caps, light spotting/shelfwear; Text block has spotting to edges, foxing to title page and rear endpapers, clean text; 121 pages, illustrated (b&w plates). More

Washington: D.C. Department of Housing & Community Development, 1979. Octavo; VG-; Paperback; Spine, brown with black print; Cover is clean and bright, toning to spine; Text block is clean and tight; 116 pages, illustrated (b&w). More

Washington: Library of Congress, 1989. Quarto; pp 310; VG-; dark gray spine with silver text; no jacket; cloth shows slight soiling to exterior; strong boards; text block shows light tone to exterior edges; pictorial endpapers; interior clean; frontispiece; profusely illustrated; additional shipping may be necessary due to size/weight restrictions for international/expedited orders. More

Washington: William Duncan, 1822. facsimile edition. 12mo in brown hardcovers with burgundy cloth spine; VG; previous owner's name on ffep; boards with minimal soiling; paper slightly faded and foxed; text clean; pp. 148; Shelve in Netdesk office, in FS box #3. More

City of Washington: Printed and sold by S.A. Elliot, near the Washington Assembly Rooms; sold also by all the booksellers in this city and Georgetown, 1826. Second Edition. 12mo., viii, 138, [2], 139-150 pages; G; bound in contemporary quarter calf, marbled boards, faded gilt titling to spine; moderate wear and rubbing to binding, most of spine worn off, chips missing to head and tail of spine; frontispiece, pages 99-106 loose but present; title page through page 12, 87-94 mostly detached from binding; name in ink to ffep; With a Frontispiece of the Capital, a plate of the President's House, a plate of George Town College and Columbia College, and a pkate of Arlington House. Notable, the description of the copy at the U.S. House of Representatives states that it has no illustrations.; extremely scarce; AB consignment; shelved case 1. More

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1937. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, xxvi, 1140 pages; VG-; Spine black with faded gold print; Boards in black cloth, mild wear and rubbing, binding slightly loose; With both of the two maps in rear pocket; small water-stain to lower fore corner of text block.; Signed on verso of the ffep by 26 members of the Federal Writers Project, including founding director Henry Alsberg, assistant to the director George Cronyn, and assistant director Reed Harris. The remainder are presumed some of the writers or editors hired by the Federal Writers Project to research the book, including composer Ruth Crawford Seeger, anarchist Leonard Abbott, and author/editor Kathryn Coe Cordell. Other listed names include C. W. Foster, Donald C. Kline, J. Frank James, Howard S. Douglas, John C. Rogers, B. Foster Cooke, and Sterling A. Brown.; An important piece of DC history, linking the leadership of the FWP with some of its largely ignored and unrecorded writers and editors. Nowhere in the volume does it list the names of any individual contributors. More

Washington, D.C. Georgetown University, 1964. Hardcover Quarto; VG; Black cloth boards with gold Georgetown stamp, white text and "Georgetown University" in blind text on front, white text on spine; Boards are clean with minimal general shelf ware. Spine slightly cocked. Light rubbing on corners. Text block age toned but clean, text and photographs legible and clear. pp 247. Additional cost for items designated for international/expedited shipping, or anything too large or heavy (over 4Lbs) for economy shipping. Please contact shipping department for details. More

Berlin: Scalo, 2003. First Edition, First Printing. 4to., 127 pp., VG/VG; DJ white with black lettering; mild age-toning/shelfwear to DJ, protected by mylar; black cloth boards, gray lettering to spine; cocking to spine and boards, boards somewhat shaken, binding sturdy; INSCRIBED by Frank to half-title page; interior pristine, contains 90 black and white plates; "First Scale Edition" stated to copyright page; published in 2003 in conjunction with an exhibit at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC than ran from May 10 to July 14, 2003; includes a 23 pp. staple-bound pamphlet (mild shelfwear to pamphlet, interior clean, text by Brookman); contains ephemera (postcard and card invitations to a special preview of the Frank exhibit at the Corcoran); shelved Case 11. More