Annapolis: Maryland Historical Trust, 1973. Oblong quarto; VG/no-DJ paperback; blue spine with red text; cover has rubbing, spotting, edgewear; textblock has spotting around edges and sporadically throughout, otherwise clean; pp 87. More
n.p. n.publ. 1981. Large Octavo; G/paperback; black comb spine; light green covers show slight sunning to exterior, mostly toward edges; previous bookshop's sticker to rear; intact panels; text block has light wear to exterior edges; interior clean; frontispiece; profusely illustrated; NOTE: Shelved in 15's ephemera box 6, in Netdesk office. More
Bethesda: Burning Tree Club, 1993. Large Octavo; pp 100; VG/VG-; blue/green pictorial spine with white and yellow text; dust jacket shows light wear to exterior; slightly worn fore edges; cloth clean, strong boards; text block shows little wear to exterior edges; interior clean; frontispiece; illustrated; tight binding. More
Baltimore: John Murphy & Co, 1896. Octavo; VG-; Hardcover; Brown spine with copper text on black label; The 2 vols. are in uniform condition; Boards of the two volumes are severely shelf- worn with rubbing and bumping to the corners edges and exterior; Text block has age-toning with fore edges tanned, otherwise clean; 339p. (Vol.1-Addresses and Poems); 307p. (Critical and Political) Oversized book.Additional shipping and handling needed for expedited/international orders. Economy international shipping may not be available. Contact seller for details. More
Annapolis, Maryland: Printed by Jonas Green, 1765. First Edition. folio; G; spine paneled brown leather with a red label and gilt lettering; quarter bound black cloth boards, rebound; age-marks and water-stains throughout, some waving to pages, some rips; this copy is lacking the following: title page, (1 leaf), dedication, (1 leaf), Preface, 4pp., Advertisement (errata) (1 leaf), U²-Y² of index; contains: Charter, 17pp., text, 620pp., Indexes, 76pp.; collation is as follows: c²-f², g¹, A⁴-Z⁴, Aa⁴-Zz⁴, Aaa⁴-Zzz⁴, Aaaa⁴-Hhhh⁴, Iiii², A²-T²; last entry on index is 'widows'; shelved case 2. More
Baltimore, MD: Maryland Historical Society, 1976. US Printing. Qto. VG/ - no DJ. light brown clothbound HB with black accent border with decorative cornices surrounding gilt-stamped titling. push in ends, softly rubbed spine. repeated titling, enlarged and stamped characters in gold and black.. solid dark saffron yellow endsheets. pictorial title pages, a panoramic b/w drawing with dark gold-tone textbox, white and black titling. neatly aligned corners and smoothly unmarked throughout. profusely illustrated and most numbered figures of photos, images of artifacts, furniture and scanned documents throughout the textblock. smooth ivory edges, all sides. 253 pp. More
Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2008. First Edition. Octavo: VG/no-DJ paperback: Off white spine with dark blue text: Covers are clean with minimal shelfwear, slight fraying to corners: Textblock is clean and pages free of markings, folds or tears: First Edition: 160 pp. More
![MEN OF MARYLAND [SIGNED]. George F. Bragg, Jr](/pictures/thumb/1196106.jpg?v=1600410102)
Baltimore, MD: Church Advocate Press, 1925. Second Edition. Octavo, 160 pages; VG-; bound in publisher's dark green cloth, black titling to front cover; mild rubbing and wear to boards; mild Smoky odor; Inscribed by Braggs on the ffep to a member of his congregation, dated June 3, 1926; shelved case 1. More
Rockville: Montgomery County Government Department of Police, 1988. First Edition, First Printing. Quarto; VG/VG-; white and brown spine with no text; jacket has sunning, closed tears around edges that have been taped on back side of jacket; boards are strong and clean; textblock has slight age toning to exterior, otherwise clean; pp 97. More
Baltimore: J. C. Dulany Company, 1894. First Edition. Octavo; VG-/no-DJ hardcover; Orange spine with no text; Boards strong, moderate surface scuffing and rubbing to spine/corners; Textblock age-toned, some light soiling and staining on multiple pages; 96pp. More
Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2004. Octavo; VG-; Hardcover; Spine, green with silver print; Boards in green cloth, slight wear to corners and spine caps, else clean and strong; Text block clean and tight; Inscribed in ink by the author and the illustrator on the half-title page; xiv, 415 pages, illustrated (b&w drawings). More
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1899. Large Octavo; pp 461; G+/no-DJ; dark green spine with gilt text; this volume only; cloth has slight wear to exterior; minor wear to edges; lightly rubbed corners; strong boards; text block has slight age toning to exterior edges; previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown; cracking to front gutter; interior clean. More
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1916. Large octavo; G-/no-DJ; dark green spine with gilt text; cloth has some wear on exterior due to age; front has dark soiling w/ dark spotting at tail edge; rear has moisture staining along gutter toward center of panel & tail edge; head & tail edges are moderately rubbed w/ some wear at corners; text block shows darkened exterior edges w/ foxing on fore edge; previous owner's name stamped on ffep; however, text pages are generally unmarked with good, secure binding; pp 578. Additional shipping may be necessary due to size/weight restrictions for international/expedited orders. More
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1906. Octavo; pp 284; Fair/paperback; lightly sunned green spine with dark green text; covers have heavily chipped edges; tape covering spine; ex-library sticker to spine; text block shows slight toning to exterior edges; cracking to gutters; interior lightly toned; ex-library markings inside; dew chips to edges of first few pages; illustrated;. More
Oakton: Appalachian Books, 1972. Third edition. Octavo; Third edition; G; Paperback; Spine, white and blue with white print; Cover has name in ink on front, slight edgewear, slight shelfwear; Text block clean and tight; 75 pages, illustrated (b&w). More
Oakton: Appalachian Books, 1972. Second edition. Octavo; Second edition; G; Paperback; Spine, white and green with white print; Cover has name in ink on front, slight edgewear, slight shelfwear; Text block clean and tight; 84 pages, frontispiece, illustrated (b&w). More
Baltimore: The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland, 1903. Thick Octavo; pp 887; G; dark green spine with gilt text; no jacket; cloth has some rubbing wear to edges, mostly spine; light wear to front and rear; mildly bumped corners; strong boards; text block shows grayish tone to exterior edges; top edge gilt; deckled fore and tail edges; some uncut pages; pictorial endpapers; frontispiece; interior clean; good binding; illustrated;. More
Hampstead: Dixon Publishers, 2009. first printing. Quarto; G/no-DJ paperback; white spine with black text; covers have some scratches & rubbing on exterior; tape on spine & rear head edge; sturdy & intact panels; text block has very light wear on edges; ex-library w/ stamp on last page; pages are otherwise clean w/tight binding; good condition; pp 117. More
Centreville, Maryland: Tidewater Publishers, 1988. first edition. Small quarto; pp 118; G-/G-; blue spine with white text; open tear to front head edge toward fore edge, slight rubbing and sun fading to exterior, price clipped; boards quarter bound in burgundy buckram, gray cloth panels; bowing and moisture staining to boards; foxing to text block exterior edges, light age toning to interior head edges, inscription to previous owner to front free end paper, slight warping to moisture stained pages;. More
Baltimore: Madeleine Doyle, 1990. Quarto; VG/no-DJ softcover; Light blue stapled booklet; Covers have some very faint staining/discoloration and surface scuffing; Textblock clean. "Limited Edition" stamp on second front end paper. More
New York: The Press of the Pioneers, Inc., 1934. Limited Edition (29/550). Octavo, 189 pages; VG/VG; spine is blue with black lettering; dust jacket is in a mylar covering, has minor wear along the top and bottom edges, , has mild chipping on the top and bottom of the spine, and on the fore edge corners, spine has minor discoloration; binding has minor shelf wear; pages have minor dust build up along the top edge; illustrated endpapers; shelved US Regional Virginia. More
Baltimore: Thomsen-Ellis, 1929. Third Edition. Quarto; Fair Hardcover; Faded Red spine with Gold text; Boards shaken, moderate edgewear, moderate shelfwear, sunning to spine, fraying to spine edges, closed tears to spine edges, rubbing and bumping to corners, small closed tear along tail edge of front joint; Textblock has foxing to forward pages, open tear in page before title page, split hinge between pages 40 and 41, black marks along hinge of rear endpaper, bending to top corner of page 61/62, small dark brown stains along fore edge of text block; 520 pp. More
Cumberland: Commercial Press Printing Company, 1987. Quarto; VG/no-DJ paperback; blue and white staple-bound book; cover has rubbing, age toning, price sticker residue in front upper corner; textblock has age toning, writing in pen on pages 2 and 40, otherwise clean; pp 80; limited edition - No. 220 of 1000 copies. More
Southern Maryland Society, 1993. Octavo; VG Hardcover; Spine, brown with gold print; Boards in brown cloth with gold print, clean and strong; Text block clean and tight; “Published on the occasion of the Seventy-ninth Anniversary of the Society”— title page; vii, 57 pages. Shelved in Room X. More
![WASHINGTON - CITY AND CAPITAL [SIGNED]. Federal Writers Project, Works Progress Administration](/pictures/thumb/1331800.jpeg?v=1600409864)
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
![WORKING THE WATER [SIGNED]. Jay Fleming](/pictures/thumb/1326101.jpg?v=1600409842)
Annapolis, MD: Fleming Creative Firm, 2016. First Edition. Quarto, 280 pages; VG/VG; spine is white with black lettering; dust jacket has minimal shelf wear; binding and pages clear; signed on the title page; shelved front table. More
Shippensburg, PA: Burd Street Press, 1996. Quarto: VG/VG-: Yellow spine with black text: DJ has general shelfwear, light chipping to head of spine, clean: Boards are strong and clean, mild bumping at head and tail of spine, minor shelfwear, binding solid: Textblock is clean: 331 pp. More
Baltimore: Gobright & Torsch, 1858. First Edition. Octavo, 236 pages; VG-; bound in publisher's stamped brown cloth, rebacked with new spine, plain brown cloth spine with gilt lettering; moderate wear and rubbing to boards; with folding map bound within; with illustrated plates; with ads on both pastedowns; scarce; shelved case 1. More
New York: Rinehart & Company, 1940. 8vo; VG- hardcover; pictorial spine with brown text; dust jacket has mylar covering and has open tears and moderate stains; boards have severe edge wear with bumps to the head and tail of the spine otherwise clean; text block is extremely tanned to the edges and pages but pages are legible; 436p. More
Westminster: Willow Bend Books, 2001. Quarto; vg- paperback; green spine with black text; minor shelf wear and bumping; text block, clean; 304 pp.; maps and plats; else very good; [also "F121505k20"] NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, in the FS box. More
West Chester, PA: Four seasons Book Publishers, 1979, 1982. Quarto; pp 272; VG-/VG-; ivory spine without text; 2 volumes - vol. 1: Spring - Summer and vol 2: Fall - Winter; dust jackets show slight rubbing to edges and exterior, light sun fading to exteriors, price clipped front flaps; cloths have light wear to exteriors, panels are strong and intact; text block shows slight wear to exterior, interior clean; signed and numbered;. More
West Chester, PA: Four Seasons Book Publishers. Quarto; VG/G; ivory spine with black text; 2 volumes: vol. 1, Spring-Summer, pp 128, 1980 [ISBN 0960540016]; vol. 2, Fall-Winter, pp 144, 1982 [ISBN 0960540024]; dust jackets have slight sun aging to exteriors; mylar wraps; cloths show very little wear to exterior; sturdy boards; text blocks have light wear to exterior edges; pictorial endpapers; frontispieces; interiors clean; profusely illustrated; signed by Red Hamer, in vol. 1. More
Williamsburg, VA: Institute of Early North American History and Culture / University of Chapel Hill Press, 1990. First US Printing. large 8vo(s). VG+/ VG for lightly discolored slipcase. gray clothbound HBs, with navy labels, silver stamped titling on each, between navy stamped titling and unique metallic publisher crest and other publisher in navy uppercase. smooth, neat gray cloth volumes, tightly bound each, crisp, bright textblock, edges and clean sheets between powder blue endpapers. neat and complete for all three volumes in the lightly damaged slipcase. More
Crownsville, MD and Colton's Point, MD: The Maryland Hstorical Trust Press and The Friends of St. Clement's Island Museum, Inc., 1997. Quarto; pp 200; VG-/G; black spine with light blue and white text; dust jacket has slight wear to exterior, slight chipping to edges, previous bookshop's price sticker to rear; cloth has light sunning to edges, otherwise clean, strong boards; text block has minimal wear to exterior edges; interior clean. More
Baltimore: Self-published, 1994. First Edition. Ex-library copy. Quarto; VG-/no-DJ booklet; CombBind spine with blue sticker on heel; Covers show sticker on bottom of front cover, two stickers on rear; 5" scratch/closed tear through middle portion of front cover, minor edgewear, stamps on rear cover interior with marker stain; Textblock has first two pages with same scratch location, stamps on exterior head/ink on exterior tail, small sticker on title page; 270pp. More
Nürnberg: Verlegung des auxtoris Gedruckt bey Johann Ernst Adelbuler, 1731. Folio; G; bound in faded red cloth, faded titling to front cover; moderate wear, including fraying to corners, spine largely detached, remnants of cloth ties to boards; With title page, 42 pages of text in German, 14 maps of the celestial sphere, 77 terrestrial maps; all celestial and 73 terrestrial maps hand-colored contemporaneously; lacking allegorical frontispiece engraved by Casper Luyken and the portrait of Charles VI in black and white; the backs of the majority of maps with a child's drawings, majority in pencil, some crayon, circa 1880, very sparse pencil to the maps themselves; some scattered repair; title page missing the lower fore corner, does not impact text; With a fully global collection of maps, including the constellations, both the Copernican and Tychonic models of the orbits, maps of both hemispheres, Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Maps of North America do include the names of some Native American Tribes. Interestingly, the maps are inconsistent as to whether California is an island. The title vignette is a map of the world as seen from above the north pole, includes California as an island. All maps with emblematic cartouches and ornamented with engravings.; consignment; shelved map case. More
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1953. First Edition. Large Octavo; pp 149; G/no-DJ; light tan spine with burgundy text; cloth shows slight sun darkening to spine; strong boards; text block has slight age toning to exterior edges; frontispiece; pictorial endpapers; interior clean; profusely illustrated;. More
Easton, MD: The Gazette Publishing House, 1898 (orig) ; October 1979. Reprint of the Original Issue of 1898. 8vo. VG+/ - no DJ. pale green HB, no titles and yellow toning. front board has large decorative bold black titling above a small illustration. no markings to fep/ffep. neat interior textblock printed in dark brown on white, highlighted by brown/white images with text/captions. dark stamp on head-edge with a single spatter spot, patch of foxing on fore-edge. in above average shape, binding intact and solid copy overall. 342 pp. More
![THE SUNPAPERS OF BALTIMORE [SIGNED]. Gerald W. Johnson, Frank R. Kent, H. L. Mencken, Hamilton Owens](/pictures/thumb/1328875.jpg?v=1600410092)
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937. First Edition. Octavo, 430 pages; VG-; spine is maroon with faded gilt lettering; binding has minor shelf wear, with fading at the top and bottom of the spine, has minor bumping on the fore edge corners, spine heavily faded; pages have minimal detachment on the front hinge, have minor age toning; signed on the ffep by all authors; shelved Maryland. More
Chestertown, MD: Kent Printing Company, 1984. US Printing. slim oblong Qto. VG/ - no DJ. skinny white wraps spine with no marks or titling. brightly illustrated blue/white pictorial montage fully upon jacket front, partially on rear. thumbed corners and edgewear moderate to softcover sides. tiny bookplate of prior owner pasted down on left fep. some spotting to rear, with large closed tear. profusely illustrated in blue/white postcard images throughout. 100 pp. More
Rockville: The Montgomery County Bicentennial Commission, 1976. Quarto; VG-/G+; white spine with brown text; DJ has rubbing on the front, back, and spine, age toning, light bumping to the head and tail of spine and corners; Boards have rubbing to edges, light age toning, interior front board has a large black marker mark; Textblock and interior pages have age toning; 94pp. More
Silver Spring: St. John the Evangelist Parish, 1984. Small Quarto; VG/no-DJ paperback; Dark green spine with white text; Covers are slightly sunned but otherwise clean and intact; Text block has slight writing on title page, but pages are clean with tight binding; pp 136. More
Chevy Chase, MD: The Chevy Chase Club, 2017. Quarto; pp 151; VG/VG-; black spine with orange text; dust jacket shows slight toning to exterior; small chips to edges; cloth is clean; strong boards; text block is clean; text block is clean; frontispiece; illustrated. More
Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1998. Facsimile Reprint. Octavo; pp 519; G/paperback; light blue spine with black text; covers show mild creases to exterior; intact exterior; text block has light soiling to exterior edges; interior clean; map tipped in at half title page;. More
[Washington, D.C.?]: [Publisher Not Identified], [1814]. First Edition. Thin Octavo, 16 pages; G; 3/4 bound in brown calf, marbled boards and endpapers; some rubbing to binding; lacking title page and map; ex-Columbia Historical Society library, with their stamps to interior and sticker to front board, bookplate to front pastedown; first page with some period writing; extremely scarce in any condition; HSDC consignment; shelved case 9 3/4. More
Emmitsburg: The Weekly Chronicle, 1983. Reprinted by St. Mary's College in 1983 from the original 1911 edition; Two volume set; Octavo; VG/no dust jackets; Green spines with gilt text; Boards have very light scuff marks and shelf wear; Text block is clean and undamaged; 555pp, 477pp. More
![AMERICANA 1925 [SIGNED]. H. L. Mencken](/pictures/thumb/1315497.jpg?v=1600409909)
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1925. First Edition. Octavo, 311 pages; VG/none; bound in publisher's dark blue cloth. gilt lettering faded on spine; mild shelfwear; Signed flat on ffep by Mencken; MA consignment; shelved case 1. More
Philadelphia: S. Augustus Mitchell, 1871. Folio, unpaginated; VG-; newly rebacked with brown cloth, majority of original front board cloth preserved, including gilt titling; spine with black label, gilt titling; water-damage to upper half of the volume, more pronounced on the first 5 pages, impacts mags, but does not affect coloring; With 67 hand-colored maps (plus insets) on 56 mapsheets (including 9 double-page), plus time table page, reference table, and appendices; shelved above case 3. More
1997. Octavo; VG; Paperback; Spine, white without print; Cover is clean and bright; Text block clean and tight; ii, 152 pages, illustrated. More
Olney: Saint Peter's Parish, 1998. Small Quarto; VG/no-DJ; Dark green spine with gilt text; Boards are clean with strong panels; Text block is clean with tight binding; pp 119. More
