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Annapolis: Printed by J. Hughes, 1822. First edition. Modern quarter Morocco and cloth over boards. Octavo. 92 pages. Very good, with foxing to title page and a few following. Spine is titled in gilt. Comes in a custom marbled paper slipcase.. Two fold-out tables. Scarce report on the affairs of the Potomac Company in 1821, as investigated by… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co, 1873. First printing. Cloth over bevelled boards. Octavo. xii, 13-521 pages. Extremity rubs with a bit of fraying to corner tips. Binding sound, hinges not cracked. Faint splitting to rear endpaper along inner margin, though not significant. Prior owner name and inscription dated 1902 on preliminary blank leaf. Near fine overall.. John… Read more about this item

[Annapolis?]: (S.n.), 1832. Single sheet, folded in half to 7 5/8" x 12 1/4. Fine condition with old horizontal folds, no doubt for placement in a delegate's vest pocket. There is one clean 3/4" tear along the edge of one of these folds, otherwise nearly perfect.. Typeset and printed draft of a substitute bill which was adopted by… Read more about this item

Loncon: G. G. and J. Robinson, 1797. First edition. Leather over boards. Octavo. [6], cxiv, [errata leaf], 596 pages. Near fine. Full modern calf with gilt-stamped spine titles, new endpapers. Lacking original half title. Faint tide marking to lower fore corner of some leaves, else interior is bright and clean. A very handsome, sturdy copy.. Jonathan Boucher was… Read more about this item

Baltimore: The Patapsco Land Company, 1874. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 100 pages. Bound in brick red cloth over boards with upper board titled in gilt. A few light extremity rubs. Slight age-toning inside. Map has a few short clean separations at fold intersections. Fine condition overall.. Large fold-out map. This is a detailed prospectus seeking investment in the… Read more about this item

Easton, MD: The Easton Publishing Company, Inc, 1961. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 165 pages. Fine in a very good dust jacket.. Collection of Gilbert Byron's poems on themes of the Chesapeake Bay, sailing, and more. <br /> <br /> Inscribed and signed by Byron on front free endpaper, with an additional inscription by Byron on a laid in… Read more about this item

Bath: L. Leake and E. Curll, 1741. Half leather with marbled paper sides. Duodecimo. [viii], xvi, 48 pages. Very good. Later binding of marbled paper over boards with leather spine and fore corners.. Engraved frontispiece. A clever and amusing piece of 18th century libertine literature that describes the female anatomy in terms of topography, geography, commerce, cultivation, etc.… Read more about this item

[Annapolis]: Maryland State Archives, 2009. First printing. Softcover. Quarto. [ii], 46 pages. New. Well illustrated in color and black and white. The only detailed account of Abraham Lincoln's passage through Annapolis on his way to and from the Hampton Roads Conference in early February, 1865. <br /> <br /> The extensive research for this project turned up interesting… Read more about this item

Annapolis: Treasury Office, 1818. Single sheet, approximately 9 1/4" x 11 3/4. Fine, with some light age-toning and three horizontal folds. Ink bleed-through from endorsement on back side of folded document.. Statement of expenses related to the construction and first few years of the Maryland Penitentiary in Baltimore. Issued by Benjamin Harwood, Treasurer of the Western Shore of… Read more about this item

Frederick County: Matthias Bartgis at Pleasant Dale Paper Mill, 1823. Original calf. Duodecimo. Sixteenmo. Near fine in original binding with slight edge wear. Boards somewhat splayed but hinges and binding sound.. Woodcut frontispiece portrait of Washington. Scarce imprint of this Revolutionary War history, originally published at the turn of the 19th century. Richard Snowden was a New Jersey… Read more about this item

Annapolis, 1865. Folded sheets, with original envelope. Near fine, with original envelope. Incredible 6 page manuscript letter from a Civil War Chaplain posted at Annapolis, discussing St. John's College Hospital Chapel, visiting hospitals, and the work of the U.S. Christian Commission in Annapolis during the war.<br /> <br /> Partial transcript: <br /> "At 2 P.M. I preached… Read more about this item

Annapolis: Thomas J. Wilson, Printer, 1862. Wrappers. Octavo. 15 pages. Near Fine. Bound in printed pink wraps over a sewn binding. Minor cover soil and edge wear, with an old vertical crease from the pamphlet being folded lengthwise.. Augustus W. Bradford, as the Union Party candidate for governor, defeated Democrat Benjamin C. Howard by nearly 30,000 votes on… Read more about this item

Baltimore: Church Home & Hospital, 1994. First Edition. Full cloth. Quarto. x, 115 pages. Fine in a Very Good Dust Jacket. Black and White Photographs. Recollections of 13 men and women who devoted their lives to one of Maryland's oldest medical institutions--the Church Home & Hospital facilities located at Fayette Street and Broadway in Baltimore. It was in… Read more about this item

(Baltimore): (Day Printing Company), 1933. First Edition. Original cloth. Octavo. [ii], 107 pages. Bound in maroon cloth over boards with upper board titled in gilt. Light rubs to extremities, shallow fraying to spine ends, minor fading to spine. Clean and sound with solid hinges. Near fine overall.. Black and White Photographic Plates. History of the Methodist Episcopal Church… Read more about this item

Washington: Gideon & Co. , Printers, 1851. Wrappers. Octavo. 21 pages. Good. The Reform Convention of Maryland, assembled to reform the state constitution, honored Mr. Webster for his role in the Compromise of 1850. This pamphlet contains Webster's address that evening as well as the toasts and speeches by some of Maryland's most prominent men of the day.… Read more about this item

Washington: E. A. Waters, 1861. Wrappers. Octavo. 13 pages. Near Fine. President James Buchanan declared January 4, 1861 a national day of fasting and prayer in an effort to calm both sides in the brewing secession crisis. This was the earnest sermon preached by Reverend Chew to his flock in Prince George's County, Maryland on that day. He… Read more about this item

Durham: Carolina Academic Press, 1995. First Edition. Full cloth. Octavo. xxxvi, 421 pages. Fine in a Fine Dust Jacket. Black and White Photographs, Illus.. Study of the admiralty system as it was transmitted from England to America, with an emphasis on Maryland. Based on extensive manuscript research on both sides of the Atlantic. Includes appendices on Nicholas Greenberry,… Read more about this item