"Messrs. Chapman & Lambert conduct a large blacksmith and carriage establishment on Cross street, employing at times eight or ten men. They have been in business for over thirty years, and their carriages and wagons have been shipped to nearly all parts of the State. Their plant covers a half acre of ground." (see History of Chestertown, Kent County, Maryland, 1650-1899 by Frederick G. Usilton, 1899,  p. 58). Fascinating volume contains innumerable handwritten entries pertaining to blacksmith and carriage-making activities. Among the many activities found here include making braces for shafts, making bolts and clips, changing springs, stretching, cutting, and welding bands, hooping wheels, lengthening bolts, sharpening bars, cutting and welding rods, tracking axles, fixing wagons, plows, chains, hoops, seals, picks, and springs; sharpening bars. setting forks, putting on tires, welding bolts, shrinking collars, putting new links in chains, welding hooks on end of chains, putting bolts on whiffletrees, sharpening oxen toes and heels, straightening scales, repairing sleds, making rods for sleighs, welding pieces on pump irons, putting nails in shoes, shoeing horses, etc.  Also entries here for various parts and supplies such as bolts, washers, chisels, pole grips, rings, staples, coal, iron, etc. Occasional entries for trips to places such as Baltimore and Wilmington can also be found here, along with a list of London carriage parts obtained at Wilmington and hand-drawn sketches of those same parts. Verso of front cover contains a handwritten list of various parties with whom Chapman & Lambert did business. A few entries for sundries other activities can also be found here such as cider, wood, chicken, stove grate, killing hogs, etc. The vast majority of entries however, pertain to carriage-making, blacksmith, and farrier activities.

[Baltimore]: The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Baltimore City, 1928. 95p, 24pp ads. 23 cm. Wrappers. Hole punch in the top edge at the spine, corners chipped, spine torn near the tail, first page closed tear starting at the fore edge; paper is almost brittle. In good condition. (No copies found).

Baltimore: Printed by John Murphy & Co., 1874. 33p. 23 cm. Burgundy cloth with gilt titling. Former historical society copy with labels on the front cover. Slightly soiled, minor wear to the corners. In very good condition.

Philadelphia: King & Baird, Publishers, 1874. Frontispiece, 442p, plates, map. 20 cm. Bound in red morocco titling in gilt on the front cover with floriated black frame; titling in gilt on the spine, illustration in black at the foot of the spine. Former, older library copy with ink stamps on the pastedowns and endpapers, pocket removed from bottom cover pastedown. Wear to the corners, spine ends, front joint torn near the head of the spine, hinges are weak. In good condition. (Not held at UMDCP).

[Baltimore: The Sun, 1910. [12p]. 25 cm. Bound in pebbled red cloth cover over tied red ribbon with titling in gilt on the front cover; white silk pastedowns; Strathmore deckled edge paper; type set up like a newspaper column; printed one side only. Form historical society coy with bookplate on the front cover pastedown, ink stamp on the bottom edge of the last page. Endpapers slightly offset from pastedowns; one corner slightly bumped. In very good condition.

Baltimore: O'Donovan Brothers, [1921]. Frontispiece, 301p, plates. 20 cm. Bound in red cloth with gilt titling. Former historical society copy. Slightly soiled. In very good condition. Not held at UMD College Park.

[Baltimore: For the author by the Waverly Press], 1946. 107p, 19 cm. Maroon cloth with titling in gilt on the spine; dust jacket. Short tears in the jacket edges, soiled, corners chipped; light margin pencil marks on several pages. A fine copy in a good jacket.

[Baltimore: A. Hoen & Co., 1898?]. [16] p, 42 plates (1 fold.) 23 cm. Green cloth covers with gilt titling. Multi-panel fold-out is complete. Minor edge wear, fading, narrow damp stain along the front cover fore edge. In better than good condition.

Annapolis: Printed by J. Green, 1817. 18p. 21 cm. Removed. Disbound. Edges chipped. A fair copy. (No copies found).

New York: Charles E. Lauriat, 191? Frontispiece with tipped in illustration, 132p. 18 cm. Illustrated paper cover by M. L. Harry over card wrapper. Text surrounded by decorative border. Edges chipped, minor wear to the spine ends. In very good condition. [Podeschi B132] Uncommon.

Boston: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1920. ix, frontispiece, 166p, illustrations. 17 cm. Bound in maroon cloth with decorations and titling in gilt and blind; all edges gilt. Spine tilting faded, minor wear to the spine ends, one corner slightly bumped; neat gift inscription on the front free endpaper. In very good condition. With the introduction by A. Edward Newton. A reproduction of the first edition published in 1843 of which 6,000 copies were printed and sold out the first day. [Podeschi B138].

April, 1907. Frontispiece, 79p, illustrations. 23 cm. Blue cloth in gilt. Former library copy, slightly soiled. In very good condition.

New York: Published by Henry Bill. Sold only to subscribers, 1863, 1866. Volume one: Frontispiece portrait of Lincoln, 507p, illustrations, plates, portraits, maps, index; volume two: frontispiece portrait of Grant, 629p, illustrations, plates, group portraits, maps, index, 4p ads. 25 cm. Bound in uniform brown morocco with blind stamped decorative panels on the covers, titling in gilt on the spine, all edges marbled; marbled endpapers. Edges of volume one rubbed, covers slightly rubbed, corners bumped, skinned; slightly foxed frontispiece, with offset on title page; volume two: front cover joint torn starting at the headcap for about two inches, edges and covers rubbed, more so than volume one, spine slightly faded, corners bumped, skinned, second flyleaf folded at fore edge, frontispiece slightly foxed, tissue guard too, offset on second flyleaf and title page, several pages with pieces of bottom edge, and corners torn away, but with no impact. Still, in better than good condition.

New York: Lewis Publishing Company, 1930, 1932. Vol. 1: frontispiece, 494p, plates; Vol. 2: frontispiece, 495-931p, plates; Vol. 3: frontispiece, 364p, plates; Vol. 4: frontispiece, 365-823p plates, index; Vol. 5: frontispiece, 825-1270p, plates, index. 27 cm. Faux black morocco and green cloth; titling in gilt on the spine; speckled edges. Some pages toned; few corners bumped, bruised; short portion of one fore edge skinned; volume one with Claggett's bookplate, newspaper clippings pasted to the front cover pastedown and front free endpaper, shows more wear than the other volumes. Overall, in very good condition.