New Arrivals

Annapolis: Printed by J. Green, 1817. 18p. 21 cm. Removed. Disbound. Edges chipped. A fair copy. (No copies found).
Item #21879

[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.
Item #21883

Towsontown: William H. Ruby, Maryland Journal Press, 1876. 23p. 23 cm. Burgundy cloth, "H. Louis Gies," in gilt on the front cover. Former historical society copy with labels on the front cover. Edges rubbed, wear to the corners and spine ends, title page starting to separate. In very good condition. (No copies found).
Item #21906

Baltimore: WM. J. C. Dulany Co., Printers, [1919]. 11p, [1], [2p], [13p pink blank and ruled]; list of officers. 15 cm. Black cloth with paper title label. The Upper Falls book starts in 1919 and ends in 1921. It was owned by Michael J. Pearce. Corners rubbed, slightly soiled; share holder's signature on title label above number of shares. In better than good condition. An ephemeral piece, assumed predecessor of a building and loan/savings and loan association in which members were able to acquire shares to obtain a mortgage. The movie, "It's a Wonderful Life," is a good example of this type of mortgage.
Item #21752

Baltimore: Co-Operative Syndicate, Inc., Printers, 1925. 13(14, 15p), [1], [10 ruled pages, interleaved with blank pink pages], list of officers. 15 cm. Black cloth with paper title label. Begins in 1929 and ends in 1941. It was owned by Michael J. Pearce. Corners rubbed, slightly soiled; share holder's signature on title label above number of shares. In better than good condition.
Item #21753

[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).
Item #21907

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1877. Frontispiece, 105p, 24 plates, including the frontispiece. 36 cm. Green cloth with title in gilt with decorative embossed framed stamped in black, title in gilt on the spine, all edges gilt. Spine ends won, corners skinned, title in pencil on the front free endpaper, foxing; slight tobacco odor. In good condition.
Item #21724

New York: Harper & Brothers, May, 1906. 16p, frontispiece, pp. 388-480, pp. 17-88, illustrations. Wrappers. Top of spine torn impacting front and back covers, foot of spine paper missing, edge tears, chips. In good condition. Authors are: William G. Fitz-Gerald, John Kendrick Bangs, Margarita Spalding Gerry, Marion Foster Washburne, Robert Hichens, A. T. Ashmore, Bertha Damaris Knobe, Martha Cutler, Flora Macdonald Thompson, Ada Foster Murray, Lilian Barton WIlson, Florence Howe Hall, Edith B. Sturgis, Ruth WInton, Marianna Wheeler, Helen Landen, Anna W. Crane, Josephine Greenier, Jean M. Thompson.
Item #21678

[Baltimore: Baltimore Sun, 1925]. Frontispiece, 20 leaves. 26 cm. Black morocco over card with title in gilt on the front cover. Reprint of articles including editorials and memorial services from "the Sun" and "the Evening Sun", May 18, 1925. Bookplate on the front cover pastedown; leather is rubbed, edges and spine chipped. A fair copy.
Item #21698

Annapolis: Printed by Jonas Green, 1819. 22p, [1]. 21 cm. Removed. Foxing. Spotting on bottom cover. In good condition.
Item #21878

"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.
Item #21914

Baltimore: Press of Isaac Friedenwald, 1888. 11p. 23 cm. Sewn wrappers with black titling Vertical crease; four small rust? stains on the front cover. In very good condition.
Item #21760

New York: Associated Sunday Magazines, July 13, 1913. 20p, illustrations, ads. 37 cm. Stapled wrappers. Illustration in color on the front cover by "The Kinneys" depicting a woman in period Swedish costume. Articles include, "The Price Women Pay," by A Social Promoter, "The Follow-up," by Frank Barkley Copely, "Gladys in a Double Bill," by Sewell Ford, "Just Wax," by Vera Edmondson, a two page illustration by James Montgomery Flagg, "Torn Across," by Henry Kitchell Webster. Fore edge closed tear in first three pages, short piece of thick gray tape on the spine with minor impact on the illustration, one front cover corner chipped, few short edge tears on other pages. Troy Sylvanus Kinney (1871-1938) and his colaborator and wife, Margaret West Kinney (1872-1952), were premier illustrators of the early twentieth century, creating illustrations for books, music scores, and magazine covers. Surprisingly in very good condition.
Item #21683

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.
Item #21820

Baltimore: 1927. 126p, illustrations. 28 cm. Wrappers with titling embossed in gilt on the front cover. Former seminary copy, and former historical society copy with labels on the front cover. Edges chipped, corners bumped, spine ends worn, short tears, bottom edge corner of the front cover is torn away, also on the bottom cover. In good condition. (4 copies found).
Item #21908