Mid-Atlantic States from Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art

Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania: Jesse A. Graves, 1870. First Edition. Paper. Collectible-Very Good. Illus. by Jesse A. Graves. 4 3/8" by 7 1/8". Photo.

Baltimore, Maryland: Baltimore Sun, 1939. Original gelatin silver print, printed by Bodine in 1939. This is an original Baltimore Sun file/archive print. Date-stamped November 11, 1939 on the verso. margins trimmed to edge of image. Bodine returned to the Sparrow Point plant a number of times over the years to create some of his most striking… Read more about this item

New York: William Hooker, 1834. 11 1/2" by 13 1/4" plan of New York in its original leather pocket case. The map and case are in very good condition: clean and bright. A split along the spine of the case has been professionally restored. Minor short tears along fold-lines of maps remain unrestored.. Early Printing. Hardcover.… Read more about this item

New York: Students of Columbia University, 1877. Rare Early Issues of Ivy League Newspaper. Two bound volumes containing issues 1 through 35 and 42 through 55 as well as many supplements (issues numbered 36-41 are not present) of the first 4 years of the Columbia College (now "University") student newspaper. The Columbia Spectator is still in operation… Read more about this item

Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886. In three parts: 132, 588, 516 pages, including one color folding map, one folding relief map, and numerous engraved portraits. In addition to the writing of Bates, some sections of the book were written by P. A. Durant, J. Fraise Richard, Bennett Bellman, H. C. Bradsby, Aaron Sheely, and M. A. Leeson. The… Read more about this item

Scranton, Pennsylvania: J. A. Clark, 1875. viii, 236 pages, plus 26 mounted photographs.  4to.  First edition.  Most of the photographs are albumen prints, while some are gravures.  The book has been sympathetically rebacked in cloth with the remainder of the original cloth spine laid down.  The book is clean and tight, with minimal foxing.. First Edition. Hardcover. Collectible-Very Good-. 4to… Read more about this item

Pittsburgh and New Bethlehem, Pennsylvania: Various Companies, 1905. Nine original 1905-1922 billheads, each with a lithographed or engraved vignette. The companies (all in either Pittsburgh or New Bethlehem) include: Strauss Leather Co.; New Bethlehem Bakery; James G. Lindsay Hardware Co.; B. H. Voskamp's Sons, Flour and Groceries; Jas. B. Haines & Sons, Importers & Jobbers of DryGoods, Notions, etc.;Thomas C.… Read more about this item

Pittsburgh and New Bethlehem, Pennsylvania: Unpublished, 1895. Ten original 1895-1899 billheads, each with a lithographed or engraved vignette. The companies (all in either Pittsburgh or New Bethlehem) include: McCord & Co., Wholesale Dealers in Hats, Caps, Furs, and Straw Goods; S. Ewart & Co., Importing and Jobbing Grocers; Wm. T. Shannon & Sons, Jobbers of Dry Goods & Notions;… Read more about this item

Washington, D. C.: USDA Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, 1928. 29 pages + one huge color folding map of the county. Internally the book is clean and tight, with light soiling of the covers; some splitting of the covers along the spine fold.. First Printing. Paperback. Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1937. xii, 430, xvi pages.  Burgundy cloth covered binding.  This history of the Baltimore Sun is SIGNED on front free endpaper by all 4 authors, most notably H. L. MENCKEN, who wrote chapters 11 through 18.  The book is in about very good condition: clean and tight, with scattered foxing primarily on pages near… Read more about this item

Chicago: Rand, McNally & Company, 1876. 12 fold-out photo-lithographs in hardcover binding. Each image is of either a landmark Philadelphi building or one of the exhibition buildings for the American Centennial Exposition held in Philadelphia from May 10 to November 10, 1876. Decoration & lettering on cover are gilt. The view book is in about very goo… Read more about this item