2011catalog

ooks & autographs
1272 [American Domestic Architecture.]
Twelve titles on colonial houses
including: Forman, “Early Manor and
Plantation Houses of Maryland” (Easton:
1934); and perkins, “Old Houses of the
Antient Town of Norwich, 1660 - 1800”
(Norwich: 1895) Est. $100-150
1272A [Asian Art, Literature.] Seven
titles, including Jiang Heng,
“Materialistic Idols’ Reluctane to
Grow Up” (Hebei: 2008)
as well as texts on Sanskrit and a Japanese
book on Buddhist iconography. Est. $40-60
1273 [Americana.] About sixty volumes,
including American history,
biography, and genealogy
including: Appleton, “Cyclopaedia of
American Biography” and other useful
reference Est. $100-150
1274 [Maryland.] Assortment of about
150 volumes, including history,
biography, and genealogy
including some whole and partial sets
Est. $200-300
1274A [Islamic Art.] About 50 volumes,
primarily on the arts and culture
in the Muslim world, with other
titles of general interest
Est. $150-250
1274B [General Interest.] Assortment of titles,
generally history and literature,
including 11th ed. of
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Handy format Est. $50-100
1275 [General Interest.] Forty-eight Tauchnitz
copyright editions of works by Anthony
Trollope in wraps, as issued
together with 160 volumes of literature of
general interest, including whole and partial
sets Est. $100-200
1276 [Great Britain.] Partial set of
“The Dictionary of National
Biography” (NY: Macmillan, 1890)
8vo, brown cloth Est. $80-125
1277 [Social Registers.] Six boxes of
directories for various cities,
including Baltimore, Washington,
Philadelphia, and others
most early to mid 20th century Est. $30-60
1278 [Genealogy.] Assortment of notes, brief
printed works, diaries, and photos
Est. $40-70
1278A [Biography.] Large assortment of “Who’s
Who” publications, mostly American, in
science and a variety of other fields
Est. $50-100
1279 [Virginia, Maryland.] About 90
volumes, primarily family
histories and genealogies
including pamphlets and paper-bound,
whole and partial sets Est. $150-250
1279A [Virginia.] About thirty volumes,
primarily family histories and genealogy
Est. $100-150
1279B [Americana.] About 55 volumes on
various notables of the colonial an
early federal periods, with emphasis on
Washington and Franklin
including some paper bindings and
pamphlets, and sets. Est. $80-125
1279C [Americana.] About fifteen volumes
on various topics, notably
Baldwin and Thomas, “A New and
Complete Gazeteer”
(Philadelphia: 1854); Worcester,
“A Geographical Dictionary” (Andover, MA:
1817) 2 vols. Est. $100-200
1280 [Pennsylvania.] Selection of about one
hundred volumes relating to
Philadelphia, educational and
other civic institutions
biography, and genealogy; including some
paper bindings, whole and partial sets
Est. $200-400
1280A [Maryland.] Fourteen volumes, with
emphasis on the Tilghman family
including: O. Tilghman, History of Talbot
County, Maryland, 1661 - 1861 (Baltimore:
1915) 2 vols, 4to; three copies of “Memoir of
Lieut, Col. Tench Tilghman (Albany: 1876); a
scrapbook kept by a member of the family at
St. Agnes School, Albany, NY, 1904-’05
Est. $100-150
1281 [Maryland.] Two framed
maps of Baltimore City
1) Fielding Lucas Jr., “Plan of the City of
Baltimore” updated 1845, hand colored
engraving; 2) F. Lucas, Jr., “The Stranger’s
Guide Through the City of Baltimore” circa
1840, hand-colored engraving surrounded
with letter-press text, accompanied by the
original stamped leather cover.
Est. $200-400
1281A [Pennsylvania.] Fifty-five volumes, with
emphasis on educational institutions
includes some paper-bound and sets.
Est. $100-150
1281B [Genealogy.] About 22 volumes,
including “The Compendium of
American Genealogy” and
“Burke’s Landed Gentry”
(editions of 1849, 1894, and two copies of
1939) Est. $60-100
1282 [Pennsylvania.] Forty-five
volumes, including Philadelphia
histories, genealogies,
and Sigma Xi Fraternity publications
including paper-bound and some sets
Est. $80-125
1282A [Miscellany.] Twenty-five
volumes on various topics,
including E. Sue, “Le Juif Errant”
(Paris: 1845) 4 vols, 4to, quarter leather;
Baedeker Guides to the U. S. Britain, etc.
Est. $80-125
1282B [Miscellany.] Twenty-nine volumes on
various subjects, including three
Limited Editions Club imprints of
Sherlock Holmes
(8 volumes in all); H. M. Stanley, “In Darkest
Africa” (NY: 1891) 2 vols; and ten assorted
French leatherbound volumes, 19th century
Est. $150-250
1283 [Art and Antiques.] Twenty-three
volumes including monographs on
English painters, furniture, and ceramics
includes some paperbound and pamphlets
Est. $80-125
1284 [Literature, Biography.] About fifty
volumes, including 24 of “The Collected
Works of Mark Twain” Authorized Ed.
(NY: 1906) 12mo, half leather, marbled
boards; and two biographies by D. S.
Freeman: “George Washington” (NY: 1951)
6 vols in slipcase, and “Robert E. Lee” (NY:
1947) 4 vols. Est. $80-125
1284A [Miscellany.] Twelve volumes including
four titles on Currier and Ives prints
Est. $20-30
1284B [Gift Book, Color Plates.] “Leaflets of
Memory” (NY: Leavitt & Allen, c. 1864)
4to, publisher’s blocked and gilt full leather,
containing ornithological chromolithograph
plates. Est. $30-50
1284C [Americana.] About 60 volumes,
including publications of the
Daughters of the American
Revolution, Colonial Dames
and various genealogical references;
including paper-bound, whole or partial sets.
Est. $80-125
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