Americana from Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art

Catonsville, Maryland: University of Maryland Baltimore County Library, 1982. 16 pages. Catalog for an 1982 exhibition in the Gallery of the University of Maryland Baltimore County Library. The exhibition included 50 photographs illustrating Black labor in the united states from Reconstruction to 1980. Twelve of the photographs are pictured in the catalog. Laid in is an… Read more about this item

Baltimore, Maryland: Samuel Sands, Publisher, 1849. 8, 8, vii, 446 pages. Bound annual volume of an important antebellum agricultural journal In addition to the 12 monthly issues there are 3 supplements: 2 lists of premiums and rules and regulations for the 1849 and 1850 exhibitions held by the Maryland State Agricultural society; an annual index for the 1849-1850 issues of… Read more about this item

New York: Harper's Weekly, 1865. 16 pages. Large folio (16 inches by 11 1/4 inches). Harper's Weekly was the most important American pictorial newspaper in the 19th century. Because the original wood engravings in virtually every issue are highly collectible, complete issues are becoming more difficult to obtain. The issue offered here focuses on Lincoln's inauguration… Read more about this item

New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1959. Complete in 3 volumes. As the author explains in chapter one, "The area which specifically forms the basis of the present study comprises the Counties of Elizabeth City, Warwick, Isle of Wight, Nansemond, Norfolk, Princess Anne and Southampton, and the cities which were formed from territories originally part of those counties." So… Read more about this item

Washington D. C.: Printed by and for the Editor, 1936. The title continues: Together with the journal of the Federal convention, Luther Martin's letter, Yates's minutes, Congressional opinions, Virginia and Kentucky resolutions of '98-'99, and other illustrations of the Constitution. Complete in 4 volumes. This is the scarce 2nd edition, which includes a significant amount of additional material… Read more about this item

New Geneva, Pennsylvania: Unpublished, 1828. April 7, 1828 stampless letter (ALS) from Gallatin to Columbus O'Donnell, a Baltimore businessman who was married to the sister of Gallatin's daughter-in-law Josephine. Gallatin had recently retired from more than a quarter century in public life as U. S. Secretary of the Treasury and diplomat. The letter notes that he had… Read more about this item

Bremen, Germany: A. D. Geisler, 1862. Original lithographed folding map. The image is 13 1/4 inches by 19 1/2 inches on a sheet that measures 18 inches by 22 1/4 inches. This map is similar to (perhaps inspired by) Panorama of the seat of war : bird's eye view of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and the District of… Read more about this item

New York: Harper's Weekly, 1865. 16 pages. Large folio (16 inches by 11 1/4 inches). Original complete issue of Harper's Weekly. Harper's Weekly was the most important American pictorial newspaper in the 19th century. Because the original wood engravings in virtually every issue are highly collectible, complete issues are becoming more difficult to obtain. … Read more about this item

Richmond, Virginia: H. K. Ellyson's Steam Power Presses, 1856. 363 pages. First edition, rebound in modern cloth binding. Lithographed frontispiece is present. The subtitle reads: "The Exhibit of the Treasurer of the Receipts and Disbursements of the Fund, and Statements of Other Members of the Association; Together with a Sketch of the Fever, etc., etc." This… Read more about this item

Boston: Samuel Kneeland and Timothy Green, 1742. Compilation of acts passed by the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony from 1692 through 1742. Also bound in are two acts (Evans 5237 and 5238) that were passed in 1743. Preceding the compilation are the colony's Charter and a "Table of Acts". Sympathetically rebound in full brown leather,… 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: Fritz Eichenberg, 1943. The first of 2 wood engravings of Abraham Lincoln that was created by Fritz Eichenberg. Signed in pencil by the artist for "Howie & Bobbie." I think this image is superior to the later one--it certainly is more scarce. In a 1968 letter from Lincolniana collector Frank J. Williams, Eichenberg is… Read more about this item

Mill-Hill, near Trenton [New Jersey]: Daniel Fenton, 1810. 323 pages, plus 6 pages of subscribers names (including John Adams) and 2 pages of Daniel Fenton ads. Second Edition. New Jersey imprint. Includes Cornaro's guide to a long and healthy life, Benjamin Franklin's essay, "The Way to Wealth," and Scott's "Sure Guide to Happiness." The book is… 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

Saint Paul, Minnesota: Earle S. Goodrich, Territorial Printer, 1857. "Including the ORGANIC ACT OF THE TERRITORY with the Enabling Act of Congress, the Act of the Territorial Legislature Relative to the Convention, and the Vote of the People on the Constitution." xix, (3), 685 pages.  8vo.  Bound in the original 3/4 leather over marbled paper-covered boards.  First edition.  In… Read more about this item

New York: Printed for Samuel Campbell by D. And G. Bruce, 1809. First New York edition.  12mo.  viii, 344 pages.  This book by Scottish-born Anne MacVicar Grant (1755-1838) includes both her recollections of her childhood (ages 3 through 13) years that she lived with her parents in colonial Claverack and Oswego, New York, and her memoir of Madam Catalina… Read more about this item

Dublin, Ireland: P. Wogan, P. Byrne, J. Moore, and W. Jones, 1793. Frontispiece, vi, (2), 303 pages. The first printing of the Dublin edition, preceded in the same year only by the 2-volume first London edition--both preceding the first U. S. edition published in 1794. The Dublin edition is significant not only for its apparent scarcity but also… Read more about this item

Dayton, Ohio: Journal Book and Job Printing House, 1879. 178 pages. First printing of the first edition in the original green cloth-covered boards. Editor of the Dayton Journal, Bickham was a staunch Republican. Nonetheless he inscribed this copy of his book to Samuel S. Cox, a staunch Democrat who served many terms in Congress, first from Ohio,… Read more about this item

Augusta, Maine: The Mitchell-Cony Company, 1909. 160 page Maine reference manual that includes a brief history of Maine that references governors, members of Congress, state government, plantations newspapers, churches, and more. In addition, there is an 80 page census of Winthrop and Monmouth, Maine. A large folding color map is laid in. The book is especially useful for genealogical researchers.… Read more about this item