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  • THE NEW CITY: A Novel. by Amidon, Stephen.
    Amidon, Stephen.
    THE NEW CITY: A Novel.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Doubleday, 2000. First edition - In a planned community in Maryland in 1973, two men and their families struggle with failing ideals, racism and the exodus from urban space to "shiny new suburbs."

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 19876
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  • THE NEW CITY: A Novel. by Amidon, Stephen.
    Amidon, Stephen.
    THE NEW CITY: A Novel.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Doubleday, (2000) dj. Hardcover first edition - In a planned community in Maryland in 1973, two men and their families struggle with failing ideals, racism and the exodus from urban space to "shiny new suburbs." 445 pp.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 60616
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  • THE LIFE OF BENJAMIN BANNEKER. by [Banneker, Benjamin,1731 -1806] Bedini, Silvio A.
    [Banneker, Benjamin,1731 -1806] Bedini, Silvio A.
    THE LIFE OF BENJAMIN BANNEKER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1972) dj. Hardcover first edition - An authoritative biography, well written and thoroughly researched of one the earliest African American men of science in the United States. A free Black tobacco planter in Baltimore County, the son and grandson of a slave and a woman from England who came to the country as an indentured servant, Banneker taught himself mathematics and astronomy late in life. Based on long lost manuscripts and personal papers, this not only recognizes Banneker for his accomplishments, but it is also a history of the economy of 18th-century Maryland, the surveying of the District of Columbia, and the methods used by early almanac makers in their computations. Illustrations and maps.…

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    New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1972) dj. Hardcover first edition - An authoritative biography, well written and thoroughly researched of one the earliest African American men of science in the United States. A free Black tobacco planter in Baltimore County, the son and grandson of a slave and a woman from England who came to the country as an indentured servant, Banneker taught himself mathematics and astronomy late in life. Based on long lost manuscripts and personal papers, this not only recognizes Banneker for his accomplishments, but it is also a history of the economy of 18th-century Maryland, the surveying of the District of Columbia, and the methods used by early almanac makers in their computations. Illustrations and maps. Includes an extensive section of documents, reference notes, bibliography and index. xvii, 434 pp. ISBN: 0-684125749.

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    Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket (bookplate on front pastedown, some toning to spine of dj)

    Book ID: 87523
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  • THE HEARSE YOU CAME IN ON. by Cockey, Tim.
    Cockey, Tim.
    THE HEARSE YOU CAME IN ON.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Hyperion, (2000.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first novel, and the first Hitchcock Sewell mystery, featuring Baltimore's most eligible undertaker. 308 pp. ISBN: 0-7868-65709.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 46103
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  • THE HEARSE YOU CAME IN ON. by Cockey, Tim.
    Cockey, Tim.
    THE HEARSE YOU CAME IN ON.

    Edition: Book club edition.

    New York: Hyperion, (2000.) dj. Hardcover - Author's first novel, and the first Hitchcock Sewell mystery, featuring Baltimore's most eligible undertaker. 308 pp. ISBN: 0-7868-65709.

    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (short closed tear to dj.)

    Book ID: 50486
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  • BOUND FOR ANNAPOLIS or The Trials of a Sailor Boy. #1 by Fitch, Ensign Clarke (pseudonym of Upton Sinclair)
    Fitch, Ensign Clarke (pseudonym of Upton Sinclair)
    BOUND FOR ANNAPOLIS or The Trials of a Sailor Boy. #1

    Edition: Early printing.

    Philadelphia: David McKay, (1903). Hardcover - The first book in the second series that Sinclair wrote for Henry Harrison Lewis, editor at Street and Smith (the first was set at West Point and written under the pseudonym Frederick Garrison) The catalog at the back of the book lists Fitch as "A graduate of the U S Naval Academy at Annapolis, and thoroughly familar with all naval matters. Mr. Fitch has devoted himself to literature, and has written a series of books that every young American should read. His stories are full of very interesting information about the navy, training ships, etc." It was true that he had devoted himself to literature, and he was at the age of 19…

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    Philadelphia: David McKay, (1903). Hardcover - The first book in the second series that Sinclair wrote for Henry Harrison Lewis, editor at Street and Smith (the first was set at West Point and written under the pseudonym Frederick Garrison) The catalog at the back of the book lists Fitch as "A graduate of the U S Naval Academy at Annapolis, and thoroughly familar with all naval matters. Mr. Fitch has devoted himself to literature, and has written a series of books that every young American should read. His stories are full of very interesting information about the navy, training ships, etc." It was true that he had devoted himself to literature, and he was at the age of 19 already a self-supporting writer - and in just a few more years his classic muckraking novel, "The Jungle" would appear.. 269 pp plus 8 pp publisher's catalog.

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    Condition: Good overall in light blue cloth with green, gilt and dark blue illustrations on the front cover and spine - some soiling and wear to the covers, corners bumped, but binding is tight and sturdy. Gift inscription dated 1910.

    Book ID: 67348
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  • Horton, Tom.
    ISLAND OUT OF TIME: A Memoir of Smith Island in the Chesapeake.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Norton, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - From the dj flap: "Smith Island is a marshy archipelago in mid-Chesapeake Bay, 9 miles from the mainland, home to 150 watermen and their families.. . Tom Horton lived for nearly three years on Smith Island, recording through observations and interviews the traditions of oystering, crab catching, churchgoing, hunting and poaching, and the social rituals of these fiercely independent men and women. His beautiful elegiac story is about community and isolation, harvest and exploitation, and the risks and charms of being different from the surrounding world." 316 pp. ISBN: 0-393039382.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 33628
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  • WHAT GOES WITHOUT SAYING: Collected Stories. by Jacobsen, Josephine.
    Jacobsen, Josephine.
    WHAT GOES WITHOUT SAYING: Collected Stories.

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. (1996.). Collects 30 of the best short stories by this award-winning poet and writing. 330 pp. ISBN: 0-801863384.

    Condition: Fine in stiff illustrated wrappers (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 42491
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  • JARRETTSVILLE. by Nixon, Cornelia
    Nixon, Cornelia
    JARRETTSVILLE.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint, (2009.). SIGNED first edition - Historical novel, a story of love and murder, set in a small Maryland town which is still after the Civil War. Based on a true story about the author's family. SIGNED on the title page. 339 pp. ISBN: 158243512X.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 45651
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  • FAVORITE POEMS. by Norjen, Lorraine.
    Norjen, Lorraine.
    FAVORITE POEMS.

    Edition: First printing.

    Bryn Mawr, PA: Dorrance & Company, (1982.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Collection of poems - some lighthearted, others more sentimental - which begins with an "Ode to the Baltimore Orioles." SIGNED on the front endpaper with the inscription "In memory of happy days of youth in Baltimore." and dated in 1983. 123 pp. ISBN: 0-8059-28545.

    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 51694
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  • THE IMPERFECT PARADISE: Poems. by Pastan, Linda.
    Pastan, Linda.
    THE IMPERFECT PARADISE: Poems.

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    New York: Norton, (1988). First edition - A collection by this award-winning poet which explores "the connections between the quotidian and the mythic [in] poems that are direct and passionate, yet controlled. 80 pp. ISBN: 0-393-305244.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 84626
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  • AN EARLY AFTERLIFE: Poems. by Pastan, Linda.
    Pastan, Linda.
    AN EARLY AFTERLIFE: Poems.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Norton, (1995) dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection by this award-winning poet which "explore and illuminate the mysteries and dangers beneath the common surfaces of ordinary life.". ISBN: 0-393037274.

    Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (pale yellow rectangle on front endpaper).

    Book ID: 63536
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  • Randall, Julia.
    MOVING IN MEMORY: Poems.

    Edition: First printing.

    Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1987. dj. Hardcover first edition - A wonderful collection of poems, the author's sixth book, rooted in nature ...'do not let me hear / the complaints of old ladies. Let me hear/ the wisdom of walkers, even when home/ is three more hours and a lifetime burning/ in every mirror.". ISBN: 0-8071-13875.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (gift inscription.)

    Book ID: 32213
    Keywords: maryland, piedmont, Poetry
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  • Shapiro, Karl.
    THE YOUNGER SON: The Youth and War Years of a Distinguished American Poet.

    Edition: First printing.

    Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin, 1988. dj. Hardcover first edition - The first volume in Shapiro's autobiography. Photographs. 287 pgs.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket (as new, but with a remainder line top edge.)

    Book ID: 11479
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  • THE RIGHT-HAND SHORE. by Tilghman, Christopher.
    Tilghman, Christopher.
    THE RIGHT-HAND SHORE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1912) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel set on the Chesapeake Bay in 1920, but containing stories from an earlier time -of slavery, of attempts to turn the retreat into a peach orchard, of growing up in a fractured family. SIGNED on the title page. A New York Times Notable Novel, 355 pp. ISBN: 978-0374203481.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket.

    Book ID: 75564
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  • MASON'S RETREAT. by Tilghman, Christopher.
    Tilghman, Christopher.
    MASON'S RETREAT.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Random House, (1996.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's very highly praised first novel (his second book, following a collection of short stories), the story of a family who return to the their crumbling family estate on the eastern shore of Maryland on the eve of World War II. SIGNED on the title page and INSCRIBED on the half title page to noted Oklahoma book collector Larry Owens "with greetings and high hopes you enjoy this tale" and dated in the year of publication. 290 pp. ISBN: 0-67945200.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 60565
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  • MASON'S RETREAT. by Tilghman, Christopher.
    Tilghman, Christopher.
    MASON'S RETREAT.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Random House, (1996.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's very highly praised first novel (his second book, following a collection of short stories), the story of a family who return to the their crumbling family estate on the eastern shore of Maryland on the eve of World War II. SIGNED on the title page. 290 pp. ISBN: 0-67945200.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 59550
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  • A JUDGE TAKES THE STAND. by Ulman, Joseph N. (1878 -1943)
    Ulman, Joseph N. (1878 -1943)
    A JUDGE TAKES THE STAND.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1933. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Ulman, a U.S. lawyer, jurist, teacher and activist taught at the University of Maryland Law School during 190828 and served as judge of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore from 1924. In 1932 as a judge, he advocated modernization of the state's divorce laws. In this book he discussed justice in Maryland, based on specific cases he had tried. About the same time, he told a convention of lawyers that the country's penal system "would be ludicrous if it were not so tragic." He was later appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as head of a committee to study prison labor, then appointed him chairman of the newly-created Prison…

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    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1933. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Ulman, a U.S. lawyer, jurist, teacher and activist taught at the University of Maryland Law School during 190828 and served as judge of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore from 1924. In 1932 as a judge, he advocated modernization of the state's divorce laws. In this book he discussed justice in Maryland, based on specific cases he had tried. About the same time, he told a convention of lawyers that the country's penal system "would be ludicrous if it were not so tragic." He was later appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as head of a committee to study prison labor, then appointed him chairman of the newly-created Prison Industries Reorganization Board (193436). This copy is INSCRIBED by Ulman on the front endpaper "To Arthur Blackman who confirmed my good opinion of jurors" - an especially appropriate inscription since much of this book deals with juries. Suggestions for futher reading, index. vii, 289, vi.

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    Condition: Fair condition only in peach colored cloth (dampstaining and crinkling to the front cover and the front endpapers, but most of the text block is unaffected and in good condition), no dust jacket. Uncommon signed.

    Book ID: 81676
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  • CLOSED FOR BUSINESS: The Complete Collection of Steve Ward's Poetry. by Ward, Steve; Don Briddell, Ida Ward Linton and Jack Munday, editors.
    Ward, Steve; Don Briddell, Ida Ward Linton and Jack Munday, editors.
    CLOSED FOR BUSINESS: The Complete Collection of Steve Ward's Poetry.

    Edition: First edition.

    Ocean City, Maryland: Skipjack Press, 1992. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A compilation of all the known poems of Steve Ward, most of which have never been published before. Although both Steve Ward and his brother Lem only had a high school education, they achieved fame as folk artists carving duck decoys, as well as working full-time as barbers and singing in a barbershop quartet. Introduction by Don Briddell, illustrated by Jack Schroeder, who was using the original Ward wood shop as his studio. SIGNED on the front endpaper by Ida Ward Linton and Jack Schroeder. 67 pp. ISBN: 1-879535025.

    Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket (stamp inside front cover)

    Book ID: 85955
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  • Wood, James Playsted.
    VERY WILD ANIMAL STORIES.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Pantheon, 1965. dj. Hardcover first edition - A rather uncommon book for children by this prolific author: the animals observed on the author's Maryland farm include a cigarette- eating donkey, a rabbit, bantams, turtle, squrrel, cat and 4 year old boy. Illustrated with black and white drawings by Joseph Bartolli. 116pp.

    Condition: Near fine in illustrated boards in a very good dust jacket ('H' stamped on front endpaper, some edgewear to dj, fading to spine.)

    Book ID: 23922
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