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(law) . HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT IN THE COUNTRY'S BICENTENNIAL YEAR
1977 GPO. Octavo, 142pp., photo illustrations, original wraps. Small blank paper label on front, no other ownership marks. VG. (a76158)
$45.00 (longfellow) . HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW MEMORIAL STATUE EXERCISES AT THE UNVEILING
Washington 1905 Longfellow National Memorial Association. Copy No. 146. 8vo., 31pp., list of subscribers, photo illustration of statue, hardcover. Good, cover evenly browned. (a17171)
$50.00 (psychiatry) . CHESTNUT LODGE SYMPOSIUM PAPERS PRESENTED ON THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY 1910-1960
Washington 1961 William Alanson White Psychiatric Foundation. Articles include Harold Searles on Sexual Processes in Schizophrenia; Otto Will on "Paranoid Development and Concept of Self; An Obsessional Patient by Clarence Schulz. 8vo., 122pp. (printed on bright yellow stock), cloth. VG some light brown spots on cover in Good DJ, somw wrinkles and some soiling. (a21800)
$30.00 (religion) . THE FRANCISCAN MONASTERY, MEMORIAL CHURCH OF THE HOLY LAND, WASHINGTON DC
1932 1st Commissariat of the Holy Land. 4to., fine chromolithographic illustration of the monastery on the front, monochrome photo illustrations, silk stringbound wraps. Laid in: 16 page guide for visitors to the Monastery. VG ,slight cover wear. (a71044)
$65.00 (state department) . BLAIR HOUSE PAST AND PRESENT
Washington 1945. An account of its life and times in the City of Washington. 4to., 38pp. of text plus 16 photo illustrations, wraps. Good, light wear. (a7142)
$25.00 (washington ) . ACTS OF THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF WASHINGTON PASSED BY THE EIGHTH COUNCIL
City of Washington 1810 1st A & G Way. Octavo, 29pp., stringbound wraps. Small paper label on top front corner. Good, lower corner stained, edges worn. Scarce. (a61886)
$90.00 Amato, Ivan . PUSHING THE HORIZON - SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS OF HIGH STAKES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AT THE NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY
no date (1997?) GPO. ISBN 0-16-049579-2. Hardcover. Large octavo, 409pp., cloth. Light Depository Library stamps on end papers and title page, no other library marks. Fine in ear Fine DJ. (a75695)
$39.00 Anderson, Jack . WASHINGTON EXPOSE
Washington 1967. 8vo., 488pp., index, hardcover. VG in Fair DJ, edge wear, minor chipping. (a24159)
$20.00 Baker, Richard Brown . YALE IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL A HISTORY OF THE YALE CLUB OF WASHINGTON 1874-1952
Washington 1952. Privately prepared for members of the club. 4to., 26pp., stapled wraps. VG. (a43404)
$50.00 Francisan . FRANCISCAN MONASTERY MEMORIAL CHURCH OF THE HOLY LAND WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
1932 Commissariat of the Holy Land. Oblong 4to., color illustration on cover and 23 pages of full page monochrome photo illustrations of monastery, each with page of accompanying text. Near VG, light soiling on cover. (a33996)
$35.00 Hammond, Mr James Hamilton . REMARKS OF MR. HAMMOND OF SOUTH CAROLINA ON THE QUESTION OF RECEIVING PETITIONS FOR THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington 1836 Duff Green. 8vo., 20pp., later wraps with original title page. Small stamp on title page. Good. Scarce. (a61258)
$75.00 Hinman, Ida . WASHINGTON SKETCH BOOK A SOCIETY SOUVENIR
"Containing over 100 portraits of promiment people, and 50 views of public buildings and statues." Washington DC 1895 Hartman and Cadick. 4to. 112p. Copy #644. Fair--In a few places, pages once stuck together producing some marring of images. Owner signed. Cover spotted. (a11783)
$45.00 Howe, Mary . JOTTINGS PART I
Washington 1959 1st Howe. Octavo, 181pp., photo illustrations, wraps. Good plus, lower corners gently bumped. (a62401)
$27.00 Kober, George M. . CHARITABLE AND REFORMATORY INSTITUTIONS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE PUBLIC CHARITABLE AND REFORMATORY INSTITUTIONS AND AGENCIES IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington 1927 GPO. 69th Congress, 2d Session. Senate Documents Vol. 11. Document 207. Hardcover. Octavo, 375pp., original printed buckram, Lib. H. of R. printed at heel of spine. VG, light soiling, final leaf creased. (a75255)
$45.00 Mackall, S. Somervell . EARLY DAYS OF WASHINGTON
Washington 1899 1st Neale. Octavo, 328pp., illustrations, maroon cloth hardcover. **Signed by Mackall in presentation to a religious academy. Numerous academy stamps on pages and faint library numbers on spine. VG, spine faded. (a69192)
$40.00 Martin, Edgar S. . THE PLAYGROUND MOVEMENT IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington 1912 GPO. 62nd congress, 2nd Session. Senate Doc. No. 937. Octavo, 43pp., removed and rebound in later wraps. VG. (a75331)
$38.00 Mitchell, Rick . A HISTORY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AIR NATIONAL GUARD 1940 -1996
Andrews AFB 1996 1st District of Columbia National Guard. ISBN 0-16-049229-7. Hardcover. Octavo, 125pp., photo illustrations, cloth. Non-circulating library name and number stamp on front end paper, no other marks, Near Fine in VG DJ. (a76177)
$80.00 Moses, John and Paul Selby . THE WHITE CITY THE HISTORICAL BIOGRAPHICAL AND PHILANTHROPICAL RECORD OF ILLINOIS...TO WHICH IS ADDED A SKETCH OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES AND ILLINOIS AT THE WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION
Chicago 1893 Chicago World Book Co. 4to., 170pp., (Illinois), 132pp. (District of Columbia),166pp., (Columbian Exposition), photo illustrations and advertisement drawings, hardcoverr. Good, some fading away of lettering on front; front hinge just beginning to crack, slight soiling on cover. Spine says Vol. I but appears to be complete in one volume. (a63987)
$65.00 Park, Edwards . TREASURES OF THE SMITHSONIAN
Washington 1983 Smithsonian. Large 4to., 470pp., fully illustrated in monochrome and color. Hardcover. Fine in Fine DJ. (a40267)
$30.00 Presbyterian Church . THE CENTENNIAL OF THE NEW YORK AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WASHINGTON DC 1803-1903
1903 Church. 8vo., 172pp., illustrations, hardcover. Original souvenir program tipped in on rear end paper (8 pages in dark blue decorated wraps.) Good, front blank end paper torn out, some cover wear. (a20759)
$38.00 Vaughan, George Tully M.D. . PAPERS ON SURGERY AND OTHER SUBJECTS
Washington 1932 1st Roberts. Vaughan was Professor and Chief of Surgery at Georgetown University Hospital. He is credited with first successful ligation of the abdominal aorta. 8vo., 408pp. Owner signed. VG, no DJ. (a7814)
$28.00 Wolf, Hon. Simon . COMPLIMENTARY BANQUET IN HONOR OF HON. SIMON WOLF ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF HIS SEVENTIETH BIRTHDAY AT THE ARLINGTON HOTEL, WASHINGTON, D. C.
October 28, 1906. Octavo, 70pp., speeches, list of guests, menu, photo portrait of Wolf, 3/4 black leather hardcover. Inscribed and signed from Wolf to Wendell Philips Stafford. VG. beginning to crack along outer hinge. (a67181)
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