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WINDSOR, EDWARD, DUKE OF] SWANN, DON. Colonial and Historic Homes of Maryland . Baltimore, Maryland: The Etchcrafters Art Guild, 1939. First edition, one of 200 copies. Two volumes, half morocco, a presentation binding of leather backed boards, stamped "From the Mayor of Baltimore to H.R.H. The Duke of Windsor." 15 x 11 1/4 inches (39 x 28.5 cm); 192 pp.; 194-426 pp., with 100 original pencil signed etchings by Swann. Light wear, occasional scattered foxing, with the 1988 Sotheby's "Duke & Duchess of Windsor" sale bookplate. This scarce work on Maryland's historical houses contains very accomplished etchings. This is a presentation copy (as noted on the binding) to the then-recently abdicated Edward VIII. It contains a brief foreword by F. Scott Fitzgerald (with printed signature). Sold Sotheby's New York, Feb 23, 1998, , $1,800. C From the Collection of Walter Ward Jr.