Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1977. Paperback. 62 p.: illustrations; 28 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Pubished to accompany an exhibition. Scarce. In Very Good Condition: cover is slightly sunned; edges lightly rubbed; upper corner of back cover slightly creased; pages are clean and tight... More
![Item #004653 The French Revolution by George H. Allen [4 volumes]. George H. Allen](https://classicbooksandephemera.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/004653.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1472068404)
Philadelphia: George Barrie's Sons, 1922. Hardcover. 4 volumes, many leaves of plates including plans, portraits, facsimiles, maps, and music (some in color and some folded) and 3 tipped-in color plates with captioned tissue guards; 25 cm. Red cloth with gilt-stamped spine titles and spine and cover decoration. Top page edges..... More
Philadelphia, Pa. Lippincott, Grambo & Co., 1853. First Edition. Hard Cover. First edition. 316, 20 p.; 18 cm. Contemporary black morocco spine with gilt-tooled spine title and blind-tooled spine decoration. Black cloth over boards. All page edges marbled. Part of the series Lippincott's Cabinet Histories of the States. Added engraved..... More
New York: Random House, 1964. Hardcover. 351, [3] p.; 22 cm. Green cloth with gilt spine title; "1927-1957" in gilt on front cover. Dust jacket with list works by British-American poet W. H. Auden (1907-1973) on the back section. This volume contains 300 poems, "from the early lyrics and poems..... More
Philadelphia: Printed by James Kay, Jun. & Brother, 1837. [1], 428-457, [1] p.: tables; 29 cm. Disbound from a larger volume. This article was read before the Society on May 6, 1836. Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867), great-grandson of Benjamin Franklin, taught engineering at West Point; served in the United States..... More
New York: Vintage Books, 1990. Paperback. x, [2], 509, [1] p.; 20 cm. Paperback. The author examines at the Know Nothing Party of the 1850s, the Ku Klux Klan of the early 20th century, and the followers of right-wing evangelists in the 1980s, looking past "the bizarre agendas of the..... More
Washington, D.C. Center for National Security Studies, 1975. Paperback. [8], 185 p.; 23 cm. Paperback. Contents: Federal Bureau of Investigation -- FBI Counterintelligence Programs -- FBI Warrantless Electronis Surveillance -- Military Intelligence -- National Security Agency -- Secret Service -- Internal Revenue Service -- Central Initelligence Agency -- Interagency Activities..... More
Baltimore: J. Cole & Son, 1846. Sheet_music. [4] p.: music; 32 cm. Removed from a volume of sheet music published from 1825 to 1850 with former owner's name on the front: "E. C. K. Seymour." Contains song with lyrics and keyboard accompaniment. No date of publication. Former owner inscription in..... More
Chester, Pa. H. M. Bouchat, 1935. 1 mounted black-and-white photograph by H. M. Bouchat, Chester, Pa. The photograph is 13 x 18 cm.; the mat is 20 x 25 cm. There is a small label with the name and address of the photographer on the back. The photograph is of..... More
Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Co., 1971. Paperback. Part of the series Explorations in the Black Experience. viii, [2], 222, [6] p.: maps, tables, charts; 21 cm. Paperback. Contains articles by: Richard C. Wade, Robert A. Warner, John Daniels, Paul J. Lammermeier, W. E. B. Du Bois, Mary White Ovington, Philip..... More
Leavenworth, KS: Ketcheson & Reeves, printers and binders, 1895. Hardcover. 368 p.: illustrations, tables; 21 cm. Blue cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles; black-stamped illustrations of two horse heads on front cover. Green floral endpapers. Front fixed endpaper and title page stamped: "Public Property, Q. M. Dep't." William H...... More
Harrisburg, Pa. Board of Commissioners for the Second Geological Survey, 1883. Hardcover. Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania: 1883. xx, 574, 5, [1] p., frontispiece map and 54 leaves of plates: 60 in-text illustrations; 23 cm. Original grey cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. Without the separate atlas containing 25 large plates..... More
Paris: Michel Lévy Frères, 1867. Paperback. Nouvelle Édition. [4], 356 p.; 19 cm. Light green wrapper. At head of title page and on front wrapper: Drames de l'Amérique du Nord. Publisher's catalog on back wrapper. Part of the publisher's series Collection Michel Lévy. Advertisement for Marie de Granfort by Chevalier..... More
Chicago: Junior Press Books, Albert Whitman & Co., 1934. Hardcover. 144 p.: frontispiece and 25 full-page and in-text illustrations; 21 cm. Dark blue cloth with silver-stamped spine title; illustrated paste-down on the front cover within silver border. Illustrated dust jacket in mylar cover. Illustrated endpapers. First Edition. "A very vivid..... More
1894. 4 leaves containing one 5-page letter from M. H. Collins to her husband dated July 6, 1894, and one 2-page letter from their daughter, Esther Collins, dated Aug. 5, 1894. The Hotel Devon was built before 1890 on S. Lafayette St., Cape May, and consisted of two frame houses..... More
Mill Neck, NY: Barbara H. Conolly, 2002. Paperback. [6], 104 p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Gift inscription from the author on the title page. Scarce. In Very Good Condition: corners slightly rubbed; slight irregularities in cover; otherwise, clean and solid. More
Philadelphia: Printed by James Kay, Jun. & Brother, 1837. [1], 344-346 p.: tables; 29 cm. Disbound from a larger volume. Read before the Society on Oct. 16, 1835. Edward H. Courtenay (1803-1853) was a professor of mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania when he presented this report. Later he was..... More
![Item #007514 Milky White: A Domestic Drama in Two Acts [De Witt's Acting Plays, no. 15]. H. T....](https://classicbooksandephemera.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/007514.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1581714975)
New York: Robert M. De Witt, 1876. Paperback. 27, [1] p.: plans, music; 20 cm. Off-white wrapper. Publisher's advertisements on wrappers. No date of publication. The series listing goes up to no. 200, which was published in 1876. Final unpaginated page contains listing of De Witt's Ethiopian and Comic Drama..... More
![Item #007524 Philomel: A Romantic Drama, in Three Acts [De Witt's Acting Plays, no. 293]. H. T....](https://classicbooksandephemera.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/007524.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1581714975)
New York: De Witt, 1881. Paperback. 41, [3] p.: plans; 20 cm. Off-white wrapper. Publisher's advertisements on wrappers and on 3 unpaginated pages following text. Title page gives Robert M. De Witt as the publisher. No date of publication. Robert M. De Witt died in 1877. This number in the..... More
1812. 1 leaf folded into 4 pages with handwritten signed letter on one page, dated 23 Dec. 1812, Washington City. In response to a letter from Doctor Alexander Blair, in Buffalo, N.Y., Cushing enclosed his commission as surgeon's mate with Pennsylvania's 5th Regiment of Infantry. (The commission is not present.)..... More
Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 1983. Hardcover. ix, [1], 254 pages, [8] pages of black-and-white photographs: illustrations; 24 cm. Black cloth with gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. "Edmund Wilson's America offers a distinctive overview of the nation's life and culture as soon and judged by its leading man..... More
Philadelphia: Americanische Sonntags Schulen Union, 1832. Hardcover. 246, 3, [3] p.; 13 cm. Original leather spine and plain boards. Checklist American Imprints, 10938. The American Sunday School Union (ASSU) was founded in 1824 in Philadelphia. This was a translation of the ASSU's Union Questions. Running title: Schriftfragen. Contains errata (Druckfehler)..... More
New York: Adriance, Sherman & Co., 1851. Hardcover. [4], 96 p.; 19 cm. Blue-grey cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and decoration; blind-stamped decoration on both boards. Top page edges black. Each page printed within ruled borders and floral corners. First edition. The author of this poem satirizing the authors and..... More
New York: Brunner/Mazel Publishers, 1995. Hardcover. xii, 318 p.: illustration; 23 cm. Blue cloth with gilt spine title. Dust jacket. Gift inscription by the authors to four people with reference to "fun times & collaboration we've had in the past." The authors take "the therapist beyond fundamental applications of hypnosis..... More
![Item #007525 One Year: A Comedy-Drama, in Four Acts [De Witt's Acting Plays, no. 319]. H. B....](https://classicbooksandephemera.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/007525.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1581714975)
New York: De Witt, 1884. Paperback. 20, [4] p.: plans; 20 cm. Off-white wrapper. Publisher's advertisements on wrappers and on 4 unpaginated pages following text, including a pantomime play, Humpty Dumpty. Very scarce. In Very Good+ Condition: wrapper is lightly soiled; pages are clean and tight... More