Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1884. Hardcover. 111 p.; 21 cm. Plain grey cloth with small printed spine label. Top page edges gilt. Printed at the Riverside Press by H.O. Houghton & Co. BAL 325. Inscribed on front free endpaper: "Miss Bayard. Boston, 1886." With: calling card of Dr. Clarence..... More
London: Bradbury, Agnew, & Co., 1892. Hardcover. vii, [1], 172 p.: full-page and in-text illustrations; 19 cm. Dark blue cloth spine with gilt-stamped spine title; salmon cloth over boards with dark blue cover title and illustration. Dark brown endpapers. "The Illustrations are by Edward T. Reed; with others from 'Punch'."..... More
1880. 13 handwritten letters to Pennsylvania Representative William Ward. There are two topics addressed by these letters. One topic is who Ward will recommend for a position with the Internal Revenue under James Ashworth (1836-1882), a Philadelphian who had been a captain during the Civil War and as an Internal..... More
London: Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1802. Hardcover. [8], xxv, [1], xxv, 448 p., 1 leaf of a facsimile; 43 cm. Half calf with gilt-tooled spine title on leather label; marbled paper over boards. Running title: Taxatio Ecclesiastica P. Nicholai. Edited by Thomas Astle, Samuel Ayscough and John..... More
West Point, N.Y. 1910. [2] p.; 18 x 14 cm. Typed response to a query from H. Stuart Watts, New York City, on stationary headed "West Point, N.Y." Major General Thomas H. Barry (1855-1919) served on the western frontier and in the Philippines in the Spanish American War, and was..... More
Boston: Munroe, Francis, and Parker, 1808. Hardcover. 180 p.; 18 cm. Contemporary full calf with gilt-ruled spine; black leather label on spine with gilt-tooled author's name. Early American Imprints, 2nd ser. (Shaw & Shoemaker), 14476. Former owner's name on back endpapers: Maria Sayforth. The author, Thomas Belsham (1750-1829), was an..... More
1755. Handwritten parchment deed, folded. On 2 Aug. 1755 a quadrupartite deed involving #1 Thomas Benfield of Cheltenham in Gloucester County, innholder; #2 Thomas White, the elder, of the same place, yeoman, and Thomas White, the younger, of the parish of Cheltenham, yeoman; #3 John Ellis of the city of..... More
![Item #010834 Killing Time: A Novel [Advance Reader's Copy]. Thomas Berger](https://classicbooksandephemera.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/010834.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1725641766)
New York: Dial Press, 1967. Paperback. [8], 372 p.; 21 cm. Pale yellow wrapper with A Statement From the Publisher on the front stating expected publication date of Oct. 9, 1967. In Very Good- Condition: slightly cocked; wrapper is lightly soiled; spine is sunned; lower corner of front wrapper is..... More
New York: William Durell, 1800. Hardcover. "A New and Improved Edition." 164 p., engraved frontispiece; 17 cm. Modern acid-free dyed flax over boards with gilt-tooled leather spine label. "The Nurse, Translated from the Italian of Luigi Tansillo by William Roscoe" has separate title page but continuous pagination. Former owner's name..... More
London / New York: J. M. Dent & Sons; E. P. Dutton & Co., 1941. Hardcover. xv, [1], 304 p.; 18 cm. Orange cloth with gilt spine title; series emblem blind-stamped on front cover. Decorated endpapers. This is no. 608 of Everyman's Library. The Introduction is by Ralph Waldo Emerson..... More
London: De La More Press, 1904. Paperback. 29, [1] p.; 15 cm. Dark brown wrappers with French wraps and wrapper title in red: Carlyle on Shakespeare. Decorative border and series title "The De La More Booklets" on front wrapper in black. Title page in red and black. Scarce. In Fine..... More
London: James Phillips, 1791. Hardcover. The Fifth Edition. vii, [1], 601, [3] p.; 21 cm. Signatures: a4 A-2P8 (-2P7, 2P8) 8vo. Original? plain calf boards with later plain calf spine. Modern box with gilt-tooled spine title: Chalkley's Works. The Works of Thomas Chalkley has a separate title page but continous..... More
Bala, Wales: Argraphedig ac ar werth gan Robert Saunderson, 1836. Hardcover. Third edition. Vol. 1 of 2 volumes: xxiv, 688 p., frontispiece is 1 folded leaf of a map of the world; 24 cm. Contemporary full polished calf with six spine compartments between double gilt rules. Red leather spine label..... More
1813. 1 handwritten parchment deed (59 x 75 cm.). On 6 April 1813, Thomas Charles of Grantham in Lincoln County, joiner, sold to Thomas Manners of Grantham, gentleman, six brick and tiled cottages and land, with the use of the privy, in Grantham in the County of Lincoln for 208..... More
Philadelphia: James P. Parke, 1808. Hardcover. The Second American, from the Second London edition. Vol. 1 only, of 3 volumes. xxxii, 289 p.; 18 cm. Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between gilt rules; red leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title. Two inscriptions on front free endpaper..... More
1823. 1 handwritten letter, dated 6 March 1823, from Sir Thomas Cochrane to Captain David Porter of the U.S. Navy expressing condolences over the death of Lt. Cocke, who was killed when the Spanish commander in San Juan fired to warn the American ships from entering the port. During the..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010. Hardcover. xxxiv, 695, [3] p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Off-white cover with gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Stated First Edition. Gift inscription on front free endpaper from the author to Temple University history professor Ken Kusmer. The author presents "a remarkable account of the..... More
Philadelphia: Haswell, Barrington, and Haswell, 1837. Hardcover. 126 p.: tables; 23 cm. Modern binding: beige paper over spine and grey paper over boards with printed paper label on spine "A Treatise on Tetanus." First American Edition. Disbound from a volume stamped "Withdrawn from A.P.S." on a preliminary blank page and..... 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
London: Horace Cox, 1896. Hardcover. 17, [87] p., 44 leaves of plates: plans, views; 19 x 28 cm. Faux vellum over boards with gilt-stamped cover title. Boards have bevelled edges. Floral patterned endpapers. Each plate is accompanied by one or two pages of descriptive text. Cutler's designs perfectly present late..... More
Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1850. Hard Cover. 4, [6], 284 p.; 19 cm. Original brown ribbed publisher's cloth with gilt-stamped spine title; boards have blind-stamped center medallions and borders. Pale yellow endpapers. This is the second volume in the publisher's series De Quincey's Writings. The verso of the half..... More
![Item #001940 The Cæsars [The Caesars]. Thomas De Quincey](https://classicbooksandephemera.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/001940.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1472068503)
Boston: Tickner, Reed, and Fields, 1851. Hard Cover. 4, 295 p.; 19 cm. Original brown ribbed publisher's cloth with gilt-stamped spine title; boards have blind-stamped center medallions and borders. Pale yellow endpapers. This is the fourth volume in the publisher's series De Quincey's Writings. The series list on the verso..... More
London: Harding, Tripbhook, & Lepard, 1825. 1 leaf 28 x 19 cm. Image is 12 x 9.5 cm. "Engraved by T.A. Dean." Stipple engraving of Charlotte Stanley, Countess of Derby (1599-1664), granddaughter of William I, Prince of Orange. She was famous for her vigorous defence of Lathom House during the..... More
![Item #001672 Reminiscences of a Literary Life [provenance: William Horatio Crawford]. Thomas...](https://classicbooksandephemera.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/001672.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1472068490)
London: John Major, 1836. Hardcover. 2 parts bound in 1 volume (xxxii, [4], 982, 44 p.): frontispiece, title vignette, 8 additional leaves of plates (1 folded), in-text illustrations and facsimiles; 22 cm. Contemporary three-quarter dark green morocco with marbled paper over boards. Six spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled spine..... More
1864. 3 printed forms (printed and sold variously by John B. Springer, and John C. Clark & Son, both of Philadelphia), filled in by hand: 1) April 29, 1864. For $1,302.50 Abraham Rinewalt, farmer of Towamencin Township, Montgomery Co., sold a 32-acre tracts on Green Lane to Thomas H. England..... More