New York: Cassell & Co., 1889. Hardcover. Copyright 1889 by O.M. Dunham. "Beatty & Votteler, Lith." -- on back board. 80, [2] p.: full-page and in-text illustrations; 25 cm. Chromolithographed boards with illustration of a small girl with a red umbrella on the front board and a small girl in..... More
New York: Citizens' Committee for the Election of Alfred E. Smith, 1922. Pamphlet. 12 p.; 23 cm. Wrapper title. Stamped on wrapper: "N.Y. State Library May 21 1925." Pamphlet published during the 1922 campaign for governor of New York state. Alfred E. Smith (1873-1944) had served as governor in 1919..... More
Cologne: Verlag Haus Neuerburg, 1933. Paperback. [28] p. with 252 cards; 31 cm. Maroon stiffened card covers with gilt cover title and color illustration on front cover. No publication information, but most sources attribute this uniform card book to Haus Neuerburg in Köln in 1933. The 252 mounted color cards..... More
Reading, Pa. Johann Ritter und Comp. 1821. Hardcover. Die Zweyte Auflage. 251, [1] p.; 15 cm. Contemporary full calf. Bound with one set of clasps, but only the hardware on the front board remains. Last page contains a multiplication table. Former owner's name at foot of last page: Aaron Roland..... More
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New York: American Tract Society, 1848. Hardcover. 16, 16 p.: illustrations; 12 cm. Dark blue cloth spine with marbled paper over boards. Gilt-stamped spine title "The Deserter" and "37." The Deserter also includes the story Little Emilia. Little Theodore's Faith also includes the story A Child's Faith and the poem..... More
Philadelphia: E. K. Peall Alumni Association, 1911. Paperback. [8] p.; 18 cm. Stapled; embossed "EKP" on front cover. Program for performance on April 28, 1911, presented by the E. K. Peall Alumni Association in the New Mercantile Hall at Broad and Master streets, of Diamonds and Hearts: A Comedy Drama..... More
London: Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1895. Paperback. [8] p.: in-text illustrations and 1 double-page color illustration; 17 cm. Entirely linen; light blue linen cover with color front cover illustration. At head of front cover: "Untearable linen." Part of the publisher's Father Tuck's Dolly Dear Series. Artistic series, no. 2300. No..... More
Paris: J.B. Garnery, 1816. Hardcover. "Contenant les Synonymes de Girard; Indiqués par le Grand-Maître de l'Université de France pour l'usage des Colléges; et Ceux de Beauzee, Roubaud, Dalembert, Diderot, et Autres é Écrivains Célebres. Nouvelle Edition, Corrigée sur les Éditions originales de chaque Auteur, avec une Table alphabétique. de L'Imprimerie..... More
Bern: Eidgenossischen Postverwaltung Geograph Kartenverlag, 1931. Paperback. 15, [1] p.; 17 cm. Stapled brown wrapper with color illustration on front paste-down and map on back of Switzerland. Wrapper title. Pocket inside front wrapper holds folded color relief map of the Furka Pass in the Swiss Alps with illustrations from 6..... More
Philadelphia: I. Kohler, 1869. Hardcover. [2], 30 p.: 30 hand-colored woodcuts; 23 cm. Red-brown bubble-grain cloth spine with coral paper over boards printed in black. Title page reproduced on front board within decorative border. Publisher's advertisement for Allgemeine Volks- und Jugend-Schriften on back board. No date of publication. Ignatius Kohler..... More
Göttingen: Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, 1987. Paperback. 87 p.: illustrations; 20 cm. Paperback with white cover printed in black; illustrated front cover. The exhibition appeared in Göttingen, Bonn, and Hannover in 1987 and 1988. The Göttinger Sieben, or Göttingen Seven, were professors from Göttingen who in 1837 protested the alternation of the..... More
Germantaun [Germantown, Pa.]: Michael Billmeyer, 1820. Hardcover. Title continued: "mit Fleiss zusammen getragen, und in gegenwaertiger Form und Ordnung gestellt; nebst einem dreyfachen Register." Dritte Auflage. [6], 39, [1], 412, [20], 21, [1] p.: frontispiece of David playing the harp, music; 18 cm. Signatures: A-2S6 2T4 (12mo). Contemporary full calf..... More
Germantaun [Germantown, Pa.]: Michael Billmeyer, 1811. Hardcover. "Zweyte Auflage." Title continued: "mit Fleiss zusammen getragen, und in gegenwaertiger Form und Ordnung gestellt; nebst einem dreyfachen Register." [4], 39, [1], 412, [20], 20, [2] p.: frontispiece of David playing the harp, music; 17 cm. Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments..... More
Germantaun [Germantown, Pa.]: Michael Billmeyer, 1803. Hardcover. Title continued: "mit Fleiss zusammen getragen, und in gegenwaertiger Form und Ordnung gestellt; nebst einem dreyfachen Register. Erste Auflage." [4], 39, [1], 412, [20] p., frontispiece of David playing the harp: music; 17 cm. Signatures: )(2 A-2F8 2G4 (8vo). Contemporary full calf with..... More
New York: Amerikanischen Traktats-Gesellschaft [American Tract Society], 1850. Paperback. 32 p.: illustrations; 11 cm. Brown wrapper printed in red. No. 8 in the series Verzeichniss von Kinder-Tractaten, which is listed on the back wrapper through number 16. No date of publication. The 1852 annual report of the American Tract Society..... More
Munich: Hermann Lukaschik, 1899. Hardcover. [4], 39, [1] p.: in-text illustrations; 24 cm. Leather spine with dark brown pebble-grain paper over boards. Green leaf-pattern endpapers. Austrian Arabist and archeologist Eduard Glaser (1855-1908) was one of the first Europeans to explore South Arabia and is still considered the most important scholar..... More
Harrisburg, Pa. B. Singerly, Staatsdrucker, 1869. Hardcover. lxii, [2], 280, 104 p.: tables; 25 cm. Dark brown cloth with black spine title: German School Report 1869. Boards have blind-stamped center emblem of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and decorative border. Remains of inscription on front free endpaper indicate the book was..... More
Philadelphia: Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly, 1820. Hardcover. "Printed for the Trustees of the Assembly by R.P. McCulloh." 391 p.: 1 form; 19 cm. Contemporary tree calf with six spine compartments between gilt rules; leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title: The Assembly's Digest. Two paper labels..... More
Cleveland: White Shrine of Jerusalem, 1945. Paperback. 102, [2] p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Stapled paperback with illustrated cover. "In Hoc Signo Spes Mea" -- on front cover. Advertisements for Cleveland businesses on covers and on many pages. Includes a history of the Order of White Shrine of Jerusalem in Cleveland;..... More
New York: A. R. Keller, 1930. Hardcover. Second Edition. This is no. 112 of a limited edition of 2,000 copies. 250 p.; 18 cm. Publisher's red and black cloth with gilt-embossed spine title; gilt- and blind-embossed decoration on spine and front cover. Decorated endpapers. American Social Registry emblem on title..... More
Glendale, CA: Mouse Works, Walt Disney Co., 1995. Hardcover. 96 p.: color illustrations; 29 cm. Illustrated cover. Publisher's list of Disney Classic Series on back cover. Illustrated endpapers. Front free endpaper has "This book belongs to," which has not been filled in. In Very Good Condition: corners rubbed; slightly cocked;..... More
New York: Charles E. Graham & Co., 1917. [12] p.: color illustrations; 26 cm. Wrapper title. Entirely printed on cloth. Wrappers included in page count. No date of publication given. Charles E. Grahm published as Charles E. Graham & Co. in New York from 1917 to 1920. "0425 -- Indestructible..... More
Doylestown, Pa. Doylestown National Bank, 1886. 6 checks drawn on the Doylestown National Bank by John Pursel, dated Dec. 15, 1886; Jan. 30, Feb. 7, March 5, and Dec. 27 1887; and Feb. 1 1888. The 1886 and 1887 checks were produced by Wm. F. Murphey's Sons Stationers, Philadelphia. The..... More
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1896. Hardcover. 554 p.: in-text line-drawings, music; 13 cm. Reddish-brown leather with gilt-stamped cover title. Metal clasp and hardware. Contains music for trumpet calls, drill signals, and quicksteps. Includes index. All page edges speckled red. "War Department, Washington, February 4, 1896. A board of officers..... More
Innsbruck: Wagner, 1914. Paperback. 54, [10] p.: illustrations; 15 cm. Grey paper with color illustrated pastedown on front cover. No date of publication; the lastest date mentioned in the text is 1914. A traveller's guide to Insbruck, Austria, and nearby areas. Entirely in German. Includes a tipped in list of..... More