Monroe, N.Y. s.n., 1845. [approx. 120] p. book, with writing on the first half. Original calf back board. Attached is the official printed order to Samuel Pelcer, the collector of Monroe, for tax collection based on the assessment roll, with directions for the distribution of the collected money to the..... More
New York: Frank V. Strauss & Co., 1909. Paperback. [24] p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Stapled with chromolithographed front cover. The program for the week beginning Monday, Sept. 13, 1909. "The Man From Home" by Booth Tarkington and Harry Leon Wilson was the play for which American actor William Hodge (1874-1932)..... More
New York: Amerikanischen Traktats-Gesellschaft [American Tract Society], 1850. Paperback. 32 p.: illustrations; 11 cm. Lacking wrapper. No. 2 in the series Verzeichniss von Kinder-Tractaten. No date of publication. Part of American Tract Society's series of tracts for children in German, this contains the inspiring stories of Heinrich von S___, Elise..... More
1889. Hardcover. [92] p.; 11 x 18 cm. Red velvet over boards with "Album" in metal on front board. One illustration of a girl looking at an autograph book, printed in gilt and sepia, titled "Autographs." Several embossed chromolithographed floral decorations are between the pages. On the first page the..... More
1938. Hardcover. [approx. 60 leaves]; 11 x 16 cm. Green covers with a dark green tie. Gilt-stamped cover title and blind-stamped cover illustration of a sailing ship. The inscriptions are all from Jan. 1938 and indicate that Mildred Deaver was graduating from Eddystone High School. The inscriptions are all in..... More
Philadelphia: John Wanamaker, 1920. 2 cards, 10 x 6.5 cm. Two different designs. "John Wanamaker, Philada." embossed in small letters along lower edge. Avocado Lodge was a summer house built in Sea Girt, N.J., by Philadelphia Quaker Elliston P. Morris. After his death in 1914, his daughter Elizabeth Canby Morris..... More
Karlsruhe, Ger. Verlag dem Churfürstlichen Lycäums, 1804. Hardcover. [4], 429, [7] p.; 18 cm. Signatures: [pi]2 A-2C8 2D6 2E4(8vo). Full calf, rebacked in the late 19th or early 20th century. All page edges red. Gilt-tooled on back board (upside down -- probably the original front board): "M:M:T:W: 1809." Armorial title..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster Macmillan Co., 1997. Paperback. 3rd English edition. 381 p.: color illustrations, maps; 19 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. With: large folded map of Ireland, in back pocket of clear plastic cover. In Fine Condition: clean and tight; map is intact, clean, and bright... More
New York: Bahamas Scholarship Fund, 1966. Paperback. [44] p.: illustrations; 27 cm. Stapled; cover illustration. The Bahamas Scholarship Fund was incorporated in New York in 1963 to provide scholarships to students from the Bahamas to study in the United States. The first recipient was Edwood L. Donaldson, who was attending..... More
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Philadelphia: Bank of North America, 1892. 1 leaf 21 cm. Engraved. "John H. Michener, Prest. John H. Watt, Cashier. James C. Pinkerton, Ass't Cashier." Dated July 2, 1892, and addressed to A. E. Patton, cashier of the First National Bank of Curwensville, Pa. Alexander Ennis Patton (1852-1904) became the president..... More
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Tidioute, Pa. Banking House of Grandin Brothers, 1892. 1 leaf 21 cm. Engraved. "J. L. Grandin. Wm. J. Grandin." Dated July 1, 1892, and addressed to A. E. Patton, cashier of the First National Bank of Curwensville, Pa. Signed by E. M. Curtis, cashier. Alexander Ennis Patton (1852-1904) became the..... More
Edinburgh: John Bartholomew, 1926. Paperback. "Scale: 2 Miles to an Inch." 1 folded color map (76 x 57 cm.), linen-backed; green paper front and back when folded. Hugh Rees, London, bookseller, on front and back. No date of publication; code in upper left-hand corner of map is "A26" meaning printed..... More
London, Eng. Edward Stanford, 1900. The Edinburgh Geographical Institute; Copyright John Bartholomew & Co. 1 sheet 53 x 76 cm. Color map, dissected and mounted on linen. Light blue paper attached to front and back, when folded, printed in black. Cover title: Bartholomew's Road Map of England and Wales. Small..... More
Edinburgh: John Bartholomew, 1921. Paperback. 1 folded color map (67 x 53 cm.), linen-backed; brown paper front and back when folded. Alfred Wilson, map and bookseller, London, on front. No date of publication; code in upper left-hand corner of map is "A21" meaning printed in the first half of 1921..... More
New York: Beadle & Adams, 1878. Paperback. 15, [1] p.: 1 hand-colored woodcut by Nathaniel Orr; 29 cm. Wrapper included in pagination. Some pages not opened. Woodcut title at head of first page. Contains lyrics to 59 songs, without music. These include many popular songs of the time, including the..... More
New York: Beadle & Adams, 1878. Paperback. 15, [1] p.: 1 hand-colored woodcut by Nathaniel Orr; 29 cm. Wrapper included in pagination. Some pages not opened. Woodcut title at head of first page. Contains lyrics to 63 songs, without music. These include many popular songs of the time, including the..... More
New York: Beadle & Adams, 1878. Paperback. 15, [1] p.: 1 hand-colored woodcut by Nathaniel Orr; 29 cm. Wrapper included in pagination. Some pages not opened. Woodcut title at head of first page. Contains lyrics to 58 songs, without music. These include many popular songs of the time, including patriotic..... More
New York: Beadle & Adams, 1878. Paperback. 15, [1] p.: 1 hand-colored woodcut by Nathaniel Orr; 29 cm. Wrapper included in pagination. Some pages not opened. Woodcut title at head of first page. Contains lyrics to 59 songs, without music. These include many popular songs of the time, some written..... More
New York: Beadle & Adams, 1878. Paperback. 15, [1] p.: 1 hand-colored woodcut by Nathaniel Orr; 29 cm. Wrapper included in pagination. Some pages not opened. Woodcut title at head of first page. Contains lyrics to 57 songs, without music. These include many popular songs of the time, some written..... More
New York: Beadle & Adams, 1879. Paperback. 15, [1] p.: 1 hand-colored woodcut by Nathaniel Orr; 29 cm. Wrapper included in pagination. Some pages not opened. Woodcut title at head of first page. Contains lyrics to 43 songs, without music. These include many popular songs of the time, such as..... More
1806. 5 handwritten documents relating to the Bean family of Sandwich (New Hampshire?). (1) Sandwich North Class paper, Sept. 1806 -- list of members of a church class led by James Bean; the list is headed by James Bean and Peggy Bean, who are marked with a "B" for "Believer."..... More
New York: Heritage of the Graphic Arts, 1970. Broadside folded to make 4 pages on one side with a large timeline on the other: illustrations; 30 cm. (folded). Printed by the Meriden Gravure Co. Contains reproductions of 9 pages from works printed by Franklin and a timeline titled "A Franklin..... More
1825. 1 handwritten letter, dated Boston, 27 Nov. 1826, from Benjamin Rich & Sons, to Nathaniel Cushing & Co., Hanson, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. Benjamin Rich & Sons are ordering from Nathaniel Cushing & Co. one anchor and one kedge for a new brig of Putnam and Pratt at Briggs yard..... More
New York: Nelson & Phillips, 1879. Hardcover. Imprint includes: "Cincinnati: Hitchcock & Walden." 132, [4] p.: illustrations, map; 15 cm. Brown cloth spine with light green paper over boards. "On Sale by J.B. McCullough, 1018 Arch Street, Philadelphia" -- at foot of front cover. Publisher's advertisement for Sunday-School Journal on..... More
Riga, Latvia: Latvijas Valsts Izdevnieciba, 1958. Hardcover. 161, [1] p.: illustrations; 30 cm. Blue cloth spine with dark blue spine title; illustrated blue, yellow, and red paper over boards. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrations include 8 full-page color illustrations and many in-text drawings. Gift inscription on blank page following front endpaper. Includes..... More