Philadelphia: Apollo Orchestra, 1917. [4] p.; 18 cm. Folded card with front cover illustration printed in blue. Program for the closing public rehearsal of the 1916-1917 season on May 6, 1917, at 715 N. Broad St., Philadelphia. "Invitation Rehearsal" -- on front. An illustration of an American flag and the..... More
Philadelphia: Apollo Orchestra, 1918. Pamphlet. [4] p.; 13 cm. Folded card printed in black. Program for an open rehearsal on May 5, 1918, at "Broad Street Drawing Rooms," 715 N. Broad St., Philadelphia. "Invitation Rehearsal" -- on front cover. Conducted by J. W. F. Leman. Founded in 1870, the orchestra..... More
Philadelphia: Apollo Orchestra, 1917. Pamphlet. [4] p.; 13 cm. Folded card printed in black. Program for an open rehearsal on Dec. 16, 1917, at "Broad Street Drawing Rooms," 715 N. Broad St., Philadelphia. "Invitation Rehearsal" -- on front cover. Conducted by J. W. F. Leman. Founded in 1870, the orchestra..... More
Washington, D.C. U. S. Government Printing Office, 1974. Paperback. xv, [1], 1227 p.; xv, [1], 1229-2157; 23 cm. Green wrappers printed in black. Spine title: Presidential Campaign Activities of 1972 -- Legal Documents Relating to the Select Committee Hearings. The detailed work of the Senate committee that investigated the break-in..... More
Norristown, Pa. J.H. Shuler & Son, Jewelers & Silversmiths, 1925. Hardcover. [84] p.; 77 mm. Dark green faux-leather over card; embossed "Appointments" over a gilt background on front cover, with gilt-stamped business name below. Calendar for 1926 on front fixed endpaper and calendar for 1927 on back fixed endpaper. Most..... More
London: John Dicks, 1868. Hardcover. [2], 364, ii, [2] p., frontispiece: illustrations; 19 cm. Green cloth with gilt-stamped spine title: Arabian Nights Complete. Blind-ruled border on each board. Two pages of publisher's advertisements follow Contents, which follows text. Printed in columns. In "Address" (p. [1]), the publisher states that "the..... More
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Philadelphia: Architectural Annual, 1901. Hardcover. "Second Edition." 303 p.: illustrations, plans, views; 32 cm. Red cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles; black ruled border on front cover. Black emblem on front cover with motto "Progress Before Precedent." Red endpapers. Title page in red and black. Contents include: Competitive Models..... More
Philadelphia: Architectural Annual, 1900. Hardcover. "Second Edition." 292, xxiv p.: illustrations, plans, views; 32 cm. Red cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles; black ruled border on front cover. Black emblem on front cover with motto "Progress Before Precedent." Red endpapers. Title page in red and black. Contents include: The..... More
London and New York: Architectural Association; Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910. 149 plates, as issued in original wrappers for each of the 8 quarterly parts published in 1909 and 1910, the whole in a portfolio with a green cloth spine and green boards printed in black, with cloth ties. The first..... More
Philadelphia: Edmund Morris, 1831. Hardcover. 400 p., 12 leaves of engraved plates: illustrations; 26 cm. Modern spine of bonded leather, with gilt-tooled spine label. Contemporary marbled paper over boards. Older repair of hinges. Error in pagination: adjacent but different pages are numbered 306 and 307. Contains poetry, fiction, and nonfiction..... More
1890. 18.5 x 13 cm. card with pink-and-white embossed floral decoration on the front. Inside is a line drawing of a boy holding a buttercup under the chin of a girl, both in late 19th-century dress. Accompanied by a poem beginning "When the perfume of flowers is shed on the..... More
Philadelphia: Chestnut St. Opera House, 1926. 1 sheet (20 x 16 cm.) printed in two columns, on both sides. Skits and sketches by Harold Atteridge; lyrics by Clifford Grey; music by Alfred Goodman, J. Fred Cootes, and Mourie Rubens; art direction by Watson Barratt; staged and produced by J.J. Shubert..... More
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
![Banking House of Grandin Brothers [letterhead] 1892 addressed to Alexander Ennis Patton](/pictures/thumb/006977.JPG?v=1556920894)
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