![Brown Glee, Mandolin, Banjo Clubs [program] Complimentary Concert Given to the Alumni of Brown...](/pictures/thumb/007400.JPG?v=1576876088)
Providence, R.I. Brown University, 1895. Pamphlet. [6] p.; 13 cm. Tied card cover with brown cover title. The alumni members of the glee, mandolin, and banjo clubs are listed. The concert was given at 4 W. 54th St., NYC, the home of John D. Rockefeller, who was a member of..... More
Philadelphia: Buckingham & Doylestown Turnpike Road Company, 1843. 1 sheet of light grey paper containing 3 engraved certificates for subscriptions to the Buckingham & Doylestown Turnpike Road Company, dated 184_. Printed by Grattan, 48 S. Third St. The Buckingham and Doylestown Turnpike Road Company was incorporated in 1843 and existed..... More
New Hope, Pa. Bucks County Playhouse, 1941. 3, [1] p.; 24 cm. Illustrated advertisement for Flemington Fur Co. on back. The program for the final week (the week of Sept. 15) of the third season of the Bucks County Playhouse in New Hope, Pa. The playhouse was presenting The Guardsman..... More
Washington, D.C. German Historical Institute, 2017. Paperback. 165, [11] p.: illustrations; 26 cm. Paperback with yellow cover. Publisher's advertisements on final unpaginated pages. Contents: Benchmark Europe: Liberalism and Cultural Nationalism in the United States, 1900-1930 by Adelheid von Saldern -- Liberalism and Cultural Nationalism in the United States, 1900-1930: A...... More
Asheville, N.C. Buncombe County Democratic Party, 1986. Hardcover. [80] p.; 22 cm. White card covers with black comb binding; red and blue cover title with illustration of Democratic donkey. No publication information. Inscribed at foot of first page: "Rena James 1986-87" (Rena Genoble James Farnsworth (1921-2011)). Sold as a fundraiser..... More
Lancaster, Pa. Red Rose Coin Club, 1971. Paperback. [2], 12, [2] p.; 20 cm. Blue paper covers printed in black. The Red Rose Coin Club was established in Lancaster, Pa., in 1958 and still exists. In Fine Condition: clean and bright. More
New York: Chelsea Theater Center, 1973. Paperback. [24] p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Stapled; illustrated covers. This production of Candide, which omitted over half of Leonard Bernstein's musical numbers, moved to Broadway in 1974, where it ran for nearly two years. It starred Lewis J. Stadlen, Mark Baker, Maureen Brennan, Sam..... More
London: Aldine Publishing Co., 1894. Paperback. The complete story issued as No. 22 of The Aldine Cheerful Library of Complete Stories of Stirring Life, Adventure, and Romance. 24 p.: illustrations; 31 cm. Caption title. No date of publication given. The Aldine Cheerful Library began publication in Feb. 1894. At one..... More
New York: Ziff Davis, 1967. Paperback. 128 p.: black-and-white illustrations; 28 cm. Paperback. In Near Fine Condition: cover is slightly rubbed with minor creasing; clean and solid. More
Drexel Hill, Pa. School of the Holy Child Jesus, 1940. Paperback. [100] p.: illustrations; 26 cm. Stapled wrappers with brown embossed emblem of the School of the Holy Child Jesus, Drexel, on the front wrapper. The school was established by the Sisters of the Holy Child in 1865 in Sharon..... More
New York: Major & Knapp, 1865. 1 sheet 18 x 12 cm. "The Major & Knapp Eng. Mf'g. & Lith. Co. 449 Broadway, NY." -- lower left-hand corner. Shows a two-and-a-half-story house with an attached greenhouse and trees. In Good Condition: faint dampstain along right side. More
![The Carnation [bound with] Margaret Rose Wanless](/pictures/thumb/005638.JPG?v=1502901329)
New York: American Tract Society, 1848. Hardcover. 16, 16 p.: illustrations; 12 cm. Dark green cloth spine with marbled paper over boards. Gilt-stamped spine title "The Carnation" and "54." Following the text of Elisha is a poem "Prayer for a New Heart." The American Tract Society used "150 Nassau St.,"..... More
New York: Alfred Scott, 1943. Paperback. 13, [3] p.: illustrations; 26 cm. Stapled; wrappers included in pagination. Front wrapper portrait of John Barbirolli. Program from Feb. 28, 1943, concert at Carnegie Hall conducted by John Barbirolli and featuring Eugene List on the piano. Eugene List had enlisted in the Army..... More
Philadelphia: Greater Philadelphia-Delaware-South Jersey Council, 1955. Pamphlet. 30, [2] p.: illustrations, tables; 20 cm. Stapled pamphlet with illustrated cover. Published by the Greater Philadelphia-Delaware-South Jersey Council to generate public support for the 40-foot channel deepening project authorized by the Omnibus Rivers and Harbors law enacted in Sept. 1954. No date..... More
New York: Funk and Wagnalls Co., 1939. Hardcover. xix, [3], 813, [1], 687 p.; 21 cm. Red cloth spine with gilt spine title "Cassell's New German Dictionary"; black cloth over boards. In Very Good- Condition: corners rubbed; ends of spine starting to fray; cover slightly soiled; pages are clean and..... More
New York: Major & Knapp, 1865. 1 sheet 18 x 12 cm. "The Major & Knapp Eng. Mf'g & Litho. Co. 449 Broadway, NY." -- in lower left-hand corner. This was apparently from a section of the 1865 Manual titled Old Residences on Murray Hill, as that title runs above..... More
Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union, 1954. Hardcover. 247 p., frontispiece and 7 leaves of plates; 17 cm. Publisher's dark green cloth with gilt-stamped spine title; blind-stamped decoration on both boards. Yellow endpapers. Front free endpaper verso bears small printed bookplate of Herman A. Stees. The American Sunday School Union issued..... More
Des Moines, Iowa: McBlain Books, 1982. Paperback. 52 p.; 22 cm. Light grey wrapper printed in black. Recipient's address on back wrapper: The Americanist, Pottstown, Pa. No date of publication; "1982" written in pencil on upper right-hand corner of front wrapper. The catalog lists 1070 items. In Very Good- Condition..... More
Los Angeles: Heritage Book Shop, 1982. Paperback. [4], 67, [1] p.: black-and-white illustrations; 23 cm. Stapled blue paper covers printed in black. No date of publication; "1982" written in pencil on front cover. Lists 251 items offered by the Heritage Book Shop, most printed by the Ashendene, Doves or Kelmscott..... More
Valley Cottage, N.Y. Aleph-Bet Books, 1990. Soft Cover. [48] p.: illustrations; 22 cm. White wrappers printed in black, included in page count. Catalog continues onto back wrapper. Contains descriptions of 371 items. No date of publication; probably issued in 1990 or 1991. In Near Fine Condition: white wrapper very slightly..... More
Bruxelles: Oeuvre Nationale de L'Enfance, 1925. Hardcover. [4], 364, [8], 148, [8], 139, [3] p.: 3 frontispieces; 23 cm. Leather spine with six spine compartments between raised bands; gilt-stamped title in second and third compartments. Marbled paper over boards. No dust jacket. Marbled endpapers. Title page printed in red and..... More
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1901. Hardcover. Printed by the Riverside Press, Cambridge. xliii, [1], 205, [1] p., engraved frontispiece; 24 cm. Brown linen spine with red spine title: "Houghton, Mifflin & Co.'s Catalogue of Authors." Brown paper over boards with paper label on front board printed in red and..... More
New York: Jacob Bros. 1888. Paperback. [12] p.: music; 19 cm. No date of publication; latest copyright date on individual pieces in catalog is 1888. Contains the first three lines of 11 pieces of piano music available from Jacob Bros. Includes pieces by Frederick G. Richmond, F.W. Meacham, J.W. Turner..... More
London: Smith and Robins, 1842. Hardcover. xxiv, 250 p.: 1 leaf of engraved portrait of Horace Walpole, in-text illustrations; 29 cm. Later 19th-century brown cloth spine with original boards. Engraved cover title: A Catalogue of the Contents of Strawberry Hill. Engraved title page. George Robins, the auctioneer, advertised the sale..... More
Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1937. Paperback. Second Edition. [2], 32, [12] p., [54] p. of illustrations; 20 cm. Green wrappers printed in silver with yapp edges. The catalog includes paintings by Grant Wood, Henriette Wyeth, Walter Emerson Baum, Daniel Garber, Alice Kent Stoddard, William J. Glackens, Georgina..... More