Philadelphia: M. Fithian, 1844. Paperback. 12 p.; 22 cm. Lacking wrapper. Stamped on title page: "Case 42 Shelf E." In early May 1844, Protestant nativists in Philadelphia, feeling threatened by the inscreasing number of Catholic immigrants, held public meetings accusing Catholics of seeking to have the Bible removed from public..... More

Philadelphia, Pa. William McCulloch, 1798. Paperback. [1], 6-48, [4] p.; 21 cm. Caption title. Disbound from a nonce volume. Signatures: B-G4 (8vo). Lacking first 4 leaves (title page and front matter?). Publisher's advertisement on 4 unpaginated pages following text for "W. M'Culloch, printer, bookseller, and stationer, No. 306, Market, near..... 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

1665. 1 handwritten parchment document (19 x 33 cm.), dated 28 Nov. 1665. Mary Russell of Ripe, or Eckington, in Sussex Co., widow, has purchased from Thomas Kennard of Hellingly in Sussex Co., yeoman, a house, outbuildings, etc. in Hawkhurst, Trent Co. Russell appoints John Unie, clerk, of Ripe, or..... More

Philadelphia: James Crukshank, 1804. Paperback. [48] p.: tables; 11 cm. Contemporary wrapper with embossed floral decoration; stitched. Early American Imprints, 2nd Series (Shaw & Shoemaker), 7085. Drake, Almanacs, 10690. The owner had it taken apart and rebound with 14 blank leaves alternating with the first 8 leaves and the final..... More

San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1985. Hardcover. With Dorothy Allen. 114, [10] p., [10] inserts: illustrations (some colored), facsimiles (some colored); 36 cm. Tan linen with a gilt-stamped spine title and the image of a printing press blind-stamped on the front board. Binder's stamp on back fixed endpaper for..... More

Philadelphia: M. Carey and Son, 1818. Hardcover. 2 volumes: [8], 251, [1] p.; [3], 6-234 p.; 19 cm. Contemporary tree calf with six spine compartments between double gilt rules. Gilt-tooled volume numbers in 4th compartment. Remains of old hand-written paper labels at head of each spine. Each volume contains 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

Hereford, Eng. Lincoln Record Society, 1951. Hardcover. 3 volumes (149, 222, 217 p.): 1 map; 27 cm. Light yellow-green cloth (vols. 1 and 2) and light yellow cloth (vol. 3); black-stamped spine and cover titles with the emblem of the Lincoln Record Society on the front cover of each. Pages..... More

1711. 1 sheet 23 x 18 cm. Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend (1674-1738), was an English Whig politician who served as Secretary of State for the Northern Department from 1714 to 1717 and again in 1730 and 1731. He was known as Turnip Townshend because of his strong interest in..... More

London: J. Dodsley, 1774. Hardcover. The Third Edition. "Together with Several Other Pieces on Various Subjects. Published by Mrs. Eugenia Stanhope, from the Originals now in her Possession." 4 volumes (xvi, 352 p.; [4], 355, [1] p.; [4], 376 p.; [4], 364 p.); 22 cm. Half 19th-century? blue calf with..... More

Antuerpiæ [Antwerp]: Ioann. Cnobbarum, 1637. Hardcover. [8], 278, [2] p.: 2 full-page engraved illustrations (including portrait); 13 cm. Signatures: [3 dots]4 A-712 M8 (12mo). Contemporary parchment with blind-stamped decoration; lacking clasps. Engraved title page and initials. Inscribed on front free endpaper: "Pressented from Poe Kurz at Shelby October 29th 76."..... More

London: Cochrane and Pickersgill, 1831. Hardcover. 2 volumes: [4], lxiv, 327, [1] p.; [4], 324 p., 2 frontispieces, 15 leaves of plates; 17 cm. Contemporary half polished calf with marbled paper over boards. Five spine compartments between double gilt rules. Gilt-tooled title and volume numbers on spine. All page edges..... More