Washington, D.C. Gales and Seaton, 1832. Hardcover. 861, [1], lxxxiv pages; 34 cm. Contemporary half calf with gilt-tooled spine title; marbled paper over boards. Marbled endpapers. Series titles: American State Papers. Documents, Legislative, and Executive of the Congress of the United States, From the First Session of the First to..... More
New York: American Wheelman, 1896. Paperback. 274 p., 1 leaf of a color plate: many illustrations; 33 cm. Stapled; lacking wrapper. Issued weekly -- states "Published every Thursday." Includes a wealth of information about bicycles, racing, and clubs; as well as: an interview with Helen Baldwin and information about other..... More
Leeuwarden, Netherlands: Karst Tjallings, 1702. Paperback. 7, [1] p.: 19 cm. Signatures: A4 (4to). Woodcut title vignette. Not in Knuttell or Worldcat. A response to "Aanmerkingen op de Memorie van den Fransche Resident Barre, Aan de . . . Staaten Generaal . . . den 31. Maart 1702" (Gravenhage: Meyndert..... More
New York: Brooklyn Fire Department, 1890. Hardcover. 400 p.; 36 cm. Half calf with morocco-grain cloth over boards. The handwritten daily record book of Engine Co. No. 12 of the Brooklyn Fire Department. The list of members, with street addresses, attached to the front free endpaper names Stephen Allen as..... More
Germantown, Pa. Michael Billmeyer, 1799. Hardcover. Title continued: "als auch für den öffentlichen Gottesdienst enthalten sind. Nebst einem Anhang des Heydelbergischen Catechismus, wie auch erbaulicher Gebäter. Nach einem Synodal Schluss zusammen getragen und eingerichtet vor die Evangelisch-Reformirten Gemeinen in den Vereinigten Staaten von America." Zweyte Auflage. [6], 148, [8], 585..... More
London: Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1895. Paperback. [14] p.: illustrations (line drawings and chromolithographed illustrations); 37 cm. Chromolithographed card covers; upper edge of covers and pages is shaped to follow the front cover illustration. Front cover chromolithographed illustration is of three children, a bag of toys, and a cat chasing..... More
New York: Farmer & Daggers, 1845. Paperback. "Reprinted From the Fifth London Edition." 120 p.; 22 cm. Contemporary? blue, green, and gilt marbled wrapper. Printed in two columns per page. Not in WorldCat. The experiences of a woman from Turin, alone in the world, who decides to visit a convent..... More
Philadelphia, Pa. David Hogan, 1809. Paperback. Title page continued: "Containing The Speeches of the Attorney General and Jared Ingersoll, Esq. on behalf of the Commonwealth, and William Lewis, Esq. on the part of the Defendant. And also the opinion of the Honorable William Tilghman, Esq. Chief Justice of the State..... More
York, Pa. P. Hardt, 1819. Hardcover. Title page continued: "arranged in so clear and concise a manner, that the most ignorant may with ease, by referring to it, execute bonds, leases, deeds, indentures, notes, articles, of agreement, &c. without application to an attorney Gentleman of the Bar . .... More
London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1779. First Edition. Hardcover. 2 volumes in 1: [8], 368, [14] p.; [4], 344, [16] p.; 29 cm. Signatures: A-3C4 (-3C4) pi2 B-2Y4 (4to). Dark brown cloth spine and corners (20th-century?) with printed paper spine label; marbled paper (19th-century?) over boards. Matching marbled endpapers..... More
Boston: Draper, Green & Russel, & Fleet, 1758. Paperback. [24] p.: illustration; 17 cm. (8vo) Stitched (not the original stitching, but not recent). Page count includes wrapper. Wrapper title: Ames's Almanack 1759. Woodcut illustration of the solar system on front wrapper, including a comet. A description of this illustration follows..... More
Minneapolis, MN: Bob Edwards Publishing Co., 1930. Paperback. [64] p.: illustrations, cartoons; 18 cm. Stapled paperback with photograph of Sally Starr on front cover and cartoon on back cover. Contains jokes and cartoons, including 3 by Carl Barks, who later became successfull as a contributor to Disney's Donald Duck comic..... More
Boston: Munroe, Francis, and Parker, 1808. Hardcover. 180 p.; 18 cm. Contemporary full calf with gilt-ruled spine; black leather label on spine with gilt-tooled author's name. Early American Imprints, 2nd ser. (Shaw & Shoemaker), 14476. Former owner's name on back endpapers: Maria Sayforth. The author, Thomas Belsham (1750-1829), was an..... More
Rome: Generoso Salomoni, 1750. Hardcover. [16], 128 p.; 17 cm. Signatures: *8 A-H8 (8vo). Contemporary vellum with faint remains of handwritten spine title. Gilt-tooled decoration on upper corner of front board and on turn-in at each corner. All page edges red. In Very Good+ Condition: several small holes in spine;..... More
![Item #008986 Envoy: The Shepherd to his Flock [manuscript poem signed by Robert Bridges "Droch"]....](/pictures/thumb/008986.JPG?v=1646425898)
1902. 1 mat (41 x 51 cm.) holding (1) the poem "Envoy: The Shepherd to his Flock" in manuscript and signed "Robert Bridges "Droch""; and (2) a reproduction of a photograph of Bridges, both undated. This is Robert Bridges (1858-1941) the American critic, editor, and poet, not the English poet..... More
1814. On 25 March 1814 Margaret Cauffman of Philadelphia, gentlewoman, sold to Isaac Overholtzer of Norriton Township, Montgomery County, for $650 a lot of woodland of almost 5 acres in Providence Township, Montgomery Co., on the road leading from the Germantown and Perkiomen turnpike and on the Norristown Road. Signed..... More
New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1957. Paperback. [28] p., 2 leaves of tissue plates: six wood engravings and one woodcut; 26 x 29 cm. Stitched blue-grey wrappers with label printed in red and black. Within original portfolio covered in the same glue-grey paper with matching printed label on the..... 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
Gravenhage, Netherlands: Meyndert Uytwerf, 1701. Paperback. "Tweede deel. Door den auteur van het eerste. Uyt het Engels vertaald." 40 p.; 19 cm. Disbound. Woodcut title vignette. Signatures: A-E4 (4to). Knuttel, 14606. A translation of The Duke of Anjou's Succession Further Considered, which is sometimes attributed to Daniel Defoe. In Very..... More
![Item #002732 Sex Missae Breves: opus xvii [2nd violin part]. Johann Melchior Dreyer](/pictures/thumb/002732.jpg?v=1472082253)
Augsburg: Joh. Jacobi Lotter, & Filii, 1801. Paperback. 2nd violin part only. 63, [1] p.: music; 34 cm. Signatures: *A- 2 (folio). Spine and corners covered in remnants of an earlier music manuscript; very faint marbled paper over boards. Paper label on front board with handwritten title: Violino II. The..... More
![Item #002216 Histoire de Louis XI [3 volumes]. Charles Pinot Duclos](/pictures/thumb/002216.jpg?v=1472082230)
Paris: Frères Guerin & Prault, Fils, 1745. Hardcover. 3 volumes ([6], xxxiv, [4], 458 p.; [4], 548 p.; [4], 476, [60] p.), v. 1 frontispiece (signed: "Et Jeaurat del. Et Fessard sculp."); 17 cm. Contemporary full polished calf; six spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled leather labels in second and..... More
New Orleans: W. M'Kean, 1837. Hardcover. Imprint: "For Sale by W. M'Kean, New Orleans -- James Rice, Jr., Louisville -- Flash, Ryder and Co., Cincinnati -- Meech and Dinnies, St. Louis, and by All Booksellers." Vol. 2 only. 4, iv, [1], 14-180 p.; 20 cm. Original reddish cloth spine with..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1893. Hardcover. xiii, [1], 328 p.; 19 cm. Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Black leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title; gilt-tooled decoration in remaining compartments. Gilt-tooled armorial emblem of the Mill Hill School on the front board; both boards..... More
London: J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, D. Midwinter, W. and J. Innys, R. Robinson, J. Osborn, and T. Longman, 1726. Hardcover. [4], liv, 506, 208 p., 4 leaves of engraved plates; 34 cm. Late 19th-century binding: leather spine with seven spine compartments between raised bands; gilt-tooled title in second compartment; speckled..... More
Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Library, 1965. Hardcover. [42] p.: facsimiles; 24 cm. Hardback with facsimile of original notebook on cover. Original glassine dust jacket. One of a limited edition of 300 copies. Illustrated title page. The diary reproduced here is from 1910-1911, when its author, later known as F. Scott..... More