Netherlands: 1701. Paperback. Title page continued: "Nevens eenige overwegingen op de Memorie van den Coning van Vrankryk aan haar Hoog Mog:, en over het belang van verscheide Vorsten en Staaten van het Christenryk in de tegenwoordige gestaltenis van zaaken. ... Uit het Engels overgezet. Volgens de Copy gedrukt tot London."..... More
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
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, 1807. 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. Dritte Auflage." [8], 148, [8], 585..... More
New York: Mark H. Newman & Co., 1851. Sartain, John. Hardcover. iv, 241, [1] p., engraved frontispiece portrait of Kossuth and 15 leaves of engraved plates: music; 25 cm. Dark green cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and decoration; gilt-stamped portrait of Kossuth on front cover, with the same blind-stamped on..... More
New York: Architectural Book Publishing Co.; Paul Wenzel & Maurice Krakow, 1915. Hardcover. 99 of 100 plates called for (including 2 double-leaf plates, each counted as 2 plates) with title page and table of contents for volume one: plans, photographs; 51 cm. With the original green wrappers, in original green..... More
Keulen, Netherlands: Pieter Hamer, 1700. Paperback. 40 p.; 19 cm. Signatures: A-E4. B3 missigned B5. (4to). Plain wrapper. Woodcut title vignette and initial letter. Knuttel, 14502. A debate over the Spanish succession in the form of a dialogue between Pasquin and Marphorio. In Fine Condition. A very scarce pamphlet relating..... More
Chicago: Civic Opera House, 1943. Paperback. [24] p.: illustrations; 25 cm. Stapled white wrapper printed in red and blue with American flag on front. The Army Emergency Relief was established in Feb. 1942 to assist soldiers and their dependents. In July 1942 "This Is the Army" by Irving Berlin opened..... More
Philadelphia, Pa. Benjamin Warner, 1821. Hardcover. Title continued: "Being a sequel to the courtship, marriage, and pic-nic dinner of Robin Red-Breast and Jenny Wren." 16 p.: frontispiece and 7 additional leaves of engraved plates; 12 cm. Original plain salmon paper over paste boards. Half-title: The Burial of Cock Robin. The..... More
Lugd. Batav. [Leiden]: Daniel à Gaesbeeck, 1674. Hardcover. [12], 276, [24] p.; 14 cm. Signatures: *6 A-2B6. Contemporary? speckled calf with five spine compartments between raised bands. Lacking original tooled label from second compartment; gilt-tooled decoration in remaining compartments. Boards have gilt-rolled edges. All page edges marbled. Added engraved title..... More
Oxonii [Oxford]: E Theatro Sheldoniano [at the Sheldon Theatre], 1716. Hardcover. [20], 479, [13] p., engraved frontispiece; 20 cm. Contemporary blind-tooled and speckled Cambridge-style binding with five spine compartments between raised bands. Leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title: Aristotel Ethica. Engraved title vignette. Title is in Greek (romanized..... More
Philadelphia, Pa. J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1870. Hard Cover. 93, [1], 106, 120, 106, 112, 110 p.: 12 leaves of chromolithographed illustrations; 20 cm. Red publisher's cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and black-stamped cover title, and spine and cover illustrations. Former owners' inscriptions and stamp on the front endpapers indicate..... More
New Haven, Conn. J.W. Barber, 1832. Hardcover. Although the title page gives 1831 as the date of publication, this edition includes material added in 1832. 120 p.: hand-colored frontispiece map and 7 leaves of hand-colored plates; 19 cm. Modern calf with gilt-tooled spine and cover titles; yellow endpapers. Includes in-text..... More
London / New York: George Virtue, 1856. Hardcover. 3 volumes: vol. 1: 576 p., frontispiece, engraved title page, 1 hand-colored map (folded), 1 facsimile (folded), 19 additional leaves of plates; vol. 2: 577-698, 448 p., 24 leaves of plates; vol. 3: 449-720, 304 p., 20 leaves of plates; 26 cm..... 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
San Francisco: Gelber, Lilienthal, 1936. Hardcover. xiv, [2], 173, [3] p.: frontispiece and 8 leaves of plates, including 1 facsimile and 2 portraits; 25 cm. Modern dark green calf spine with blind-stamped decoration. Orange paper over boards with decorative pattern printed in green and yellow. Frontispiece is a photograph of..... More
Göttingen, Germany: Elie Luzac, fils, 1754. Hardcover. Imprint: A Gottingue & Leide, chez Elie Luzac, Fils. vii, [1], 343, [1] p., 31 leaves of folded plates; 26 cm. Signatures: *4 A-2V4 (4to). Contemporary full polished calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Reddish leather spine label in second compartment..... More
New York: Minerva Publishing Co., 1892. Paperback. [2], 196, [2] p.; 18 cm. Paperback with brown cover printed in black. Romantic Series, no. 12. "July, 1892" -- on front cover. "by Mrs. Annie Bradshaw" -- on front cover. Advertisements on several pages and back cover for Scott's Emulsion, Van Houten's..... More
Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird, 1874. Hardcover. "A New, Revised, and Improved Edition. To which is added an Appendix, containing The manufacture of Russian sheet iron by John Percy; The manufacture of malleable iron castings, and improvements in bessemer steel by A.A. Fesquet." 683, [1], 23, [1] p.: 609 in-text illustrations..... More
London: James Phillips, 1791. Hardcover. The Fifth Edition. vii, [1], 601, [3] p.; 21 cm. Signatures: a4 A-2P8 (-2P7, 2P8) 8vo. Original? plain calf boards with later plain calf spine. Modern box with gilt-tooled spine title: Chalkley's Works. The Works of Thomas Chalkley has a separate title page but continous..... More
New York: Orange Judd Co., 1887. Hardcover. "New edition. With descriptions of the later exotic grapes, and a select list of the native varieties by Dr. George Thurber, illustrated." xi, [1], 11-211, [1], 8 p., frontispiece: in-text illustrations; 19 cm. Dark green cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and decoration; blind-stamped..... More
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1863. Hardcover. "To which is added a chronological list of all the operas that have been performed in Europe." 2 volumes (xvi, 381, [1] p.; [4], 452 p.): engraved portrait frontispieces and 4 additional plates of portraits; 23 cm. Half dark green morocco with marbled..... More
Wilmington, Del. C. P. Johnson, Steam Book and Job Printer, 1877. Paperback. 34 p.; 21 cm. Grey wrapper with black wrapper title. John P. Cochran (1809-1898) served as governor of Delaware from 1875 to 1879. In this message to the state legislature he discusses state finances as well as other..... More
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Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1841. Hardcover. Vol. 2 only. 282 p.; 19 cm. Original plain muslin; the back board retains the original purple, but the spine and front board are faded to brown. Printed paper spine label. J. Fagan, stereotyper; I. Ashmead, printer. BAL, 3895. In Very Good Condition: lacking..... More
Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co., 1904. Hardcover. 5 volumes: 473, 494, 532, 471, 494 p.; 20 cm. Bound in half green calf with marbled paper in blue, red, and gilt over boards. Six spine compartments between raised bands; gilt-tooled "Sea Tales" in second compartment, volume title in fourth, and floral..... More