McGraw-Hill's Proofreading Handbook
New York: McGraw-Hill, 2006. Paperback. Second Edition. xi, [1], 164 p.; 13 cm. Paperback. In Very Good Condition: minor loss at lower corner of front cover; two page corners creased; clean and tight. More
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Concepts and Case Analysis in the Law of Contracts
St. Paul, MN: Marvin Chirelstein; Foundation Press, 2013. Paperback. Seventh Edition. viii, [2], 258 p.; 24 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Part of the publisher's Concerpts and Insights Series. Includes Table of Cases and index. In Fine Condition: clean and tight. More
Learning Modern Greek as a Foreign Second Language: A Communicative Approach -- Workbook
Thessaloniki, Greece: University Studio Press, 2002. Paperback. 172, [2] p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Paperback. In English and Greek. This is the workbook only. In Near Fine Condition: edges rubbed; front cover slightly creased; clean and tight. More
Harbors of the North Volume Two: New London, Connecticut to Jonesport, Maine
Pittsburgh: Gulf Oil Corp. 1948. Paperback. Fifth Edition. [5], 134-250, [6] p., 15 loose leaves intended to be inserted at the appropriate places: maps, illustrations; 23 cm. Stapled paperback with cover illustration. This guide to harbors along the northeast coast of the United States provides "descriptions of services and products... More
Stiegel Glass by Frederick William Hunter; Introduction and Notes by Helen McKearin with one hundred and sixty-nine illustrations including sixteen in color
New York: Dover Publications, 1950. Paperback. xxii, 270 p., [8] p. of color illustrations, [10] p. of black-and-white illustrations: illustrations, maps, genealogical chart; 24 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. The definitive guide to glass produced by Henry William Stiegel (1729-1785) in the context of glassmaking in colonial America. In Very... More
French Short Stories for Beginners: 9 Captivating Short Stories to Learn French and Expand Your Vocabulary While Having Fun by the Language Academy
Middletown, DE: Language Academy, 2016. Paperback. 210 p.; 25 cm. Paperback. In English and French. In Fine Condition: clean and bright. More
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson with over one hundred illustrations and decorations by Louis Rhead
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1915. Hardcover. [18], 288, [2] p., color frontispiece and 3 leaves of color plates: 35 full-page illustrations, in-text illustration and illustrated initial at the beginning of each chapter; 23 cm. Red cloth with black spine title; color illustrated pastedown on front cover. In Very Good-... More
Total Abstinence Pledge
Philadelphia: Church of the Annunciation, 1888. 1 sheet (20 x 25 cm.) with a engraved form for the total abstinence pledge of the Church of the Annunciation, Philadelphia. Filled in on March 18, 1888, by Nellie Bradley, who took "the Total Abstinence Pledge For Ten Years" and signed by James... More
The War for the Union from Fort Sumpter to Atlanta by William Swinton
Philadelphia: Union League of Philadelphia, 1864. 16 p.; 23 cm. Stitched; wrapper included in pagination. Journalist William Swinton (1833-1892) wrote The War for the Union: The First, Second, Third and Fourth Years of the War, which was published in Sept. 1864 by the Loyal Publication Society, New York. The Union... More
A Democratic Peace Offered for the Acceptance of Pennsylvania Voters
Philadelphia: Union League of Philadelphia, 1864. Pamphlet. 13, [3] p.; 23 cm. Stitched; wrapper included in pagination. The Union League of Philadelphia, founded in 1862 to support the Union cause and Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War, established a Publications Board in Feb. 1863 and immediately began publishing pro-Union pamphlets... More
Culture and Anarchy by Matthew Arnold; With Introduction and Explanatory Notes by J. W. Abernethy
New York: Maynard, Merrill, & C. 1898. Paperback. 64 p.; 17 cm. Stapled light green wrapper with publisher's advertisements on back wrapper. Maynard's English Classic Series, no. 68. Series list on inside of both wrappers through no. 219. Copyright 1889. "New Series, No. 21. January 1, 1898." -- lower edge... More
Erstes Deutsches Lesebuch für Schule und Haus; herausgegeben von J. B. Hertzog
Philadelphia: Kohler Publishing Co. 1879. Hardcover. Neue und verbesserte Ausgabe. 96 p.: illustations; 19 cm. Brown cloth spine; cover title in black on plain paper. Cover has title vignette of an eagle feeding birds in a nest. Title page has title vignette of a dish full of fruit, including a.... More
How to Catch Trout
New York: Coward-McCann, 1941. Hardcover. Fourth Impression. [32] p.: chiefly illustrations; 13 x 20 cm. White cover with cover title and illustration. Dust jacket repeats cover title and illustration; advertisement for other books by the author on back section of dust jacket. First (blank) leaf signed by 14 men. Among... More
How to Shoot Quail
New York: Coward-McCann, 1941. Hardcover. Third Impression. [32] p.: chiefly illustrations; 13 x 20 cm. White cover with cover title and illustration. Dust jacket repeats cover title and illustration; advertisement for other books by the author on back section of dust jacket. First (blank) leaf signed by 15 men on... More
Misrepresentative Women by Harry Graham; Illustrated by Dan Sayre Groesbeck
New York: Duffield & Co. 1906. Hardcover. 120 p., frontispeice and 11 leaves of illustrations; 18 cm. Black cloth spine; paper over boards with title in white over organ, black, and white illustration. Amusing poetic reflections on women, real and imaginary, by the English writer Harry Graham (1874-1936). In Good+... More
New York by Irvin S. Cobb; With Illustrations by John T. McCutcheon
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1924. Hardcover. 59, [3] p.: 7 illustrations (including 1 doubble-page illustration); 19 cm. Continuous illustration on cover with list of 6 titles in the series Cobb's America Guyed Books. Illustrated endpapers. Dust jacket repeats the cover illustration and titles. Two pages following text contain... More
Kentucky by Irvin S. Cobb; With Illustrations by John T. McCutcheon
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1924. Hardcover. 60, [2] p.: 6 illustrations; 19 cm. Continuous illustration on cover with list of 6 titles in the series Cobb's America Guyed Books. Illustrated endpapers. Dust jacket repeats the cover illustration and titles. Two pages following text contain publisher's advertisement for Cobb's... More
Indiana by Irvin S. Cobb; With Illustrations by John T. McCutcheon
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1924. Hardcover. 52, [2] p.: 5 illustrations; 19 cm. Continuous illustration on cover with list of 6 titles in the series Cobb's America Guyed Books. Illustrated endpapers. Dust jacket repeats the cover illustration and titles. Two pages following text contain publisher's advertisement for Cobb's... More
The Thunders of Silence by Irvin S. Cobb; Illustrated
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1918. Hardcover. [12], 61 p., frontispiece and 3 leaves of illustrations; 19 cm. Brown cover with black spine and cover titles. Orange and black cover illustration. Illustrated endpapers. No dust jacket. Published in the Saturday Evening Post in early 1918. This is the first... More
Cobb's Anatomy by Irvin S. Cobb; Illustrated by Peter Newell
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1912. Hardcover. [12], 141 p.: illustrations; 20 cm. Dark brown cloth spine with white spine title. Brown paper over boards with white title and white-and-black cover illustration. Endpapers have illustration of a man on a horse with very long legs. No dust jacket. Former... More
![History of the Philadelphia Almshouses and Hospitals From the Beginning of the Eighteenth to the Ending of the Nineteenth Centuries; With an Appendix containing a List of Former Visiting and Resident Physicians; Illustrated from Photographs [provenance: the Wistar Institute's "light-fingered curator" Thomas N. Haviland]. Charles Lawrence.](/pictures/thumb/006262.JPG?v=1524253833)
History of the Philadelphia Almshouses and Hospitals From the Beginning of the Eighteenth to the Ending of the Nineteenth Centuries; With an Appendix containing a List of Former Visiting and Resident Physicians; Illustrated from Photographs [provenance: the Wistar Institute's "light-fingered curator" Thomas N. Haviland]
Philadelphia: Charles Lawrence, 1905. Hardcover. "Covering a Period of Nearly Two Hundred Years: showing the mode of distributing public relief through the management of the boards of Overseers of the Poor, Guardians of the Poor and the directors of the Department of Charities and Correction." 398 p., frontispiece and 20... More
Campaigns of a War Correspondent by Melton Prior; Edited by S.L. Bensusan
London: Edward Arnold, 1912. Hardcover. xii, 340, 8 p.: tissue-guarded frontispiece, 16 leaves of plates by Melton Prior; 23 cm. Red cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles. No dust jacket. Publisher's catalog on 8 pages following text. With: small leaflet advertising the publisher's Germany and the Next War by... More
The Decisive Battles of India: From 1746 to 1849 Inclusive; With a Portrait of the Author, a Map, and Three Plans by Colonel G.B. Malleson
London: W.H. Allen & Co.1, 1883. Hardcover. xxii, [2], 419, [5] p.: tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of the author, 3 unpaginated battle plans (one folded), and 1 folded map of India (in a back pocket); 23 cm. Red cloth, with gilt-stamped spine title between gilt-stamped ornamental top and bottom borders; black-stamped... More
Pioneer Life; or, Thirty Years a Hunter: Being Scenes and Adventures in the Life of Philip Tome Fifteen Years Interpreter for Cornplanter and Gov. Blacksnake, Chiefs on the Allegany River; With a Preface by Henry W. Shoemaker; And an Appendix by A. Monroe Aurand, Jr.
Harrisburg, Pa. The Aurand Press, 1928. Hardcover. ix, [1], 173 p.: 1 full-page illustration; 24 cm. Purple cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. No dust jacket. With: the original four-page advertisement of the publication of this title by The Aurand Press; also listing other publications in The Aurand Press Historical Series... More
The Overseas Targets: War Report of the OSS (Office of Strategic Services) Volume 2; with a new introduction by Kermit Roosevelt; prepared by History Project, Strategic Services Unit, Office of the Assistant Secretary of War, War Department
New York: Walker and Company, 1976. Hardcover. Imprint includes: Carrollton Press, Washington, D.C. xxvi, 460 p.; 24 cm. Blue cover with gilt spine title. Dust jacket designed by Mel Brofman. Includes "hundreds of dramatic accounts of the heroic activities of OSS operatives in the European and Far Eastern theaters. The... More