1805. On 28 March 1799, Robert and Hannah Harper sold to Joseph Potts a house and 41-acre tract in Northern Liberties Township, Philadelphia. Joseph Potts died after writing his will and naming his wife, Mary Potts, his son Phineas Potts, and his friend Joseph Kirkbride executors. On 14 October 1805..... More
1813. 1 handwritten vellum deed (41 x 57 cm.). On 27 March 1813, Ulrich and Hannah Stauffer of Norriton Township, Montgomery County, Pa., sold to Isaac Overholzer for $426 a lot in Norriton Township containing almost 9 acres. Signed by Ulrich Stauffer; Hannah Stauffer was illiterate and signed with her..... More
1886. On 1 April 1887 Samuel and Mary Cargill mortgaged to Isaac and Joannah Ferguson for $228 a house and 46-acre tract in Greenwood Township, Juniata County, Pa. Signed by Samuel Cargill and Mary J. Cargill; witnesses James S. Cox and Paul T. Cox; and Juniata Co. Recorder of Deeds..... More
1830. 1 handwritten vellum deed. Peter Ritner of Reading, Berks Co., Pa., died intestate and left seven children. On 23 Oct. 1830 his seven heirs sold to Mary Smith of Reading for $700 a one-story brick house and lot on S. Duke St. in Reading. Signed by Peter Rittner, Jacob..... More
1860. Both documents are deed. #1: On 3 April 1860 Newton H. Wickersham and his wife, Sarah Ann Wickersham, sold to David Shirts [sic Shurtz] (1814-1889), both of Delaware Township, Juniata County, Pa., a lot of less than half an acre and a house in Fayette Township, Juniata Co., for..... 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
Philadelphia: John C. Clark & Sons, 1884. 2 documents printed by John C. Clark & Sons, Philadelphia, both printed in red and black, and folded. On 2 May 1884, John K. Cuming of Philadelphia, merchant, mortgaged a three-story brick house at 1736 Grove St., Philadelphia, for $900 to be paid..... More
1811. 1 handwritten vellum deed (45 x 83 cm.) dated 2 April 1811. Rudolph Stauffer and his wife, Beata Reiner Stauffer, sell to John Price, storekeeper, 103 acres in Coventry Township, Chester Co., Pa., for 1,800 pounds "lawful money of Pennsylvania." Recorded 3 Feb. 1812 by recorder Charles Kenny. Signed..... More
1879. 5 official documents of Juniana County, Pa. #1 Statement of Judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Juniata Co., 37 Dec. 1879, regarding a $400 debt owed by Jesse Frey to Daniel Krischer, with the embossed stamp of the court; signed by the prothonotary George Reynolds. #2 Inventory..... More
Devan, England: 1730. 1 handwritten vellum indenture 60 x 71 cm. James Gould in the county of Devon, gentleman, mortgages two tracts of land in the parish of Kilmington, Devon, to Robert Summerhayes in the county of Dorset, miller, for L60. Signed by James Gould. "Summerhayes" is spelled a variety..... More
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1965. Hardcover. Fourth printing, June 1965. [4], 316 p., 8 pages of unpaginated illustrations; 21 cm. Black cloth with gilt spine title. Dust jacket. Spine title on dust jacket: Where's the Rest of Me?: The Ronald Reagan Story. The title is a line from..... More
Ludlow, England: Moonrise Press, 2008. Paperback. 128 p.: color illustrations; 22 cm. Paperback. "Jane Austen's references to fashion and needlework have been compiled and arranged in six chapters. Each chapter includes a general introduction and discussion of an aspect of dress with quotations from jane Austen's works." -- p. 8..... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1979. Hardcover. [14], 266 p.; 21 cm. Grey cloth with gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. The author argues that, rather than gaining a sense of independence and self-worth from factory work, American women who left the home for industrial work from 1900 to 1930..... More
New York: Penguin, 2003. Paperback. xli, [3], 628 p.; 20 cm. Paperback with illustration cover. Excellent collection of writing from and about the 1960s in the United States, addressing the civil rights movement, the anti-war movement, the women's movement, the environmental movement, and free speech and the arts, including lyrics..... More
New York: Pantheon, 2005. Hardcover. First American Edition. xxi, [1], 378 p.: illustrations, maps; 24 cm. Red and black cover with silver spine title. Maps on endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket. Russian writer Vasily Grossman (1905-1964) was engaged as a war correspondent by the Red Army newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda during the..... More
moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1959. Hardcover. xi, [1], 923, [1] p.: facsimile of one page of the manuscript of Capital, formulas; 23 cm. Black cloth with gilt spine and cover titles; embossed portrait of Marx on front cover. White dust jacket printed in black; in mylar cover. Title page..... More
Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1957. Hardcover. x, [2], 546, [2] p.: facsimile of one page of the manuscript of Capital, formulas; 23 cm. Black cloth with gilt spine and cover titles; embossed portrait of Marx on front cover. White dust jacket printed in black; in mylar cover. Title page..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1950. Hardcover. [8], 183 p.: diagrams; 19 cm. Light brown cover with dark brown spine title and front cover illustration. Color illustrated dust jacket. Advertisements for Touchdown Pass by Clair Bee on back flap and for the author's Bronc Burnett series on the back section;..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1927. Hardcover. Copyright 1926 and 1927 by the Boy Scouts of America, and 1927 by D. Appleton and Co. No date of publication by Grosset & Dunlap. [8], 253, [9] p., frontispiece; 19 cm. Orange cover with black spine and cover titles. Color illustrated dust..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1930. Hardcover. [8], 256 p., frontispiece; 19 cm. Brown cover with dark green spine and cover titles and cover illustration of a football. Illustrated endpapers in green. Top page edges in green. Color illustrated dust jacket in mylar cover. Advertisement for the publisher's "Hot Off..... More
New York: George Routledge & Sons, 1871. Hardcover. First American edition. viii, 287, [5], 287, [1] p.; 19 cm. Dark blue cloth with black stamped decoration running continuously from the back cover to the front. Gilt spine title. Dark green endpaper. Two volumes bound together, each with title page and..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1920. Hardcover. Published Feb. 1920. [12], 512, [2] p.; 21 cm. Dark blue cloth with gilt spine and cover titles. Title page stamped: "Editorial Page Library." E. J. Dillon (1854-1933) was an Irish journalist and author of numerous books. Here he reports on the six..... More
New York: Scribner, 1996. Hardcover. 240 p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Brown cloth spine with copper spien title; grey paper over boards. Salmon endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket. Includes information about and portraits of the authors. Book is in Near Fine Condition: remainder mark on lower page edges; otherwise, clean and tight..... More
New York: Viking, 1990. Hardcover. First American Edition. xii, 303 p., 8 unpaginated pages of illustrations; 24 cm. Linen spine with copper spine title; pink paper over boards. Illustrated dust jacket. English novelists Violet Keppel Trefusis (1894-1972) and Vita Sackville-West (1892-1962) were childhood friends and later lovers who wrote letters..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1994. Hardcover. A Bulfinch Press Book. 147, [5] p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Dark green cloth spine with copper spine title; brown paper over boards with black cover title and illustrated pastedown. Dark green endpaper. Contains 25 poems by Chilean poet Pablo Neruda with parallel Spanish..... More