Menasha, WI: American Anthropological Association, 1961. Paperback. Memoir 90 -- Vol. 63, no. 5, part 2, Oct. 1961. x, 171, [1] p., 3 leaves of folded maps: illustrations, tables; 24 cm. Orange wrapper; black spine and cover titles and cover illustration. Includes Appendix A: Wild Plants from the Hispanic Records..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1956. Hardcover. ix, [1], 141, [1] p.: frontispiece and 15 plates with captions in red; 35 cm. Original black cloth spine with green cloth over boards. Gilt-stamped spine title on leather spine label. One of a limited edition of 400 copies printed at..... More
Stockton, N.J. Alexander Farnham, 1972. Paperback. Second Edition. [2], 67, [3] p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Orange paper covers printed in black. Illustrated with drawings of many early American tools. Former owner's name at head of front cover and first (blank) page: Lord. In Very Good Condition: cover slightly rubbed; lower..... More
Pittsburgh, Pa. Twenty-Second Pennsylvania Ringgold Cavalry Association, 1911. Hardcover. xi, 4-538 p.: frontispiece portrait of Col. Andrew J. Greenfield, leaves of plates containing illustrations, portraits, and maps (1 folded); 24 cm. Dark green publisher's cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles; gilt-stamped cover illustration. Green moire-patterned endpapers. Bookplates on front..... More
Rome: Carocci, 2000. Paperback. 215 p.; 22 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Inscribed by the author on first (blank) page. Entirely in Italian. In Very Good Condition: cover lightly soiled; edges rubbed; pages are clean and tight. More
Ithaca, N.Y. Albert Bernhardt Faust, 1944. Paperback. x, 86 p., frontispiece & 7 leaves of illustrations; 23 cm. Dark blue paper wrappers with silver spine and wrapper title. Although a well-known German and German-American studies scholar, Albert Bernhardt Faust (1870-1951) wrote this play late in life about the war over..... More
Hartford, Conn. William Watson, 1835. Paperback. [3], 254-298 p.; 23 cm. Brown wrappers printed in black. Wrapper title. Paginated continuously with previous issues. Disbound from a miscellaneous volume. Blue oval stamp of Dickinson College Library stamped on front wrapper, along with stamp from that institution's pamphlet collection and the library's..... More
New York: Pynson Printers, 1938. Mueller, Hans Alexander. Hardcover. [165]-328 p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Light grey cloth with green spine and front cover titles and illustration. Title page in red and black. Continuously paginated with vol. 1 no. 1. Contents: Huck Finn Aborning by Delancey Ferguson -- The Renegade Bibliophobe..... More
Philadelphia: C. and A. Conrad, 1808. Hardcover. Imprint includes: Baltimore: Conrad Lucas & Co., Petersburg: Somervill and Conrad; Norfolk: Bonsal Conrad & Co. xi, [1], 404 p.; 22 cm. Contemporary calf spine with plain brown paper over boards. Six spine compartments between gilt rules. Gilt-tooled title in second compartment. Thomas..... More
Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1990. Hardcover. xx, 249 p.: illustrations, tables; 22 cm. Orange cloth with gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Part of the series Women in the Political Economy. The author "documents and explains the transformation of clerical work from a male to a female occupation amidst the..... More
New York: Dover Publications, 1988. Paperback. Published with the Library Company of Philadelia. [6], 122 p.: black-and-white photographs; 28 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Photographs of 60 sites in Philadelphia taken from the 1860s to the 1950s next to photographs of the same sites taken in 1987 or 1988. Includes..... More
Washington, D.C. Library of Congress, 1985. Hardcover. xxviii, 312, [2] p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Maroon cloth with gilt spine and cover titles. Includes a table of cases and a list of the pamphlets discussed. In Near Fine Condition: very slightly cocked; clean and tight. More
West Point, N.Y. West Point Military Academy, 1888. Paperback. 8 p.; 17 cm. White wrappers. Wrapper title. "July" crossed out and "June" written next to it. Henry Flanders (1826-1911) was a member of the Board of Visitors for the United States Military Academy at West Point, appointed by the President..... More
New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2005. Paperback. First papercover edition. xiv, 390 p.; 24 cm. Paperback. Essays by Stephen Cornell, Douglas Hartmann, Victoria Hattam, John Higham, Joe W. Trotter, Gerald Jaynes, Erika Lee, Kenneth Prewitt, David Roediger, James Barrett, José Itzigsohn, Jen Le Espiritu, Richard Alba, Nancy Denton, Joel Perlmann..... More
Ann Arbor, MI: UMI, 1994. Hardcover. xxiii, 324 p.; 22 cm. Blue cloth with white spine title. Gift inscription from the author to Kenneth Kusmer, professor of history at Temple University. The author examines the treatment of the foreign-born who comprised 18% of the U.S. military during the First World..... More
Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1981. Hardcover. xiv, 246 p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Light grey cloth spine with black spine title; light blue paper over boards. Illustrated dust jacket. Part of the publisher's series Technology and Urban Growth. The author examines both the development of urban planning and the growth of..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1919. Hardcover. vi, [2], 348 p.; 22 cm. Burgundy cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. No dust jacket. Includes appendices and index. "Editorial Page Library" stamped on the title page (the newspaper not identified); lower spine scraped. No other library markings. First Edition. As an Indiana..... More
Chicago: Chicago Woman's Club, 1916. Hardcover. 389 p., frontispiece portrait with facsimile signature if Caroline W. Brown; 22 cm. Red library binding with gilt spine title and call number. Perforated stamped of the Chicago Public Library on title page. Note on title page verso that the book was given to..... More
New York: Bloomsbury, 2017. Hardcover. xvi, 379 p., [16] p. of illustrations; 24 cm. Black cover with red spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. The movie High Noon came out in 1952. During the filming the previous year, the screenwriter, Carl Foreman, had been called to testify before the House Committee..... More
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1992. Paperback. Louisiana Paperback Edition. xi, [3], 450 p.; 23 cm. Paperback with portrait of the author on the front cover. Inscribed by the author on the half title page to Temple University history professor Ken Kusmer, dated 30 Nov. 1993. In Near Fine..... More
Washington, D.C. Association for the Study of African American Life and History, 2012. Paperback. [2], 93-198, [8] p.: illustrations, tables; 23 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Contents: Reparations Superfund: Needed Now More Than Ever by V. P. Franklin -- African American Women, Wealth Accumulation, and Social Welfare Activism in 19th-Century..... More
Washington, D.C. Common Cause, 1983. Paperback. 48 p.: illustrations; 28 cm. Stapled paperback. Scarce. In Very Good Condition: edges rubbed; clean and tight. More
1885. 1 handwritten letter, dated New Brighton, Staten Island, Jan. 25, 1885, to Darwin C. Parey, editor of the Eagle, Pittsfield, Mass., signed "J. C. Frémont." The editor of the Eagle (possibly meant to be Darwin C. Perry) had requested a photograph of Fremont, who says that they did not..... More
1866. 1 leaf 25 x 20 cm. handwritten on both sides. Lined paper with the letterhead of the Office of the Commissioner of Public Buildings, Capitol of the United States. Dated May 23, 1866, Washington City. In 1853 B. B. French (1800-1870) was named Commissioner of Public Buildings, a position..... More
Philadelphia: Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co., 1927. Hardcover. [4], 155, [1] p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Dark green cloth with gilt spine and cover titles. Dark green endpapers. The text is by Carroll Frey; most of the sketches are from the Old Philadelphia Collection by Frank H. Taylor; and most of..... More