Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1889. Hardcover. 2 volumes: xii, 478 p., frontispiece and 68 leaves of plates (including 4 double-leaf plates); viii, 516 p., frontispiece and 63 leaves of plates; 29 cm. Dark blue cloth with gilt spine titles. Beveled edges. Top page edges gilt. Some pages unopened. A...... More
Philadelphia, Pa. Henry T. Coates & Co., 1895. White, Geo. G. Hardcover. Illustrated by Geo. G. White. [4], 456 p.: tissue-guarded frontispiece, 3 leaves of illustrations; 20 cm. Brown cloth gilt, black, and grey spine title and illustration; black and grey cover title and illustration. Black endpapers. Castlemon's War Series--at..... More
Philadelphia: American Philosphical Society, 1987. Hardcover. xxv, [1], 414 p.: frontispiece; 26 cm. Beige cloth with red spine title. Plain red dust jacket with black spine and cover titles. Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 66S. Contents include: Introduction: Assembling the collections, 1743-1985 -- Part I: Manuscript collections, manuscript..... More
Washington, D.C. A. & G. Way, printers, 1808. 4 p.; 21 cm. Disbound from a larger volume. "April 2, 1808. Printed by order of the house of representatives." "Translation of a letter from M. Champagny to General Armstrong, dated Paris, January 15, 1808."--p. [3]. Early American Imprints, Second series (Shaw..... 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
Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office, 1868. 2 p.; 22 cm. Disbound. Salmon P. Chase (1808-1873) represented Ohio in the U.S. Senate from 1849 to 1855 and served as governor of Ohio from 1856 to 1860 and as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury from 1861 to 1864 when President Lincoln nominated..... More
New York: Albert and Charles Boni, 1930. Paperback. "Second printing, September, 1930." 188, [2] p.; 19 cm. Paperback with continuous cover design by Rockwell Kent; illustrated endpapers also designed by Kent. The Rockwell Kent-designed emblem originally of Charles Boni Paper Books on the title page. List of Bonibooks through number..... More
New York: Charles Boni Paper Books, 1929. Paperback. "First published December, 1929." 188, [2] p.; 19 cm. Paperback with continuous cover design by Rockwell Kent; illustrated endpapers also designed by Kent. The Rockwell Kent-designed emblem of Charles Boni Paper Books on the title page. This title was the fifth in..... More
New York: Anchor Books Doubleday, 1993. Paperback. 639, [1] p., 32 p. of illustrations; 24 cm. Paperback. A well-illustrated biography of Margaret Sanger (1879-1966), who played a pivotal role in the legalization and increased accessibility of birth control. In Very Good+ Condition: small scrape on front cover; very light soiling;..... More
Boston: South End Press, 1979. Paperback. xvii, [1], 441 p.; 21 cm. Paperback. Diagram on front endpapers. A "brilliant, shattering, and convincing account of United States-backed suppression of political and human rights in the Third World." -- back cover. In Very Good Condition: edges rubbed; cover is lightly soiled; one..... More
Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1980. Hardcover. Published under the Direction of the Holland Society of New York. xi, [3], 261 p.; 24 cm. Publisher's black cloth with gilt-on-red spine and cover titles. Includes index. Scarce. In Fine Condition: clean and tight. More
Port Washington, NY: Kennikat Press, 1975. Hardcover. [8], 133 p.: illustrations, tables; 22 cm. Blue cloth with black spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Part of the publisher's National University Publications Interdisciplinary Urban Series. Book is in Fine Condition: clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Very Good- Condition: upper edge..... More
New York: Baker & Godwin, 1873. Paperback. 24 p.; 21 cm. Disbound from a larger volume; lacking wrapper. "Being a Method by Which the Independence of the Voter, and the Average Intelligence and Virtue of the Community will have Free Scope, and a Fair Representation in the Government of the..... More
Boston: David H. Ela, Printer, 1845. viii, 96 p., frontispiece portrait; 23 cm. Lacking binding. This version ends at page 96; it did not include pages 97-104, found in some copies, which contain poetry, or pages 105-108, found in other copies, which contain "From the South." Howes only includes the..... More
Washington, D.C. Congressional Globe Office, 1850. Pamphlet. 8 p.; 22 cm. Disbound. Chauncey Fitch Cleveland (1799-1887) served as governor of Connecticut from 1842 to 1844 and represented that state in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1849 to 1853. This speech was Cleveland's contribution to the lengthy and heated debates..... More
Philadelphia: Porter and Coates, 1871. Hardcover. 672 p.; 20 cm. Calf spine with gilt spine title and embossed decoration. Dark brown cloth over boards. Dark brown endpapers. Oval stamp on title page: "Property of the Board of Public Education 1st School district Penna." Contents: Selections in Prose: Patriotic and Popular..... More
Philadelphia, Pa. William Cobbett, 1796. Second Edition. viii, [1], 10-56 p.; 20 cm. Signatures: pi4 B-G4 (8vo). Disbound. Evans, 30213. William Cobbett complains about everyone, including Benjamin Franklin and various Philadelphia printers and booksellers, and defends himself against accusations that he was in the pay of the British while living..... 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
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. Paperback. xviii, 526 p.: illustrations, tables; 23 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Includes index. In Near Fine Condition: edges rubbed; clean and tight. More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1985. Paperback. x, 271 p.; 22 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. The author "traces the development in America of numeracy -- skill with numbers -- from its English origins in the seventeenth century to its diffusion and acceptance in the first half of the nineteenth..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010. Hardcover. xxxiv, 695, [3] p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Off-white cover with gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Stated First Edition. Gift inscription on front free endpaper from the author to Temple University history professor Ken Kusmer. The author presents "a remarkable account of the..... More
Washington, D.C. Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, 1996. Paperback. [8], 144, [2] p.; 24 cm. Light grey wrappers printed in black. Gift inscription on first page to Ken Kusmer, Professor History at Temple University, from one of the authors, Bettye Collier-Thomas. Contents: Biography, Race Vindication, and..... More
New York: New York University Press, 2001. Paperback. xii, 363 p., [8] p. of black-and-white photographs; 23 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Gift inscription by editor Bettye Collier-Thomas on half title. Includes personal narratives by Rosa Parks, Charlayne Hunter Gault, and Dorothy I. Height. In Fine Condition: clean and bright..... More
Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office, 1888. Paperback. 16 p.: tables; 23 cm. Stapled. R. Q. Mills reported from the Committee on Ways and Means to whom had been committed the President's annual message "calling the attention of Congress to the large surplus now in the Treasury." Among other things, the..... More
Boston: Ginn & Co., 1905. Hardcover. [2], xiv, 628 p.: tables; 21 cm. Green cloth with gilt spine title; black cover title. Part of the series Selections and Documents in Economics. Contains 28 articles by Frank Julian Warne, J. R. Commons, Ernest L. Bogart, Henry W. Macrosty, Geroge E. Barnett..... More