Durham, N.C. Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co., 1943. Paperback. [8] p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Printed in black and white. An advertisement for Chesterfield cigarettes and Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians. Includes photographs of Waring and various performers with the Pennsylvanians, as well as advertisements for Chesterfields. Among the performers profiled..... More
Cleveland, Ohio: Tarr Publishing Co., 1902. Paperback. 151, [1] p.: illustrated advertisements; 15 cm. Brown card covers printed in black, with "J.S. Pushaw," who has an advertisement inside the front cover as bookseller, news dealer, and stationer. Includes illustrated advertisements for Gustav Schaefer, buggies and wagons; Oscar Klotzbach, chiropodist; Dainz..... More
Concord, N.H. Printed by Asa McFarland, for the Society, 1850. Hardcover. 336 p., engraved frontispiece portrait of John Farmer: tables; 24 cm. Brown ribbon-grain cloth with blind-stamped decoration on spine and both boards. Gilt-stamped circular medallion on front board. Gilt-stamped spine title: New Hamphire Historical Collections. Oval stamp on title..... More
New York: New York Historical Society, 1879. Hardcover. xiv, [2], 503, [1] p.; 25 cm. Dark green morocco-grain cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. Dark green endpapers. Oval stamp of Historical Society of Montgomery County on front fixed endpaper, title page, and several pages; acquisition stamp of the society on the..... More
Boston: National Publishing Co., 1902. Map. Black pebble-grain cloth covers with gilt-stamped publisher's emblem on front cover. Attached accordian-style to color, folded, canvas-backed map (91 x 142 cm. [36 x 56 inches]); 13 x 27 cm. folded. Scale: 3 miles to an inch. Includes tables showing the population of Vermont..... More
Washington, D.C. Gales & Seaton, 1819. "Printed by order of the House of Representatives." 24 p.; 24 cm. Unopened and untrimmed. Disbound. The section on slaves provides that the state's General Assembly could not emancipate slaves without the consent of their owners or without paying "a full equivalent in money."..... More
1918. 1 real photo postcard show the body of Quentin Roosevelt next to his wrecked plane. Quentin Roosevelt (1897-1917) was the youngest son of President Theodore Roosevelt. He was a pilot during the First World War and was killed in aerial combat over France on July 14, 1918. The postcard..... More
Philadelphia: Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly, 1820. Hardcover. "Printed for the Trustees of the Assembly by R.P. McCulloh." 391 p.: 1 form; 19 cm. Contemporary tree calf with six spine compartments between gilt rules; leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title: The Assembly's Digest. Two paper labels..... More
New York: A. R. Keller, 1930. Hardcover. Second Edition. This is no. 112 of a limited edition of 2,000 copies. 250 p.; 18 cm. Publisher's red and black cloth with gilt-embossed spine title; gilt- and blind-embossed decoration on spine and front cover. Decorated endpapers. American Social Registry emblem on title..... More
Philadelphia: Merrihew & Thompson, printers, 1849. Paperback. 31, [1] p.; 22 cm. Yellow wrappers with black wrapper title. The Union Benevolent Association was established in 1831 to provide assistance to Philadelphia residents by lending stoves to help heat their homes during a harsh winter, along with wood and coal. The..... More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1974. Hardcover. ix, [1], 353 p.; 22 cm. Black cover with silver spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. The impeachment and resignation of President Richard Nixon, with a chronology and relevant documents. Book is in Very Good+ Condition: a few small ink marks in margins;..... More
Philadelphia: Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies, 1984. Paperback. 30 p.: color and black-and-white illustrations; 25 cm. Stapled wrapper; inside of front and back wrapper are included in pagination. Contents: Trade Cards by John J. Appel -- The American Dream for Sale: Ethnic Images in Magazines by Amy Rashap -- Packaging..... More
New York: Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S., 1926. Paperback. 19, [1] p.: illustrations; 15 cm. Wrapper included in pagination. Wrapper title. Stapled. Printed in red and blue. The flag etiquette and code contained here was adopted by the Americanism Commission of the American Legion in 1923 and 1924..... More
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 2016. Paperback. [2], 143, [1] p.: color illustrations; 28 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. This exhibition catalog contains contributions by Michael Leja, Haely Chang, Anne Cross, Lee Ann Custer, Andres De los Rios, Tara Giangrande, Kirsten Gill, Jullia Griffith, Olivia Horn, Jeffrey J. Katzin, Ramey Mize..... More
Washington, D.C. U. S. Government Printing Office, 1974. Paperback. xxxii, 1250 p., 1 leaf of a folded chart; 23 cm. Green wrappers printed in black. Spine title: Presidential Campaign Activities of 1972 -- The Final Report. The complete Senate Select Committee's report on the Watergate break-in and coverup. Includes a...... More
New York: Major & Knapp, 1865. 1 sheet 18 x 12 cm. "The Major & Knapp 449 Broadway, NY." -- lower left-hand corner. This was apparently from a section of the 1865 Manual titled The Old Landmarks on Manhattan Island, as that title runs above the image. Captions indicate "Old..... More
Philadelphia: John D. Cardinell, 1926. Paperback. [32] p.: illustrations; 20 x 26 cm. Stapled; brown paper cover with embossed gilt and blue illustration and cover title: Philadelphia the Birthplace of Liberty: Official Souvenir View Book Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition. Consists of black and sepia photographs of the city of Philadelphia and..... More
Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvnia Historical and Museum Commission, 1978. Hardcover. Sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities; Harry E. Whipkey and Roland M. Baumann, project directors. vii, [1], 351 p.; 24 cm. Blue-grey cloth with gilt spine title and emblem of the Pennsylvnia Historical and Museum Commission on the front..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1946. Paperback. [37], 290-384, [18] p.: illustrations; 26 cm. Paperback with orange covers. Contents include: The Suburban Mind by Carl von Rhode, illustrated by Gluyas Williams -- Chester Bowles by Selden Rodman -- The Easy Chair by Bernard Devoto -- Good Neighbor, New Style by..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1856. Hardcover. Approx. [428] p. in several paginations: illustrations (including fashion), map; 25 cm. 19th-century half calf with marbled paper over boards; gilt-tooled spine title. Marbled endpapers. Leather label on front cover with gilt-tooled inscription: "Maggie From Her Mother." Inscription on blank leaf following front..... More
Chicago: Curt Teich & Co., 1938. Paperback. [32] p.: color illustrations, map; 12 x 17 cm. Illustrated wrapper included in page count; stapled. Wrapper title. Illustrations consist of reproductions of 15 of the C. T. Art-Colortone postcards produced by Curt Teich & Co. In Near Fine Condition: ends of spine..... More
Camden, NJ: Rutgers School of Law, 1986. Paperback. [6], 407-759, [1], iv, iv, [4] p.25 cm. Paperback with light grey covers printed in dark blue. Contents: Preface by William Wiecek -- Prelude to the Fourteenth Amendment: Black Legal Rights in the Antebellum North by Paul Finkelman -- Law, Politics and..... More
New York: General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York, 1914. Paperback. [12] p.: black-and-white photograph of the Mechanics Institute on 44th St.; 21 cm. Stapled brown wrapper; front printed in dark brown and red. Wrapper title. each pagge printed within red border. The General Society..... More
New York; Chicago: J. S. Ogilvie, 1889. Paperback. 223 p.: illustrations; 18 cm. Paperback with white covers printed in black, stapled. Final page of text is the inside of the back cover. Some leaves of illustration are not included in page count. Spine title: No. 87. The Great Flood. Cover..... More
Philadelphia: Free and Accepted Masons of Pennsylvania, 1918. Hardcover. 166 p.; 24 cm. Dark blue cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles. Top page edges gilt. "World War Service" -- on cover. Color flags of the United States and allies at the head of each page of text. Veterans are..... More