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
![Fort Fish on the Northside of Central Park [chromolithograph from Valentine's Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York]](/pictures/thumb/004313.JPG?v=1472082351)
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
![History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks): Short Course; Edited by a Commission of the Central Committee of the C.P.S.U.(B.); Authorized by the Central Committee of the C.P.S.U.(B.) [signed by Earl Browder, Ella Reeve Bloor, Thomas Nabried, et al]](/pictures/thumb/005255.JPG?v=1486167288)
New York: International Publishers, 1939. Hardcover. xii, [2], 364 p; 22 cm. Red cloth with black spine and cover titles. Front free endpaper is signed by nine members of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA): Ella Reeve Bloor (1862-1951), known as Mother Bloor, was a labor organizer and one of the... More
Washington, Ohio: Hamilton Robb, 1830. Hardcover. 98, [2] p.; 22 cm. Original calf spine with plain brown paper over boards. Red stamp of the Washington County Historical Society on p. 23, final page of text, and back free endpaper. The Associate Reformed Church of North America was formed in 1782... More
![Justice of the Peace Commission from Governor James D. Porter of Tennessee to A. L. Greene of Roane County [Austin Letheridge Greene]](/pictures/thumb/006730.JPG?v=1543621511)
Nashville, Tenn. State of Tennessee, 1876. 1 sheet 43 x 35 cm. Printed commission form includes engraving of a seated woman holding a striped shield next to an eagle with its wings up, and a gold seal of the state. The election had been held on Aug. 3, 1876; the... More
Nashville, Tenn. State of Tennessee, 1876. 1 sheet 43 x 35 cm. Printed commission form includes engraving of a seated woman holding a striped shield next to an eagle with its wings up, and a gold seal of the state. The election had been held on Aug. 3, 1876; the... More
![Justice of the Peace Commission from Governor James D. Porter of Tennessee to R. K. Byrd of Roane County [Robert King Byrd ]](/pictures/thumb/006731.JPG?v=1543621512)
Nashville, Tenn. State of Tennessee, 1876. 1 sheet 43 x 35 cm. Printed commission form includes engraving of a seated woman holding a striped shield next to an eagle with its wings up, and a gold seal of the state. The election had been held on Aug. 3, 1876; the... More
![The Legal Wrongs of Women [in The United States Magazine, and Democratic Review Vol. 14 no. 71 May, 1844]](/pictures/thumb/006255.JPG?v=1523650409)
New York: J. & H. G. Langley, 1844. Hardcover. [3], 448-556 p., frontispiece engraved portrait of Morgan Lewis; 23 cm. Contemporary half calf with six spine compartments between double gilt rules; red leather label in the second compartment with gilt-tooled title. Marbled paper over boards. All page edges speckled. Bound... More
![Memoirs of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania vol. IV, part I [provenance: Park M'Farland, Jr.]](/pictures/thumb/003091.JPG?v=1472082271)
Philadelphia: M'Carty & Davis, 1840. Hardcover. viii, [3], 8-212, [2] p.: 1 leaf of a map; 25 cm. Original brown paper over boards, front board reproducing title page. Back board contains publisher's advertisements for M'Carty & Davis. Title vignette of William Penn medallion. Pages are untrimmed. Printed bookplate of Park... More
![Message from the President of the United States, Transmitting Information, in Compliance with a Resolution of the Senate, in Relation to the Banks which have recently suspended Specie Payments, &c. [Panic of 1837]](/pictures/thumb/001641.jpg?v=1472082209)
Washington, D.C. United States Treasury, 1840. Paperback. Blair & Rives, printers. 72 p.; 23 cm. Disbound and lacking original wrapper. An executive document from the 26th Congress, 1st session, this is the official report from the United States Treasury sent by President Martin Van Buren to the U.S. Senate regarding... More
![Music in America: The Last 200 Years [William Salloch Catalogue 334]](/pictures/thumb/001808.jpg?v=1472082214)
Ossining, N.Y. William Salloch, 1975. Paperback. 52 p.; 22 cm. Stapled white paper covers with front cover illustration. No date of publication, but issued in 1975 or 1976. Lists 230 items. In Very Good Condition: cover is rubbed; back cover is stained; slightly creased at tail of spine; pages are clean and tight. More
![Narrative of Privations and Sufferings of United States Officers and Soldiers while Prisoners of War in the Hands of the Rebel Authorities: Being the Report of a Commission of Inquiry, Appointed by the United States Sanitary Commission; with an Appendix, Containing the Testimony [bound in Howard M. Hoyt's Indestructible Binding]](/pictures/thumb/004173.JPG?v=1472082339)
Philadelphia: King & Baird, 1864. Hardcover. "Printed for the U.S. Sanitary Commission." 15, [3], 17-283, [1] p., 4 leaves of plates: 1 full-page map of the prison at Andersonville, Ga.; 23 cm. Contemporary half calf with marbled paper over boards; the leather spine covered a metal spine, Howard M. Hoyt's... More
Minneapolis, MN: Jostens, 1983. Hardcover. 291 p.: illustrations; 29 cm. Dark green cover with embossed gilt cover title and color pastedown on front cover. Map of Newtown on the front endpapers and 1893 view of Newtown on back endpapers. Cover illustration repeated in black and white on title page. Illustrations... More
Philadelphia: Merrihew & Thompson, printers, 1850. Paperback. 32 p.; 23 cm. Green 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 intention... More
Boston: Otis, Broaders, & Co., 1837. Hardcover. iv, 580 p.; 22 cm. Modern bonded leather spine and corners with gilt-tooled spine label; contemporary marbled paper over boards. Includes index. Advertisements for Hilliard, Gray, & Co. and the American Stationers' Co. on p. 568 (preceding index). Bookplate on front fixed endpaper... More
Northampton, Mass. Northampton Institution for Savings, 1942. Hardcover. [126] p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Original dark blue cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover title. "One Hundredth Anniversary 1842-1942" -- on front cover. Contains photographs of the officers and employees as of 1942; well-illustrated histories of the town of Northampton, Mass., and... More
![Official Program of the Inaugural Ceremonies Inducting into Office Dwight D. Eisenhower President of the United States [and] Richard M. Nixon Vice President of the United States: January 20, 1953](/pictures/thumb/006333.JPG?v=1527284140)
Washington, D.C. Inaugural Committee, 1953. Paperback. 48 p.: illustrations; 28 cm. Silver and gilt illustrations on stapled cover. Cover tilte: Presidential Inauguration 1953. Designed by Sam Ingram. Photographs and biographical information about Eisenhower and Nixon, the inaugural activities, and Washington, D.C. With the original envelope. Program is in Fine Condition... More
Washington, D.C. Pathfinder Publishing, 1931. Paperback. 31, [1] p.: illustrations; 30 cm. Paper covers printed in red and black with front cover portrait of Floyd Gibbons by Walter Edward Blythe. Back cover has full-page advertisement for Lucky Strike cigarettes printed in red and black, featuring a woman in a bathing... More
![The Philadelphia Gazette & Daily Advertiser, Jan. 21, 1801 -- vol. 18 no. 3810 [Jefferson - Burr election]](/pictures/thumb/006732.JPG?v=1543621512)
Philadelphia: Brown & Relf, 1801. [4] p.: 10 small engraved illustrations of ships in ads; 52 cm. Printed in 5 columns per page. Contains a lengthy article supporting Jefferson in the upcoming choice by the House of Representatives between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, who had received the the same... More
New York: Social Register Association, 1930. Paperback. 16 p.; 17 cm. Printed on salmon paper; stapled. Lists members of Philadelphia society who had changed address recently, largely by virtue of marriage or death. In Near Fine- Condition: small chip at tail of spine; upper corners lightly creased; clean and tight. More
New York: Social Register Association, 1931. Paperback. 13, [3] p.; 17 cm. Printed on salmon paper; stapled. Lists members of Philadelphia society who had changed address recently, largely by virtue of marriage or death. In Near Fine Condition: light crease along lower edges; one light vertical crease throughout; clean and tight. More
Philadelphia: George F. Cram, 1903. Hardcover. 350 p.: full-page and double-page color maps and charts, in-text illustrations; 38 cm. Dark green cloth with black and gilt stamped cover title dated 1903. All page edges red. George F. Cram (1842-1928) was the first American firm to publish a world atlas. This... More
Hallowell [Me.]: Glazier & Co., 1823. Hardcover. Second Edition, Improved. 324 p.; 18 cm. Contemporary full calf; leather spine label with gilt-tooled title "Town Officer." Errors in pagination: pp. 245 and 320 misnumbered 254 and 316. Includes index. In Fair+ Condition: leather is rubbed and cracked; lacking front free endpaper;... More
Philadelphia: Friends of Nicholas More, 1988. Paperback. Second Printing June, 1988; Revised. 14, [2] p.: illustrations; 22 cm. Stapled; front wrapper included in pagination. Wrapper title: Program Notes for Early Life on the Philadelphia Riverfront Charter Day 1988. Preface is signed by Charles E. Peterson, convenor. Four archeological digs in... More