Washington, D.C. U.S. Senate, 1840. Paperback. Blair & Rives, printers. 3, [1] p.; 23 cm. Disbound and lacking original wrapper. A Senate document from the 26th Congress, 1st session. Contains a list of American state and transportation stocks with their prices in London and New York at the end of... More
Philadelphia, Pa. David Hogan, 1809. Paperback. Title page continued: "Containing The Speeches of the Attorney General and Jared Ingersoll, Esq. on behalf of the Commonwealth, and William Lewis, Esq. on the part of the Defendant. And also the opinion of the Honorable William Tilghman, Esq. Chief Justice of the State... More
New York: McSpedon & Baker, printers, 1852. Hardcover. 362 p., frontispiece portrait, 5 leaves of engraved plates: illustrations; 23 cm. Dark brown ribbed-morocco grain cloth with gilt-stamped spine title: Obsequies of Henry Clay. Gilt-stamped illustration on front board of urn reading "Clay" beneath a weeping willow. Same image, without the... More
Harrisburg: B. Singerly, State Printer, 1872. Hardcover. lxxi,[1], 372 p.: tables; 25 cm. Black pebble-grain cloth with gilt-stamped spine title "Penn'a. School Report 1872." Blind-stamped emblem of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania on both boards, which have triple blind-ruled borders. Former owner's name written on both fixed endpapers: "Levi Smoyer," 1873... More
Washington, D.C. 1840. Paperback. Blair & Rives, printers. 2 p.; 23 cm. Disbound and lacking original wrapper. A Senate document from the 26th Congress, 1st session. A report concerning the coal used by the named British steamship companies on their service between England the New York. In Very Good- Condition... More
Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office, 1889. "Edited under direction of Congress by Francis Wharton, with preliminary index, and notes historical and legal. Published in conformity with act of Congress of August 13, 1888." This is volume 1 only of 6 volumes: xxxiii, [1], 666 p.; 24 cm. Black bubble-grain cloth... More
Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office, 1889. "Edited under direction of Congress by Francis Wharton, with preliminary index, and notes historical and legal. Published in conformity with act of Congress of August 13, 1888." This is volume 3 only of 6 volumes: 883, [1] p.; 24 cm. Black bubble-grain cloth on... More
Los Angeles: Screen Actors Guild, 1995. Paperback. 40 p.: illustrations; 28 cm. Stapled purple and silver covers. This issue, celebrating the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the Screen Actors Guild, provides a fascinating history of the union. Well-illustrated, it includes photos of the buildings that have housed SAG; memories... More
New York: Scribner & Co., 1870. Hardcover. 1 volume: iv, 688 p., 1 plate: in-text illustrations and maps; 24 cm. Contemporary half black leatherfive spine compartments between double gilt rules; gilt-tooled spine title in second compartment. Marbled paper over boards. Yellow endpapers. Former owner's bookplate on front fixed endpaper of... More
Merion, Pa. Merion Civic Association, 1930. Hardcover. 53 p., frontispiece, 3 full-page black-and-white photographs, 1 folded map; 17 cm. Green cloth spine; paper in a faux-leather pattern over boards with black cover title. Includes names of officers and members; list of 51 accomplishments of the Association; and recent ordinances regarding... More
Cambridge, Mass. American Antiquarian Society, 1857. Paperback. cxxxviii, 107 p.; 25 cm. Original paper wrappers. At head of title: Archaeologia Americana. Pages are unopened. Includes index. Contents: Records of the Company of the Massachusetts Bay, to the embarkation of Winthrop and his associates for New England, as contained in the... More
Washington, D.C. United States, 1864. 34 x 41 cm. Engraved eagle clutching the Ameircan flag. On Oct. 1, 1864, President Abraham Lincoln made an executive order thanking the volunteers for 100 days from Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin who had been raised to aid the campaign of General Sherman by... More
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Fotografía Manon, 1916. 15 5-x-7-inch black-and-white photographs: 8 of the USS Memphis (wrecked by a tidal wave on the coast of the Dominican Republic on 29 Aug. 1916); 1 of the memorial service for sailors who drown when the Memphis was wrecked; and 6 of American... More
Philadelphia: 1785. Original handwritten deed on vellum 18 x 27 inches, folded to 23 x 17 cm. Indenture made 3 Nov. 1785 between John Kling of the Northern Liberties of Philadelphia, merchant, and Margaret, his wife, and Michael Mallett of the city of Philadelphia, merchant. John and Margaret Kling for... More
Boston: Oliver Ditson Co., 1890. Paperback. Imprint includes: New York: C.H. Ditson & Co.; Chicago: Lyon & Healy; Philadelphia: J.E. Ditson & Co.; and Boston: John C. Haynes & Co. "Dedicated to the G.A.R." 95, [1] p.: music; 26 cm. Black cloth spine; white stiffened paper covers printed in black... More
London: John Murray, 1846. Hardcover. Two titles from Murray's Home and Colonial Library bound together: Philip Musgrave; or Memoirs of a Church of England Missionary in the North American Colonies edited by the Rev. J. Abbott (1846); and Memoirs of Father Ripa, During Thirteen Years' Residence at the Court of... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1961. Hardcover. xiv, [2], 206, [2] p., 8 p. of photographs; 22 cm. Red cloth spine with black paper over boards. Gilt-stamped spine title and author's facsimile signature on front board. No dust jacket. Stated First Edition. Gift inscription on front free endpaper dated 1962... More
Crawfordsville, Ind. Society of Architectural Historians, 1953. 32 p.: map, photographs, plans; 28 cm. Stapled red paper covers printed in black. Contents: The Symbolic Sources of Some Architectural Elements by Phyllis Ackerman -- Architecture to Painting in the Middle Ages by Paul M. Laporte -- The Neumann Bicentennial by John... More
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1863. Paperback. [1], 266-400, [4] p.: illustrations; 25 cm. Stitched wrapper with illustration of the American flag on the front wrapper. Wrapper title: The Atlantic Monthly: Devoted to Literature, Art, and Politics. Advertisements on final 4 pages and on back wrapper include one for the Palmer... More
Boston: American Peace Society, 1862. Paperback. [1], 102-132 p.; 23 cm. Brown wrappers printed in black. Wrapper title. Paginated continuously with previous issues. Disbound from a miscellaneous volume. The contents reflect the ongoing Civil War including accounts of the financial impact of the war; the puzzling support for the South... More
Boston: American Peace Society, 1862. Paperback. [1], 38-80 p.; 23 cm. Brown wrappers printed in black. Wrapper title. Paginated continuously with previous issues. Disbound from a miscellaneous volume. Stamp of Dickinson Library Pamphlet Collection at head of front wrapper. The contents reflect the ongoing Civil War including an anonymous piece... More
Boston: American Peace Society, 1861. Paperback. [1], 230-260 p.; 23 cm. Brown wrappers printed in black. Wrapper title. Paginated continuously with previous issues. Disbound from a miscellaneous volume. Much of the issue addresses the effect of the secession of the Southern states on the nation, immediately prior to the First... More
Boston: Whipple and Damrell, 1837. Paperback. [1], 98-144 p.; 23 cm. Brown wrappers printed in black. Wrapper title. Paginated continuously with previous issues. Disbound from a miscellaneous volume. Stamp of Dickinson Library Pamphlet Collection at head of front wrapper. Embossed stamp of Dickinson College Library on first leaf. Contents: Address... More
Boston: Whipple and Damrell, 1839. Paperback. 24 p.; 23 cm. Blue wrappers printed in black. Wrapper title. Disbound from a miscellaneous volume. "Dickinson College Reading Room" in an old hand and stamp of Dickinson Library Pamphlet Collection at head of front wrapper. Embossed stamp of Dickinson College Library on first... More
Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1884. Hardcover. 274 p.; 26 cm. Dark brown cloth with gilt-stamped spine title; bevelled board edges. Top page edges gilt. Dark brown endpapers. Program from a lecture at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania on Jan. 12, 1920, tipped on to front free endpaper. The lecture was... More
![Report of the Superintendent of Common Schools of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the Year ending June 3, 1872 [provenance: Captain Levi Smoyer]](/pictures/thumb/006603.JPG?v=1538251877)
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![Transactions and Collections of the American Antiquarian Society: Vol. III, Part I [Records of the Company of the Massachusetts Bay]](/pictures/thumb/001635.jpg?v=1472082209)
![USS Memphis and American Military in the Dominican Republic in 1916 [15 photographs]](/pictures/thumb/004530.JPG?v=1472082367)
![The Advocate of Peace for July and August [1862]. American Peace Society.](/pictures/thumb/002617.jpg?v=1472082248)
![The Advocate of Peace for March and April [1862]. American Peace Society.](/pictures/thumb/002616.jpg?v=1472082248)
![The Advocate of Peace for May and June [1861]. American Peace Society.](/pictures/thumb/002615.jpg?v=1472082248)
![A Record of the Opera in Philadelphia by W.G. Armstrong [provenance: Fry family]. W. G. Armstrong.](/pictures/thumb/004736.JPG?v=1472082381)