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Notes and Diagrams, illustrative of the Directions of the Forces acting at and near the surface of the Earth, in different parts of the Brunswick Tornado of June 19th 1835 by A.D. Bache [Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, vol. 5 New Series, Article XXVI]. Alexander Dallas Bache.

Bache, Alexander Dallas

Notes and Diagrams, illustrative of the Directions of the Forces acting at and near the surface of the Earth, in different parts of the Brunswick Tornado of June 19th 1835 by A.D. Bache [Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, vol. 5 New Series, Article XXVI]

Philadelphia: Printed by James Kay, Jun. & Brother, 1837. [1], 408-417, [3] p., 2 leaves of engraved plates (containing 7 illustrations); 29 cm. Disbound from a larger volume. This article by Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867) was read before the Society on April 2, 1836. Bache was the great-grandson of Benjamin... More

Price: $125.00

Philadelphia City Planning Commission 1962 Annual Report. Edmund N. Bacon.

Bacon, Edmund N.

Philadelphia City Planning Commission 1962 Annual Report

Philadelphia: Philadelphia City Planning Commission, 1963. Paperback. 31, [1] p.: illustrations; 28 cm. Paperback, stapled; orange cover printed with a map of the city of Philadelphia in white and cover title in black. The executive director of the Philadelphia City Planning Commission was Edmund N. Bacon. Illustrations include: a chart... More

Price: $28.00

The Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the American Army, Through the Revolutionary War; and the First President of the United States [George Dawson Coleman]. Aaron Bancroft.

Bancroft, Aaron

The Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the American Army, Through the Revolutionary War; and the First President of the United States [George Dawson Coleman]

Boston: T. Bedlington, 1826. Hard Cover. 2 volumes: each with a frontispiece and an added engraved title page; 15 cm. Contemporary full calf with five spine compartments between double gilt rules; black spine label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title Life of Washington. Title page of vol. 1 is dated... More

Price: $175.00

History and Antiquities of New Haven, (Conn.) From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time: Collected and Compiled From the Most Authentic Sources. John Warner Barber.

Barber, John Warner

History and Antiquities of New Haven, (Conn.) From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time: Collected and Compiled From the Most Authentic Sources

New Haven, Conn. J.W. Barber, 1832. Hardcover. Although the title page gives 1831 as the date of publication, this edition includes material added in 1832. 120 p.: hand-colored frontispiece map and 7 leaves of hand-colored plates; 19 cm. Modern calf with gilt-tooled spine and cover titles; yellow endpapers. Includes in-text... More

Price: $450.00

The History of the United States of America [3 volumes, but bound without 2nd half of published vol. 3]. William H. Bartlett, B. B. Woodward.

Bartlett, William H.; Woodward, B.B.

The History of the United States of America [3 volumes, but bound without 2nd half of published vol. 3]

London / New York: George Virtue, 1856. Hardcover. 3 volumes: vol. 1: 576 p., frontispiece, engraved title page, 1 hand-colored map (folded), 1 facsimile (folded), 19 additional leaves of plates; vol. 2: 577-698, 448 p., 24 leaves of plates; vol. 3: 449-720, 304 p., 20 leaves of plates; 26 cm... More

Price: $325.00

Second Carrot From the End by Fred Beck; Foreword by H. Allen Smith; Illustrations by Emax. Fred Beck.

Beck, Fred

Second Carrot From the End by Fred Beck; Foreword by H. Allen Smith; Illustrations by Emax

Garden City: Blue Ribbon Books, 1947. Hardcover. 160 p.: illustrations; 21 cm. Orange cloth with orange-and-black spine title and cover illustration. No dust jacket. The entertaining history of the Los Angeles Farmers Market told by Fred Beck, who, with Roger Dahljelm, created that Los Angeles landmark in 1934. A copywriter... More

Price: $14.50

Washington During War Time: A Series of Papers showing the Military, Political, and Social Phases during 1861 to 1865; Official Souvenir of the Thirty-Sixth Annual Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic; collected and edited by Marcus Benjamin under the direction of the Committee on Literature for the Encampment. Marcus Benjamin.

Benjamin, Marcus, editor

Washington During War Time: A Series of Papers showing the Military, Political, and Social Phases during 1861 to 1865; Official Souvenir of the Thirty-Sixth Annual Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic; collected and edited by Marcus Benjamin under the direction of the Committee on Literature for the Encampment

Washington, D.C. National Tribune Co., 1902. Paperback. xv, [1], 206 p.: full-page and in-text illustrations, map; 19 cm. Brown wrappers; stapled. Pagination includes back wrapper. Articles about Washington, D.C., during the Civil War by Wilhelmus Bogart Bryan, Marcus Benjamin, John Gross Barnard, Richard Wainwright, Thomas McCurdy Vincent, William Van Zandt... More

Price: $9.50

Southern Literary Messenger Oct. 1839 vol. 5, no. 10 [Slavery]. Park Benjamin, Henry Ruffner, George Combe.

Benjamin, Park; Ruffner, Henry; Combe, George

Southern Literary Messenger Oct. 1839 vol. 5, no. 10 [Slavery]

Richmond, Va. T.W. White, printer, 1839. Paperback. [1], 638-708 p.; 27 cm. Lacking wrapper. Small "Withdrawn" stamp at head of first page. Pages are untrimmed. Disbound from a larger volume. Contents include: Seclusaval, or The Sequel to the Tale of Judith Bensaddi by Henry Ruffner -- International Law of Copy-Right... More

Price: $18.50

A Vanished Society: Essays in American History. Esther Felt Bentley.

Bentley, Esther Felt

A Vanished Society: Essays in American History

Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Library, 1962. Hardcover. xii, 74 p., [8] p. of illustrations; 24 cm. Dark blue cloth spine with gilt-stamped spine title; decorated paper over boards. Original glassine dust jacket. Grey endpapers. Contains 6 essays reprinted from The Princeton University Library Chronicle, with a foreword by William S.... More

Price: $6.50

King of Ragtime: Scott Joplin and His Era. Edward A. Berlin.

Berlin, Edward A.

King of Ragtime: Scott Joplin and His Era

New York: Oxford University Press, 1994. Hardcover. xii, [2], 334 p.: illustrations, music; 24 cm. Beige cloth spine with red stamped spine title. Illustrated dust jacket designed by John William Costa. "Edward A. Berlin's King of Ragtime redefines the Scott Joplin biography. Author of the widely acclaimed Ragtime: A Musical... More

Price: $12.50

Kathlamet Texts. Franz Boas, Charles Cultee.

Boas, Franz; Cultee, Charles

Kathlamet Texts

Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1901. Hardcover. 261 p., frontispiece; 29 cm. Original green cloth with gilt-stamped spine title; blind-ruled border on both boards. Bulletin 26, Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, J.W. Powell, director. Contains the texts and translations of 17 myths and 16 tales collected in 1890 and... More

Price: $65.00

Songs Along the Mahantongo: Pennsylvania Dutch Folksongs gathered & edited by Walter E. Boyer, Albert F. Buffington, Don Yoder. Walter E. Boyer.

Boyer, Walter E.

Songs Along the Mahantongo: Pennsylvania Dutch Folksongs gathered & edited by Walter E. Boyer, Albert F. Buffington, Don Yoder

Lancaster, Pa. Pennsylvania Dutch Folklore Center, 1951. Hardcover. 231, [1] p.: music, illustrations; 24 cm. Red cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles. Title page in red and black. Former owner inscription on front fixed endpaper: T.C. Tatman 1951. Contents: Songs of Childhood -- Songs of Courtship and Marriage --... More

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Accounts of Religious Revivals in Many Parts of the United States from 1815 to 1818: Collected from numerous Publications, and Letters from Persons of piety and correct information. Joshua Bradley.

Bradley, Joshua

Accounts of Religious Revivals in Many Parts of the United States from 1815 to 1818: Collected from numerous Publications, and Letters from Persons of piety and correct information

Albany, N.Y. G.J. Loomis & Co., 1819. Hardcover. 300 p.; 15 cm. Contemporary tree calf; gilt-tooled spine title "Bradley on Revivals" and decoration. Early American Imprints, ser. 2 (Shaw & Shoemaker), 47417. The author, Joshua Bradley (1799-1855), was ordained in 1801; he served as the the minister of the First... More

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The Early Makers of Handcrafted Earthenware and Stoneware in Central and Southern New Jersey. M. Lelyn Branin.

Branin, M. Lelyn

The Early Makers of Handcrafted Earthenware and Stoneware in Central and Southern New Jersey

Rutherford, N.J. Associated University Presses; Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1988. Hardcover. 266 p.: illustrations, tables; 29 cm. Black cloth with gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. A "comprehensive survey of all the known potteries in central and southern New Jersey" from the 17th to the 19th centuries -- dust jacket... More

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The Camp, the Battle Field, and the Hospital; or, Lights and Shadows of the Great Rebellion: Including Adventures of Spies and Scouts, Thrilling Incidents, Daring Exploits, Heroic Deeds, Wonderful Escapes, Sanitary and Hospital Scenes, Prison Experiences, etc., etc., etc. L. P. Brockett, Linus Pierpont.

Brockett, L. P. (Linus Pierpont)

The Camp, the Battle Field, and the Hospital; or, Lights and Shadows of the Great Rebellion: Including Adventures of Spies and Scouts, Thrilling Incidents, Daring Exploits, Heroic Deeds, Wonderful Escapes, Sanitary and Hospital Scenes, Prison Experiences, etc., etc., etc.

Philadelphia: National Publishing Co., 1866. Hardcover. 512, [2] p., double frontispiece and 32 leaves of plates; 23 cm. Modern binding in bonded leather with gilt-tooled spine label. Original marbled endpapers with modern hinge repair. Advertisement by the National Publishing Co. on page following text for agents to sell the company's... More

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Sketches of the Rise, Progress, and Decline of Secession: With a Narrative of Personal Adventures Among the Rebels. William Gannaway Brownlow.

Brownlow, William Gannaway

Sketches of the Rise, Progress, and Decline of Secession: With a Narrative of Personal Adventures Among the Rebels

Philadelphia: George W. Childs, 1862. Hardcover. Imprint also includes Applegate & Co., Cincinnati. 458, [8] p.: frontispiece portrait and 12 additional leaves of plates; 19 cm. Publisher's dark green wave-grain cloth with gilt-stamped spine title "Parson Brownlow's book." Blind-ruled borders on both boards. Tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of the author engraved... More

Price: $75.00

Mr. Buchanan's Administration on the Eve of the Rebellion. James Buchanan.

Buchanan, James

Mr. Buchanan's Administration on the Eve of the Rebellion

New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1866. Hardcover. x, [1], 10-296, 3-8 p.; 24 cm. Publisher's dark green pebble-grain cloth with gilt-stamped spine title "Buchanan's Administration." Blind-ruled border on each board. Pale yellow endpapers. Publisher's advertisements on 6 pages following text. In pencil on front free endpaper: Patterson. Bookplate on... More

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History of Montgomery County within the Schuylkill Valley: Containing Sketches of all the Townships, Boroughs and Villages, in said limits, from the earliest period to the present time. William J. Buck.

Buck, William J.

History of Montgomery County within the Schuylkill Valley: Containing Sketches of all the Townships, Boroughs and Villages, in said limits, from the earliest period to the present time

Norristown, Pa. E.L. Acker, 1859. Hardcover. "with an account of the Indians, the Swedes, and other early settlers, and the local events of the Revolution; besides notices of the Progress in Population, Improvements, and Manufactures; prepared chiefly from original materials." 124, iii, [1] p.; 25 cm. Original dark brown bead-grain... More

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Henry Meyer: An Early Pennsylvania German Poet [in The Pennsylvania German Folklore Society Vol. 19 1955]. Albert F. Buffington.

Buffington, Albert F.

Henry Meyer: An Early Pennsylvania German Poet [in The Pennsylvania German Folklore Society Vol. 19 1955]

Allentown, Pa. Pennsylvania German Folklore Society, 1955. Hardcover. [8], 178, [2] p., 1 leaf with a portrait: in-text and full-page illustrations, map; 23 cm. Off-white cloth with red spine and cover titles, and red cover illustration. Title page has decorative red border. Decorated inital letters in red. Contents: Henry Meyer... More

Price: $30.00

Two Little Pilgrims' Progress: A Story of the City Beautiful. Frances Hodgson Burnett.

Burnett, Frances Hodgson

Two Little Pilgrims' Progress: A Story of the City Beautiful

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1895. Birch, Reginald B. Hardcover. [6], 191, [17] p.: tissue-guarded frontispiece, 11 leaves of illustrations from drawings by Reginald B. Birch; 22 cm. Blue cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles; dark blue, white, and gilt-stamped cover illustration. No dust jacket. Publisher's advertisements on half... More

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Nicholas Biddle [from The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans]. R. T. C.

C., R.T.

Nicholas Biddle [from The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans]

Philadelphia: James B. Longacre, 1839. Paperback. 19, [1] p.; 22 cm. Without the portrait of the subject. Disbound from a volume of unrelated 19th-century pamphlets. "9" in ink at upper right-hand corner of first page. This is from vol. 4 of The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans. The biographical... More

Price: $25.00

Letter from the Secretary of War, to the Honorable D.P. Cook, upon the subject of the Examination of the Land Offices of the United States, in the state of Ohio. John C. Calhoun.

Calhoun, John C.

Letter from the Secretary of War, to the Honorable D.P. Cook, upon the subject of the Examination of the Land Offices of the United States, in the state of Ohio

Washington, D.C. Gales & Seaton, 1822. Paperback. "April 5, 1822. Printed by order of the House of Representatives." 7, [1] p.; 23 cm. Disbound from a volume containing pamphlets relating to government land offices. At head of title: [106]. Last page blank. Shoemaker, 10973. The letter from John Caldwell Calhoun... More

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Farm Festivals. Will Carleton.

Carleton, Will

Farm Festivals

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1881. Hardcover. 167, [1], 6 p.: frontispiece and 17 full-page illustrations included in pagination, and many in-text illustrations; 23 cm. Green cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles; dark green and gilt-stamped cover illustration. Blind-rolled border on back board with blind-stamped publisher's emblem in center... More

Price: $18.00

The American Senator, or A Copious and Impartial Report of the Debates in the Congress of the United States: including all Treaties, Addresses, Proclamations, &c. which occur during the Present Session, being the second of the Fourth Congress [vol. 3 pp. 673-787]. Thomas Carpenter.

Carpenter, Thomas

The American Senator, or A Copious and Impartial Report of the Debates in the Congress of the United States: including all Treaties, Addresses, Proclamations, &c. which occur during the Present Session, being the second of the Fourth Congress [vol. 3 pp. 673-787]

Philadelphia, Pa. William W. Woodward, 1797. Paperback. This is the last section of Volume 3, only; text begins with p. 673. (Volume 3 is paginated continuously with volume 2 and begins with page 367.) [4], 673-787, [13] p.; 23 cm. In original plain grey paper wrappers with "Carpenters' Debates" in... More

Price: $425.00

Rodney, the Overseer. Harry Castlemon, Charles Austin Fosdick.

Castlemon, Harry [Fosdick, Charles Austin []

Rodney, the Overseer

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

Price: $18.50

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