New York: Munn & Co., 1895. Paperback. 16 pages (paginated [1], 16360-16374 p.): illustrations; 41 cm. Contains illustrated articles about the bursting of the dam at the Bousey Reservoir in France; the Daimler gas and petroleum motor; the use of pigeons to send messages from ships at sea; the manufacture..... More
New York: Munn & Co., 1895. Paperback. 16 pages (paginated [1], 16456-16470 p.): illustrations; 41 cm. Contains illustrated articles about the French battleship Bouvines; the North Sea Canal excavator; and Junkers' gas calorimeter. Also, Agricultural Chemistry by H. W. Wiley, and Tramps as Human beings by Morrison I. Swift. Scarce..... More
New York: Munn & Co., 1895. Paperback. 16 pages (paginated [1], 16472-16486 p.): illustrations; 41 cm. Front illustration is of tigers on the East Indian Railway, drawn by John Charlton from a sketch by L. Trelyven Creole. Contains illustrated articles about the Glasgow District subway; the action of an electric..... 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
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
Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office, 1919. Poster. 1 poster (27 x 21 cm.) Printed in black and blue. Published to encourage the purchase of War Savings Stamps during World War One. "S-101" and "2-8551" -- at lower edge. "Thrift Sign No. 2" -- upper edge. In Very Good Condition: 3..... More
Richmond, Va. Virginia Conservation Commission, 1937. Paperback. Fourth Edition. 191, [3] p., 1 leaf of a folded map; 20 cm. Stapled yellow cover with cover title and illustration in dark green. Includes list of historical inscriptions by route letters, alphabetical list of inscriptions on state and county-line markers, and indices..... 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
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1937. Paperback. 226, [44] p.: black-and-white and color photographs; 30 cm. Spiral-bound with red, white, and blue card covers. Former owner's inscription on first (blank) page indicating that he purchased this in 1952 at The Seven Bookhunters, New York. Bookseller's label on inside of..... 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
Utica, N.Y. Utica Drop Forge & Tool, 1922. Paperback. [32] p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Stapled white card covers printed in green and black. Printed within green border throughout. With: folded blue price list dated Dec. 19, 1921, attached to typed letter on Utica Drop Forge & Tool letterhead, dated Feb..... 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
S.l. U.S. Government Printing Office, 1943. 2 copies of War Ration Book No. 3 for husband and wife, Edwin G. Siner and Ann Pumyea Siner. His occupation is given as "Soldier" while hers is "Secretary." In Very Good Condition: lightly soiled; most of stamps are present. 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
Chicago: News Map of the Week, 1940. Map. 1 map (35 x 47 inches), folded. The upper portion is a world map in color with 33 locations marked. The lower portion provides a description of an event at each marked location. Five black-and-white cartoons are located within the map and..... More
Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2003. Hardcover. xiv, [2], 289, [5] p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Red cloth with gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Part of the publisher's series The Asian American Experience, edited by Roger Daniels. Book is in Good+ Condition: occasional marginal notations and underlining; a...... More
Cambridge, Mass. Inventing the Internet, 1999. Hardcover. viii, [2], 264 p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Black cloth with red spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Part of the series Inside Technology. Contents: White Heat and Cold War: The Origins and Meanings of Packet Switching -- Building the ARPANET: Challenges and Strategies --..... 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
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
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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
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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
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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