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
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
![The Advocate of Peace for July and August [1862]. American Peace Society](/pictures/thumb/002617.jpg?v=1472082248)
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
![The Advocate of Peace for March and April [1862]. American Peace Society](/pictures/thumb/002616.jpg?v=1472082248)
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
![The Advocate of Peace for May and June [1861]. American Peace Society](/pictures/thumb/002615.jpg?v=1472082248)
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: Temple University Press, 1999. Hardcover. 256 p.: illustrations; 31 cm. Dark brown cloth with gilt spine title; blind-stamped title on front cover. Illustrated dust jacket. Appendices contain lists of orchestra members; world and U.S. premieres; discography and filmography; presidents or chairmen of the board of directors, volunteer commitees, and..... More
![A Record of the Opera in Philadelphia by W.G. Armstrong [provenance: Fry family]. W. G. Armstrong](/pictures/thumb/004736.JPG?v=1472082381)
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
Philadelphia, Pa. Lippincott, Grambo & Co., 1853. First Edition. Hard Cover. First edition. 316, 20 p.; 18 cm. Contemporary black morocco spine with gilt-tooled spine title and blind-tooled spine decoration. Black cloth over boards. All page edges marbled. Part of the series Lippincott's Cabinet Histories of the States. Added engraved..... More
New York & London: Harper & Brothers, 1914. Hardcover. ix, [3], 327, [3] p., tissue-guarded frontispiece and 22 leaves of illustrations; 22 cm. Green cloth with black spine and cover titles. No dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers. List of other works by the author. Bookseller's label on front free endpaper: "Chas..... More
Boston: Rowe and Hooper, 1816. Hardcover. Title continued: "who was captured at sea by the British, in May, eighteen hundred and thirteen, and was confined first, at Melville island, Halifax, then at Chatham, in England, and last, at Dartmoor Prison. Interspersed with observations, anecdotes and remarks, tending to illustrate the..... More
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
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
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
New York: Leonard Scott Publication Co., 1900. Paperback. 8, [1], 686-880, 9-12 p.: illustrated advertisements; 25 cm. Paperback. Contents include: Cabinet Government or Departmentalism? by J. A. R. Marriott -- The Lake-Dwellers by the Rev. Dr. Jessopp -- Extravagance in Dress by Lady Guendolen Ramsden -- Voice Culture by Mrs..... More
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
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
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
New York: Greenwood Press, 1986. Hardcover. xiv, [2], 185, [3] p.: tables; 21 cm. Dark grey cloth with silver spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Part of the series Contributions in Women's Studies, number 68. Book is in Near Fine Condition: top page edges slightly soiled; otherwise, clean and tight. Dust..... More
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
![Southern Literary Messenger Oct. 1839 vol. 5, no. 10 [Slavery]. Park Benjamin, Henry Ruffner,...](/pictures/thumb/004058.JPG?v=1472082330)
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