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

Plymouth, Mass. Avery & Doten, Steam Book and Job Printers, 1878. Paperback. 40 p.; 22 cm. Plain wrapper with wrapper title in black within decorative border. Former owner's name at upper edge of front wrapper: "H. Holmes." Halifax, Mass., was incorporated in 1734. This annual report contains fascinating detailed information..... 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

New York: United States Sanitary Commission, 1864. Pamphlet. [1], 386-416 p.: drawings; 24 cm. Sewn; no wrapper. The United States Sanitary Commission was a private relief agency created by federal legislation on June 18, 1861, to support sick and wounded soldiers of the U.S. Army during the American Civil War..... More

New York: Munn & Co., 1895. Paperback. 16 pages (paginated [1], 16296-16310 p.): illustrations; 41 cm. Features an illustrated article about the opening of the Baltic and North Sea canal; a continuation of an illustrated abstract of a paper on a pipeline submerged under the Willamette River at Portland, Oregon;..... More

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], 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

Trenton, NJ: Office of the True American, 1857. 219 p., frontispiece and 3 leaves of floor plans; 23 cm. Lacking cover. The Jersey State Normal School was established in 1855 to train teachers for the state. everal names changes later, it is now the College of New Jersey. The frontispiece..... 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

Torino, Italy: Rosenberg & Sellier, 1990. Paperback. 181, [3] p.; 24 cm. Paperback. Contents: By Right of Narrative: American Beginnings and the Discourse of Colonialsm by Gesa Mackenthun -- The United States' Contribution to World Fairs, 1851-1876 by John Muirhead -- Independent Commissions and the Political System: Intellectual Thought and..... More

Philadelphia: American Publishing Co., 1916. Paperback. 32 p.; 22 cm. Green wrapper printed in black. Wrapper title. No date of publication; latest date referred to in text is 1916. Front wrapper gives American Publishing Co. at 1025 Cherry St., Philadelphia, as the publisher. Publisher's advertisement on p. 32 lists American..... 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