Toledo, Ohio: Thomas Edson Doughten, 1979. Paperback. Printed by the Glanz Lithographing Co., Wauseon, Ohio. vi, 42 p.: illustrations including a map and a genealogical table; 28 cm. Paperback with orange covers; front cover printed in black. In the Preface the author Thomas Edson Doughten (1939-2008) thanks various people and... More about Brief Glory: The Story of Orrin Gilbert Doughten (14 March 1835-17 December 1902) of Williams...

Philadelphia, Pa. Jane Aitken, 1811. Paperback. [2], 125, [1] p.; 21 cm. Disbound from a nonce volume. Former owner's name at head of title page: Jennie W. Baird. Early American Imprints, 2nd series (Shaw & Shoemaker), 22727. Howes, D-516. The author, William J. Duane (1780-1865), was a Philadelphia lawyer who... More about Letters, Addressed to the People of Pennsylvania Respecting the Internal Improvement, of the...

Boston: C.E. Goodspeed & Co., 1918. Hardcover. 3 volumes: xiv, 391 p., 60 leaves of plates; xi, 403 p., 44 leaves of plates; xi, 417 p., 70 leaves of plates: frontispieces, many portraits; 24 cm. Very dark green cloth with gilt-stamped spine titles. Top page edges gilt. Oval stamp on... More about A History of the Rise and Progress of the Arts of Design in the United States by William Dunlap;...

New York: E. Bliss, 1828. Hardcover. "Published by E. Bliss. Sold by him, and Collins and Co.; White, Gallaher and White, Collins and Hannay, New York; W.C. Little, Albany; Hastings and Tracy, and William Williams, Utica; Bemis and Ward, Canandaigua; E. Peck and Co. Rochester; and Day, Follet and Haskins... More about A History of the State of New York, From the First Discovery of the Country to the Present Time;...

Philadelphia: Mentz & Roboudt, 1847. Paperback. "The calculation of this almanack is made to solar or apparent time." Front wrapper gives Loomis & Peck as the publisher. "Farmers & Mechanics Almanack" -- wrapper title. 34, [2] p.: woodcut illustrations; 24 cm. Front wrapper included in pagination. Large woodcut illustration on... More about Farmers and Mechanics Almanack, for the Year of Our Lord 1848: Being a Bissextile, or Leap year:...

Philadelphia, Pa. G.B. Zieber & Co., 1844. Hardcover. [6], 55, [1], 82 p.: 1 full-page illustration showing the capture of the British brigs Detriot and Caledonia; 23 cm. Contemporary patterned dark green cloth spine with light green paper over boards. Gilt-tooled leather spine label reading: Elliott -- Speech at Hagerstown... More about Speech of Com. Jesse Duncan Elliot, U.S.N., Delivered in Hagerstown, Md. on 14th November, 1843:...

New York: Macmillan Co., 1915. Hardcover. xiii, [1], 387, [7] p., frontispiece and 11 leaves of plates: music, portraits, illustrations; 26 cm. Red cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles, and gilt-stamped cover illustration of music. Top page edges gilt. Title page in red and black. Part of the publisher's... More about The History of American Music by Louis C. Elson; with twelve full-page photogravures and one...

Washington, D.C. A. & G. Way, printers, 1808. 7, [1] p.; 21 cm. Disbound from a larger volume. "April 2, 1808, printed by order of the House of Representatives." Early American Imprints, Second series (Shaw & Shoemaker), 16409. James Madison served as U.S. Secretary of State from 1801 to 1809... More about Letter from Mr. Erskine, the British Minister, to the Secretary of State, on the Subject of the...

Washington, D.C. Gales & Seaton, printer, 1836. Paperback. 44 p.: tables; 23 cm. Stitched; disbound from a volume containing pamphlets relating to government land offices. "[89]" -- at head of every page. "In Senate of the United States." -- at head of first page. Inscribed at head of first page... More about Report on Senate Bill No. 40 [report of the Committee on Public Lands regarding a bill to...

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1956. Hardcover. ix, [1], 141, [1] p.: frontispiece and 15 plates with captions in red; 35 cm. Original black cloth spine with green cloth over boards. Gilt-stamped spine title on leather spine label. One of a limited edition of 400 copies printed at... More about Early Printing in California: From Its Beginning in the Mexican Territory to Statehood September...

Pittsburgh, Pa. Twenty-Second Pennsylvania Ringgold Cavalry Association, 1911. Hardcover. xi, 4-538 p.: frontispiece portrait of Col. Andrew J. Greenfield, leaves of plates containing illustrations, portraits, and maps (1 folded); 24 cm. Dark green publisher's cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles; gilt-stamped cover illustration. Green moire-patterned endpapers. Bookplates on front... More about The Twenty-Second Pennsylvania Cavalry and the Ringgold Battalion 1861-1865

Hartford, Conn. William Watson, 1835. Paperback. [3], 254-298 p.; 23 cm. Brown wrappers printed in black. Wrapper title. Paginated continuously with previous issues. Disbound from a miscellaneous volume. Blue oval stamp of Dickinson College Library stamped on front wrapper, along with stamp from that institution's pamphlet collection and the library's... More about American Advocate of Peace; conducted by Francis Fellowes; September, 1835 vol. 1 no. 6

Philadelphia: C. and A. Conrad, 1808. Hardcover. Imprint includes: Baltimore: Conrad Lucas & Co., Petersburg: Somervill and Conrad; Norfolk: Bonsal Conrad & Co. xi, [1], 404 p.; 22 cm. Contemporary calf spine with plain brown paper over boards. Six spine compartments between gilt rules. Gilt-tooled title in second compartment. Thomas... More about The Register of Arts, or a Compendious View of Some of the Most Useful Modern Discoveries and...