Norman, Okla. University of Oklahoma Press, 1988. Paperback. xviii, 283 p.: 1 double-page map, 5 full-page maps, 32 unpaginated pages of illustrations; 23 cm. Paperback with color illustrated front cover. New preface, third printing. No date of publication; year is based on library records. Volume 28 in The Civilization of... More about The Indians of the Southwest: A Century of Development Under the United States
Torino, Italy: Giulio Einaudi, 2003. Paperback. vi, [2], 171, [7] p.; 20 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Part of the publisher's series Einaudi Tascabili -- Letteratura. Gift inscription by the editor on the series title page. Reflections by 17 American writers, musicians, and intellectuals on the attacks on Sept. 11... More about Undici Settembre: Contro-Narrazioni Americane; A Cura di Daniela Daniele
Williamsburg, Va. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1978. Paperback. Third printing. vii, [1], 16 p.: music; 16 x 22 cm. Paper covers printed with a cover title on a beige rectangle within a decorative border, on a faux green marbled background. Originally for violin; here set for piano or harpsichord by J.S.... More about A Little Keyboard Book: Eight Tunes of Colonial Virginia
Doylestown, Pa. Democrat Book and Job Office Print, 1876. Hardcover. First Edition. 875, [1], 54 p., frontispiece map and 8 leaves of maps, 3 double-leaf maps: in-text illustrations; 25 cm. Modern bonded leather spine with black cloth over boards; gilt-tooled spine title. Includes errata and index. Appendix contains: Flora: An... More about The History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, From the Discovery of the Delaware to the Present Time
Washington, D.C. Robert Armstrong, Public Printer, 1853. Hardcover. "With an introduction, embracing the aggregate tables for the United States compared with every previous census since 1790 -- schedules and laws of Congress relating to the census in the same period -- ratio tables of increase and decrease of cities and... More about The Seventh Census of the United States: 1850; Embracing a Statistical View of Each of the States...
Philadelphia, Pa. Musical Americana, 1958. Soft Cover. 12 p.: illustrations; 28 cm. Stapled. Includes a description of Dichter's facsimile publication One Hundred Greats in Early American Sheet Music; A Great Stephen Foster Year by Fletcher Hodges, Jr.; Tin-Pan Alley's Sherlock Holmes [about Alex M. Kramer] by Robert w. Minton; and... More about The Musical Americana Newsletter Vol. 2, no. 1 (April 1958
New York: Livermore & Rudd, 1856. McLenan, John. Hardcover. 264, [10] p.: frontispiece, many in-text illustrations; 19 cm. Publisher's black cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and illustration; blind-stamped pattern on both boards. Blue endpapers. Publisher's advertisements on 10 unpaginated pages following text. Q.K. Philander Doesticks was the pen name used... More about Plu-ri-bus-tah: A Song That's by No Author; Perpetrated by Q.K. Philander Doesticks
Lancaster, Pa. Lancaster Lithographing Co., 1895. Hardcover. 75 p., frontispiece and 9 leaves of illustrations; 23 cm. Black calf over paper covers with white cover title: St. Anthony's Church, Lancaster, Penna., 1870-1895. The illustrations are portraits and views of the church and school. Very scarce. In Very Good- Condition: leather... More about Historical Sketch of St. Anthony's Church, Lancaster, Penna., 1870-1895; Together with a History...
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...
Boston: E.C. Schirmer Music Co., 1958. Paperback. [2], 65, [1] p.: music; 27 cm. Illustrated paper covers. Randall Thompson set to music Ode to the Virginian Voyage, written by Michael Drayton (1563-1631) in 1606. Former owner's name at head of front cover. In Good- Condition: cover slightly soiled and separating... More about Ode to the Virginian Voyage: Set to Music for Chorus of Mixed Voices with Piano or Orchestral...
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...
Philadelphia, Pa. Ormrod & Conrad, 1795. Paperback. 34 p.; 20 cm. Signatures: [A]4 B-D4 E2( -E2) (8vo). Disbound from a nonce volume. Early American Imprints, 1st series (Evans), 28594. The author, the Rev. William Duke (1757-1840), was an Episcopal minister and teacher in Maryland. When this work was published he... More about Remarks Upon Education, With Respect to the Learned Languages: Shewing Their Importance to Good...
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;...
Hartford, Conn. Hudson and Goodwin, 1800. Paperback. 16 p.; 21 cm. Signatures: [A]4 B4 (8vo). Woodcut title vignette. Disbound from a nonce volume. Evans, 37337. The author, Warren Dutton (1774-1857), was a lawyer from Connecticut who also served in the state legislature. This poem was his Master's oration at his... More about The Present State of Literature; A Poem, Delivered in New-Haven, at the Public Commencement of...
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, Pa. McCarty & Davis, 1828. Title continued: "Addenda: containing a brief history of the Seminole War, and cession and government of Florida." "3d ed. Rev. and cor. by the author." 335 p.: frontispiece portrait; 18 cm. Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between double gilt-rules; red morocco spine... More about The Life of Major General Andrew Jackson: Comprising a History of the War in the South; from the...
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:...
Washington, D.C. Jonathan Elliot, 1828. Hardcover. "Collected and revised, from contemporary publications, by Jonathan Elliot." Volume 2 only of 4 volumes: viii, [33]-480 p.; 21 cm. Full calf with five spine compartments between raised bands. Red leather label in second compartment reading: Elliot's State Convent,s and Debates on Fed. Constitution... More about The Debates, Resolutions, and other Proceedings, in Convention, on the Adoption of the Federal...
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., 1904. Hardcover. xiii, [1], 380, [2] 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...
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...
New Bedford, Mass. Mercury Publishing Co., 1916. Paperback. 24 p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Stapled wrapper; wrapper title. Wrapper included in pagination. Reprinted from the Morning Mercury, Sept. 2, 1916. Wiliam M. Emery had been hired to find all of the descendants of Gideon Howland in order to settle a large... More about Gideon Howland's Kith and Kin by Wiliam M. Emery, Genealogist to the Trustees of the Sylvia Ann...
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...
Boston: John H. Eastburn, 1830. Paperback. 47, [1] p.; 24 cm. Stitched; untrimmed. The author, Alexander Hill Everett (1792-1847), delivered this speech on the importance of the Declaration of Independence shortly after returning from serving as the United States ambassador to Spain. He served in the Massachusetts legislature from 1803... More about An Oration: Delivered at the Request of the City Government, Before the Citizens of Boston, on...
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...