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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Menasha, WI: American Anthropological Association, 1961. Paperback. Memoir 90 -- Vol. 63, no. 5, part 2, Oct. 1961. x, 171, [1] p., 3 leaves of folded maps: illustrations, tables; 24 cm. Orange wrapper; black spine and cover titles and cover illustration. Includes Appendix A: Wild Plants from the Hispanic Records... More
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
Stockton, N.J. Alexander Farnham, 1972. Paperback. Second Edition. [2], 67, [3] p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Orange paper covers printed in black. Illustrated with drawings of many early American tools. Former owner's name at head of front cover and first (blank) page: Lord. In Very Good Condition: cover slightly rubbed; lower... More
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
Ithaca, N.Y. Albert Bernhardt Faust, 1944. Paperback. x, 86 p., frontispiece & 7 leaves of illustrations; 23 cm. Dark blue paper wrappers with silver spine and wrapper title. Although a well-known German and German-American studies scholar, Albert Bernhardt Faust (1870-1951) wrote this play late in life about the war over... More
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
New York: Pynson Printers, 1938. Mueller, Hans Alexander. Hardcover. [165]-328 p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Light grey cloth with green spine and front cover titles and illustration. Title page in red and black. Continuously paginated with vol. 1 no. 1. Contents: Huck Finn Aborning by Delancey Ferguson -- The Renegade Bibliophobe... More
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
Philadelphia, Pa. Mifflin & Parry, 1843. [2], 51-71, [1] p., 7 leaves of engraved plates: in-text drawings, map; 19 cm. Disbound from a nonce volume. Probably issued as part of the 93-page Twenty-fifth Report of the Controllers of the Public Schools of the First School District of Pennsylvania, for the... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1919. Hardcover. vi, [2], 348 p.; 22 cm. Burgundy cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. No dust jacket. Includes appendices and index. "Editorial Page Library" stamped on the title page (the newspaper not identified); lower spine scraped. No other library markings. First Edition. As an Indiana... More
