![John Wanamaker [vol. 1]. Herbert Adams Gibbons](/pictures/thumb/007452.JPG?v=1579890606)
New York & London: Harper & Brothers, 1926. Hardcover. Vol. 1 only. xvi, [2] p., frontispiece and 27 leaves of illustrations; 24 cm. Dark blue cloth with gilt-stamped spine title; blind-stamped publisher's emblem on front cover. Top page edges gilt. No dust jacket. Gift inscription on front free endpaper dated..... More
New York; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992. Paperback. xv, [3], 287 p.: illustrations, charts, tables; 23 cm. Paperback. Part of the National Bureau of Economic Research Series on Long-Term Factors in Economic Development. A detailed examination of women's participation in the American economy. In Good Condition: minor damage to tail..... More
Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1994. Paperback. xiv, 252, [4] p.: illustrations, maps; 23 cm. Paperback. The author researched 14 citrus worker settlements established in Orange County, California, in the first half of the 20th century. He "shows how Mexican immigrants shaped a partially independent existence within a...... More
Middletown, DE: Great Reads Publishing, 2015. Paperback. 130 p.; 23 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. "Bonus included: 20 principles of financial abundance!" In Very Good+ Condition: covers are lightly creased and curving up; clean and tight. More
![Diplomatic and Consular Reports on the United States [2 volumes]. Great Britain. Foreign Office](/pictures/thumb/001216.jpg?v=1472082198)
London: Harrison and Sons, 1901. Hardcover. 2 volumes: approx. 920 p. and 1280 p.: tables, 1 photograph, 2 folded maps; 24 cm. Half calf with black cloth over boards; six spine compartments between raised bands. Red and black morocco spine label with gilt-tooled title and dates. All page edges speckled..... More
Berlin: Julius Springer, 1911. Hardcover. xii, 235, [5] p.; 24 cm. Black cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles. Cover title: Die Inventur im Fabrik- und Warenhandelsbetriebe. Dark brown endpapers. Includes indices. Publisher's catalog on 4 pages following text. In Very Good Condition: minor loss of cloth at head of..... More
New Brunswick, N.J. Rutgers University Press, 1994. Paperback. xi, [3], 197, [3] p.: illustrations, tables; 23 cm. Paperback. In the early 20th century, over a million Mexican workers came into the United States, primarily to work in agriculture in the southwestern states. The author examines that process as well as..... More
Washington, D.C. Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, 1975. Paperback. [4], 228, [8] p.: illustration, tables; 24 cm. Grey wrappers printed in black. Contents: Mary McLeod Bethune and the National Youth Administration: A Case Study of Power Relationships in the Black Cabinet of Franklin D. Roosevelt by..... More
Philadelphia: Edgewood Publishing Company, 1897. Hardcover. Title page continues: "his letter of acceptance and inaugural address; also biographical sketches of the members of his cabinet and plans of the administration. . . . It contains a Chapter by Hon. John Sherman, and an Introduction by Hon. Chaucey M. Depew." 518..... More
New York: Negro Universities Press, 1969. Hardcover. xii, 205 p.: tables; 22 cm. Brown cloth with gilt spine title. No dust jacket, as issued. First published in 1936. Abram L. Harris (1899-1963) taught economics at Howard University from 1936 to 1945 then at the University of Chicago for the rest..... More
Wolcott, Vt. 1911. Typed letter to Melvin Morse, esq., of Hardwick, Vt., signed by C.E. Haskell on his business letterhead: Office of C.E. Haskell Dealer in Dry Goods, Clothing, Men's Furnishings, Boots, Shoes and Rubbers, Groceries and Flour. Letterhead includes an illustration of his 2-storey store with 3 horse-drawn vehicles..... More
Boston: Oliver Ditson Co., 1918. Paperback. [4], 29, [1] p.: music for soprano solo and chorus with piano accompaniment; 28 cm. Plain wrappers printed in black. Wrapper title and imprint. Front wrapper stamped in red: "Strawbridge & Clothier Chorus." The words are printed separately after the title page (as well..... More
Cambridge, Mass. M.I.T. Press, 1965. x, [2], 126 p.: 24 cm. Black cloth with gilt spine title on red. Green and white dust jacket. Price clipped. Includes appendices, bibliographic note, and index. This is number 6 in the M.I.T. Monographs in Economics series. "The years between 1940 and 1960 in..... More
New York: Fairchild Publications, 1952. Hardcover. [4], 166 p.: in-text and full-page illustrations; 19 cm. Black cloth, with pale yellow spine and cover titles. Illustrated endpapers. Dust jacket with illustration running continuously from back to front section, in mylar cover; not price-clipped. Illustrations and jacket design by Arabelle Wheatley. Max..... More
London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1857. Hardcover. Third edition. xx, 218, 32 p., frontispiece; 18 cm. Red sand-grain cloth with gilt-stamped spine title; gilt-stamped decoration on spine and front board. Dark brown endpapers. The frontispiece, The Author on his favorite horse Harlequin, was engraved by E. Hacker from..... More
1862. Five Receipts from George B. Holland of Walpole, N.H., dated 1862-1869. George Baldwin Holland (b. 1838) was a sutler with the 14th New Hampshire regiment during the Civil War and married Sarah Eliza Morrison in 1879. The receipts consist of: #1, dated 24 July 1862, to Harry Allen, a...... More
![Holman's Baking Powder = Holman's Backpulver [Advertising Broadside]. Edward D. Holman](/pictures/thumb/007309.JPG?v=1572646989)
Buffalo, N.Y. E. D. Holman, 1868. 1 broadside (30 x 22 cm.). Advertising and recipes for Holman's Baking Powder, printed on one side in two columns, one in English and one in German. The business address is given as "179 (New No.) Main St." In Buffalo city directories, Edward D...... More
Athens, Ga. University of Georgia Press, 2000. Hardcover. xxiii, [3], 188 p.: charts, tables; 23 cm. Dark blue cloth with silver spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Blue-grey endpapers. "This is a study of how and why freedpeople created household economies, to what degree they succeeded in shaping their own lives..... More
West Chester, Pa. Hoopes, Bro. & Thomas, 1874. Business stationary with letterhead (15 x 15 cm.). The firm was made up of Josiah Hoopes (1832-1904), Abner Hoopes, and George Brinton Thomas. This is a handwritten note to Thomas Jackson, New York, acknowledging receipt of his check for $79.60. Established in..... More
Cincinnati: W.H. Anderson Co., 1917. Hardcover. Third Edition. xcv, [1], 1054 p.; 24 cm. Light brown cloth with five spine compartments; brown and black leather labels in center three compartments with gilt-stamped title and edition statements. Spine title: Hopkins on Trademarks Tradenames and Unfair Competition. Gift inscription on blank page..... More
Detroit: General Motors, 1942. Paperback. "Revised and condensed." [2], 23, [3] p.: illustrations; 15 cm. Dark blue wrapper printed in white; stapled. "Blueprint for Victory" -- on front wrapper. After the atttack at Pearl Harbor, General Motors and other American car manufacturers formed the Automotive Council for War Production in..... More
New York; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989. Paperback. ix, [3], 351 p.: tables; 20 cm. Paperback. The author, Professor of Economics at Yale University, drew heavily on the documents of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Record Group 105 in the National Archives. In Near Fine Condition: back..... More
1843. 1 handwritten letter, dated Aug. 30, 1843, from from Anthony Kelly, Jr., in Philadelphia, to David Townsend, cashier of the Chester County Bank, West Chester, Pa. Red Philadelphia post mark and remains of red wax seal. Kelly may not have been a Philadelphia resident as he does not appear..... More
New York; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1982. Hardcover. xvi, 400 p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Dark blue cloth with gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Egon Lauterberg. Book is in Fine Condition: clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Near Fine- Condition: edges rubbed; minor chipping at head of..... More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1961. Hardcover. xiv, [2], 445 p., [16] unpaginated pages of illustrations; 24 cm. Off-white cloth with gilt-on-red spine title and cover series title. Illustrated dust jacket. Book is in Near Fine Condition: faint pencil notes on endpapers; otherwise, clean and tight. Dust jacket is..... More