1890. 1 handwritten document. Elijah Stover (1827-1878) and David S. Stover (1836-1916), executors of the will of their father, Jacob K. Stover (1800-1875), late of Towamensing Township, Montgomery County, Pa., present an account of the funds they handled as the trustees of their sister Hannah Stover Harley (1829-1900). From 1876..... More
Paris: Printemps, 1931. Hardcover. 516 p.: illustrations; 21 cm. Green covers with a faux leather look; gilt spine title: Au Printemps 1932. Gilt decoration and an illustration of a bird on the front cover. All page edges gilt. Illustrated endpapers with a stylized bird and flower illustration in blue. For..... More
New York: American Wheelman, 1896. Paperback. 274 p., 1 leaf of a color plate: many illustrations; 33 cm. Stapled; lacking wrapper. Issued weekly -- states "Published every Thursday." Includes a wealth of information about bicycles, racing, and clubs; as well as: an interview with Helen Baldwin and information about other..... More
New York: Marion Press, 1900. Hardcover. 94 p.: tables; 18 cm. Light blue cloth with dark blue stamped cover title: The Packer Collegiate Institute 1899-1900. Some pages are unopened. The Packer Collegiate Institute is a college preparatory school founded in 1845 as the Brooklyn Female Academy. It has always been..... More
New York: Jemima M. Mason, 1840. Hardcover. 716 p.; 23 cm. Contemporary half calf with marbled paper over boards. Six spine compartments between double gilt rules. Gilt-tooled title on red leather label in second compartment: "Blackwood's Magazine." Remains of small paper label at head of spine. Five issues bound together..... More
1915. 5 typescript leaves in blue folded cover stamped "May 17 1915." Charles Muehlhauser died intestate on Dec. 24, 1874, leaving his widow, Mary Muehlhauser, and seven children. Mary Muehlhauser died on 3 April 1915 and by this document her remaining heirs released the dower righst to four tracts of..... More
Durham, N.C. Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co., 1943. Paperback. [8] p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Printed in black and white. An advertisement for Chesterfield cigarettes and Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians. Includes photographs of Waring and various performers with the Pennsylvanians, as well as advertisements for Chesterfields. Among the performers profiled..... More
Philadelphia: Merrihew & Thompson, printers, 1849. Paperback. 31, [1] p.; 22 cm. Yellow wrappers with black wrapper title. The Union Benevolent Association was established in 1831 to provide assistance to Philadelphia residents by lending stoves to help heat their homes during a harsh winter, along with wood and coal. The..... More
Lynn, Mass. Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., 1930. Paperback. 32 p.: illustrations; 18 cm. Stapled; wrappers printed in yellow and black with a front wrapper photograph of a girl in a nurse costume taking care of her patient collie, signed: Anne Shriber. No date of publication but there is a...... More
Paris: Folie Bergere, 1958. Paperback. [48] p.: illustrations (some in color); 32 cm. Stapled dark brown velvet cover with gilt-stamped cover title and illustration. No date of publication; includes Micheline Roine, who replaced Yvonne Menard in 1958. The choreography was by Georges Reich. Performers shown include: Frederic Rey, Rita Cadillac..... More
New York: Girl Scouts of the U.S.A., 1955. Hardcover. [8], 278 p.: illustrations; 21 cm. Grey cloth spine with grey and green paper over boards. Green spine and cover titles. Brown patterned endpapers. Former owner's name on half title page, covered by a small label bearing the name of another..... More
Kansas City, Mo. Helicon Nine, 1984. Paperback. 91, [5] p.: illustrations; 25 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Contents: Homage to Jane Austen by Marianne Langner Zeitlin -- My Father Dying [poem] by Barbara Elovic -- Elizabeht "Grandma" Layton: A Drawer of Pictures by Lynn Bretz -- Six Poems by Doris..... More
Kansas City, Mo. Helicon Nine, 1984. Paperback. 93, [3] p.: illustrations; 25 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Contents: A Candle for Edna Millay by Robert Erwin -- Three Poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay -- A Portrait [poem] by David Ray -- Three poems by Ruth Whiteman -- Alice Pole..... More
Kansas City, Mo. Helicon Nine, 1985. Paperback. 178, [6] p.: illustrations; 25 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Contents: The Black & White Legacy of Käthe Kollwitz by Carol Jacobsen -- Flying in Your Own Food by Padma Perera -- Dreams & Rhubarb by Katherine Mansfield -- An Interview with Maxine..... More
Kansas City, Mo. Helicon Nine, 1982. Paperback. 95, [1] p.: illustrations, record; 25 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Contents: Georgia O'Keeffe and the Feminine Experience by Katherine Hoffman -- Notes on a Morning Gory: Mary Lou Williams an appreciation by Terry Teachout -- The Architecture of Julia Morgan by Richard..... More
Japan: 1910. Hardcover. 15 x 20 cm. album containing 52 postcards, 47 of them hand-colored. Black lacquer boards; front board illustrated with scene of a woman and a man painted in gilt and red. None of the postcards have been used and none have dates of publication. Some of the..... More
Philadelphia: John Buddy's Bread and Cake Bakery, 1850. 1 receipt (8 x 20 cm.), printed along the upper edge: "John Buddy's Bread and Cake Bakery, S. W. corner Eighth and Locust streets." E. P. Fritz purchased 72 loaves of bread at 27 loaves for a dollar. John Buddy was a...... More
Buffalo, N.Y. World's Dispensary Medical Association, 1903. Paperback. 32 p.: illustrations; 14 cm. White wrappers, stapled along top edge. Front wrapper photo-illustration of a smiling woman in a big hat. Copyright date on front wrapper. Back wrapper woodcut illustration of the World's Dispensary building in Buffalo, N.Y. Odd-numbered pages 1-15..... More
Lancaster, Pa. Lancaster General Hospital, 1912. Hardcover. Printed by Conn & Slote, Lancaster, Pa. 224 p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Plain black cloth. No date of publication; section about the Lancaster General Hospital is dated 1912. Contains advertisements for Lancaster County businesses. Recipes include: apple snow; meat cakes; apple omelet; walnut..... More
New York: J. & H. G. Langley, 1844. Hardcover. [3], 448-556 p., frontispiece engraved portrait of Morgan Lewis; 23 cm. Contemporary half calf with six spine compartments between double gilt rules; red leather label in the second compartment with gilt-tooled title. Marbled paper over boards. All page edges speckled. Bound..... More
Philadelphia: Merrihew & Thompson, printers, 1850. Paperback. 32 p.; 23 cm. Green wrappers with black wrapper title. The Union Benevolent Association was established in 1831 to provide assistance to Philadelphia residents by lending stoves to help heat their homes during a harsh winter, along with wood and coal. The intention..... More
New York: Rudd & Carleton, 1857. Hardcover. 68 p., frontispiece and 7 leaves of plates (included in page count); 18 cm. Publisher's gray-green cloth with gilt-stamped cover title and publisher's emblem on front cover. Blind-stamped decoration on both boards. Dark green endpapers. Bound in at the front a sheet with..... More
Adrian, Michigan: Fireside Industries, 1930. Paperback. 31, [1] p.: illustrations (some in color); 26 cm. Brown card cover with front title and illustration in red, dark brown, and black. Fireside Industries was incorporated in 1924. No date of publication, but the art director, Gabriel Andre Petit, who died in 1932..... More
Springfield, Ohio: Woman's Home Companion, 1937. [4] p.; 22 cm. Pamphlet. Contains suggestions of biographies of women, books "Dealing with Modern Opportunities for Women," and books "on the Woman-Movement." Also contains "the names of women whose achievements are worth studying," which includes women in the sciences, social work, literature, and..... More
Berlin: Weidmannsche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1941. Paperback. 79, [1] p., 4 large folded tables to be kept inside back wrapper: tables; 20 cm. Brown wrappers with black cover title. Four-digit number written in black at top edge of front wrapper. Circular stamp of Hochschule für Lehrerbildung, Bayreuth, on blank p. [6]; each..... More