Harrisburg: J.M.G. Lescure, printer to the State, 1850. Paperback. 11, [1] p.; 22 cm. "This abstract was prepared at the request, and under the direction of the Committee on Finance of the Senate of Pennsylvania, at the session of 1850": p. [3]. The committee consisted of Alexander King, William F...... More
Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1845. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. viii, 516 p.: frontispiece; 21 cm. Contemporary dark brown cloth with gilt-stamped spine title: Life of Smith. Blind-stamped decoration on spine; blind-ruled borders on both boards. Added engraved title page. Frontispiece portrat of Smith engraved by D...... More
Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, Publishing House of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1965. Hardcover. 174, [2] p.: illustrations; 25 cm. Black cloth with white spine title. Orange and black dust jacket. "The author has established some hereditary regularities of papillary patterns by his new method of cellophanedactylograms . . . The..... More
1811. 1 handwritten document. [4] p.; 35 cm. Embossed stamp indicating the payment of one pound 10 shillings. signed by John Osborne with his seal. Also signed by witnesses P. A. French and Charles Wardroper. A deed of gift from John Osborne, esquire, of Lillesden in Hawkhurst Parish in Kent..... More
Albany, N.Y. University of the State of New York, 1916. Hardcover. 438 p.; 26 cm. Olive green cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. New York State Library History Bulletin 9. Bookplate on front fixed endpaper indicating that this was given to the Montgomery County Historical Society by the New York State..... More
Mexico: Imprenta a Cargo de Juan Ojeda, 1835. Hardcover. 3 volumes (of 4?) (xix, [1], 536, [2] p.; 612 p.; 419, [1] p.); 21 cm. Contemporary? calf with gilt-tooled spine titles and elaborate gilt-tooled decoration on spines and boards; gilt-tooled edges and turn-ins. All edges gilt. Beige silk endpapers. Vol..... More
Harrisburg: J.M.G. Lescure, printer to the state, 1850. Paperback. 10 p.; 22 cm. Disbound from a volume of unrelated 19th-century pamphlets. "16" in ink at upper right-hand corner of title page. This report of the committee of the Pennsylvania Senate declared that bridges erected from Zane's Island to both Virginia..... More
Philadelphia: s.n., 1847. Pamphlet. 16 p.; 22 cm. Disbound from a volume of unrelated 19th-century pamphlets. "22" in ink at upper right-hand corner of first page. Caption title. At head of title: "Supreme Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. July 1847, No. 40." William M. Kennedy claimed that his property running..... More
Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2005. Paperback. xv, [3], 198 p.: table; 21 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Part of the Bedford Series in History and Culture. Includes chronology and index. Primary documents relating to the history of the relations between the Cherokee nation and the United States. In Fine Condition: clean..... More
Harrisburg, Pa. G.S. Peters, 1833. Hardcover. Fifth edition. 107 p.; 14 cm. Contemporary calf spine with marbled paper over boards. Each page printed within decorative border. Other than title page and index, all text runs lengthwise. Contains forms for real estate, estate, and other financial transactions, as well as petitions..... More
Philadelphia: Philadelphia Bourse, 1891. Paperback. Printed by Allen, Lane & Scott, Philadelphia. [2], 10 p. and [4] p. tipped in before p. 9 (1 folded); 15 cm. Light green wrapper printed in black. Written at head of front wrapper: "Amended." One leaf bearing an amended Article VIII {Stock and Stockholders}..... More
New York: Boschen & Wefer, 1894. Hardcover. vii, [3], 91 p.: 1 full-page and many in-text illustrations; 24 cm. Red cloth spine; salmon paper over boards. Black cover title. Bookplate of the Washington County Historical Society on back fixed endpaper. Small paper labels on spine and front board. Three-digit number..... More
1805. On 28 March 1799, Robert and Hannah Harper sold to Joseph Potts a house and 41-acre tract in Northern Liberties Township, Philadelphia. Joseph Potts died after writing his will and naming his wife, Mary Potts, his son Phineas Potts, and his friend Joseph Kirkbride executors. On 14 October 1805..... More
Philadelphia: M'Carty & Davis, 1831. Hardcover. 976 p.; 25 cm. Contemporary full calf with five spine compartments between raised bands. Leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title: Purdon's Digest 1830. Formerly there was a second label in the fourth compartment. Blind-rolled chain border on each board. Former owner's name..... More
Alexandria [Va.]: S. Snowden & J.D. Simms, 1813. 36 p.; 22 cm. Stitched. The author, Josiah Quincy (1772-1864), was a U.S. congressman from 1805 to 1813; he also served as mayor of Boston from 1823 to 1828 and as president of Harvard University from 1829 to 1845. In this speech..... More
Edinburgh: James Robertson, 1794. "Carefully corrected, and many sentences added, which, owing to the low tone of voice used by some of the witnesses, are omitted in the London copy. The public may therefore by assured that this is the genuine edition." 195, [1] p., engraved frontispiece portrait; 20 cm..... More
Warwick, Eng. L. Edgar Stephens, 1939. First Edition. Published under the direction of the Records Committee of the Warwickshire County Council. Forword by Sir Wilfrid Greene. lxxvii, 275 p.: folded frontispiece, 7 leaves of plates (1 folded); 24 cm. White buckram spine with gilt-stamped spine title; green cloth over boards..... More
Philadelphia, Pa. 1801. Hardcover. "To which is added, an appendix, containing a variety of precedents (adapted to the several acts) for the use of justices of the peace, sheriffs, attornies and conveyancers." "Printed for the Author." [4], lvi, [[3], 468, [28] p.; 22 cm. Full calf; red morocco spine label..... More
Paris: Ludovicus Vivés, 1867. Hardcover. Vol. 4 only. vii, [1], 697, [3] p.; 27 cm. Contemporary red morocco spine with six spine compartments between raised bands; gilt-tooled title in second compartment and volume in fourth; gilt-tooled decoration in remaining compartments. Marbled paper over boards. Marbled endpapers. Oval stamp on title..... More
1830. 1 handwritten vellum deed. Peter Ritner of Reading, Berks Co., Pa., died intestate and left seven children. On 23 Oct. 1830 his seven heirs sold to Mary Smith of Reading for $700 a one-story brick house and lot on S. Duke St. in Reading. Signed by Peter Rittner, Jacob..... More
Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office, 1913. Paperback. 31, [1] p.; 24 cm. Pamphlet with cover title. Senator Elihu Root argues persuasively against exempting American vessels passing through the Panama Canal from paying the tolls charged on other vessels. After much debate, the canal act was amended and, from the official..... More
New York; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997. Hardcover. xiv, 257 p.; 24 cm. Blue cloth spine with white spine title; red paper over boards. Illustrated dust jacket. A collection of essays by sociologist Peter Rose on race, immigration, and inter-ethnic conflict, focusing maining on policies and practices of the United..... More
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Dublin: James Moore, 1791. Hardcover. "With Some Special Cases in the Courts of Chancery, Common Pleas, and Exchequer, Alphabetically digested under proper Heads From the First Year of K. William and Q. Mary to the Tenth Year of Q. Anne ... With Two Tables; one of the Names of the..... More
Coloniae Allobrogum [Genoa]: apud Iohannem Petrum Dupoirie, 1670. Hardcover. [8], 502, [60] p.; 34 cm. Contemporary vellum spine and corners with marbled papers over boards. Leather spine label with gilt-tooled title "Scaccie de Sentetia." Woodcut title vignette of a crown; woodcut head-pieces and initials. Printed in columns. Sigismondo Scaccia (1564-1634)..... More
Washington, D.C. Buell & Blanchard, Printers, 1858. Paperback. Stereotype Edition. 15, [1] p.; 24 cm. Wrapper included in pagination. Edges are untrimmed. Printed in columns. William H. Seward (1801-1872) served in the U.S. Senate from 1849 until President Lincoln appointed him Secretary of State. From an early time he was..... More