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New York: Vantage Press, 1977. Hardcover. [10], 95 p.; 21 cm. Blue cloth with gilt spine title. White dust jacket printed in blue with portrait of the author on the front section. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, with added inscription noting that he died in January..... More
1689. Handwritten parchment deed. On 13 March 1689 Thomas Mercer, the elder, of Hawkhurst, Kent Co., tanner, gave to his oldest son, Thomas Mercer, the younger, the estate called Waters with its house, barns, orchards, gardens, etc., in Hawkhurst, Kent Co., England, containing 40 acres; the estate called Hayesgate of..... More
Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 2005. Hardcover. xi, [1], 363 p.; 24 cm. Red cloth with gilt spine and cover titles. Black endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket. Title page repeats portrait from dust jacket. The Ohio legislature passed the first in a series of discriminatory laws known as Black Laws in..... More
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
New York: W. Reid Gould, 1869. 1 assignment of mortgage (4 pages; 33 cm.) published by W. Reid Gould, N.Y. Printed and handwritten with one Internal Revenue stamp. On Oct. 19, 1868, James Brown of Newburgh had mortgaged a property to Robert Miller for $300. Now on March 29, 1869..... 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
S.l. s.n., 1824. Printed and handwritten document (18 x 32 cm.). Gov. Jeremiah Morrow commissions Thomas Parkinson as a justice of the peace of Short Creek Township, Harrison County, Ohio, for three years on Jan. 10, 1824. Signed on the front by Gov. Jeremiah Morrow (1771-1852), and the secretary of..... 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
1676. 1 handwritten parchment document (34 x 66 cm.), folded. Articles of agreement dated 16 Oct. 1676 involving 1) John Palmer, one of the aldermen of the borough of Stamford, and his son John Palmer; 2) Anna Pawley, daughter of Robert Pawley, late of South Croyston or Croxton, and Joyce..... 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
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
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
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
London: Printed by Henry Lintot, (Assignee of Edward Sayer, Esq.;), 1743. Hardcover. "Printed by Henry Lintot, (Assignee of Edward Sayer, Esq.;) for the executor of Fletcher Gyles, and for T. Woodward and C. Davis." 2 volumes. Vol. 1: [14], 746, [48] p., engraved frontispiece, folded; vol. 2: [12], 747-1591, [41]..... 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: Pagnerre, 1843. Hard Cover. 112 p.: frontispiece and 4 leaves of plates; 20 cm. Disbound. The trial of Irish political leader Daniel O'Connell (1775-1847). In Good+ Condition: light foxing on plates; otherwise, clean and solid. More
1901. 1 printed and handwritten mortgage (36 cm.), folded. Printed and sold at Miller's Bookstore, Pottsville, Pa. On 6 March 1901 for $1,000 George A. Rehr of Orwigsburg, Schulkill County, Pa., mortgaged to Emma Heist, wife of D. H. Heist of Watsontown, Northumberland County, Pa., a two-story frame house and..... 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