Bethlehem, Pa. Northampton County, Pa. 1937. 2 leaves printed and filled in by hand with double-ruled borders in red. E. Albert Boyer, Sheriff of Northampton County, Pa., on 10 April 1937 sold for $1,905.87 two contiguous lots on Adams St. in Bethlehem, Pa. (identified as 467 Adams St. on the..... More
1906. 1 printed and handwritten deed (36 x 22 cm.), folded. The form is identified as Deed No. 1, from the Legal Blank Pub. Co., Lansdale, Pa. On 2 April 1906 Willoughby Brey of Tylersport, Montgomery County, Pa., and Sarah, his wife, sold to Jacob B. Kline, of the same..... More
1923. 1 printed and typewritten deed (36 x 22 cm.), 4 pages, folded. Printed by Henry Hall Printing, Indiana, Pa. On 31 Jan. 1923, the School District of McConnellsburg, Pa., sold to the Hon. S. W. Kirk of McConnellsburg for $1,510 2 lots in McConnellsburg on the west side of..... More
1927. 1 printed and typewritten deed (36 x 22 cm.), 4 pages, folded. Printed by John C. Clark Co., Philadelphia. On 31 March 1927, Jacob B. Kline of Salford Township, Montgomery County, and Ellen S., his wife, sold to Harry B. Nase, of the same place, for $6,000 a house..... More
S.l. s.n., 1891. 1 handwritten document (36 x 22 cm.) consisting of 8 pages in a brown wrapper, folded (the final 2 pages blank). Wistar Morris, Alexander Biddle, and J. N. DuBarry, trustees of the Pennsylvania Railroad Co., sell to George T. Lewis for $399.55 a tract of over an..... More
Philadelphia: Louis H. Percy, 1963. [4] p.: illustrations; 28 cm. With 1 loose leaf with a view of the proposed Frankford Ave. and Bridge St. bus loading platform. Covers efforts to improve mass transit into Philadelphia so that fewer commuters would drive to work, starting with Operation Northwest through the..... More
Scranton, Pa. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, 1917. Paperback. 43, [5] p.: table; 13 cm. Stapled; black cloth spine and brown card covers with black cover title. Pencilled notations on table relating to overtime pay. In Very Good- Condition: somewhat rubbed and soiled; solid. More
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1817. Hardcover. 4th edition. iv, 116 p.; 18 cm. Contemporary calf. Publisher's advertisement on title page verso and final 3 pages. In Fair+ Condition: lacking most of leather over spine; back board almost detached; leather is scraped; a few pencil marks on the..... More
New York: Cassell & Co., 1889. Hardcover. Copyright 1889 by O.M. Dunham. "Beatty & Votteler, Lith." -- on back board. 80, [2] p.: full-page and in-text illustrations; 25 cm. Chromolithographed boards with illustration of a small girl with a red umbrella on the front board and a small girl in..... More
New York: Citizens' Committee for the Election of Alfred E. Smith, 1922. Pamphlet. 12 p.; 23 cm. Wrapper title. Stamped on wrapper: "N.Y. State Library May 21 1925." Pamphlet published during the 1922 campaign for governor of New York state. Alfred E. Smith (1873-1944) had served as governor in 1919..... More
Cologne: Verlag Haus Neuerburg, 1933. Paperback. [28] p. with 252 cards; 31 cm. Maroon stiffened card covers with gilt cover title and color illustration on front cover. No publication information, but most sources attribute this uniform card book to Haus Neuerburg in Köln in 1933. The 252 mounted color cards..... More
Reading, Pa. Johann Ritter und Comp. 1821. Hardcover. Die Zweyte Auflage. 251, [1] p.; 15 cm. Contemporary full calf. Bound with one set of clasps, but only the hardware on the front board remains. Last page contains a multiplication table. Former owner's name at foot of last page: Aaron Roland..... More
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New York: American Tract Society, 1848. Hardcover. 16, 16 p.: illustrations; 12 cm. Dark blue cloth spine with marbled paper over boards. Gilt-stamped spine title "The Deserter" and "37." The Deserter also includes the story Little Emilia. Little Theodore's Faith also includes the story A Child's Faith and the poem..... More
Philadelphia: E. K. Peall Alumni Association, 1911. Paperback. [8] p.; 18 cm. Stapled; embossed "EKP" on front cover. Program for performance on April 28, 1911, presented by the E. K. Peall Alumni Association in the New Mercantile Hall at Broad and Master streets, of Diamonds and Hearts: A Comedy Drama..... More
London: Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1895. Paperback. [8] p.: in-text illustrations and 1 double-page color illustration; 17 cm. Entirely linen; light blue linen cover with color front cover illustration. At head of front cover: "Untearable linen." Part of the publisher's Father Tuck's Dolly Dear Series. Artistic series, no. 2300. No..... More
Paris: J.B. Garnery, 1816. Hardcover. "Contenant les Synonymes de Girard; Indiqués par le Grand-Maître de l'Université de France pour l'usage des Colléges; et Ceux de Beauzee, Roubaud, Dalembert, Diderot, et Autres é Écrivains Célebres. Nouvelle Edition, Corrigée sur les Éditions originales de chaque Auteur, avec une Table alphabétique. de L'Imprimerie..... More
Bern: Eidgenossischen Postverwaltung Geograph Kartenverlag, 1931. Paperback. 15, [1] p.; 17 cm. Stapled brown wrapper with color illustration on front paste-down and map on back of Switzerland. Wrapper title. Pocket inside front wrapper holds folded color relief map of the Furka Pass in the Swiss Alps with illustrations from 6..... More
Philadelphia: I. Kohler, 1869. Hardcover. [2], 30 p.: 30 hand-colored woodcuts; 23 cm. Red-brown bubble-grain cloth spine with coral paper over boards printed in black. Title page reproduced on front board within decorative border. Publisher's advertisement for Allgemeine Volks- und Jugend-Schriften on back board. No date of publication. Ignatius Kohler..... More
Göttingen: Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, 1987. Paperback. 87 p.: illustrations; 20 cm. Paperback with white cover printed in black; illustrated front cover. The exhibition appeared in Göttingen, Bonn, and Hannover in 1987 and 1988. The Göttinger Sieben, or Göttingen Seven, were professors from Göttingen who in 1837 protested the alternation of the..... More
Germantaun [Germantown, Pa.]: Michael Billmeyer, 1820. Hardcover. Title continued: "mit Fleiss zusammen getragen, und in gegenwaertiger Form und Ordnung gestellt; nebst einem dreyfachen Register." Dritte Auflage. [6], 39, [1], 412, [20], 21, [1] p.: frontispiece of David playing the harp, music; 18 cm. Signatures: A-2S6 2T4 (12mo). Contemporary full calf..... More
Germantaun [Germantown, Pa.]: Michael Billmeyer, 1811. Hardcover. "Zweyte Auflage." Title continued: "mit Fleiss zusammen getragen, und in gegenwaertiger Form und Ordnung gestellt; nebst einem dreyfachen Register." [4], 39, [1], 412, [20], 20, [2] p.: frontispiece of David playing the harp, music; 17 cm. Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments..... More
Germantaun [Germantown, Pa.]: Michael Billmeyer, 1803. Hardcover. Title continued: "mit Fleiss zusammen getragen, und in gegenwaertiger Form und Ordnung gestellt; nebst einem dreyfachen Register. Erste Auflage." [4], 39, [1], 412, [20] p., frontispiece of David playing the harp: music; 17 cm. Signatures: )(2 A-2F8 2G4 (8vo). Contemporary full calf with..... More
New York: Amerikanischen Traktats-Gesellschaft [American Tract Society], 1850. Paperback. 32 p.: illustrations; 11 cm. Brown wrapper printed in red. No. 8 in the series Verzeichniss von Kinder-Tractaten, which is listed on the back wrapper through number 16. No date of publication. The 1852 annual report of the American Tract Society..... More
Munich: Hermann Lukaschik, 1899. Hardcover. [4], 39, [1] p.: in-text illustrations; 24 cm. Leather spine with dark brown pebble-grain paper over boards. Green leaf-pattern endpapers. Austrian Arabist and archeologist Eduard Glaser (1855-1908) was one of the first Europeans to explore South Arabia and is still considered the most important scholar..... More
Harrisburg, Pa. B. Singerly, Staatsdrucker, 1869. Hardcover. lxii, [2], 280, 104 p.: tables; 25 cm. Dark brown cloth with black spine title: German School Report 1869. Boards have blind-stamped center emblem of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and decorative border. Remains of inscription on front free endpaper indicate the book was..... More