New York and Philadelphia: E. Littell, 1843. Hardcover. Printed by John F. Trow at the University Press, New York. [8], 288, [3], 290-576 p., 1 leaf of an engraved plate; 24 cm. Contemporary half calf with marbled paper over boards. Leather spine labels with gilt-tooled title "Museum of Foreign Literature"... More about The Eclectic Museum of Foreign Literature, Science and Art, January to April, 1843: Volume I. of...

New York: Ehrichs, 1889. 1 circular trade card 10.5 cm. in diameter produced by Burrow Giles Lithographic Co. Sunflower chromolithograph on one side with "Compliments of Ehrichs Eighth Ave. and 24th St." The other side advertises Easter eggs and Easter Baskets at Ehrichs'. The illustrated side had been used in... More about Ehrichs' circular trade card

New York: Amerikanischen Traktats-Gesellschaft [American Tract Society], 1850. Paperback. 32 p.: illustrations; 11 cm. Brown wrapper printed in red. No. 6 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 about Eine Predigt für Gute Kinder, über Joh. 21, 15

Leipzig: Moritz Ruhl, 1895. Paperback. [14] leaves, accordian-style: color illustrations; 19 cm. Plain wrappers; front wrapper printed in black, reproducing title page. There is no date of publication, but Moritz Ruhl issued a number of works on European uniforms and armies in the 1890s. First and leaves attached to wrappers;... More about Eintheilung, Stärke und Dislocation der Russischen Armee in Graphischer Darstellung

Chicago: Fred de Land, Publisher, 1894. Paperback. iv p., [approx. 30] leaves: illustrated advertisements; 23 cm. Light green wrappers (paperback) with advertisements on both sides of front and back wrapper. The publisher, Fred de Land, was involved in the development of telephone companies in the United States in the late... More about Electrical Literature: A Monthly Summary of Current Engineering Literature -- Vol. 1 No. 1 --...

New York: American Tract Society, 1848. Paperback. 16 p.: frontispiece and title vignette; 14 cm. Stitched paper wrapper printed in light red with front wrapper illustration and title within decorative frame. This is no. 31 of the American Tract Society's Series III. Publisher's address on title page: 150 Nassau St... More about Eliza Thornton

Strasburg: Johann Frantz Le Roux, 1758. Hardcover. 288, 48 p.; 13 cm. Signatures: A-M12 A-B12 (12mo). Contemporary full calf with five spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled title in second compartment; gilt-tooled decoration in remaining compartments. Andächtige Ubungen und Gebetter, zu Verehrung des Hochwürdigen Sacraments Währender Bett-Stund has special title..... More about Elsässisches Mission-Buch, durch einen Priester der Gesellschaft Jesu

London: 1661. Hardcover. Title continued: "together with many remarkable Accidents and Judgments befalling divers Persons, according as they have been testified by very credible hands; all which have happened within the space of one year last past, and are now made publick for a seasonable Warning to the People of... More about Eniautos Terastios, Mirabilis Annus, or The Year of Prodigies and Wonders: being a faithful and...

Philadelphia: Kohler Publishing Co., 1879. Hardcover. Neue und verbesserte Ausgabe. 96 p.: illustations; 19 cm. Brown cloth spine; cover title in black on plain paper. Cover has title vignette of an eagle feeding birds in a nest. Title page has title vignette of a dish full of fruit, including a.... More about Erstes Deutsches Lesebuch für Schule und Haus; herausgegeben von J. B. Hertzog

London: J. Sewell and J. Debrett, 1792. Hardcover. "Printed for J. Sewell, Cornhill; and J. Debrett, Piccadilly." [3], 324-400 p., frontispiece portrait of John Smeaton, civil engineer, and 1 additional leaf of a plate: music; 22 cm. Later (possibly 20th-century) dark blue cloth spine with gilt-tooled spine title; marbled paper... More about The European Magazine, and London Review, for November 1792 [Mutiny on the Bounty; Charlotte...

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1949. Hardcover. Three volumes in one slipcase. Saint George & the Dragon; Retold by William H. G. Kingston and illustrated by Edward Shenton. 75, [3] p.: in-text color illustrations; 31 cm. Light grey cloth with red spine and cover titles; color illustrated pastedown on front... More about The Evergreen Tales; or, Tales for the Ageless: Saint George & the Dragon / William H. G....

Philadelphia: Philadelphia Program Co., 1906. [16] p.: illustrated advertisements; 24 cm. Program for the week beginning Mon. Jan. 8, 1906. The works presented during the week were La Sorciere (Victorien Sardou); La Dame aux Camelias (Alexandre Dumas, fils); Adrienne Lecouvreur (Sarah Bernhardt); and Angelo, Tyrant of Padua (Victor Hugo). These... More about Farewell Engagement in Philadelphia of Mme. Sarah Bernhardt [Lyric Theatre program, Jan. 1906

New York: Platt & Munk Co., 1929. Paperback. [16] p: color illustrations; 27 cm. Stapled card covers; cover title and illustration. Text begins on the inside of the front cover and ends on the inside of the back cover; outside of back cover is white. Printed on heavy stock. Illustrations... More about Favorite Mother Goose Rhymes