Rochester, N.Y. Stecher Litho. Co., 1919. Price, Margaret Evans. Paperback. [12] p.: chromolithographed illustrations and line drawings by Margaret Evans Price; 35 cm. Chromolithographed wrappers. "No. 301"--on front wrapper. Printed in blue and red. A charming story about twins living in Newfoundland, whose mother knits them angora clothing to keep... More
Philadelphia: Academy of Music, 1924. 16 p.: illustrated advertisements; 26 cm. Grey wrappers printed in dark green. This is the program for the Nov. 19, 1924, performance of Anna Pavlova (spelled Pavlowa) with Laurent Novikoff, Alexandre Volinine, Hilda Butsova, and others. They performed Don Quixote (Novikoff/Minkus), with Pavlova dancing Kitry... 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
Leeuwarden, Netherlands: Karst Tjallings, 1702. Paperback. 7, [1] p.: 19 cm. Signatures: A4 (4to). Woodcut title vignette. Not in Knuttell or Worldcat. A response to "Aanmerkingen op de Memorie van den Fransche Resident Barre, Aan de . . . Staaten Generaal . . . den 31. Maart 1702" (Gravenhage: Meyndert... More
Philadelphia: Apollo Orchestra, 1917. [4] p.; 18 cm. Folded card with front cover illustration printed in blue. Program for the closing public rehearsal of the 1916-1917 season on May 6, 1917, at 715 N. Broad St., Philadelphia. "Invitation Rehearsal" -- on front cover. Conducted by J. W. F. Leman. Founded... More
Norristown, Pa. J.H. Shuler & Son, Jewelers & Silversmiths, 1925. Hardcover. [84] p.; 77 mm. Dark green faux-leather over card; embossed "Appointments" over a gilt background on front cover, with gilt-stamped business name below. Calendar for 1926 on front fixed endpaper and calendar for 1927 on back fixed endpaper. Most... More
Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing Co., 1924. Hardcover. [310] p., color frontispiece, 3 leaves of color plates: 14 full-page and many in-text black-and-white illustrations; 25 cm. Publisher's dark brown rib-grain cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles. "The Treasure Books" stamped on spine. Endpapers illustrated in green. A lavishly illustrated edition... More
London: John Dicks, 1868. Hardcover. [2], 364, ii, [2] p., frontispiece: illustrations; 19 cm. Green cloth with gilt-stamped spine title: Arabian Nights Complete. Blind-ruled border on each board. Two pages of publisher's advertisements follow Contents, which follows text. Printed in columns. In "Address" (p. [1]), the publisher states that "the... More
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Philadelphia: Architectural Annual, 1901. Hardcover. "Second Edition." 303 p.: illustrations, plans, views; 32 cm. Red cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles; black ruled border on front cover. Black emblem on front cover with motto "Progress Before Precedent." Red endpapers. Title page in red and black. Contents include: Competitive Models... More
Philadelphia: Architectural Annual, 1900. Hardcover. "Second Edition." 292, xxiv p.: illustrations, plans, views; 32 cm. Red cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles; black ruled border on front cover. Black emblem on front cover with motto "Progress Before Precedent." Red endpapers. Title page in red and black. Contents include: The... More
London and New York: Architectural Association; Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910. 149 plates, as issued in original wrappers for each of the 8 quarterly parts published in 1909 and 1910, the whole in a portfolio with a green cloth spine and green boards printed in black, with cloth ties. The first... More
New York: Frank A. Munsey & Company, 1889. [1], 162-192 p.: illustrations; 27 cm. Lacking wrapper. At various times this weekly publication was also called Munsey's Magazine, Argosy All-Story Weekly, and Munsey's Weekly. This issue contains: "Arthur Helmuth of the H. & N. C. Railway" [chapters 5-7] by Edward S.... More
New York: Frank A. Munsey & Company, 1890. [1], 220-250 p.: illustrations; 27 cm. Orange-red paper wrappers printed in black with advertisements on both sides of both wrappers, including below the masthead on the front wrapper. At various times this weekly publication was also called Munsey's Magazine, Argosy All-Story Weekly... More
Philadelphia: Edmund Morris, 1831. Hardcover. 400 p., 12 leaves of engraved plates: illustrations; 26 cm. Modern spine of bonded leather, with gilt-tooled spine label. Contemporary marbled paper over boards. Older repair of hinges. Error in pagination: adjacent but different pages are numbered 306 and 307. Contains poetry, fiction, and nonfiction... More
New York: International Business Machines Corporation, 1941. Hardcover. [200] p.: illustrations (including portraits); 26 cm. Contemporary morocco with gilt-tooled spine and cover title. All page edges gilt. Gilt-decorated endpapers. No pagination. The book was produced in conjunction with an exhibition of 93 contemporary artists in the western hemisphere. IBM began... More
1890. 18.5 x 13 cm. card with pink-and-white embossed floral decoration on the front. Inside is a line drawing of a boy holding a buttercup under the chin of a girl, both in late 19th-century dress. Accompanied by a poem beginning "When the perfume of flowers is shed on the... More
Philadelphia: Chestnut St. Opera House, 1926. 1 sheet (20 x 16 cm.) printed in two columns, on both sides. Skits and sketches by Harold Atteridge; lyrics by Clifford Grey; music by Alfred Goodman, J. Fred Cootes, and Mourie Rubens; art direction by Watson Barratt; staged and produced by J.J. Shubert... More
Monroe, N.Y. s.n., 1845. [approx. 120] p. book, with writing on the first half. Original calf back board. Attached is the official printed order to Samuel Pelcer, the collector of Monroe, for tax collection based on the assessment roll, with directions for the distribution of the collected money to the... More
New York: Frank V. Strauss & Co., 1909. Paperback. [24] p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Stapled with chromolithographed front cover. The program for the week beginning Monday, Sept. 13, 1909. "The Man From Home" by Booth Tarkington and Harry Leon Wilson was the play for which American actor William Hodge (1874-1932)... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Co., 1896. Hardcover. 860 p.; 24 cm. Half black morocco with gilt-stamped spine title and embellishments; black morocco-grain cloth over boards. Contents include: articles by Agnes Repplier: The Fete de Gayant, and Old Wine and New -- The Children of the Road by Josiah Flynt --... More
Auburn, N.Y. Auburn Converting Company, 1910. 1 advertising postcard (9 x 14.5 cm.) with two samples of druggists' twines (pink linen and red linen). Addressed to J. Messing, Jr., Stapleton, N.Y. No date of production or in post mark. The Auburn Converting Company was a twine manufacturer in Auburn, N.Y.... More
New York: Amerikanischen Traktats-Gesellschaft [American Tract Society], 1850. Paperback. 32 p.: illustrations; 11 cm. Lacking wrapper. No. 2 in the series Verzeichniss von Kinder-Tractaten. No date of publication. Part of American Tract Society's series of tracts for children in German, this contains the inspiring stories of Heinrich von S___, Elise... More
1889. Hardcover. [92] p.; 11 x 18 cm. Red velvet over boards with "Album" in metal on front board. One illustration of a girl looking at an autograph book, printed in gilt and sepia, titled "Autographs." Several embossed chromolithographed floral decorations are between the pages. On the first page the... More
1938. Hardcover. [approx. 60 leaves]; 11 x 16 cm. Green covers with a dark green tie. Gilt-stamped cover title and blind-stamped cover illustration of a sailing ship. The inscriptions are all from Jan. 1938 and indicate that Mildred Deaver was graduating from Eddystone High School. The inscriptions are all in... More
Philadelphia: John Wanamaker, 1920. 2 cards, 10 x 6.5 cm. Two different designs. "John Wanamaker, Philada." embossed in small letters along lower edge. Avocado Lodge was a summer house built in Sea Girt, N.J., by Philadelphia Quaker Elliston P. Morris. After his death in 1914, his daughter Elizabeth Canby Morris... More