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 about Dick Whittington [Father Tuck's Dolly Dear Series
Paris: Firmin Didot Frères, 1835. Hardcover. Sixième Édition. 2 volumes: xxxii, [2], 911, [1] p.; [4], 961, [3] p.; 26 cm. Contemporary dark brown cloth with gilt-stamped spine titles. At head of title: "Institut de France." Engraved title pages; vol. 1 with engraved exterior view of Institut de France by... More about Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française
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 about Dictionnaire Universel des Synonymes de la Langue Française
Philadelphia, Pa. I. Kohler, 1867. Hardcover. viii, 1033, [5], 297, 17, xi p.: 2 engraved frontispiece portraits signed: J. Serz; 29 cm. Full leather with gilt-tooled spine title and blind-tooled ornamentation on spine and both boards. Both metal clasps present. All page edges and endpapers marbled. New Testament has separate... More about Die Bibel für Kirche, Schule und Haus, enthaltend sämmtliche Schriften des Alten und Neuen...
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 about Die Gleichnisse des Herrn für Schule und Haus; Mit dreissig Original-Holzschnitten
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 about Die Göttinger Sieben: Eine Ausstellung der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
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 about Die Kleine Geistliche Harfe der Kinder Zions, oder auserlesene geistreiche Gesänge, allen wahren...
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 about Die Kleine Geistliche Harfe der Kinder Zions, oder auserlesene geistreiche Gesänge, allen wahren...
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 about Die Kleine Louise und ihre Vögel
Munich: Haus Neuerburg Waldorf-Astoria und Eckstein-Halpaus, 1933. Paperback. [68] p.: 280 mounted cigarette cards, map; 31 cm. Silver stiffened paper covers with gilt embossed spine title on a red background; gilt and silver embossed cover title and Prussian eagle. Stamped on first blank leaf and title page: Michael Popove Memorial... More about Die Reichswehr [complete
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 about Die Südarabischen Altertümer (Eduard Glaser Sammlung) des Wiener Hofmuseums und ihr Herausgeber...
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 about Die Volks-Schulen von Pennsylvanien: Bericht des Superintendenten der Volks-Schulen des Staates...
Philadelphia: Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly, 1820. Hardcover. "Printed for the Trustees of the Assembly by R.P. McCulloh." 391 p.: 1 form; 19 cm. Contemporary tree calf with six spine compartments between gilt rules; leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title: The Assembly's Digest. Two paper labels... More about A Digest, Compiled from the Records of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the...
Cleveland: White Shrine of Jerusalem, 1945. Paperback. 102, [2] p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Stapled paperback with illustrated cover. "In Hoc Signo Spes Mea" -- on front cover. Advertisements for Cleveland businesses on covers and on many pages. Includes a history of the Order of White Shrine of Jerusalem in Cleveland;... More about Directory and By-Laws: Palestine Shrine No. 2, Order of White Shrine of Jerusalem
New York: A. R. Keller, 1930. Hardcover. Second Edition. This is no. 112 of a limited edition of 2,000 copies. 250 p.; 18 cm. Publisher's red and black cloth with gilt-embossed spine title; gilt- and blind-embossed decoration on spine and front cover. Decorated endpapers. American Social Registry emblem on title... More about Directory of American Society: Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware vol. II
Glendale, CA: Mouse Works, Walt Disney Co., 1995. Hardcover. 96 p.: color illustrations; 29 cm. Illustrated cover. Publisher's list of Disney Classic Series on back cover. Illustrated endpapers. Front free endpaper has "This book belongs to," which has not been filled in. In Very Good Condition: corners rubbed; slightly cocked; clean and bright. More about Disney's Pocahontas
New York: Charles E. Graham & Co., 1917. [12] p.: color illustrations; 26 cm. Wrapper title. Entirely printed on cloth. Wrappers included in page count. No date of publication given. Charles E. Grahm published as Charles E. Graham & Co. in New York from 1917 to 1920. 0425 -- Indestructible... More about Domestic Animals Picture Book: Canvas
Doylestown, Pa. Doylestown National Bank, 1886. 6 checks drawn on the Doylestown National Bank by John Pursel, dated Dec. 15, 1886; Jan. 30, Feb. 7, March 5, and Dec. 27 1887; and Feb. 1 1888. The 1886 and 1887 checks were produced by Wm. F. Murphey's Sons Stationers, Philadelphia. The... More about The Doylestown National Bank checks 1886-1888 (6
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1896. Hardcover. 554 p.: in-text line-drawings, music; 13 cm. Reddish-brown leather with gilt-stamped cover title. Metal clasp and hardware. Contains music for trumpet calls, drill signals, and quicksteps. Includes index. All page edges speckled red. "War Department, Washington, February 4, 1896. A board of officers... More about Drill Regulations for Light Artillery, United States Army
Philadelphia: Artisans Order of Mutual Protection, 1910. 1 pamphlet relating to the Dec. 6, 1910, meeting of the Girard Assembly Number Six, of the Artisans Order of Mutual Protection, held in Philadelphia. Payment of dues by W. R. Spratt is recorded. Spratt is listed in the Roll of Honor. Officers... More about Dues Records of Membership of W. R. Spratt in the Girard Assembly Number Six, Artisans Order of...
Innsbruck: Wagner, 1914. Paperback. 54, [10] p.: illustrations; 15 cm. Grey paper with color illustrated pastedown on front cover. No date of publication; the lastest date mentioned in the text is 1914. A traveller's guide to Insbruck, Austria, and nearby areas. Entirely in German. Includes a tipped in list of... More about Durch die Stadt am Inn
Moguntiae [Mainz]: Francisci Varrentrapp, 1753. Hardcover. Editio Catholica Novissima. [4], xx, 588 p.; 19 cm. Signatures: *8 2*4 A-P8 Q8+1 R-2N8 2O6 (8vo). 18th-century? calf with six spine compartments between raised bands; blind-tooled decoration in each compartment and elaborate blind-tooled border on each border and blind-rolled edges. All page edges... More about E Kaine Diatheke = Sive Novum D.N.J.C. Testamentum Graecum cum Variantibus Lectionibus, quae...
London: M. H. Nathan & Co., 1890. Hardcover. [12] leaves: chromolithographed illustrations; 9.2 x 15 cm. Embossed card covers tied with white ribbon. Entire book shaped like angel wings. Front cover has embossed title with embossed chromolithograph illustration of two angels, and embossed feathers along edges; back cover is entirely... More about Easter Hymns; Illustrated by Alice Price and F. Corbyn Price
New York: McLoughlin Brothers, 1904. Paperback. [16] p.: illustrations; 15 x 17 cm. Stapled wrapper with illustrated front. Publication information on front wrapper. "No. 83" -- on back wrapper. Inside of front wrapper shows primary and secondary colors, with directions for making secondary colors from primary colors. Inside of back... More about The Easy Painting Book
Hilltown, Pa. Hilltown High School, 1947. Hardcover. 81 p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Blue faux leather with embossed gilt cover title; blind-stamped cover illustration of a bird and "1947." Ring binding. "Covers by National Pub. Co., Philadelphia" -- blind-stamped on back cover. Includes advertisements for many Bucks County, Pa., businesses. In... More about The Echo 1947 [yearbook of Hilltown High School, Hilltown Township, Bucks Co., Pa