1802. 1 handwritten document dated Aug. 2, 1802. In a suit brought by Abraham Clark against Charles Reno on Aug. 2, 1802, Clark recovered $50 and the costs of the suit. Reno appealed to the next Superior Court to be held in March 1803. Charles Reno, Nathaniel Taylor, and Charles..... More
Pennsylvania Railroad, 1946. Paperback. [16] p.: illustrations; 18 cm. Illustrated wrapper included in page count; stapled. A concise and nicely illustrated history of the Pennsylvania Railroad from its incorporation in 1846 through the Second World War. The railroad issued more than one publication in 1946 with this title. In Near..... More
London: Charles Eyre and William Strahan, 1775. Title continued: "within the Province of Quebec, in America." [2], 1227-1228 p.; 31 cm. (folio). Disbound. Title page reads "Anno Regni Georgii III. . . . At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the Twenty-ninth Day of November, Anno Domini 1774, in..... More
London: Thomas Baskett and the assigns of Robert Baskett, 1752. [2], 187-191, [1] p.; 33 cm. (folio). Three stab-holes, but no other evidence that this was ever bound. Edges are untrimmed. Title page reads "Anno Regni Georgii II. . . . At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the..... More
London: Thomas Baskett and the assigns of Robert Baskett, 1758. Title continued: "and the the Encouragement of the Trade of the Sugar Colonies in America; and to the Landing of Rum or Spirits of the British Sugar Plantations, before the Duties of Excise are paid thereon; and for regulating the..... More
London: Mark Baskett and the Assigns of Robert Baskett, 1764. [2],403-407,[1] p.; 33 cm. (folio). Three stab-holes, but no other evidence that this was ever bound. Edges are untrimmed. Title page reads "Anno Regni Georgii III. . . . At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the Nineteenth Day..... More
London: Mark Baskett and the Assigns of Robert Baskett, 1764. Title continued: "subject to the like Duty as is now paid on the Exportation of Rice from the said Colonies, to Places in Europe situate to the Southward of Cape Finisterre." [2], 411-418, [2] p.; 33 cm. (folio). Three stab-holes..... More
London: Charles Eyre and William Strahan, 1776. Complete title: "An Act for Making Perpetual so much of an Act, made in the Eighth Year of His Present Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Act to continue and amend an Act, made in the Fifth Year of the Reign of His Present Majesty..... More
London: Charles Eyre and William Strahan, 1777. [2], 311-312 p.; 31 cm. (folio). Disbound. Title page reads "Anno Regni Georgii III. . . . At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the Twenty-ninth Day of November, Anno Domini 1774, in the Fifteenth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign..... More
London: Charles Eyre and William Strahan, 1775. [2], 463-472 p.; 31 cm. (folio). Disbound. Title page reads "Anno Regni Georgii III. . . . At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the Twenty-ninth Day of November, Anno Domini 1774, in the Fifteenth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign..... More
London: Charles Eyre and William Strahan, 1775. Title continued: "in the West Indies; and to Prohibit such Provinces and Colonies from Carrying on any Fishery on the Banks of Newfoundland, or other Places therein mentioned, under certain Conditions and Limitations." [2], 295-307, [1] p.; 31 cm. (folio). Disbound. Title page..... More
New York: Negro Universities Press, 1969. Hardcover. 187 p.; 22 cm. Brown cloth with gilt spine title. No dust jacket, as issued. First published in 1901. Contents: The Natives of Hawaii: A Study of Polynesian Charm by Titus Munson Coan -- The Races of the Phlippines: The Tagals by the..... More
New York: American Car and Foundry Co., 1919. Hardcover. 95 p.: illustrations; 30 cm. Light brown covers with embossed, gilt cover title gilt-and-black decorative border and illustration. Illustrated endpapers. American Car and Foundry Co. was established in New Jersey in 1899 with the merger of 13 railroad car makers. In..... More
Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Carey, 1827. Hardcover. [2], iv, 615, [1], 4 p.; 22 cm. Contemorary half calf with six spine compartments beween double gilt rules. Gilt-tooled title on red leather label in second compartment. Marbled paper over boards. Publisher's catalog on 4 pages following text. Bookplate on front fixed..... More
Philadelphia: William McCarty, 1813. Hardcover. "Printed by William & David Robinson, Trenton." [4], 380 p.; 18 cm. Contemporary full tree calf with six spine compartments between gilt rules. Leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title "American's Guide." Handwritten paper labels with red borders over third and sixth compartments with..... 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
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
Lancaster, Pa. Pennsylvania-German Society, 1908. Paperback. First published in 1893; reprinted 1908. 292 p., tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of H.L. Fisher, 1 tissue-guarded leaf of a portrait of Geo. C. Heckman: 1 full-page illustration; 25 cm. Original brown wrapper printed in black. Title page printed in red and black. Pages are..... More
San Francisco: Bolerium Books, 1985. Paperback. 42 p.; 22 cm. Light grey card cover printed in blue; stapled. The inside of front and back covers are included in pagination. No date of publication. Lists 844 items relating to American labor history. In Near Fine Condition: clean and bright... More
Philadelphia: Filadelfijas Brivo Latvju Biedribas, 1982. Paperback. 76 p.: illustrations, portraits; 28 cm. Stapled paperback with brown cover with silver cover title. The history of the Brivo Latvian Society in Philadelphia from 1892 to 1982. Known today as the Philadelphia Society of Free Letts, the Society is the oldest Latvian..... More
New York: Brooklyn Fire Department, 1890. Hardcover. 400 p.; 36 cm. Half calf with morocco-grain cloth over boards. The handwritten daily record book of Engine Co. No. 12 of the Brooklyn Fire Department. The list of members, with street addresses, attached to the front free endpaper names Stephen Allen as..... More
Washington, D.C. German Historical Institute, 2017. Paperback. 165, [11] p.: illustrations; 26 cm. Paperback with yellow cover. Publisher's advertisements on final unpaginated pages. Contents: Benchmark Europe: Liberalism and Cultural Nationalism in the United States, 1900-1930 by Adelheid von Saldern -- Liberalism and Cultural Nationalism in the United States, 1900-1930: A...... More
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1901. Hardcover. Printed by the Riverside Press, Cambridge. xliii, [1], 205, [1] p., engraved frontispiece; 24 cm. Brown linen spine with red spine title: "Houghton, Mifflin & Co.'s Catalogue of Authors." Brown paper over boards with paper label on front board printed in red and..... More
Durham, N.C. Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co., 1943. Paperback. [8] p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Printed in black and white. An advertisement for Chesterfield cigarettes and Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians. Includes photographs of Waring and various performers with the Pennsylvanians, as well as advertisements for Chesterfields. Among the performers profiled..... More
Cleveland, Ohio: Tarr Publishing Co., 1902. Paperback. 151, [1] p.: illustrated advertisements; 15 cm. Brown card covers printed in black, with "J.S. Pushaw," who has an advertisement inside the front cover as bookseller, news dealer, and stationer. Includes illustrated advertisements for Gustav Schaefer, buggies and wagons; Oscar Klotzbach, chiropodist; Dainz..... More