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, 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. 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, 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. 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

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

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

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

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

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

Washington, D.C. Gales & Seaton, 1819. "Printed by order of the House of Representatives." 24 p.; 24 cm. Unopened and untrimmed. Disbound. The section on slaves provides that the state's General Assembly could not emancipate slaves without the consent of their owners or without paying "a full equivalent in money."... More

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

Philadelphia: Merrihew & Thompson, printers, 1849. Paperback. 31, [1] p.; 22 cm. Yellow wrappers with black wrapper title. The Union Benevolent Association was established in 1831 to provide assistance to Philadelphia residents by lending stoves to help heat their homes during a harsh winter, along with wood and coal. The... More