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 about An Act for Amending and Explaining an Act, passed in the Fourteenth Year of His Majesty's Reign,...

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 about An Act for continuing certain Laws therein mentioned relating to British Sail Cloth, and to the...

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 about An Act for Granting, for a Limited Time, a Liberty to Carry Rice from His Majesty's Provinces of...

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 about An Act to Impower His Majesty to Secure and Detain Persons Charged with, or Suspected of, the...

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 about An Act to Restrain the Trade and Commerce of the Provinces of Massachuset's Bay and New...

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 about The Ariel: A Semimonthly Literary and Miscellaneous Gazette [bound volume containing vol. 5, no....

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 about Birth and Baptismal Register of Trinity Lutheran Church, Lancaster, Pa. [in The...

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 about Brivo Latvju Biedriba, Filadelfija, 1892-1982

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 about Chesterfield Presents Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians in Pleasure Time

Boston: National Publishing Co., 1902. Black pebble-grain cloth covers with gilt-stamped publisher's emblem on front cover. Attached accordian-style to color, folded, canvas-backed map (91 x 142 cm. [36 x 56 inches]); 13 x 27 cm. folded. Scale: 3 miles to an inch. Includes tables showing the population of Vermont every... More about Complete Map of Vermont Showing Highways & Natural Features with an Index of all Cities,...

Harrisburg, Pa. Samuel D. Patterson, 1837. Hardcover. 83, [1] p.: tables; 15 cm. Contemporary calf spine with plain paper over boards. Former owner's name on front free endpaper in an old hand. Includes index, and a list of the members, officers, and printers of the Senate and House of Representatives... More about The Constitution of the United State of America, the Constitution of the Comonwealth of...

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

New York: Major & Knapp, 1865. 1 sheet 18 x 12 cm. "The Major & Knapp 449 Broadway, NY." -- lower left-hand corner. This was apparently from a section of the 1865 Manual titled The Old Landmarks on Manhattan Island, as that title runs above the image. Captions indicate "Old... More about Fort Fish on the Northside of Central Park [chromolithograph from Valentine's Manual of the...