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
London: Charles Fox, 1883. Hardcover. [448 p.]: illustrations; 30 cm. Contemporary half calf with red cloth boards. Dark brown endpapers. Includes serial stories: Jack Rag -- Dick Whittington, Thrice Lord Mayor of London -- Lionel the Bold -- The Cruise of the Alabama by Lt. Leslie Gordon -- King Harry..... More
Chestnut Hill, MA: Adams Brown Co., 1945. Paperback. 6 p.; 22 cm. Folded pamphlet. This pamphlet is about the "Miraculous New Insecticide" DDT, or dodiphenyltrichloroethane. It discusses its use during the war and expectations of post-war use, listing 13 American companies from which experimental quantities could be obtained. Scarce. In..... More
Wilkes-Barre, PA: Industrial Catalogue Publishers, 1928. Hardcover. 132 p.: illustrations; 27 cm. Maroon cloth with gilt spine title: "Printing Equipment Catalogue." Gilt cover title: "1928 Co-operative Printing Equipment Catalogue." Contains illustrated ads for printing-related businesses in the United States and a product directory. Front free endpaper contains a form for..... More
Chicago: Fred de Land, Publisher, 1894. Paperback. iv, 37-80, v-viii p.: illustrations, tables; 23 cm. Light yellow wrappers (paperback) with advertisements on both sides of front and back wrapper. The publisher, Fred de Land, was involved in the development of telephone companies in the United States in the late 19th..... More
Chicago: Fred de Land, Publisher, 1894. Paperback. iv p., [approx. 30] leaves: illustrated advertisements; 23 cm. Light green wrappers (paperback) with advertisements on both sides of front and back wrapper. The publisher, Fred de Land, was involved in the development of telephone companies in the United States in the late..... More
London: 1661. Hardcover. Title continued: "together with many remarkable Accidents and Judgments befalling divers Persons, according as they have been testified by very credible hands; all which have happened within the space of one year last past, and are now made publick for a seasonable Warning to the People of..... More
Providence, R.I. Nicholson File Co., 1942. Paperback. 47, [1] p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Stapled green cover printed in black. Includes illustrations of many types of files and terminology. The Nicholson File Company was founded by William Thomas Nicholson (1834-1893) in 1864. In 1972, it merged with Cooper Industries. This is..... More
Providence, R.I. Builders Iron Foundry, 1923. Paperback. 16 p.: illustrations, tables; 28 cm. Brown card cover printed in black; stapled. "Bulletin no. 216" -- front cover. Builders Iron Foundry was established in 1822; the name was changed to BIF Industries in 1955. Builders Iron Foundry acquired Venturi's Law patents relating..... More
Philadelphia: Cutter Electrical & Mfg. Co., 1919. Hardcover. 263, [1] p.: illustrations, diagrams, tables; 24 cm. Blue cloth with white spine and cover titles. Spine title: Circuit (I-T-E) Breakers. No date of publication; 1919 is the year assigned in WordCat records. Former owner's name on front fixed endpaper: Cornelius C...... More
New York: Geo. W. & Jno. A. Wood, 1860. Paperback. 4, [1], 402-528, [4] p.: tables, illustrated advertisements; 23 cm. Illustrated salmon wrapper. Imprint includes: Boston: A. Williams & Co., Redding & Co., and Crosby & Nichols; Philadelphia: W. B. Zieber; New Orleans: J. C. Morgan; Montreal: B. Dawson; London..... More
Chicago: Under-Feed Stoker Company of America, 1910. Paperback. 46, [1] p.: illustrations, plans; 31 cm. Stapled brown card covers with embossed green-and-silver cover title. No date of publication. Evan William Jones (1852-1908) invented the under-feed stoker in 1892 and formed the Under-Feed Stoker Company of America to manufacture the Jones..... More
Paris: G. Masson, Libraire de l'Académie de Médecine de Paris, 1878. Hardcover. Quatrieme série. Tome vingt-septiéme. 631 p., 10 leaves of plates (5 folded): includes in-text drawings; 22 cm. Contemporary half green morocco with marbled paper over boards. Gilt-tooled spine title and decorative rules. All paged edges lightly speckled. Marbled..... More
Philadelphia: Lyric & Adelphi Theatres, 1910. Paperback. 24 p.: illustrated advertisements; 23 cm. Stapled program printed in grey and red with "Lyric & Adelphi Theatres" on front cover. "The Easiest Way" by Eugene Walter, starring Frances Starr, Edward H. Robins, Joseph Kilgour, William Sampson, Beatrice Morgan, and Violet Rand at..... More
Schaffhausen, Switz. George Fischer Limited, 1947. Hardcover. 53 p.: 16 p. of illustrations; 30 cm. Red cloth spine with white handmade paper over boards. Gilt-stamped spine and cover titles: Johann Conrad Fischer 1773-1854 a Swiss Metallurgist. No dust jacket. Former owner's name stamped on front free endpaper: R.J. Luebbers. In..... More
London: J. Limbird, 1836. Hardcover. Title continued: "Select Extracts from New and Expensive Works; Poetry, Original and Selected; The Spirit of the Public Journals; Discoveries in the Arts and Sciences; New Facts in Natural History &c." viii, 472 p.: frontispiece portrait of Felicia Hemans, many full-page and in-text illustrations; 22..... More
Harrison, N.J. Radio Corporation of America, 1940. Paperback. 15, [1] p.: illustrations, tables, graphs; 28 cm. Illustrated cover included in pagination; stapled. "Form PT-20R1" -- front cover. Stamped on the front cover: Radio Electric Service Co. of Pa., Philadelphia. In Near Fine Condition: upper corner of front cover creased; clean..... More
Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office, 1870. Hardcover. 702 p., frontispiece and 37 leaves of plates (4 folded); tables and in-text illustrations; 23 cm. Black cloth with gilt spine title: Department of Agriculture Report 1869. Includes index and reports by Commissioner Horace Capron and by statistician J. R. Dodge, entomologist Townend..... More
Phoenixville, Pa. A. P. De Sanno & Son, 1950. Pamphlet. 4-page pamphlet (28 cm.) printed in orange and black. No date of publication; appears to be from about 1950. A. P. De Sanno & Son, also known as Albert P. de Sanno & Son, was in business in Phoenixville, Pa...... More
New York: Society of Automotive Engineers, 1933. Hardcover. viii, [2], 733, [5] p.: drawings, charts, tables; 22 cm. Black pebble-grain cloth. Gilt?-stamped spine title (lacking gilt). Embossed cover title. Final 16 leaves containing American standards, standards committees, an alphabetical index, and an index to advertisers are printed on yellow paper..... More
New York: Munn & Co., 1895. Paperback. 16 pages (paginated [1], 16280-16294 p.): illustrations; 41 cm. Features an illustrated article about military gymnastics. Also contains an article on the activities of the Intercontinental Railway Commission by E. Z. Steever; an illustrated abstract of a paper on a pipeline submerged under..... More
New York: Munn & Co., 1895. Paperback. 16 pages (paginated [1], 16296-16310 p.): illustrations; 41 cm. Features an illustrated article about the opening of the Baltic and North Sea canal; a continuation of an illustrated abstract of a paper on a pipeline submerged under the Willamette River at Portland, Oregon;..... More
New York: Munn & Co., 1895. Paperback. 16 pages (paginated [1], 16312-16326 p.): illustrations; 41 cm. Features an illustrated article about the opening of the North Sea and Baltic canal; a continuation of an article on the tin plate industry in the United States; several articles on photography; an illustrated..... More
New York: Munn & Co., 1895. Paperback. 16 pages (paginated [1], 16328-16342 p.): illustrations; 41 cm. The front illustration is of Lima, Peru. Includes: Notes on the Construction of the East River Gas Tunnel by Walton I. Aims, with illustrations; an article about the Paris Exposition of 1900 with a...... More
New York: Munn & Co., 1895. Paperback. 16 pages (paginated [1], 16344-16358 p.): illustrations; 41 cm. Contains illustrated articles about the Paris-Bordeaux-Paris race of automobile carriages held in June 1895; the triple expansion Corliss engine built on the Frikart system; Syer's apparatus for raising sunken ships; the Baltimore and Ohio..... More