Philadelphia: M. Fithian, 1844. Paperback. 12 p.; 22 cm. Lacking wrapper. Stamped on title page: "Case 42 Shelf E." In early May 1844, Protestant nativists in Philadelphia, feeling threatened by the inscreasing number of Catholic immigrants, held public meetings accusing Catholics of seeking to have the Bible removed from public..... More

Washington, D.C. Gales and Seaton, 1832. Hardcover. 861, [1], lxxxiv pages; 34 cm. Contemporary half calf with gilt-tooled spine title; marbled paper over boards. Marbled endpapers. Series titles: American State Papers. Documents, Legislative, and Executive of the Congress of the United States, From the First Session of the First to..... More

Philadelphia: Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies, 1984. Paperback. 30 p.: color and black-and-white illustrations; 25 cm. Stapled wrapper; inside of front and back wrapper are included in pagination. Contents: Trade Cards by John J. Appel -- The American Dream for Sale: Ethnic Images in Magazines by Amy Rashap -- Packaging..... 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

Philadelphia and New York: E. Ferrett & Co., 1845. Sheet_music. [16] p.: music; 32 cm. Removed from a volume of sheet music published from 1825 to 1850 with former owner's name on the front: "E. C. K. Seymour." In pencil on 2 pages: Annie Baily Carrigan. No date of publication;..... More

New York: New-York Times, 1858. 8 p.; 55 cm. Pages are unopened. Contains many advertisements, including for Barnum's American Museum; and a performance of Mendelssohn's Elijah. Also contains articles on politics including a lengthy account of a private meeting of the American Tract Society in which a group supporting the..... More

Richmond, Va. Jordan's Old Virginia Smokehouse, 1955. Paperback. 15 p.: illustrations; 22 cm. Stapled; cover title. Printed in red and black on brown paper throughout. No date of publication. Includes menus and recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and party dishes. In Near Fine Condition: front cover is lightly soiled; otherwise..... More

Philadelphia: Philadelphia Housing Authority, 1951. 5, [1] p.: table, illustrations; 24 cm. Most of the issue concerns local response to an attack on public housing that occurred in Congress on May 4, 1951. Includes votes by Pennsylvania representatives in the House, the text of a resolution passed by Philadelphia City..... More

Philadelphia: Philadelphia Housing Authority, 1951. 6 p.: illustrations, table; 24 cm. Contains the votes of Pennsylvania Congressional representatives on a controversial public housing bill. Also includes photos of ground-breaking at the Abbotts and Diamond projects, and of Bartram Homes Boy Scouts at camp. In Very Good+ Condition: 2 horizontal creases;..... More

Torino, Italy: Rosenberg & Sellier, 1990. Paperback. [2], 163 p.; 24 cm. Paperback. Contents: Fighting to Overcome (But Failing): The Afro-American Female Urban Experience in Black Women's Fiction by Esther Alvarez-Lopez -- Tell Me About the Big City: The City in Black Women's Literature by Anna Koenen -- Between Sanctified..... More

Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2003. Hardcover. xiv, [2], 289, [5] p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Red cloth with gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Part of the publisher's series The Asian American Experience, edited by Roger Daniels. Book is in Good+ Condition: occasional marginal notations and underlining; a...... More

New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1983. Paperback. Second printing. x, 389, [1] p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Paperback. "The Harlem of which Anderson writes was an outpost of American optimism, a gathering place for the avant-garde in music, dance, and democratic interracial relationships; and, as the site and symbol of America's..... More

Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press, 1964. Hardcover. 228 p.; 21 cm. Light blue-grey cloth with gilt spine title. Dust jacket in lined cover. Southern Historical Publications #2. "A biography of alabama's first Senator, this book is also the fascinating story of southern frontier life as portrayed in contemporary letters..... More