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Philadelphia: Carey and Co, 1787. 12mo. 165 x 100 mm., [ 6 ½ x 4 inches]. viii, 123 pp. Contemporary brown calf, joints cracked and reinforced with expert tissue repair; paper stock brown with age, three leaves with expert repair to tears, edges a bit fragile, yet a sound and..... More
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Andoversford, Gloucestershire; & Risbury, Herefordshire: Whittington Press, 1981-2017. 8vo. 285 x 200 mm., [11 x 8 inches]. Illustrated throughout. Bound in stiff boards and dust wrappers. First editions of volumes 1 – 36, the Index to Matrix 1-12 separately printed, and an additional copy of the reprint of volume 2..... More
Doprati: Typis J. C. Schuenmanni, typographi academici, 1827. Folio. 340 x 210 mm., [13 ½ x 8 ¼ inches]. [8], lii, 88 pp. With two plates, one folding. Original blue paper wrappers, white paper spine, paper label with title on upper board; boards a bit soiled, paper at spine chipped..... More
New York: [1907]. 8vo. 220/ x 160 mm., [8 ½ x 6 ¼ inches]. lxi, [720] pp. Fully illustrated with thousands of medical instruments. Original red cloth stiff wrappers printed in black ink on cover and spine; binding showing some wear at edges and some fading of the red cloth;..... More
Philadelphia: Barrett and Jones, Printers, 1844. 8vo. 220 x 145 mm., [8 ¾ x 5 ¾ inches]. Stitched as issued, wrappers wanting; fore edge of title leaf chipped at margin and at top edge, and a bit at spine, otherwise sound copy. First edition. Walter Johnson was the corresponding secretary..... More
Boston: Ginn & Company, 1894. 8vo. 230 x 145 mm., [9 x 5 3/4 inches]. pp. 669-703. Original printed wrappers; Disbound copy with detached but preserved wrappers. With the stamp of the U.S. Bureau of Education which reads, 'Privately Printed'. Note on verso of title-page in ink 'From S.F. Pub.Lib..... More
Philadelphia: 1850-60. 23 Legal Pamphlets in all. Bound in contemporary sheep over marbled paper boards, rubbed. 1. Thompson Cowen, Robert Fullerton, et. al., versus The New Castle and Darlington Rail Road, et. al. Paper Book and Complainants. Stephenson & Foster Att’y for Complaintants. Mercer, Pa., 1857. 92 pp. 2. The..... More
New York: George Putnam & Co., 1852. 12mo. 110 x 65 mm. (6 ¾ x 4 ¾ inches). 188 pp. Binding absent and spine exposed. This is the textblock only. Some damp staining to title page and edges, but text is unaffected. Pages overall clean and unmarked. A memoir by journalist Jane Cazneau, using the penname Cora Montgomery, about..... More
c 1820s. 12mo. 200 x 70 mm. [7 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches]. [11] pp. Manuscript with hand-sewn binding and small (25 mm.) straight pin near bottom corner. Edges worn with chipping and tears. Cover partially torn horizontally, but still attached. Damp staining to right edge of first three leaves, fragile condition, with expert paper repairs to folds and tears..... More
Bellow Falls, Vermont: Bill Blake & Co., 1818. 8vo. 180 x 115 mm. (7 1/4 x 4 1/2 inches). 180 pp. Contemporary calf binding with red leather spine label. Rubbing to edges and cover. Half of front flyleaf is missing and rear attached endpaper is partially loose. Some light foxing, otherwise a very good copy. ..... More
Stanford (New York): Printed by Daniel Lawrence for Henry and John F. Hull, 1803. 12mo. 160 x 100mm. [6 1/2 x 4 inches]. vi, [7]-111, plus 1 p. ads. Contemporary calf binding. Head of spine chipped with a crack along front hinge but sound. Some pages lightly foxed. First American edition, originally..... More
Philadelphia: January 22, 1790. Autograph Letter Signed. Folio sheet folded. 1 page of text with address on the verso. Folded, with small tears at the folds blank piece missing at the wax seal. Highly legible hand. Watermark paper "I R". Letter from Adam Zantzinger concern the receipt of money..... More
Libanon: Gedruckt und zu haben bey Jacob Schnee, 1811. 12mo. 170 x 100 mm., [6 ½ x 4 inches]. 31 pp. Stitched as issued, missing front wrapper, back wrapper soiled; text browned with age. Scarce Lebanon, Pa. edition of Richter’s allegorical travel book, where the author is looking for..... More
Millgrove, Buschkill Taunship, Northampton County, Pennsylvania: Gedruckt von Samuel and Solomon Siegfried’s, 1834. 12mo. 189 x 105 mm., [7 x 4 ¼ inches]. 360 pp. . Illustrated with woodcut title-page vignette and a woodcut image of a thermometer. Contemporary leather backed marbled paper boards; scuffed and rubbed at joints; paper..... More
Philadelphia and Baltimore: G. W. Mentz; Schäffer und Maund, 1818. Oblong 8vo. 145 x 2 70 mm., [5 ¾ x 10 ½ inches]. 10, [2], 105, [3] pp. Contemporary leather spine over paper covered boards; spine and boards rubbed, with a 2 x 2-inch circle of paper missing from lower..... More
Harrisburg: Gedruckt bey Johan Wyeth Buchhändler in Harrisburg, bey Conrad Doll, Lancaster, und bey Jacob Doll, Yorktaum, 1810, 1815. Oblong 8vo. 145 x 285 mm., [5 ¾ x 11 inches]. Contemporary leather spine over marbled paper boards; spine cracked and boards loose but only partially intact, partial loss of marbled..... More
Pennsburg, Montgomery Co., Pa: 1863. 8vo. 190 x 125 mm., [7 ½ x 5 inches]. 14 [2] pp. blanks. Stitched as issued. Title enclosed in decorative typographical border; paper a bit discolored by age, final leaf show some wear from folds. Anti-war political pamphlet arguing against the Civil War..... More
(Washington, D.C.): Published by the Union Republican Congressional Committee, 1872. 8vo. 240 x 150 mm., [12 pp. 9 ¼ by 6 inches]. Illustrated with two woodcut illustrations by Thomas Nast. Unopened copy as issued, folded into thirds to make it pocket size.; paper showing some soiling and title-page with minor..... More
Buffalo, N.Y. Gedruckt von H. Bender, [1857]. 8vo. 215 x 150 mm., [8 ¼ x 5 ¾ inches]. pp. 1-160, 241-478, [1] pp., missing pp. 161-240. Contemporary leather spine and tips, marbled paper boards; rubbed at edges and spine, sound. Volume 6, nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, & 6..... More
Germantaun: Michael Billmeyer, 1791. First American edition, 4to, pp. [8], 785, [3]; vignette title, woodcut ornaments; contemporary full calf over boards, original clasps and catches intact; some browning of the text, a few early fore-margins neatly reinforced; a very good, sound copy. Originally published in Sulzbach, Germany, in 1672. Reflects..... More
Canton, O(hio): Peter Kaufmann und Co., 1839. 16mo. 113 x 75 mm., [4 ½ x 3 inches]. 224 pp. Contemporary brown calf; scuffed and worn at joints, hinges cracked, yet a sound copy. Peter Kaufmann (1800-69) was born in Germany and after immigrating in 1817, he entered the tobacco..... More
Lancaster (Pennsylvanien): Gedruckt bey Joseph Ehrenfried, 1814. Two volumes in one. Folio. 360 x 2140 mm., [14 ¼ x 9 ½ inches]. [4], 340, [4] pp.; [10], 608, [8] pp. Small woodcut vignettes on the title-pages, some use of typographical ornaments to separate chapter sections. Paper foxed and lightly brown..... More
Lancaster (Penns.): Gedruckt bey Johann Bär, 1835. 8vo. 190 x 110 mm., [7 ½ x 4 ½ inches]. [6], 698, [8] pp. (“Preface” bound out of order at end of volume). Contemporary mottled calf, metal clasps; binding rubbed at spine. Joints cracked yet sound; text block foxed throughout; with faults..... More
Philadelphia: Gedruckt bey Heinrich Mille, 1763. 8vo. 165 x 95 mm., [6 ½ x 3 ¾ inches]. 146 pp., including one folding table. Contemporary calf; rubbed at edges and spine, upper board with cracked joint, front free endpaper detached; paper stock aged brown a bit fragile at edges, otherwise sound..... More
Schippach, Penns. Gedruckt bei J. M. Schünemann, 1848. 16mo. 118 x 80 mm., [4 ½ x 3 inches]. 112 pp. Original white sheep skin; binding evenly soiled, a bit rubbed at the edge, some minor browning and a bit of staining to the paper stock. With faults a very good..... More
