[Philadelphia: John Dunlap and David C. Claypoole], 1788. 4pp, folio, caption title [as issued], folded. Printed in four columns per page. Uniformly toned, some edge and spine wear. About Very Good. More than three columns on page two print Parliament's Act regulating the African Slave Trade. The Act forbade any..... More
[Philadelphia?]: William Harrison, Dealer in Frames, Chromos, Stereoscopes, Views, Albums, &c. No. 345 South Street, Philadelphia." [c 1870s?]. Two nearly identical stereoview albumen prints, mounted side-by-side on cardstock. Oblong 7" x 3-1/4." Applied paper title-- "The White Slave" -- and publisher/vendor label on verso. Housed behind glass in a nice..... More
Lancaster: 1796. 12mo, 332pp, scattered spotting. Original leather (chipped along spine). Good+. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Evans 29965. Arndt 1037. More
Lancaster, PA: John Baer's Sons, [1894]. 36pp [unpaginated]. Stitched. Original printed wrappers. Front wrapper decorated with black and white illustration. Black and white illustrations throughout text. Light uniform tanning, minor foxing. Minor chipping of some corners. Good+. With a Remington illustration in black & white, 'Old Smoke,' accompanying an excerpt..... More
Lancaster, PA: John Baer's Sons, [1898]. 36pp [unpaginated]. Stitched. Original printed wrappers. Front wrapper decorated with black and white illustration. Illustrations throughout text. Light uniform tanning, minor wear. Good+ or so. With two pages on the Klondike gold rush. More
Reading, PA: Von Carl Friederich Egelmann, [1848]. 32pp. Stitched. Original printed wrappers [margin-chipped, dustsoiled]. Front wrapper with black and white illustration. Black and white illustrations throughout text. Light uniform tanning, scattered foxing. Some chipping and wear to edges. Pencil and ink markings in margins throughout text. Good. Printed in German..... More
[New York: Hecla Press, 1955]. vi, 59, [1 blank] pp. Near Fine, in original staples and printed title wrappers [light dusting]. Nelson, a member of the Communist Party, was tried and found guilty of violating Pennsylvania's anti-sedition law. Nelson appealed his conviction to the United States Supreme Court, which held..... More
Philadelphia: C. Sherman, Printer, 5606 [i.e., 1845]. Contemporary plain wrappers [some chipping; old rubberstamp]. Stitched. 11, [1 blank] pp. One rubberstamp on title page, persistent small spot at blank lower margin. Else Very Good. This important organization was, according to the online Jewish Encyclopedia, "A society formed for the dissemination..... More
Philadelphia: 1769. [4] pp. Elephant folio sheet, folded to 10-3/8" x 16-1/2." Each page printed in three columns. Three small pinholes in inner blank margins. Very Good. In addition to information on foreign affairs this issue contains two columns of text which print an exchange of letters between the Selectmen..... More
Philadelphia, PA: Published by Johnson & Warner, No. 147, Market Street; Griggs & Dickinsons, Printers, 1814. 12mo. 35pp, woodcut frontispiece illustration, 6 full page woodcut illustrations. Bound in stiff plain yellow wrappers [lightly toned], stitched. First and last leaves pasted down to wrappers. Stitched, spine worn. Uniform tanning, light scattered..... More
Philadelphia: H. Bailey & Co., [1888]. 20pp. Original printed wrappers [dirty], stitched. Good+. A scarce Republican campaign pamphlet for the 1888 election, charging the Democrats with a secret plot to revive Southern dreams, dating from before the War, of an economy based on Free Trade. "This conspiracy's object is to..... More
[Philadelphia]: 1835. Original printed wrappers bound in modern plain wrappers. 7pp, text illustrations. Caption title [as issued]. Front wrap inscribed in ink, "With A.D. Bache's Compliments." Title page inscribed in ink, "Presented by Dr. Jno. Torrey." Very Good. AI 30150 [2]. More
[Pennsylvania? 1832]. 11, [1 blank] pp Wrapper remnants Two diagrams, one table Caption-title Scattered foxing Good+ Not in OCLC, Sabin, AI, Eberstadt, or Decker. More
[Philadelphia? 1834?]. 12pp. Disbound. Minor foxing. Very Good. More
[Philadelphia? 1835?]. 7, [1 blank] pp. Four diagrams. Caption-title, disbound. Light scattered foxing. Very Good. AI 31050 [2]. Not in OCLC, Sabin, Eberstadt, or Decker. More
Philadelphia? 1835]. 8pp One diagram, five tables Caption-title Disbound Scattered foxing Good+ AI 30151 [1] Not in OCLC, Sabin, Eberstadt, or Decker. More
[Philadelphia? 1835?]. 13, [3 blank] pp Disbound without wrappers Light scattered foxing Good+ AI 30152 [4]. More
[Philadelphia? 1835?]. 3, [1 blank] pp Caption-title, disbound without wrappers Scattered foxing Good+. More
[Philadelphia? 1836?]. 5, [3 blank] pp Caption-title, disbound Light scattered foxing Good+. More
[Philadelphia? 1836?]. 4pp Caption-title, disbound Minor foxing Very Good AI 30155 [2] OCLC 40279936 [1] Not in Sabin, Eberstadt, or Decker. More
Philadelphia: 1841. Stitched, untrimmed [last leaf somewhat crinkled]. 79, [1]pp. Light wear. Good+. The Committee's investigation produces a detailed analysis of the assets and liabilities of the Bank, as well as advances and repayment of loans and an estimate of Probable Losses. The Report became necessary "when it was perceived..... More
Philadelphia: Joseph James, 1789. Original full leather, with gilt-lettered spine lettering on red leather label. [16], 3-574, [14] pp. Widely scattered foxing, binding a bit rubbed. Very Good. Evans 21668. More
Philadelphia: 1939. 2 1/2" x 3 1/8'. Black and white photographic illustrations. Minor dustsoiling, minimal wear. Very Good. Gum, Inc. was founded around 1930. In 1939, it released the 'Play Ball - America' series. The cards were a bit larger than most earlier tobacco cards, and featured a black and..... More
Philadelphia: Bennett & Walton, [1818]. [36] pp, engraved title page. Original plain wrappers [some wear, two short tape repairs], stitched. Tanned and foxed. Short closed tear to fore-edge of title page repaired with archival tape, one leaf of text trimmed closely at foredge [no text loss]. Early ink notation in..... More
[Philadelphia? 1856]. 16pp. Caption title, as issued. Pinned, untrimmed, lightly worn. Good+. Bigler had just completed his term as Democratic Governor of Pennsylvania, and had begun his service as United States Senator. His July 4 oration doubles as a presidential campaign message. "Whatever others may do, as for me and..... More