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: 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: Wallace, Printer, 1858. 28pp. Disbound, Very Good. OCLC 51811011 [1-Natl. Libr. of Med.]. More
[Philadelphia: late 1880s]. Broadsheet, 5.75" x 9". Two horizontal folds, light age toning with the top third slightly more toned and lightly dustsoiled. A few short closed tears along folds and at edges, a short closed tear in text [no text loss]. Some chipping to edges. Small slip of orange..... More
[Philadelphia: 1835]. Broadside, 10" x 16". Entirely in elegant ink manuscript. A few very small edge chips [a letter or two affected at outermost edges]. Folds repaired on verso with archival tape. Blindstamp of the Franklin Institute in the bottom blank margin featuring a bust profile of Benjamin Franklin. Signed..... More
Philadelphia: King & Baird, Printers, 1852. 16pp. Original printed wrappers [chips to edges, spine reinforced with tape], stitched. Else Very Good. A discussion of the life and character of Dr. Grant, a well-regarded Professor of Anatomy at Jefferson Medical College. OCLC notes 13 copies under two accession numbers, as of..... More
[Philadelphia: 1811]. 5.25" x 8". [4] pp, folded. Letter is on page [1] in ink manuscript, two interior pages blank, final page with name of addressee in manuscript. Tanned, strip of archival tape at inner margin of final page [previously mounted]. Very Good. Joseph Hopkinson [1791-1842] was a Philadelphia lawyer..... More
Philadelphia: Emmor Kimber; Solomon W. Conrad, Printer, [1804]. 12mo. [48] pp., stitched, partly untrimmed. Toned, some spotting, complete. AI 6594 [3]. Drake 10673. More
[Philadelphia: 1849]. Broadside, 6" x 12 1/4", text in several type styles and surrounded by ornamental border. Announcing the Order of Exercises, Music, recipients of degrees [Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, Doctor of Medicine]. Very Good. Thomas Bache, Caldwell Biddle, Edward Shippen are among the graduates... More
[Philadelphia: 1849]. Three broadsides, each 6" x 9-3/4". Each with decorated border listing the music to be played and the musician-student. Two broadsides list recitals by members of the Senior Class, and one by members of the Junior Class. More
5.5" x 7.5", in ink manuscript. Age toned, light dampstaining. Old folds, wax seal remnants on verso, small tears at top and bottom edges where seal was broken [no text loss]. A few short closed tears at edges [repaired with archival tape on verso]. Good. Benjamin Rittenhouse (1740-1825), a Pennsylvania..... More
[New York]: Smythe & Wilcox, 1873. Narrow 12mo. 40pp + 16 blank memorandum pages. Bound in original publisher's gilt-stamped brown cloth. A blank memorandum leaf appears to have been removed [although OCLC's collation matches this offering], else a Fine copy. An attractive trade directory, with advertisements listing importers and manufacturers..... More
Philadelphia: T.K. & P.G. Collins, Printers. June, 1857. 16pp. Disbound, scattered light foxing. Else Very Good. OCLC 82574607 [1-Library Co. Philadelphia]. More
Philadelphia: 1731. Oblong manuscript, 15-1/2" x 7-1/2", on parchment. Red seals, signed by Jonathan Cockshaw "& mark of Martha Cockshaw", with signatures of witnesses Nicholas Ashmead, Dennis Rachford, Joseph Lawrence. Docketed on an otherwise blank verso. Tiny stitch holes in blank inner margin from previous binding. Very Good. Jonathan Cockshaw..... More