New York: Kiggins & Kellogg, 1856. Good +. 16 p.: wood-engraved title vignette and illustrations; 93 mm. (3.75 inches). Pale yellow wrappers printed in black with illustration on front wrapper repeating title vignette, and borders on both wrappers. Publisher's advertisements on back wrapper, including notice of Redfield's Toy Books. Pages 4-16 each contain one wood-engraved illustration, with two letter-of-the-alphabet rhymes. "E Was an Editor, Who worked with a pen." The publish... more information

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Gravenhage, Netherlands: Meyndert Uytwerf, 1701. Very Good +. Tweede deel. Door den auteur van het eerste. Uyt het Engels vertaald." 40 p.; 19 cm. (7.25 inches). Disbound. Woodcut title vignette. Signatures: A-E4 (4to). Knuttel, 14606. A translation of The Duke of Anjou's Succession Further Considered, which is sometimes attributed, along with Part 1, to Daniel Defoe. In Very Good+ Condition: upper corner of pp. 31-32 lacking without loss of text; light foxing along upper edge of some pa... more information

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Netherlands, 1701. Very Good -. Title page continued: "Nevens eenige overwegingen op de Memorie van den Coning van Vrankryk aan haar Hoog Mog:, en over het belang van verscheide Vorsten en Staaten van het Christenryk in de tegenwoordige gestaltenis van zaaken. ... Uit het Engels overgezet. Volgens de Copy gedrukt tot London." 44 p.; 19 cm. Signatures: A-E4F2 (4to). Woodcut title vignette and initial. No publication information; date from Worldcat. Disbound from a larger volume, but solid. ... more information

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Netherlands, 1712. Very Good -. 8 p.; 19 cm. (7.25 inches). Signatures: A4 (4to). No publication information. Year of publication from Worldcat. Woodcut initial. Knuttel, 16088. A satirical poem purportedly by the Adelaide, Duchess of Shrewsbury, written while the Duke of Shrewsbury was British Ambassador to France in 1712 in the period leading up to the treaties of Utrecht. It concerns the relations of Great Britain, as represented by the Duke of Shrewsbury and the Earl of Oxford, with France. An... more information

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Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1995. Fine. xvi, 438 p.: 24 cm. (9.25 inches). Paperback with illustrated cover. Includes appendices, a note on sources, and index. No price listed. Second Edition, with a new preface by the author. McPherson's "examination of the complex and unhappy fate of Reconstruction clarifies the uneasy partnership of northern and southern white liberals after 1870, the tensions between black activists and white neo-abolitionists, the evolution of resistance ... more information

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London: J. and R. Tonson, 1743. Good +. [9], 12-82, [2] p.: frontispiece; 17 cm. (6.5 inches). 12mo. Disbound. All page edges red. Title page printed in red and black, with title vignette portrait. Frontispiece is signed: I. Thornhill and E. Kirkall. Wood endgraved head-pieces and initials. ESTC T19023. Joseph Trapp's play, set in Constantinople, was first performed in 1704 and features the title character as a classic virtuous maiden in a harem. In Good+ Condition: disbound; final five leave... more information

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Rotterdam: Jan Daniel Beman en Zoon, 1766. Very Good. Houbraken, J.. De agste druk. [54], 288 p.: frontispiece, title vignette, 13 leaves of engraved plates; 20 cm. Calf spine with speckled paper over boards. Six spine compartments between gilt-tooled borders. Blind-tooled title in second compartment: "Abraham de Aartsvader." Signatures: [pi]4 5*4 6*(4-1) 7*4 A-2N4. With original green silk bookmark. Title page printed in red and black. Wood-engraved tailpieces. The frontispiece is sign... more information

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Philadelphia: Charles Bell, 1837. Very Good -. New edition, with appropriate questions to each chapter, by a teacher of Philadelphia. 230 p.; 15 cm. Contemporary full calf with five spine compartments between double gilt rules. Black morocco label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title: Blair's Rhetoric. This version of Hugh Blair's popular Lectures on Rhetoric was edited by a Philadelphia teacher who has, unfortunately, remained anonymous. In Very Good- Condition: leather slightly stai... more information

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Philadelphia, Pa., 1801. Very Good -. To which is added, an appendix, containing a variety of precedents (adapted to the several acts) for the use of justices of the peace, sheriffs, attornies and conveyancers." "Printed for the Author." [4], lvi, [[3], 468, [28] p.; 22 cm. Full calf; red morocco spine label with gilt-tooled title: Read's Digest. Blind-tooled borders on both boards and blind-rules on spine. Shelf numbers on old paper labels at tail of spine. Former owner's name on ... more information

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York, Pa.: South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society, 1983. Near Fine. Special Publication Number 24. Found in Colonial Records (Minutes of the Provincial Council), Volumes 1, 2, 3, 9, & 10; The Statutes At Large of Pennsylvania Volumes II, III, IV, VI, VII, & VIII; Pennsylvania Archives, Series 1, Volumes 1, 3, & 4 With Surname Index Compiled and Published by the South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society. 24 p.; 28 cm. Light blue paper covers with the emblem of the South Centra... more information

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Philadelphia: Philadelphia Orchestra, 1976. Very Good. 224 pages: photographs (primarily color, a few black-and-white); 28 cm. Grey paper covers with white spine title and cover title. Color reproduction on front and back covers of Edna Andrade's painting Singing Spiral. The Academy Concert and Ball (usually referred to simply as the Academy Ball) is a major event in the Philadelphia social scene, held annually to raise funds for the Academy of Music. This program from the 1976 Academy Concert and... more information

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Philadelphia: Philadelphia Orchestra, 1980. Very Good. 201, [3] pages: photographs (primarily color, a few black-and-white); 28 cm. Color paper covers with white spine title and blackcover title. Color illustraion on front cover of Jim Lueders' painting Small Flower. The Academy Concert and Ball (usually referred to simply as the Academy Ball) is a major event in the Philadelphia social scene, held annually to raise funds for the Academy of Music. This program from the 1980 Academy Concert and Bal... more information

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Washington, D.C.: Judd & Detweiler, 1947. Soft Cover. Very Good. Justis, Lyle. [12] p.: illustrations; 29 cm. Blue-green stitched paper covers with gilt front cover title and illustrations. Printed in blue-green and black. First leaf and last leaf are blank. "This edition . . . designed and directed by Lester Douglas . . . The drawings are by Lyle Justis"--Colophon. With a loose illustrated slip, captioned: Greetings Mickey, Peter and Lester Douglas. In Very Good Condition: edges of c... more information

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Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Company, 1813. Hard Cover. Very Good. Drawn up for the consideration of the Board of Agriculture, with a view of explaining how far those systems are applicable to the less cultivated parts in England, and Scotland." "Printed by James Ballantyne & Co. for Archibald Constable and Company, Edinburgh; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London; and John Cuming, Dublin." Volume 1 only. xii, 439, [1] p.: frontispiece portrait of the author and [4] lea... more information

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London: Caradoc Press, 1905. Very Good -. [6], 152, [8] p.: frontispiece and 4 additional leaves of plates, 8 in-text illustrations; 23 cm. Original calf spine with terracotta paper over boards; cover title and price printed in darker terracotta. The tissue-guarded frontispiece is Fishmongers Wharf, London Bridge, an etching by Frank Brangwyn. The other plates consist of Old Fisherman, an etching by H.G. Webb; Les Champs Elysees, a photogravure by Antoine Watteau; and portraits of Cyril Scott and Percy ... more information

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London: Charles Eyre and William Strahan, 1775. Very Good. Full title: "An Act to Continue for a Further Time an Act, Made in the Eighth Year of His present Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Act to Continue and Amend an Act, made in the Fifth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled, An Act for Importation of Salted Beef, Pork, Bacon, and Butter, from Ireland, for a Limited Time, and for Allowing the Importation of Salted Beef, Pork, Bacon, and Butter, from the British Dominions in Americ... more information

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London: Thomas Baskett and Robert Baskett, 1744. Near Fine. [2], 691-706, [2] p.; 33 cm. (folio). Three stab-holes, but no other evidence that this was ever bound. Edges are untrimmed. Title page reads "Anno Regni Georgii II. Regis . . . Decimo Septimo. At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the First Day of December, Anno Dom. 1741, in the Fifteenth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second . . . And from thence continued by several Prorogations to the First Day of De... more information

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London: Thomas Baskett and the assigns of Robert Baskett, 1752. Fine. [2], 187-191, [1] p.; 33 cm. (folio). Three stab-holes, but no other evidence that this was ever bound. Edges are untrimmed. Title page reads "Anno Regni Georgii II. . . . At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the Tenth Day of November, Anno Dom. 1747, in the Twenty first Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second . . . And from thence continued by several Prorogations to the Fourteenth Day of Novembe... more information

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London: Thomas Baskett and the assigns of Robert Baskett, 1753. Fine. Title continued: "and for Regulating the Election of the Governors and Directors of the said Company." [2], 279-280 p.; 33 cm. (folio). Three stab-holes, but no other evidence that this was ever bound. Edges are untrimmed. Title page reads "Anno Regni Georgii II. . . . At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the Tenth Day of November, Anno Dom. 1747, in the Twenty first Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lo... more information

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London: Charles Eyre and William Strahan, 1776. Very Good +. Title continued: "trading to the East Indies, and of Biscuit and Pease to Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Bay Chaleur, and Labrador; and for Indemnifying all Persons with respect to Advising or Carrying into Execution His Majesty's Orders of Council already made for Allowing the Exportation of Wheat, and other Articles." [2], 995-1000 p.; 31 cm. (folio). Disbound. Title page reads "Anno Regni Georgii III. . . . At the Parliamen... more information

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