Philadelphia: Mathew Carey, 1792. [4],[181]-248pp. 20th-century three-quarter morocco and cloth, gilt. Titlepage and later typed sheet tipped in at front of text. Text lightly tanned. Very good. May issue for the last year of the AMERICAN MUSEUM..., containing an account of "Western Discoveries" in the "interior regions of America." The.....
Philadelphia. 1824. 108pp. 12mo. Original printed boards. Chipped at spine, boards rubbed, contemporary ink note on front board, and a note on front free endsheet: "This Book for the use of the Agricultural Society of Centre County Penna. Dec. 15. 1824." Some light foxing and tanning, else internally very good.....
Philadelphia. Oct. 3, 1829. [2]pp. on a folded folio sheet, third page blank, fourth page with manuscript address and docketing. Old fold lines. Near fine. A pessimistic and despairing letter from the famed Philadelphia publisher and editor, Mathew Carey. The letter is written to Philip R. Fendall, Jr., a Washington.....
Philadelphia: Lydia R. Bailey, 1831. 36pp. Dbd. Lightly foxed. About very good. Second edition, published the same year as the first. An essay by Philadelphia publisher Mathew Carey on the subject of "internal improvements" such as canals, roads, and railways. Published by order of the Society for the Promotion of.....
Philadelphia: Published by M. Carey, 1814. 3 preliminary leaves and 58 sheets of maps (50 double-page). Maps outlined in color. Tall folio. Antique style half calf and marbled boards. Titlepage with significant repaired damage, about 20% in upper fore-edge corner supplied in facsimile. Two preliminary text leaves also with paper.....
Philadelphia: Printed by the author, Nov. 23, 1793. 103,[9]pp. Contemporary wrappers. Contemporary manuscript title on front wrapper. Heavy foxing on first two leaves, otherwise internally very clean and bright. Near fine, unopened. Noted second edition on the titlepage, printed soon after the first edition of the same year. "This pamphlet.....
Philadelphia: Printed by the author, Nov. 23, 1793. 103,[9]pp. Modern plain wrappers. Occasional light stains, else near fine, with James Kent's signature on the titlepage. Second edition of a vivid eyewitness account of the famous 1793 yellow fever epidemic that "doomed the supremacy of Philadelphia among American cities" (DAH). Carey.....
Philadelphia. June, 1816. 24pp. Lacks pp.3-4, 21-22. (a single conjugate leaf) Dbd. Very minor foxing. Very good. Bookseller's advertisements for Mathew Carey. Carey was the leading Philadelphia bookseller and publisher of his day and an important figure in the history of the American book trade. Offerings include atlases and other.....
