Philadelphia. 1798. 41pp. Dbd. A bit tanned. Old faded stamp on upper right corner of titlepage. Otherwise quite good. Addison, a supporter of the recently enacted Sedition Act of 1798, writes about the impending war with France. He was a consistent ultra-Federalist and hater of the French Revolution.
Lancaster. 1803. 154pp. Lacks the 14pp. appendix at rear. Later three-quarter morocco and cloth, bit sunned, untrimmed, some foxing, else very good. Without the 14pp. appendix at rear. Addison, a pugnacious reactionary (he defended the Alien and Sedition Acts), was impeached and removed from the bench on a charge of.....
Lancaster. 1803. [3]-124,101-154,14pp. Lacks half title. 20th-century tan buckram, gilt morocco labels. Shelf mark on spine. Institutional ink and blind stamp on titlepage. Occasional foxing and contemporary marginalia, worming to last portion of text and the Appendix. Good. Addison, a pugnacious reactionary (he defended the Alien and Sedition Acts), was.....
Philadelphia. 1821. 58pp. Dbd. Gatherings loose. Trimmed a bit closely, affecting some text. Lightly foxed. Good. The American Convention for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery and Improving the Condition of the African Race brought together several regional and state organizations under a national umbrella group. The group was founded in.....
[Philadelphia. 1967]. Broadside printed in brown on light blue paper, 18 x 12 inches. Minor edge wear, small bump along left edge, occasional mild spotting. Overall very good. An attractive and rare poster promoting a series of public events for Philadelphia-area African-American artists held at the Lee Cultural Center, 440.....
Philadelphia: Printed by Andrew Steuart, [1764]. [40]pp. including one in-text woodcut illustration. 12mo. Printed self-wrappers, stitched. Additional stab holes in blank gutter. Contemporary ink ownership inscription of John Lambert in outer margin of p.[3]. Edge wear, some soiling to titlepage, scattered foxing. Else very good. Untrimmed. The sixth annual UNIVERSAL.....
Philadelphia: Printed by Andrew Steuart, [1763]. [40]pp. including one in-text woodcut illustration. 12mo. Printed self-wrappers, stitched. Additional stab holes in blank gutter. Light soiling on titlepage, scattered foxing. Else very good, untrimmed. The fifth annual UNIVERSAL AMERICAN ALMANACK by "Andrew Aguecheek" (the pseudonym is taken from the character in TWELFTH.....
Philadelphia: Printed by and for Andrew Steuart, [1762]. [40]pp. including one in-text woodcut illustration. 12mo. Printed self-wrappers, stitched. Additional stab holes in blank gutter. Some wear, scattered foxing, else very good, untrimmed. The fourth annual UNIVERSAL AMERICAN ALMANACK by "Andrew Aguecheek" (a pseudonym taken from the character in TWELFTH NIGHT).....
Washington, D.C. American Automobile Association, 1940. 640pp. including maps, illustrations and advertisements. Large folding map affixed to rear wrapper. Stiff pictorial wrappers. Wrappers soiled and beginning to pull away from the text block, spine cracked. Good, lacking the second folding map. Gives descriptions and points of interest for fourteen northeastern.....
Washington, D.C. American Automobile Association, 1941. 656pp. including maps, illustrations and advertisements, plus two large folding maps. Printed stiff pictorial wrappers. Wrappers soiled and faded, a note in ink on the front wrapper. One leaf detached. Very good. Descriptions and points of interest for fourteen Northeastern states, the District of.....
1918. 24-panel map. Moderate tanning. Some contemporary marks on map. Good. Map of Pennsylvania. Includes curious advertisement for an early form of traveler's checks.
[Philadelphia]. June 9, 1798 - April 6, 1799. [161]-416pp. (lacks pp.163-166). Apparently also lacking titlepages with complete publication title. Contemporary half calf and plain boards. Spine worn, front hinge cracked. First two leaves lightly dampstained. Lacks two leaves. Otherwise good, untrimmed. A volume of ten complete issues of this early.....
Philadelphia: Printed by T.W. Ustick, Aug. 7 1833 - July 23, 1834. 422pp., comprising the first twenty-six issues of the first volume. Gathered signatures, later stitching. Laid into contemporary plain wrappers. Some scattered foxing, else quite good. This early American periodical contains all manner of articles on economic and political.....
London: Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan, 1776. 210,215-250,253-330,333-370,373-442,445- 470,473-614,617-654,657-678,681-828pp. Folio. Modern calf, spine gilt with raised bands. Each act has a separate general titlepage; pagination and register are continuous. Slight shelf wear, occasional tanning, lacking one general titlepage and several blanks (see below). Very good. An impressive collection.....
Edinburgh: Printed by Alexander Kincaid His Majesty's Printer, 1764–1776. Five separately printed acts, pagination given below. Folio. Dbd. Numbering in ink to head of titlepage of first four of the five acts. Ink inscription cropped at head of A2 of the final act. Some soiling. Overall very good. A collection.....
[Philadelphia. 1775]. [4]pp. on bifolium sheet. Folio. Very minor soiling and chipping at edges. Fine. Printed in Philadelphia on the day of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, opening the American Revolution, by the man who would print the Declaration of Independence the next year. This supplement to the PACKET.....
Philadelphia: Printed by John Dunlap, 1782. [2],698 [i.e. 697]pp. plus errata page. Tall folio. Antique-style three-quarter calf and marbled boards. Text evenly toned, scattered foxing, occasional bit of dampstaining. Leaf Gg has a long closed tear in the lower margin, not costing any text. Very good. Untrimmed. This copy bears.....
Philadelphia. 1824-1830. Seven volumes. Illustrated. Contemporary three-quarter calf and marbled boards, spines gilt, leather labels. Hinges cracked; spine on volume seven heavily worn. Library label at foot of each spine. Bookplate on front pastedowns. Internally clean. Good plus. A complete run of this periodical published by the American Sunday School.....
[Philadelphia. ca. 1900]. 48pp. plus two-sided folding leaf and two- sided printed wrappers, containing approximately 150 photographic images (over seventy in color). Original printed wrappers. Spine neatly repaired with black cloth tape. Some wear, small chips in wrappers. Very good. Richly illustrated color catalogue for W.T. Smith & Son, Philadelphia-based.....
St. Augustine. July 9, 1837. [4]pp. autograph letter, signed, on a folded folio sheet, addressed for mailing and with a circular “St. Augustine” postal stamp on the fourth page. Old folds. Remnants of wax seal on fourth page. Short, closed splits along a few folds, with no loss of paper.....
Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by J. Crukshank, [1773]. [36]pp. plus eight blank interleaves. 24mo. Contemporary green decorative wrappers. Spine separating at head. Some faint foxing, early pencil notations on first blank leaf. Very good. An early edition of the popular little almanac attributed by Evans to William Andrews. With lists.....
Philadelphia: H.C. Carey & I. Lea, 1826. 192pp. plus ten folding maps. 20th-century green cloth, red morocco gilt label. Boards lightly soiled. Ex-Easton (PA) Public Library with their blindstamp on the titlepage and a faded ink number on the copyright page. Light to moderate scattered foxing to the text; the.....
Philadelphia. 1852. [4]pp. on a single folded quarto sheet. Illustrated. Small chip to top margin, a few marginal stabholes, soft creasing. Very good. A rare promotional work advertising a new engraving by Alfred Jones, after Rothermel's famous painting, commemorating Patrick Henry's famous "If this be treason, make the most of.....
[Philadelphia. ca. 1836]. Broadside, 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches. Some light edge wear. A bit of soiling. Very good. A scarce broadside advertising the Philadelphia exhibition of sculptures copying art from the Parthenon which had been absconded by Lord Elgin and put on display at the British Museum. The.....
Ephrata: J. Georg Zeisiger, 1763. 198,[4],14pp., including a second titlepage within the pagination and a full-page plate on p.187. Contemporary ruled calf, raised bands. Boards rubbed and edgeworn, chipped at spine ends, small chip in front board. Lightly tanned and foxed. Overall, very good, in original condition. In a half.....
