Historic Philadelphia, from the Founding until the Early Nineteenth Century; Papers dealing with its People and Buildings.
text illus., folding map in back pocket. 4to, cloth, chipped d.w. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Soc., 1953. More
text illus., folding map in back pocket. 4to, cloth, chipped d.w. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Soc., 1953. More
illus. xi, 596pp. 8vo, cloth. Harrisburg: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Comm., 1960. First Edition. vg. More
New York: Harper, 1958. 8vo, yellow cloth, d.w. New York: Harper, (1958). A near fine copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper, sunned spine with light chipping to head. More
Philadelphia: Merrihew, 1842. 24pp., 8vo, sewed. Philadelphia: Merrihew & Thompson, 1842. Very good. More
New York: Arno Press, 1971. 158pp. + 23pp. 8vo, rebound in full blue morocco. (New York: Arno Press, 1971). Very good The last 23 pages is a separate work by Lt. Boyer, A Journal of Wayne's Campaign...against the Northwestern Indians. Both works are facsimiles of the Cincinnati, 1866 editions. More
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1932. Frontispiece, 694pp., thick 8vo, blue cloth. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 1932. First Edition. Very Good (+). More
Frontis. 8vo, cloth. Philadelphia, 1932. First edition. More
Philadelphia: Author, 1897. Illustrated sparsely in black and white. vi, 456 pages. Thick 8vo, blue cloth with gilt stamped lettering (corners bumped, lightly worn overall). Philadelphia: Published by the Author, 1897. Second Edition. Some neat penciled annotations throughout as well at on fly leaf and inside front cover. A very good copy of this scarce publication. A Township of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Settled 1698, by Immigrants from Wales, With Some Data Referring to the Adjoining Township of Montgomery, Also Settled..... More
many color plates. oblong 4to, cloth, d.w. N.Y., (1952). More
518pp. 12mo, cloth; (cloth soiled). N.p.: Edgewood, 1889. More
Edgewood Publishing, 1889. Illustrated. 459 pages. Thick 12mo, original brown cloth, spine ends and edges of covers rubbed, corners lightly bumped, lettering on spine faded. N.p.: Edgewood, 1889. Very good. More
Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1994. Illustrated throughout in color and b/w. 116 pages. Thin 4to, pictorial wrappers. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, (1994). First edition. A fine copy. Published on the occasion of the exhibition "Eastern State Penitentiary at Fairmount: Crucible of Good Intentions" at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1994. More
Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Art, 2003. Illustrated in b/w and color throughout. 174 pages. 4to, red cloth, d.w. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Art, (2003). A very good copy, shelfworn with minor bumping to rear panel and corners; in a lightly scuffed vg wrapper. More
Philadelphia: Henry Miller, 1775. 27 pages. Slim 8vo, rebound in older brown half morocco, rubbed. Philadelphia: Henry Miller, 1775. Published by request First edition. Some foxing throughout but still a near fine copy of this exceedingly rare tract that refers to Guy Johnson's influencing the Mohawk Indians against the American cause. In the fall of 1775, Jones, an army chaplain, preached his noted sermon to a group of Pennsylvania troops in which he took high ground for independence at a...... More
Philadelphia: George Barrie, 1904. Plates, several in color. xxiv, 523pp. 8vo, publisher's 3/4 brown morocco, margins uncut, head of spine worn, spine rubbed and sunned. Philadelphia: George Barrie, (1904). One of 100 numbered copies. History of the colonization of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland up to 1765. The History of North America, volume IV. Edited by Guy Carleton Lee. More
Illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w. Philadelphia, Chilton, (1972). vg. More
Philadelphia: Ashmead, 1856. 14 steel engraved plates. 8vo, brown blind stamped cloth (spine slightly chipped). Philadelphia: Ashmead, 1856. First edition. Howes J-244. Very good (+). Includes abductions by the Indians during the French & Indian War. More
Garden City: Doubleday, 1980. Illus. 848pp. 8vo, 1/2 red cloth, a few pages with a small amount of underlining on each, lightly dampstained to top margin of some pages. Garden City: Doubleday, 1980. More
A Sermon preached before Worshipful Master, Wardens and Brethren of Lodge Number Fifty, of Free and Accepted Masons, at West- Chester...December 27, 5818. 24pp. 8vo, disbound; (3 chips to three page margins, light foxing). Downingtonwn: Printed by Charles Mowry, for the Author, 1818. First Edition S&S 44504. More
Philadelphia: 1906. Frontis., illustrated, folding map in rear pocket. 784 pages, tall 8vo, green cloth with gilt spine-lettering and front cover decoration; covers slightly bowed and faded/stained along foredges. Philadelphia, 1906. Internally fine, a very good(+) copy. More
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1943. 20 color plates on cardboard with descriptions on verso. Introduction by Benjamin Knotts. Slim folio, rust buckram, (extremities slightly frayed, small blindstamp on pg. 1). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, (1943). Very good (+). More
musical notations. 474pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w.; (d.w. chipped and soiled, former owner's inscription on front flyleaf). Univ. of Pennsylvania Press, 1949. More
15pp. 8vo, sewn; (unopened, uncut). Lancaster: Johann Albrecht, [1799]. First Edition. vg Political pamphlet in favor of the Federalist candidate for governor, James Ross. In 1799, he was a U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania and president pro tempore. Evans 35450. More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1979. 8vo, purple cloth, d.w., many pages with pencil marks in margins, some pages with pencil underlining, d.w. sunned on spine portion, cloth lightly soiled. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, (1979). More
University park: Keystone, 1979. Extensively illustrated. 60pp., tall thin 8vo, stiff pictorial wrappers. University Park: Keystone Books, (1979). A fine copy. More
Many thanks for obtaining "Churchill's Generals" - a pristine copy that I did not expect. In recent years Argosy has obtained several books for me that I had been trying to find for quite a while... Many, many thanks!
Just a note to tell you I received "The Hierarchie of the Blessed Angells" yesterday in fine shape and I am very happy with such a fine copy. Best regards