The World of William Penn
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1986. 421pp. 8vo, original green cloth, ex-lib. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1986. Signed by both editors. More
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1986. 421pp. 8vo, original green cloth, ex-lib. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1986. Signed by both editors. More
illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w.; (d.w. soiled). Philadelphia: Lippincott, (1948). Signed by both authors. More
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1966. Illustrated with a handful of b/w photos. 95 pages. Tall, slim 8vo, two-toned maroon and navy boards. Philadelphia: Lippincott, (1966). A very good(+) copy--light foxing to outer page edges, some rubbing to boards. More
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1974. 298 pages. 8vo, blue cloth-backed cream boards, d.w. (edgeworn and toned). New York: William Morrow & Company, 1974. Boards lightly toned at edges. Small inked numbers on front pastedown endpaper. A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
4 illus. tall 12mo, cloth. Yale UP, 1921. Chronicles of America Series, vol. 8. More
Cambridge: Riverside, 1903. Hundreds of illustrations: portraits, maps, views, documents, etc. 2 volumes. xxvii + 256 pages and xxvi + 374 pages. Thick 8vos, white cloth-backed boards with paper spine labels; some pages unopened, edges untrimmed, a few pages with very minor foxing. Cambridge: Printed at The Riverside Press, 1903. Large paper edition. Spines are sun-darkened, still a very good(+) copy. Number 194 of 250 copies printed. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1902. Illus. 2 vols. 8vo, maroon cloth, cloth lighltly soiled on both volumes. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1902. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1899. 4 maps. 2 vols. 8vo, maroon cloth, spine ends and edges of corners lightly worn on both volumes, corners bumped on volume II, inner hinge weak on volume II, cloth lightly soiled on volume I. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (1899). More
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1997. Commentaries on the Plates by Kenneth Finkel. 18 color and 90 b/w plates, 69 b/w text Illus. Oblong 4to, blue cloth, d.w. slightly chipped, top and bottom of cloth and part of d.w. faded from sun exposure. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, (1997). More
Providence: Associates of the John Carter Brown Library, 1974. Folding plate, one text Illus. Thin 8vo, pr. wrs. Providence: Associates of the John Carter Brown Library, 1974. Most of the text is a complete facsimile of the Philadelphia, 1744 edition. More
Philadelphia: Privately Printed, 1854. 58pp. Small 8vo, original gray boards, expertly rebacked in new black cloth, boards lightly dampstained and lightly soiled, some edges of boards worn, moderate foxing throughout. Philadelphia: (Privately Printed), 1854. First Edition A satirical poem on individual citizens of Philadelphia. Some pages have 20th century pencil annotations in the margins with names and some additional information on some people mentioned in the poem. Pages 43-58 consist of printed notes by the author, as part of the..... More
Philadelphia: T. S. Manning, 1820. 31 pages. 12mo, disbound, a few pages with light foxing. (Philadelphia: T. S. Manning, 1820). Inscribed on last page by George A. Baker, grand secretary of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. Included in the text is a list of the Masonic Lodges in the United States under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. Text also includes a list of names of freemasons, in several states, who were suspended, rejected, or repulsed by their..... More
Philadelphia: Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, 1926. Illus. 8vo, green cloth, cloth lightly soiled, corners lightly bumped. Philadelphia: Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company 1926. More
Philadelphia: Ishi Publications, 1983. Illus. 8vo, white cloth, d.w. lightly soiled, otherwise very good. Philadelphia: Ishi Publications, (1983). More
London: J. Wilkie, 1779. Illustrated with frontispiece folding map of the area of the Delaware, Schuylkill, and Brandywine Rivers. viii, 101 pages. Slim 8vo, bound by Weeks & Co in 3/4 navy polished calf over marbled boards (spine just a bit faded and covers bowed at fore-edge; internally clean and fine). London: J. Wilkie, 1779. Second Edition. Author was the leading loyalist in Pennsylvania. Before the war he had been Speaker of the Pennsylvania Assembly and member of the First..... More
4 vols. 12mo, cloth, d.w. chipped and torn on all volumes, otherwise very good. N.Y., 1931. Four novels set in Philadelphia from 1770's to 1850's. More
Philadelphia: Wm. F. Fell. Woodcuts. 32pp. 12mo, wrappers, d.w. Philadelphia: Wm. F. Fell, n.d., circa 1950. Limited edtion. Fine Street cries of Philadelphia. First published in 1810. More
University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1978. Illus. 8vo, green cloth, d.w. partially faded from sun exposure and rubbed, some pages with pencil marks in margins. Pennsylvania State UP, (1978). More
Intercourse: Good Books, 2000. Many color photo Illus. by Jerry Irwin. 4to, tan boards, d.w. Intercourse, PA: Good Books, (2000). Fine Signed by the author and Jerry Irwin, the photographer. More
illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w. (Valley Forge): Judson, (1992). vg. More
Philadelphia: T. Belknap, 1832. 508 pages with tipped-in map. 8vo., bowed and edge-worn leather covers stamped at spine, pages moderately foxed throughout. Philadelphia: T. Belknap, 1832. A very good copy. Repair to map and foxing, ding on outer paper edge, inscribed Samuel M. Keehan April 22nd 1835. Beautiful historical guide to Pennsylvannia. More
New York: Arno, 1969. Edited by John Stockton Littell. 504pp., tall 8vo, handsomely rebound in full green calf, spine faded to brown. (New York: Arno Press, 1969). Very good (+). Facsimile of the Philadelphia 1846 edition. More
map. 8vo, cloth. Univ. of Pittsburgh Pr., (1938). More
Uniontown: James Hadden, 1910. Illustrated in black & white. 139 pages. 12mo, burgundy cloth, spine sunned. Uniontown, PA: James Hadden, (1910). A very good(+) copy. More
illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w. Philadelphia: Lippincott, (1952). vg. More
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