Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird, 1868. Hardcover. Brown cloth boards, gilt lettering on front cover; (2) pp, XXIII leaves of bw plates. Includes a list of the plates. More
Lancaster, PA: Johann Bar, 1841. Hardcover. leather boards w/ raised spine bands. 423 pgs; 19 additional pgs. Latches missing from boards. Primarily text with some bars of music interspersed. In 1819, at the age of 23, Johann Bar or John Bear, printed the first Bible for the Pennnsylvania Dutch community..... More
Milwaukee: Chipstone Foundation, 2015. Hardcover. Tan cloth boards with silver spine lettering, black and color illustrated dust jacket, decorative end pages, 298 pp, illustrated throughout in bw and color. White silk ribbon page marker. Contents include: Ark of the Covenant : the Remarkable Inlaid Cedar Scrutoir from the Brinckerhoff Family..... More
Wilmington, Ohio: Clinton County Historical Society, 1966. Hardcover. Terracotta cloth/boards with bw image and black lettering. 100 pp. with occasional bw images. The life story of Ohio Quaker artist, Eli Harvey, known for his stunning sculptures of both wild and domestic animals. Includes a foreword by Norman Rockwell, a list..... More
Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 2002. Hardcover. Black cloth boards with gray lettering, marbled endpapers. Glossy gray and color-photographic dust jacket with white lettering. 256 pp. During his production years, Gustav Stickley made photographs of much of his work. Some were used in his Craftsman magazine, and some were used..... More
Washington, D. C. Office of the Secretary of Defense, 1984-1988. Hardcover. Two volumes bound in rust cloth boards, tan and white dj with bw illustrations. Volume 1 has bw illustrated end papers, bw portrait frontispiece; xi, 667 pp, bw illustrations. Volume 2 has bw illustrated end papers; xiv, 701 pp..... More
Cincinnati: H. M. Ruilson, 1859. Hardcover. Black decorative leather boards with gilt lettering and design elements. marbled bookblock and end pages. 1 preliminary leaf, vii-xxx, 25-879 pages folded color frontispiece, illustrations (including portrait) 7 color plates. Originally published 1848. More
Birdsboro, PA: Pennsylvania German Society, 1991. Hardcover. Cream cloth with red lettering on spine and red lettering and illustration on cover, black and off-white illustrated dust jacket with blue spine lettering, 303 pp., bw and color illustrations. "Pennsylvania German women presided over the production and maintenance of textiles for their..... More
Connecticut: Florence Griswold Museum/Wesleyan University Press, 2011. Softcover. Color illustrated wraps with white and tan lettering, color frontispiece, ix, 98 pp, illustrated in color. Contents include: Introduction: the Connecticut River Valley as a cultural center, 1740-1840 / Amy Kurtz Lansing -- With needle and brush: schoolgirl embroidery from the Connecticut..... More
New Haven: Yale University and The Bruce Museum, 2016. Hardcover. Charcol grey cloth boards with white stamped lettering on spine. Color-illustrated dust jacket with white and grey lettering. xiii, 494 pp. Mainly color illustrations. This book presents new information on the export trade, patronage, artistic collaboration, and the small-scale shop..... More
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1888. Hardcover. Brownish-green cloth boards with gilt lettering, color folded map frontispiece, 427 pp, one bw folded map. American Commonwealths Series. Front cover reads, "American Commonwealths; Edited by Horace E. Scudder" More
NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art / The Index Of American Design / The National Gallery Of Art, 1943. Hardcover. portfolio w/ orange boards & cloth spine. 4 letterpress pages followed by 20 color plates. Pages and plates have edge-wear, tanning & smudges. Foxing to edges, instances of staining. Plates No..... More
Philadelphia: National Publishing Company, 1941. Hardcover. Maroon cloth, gilt letters on spine, 169 pp., 16 BW illus. Biography of the colonial American lawyer who became the 18th Speaker of the House of the Pennsylvania Representatives. He also defended printer John Peter Zenger in his court case of 1735. One of..... More
New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, 1866. Hardcover. Cloth boards with mounted color illustrated front and rear covers; printed advertisement end papers, 167 pp. Contents include: General observations -- The art of conversation -- General rules for conversation -- On dress -- Introductions -- Letters of introduction -- Dinner parties --..... More
New York: The Company, 1950. Paperback. Yellow wraps with bw illustration on front and gray lettering, 48 pp, profusely illustrated in bw. "This catalog can only suggest to the wide variety of Richter Reproductions for Dining Room and Bed Room- and a host of incidental pieces." - page 3. More
London: Frances Lincoln, 2009. 1st Frances Lincoln ed. Hardcover. Grey boards with silver lettering; Illustrated DJ with light pink and white lettering and illustration; colorfully illustrated; includes DVD, laid-in on interior back cover; illustrated endpapers; colorful frontispiece/photo; 258 pp.; richly illustrated, primarily in color). "Includes DVD of a virtual tour..... More
Harrisburg: Wiestling, John Solomon, 1822. Hardcover. Leather over boards, covers are original; Five raised bands on spine; Functioning metal clasps. 454 pp. Text in German. Dutch Mennonite tract which has been reprinted many times. More
Philadelphia: Joseph Crukshank, 1787. Hardcover. Brown leather boards, viii, 439 pp. Includes an alphabetical index. More
Philadelphia/ London: William Phillips, 1821. Hardcover. Plain blue boards with gray spine, black lettering on spine, 186 pp. Memorials of 44 American Quaker men and women who died between 1788 and 1819. This copy is inscribed and signed on ffep possibly by Henry Blackwell, abolishonist and women's rights advocate. We..... More
Philadelphia: King & Baird, 1864. Hardcover. Black cloth boards, blind stamped design and gilt lettering; 48 pp. Front cover, "Letters of Commodore Stockton to the New York Evening Post." More
Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1907. Hardcover. Salmon colored boards with black spine lettering; bw frontispiece, xi, 15-284 pp, 15 bw plates. Includes 16 bw illustrations from photographs (including frontispiece). A collection of Hawaiian folklore tales. More
Knoxville: The University of Tennessee Press, 2014. Hardcover. Black cloth boards with silver lettering. Light green dj with illustrations. 441 pages: illustrations, photographs, tables. Contents:Introduction / Richard Veit and David Orr -- American Indian archaeology of the historic period in the Delaware Valley / R. Michael Stewart -- Charles Conrad..... More
