London, England: William Pickering, 1851. Hardcover. Gilt-embossed royal blue cloth. 114 pp. No illus. The title tells all. This is a rare book, inscribed by George Peabody himself, to the Secy. of The Maryland Historical Society, and signed George Peabody, London. Their bookplate inside front cover. ! The spine reads..... More

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1862. Hardcover. Navy blue cloth, gilt letters on spine, 387 pp. Title on spine: U.S. Congress Acts. Details the Public Acts of the Thirty-Seventh Congress of the United States. Abraham Lincoln was President, and the Union had been at war with the South for a year..... More

Washington: Rapine and Elliot, 1815. Hardcover. Navy blue cloth, gilt letters on spine, 231 pp., some left uncut at top edge. Title on spine: U.S. Acts. 13th Congress 3rd Session. James Madison was President. The world was different. Simpler? Maybe not. More

Baltimore: 1834. Hardbound. Later library cloth binding. frontis illustration and four others. 256 pp. A complete copy that would greatly benefit from a trip to your binder. Scarce in any case. contains five wood engravings including the frontispiece: "Battle of Lake Erie"; "The Hornet and Peacock"; "The Constitution and Guerrier";..... More

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1893. Softcover. Tan wraps, 698 pp. A hefty annual report from back in the day when organizations thought to do and publish such things. Please note that the original boards are lost from this copy, but that it is still an original printed edition, and not..... More

Worcester, MA: American Antiquarian Society, 1962. Softbound. Greenish wraps. 31 pp., folding frontispiece. Printed in an edition of 500 copies to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the founding of the AAA. In the winter of 1960 the Society received from Mrs. Samuel Bennett a group of papers relating to Isaiah..... More

Baltimore: C. C. Fulton and Son, 1874. Softcover. Off-white ill. wraps. Unpaginated. Several bw ills. More

Philadelphia: Walter H. Jenkins, 1910. Hardbound. Silver cloth with gilt lettering; 105 pp. with gilt edges; 6 bw illustrations and a gatefold map. A history of the meeting house, with a list of antiques loaned, a poem in tribute, essays, and more. More

Seattle and London: University of Washington Press and American Museum of Natural History, 1992. Hardbound. Black cloth with glossy color-illustrated dustjacket. 300 pp., profusely illustrated in color and bw. A fabulous presentation with glorious illustrations. More

Philadelphia, PA: J. C. Kayser, 1823. Hardbound. Newly bound in embossed brown textured cloth with center gilt title, gilt title and date on spine. Engraved title page and simple title page. viii, 242, 41 pp., six engraved plates plus engraved title page. Includes elaborately engraved plates for the states of..... More

Dover: State of Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affiars. Softcover. White wraps. ix, 479 pp. Numerous bw ills. More

Washington, DC: United States Department of Labor, 1918. Hardcover. Blue cloth over boards; Black lettering on spine and front cover; 123 pp.; No illustrations. Prepared for the United States Employment Service by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics; Provides descriptions of and qualifications required for various jobs within the..... More

Breinigsville, Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania German Society, 1980. Hardcover. Off-white cloth with red lettering. xvi, 534 pp. Profuse bw ills. Essays: Albert F. Buffington, "The Pennsylvania German Dialect and Folklore of Somerset County", "Lach Hazhafdich! A Collection of 'earthly' Pennsylania German 'schtories'", and "The Pennsylvania German Prose and Poetry of Thomas..... More