Alexander Graham Bell
Nova Scotia: Maritime Telegraph & Telephone Company Limited, no date given (1970s or 80s?). Softcover. Beige pictorial stapled wraps; 20 pp.; 17 bw photos. An essay about the life and work of Alexander Graham Bell. More
Nova Scotia: Maritime Telegraph & Telephone Company Limited, no date given (1970s or 80s?). Softcover. Beige pictorial stapled wraps; 20 pp.; 17 bw photos. An essay about the life and work of Alexander Graham Bell. More
Mattapoisett, Massachusetts: The Parsonage, 1983. First. Hardbound. Red patterned boards with burgundy cloth spine, [6] 91pp, 25 BW illustrations. A book published specifically in memorium to the life of Andrew Oliver. Several texts by Oliver himself, as well as David McCord, Wendell Garrett, Rodney Armstrong, Frederick S. Allis, Jr, Bryant..... More
Philadelphia: T.K. and P.G. Collins, PRINTERS, 1855. Softbound. Printd wraps with engraved portrait vignette of Washington below his name. 24 pp. Worldcat locates 9 copies. Needs restoration or preservation attention. Rare nonetheless. This item comprises an accumulation of shorter anecdotes, letters and tributes put together by Ann Pamela Cunningham (or..... More
Philadelphia: Privately printed, press of Alfred J. Ferris, 1895. Hardcover. Brown cloth over boards; Gilt titling at spine; Top edges gilt; Green floral endpapers; 286 pp.; BW frontispiece, 1 bw plate. More
Rockland, ME: The Colonial Dames of America, 1976. Softbound. Illustrated wraps. 149 pp. Reproduction of an original manuscript diary kept by Harriet Manigault during the years 1813-1816. Reading this provides insights and reveals glimpses of Philadelphia society and life during those years. More
New York: Kende Galleries at Gimbel Brothers, 1947. Softcover. Textured blue wraps with black lettering. 93 pp. with bw frontis and 15 additional bw illus. Catalogue from the public auction held October 17th and 18th 1947; 115 autograph letters and documents, engravings, prints, miniatures, plaques, and an important marble bust..... More
New York: Leypoldt & Holt, 1867. Softcover. Tannish wraps. 28 pp. No ills. Text in French. Excerpts from du Pont de Nemours' correspondence. More
Cincinnati, OH: Applegte & Company, 1854. early Printing. Hardcover. Embossed black cloth with gilt title on spine. ffep with image and text, reverse of ffep with portrait of Boone, then title-page, colophon with copyright date of 1847, then pp. v-x, pp. 11-252, followed by two blank sheets (one with ragged..... More
Washington, DC: Bethlehem Chapel, Washington Cathedral, November 16, 1968. Hardcover. Blue cloth. Unpaginated. Bw frontispiece. A memorial service held in the Bethlehem Chapel, given by James Row, Herbert Wechsler, Allen Tate, August Heckscher and Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., with a foreword by John Biggs. More
San Francico / New York: Greg Martin Auctions, 2003. Softcover. Quarto. Staple bound auction catalogue. Unpaginated. 22 Lots. More
London, England: Trubner and Company, 1860. Hardcover. Dark reddish-brown cloth. xxvi, 334 pp. No illus. Also includes extracts from Varnhagen's diarires and letters from Varnhagen and others to Humboldt. This is an authorized translation from the German with explanatory notes and a full index of names. Contains prefaces to the..... More
NY: Samuel Wood & Sons, 1821. Hardcover. Marbeled boards with black cloth over spine. li + 252 pp. More
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1896. Hardcover. Red cloth, 2 vols., gilt-edged pages on top, 427, 451 pp., 15 BW plates. William Barton Rogers (1804-1892) was a scientist and educator who helped to found the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ** This set was once owned by T. Coleman du Pont..... More
NP: np, 1852, circa. Softbound. No covers, consists of two stitched 16 pp. roups. First page has a 2/3 page woodcut of Scott on a horse, last page has a bowl of soup wood engraving at base, and reference to a larger 532 pp. biography of Scott. Many delightful woodcut..... More
London: Printed and Published by W. Mason, 1814. "Second Edition, with Considerable Additions" Hardcover. Bound into dark olive green cloth with gilt title on spine. 72 pp., one illustration. Date, which is not printed in the book, is derived from the scribed date at the base of the colored-portrait frontis..... More
Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers, 1864 [1865]. Hardcover. Brown stamped cloth, gilt letters on spine, 203 pp., one BW plate as frontispiece. An early posthumous biography by an uncredited author, although later editions are attributed as being written by David Brainerd Williamson. This is a scarce edition, labeled with..... More
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1877. 7th edition. Brown cloth covers. 2 Volumes. xviii, 524p; viii, 533p. frontispiece illustrations. Contents are solid, covers are loose, volume 2 has a tear in the spine. More
Chester: Chester County Historical Society, 1955. Softcover. White stapled wraps. 12 pp. No ills. Documentation of speech made on the occasion of the unveiling of a marker at Sullivan's birth place. More
New York, New York: Sotheby's, 2006. Softcover. BW pictorial wraps with yellow and white lettering; 239 pp.; Profusely illustrated in bw and color. Catalogue of the collection that was never auctioned--it was instead bought outright by Morehouse College; An incredible collection of items that belonged to Martin Luther King, Jr...... More
Dallas, TX: Heritage Auctions, 2008, June 7. Softbound. Color illustrated wraps. 568 lots presented on 206 pages, all illustrated in full color. Lots 53001 - 53568 are offered for sale. The auction and catalogue are organized as follows: Franklin D. Roosevelt as President; Eleanor Roosevelt Relics and Autographs; The Roosevelt..... More
New York, New York: International Newspaper Syndicate, 1900. Softcover. Green-blue wraps; 4 pp.; 1 bw plate with tissue overlay. Compiled for newspaper reference; Includes a portrait of Frothingham, as well as three pages of information about his work accomplishments. More
Paris: Ed. E. P. A., 1977-1980. Hardcover. French language text. Black cloth boards with illustration. Photographs, illustrations. Each volume individualy paginated. 9 volumes. More
Philadelphia: Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, 1902. Hardcover. Blue-purple cloth, gilt letters on spine, gilt decoration on front cover, 382 pp., 19 BW plates. The Masonic lodge in Philadelphia honored George Washington's 150th initiation anniversary in grandiose fashion. This book contains all of the documentation related to the festivities. Even President..... More
Moscow: The U.S.S.R. Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries, 1939. Hardcover. Brown cloth boards with black spine. Black itle lettering. 187, [1] pages : illustrations, plates, portraits, facsimiles. Contents: The greatness of Pushkin, by Prof. I. Luppol.--The life and death of the poet: Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (a biographical essay)..... More
New York: Wynkoop, Hallenbeck & Thomas, printers, No. 49 Ann Street, 1860. Softcover. Small printed and sewn wraps. 32 pp., There were two printings of this pamphlet in 1860. This one, and another where the printer was located at 113 Fulton Street. One copy of that issue is found, 5..... More