Philadelphia, PA: Joseph Torr, n.d. [probably issued after the Philadelphia nativist riots in 1844]. Broadside. 23 x 14 cm. Mounted on a closely trimmed, stiff flexibile sheet of paper. Lower left corner torn off with loss one or two words regarding publisher and availability. Minor foxing. Nativist anti-Catholic sentiment was..... More

Philadelphia: King & Baird, Printers, 1864. 2nd ed. Paperback. 43p. Disbound (removed from a bound volume). Softcover. No separate wrapper present. The Free Military School enrolled a total of over 1000 applicants The school was established in December, 1863 and and gave brief training to many white civilians and soldiers..... More

[Philadelphia]: Parallelodrome, Ltd. in association with The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, (c. 1977). Paperback. illustrations, 28 unnumbered pages (including wrapper). Softcover. Oblong (28 x 22 cm. ). Francis Johnson was the first African American to have any of his compositions issued as sheet music. He was also a talented performer..... More

Philadelphia: Merrihew & Thompson, 1863. Paperback. 24p. Softcover in original wrapper. 23cm. Vertical crease. Creasing, chipping and dog-earing on outer corners on back cover and most text leaves. Prooeedings of a meeting of the Pennsylvania Freedman's Relief Association. [Website Only]. More

n.p. n.p., 1880. Paperback. One and one-half pages in an old notebook, most of which consists of the notes of Jacob T. Gest, a young man from Philadelphia, on the History of the English Language (Writings of Spenser) and on the History of the Public School System in Philadelphia --..... More

n.p. The Committee, (1950). Paperback. 4 items: (1) Slip announcing an emergency meeting for the reinstatement of Dr Lorch. (2) Mimeographed letter from Rotan Lee briefly explaining the case and urging attendance at the meeting. (1)p. 36cm. 4 horizontal creases. (3) List of the Committee members. (1)p. 28cm. 2 horizonal..... More

Three pages (on a single sheet folded to form 4 modest pages). 21cm. Small hole through both pages with no loss of text. Odd mis-fold in bottom right corner. Dr. Darrah, who we were unable to further identify, writes a letter that is almost entirely an unrestrained Anti-Black rant about..... More

New York: Engineering Magazine, 1913. 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis (portrait), vii, illustrations, double-page map, 152p. Cloth. 21cm. No Jacket. More

New York: Arno Press, 1972. Hardcover. viii, (18), 444p. 22cm. No Jacket. Research Library of Colonial Americana (series). Reprint of the London edition of 1759 which had a longer title. While the folks at Arno list Franklin (in brackets) on their new title-page, this item has also been attributed to..... More

(1838). 4 p. handwritten letter folded to be envelope. Single sheet folded once to make a four-page letter. 20 x 25 cm. (as folded). Written in a reasonably clear hand. Small piece torn ourt of edge of pages 3 and 4 with the loss of a few letters of text..... More

Johnston, Pa. Johnston Tribune & Johnston Democrat, 1941. 1st ed. Paperback. 203p. Original somewhat soiled and worn wrapper. 24cm. More

Philadelphia: A. Fiot, No. 196 Chesnut St. n.d. [ ca.1840-1855]. Later mid-19th century edition. Two leaves [4th page blank]. 34cm. Disbound (removed from a bound volume). Split at fold. Modest tear on bottom edge of first leaf. Extensive light foxing. Pictorial black & white military illustration on top two-thirds of..... More

Philadelphia: Philadelphia Historical Commission, (1968). Paperback. illustrations, 69p. Softcover in original wrapper. White plastic comb binding. 28cm. Small tear in top edge of cover. "Prepared under a grant from the Physical Environment Task Force, Philadelphia Model Cities Program, for the Philadelphia Historical Commission." More