![3732033] The Johnson Art Collection. An Open Letter to the Mayor and City Council. [with...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3732033_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1669151286)
Thoughts on the housing and display of the John G. Johnson Collection of 1,200 European paintings bequeathed to the City of Philadelphia in 1917. A...... Read More about The Johnson Art Collection. An Open Letter to the Mayor and City Council. [with Author’s Typed...
![3732442] Several Observations. Thirty Five Poems. Geoffrey Grigson](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3732442_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1679432878)
First edition, first impression. Grigson’s first book, an unopened copy. His early poetry “consists of precise, imagistic observations of the world.” (Cambridge Guide to Literature)..... Read More about Several Observations. Thirty Five Poems
![3728928] Two ca. 1920s–1930s Georg Jensen Silver trade catalogs with price lists. Georg Jensen,...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3728928_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1571765209)
Two trade catalogs and two price lists featuring silver, silverware, and jewelry designed by Danish silversmith, Georg Jensen (d. 1935) for Georg Jensen & Wendel..... Read More about Two ca. 1920s–1930s Georg Jensen Silver trade catalogs with price lists
![3731984] 1916 United States Patent Office Document ... Apparatus for Making and Dressing Paper...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3731984_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1659053209)
Patent for “useful Improvements in Apparatus for Making and Dressing Paper Dolls” issued to George A. Fox of Springfield Massachusetts, assignor to toy and game..... Read More about 1916 United States Patent Office Document ... Apparatus for Making and Dressing Paper Dolls
![3731843] Seven ALsS written between 1869-1872 by George Andrews,Tennessee Supreme Court Judge....](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3731843_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1677712001)
A Vermont native, George Andrews (1826–1889) was appointed as a justice to the Tennessee Supreme Court by Governor W.G. Brownlow in 1868. He served for..... Read More about Seven ALsS written between 1869-1872 by George Andrews,Tennessee Supreme Court Judge
![3731179] [Autograph Letter Signed by George Barker, Jr., British Artist and Picture Restorer who...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3731179_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1642439159)
Letter of introduction by artist George Barker, Jr. (1818–1883) who trained under his father, George Sr., as a picture restorer. George Jr. restored paintings for..... Read More about Autograph Letter Signed by George Barker, Jr., British Artist and Picture Restorer who once...
![3730517] Speech of George Chambers, on the Judicial Tenure. Delivered in the Convention of...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3730517_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1621789983)
Speech given by jurist George Chambers (1786-1866) at Pennsylvania’s 1837-1838 Constitutional Convention. “In 1836 Chambers’s constituency asked him to represent Franklin County as a member..... Read More about Speech of George Chambers, on the Judicial Tenure. Delivered in the Convention of Pennsylvania,...
![3727575] The Trend of the Races. [Review Copy with Ephemera]. George E. Haynes](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3727575_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1540332418)
Accompanying this book is a small 3pp., leaflet, in part, describing the work, thus: “A thoughtful attempt to show the relations between the white and..... Read More about The Trend of the Races. [Review Copy with Ephemera
![3727817] Slave Ships and Slaving. George Francis Dow](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3727817_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1597693166)
An historical narrative of the African slave trade between the early 1500’s to 1859. Dow’s book “describes the warfare between tribes and the taking of..... Read More about Slave Ships and Slaving
![3732966] Letters from Labrador. (Association Copy, Signed by Wilfred Grenfell). George Francis...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3732966_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1674243914)
First edition of this privately-printed collection of five letters from the author’s time in Labrador with Sir Wilfred Grenfell. The final letter is signed in..... Read More about Letters from Labrador. (Association Copy, Signed by Wilfred Grenfell
![3732430] The Crown of Life. George Gissing](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3732430_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1678223405)
First American edition. “A late and surprisingly romantic novel for Gissing, written at a period when his second marriage was falling apart ... As a...... Read More about The Crown of Life
![3731239] [9 Issues] Annual Report of the Board of Directors of the Union League. [1866—1881]....](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3731239_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1638428736)
Nine annual reports (4th–11th and 19th) from this Philadelphia political and social club founded in 1862 during the Civil War to support President Abraham Lincoln..... Read More about 9 Issues] Annual Report of the Board of Directors of the Union League. [1866—1881
![3726056] 1850 Autograph Letter Signed by George Lyman of Wadsworth, Ohio, seeking to be Newspaper...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3726056_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1534362328)
Brief letter from George Lyman of Wadsworth, Ohio seeking summer employment as a subscription agent for a family newspaper: If you think proper to appoint..... Read More about 1850 Autograph Letter Signed by George Lyman of Wadsworth, Ohio, seeking to be Newspaper...
![3731950] 1799 Autograph Letter Signed by George Pattison of Carlisle, Pennsylvania enquiring...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3731950_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1659034746)
Letter of enquiry asking about the character and family of “a yong ladie Miss Mary McConnel” of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Asking for a reply from..... Read More about 1799 Autograph Letter Signed by George Pattison of Carlisle, Pennsylvania enquiring about the...
![3730605] Specimens of Foreign Standard Literature ... Philosophical Miscellanies, Translated from...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3730605_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1644595468)
Compilation of writings by three French philosophers edited and with notes by American Transcendentalist writer and critic George Ripley (1802–1880). Ripley was an original member..... Read More about Specimens of Foreign Standard Literature ... Philosophical Miscellanies, Translated from the...
![3729933] A letter containing remarks on Abbott’s Corner Stone by the Rev’d George Scott on...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3729933_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1610478494)
Fair copy of a letter reacting to a critical review of American writer, educator, and Congregational clergyman Jacob Abbott’s book The Corner-Stone (1834). The review..... Read More about A letter containing remarks on Abbott’s Corner Stone by the Rev’d George Scott on reading a...
![3731780] 1822 Kennebunk, Maine Legal Document Proving the Last Will and Testament of Ephraim...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3731780_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1677258374)
True copies of the will of Captain Ephraim Perkins (1748–1822) and the probate court document proving it, each attested to and signed by George Thacher..... Read More about 1822 Kennebunk, Maine Legal Document Proving the Last Will and Testament of Ephraim Perkins of...
![3728477] The Silent South together with The Freedman’s Case in Equity and the Convict Lease...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3728477_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1552931639)
Scarce first edition. One of 1500 copies printed. Noted work by this New Orleans native, discussing the “Negro Problem” and especially critical of the Southern..... Read More about The Silent South together with The Freedman’s Case in Equity and the Convict Lease System
![3728478] The Negro Question. [Provenance]. George W. Cable, J E. Bruce, 1844–1925,...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3728478_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1552931640)
First edition. Toward the end of his literary career, New Orleans-native and Southern author George W. Cable turned from popular novels—e.g. Old Creole Days, Madame..... Read More about The Negro Question. [Provenance
![3730101] A Brief Description of Phil-Ellena, the Country Seat of George W. Carpenter at...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3730101_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1620792373)
Description of the Greek Revival mansion—one of the largest in America, “Phil-Ellena,” designed by Philadelphia carpenter-architect William L. Johnston (1811-1849) for scientist and druggist George..... Read More about A Brief Description of Phil-Ellena, the Country Seat of George W. Carpenter at Germantown,...
![3732369] Testimony Against Gertrude Stein. [cover title]. Eugene Jolas Georges Braque, Tristan...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3732369_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1666802466)
“In later years Braque, Eugene Jolas, Matisse, Andre Salmon, and Tristan Tzara published jointly a Testimony against Gertrude Stein (1935), in which they denied her..... Read More about Testimony Against Gertrude Stein. [cover title
![3726135] First Annual Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Georgetown Seminary. Georgetown,...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3726135_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1534362337)
Rare first catalog for the Georgetown Seminary located in Georgetown Township, Vermilion County. We find no material specific to this institution on OCLC. Byrd 1576..... Read More about First Annual Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Georgetown Seminary. Georgetown, Illinois,...
![3732987] Four 1930s trade catalogs for “America’s Most Popular Boys Shoes” made by...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3732987_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1677619804)
Heavily-illustrated, a lovely collection of four manufacturer trade catalogs distributed to shoe stores by the Gerberich-Payne Shoe Company, soliciting orders. From “Little Gents’ Brown Elk..... Read More about Four 1930s trade catalogs for “America’s Most Popular Boys Shoes” made by Gerberich-Payne...
![3732925] Money. Gertrude Stein](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3732925_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1685140871)
First collected edition, limited to 126 numbered and lettered copies, this being copy number 28. Five essays originally written in 1936 for the Saturday Evening..... Read More about Money
![3732227] Selected Writings Of Gertrude Stein. Gertrude Stein, Carl Van Vechten](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/images/noimage-req.png?auto=webp)
Edited and with an introduction by by Carl Van Vechten. With stamp to bottom margin of title page: “Erich Itor and Frida Kahn Collection.” Erich..... Read More about Selected Writings Of Gertrude Stein
