![372430] [C. Late 1850s Ninth-Plate Tintype Portrait of a Man with Hand-Tinting; mounted within a...](/images/noimage-req.png)
Diminutive tintype portrait of a man, with delicately hand-tinted cheeks and lips, mounted in a leather book-form case. The case housing the tintype is decorated..... Read More about C. Late 1850s Ninth-Plate Tintype Portrait of a Man with Hand-Tinting; mounted within a Gilt...
![3730908] The Children in the Wood. An Affecting Tale. Anon](/pictures/thumb/3730908_1.jpg?v=1632596707)
Popularly known as the story of the Babes in the Wood, is the subject of an old ballad and oft-reprinted as a chapbook for children..... Read More about The Children in the Wood. An Affecting Tale
![3726504] [Christ Church Hospital in Philadelphia:] Brief of Title to all that certain Lot or...](/pictures/thumb/3726504_1.jpg?v=1534362398)
Unlisted in OCLC, an apparently unrecorded pamphlet devoted to the property definitions of Christ Church Hospital in Philadelphia. “Christ Church Hospital, located at Forty-Ninth Street..... Read More about Christ Church Hospital in Philadelphia:] Brief of Title to all that certain Lot or Square of...
![146304] Cut for Cut, the Rubber Rubb’d, Nonsense for Nonsense, or, Dicko-Don-Quacko And his...](/pictures/thumb/146304_1.jpg?v=1654297602)
Unrecorded eighteenth century polemical broadside in the tradition satirist Ned Ward or the mock poem Hudibras. While the present broadside includes only a few lines..... Read More about Cut for Cut, the Rubber Rubb’d, Nonsense for Nonsense, or, Dicko-Don-Quacko And his Methodist...
![145927] [Diary for 1844 kept by a Young Man in Albany and Troy, New York starting a Business and...](/pictures/thumb/145927_1.jpg?v=1658765139)
I am uneasy in my mind continually: there seems to be in decision, a want of stern unbending integrity of purpose; and yet a desire..... Read More about Diary for 1844 kept by a Young Man in Albany and Troy, New York starting a Business and...
Motorist’s pocket, state-by-state directory of restaurants, hotels, and roadside motor courts plus select private homes open to tourists. The guide was sponsored by a trade..... Read More about Federal Hi-Way Silent-Nite Homes. [cover title
![3731940] French Baby Fund Festival Exhibition. Liberty Cottage. Boston Common. [opening lines]. Anon](/pictures/thumb/3731940_1.jpg?v=1664409554)
“Our Fathers are Fighting in France.” A rare and unrecorded first World War photo-illustrated broadside documenting a little-known display of Franco-American friendship. Across America, various..... Read More about French Baby Fund Festival Exhibition. Liberty Cottage. Boston Common. [opening lines
![3731946] God is Love. [Mid-19th c. printed silk valentine]. Anon](/pictures/thumb/3731946_1.jpg?v=1654301170)
The Lord’s Prayer is printed here within a heart placed within a decorative printed border. An embossed sheet of note paper describes the gifting of..... Read More about God is Love. [Mid-19th c. printed silk valentine
![3730121] History of the Battle of Gettysburg. Presented, with the compliments of the City Hotel,...](/pictures/thumb/3730121_1.jpg?v=1616019037)
Scarce guidebook—similar to a like-titled guidebook (OCLC 14103425, [4] cc.)—but this variant published to promote Gettysburg’s City Hotel, owned by John E. Hughes. The inside..... Read More about History of the Battle of Gettysburg. Presented, with the compliments of the City Hotel, to guests...
![3728894] I wish you would tell me Sir what you do mean By drawing this figure that looks like a...](/pictures/thumb/3728894_1.jpg?v=1572888609)
Extraordinary, complex American millenarian spiritual folk art drawing embodying the Adventist religious beliefs of William Miller (1782–1849) and his followers and illustrating the claim of..... Read More about I wish you would tell me Sir what you do mean By drawing this figure that looks like a chain...
![145237] [Illuminated, German-Language Manuscript Taufschein Fraktur:] A Christian Baptismal Wish:...](/pictures/thumb/145237_1.jpg?v=1597437264)
Curious crudely-executed folk art, dated 1818, a German-language taufschein or baptismal certificate illuminated with ink and pencil decorations. Fitting for a baptismal wish, the manuscript..... Read More about Illuminated, German-Language Manuscript Taufschein Fraktur:] A Christian Baptismal Wish: I’ve...
![3731632] The Life and Death of Jonathan Wild, the Celebrated Thief-Taker: Containing a complete...](/pictures/thumb/3731632_1.jpg?v=1664409549)
A scarce edition of this popular account of the (low-) life of Jonathan Wild (1683–1725), the celebrated 18th-century underworld figure and criminal mastermind. Wild’s career..... Read More about The Life and Death of Jonathan Wild, the Celebrated Thief-Taker: Containing a complete history of...
![3727910] The Mysterious Assassin; Or, Nick Carter’s Slender Clew [within:] Nick Carter Library....](/pictures/thumb/3727910_1.jpg?v=1541452178)
Here is private detective Nick Carter irritating never-do-wells yet again, this time by foiling an assassin. The startling illustration shows Carter in disguise and his..... Read More about The Mysterious Assassin; Or, Nick Carter’s Slender Clew [within:] Nick Carter Library
![3724701] [Nineteenth-Century Watercolor Portrait of Woman holding a Letter]. Anon](/pictures/thumb/3724701_1.jpg?v=1590179125)
Attractive mid-19th century watercolor portrait of a woman seated at a table or writing desk and holding a letter. Her face, coiffure, and lace-trimmed, black..... Read More about Nineteenth-Century Watercolor Portrait of Woman holding a Letter
![3726619] [Occupations and Trades:] Constitution and By-Laws of Philanthropic Lodge, No. 15,...](/pictures/thumb/3726619_1.jpg?v=1548263354)
Ephemeral and unrecorded mid-19th century mark publication of the By-Laws and Constitution of a benevolent Pennsylvania fraternal organization. A most interesting section within is between..... Read More about Occupations and Trades:] Constitution and By-Laws of Philanthropic Lodge, No. 15, Independent...
![3731978] Our Big Book. [Dick and Jane]. Anon](/pictures/thumb/3731978_1.jpg?v=1669651578)
Rare. Our Big Book is catalogued by Princeton as a Dick and Jane precursor; a series of wall charts issued ca. 1920. The stories are..... Read More about Our Big Book. [Dick and Jane
![3729194] Paying the Southern War Claims [caption title]. Anon](/pictures/thumb/3729194.jpg?v=1580949172)
This rare, anonymous broadside is an attack in 1876 upon Governor Samuel J. Tilden, the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, by excerpting from Southern newspapers from..... Read More about Paying the Southern War Claims [caption title
The son of a Philadelphia house carpenter, Archibald is a wayward child whose thievery and lack of moral fibre lands him in detention in the..... Read More about The Refuge or, Story of Archibald Thompson. [House of Refuge in Philadelphia
![3728902] War I Say [caption title of Spanish-American War-Era Uncle Sam Painting]. Anon](/pictures/thumb/3728902_1.jpg?v=1572374122)
Gouache painting ca. 1898 showing Uncle Sam declaring War against Spain, i.e. The Spanish-American War. American war vessels with large gun emplacements, and tall smokestacks..... Read More about War I Say [caption title of Spanish-American War-Era Uncle Sam Painting
First edition of this collection of privately-printed poems written by Archer Milton Huntington (1870 –1955), philanthropist, scholar and founder of The Hispanic Society of America..... Read More about Tapestry
![3730496] Arkansas — Losses by Choctaw Treaty. [To Accompany Bill H. R. No. 116.] December 22,...](/pictures/thumb/3730496_1.jpg?v=1620788697)
A follow-up to the 1836 Report concerning “Committee on the Public Lands, to which was referred the Memorial of the Legislature of the Territory of..... Read More about Arkansas — Losses by Choctaw Treaty. [To Accompany Bill H. R. No. 116.] December 22, 1837
![3731823] Covered Bridges of Chester County, Pennsylvania. [signed & inscribed by the author]....](/pictures/thumb/3731823_1.jpg?v=1648176459)
Well-illustrated survey of Chester County’s 98 covered bridges built between 1807 and 1899, of which only 17 remain. “As completely as possible this history identifies..... Read More about Covered Bridges of Chester County, Pennsylvania. [signed & inscribed by the author
![3731890] Poems and Editorials of Arthur Hurt Taylor. Arthur Hurt Taylor, 1880–1917](/pictures/thumb/3731890_1.jpg?v=1662667656)
First and sole edition of this memorial collection of writings by teacher, soldier, poet, and journalist, Arthur Hurt Taylor. Among Hart’s editorials printed here are..... Read More about Poems and Editorials of Arthur Hurt Taylor
![3727987] Survey of Negro Colleges and Universities. Arthur Klein](/pictures/thumb/3727987_1.jpg?v=1542302154)
Facsimile of the 1929 first edition of this massive work, for its time, providing a thorough reviews of all aspects (admissions, faculty, degrees granted, historical..... Read More about Survey of Negro Colleges and Universities
![3727988] Survey of Negro Colleges and Universities. Arthur Klein](/pictures/thumb/3727988_1.jpg?v=1542302154)
First Edition of this massive work, for its time, providing a thorough reviews of all aspects (admissions, faculty, degrees granted, historical and/or general overview etc.)..... Read More about Survey of Negro Colleges and Universities
