We list rare and hard-to-find books in all topics including a larger selection of books on Philadelphia/Pennsylvania and the surrounding areas.
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Good. 8vo 318 pages, faint small ring mark on front cover, slight watermarks to bottom edges of rear pages for about last 60 pages. Still a sound and fairly attractive copy.
Good. 8vo 202 pages, several pages very roughly opened, probably with a finger rather than a knife, inscribed by "Lady Shedd" on the front endpaper an dated 1909.
Ronald V. Shutts & J. Alvin Thomas. Very Good. lg. 8vo About 30 pages, illustrated across the page in color, paper boards a little faded and rubbed but in good condition, some modest soiling to back cover, otherwise a nice copy.
Binding: Paper
Publisher: Harvard Common Pr, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Date published: 1978
ISBN-13:9780916782054ISBN:0916782050
Description: Good. lg. 8vo 159 pages, a few marginal ink notations with recipes, inscribed by Haller on the front endpaper, a good, used copy. Read More
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Wheldon & Wesley, Ltd.
Date published: 1964
Description: Good/very good. 8vo 839 pages, profusely illustrated, large purple ink stamp inside front cover "Purchased at U.S.P.S. Auction", some fading to spine, a reprint of the 1937 Macmillan edition. Read More
Binding: Paper
Publisher: Privately Printed
Date published: 1969
Description: Good. 8vo 44 pages, ex-library, small plastic number on front cover and small bookplate inside front cover, originally published in 1918, reprinted in 1969. Read More
Edition: Unabridged
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Arbor House Pub Co, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780877955269ISBN:0877955263
Description: Good in Good jacket. 8vo 265 pages, signed by the author on the title page, faint remainder mark on bottom foredge, some rippling to the spine of the dustjacket and a tiny tear, else a nice copy. Read More
Edition: Second Edition
Binding: Cloth
Date published: 1815
Description: Fair/good. 8vo Disbound. Printed on good quality rag paper, with a small amount of foxing, 407 pages, marbled edges, red library stamp on title page and occasionally on pages within. Read More
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Random House Inc, Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.
Date published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780375502446ISBN:0375502440
Description: Good/very good in Good jacket. 8vo 366 pages, general wear from use, else a nice copy in dusjtacket. Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. Read More
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Druck Und Verlag Von Breitkopf & Hartell
Date published: 1911
Description: Good. 8vo 162 pages + 28 pages, bound in contemporary marble boards with cloth spine, German music school library stamp on title page, a few small paper labels on the cover, else a nice copy, a small amount of foxing. Read More
