Social and Event archives from the the Pottstown chapter of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA)
by Fred K. Reigner
Pottstown, PA, 1956. A well organized three-ring binder chocked full of material relating to the activities of this social club for men interested in planes and aviation. It includes over 150 individual pieces of ephemera. The archive was maintained by the chairman, Fred K. Reigner. The categories include: Civil Air Patrol Notices 1953 Newspaper Clippings Letters Received Letters mailed... Read More
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Exceptional 1835 Herbarium - Botanical Specimen Book Created by Philadelphia Man and Woman Team
by Hannah Nicholson and Alexander Van Rensselear
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1835. Good to very good. Album lacking spine, with significant wear. Specimens in excellent condition, with leaves largely free from toning or significant soiling.. An exceptional collection of botanical specimens, housed in the original album. Contemporary ink inscription in rear of volume with attribution: "Plants collected and preserved By Miss Hannah Nicholson. Alexander Van Rensselaer 1835."... Read More
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Bad Thoughts
by Rev. Joseph P. Riley, C.P.S., Ph.D.
[New York]: The Missionary Society of St. Paul the Apostle in the State of New York, 1947. Very good to near-fine.. A late 1940's printed pocket guide to curbing "Bad Thoughts" and sinful thinking penned by a Reverend, fed up with the rise of Freud and "pop psychology" in popularity over religion as a means of understanding the... Read More
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The Richard Gundry Home, A Circular
by R. F. Gundry , M. D.
Catonsville, MD: The Richard Gundry Home, 1910. General wear and toning.. A 8 3/4" x 5 1/2" circular with a black and white image from a photograph of the main building at the Richard Gundry Home, surrounded by foliage. Followed by a brief description of the home, its consulting physicians, and a list of doctors who refer to... Read More
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Pam and Peter
by Agnes Richardson
England: Dean and Son, LTD, 1930. Applied illustrated color hard cover, color frontispiece plus five plates, illustrations throughout, Dean's Gold Medal Books No. 1. Stories by Agnes Richardson and Mabel M. Stevenson, Illustrated by Nora M. Birch and Agnes Richardson. Other books in the Series: 1-Pam and Peter 2-All Out 3-Storytime 4-Friends All. An assortment of short stories for... Read More
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Americanism vs. Another ISM: The A.B.C. of Patriotism
by Ralph Richards
Kansas City, Missouri: Franklin Hudson Publishing Company, 1912. Very good. Light spotting, top edge chewed.. A scarce early conservative political pamphlet offering a strong rebuke of socialism and immigration, as well as a case for the idea of American Exceptionalism (the belief that the United States is unique and exceptional among world nations). Uses rhetoric, ideology, and arguments... Read More
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Harry's Vacation: or, Philosophy at Home
by William C. Richards
New York: D. Appleton and Co, 1882. 398 pp. Cloth cover with gilt stamped images on upper cover and spine, frontispiece, printed end papers, illustrations, author's revised edition. OCLC: 4 (December 14, 2016) 7" x 5" some creasing on spine edges.
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Old School Day Romances
by James Whitcomb Riley
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co, 1909. 38 unnumbered pp. Pictorial cloth cover, frontispiece, color illustrations and decorations by E. Stetson Crawford, illustrations repeat throughout the book, red, black, and gilt monogram on end pages. Children's poem about school day romances that "are the dearest, after all!." 9" x 6 1/2" 1st edition, paper over cover.
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Collection of Materials of John E Risley, New York Lawyer: Legal, Business, and Personal Dealings
by John E Risley
New York, NY, 1914. The personnel and business archives of John Ewing Risley (1840 – 1912) a prominent New York lawyer, businessman, and real estate mogul, comprised of over 2300 letters and documents. A brief summary of each section follows. For the complete description contact us. Spreadsheets detailing the specifics on the collection are available upon request. ambassador ... Read More
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Handbill Advertisement for Levis Metallic Splints
by R. J. Levis, M. D.
Philadelphia, PA, [1890]. Age toning and crease marks. . A two-sided handbill promoting the 'Levis' Metallic Splint' which were made from copper and as such much lighter and comfortable than the other options of the day, which were mostly made out of wood. The circular was advertising a set of 21 pieces for $15 and features splints to... Read More
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Merry's Book of Puzzles
by Robert Merry, ed
New York, New York, 1857. Good. Toned with some soiling, worn, small tear with minor loss to upper wrapper. Spine chipped with approx. one third missing at foot.. A very "merry" book of puzzles for Victorian children, originally appearing in the children's periodical Merry's Museum. Includes 382 puzzles with an answer key in the rear, and illustrations throughout.... Read More
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A Social Archive of Invites, Photographs and Ephemera of Robert Simpson Woodward
by Robert Simpson Woodward (1849-1924)
Washington, DC, 1908. With the exception of minor soiling, the pieces in the collection are in excellent condition.. A collection of approximately forty (40) pieces of ephemera belonging to Robert Simpson Woodward, a distinguished Professor of Physics and Mathematics at Columbia University and later President of Carnegie Institution. The majority of the collection consists of invitations and corresponding... Read More
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An Accounting of the Guardianship of Timothy Stevens
by Jonathan D Roberts
Farmington, NH, 1856 - 1864. A copy book used to by Jonathan D. Roberts to keep an accounting of his guardianship of Timothy Stevens from 1856 - 1864. On the first page is a note that states Roberts was appointed Stevens guardian on February 5, 1856 and that this fact was advertised in the Dover Gazette on the first... Read More
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California Civil Defense Family Food Shelf and Emergency Menus
by W.M. Robertson
Sacramento, California: Office of Civil Defense, 1952. Very good. Some chipping/short tears, toning, sunning.. A Cold War-era publication from the State of California Office of Civil Defense, guiding residents in how to stockpile and ration food in the event of a nuclear attack: "If there is an atomic attack on our cities there will be immediate disruption of... Read More
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Correspondence Decrying American Brigands Invading Canadian Territory
by H. Robinson
Waterloo, Ontario, 1839. Very good. Lightly toned with letter creases, short tears. Second leaf chipped.. A letter sent from one H. Robinson of Waterloo, Ontario, to William H. Williams of Williamsville, Newfane, Vermont, discussing news and decrying the interruption of business "by the calling of our men into military service rendered necessary by the fiendish conduct of American... Read More
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Peter Pan Pictures, Four Characteristic Pieces for the Piano
by Louise Robyn
Chicago: Clayton F Summy Co, 1932. 4 pp, the cover depicts Peter Pan dancing with his shadow while playing his pan flute with Tinker Bell flying above him. This piece was a set of four that could be bought separately or together. This sheet music contains only one piece, 'Wendy Gives Peter a Thimble.' The other three pieces that... Read More
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An Account of the Making of the Oxford Lectern Bible
by Bruce Rogers
Philadelphia, PA: Lanston Monotype Machine Company, 1936. 15 pp. Blue paper cover, four page mini hinge in staple to inside front cover. An account of designing the Oxford Lectern Bible, choices the designer made. Includes samples from the book. 11 1/4" x 8" cover slightly worn, Drexel Institute Library Philadelphia embossed stamp on first page.
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Smokey's Story of Old Man Fire
by Harry K. Rogers
Stock Fire Insurance Company, 1929. Harry K. Rogers was born on August 18, 1889 in Marian, Kansas to John Newton Rogers (1841-1912) and Florence Eutoka Cline (1855-1940). He married Lena A Shearer (1887-1939) and had two children together, Josephine Bess Rogers (1916-2010) and Richard Shearer Rogers (1924-2014). After the death of his first wife in 1939 he remarried Miriam... Read More
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Smokey's Story of Old Man Fire
by Harry K. Rogers
Stock Fire Insurance Company, 1929. Toning due to age. Stain on the bottom right that goes through book but does not affect the text or illustrations.. J. V. Parker. This book tells the story of Old Man Fire, and his friends (ex. Mr. Innocent Looking Match and Mr. Smouldering [sp.] Cigarette). The story starts off saying how Old... Read More
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Sex Sense for the Married
by Bernard C. Roloff
Chicago, Illinois: Sex Educational Films, 1928. Near-fine. Toned.. A sex education booklet for married couples in 1928, written in a friendly casual tone. Warns against bringing venereal disease into a marriage, and urges men to "move cautiously, considerately, [and] humanely" on his wedding night in respect of his young wife's "maidenly modesty" (p. 8). Provides an overview of... Read More
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Oil Comes to Us
by Rose Wyler & Warren W. McSpadden, Th. D. Luykx (illus.)
New York, New York: Georges Dupleix, 1937. Good. Paper toned, brittle, with some water staining.. An illustrated children's book showing young readers how oil is made over millions of years, and how humans discover it, drill it, and use it. Highlights its main uses in transportation and industry, as well as everyday household uses (e.g. varnishes, petroleum jelly,... Read More
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Flower Children
by Elizabeth Gordon and M. T. Ross
P. F. Volland & company, 1910. Excellent. Box Wear.. In original box. Illustrated litho boards. Rhyming verses by named flower with color illustrations of flower child on each page. From Anemone to Sweet Alyssum. Charming imagery Illustrated end papers. Measures 6 1/4" x 9 1/4
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The Waves
by Nancy Wilson Ross
New York, New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1943. Good. Lacking dust jacket. Light spotting to endpapers, extremities rubbed, small surface abrasion to upper board. Paper repair to upper hinge.. First edition of one of the earliest accounts of "WAVES" (short for "Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service"). This group of women were officially recognized as a branch... Read More
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La Princesse Lointaine
by Edmond Rostand
Paris: Fasquelle, 1929. Cover wear. 40 pp. 4to. Paper wrapper. With four (4) pages of costume and design by Erte. . A piece in four acts. Clean copy. 11 1/2" x 8" Light cover wear.
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La Princesse Lointaine
by Edmond Rostand
Paris: Fasquelle, 1929. Cover wear. 40 pp. 4to. Paper wrapper. With four (4) pages of costume and design by Erte. . A piece in four acts. Clean copy. Light cover wear.
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