1723. No Binding. Folio sheet. A land transaction between Aaron Leaming Sr from Cape May, father of the Aaron Leaming (1715-1780) who together with Jacob Spicer, (1716-1765) compiled early colonial New Jersey Law and Peter Peterson (1695-1737). According to Craig#29 p40 "The 1693 Census of the Swedes on the Delaware".....
Stralsund und Greifswald: Johann Jacob Weitbrecht, 1747. Hardcover. 854-1736p, [30]. Contemporary quarter vellum over speckled paper. Volume 6 only. Originally published in seven volumes. Some foxing throughout and crack in the vellum. Signature of Niels H. Christensen on the inside front board. A working copy only. 4to - over 9¾.....
Stralsund und Greifswald, Johann Jacob Weitbrecht, 1751. 3 volumes bound in 2. liv, 488p; xliv, 280p, [162]: [14], 1530p, [16] Contemporary speckled paper over boards. Peter Ahlwardt (1710-1791) was Professor of Theology at the University of Greifswald. Hinges rubbed due to use with some loss of paper along the extremities.....
London: W. Benning & Co, 1851. viii, 520p, [1]. Contemporary calf with a richly gilt spine, gilt ruled boards and marbled end papers. Bound by Bickers & Sons with their stamp on the inside front blank. Peter Burke QC (1811 - 1881) was an English barrister and writer. The second.....
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1880. 1st Edition. Hardcover. xiii, 448p, [6]. Original decorated cloth over boards. Peter Burnett (1807-1895) was elected the first Governor of California in 1849 to 1851. Howes #1000 'Covers the early days in Oregon and California'. Some occasional light foxing otherwise a clean and.....
Turnhout: Brepols Publishers, 2005. Hardcover. xiii, 266p. Publishers cloth. A fresh clean copy. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1990. Hardcover. 260p. Publishers cloth with a crisp clean dust jacket. Richly illustrated. SIGNED DEDICATION BY PETER BEARD. Includes his foot prints on the inside front board with the notation 'my foot' and a post card pasted on the inside front end paper. A crisp clean.....
A handwritten letter written on one side and measuring 7.3/4" x 9.5" to Lt. Governor James Tallmadge (1778-1853) signed P.S. VanOrden which is most likely Peter S. VanOrden of Rockland County, a Major General of the Fourth Infantry Division of the New York State. VanOrden apologizes for not having written.....
Leipzig: Brockhaus, 1836. Hardcover. xiv, 386p; 360p. Contemporary marbled boards with a spine label in leather. Two volumes bound in one. Paper partially foxed. Ex Library copy with rubber stamps on front and rear blanks. A third volume appeared in 1848. Johann Peter Eckermann (1792-1854) was a German poet. 12mo.....
Bruxelles: Foundation Egyptologie, 1977. Hardcover. xii, 380p. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
1852. No Binding. One large folded sheet on vellum measuring 29" wide x 20" height According to Grace Guide to British Industrial History, 355. To Peter Warren, of Stratmore-terrace, Shadwell, in the county of Middlesex, Paper Maker, for the invention of an improved material, applicable to many purposes for which.....
London: John Walker, 1794. Frontispiece, 444p, [8]; 487p, [6]; 423p, [5]. Contemporary three quarter calf with marbled boards. An early edition of Wolcot's collected works with engraved portrait. Includes The Lousiad, Epistle to James Boswell, Expostulatory Odes, The Rights of Kings, Odes to Mr. Paine and The Remonstrance. A very.....
1787. No Binding. Folio sheet on vellum measuring roughly 12" x 17". An indenture dated 1787 for land sale in Philadelphia. Signed by Peter and Janet January, a Philadelphia merchant and Edward Snippen. A fresh clean document written in legible script. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall.
Oxford University Press, 1978. Hardcover. xxviii, 303p. A study of the Press from 1800 until the 1970s. Includes interesting stories about the various personalities involved with the press. Nicely illustrated. Original price on the inside flap of the dust jacket has been cut off. A fresh clean copy. 8vo -.....