Auction Titles – 19TH CENTURY AMERICANA, MEDICINE & LAW, 200 LOTS, FEATURING POE’S FIRST PIT AND THE PENDULUM IN THE GIFT 1843

  • DIVORCE CASE, 1839, Report Of The Proceedings On The Petition Of Mrs Sarah M Jarvis, Connecticut, Americana
  • EULOGIUM UPON WILLIAM RAWLE, David Paul Brown, 1837, Biography, 19th Century Law
  • WHIMS AND ODDITIES, Thomas Hood, 1852, Paper Wrappers, Humor, Poetry, Periodical
  • THOUGHTS ON MATTER AND FORCE, Thomas Ewbank, 1858, Science, Universe, Physics, Natural History
  • NEWPORT ILLUSTRATED, 1854, George C. Mason, Engravings, Rhode Island History
  • FREE TRADE COBDEN CLUB, David A. Wells, 1873, Economics, Political Economy
  • AMERICAN CITIZEN'S MANUAL, W. Hobart Hadley, 1840, US History, Politics, Reference, Statistics
  • THE AMERICAN SPELLING BOOK, Noah Webster, 1828, Leather, Wooden Boards
  • SPIRITUAL TELEGRAPHIC OPPOSITION, Eld. Z. Campbell, 1855, Science, Religion, Spiritualism
  • ANCIENT MEDICINE CLASSICS, John Redman Coxe, 1846, Philadelphia, Medical History
  • MINIATURE DICTIONARY, C. 1900, English, Leather Case, Red Edges
  • MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE, Thomas Stewart Traill, 1841, Law, Forensic, Medicine
  • HAMMOND'S SPIRITUALISM, William A. Hammond, 1896, Leather, Nervous Disorders
  • MISS BEECHER'S HOUSEKEEPER, Catherine E. Beecher, 1873, Cloth, Cooking, Domestic Science
  • STOCK-BREEDING, Manly Miles, 1879, Agriculture, Domestic Animals, Michigan
  • PLEASANT MEMORIES, L. H. Sigourney, 1842, Leather, Travel, Americana, Boston
  • DOMESTIC HAPPINESS & THE REFUGE, 1807, Leather, Moral Instruction, Conduct Literature
  • DESERTED VILLAGE, Illustrated, The Etching Club, Poetry, Classic Literature
  • MILTON'S POETICAL WORKS, John Milton, Poetry, Classic, English Literature
  • FEMALE EDUCATION LECTURES, James M. Garnett, 1824, Leather, Education, Virginia, Second Edition
  • ACADEMIE DES JEUX, Hilaire Le Gai, 1850, Leather, Card Games, Whist, French
  • A NOVEL BY WILKIE COLLINS, Wilkie Collins, 1866, Classic Fiction, Illustrated, US First
  • BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF NEW YORK SURGEONS, Samuel W. Francis, 1866, Medicine, Biography
  • MOTHER'S PRACTICAL GUIDE, Mrs. J. Bakewell, 1850, Moral Instruction, Parenting, New York
  • CHRISTMAS BLOSSOMS, Uncle Thomas, 1849, Cloth, Juvenile Literature, Illustrated
  • BOSTON DIRECTORY, George Adams, 1849, Commerce, Advertisements, History, Americana
  • VERY HARD CASH, Charles Reade, 1864, Novel, Fiction, Illustrated, Vintage
  • TWO VICTORIAN NOVELS, Ainsworth, Trollope, 1860, 1870, Leather, Fiction, Illustrated
  • HAWKINS TIN TRADE, 1811, Cornwall, Diodorus, Tin Mining, Plate, Antiquarian
  • LEAD DISEASES, L. Tanquerel Des Planches, 1848, Medical Toxicology, Industrial Health
  • EXAMINATION OF PHRENOLOGY, Thomas Sewall, 1839, Pseudoscience, Anatomy, Boston, Illustrated
  • PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN POEM, H. L. Fischer, 1876, Local History, Folk Culture
  • MEMOIRS OF RHODE ISLAND BAR, Wilkins Updike, 1842, Rhode Island, Legal History, Biography
  • INTRODUCTORY LECTURES, George B. Wood, 1852, Medical, Phila Library Co, Author Presentation
  • MORAL INSTRUCTOR, Jesse Torrey, 1819, Virtue, Philosophy, Early American
  • ASA BURTON'S ESSAYS, Asa Burton, 1824, Leather, Metaphysics, Ethics, Theology
  • HOMOEOPATHY, I. G. Rosenstein, 1848, Medicine, Medical Theory, Louisville
  • PHILIP VAN ARTEVELDE, Henry Taylor, 1835, Leather, Dramatic Romance, 2 Volumes
  • EARLY RISING, A. C. Buckland, 1823, Moral Instruction, Conduct
  • BRITISH THOUGHT & THINKERS, George S. Morris, 1880, Philosophy, Biography, Ex-library
  • AIDS TO REFLECTION, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1839, Philosophy, Religion, Essays
  • EARLY AMERICAN BIOGRAPHIES, 1842, 1817, Women's History, Religious
  • LADIES BOOK OF ETIQUETTE, Florence Hartley, 1860, Women, Manners, Polite
  • EGYPT ARABIA PETRAEA HOLY LAND, 1837, Travel, Middle East, Complete Set
  • THE GIFT, 1843, Poe's The Pit And The Pendulum, Leather, Annual, Gift Book, Literary, Poetry, Illustrated,
  • NEW YORK CANAL COMMISSIONERS, 1855, Report, Erie Canal, Map, NY Historical Society
  • GOOD MORALS, WAY TO DO GOOD, Gow & Abbott, 1873, 1836, Education, Religion, Vintage Books
  • COMMON SENSE PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN DICTIONARY, James C. Lins, 1897, Dialect, Language
  • HUFELAND'S ART OF PROLONGING LIFE, Edited By Erasmus Wilson, 1854, Health, Longevity, Science
  • SOLITUDE, John G. Zimmerman, 1830, Leather, Biography, Philosophy, Charlestown
  • POETICAL WORKS, Landon & Hemans, Leather, Early American Imprints
  • AMELIA OPIE'S ILLUSTRATIONS, Amelia Opie, 1828, Leather, Moral Treatise, Truth, Americana
  • A GRAMMAR OF CHEMISTRY, D. Blair, 1819, Leather, Early Science, Philadelphia Text.
  • KINDLING A WAY TO DO IT, A Sabbath School Teacher, 1856, Religious, Instruction
  • TWO YOUNG MEN'S GUIDES, Whitman, Chapin, 1838, 1840, Self-cultivation, Moral Lectures
  • ORPHEUS C. KERR PAPERS, T. B. ALDRICH, 1863, 1859, Fiction, Poetry, Americana
  • DOMESTIC HISTORY, E. F. Ellet, 1850, Leather, American Revolution, Ex-library
  • GODMAN ADDRESSES, 1829, Medical, Tight Lacing, Physiology, Philadelphia
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE LOT, 1864/1877, Social Science, Education, Charities, English Society
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  • JACOBI QUESTION OF REST, 1877, Medical, Women's Health, Prize Essay, Menstruation
  • MEDICAL REGISTER AND DIRECTORY, 1869, Medical Advertising, Patent Medicines, Directories, Ephemera MEDICAL REGI
  • TAYLOR HANNAH THURSTON GOODWIN DR. HOWELL'S FAMILY, 1850, 1869, American Fiction, Contemporary Binding
  • PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE 1854, Medical Education, College Announcement, Paper Wrappers, Philadelphia.
  • KEYSTONE STATE HISTORY, 1874, Pennsylvania, Americana, US Constitution, State History
  • WHITE, RICHARDSON AMERICAN POETRY, 1860-1873, Poetry, Drama, Anthologies, Cloth
  • WALKER MEMOIRS OF MEDICINE, 1799, Medical History, 18th Century, Biography, Science.
  • FRANKLIN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, 1879, Semi-centennial, Corporate History, Philadelphia, Finance
  • NEW MASONIC TEMPLE 1873, Freemasonry, Fraternal, Architecture, Illustrated, Philadelphia
  • PHILLIPS PROTECTION AND FREE TRADE, 1850, Political Economy, Free Trade, Protectionism
  • BEAUTIES 1845, Blind-stamped Cloth, Engraved Plates, American Anthology
  • A LADY OF PHILADELPHIA AIDS TO MENTAL DEVELOPMENT, 1834, Parental Instruction, Moral Education, Anonymous, Cal
  • COLTON LEAVES JOURNAL, 1835, Travel, Naval, Levant, Half Calf, Marbled Boards
  • GREENWOOD POEMS, 1852, Portrait, Poetry, American Literature, Brown Cloth, Library Copy
  • ZARTMAN HEAVEN, 1893, Sermons, Theology, Christianity, Portrait, Publisher's Cloth
  • GARDNER OLD WINE IN NEW BOTTLES, 1848, Quarter Calf, Marbled Boards, Travel, Medicine, Ex-library.
  • WINTERS PFERDE-ARZT, 1840, German Language, Veterinary, Equine Medicine, Woodcuts
  • ROGERS PLEASURES OF MEMORY, 1795, American Imprint, Poetry, Early Printing, Contemporary Calf
  • AUTHORS SAMUELSON & JONES, 1854-1860, Natural History, Zoology, Science, Illustrated
  • PHILADELPHIA DIRECTORY, 1825, City Guide, Advertisements, Woodcut Map, Woodcuts
  • AMERICAN PAMPHLETS 1840-1871, Finance, Engineering, Urban Planning, Legal
  • AMERICAN ECONOMIC PAMPHLETS, 1861-1875, Finance, Trade, Taxation, Speeches, Reports.
  • DESILVER'S PHILADELPHIA DIRECTORY, 1833, City Guide, Almanac, Advertisements
  • BERNARDIN DE SAINT PIERRE STUDIES OF NATURE, 1797, First American, Three Volumes, Natural History, Engraved Pl
  • BERNARDIN DE SAINT-PIERRE STUDIES OF NATURE, 1797, First American Edition, Natural History, Philosophy, Set
  • AMERICAN PAMPHLETS 1856-1874, Regional Resources, Railroad History, Medical History, Original Wrappers
  • ADAMS, TOKEN OF A NATION'S SORROW, 1848, Funeral Addresses, Memorial, Portrait
  • BELKNAP COLLECTED WORKS, 1791-1798, American History, Biography, New England, Mixed Bindings
  • AMERICAN PAMPHLETS, 1841-1859, Political, Historical, Civic, Postal, Unbound
  • CRAPSEY NETHER SIDE, 1872, New York City, Urban History, Social Reform, Poverty, Crime.
  • BELKNAP AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY, 1794-1798, Early American Imprints, History, Boston Printing
  • AMERICAN SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION Third Report, 1827, Religious Education, Woodcut, Philadelphia Imprint, Original
  • MIRROR PERIODICAL PAPER, 1793-1803, American Imprints, Periodical Essays, Educational Treatise
  • THOMAS & D'AVENANT, 1704, 1817, Medicine, Political Economy, Georgian, American Imprint
  • CARTER BOTANIC PHYSICIAN, 1837, Herbal Medicine, Popular Medicine, American Imprint, Tennessee Imprint
  • JOHNSON NURSE'S GUIDE, 1819, Medical Text, Domestic Medicine, Nursing, Early American Printing.
  • TENNANT MEDICINE, 1887, Materia Medica, American Remedies, Broadside Insert, Poetry. Doctor Abel Tennant,
  • HOOKER MEDICAL DELUSIONS, 1850, Medical History, 19th Century, Philosophy Of Medicine, Delusions
  • REICHEL BETHLEHEM SEMINARY, 1858, Institutional History, Illustrated, Publisher's Cloth, Catalogue Of Pupils
  • DICK & FRENCH HOME LIFE, 1827 & 1874, Philosophy, Social History, Periodical Essays, Engraving..
  • TYNDALL MOLECULAR PHYSICS, 1872, Molecular Physics, Radiant Heat, Scientific Apparatus, Engravings
  • US MINT & COINAGE REPORTS, 1846-1860, Bound Pamphlets, Governmental, Finance, Numismatics
  • VIRGINIA, 1850, American History, Engraved Portraits, Hand-colored Plate, Regional History
  • WATER CELEBRATION, 1848, Boston, Municipal History, Aqueduct, Waterworks.
  • ILLUSTRATED ANNUAL REGISTER, 1858, Agriculture, Domestic Economy, Wood Engravings, Serial.
  • TARBELL LANGUAGE & LADIES LETTER WRITER, 1892, Schoolbooks, Etiquette, Publisher's Cloth.
  • 19TH CENTURY PENNSYLVANIA INSTITUTIONAL REPORTS, 1851-1880, Annual Reports, College Catalogs, Documents, Ephem
  • UNIVERSITY CATALOGS, 1852-1884, University History, Academic Reports, Student Registers, Americana
  • WESTMINSTER MAGAZINE, 1774, Unbound, Periodical, Literary, 18th Century, Political.
  • HAZARD COLONIAL RECORDS INDEX, 1860, Colonial History, Pennsylvania, Marbled Boards, Calf Spine
  • UNITED STATES SANITARY COMMISSION, 1862, American Civil War, Home Front, Leaflet, Washington.
  • AMERICAN CORPORATE REPORTS, 1856-1875, Business, Finance, Railroads, Canals, Mining
  • AMERICAN FINANCE PAMPHLETS, 1845-1878, Currency, Banking, Tariffs, Debt, Economics
  • YALE COLLEGE, 1868-1879, College Catalogues, Academic Reports, Pamphlets, Institutional Records.
  • YALE COLLEGE, 1870-1880, Catalogues, Alumni Reports, Institutional Histories, Pamphlets
  • PHILADELPHIA ANNUAL REPORTS, 1860-1870, Railroad, Philanthropy, Library, Ephemera
  • AMERICAN FINANCE PAMPHLETS, 1842-1874, Railroads, Banking, Tariffs, Political Economy, Unbound
  • WHITAKER, O'REILLY, BARRETT 1865-1867, US Literature, Social History, Publisher's Cloth
  • HAMILTON COMMON SENSE THEOLOGY, 1833-1872, American Religion, Biography, Polemics
  • MEDICAL LECTURES NASHVILLE, 1853 & 1858-59, Medical History, University, Lecture, Pamphlet
  • AMERICAN HISTORY & CULTURE LOT, Biography, Regional Studies, Medical, Philanthropy, Illustrated
  • NEAL NO SUCH WORD AS FAIL, 1852, Children's Literature, Publisher's Cloth, Illustrated, Juvenile
  • PUCKLE THE CLUB, 1833-1866, Chiswick Press, Engraved Plates, Theology, Philosophy, Mixed Bindings.
  • RAMSAY, American Potters, Author Inscription, Illustrated, Dust Jacket, Ceramics
  • PHILADELPHIA MEDICAL PAMPHLETS, 1833-1875, Medical Education, Orthopaedics, Lectures, Reports
  • EARLY AMERICAN CONDUCT & JUVENILE BOOKS, 1809-1828, Poetry, Conduct, Woodcut Illustrations, Domestic, Educatio
  • SCOTT BIOGRAPHY AND ANECDOTES, 1831, 1834, Two Volumes, Biography, Americana
  • GALTON HEREDITARY GENIUS, 1884, Eugenics, Social Science, Heredity, Appleton, Cloth
  • ADDISON SPECTATOR, 1826, Periodical Essays, New York, Stereotype, Engraved Plates
  • SEWARD LIFE OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, 1849, Biography, American History, Engraved Portrait, Cloth
  • DRESS REFORM, 1831-1874, Women's Health, Fashion, Etiquette, Illustrated, Social History
  • HADDOCK ADDRESSES, 1846, Cloth Binding, Frontispiece Portrait, American Author
  • BRIGHAM MENTAL CULTIVATION, 1833, Medical, Psychology, American Author, Early Science
  • AMERICAN TUTOR'S ASSISTANT, 1815, Arithmetic, Textbook, Book-keeping, School, Early American
  • ANNUAL REGISTER 1800, History, Politics, Literature, Periodical, Miscellany, Leather
  • AMERICAN DOMESTIC & MORAL ADVICE, 1834-1877, Moral Sketches, Domestic Education, Illustrated
  • HOLCOMB A CENTURY WITH NORFOLK NAVAL HOSPITAL, 1930, Naval History, Military Medicine, Virginia,
  • KINGSLEY TWO YEARS AGO, 1857, Half Morocco Leather, Patterned Paper Boards, Ex-library, Novel.
  • BARBER AMERICAN POTTERS & STONEWARE, 1904-1907, Pottery, Ceramics, Reference, Art History, Marks
  • AMERICAN MEDICINE & DOMESTIC GUIDANCE, 1813-1837, Medical Treatise, Domestic Health, Early American, Pediatric
  • AMERICAN DIDACTIC BOOKS, 1860-1863, Moral Education, Self-improvement, Domestic Life
  • AMERICAN LITERARY COLLECTION, 1859-1865, Three Volumes, Cloth, Engravings, Miscellany, Holmes, Drake Etc
  • AMERICAN JUVENILE & RELIGIOUS WORKS, 1837-1850, 4 Vols, Women Writers, Moral Tales, Judson, Parsons, Fox Etc.
  • AMERICAN MEDICAL HISTORY, 1880 & 1900, Hospital, Memoir, Surgical Practice, Biography. Morton, Hunt
  • AMERICAN MEDICAL REPORTS, 1806-1874, Public Health, Mortality, Hygiene, Hospital Reports
  • PARTINGTON KNITTING-WORK, 1859, Literary Sketches, American Author, Engraved Plates, Cloth
  • ELABORATORY LAID OPEN, 1758, Chemistry, Pharmacy, Medicine, Eighteenth-century, Treatise, Leather Binding
  • SHEW HYDROPATHY, 1844, Hydropathy, Water-cure, Medical Illustrations, Popular Medicine, Leather Binding
  • COSTER PRACTICE OF MEDICINE, 1831, Medical Treatise, Physiology, American Imprint, French Translation, Leather
  • COLERIDGE, MAUDSLEY, WOOD, 1839-1874, Philosophy, Psychiatry, Hospital History, American Imprints
  • BIGELOW TARIFF QUESTION, 1862, Political Economy, Trade Policy, Statistical Tables
  • WICKES MEDICAL HISTORY, 1879, New Jersey, Pharmacy, Institutional, Americana
  • MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOCIETY PHARMACOPOEIA, 1808, Medicine, Materia Medica, Institutional, Pharmacy Leather
  • CURIE DOMESTIC HOMEOPATHY, 1839, Homeopathy, Alternative Medicine, Early American Printing
  • ABBOTT GENTLE MEASURES, 1872, Education, Juvenile, Wood Engravings, Publisher's Cloth, Ex-library
  • SMITH PRELECTIONS, 1853, Moral Science, Phrenology, Materialism, Publisher's Cloth, Portrait.
  • DEWEES CHILDREN, 1826, Medical, Pediatrics, American Medicine, Early Edition, Contemporary Calf.
  • BULL MATERNAL MANAGEMENT OF CHILDREN, 1849, Infant Care, Pediatrics, Medical Text, Domestic Medicine Leather.
  • D'ARBLAY DIARY AND LETTERS, 1893, Two Volumes, Publisher's Cloth, Literary Diary, Letters..
  • NICHOLSON MANUAL OF PALEONTOLOGY, 1879, Two Volumes, Publisher's Cloth, Geology, Scientific Textbook, Illustra
  • HOOKER HOMOEOPATHY, 1851, Medicine, Homeopathy, Medical History, Prize Dissertation.
  • HOOKER HOMOEOPATHY, 1851, Medicine, Homeopathy, Medical History, Prize Dissertation.
  • COWAN ANTHROPAIDEIA, 1803, Educational Philosophy, Medical Treatise, Two Volumes, Contemporary Calf.
  • CASPARI DOMESTIC PHYSICIAN, 1852, Homeopathy, Domestic Medicine, Anatomy, Physiology, Medical Illustration.
  • ENGLISHMAN LETTERS, 1816, Napoleonic Era, American Imprint, Period Binding, Correspondence
  • HAYNE HINTS ON AN ORGAN, 1864, Quarter Binding, Marbled Boards, Church Music, Victorian Pamphlet
  • JACKSON AMERICA'S MOST HISTORIC HIGHWAY, Philadelphia Local History, Illustrated Plates, Red Cloth, New Editio
  • SANBORN DR. S. G. HOWE, 1891, Publisher's Cloth, Portrait, Biography, American History
  • WEBSTER LIFE AND MEMORIALS, 1853, American Biography, Two Volumes, Publisher's Series, Marbled Boards, Calf Sp
  • AMERICAN MORAL REFORM SOCIETY THIRD REPORT, 1838, Pamphlet, Reform, Moral, Society, Wrapper
  • ABRAHAM LETTSOM / BRANDT WISSAHICKON, 1927, 1933, Biography, Local History, Medical, Photographs
  • GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA, 1866, Report, Geology, Canada, Government Publication
  • GRUELLE RAGGEDY ANN'S FAIRY STORIES, 1940s, Children's Literature, Publisher's Cloth, Color Plates, Illustrate
  • SECRETARY OF THE NAVY ARMORED VESSELS, 1864, Government Report, Civil War, Naval History, Ironclads.
  • VULGARISMS, IN THE SCHOOL-ROOM, 1868, Two Works, Language, Pedagogy, American Education
  • WARREN A DOCTOR'S EXPERIENCES, 1885, Autobiography, Travel, Memoir, Physician, Engravings
  • CHILDCARE & DOMESTIC GUIDES, 1851, Victorian Era, Parenting, Women's Advice.
  • PARKE MUSICAL MEMOIRS, 1830, Music History, England, Oboist Memoirs, Two Volumes In Leather
  • RICE WHAT IS MUSIC?, 1875, Music Theory, Philosophy, 19th Century, Publisher's Cloth
  • REES LIFE OF EDWIN FORREST, 1874, Biography, American Actor, Theatrical History, Publisher's Cloth.
  • FOSTER LIFE AND THOUGHTS, 1849, Biography, Literary, Religious, Portrait, American Publishing
  • FAIRFIELD LIFE OF SUMNER LINCOLN, 1846, Biography, Memoir, Portrait, Publisher's Cloth.
  • SCHARF HISTORY OF PHILADELPHIA, 1884, History, Philadelphia, Local History, Illustrated, Three Volumes
  • WEKERLE PHILOSOPHIE DES SCHACH, 1879, Chess, Philosophy, German Language, Strategy
  • NORTHCOTE MEMOIRS, REYNOLDS, 1817, Quarter Leather, Marbled Boards, Biography, Art History, Anecdotes
  • NORRIS PRACTICAL SURGERY, 1873, Medical History, Orthopedic Surgery, Philadelphia Medicine, Author Presentatio
  • WINSLOW ANATOMY OF SUICIDE, 1840, Medical Psychology, Treatise, Frontispiece, Half Morocco, Marbled Boards.
  • 19TH CENTURY AMERICAN LITERATURE: TWO VOLUMES, 1850, Poetry, Fiction, Mixed Bindings
  • RELIGIOUS JUVENILE LITERATURE, 1840, Moral Tales, Woodcut Illus, Small Format, Cloth.
  • ABBOTT ROLLO BOOKS LOT, Publisher's Cloth, Juvenile Fiction, Illustrated, Religious Works
  • SILK EXHIBIT DAILY RECORD, 1884, Daily Newspaper, Exhibition Journal, Sericulture, Advertising
  • MIXED LOT COMICS, 1967-1999, Comic Books, Historical, Superhero, Detective, Illustrated.
  • MCCULLOH ZINC METHOD, 1852, California Gold, Zinc Refining, Assay, US Mint, Metallurgy
  • BRYDONE, SWIFT, 1799, 1808, Travelogue, Satire, American Imprint, Plates
  • DUNBAR REPLY DR. STILLE'S STRICTURES, 1879, Women's Education, Harvard, Pamphlet, Original Wrappers
  • PENITENT FEMALES REFUGE, 1839, Social Reform, Charity Appeal, Boston Printing, Pamphlet
  • DRAKE SLAVE SMUGGLER & BEARDSLEY DIVORCE CASE, C.1860s, Slavery, Legal, Woodcut, Pamphlet
  • DOLLARD FEAR IN BATTLE, 1943, Military Psychology, War Department Report, Yale Publication, Wartime Study
  • AMERICAN SCHOOLBOOKS, 1815-1839, Religion, Geography, Moral Tale, Juvenile, Atlas
  • FOX ONLY SON, 1847, Publisher's Cloth, Wood Engravings, Moralistic Fiction, Two Volumes.