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The Weekly Register; Niles’ Weekly Register, Niles’ National Register. A Complete Run in 76 volumes.

Yosemite and the Range Of Light.

La Décoration et les Industries d'art à l'Exposition Universelle de 1900.

An Encyclopedia of Cottage, Farm, Villa Architecture and Furniture.

Lesbian Herald. Volumes: 12, 14, 15, 16, 17. 1907-1913.

A History of English Brickwork.

[BOUND VOLUME OF PAMPHLETS AND TRACTS, 1823-1847]. (1)The Water of Cities, Scientific Tracts, February 15, 1835; (2) Family Lyceum No. 1, Saturday, October 26, 1833; (3) Family Lyceum No. 7, Saturday, October 7, 1833; (4) Striking Fulfillment of Prophecy. No. 310; (5) Letter on the Relief of the Poor. Boston, June, 1847 (6) Tract No. 10. A short treatise on the insufficiency of money...;(7) Tract No. 11. A brief representation of the condition and prospects of a great, learned, and popular man...; (8) Tract No. 13. The following Expostulation with certain men who seem to have crept into the Christian ministry...;(9) Tract No. 14. A description of the present condition, character, and prospects of many of the business and worldly minded men...;(10) Prepare to Meet Thy God! No. 347; (11) Ought I to Become a Missionary to the Heathen? By a Member of the Princeton Theological Seminary. Taken form the American Quarterly Register. Missionary Paper, No. 15; (12) A Call to Personal Labor as a Foreign Missionary. By the Rev. William S. Plumer, Petersburg, VA. Missionary Paper, No. 19; (13) The Advantages of Sabbath Schools. A Premium Tract. Published by the American Tract Society, (4p), 12p., No. 272; (14) Address to the Trustees of the Evangelical Missionary Society in Massachusetts. Boston: Printed by R. M. Peck, Congress Street, April 1823; (15) Mistakes Made by Parents. By John Vaughan. 16p, (4p) No. 296.

Report upon the Development of Public Grounds for Greater Baltimore.

Nouveau dictionnaire des origines, inventions et decouvertes, dan les arts, les sciences, la geographie, le commerce, l'agriculture, etc. . . Tomes 1 & 2

Telliamed ; or, The world explain'd : containing discourses between an Indian philosopher and a missionary, on the diminution of the sea-- the formation of the earth-- the origin of men & animals: and other singular subjects, relating to natural history & philosophy. : --A very curious work.

Noll's new automobile, road, driving and bicycle map of Philadelphia and surrounding country [map] Middle section

Ladies Almanack: Showing their Signs and their Tides; their Moons and their Changes; the Seasons as it is with them; their Eclipses and Equinoxes; as well as a full Record of diurnal and nocturnal Distempers, written & illustrated by a lady of fashion.

L' Architecture. volume XLI, nos 1-12, 1928

Dictionnaire raisonné de l'architecture française du XIe an XVIe siècle. (10 volumes)

The Jerusalem Bible. Illustrations by Salvador Dali.

Architettura Razionale. Polemica Tra L'Acrh.

Kunstgewerbliche schmuckformen für die fläche, monatshefte für die verzierende Kunst.

Collection of Architectural Designs Including Designs which have been executed and Objects whose Execution was Intended. New complete edition in 174 plates.

The Weekly Register. [Niles' Weekly Register, also Niles' Register]

Dated September 4th [1930]. Addressed "Dear Hamilton:-" TLS [initialed] on letterhead from The Lord Nelson, Halifax, Canada. 27.5x21. Triple fold; slight toning; otherwise fine.

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