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

A Collection of Pamphlets and Broadsides from Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1932 campaign.

Heaven on Earth. Explorations into the Wilderness Set Forth by John Muir. With Wood Engraving Illustrations Executed by Charles D. Jones.

Three Lectures.

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

History of Frederick County, Maryland : from the earliest settlements to the beginning of the war between the states / by T.J.C. Williams ... continued from the beginning of the year 1861 down to the present time by Folger McKinsey (the Bentztown bar

[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.

Das Interieur. Wiener Monatshefte fur Angewandte Kunst. Jahrgang II. Heft 1-6. Janner-Juni 1901

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

L'Arredamento Moderno. Quarta Serie.

De Gemeenschap. Jaargang 4. 1928.

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

Godey's Lady's Book. 1860. [Volumes LX and LXI]

Architettura Razionale. Polemica Tra L'Acrh.

Anno Regni Georgii II. Regis Magnae Britanniae, Franciae, & Hiberniae. Vicesimo Quarto. At the Parliament Begun and Holden at Westminster, the Tenth Day of November, Anno Dom. 1747. And from thence continued for several Proro the Seventeenth Day

San Diego: A Comprehensive Plan for its Improvement

Ten Years in Wall Street; Or, Revelations of Inside Life and Experience on 'Change.

Daniel H . Burnham: Architect, Planner of Cities.

A General Plan for the Improvement of Colorado Springs.

Journal of the Proceedings of the Friends of Domestic Industry, in General Convention Met at the City of New York, October 26, 1831… 3 pamphlets relating to the Convention, 16, 44, 197p. Backed in calf and marbled boards.

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