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1825 MORAL INSTRUCTOR & GUIDE TO VIRTUE antique AMERICANA Philadelphia

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1872 BIBLE illustrated antique AMERICANA PHILADELPHIA decorative FOLIO: Philadelphia, William W. Harding; 1872 Folio Size 10 by 12" Very good interior condition, worn binding. Gilt edges. Intact clasp. Illustrated with beautiful engravings Family history pages are not fil

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1793 CATECHISM and CONFESSION of FAITH antique AMERICANA PHILADELPHIA: CATECHISM and CONFESSION of FAITH By [ Barclay, Robert ] Philadelphia; 1793 Size 4 1/8 by 6 1/4" Good interior condition , some foxing. Text in English Original leather binding with newly repaired spi

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1830 BIBLE in GERMAN antique PHILADELPHIA AMERICANA NEW TESTAMENT w/ CLASPS: NEW TESTAMENT PHILADELPHIA ; 1830 size 4.5 by 7" 504 pp Text in German Original calf, intact clasps and catches Good interior condition, some foxing, some wear of binding Reserve: $98.00 Shipping:

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1815 GERMAN HYMNAL BOOK PSALMS of DAVID antique Philadelphia AMERICANA: Philadelphia, 1815 585 pages plus Index Size 4 1/4 by 6 3/4" Leather bound. With clasps (shrank, short) Some toning, dampstain at the last few leaves. Missing half of the frontispiece and last leaf of

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1819 COLLECTION OF HYMNS antique PHILADELPHIA AMERICANA: Philadelphia, Conrad Zentler, 1819 Size 4 1/4 by 7 1/4" 348 pages plus Index Complete Leather bound. Worn covers. Bookblock is cracked. Some foxing. Missing endpapers. Text in English Reserve: $55.00

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1824 Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott antique Philadelphia AMERICANA POETRY: The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott Volume 4 Philadelphia: R.W. Pomeroy, 1824 rebound in black leather boards with gilt stamping Size 5 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. 270 pages Very good condition Reserve: $56.00

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1816 BRIEF ACCOUNT of RISE & PROGRESS of QUAKERS PHILADELPHIA antique AMERICANA: Philadelphia; printed by Joseph Rakerstraw; 1816 95 pages Hard cover with leather spine Size 4 1/3 by 7" Very good condition. Some foxing ======== Reserve: $49.00 Shipping: Domestic: Flat-rate of $25.

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1826 TREATISE ON ALGEBRA AMERICANA PHILADELPHIA ANTIQUE: Leather bound. Good condition, some wear, foxing. Size 4 1/2 by 6 3/4" Reserve: $25.00 Shipping: Domestic: Flat-rate of $15.00 to anywhere within the contiguous U.S. International: Foreign shipping ra

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1870s BIBLE in ENGLISH antique AMERICANA ILLUSTRATED by GUSTAVE DORE: The People's Standard Edition of the Holy Bible. J. C. McCurdy and P.W. Ziegler, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Louis, ca. 1870s Numerous plates including some in color and chromolithographs,

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1870s BIBLE in ENGLISH antique AMERICANA GUSTAVE DORE ILLUSTRATED FOLIO: HOLY BIBLE Philadelphia, John E. Potter and Company; N.D. ca. 1870s Numerous plates, some are by Gustave Dore. Original dimensional leather binding decorated in gilt. Gilt edges. Very Good interior co

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1845 HISTORY of WYOMING in LETTERS from CHARLES MINER antique AMERICANA: HISTORY of WYOMING in A SERIES of LETTERS from CHARLES MINER Philadelphia ; 1845 Illustrated with map Size: 6 by 9 1/4" Original publisher's cloth Good condition, some wear of binding, some foxing. Re

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The Moral Instructor, And Guide To Virtue: Being A Compendium Of Moral Philosophy
By Jesse Torrey
Philadelphia; 1825
Leather binding, some wear
300 pages.
Size 4 1/4 by 7 1/2"
Toning. Foxing. Lacks front endpaper. Book-block is partially detached at the font (holding on cord)
Text in English

Jesse Torrey, Jr., (May 25, 1787 â€“ ca. 1834) was a Philadelphia physician who gathered first-hand narratives by African Americans and eye-witness accounts by white observers of slavery and kidnapping. He published these, along with his personal observations, in an early anti-slavery book, A Portraiture of Slavery in the United States (Philadelphia, 1817).
He also wrote juvenile guides to moral philosophy and natural history.
He was born in New Lebanon, New York; his father was Jesse Torrey, and he had a brother, Royal Torrey.

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