The Collected Library, Including Americana and Early Photography

Including:

A Memorial of Major Edward Granville Parke...
Boston: Press of John Wilson and Son, 1865. Printed for Private Circulation. 12mo. 41 pp. Illustrated with albumen portrait frontispiece. Full pebbled green cloth, stamped in blind and in gilt, lightly worn; all edges stained red; brown-coated endpapers; head cap worn; prelims foxed; dampstaining at front; contemporary gift inscription on front free endpaper. Sabin 58629

The Life And Times Of Hon. Elijah Stansbury, An "Old Defender" and Ex-Mayor of Baltimore...
Baltimore: Printed by John Murphy & Co. 1874. First edition. 12mo. 298 pp. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on verso of frontispiece, "This Memoir is Respectfully Presented to Mrs. N. Ryan and her husband William Ryan, By Elijah Stansbury in the 83rd Year of His age, as a Testimonial of his sincere regard. Baltm. May 18th, 1874." Large albumen portrait mounted to cardstock at front, same inscribed, "Yours truly Elijah Stansbury". Pebbled maroon cloth, stamped in blind and in gilt, boards soiled; brown endpapers; contemporary newspaper clipping announcing Stansbury's death pinned to half-title and first free leaf. Sabin 90369

McCallum, D(aniel). C.
The Water-Mill and Other Poems
Brooklyn: Privately Printed, 1870. 12mo. (63) pp. Presentation copy, inscribed on front free endpaper: "To G. B. Watson Esq, With Compliments of D.C. McCallum Brooklyn Feb. 27th, 1874." Pebbled green cloth, stamped in blind and in gilt, extremities lightly worn; all edges gilt; brown-coated endpapers; front hinge split; gutter split at p. (IX).

[Breidenbaugh, E.S.]
The Pennsylvania College Book. 1832-1882
Philadelphia: Lutheran Publication Society, 1882. First edition. 4to. 475 pp. Illustrated with 17 albumen photographic plates by William H. Tipton, all with tissue guards, many detached. Publisher's pebbled green beveled-edged cloth, stamped in black and in gilt, extremities worn; brown-coated endpapers; front board split at gutter but holding; book-plate of Gettysburg College benefactor William L. Glatfelter on front paste-down. Lot also includes eight additional albumen portraits or landscapes by Tipton, many featured in the book.