Private Library of Harold Peirce of Philadelphia: Embracing a General Collection of Americana |
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Page 43 - THE STORY OF SIGURD THE VOLSUNG, AND THE FALL OF THE NIBLUNGS.
Page 50 - Climate, Natural History, Population, Agriculture, Manners and Customs, with an Ample Description of the Several Divisions into Which That Country Is Partitioned, and an Accurate Statement of the Various Tribes of Indians That Inhabit the Frontier Country.
Page 45 - THE ROOTS OF THE MOUNTAINS, wherein is told somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale, their Friends, their Neighbours, their Foemen, and their Fellows-in-Arms. Written in Prose and Verse. Square crown 8vo., 8s. A TALE OF THE HOUSE OF THE WOLFINGS, and all the Kindreds of the Mark.
Page 25 - Poems, supposed to have been written at Bristol, by Thomas Rowley, and others, in the Fifteenth Century.
Page 6 - ANDREWS, WILLIAM LORING. New Amsterdam, New Orange, New York. A Chronologically arranged account of Engraved Views of the City, from the first Picture published in MDCLI until the Year MDCCC.
Page 25 - Result of Some Researches Among the British Archives for Information Relative to the Founders of New England; Made in the Years 1858, 1859 and 1860.
Page 98 - By the King. A Proclamation, Declaring the Cessation of Arms, as well by Sea as Land, agreed upon between His Majesty, the Most Christian King, the King of Spain, the States General of the United Provinces, and the United States of America, and enjoining the Observance thereof.
Page 39 - THE CATALOGUE of Books from the Libraries or Collections of Celebrated Bibliophiles and Illustrious Persons of the Past, with Arms or Devices upon the Bindings.
Page 42 - NEWS FROM NOWHERE; or, An Epoch of Rest. Being some Chapters from an Utopian Romance. Post 8vo., is.
Page 6 - An Arabian Tale, from an Unpublished Manuscript: with Notes Critical and Explanatory. London : Printed for J. Johnson, MDCCLXXXVI. 4. Italy; with Sketches of Spain and Portugal. By the Author of