Philadelphia Rare Books: Order Form

Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts | P.O. Box 9536 | Philadelphia, PA 19124 | phone: 215.744.6734 | fax: 215.744.6137 / Specialties: Early Printed Books - Substantive Manuscripts - U.S. & Latin Americana - Mexico & New World Languages - Hispanica, Histories & the History of Ideas, Travels, Law, Religion, & Bibles (all prior to 1820) / Member: ABAA & ILAB

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