Hardcover. Good. 1896. Clarence M Busch State Printer of Pennsylvania. Paper covered hardcover with full leather spine and leather tip covers. Gold gilt edges and spine lettering. Covers edge worn with some scuffing and soiling small split at top of spine. Marbled cover and end papers. Interior clean and unmarked with light foxing age toning. String binding slightly loose at bottom all pages secure. Color and black and white plates. hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : V8-83TW-LQXN ISBN : 101394643X 9781013946431
Portland Maine: Chisholm Bros 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. Contains 12 plates of views in leporello accordion-fold format. Based on photographs the views include: Bird's Eye from St. Joseph's Hospital; East from Leinbach's Hill; Berks County Almshouse; Rajah Temple; Highland House and Incline Plane Neversink Mt.; Summit Hotel; Black Bear Inn; Home for Widows and Single Women; Boys' High School; Schuylkill River Valley; Antietam Lake; various churches; etc. The rear pastedown is an illustrated ad for G.A. Schlechter Diamond Dealer and maker of Firemen's Badges. Bound in embossed blue boards gilt lettering on cover 5" x 6". Spine "repaired" with transparent tape and boards lightly rubbed; contents near fine. Publication of this viewbook precedes a well-known Reading landmark the Japanese Pagoda on Mt. Penn built in 1908. WorldCat locates only the Columbia U holding of this 12-plate viewbook dating it as 1899 although it may be earlier. Chisholm Bros hardcover
Pennsylvania State University 2000. 78 pp. paperback very good. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Pennsylvania State University paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : ZB651870 ISBN : 0911209514 9780911209518
Pennsylvania State Federation of Labor 1914. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Original 1914 edition bound in limp brown cloth retaining original brown illus. wraps. Takes up the subject of the 1910-11 Westmoreland Co. Pennsylvania coal miners' strike the Slovak strike and retaliatory action on the part of the local constabulary as a result of which 16 people were eventually killed. PA State Representative James Maurer a Socialist from Berks County led an inquiry into these events much of which is transcribed here. 111 pp. illus. Underlining to one page internally minor fading to covers. Former owner's signature/date inked inside back cover with a few notations in pencil. Very scarce. Pennsylvania State Federation of Labor Paperback
Lancaster PA: J.L. Steinmetz Owner 1897. First Edition. Pictorial Paper Covers. Near Fine. 40pp; 20 full-page photo-views map. 5.25" x 6.75" This health resort near Ephrata PA offered "soft alkaline mineral spring water" from Glacier Spring on Ephrata Mountain. The booklet describes the five-story Cocalico Hotel in detail along with an overview of Ephrata history noting the use of electricity to light the town. OCLC records no library holdings of this ephemeral Americana. J.L. Steinmetz, Owner unknown
Philadelphia: Sherman & Co Printers 1870. Revised & Enlarged Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. 276pp; frontispiece view in color tissue guard. Green cloth gilt decorated spine covers decorated in blind. 7.5" x 4.75" First published in 1867 this edition is revised and expanded. It explores the natural scenery and resources of the Delaware Water Gap 13 different carriage drives in the vicinity early settlements and settlers local legends etc. Decker 24:55. Sherman & Co, Printers unknown
Gottingen Germany: Niedersachsische Staats 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Two volumes. pp: xxix 1245 with indices; title-pages pictured in text. Bound in off-white hopsacking red lettering on spines and covers. 9.75" x 7" Contains 3151 entries with library-holding symbols. This work covers the years 1728 to 1830 and supercedes Seidensticker's bibliography of early German printing in the US. Niedersachsische Staats hardcover
Pennsylvania State College 1910. Hardcover. Poor. Hardcover with soft leather covers that are quite worn with numerous tears and chips to edges. Covers gone at spine. Rear hinge is weak but rear board still attached. Contents clean. 433 pages b&w illus and photos. Pennsylvania State College hardcover
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