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Reports of the Inspectors of Mines of the Anthracite and Bituminous Coal Regions of Pennsylvania For the Year 1891
Harrisburg PA: Edwin K. Meyers 1892. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dark green pebbled cloth bordered in blind lettered in gilt on spine panel. Light shelf wear a bit of fading/spotting along text block edges dyed red spine lettering partially faded but otherwise notably well preserved with firm binding clean interior. Stamp of Chas. Laudig Sole Agt. Zion's Grove Schuylkill Co. on front flyleaf and front blank. 514 pp. illus. w/ numerous b&w photographic plates schematics and cut-away views maps many hinged double-page: Conyngham and Hollenback Susquehanna Coal Co. Cranberry & Mt. Pleasant Spring Mountain Colliery at Jeanesville Luzerne Co. Oneida Collieries Mammoth Mine of Frick Coke Co. positions of bodies after 1891 mine explosion Star Mine Bear Run Mine Oliver Mine Nos. 1 and 2 Oliver Coke Works Loyalhana Coal Co. Latrobe Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corp. more. Edwin K. Meyers Hardcover
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Revue des Usagers de la Route - Rubriques Automobile, législation, mécanique, assurance, tourisme, gastronomie, sport. (Nantes - Rouen - Morbihan - Saint-Brieuc - chateau-du-Loir - Le Mans - La Sarthe - Saint-thegonnec - Finistere - Vendée - Charente-Maritime - Bordeaux - Gironde - Landes - Bourges - cher - Pyrénées)
Nantes Imprimerie du Commerce, 1936 - Année complète N° 216, Janvier à 227, Décembre - 1/2 Reliure toile - Revue grand in-octavo, 210 x 265 mm - Couverture illustrée - Nombreux petits clichés sépia, cartes - De la page 5733 à la page 6256 Chaque Numéro est consacrée à une région ou une ville
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Revue des Usagers de la Route - Rubriques Automobile, législation, mécanique, assurance, tourisme, gastronomie, sport.(Nantes - Rouen - Morbihan - Saint-Brieuc - chateau-du-Loir - Le Mans - La Sarthe - Saint-thegonnec - Finistere - Vendée - Charente-Maritime - Bordeaux - Gironde - Landes - Bourges - cher - Pyrénées)
Nantes Imprimerie du Commerce, 1936 - Année complète N° 216, Janvier à 227, Décembre - 1/2 Reliure toile - Revue grand in-octavo, 210 x 265 mm - Couverture illustrée - Nombreux petits clichés sépia, cartes - De la page 5733 à la page 6256 Chaque Numéro est consacrée à une région ou une ville
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Rules of Practice in the Several Courts of Lebanon County and Roll of Attorneys; adopted August 29th 1895
Lebanon Pa: s.n. 1895. Hardcover. Very Good. 4 51 1 p. i.e. 108; 24 cm. Contemporary calf boards with modern calf spine. Every leaf of text is interleaves with a blank leaf for notes; in this volume the blank leaves remained blank. Former owner's inscription on front fixed endpaper: Warren G. Light Lebanon Pa. "Warren G. Light" is also written at head of the title page. Stamped on front free endpaper: "Meyer Brubaker & Lewis Law Offices Lebanon Pennsylvania." This was probably Alvin B. Lews esq. a grandson of Warren G. Light esq. of Lebanon Pa. Tipped onto the back free endpaper is a printed leaf with Uniform Rates recommended by the Commercial Law League of America at its 23rd Annual Convention in 1917. With loose: printed slip with from the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania with amendments to rules and the order to establish a Board of Law Examiners all dated 1902; and the carbon from the Court of Common Pleas of Lebanon County replacing rule 24 dated 1961. The Roll of Attorneys lists everyone admitted to practice in Lebanon County from 1813 through July 1895 with dates of death where relevant. An extremely scarce 19th-century Pennsylvania legal work. In Very Good Condition: rebacked as described; modern sensitive repair to corners and hinges; clean and tight. s.n. hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 003371
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Seventh Report of the Forest Fish and Game Commission of the State of New York
Albany NY: State of New York. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn front hinge cracked. 1902. Hardcover. Annual report covering the year 1901 by the Forest Fish and Game Commission of New York State. Numerous photographs and illustrations including some color plates by Oliver Kemp Louis Agassiz Fuertes Hy S. Watson and others. Green cloth boards with gold-stamped lettering on spine and front boards. Includes sections about the Adirondack Park arboriculture deer wapiti game fish fish hatcheries St. Lawrence Reservation insect pests moose chestnut culture and other topics. Eight color plates of fish species by Denton: Sea Bass Red Snapper Porgy Hickory Shad Tahoe Trout Banded Pickerel Mascalonge and Long-Eared Sunfish. ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 534 pages . State of New York hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 49522
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Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of the Borough of Laureldale 1930 to 2005 Berks County PA
Laureldale PA: Borough of Laureldale Board of Commissioners Printed by Rieck's Printing 2005. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Royal blue leatherette lettered/illus. in gold foil. Former owner's signature inked inside front cover otherwise as issued. 1st ed. 224 pp. illus. in color b&w. Borough of Laureldale Board of Commissioners [Printed by Rieck's Printing] Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 069737
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Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of the Borough of Laureldale 1930 to 2005 Berks County PA
Laureldale PA: Borough of Laureldale Board of Commissioners Printed by Rieck's Printing 2005. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Royal blue leatherette lettered/illus. in gold foil. Former owner's address label mounted inside front cover otherwise as issued. 1st ed. 224 pp. illus. in color b&w. Borough of Laureldale Board of Commissioners [Printed by Rieck's Printing] Hardcover
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Snyder County Historical Society: Offset Printing of The Snyder County Historical Society Bulletins from Volume 1 Number 1 to 1972 Vols. II and III of 3
Selinsgrove PA: Snyder County Historical Society 1973. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Collected. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Red cloth lettered in gold foil. Facsimile reprint of collected SCHS Bulletins. ii547-1606 pp. continuously paginated. Lacking Vol. I. Light shelf wear almost as issued. Snyder County Historical Society Hardcover
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Snyder County Historical Society: Offset Printing of The Snyder County Historical Society Bulletins from Volume 1 Number 1 to 1972 Complete in 3 Volumes
Selinsgrove PA: Snyder County Historical Society 1973. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Collected. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Red cloth lettered in gold foil. Facsimile reprint of collected SCHS Bulletins. 1606 pp. continuously paginated. Light shelf wear slightly foxed text block edges otherwise almost as issued. Snyder County Historical Society Hardcover
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SOUTH CAROLINA: Resources and Population Institutions and Industries.
The Reprint Company. VG/NONE. 1972. Hardcover. 0871521032 . Facsimile reprint of 1883 edition published by the State Board of Agriculture of South Carolina and printed in Charleston by Walker Evans & Cogswell. Clean bright covers and contents; pages tight white unmarked. Large foldout map in rear pocket with half-inch minor tear in map pocket. Map itself Is in very nice condition. No DJ. 726 pages with index foldouts in very good condition. ; . The Reprint Company, hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 35618 ISBN : 0871521032 9780871521033
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South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society Special Publication Series #1-81 80 Volumes Total
York PA: South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society 1977. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 77 volumes near set of the Special Publications of the South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society comprised by issues 1-81 lacking #s 68 71 77 and 80 for completion issued 1977-. Most volumes bound in stiff light blue wraps stapled bindings as issued. Volumes range generally VG to Near Fine a few Good a few Fine the majority showing light general handling wear a few with scattered annotations. Early issues were fairly thin; later issues ran in some cases up to 120-140 pp. most in the 80-100 pp. range. A variety of records including birth baptismal marriage death burial census ledgers family Bibles etc. throughout south-central PA including but not limited to York Lancaster Adams Cumberland Dauphin counties. Also includes Ancestral Charts 1976 Bicentennial and 1977 Articles of Confederation editions Complete Index to Ancestral Charts 1976 thus 80 volumes total. A rare opportunity to purchase a nearly complete set of this scarce publication. South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society Paperback
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South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society Special Publication Series #1-61 46 Volumes Total
York PA: South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society 1977. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 46 volumes partial set of the Special Publications of the South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society comprised by issues 1-61 lacking #s 2 3 5 6 8 30 33 35 37 40 44 45 47 51 and 56 for completion issued 1977-2003. Most volumes bound in stiff light blue wraps stapled bindings as issued. Volumes range generally VG to Near Fine a few Good a few Fine the majority showing light general handling wear a few with scattered annotations. Early issues were fairly thin; later issues ran in some cases up to 120-140 pp. most in the 80-100 pp. range. A variety of records including birth baptismal marriage death burial census ledgers family Bibles etc. throughout south-central PA including but not limited to York Lancaster Adams Cumberland Dauphin counties. South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society Paperback
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Souvenir Historical Book Issued in Connection with the Sesqui-Centennial Celebration of Huntingdon County Pennsylvania 1787-1937
Huntingdon County Historical Society 1937. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Dark blue flexible "leatherette" wraps lettered in blind. 113 pp. unpaginated advertising section at rear. Extended cover edges are rubbed with a few areas of loss. Scarce. Huntingdon County Historical Society Paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 054153
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Souvenir Historical Book Issued in Connection with the Sesqui-Centennial Celebration of Huntingdon County Pennsylvania 1787-1937
Huntingdon County Historical Society 1937. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Dark blue flexible "leatherette" wraps lettered in blind. 113 pp. unpaginated advertising section at rear. Extended cover edges are rubbed with loss along fore-edges minor dampstain along fore-edge of first several leaves. Scarce. Huntingdon County Historical Society Paperback
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Souvenir of Rochester: Photogravures
<p>Brooklyn NY: The Albertype Company and A. Wittemann. Very Good; Ribbon frayed covers toned and worn. N.D. Softcover. Circa 1890s-1900s. Tan wraps bound with red ribbon and featuring illustration of Lower Falls of the Genesee River on front. Measures 5x inches. 17 unnumbered leaves. Photos of Rochester New York including shots of New York Central Railroad Bridge and Station electrified trolleys horses and carriages Power's Block Court House East Main Street Post Office Court Street Bridge Fitzhugh Street Washington Square First Methodist Episcopal Church Third Presbyterian Church St. Paul's Episcopal Church Rochester University Highland Park Reservoir and Genesee Valley Park. ; Oblong 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .</p> The Albertype Company and A. Wittemann paperback
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St. Peter's Lutheran Church Barren Hill Montgomery County Pennsylvania 1851-1919 Collections of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania Vol. 370
Philadelphia PA: Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania 1919. Book. Very Good. Unbound. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Photocopied manuscript book 8.5" x 11" bound in pamphlet binder. Baptisms marriages burials. Church register shows baptisms date names of parents name of baptized and date of birth; marriages date names and in some cases witnesses and/or residence; burials date name cause of death age y/m/d and in some cases relation of decedent to other family members. iii140 pp. approx. 40 pp. manuscript index at rear all printed on rectos only. Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania unknown
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State of New-York Agricultural Almanack for the Year of Our Lord 1824
Albany NY: Daniel Steele & Son 1824. Book. Good. Original Wraps. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. As issued sewn binding laid paper. 48 pp. approx. 7 1/2" x 4 3/4". Edges are a bit rubbed with dog-eared corners but all leaves firm and intact. Front cover shows some notations and numerical calculations in ink clearly of the period; interior is clean binding threads intact. Quite well preserved overall. Daniel Steele & Son Paperback
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SUPPLIQUE que présente au Roi le Tiers-Etat de la ville de Machecoul.
Rappel des nombreux "abus" qui lèsent le Tiers-Etat, et notamment dans la "distribution des eaux-de-vie que le Peuple paie 4 livres 5 sous & le privilégié seulement trois livres". Liste nominale et profession des signataires de la supplique.
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The Ahiman Rezon Containing a View of the History and Polity of Free Masonry: Together with the Rules and Regulations of the Grand Lodge and of the Grand Holy Royal Arch Chapter of Pennsylvania Compiled for the Grand Lodge
Philadelphia PA: Printed for the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania 1825. Book. Very Good. Full-Leather. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Full original tree calf gilt on dark red title label mounted on upper spine panel. Leather shows mild rubbing to joints with exposure and a bit of layering at corners a few surface scuffs. viii274 pp. with 5 errata supplied on p. viii. Interior foxing ranges light to moderate. Firm binding. Main title shows approx. 10% loss top corner where a former owner signature or inscription appears to have been torn away otherwise complete. Exceptionally scarce. Printed for the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania Hardcover
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The Ariel: A Semimonthly Literary and Miscellaneous Gazette bound volume containing vol. 5 no. 1-25 -- April 30 1831-March 31 1832
Philadelphia: Edmund Morris 1831. Hardcover. Good -. 400 p. 12 leaves of engraved plates: illustrations; 26 cm. Modern spine of bonded leather with gilt-tooled spine label. Contemporary marbled paper over boards. Older repair of hinges. Error in pagination: adjacent but different pages are numbered 306 and 307. Contains poetry fiction and nonfiction generally travel accounts some reprinted from other sources and some original as well as social news most often from Philadelphia. In Good- Condition: lacking frontispiece engraving of Nazareth Pa. and upper third of pp. 17-18 and 31-32; old repair of pp. 397-98; final leaf p. 399-400 is detached but present; 2 closed tears from fore-edge; scattered foxing and soiling each heavy on occasion. Very scarce. Edmund Morris hardcover
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The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table
PHILLIPS SAMPSON AND COMPANY 1859 in8. 1859. Broché. The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table est un recueil d'essais d'Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. initialement publiés dans The Atlantic Monthly en 1857-1858. L'ouvrage met en scène un personnage appelé l'Autocrate qui anime des conversations avec les autres pensionnaires d'une table d'hôte abordant des sujets variés comme la philosophie la vie quotidienne et la nature humaine avec esprit et ironie
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The Bucks County Historical Society Journal - 9 early issues 1972-79
Doylestown PA: Bucks County Historical Society 1972. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Grouping of 9 early issues of the Bucks County Historical Society Journal consisting of Vol. 1 Nos. 1 Spring 1972 5 Spring 1974 6 Fall 1974 7 Spring 1975 8 Fall 1975 10 Fall 1976 Vol. II Nos. 3 Spring 1978 4 Fall 1978 5 Spring 1979. Uniformly bound in stiff tan wraps illus./pictorial covers. Condition ranges VG to Near Fine some issues showing modest foxing to covers or a few interior pages. Recently deaccessioned by BCHS. Bucks County Historical Society Paperback
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The Christian Magazine; or Evangelical Repository No. 1. Wednesday January 3d 1798
Philadelphia Pa: William McCulloch 1798. Paperback. Good . 1 6-48 4 p.; 21 cm. Caption title. Disbound from a nonce volume. Signatures: B-G4 8vo. Lacking first 4 leaves title page and front matter. Publisher's advertisement on 4 unpaginated pages following text for "W. M'Culloch printer bookseller and stationer No. 306 Market near Ninth-Street Philadelphia." Although lacking title page this first and perhaps only issue of this religious periodical was definitely published by W. M'Culloch William McCulloch as p. 19 contains a letter addressed to "Mr. M'Culloch" regarding the insertion of a letter in "your first number" of his "Christian Magazine." Not in Early American Imprints 1st series Shaw & Shoemaker. No other copies of this publication have been located. It is not known whether there is any connection to the publication of same name begun in Edinburgh 1797. Although his work as a printer is not well-documented in Early American Imprints Evans or Shaw & Shoemaker this is the William McCulloch of "William McCulloch's Additions to Thomas's History of Printing." Contents: On the Gospel by Eubulus; The Extent of a Minister's Work in Preaching the Gospel by Beart; Observations on the Manner of Travelling in the Holy Land from Harmer; On Christian Hope by Benevolus; Extract from a letter from the Rev. Booth of London with a plan for the establishmend of a Baptist Society in London for the encouragement and support of Itinerant Preaching; The Death of the Saints Illustrated by C.R.; An Essay introductory to the Study of the Controversy Between Christians and Deists by Y.; The Life of the Rev. Mr. John Flavel; "A Treatise on the Truth of the Christian Religion" by James Vernet; 4 poems; publisher's advertisements. No other copies of this 18th-century religious periodical published in Philadelphia have been located. In Good Condition: disbound; lacking first 4 leaves including title page; light foxing throughout; old damp stain on last few leaves. William McCulloch paperback
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The Down River Guide and Map of the Hudson River Showing the Prominent Residences Historic Landmarks Old Reaches of the Hudson Indian Names Etc.
NY: Bryant Union Publishing Company. Good; Lower corner of front covers missing sticker liftoff on front . cover rear hinge cracked pages toned. 1902. Hardcover. Photo-illustrated stapled card covers. Folding map of the Hudson River at rear. Many photos and illustrations. Describes Hudson River landmarks from Albany to New York City. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall . Bryant Union Publishing Company hardcover
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The Farm Journal Illustrated Farmers' Directory of Lehigh County Pennsylvania - 1914 with facsimile map
Washington Square Philadelphia PA: Wilmer Atkinson Co. 1914. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Tan 1/4 cloth pictorial paper-covered boards. Covers moderately rubbed/soiled corners rounded with exposure. Hinges firm possibly mended. 240 pp. 1st ed. Accompanied by folding map supplied in facsimile actual size. Wilmer Atkinson Co. Hardcover
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The Farm Journal Illustrated Farmers' Directory of Northampton County Pennsylvania - 1914 with facsimile map
Washington Square Philadelphia PA: Wilmer Atkinson Co. 1914. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Green 1/4 cloth pictorial paper-covered boards. Covers moderately rubbed/soiled corners rubbed with exposure. Hinges firm possibly mended. Former owner's book plate curiously mounted on manilla sheet glued to front flyleaf. 304 pp. 1st ed. Scarce. Wilmer Atkinson Co. Hardcover
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The Historical Review of Berks County Nearly Complete 1935-2009 287 of 296 issues
Reading PA: Historical Society of Berks County 1935. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Nearly complete run 1935-2009 287 of 296 issues single issues in wraps bound in brown buckram to create a very durable set ideal for institutional use. Each hardcover contains two occasionally three volumes thus 8-12 issues. Deaccessioned by the Spruance Library of the Bucks County Historical Society though not marked as such with ghosts of call labels on lower spines of early volumes otherwise showing only slight use with contents a bit thumbed here and there many/most issues apparently unopened. Virtually complete through Vol. 74 2009 4 issues per year missing only the following 9 issues: 52.4 53.1 and 4 58.1 and 2 67.1 70.2 and 3 70.4 thus 287 of 296 issues. Vols. 52 53 58 and 67-74 are not bound still loose. The collection does not extend beyond 2009. A rare opportunity to obtain a near-set otherwise virtually impossible to assemble given that the Berks History Center no longer stocks vintage back issues of its journal. Historical Society of Berks County Hardcover
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The Huguenot Society of Pennsylvania - Volumes I-XIII XVI 1918-1942
Philadelphia PA: The Huguenot Society of Pennsylvania 1918. Book. VG. Original Wraps. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Partial run of the annual proceedings of The Huguenot Society of Pennsylvania comprised by Volumes I 1918 through XIII 1935 and XVI 1942 all uniformly bound in stiff light blue wraps except for Vol. I royal blue hardcover and combined II-III medium blue wraps. Hardcover slightly rubbed at extremities volumes in wraps with uniformly light handling wear some tanning/soiling to covers and rubbing to extended cover edges contents clean and unmarked all VG or better. Each issue ranges approx. 40-100 pp. most about 80 pp. illus. w/ b&w photographs presenting a range of historical and genealogical articles relating to the 18th-century immigration of French Protestants to Pennsylvania and other parts of North America. Includes the George Washington Bicentennial Number 1932 and the Lafayette Centenary 1935. The Huguenot Society of Pennsylvania Paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 045499
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THE INAUGURATION OF FRANK LOUCKS HEREFORD JR. As President of the University of Virginia Wednesday the Ninth of October Nineteen Hundred Seventy-four
Charlottesville VA: University Press of Virginia 1975. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. No markings in text. Very Good binding. University Press of Virginia unknown books
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The Lancaster Pa. General Hospital "Benefit" Cook Book of Priceless "Tried and Tested" Lancaster County Recipies With Minute Directions: A Practical and Economical Guide to Cooking and the Kitchen forming altogether one of the most valuable Household Books of the Day; Issued by the Women's Auxiliary Societies of the Lancaster General Hospital
Lancaster Pa: Lancaster General Hospital 1912. Hardcover. Very Good -. Printed by Conn & Slote Lancaster Pa. 224 p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Plain black cloth. No date of publication; section about the Lancaster General Hospital is dated 1912. Contains advertisements for Lancaster County businesses. Recipes include: apple snow; meat cakes; apple omelet; walnut pie; transparent pies; temperance mince pie; Comanche candy; kippered cherries; and various ice cream and water ice recipes. In addition to recipes includes other household tips such as how to take care of your parasol during the winter and how to bleach a straw bonnet. Handwritten recipe on front fixed endpaper for sponge cake from "Mrs. S." The Memoranda pages include two handwritten recipes: "Gertie Rogers fine Ginger Cake" and "Miss Landis Devil Food." Scarce. In Very Good- Condition: edges rubbed; tail of spine starting to fray; cloth is lightly soiled; older solid repair of both hinges; occasional minor stain on pages; otherwise clean and solid. Lancaster General Hospital hardcover
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The Moravian Church Miscellany Volume 4 Vol. 4 No. 1 Jan. 1853 - Vol. 4 No. 12 Dec. 1853
Bethlehem PA: Church of the United Brethren 1853. Book. VG. Half-Leather. First Collected. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brown 1/2 leather brown pebbled cloth spine panel lettered and with bands stamped in gilt. Bound periodical containing the full year of publication 12 issues each issue approx. 40/- pp. continuously paginated. 438 pp. indexed. Leather mildly rubbed along joints and spine extremities a bit scuffed on spine panel. Text block edges a bit dulled by age mild foxing to endpapers and several early/late leaves interior otherwise clean showing minor offsetting. Book plate of Linden Hall Library Lititz PA on front pastedown. Very scarce mid-19th century publication with articles on Moravian history theology missionary efforts etc. Church of the United Brethren Hardcover
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The Moravian Church Miscellany Vol. I No. 1 Jan. 1850 - Vol. I No. 12 Dec. 1850 Index Addendum
Bethlehem PA: Church of the United Brethren 1850. Book. VG. Half-Leather. First Collected. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brown 1/2 leather brown pebbled cloth spine panel lettered and with bands stamped in gilt. Bound periodical containing the initial year of publication 12 issues each issue approx. 40/- pp. continuously paginated. 445416 pp. indexed. Leather mildly rubbed along joints with small puncture along lower front joint a bit scuffed along spine panel. Text block edges a bit dulled by age mild foxing to endpapers and several early/late leaves interior otherwise clean showing minor offsetting. Book plate of Linden Hall Library Lititz PA on front pastedown. Very scarce mid-19th century publication with articles on Moravian history theology missionary efforts etc. Church of the United Brethren Hardcover
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The Most Notable Facts - Events - Activities of Holy Rosary Church Reading Penna. in the Forty Years of its Life 1904-1944 Cover Title: 40 Souvenir Book
Reading PA: Holy Rosary Church 1944. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Brown burgundy and gold paper covered boards. Modest soiling and cover wear. Firm binding clean interior. Illus. w/ b&w photographs. Scarce. Holy Rosary Church Hardcover
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The Narberth Choral Society with soprano Lucy Isabelle Marsh and violinist John Richardson
Narberth Pa: Narberth Choral Society 1921. Paperback. Good. 44 p.: illustrations; 22 cm. Tied with red thread; wrapper printed in red and black. The chorus was conducted by Clarence C. Nice. The soloists in this concert were soprano Lucy Marsh and violinist John Richardson. The chorus was accompanied by the Victor Orchestra. The Narberth Choral Society was created in the spring of 1921 opened the Steel Pier in New Jersey in June 1921 and as this program indicates performed at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City in Nov. of that year. There is no evidence that it continued to exist after that year. In 1923 Clarence C. Nice conducted the San Carlo Opera in 1928 he became director of the Rollins College conservatory by 1932 he was at the Orlando College of Music and in 1935 he became state director of the Florida Federal Music project. American soprano Lucy Isabelle Marsh 1878-1956 recorded frequently for the Victor Talking Machine Co. from 1909 to the late 1920s both under her own name and under the name Anna Howard. Violinist John Richardson 1906-2004 was a child prodigy born in Philadelphia who performed with many orchestras in the Mid-Atlantic region. After attending Curtis he joined the Philadelphia Orchestra. In 1935 he became concertmaster of Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians. He later joined the Dallas Symphony and the Baltimore Symphony. Includes many advertisements for businesses in the Ardmore-Philadelphia area. Quite scarce. In Good Condition: wrapper lightly soiled; dampstain at upper corner of a few pages; otherwise clean and solid. Narberth Choral Society paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 007841
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The Palatine Immigrant Partial Run - 86 Issues 1978-2001
Columbus OH: The Palatine Immigrant 1978. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Partial run of 86 issues 1978-2001 covering various aspects of German-speaking ancestry with many records relating to Pennsylvania German immigration but also Germans in Ohio Texas the Upper Midwest and elsewhere. Booklets bound in stapled wraps with covers mostly light green some tan light blue or goldenrod. Most issues show only minor handling wear. Some have institutional stamps on their covers. Run consists of the following issues: IV.1-4 V.1 VI.3-XXI.3 XXII.1-XXVI.4 lacking I.1-III.4 V.2-4 XXI.4 for completion through Vol. XXVI also includes the 1985 decennial index Vols. I-X. Long runs of this journal are seldom offered. The Palatine Immigrant Paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 070388
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The Pittsburg & Allegheny Blue-Book
R. J. Polk Co. 1903. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Thus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Royal blue cloth both covers and spine panel lettered in gilt text block edged in gilt. 728 pp. ccxvi 216 pp. advertisements. Directory of the city of Pittsburgh and adjacent/nearby towns and communities. Cover cloth modestly soiled and rubbed. Firm binding clean interior. R. J. Polk Co. Hardcover
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The Snyder County Historical Society Bulletin: Complete Run 1913-1962 1964 1968 1976-1980 41 Issues Most Bound
Selinsgrove PA: Snyder County Historical Society 1913. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Complete run of the Bulletin 1913 through 1962 issued irregularly 7 additional issues through 1980 41 total all booklets in variously colored stiff wraps. The issues from Vol. I No. 1 1913 through Vol. II No. 8 1946 are collectively bound into one volume black leatherette spine panel lettered in gilt; Vol. III No. 1 1947 through Vol. III No. 10 1956 are collectively bound into a second volume dark blue buckram spine panel lettered in gilt; the remainder Vol. IV Nos. 1-4 6 1959-62 1964 1968 1976-80 are loose as issued. All bound issues retain original wraps. Both hardcovers are minimally ex-library with call labels mounted on lower spines but did not circulate and thus show virtually no wear; the loose issues show minor shelf/handling wear. A rare opportunity to acquire the majority of this scarce historical run in virtually unused condition the bound issues exceptionally well preserved. Issues vary in length from 20 pp. to 170. The Bulletin was issued erratically over the years but we have collated volume and issue numbers to guarantee completeness please note that no volumes were issued between 1956 and 1959. Snyder County Historical Society Hardcover
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The Way It Used To Be: A Publication Commemorating John Fenwick's Colony Nos. 1-12 1975-1977 - Complete Bound Volume 12 Issues w/ Index - Salem County New Jersey historical journal
Salem NJ: Salem County Cultural and Heritage Commission 1975. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Collected. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. The first 12 issues of the New Jersey historical journal collected and bound in a special limited edition in burgundy "leatherette" cloth lettered in gold foil. Each issue ranges 28-48 pp. all illus. most about 36 pp. Binding is mildly rubbed at corners and extremities with minor repair along lower rear hinge. Short gift inscription on front flyleaf. Issues vary a bit in size. Sepia pictorial dust jacket shows several edge chips and a few short tears with associated creasing now in mylar. Very scarce. Salem County Cultural and Heritage Commission Hardcover
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Third Annual Report of the Commissioners of Fisheries Game and Forests of the State of New York
Albany NY: State of New York. Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn hinges cracked corners . bumped. 1898. Hardcover. Annual report covering the year 1897 by the Fisheries Game and Forest Commissioners of New York State. Numerous photographs and illustrations maps one color folding map of catchment basins of some New York State rivers has hole in center. Green decorated cloth boards. Includes sections about maple sugaring game fish fish hatcheries fishways wood-ducks snipe forestry forest reservoirs and other topics. Some beautiful color plates of fish species. Nine color plates by Sherman F. Denton of Cisco White Bass Silver Chub Female Common Whitefish Rocky Mountain Trout Steelhead Golden Shiner Alewife and Male Common Whitefish. Five color plates by J. H. Ridgway of birds: Kingfisher Great Blue Heron Male Woodduck Female Woodduck and Wilson's Snipe. ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 455 pages . State of New York hardcover
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THORNWELL ORPHANAGE: Its Principles and Product.
Thornwell Orphanage. 1942. Hardcover. Gilt-stamped blue cloth covers moderately shelfworn w/spotting on rear panel. Pages tight unmarked with foxing. 316 pages with frontis of Rev. William Plumer Jacobs founder of Thornwell Orphanage and Presbyterian College Clinton South Carolina. In addition to a history of the orphanage brief biographical sketches and photos of various residents of Thornwell some in wartime uniform are included. ; . Thornwell Orphanage, hardcover
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Tourist's Guide to Niagara Falls Lake Ontario and St. Lawrence River; Also A Guide to Lakes George and Champlain; Ottawa and Saguenay Rivers
New York: J. Disturnell 1857. Book. Good-VG. Buckram. Second Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Original edition rebound in light green buckram gilt stamped title on spine panel. 172 pp. 32 pp. at rear of excursions appendices advertisements. Identified as 2nd Edition based on statement in Appendix. Ex-library copy stamped endpapers several stamps on early leaves from Mercantile Library and Free Library of Philadelphia. Title page slightly dampstained with small area of darkening along fore-edge of several early leaves. Approx. 1/2" notch of paper loss along top edge of Contents leaf. Otherwise nicely intact interior though evidently slightly trimmed. Graded as Good-VG due less to defects than to rebound/trimmed status. Exceptionally scarce early guide in fact one of the earliest promotional publications that led to the emergence of Niagara Falls as the premiere natural tourist attraction it later became. J. Disturnell Hardcover
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Union Station Albany New York a Historic Structure Report
<p>Einhorn Yaffee Prescott. Very Good; Covers toned and lightly worn. 1979. Softcover. Illustrated card covers with white plastic comb binding. Historic structure report for the Albany New York historic Union railroad station prepared by Einhorn Yaffee Prescott for the New York State Office of General Services. Maps illustrations photos. Laid in is handwritten letter on Einhorn Yaffee Prescott letterhead by project architect thanking the previous owner for loan of materials used for this report. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 194 pages .</p> Einhorn Yaffee Prescott paperback
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Variety Iron Works York Pa. print
Philadelphia: Pomeroy Whitman and Company 1876. Very Good . 1 double-leaf print from the 1876 Atlas of York County Pa. Signed "Ray Del." Contains an aerial view of the ironworks with inset illustrations showing sections of the house front department and the machine shop as well as several close-ups of machinery. Also shows a steam locomotive on the train tracks running in front of the ironworks. The ironworks was located on W. North Street in York. The company was founded in 1840 by Elisha Geiger and Samuel Bechtol; other partners during the 19th century included Alexander Small Edward G. Smyser and Smyser's sons. "E.G. Smyser" appears over the central door in the print with "Variety Iron Works" above that. In 1877 it opened an office in Baltimore where much of the ornamental ironwork was sold. The company also produced iron castings for J.W. Fiske Co. in New York City beginning in 1869. The company continued to operate until 1941. As of 2013 the central building was being used by the York Academy Revinoal Charter School. In Very Good Condition: slight staining along edges not impacting the image; solid and otherwise clean. Pomeroy, Whitman and Company unknown
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VENTICINQUESIMO (IL) anniversario dell'O.N.U.
Roma, Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato, 1970, in-8, brossura editoriale, pp. 96. A cura dei Servizi Informazioni e Proprietà Letteraria della Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri.
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Views of Atlantic City.
Portland/Maine, Nelson 1905. quer-gr.-8°. 1 Textseite u. 47 photogr. Taf. OKart. ill.
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Visions of New York State: The Historical Paintings of L. F. Tantillo
<p>Wappingers Falls NY: Shawangunk Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1996. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Limited edition of 350 signed copies bound in dark green leatherette and used in buff cloth-covered slipcase. Photos and illustrations throughout including many in color. Examines the research and technique of L. F. Tantillo's meticulous paintings of historical scenes of Albany and other parts of upstate New York. Essays by Stefan Bielinski Shirley W. Dunn Charles T. Gehring Wendell Tripp David R. Gould Paul R. Huey Philip Lord Jr. Roger W. Mabie and Joseph F. Meany. Introduction by Warren Roberts. Index list of works exhibited selected readings. ; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall .</p> Shawangunk Press hardcover
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West Chester Sesqui-Centennial Commemorating 150 Years of Progress Since Its Incorporation of the Town as a Borough 1799-1949
West Chester PA: West Chester Sesqui-Centennial Committee 1949. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Original edition bound in sturdy blue cloth with title in gold foil on spine panel. Sturdy reference copy presenting "as new." Original wraps lacking replaced with plain blue paper wraps bound in. Text block shows slight handling edges slightly trimmed. 152 pp. illus. w/ b&w photographs. Scarce. West Chester Sesqui-Centennial Committee Hardcover
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West Shore Directory: New Cumberland - Lemoyne - Camp Hill - Shiremanstown - Enola - West Fairview - Wormleysburg
New Cumberland PA: The Mimeograph Service Shop 1934. Book. Good. Soft cover. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stiff gray wraps lettered in red and black. 192 pp. Handling wear with creases to both covers some soiling a few inked notations and doodles on front cover. The Mimeograph Service Shop Paperback
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Wm. P. Walter's Sons 1233 Market Street Philadelphia Amateurs' Catalogue: Scroll Saws Supplies Designs - Model Engines Boilers and Fittings for Amateur and light mechanical work
Philadelphia PA: William P. Walter's Sons Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Thus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Booklet pale salmon wraps lettered in black. Trade catalogue undated ca. 1870s-80s. Modest soiling to covers minor loss to top front cover corner. 48 pp. Darkened staples pp. 23-26 detached. Engraved images of saws and lathes scroll saws saw blades hand drills grind stones bench vices hand planes scroll sawing designs steam engines horizontal engines boiler fittings etc. Very scarce. William P. Walter's Sons Paperback
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"LA RÉSISTANCE DE L'OUEST"- journal de Nantes
PHOTOGRAPHIE ORIGINALE : PHOTO DE GROUPE PRISE POUR LE JOURNAL "LA RÉSISTANCE DE L'OUEST" - LE PALLET 1950
le pallet JOURNAL LA RESISTANCE DE L'OUEST 1960 une photographie originale albuminée en noir, format : 6,6 x 18,2 cm, Année : 1950 environ, noté au dos : LE PALLET avec le tampon violet de "LA RÉSISTANCE DE L'OUEST" journal de Nantes qui a publié de 1944 à 1960.
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