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Swiggett, Howard.
THE EXTRAORDINARY MR. MORRIS.
pp. (xvii), 483. Illustrations. Stamped ownership of Lee R. Ivey on title page and elsewhere. 8vo. Original publisher's cloth binding, spotted. Original priced dust jacket, faded and chipped at edges. Excellent biography of Robert Morris. PA 12x2
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Tucker, Glenn.
MAD ANTHONY WAYNE AND THE NEW NATION.
287 p. Illustrations. 8vo. Original publisher's cloth binding. Original priced dust jacket, slightly chipped at extremities. PA 9x2
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Alberts, Robert C.
BENJAMIN WEST, A Biography.
pp. (xvi), 525 + Illustrations. Top edge foxed. Large 8vo. Original cloth binding, spine slightly faded. Original priced dust jacket, torn with loss. PA 13
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Bok, Edward W.
A MAN FROM MAINE.
278 p. + Portrait Frontis and full page illustrations. Inked ownership of C. Warren Gutilius, 1923, on first fly leaf. XLib. 8vo. Original red cloth binding, extremities slightly worn. Biography of Cyrus H.K. Curtis, founder of the once all-mighty Curtis Publishing Company. PA 17
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Boucher, John Newton.
WILLIAM KELLY: A True History of the So-Called Bessemer Process.
pp, xv, 258 + Portrait Frontis and full page plates. Top edge gilt. 8vo. Original red cloth binding. Important and controversial record of the early Pennsylvania steel industry. PA 23 x2 .
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Bowen, Ezra.
HENRY AND OTHER HEROES.
246 p. 8vo. An intimate memoir of Philadelphia's upper class Main-Line and the Drinker family. First Edition. . **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA9
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Buell, Augustus C.
WILLIAM PENN, As the Founder of Two Commonwealths.
pp. vi, 368 + Portrait frontis and full page plates. Top Edge Gold Gilt. 8vo. Original full red cloth binding, lettered and decorated in gold. Spine slightly faded. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA 58
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Churchman, John (1705-1775).
AN ACCOUNT OF THE GOSPEL LABOURS AND CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCES OF A FAITHFUL MINISTER OF CHRIST, JOHN CHURCHMAN, Late of Nottingham in Pennsylvania, deceased. To which is added a short Memorial of the Life and Death of a fellow Labourer in the Church,
pp. vii, 256. 8vo. Text worn and aged. Missing first fly leaf. Old page repair. Final leaf has loss of text. 200mm. Original leather binding very worn. Evans 16223. Modest copy of an important Quaker classic. PA 59 Rt Stk **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
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Dobree, Bonamy.
WILLIAM PENN, QUAKER AND PIONEER.
346 p. + Illustrations + Folding Penn genealogical chart. Lightly foxed. 8vo. Original cloth binding. First edition. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA 59 x2
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Illick, Joseph E.
WILLIAM PENN THE POLITICIAN. His Relations with the English Government.
pp. x, 267 + Portrait Frontis. A few red inked marks in margins. Stamped ownership on front paste down. 8vo. Original publisher's cloth binding. Original priced dust jacket. Very good copy. Author was famous for his work on Pennsylvania trees. PA 58.
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Marsillac, J.
LA VIE DE GUILLAUME PENN, FONDATEUR DE LA PENSYLVANIE; Premier Legislateur connu des Etas-Unis de l'Amerique. contenant l'Histoirique des premiers fondemens de Philadelphia, des Loix et de la Constitution des Etats-Unis de l'Amerique.
Two volumes in one. pp. 264; 294. Discrete XLib stamp. 21mm. Contemporary binding broken. Deserves restoration. Marsillac was a physician from Montpellier. This is the First Edition of his remarkable study of Penn as the originator of humane and Constitutional law in America. Rare and important. Howes M323; Sabin 44820; Smith, Friend's Books, II, p.14; Fay, Bibliographie Francais Relatifs aux Etats-Unis, pp.28-9. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA 59 Rt Stk
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Pound, Arthur.
THE PENNS OF PENNSYLVANIA & ENGLAND.
pp. xx, 349 + Portrait frontis, full page plates and a folding genealogical chart. Ownership on front paste down inked out. Uncut. Top edge soiled. 8vo. Original full cloth binding, extremities slightly rubbed. Gilt lettering on spine faded. Especially useful in that it covers Penn's successors who are not included in other biographies and studies. PA 58.
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Quakers.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES AND ANECDOTES OF MEMBERS OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS.
427 p. Slightly age stained. 12mo. Black publisher's cloth binding. Head repaired. Bookplate (1899) of William Pennell Jones (1837-1903), who was a Delaware County Quaker Hicksite. Very useful biographical record of Pennsylvania Quakers. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA 59
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Quakers.
MEMORIALS CONCERNING DECEASED FRIENDS: Being A Selection From the Records of the Yearly Meeting For Pennsylvania, Etc. From The Year 1788 To 1819, Inclusive.
184 p. Text damp stained and aged. Sm. 8vo. Disbound. Early manuscript ownership of John Lester. PA 60 Rt Stk
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Quakers.
MEMORIALS CONCERNING DECEASED FRIENDS: MEMBERS OF PHILADELPHIA YEARLY MEETING.
15 p. Sm. 8vo. Cloth. Very XLib. PA 61 L Stk
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Reckitt, William and James Gough (1712-1780).
SOME ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE AND GOSPEL LABOURS, OF WILLIAM RECKITT, Late of Lincolnshire in Great Britain. Also, MEMOIRS OF. JAMES GOUGH, Late of Dublin, Deceased.
Two volumes in one. pp. 164; xxiv, 184. 12mo. Old page repairs. First fly leaves loose. 12mo. 175mm. Very worn full leather. Front board detached. Mildly XLib. Evans 18146. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA 61 L stk
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Richardson, John (1667-1753).
AN ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF THAT ANCIENT SERVANT OF JESUS CHRIST, JOHN RICHARDSON, Giving a Relation of many of his Trials and Exercises in his Youth, and his Services in the Work of the Ministry, in England, Ireland, America, Etc.
pp. vi, 236. Loss of text on K1. Some copies have a leaf of bookseller's ad at end. 8vo. 21 cm. Worn and damped. Essentially disbound. Early manuscript ownerships. Richardson was an early Quaker minister. He made tours of England, and later, leaving his two surviving children with foster parents, he set out for America as an evangelist. Arriving in Maryland in 1701 after a 16-week crossing. He spent more than two years there, ceaselessly touring and disputing with Quakers and non-Quakers, on one occasion accompanying William Penn to treat with some American Indians, who made a favourable impression on him. He also visited Bermuda and Barbados. Evans 18158. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA 60 Mid Stk
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Taylor, Francis R.
LIFE OF WILLIAM SAVERY OF PHILADELPHIA 1750-1804.
pp. x, 474 + Frontis. Mildly XLib. 8vo. Original publisher's blue cloth binding. Extremities slightly rubbed and worn. PA 58.
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Wilbur, Henry W.
THE LIFE & LABORS OF ELIAS HICKS.
242 p. + Portrait frontis and full page illustrations. Text slightly foxed. 8vo. Original publisher's cloth binding. Rubbed. Library call marks on spine. XLib. (Barrett Friendly Library, Mountainhome, PA). Introduction by Elisabeth Powell Bond. PA 58.
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Woolman, John (1720-1772).
THE WORKS OF JOHN WOOLMAN. In Two Parts. Fifth Edition.
321 p. Foxed. First fly leaf detached. 8vo. 220mm. Original full worn leather binding. Front board almost detached. Original leather spine label. Fifth edition. AI 46865. PA 60 L Stk
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Woolman, John (1720-1772).
A JOURNAL OF THE LIFE, GOSPEL LABOURS AND CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCES, OF THAT FAITHFUL MINISTER OF JESUS CHRIST, JOHN WOOLMAN. To Which Are Added, HIS LAST EPISTLE, And Other Writings.
372p. Lacks first fly leaf. 12mo. 190mm. Slightly worn original publisher's cloth binding. Spine worn. PA 59 Rt Stk
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Aubrey, John (1626-1697).
THE SCANDAL AND CREDULITIES OF JOHN AUBREY. [Excerpts from Aubrey's
pp. li, 206. 12mo. 20 cm. Illustrated with small engravings by Helen Kapp. Original publisher's cloth binding, slightly soiled. This is one of the most entertaining early books we've ever read. Anyone with an antiquarian bent will enjoy it. It would make a very nice gift. W144R
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Fox, Charles Philip.
A TICKET TO THE CIRCUS. A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE INCREDIBLE RINGLINGS.
184p. Highly illustrated. 4to. Original cloth backed paper boards. Slightly soiled DJ. Very good copy. First Edition. HB. Truthful, historical, and fascinating story of the five Ringling Brothers, and the Greatest Show on Earth. W149.
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Reid, Thomas Wemyss (1842-1905).
WILLIAM BLACK. Novelist. A Biography.
pp. (15), 400. Photogravure frontis from a photograph by Elliott and Fry. Short 8vo. 22 cm. Handsome original publisher's blue cloth binding, gold lettered. Scotsman William Black (1841-1898) is, as a novelist, almost completely forgotten today - but his highland themes still have a following. His life (as told here) is actually more interesting than most of his novels. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. W140.
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Tackach, James.
HISTORIC HOMES OF AMERICA.
192p. Highly illustrated with color photographs. Original cloth binding. DJ. Folio. Famous Americans (mainly 19th & 20th century), and their homes. Fine copy. This would make a great gift. Art 1
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Tourgee, Albion Winegar (1838-1905).
A FOOL'S ERRAND, BY ONE OF THE FOOLS.
361 p. + Numerous advertisements. 12mo. Original publisher's orange-brown cloth binding, decorated in black. Tourgee was an Ohioan, wounded several times in the course of the Civil War. He went South as a 'Carpet bagger' and became a judge, and holder of assorted other offices in North Carolina during Reconstruction. This famous work details true life in the South under reconstruction, and all of its inherent problems. Especially important for its treatment of evils of the Klu Klux Klan. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! AMER 3 x3
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Smithsonian Institution.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 1865.
496 p. Woodcut illustrations. 8vo. Original publisher's cloth binding. Includes important papers by the most noted authors on topics such as: Gravity; Magnetism; Astronomy; Electricity; Geology and Archaeology of Lake Neuchatel; Cavemen; Senses; Ornithology; and Electro-Physiology. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
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Welchans, George R. and Hershey, Andrew H.
HISTORY OF LODGE NO. 43, F. & A.M. OF LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA 1785-1935. With a Complete List of Members of the Lodge From Its Constitution.
438 p. Illustrated. Top edge gold. XLib stamp on all edges and title page. Tall 8vo. Original gilt decorated blue cloth binding. Binding slightly spotted. PA 53.
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(White, Josh).
JOSH WHITE'S HISTORY GIVEN BY HIMSELF.
75 p. Small 4to. Orange cloth. Limited to only 100 photostat copies of the unique manuscript (No. 26). Josiah White (1781-1850) was an early pioneer in the advancement of antracite coal for heating and manufacturing. Along with this he also helped establish a better transportation industry for transport of this coal and other material in the Delaware Valley and the Lehigh Valley regions. Thus helping to establish the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company, along with co-founder Erskine Hazard. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
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Williams, Harold A.
ROBERT GARRETT AND SONS INCORPORATED. Origin and Development 1840-1965.
102 p. + Portrait Frontis. Full page illustrations. Slightly foxed. Pictorial end papers. Tall 8vo. Original publisher's cloth binding. Scarce business history. PA 27
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Wister, Frances Anne.
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA 1900-1925.
253 p. + Illustrations. 8vo. Original green cloth binding, lettered in gold. PA 7x3
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Martin, Asa Earl.
AFTER THE WHITE HOUSE.
464p. 8vo. Original publisher's cloth binding. Original priced dust jacket. Very clean copy of a fascinating and scarce book that studies the careers of the Presidents after they left the White House. PA 52
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(Middling, Theophilus), Editor.
JOHNNY APPLESEED'S RHYMES.
411 p. End papers beginning to brown. XLib. 8vo. Original dark blue cloth binding. Remnants of XLib mark on spine. Very scarce. For forty-nine years, John Chapman ("Johnny Appleseed") roamed the American wilderness, devotedly planting apple trees. He created apple orchards in the wildernesses of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois and Indiana, spanning an estimated area of 100,000 square miles. Some of these trees are still bearing fruit after 150 years. The reason for John's mission is unknown, although it's said he dreamed of a land covered with blossoming apple trees; of a land where no one went hungry because apples were plentiful. John's gentleness and courage were legendary even in his own time. He walked alone in the wilderness, without gun or knife. He chopped down no trees, and killed no animals. He was respected and appreciated by the native American tribes and the new settlers alike. John lived very simply. He slept outdoors, walked barefoot and ate berries and the like. He made his clothes from sacks and wore a tin pot for a hat (and to cook with). Reportedly, John made his drinking water in winter by melting snow with his feet. Even the people of his time were amazed at his endurance. Yet after his death, it was discovered that John was not poor at all. He owned (and leased) considerable areas of land -- on which he planted apple trees, of course. John converted to Swedenborgian religious views, and from then on, mailed regular reports of his activities to astonished church authorities in Sweden. This is strange in itself, since Swedenborgians were exceedingly rare in America (roughly 400 in the whole continent). John died of pneumonia at the age of 70, in the home of his friend William Worth, near Fort Wayne, Indiana. He lies buried there under the epitaph "He lived for others." **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA 28
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Mombert, J. I.
AN AUTHENTIC HISTORY OF LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.
pp. 617, 175 + Lithographed and engraved illustrations + several maps. Frontis map torn and repaired. Text foxed. Large 8vo. Original full leather binding, worn. Boards detached. Howes M 720. PA1.
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Morton, Eleanor.
JOSIAH WHITE, PRINCE OF PIONEERS.
300 p. Canals, railroads, and adventure in the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania. Josiah White (1781-1850) was an early pioneer in the advancement of antracite coal for heating and manufacturing. Along with this he also helped establish a better transportation industry for transport of this coal and other material in the Delaware Valley and the Lehigh Valley regions. Thus helping to establish the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company, along with co-founder Erskine Hazard. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
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Oakley, Violet.
CATHEDRAL OF COMPASSION. Dramatic Outline of the Life of Jane Addams 1860-1935.
104 p. Beautiful and simple woodcut illustrations. Uncut. Tall 8vo. Special limited edition. Jane Addams was the most noted social worker of the era.
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(Osbon, Rev. Elias).
IN MEMORIAM. LIZZIE WYATT ABBOTT.
57 p. Portrait frontis foxed. Pages ruled in black. Tall 8vo. Original publisher's cloth binding, lettered in gold. Extremities slightly worn. Lizzie Wyatt Abbott, wife of Rev. William Penn Abbott, died in child-birth, 1874. PA 21
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Osbon, Rev. Elias.
IN MEMORIAM. REV. WILLIAM PENN ABBOTT, D.D.
124 p. + Portrait frontis, foxed. Pages ruled in black. Compliments of his widow, Mrs. W. P. Abbott inked on first fly leaf. Tall 8vo. Original publisher's cloth binding, lettered in gold. Very slight loss at head and tail of spine. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA 21
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Parton, James.
FAMOUS AMERICANS OF RECENT TIMES.
473 p. + Frontis. Original publisher's cloth binding. Top edge gold. Includes a fine biography of Stephen Girard, among others. Inserted is a significant manuscript and printed Bartow genealogy. Uniqu e thus.
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Patton, Alfred B.
PEDDLER COMES TO BUCKS COUNTY.
96 p. Numerous illustrations. 8vo. Stiff paper boards. XLib. PA 9.
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Pinchot, Gifford.
TO THE SOUTH SEAS. The Cruise of the Schooner Mary Pinchot to the Galapagos, the Marquesas, and the Tuamotu Islands, and Tahiti.
pp. xiii, 500. Illustrated with over 250 reproductions of photos taken during the voyage. XLib. Large 8vo. Original gilt decorated blue publisher's cloth binding. Gifford Pinchot (1865-1946) was the first professionally trained American forester. He was also Governor of Pennsylvania, 1923-1927. PA 11
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Pleasants, Henry Jr.
THOMAS MASON, ADVENTURER.
pp. xi, 366 + Drawings by Peter Hurd and photo illustrations. XLib stamp of the Military Order Foreign Wars of U. S. Pennsylvania Commandery on first fly leaf. Large 8vo. Original gilt decorated black cloth binding, worn at extremities with small loss. Inscribed by the author to the PA Military Order Foreign Wars of U. S. Biography of a Revolutionary War naval captain. PA 12
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Pleasants, Henry Jr.
THREE SCIENTISTS OF CHESTER COUNTY.
49 p. Square 12mo. Original paper printed stiff boards. Limited edition. Account of Humphrey Marshall, William Darlington and Joseph Trimble Rothrock. PA 15
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Richman, Irwin.
THE BRIGHTEST ORNAMENT. A Biography of Nathaniel Chapman, M.D., 1780-1853.
pp. vii, 213. 8vo. Original publisher's cloth binding. A study of Dr. Chapman's life, and the views of a majority of contemporary medical practitioners. PA 9
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Ruslander, S. Leo.
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF S. LEO RUSLANDER (A Quasi-Autobiography).
404 p. Two portrait illustrations. Top edge foxed. Tall 8vo. Original blue cloth binding. Autobiography of a prominent Pittsburgh lawyer. PA 12
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Sharpless, William.
ONE HUNDRED DAYS AWAY. A Tour Eastward; Roundabout; Homeward. From June 19 to Oct. 3, 1928.
197 p. Illustrations. Account of a wonderful cruise by the Sharpless family .
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Sinclair, Bruce.
PHILADELPHIA'S PHILOSOPHER MECHANICS. A History of the Franklin Institute, 1824-1865.
363 p. Illustrations. 8vo. Original publisher's cloth binding. Original priced dust jacket. A remarkable era of American scientific and technological discovery. PA 21 x2
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Smith, Edgar Fahs.
PRIESTLEY IN AMERICA 1794-1804.
173 p. Early inked ownership of Howard M. Buckwalter on front paste down. 12mo. Original blue cloth binding. An account of the famed chemist's exile in America. PA 5
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Smith, Edgar Fahs.
JAMES WOODHOUSE. A Pioneer in Chemistry 1770-1809.
296 p. + Portrait Frontis. Top edge gilt. Unopened and uncut. 12mo. Original full green publisher's cloth binding. A Revolutionary War soldier, professor, chemist, and dean of the Philadelphia Medical School, Woodhouse is best known for his research in chemical processes. PA 9
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Stevens, Sylvester K.
PENNSYLVANIA - The Heritage of a Commonwealth. Four Volumes.
Four volumes. Illustrated. Some light foxing on fore edges. 4to. Original full red cloth bindings. Fine modern historical and biographical work that will replace many older "classics" of the genre. Volume I includes: Pennsylvania's geography and resources, and a history of the state from the earliest Indian occupation to Pennsylvania's actions in the Civil War era. Volume II details the state's industrial growth from the late 1800s to the 1940s, 50s, and 60s, the changing pattern of Pennsylvania life since 1865, and 20th century Pennsylvania politics to World War II. Volume III contains a number of important documents and special feature articles, and Volume IV contains detailed family, biographical, and personal records. Almost 1900 pages in total. PA 46
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