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Stevens, Thaddeus (1792-1868).
MEMORIAL ADDRESSES ON THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF THADDEUS STEVENS, Delivered in the House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., December 17, 1868.
84 p. Slight damp staining. 8vo. Original gilt lettered dark brown cloth binding. Binding stamped U.S. Government Bindery on rear board. Thaddeus Stevens was born in Danville, Vermont. He suffered from many hardships during his childhood, including a club foot. His father was an alcoholic who was unable to hold a steady job and who abandoned the family before dying in the War of 1812. His mother worked as a maid or housekeeper to support her children. Stevens graduated from Dartmouth College in 1814, then moved to York, PA, where he taught school and studied law. After admission to the bar, he established a successful law practice, first in Gettysburg, then in Lancaster. Stevens served for several years in the Pennsylvania state legislature before his election to Congress in 1848 as an antislavery Whig. He opposed the fugitive slave law and the Compromise of 1850. In 1856, Stevens was reelected to Congress as a member of the new antislavery Republican party, and soon wielded great power as the chair of the important House Ways and Means Committee. As a passionate believer in the principles of Radical Republicanism, the "Great Commoner" as he was known, pushed for emancipation and black suffrage. Steven s was an early and vehement critic of President Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction policy and eventually became a leader in the effort to impeach the president. An advocate of treating Southern states during Reconstruction as "conquered provinces," Stevens encouraged strong, sweeping action by the federal government to revolutionize the institutions and culture that bolstered white supremacy in the South. The measures he supported included the Fourteenth Amendment and an unsuccessful plan to confiscate plantations and redistribute the land to former slaves. He was a member of Congress's joint committee on Reconstruction, but it was dominated by moderates. During Johnson's impeachment trial, Stevens was so ill that he had to be carried into the Senate chamber and died in Washington, D. C., less than three months after the President's acquittal. PA 12
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Stille, Alfred.
HUMBOLDT'S LIFE AND CHARACTER; An Address Before the Linnaean Association of Pennsylvania College.
38 p. Printed wraps.
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Stokes, George Stewart.
AGNES REPPLIER. Lady of Letters.
274 p. Portrait Frontis. Title page stained from old newspaper clippings. Ownership label of Mrs. George G. Weber. 8vo. Original publisher's orange cloth binding. PA 11
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Ferree, Barr.
REPORT ON WILLIAM PENN MEMORIAL IN LONDON: Erected By The Pennsylvania Society In The City Of New York, July MCMXI.
110 p. + Full page illustrations. Top Edge Gilt. Tall 8vo. Brilliant gold decorated blue cloth binding. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA 59.
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Bomberger, C. M.
TWELFTH COLONY PLUS. The Formative Years of Pennsylvania and a Biography of James Buchanan.
197 p. + Illustrations & Index. 8vo. Original red cloth binding, stained. PA 42
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Labaree, Leonard W. & Whitfield J. Bell (Editors).
MR. FRANKLIN. A Selection from His Personal Letters.
pp. 22, 61 + Color printed facsimiles and illustrations. Penciled ownership of Eileen Hamilton on front paste down. 4to. Original cloth backed patterned paper boards. Printed and bound at The Lakeside Press, Chicago. PA 59 x3.
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Pennsylvania Society of Colonial Governors.
PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY OF COLONIAL GOVERNORS. Volume I.
Volume I: 323 p. XLib. Gilt top edge spotted. 8vo. Original worn and soiled cloth. Useful biographical reference. PA 42
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Purdy, Claire L.
HE HEARD AMERICA SING. The Story of Stephen Foster.
236 p. + Full page drawings by Dorothea Cooke. Pictorial end papers. 8vo. Original red cloth binding, rubbed at extremities. Original dust jacket, worn & torn. Written for young people. Stephen Collins Foster (18261864), the famous American song writer and composer, was born in Lawrenceville, Pa. His pioneer family was aware of his talent for music, but not understanding it they provided him with little formal musical education. Foster's knowledge of African-Americans was drawn from minstrel shows, particularly E. P. Christy's troupe, for which many of his songs were written. Because of their utter simplicity, his black dialect songs are often thought of as folk music. Feeling that prejudice against these "Ethiopian songs" existed, he was at first unwilling to risk his reputation by having his name appear on them. He had little aptitude for business, and his income was never commensurate with the popularity of his songs. Excessive drinking and extreme poverty ruined his last years. He died in Bellevue Hospital, New York City. his songs that have remained popular, such as "Oh! Susannah" (1848), "Camptown Races" (1850), "Old Folks at Home" (1851), "My Old Kentucky Home" (1853), "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair" (1854), and "Old Black Joe" (1860), are unpretentious and genuine" - Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia. PA 55.
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Rodearmel, William.
TWENTIETH CENTURY. PENNSYLVANIA STATE GOVERNMENT IN PICTURE AND STORY. Pennsylvania Congressmen.
317 p. Numerous photo illustrations. Some scattered foxing. Large 4to. All edges gold. Handsome gold decorated full cloth binding. A very useful biographical reference to prominent political figures throughout Pennsylvania. Each biographical sketch is accompanied by a photographic portrait. The copy of Robert Cabeen Bair, of York, PA - who, at this time, was Chief of the Bureau of Industrial Statistics for Pennsylvania. Quite a remarkable view of the characters that populated Pennsylvania economic, social, and political life at the turn-of-the century. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA 44
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Rodearmel, William.
TWENTIETH CENTURY. PENNSYLVANIA STATE GOVERNMENT IN PICTURE AND STORY. State Departments and Legislature of Pennsylvania, 1903-1904.
pp. lv, 269 + Index, etc. Numerous photo illustrations. Large 4to. All edges gold. Gilt decorated cloth binding. Tape repair at base of spine. With the stamps of the PA Forest Research Institute on title page. Useful biographical reference. PA 44
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Smythe, J. Henry, Jr. (Editor).
THE AMAZING BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.
296 p. + Color frontis and full page illustrations. Some smoke damage and damp stain. Uncut. 8vo. Original gold decorated purple cloth. Mildly XLib. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA 55
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Sneath, E. Hershey.
AMERICA'S GREATEST SONNETEER.
95 p. Portrait frontis. Xlib stamp on title page, all edges and elsewhere. 12mo. Original tan cloth binding, remnants of library tape on spine and front board. Signed and presented to Millersville State Teachers College by Houston Mifflin, Lloyd Mifflin's son. Poet and painter Lloyd Mifflin (1846-1921) was born in Columbia, Pennsylvania. Encouraged his landowning father, Mifflin received art instruction first from his father and then at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. He then studied in Germany becoming a good painter, as well as a good photographer later in life. Believing that paint fumes were damaging his health, Mifflin stopped painting to concentrate on writing poetry, specifically sonnets. He would eventually publish over 500 sonnets, and was known as America's Greatest Sonneteer. PA 20 x4 R.
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Straughn, William R.
HOME AUTHORS - PENNSYLVANIA.
192 p. Portrait of Bayard Taylor. Sm. 8vo. Original brown publisher's cloth. Extremities slightly rubbed. Ownership blacked out. Penciled margin notations. PA 26.
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Strawbridge, Justus C.
CEREMONIES ATTENDING THE UNVEILING OF THE STATUE OF FRANKLIN, June 14, 1899 Presented to the City of Philadelphia by Mr. Justus C. Strawbridge.
58p. Frontis. Tall 8vo. Original cloth binding, gold. XLib. Front board sun faded. * AMER LOC: K13 BOX 67 = Copy 1
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Taylor, E.J.
THE BOOK OF PROMINENT PENNSYLVANIANS. A Standard Reference.
pp. 258, 4. Illustrated. Sm. 4to. Gilt decorated full leather binding. Marbled edges. Great biographical record of Pittsburgh industrialists.
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Van Doren, Carl.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.
Two volumes. Illustrated. 8vo. Slip cased. Red cloth. Spines faded. Excellent modern biography of the great diplomat, printer, and polymath. PA 55 x2
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Cohen, Charles J.
MEMOIR OF REV. JOHN WILEY FAIRES A.M., D.D. Founder and Principal of the Classical Institute Philadelphia. A Teacher from 1831 to 1888. With Photographs and Biographic Sketches of Upward of Five Hundred of His Former Pupils.
pp. viii, 850 + Frontis and numerous photo illustrations. Top edge stained. 8vo. Cloth backed paper boards. Spine and top edges of boards faded. Signed limited edition. Especially valuable for the biographies of the pupils. PA 19x2
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Cohen, Charles J.
THE PENN CLUB. Organized March 18, 1875. Charter Granted March 16, 1889.
397 p. Frontis. Numerous photo illustrations. Penciled inscription "To my good friend and brother, Wm. M. Kutzmiller from J. G. Rogers, 8/17/32" on first fly leaf. 8vo. Original blue cloth backed paper boards. Spine faded. Top edge dust spotted. PA 48
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Culligan, Matthew.
THE CURTIS-CULLIGAN STORY. From Cyrus to Horace to Joe.
224 p. XLib. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original priced dust jacket. Second printing. Important history of 'the greatest scandal in the annals of publishing.' PA 42
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Franklin, Benjamin.
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Poor Richard's Almanac, and Other Papers by Benjamin Franklin.
308 p. Engraved frontis and special title printed on Japan vellum. Uncut. Top edge gold. 8vo. Half red crushed morocco. Top and bottom of spine well chipped. PA 55.
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Franklin, Benjamin.
THE WORKS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral, and Literary / With His Life, Written by Himself.
290 p. Engraved frontis and title (by D. Mallory). Foxed. 24mo. Disbound. Original worn leather boards. Needs to be re-sewn. American Imprints 20551. Early printed book label of the Bristol Library. Ownership stamps of R. C. Duffield, Woodbury, NJ. PA 60 Rt. Stk.
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Goodman, Nathan G. (Editor).
THE INGENIOUS DR. FRANKLIN, Selected Scientific Letters of Benjamin Franklin.
pp. 11, 244 + Frontis. Text drawings. 8vo. Original cloth backed paper boards, slightly soiled. First edition. Very good copy. PA 55.
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Green, Samuel Abbott. (Chairman).
THE TWO-HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. Celebration by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the City of Boston in Symphony Hall, Boston, January 17, 1906.
113 p. Uncut. Top edge gold. Tall 8vo. Original gold decorated green cloth. Manuscript presentation from the chairman, Samuel A. Green, to the stage actor, Harry L. Bascombe: "Who many a time and oft by his dramatic talent has given me much pleasure." Small printed library bookplate of Edwin Forrest on rear paste down. PA 55
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Elliott, Mrs. Ella Zerbey.
OLD SCHUYLKILL TALES. A History of Interesting Events, Traditions and Anecdotes of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.
344 p. 8vo. Original gilt decorated red cloth binding, extremities very slightly rubbed. Very scarce and eagerly sought after. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA 42
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Scherman, David E.; Wilcox, Richard; and Morley, Christopher
LITERARY ENGLAND: PHOTOGRAPHS OF PLACES MADE MEMORABLE IN ENGLISH LITERATURE. Preface by Christopher Morley.
50 full page monochrome photographs. 4to. Original publisher's cloth binding. Designed by Richard Ellis. An anthology of excerpts from English authors with photos of appropriate scenes. Based on Scher man's pictorial essay in Life Magazine (June 14, 1943), this version is all the more desireable for the Preface: "The Sense of Place" by Christopher Morley. This book would make a fine gift. W152
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Airy, Osmund.
CHARLES II.
283 p. + Wonderful plates, including a magnificent color printed frontis and fine mezzotint-like portraits. Folio. Three-quarter red leather binding, over marbled boards. Rubbed. First edition. Limited to 1250 numbered examples. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W150
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Casanova, Jacques de Seingalt de.
CASANOVA'S MEMOIRS. Edited by Joseph Monet.
290p. Illustrated with drawings by Vincente Minnelli. Tall 8vo. Original silver decorated purple cloth binding. Chipped original dust jacket. 2 c **PRICE JUST REDUCED! EROS6
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Casanova, Jacques de Seingalt.
MEMOIRS OF JACQUES CASANOVA DE SEINGALT. Prince of Adventurers and the most indomitable of Lovers. A New Edition with Introduction, Notes and Appendices. With Two Portraits and Ten Photogravures from Original Drawings by Antoine Gaymard,
Two volumes. pp. 484; 505 + Plates. 8vo. Original cloth backed paper boards. Paper slightly browned. A fine version of Casanova's adventures and conquests. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! EROS1
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Casanova, Jacques de Seingalt.
MEMOIRS OF JACQUES CASANOVA DE SEINGALT. VENETIAN YEARS and TO PARIS AND PRISON. English translation by Arthur Machen. Complete and Unabridged.
Two volumes. Full page illustrations. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Dust jacket. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! EROS6
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Flint, W. Russell.
MODELS OF PROPRIETY. Occasional Caprices for the Edification of Ladies and the Delight of Gentlemen.
75p. Photogravure illustrations by John Dickinson. 4to. Original full gold decorated pink cloth binding. Dust jacket only slightly worn. First edition, second impression. Drawings and fictional stories of various artist models. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! EROS4
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Lewys, George.
TEMPLE OF PALLAS-ATHENAE. (POSTERITE).
416p. + Frontis. Uncut. Edition Limited to 995 copies. Tall 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Remains of DJ. Signed by the author. Set in 1920's Paris, and full of intrigues of Russian emigres and women of the night. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! EROS6
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Masters, John.
CASANOVA.
302p. Numerous illustrations. 4to. Original full cloth binding. EROS6
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Schnitzler, Arthur.
CASANOVA'S HOMECOMING.
201p. 8vo. Original cloth backed paper binding. Slightly worn. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! EROS6
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Andrews, John H.
THE JOHN WISE STORY.
pp. 108-148. 8vo. Original printed wraps. Removed with original over-sewing retained. Offprint from the Papers of the Lancaster County Historical Society, Vol. LIX, No. 5. XLib. John Wise (1808-1879?) was a pioneer in the field of ballooning. His first balloon ascension was May, 2, 1835. He perfected his flights over much of Lancaster County. His major fame came from his observations for the Union Army in the Civil War. He made over 400 flights during his lifetime and was responsible for several innovations in balloon design. Wise is also famous for the first official airmail delivery run for the US Post Office in 1859. PA GER ENG BOX 017
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DeChant, Alliene Saeger.
IT ALL BEGAN WITH A BAYONET. The Story of Pastor S. Neitz Dissinger's 52 Years in 13 Evangelical Congregational Appointments.
95 p. Two photo illustrations. One signed by Pastor Dissinger. Penciled ownership of C. E. Smidsley, Short Hills, NJ on first fly leaf. 8vo. Original blue cloth binding, soiled. PA 36 x2.
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Eby, J. Brian.
MY TWO ROADS.
pp. xiii, 298. Illustrated. 8vo. Original brown cloth binding. Torn DJ. Presentation copy to Clyde L. Groff. 09A.
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Farney, Mrs. Ira G. and Karcher, Mrs. Urban.
GENEALOGIES OF REMINISCENCES, SKETCHES, HISTORY, BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES, OCCUPATIONS, RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL VIEWS, MEMOIRS, EDUCATIONAL ADVANTAGES, ADDRESSES, Etc. OF THREE LARGE FAMILIES. THE FARNEY FAMILIES, 1795-1969; THE REV. RUDOLPH VIRKLER FAM
1336p. Thick 8vo. Original cloth binding. Extremely important genealogical record. Scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
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Funk, Benjamin (Compiler).
LIFE AND LABORS OF ELDER JOHN KLINE THE MARTYR MISSIONARY. Compiled From His Diary.
480p. + Frontis. 8vo. Ds. Original full cloth binding. Worn. Hardbound. Fascinating diary, 1835 to 1864, of an early Brethren minister whose labors took him through the wilds of western Pennsylvania, Virginia and Maryland. Scarce first edition.**PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA 49
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Gerberding, Henry.
R. F. WEIDNER, D.D., LL.D. A Character Sketch, An Appreciation, A Tribute.
139 p. + Photo illustrations. Small 8vo. Original printed wraps. Very XLib.
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Gernerd, Jeremiah M. M.
HEINRICH GERHARDT AND HIS DESCENDANTS.
315 p. Frontis + photo Illustrations. Small 4to. Marbled boards. Some loss of leather spine. Presentation copy from the author. Excellent historical info on Northumberland County. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA 05B.
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Girvin, J. Barry.
THE LIFE OF WILLIAM UHLER HENSEL.
pp. 181-248. Illustrated. 8vo. Original printed wraps. Offprint from the Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society, Vol. 70, No. 4. W. U. Hensel (1851-1915) was a Pennsylvania newspaper editor, lawyer, author, and the state Attorney General. He was very active in politics, and a noted political speaker, but steadfastly declined any official post beyond his term as Attorney General. His mansion 'Bleak House' was located just over the hill from The Family Album's Old Mill. PAG 17
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Hess, Mrs. J. W.
"AS CLAY IN THE POTTER'S HANDS".
71 p. + Portrait Frontis. Frontis and title page age stained. Sm. 8vo. Green publisher's cloth binding. Loss at top front corner. Mennonite missionary memoirs. PA 05B.
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Hoover, Francis T.
NOT IN HIS STEPS. A Story of the Ministerial Dead-Line of Fifty Years. Introduction by Rev. William E. Park.
360 p. Portrait frontis. Illustrated with full page drawings. 8vo. Original cloth binding. Major loss of leather spine. Sold by subscription. By the author of the scarce and valuable: "Enemies in the Rear ". **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA 03B.
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Kaufmann, John A. (Editor).
BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF THE LUTHERAN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY AT PHILADELPHIA 1864-1962.
275 p. 8vo. Original gold decorated blue cloth binding. XLib. List of alumnus of the Lutheran Theological Seminary from 1864 to 1962. PA 07B
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Klein, Walter C.
JOHANN CONRAD BEISSEL. Mystic and Martinet, 1690-1768.
pp. ix, 218. Bookseller's label on front paste down. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket, spine faded with slight loss. An excellent biography about the founder of the Ephrata Cloisters Commune. Issued as one of the Pennsylvania Lives series. PA 04B
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Strassburger, Ralph Beaver.
THE STRASSBURGER FAMILY & ALLIED FAMILIES OF PENNSYLVANIA. Being the Ancestory of Jacob Andrew Strassburger of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, by his Son.
520p. + Plates. Title printed in red and black. Large 4to. Original full cloth binding lettered in gold, slightly faded. Classic historical genealogy, and tale of an old and wealthy family in the Philadelphia suburbs. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA GER/ENG BX 031 X5.
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Wallace, Paul A. W.
THE MUHLENBERGS OF PENNSYLVANIA.
358 p. Frontis + illustrations. End papers foxed. Tall 8vo. Original cloth binding. Original dust jacket, rubbed and slightly chipped. Excellent study of this remarkable family. PA 02B x3.
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Weaver, Martin G.
MENNONITES OF LANCASTER CONFERENCE. Biographical Sketches of Mennonite Leaders; Histories of Congregations, Missions, and Sunday Schools; Record of Ordinations; and Other Interesting Historical Data.
496 p. Frontis + illustrations. 8vo. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
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McCafferty, E. D.
HENRY J. HEINZ. A Biography.
233 p. Portrait Frontis + illustrations. 8vo. Original green publisher's cloth binding. Nice copy. PA 011A.
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Norton, Thomas E. (Editor).
HOMAGE TO CHARLES DEMUTH. Still Life Painter of Lancaster.
pp. xiii, 130. Color frontis & illustrations. Oblong 4to. Original blue cloth binding, gold. Limited edition. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
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