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Webster, Polly.
ANTIQUE COLLECTORS' GUIDE TO NEW ENGLAND. Antique Shops, Auction Houses, Museums & Historic Homes.
pp. 165 + Plus frontis. Illustrated with numerous photographs and drawings. 8vo. Original full paperback. Slightly worn. ART 4
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Warman, Edwin G. (Editor).
THE ANTIQUER'S ALMANAC & YEARBOOK. 1953.
126p. Illustrated. Bookplate of Thomas Schock. 8vo. Original full blue decorated printed wraps. Nice copy. ART 3
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Winchester, Alice.
HOW TO KNOW AMERICAN ANTIQUES.
191p. Text illustrations by Pauline W. Inman. Signet paperback. Small loss at bottom of spine. ART 6
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Goebel.
GOEBEL. Guide for Collectors.
52p. Numerous color illustrations. Text in English, German and French. Square 8vo. Original full printed wraps. ART 6
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Hudgeons, Thomas E. (Editor).
OFFICIAL PRICE GUIDE TO HUMMEL FIGURINES & PLATES. Third Edition.
pp. 426 + Plus color plates. Numerous text illustrations. 8vo. Original full wraps. Nice copy. ART 4
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Johnson, Peter.
THE PHILLIPS GUIDE TO CHAIRS.
160p. Numerous photographs, some in color. Numerous drawings. 4to. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. Nice copy. ART 6
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McTaggart, Lt. Col. M. F.
FROM COLONEL TO SUBALTERN. Some Keys For Horseowners.
248p. + Plus color frontis. Numerous drawings by "the Wag of the Regiment". Very foxed. 4to. Original full cloth backed binding. The original dust jacket, rarely present at all, is very worn. "This is a vintage guide to caring for a horse, with plenty of humor and dozens of cartoons. A classic of the equestrian genre, with lots of singularly British observations." **PRICE JUST REDUCED! HORSE 1
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Mason, Richard.
THE GENTLEMAN'S NEW POCKET FARRIER: Comprising a General Description of the Noble and Useful Animal, The Horse. To Which is Added A Prize Essay on Mules; An Appendix, Containing Receipes for Diseases of Horses, Oxen, Cows, Calves, Sheep, Dogs, Swine.
pp. 415, 101 + Plus engraved frontis and full page plates. Text engravings. Age stained. Original full leather backed binding. Decorated spine. Bottom of spine has an old tape repair. Worn. HORSE 1
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Rich, Prof. Geo. E.
ARTISTIC HORSE-SHOEING. A Practical and Scientific Treatise, Giving Improved Methods of Shoeing, With Special Directions for Shaping Shoes to Cure Different Diseases of the Foot, and For the Correction of Faulty Action in Trotters.
pp. 153, (4)[Publisher's catalogue] + Plus engraved portrait frontis. Numerous text illustrations. Front hinge cracked. 8vo. Original full green cloth binding decorated in black with horse shoes and a horse; bumped at corners. ** PRICE JUST REDUCED, HORSE 1
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Kane, Robert S.
AFRICA A TO Z. A Guide For Travelers - Armchair and Actual. Maps by Louise E. Jefferson. Photographs by the author. Foreword by John W. Houser, Vice-President, American Express Company.
408p. + Plus photographs. Full page text maps. Map endpapers. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. AFRICA/3
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Davies, Red (Editor).
DAD'S GUIDE TO DOG CARE.
112p. Illustrated with text drawings. 8vo. Original full printed wraps. Nice copy. PETS/1
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Judy, Will.
TRAINING THE DOG. A presentation of the mentality of the dog with instructions suitable for training all breeds for all purposes, including also field and outdoor work.
158p. Text drawings. Bookseller's label. Inked ownership. 8vo. Original full tan cloth binding. Nice copy. PETS/2 + xc
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Schneck, Stephen; Norris, Dr. Nigel.
THE COMPLETE HOME MEDICAL GUIDE FOR DOGS.
224p. Text drawings. 8vo. Original full cloth backed binding, spine slightly faded. Original dust jacket. Second printing. PETS/1
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Lieberman, Ronald
Keystone Tercentenary
This is the largest catalog of Pennsylvania books for sale that was ever published. Issued to celebrate the 300th Anniversary of William Penn's founding of Pennsylvania - It is still a valuable reference and price guide.
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Ulanoff, Stanley.
ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO U. S. MISSILES AND ROCKETS.
128p. Profusely illustrated with photographs and drawings of the sixty-five military missiles and rockets in 1959. Inked ownership of Denny Barton. 8vo. Original full black cloth binding, decorated and lettered in white. Binding very slightly worn. Original dust jacket, slightly worn at edges, price clipped. Hardbound. First Edition. Nice copy. An important reference for missile and rocket technology in the late 1950's. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SPACE/1
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Gabriel, Ingrid.
HERB IDENTIFIER AND HANDBOOK.
256p. Full page drawings in color and black and white. Blind embossed ownership on title page. 12mo. Original full color decorated cloth binding. Hardbound. Nice copy. A good guide for identifying, gathering and drying herbs. PLANTS W130 Left Rear
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Schauenberg, Paul; Paris, Ferdinand.
GUIDE TO MEDICINAL PLANTS. From a translation by Maurice Pugh-Jones.
pp. 349, (39) color plates illustrated by Violette Niestle. Line illustrations by Paul Schauenberg. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket, price clipped. Hardbound. Nice copy of an authoritive work on the subject. PLANTS W130
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Watts, May Theilgaard.
MASTER TREE FINDER. A Manual for the Identification of Trees by Their Leaves.
58p. Illustrated. Inside covers foxed. Oblong 48mo. Original full pictorial wraps, slightly worn. Nice copy. A good little guide to identify trees by their leaves. PLANTS W131
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Rockwell, F. F.; Grayson, Esther C.
THE ROCKWELLS' COMPLETE BOOK OF ROSES. A Practical Guide To The Uses, Selection, Planting, Care, Exhibition, and Propagation Of Roses.
pp. xix, 332 + Numerous photographs, many in color. Text drawings. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Hardbound. First Edition. Nice copy. PLANTS W135
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Rolfe, William J.; Crockett, William D.
A SATCHEL GUIDE TO EUROPE. THE FORTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL EDITION. WITH MAPS.
pp. cvi, 596, (32)[Advertisements] + numerous large folding maps. Endpapers advertising Thos. Cook & Sons Travel Organization. Inked ownership of Helen M. Hafer, Hanover, PA. Paris bookseller's label. 12mo. Original full red cloth binding, lettered in gold. Original dust jacket, chipped with small loss. Hardbound. Nice copy. TOURISM; CLOTHING; VOYAGE; PASSPORTS; CYCLING; AIR LINES; RAILWAYS; FOLDING MAPS; HAFER; HANOVER TRAVEL/1
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Rolfe, William J.; Crockett, William D.
A SATCHEL GUIDE TO EUROPE. THE FORTY-NINTH ANNUAL EDITION. WITH MAPS.
pp. cvi, 596, (24)[Advertisements] + numerous large folding maps. Endpapers advertising Thos. Cook & Sons Travel Organization. Discrete stamped ownership of Mrs. Alvin F. Fix, York, Pa. on title page and elsewhere. Mr. Fix was a PA Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1936. 12mo. Original full red cloth binding. Hardbound. Nice copy. TRAVEL/1
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Matthews, Paula Cooper (Consumer Information Testing Laboratory).
THE MICROWAVE GUIDE AND COOKBOOK.
222p. Illustrated with numerous color photographs. 4to. Original color pictorial binding. Hardbound. Nice copy. A Microwave guide and recipe book probably given with the purchase of a Microwave oven. COOK 2
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Ames, Fisher.
A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WHIST. By the Latest Scientific Methods. Third Edition. With the American Whist League Code of the Laws of the Game.
pp. vi, 82. Title page has a small tear with no loss. All edges decorated yellow. 24mo. Original full black cloth binding. Front board lettered in gold and decorated with a suit of cards colored in red and outlined in gold. Extremities very slightly rubbed. Hardbound. Third edition. Very good. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! GAMES BOX 1
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Rywell, Martin.
AMERICAN ANTIQUE RIFLES AND THEIR CURRENT PRICES. A Reference Guide. Comprehensive compilation of all the known American Rifles, Shotguns and Carbines, of every make, model, and type, in easy-to-consult dictionary form. Lists, describes and gives up-to-da
pp. 52, (20) [Reprint of Marlin and J. Stevens Arms catalogue]. Illustrated with drawings. 8vo. Original full printed wraps. Very nice copy. GAMES BOX 1
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Rywell, Martin.
AMERICAN ANTIQUE GUNS AND THEIR CURRENT PRICES. Catalogue of U.S. Pistols and Revolvers that lists, describes and gives up-to-date prices on every American make, model, and type from flintlock through automatics; over 2000 firearms.
92p. Illustrated with numerous photographs. 8vo. Original full printed wraps. Fifth edition. Very nice copy. GAMES BOX 1
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Ford, Boris (Editor).
THE AGE OF SHAKESPEARE. Volume 2 of a Guide to English Literature.
480p. A Pelican Book. Nice copy. Pelican Books A291. SHAKESPEARE BOX 4
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Federal Communications Commission.
STUDY GUIDE AND REFERENCE MATERIAL FOR COMMERCIAL RADIO OPERATOR EXAMINATIONS.
pp. ii, 160. 8vo. Original printed yellow wraps. Very good copy. SCIENCE BOX 3
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Kolvaard, Rense.
WONDERS OF THE WORLD. A Guide Book to Wonders of Ancient and Modern Times. Illustrated With International News Photos.
92p. Illustrated with full page photographs. Oblong 48mo. Original glossy pictorial binding. Excellent copy. Fine. SCIENCE BOX 4
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Alsberg, Henry G. (Editor).
THE AMERICAN GUIDE. A Source Book and Complete Travel Guide for The United States.
pp. xxii, 1348. Map endpapers. Large 8vo. Original full blue cloth binding, lettered in gold. Hardbound. AMERICANA BOX 4
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Andrews and Company.
RE-PRINT OF THE STRANGER'S GUIDE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. Pocket Edition, for the Anniversaries, Containing a safe and clear directory of some of the most reputable, business houses in the city, A valuable book of reference for strangers and residents.
64p. A few margins torn with slight loss. 16mo. Original printed wraps, also with very slight loss. Don't be mis-led by "Re-print" in the title. This is the original first edition of this rare little piece. OCLC records only the copy at the Massachusetts Historical Society. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SCARCE. AMERICANA BOX 5
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Ahearn, Allen and Ahearn, Patricia.
BOOK COLLECTING.
636p. 8vo. Original cloth backed paper boards. Original dust jacket. Essential reference priced guide to collected books, especially modern first editions. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! REF2
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Burdett, Charles.
LIFE OF KIT CARSON: The Great Western Hunter and Guide.
pp. 382, 2 [Publisher's catalog] + Frontis and full page plates. Age stain. Lacks first fly leaf. Rear hinge taped. 12mo. 190 mm. Original full blue publisher's cloth binding, worn with loss on spine. Spine repaired. Boards very fragile. Title continues: "Comprising Wild and Romantic Exploits As a Hunter and Trapper In the Rocky Mountains: Thrilling Adventures and Hair-breadth Escapes Among the Indians and Mexicans; His Daring and Invaluable Services As a Guide To Scouting and Other Parties, etc., etc. With An Account of Various Government Expeditions To the Far West". Hardbound. Fair. W4
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Burdett, Charles.
LIFE OF KIT CARSON: The Great Western Hunter and Guide.
382 p.+ Frontis and full page plates. XLib marks and bookplate of Juniata College. Early oOwnerships of Will Bayner and Leland Wright on first fly leaf. 12mo. 190 mm. Original full publisher's cloth binding. Front board decorated with a drawing of Kit Carson. Library call mark on spine. Title continues: "Comprising Wild and Romantic Exploits As a Hunter and Trapper In the Rocky Mountains: Thrilling Adventures and Hair-breadth Escapes Among the Indians and Mexicans; His Daring and Invaluable Services As a Guide To Scouting and Other Parties, etc., etc. With An Account of Various Government Expeditions To the Far West". Hardbound. Very good. W4
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Federal Writers' Project
THE OREGON TRAIL. The Missouri River To The Pacific Ocean. American Guide Series.
pp. xii, 244 + Frontis, Color Map and full page plates. Paste downs and fly leaves stained from unusual dust jacket. 8vo. Original linen binding decorated with drawings of Conestoga wagons. Original coarse grained paper dust jacket. Small loss at head and tail of spine. Slight loss at corners and rear wrap. Spine darkened. OREGON TRAIL is third in the series of main-highway guidebooks prepared by the Federal Writers' Project. Hardbound. Very good. The Federal Writers' Project was one of five independent branches of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) established in the summer of 1935 by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Unlike the Civilian Conservation Corps (1932), where young men worked on roads, bridges, and dams, the Works Progress Administration employed non-construction workers, as well as laborers. In Oregon, the Federal Writers' Project was the most visible white-collar agency of the WPA." - The Oregon Encyclopedia. W11
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Encyclopedia of Photography; Morgan, Willard D. (General Editor)
THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PHOTOGRAPHY. The Complete Photographer: The Comprehensive Guide and Reference for All Photographers. 20 Volumes.
20 Volumes. Illustrated. 4to. Original red bindings. Very good set. An enormous amount of information is presented here. With insightful details on photographic : history; technology; art;taste; and equipment. Hundreds of interesting photos illustrate the text. Will require additional post. W103
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Groff, Sibyl McC.
NEW JERSEY'S HISTORIC HOUSES. A Guide to Homes Open to the Public.
247 p. Well illustrated with photos. 8vo. 205 mm. Original illustrated stiff wraps. A useful and informative guide to almost 100 historic New Jersey homes in 44 towns. ISBN 0-498-07878-7. Soft cover. Very Good. AMER 6
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Polaroid Land Camera.
MEET THE SQUARE SHOOTER 2.
31 p. Illustrated. Damp stained. Softcover. Pictorial wraps, soiled. Good. Apparently an ephemeral little piece that came with the camera - A Polaroid Packfilm camera; rigid plastic body; built-in flashcube socket; auto exposure system; f/9.2/144 mm 3 element plastic lens; electronic 10 sec- 1/500 shutter; type 88 Polacolor film; 8 x 8 cm image. Scarce. W103RtStack
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Sawyer, J.R.
THE "A.B.C." GUIDE TO THE MAKING OF AUTOTYPE PRINTS IN PERMANENT PIGMENTS. (Revised Edition).
pp. xii, 99, 13 [Price List of Tissue and Materials Used in the Production of Permanent Photographs], 19 [Abridgement of the Autotype Company's Fine Art Catalogue], (1) [Press Notices] + Autotype Frontis. Frontis worn with loss at bottom corner margin. Lacks second illustration. Title page soiled. Page xi torn without loss. Old damp staining at top margins. Fly leaves penciled scribbled. Tipped in order and telegraph directions printed in red. Top edge gold gilt. 12mo. 175 mm. Original full cloth binding, lettered and decorated in gold. Extremities rubbed with loss. Binding worn. Revised Edition. Hardbound. Very good. Autotypes were a commercial photographic process for producing excellent prints, in mostly monochrome, using a carbon pigment. W103 RtStack
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Stieglitz, Alfred.
CAMERA WORK. A Pictorial Guide. Edited by Marianne Fulton Margolis.
pp. xvii, 157. 559 illustrations and plates fully indexed. Dampstained. 4to. 285 mm. Softcover. Original pictorial wraps. Good. W101
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Desilver, Robert.
DESILVER'S PHILADELPHIA DIRECTORY AND STRANGER'S GUIDE, FOR 1835 & 36.
pp. [16](Advertisements), 199, [13] (Important governmental, financial, and insurance institutions); ix, 36 (Will of Stephen Girard), [4] (Testimonial letters for Swaim's Panacea, a patent medicine). The first group of advertisements are printed in blue ink, in a large variety of decorative display type, accompanied with a few interesting woodcut illustrations. 8vo. 225 mm. Juniata Library bookplate (withdrawn). Original printed boards binding, with an advertisement for Desilver on the rear board. Leather spine deteriorated; front board almost detached. Age stain to text. Printed on the front cover: 'Note to Borrowers. In consequence of the numerous applications at the store of the publisher to borrow the directory, and as he has been at great expense and trouble to compile it for the accommodation of the public, he has come to the determination of CHARGING SIX CENTS for every search. Purchasers are earnestly requested not to loan their books.' On the title page is the autograph ownership of: 'Francis Shoemaker, 51 S. Wharves.' He was a merchant with an extensive trade in Cuba, and the Caribbean, and is listed in the Directory. Text printed in two columns. It includes: the names of the citizens alphabetically arranged, with their occupations and places of abode; a list of the streets, alleys, lanes, courts, roads and wharves, banks, insurance companies; national and their societies, literary, scientific and charitable institutions; Custom House Department, Post Office, churches with their pastors and sextons, foreign, consular and other agents, resident abroad and in the United States, &c. There is also a chart of Regulations (for the ringing) of the State House Bell in Case of Fire. Many examples of this directory includes an Almanac, but here that is replaced by: The Will of the Late Stephen Girard, Esq Procured from the Office for the Probate of Wills, with a Short Biography of his Life. Philadelphia: Published by Thomas and Robert Desilver 1832. The controversy over the Will of Stephen Girard (1750-1831) was of great interest in this era. His large estate was divided - with $140,000 given to relatives and charities; $300,000 to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania "for internal improvement by canal navigation"; his real estate in Louisiana (208,000 acres) he left to New Orleans; $500,000 he left to Philadelphia to create Delaware Avenue, clean up the waterfront, pave, remove all wooden buildings and other projects to improve the city. The bulk of his estate was left to create what became Girard College, to educate the poor white orphan boys with a trade. His will gives instructions about the College, both physical and administrative. Some of Girard's heirs contested the will in what became a "classic in American legal history, contributing not a little to the clarification of the law of charities" (DAB). Robert Desilver was an entrepreneurial Philadelphia publisher who became famous for his maps, directories, and almanacs. S&S/AI 33704 & S&S/AI 12613; Spear. p. 282. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! JUN5 Box 5
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Bakewell, Mrs. J.
THE MOTHER'S PRACTICAL GUIDE IN THE EARLY TRAINING OF HER CHILDREN: Containing Directions For Their Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Education. From The Second London Edition.
224 p. Foxed. 24mo. 155 mm. Original full leather binding. Original leather spine label. Joints cracked. Boards fragile. Very Good. From the Second London Edition. S&S/AI 43-296. Hardbound. AI BX 4
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Buck, Charles.
THE YOUNG CHRISTIAN'S GUIDE. From the Second London Edition.
250 p. Age stain. Browned but not brittle. 12mo. 175 mm. Original full leather binding. Original leather spine label. Extremities slightly rubbed and worn. Title continues: "Or, Suitable Directions, Cautions, And Encouragement, To The Believer, On His First Entrance Into The Divine Life." Includes subscriber's list. From the Second London Edition. S&S/AI 24978. Hardbound. Very good. Scarce. AI BX 6
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Pennsylvania Dutch.
OFFICIAL PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH GUIDE-BOOK.
96 p. Numerous photo illustrations. 8vo. Original color pictorial printed wraps. Numerous ads & articles. GER-ENG PAMPH BX1 BAG 20.
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Harder, Helmut.
UNDERSTANDING THE FAITH. From a Mennonite Perspective. A Study Guide.
pp. vii, 151. 8vo. Paperback. Very Good. PAG 06A
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Rupp, Israel Daniel.
THE GEOGRAPHICAL CATECHISM OF PENNSYLVANIA & THE WESTERN STATES; Designed as a Guide & Pocket Companion for Travellers & Emigrants to PA, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan & Missouri.
384 p. Some staining. Homemade binding. 12mo. Some editions have a map - this one does not. Still a early Emigrants Guide to the Midwest. Israel Daniel Rupp (1803-1878), Cumberland County, PA, was the son of German Mennonites who immigrated to Pennsylvania in 1751. He was a self-taught scholar who learned to read eight or nine languages, was for some 20 years a schoolteacher, but devoted his great energies to a variety of literary, editorial, and research pursuits, the producer of a large number of volumes on Pennsylvania history, translations of eleven works, some large, from German or Dutch into English, and English into German. He wrote this by Rupp while living at "Refuge, Near Mechanicsburg, PA. Sabin 74156. PA30 x2
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Paxton, John Adems; Philadelphia Guide
(THE STRANGER'S GUIDE.) AN ALPHABETICAL LIST OF ALL THE WARDS, STREETS, ROADS, LANES, ALLEYS, AVENUES, COURTS, WHARVES, SHIP YARDS, PUBLIC BUILDINGS, ETC.
56 p. LACKS Frontis Map. Foxed and browned. Early manuscript ownership of Phebe Coddington (1767-1826). 12mo. 180 mm. Original leather spine over marbled boards, worn. Spine very worn with loss. Front board detached. Hardbound. Fair. Title continues: 'In The City And Suburbs Of Philadelphia, With References for finding their Situations On An Alphabetical Plan'. S&S/AI 21000. PALIB 4 / PAIMP 25
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Tomei, Alessandro (curatore)
Antiquariato. - Guida al collezionismo.
288 p. : ill. con foto a colori e in b/n ; 27 cm. Mobili, argenti, maioliche, porcellane, vetri e tappeti; divisi per epoche. Con marchi. Prima edizione. Cartonato con sovracoperta. Come nuovo. ****.
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Torino e Valle d’Aosta. - Con 11 carte geografiche, 7 piante di citta’, 17 pante di edifici e 8 stemmi.
414 p., 18 carte geografiche e piante f/t (di cui 2 nei risguardi e 7 ripiegate) : ill. a colori ; 16 cm. Collezione : guida d’Italia ; 2. Settima edizione 1959, ristampa. Cartonato in t/tela rossa con titoli in oro. Ottimo. ****.
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Venezia tridentina. - Con 19 carte geografiche, 8 piante di citta’, 5 piante di edifici e 18 stemmi.
651 p., 24 carte geografiche e piante f/t (di cui 9 ripiegate) : ill. a colori ; 16 cm. Collezione : guida d’Italia ; 6. Cartonato in t/tela rossa con titoli in oro e sovracoperta in acetato. Buono. ****.
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Liguria.
778 p., 22 carte geografiche a fine volume, piu’ 2 nei risguardi : ill. a colori ; 16 cm. Collezione : guida d’Italia. Cartonato in t/tela rossa con titoli in oro e sovracoperta in acetato. Come nuovo. ****.
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