Adams, Charles Francis.MareMagnum
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1878147 p. + Excellent illustrated publisher's advertisements (12 p.). With Sixty-five Illustrations by "Boz" (M. J. Sweeney). Some age stain. Rear hinge cracked. 8vo. Gilt decorated publisher's cloth, modestly worn. Full of "Dutch" humor in pidgin dialect poems and satirical illustrations. Charles Follen Adams was born in Dorchester in 1842. He entered into mercantile pursuits at the age of 15. At twenty-two he enlisted in the 13th Massachusetts infantry; and was in all the battles in which his regiment participated. Wounded at Gettysburg, he was taken prisoner; released, and detailed for hospital duty. Since 1872 he was best known as a writer of German dialect poems, chiefly humorous. The first that appeared was "The Puzzled Dutchman" in " Our Young Folks". This was followed by various others of which "Leedle Yaw-cob Strauss" became immediately a favorite. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA 01B.
197264p. Illustrations. Colorful printed wraps. Inked shelf number on front cover. Poems by the Glick family. "Truth and roses have thorns."
1939384 p. Photo frontis. Illustrated by LeRoy Gensler. Poems in Pennsylvania Dutch language. 8vo. Original blue cloth binding, spine lettered in gold. PA 010B x2.
1939384 p. Photo frontis. Illustrated by LeRoy Gensler. 8vo. Original half red leather over red cloth binding. Worn with loss at extremities. Penciled ownership of Preston A. Barba, May 8, 1939, with his penciled margin notations. Inked inscription on title page "In 1965 still to be purchased at $4.50 from Solly's daughter, Mrs. J. George Ennis 2617 Cumberland Ave, Mt. Penn, Reading, Pa.". Portrait frontis signed Harvey M. Miller, PA , Author's name. 010B x2.
1906116 p. Illustrated with small woodcuts. Title bordered in red. Text in Pennsylvania Dutch language. Sm. 8vo. Original blue cloth binding, soiled and faded. Nicely printed. Expanded 2nd edition of Hulsbuck's COLLECTION OF PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH POEMS. PA 01A.
193947 p. Original printed wraps. 24mo. Includes a few Pennsylvania-Dutch dialect pieces. On the front cover appears the title; SOME WRITINGS & FAVORITE CLIPPINGS. Knauss was the Editor of the Macungie Progress from 1888 to 1911 and correspondent for the Allentown Morning Call in 1911. Very fine copy. GER-ENG PAMPH BX1 BAG 27.
193316 p. 32mo. Original printed wraps. New Years Wishes written in the Pennsylvania German dialect. Excellent condition. Scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! GER-ENG PAMPH BX1 BAG 30 x18
1938pp. xiii, 47 Tall 8vo. Original publisher's yellow cloth binding decorated in red and green. Near fine copy. Important piece in the 'Pennsylvania Dutch' dialect. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA 01A x3.
196978 p. 8vo. Original worn printed wraps, stain on front cover and title page. Articles in English, German and dialect. GER-ENG PAMPH BX2 BAG 17.
1970149p. + Plates. 8vo. Original publisher's blue cloth binding. Includes a wonderful piece in Pennsylvania Dutch dialect with translation: Solwell Files (Elwood D. Fisher). Dialect Translations by Melvi lle J. Boyer.
1928128 p. Uncut. 8vo. Illustrated printed paper boards. Cloth backed spine. Dialect tales first published in the Lebanon Semi-Weekly News in the late 1890's. Very good copy. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA 01A x5.
1952n.p. Illustrations by the author. 12mo. Original printed paper boards, flecked in silver, after a design by Jesse Mason. Crimson endpapers with silver splatter decoration. Limited to 1000 copies. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W 69 x2
1911Two volumes: pp. 295,(1); 265,(7). Frontis in both volumes. Volume one original brown cloth binding, second edition. Volume two original red cloth binding. One of the most important collections of dialect writings. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA01B
188332 p. 16mo. Original printed wraps. XLib. Written in the dialect and moved from the Catskills to the Blue Mountains. Perhaps the 20th century reprint? GER-ENG PAMPH BX1 BAG 27 x2.
195336 p. 8vo. Original color pictorial printed wraps. Color bookplate on inside front cover. Humor from local small Pennsylvania newspapers, contributors and the 1800's. Pennsylvania Dutch Humor. GER-ENG PAMPH BX1 BAG 20.
1936n.p. 8vo. Original printed wraps. Fraktur calligraphic "M" lettering in red on front cover. Scarce little pamphlet with Mother Goose nursery rhymes in Pennsylvania-Dutch dialect. GER-ENG PAMPH BX2 BAG 5 x12.
1904256 p. Photo frontis. Age stained. 8vo. Original green publisher's cloth binding, rubbed at edges. Expanded 2nd edition of the first book of prose in the Pennsylvania German dialect. PA 04B.
1918pp. 73, 32, 400 + Illustrations. Original cream wraps. Limited Edition. Quite scarce. The best record of the dialect writers. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
1903pp. 72, 108, 588, 139 + Illustrations. Library Binding. XLib. Limited Edition.
1909264p. + Illustrations. Original wraps, worn. Limited Edition.Volume XVIII. Includes: Sachse. DIARY OF A VOYAGE FROM ROTTERDAM TO PHILADELPHIA IN 1728 // Arfwedson. A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE COLONY OF NEW SWEDEN // Sachse. MISSIVES TO FRANCKE FROM DAN & JUSTUS FALCKNER // Koons. HARBAUGH. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
1945pp. 9, 365 + Illustrations. Original printed wraps. Limited Edition.
1940239 p. Original printed wraps. Limited Edition.
1946337 p. Original printed wraps. XLib. Limited Edition. "A compendium with which there is no work to compare for any other state, nor for any other country" = The Auk. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
1962439p. Original full cloth binding. Limited edition.
1965239p. Original full cloth binding. Limited edition.