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1794ref. 003621Philadelphia: Francis Bailey 1794. Hardcover. Good. Printed by Francis Bailey . . . for Edmund Hogan." xii 776 p.: tables; 22 cm. Contemporary full calf; red leather spine label with gilt-tooled title: "Hogan's State Trials." Although this is "Vol. I" no more published. First Edition. Early Am. Imprints ser. 1 Evans no. 27132. The Dedication by Edmund Hogan is dated Jan. 1795. Special title page for each trial: An Account of the Impeachment and Trial of the late Francis Hopkinson Esquire Judge of the Court of Admiralty for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; and An Account of the Impeachment Trial and Acquittal of John Nicholson Esquire Comptroller-General of the State of Pennsylvania. The list of subscribers pp. ix-xii contains members of the Pennsylvania legislature and other prominent figures including Thomas Bradford Benjamin Franklin Bache William Bingham Tench Francis Albert Gallatin Jared Ingersoll Thomas Mifflin Robert Morris David Rittenhouse Arthur St. Clair and the Library Company. Includes a table with the votes in the Senate on Nicholson's trial and an alphabetical index of the letters official documents witnesses names of the speakers and other occurrences in the two trials. Inscription on front fixed endpaper covered by bookplate of the Belles Lettres Society of Dickinson College indicating that this was presented to the Society by Joshua Hoover in 1827. Written in pencil on front free endpaper: "Joshua Brinkle." Oval stamp of Dickinson College Library on both front endpapers. On the title page "J. P. Brinckle" is crossed out and "Kemp Roberts" written below. Francis Hopkinson 1737-1791 a Signer of the Declaration of Independence and composer was tried in 1780 on charges of accepting bribes; he was acquitted. John Nicholson d. 1800 financier Comptroller General of Pennsylvania and land speculator was charged with financial irregularities in 1793; he was acquitted. In Good Condition: loss of leather at ends of spine and in the middle of the spine including from the spine label; tear from fore-edge across pp. 55-56 without loss of text; light foxing; otherwise clean and solid. Francis Bailey hardcover
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1813ref. 002389Philadelphia: Conrad Zentler und George M. Mentz 1813. Hardcover. Very Good -. Title continued: "Welchem noch ein tägliches Gebetbüchlein für Schwangere Gebärende und Unfruchtbare das den 5ten und 6ten Theil dieses Handbuchs ausmacht beygefügt ist." Zweyte verbesserte Amerikanische Auflage. 8 566 132 2 p.: frontispiece portrait of the author and 4 additional leaves of copperplates; 18 cm. Full leather original boards with modern rebacking; lacking clasps. Woodcut headpieces. "Tägliches Gebet-Büchlein für Schwangere Gebärende und Sechswöchnerinnen" has separate title page and pagination. Shaw & Shoemaker 29857; Bötte & Tannhof German Printing 1990. This work of daily devotions and hymns by the Lutheran theologian Johann Friedrich Starck was very popular among German immigrants to Pennsylvania. In Very Good- Condition: sensitively rebacked; lacking clasps; foxing throughout; otherwise clean and tight. Conrad Zentler und George M. Mentz hardcover
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1982ref. 003727Trenton New Jersey: State of New Jersey Historic Preservation Office 1982. 8.5" wide by 11" tall. Clean square tight unmarked copy. No owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated with maps charts and drawings of Indian projectile points arrow heads pottery tobacco pipes tools and other artifacts. Red printed paper covers. Staple bound staples a little rusty. References. Introduction and 9 chapters including: ABORIGINAL SETTLEMENT IN NEW JERSEY DURING THE PALEO-INDIAN CULTURAL PERIOD; THE ARCHAIC PERIOD IN NEW JERSEY; THE EARLY/MIDDLE WOODLAND PERIOD IN NEW JERSEY; THE LATE WOODLAND PERIOD IN NEW JERSEY; CONTACT BETWEEN EUROPEANS AND THE DELAWARE INDIANS OF NEW JERSEY; NEW JERSEY CULTURAL RESOURCES; etc. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good condition./No Dust Jacket as issued. 277pp. State of New Jersey Historic Preservation Office Paperback
1979ref. 020829N.Y.: J.B. Lippincott Company 1979. First U.S. Hardcover Edition paperback original published by Gold Medal 1972 so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket not price clipped in protective mylar cover. Cover illustration by Don Brautigan. Travis McGee with help from his friend Meyer outwaits and outwits a deranged killer as he searches for a missing wife on the remote Caribbean island of Granada where he tangles with a baby-faced businessman with a lust for murder. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Brautigan Don. Book. J.B. Lippincott Company
1945ref. 020998Garden City New York: Crime Club Doubleday 1945. First edition. September 6 1945. Wartime slim volume. Publishers turquoise cloth with black lettering. A very thin ban tanned along bottom of covers pencil notation at front end paper else a very good tight copy. dust jacket is chipped at spine head and foot spine edge rubbed a few closed tears with some creasing but a good-very good copy of a remakably difficult tile to find in any dust jacket. "Humourous overtones and murderous undertones make an excitiong mystery story" -- jacket blurb. 203 pages. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good-Very Good. Book. Crime Club Doubleday
1904ref. 30478Trenton NJ: Albert Brandt. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. Horror; Boy Scouts; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xxiv 238 7 pages; First publication by Brandt. A tale of Pinkertons terrorizing Pennsylvania mine workers. Author was found of Boy Scouts of America. Edition dated February 1904. Contents with light aging 2" tear to margin of half title page. Signed with lengthy dedication to the Editor on fep. ; Signed by Author . Albert Brandt hardcover
ref. 5526nouvelle édition,revue et augmentée enrichie de notes scientifiques par François ARAGO de l’institut et précédée d’une introduction par M.Jules JANIN in 4 demi cuir marron clair,titre,filets dorés.Faux-titre,portrait de Jacques ARAGO sur chine collé,en regard portrait de François ARAGO sur chine collé.Gravés par SIXDENIERS d’après MAURIN,titre avec vignette,XII,412 pages,tranches mouchetées, illustrations gravées sur bois,dans le texte d’après Andrew,Best,Leloir,P Girardet,Lebreton,Morel Fatio, Gérard Séguin…H Lebrun 1868,Très bon état
1951ref. 21873Paris P. Seghers 1951 in-12 broché une plaquette, brochée (agraphée) (paperback) in-douze Editeur(18,4 x 11 cm), dos muet, couverture crème et marron à rabat avec son papier cristal d'époque conservé, Envoi Autographe Manuscrit de l'Auteur à l'encre bleue au centre de la page de faux-titre : "..... à Mademoiselle Antoinette FRIOUX, en trés sympathique hommage ...(signé) René Guy Cadou...", Exemplaire Numéroté, tirage limité, exemplaires sur Alfamarais numérotés de 1 à 80 (N°16) constituant l'Edition Originale, N° 72 des Cahiers Pierre Seghers publiés par "Poésie 51" avec un dessin par Toulouse en frontispice, 34 pages, 1951 Edition P. Seghers Editeur,
ref. 2609In 4 broché couverture jaquette illustrée.Faux-titre,titre 323 pages 28 illustrations hors-texte n°I à XXVIII et 101 dans le texte,6 grands plans dépliants de la ville de Nantes en fin de volume.Nantes Durance 1942 achevé d’imprimer sur les presses des éditions de L’Ouest à Angers.Le 15 mars 1942.Les hors-texte en offset imprimés par l’imprimerie Chantreau & Cie à Nantes.édition originale Exemplaire numéroté sur vélin Bouffant(tirage total tous papiers 450 exemplaires.(petites déchirures à la jaquette habilement réparées)sinon très bon état Peu courant
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1848ref. 009170Not Indicated: Not Indicated 1848. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. History of Lancaster Lebanon Dauphin Counties Pennsylvania touching also on York Cumberland Berks Schuylkill and Northumberland Counties specifically providing the township borough and county boundary descriptions in the period between 1729 and 1848 during which time Dauphin County was formed from portions of Lancaster County and Lebanon County formed from portions of Dauphin and Lancaster. Brown 1/4 leather mottled paper over boards with "Halifax Township" possibly indicating former Township ownership gilt on leather label on front panel. Leather is chipped with some loss at both spine extremities; board edges and corners are rubbed. Former ownership inscription of W. J. Daniel Elizabethville Dauphin Co. PA" on front pastedown dated 1915. Front endpapers show soiling and a stain that bleeds through lightly onto the first plate. 14 pp. index illus. w/ 6 hand-colored plates No. 1 shows approx. 1" square of loss to blank portion of page. Interior shows occasional light soiling with a dime-sized soil mark on the top edge of each leaf near the binding gutter. No publisher information provided though contents indicate publication date in or about 1848. Contents: Derry 1729 Peshtank Twp. 1729 Lebanon Twp. 1729 Hanover Twp. 1739 Bethel Twp. 1739 Berks County 1752 Heidleburg Twp. 1757 Upper Paxton Twp. 1767 Londonderry Twp. 1768 Division of Hanover into East and West Hanover 1785 York Cumberland and Northumberland Counties Dauphin County Middle Paxton Township 1787 Harrisburg Borough 1791 Annville Twp. 1799 Swatara Twp. 1799 Halifax Twp. 1804 Lykens Twp. 1810 Lebanon County 1813 Susquehanna Twp. 1815 Schuylkill County Mifflin Twp. 1819 Rush Twp. 1820 Derry and Londonderry Twp. as Re-formed 1826 Jackson Twp. 1828 Lower Swatara Twp. 1840 Wisconisco Twp. 1840 South and East Hanover Twps. out of West Hanover 1842 Jefferson Twp. 1842 Washington Twp. 1846. Plate No. I: Peshtank Derry Lebanon Twps; No. II: Paxton West Hanover East Hanover Bethel Heidelburg Lebanon Londonderry Derry Twps.; No. III: Upper Paxton Lykens Halifax Middle Paxton Twps. to 1810; No. IV: Swatara Annville Twps. 1785-1813; No. V: Susquehanna Lower Paxton West Hanover East Hanover South Hanover Derry Londonderry Lower Swatara and Swatara Twps. 1848; No. VI: Mifflin Washington Wisconisco Jackson Jefferson Rush Twps. to 1848. Overall exterior rates G-VG with interior excepting the one damaged plate noted above VG to Near Fine. Extremely scarce. Not Indicated Hardcover
1907ref. 50310Albany NY: State of New York. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn and lighlty soiled pages toned and some light finger soiling. 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. Annual reports by the Forest Fish and Game Commission of New York State. Numerous photographs and black and white illustrations by Hy S. Watson. Blue cloth boards with gold-stamped lettering on spine and front boards. 24 color plates of fish possibly by Denton of Sea Herring Kingfish Rock Bass Cod Flat Fish Rose Fish Burbot Maskalonge Channel Bass Calico Bass Crappie Yellow Mackerel Pollack Spotted Catfish Flounder Pompano Short Pompano Haddock Gold Fish Fresh-Water Drum Hake Whiting Halibut Spade Fish. Color plate of Partridge by W. S. Gillette and color plate of Beaver by Ernest Thompson Seton. Two folding maps of Adirondack areas. ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 419 pages . State of New York hardcover
1876ref. 038778New York: G. W. & C. B. Colton & Co. 1876. Book. Very Good. Original Cloth. 1st Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Original brown embossed cloth folder approx. 6" x 4" lettered in gilt. Colored folding map approx. 28" x 28 1/2" is better than typically found showing minor separation at numerous fold junctures partial but minor separation along several folds extending from edges a few soil marks in central title header top right corner above map portion and minor soiling to a section of lower right portion closed tear on central left portion where glued to backing board still attached; retains good color without significant tearing closed or otherwise or creasing. Cloth folder shows light shelf wear with minor exposure at several points along edges and at corners paper loss along inner hinge vintage map publisher's promotional plate J. L. Smith Philadelphia mounted on upper front pastedown. Map detail extends west of the Susquehanna River to the Pennsylvania-Ohio border. Decidedly more scarce than Colton's companion Eastern Counties of PA. G. W. & C. B. Colton & Co. Hardcover
1886ref. 221698Philadelphia PA: Everts Peck and Richards 1886. Book. Fair. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1886 Complete 2 Volume set 1602 pp. Original bindings gilt text block gilt lettering on red covers. Includes Civil War muster rolls maps and b&w photo and woodcut portraits. Book Conditions : Fair; no text marks noted; bindings separating especially Vol. 1; wear to cover corners and spines; scuffing to covers; scattered light spots of foxing and some spotting to text block. No Dust Jackets as issued. PLEASE NOTE : Extra postage may be requested due to weight of set. Everts, Peck, and Richards Hardcover
1866ref. 050052Philadelphia PA: A. McElroy 1866. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original copy rebound in black buckram spine panel lettered in gilt. Firm binding clean interior slightly toned text block edges showing slight dampstaining minimally evident along fore-edge margins in portions of text block slight spotting to front cover cloth. xii94442 pp. rear ads. Main title shows several tape repairs along gutter/fore-edge; folding house numbering plate partially separated along one fold with dampstained edge; folding map with one triangular piece along top edge detached and laid in overall nicely intact. Ideal reference copy. A. McElroy Hardcover
1844ref. 050051Philadelphia PA: Edward C. Biddle 1844. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original copy rebound in brown buckram spine panel lettered in gilt. Firm binding notably clean interior text block edges typically somewhat toned with small ink blot on lower fore-edge. 41232 pp. rear ads. In exceptional overall condition given its age ideal reference copy. Edward C. Biddle Hardcover
1847ref. 050050Philadelphia PA: Edward C. and John Biddle 1847. Book. Good. Half-Leather. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original black 1/4 leather blue printed paper covered boards. Worn but complete a decent enough reference copy with rubbing along joints rounded corners rubbed edges. Area of surface paper loss at top front cover corner approx. 5% of cover affecting a few letters with both covers rubbed and soiled. Approx. 1/4" square hole in center of front cover extending through interior to p. 7 title almanac first several pages of text with text affected fairly minimally bottom text block corner clipped through most of text block text unaffected. Vintage signature of A. H. Chambers 13 1/2 South 4th St. as well as a Burnett signature inked on front flyleaf also inscription on rear fixed endsheet. 42820 pp. rear ads. Interior shows typical foxing mostly relatively mild with toned/soiled text block edges firm binding. Edward C. and John Biddle Hardcover
1919ref. 052196Philadelphia PA: Huguenot Society of Pennsylvania 1919. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Partial run comprised of Volumes II-III VIII-XVI XVIII XX-XXI XXIII-XXXVI 2-3 8-16 20-21 23-36 issued 1919-1965 a total of 28 volumes in 23 issues bound in original stiff light to medium blue wraps most perfect-bound several stapled. General condition VG many Near Fine to Fine. Some of the earlier issues are tanned along spine panels and toward cover edges. The Huguenots were "French" Protestants though most who emigrated to Pennsylvania actually spoke German who fled the contested border territories between France and Germany in the early 18th century and settled predominantly in the Hudson River valley of New York state and southeastern Pennsylvania. Each issue of this journal presents various historical articles on the influence of the Huguenots in the Mid-Atlantic region and elsewhere throughout North America. Very scarce. Huguenot Society of Pennsylvania Paperback
1870ref. 31135Springfield Mo. 1870. Stitched in original printed wrappers. 41 1 blank pp. Very Good. The opening is "a great event in the history of St. Louis and of the State of Missouri.The South Pacific Railroad has burst through upon the prairies of Southwest Missouri and has welded its western terminus upon the rails of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad. This latter road is going to the Pacific coast as rapidly as it is possible to construct a road in this day of rapid railroad building." The pamphlet describes "the celebration" including speeches and festivities; the route; and the many exciting possibilities the Road will create for the State and Nation. BRE 175 4 locations. Sabin 57393. unknown
1870ref. 31135Springfield Mo. 1870. Stitched in original printed wrappers. 41 1 blank pp. Very Good. The opening is "a great event in the history of St. Louis and of the State of Missouri.The South Pacific Railroad has burst through upon the prairies of Southwest Missouri and has welded its western terminus upon the rails of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad. This latter road is going to the Pacific coast as rapidly as it is possible to construct a road in this day of rapid railroad building." The pamphlet describes "the celebration" including speeches and festivities; the route; and the many exciting possibilities the Road will create for the State and Nation. BRE 175 4 locations. Sabin 57393. unknown books
1954ref. 068855Allentown PA: Pennsylvania German Folklore Society 1954. Book. Illus. by Eleanor Barba. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Tan natural linen lettered/illus. in red. Slight tanning along hinges overall as issued. v233 pp. illus. A foundational study of PA German tombstones. Also 1953 annual meeting synopsis officers. Scarce. Pennsylvania German Folklore Society Hardcover
1992ref. 071944Berkeley and Los Angeles CA: University of California Press 1992. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Stiff black and white pictorial wraps oblong format perfect bound. A bit of handling wear with surface laminate just slightly beginning to peel at corners and along a portion of top edge of back cover. Firm binding unmarked interior. 1st ptg. complete number line. Illus. w/ b&w photographs. Scarce photographic portrait of the Puerto Rican community in Alphabet City on NYC's Lower East Side in the 1980s. Quite scarce. University of California Press Paperback