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193760289<p>Philadelphia: The William Penn Association. Very Good with no dust jacket; Covers lightly soiled. 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated brown cloth spine with brown suede-covered boards. A volume in the American Guide Series prepared by the Dutchess County Unit Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration. Errata slip bound in. vii 166pp photos illustrations. Map endpapers and six other maps. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .</p> The William Penn Association hardcover
2007029554Sandusky OH: Sandusky Register/Sandusky Library 2007. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Laminated pictorial boards oblong format. Top corners slightly bumped essentially as issued. 128 pp. illus. w/ b&w photographs. Very scarce. Sandusky Register/Sandusky Library Hardcover
2006029553Sandusky OH: Sandusky Register/Sandusky Library 2006. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Laminated pictorial boards oblong format. Bottom corners very slightly bumped essentially as issued. 128 pp. illus. w/ b&w photographs. Very scarce. Sandusky Register/Sandusky Library Hardcover
198556334<p>Ithaca: Roger Trancik. Very Good; Covers lightly worn. 1985. Softcover. Rural development strategies for various hamlets located in New York's Adirondack region. Photos maps and other illustrations. Sample hamlets include: Wilmington Port Henry Ausable Forks Bloomingdale Keeseville Indian Lake Long Lake Lyon Mountain Willsboro Star Lake South Colton and Speculator. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 132 pages .</p> Roger Trancik paperback
1962054032Port Royal Sesqui-Centennial Committee 1962. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Stiff green textured wraps lettered in black. Slightly faded along binding fold essentially as issued. Front flyleaf partially tanned from news clipping laid in. Signed by Laentana M. Shelley one of the members of the Sesqui-Centennial Committee. Port Royal Sesqui-Centennial Committee Paperback
22491Trade Paperback. Good/Paperback No jacket. Paperback used paperback
1962003514Hummelstown PA: Hummelstown Bicentennial Committee 1962. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Red cloth. Lightly soiled cloth approx. 1" of paper at top spine extremity lacking. Firm binding clean interior. Town history photographs period ads. Hummelstown Bicentennial Committee Hardcover
1881069388Cambridge MA: Moses King Publisher 1881. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 4th Edition. Brow cloth lettered/decorated/illus. in black and gilt beveled edges. Stated fourth edition "thoroughly revised and enlarged" originally issued 1878 most recent date given 1881 on lower main title. Nicely preserved copy with mild rubbing to corners and spine extremities. Former owner's book plate mounted inside front cover. Firm binding intact hinges. 328 pp. illus. w/ photographic plates engraved plates illus. in text hinged map at p. 25. Text block edges typically tanned. Lacking either a frontis. or blank preceding illus. Harvard main title otherwise complete. Moses King, Publisher Hardcover
191141113Springfield: The Lincoln Centennial Association 1911. Hardcover. Small 4to. Limp brown suede. 40pp xv. Frontispiece 7 full-page sepia-tone portraits. Very good. Faint edgewear only to yapped edges else internally near fine. Large "Lincoln Centennial Association" themed bookplate on front flyleaf not filled in. Program of the third annual banquet of this association printed by the Roycrofters. Reverend Thomas D. Logan introduces J. Otis Humphrey and other speakers -- including President William Howard Taft. A quite nice copy of a delicate booklet whose binding often deteriorates badly. Not the usual garnet or burgundy color seen this copy also features more than the usual four sepia-tone portraits. Suede doesn't age particularly well and suede yapped edges fare even worse - making this nice copy exceptionally above average. MONAGHAN 1993. The Lincoln Centennial Association hardcover
1918025748Albany NY: J. B. Lyon Co. for New York Monuments Commission State of New York 1918. Book. VG. Buckram. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Burgundy cloth lettered and with NY state seal in gilt. Light shelf wear a bit frayed at spine extremities light flecking to a portion of front cover a few slight surface marks to cloth. Lightly soiled front flyleaf. 141 pp. illus. A few instances of very slight internal foxing otherwise clean interior. Former owner's signature and date in pencil on front flyleaf. J. B. Lyon Co. for New York Monuments Commission, State of New York Hardcover
1941003238Burlington VT: Mary Fletcher Hospital. 1941. hardcover. 68 pp Very Good/- boards soiled. Mary Fletcher Hospital hardcover
19820023011Easley South Carolina: Southern Historical Press 1982. Hardcover. Near Fine/None Issued. NF/Reprint. Great resource reseach copy. Clean and unmarked Small dent at bottom of front cover. Title on front and spine in gold lettering. Originally published in 1895 by the Goodspeed Brothers this reprint was published in 1982 with new material by Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas and published by Lucas at the Southern Historical Press. This book starts with a short history of Texas and proceeds to individuals who were important to the gowth of the state. 463pp. many illustrations and portraits. Individual biographies are one and a half to two pages. An excellent sturdy copy that comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage and mailed in a box. And I can have it in the mail tomorrow. <br/> <br/> Southern Historical Press hardcover
1983023301Atlanta Georgia: Atlanta Historical Society 1983. First Edition. . Soft cover. Very Good/None Issued. VG/ exhibition catalog-First ed. This is the original catalog from an exhibition at the High Museum in Atlanta from December 9 1983 until June 10 1984. Furniture was originally exhibited in 1983 at the High Museum in Atlanta. 176 pages of black and white pictures and 8 color plates and descriptions of all kinds of Georgia furniture pieces from the 1800s. A lengthy alphabetized list of Georgia furniture makers and lenders to the exhibition are in the back section of the book. Clean and tight good corners a little light wear at top and bottom of spine. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage. And I can have it in the mail tomorrow. A wonderful book for the antique collector. BOXA <br/> <br/> Atlanta Historical Society paperback
190242650New York: Lincoln History Society 1902. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff tan pictorial wrappers. 32pp. Illustrations. Very good. Outer wrappers only a tad age toned and a bit edgeworn. Nice copy of the elaborate prospectus for Ida M. Tarbell's "The Life of Abraham Lincoln: Drawn from original sources and containing many Speeches Letters and Telegrams hitherto unpublished" first published in 1900 and reissued by Lincoln History Society in four volumes in1902. Definitely uncommon. Laid in is an 8" X 4" pale blue printed order form for this set $10 for "English Ribbed Cloth" $14 for "Three-Quarter Leather" and also a 4 3/4" X 7 3/4" Typed Letter Signed from this company's registrar W.R. Caldwell bearing his rubberstamped signature 1 April 1903. Addressed to E.P. Farr. Very good. Blue-ink mimeographed sales pitch letter for this set. Apparently this publisher reprinted this prospectus each time they reprinted this set others bear the date 1903 1907 1908 and 1909 on the facsimile of the Tarbell title page but this 1902 is the earliest and represents the year the LHS first published their edition. MONAGHAN 1312 note. Lincoln History Society paperback
194055259NY: Hastings House. Good with no dust jacket; Boards soiled spine faded. 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. xxxvii 458pp index. Many photogravures. Orange cloth binding. One of the WPA's American Guide series highlighting natural and man-made landmarks history geography and culture. Map missing from rear pocket. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Hastings House hardcover
19750022393New Castle New York: Jointly Published By Town of North Castle Town of New Castle 1975. First Edition. . Soft cover. Fine/None Issued. F/1st ed./Signed. Clean and with an uncreased binding this first edition is firm in its glued binding and is signed and dated by the Committee Chairwoman for the project on the verso of the title page. The previous owner left his embossed book stamp discreetly on the top of the front free endpaper. There is no marking to either the interior or exterior of the book and the pages are bright white. 142pp. notes bibliography and index along with an assortment of early maps and pictures of early local buildings. There are a few early portraits and many mentions of local individuals and families. A really well thought out history for both of these towns. Book will come to you in an non acid document bag for storage. <br/> <br/> Jointly Published By Town of North Castle, Town of New Castle paperback
1947036809Jenkintown PA: Old York Road Historical Society 1947. Book. Good. Half-Leather. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Custom-bound in brown 1/2 leather burgundy cloth containing Volumes XI through XV 1947 through 1951 annuals each originally issued in booklet form here retaining original wraps. Leather rubbed at corners with loss along bottom front corner rubbed along spine extremities and joints. Rear board damaged from silverfishing along a 4" section of fore-edge with loss to cloth and several indentations/holes with smaller holes extending into fore-edge margins of the final few leaves not affecting any text. 4740476442 pp. illus. Scarce. Old York Road Historical Society Hardcover
18913224Chicago: Chapman Bros 1891. First Edition . Full-Leather. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Brown boards 1019-846p24illusportsgilt. Backstrip has split and pulled from front board. Interior vg. Gilt title on front board.Backstrip present <br/> <br/> Chapman Bros hardcover
1941013344Berkeley: Printed by Tam Gibbs Co. 1941. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Tan cloth lettered in gilt bordered in light brown with marbled endpapers. 1031 pp. illus. w/ b&w photographic plates. Light shelf wear nearly as issued. Study of the Richmond California ship yards prior to America's entry into World War II. Printed by Tam Gibbs Co. Hardcover
193477191934. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good-. Green stapled wraps w/sun fading to edges spine sl. split; vg- overall. Songbook compiled as "A gift to the college from the class of 1934 with special dedication to Miss Sarah Atsatt who inspired us to sing". This copy was presented to Dr. Hartley B. Alexander who composed the lyrics for the first song featured "Onward! Alma Mater Song". 21pp. Pp. 11-14 contains one of the earliest published pieces by Vladimir Ussachevsky composer and later co-founder of the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center becoming one of the major innovators of 20th-century electronic music it was he who proposed the ADSR envelope for electronic sound. Emigrating from Russia in 1930 he began studying music at Pomona College a sister school of Scripps College. In 1951 he was to create the first-ever recording of electronic music. The piece here is called 'Inspiration Russian Tune' arranged by Ussachevsky. <br/> <br/> paperback
2005059904Laureldale PA: Borough of Laureldale Board of Commissioners Printed by Rieck's Printing 2005. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Royal blue leatherette lettered/illus. in gold foil. Former owner's address label mounted inside front cover otherwise as issued. 1st ed. 224 pp. illus. in color b&w. Borough of Laureldale Board of Commissioners [Printed by Rieck's Printing] Hardcover
1973020265Selinsgrove PA: Snyder County Historical Society 1973. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Collected. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Red cloth lettered in gold foil. Facsimile reprint of collected SCHS Bulletins. ii547-1606 pp. continuously paginated. Lacking Vol. I. Light shelf wear almost as issued. Snyder County Historical Society Hardcover
19830023185Board of State Institutions Florida 1983. Hardcover. Fine. Fine/reprint-1983. A great copy; tight clean and square. Spotless brown cloth over boards with gilt lettering down spine. Bright white pages with no marking or soiling. Covers Florida's troops in several wars from1834 through 1898. Individual companies officers named. Small histories of Florida troops contributions to each war. 368 pages. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage. Mailed boxed and I can have it in the mail tomorrow. <br/> <br/> Board of State Institutions, Florida hardcover
59841<p>Brooklyn NY: The Albertype Company and A. Wittemann. Very Good; Ribbon frayed covers toned and worn. N.D. Softcover. Circa 1890s-1900s. Tan wraps bound with red ribbon and featuring illustration of Lower Falls of the Genesee River on front. Measures 5x inches. 17 unnumbered leaves. Photos of Rochester New York including shots of New York Central Railroad Bridge and Station electrified trolleys horses and carriages Power's Block Court House East Main Street Post Office Court Street Bridge Fitzhugh Street Washington Square First Methodist Episcopal Church Third Presbyterian Church St. Paul's Episcopal Church Rochester University Highland Park Reservoir and Genesee Valley Park. ; Oblong 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .</p> The Albertype Company and A. Wittemann paperback
1919020213Philadelphia PA: Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania 1919. Book. Very Good. Unbound. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Photocopied manuscript book 8.5" x 11" bound in pamphlet binder. Baptisms marriages burials. Church register shows baptisms date names of parents name of baptized and date of birth; marriages date names and in some cases witnesses and/or residence; burials date name cause of death age y/m/d and in some cases relation of decedent to other family members. iii140 pp. approx. 40 pp. manuscript index at rear all printed on rectos only. Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania unknown
