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1930010937NY. Unpublished notebook 9" x 11 1/4" containing original artwork and designs official documents orders and correspondence pertaining to regimental coats of arms and distinctive insignia for the period 1922-1930. Notebook opens with three pages of formal guidelines for regimental colors and devices then begins in earnest with original signed Adjutant General order No. 244 October 1922 calling Falls "to active duty without pay or allowances for service in connection with submission of coats of arms for colors distinctive badges insignia etc." The notebook contains 2 full-page original watercolors and 16 original crest and shield drawings in color pencil State National Guard Headquarters and 7 regiments - 10th 14th 71st 105th 106th 107th 108th Infantry along with correspondence blueprints design approval documents and finely printed samples for some designs. There is detailed correspondence on Falls' New York State "Half Moon" design when the Quartermaster Corp of the War Department in Washington severely altered his original conception. Author artist military general and New York City socialite DeWitt Clinton Falls 1864-1937 was an authority on military heraldry and uniforms and a designer of military insignia. His papers are held by the New York Public Library and the American Numismatic Society. This Notebook includes: Original watercolor "Half Moon" Nov 1922; 2 letters Dec 1922; Memorandum from the Secretary of War Dec 1922 approving the design; Original watercolor "Regimental Colors for New York National Guard" 1922; Correspondence with Adjutant General's Office and the War Department with 2 blueprints; Copy of "First Design submitted by War Department for emblem of State of New York. Disapproved by Adjutant General Oct 1922"; 2 letters to Falls from Adjutant General's Office Apr 1923 with a proof copy of the QM's altered "Half Moon" crest; Reply by Falls Apr 1923 that the Quartermaster' altered design "is awful and under no circumstances should be accepted"; 2 page detailed letter from Adjutant General's Office to Quartermaster General War Department Apr 1923 noting QM's five major and several minor deviations from Falls' original which had been approved by the General Staff; Reply by War Department May 1923 that the Quartermaster Corps drawing was done in accordance with what was shown and described in "The Hudson Fulton Celebration 1909" submitted in a report to the NY State legislature in 1910 and that revisions to the drawing would be made if the State of New York "does not consider the report as being historically correct and will so state and furnish evidence which it considers authentic"; AG letter May 1923 to Falls requesting he draft a second endorsement; Falls' June 1923 reply that "it was not so much the historical points that he criticized about the QM design "as the faulty drawing and bad proportions of many of the details." He points out technical and aesthetic weaknesses with the eye of an artist of the Quartermaster drawing that can be easily resolved.; Letter and enclosures to Falls from Adjutant General's Office June 25 that they are in receipt of Quartermaster revisions and asking him to review; Falls June 28 reply "it is about as near right as we can get it and same can be returned approved"; Original color pencil drawing "Headquarters Device" with 1 page description. Undated; Original color pencil drawing "10th Infantry" Approved Nov 1923 War Department with letter of approval. Notation: "This design not being satisfactory to the regiment permission was given Jan 1926 to submit new design"; 2 original color pencil drawings - one for crest and one for shield with a printed sample of shield in use "10th Infantry" with 1 page description. Approved W.D. June 1926 with letters of approval for each. 2 original color pencil drawings - one for crest and one for shield "14th Infantry" with 1 page description. Approved W.D. May 1925 with 2 letters of app . Very Good. Hard. 1st. 1930. unknown
1949063518Lancaster Kutztown Collegeville PA: Pennsylvania Dutch Folklore Center/Pennsylvania Folklife Society 1949. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Complete run of The Pennsylvania Dutchman/Pennsylvania Folklife 1949-1997. This influential periodical began as a biweekly newspaper first issue dated 5 May 1949 eventually migrating to a quarterly magazine final issue dated Spring 1997. Vols. 1-22 are custom-bound in brown leatherette lettered in gilt on front covers and spine panels Vols. 1-3 in the original elephant folio format of the Dutchman Vols. 4-22 in standard quarto magazine format. Note that the title changed to "Pennsylvania Folklife" with Vol. 9. Vols. 23-46 are unbound each issue individually sleeved. Vol. 1 consists of 25 issues with some still bright white suggesting that they are possibly from a later reprint Vols. 2-3 of 22 each Vols. 4-5 of 15 each Vols. 7-45 mostly of 4 each with some volumes in the '60s including an unnumbered 5th "Folk Festival" issue and Vol. 46 of 3 issues all published totaling about 260 issues. The entire set is solid Near Fine to Fine the bound volumes all essentially as issued except of course for having been bound in hardcover and the unbound issues show only slight handling wear in some cases most virtually unworn. The bound volumes show two former owner signatures/stamps on the front flyleaf of each volume but are otherwise unmarked. A rare opportunity to purchase a complete run of a publication that has become almost impossible to assemble "in the wild." Delivery options possible depending on location. Pennsylvania Dutch Folklore Center/Pennsylvania Folklife Society Hardcover
200260148Centro Atlantico De Arte Moderno Las Palmas De Gran Canaria; Et Al. New. 2002. Paperback. 84891526 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- Text in Spanish with portions in English as well. 360 pp. With 257 ills. 228 col. . 28 x 25 cm. -- with a bonus offer-- . Centro Atlantico De Arte Moderno, Las Palmas De Gran Canaria; Et Al paperback
191344456Charleston: Lanneau's Art Store. 1913. Paperback. Portfolio containing twenty architectural lithographs and introduction; still in original portfolio cover. One of the South's early preservationists Alice Huger Smith collaborated with her father historian D. E. Huger Smith providing architectural drawings for two important publications: Twenty Drawings of the Pringle House 1914 and The Dwelling Houses of Charleston South Carolina. The contents are housed in original hinged 16- x 18-inch paper-covered boards with moderate to heavy smudging mostly in area of three slots for closure although ribbon or cardboard for these slots is now missing. Contents pages loose as intended include title page; "The Colonial House of Miles Brewton: With Some Account of its owners" a three-page essay by D. E. Huger Smith; all 20 prints which are lightly foxed with "holes" along edges of at least one print does not affect image itself and appears to be a thinning or defect in paper. ; . Lanneau's Art Store, paperback
1982060734Reading PA: Historical Society of Berks County/George M. Meiser IX 1982. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Complete in 25 volumes accompanied by "A Comprehensive Index to The Passing Scene Volumes 1 to 10" Neiman. Issued more or less annually 1982-2018. Single-owner collection as issued or very nearly so. Some volumes show a slight binding lean typical of issue; Vol. 2 shows minor foxing to front cover gold foil in a few areas. Vol. 2 signed by primary author George Meiser other volumes unsigned. A rare opportunity to purchase the complete set of this pioneering and literally unique photographic history the most comprehensive of its kind ever issued for any county in all 50 states. Historical Society of Berks County/George M. Meiser IX Hardcover
1982062449Reading PA: Historical Society of Berks County/George M. Meiser IX 1982. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Complete in 25 volumes accompanied by "A Comprehensive Index to The Passing Scene Volumes 1 to 10" Neiman. Issued more or less annually 1982-2018. Single-owner collection. Some volumes show minor foxing along top text block edge and/or to front flyleaf all otherwise as issued or nearly so. Vol. 4 is a presentation copy inscribed by GMMIX to a contributor to that volume and vol. 16 is signed by GMMIX; vols. 5 9 13 17 20 22 23 and 25 are signed by both Meisers. Vols. 1 9 and 12 show a gift inscription not by the Meisers to the former owner inked on front flyleaf; Vol. 6 shows a former owner's address inscription inside the front cover in pencil; Vol. 11 shows a former owner's name and date inked on front flyleaf. Vols. 14 15 are brand new still sealed in original shrinkwrap. A rare opportunity to purchase the complete set of this pioneering and literally unique photographic history the most comprehensive of its kind ever issued for any county in all 50 states. Historical Society of Berks County/George M. Meiser IX Hardcover
189116330Lancaster Pa.: The Society. Very Good. 1891-1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean marbled boards with leather spines and protective leather front corners. Gilt lettering on spines. Soft cover booklets with most original covers bound into ten hardcover volumes 1891 - 1900. Text's interiors are tight clean & intact. Each booklet has a tissue protected frontispiece. Illustrations: engravings drawings in one color maps photographs. Vol. 1. 94pp published in 1891. Proceedings & addresses: includes Society Constitution Lancaster April 15th 1891. Vol. 2. 182pp. Published in 1891-1892. Proceedings & addresses Harrisburg Oct. 14th 1891. Vol. 3. 292pp. Published 1893. Proceedings & addresses Oct. 12 1892. Vol. 4. 292pp. Published 1893. Proceeding & addresses York Oct. 11 1893. Vol.5. 266pp. Published 1895. Proceedings & addresses Reading Oct. 3 1894. Vol. 6. 283pp. Published 1896. Proceedings & addresses Bethlehem Oct. 22 1895. Vol. 7. 576pp. Published 1897. Proceedings & addresses Philadelphia Oct. 25 1898. Vol. 8. 322pp. Published 1898. Proceedings & Adresses. Lancaster Oct. 22 1897. Vol. 9. 468pp. Published 1900. Proceedings & Addresses Allentown Oct. 20 1899. Vol. 10. 565pp. Published 1900. Proceedings & Addresses Ephrata Oct. 20 1899. Volume #7 spine lightly rubbed. Genealogy Pennsylvania Germans; B/W Portrait illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . The Society hardcover
1912016735Borough of Hopatcong New Jersey 1912. Near Fine condition. SEE PHOTO. This is a beautiful and very scarce color map of Lake Hopatcong New Jersey. When unfolded it measures 18" tall by 38" wide. Some folds have been neatly reinforced on the blank side with archival-quality document repair tape. Buildings are represented by red squares water in green. Some of the properties and locations depicted are: Port Morris Landing Roxbury Township Borough of Mount Arlington Byram Township Nolans Point Atlas Powder Co. Brookland Borough of Hopatcong Byram Cove Henderson Bay Byram Bay Maxim Park Jefferson Township Woodport Hurdtown Hurd Mining Co. W. M. Force Estate John P. Lawless Mary Ingram estate Aaron Peck estate Raccoon Island Halsey Island Bertrand Island Theodore King Gertrude Otten Violet Littell Robert Dunlap estate etc. Full title: "Property Map of Lake Hopatcong New Jersey Prepared by Hudson Maxim for the Morris Canal Investigation Commission November 16 1912 Compiled from Various Maps and Actual Surveys by P. E. Boomer C. E.". First Edition. Folded map. Near Fine condition. 18" tall by 38" wide when unfolded. Borough of Hopatcong, New Jersey? Paperback
17691956London: Printed for L. Davis and C. Reymers Printers for the Royal Society 1769. Paper over boards with leather spine. Octavo. xii 382 2 pages. Bound in blue patterned paper over boards with leather spine with five raised bands gilt spine titles and rules. There are a few unobtrusive stamps from the Mercantile Library of Philadelphia including one to the title page. Mild browning to textblock some folding plates with repairs some with short tears at folds. Folding plates. First publication of Mason and Dixon’s landmark geodetic paper: “Observations for Determining the Length of a Degree of Latitude in the Provinces of Maryland and Pennsylvania in North America†pp. 274–328. This is the second and most mathematically rigorous of their published contributions detailing pendulum experiments zenith sector readings and triangulation methods used to calibrate the colonial boundary line—now known as the Mason-Dixon Line.<br /> <br /> The present volume includes another paper by Mason and Dixon on astronomical observations for calibration of the Royal Society's astronomical clock used in their survey. Together these papers document the astronomical and geodetic precision underpinning the Mason-Dixon boundary survey—among the earliest applications of Enlightenment science to American territorial mapping. One fold-out map shows the areas of Maryland Pennsylvania and Delaware involved in the Mason-Dixon survey. <br /> <br /> Volume 58 of The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society also includes an important paper on small pox inoculation experiments in electricity and magnetism and much more. Printed for L. Davis and C. Reymers, Printers for the Royal Society unknown
1933175261933. Archive of Walter Johnson's 1933 Atlantic City High School yearbook and related reunion materials documents African American student life within a formally integrated but socially segregated New Jersey public school during the Great Depression. Johnson a graduating senior in 1933 appears in a yearbook extensively inscribed by classmates whose messages span both commencement year and later reunions preserving contemporaneous peer networks across four decades. Created in a city where redlining confined most Black residents to Atlantic City's Northside neighborhood the volume and accompanying ephemera situate one student's educational experience within broader histories of African American urban life public schooling in the Jim Crow North Depression-era youth culture and Black alumni civic organization.<br /> <br /> Archive dates primarily from 1933 with later additions from 1978 and subsequent reunion years; ten items total. Central volume is Atlantic City High School yearbook published by Westbrook Publishing Company Philadelphia 1933 183 pages hardcover 10.5 x 7.75 inches extensively inscribed throughout by classmates in 1933 and again at the 45th reunion in 1978. The school's divisions are organized by Technical Classical and Commercial tracks with individual portrait sections and personal profile prompts listing favorite activities characteristic phrases and anticipated futures including one sardonic entry predicting a destination "In the ranks of the unemployed." Accompanying materials include a June 16 1933 telegram in original envelope from the Negro Alumni Associates of Atlantic City High School congratulating Johnson on his graduation; two reunion pamphlets from the 45th and 50th reunions; several envelopes including one bearing a lengthy handwritten note from reunion organizer Ben Ginsburg; and two printed advertisements for Atlantic Coast Amusement Enterprises promoting comedians and song-and-dance acts associated with Atlantic City's boardwalk entertainment industry.<br /> <br /> Produced in the depths of the Great Depression the yearbook captures a graduating class confronting economic uncertainty while articulating ambition humor and collective identity. Its Art Deco stylistic elements and commercial advertising reflect Atlantic City's resort economy during its interwar peak while the presence of a formal Negro Alumni organization in 1933 demonstrates structured African American institutional engagement within a multiracial public school setting. Later reunion annotations underscore continuity of alumni networks across five decades. Light general wear consistent with age; inscriptions legible and internally clean; associated ephemera well preserved with minor handling wear. Overall very good condition. Cohesive documentation of African American secondary education alumni organization and urban community formation in Depression-era New Jersey extending into the late twentieth century. unknown
1997068506Mainz Germany and East Berlin PA: Klaus Stopp 1997. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Complete in six 6 volumes uniformly bound in red buckram lettered in gold foil oblong format. Published 1997-99. Vol. I unnumbered Vols. II-V numbered 82 of an edition limited to 500 copies. Volumes show a few slight surface marks to cover cloth but are essentially as issued with firm square bindings unmarked interiors. 284 286 303 332 240 278 pp. illus. in color b&w. A monumental undertaking stunningly presented. Essential to all fraktur collections. Technically a Vol. VII limited to only 200 copies was issued but is more of a tribute to Stopp including an addendum of copies cataloged since the publication of Vol. VI and typically isn't included in "complete" sets of this series. Klaus Stopp Hardcover
183334458v.p. including Antwerp London Havana Pensacola New York 1833. Folio. 12 3/4 x 8 inches. 21 leaves plus two additional manuscript leaves laid in. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards manuscript label on front board. Bookseller's label on front pastedown.<br/> <br/> Account book of Atlantic trading voyages.<br/> <br/> An interesting manuscript ship's log containing financial accounts for the brigs Nimrod and Jasper for an eight year period from 1826 to 1833 while they were under the command of a Captain John Hill. The two ships made numerous voyages between the United States Europe and the Caribbean. The present log book contains line accounts of expenditures for journeys from London and Marseilles to New York and Norfolk in 1827; from Antwerp to London in 1828; from Philadelphia to the West Indies in 1829; from Madeira to the Turks Islands in 1831; from the West Indies to Pensacola to Havana in 1832; from the Indies to New York in 1833; and other similar voyages. The log also contains two copies of an 1832 letter written in Havana by Hill to merchants there inquiring about the price of molasses and a list of port charges at several major way points. A fascinating artifact of trans-Atlantic trade in the 1820s and 1830s. unknown
186917660New York: D. G. Beers & Co A. D. Ellis & G. G. Soule. Very Good. 1869. First Edition. Hardcover. Original 1869 brown marbled boards over brown cloth spine. Contain 41 color maps including 4 that are double page. Each is appox. 12" 15". THE MAPS ARE IN VG TO NEAR FINE CONDITION. Occasional light soil on a margin. Atlas is graded G due to several tears along spine & rubbed cover edges & corners. Binding is tight. New York Atlas. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 98 pages . D. G. Beers & Co, A. D. Ellis & G. G. Soule hardcover
1881biblio672<p>This is a completely preserved near-unique copy of a Lancaster County Pennsylvania Dutch congregation with its surrounding ministries recorded in 1881 and thus invaluable source of cultural hiustory as well as genealogical data. A true rarity.</p><p>Phoitos on request.</p> Record Printing Office hardcover
1914016734New Jersey: Morris Canal Investigation Committee 1914. Very Good condition. SEE PHOTOS. Previous owner's name else a clean unmarked copy. The spine is square and flat. NOT a library discard. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Softcover. 7" wide by 10" tall. Bound in the original stiff gray wraps printed in black. Well illustrated with vintage photos of the Morris Canal and fold-out color diagrams and drawings. 7 fold-out maps. Includes the report by Carrere & Hastings Advisory Architects to the Morris Canal Investigating Committee of the NJ Legislature. Also has the report on "Suggested Improvements of Morris Canal in Jersey City" by F. Van Z. Lane Consulting Engineer. Includes a 25 inch long fold-out diagram printed in black and red entitled "Morris Canal Proposed Extension along Second River." Another fold-out map "Profile of the Morris Canal" with "Historical and Descriptive Notes" is 33 inch long. "Route of Morris Canal" a map that folds out 38 inches locates all the canal's locks and incline planes. A fourth fold-out 29" long by 19" tall also in black and red is "Map Showing Route of Morris Canal from Hudson River to Main Line of the Central RR. of N. J. Together with Buildings and Railroad Tracks Immediately Adjacent Thereto." A fifth fold-out is a 39" long detailed property map showing the route of the canal in red ink from Bayonne Fiddler's Elbow to the Hackensack River. It identifies the area's street names and lot numbers. Plan 6 Transportation Lines between New York Newark and Patterson measures 19" long by 19.5" tall. Plan 7 Morris Canal in Vicinity of Broad Street and Railroad Place Newark folds out to 13'' by 10". Members of the Committee were appointed by New Jersey Governor Woodrow Wilson President of the Senate John D. Prince and Speaker of the House Thomas F. McCran. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good condition. 173pp. Morris Canal Investigation Committee Paperback
1935065613Reading PA: Historical Society of Berks County 1935. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Nearly complete run 1935-2009 287 of 296 issues single issues in wraps bound in brown buckram to create a very durable set ideal for institutional use. Each hardcover contains two occasionally three volumes thus 8-12 issues. Deaccessioned by the Spruance Library of the Bucks County Historical Society though not marked as such with ghosts of call labels on lower spines of early volumes otherwise showing only slight use with contents a bit thumbed here and there many/most issues apparently unopened. Virtually complete through Vol. 74 2009 4 issues per year missing only the following 9 issues: 52.4 53.1 and 4 58.1 and 2 67.1 70.2 and 3 70.4 thus 287 of 296 issues. Vols. 52 53 58 and 67-74 are not bound still loose. The collection does not extend beyond 2009. A rare opportunity to obtain a near-set otherwise virtually impossible to assemble given that the Berks History Center no longer stocks vintage back issues of its journal. Historical Society of Berks County Hardcover
1864016813Trenton New Jersey: Printed by David Naar "True American" Office 1864. Near Fine condition. Clean and tight. Three tiny chips near the spine. A very attractive copy remarkably well preserved especially considering the age published 1864 and fragility of its thin paper binding. SEE PHOTOS. NO foxing. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Includes Ricord's report to Joel Parker Governor of New Jersey on the condition of the state's public schools. A substantial appendix lists reports by the various town superintendents in each of 21 counties from Atlantic to Warren. Since this report was published while the Civil War was still being fought the section on "Schools for Colored Children" may be of some interest: "There is no section of the law nor any decision of the courts that deprives colored children of the advantages of public school instruction it shall be the duty of the trustees of the several school districts to apply the money apportioned to the establishing and maintaining of free schools in which shall be taught all the children the law makes no distinction between children of one nationality or race and children of another " A fold-out chart SEE PHOTO lists 27 key education statistics for each of the state's 21 counties. For example one column records the "Number of colored children who have attended school" in each county and a statewide total 3029. There are also figures by county for the number of students and teachers; average daily attendance; average teacher salaries for males vs. females; etc. Bound in the original tan printed wraps. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine condition. 175pp. Printed by David Naar, "True American" Office Paperback
1901035729New York: Macmillan and Co. 1901. Book. Near Fine. Decorative Cloth. Signed by Authors. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gray cloth lettered/illus. in black. Light shelf wear minor soiling to cover cloth text block edges a bit toned by age. Firm binding clean interior. xiii443 pp. illus. w/ b&w photographic plates drawings in text. 14th ptg.: Nov. 1908. Notably well preserved presentation copy showing a pastedown 4" x 3.5" mounted on front fixed endpaper inscribed "Faithfully yours / Jacob A. Riis / Christmas 1909." Mounted on the adjacent front flyleaf is the calling card of the recipient Mr. William W. J. Warren inscribed as follows: "Christmas 1909. -- / Mr. Riss sic called today -- / he gave me his autograph / for front cover of book." Also signed by a later owner William Duncan along top edge of front flyleaf. Warren is mentioned on p. 435 of Riis's text as W. W. J. Warren "faithful in good and in evil report" among the author's concluding acknowledgments where a second calling card stained by rust from a paper clip no long present is laid in pp. 435-440 are slightly indented from the clip and pp. 434 440 and 441 show a light rust impression. According to his obituary in American Stationer & Office Manager Vol. 88 Warren 1844-1921 was president of Stewart Warren & Co. a stationery manufacturing firm located at 129 Lafayette St. in New York a personal friend of Henry Ward Beecher and lived in the Richmond Hill section of Brooklyn as the next-door neighbor of Riis until the latter moved to Barre MA where he died in 1914. Original illustrated edition of an influential autobiography by the pioneering documentarian photographer and social reformer whose "How the Other Half Lives" was a landmark expose of living conditions in the Lower East Side tenements that led to reforms and provided Riis with an international reputation. Macmillan and Co. Hardcover
186516425Albany N. Y.: State of New York. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1865-78. First Edition. Hardcover. 14 Annual Reports beautifully bound into 5 blue cloth volumes with gilt lettering on the spines. Text interior is clean & tight with a few small tears where fold-out attaches to text and a few tape repairs to fold-outs. Some edge wear to a few maps. Reports published in1865-1877 for the years 1863-1876. Illustrated with canal plans tables charts maps & descriptions. 1864 No. 10 : 139pp w /index & 1 fold-out 1865 No. 9 : 189 pp w/ index & 3 fold-outs 1 map 1866 No. 7 : 181pp w /index & 7 fold-outs 3maps 1867 No. 9 : 176pp w /index & 6 fold-outs 3maps 1868 No. 4 : 144pp w /index & 2 fold-out maps 1869 No. 4 : 174pp w /index & 4 fold-outs 2 maps 1870 No. 6 : 278pp w /index 1871 No. 29 : 232pp w /index & 2 fold-outs 1 map 1872 No. 6 : 222pp w /index 1873 No 6 : 255pp w /index & 3 fold-outs 1 map 1874 No 6 : 347pp w /index & 11 fold-outs 10 Maps housed in a built-in custom case 1875 No. 6 263 p w /index & 2 fold-out maps 1876 No. 45 : 228pp w /index & 1 fold-out map 1877 No.12 : 199pp w/ index & 1 fold-out map. Originally from the Harry Rinker research library relating to the American canal era. New York Canals: Erie Champlain Black River Genesee Chenango Oswego Cayuga & Seneca Chemung Crooked Lake Oneida Baldwinsville; Charts maps; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 3027 pages . State of New York hardcover
18221399Annapolis: Printed by J. Hughes 1822. First edition. Modern quarter Morocco and cloth over boards. Octavo. 92 pages. Very good with foxing to title page and a few following. Spine is titled in gilt. Comes in a custom marbled paper slipcase. Two fold-out tables. Scarce report on the affairs of the Potomac Company in 1821 as investigated by a joint commission appointed by Maryland and Virginia. Here Maryland Governor Samuel Stevens formally transmits this report to the Maryland Legislature on January 1 1823.<br /> <br /> The Potomac Company was formed in the late 18th century with the object of reengineering the Potomac River to create a navigable link from the Ohio country to the port at Georgetown George Washington was an investor and served as the Company's first president. <br /> <br /> By 1821 the Virginia-Maryland joint commission found that the Potomac Company had "incurred heavy debts which their present resources can never enable them to discharge nor is it reasonable to expect in such circumstances that they can ever effect the objects of their incorporation."<br /> <br /> Further the commission found that the Potomac Company's sluice navigation system which was heavily dependent on "floods and freshets" was impractical and that only a still-water canal with locks could provide a navigable route that could be used consistently enough to be profitable. <br /> <br /> In the wake of this report the Potomac Company announced that it could not fulfill its charter. The project was subsequently taken up by the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company chartered in 1825.<br /> <br /> OCLC locates 10 copies. Printed by J. Hughes unknown
1898032034Lebanon PA: Lebanon County Historical Society 1898. Book. VG. Original Wraps. First Collected. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Near complete set of the Papers Read Before the Lebanon County Historical Society aka Lebanon County Historical Society Journal inaugurated in 1898 and still being published. Issued somewhat irregularly this publication typically appeared in booklet form in wraps of various colors light green brown tan royal blue and others later perfect-bound with illustrated wraps. This run is virtually complete see specifics below with most of the missing issues probably available directly from the Lebanon County Historical Society. Average condition is solid VG with several issues showing loose covers or chipped spines many if most issues showing only light shelf wear solid Near Fine some showing price stickers at top front cover corners indicating that they had been purchased from LCHS; all are individually sleeved in archival bags and boards for protection. Vol. I: 1 3-18 of 18; II: 1-14 complete; III: 1-13 complete; IV: 1-13 complete; V: 1-9 complete; VI: 1-17 complete; VII: 1-12 complete; VIII: 1-14 complete; IX: 1-11 complete; X: 1-10 complete; XI: 1-6 complete; XII: 1-3C complete 5 issues total; XIII: 1-8 complete; XIV: 1-5 of 7; XV: 1-3 5 of 5; XVI: 1-4 complete; XVII: 1-5 of 6; XVIII 18: 2 4 of 6; XIX 19: 1 3 of 4. Thus of the total 182 issues comprising Vols. 1-19 this run contains 172 of them lacking only one issue Vol. I No. 2 in the scarcer early volumes. Each issue ranges from 20-24 pp. to more than 100 pp. in several instances covering a wide range of historical interests: church history railroads breweries and taverns long rifles genealogy town and village histories Millbach the Pennsylvania German dialect food lore etc. Due to the frequency of publication through the early decades this title is among the most difficult PA county publications to complete. Lebanon County Historical Society Paperback
197044979South Carolina Tricentennial Commission. VG/NONE. 1970. Hardcover. Hardcover 3-volume set in slipcase; authorized by the South Carolina Tricentennial Commission to record the visual cultural history of South Carolina 1670-1970. Light cover shelfwear to each volume edgewear thumb smudges on some pages and to black cloth slipcase light scuffing scratching rubbing. Scarce in this format. ; . South Carolina Tricentennial Commission, hardcover
1917048699Princeton NJ: Princeton University Printed by E. A. Wright Philadelphia 1917. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Thus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Black pebble-grain leather lettered/illus. in gilt beveled edges oblong format top edge in gilt. Text block edges typically a bit tanned by age otherwise only slight wear with firm binding clean interior with a few instances of minor foxing. Illus. private ex-libris book plate mounted inside front cover. F. Scott Fitzgerald's senior class yearbook -- though he actually left Princeton in Nov. 1917 a month prior to publication to join the 45th Infantry and never graduated he was awarded honorary membership in that graduating class in Nov. 2016. In this yearbook he appears in the Class of '18 photo front row center p. 34 and is listed in the Class of '18 p. 36 appears in the Triangle Club photo p. 130 and is listed with club members p. 131 is credited with the lyrics to "Safety First" pp. 134 and 137 appears in the board of The Tiger photo p. 154 and is listed with its staff p. 155 is listed as a member of the University Cottage Club p. 239 and Freneau Club p. 295 and is listed in the rear Directory p. 356. Princeton University [Printed by E. A. Wright, Philadelphia] Hardcover
1890009969NY: G. D. Smith 1890. First Edition - Limited. Hardcover. Very Good. Hollyer Samuel etchings. nd - c.1890. 85 copies on paper in 12 parts complte 4to one engraving per folio each signed by Hollyer. Each printed folio signed and numbered by publisher Smith this numbered 65 of 85 on India paper. Wraps slightly browned at edges etching fine. Uncommon in this condition seldom found complete. G. D. Smith hardcover
1977047978York PA: South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society 1977. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 77 volumes near set of the Special Publications of the South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society comprised by issues 1-81 lacking #s 68 71 77 and 80 for completion issued 1977-. Most volumes bound in stiff light blue wraps stapled bindings as issued. Volumes range generally VG to Near Fine a few Good a few Fine the majority showing light general handling wear a few with scattered annotations. Early issues were fairly thin; later issues ran in some cases up to 120-140 pp. most in the 80-100 pp. range. A variety of records including birth baptismal marriage death burial census ledgers family Bibles etc. throughout south-central PA including but not limited to York Lancaster Adams Cumberland Dauphin counties. Also includes Ancestral Charts 1976 Bicentennial and 1977 Articles of Confederation editions Complete Index to Ancestral Charts 1976 thus 80 volumes total. A rare opportunity to purchase a nearly complete set of this scarce publication. South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society Paperback
