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1940018226N.Y.: Morrow 1940. 1st edition. Cloth lightly soiled along edges page edges browning else a near fine copy in dust jacket lightly rubbed at edges head and foot of spine lightly nicked and rear panel soiled. Author's second book and features Basil Willing. Franz Konradi austrian biochemist and refugee was shot on the campus of a New York University but there was no trace of a bullet. Increasingly difficult to find. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Book. Morrow Hardcover
1897221697Chambersburg PA: J.M. Runk & Co. 1897. Book. Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1897 Complete 2 Volume set 1375 pp. Gilt text block and lettering. 3/4 dark leather boards. Illustrated w/ b&w portrait photos on glossy pages. Subtitle continues "Containing Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens and Many of the Early Settlers". Book Conditions : Good; no text marks noted; binding repaired with heavy black binding tape; wear to cover corners and board edges; some soiling to covers; scattered light foxing spotting to text block some toning at page edges; a few fingerprint smudges. No Dust Jackets as issued. PLEASE NOTE : Extra postage may be requested due to weight of set. J.M. Runk & Co. Hardcover
1946222887Boston 1946. First. hardcover. very good. Volumes 179 180 & 181. 36 issues bound in 3 volumes of green buckram. Boston: Atlantic Monthly January 1946 - December 1948.<br/> <br/> The Atlantic Monthly was created in 1857 as a literary & cultural commentary magazine. It was important for recognizing and publishing new writers. Included in these issues are Carl Sandburg Lord Dunsany Robert Frost Wallace Stegner Thomas Wolfe Somerset Maugham May Sarton and many others. The first 12 issues are bound without wrappers; the others have thei original printed wrappers and starting with November 1947 pictorial wrappers.<br/> <br/> unknown
196439166New York:: Lewis Historical Publishing Company. 1964. Hardcover. Three-volume hardcover set in gilt-lettered blue cloth covers that remain clean with light shelfwear including bumped corners. Minor spotting/foxing and dust-staining of textblock edges. Hinges on all volumes sound uncracked; pages tight clean unmarked. No DJs as issued. Not former library copies. Volumes 1 and 2 consist of general history of the area while volume 3 is a compilation of biographical sketches of Georgians. Illustrated. A really quite nice set. ; . Lewis Historical Publishing Company, hardcover
1830038658Philadelphia PA: Judah Dobson 1830. Book. Fair-Good. Original Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original dull pink cloth lacking spine panel. Cloth spotted and faded mostly tanned especially toward edges rounded/exposed corners. Foxed throughout ranging light to moderate. Unrestored copy front board detached rear board loose and binding weak but holding. viii1271ii56errata pp. engraving of fox on 2nd p. 51. First edition first issue with no added text on p. viii but this copy lacking lithographic views and portraits. Signatures of former owner John Clemens Haddonfield NJ in fore-edge margins of pp. 31 and 113; front pastedown shows private library book plate of Pennsylvania historian Thomas Lynch Montgomery 1929. First title takes up the history of the oldest sporting club in the world; second title is the first American imprint about fox hunting. Howes M 636. Very scarce. Judah Dobson Hardcover
1892055810Norfolk VA: The Landmark Publishing Company 1892. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 12mo. 72 pages. Soft cover. Front and rear covers missing but the remains of the brown wrappers are on the spine. Sewn binding. The binding is fairly sound. Some chipping to the edges of the title page mostly at the bottom corner. There is a stray red mark on the title page over Lincoln's name. Text is toned but generally clean. Quite scarce. Now housed in a removable mylar sleeve with a board backing. <br/> <br/> The Landmark Publishing Company paperback
191046716Columbia S. C. :: The State Company. G/NONE. 1910. Hardcover. Hardback first edition in dark-green cloth covers with gilt spine lettering. Moderate silverfishing of covers; hinges sound uncracked. Pages tight clean. Foldout map of battle lines and frontis portrait of Hagood both in nice condition. Previous owner's name and date year of publication in pencil on first free endpaper. ; . The State Company, hardcover
182816499Harrisburg: Office of the Reporters State of Pennsylvania. Good. 1828-29. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Clean brown 1/4 leather with marbled boards. Volume #1 981pp 55pp index. Damp stain on front endpaper. Volume #2 766pp 8 pp of index. Sporatic foxing throughout. Containing Messages Reports and Documents. Both volumes have light shelf wear. Banks Laws Elections Prisons Health Canals Railroads State Roads and Bridges. 212 miles of Canals currently under contract and in progress toward completion. Pennsylvania; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1749 pages . Office of the Reporters, State of Pennsylvania hardcover
1909064368Chicago IL: J. H. Beers and Co. 1909. Book. Very Good. Half-Leather. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Original 1909 edition complete in two 2 volumes uniformly bound in black 1/2 leather dark brown cloth-covered boards spine panels lettered in gilt decorated endpapers with hinges reinforced in cloth original to issue text block edged in gilt. xxxii784 xx785-1723 pp. continuously paginated illus. throughout w/ b&w portrait and other plates w/ tissue guards. Leather typically is mildly rubbed at corners and along joints with mild exposure at top corners otherwise nicely intact without shredding or fraying. Cover cloth shows a few mild surface marks but is also quite presentable. Firm bindings. Closed tear to front blank in Vol. I; the front blank of each volume also shows the pencil signature of former owner Daniel L. Wartzenluft a Kutztown shoe merchant. J. H. Beers and Co. Hardcover
195726400Chapel Hill:: The University of North Carolina. 1957. Hardcover. Black-and- gilt-decorated beige and red cloth covers very clean bright with minor edge bumping mostly at spine . Pages clean crisp unmarked; hinges sound uncracked. Slipcase lightly worn soiled but in remarkably nice condition with no breaks or tears. May have a slightly musty odor. 292 pages with index. ; . The University of North Carolina, hardcover
18530007667Philadelphia: Privately Printed by C. Sherman 1853. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo 336 pages original cloth spine lightly sunned. Scarce. <br/><br/>Londoner Esther De Berdt married an American lawyer and re-located to Philadelphia in 1770. As part of the Philadelphia gentry she met many of the important Colonists including Gen. George Washington. Initially opposed she warmed to the cause of independence. Her husband Joseph became Washington's aide and secretary and eventually a general and still later Governor of Pennsylvania. Esther meanwhile headed the Ladies of Philadelphia and raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for the Continental Army. She dies at age 34 in 1780 failing to see the success that crowned her efforts. Much of this text is in the form of letters. She was one of the outstanding women of the American Revolution. Privately Printed by C. Sherman hardcover
1914064374Allentown PA: Lehigh Valley Publishing Co. Ltd. 1914. Book. VG. Half-Leather. 1st Edition. Original edition complete in three 3 volumes uniformly bound in black 1/2 leather dark green cloth-covered boards marbled endpapers with cloth-reinforced hinges original to issue spine panels lettered in gilt. Nicely-preserved set with mostly minor rubbing to leather at corners and spine extremities a bit of exposure at several corners a few surface marks to cloth. Firm bindings unmarked interiors. xi1101 iii774exi ii775-1467xi pp. illus. w/ b&w portrait plates. Contents assembled for the 200th anniversary of Lehigh County and published a few years later. Lehigh Valley Publishing Co., Ltd. Hardcover
191217220Philadelphia: Elvino V. Smith. Good. 1912. Hardcover. A very large folding map 56" x 43" mounted in a light blue lightly faded hardcover cloth folder with gilt lettering on front. Map in nice condition except for a few tears along the folds. Folder has paper tears along interior hinges. Condition--Folder: G Map: VG. Pennsylvania ; Fold out Map; Thin 12mo 7" - 7½" tall . Elvino V. Smith hardcover
45350Non-Book. Pencil portrait on cardboard of young man John/Johnny Curtis Altman of Gray Georgia signed by well-known Macon Georgia artist Houser Smith and dated 1962. Probably an impromtu sketch and now lightly worn this drawing was done on the back of a sketchpad and measures 81/2 x 101/2. Gray cardboard is slightly bowed and lightly smudged. ; . unknown
18750005671Philadelphia: Porter And Coates 1875. First edition. Hardcover. Good . Front pocket has the large Railroad map. Rear pocket maps: Fairmount Park Water Frontage of the Port Map of Centennial Grounds. Also nearly 100 engravings. 16mo xvi 425 70 2red cloth edgeworn front hinge started. erratum slip p. 300. Uncommonly complete with all the maps which are on acidic paper in acidic pockets. <br/><br/>Actually issued in 1876 for visitors to the Centennial of America Fair / Exhibition. Front pocket has the large Railroad map. Rear pocket maps: Fairmount Park Water Frontage of the Port Map of Centennial Grounds. Also nearly 100 engravings. Porter And Coates hardcover
1942024706Baton Rouge Louisiana: Louisiana Historical Records Survey Work Projects Administration 1942. Cover is in Good condition with light wear/sunning and one tiny chip at the head of the spine. Spine is square and flat. NEAR FINE internally. No owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and unmarked. 1942. First Edition. Identifies thousands of items. Issued in association with Hill Memorial Library Louisiana State University. Oversize Softcover. 8.25" wide by 10.75" tall by 1.75" thick. This large heavy book will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments but only the standard charge for media mail. First Edition. Oversize Softcover. Good condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 583pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Louisiana Historical Records Survey, Work Projects Administration Paperback
19952-0306451158Plenum Pub Corp 1995. Hardcover. New. 278 pages. 10.25x7.00x0.75 inches. Plenum Pub Corp hardcover
1853BIBL0350Philadelphia PA: Kite and Walton Printers 1853. Book. VG. Full-Leather. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Full calf newly rebacked in brown cloth with gold foil lettering on upper spine panel new endsheets. Leather is somewhat darkened toward edges with some scuffs and surface loss but overall remains quite decently preserved. Firm binding clean interior. xii13-349 pp. Alphabetical and Classical catalogues of entries. Yields valuable insights into the collecting tendencies during Colonial times and also into the reading interests of Philadelphia's Quaker community in the 18th through mid-19th centuries. Exceptionally scarce; few copies located in auction records or in institutional collections. Kite and Walton, Printers Hardcover
1978070388Columbus OH: The Palatine Immigrant 1978. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Partial run of 86 issues 1978-2001 covering various aspects of German-speaking ancestry with many records relating to Pennsylvania German immigration but also Germans in Ohio Texas the Upper Midwest and elsewhere. Booklets bound in stapled wraps with covers mostly light green some tan light blue or goldenrod. Most issues show only minor handling wear. Some have institutional stamps on their covers. Run consists of the following issues: IV.1-4 V.1 VI.3-XXI.3 XXII.1-XXVI.4 lacking I.1-III.4 V.2-4 XXI.4 for completion through Vol. XXVI also includes the 1985 decennial index Vols. I-X. Long runs of this journal are seldom offered. The Palatine Immigrant Paperback
1975005134Rockaway New Jersey: Rockaway Borough Biecentennial Committee 1975. 8.5" wide by 11" tall. Bright clean square and tight. Sharp corners. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated with facsimiles of historic documents portraits and numerous vintage photos. Two different endpaper maps the village in 1838; and an early business directory. Includes chapters on the founding of the town; its early days; Rockaway's role in the American Revolution; the Civil War with portraits/photos; the Morris Canal; reminiscences of schools industry churches etc. Includes 13 pages of densely printed GENEALOGY CHARTS by William R. Monroe on the families/descendents of Jackson Halsey Beach etc. Bibliography of sources. Bound in the original blue cloth. Gilt decorations and lettering are still bright and shiny. The front cover features an image of a "Rockaway Carriage" said to be the first carriage partially enclosed with an extension of the roof over the driver's seat to provide protection from inclement weather. The Rockaway Carriage was named for the town of its origin: Rockaway New Jersey. First Edition so stated. Hard Cover. Fine condition/No jacket probably as issued. xii 156pp. Rockaway Borough Biecentennial Committee Hardcover
1976054716Womelsdorf PA: Earl W. Ibach 1976. Book. VG. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. SIGNED. Brown cloth lettered in gold foil. A nicely preserved copy with minor shelf wear slight moisture ring on lower front cover a minor cosmetic distraction. Front flyleaf torn and neatly tape-mended at top of front hinge. Firm binding clean interior. Signed by author on portrait page full signature with generic "Best Regards" salutation. One of the essential studies of Berks County history. Earl W. Ibach Hardcover
1972069402Warren R. Kriebel Printed by Fountain Press Freeport PA 1972. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. SIGNED. Red "alligator" leatherette lettered in yellow on dark violet fields. Minor rubbing to spine extremities top corner crease to front flyleaf and to final several leaves. Hinges reinforced with cloth binding tape common to all copies of this publication that we have handled. Stated 1st edition. vi659 pp. Signed/dated by author on lower main title. Among the more notable entries is that of #7853 George Herman "Babe" Ruth p. 380. Very scarce. Warren R. Kriebel [Printed by Fountain Press, Freeport, PA] Hardcover
1877014738Boston Massachusetts: H. O. Houghton and Company 1877. A solid reading/reference copy. Good EX-LIBRARY but with NO library markings on the spine or covers. Bound in the original brown cloth. Gilt stamping is still bright and shiny. Moderately worn at the corners. Spine ends a little frayed. Very Good condition internally but for front inner hinge starting. "Second Edition Revised March 1 1877" is so stated. 106 pages interleaved with 106 additional unnumbered blank pages. In two parts: Index of Articles General Articles and Editorial Departments; and Index of Authors. This volume indexes the years when The Atlantic Monthly was edited by James Russell Lowell and W. D. Howells. It is an important resource for identifying contributors since "authorship of articles was not at first publicly announced the articles were not signed and the table of contents accompanying each volume did not contain the names of authors annexed to their several contributions. This last practice was begun in the ninth volume and at the beginning of the twenty-sixth the present custom was adopted of signing each article with the author's name; but at no time has it been the custom to publish the authorship of the contributions to the editorial departments." -- from preface. . Second Edition Revised. Hardcover. Good EX-LIBRARY. 8vo. 106pp. H. O. Houghton and Company Hardcover
1914064376Allentown PA: Lehigh Valley Publishing Co. Ltd. 1914. Book. VG. Half-Leather. 1st Edition. Original edition complete in three 3 volumes uniformly bound in black 1/2 leather dark green cloth-covered boards marbled endpapers with cloth-reinforced hinges original to issue spine panels lettered in gilt. Nicely-preserved set with minor rubbing to corners and spine extremities mild surface rubbing to cover cloth. Firm bindings unmarked interiors. xi1101 iii774exi ii775-1467xi pp. illus. w/ b&w portrait plates. Contents assembled for the 200th anniversary of Lehigh County and published a few years later. Lehigh Valley Publishing Co., Ltd. Hardcover
1954005300Caldwell New Jersey: Progress Publishing Company 1954. A clean square tight copy. Sharp corners. Previous owner's name Helen Irene Shauger Bidgood on the front endpaper. A typed copy of her lineage is laid-in. Also laid-in is a brief note from the author. A few pages have additions/corrections in ink. Bound in the original black leatherette. Gold lettering on the spine and front cover is a little dull. Keywords: Genealogy. New Jersey history. New York history. First Edition stated. Hard Cover. Near Fine condition/No jacket. 8vo. 120pp. Progress Publishing Company Hardcover
