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1875011785Philadelphia: T. H. Davis & Co 1875. Hardcover. Good. 1116 pages frontispiece and 51 leaves of plates: portraits and maps 1 folded; maroon cloth with gilt spine title; blind-stamped title on both covers. Dark brown endpapers. Bookseller's label on front fixed endpaper for Galloway & Porter Cambridge Eng. Former owner's armorial bookplate on front fixed endpaper: E. S. Gerhard. Former owner's name written on blank page following front endpapers: W. J. Palmer 1879. Includes index. A heavy book; for international shipping the U.S. Postal Service requires that it be shipped by priority/expedited shipping. In Good Condition: rubbed; corners and ends of spine are frayed; minor loss at head of spine; cover is lightly soiled; front hinge weak; pages and plates are clean and solid. T. H. Davis & Co hardcover
1870008356Philadelphia: John C. Clark & Son 1870. Very Good -. 1 printed and handwritten deed 46 x 58 cm. folded. The form was printed and sold by John C. Clark & Son Philadelphia. On 2 Aug. 1870 James and Susan Bleiler of Doylestown sold to Dr. George T. Harvey of Doylestown a lot of less than a third of an acre with a blacksmith shop and a wheelwright shop in Doylestown on State St. and Court St. Harvey paid $5000 which included assuming 2 judgments and 1 mortgage totalling $2979.96. Signed by James Bleiler and Susan Bleiler witness Belle C. Bleiber Bucks County Justice of the Peace John B. Pugh and Bucks County Recorder of Deeds P. J. Hawk and with his embossed seal. WarDr. George T. Harvey 1813-1893 or earlier was a prominent resident of Doylestown. During the Civil he served as a lieutenant in the Doylestown Guards and then as a captain in the 104th Pennsylvania regiment. Before and after the war Harvey had a drugstore in Doylestown which also housed the Doylestown post office in the 1840s and 1850s. In Very Good- Condition: lightly soiled and creased; minor chipping along edges; starting to separate along a few folds; solid. John C. Clark & Son unknown
18140082991814. Near Fine. On 25 March 1814 Margaret Cauffman of Philadelphia gentlewoman sold to Isaac Overholtzer of Norriton Township Montgomery County for $650 a lot of woodland of almost 5 acres in Providence Township Montgomery Co. on the road leading from the Germantown and Perkiomen turnpike and on the Norristown Road. Signed by Margaret Cauffman; witnesses Sarah A. Cauffman Catharine Wiseman and Alexander J. Uhlyn; and Delaware County Judge Mark Willcox. Mark Willcox 1743-1827 was the son of Thomas Willcox 1689-1779 the founder of Ivy Mills which produced the paper used for early currency of the United States. He continued to run the paper mill after his father's death in 1779; he also served as an associate judge for Delaware County from 1791 to 1823. His second wife was Anna Mary Cauffman a sister of Margaret Cauffman. In Near Fine Condition; 1 x 10 cm. section lacking at lower left-hand corner with minor loss of writing; otherwise clean and bright. unknown
1870008900Washington PA: Alfred Creigh 1870. Hardcover. Very Good -. 386 121 p.; 24 cm. Original dark brown pebble-grain cloth with gilt spine title. Triple blind-ruled border on each board. Dark brown endpapers. Former owner's name on front free endpaper: "Boyd E. Warne Atty at Law Dec 1 1896." Former owner's surname is also printed on the front cover. Boyd Emery Warne 1867-1951 was a lawyer in Washington County. Howes C878. In Very Good- Condition: edges rubbed; minor loss at ends of spine and corners; spine is faded; "Warne" printed on front cover; hinges are weak; occasional minor soiling in margins; solid. Alfred Creigh hardcover
1884008298Philadelphia: John C. Clark & Sons 1884. Fine. 2 documents printed by John C. Clark & Sons Philadelphia both printed in red and black and folded. On 2 May 1884 John K. Cuming of Philadelphia merchant mortgaged a three-story brick house at 1736 Grove St. Philadelphia for $900 to be paid within three years. Signed by John K. Cuming witnesses Harry B. Yerger and Frank A. Brunner notary public Harry B. Yerger with his stamp and Philadelphia County Recorders of Deeds John O'Connell and John Virdin. The note of satisfaction on 16 Oct. 1901 was signed by Kate E. Scott. John K. Cuming 1830-1915 was a prominent Philadelphian who served on the Select Council the Citizens' Municipal Association and the Board of City Trusts and was president of the Tenth National Bank for many years. In Fine Condition: clean and crisp. John C. Clark & Sons unknown
1936302877Rochester N.Y.: The Rochester Historical Society 1936. Volumes 1 2 4 5 7 9 14 and 15 of The Rochester Historical Society Publication Fund Series. Books are in good condition with light cover and foredge soil and light wear. About 400 indexed pages each 6 x 9.5. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Yes. 6 x 9.5. The Rochester Historical Society Hardcover
1883009286Philadelphia: Allen Lane & Scott's Printing House 1883. Pamphlet. Very Good -. 32 p.; 23 cm. Brown wrapper printed in black. Franklin Benjamin Gowen 1836-1889 served as president of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad from 1870 to 1884 and again briefly in 1886. During his presidency he was responsible for the railroad illegally running its own mining operations and for violent and indiscriminate attacks on the Molly Maguires and mineworkers in general. In this speech Gowen argued against aspects of a bill to control railroad freight discrimination proposed by Willis James Hulings 1850-1924 representative from Venango County in the Pennsylvania legislature. The text of the bill in included here; it was enacted. Scarce. In Very Good- Condition: minor loss over lower spine; wrapper lightly soiled; dampstain at lower edge of final 3 leaves and back wrapper; one vertical creased throughout; otherwise clean and solid. Allen, Lane & Scott's Printing House unknown
19160068801916. Hardcover. Good. John W. Hemig 1891-1978 was born in Reading Pa.; by 1916 he had moved to Philadelphia where he worked as a waiter and assistant manager at Schwoerer's cafe on Market St. through 1930 or later. In that year the census indicates that his wife was Elsie and though he could read and write he had not attended college. He used these four advertising notebooks and diaries to records information about his life from 1916 to 1920. 1 Central Trust Co. diary. approx. 80 p.: illustrations tables; 10 cm. Calf with Central Trust Company emblem gilt-stamped on front cover. All page edges gilt. Endpapers are light green printed in blue. Front free endpaper has illustration of the Central Trust Company Camden N.J. and list of officers and directors. On Dec. 31 1915 Hemig noted that he played his last game of pool per his New Year's resolution. However this is crossed out and on Jan. 7 he notes that he played pool. In June 1916 he notes the Admen's Parade and in Nov. he notes the election of Woodrow Wilson. For most of the year he records his work hours. In Very Good Condition: edges rubbed; first leaf has closed tear; solid. <br/> 2 W.J. McCahan Sugar Refining Co. advertising notebook. Philadelphia: W.J. McCahan Sugar Refining Co. 1915. 6 101 7-13 p.; 11 cm. Full calf with name of company embossed on front cover. Calendars attached to inside of cover. No date of publication; includes calendars for 1916 and 1917. W.M. McCahan a grocer established a molasses house in 1873 which he converted into a sugar refinery in 1892. In 1920 it was sold to a Cuban sugar refiner Czarnikow-Rionda Co. and became W.J. McCahan Sugar Refining and Molasses Co. which in 1944 was sold to the American Sugar Refining Co. becoming the Philadelphia Refining Co. In addition to the calendars the book contains information on the products sold by McCahan statistics on world sugar prices over many years and various type of business information. The unpaginated pages are graph paper where Hemig recorded the sale of pies throughout Philadelphia. In Good Condition: leather is heavily rubbed with minor loss at head of spine; occasional staining and soiling. 3 Diary 1917 Atlas & Manual. 128 p.: tables color maps; 14 cm. Light green cloth over light card cover with black stamped cover title. No publication information. All pages red. Corners rounded. The diary portion of this small book contains ruled pages with one week per page as well as some memoranda pages. Hemig wrote his draft number on the front free endpaper verso. He recorded his hours of work; visiting his family in Reading; the death of Buffalo Bill; the death of his father; and the declaration of war against Germany. In Jan. "the Boss forbid us to take tips." On June 5 Hemig placed a patriotic sticker and wrote "Must Redgister for War" but on July 4 "Examined for Army I did not Pass." In Good Condition: cover is soiled; starting to split over back joint. 4 The Excelsior Diary 1913. approx. 200 p.: tables; 13 cm. Leather flap binding with "Excelsior Diary" gilt-stamped on the flap. All page edges marbled. The first 28 pages contain one month per page and then the usual useful information including interest tables and a weekly table of wages. The remainder of the book contains lined paper arranged as a diary with two days per page. On the first few pages Hemig recorded candy recipes; his diary entries start on the Jan. 20 page with an entry for May 10 1920 indicating that he had started a new job and the circus was in town. Entries continue for a month or so then nothing until pages printed for Nov. and Dec. Final pages contain pages lined for accounting with some used. In Good Condition: flap is detached but present; spine is rubbed with loss of leather; pages are clean and tight. hardcover
1977007616New York: Vantage Press 1977. Hardcover. Very Good/good . 10 95 p.; 21 cm. Blue cloth with gilt spine title. White dust jacket printed in blue with portrait of the author on the front section. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper with added inscription noting that he died in January 1978. The author's obituary from the Evening Bulletin is taped to the front fixed endpaper. With 2 pieces of photocopied correspondence from John B. Hannum to Margaret Hileman daughter of Leo H. McKay thanking her for the gift of this book one taped to the half title page the other loose. John B. Hannum 1915-2007 was a U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania from 1969 to 1991. Leo H. McKay was a judge on the Court of Common Pleas of Mercer County Pa. from 1954 to 1968. In this book he discusses 12 trials of particular interest during his time on that bench. Scarce. Book is in Very Good Condition: provenance-related items described above; underlining in preliminary pages; otherwise clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Good Condition: chipping at ends of spine; closed 3-cm. tear from lower edge of front section and closed 2-cm. tear from upper edge of front section both with interior repair; clean and bright. Vantage Press hardcover
18110082971811. Near Fine -. 1 handwritten vellum deed 45 x 83 cm. dated 2 April 1811. Rudolph Stauffer and his wife Beata Reiner Stauffer sell to John Price storekeeper 103 acres in Coventry Township Chester Co. Pa. for 1800 pounds "lawful money of Pennsylvania." Recorded 3 Feb. 1812 by recorder Charles Kenny. Signed by witnesses George Prise and David Kinehart justice of the peace for Chester County John Hiester Jr. recorder Charles Kenny and Rudolph Stauffer and Beata Stauffer Rudolph's name is in German script while Beata's is not. In Near Fine- Condition: light soiling and discoloration; otherwise clean and bright. An attractive early 19th-century vellum deed. unknown
1872008766Philadelphia 1872. Fine. 1 card 7.2 x 12 cm. printed on one side: "Assemblies. Foyer of the Academy of Music." Langhorn Wister's name is written in as the person to be admitted. The names of the patronesses are printed: Mrs. Hartman Kuhn Mrs. Harry McCall Mrs. Charles Macalater Jr. Mrs. Francis Peters Mrs. George Blight and Mrs. Edward Merrell. With this is a light pink sheet 16 x 12 cm. folded and printed with the dates Mon. Jan. 15 Tues. Jan. 30 and Thurs. Feb. 8 and times. The music began at 9:00 the German Cotillion was at 12:00 and the balls ended at 3:00. The Dancing Assembly of Philadelphia also known as "The Assemblies" was established in the winter of 1748-49. Remaining an annual tradition into the 21st century the Assembly Ball is the oldest continuously operating subscription dance in the United States. To attend one either had to be a subscriber a person invited who pays a fee to attend or be sponsored by a subscriber. After the Civil War the Assemblies were held at the Academy of Music until 1904 when it moved to the Bellevue Stratford Hotel. Langhorne Wesley Wister 1834-1891 was the son of William Wister and Sarah Logan Fisher Wister and served as a Brev. Brig. Gen. in the Civil War. No year is given; 1872 1877 and 1883 are the years in which the calendar corresponds to the dates given between the end of the Civil War and Wister's death. In Fine Condition: clean and crisp. unknown
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1945013939New York: Lewis Historical Publishing 1945. Very Good condition. Complete in 5 large heavy volumes: 523pp. 566pp. 625pp. pp. 1-700 pp. 701-1340. Shipping at cost. All 5 volumes are square and remarkably tight considering their size. Inner hinges are perfect. Corners are NOT bumped. All plates and text pages are clean and unmarked with NO foxing. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Illustrated with hundreds of steel engravings and other plates not counted in the pagination. There are over 1000 illustrations and photos in all. Uniformly bound in the original sturdy gray cloth. Each volume is stamped with a bright blue spine panel and lettered in blue and gold. Volumes 1-3 contain an exhaustive history of New Jersey prepared by some of the region's most qualified historians. Volumes 4 and 5 are "mug books" with biographical sketches of the state's favorite sons -- prominent figures from New Jersey industry education politics and commerce. Included are a wide range of biographies from the truly great and important to ordinary citizens from Thomas Edison to the local plumbing contractor no offense intended to any local plumbing contractors. Apparently anyone willing to pay for the privilege could get their picture and biographical profile published here. Even so these volumes are of interest and importance for the wealth of historical and biographical data and hundreds of portraits and photos available from no other single source. Two indexes: one for volumes I-III and another for volumes IV-V. . First Edition. Oversize Hardcover heavy. Very Good condition. 5 volumes. 3054pp. plates. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Lewis Historical Publishing Hardcover
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192834262Historical Publishing Company. 1928. Hardcover. Very Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Signed by TYhomas Murphy . Historical Publishing Company hardcover
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61323850Edward Elgar Publishing Limited pp. xiv 218 . Hardback. Used. Edward Elgar Publishing Limited hardcover
197636138Lower Savannah Council of Governments. VG/NONE. 1976. Spiral bound. Results of a statewide historical survey published in 1971 and now revised enlarged and updated in this copy. Covers Aiken Bamberg Calhoun Allendale Barnwell and Orangeburg counties. Includes information on natural history prehistoric history historic buildings historic sites unique architecture historic districts historic structures other than buildings monuments statues cemeteries etc. in the area. 189 numbered pages w/b&w photos and the following foldouts: Historical Sites Location Map in color very good condition; Geological Formations and Prehistoric Indian Survey Map in color very good condition. Spiral bound with light minor cover wear; pages tight clean unmarked. ; . Lower Savannah Council of Governments, unknown
026184Philadelphia PA: Avil Printing Co. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Royal blue cloth lettered in silver foil bevelled edges oblong format. Cloth is mildly soiled with a few light surface marks slightly rubbed at corners and spine extremities overall quite decently preserved. Binding cord reinforced with cloth slightly separating at hinges but quite firm clean interior a few leaves showing short closed edge tears. 48 pp. including many local advertisements for Phoenixville Pottstown Philadelphia Reading Royersford Norristown Allentown Valley Forge Spring City Conshohocken etc. some illustrated with a photograph of the New Armory on p. 3 with a full history of the Griffin Battery "the Organization now known as Battery 'C'" commencing on p. 22 with photographs the original roster current officers and NCOs John Denithorne Captain musicians privates and a precis of the National Guard of Pennsylvania also reproduced engravings of Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg the Battle of Malvern Hill and Hampton Roads. Exceptionally scarce. Avil Printing Co. Hardcover
1914RS586Washington Square Philadelphia PA: Wilmer Atkinson Co. 1914. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Tan 1/4 cloth pictorial paper-covered boards. Covers moderately rubbed/soiled corners rounded with exposure. Hinges firm possibly mended. 240 pp. 1st ed. Accompanied by folding map supplied in facsimile actual size. Wilmer Atkinson Co. Hardcover
1975039380Salem NJ: Salem County Cultural and Heritage Commission 1975. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Collected. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. The first 12 issues of the New Jersey historical journal collected and bound in a special limited edition in burgundy "leatherette" cloth lettered in gold foil. Each issue ranges 28-48 pp. all illus. most about 36 pp. Binding is mildly rubbed at corners and extremities with minor repair along lower rear hinge. Short gift inscription on front flyleaf. Issues vary a bit in size. Sepia pictorial dust jacket shows several edge chips and a few short tears with associated creasing now in mylar. Very scarce. Salem County Cultural and Heritage Commission Hardcover
192017134Atlantic City. NJ: Atlantic City Convention and Publicity Bureau 1920. Lithographed color front and rear graphic art deco design with 12 panels of information with blue graphics and b/w photo displays. 4 by 9 inches opening to 24 inches. <br /> <br /> Folds a bit tender with small openings on some edges.<br /> <br /> There are no institutional copies located in OCLC/WorldCat.<br /> . The brochure is a welcome to Atlantic City a mesmerizing destination that seamlessly blends health leisure and excitement! <br /> <br /> This captivating brochure beckons you to explore a city renowned for its therapeutic value making it an ideal health resort. But that's not all! Embrace the allure of being a Convention City of the first rank attracting visitors from far and wide. <br /> <br /> The heart of the action lies within the iconic Boardwalk and piers where entertainment reigns supreme. Stroll along this world-famous promenade surrounded by vivacious scenes and marvel at the smartly attired throngs that fill the eye with charm. In Atlantic City life thrives in a perpetual holiday atmosphere sparking and scintillating like the facets of a finely cut diamond. Come and experience the magic for yourself! Atlantic City Convention and Publicity Bureau unknown
191120093New York: New York Zoological Society. 1911. Hardcover. Very Good. Boards with light rubbing to extremities and with light bumping to corners. First and last few pages with foxing. ; Reports committees officers finances and the animals; B&W Photographs; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 134 pages . New York Zoological Society hardcover
1976055277Winston-Salem N. C.: Martinsville-Henry County Woman's Club / Hunter Publishing Co. 1976. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Quarto. 173 pages Indexed. Hardcover with a brown pictorial dust jacket. The jacket is worn and has some edge tears and chips especially at the headcap of the spine. The book is sound with secure inner hinges. There is a nick in the cloth at the bottom edge of the front cover. Text is clean. Illustrated throughout. <br/> <br/> Martinsville-Henry County Woman's Club / Hunter Publishing Co. hardcover
1922045046Philadelphia PA: Christopher Sower Co. 1922. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. FIRST EDITION 1922. Blue cloth lettered/illus. in gilt. Mildly rubbed corners and spine extremities. Front fixed endpaper shows former owner's signature and notation address label. First several leaves slightly trimmed along fore-edge. Firm binding. 427 pp. illus. w/ b&w plates folding frontis tape mend. Interior shows scattered underlining some in pencil some in ink. Very scarce. Christopher Sower Co. Hardcover
