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190254902NY: Bryant Union Publishing Company. Good; Lower corner of front covers missing sticker liftoff on front . cover rear hinge cracked pages toned. 1902. Hardcover. Photo-illustrated stapled card covers. Folding map of the Hudson River at rear. Many photos and illustrations. Describes Hudson River landmarks from Albany to New York City. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall . Bryant Union Publishing Company 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
1914070523Washington Square Philadelphia PA: Wilmer Atkinson Co. 1914. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Green 1/4 cloth pictorial paper-covered boards. Covers moderately rubbed/soiled corners rubbed with exposure. Hinges firm possibly mended. Former owner's book plate curiously mounted on manilla sheet glued to front flyleaf. 304 pp. 1st ed. Scarce. Wilmer Atkinson Co. Hardcover
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
1918045499Philadelphia PA: The Huguenot Society of Pennsylvania 1918. Book. VG. Original Wraps. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Partial run of the annual proceedings of The Huguenot Society of Pennsylvania comprised by Volumes I 1918 through XIII 1935 and XVI 1942 all uniformly bound in stiff light blue wraps except for Vol. I royal blue hardcover and combined II-III medium blue wraps. Hardcover slightly rubbed at extremities volumes in wraps with uniformly light handling wear some tanning/soiling to covers and rubbing to extended cover edges contents clean and unmarked all VG or better. Each issue ranges approx. 40-100 pp. most about 80 pp. illus. w/ b&w photographs presenting a range of historical and genealogical articles relating to the 18th-century immigration of French Protestants to Pennsylvania and other parts of North America. Includes the George Washington Bicentennial Number 1932 and the Lafayette Centenary 1935. The Huguenot Society of Pennsylvania Paperback
1975212217Charlottesville VA: University Press of Virginia 1975. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. No markings in text. Very Good binding. University Press of Virginia unknown books
1912006419Lancaster Pa: Lancaster General Hospital 1912. Hardcover. Very Good -. Printed by Conn & Slote Lancaster Pa. 224 p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Plain black cloth. No date of publication; section about the Lancaster General Hospital is dated 1912. Contains advertisements for Lancaster County businesses. Recipes include: apple snow; meat cakes; apple omelet; walnut pie; transparent pies; temperance mince pie; Comanche candy; kippered cherries; and various ice cream and water ice recipes. In addition to recipes includes other household tips such as how to take care of your parasol during the winter and how to bleach a straw bonnet. Handwritten recipe on front fixed endpaper for sponge cake from "Mrs. S." The Memoranda pages include two handwritten recipes: "Gertie Rogers fine Ginger Cake" and "Miss Landis Devil Food." Scarce. In Very Good- Condition: edges rubbed; tail of spine starting to fray; cloth is lightly soiled; older solid repair of both hinges; occasional minor stain on pages; otherwise clean and solid. Lancaster General Hospital hardcover
1853019409Bethlehem PA: Church of the United Brethren 1853. Book. VG. Half-Leather. First Collected. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brown 1/2 leather brown pebbled cloth spine panel lettered and with bands stamped in gilt. Bound periodical containing the full year of publication 12 issues each issue approx. 40/- pp. continuously paginated. 438 pp. indexed. Leather mildly rubbed along joints and spine extremities a bit scuffed on spine panel. Text block edges a bit dulled by age mild foxing to endpapers and several early/late leaves interior otherwise clean showing minor offsetting. Book plate of Linden Hall Library Lititz PA on front pastedown. Very scarce mid-19th century publication with articles on Moravian history theology missionary efforts etc. Church of the United Brethren Hardcover
1850019408Bethlehem PA: Church of the United Brethren 1850. Book. VG. Half-Leather. First Collected. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brown 1/2 leather brown pebbled cloth spine panel lettered and with bands stamped in gilt. Bound periodical containing the initial year of publication 12 issues each issue approx. 40/- pp. continuously paginated. 445416 pp. indexed. Leather mildly rubbed along joints with small puncture along lower front joint a bit scuffed along spine panel. Text block edges a bit dulled by age mild foxing to endpapers and several early/late leaves interior otherwise clean showing minor offsetting. Book plate of Linden Hall Library Lititz PA on front pastedown. Very scarce mid-19th century publication with articles on Moravian history theology missionary efforts etc. Church of the United Brethren Hardcover
1944047509Reading PA: Holy Rosary Church 1944. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Brown burgundy and gold paper covered boards. Modest soiling and cover wear. Firm binding clean interior. Illus. w/ b&w photographs. Scarce. Holy Rosary Church Hardcover
1921007841Narberth Pa: Narberth Choral Society 1921. Paperback. Good. 44 p.: illustrations; 22 cm. Tied with red thread; wrapper printed in red and black. The chorus was conducted by Clarence C. Nice. The soloists in this concert were soprano Lucy Marsh and violinist John Richardson. The chorus was accompanied by the Victor Orchestra. The Narberth Choral Society was created in the spring of 1921 opened the Steel Pier in New Jersey in June 1921 and as this program indicates performed at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City in Nov. of that year. There is no evidence that it continued to exist after that year. In 1923 Clarence C. Nice conducted the San Carlo Opera in 1928 he became director of the Rollins College conservatory by 1932 he was at the Orlando College of Music and in 1935 he became state director of the Florida Federal Music project. American soprano Lucy Isabelle Marsh 1878-1956 recorded frequently for the Victor Talking Machine Co. from 1909 to the late 1920s both under her own name and under the name Anna Howard. Violinist John Richardson 1906-2004 was a child prodigy born in Philadelphia who performed with many orchestras in the Mid-Atlantic region. After attending Curtis he joined the Philadelphia Orchestra. In 1935 he became concertmaster of Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians. He later joined the Dallas Symphony and the Baltimore Symphony. Includes many advertisements for businesses in the Ardmore-Philadelphia area. Quite scarce. In Good Condition: wrapper lightly soiled; dampstain at upper corner of a few pages; otherwise clean and solid. Narberth Choral Society paperback
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
1903044996R. J. Polk Co. 1903. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Thus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Royal blue cloth both covers and spine panel lettered in gilt text block edged in gilt. 728 pp. ccxvi 216 pp. advertisements. Directory of the city of Pittsburgh and adjacent/nearby towns and communities. Cover cloth modestly soiled and rubbed. Firm binding clean interior. R. J. Polk Co. Hardcover
1913031160Selinsgrove PA: Snyder County Historical Society 1913. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Complete run of the Bulletin 1913 through 1962 issued irregularly 7 additional issues through 1980 41 total all booklets in variously colored stiff wraps. The issues from Vol. I No. 1 1913 through Vol. II No. 8 1946 are collectively bound into one volume black leatherette spine panel lettered in gilt; Vol. III No. 1 1947 through Vol. III No. 10 1956 are collectively bound into a second volume dark blue buckram spine panel lettered in gilt; the remainder Vol. IV Nos. 1-4 6 1959-62 1964 1968 1976-80 are loose as issued. All bound issues retain original wraps. Both hardcovers are minimally ex-library with call labels mounted on lower spines but did not circulate and thus show virtually no wear; the loose issues show minor shelf/handling wear. A rare opportunity to acquire the majority of this scarce historical run in virtually unused condition the bound issues exceptionally well preserved. Issues vary in length from 20 pp. to 170. The Bulletin was issued erratically over the years but we have collated volume and issue numbers to guarantee completeness please note that no volumes were issued between 1956 and 1959. Snyder County Historical Society 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
189849548Albany NY: State of New York. Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn hinges cracked corners . bumped. 1898. Hardcover. Annual report covering the year 1897 by the Fisheries Game and Forest Commissioners of New York State. Numerous photographs and illustrations maps one color folding map of catchment basins of some New York State rivers has hole in center. Green decorated cloth boards. Includes sections about maple sugaring game fish fish hatcheries fishways wood-ducks snipe forestry forest reservoirs and other topics. Some beautiful color plates of fish species. Nine color plates by Sherman F. Denton of Cisco White Bass Silver Chub Female Common Whitefish Rocky Mountain Trout Steelhead Golden Shiner Alewife and Male Common Whitefish. Five color plates by J. H. Ridgway of birds: Kingfisher Great Blue Heron Male Woodduck Female Woodduck and Wilson's Snipe. ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 455 pages . State of New York hardcover
194225612Thornwell Orphanage. 1942. Hardcover. Gilt-stamped blue cloth covers moderately shelfworn w/spotting on rear panel. Pages tight unmarked with foxing. 316 pages with frontis of Rev. William Plumer Jacobs founder of Thornwell Orphanage and Presbyterian College Clinton South Carolina. In addition to a history of the orphanage brief biographical sketches and photos of various residents of Thornwell some in wartime uniform are included. ; . Thornwell Orphanage, hardcover
1857010632New York: J. Disturnell 1857. Book. Good-VG. Buckram. Second Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Original edition rebound in light green buckram gilt stamped title on spine panel. 172 pp. 32 pp. at rear of excursions appendices advertisements. Identified as 2nd Edition based on statement in Appendix. Ex-library copy stamped endpapers several stamps on early leaves from Mercantile Library and Free Library of Philadelphia. Title page slightly dampstained with small area of darkening along fore-edge of several early leaves. Approx. 1/2" notch of paper loss along top edge of Contents leaf. Otherwise nicely intact interior though evidently slightly trimmed. Graded as Good-VG due less to defects than to rebound/trimmed status. Exceptionally scarce early guide in fact one of the earliest promotional publications that led to the emergence of Niagara Falls as the premiere natural tourist attraction it later became. J. Disturnell Hardcover
197960852<p>Einhorn Yaffee Prescott. Very Good; Covers toned and lightly worn. 1979. Softcover. Illustrated card covers with white plastic comb binding. Historic structure report for the Albany New York historic Union railroad station prepared by Einhorn Yaffee Prescott for the New York State Office of General Services. Maps illustrations photos. Laid in is handwritten letter on Einhorn Yaffee Prescott letterhead by project architect thanking the previous owner for loan of materials used for this report. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 194 pages .</p> Einhorn Yaffee Prescott paperback
1876004112Philadelphia: Pomeroy Whitman and Company 1876. Very Good . 1 double-leaf print from the 1876 Atlas of York County Pa. Signed "Ray Del." Contains an aerial view of the ironworks with inset illustrations showing sections of the house front department and the machine shop as well as several close-ups of machinery. Also shows a steam locomotive on the train tracks running in front of the ironworks. The ironworks was located on W. North Street in York. The company was founded in 1840 by Elisha Geiger and Samuel Bechtol; other partners during the 19th century included Alexander Small Edward G. Smyser and Smyser's sons. "E.G. Smyser" appears over the central door in the print with "Variety Iron Works" above that. In 1877 it opened an office in Baltimore where much of the ornamental ironwork was sold. The company also produced iron castings for J.W. Fiske Co. in New York City beginning in 1869. The company continued to operate until 1941. As of 2013 the central building was being used by the York Academy Revinoal Charter School. In Very Good Condition: slight staining along edges not impacting the image; solid and otherwise clean. Pomeroy, Whitman and Company unknown
Roma, Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato, 1970, in-8, brossura editoriale, pp. 96. A cura dei Servizi Informazioni e Proprietà Letteraria della Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri.
19050972-06Portland/Maine, Nelson 1905. quer-gr.-8°. 1 Textseite u. 47 photogr. Taf. OKart. ill.
199663967<p>Wappingers Falls NY: Shawangunk Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1996. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Limited edition of 350 signed copies bound in dark green leatherette and used in buff cloth-covered slipcase. Photos and illustrations throughout including many in color. Examines the research and technique of L. F. Tantillo's meticulous paintings of historical scenes of Albany and other parts of upstate New York. Essays by Stefan Bielinski Shirley W. Dunn Charles T. Gehring Wendell Tripp David R. Gould Paul R. Huey Philip Lord Jr. Roger W. Mabie and Joseph F. Meany. Introduction by Warren Roberts. Index list of works exhibited selected readings. ; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall .</p> Shawangunk Press hardcover
1949024720West Chester PA: West Chester Sesqui-Centennial Committee 1949. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Original edition bound in sturdy blue cloth with title in gold foil on spine panel. Sturdy reference copy presenting "as new." Original wraps lacking replaced with plain blue paper wraps bound in. Text block shows slight handling edges slightly trimmed. 152 pp. illus. w/ b&w photographs. Scarce. West Chester Sesqui-Centennial Committee Hardcover
1934039836New Cumberland PA: The Mimeograph Service Shop 1934. Book. Good. Soft cover. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stiff gray wraps lettered in red and black. 192 pp. Handling wear with creases to both covers some soiling a few inked notations and doodles on front cover. The Mimeograph Service Shop Paperback
