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8vo., First Edition, with plates, illustrations and maps in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
1985063360Apollo PA: Closson Press 1985. Book. As New. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Volumes 1 and 2 of an eventual 7 uniformly bound in stiff tan wraps lettered in blue. As issued. v133 v142 pp. Closson Press Paperback
193593577No Place: New York State Conservation Department 1935. This book has a light brown heavy paper cover with gilt lettering brown printed illustration no spine lettering. Front cover depicts a nature scene with people canoing and a deer's head; back cover is titled "Out of the Past" in gilt with an old-fashioned portrait framed by the gilt smoke of a campfire. A fiftieth-anniversary celebration of conservation efforts in New York State since 1885 illustrated throughout with sepia-tint photos detailing state park systems efforts to preserve native wildlife reforestation projects and more. 199 pages; approx. 7"x10". Book is in good condition with some water stains edgewear soil and wear to the spine ends. 1st Edition. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Photo Illustrated. New York State Conservation Department Paperback
189336162Washington:: Government Printing Office. Fair/NONE. 1893. Hardcover. Hardbound copy apparently belonging to J. C. C. Conquest Cross Black with a note possibly written in Black's hand in ink on front pastedown and reading thus: J. C. C. Black H of R 53 Congress. From his old commander Gen Jos Wheeler. Note: This does not appear to be inscribed/signed by Wheeler as the handwriting differs markedly from Wheeler's. A very worn copy in green cloth with bowed covers hinges cracked but still holding though just barely spotting significant tears and wrinkles at upper spine. Some pages corner-creased. A resident of Augusta Georgia Black born in Stamping Ground Kentucky in 1842; died in Augusta in 1928 served as a Confederate soldier in the 9th Kentucky Cavalry in Georgia Tennessee and Kentucky. He was also a lawyer state legislator and US representative. General Wheeler born in Augusta Georgia attended West Point becoming one of the youngest Confederate generals at age 26. He also served as Major General of Volunteers in Cuba during the Spanish-American War. ; . Government Printing Office hardcover
198942354New South Associates. VG/NONE. 1989. Softcover. Paperback of report prepared for the National rust for Historic Preservation. Illustrated. Crisp attractive copy with only the mildest of shelfwear. ; . New South Associates, paperback
198735869South Carolina Department of Highways and Public Transportation. 1987. Softcover. Paper covers show edgewear rubbing/soil. Pages unmarked. The results of the excavation of the Jimmie Green Lime Kiln Site an 18th-century lime kiln in the Charleston area. 176 numbered pages with lengthy appendices. ; . South Carolina Department of Highways and Public Transportation, paperback
Oblong 4to., with a frontispiece, and very numerous illustrations from photographs and detailed scale drawings in the text; grey cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published in Conway's outstanding 'Anatomy of the Ship' series featuring probably the most detailed drawings ever produced for historical naval publications. Law 1732.
065635691X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
026576288X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
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
1875BOOKS071605IPhiladelphia PA: Porter and Coates 1875. HC. good original green cloth hardcover. B&W illustrations. Very nice clean and tight copy with bright green cloth covers. Four maps laid in at the rear. 425pp ads. Porter and Coates unknown
1995901200<p>Louis P. West Sr. 1995. First printing. Paperback. Very Good . Softcover. Illustrated with black & white photographs and maps.</p> Louis P. West, Sr. paperback
1995006376Ringwood New Jersey: Privately Published. 1995. Fine condition. Bright shiny clean and tight. The spine is square and flat. Pages are crisp and unmarked. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Not a remainder. Softcover. 8.5" wide by 11" tall. In 1920 at the age of seven the author moved to Ringwood Manor Estates when his father was hired by Miss Sally Hewitt to manage the property. This book begins with his recollections of what Ringwood was like in the 1920s. There are also chapters on Ringwood's superstitions and beliefs the greatest social event mines and forges old country store rocket-plane Gloria Montclair Greenwood Lake Railroad etc. Profusely illustrated with nearly 150 old photographs portraits document facsimiles and hand-drawn maps. Laid-in are 2 promotional advertisements from the publisher. Bound in the original photographic wraps. . INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR. First Edition. Oversize Softcover. Fine condition. vii 203pp. Privately Published. Paperback
190223000623Atlantic City New Jersey: Atlantic City Daily Press 1902. Near-fine. A couple small short tears. Minor toning. Original illustrated poster and price list advertising prospective lots in the West Atlantic development in Atlantic City New Jersey. Styled as the "Venice of America" the new development hoped to target the upper class in search of a European-esque summer holiday destination. The poster includes prospective sketches of the buildings; the price list includes prices for dozens of lots/blocks within the development. A revealing record of how new developments were being marketed to the American public in 1902.<br /> <br /> Printed poster measures 23" by 16.75". Price list is single vol. 6" by 4" pp. 8 stapled in original printed wrps. The development does not appear to have been successful if the company's inclusion in a 1906 list of "Obsolete Securities" is any indication. Atlantic City Daily Press unknown
pp. xviii, 364 + Plus photographs taken by the author. Map endpapers. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket, slightly worn. Book Club edition. WWII 1
1976002742Boonton New Jersey: Boonton Historical Society 1976. Fine condition in a Near Fine dust jacket. NOT price clipped $10.00. NO chips. NO tears. Bright clean square tight and unmarked. Sharp corners. NOT a book club edition. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Well-illustrated with maps prints document facsimiles and vintage photos. Endpaper maps. A history of the early days in 'Old Pequannoc' later Boonton Montville and Pequannock Morris County New Jersey. Includes accounts of early settlers; the iron works built in 1829; development spurred by the availability of fuel Pennsylvania anthracite coal transported by the Morris Canal; the world-famous nail factory; William Lathrop John Hill Dr. John Grimes and the abolitionist movement; the Underground Railroad; Boonton's disproportionate contributions to the Union in the Civil War a sixth of the population enlisted; the great fires of 1873 and 1906; etc. Wendt says there are no connections between present-day Boonton and Old Boonton which today lies buried beneath the waters of the Jersey City Reservoir in Parsippany. Appendix. Chapter notes. Index. Bound in the original gilt-decorated blue cloth. Complete with dust jacket. First Edition so stated. Hardcover. Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo. xi 173pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Boonton Historical Society Hardcover
1976002741Boonton New Jersey: Boonton Historical Society 1976. Fine condition in a Near Fine dust jacket. NOT price clipped $10.00. NO chips. NO tears. Bright clean square tight and unmarked. Sharp corners. NOT a book club edition. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Well-illustrated with maps prints document facsimiles and vintage photos. Endpaper maps. A history of the early days in 'Old Pequannoc' later Boonton Montville and Pequannock Morris County New Jersey. Includes accounts of early settlers; the iron works built in 1829; development spurred by the availability of fuel Pennsylvania anthracite coal transported by the Morris Canal; the world-famous nail factory; William Lathrop John Hill Dr. John Grimes and the abolitionist movement; the Underground Railroad; Boonton's disproportionate contributions to the Union in the Civil War a sixth of the population enlisted; the great fires of 1873 and 1906; etc. Wendt says there are no connections between present-day Boonton and Old Boonton which today lies buried beneath the waters of the Jersey City Reservoir in Parsippany. Laid-in are 2 "Old Boonton" birds-eye-view map postcards and other related materiel. Appendix. Chapter notes. Index. Bound in the original gilt-decorated blue cloth. Complete with dust jacket. First Edition so stated. Hardcover. Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo. xi 173pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Boonton Historical Society Hardcover
8vo., First Edition thus, with a fine portrait frontispiece and 6 plates; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with small loss at upper edge of front panel and head of backstrip. First trade edition of an account first issued in a limited edition by the 'Liverpool Daily Post' in 1948. Enser, p.298; Law, 0222 (recording the 1948 edition).
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with portrait frontispiece, 36 plates on 24 and endpaper maps, neat signature on half-title; original blue cloth, upper board blocked in in gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy. Bright, crisp copy of the first and by far the scarcest of all the contemporary accounts of Walker's exploits (his groups sank 23 U-boats in total). Well illustrated with photographs (some less usual). Wemyss commanded WILD GOOSE; this account forms the basis of his later 'Relentless Pursuit' (1955). SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.384; Law, 0222.
1986010581Self-Published 1986. Book. Good. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Both books smell musty Volume one is in very good clean condition and is signed and inscribed by the author. Volume two is signed by the author. It was damp the pages are wavy. Page 61 had an envelope flap stuck to the edge of the page obscuring the last few words of a paragraph. These volumes are very large and heavy and will cost more to ship than the quoted postage amount. Self-Published Hardcover
1987067158Birdsboro PA: Pennsylvania German Society 1987. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Stiff ivory illus. wraps. Covers slightly soiled/tanned nearly as issued. 1st ptg. vi122 pp. Scarce. Pennsylvania German Society Paperback
1976063444Breinigsville and Philadelphia PA: Pennsylvania German Society/The Free Library of Philadelphia 1976. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Complete in two volumes oblong format uniformly bound in tan linen lettered in red. Very slight soiling along edges of front flyleaves otherwise as issued essentially new. Vol. 1: xxxiii pp. 277 color illus. 300 pp. total. Vol. 2: b&w illus. #s 278-1021 indices 300 pp. total. Among the essential references on Pennsylvania German fraktur. Pennsylvania German Society/The Free Library of Philadelphia Hardcover
1976067409Breinigsville and Philadelphia PA: Pennsylvania German Society/The Free Library of Philadelphia 1976. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. Limited. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Deluxe edition No. 107 of 500 printed on all-rag paper specially bound in burgundy 1/4 cloth patterned paper over boards signed by designer Richard Ellis and compilers Weiser and Heaney. Complete in two volumes oblong format slipcased. Vol. 1: xxxiii pp. 277 color illus. 300 pp. total. Vol. 2: b&w illus. #s 278-1021 indices 300 pp. total. Laid in Vol. 2 is a color reproduction of a Taufschein by the Sussel-Washington Artist Lebanon Co. PA issued only in this edition. Among the essential references on Pennsylvania German fraktur in the relatively scarce limited/deluxe edition. Both volumes show lightly sunned spine panels otherwise as issued; original slipcase is sunned a bit unevenly with slight shelf wear thus Near Fine. Pennsylvania German Society/The Free Library of Philadelphia Hardcover
1976067813Breinigsville and Philadelphia PA: Pennsylvania German Society/The Free Library of Philadelphia 1976. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Complete in two volumes oblong format uniformly bound in tan linen lettered in red. Vol. 1: xxxiii pp. 277 color illus. 300 pp. total. Vol. 2: b&w illus. #s 278-1021 indices 300 pp. total. As issued. Among the essential references on Pennsylvania German fraktur. Pennsylvania German Society/The Free Library of Philadelphia Hardcover
1976061503Breinigsville and Philadelphia PA: Pennsylvania German Society/The Free Library of Philadelphia 1976. Book. New. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Complete in two volumes oblong format uniformly bound in tan linen lettered in red. Brand new unopened still in original publisher's shrinkwrap. Vol. 1: xxxiii pp. 277 color illus. 300 pp. total. Vol. 2: b&w illus. #s 278-1021 indices 300 pp. total. Among the essential references on Pennsylvania German fraktur. Pennsylvania German Society/The Free Library of Philadelphia Hardcover