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183816452Harrisburg: Printed By E. Guyer. Very Good. 1838. First Edition. Hardcover. Contemporary binding 3/4 leather over marbled boards. Spine has raised bands and gilt title. Interior of text is tight clean & intact. Eleven foldout illustrations: Estimate of cost tables estimate of locks stone culverts and masonary work. Canal Commissioners John Dickey E. F. Penny Packer Thaddaeus and Stevens. First and last pages are lightly age toned. Canal Pennsylvania ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 164 pages . Printed By E. Guyer hardcover
183816594Harrisburg PA: Printer Boas & Coplan. Very Good. 1838. First Edition. Hardcover. Four volumes in one. Message from the Governor and Report of the Canal Commissioners 1839. 146pp. Annual Report of the Canal Commissioners . 1840. 249pp. Canal Commissioners Transmitted to the Governor.1841 149pp. James Wallace Printer. Report of the Canal Commissioners.1842. 87pp. Rebound in clean brown buckram cloth with gilt title on spine. Twenty-five fold-out reports tables and charts. Interior of text is tight clean and intact . Statements Estimates Tonnage Reports Name of Routes and Canal Tolls. Railroads. An amazing amount of facts and details Re: canals and railroads Philadelphia Railway Franklin Lines Allegheny Railroad Gettysburg Railway and Columbia Railroad. Pennsylvania; Fold out Reports; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 631 pages . Printer, Boas & Coplan hardcover
193216305New York: Government Printing Office. Very Good. 1932. Reprint. Hardcover. Ten bound in pamphlets with covers. Pamphlets are reprints from the following: 1 Algonkin Sequence in N. Y. 2 Culture Sequence in N. Y. 3 Unique Prehistoric Workshop site. 4 New Archaeological Discoveries at Brewerton N. Y. 5 Frontenac Island Village & Burial Site. 6 Excavations in a Prehistoric Village Site near Bainbridge N. Y.7 Prehistoric Burial Site at Sea Breeze N. Y. 8 Symposium on Cherokee and Iroquois Culture. 9 Archaeological Manifestations and Relative chronology in the North-East. 10 Paleopathological Evidence Suggesting Pre-Columbian Tuberculosis in New York State. Text's interior is tight clean & Intact . B/W photograph illustrations. Native American; B/W Photograph Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Government Printing Office hardcover
195216151New York: University of the State of New York. Very Good. 1952-61. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean blue buckram cloth has gilt title on spine. Text interior is tight clean intact. Illustrated with b/w photographs and 9 maps. Soft cover bulletins bound in a hard cover. 1 Traces of Early Man in the North east 1957. 2 Typology and Nomenclature for New York Projectile 1961. 3 Recent Discoveries Suggesting an Early Woodland Burial Cult in the Northeast 1955. 4 The Eastern Dispersal of the Adena With Dragoo 1960. 5 Introduction to Hudson Valley Prehistory 1958. 6 The Chance Horizon An Early Stage of Mohawk Iroquois Cultural Development 1952. 7 An Early Owasco Sequence in Eastern New York 1953. Prior owners book-plate. New York ; B/W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . University of the State of New York hardcover
7248Grenoble, Arthaud, collection "Les Beaux Pays", 1958, 1 br.,couverture rempliée, illustrée par Yves Brayer. in-8 de 243-(6) pp. + 1 carte dépliante, orné de 180 photos ;
196839480Greenwood Press Publishers. VG/NONE. 1968. Hardcover. 0837102006 . Hardcover 1968 reprint with errata page bound in. Black cloth covers show only very minor wear including gently bumped corners. Spine lettering dulled darkened. Pages tight clean unmarked. No DJ. A Charleston-born lawyer with a deep interest in horticulture and travel Poinsett served in the South Carolina legislature and as an agent of President Jackson during the nullification controversy. He was America's first minister to Mexico and introduced his fellow countrymen to the poinsettia plant which bears his name. Not a former library copy. ; . Greenwood Press, Publishers, hardcover
1894012522Jersey City New Jersey: Jersey City Printing Company 1894. 5.75" wide by 8.5" tall. Original blue printed wraps. Rear wrap lacking. Front wrap chipped at edges. Internal condition is VERY GOOD. Bright clean & unmarked. No store stamp owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. . First Edition. Softcover. Good condition. 40pp. Jersey City Printing Company Paperback
190461529<p>NY: New Harlem Publishing Company. Good with no dust jacket; Pocket scar and markings on front pastedown endpaper hinges cracked fore-edge of title page tattered. 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. Navy cloth binding titled in gilt on spine. Frontispiece photo portrait of the author. xiv 908pp index appendices folding map at rear illustrations and photos. Subtitle continued: Prefaced by Home Scenes in the Fatherlands; or Notices of its Founders Before Emigration also Sketches of Numerous Families and the Recovered History of the Land-Titles. Ex-historical society copy. Detailed history of the Dutch settlement of the Harlem neighborhood in Manhattan. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .</p> New Harlem Publishing Company hardcover
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
grand in-8°, 221 pages, illustre hors texte N/B, broche, couverture illustree plastifiee à rabats. Bel exemplaire. [109B-18]
Oversize. 385 p., illus. Drawings by the author. Hardcover Very good condition good
1875008332Chester Pa: Manufacturers' Association of Delaware County 1875. Very Good. 5 printed documents published by the Manufacturers' Association of Delaware County Pennsylvania in 1875 1876 and 1877. #1: 20 x 13 cm. Announcement of a meeting of the Manufacturers of Delaware County to be held on Nov. 20 1875 "to obtain relief from the burdensome and unequal taxation suffered" by those manufacturers. By order of Samuel Riddle president of the group. Pencil notations on the back headed "Riddle mill burned." #2-3: 26 x 21 cm. Printed notice dated Nov. 29 1875 from a committee of Manufacturers of Delaware County urging individual manufacturers to explain to their county assessor "the great depreciation in the value of machinery since the last triennial assessment." The committee are Amos Gartside James Stephens and Abram Blakeley. Includes a list of assessors of Delaware County for 1876. There are 2 copies of this one with an ink note reading: "Jno. R. Rhodes." #4: 21 x 13 cm. Printed letter dated May 6 1876 from William Ward "Acting for Committee of Delaware County Manufacturers." Ward who represented Pennsylvania in Congress from 1877 to 1883 requests the recipient to have the "enclosed memorial" signed by all employees "both male and female" to be used during the debate on the Morrison Free Trade Bill. #5: 21 x 25 cm. Printed letter dated Jan. 29 1877 from Amos Gartside and James Stephens on behalf of the Committee of Delaware County Manufacturers. To manufacturers urging them to talk to the county assessors in their districts about the burden put on Delaware County manufacturers by the "unfair and unequal valuation and taxation of machinery." Very scarce. In Very Good Condition: all are lightly creased; closed 2-cm. tear from edgeof #1; several closed tears of less than 1 cm. from edges; minor loss near upper edge of #1; slight discoloration on #5. Manufacturers' Association of Delaware County unknown
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
187216635Albany N. Y.: Argus Company Printer. Very Good. 1872. First Edition. Soft Covers. Report of the Commission appointed by chapter 868 Laws of 1871 entitled "An act to foster and develop the internal Commerce of the state by inviting and rewarding the practical and profitable introduction upon the canals of steam caloric electricity or any motor other than animal power for the propulsion of boats." Clean blue paper covers with black title on front cover and a few tiny edge chips. Interior of booklet is tight clean & intact. New York Canals; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 20 pages . Argus Company (Printer) paperback
187416633Albany N. Y.: Weed Parsons & Co. Very Good. 1874. First Edition. Soft Cover. Chapter 868 Laws of 1871 entitled "An act to foster and develop the internal commerce of the state by inviting and rewarding the practical and profitable introduction upon the canals of steam caloric electricity or any motor other than animal power for the propulsion of boats. "For the year 1873. Original clean tan paper covers. Interior of booklet is tight clean & intact. Steam on the canals. New York State Canals ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 89 pages . Weed, Parsons & Co paperback
1916008906Wilkes-Barre PA: Wyoming Historical and Geological Society 1916. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Separate. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Reprinted with slight changes from the Proceedings of the Wyoming Historical and Genealogical Society Volume XIV. Green cloth paper title label on spine panel some loss deckled edges. 195 pp. frontis. portrait. Slightly rubbed at corners moderately rubbed along spine panel with some discoloration rear hinge slightly starting. Wyoming Historical and Geological Society Hardcover
1991019500London: Gollancz 1991. First edition so stated. Fine in fine dust jacket not price clipped in protective mylar cover. SIGNED COPY signature only by the author on the title page. Bibliomystery involving playwright Augustus Maltravers and the murder of one of his favourite actress. The fifth novel featuring the charismatic amateur detective Augustus Maltravers. He is thrilled and intrigued when invited to interview an actress who had mysteriously disappeared from the London scene 20 years earlier but his investigations uncover murder and unleash a torrent of hatred. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book. Gollancz Hardcover
1995034057Sunbury PA: Northumberland County Historical Society 1995. Book. Fine. Spiral Bound. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Blue stiff wraps lettered/illus. in black spiral-bound. As issued. ix665 pp. Scarce. Northumberland County Historical Society Paperback
1896063991Clarence M. Busch State Printer 1896. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Complete in two 2 volumes uniformly bound in dark violet cloth spine panels lettered in gilt. 628 636 pp. illus. w/ color and other plates many folding maps. Cover cloth partially rubbed and flecked with minor surface loss in a few spots and minor loss in joints bindings firm. Contents generally clean with a few pages and one map in Vol. II showing mild dampstaining in bottom margins. Several maps in Vol. II have been refolded and show edges projecting beyond text block with some resultant wear but no loss or damage to printed portions of any maps. Overall Vol. I VG Vol. II G-VG CONTENTS: Vol. I The Indian Forts of the Blue Mountains; The Frontier Forts between the North and West Branches; The Frontier Forts within the Wyoming Valley Region; The Frontier Forts in the Cumberland and Juniata Valleys; Vol. II The Frontier Forts of Western Pennsylvania. Clarence M. Busch, State Printer Hardcover
1899016753Dover New Jersey: Press of the Iron Era 1899. Very Good condition. Inner hinges starting to crack. Small hole in outer rear hinge. See photos. NOT a library discard. Pages are creamy white clean and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Hardcover. First Edition. Published by Authority of the Common Council of Dover New Jersey. This copy is signed on the flyleaf by "C. H. Benedict Recorder 1902-3." Index. Bound in the original brown pebble-grain cloth. Gilt titles on the front cover and spine are still bright and shiny. Laid-in are two ephemera including a printed copy of the 1903 ordinance "providing for the Licensing of Inns and Taverns and Beer Saloons and regulating the sale of malt brewed vinous and spirituous or other intoxicating liquors." Full title: "The Charter of the Town of Dover New Jersey and the Supplements Thereto with the By-Laws and Ordinances of the Common Council The Board of Excise Commissioners and the Board of Health and the Titles of Ordinances Relating to Streets.". First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition. 8vo. 147pp. Press of the Iron Era Hardcover
1905061510Lancaster PA: Pennsylvania German Society 1905. Book. Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Stiff blue wraps lettered in dark blue rough-cut text block edges. 545592978 pp. Covers creased and with several small edge chips. Binding square and firm with stress creasing. Back cover shows a few areas of loss along edges and dampstaining along top edge not affecting interior. Also includes reports from 25 Oct. 1904 annual meeting at Germantown. A decent reference copy. Limited to 550 copies scarce. Pennsylvania German Society Paperback
1918070025Pennsylvania German Society 1918. Book. Very Good. Original Wraps. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. PGS Vol. XXVI. Proceedings and addresses at Reading 15 Oct. 1915. Light tan stiff paper wraps lettered in dark blue and red with color lithographed main title page. A few small chips to cover edges. Square binding light stress creasing. 7332400 pp. illus. w/ b&w plates foldout color map. Clean interior. Pennsylvania German Society Paperback
1918061482Pennsylvania German Society 1918. Book. Very Good. Original Wraps. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. PGS Vol. XXVI. Proceedings and addresses at Reading 15 Oct. 1915. Light tan stiff paper wraps lettered in dark blue and red with color lithographed main title page. Edges typically with a few chips modest loss along lower rear fore-edge. Square firm binding with several stress creases. 7332400 pp. illus. w/ b&w plates foldout color map. Clean interior never read unopened along top text block edges. Pennsylvania German Society Paperback
1918016564Pennsylvania German Society 1918. Book. Very Good. Original Wraps. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. PGS Vol. XXVI. Proceedings and addresses at Reading 15 Oct. 1915. Light tan stiff paper wraps lettered in dark blue and red with color lithographed main title page. Chipped with minor loss along front fore- and bottom edge bottom front corner chipped away some loss along bottom rear edge; front cover with crease along joint and somewhat brittle paper. Square firm binding at the moment though with several stress creases; entire text block drilled through approx. 3/4" from top and bottom edges along joint as if once housed in some sort of binder. 7332400 pp. illus. w/ b&w plates foldout color map. Clean interior appears never read. Exterior VG- interior solid Near Fine to Fine. Pennsylvania German Society Paperback
1996ZB398261Springer-Verlag 1996. 472 pp. hardcover ex library else text clean & binding tight. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Springer-Verlag hardcover
