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1863223270Skippackville PA: J.M. Schuenemann 1863. Book. Good. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Titled - Short Questions Concerning the Christian Doctrine of Faith According to the Testimony of the Sacred Scriptures Answered and Confirmed.For the Purpose of Instructing Youth in the First Principles of Religion. Small hardcover 140 pp. In English. Translated by Daniel Rupp. Published on the 100th anniversary of Rev. Christopher Schultz's original catechism issued both for religious education of youth but also to prepare Schwenkfelders emigrating to America. Book Condition : Good; pencil notes to free end papers including notation dated '08; foxing to pages inside covers and text block not affecting legibility; creases to the top of some pages; top spine end separated; a few chips to covers near corners. J.M. Schuenemann Hardcover
1875008202Philadelphia: John C. Clark & Sons 1875. Fine. 4 p.; 46 cm. Form no. 45 Executor's Trustee's or Guardian's Deed printed and sold by John C. Clark & Sons Philadelphia. Elijah Stover 1827-1878 and David S. Stover 1836-1916 executors of the will of their father Jacob K. Stover 1800-1875 late of Towamensing Township Montgomery County Pa. sell to Christian S. Stover 1841-1914 also of Towamensing Township for $2121 a 10-acre tract of woodland in Towamensing Township on the Green Lane Road. Signed by Elijah Stover and David S. Stover as well as witnesses Ella R. Boorse and J. C. Boorse and signed and sealed by J. C. Boorse as justice of the peace; signed by George Schall for the Recorder John W. Schall when it was recorded on April 27 1876 with embossed stamp of the county. John Cassel Boorse 1831-1914 served as a justice of the peace from 1863 until his death in 1914. He was also a surveyor conducting the original survey for Lansdale and a director of the Lansdale Waterworks. In Fine Condition: clean and bright. John C. Clark & Sons unknown
188429907State of New YORK NATIONAL GUARD. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1884. Hardcover. National GUARD; Military; Description: This lot features the following historic document: Year: 1884Dimensions: Frame measures 18" by 12"Details/Condition: This original framed IN OLD FRAME document is the signed certificate stating membership in the New York National Guard. The paper is dated February 23 1884. Not examined out of frame. The brown wooden frame contains the printed and hand-lettered piece which shows age wear and some yellowing; some tape show-through is also visible. Adt'l graphics of back and closeups of names available. . State of New YORK NATIONAL GUARD hardcover
1896234211896. TransportationIndustrial Disasters Atlantic City railroad disaster photo archive likely documenting the July 30 1896 collision west of Atlantic City New Jersey one of the deadliest American railroad accidents of the 1890s. The wreck occurred when a West Jersey Railroad excursion train carrying members of the Improved Order of Red Men fraternal organization from Bridgeton and Salem crossed the Reading Railroad line and was struck by a Philadelphia express crushing loaded passenger coaches and leaving dozens dead and injured. The local Atlantic City photographer's stamp the beach and pier crowd the open rail junction the smashed wooden coachwork and the dense public gathering around the debris all support identification with the Atlantic City disaster rather than a more inland wreck. <br /> <br /> Photo archive of 4 albumen photographs each approx 7.5 x 8 inches mounted on boards measuring approximately 10 x 12 inches Atlantic City New Jersey likely 1896. At the wreck site men in suits caps work clothes and shirt sleeves stand among splintered timbers exposed wheel assemblies broken coach framing twisted metal and scattered railroad debris. A damaged passenger car remains partly upright with its roof torn open and side panels crushed while another wreck scene includes telegraph poles parallel tracks a railroad signal and a wide crowd gathered across the right of way. Workers and onlookers climb over the wreckage stand on overturned components and cluster around the remains of the coaches giving the scenes the character of both recovery work and public witnessing. The fourth view shows the community Atlantic City's shore economy with men women and children gathered along the beach and crowded across a pier many in formal summer dress hats and parasols. Verso stamp reads: "W. Crompton & Co. 132 N. South Carolina Ave. Atlantic City N.J. Duplicates can be furnished at Short Notice."<br /> <br /> By the 1890s Atlantic City had become a major East Coast resort town and railroad access was central to its growth; the same excursion system that filled its beaches also concentrated large numbers of passengers in wooden cars vulnerable to catastrophic collision. The presence of a local commercial photographer's stamp is significant indicating that these disaster scenes circulated as purchasable local views for an audience already accustomed to buying Atlantic City souvenirs. Mounts toned and soiled prints faded with some loss of contrast scattered surface wear and staining to mounts one with slight loss at upper right corner; overall in good condition. The archive preserves the immediate aftermath wreckage and response to a major Atlantic City disaster in the late 19th century. unknown
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
18730048521873. Near Fine. 5 handwritten letters to William Ward 1873-1879 regarding the Philadelphia and Chester County Railroad which existed from 1872 to 1885; it was succeeded by the Philadelphia Midland Railroad. William Ward was one of the organizers of the Philadelphia and Chester County Railroad and in 1874 was the president and treasurer pro tem. Letters #1 and #2 Sept. 5 and Dec. 5 1873 are from Jos. H. McKeehan an attorney in Philadelphia who is writing about deliquent subscribers to the railroad. Letter #3 Dec. 18 1873 is from the Village Record a newspaper in West Chester Pa. with a copy of the advertisement that ran in the paper listing the dates that instalments from railroad subscribers were due in 1872. Letter #4 Nov. 26 1875 is from John Smith of Ridley Park about a plan to petition to vacate a street and public ground adjoining Mr. Bartol's purchase. Letter #5 Sept. 8 1879 from the superintendant of the Government Paper Mill in Dalton Mass. complaining about the appointment of counters and watchmen at the mill presumably to Ward as a congressman. William Ward 1837-1895 studied law and was admitted to the Pennsylvania bar in 1859. He opened a practice in Chester; was involved in real estate and banking; served as a member of the Chester city council and as city solicitor; and was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Delaware County in the 45th 46th and 47th Congresses 1877-1883. In Near Fine Condition: light soiling; bright and intact. unknown
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
1876056379Philadelphia PA: Ig. Kohler 1876. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brown pebbled cloth lettered in gold foil. 2nd revised/enlarged edition 1st ptg. thus: 1876. Scarce original edition of a standard genealogical reference. Mild wear with rubbing and minor exposure to corners and spine extremities. Firm binding intact hinges. Two small vintage color litho. illustrations mounted inside front cover former owner's signature inked on front blank otherwise unmarked. Ig. Kohler Hardcover
1872003074Philadelphia: Kay & Brother 1872. Hardcover. Very Good. Second edition. 8 791 p.; 25 cm. Contemporary full calf; black spine labels reading: Smith's Forms of Procedure Pennsylvania." Small stamp on front fixed endpaper and title page verso: "Law Office of Thomas Lack 115 North High St. West Chester Pa." Blank leaf following front free endpaper inscribed: "Thomas Lack April 28th 1891" and "Geo. Guier Cardwell." A few notations; small slip tipped in between p. 162 and p. 163 section on decedents. Includes 65 items under Lunatics and Habitual Drunkards. In Very Good Condition: both boards have been sensatively re-attached by conservator whose report is available on request; lacking original leather spine labels which have been reproduced in period style; small loss of leather at ends of spine; occasional soiling primarily in the table of contents. A solid copy of this mid-19th-century Pennsylvania legal form book. Kay & Brother hardcover
1876EEF4442Schenevus NY: Monitor Book and Newspaper Printing Establishment 1876. This antique hardcover book is bound in blue paper boards with a tan leather spine and tan cloth corners. Paper has some light soil water spots; spine has cracks and has chipped away for the most part binding is very fragile some other wear. Inner pages are mostly clean though browned and endpapers have foxing with owner's name at front. This book gives a history of the town of Maryland N.Y. 66 pages plus advertisements; approx. 5"x8". First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. Illus. by None. Monitor Book and Newspaper Printing Establishment Hardcover
1831004874Philadelphia: M'Carty & Davis 1831. Hardcover. Very Good . 976 p.; 25 cm. Contemporary full calf with five spine compartments between raised bands. Leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title: Purdon's Digest 1830. Formerly there was a second label in the fourth compartment. Blind-rolled chain border on each board. Former owner's name on title page and endpapers: J. Miles. Contains the Constitution of the United States the Constitution of Pennsylvania and the laws of Pennsylvania arranged by topic. In Very Good Condition: lacking one original spine label; leather is rubbed with several small scrapes; leather over spine is starting to crack; light foxing; pages are somewhat browned but clean and tight. A solid copy. M'Carty & Davis hardcover
1834046082Trenton NJ: Daniel Fenton 1834. Book. Good. Full-Leather. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Two volumes bound in one full original calf spine title label missing. Leather is rubbed along edges and joints with some surface rubbing. Firm binding lacking front flyleaf with minor loss to main title affecting "S" in "State." 266xii339 pp. Lacking map as usual. Interior shows foxing generally minor ranging to moderate and some dogeared corners. Daniel Fenton Hardcover
1897028262Self-Published 1897. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Dark green cloth decorated/bordered in blind lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed corners and spine extremities a few light spots to cloth. ii24 pp. rear blanks index color armorial crest frontis. with minor Japanese paper repair to bottom corner. Inscribed by author to Samuel Townsend on front flyleaf dated 19 April 1897. Accompanied by several manuscript sheets of additional family data recorded in pencil also some notations in pencil on a rear blank. Exceptionally scarce. Self-Published Hardcover
1848009170Not Indicated: Not Indicated 1848. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. History of Lancaster Lebanon Dauphin Counties Pennsylvania touching also on York Cumberland Berks Schuylkill and Northumberland Counties specifically providing the township borough and county boundary descriptions in the period between 1729 and 1848 during which time Dauphin County was formed from portions of Lancaster County and Lebanon County formed from portions of Dauphin and Lancaster. Brown 1/4 leather mottled paper over boards with "Halifax Township" possibly indicating former Township ownership gilt on leather label on front panel. Leather is chipped with some loss at both spine extremities; board edges and corners are rubbed. Former ownership inscription of W. J. Daniel Elizabethville Dauphin Co. PA" on front pastedown dated 1915. Front endpapers show soiling and a stain that bleeds through lightly onto the first plate. 14 pp. index illus. w/ 6 hand-colored plates No. 1 shows approx. 1" square of loss to blank portion of page. Interior shows occasional light soiling with a dime-sized soil mark on the top edge of each leaf near the binding gutter. No publisher information provided though contents indicate publication date in or about 1848. Contents: Derry 1729 Peshtank Twp. 1729 Lebanon Twp. 1729 Hanover Twp. 1739 Bethel Twp. 1739 Berks County 1752 Heidleburg Twp. 1757 Upper Paxton Twp. 1767 Londonderry Twp. 1768 Division of Hanover into East and West Hanover 1785 York Cumberland and Northumberland Counties Dauphin County Middle Paxton Township 1787 Harrisburg Borough 1791 Annville Twp. 1799 Swatara Twp. 1799 Halifax Twp. 1804 Lykens Twp. 1810 Lebanon County 1813 Susquehanna Twp. 1815 Schuylkill County Mifflin Twp. 1819 Rush Twp. 1820 Derry and Londonderry Twp. as Re-formed 1826 Jackson Twp. 1828 Lower Swatara Twp. 1840 Wisconisco Twp. 1840 South and East Hanover Twps. out of West Hanover 1842 Jefferson Twp. 1842 Washington Twp. 1846. Plate No. I: Peshtank Derry Lebanon Twps; No. II: Paxton West Hanover East Hanover Bethel Heidelburg Lebanon Londonderry Derry Twps.; No. III: Upper Paxton Lykens Halifax Middle Paxton Twps. to 1810; No. IV: Swatara Annville Twps. 1785-1813; No. V: Susquehanna Lower Paxton West Hanover East Hanover South Hanover Derry Londonderry Lower Swatara and Swatara Twps. 1848; No. VI: Mifflin Washington Wisconisco Jackson Jefferson Rush Twps. to 1848. Overall exterior rates G-VG with interior excepting the one damaged plate noted above VG to Near Fine. Extremely scarce. Not Indicated Hardcover
1837001821Reading Pa: George Getz 1837. Hard Cover. Very Good. Title continued: "Besides many other forms useful to the farmer mechanic and trader." Second edition enlarged and improved. xi 1 143 1 p.: facsimiles tables; 27 cm. Contemporary half calf with green paper over boards. Six spine compartments between double gilt rules; red morocco spine label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title: Getz' Forms. Complete imprint: "Reading Pa. George Getz. Philadelphia--George & Byington Geo. W. Mentz & Son. Printed by John C. Clark 60 Dock Street Philadelphia." Running title: Precedents in Conveyancing. A scarce ante-bellum legal form book. Of particular note is the form for a bond to be made before a marriage to permit the woman to make a will after marriage to dispose of those furniture clothing and other goods she owned prior to the marriage. In Very Good Condition: cover is rubbed and soiled; slight loss of leather at head of spine; corners are rubbed through; foxing throughout; otherwise clean and tight. George Getz unknown
18970008084Rochester NY: George P. Humphrey 1897. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo viii 41 pages clothbacked printed yellow boards toned <br/><br/>Copy no. 275 of only 300 initialled by G.P.H. Printed by The Genesee Press. Howes C762 . The nitty-gritty about the whys and hows of planning the town of Cooperstown New York. Told in a series of letters to William Sampson of NYC - but originally published in Dublin in 1810. The New Preface by James Fenimore Cooper Jr. explains how that happened. George P. Humphrey hardcover
188917253Chester Pennsylvania: Board of Trade. Very Good. 1889. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean blue cloth with gilt title on spine. Pictorial frontispiece. Engraved illustrations of locations and portraits. Two small mended bottom edge tears that do not interfere with text. Text Is tight clean and intact. Located on the west bank of the Delaware River. 99 pages including 31pages of advertisements. Pennsylvania ; 8vo 8" - 9" ; 99 pages . Board of Trade hardcover
1900031217Bethlehem PA: Times Publishing Co. 1900. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original edition rebound in dark green cloth lettered in gold foil on spine panel new head- and tail-bands. Thus presents "as issued" with fully intact text block. xii632 pp. Transactions of the Moravian Historical Society Vol. VI here issued separately. A lovely gift-quality copy rendered considerably more durable by virtue of rebinding ideal for a historical society collection. Times Publishing Co. Hardcover
1881biblio672<p>This is a completely preserved near-unique copy of a Lancaster County Pennsylvania Dutch congregation with its surrounding ministries recorded in 1881 and thus invaluable source of cultural hiustory as well as genealogical data. A true rarity.</p><p>Phoitos on request.</p> Record Printing Office hardcover
1810056000Richmond: Published by the Author 1810. 1st Edition . Leather Bound. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. vii 446 1 pages. Hardcover bound in original full leather. The binding is quite worn and there is brown cloth tape over the spine and around all edges of the boards. Title written in white one the spine. Front inner hinge is reinforced with book cloth tape. The front pastedown has an early owner's inscription faint and an early Richmond Virginia bookseller's ticket reading "Sold by John R. Jones / Nearly opposite Eagle Tav. / Richmond". The title page and the first few pages have heavy damping. text is browned. There are a couple of inscriptions one early on the rear pastedown. <br/> <br/> Published by the Author hardcover
1870DEMO003141IPhiladelphia: John Campbell 1870. First edition. printed wrappers. Good . Octavos 478 pages wrappers of pt.1 very chipped worn; others very good - fine. <br/><br/>Containing a Full Account of the First Dutch and Swedish Settlements with a description of its geography and geology. Howes V110. This is the Issue in 15 Parts. John Campbell unknown
1877799Pennsylvania: Valley Sentinel Office 1877. Hardcover. Fair. Blue hardcover lacking dustjacket no additional printings listed so probably first edition. A fair to good copy with heavy wear to the extremeties most pronounced at the spine ends. Both hinges are split and fragile but boards still attached. Front free endpaper detached otherwise all pages bound in and intact. Previous owners inscriptions to the first blank - one from 1881 and one from 1968 - otherwise an unmarked copy. Pages with age toning and a bit of foxing text clean and legible. 263 pp. indexed ahistory of the church's first 100 years. Laid in at front is a newspaper article from the local paper about a man who brings his chair to the Presbyterian Church to spend the day after the local benches were all removed. <br/><br/> Valley Sentinel Office hardcover
1828PHO-2111Paris, Baudry, 1828. 4 volumes in-8 (18,5 x 10,5 cm), reliés plein cartonnage d’époque, dos lisse avec pièces de titre et tomaison, quelques frottements aux pièces, coins légèrement usés, très peu de rousseurs. Illustré d’une carte dépliante en frontispice du premier volume.
189837825Augusta Ga.: Richards & Shaver. 1898. Hardcover. Hardcover in black cloth showing heavy silverfishing/spotting; gilt bright but flaking a tad in some places. Hinges sound uncracked; pages tight clean with occasional marginalia in pencil; some uneven age browning of pages and endpapers due to laid-in material now removed . 59 pges. ; . Richards & Shaver, hardcover
1821PHO-1025London: Longman, Hurst. 1821. in-8 ,XI + 320 pp. ,illustré avec 2 cartes (1 facsimilé)et 5 gravures in texte , relié pleine percale , dos lisse avec pièce de titre et auteur et date ,rousseurs sur le titre