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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
1971eef6597Sidney N.Y.: New York State Troopers 1971. This anniversary pamphlet has a white soft cover with a black-and-white photo of a trooper on a horse with gilt lettering along the top. It is bound with staples. Cover has some soil wear. This booklet details the 50th anniversary celebrations planned for Troop C of the New York State Troopers in Sidney N.Y. Illustrated with black-and-white photos. 8 pages approx. 6"x8". Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Illustrated. New York State Troopers Paperback
1976301753Otego New York: New York Atego Town Board 1976. This is a first edition bicentennial history of Otego NY which provides a complete history of the town from its earliest known settlement up to the time of publication. The book has a gray cloth cover with maroon cloth spine and bright gilt spine lettering. Inner boards are mapped a loose folded map of the town is also included. Book is still in shrink wrap with no visable wear 207 pages including biliography 9 x 6. Hard Cover. As New/No Jacket. Illus. by Yes. New York Atego Town Board Hardcover
1971060850Lansdale PA: Fretz Family Association 1971. Book. Near Fine. Buckram. Facsimile Reprint Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Royal blue buckram lettered in gold foil. First facsimile reprint edition of the 1890 edition published by the Mennonite Publishing Co. Elkhart IN. 607 pp. illus. Minor rubbing to corners and joints. Immigrant families settled in Tinicum and Plumstead now Bedminster Townships Bucks County Pennsylvania and were associated with the Mennonite congregation at Deep Run. Fretz Family Association Hardcover
1971013544Lansdale PA: Fretz Family Association 1971. Book. Fine. Buckram. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Burgundy buckram lettered in gold foil. Facsimile reprint of the 1890 edition published by the Mennonite Publishing Co. Elkhart IN. 607 pp. illus. Inscribed on front flyleaf by former owner who has provided some genealogical information and whose parents are mentioned in this volume. Otherwise as issued. 1st edition thus 1st reprint edition. Immigrant families settled in Tinicum and Plumstead now Bedminster Townships Bucks County Pennsylvania and were associated with the Mennonite congregation at Deep Run. Fretz Family Association Hardcover
1977013545Lansdale PA: Fretz Family Association 1977. Book. Fine. Buckram. Facsimile Reprint Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Burgundy buckram lettered in gold foil. Facsimile reprint of the 1890 edition published by the Mennonite Publishing Co. Elkhart IN. 6078 pp. illus. Inscribed on front flyleaf by former owner who has provided some genealogical information and whose parents are mentioned in this volume. Otherwise as issued. 3rd reprint edition following printings in 1971 and 1973 with an additional unnumbered 8 pages at rear not included in the 1971 edition. Immigrant families settled in Tinicum and Plumstead now Bedminster Townships Bucks County Pennsylvania and were associated with the Mennonite congregation at Deep Run. Fretz Family Association Hardcover
1923222774Lancaster PA: Jacob Eby 1923. Book. Good Minus. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Subtitled: "From Their Arrival in America to my Grandparents Peter and Margaret Hess Eby Their Descendants My Uncles Aunts and Cousins Their Births Deaths and Ages Together with Their Companions as Well as I Was Able to Learn". Hardcover 50 pp. scarce 1923 1st Edition privately printed by the author. Traces family genealogy from their 1715 arrival from Holland or Switzerland to 1923. Book Condition : Good-; boards slightly cocked; stain to top left rear cover; tape repair to pp. 43-46; bumping to spine ends; some page tip creases; toning to free end papers; binding tape repair inside rear cover. No Dust Jacket as issued. a. Jacob Eby Hardcover
2007805R66Ludlow: Merlin Unwin Books Ltd. 2007. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 11" by 10.5". R. Randolph Ashton. A presentation copy of this beautifully illustrated work on salmon rivers published for the North Atlantic Salmon Fund. A presentation copy presented by Orri Vigfusson an Icelandic environmentalist whose primary goal was to restore the abundance of wild salmon on either side of the North Atlantic. Presented 'with mind and soul from Iceland'.Vigfusson contributed a two-page article to this volume focusing on Sela. With illustrations throughout in colour by R. Randolph Ashton. Containing a foreword by HRH the Prince of Wales. Presented in an excellent unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original full cloth binding with an unclipped dust wrapper. Externally very smart; just a little bumped to the extremities and the head of the spine. Dust wrapper is in excellent condition with just the slightest wear to the head of the spine and extremities. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine Merlin Unwin Books Ltd. hardcover
1997BOOKS072407IRoseland NJ: NJSCPA 1997. HC. very good pictorial boards hardcover. B&W illustrations. .ITS BUSINESSES AND ITS PEOPLE." 245pp. NJSCPA unknown
1928007350Toronto Ontario: The Ryerson Press 1928. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Covers are clean. Front hinge is cracking and is a bit loose. First front endpaper is missing. Previous owner has pasted a printed description of the the book on the inside of the front cover. Otherwise a very nice copy. The Ryerson Press Hardcover
196929988University of Georgia Press. 1969. Hardcover. 0820300276 . 1969 reprint w/clean unmarked cover/contents. Mild internal foxing. No DJ. ; . University of Georgia Press, hardcover
1997067204Reading PA: Reading Public Museum 1997. Book. Illus. by Earl L. Poole. Fine. Hardcover. Presentation Copy. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Green cloth lettered/illus. in gold foil. As issued. Stated 1st ed. Color illus. dust jacket Near Fine with 1 1/2" closed tear to upper front joint slight shelf wear now in mylar. viii335 pp. Author's presentation copy book not signed but accompanied by 1-pg. typed letter signed TLS from the author to Morning Call journalist Jim Kelly dated Oct. 1997. Reading Public Museum Hardcover
1917059762Doylestown PA: B. F. Fackenthal Jr./Fackenthal Publication Fund for Bucks County Historical Society 1917. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Collected. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Volumes I-IV VII VIII 6 volumes of an eventual 8 reprinting the papers presented to the Bucks County Historical Society. Uniformly bound in red cloth spine panels lettered in gilt. All volumes show minor soiling to cloth and slight rubbing to extremities with text block edges typically a bit tanned by age mild rubbing to portions of edges. Vol. VIII is minimally ex-library with call label on lower spine F&M College Gift of B. F. Fackenthal Jr. book plate mounted inside front cover. Vol. VIII shows minor loss nibbling at top corner through most of text block not affecting any text this copy thus Good only the set overall VG. Firm bindings clean interiors. Approx. 600-750 pp. per volume. B. F. Fackenthal, Jr./Fackenthal Publication Fund for Bucks County Historical Society Hardcover
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
1927008561Philadelphia PA: Leary Stuart Co. 1927. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Burgundy cloth paper title label on spine panel deckled edges top edge in gilt. Vintage reprint of the improved edition with records provided in German and English translation listing of passenger names as transcribed numerous appendices. Originally issued in 1876. x495 pp. Essential volume for researchers of Pennsylvania German genealogy. Light shelf wear some annotations to front pastedown otherwise clean. Howes R-504. Leary, Stuart Co. 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
199437528Thomasville Ga. :: The Thomas College Regional Resource Center. 1994. Hardcover. Copper-colored lettering and decoration on green cloth covers; oversized hardback stated first edition with minor cover wear. Long nonauthorial gift inscription in ink on front endpaper. Pages tight clean unmarked. No DJ as issued. Ecological study of the Red Hills region of Georgia in the border area north of the Georgia-Florida line. Covers ecological resources economics and demographics archaeology history geology. Illustrated with photos maps etc. ; . The Thomas College Regional Resource Center. hardcover
1984046518Centreport PA: Milton K. and Luella E. Blatt/Centreport Centennial 1984. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Red cloth lettered in gold foil. Former owners' names/address/date inked on lower main title slight residue from address label removal along top edge of front fixed endpaper otherwise as issued. ii631 pp. illus. Very comprehensive history of this Berks Co. community. Milton K. and Luella E. Blatt/Centreport Centennial Hardcover
1984048819Centreport PA: Milton K. and Luella E. Blatt/Centreport Centennial 1984. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Red cloth lettered in gold foil. As issued. ii631 pp. illus. Very comprehensive history of this Berks Co. community. Milton K. and Luella E. Blatt/Centreport Centennial 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
194844924University of Georgia Press. G/NONE. 1948. Hardcover. Hardback 1948 first edition in gray cloth covers showing light wear along edges minor. Underlining in pencil. Previous owner's name in ink on front pastedown and rear free endpaper. No DJ. NOT library discard. ; . University of Georgia Press, hardcover
2010149731FL: M & K Publishing. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Cellophane on the front and the spine of . the dust jacket is crinkly dust jacket spine is also sun faded. 2010. Hardback. 0615413757 . Signed and inscribed by the author ; 384 pages . M & K Publishing 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
196840479Self-Published. VG/NONE. 1968. Hardcover. Hardcover format in gilt-decorated blue cloth; includes 47-page softbound supplement with corrections to the Joshua Moore line. Covers clean with minor shelfwear very light spotting on spine; pages tight clean unmarked; light foxing of textblock edges . 731 pages with index illustrations. No DJ as issued. Not a former library copy. ; . Self-Published, hardcover
