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1991056907Elverson PA: Printed at Olde Springfield Shoppe for the Author 1991. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stiff tan wraps lettered/illus. in black. Ex-genealogical society copy typically marked/stamped but did not circulate and thus shows only modest wear with mild binding lean. 1st ed. vi97 pp. illus. Primarily Berks and Lancaster counties Pennsylvania. Printed at Olde Springfield Shoppe for the Author Paperback
12774London: John Tallis The London Joint Stock Newspaper Co. circa 1860 . Size of the engraved image 8 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches size overall 15 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches. On good quality paper not newspaper stock. Printed caption identifying the subject "Col. Tal. P. Shaffner LL.D. etc. Projector of the North Atlantic Telegraph" below the image. Very good and with good margins; ideal for framing. From "The National Portrait Gallery of Eminent Personages" issued as a supplement to "The Illustrated News of the World" which was published 1858-1864. With the original printed leaf of text giving biographical details of the subject. [ London: John Tallis, The London Joint Stock Newspaper Co. circa 1860 ]. unknown
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
20082083002117803895Kogeido 2008. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 204p Size: 21cm Kogeido paperback
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
1993008491Westport Conn: Greenwood Press 1993. Hardcover. Fine. xii 486 p.; 23 cm. Maroon cloth with gilt spine and cover titles. Part of the publisher's series Reference Guides to State History and Research. Contents: Indian Pennsylvania by Daniel K. Richter -- Early Settlement and Peacetime Politics 1680-1750 by Marianne S. Wokeck -- Revolutionary Pennsylvania 1760-1790 by Mary M. Schweitzer -- Democratic Pennsylvania 1790-1850 by John M. Belohlavek -- Pennsylvania and the American Civil War by W. Wayne Smith -- Industrial Pennsylvania 1876-1919 by Raymond M. Hyser and Dennis B. Downey -- Modern Pennsylvania 1919-1990 by James A. Jolly -- Archives and Manuscript Repositories by Roland Baumann. In Fine Condition: clean and tight. Greenwood Press hardcover
1538205688.Glibrary. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
1924055707Richmond Va.: AppealsPress Inc. 1924. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Royal Octavo. 525 pages indexed. Hardcover nicely rebound in full navy blue buckram with a square or the original blue cloth with title in gilt laid down on the front cover. Light wear to the binding. A sound copy with secure inner hinges. New endpapers. Text is lightly toned but is clean. An attractive copy which can be safely handled. Collates complete with all illustrations. <br/> <br/> AppealsPress, Inc. hardcover
197647346Augusta College Press. VG/NONE. 1976. Hardcover. Hardback first printing with mild cover wear; hinges sound uncracked; pages tight clean. No DJ as issued. Not a former library copy. ; . Augusta College Press, hardcover
195245827Batesburg S. C. :: The Bruner Press. G/NONE. 1952. Hardcover. Gilt-lettered green cloth covers with moderate wear including small paint spots scratches silverfishing/spotting on rear cover wear at spine ends; hinges sound uncracked; pages tight clean unmarked. 216 pages with illustrations and 3 foldout maps. This history of an early South Carolina settlement covers the following: Indians of area history of Salem Lutheran Church Elizabeth Finch history of Cedar Grove Congregation Old Lexington Baptist Church Sherman's raid J. Russell Boggs W. D. Wise. Families mentioned: Caughman Langford Drafts Holley Crout Shealy Roberts Sease Adams Addy Austin Derrick Craps Snelgrove Swygert Hallman Huff Oxner Risinger Lybrand Eargle Hite Fulmer Nichols Hayes Black. ; . The Bruner Press, 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
195357326<p>Hempstead NY: Hempstead Fire Department. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn spine rubbed. 1953. Hardcover. Blue cloth. Black and white photos. Notes. History of the Hempstead Volunteer Fire Department on New York's Long Island. Only two copies located in WorldCat and none listed for sale in the trade at the time of listing. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 183 pages .</p> Hempstead Fire Department hardcover
047982Bloomsburg PA: Elwell & Bittenbender Publishers 1883. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1883 edition. Original dark blue cloth spine panel lettered in gilt. Rubbed along edges with mild exposure at corners rubbed spine extremities and joints darkened spine panel cloth. Front endpapers show former owner signature in pencil and several pastedown illus. not original to issue. Hinges mended firm. vii566 pp. illus. Text block typically tanned but otherwise intact. A decently preserved copy of a scarce county history. Elwell & Bittenbender, Publishers 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
1925055708<p>Martinsville Virginia: Bulletin Printing and Publishing Co. Inc. 1925. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 333 pages. Hardcover bound in light brown cloth. The binding is quite worn and is soiled from handling. EX-LIBRARY copy with full markings. Rear inner hinge is cracking. Library bookplates on the front pastedown. The text has some occasional notations. Illustrated. A reading copy only. <br /><br /></p> Bulletin Printing and Publishing Co., Inc. hardcover
1920060299Lancaster PA: Pennsylvania German Society 1920. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. PGS Vol. XXVII 27. Light blue wraps lettered in dark blue deckled text block edges. 27152 pp. Modest handling wear with a few light cover creases extended cover edges typically rubbed and with minor loss. Binding firm and square with several stress creases. Proceedings from Norristown meeting 1916 also contains minutes President's address reports of the PGS Secretary and Treasurer election of officers constitution bylaws. History of Goshenhoppen Reformed Charge Montgomery County PA also the PA German in the Civil War. Pennsylvania German Society Paperback
197930450Columbia S. C. :: R. L. Bryan . 1979. Hardcover. 0934870004 . Cover clean bright; bookplate sticker shadow on endpapers. Slight textblock edge soil; pgs unmarked but hint of wavyness as if dampstained. No DJ. ; . R. L. Bryan , hardcover
1902043243Woodstock VA: W. N. Grabill 1902. Third Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo. 400 pages. Hardcover bound in original black cloth with spine titles in gilt. The binding shows moderate wear. A sound copy with secure inner hinges. There is damping in the gutter at the front near the top and the bottom. This is heavy at the very front and fades through the Introduction. There is also a little damping at the top edge of the rear endpapers which does not affect the text. A sound copy. There is a two-page Index at the rear. <br/> <br/> W. N. Grabill hardcover
18254New York: Lovell Coryell & Company. Hardcover. Very Good. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Hinges professionally repaired. Former owner's notes on front free endapaper. Pages darkened; Washington Irving's whimsical account of the early history of New York told by the third party "Dietrich Knickerbocker". Nice early edition. ND 1880 ; 12mo; 307 pages . Lovell, Coryell & Company hardcover
1903030716Bethlehem PA: Times Publishing Co. 1903. Book. VG. Cloth. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Brown cloth spine panel lettered in gilt front cover displaying vignette of Bethlehem's first house 1741 in gilt. Mildly rubbed edges and spine extremities minor exposure to bottom corners spine lettering a bit dulled by age. Firm binding with evidence of neat repair to front hinge rear hinge original and fully intact. Text block edges a bit toned by age. xv809 pp. illus. Times Publishing Co. Hardcover
199816601Pennsylvania: Desktop Publishing By Jeffrey F. Lorson. Near Fine. 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. 1883294711 . Clean pictorial glossy paper covered boards. Titles on spine & front cover. Interior of text is tight clean & intact. Illustrated with color and B/W photograph . Pennsylvania Lancaster County Fire Fighting; Color & B/W Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 120 pages . Desktop Publishing By Jeffrey F. Lorson hardcover
1992026848East Brandywine Historical Commission 1992. Book. Fine. Cloth. Second Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dark blue cloth lettered/illus. in gold foil. As issued. Dust jacket shows price sticker on front flap otherwise as issued now in mylar. Stated first edition second printing 1997 published in memorium of the author Barbara Paul who passed away that year. xvi160 pp. illus. Very scarce. East Brandywine Historical Commission Hardcover