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1999036292New York: The Cooper Union Alumni Association 1999. Book. VG. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Stiff white wraps perfect-bound French flaps. Approx. 12" tall x 5" wide. 148 pp. illus. w/ b&w photographs drawings reproductions of pages from vintage camp publications and orientations. Modest shelf wear covers lightly soiled two pinholes in front cover pinback removed modest binding lean. Clean unmarked interior. Very scarce history of the camp in the Ramapo Mountains of New Jersey donated to the Cooper Union in 1939 by Norvin Hewett Green a summer camp and retreat that remained open until 1973. Very scarce. The Cooper Union Alumni Association Paperback
1985020088Allentown PA: Self-Published 1985. Book. Near Fine. Unbound. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Loose-leaf photocopied typescript in 3-ring binder. Dated 15 May 1985. viii318 pp. index illus. w/ 2 maps. Mildly thumbed. Appears to be a complete transcription of all gravestones in Greenwood up to the point of compilation May 1985. Self-Published unknown
199347696Greenwood South Carolina:: The Museum. VG/G. 1993. Hardcover. 9780963478719 . Oversize hardcover with gilt-lettered black cloth covers that remain very clean bright with scant wear but for minor bumps to corner tips. Pages tight clean white. Many photos. Dust jacket lightly worn with 1-1/2 inch tear at upper front edge. Not library discard. ; . The Museum, hardcover
2010043846Wesleyville PA: Lyontamer Press 2010. Book. VG. Spiral Bound. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Stiff pale yellow pictorial wraps spiral-bound. Minor handling wear light crease to bottom front cover corner. iv263 pp. illus. w/ b&w photographs. Erie County PA. Very scarce. Lyontamer Press Paperback
201247726Augusta Georgia:: RR Books. VG/NONE. 2012. Hardcover. 282 pages of color images of vintage picture postcards from the collections of Reese Library at Augusta State University and the Augusta-Richmond County Historical Society depicting historic structures and scenes in Richmond County Georgia. Includes introduction bibliography and extensive index. Oversize hardback bound in gilt-lettered green cloth with scant wear. Pages clean bright white. No dust jacket as issued. A very attractive volume. ; . RR Books, hardcover
2009046927Orange Park FL and Oneida NY: Ingalls Publishing for Madison County Historical Society 2009. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 2nd Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Stiff color illus. wraps. 2nd ed. vi230 pp. illus. Minor shelf/handling wear. Square uncreased binding clean and unmarked interior. Ingalls Publishing for Madison County Historical Society Paperback
193920092New York: New York Zoological Society. 1939. Hardcover. Very Good. Boards with light wear and a bit of darkenting to extremities; Also known as the Bronx Zoo. Rewritten and revised from the original published in 25 editions from 1899 to 1938. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 258 pages . New York Zoological Society hardcover
1996057154Morristown NJ: Morris County Heritage Commission 1996. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Stiff color pictorial wraps. 50 pp. illus. As issued. 1st ed.: 1996. This copy from the collection of canal historian Harry J. Rinker. Morris County Heritage Commission Paperback
199634166Columbia S. C. :: University of South Carolina Press. F/VG. 1996. Hardcover. 1570031452 . Fine 1st edition in VG DJ w/minor shelfwear including indentations and scratching no tears . Crisp attractive copy. ; . University of South Carolina Press, hardcover
1976009157Washington New Jersey: Privately Published / Hicks Printing Company 1976. Very Good condition. A clean tight copy. The spine is square and flat. Pages are crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Softcover. 8.5" wide by 11" tall. This is a history of Hackettstown New Jersey in Warren County. Illustrated with many old prints and photographs. Among 12 chapters in this book are: The Settlement of the Musconetcong Valley; The Struggle for Independence; The Post-Revolution Era; The Canal Era Begins; The Incorporation of the Town; Hackettstown during the Civil War; Hackettstown's Industrial Era Begins; A New Century and a World War; The Prosperous Twenties and the Great Depression; Hackettstown During and After World War II; etc. List of chapter notes/sources after each chapter. Selected bibliography. Index. Bound in the original brown pictorial wrappers. The book's dedication is to The Hackettstown Historical Society. Laid in loose is a fine copy of a staple-bound booklet/program for Hackettstown's community celebration "Yankee Doodle Dandy Day July 4th 1976 in Recognition of the American Revolution Bicentennial 1776-1976" presented by the Committee on Tar and Feathering Hackettstown Howard J. Niper Chairman. . INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR. 1st ed No additional printings listed. Softcover. Very Good condition. vii 89pp. Privately Published? / Hicks Printing Company Paperback
1912025205Philadelphia: Dem Lokalen Organisations-Komitee des Kongresses 1912. Book. Near Fine. Three-Quarter Leather. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dark teal 3/4 morocco accented and lettered in gilt 5 raised spine bands marbled paper covered boards w/ matching marbled endpapers top text block edge in gilt. 160 pp. illus. w/ b&w plates rear folding map. Spine panel slightly sunned minor rubbing at corners and spine extremities slivers of surface loss to leather at top front and bottom rear corners. Map has minor tear along bottom fold and a small triangle of loss not affecting image along one edge. Vintage gift inscription in pencil on front blank otherwise unmarked. German language edition in the "deluxe" binding rather than the cloth of the English edition. Issued for the XII Internationalen Schiffahrtskongress International Congress of Navigation. Nicely preserved copy. Dem Lokalen Organisations-Komitee des Kongresses Hardcover
200783081101 Foundation. Good. 2007. Hardcover. Non-circulating library copy. Library labels removed from spine. Name/address stamped on top outside edges crossed out and on the title page. Security label on inside rear cover. Surface tear to rear cover from removal of library label. Contents clean. ; Ex-Library; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 314 pages; Extra postage required for priority and international shipping. . 101 Foundation hardcover
ria9780306448089_inpHardcover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; This volume contains invited papers and contributions delivered at the International Conference on Hamiltonian Mechanics: Integrability and Chaotic Behaviour held in Tornn Poland during the summer of 1993. The conference was supported hardcover
198556334<p>Ithaca: Roger Trancik. Very Good; Covers lightly worn. 1985. Softcover. Rural development strategies for various hamlets located in New York's Adirondack region. Photos maps and other illustrations. Sample hamlets include: Wilmington Port Henry Ausable Forks Bloomingdale Keeseville Indian Lake Long Lake Lyon Mountain Willsboro Star Lake South Colton and Speculator. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 132 pages .</p> Roger Trancik paperback
193535879Charleston:: Walker Evans & Cogswell Company. 1935. Hardcover. Second edition in red cloth covers showing small white spots on front cover; spine slant; darkening of spine making spine lettering difficult to read. Internal foxing; pages tight unmarked. No DJ. Not a former libary copy ; . Walker, Evans & Cogswell Company, hardcover
1883001604N.Y.: Putnam 1883 1883. 1st edition. corners bumped wear along edges and at spine covers lightly rubbed else bright tight copy in homemade acetate dust jacket. Includes 3 pgs of ads. Five illustrations icluding a fold-out diagram. The 3rd Ebenezer Gryc. 608 pages. Set in Upstate New York we follow a team of detectives and attorneys as they try to solve a murder. In the period preceding the advent of advanced forensics the process is totally dependent on the skills and logic of the men tasked with bringing justice. Known as the "Mother of the Detective Novel" Green shaped the structure of the modern detective novel and gave it a distinctive American style. . 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Book. Putnam 1883
23856Lemont Pa: Atlantic Papers. Hardcover. Housed in fine beige cloth folding box with brown leather spine label in gilt. Hand Paper Newsletter 8 1/2 by 11 inches and Hand Papermaking Magazine 9 x 12 inches. Newsletter: No.1 January 1988 - No. 51 July 2000. The Magazine with paginations of 26 to 36 pages contains Vol. 5 No.2 1990 Vol. 7 No. 1 1992 Vol. 8 No. 2 1993 Vol. 10 No.2 1995 Vol. 11 No.1 1996 and Vol. 13 No. 2 1998. Included is Paper Making Index -- Vol. 1-7 1986 - 1992. All issues of Hand Papermaking contain one or more paper samples. On January 1 1995 the Hahnemuhle Paper Mill of Germany appointed Atlantic Papers as the sole distributor in the Unites States and Canada. Included in the archive Hanemuhle Premium Pastel Velour sample papers and a dozen 6 x 5 inch sample papers in various styles and colors. A few sample papers from Atlantic also included. Publicity announcements from Atlantic Papers seeking subscriptions back issues and various offers are included herein. All contents clean and bright. Atlantic Papers hardcover
18960058721896. Very Good . 8 p.; 33 cm. A largely illegible inscription on the outside of the wrapper. Four lined sheets hand-numbered attached to a light grey wrapper and headed "season 1896-97." The unidentified proprietor of the dancing school listed the students by class: Ladies Evening Class 56 students; Gentleman's Evening Class 56 students; Ladies Afternoon 44 students; Private Waltzing Lessons 17 students; and Children's Class 23 students. The 196 students are listed presumably by the date they joined the class with street addresses for each. In Very Good Condition: one section of the wrapper is sunned; 3 horisontal folds throughout; clean and solid. unknown
18651986Washington DC: Rooms of the Y.M.C.A. 1865. Single sheet folded to 7 1/4" x 9 3/4. Document shows two old horizontal fold creases else fine. Ink remains clean and legible. Dated March 27th 1865 at the Rooms of the Y.M.C.A. in Washington D.C. this document reads as follows: <br /> ____________<br /> <br /> "The undersigned hereby organize ourselves into a 'Special Relief Corps' to be held in readiness to send not exceeding three of our members at one time to help care for sick and starved soldiers at the U.S. General Hospital at Annapolis Maryland. We agree that our delegates shall remain at Annapolis working under the supervision of either the local manager of the U.S. Christian Commission stationed there or of the Directress of said hospital for a time not exceeding three days excepting as they may be able or willing voluntarily to remain longer. Otherwise in cases of special emergency their places are to be filled by others of our number all of whom are to be held in readiness to go to Annapolis upon notification by telegram or otherwise of such services being needed. <br /> <br /> signed Geo. May Powell / Warren Choate / A. K. Browne / Alex. A. C. Klaucke / John S. Polen / Levi Beardsley / Wm. A. Thompson / B. H. Stinemetz"<br /> <br /> words in brackets above stricken through.<br /> ____________<br /> <br /> The U.S. General Hospital mentioned in this document occupied a substantial area of the grounds of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis. It was the primary receiving point for Union soldiers wounded in the eastern theatres of the war as well as those being returned from Confederate prisons such as Libby and Andersonville. The former prisoners were in shockingly poor health due to the conditions in which they were held with many dying on the transports to Annapolis and those who survived needing much attention. Rooms of the Y.M.C.A. unknown
18340082221834. Near Fine. 1 handwritten document dated 10 Nov. 1834. P. Cambridge will pay to Wingate & Gaskell merchants of Philadelphia $494.41 by 10 Aug. 1835. Cambridge authorizes James Macmanus Esq. to appear on his behalf. Witnessed by Andrew Curtin. Signed on the reverse by James Gilliland prothonotary and Samuel Milliken. James Macmanus was an attorney in Centre County Pa. Peter Cambridge had a general store in Bellefonte Centre Co. Andrew Curtin 1815-1894 was from Bellefonte Pa. and was a lawyer before serving as governor of Pennsylvania from 1861 to 1867; he later served in the U.S. House of Representatives and as U.S. Ambassador to Russia. James Gilliland 1804-1889 was prothonotary of Centre Co. from 1831 to 1836. During the Civil War Gov. Curtin appointed Gilliland commissary and quartermaster of the 1st Regiment of Pennsylvania Veterans; later he was transferred to Washington as assistant agent for Pennsylvania. In Near Fine Condition: folded; just starting to separate along one fold; back is slightly soiled; otherwise clean and solid. unknown
18140082991814. Near Fine. On 25 March 1814 Margaret Cauffman of Philadelphia gentlewoman sold to Isaac Overholtzer of Norriton Township Montgomery County for $650 a lot of woodland of almost 5 acres in Providence Township Montgomery Co. on the road leading from the Germantown and Perkiomen turnpike and on the Norristown Road. Signed by Margaret Cauffman; witnesses Sarah A. Cauffman Catharine Wiseman and Alexander J. Uhlyn; and Delaware County Judge Mark Willcox. Mark Willcox 1743-1827 was the son of Thomas Willcox 1689-1779 the founder of Ivy Mills which produced the paper used for early currency of the United States. He continued to run the paper mill after his father's death in 1779; he also served as an associate judge for Delaware County from 1791 to 1823. His second wife was Anna Mary Cauffman a sister of Margaret Cauffman. In Near Fine Condition; 1 x 10 cm. section lacking at lower left-hand corner with minor loss of writing; otherwise clean and bright. unknown
17760087821776. Near Fine -. 1 handwritten document of 4 pages 39 x 25 cm. folded. On 12 Dec. 1776 William Rowan of Fawn Township York Co. Pa. yeoman mortgaged 245 acres in Fawn Township to Beulah Paschall of the city of Philadelphia spinster for 300 pounds of Pennsylvania due by 12 Dec. 1783 with interest paid yearly. Signed by William Rowan; witnesses Peter Miller and Abraham Shoemaker; Philadelphia Supreme Court Justice Thomas Willing; and York County Recorder Samuel Johnston. Embossed paper stamp of Pennsylvania. The mortgagee was Beulah Paschall 1732-1793 a Philadelphia Quaker and owner of Cedar Grove. Thomas Willing 1731-1821 was a highly successful merchant and real estate developer as well as a Philadelphia Supreme Court Justice from 1767 to 1776. He served as the first president of both the Bank of North America and the Bank of the United States and supported the American Revolution. York County Recorder Samuel Johnston on the other hand had come to York County from England as an official representative of the Penn family. He held a variety of county offices at various times in addition to that of recorder of deeds: clerk of courts prothonotary and register of wills. When he refused to take the oaths of allegiance to Pennsylvania during the Revolution he had to relinquish all public offices. However he did not opposed the Revolution. Two of his sons-in-law served as colonels in the American militia and two of his sons were privates. By 1786 Johnston lived in Maryland and was admitted as an attorny in Baltimore County. In Near Fine- Condition: just starting to separate along folds; minor soiling; otherwise bright and solid. unknown
1975067003Allentown PA: Allentown Art Museum 1975. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Stiff color pictorial wraps. 58 pp. b&w photos centerfold in color. Catalog to accompany 1975-76 exhibition. Mild surface rubbing light creasing along binding fold. Mild foxing to back cover. Contents clean. Very scarce. Allentown Art Museum Paperback
2014070392Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Association 2014. Book. Illus. by Julie Zickefoose. As New. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. Limited Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brown leather lettered illus. and bordered in gold foil text block edged in gilt. No. 210 of an edition limited to 500 copies signed on tipped-in limitation leaf by both authors Brett now deceased. xxiv192 pp. illus. Very scarce. Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Association Hardcover
199547588John L. Haynes. VG/NONE. 1995. Hardcover. Hardback first edition in red covers that show minor wear. Pages tight clean. Seven pages of corrections additions & changes laid in. Index illustrations. No DJ as issued. Not library discard. ; . John L. Haynes, hardcover
