[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania]: [C.E. Auginbaugh, Printers], 1912. Hardcover. Dutch blue cloth/boards. Gilt lettering and keystone insignia of Pennsylvania. 60 pp. with bw frontis and 3 additonal bw plates. Published "to mark the positions as well as in memory of the Pennsylvania commands, engaged in the battle of cold Harbor, of June..... More

Harrisburg, PA: 1874. Softcover. Tan wraps, 56 text pp., plus many ad pages. On the cover: "The Behm Murderers. Trial, Conviction, Confessions and Execution of Rosentine and Moody. Executed at Harrisburg, July 9, 1874, with a full account of All the Executions in Dauphin County since 1797." It's almost difficult..... More

Harrisburg, PA: Telegraph Printing House, 1886. Hardcover. Brown cloth binding with faded gilt title on spine. 387 pp. illustrated frontispiece and one tipped-in folding lithograph Original Children's Souviner From the Centenary Tipped-In at Page 121 w/ Illustrations on Prominent Buildings (rear) and the Scene of the Attempted Burning of John..... More

[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania]: [C.E. Auginbaugh, Printers], 1912. Hardcover. Dutch blue cloth/boards. Gilt lettering and keystone insignia of Pennsylvania. 70 pp. with bw frontis, 7 additonal bw plates, and a bw plan of the prison. Red-speckled page edges. Includes a preface, newspaper articles, speeches/addresses, and more. No publisher listed. C.E. Aughinbaugh were..... More

Philadelphia: Henry Miller (Printer), 1776. Original Edition (not a reprint or e-book). Brown leather/boards. 5 raised bands; gilt lettering. 766 pp. with no illus. A bit overweight at 8 pounds, and will require extra postage. Volume XI, beginning the 14th of October, 1767 and running through Sept. 26, 1776. "The..... More

Lancaster, PA: Pennsylvania German Society, 1961. Hardcover. Blue cloth, gilt letters on spine, maroon and cream and illus. dust jacket in mylar cover, 285 pp., illus. A reprint of Volume 49, Proceedings for 1941. With an introduction by John A. Hostetler, who writes, "The first complete, sympathetic, and authoritative ethnography..... More

OPhiladelphia: William Bromwell, 1853. 2nd edition. Hardcover. Red leather, with publishers' heavy and elaborate gilt embossing upon the covers and the spine. FFEP, followed by 2-page timetable for trains, foloowed by blank page on the reverse of which is the engraved frontispiece. 309, (title-page for second volume), pp. 13-207, (1)..... More

Lancaster, PA: Farmers trust Co. of Lancaster, 1910. Hardcover. Dark blue cloth binding with gilt stamp and lettering. 228 pp, B&W illustrations. Includes portraits of important figures and index. Printed by Wickersham Printing Company in Lancaster, PA. Published as a souvenir volume to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Bank..... More

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1918. First. Hardcover. Tan cloth/boards. Navy lettering and color image on front cover/spine. 336 pp. with color frontis and 100 bw illustrations from original photographs. Sales bill from 1965 purchase of the book laid in. Another in Faris's series about Philadlephia. A beautiful book about..... More

Philadelphia: The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1967. Hardcover. Black marbled paper-wrapped boards with black cloth spine, gilt letters on spine & front cover, yellow and illus. dust jacket. Map endpapers. x, 626 pp. approximately 77 b&w illustrations. A wonderful copy of the diary that provides a vivid picture of the..... More

Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1983. Hardcover. Black cloth with gilt embossed title on spine, bw pictorial dustjacket. xvii, (1), 290 pp., profusely illustrated in bw. This is a book about Philadelphia and about photography, but it is not the usual book about either. On one level, this is the pictorial..... More

West Chester, Pa. Chester County Historical Society, 1971. Softcover. Printed stiff stapled wraps. 51 pp. illustrations in bw and one map. More

Philadelphia: Friends' Book Association, 1876. Hardcover. Terracotta cloth/boards. Blind-stamp design with gilt lettering and publisher's insignia. Beautiful, hand-painted snowdrops on front cover (added by an owner). 169 pp. with bw frontis/tissue guard. Contents include First European Settlements on the Delaware, several chapters on William Penn, Colonization of Pennsylvania, Legislation/Intercourse with..... More