Chicago: Gravure Illustration Co., 1914. Paperback. Dark green paper wraps with glossy light green design and lettering. Part I: 2pp text, 14 illus. Part 2: 17 illus. Part 3: 1pp. text, 16 illus. Part 4: 1pp. text, 14 illus. Part 5: 1pp text, 16 illus. Part 6: 1pp text, 14..... More
Philadelphia: King & Baird [printers], 1852. Original Copy, not a reprint. Leather bound. Brown leather/boards; black title block on spine; gilt lettering. 286, 105 pp. No illustrations, but someone has pasted in an image of / information about the Floating Church of the Redeemer to the front end paper. Of..... More
Harrisburg, PA: B.F. Meyers, State Printer, 1876. Leather bound. 3/4 leather with marbled board covers and endpapers, marbled page edges, four raised bands. 811 pp., 1 illustration noted (map). In addition to the main event in this volume, which takes up the first 550 pages, there is also found: Narrative..... 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
Breinigsville, Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania German Society, 1973. Hardcover. Off-white cloth. 299 pp. Several bw ills. "The ABC Books of the Pennsylvania Germans", by Walter Klinefelter; "Abraham Harley Cassel; Nineteenth Century Pennsylvania German American Book Collector", by Marlin Heckman; and "Marriages performed at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity..... 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
Reading, Pennsylvania: Home for Widows and Single Women, [1911]. Original Edition. Paperback. Tan illustrated wraps, stapled. 96 pp. with illustrations only in advertisements. Three ephemeral bits laid in. A cookbook with practical and economical hints. Includes numerous advertisements from various local vendors. The cookbook was sold in aid of the..... More
(Harrisburg, PA): [Pennsylvania Council of Arts], 1969. Spiral bound. Black spiral bound wraps with white lettering, 73 pp, illustrated throughout in mostly bw. "The text of this publication is a focus on the needs and requirements of our artists. The format is a focus on what is, essentially, the justification..... 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
West Chester, Pennsylvania: Havertown Printing Co., 1984. Hardcover. thick, red leatherette boards w/ debossed tiling & gilt printing; tipped-in illustration. 192 pgs w/ bw illustrations. A lovely architectural and landscape tour through the Chester County region of Pennsylvania. Limited to 3500 Copies, this being 1518. A bright, clean copy. More
Harrisburg: B. Singerly, State Printer, 1869-1871. Hardcover. Five volume set bound in 3/4 black leather and textured brown cloth boards, gilt spine lettering. color marble illustrated end papers; color illustrated blocks. Each volume has a bw or color illustrated frontispiece. Illustrated in mostly bw plates with several in color along..... More
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Everts & Peck, 1884. Hardcover. burgundy pebbled boards w/ leather corners & spine; gilt spine printing & decorations. book viii, 1197 pgs w/ plates & lxxxviii index. all edges gilt. Pages one and two, as well as fifteen and sixteen are missing. Pages remain fairly bright with instances..... More
Elisabethtown, PA: Gedruckt von W.M. Baxter, 1834. Hardcover. Brown leather covers. 225 [3] pages. Text in German. The Rev. Johann H. Bernheim, also known as John H. Bernheim, emigrated in 1832 to Pennsylvania, where he served several Lutheran congregations. His son Gotthardt Dellmann Bernheim became a minister, primarily in North..... More
Deer Lake, Pennnsylvania: Bacon And Freeman Publishers, 1975. Hardcover. black boards w/ gilt printing. illustrated pastedowns. 200 pgs w/ bw illustrations. Roy F. Chandler's interesting tour of Perry County Pennsylvania and its antique glassware, furniture, clocks and tools. Copy 259 of 800. More
Westminster, Maryland: The Times Inc, 1962. Hardcover. red cloth boards w/ gilt printing. book xx, 448 pgs w/ bw illustrations. Front endpaper has previous owner's signature and author's signature. Title page has date and name, possibly of another previous owner. Illustrated throughout. More
Lancaster, Penna. Privately printed, 1934. Softcover. grey wraps w/ black printing. 85 pgs w/ five bw plates. Binding remains tight. Pages tanned, but type remains dark and detailed. 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
Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1979. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. viii, 490 pages : illustrations. Includes bibliographical references (pages 477-481) and index. More
Pottsville, Pennsylvania: Ella Zerbey Elliott, 1906. Hardcover. Crimson cloth, gilt letters on spine & front cover, 344 pp., 6 BW plates. A nice example of a local history, including narrative descriptions of events that traditional tomes may not carry. Includes four BW plates of sample buildings, and landscape views of..... More
Privately Printed, 1959. unknown, but limited. Hardcover. Red buckram. 449 pp. followed by Chronology (appx. 100 pp.) and Index (Appx. 24 pp.), A higher quality xerox copy of the original manuscript, bound and with a written presentation from the Author of R. Lincoln McNeil. Covers everything which was available to..... More
Norristown, PA: Herald Printing and Binding Rooms, 1892. Hardcover. Ivory cloth with gilt spine lettering and maroon front decoration. Decorative end papers. vii, 139 pp. + [1] appendix; bw frontis and several additional bw plates, tissue-guarded. An excellent volume for any Pennsylvania/Chester County/Reformed Church historian. Several specific churches are mentioned..... 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
Philadelphia , Pennsylvania: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1875. Hardcover. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering; xvi pages of bw ads, bw illustrated frontispiece; 110 pp; 50 pp; bw illustrations and bw double map. Includes 225 bw illustrations. Rear 50 pages is titled "The Railroad Scenery of Pennsylvania" 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
