G.A.R. ARMY AND NAVY SOUVENIR, AN ILLUSTRATED SOUVENIR OF THE WAR WITH SPAIN. CONYNGHAM POST No. 97, G.A.R. Wilkes-Barre, PA: 1899.
by Grand Army of the Republic - Wilkes Barre
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About This Item
(Press of R. Baur & Son, for) Conyngham Post 97, G.A.R. Wilkes-Barre, PA: ., 1899 Oblong folio. Ca. 110p. Great photographs and and local advertisements. Original full blue cloth binding. Soiled. Mildly XLib. No fly leaves. First Edition. Founded in 1866, the G.A.R - Grand Army of the Republic - was the first intergrated national veterans organization. At its peak (in 1890) it had almost 500,000 members. There were 640 G.A.R. Posts in Pennsylvania. Post 97 was founded in 1880, and named for Col. John Butler Conyngham (1827-1871). One of the scarcest and most interesting pictorial histories of the Spanish American War. This is a piece that collectors in a variety of fields would find very interesting. PA34 0.0. 1st Edition.. Hardcover.
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- Title
- G.A.R. ARMY AND NAVY SOUVENIR, AN ILLUSTRATED SOUVENIR OF THE WAR WITH SPAIN. CONYNGHAM POST No. 97, G.A.R. Wilkes-Barre, PA: 1899.
- Author
- Grand Army of the Republic - Wilkes Barre
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- Publisher
- (Press of R. Baur & Son, for) Conyngham Post 97, G.A.R. Wilkes-Barre, PA: .
- Date Published
- 1899
- Keywords
- PENNSYLVANIA AMERICANA LOCAL HISTORY WILKES BARRE MILITARY ADVERTISING LUZERNE COUNTY SPANISH AMERICAN WAR VETERANS CIVIL G.A.R. 1899
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- PENNSYLVANIA;
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Ron Lieberman, has been an antiquarian bookseller, rare book appraiser, and library consultant for Fifty years. His firm, The Family Album, has issued a series of exceptional catalogs and bibliographic references in a variety of fields, including: Incunabula; Pennsylvania-Americana; German-Americana; Fine Book Bindings; Early Photographica; Printing History & Typography; Classics from the Great Scholar / Printers; Etc. He was the instructor for a series of valuable workshops and courses in the history, taste, and technique of book collecting. He frequently lectures before professional groups of librarians and archivists on: the book trade; collection and building security; disaster preparedness; appraisals; and preservation, conservation, and binding. He has also often appeared on radio and television popularizing the pleasant hobby of antique book collecting. His expert opinion on the book collecting market; values of archives and manuscripts; collection preservation & security; historic photographs; and the value of rare books has been sought by sources as diverse as: the Historical & Museum Commission of PA; the PA State Library; the Library of Congress; the Smithsonian Institution; the FBI; American Bible Society; Money Magazine; Kipplinger Magazine; Conservation Centers; Warmans Antique Price Guides; U.S.A. Today; as well as Universities, Colleges, and Historical Societies throughout the United States. As one of the organizers of the World Library Fund, Mr. Lieberman provides professional analyses of library collections, and helps plan library development for public and private institutions in the United States and abroad. He was a Member of the Board of Governors of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (A.B.A.A.), and Chairman of the A.B.A.A. Security Committee. He was a long-time regular member of the Security Committee of the Rare Book and Manuscript Section (RBMS) of the American Library Association (ALA); and was the Past President of the Middle Atlantic Chapter, A.B.A.A. Mr. Lieberman was also, for many years, a consulting editor and contributor to the Haworth Press journal: "College & Undergraduate Libraries" American Library Association (ALA); + ACRL/RBMS [For 35 Continuous Years] // PA Library Association (PLA) // Bibliographical Society of America // Middle Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC) // Society for the History of Authorship, Readership, and Publishing (SHARP) // Philobiblon Club // Etc. Etc.
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