Search Results: History / United States / Colonial America from Adamstown Books

Oxford PA: Oxford Area Tricentennial and County Fair Committee, 1982. Book. Good. Soft cover. 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Side-stapled softcover, 98 pp. w/ b& w photos throughout. Oxford, Pennsylvania area observance of William Penn's arrival at Upland (Chester) in 1682. Organized geographically, covers roads, villages, churches, industries, and more icluding Hopewell Village, Lincoln University, and Elk Mills.Book Condition : Good; no text marks; vertical crease to left side of front cover; several small stains/marks to covers..

Philadelphia PA: The Franklin Library, 1981. Book. Illus. by J. G. Chapman. Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1/4 Leather hardcover with sewn-in bookmark ribbon and gilt text block. 246 pp. w/ illustrations by J.G. Chapman. Edited by John Bigelow. Book Condition : Fine; unmarked. No Dust Jacket as issued..

Reading County, Pennsylvania: Bi-Centennial Committee, 1932. Book. Good Plus. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A program for activities taking place in 1932 to celebrate George Washington. Includes a biographical sketch, Washington's two visits to Berks County, Reading and Berks County in early American history, and the names of Revolutionary soldiers buried in Berks County. Lists officers and committees of the celebration. Cream and brick wraps, illustrated in B&W, staple-bound pamphlet. 40 pp. Condition: Good+; a few minor edge tears, evidence of a label removed at upper left corner of cover..

Chambersburg, PA: The Craft Press, 1975. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Bicentennial narrative of the origin and growth of Chambersburg and Franklin County in Pennsylvania. The book begins with a young man of 21 who arrived in the Cumberland Valley...and with the earliest settlement of 1730. Blue cloth boards, white pictorial jacket, 255 pp., several B&W images and a color frontispiece - a rendering of the Chambers Fort. Condition: Very Good; no text marks; crease at top right free end paper; slightly bumped spine ends. Dust Jacket Condition : Good; wear to edges; chipping at top right front from previous sticker..

Philadelphia PA: Lippincott, 1912. Book. Good Minus. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). Limited Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Inscribed by author (Eberlein) on front free end paper. Hardcover, 366 pp. w/ c. 70 b&w plates. Green boards w/ front illustration and gilt top text block. Survey of significant Philadelphia colonial homes also delves into the different families who have lived in each of the houses. Book Condition : Good-; front hinge cracked; tearing to spine ends; soiling to covers (spine and rear); bookplate inside front cover; occasional foxing (in conjunction with glossy photo pages); some edge toning to pages; no text marks. No Dust Jacket as issued..

Boyertown PA: Gilbert Printing Co., 1976. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author, Limited Edition 753/1000. Hardcover, 264 pp. w/ 27 b&w illustrations and photos. With special emphasis on Quaker, Moravian, and Schwenkfelder physicians in colonial Pennsylvania, this work details some of the early medical practitioners and those pressed into service (some with no training) during the Revolutionary War. Book Condition : Near Fine; no text marks; minimal wear. Dust Jacket Condition : Very Good; light rubbing; light shelf wear along edges..

York PA: York Chamber of Commerce, 1932. Book. Good Plus. Softcover (Side-stapled). Probable First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Program for Washington Bicentennial Pageant in York PA on July 4, 1932. Includes dialogue and song lyrics. Book Condition : Good+; some light creasing to paper edges; small area of spotting on front cover; otherwise in terrific shape for its age..

New York NY: D. Appleton and Co., 1893. Book. Good. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Limited Edition, No. 918/1000. Library Binding, 332 pp. w/ 9 b&w illustrations and maps. Full lenght bio with focus on Greene's Revolutionary War service - Brandywine and Germantown, Quartermaster General, West Point, and command of the Southern continental forces (including the battle of Guilford Court House). Book Condition : Good, Ex-College Library; no text marks; rubber stamps on free end paper and title page; label, slip, and pocket inside rear cover; bookplate inside front cover; catalog no. on bottom spine; occasional page tip creases; foxing to front free end papers. No Dust Jacket..

Indianapolis IN: Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1927. Book. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, 416 pp. w/ frontispiece map. Edited diary/journal entries by Washington from his childhood to just before the Declaration of Independence. Organized chronologically into sections including : A frontier Command; The Farmer Burgess; Mount Vernon Days; Western Lands; The Ohio River Journey; and more. Book Condition : Good, Ex-College Library; no text marks; label on bottom spine and inside rear cover; bookplate and dedication inside front cover; light wear to spine ends and cover corners. No Dust Jacket..

Harrisburg PA: Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission, 1997. Book. New. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Oblong softcover, 44 pp. illustrated with color and b&w plates throughout. Issued to accompany exhibit of the same name held at the Pennsylvania State Museum. Includes three essays and two additional short pieces on images of the Lenape Indians, William Penn, the Treaty; and the collection. Condition : New..

Philadelphia PA: Walker, 1836. Book. Fair. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fair, Ex-College Library. set commonly known as Woodfall's Junius. Title continues "To Which Are Added His Confidential Correspondence with Mr. Wilkes and His Private Letters Addressed to Mr. H.S. Woodfall." Reflections and exhortations on politics in England around the time of the American Revolution. Text in Colonial English. Leather binding, spine has gilt bands and black title label, 857 pp., unillustrated. Condition: Fair, Ex-College Library; much of leather covering is worn off; age toning throughout; chipping to spines, spine ends heavily worn; signs of beginning separation but all boards and pages are intact; usual library markings and labels..

Harrisburg PA: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1973. Book. New. Loose leaf. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Educational item published by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.20 loose leaf b&w photos accompanied by text below, on 8 1/2 x 11 sheets, in an envelope. Primarily portraits of Penn, his family, leading political figures; also, several prints of places of significance in Penn's life. Condition : New..

Ithaca NY: Cornell University Press, 1990. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, 249 pp. w/ 1 map, 10 b&w plaes, and many figures and tables. Using an interdisciplinary approach, the author "re-creates the daily lives of laboring men and women in America's premier urban center dung the second half of the 18th century." Book Condition : Near Fine; no text marks; minimal wear. Dust Jacket Condition : Good; tape repaired slit along top section of spine; light shelf wear to edges..

New York NY: New York University Press, 1988. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, 396 pp. Examines how a diverse group, religiously (Quaker, Anglican, Mennonite, Moravian, Reformed, Lutheran) and ethnically (German, English, Welsh, Scotch,Swedish), coalesced into a tolerant society over the course of several decades in the Delaware Valley. Book Condition : Near Fine; unmarked. Dust Jacket Condition : Very Good+; light rubbing to rear..

iUniverse, 2011. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author on title page. Hardcover, 135 pp. Self published. Studies the Parry family from c. 1765-1865, their influence in Bucks County, Pennsylvania and eventually Philadelphia as the city expanded. The author uses the Parry family as an example of how hard work and faith, religious and civic, that helped the new republic develop. Book Condition : Fine; unmarked. Dust Jacket Condition : Near Fine; very light shelf wear to edges..

Valley Forge PA: Valley Forge Historical Society, 1976. Journal. Good. Softcover (Side-stapled). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This special Bi-centennial issue includes brief biographical summaries of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, an article on the Battle of Brandywine, and a detailed record of the first annual celebration (held in 1828) of the Valley Forge encampment. Book Condition : Good; text unmarked; some staining to text block; spot at bottom left front cover; light foxing to inside covers and end papers; some discoloration to cover edges..

Harrisburg PA: Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 1938. Book. Good Minus. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Softcover offprint, 27 pp., from the July 1938 issue of The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. Reflections on education, literature, art, and other cultural and social pursuits in Pennsylvania around the time of the Revolution. Book Condition : Good-; no text marks; paper wraps missing several pieces near top right front; creasing to corner covers; light soiling to wraps..

Greenwich CT: Promontory Press, 1973. Book. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Promontory Press reprint. Oversize hardcover, 288 pp. w/ 1600 illustrations. Comprehensive study of bladed weapons (bayonets, swords, polearms, knives and daggers, and axes) with 700 examples from private collections and institutions. Details tactics, production, and evolution from European and Colonial models. Book Condition : Good; USPS auction stamp inside front cover, no other text marks; some wear to cover corners and spine ends; toning near bottom cover edges. Dust Jacket Condition : Fair/Poor; creases, tears, rubbing..

Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1976. Book. Very Good. Softcover (Side-stapled). 8vo up to 9½" tall. Interesting history of the Virginia-built ship Brilliant, used to transport tobacco from the colonies to England. Includes an essay "Rebuilding the Brilliant" for an exhibit in the Hall of American Maritime Enterprise in the Smithsonian's National Museum in 1976 with two drawings showing the plans and specifications used by the builders. 27 pages. Book Condition : Very Good; Pages are clean and bright, unmarked, no creases or tears. Cover has light shelf wear; crease at top left staple point; two small spots at bottom right front. .

West Chester PA: Chester County History Society, 1999. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, 767 pp. w/99 b&w illustrations and photos. Presumed 1st Edition. Significant history from Native Americans, to Quaker arrivals, the Revolutionary War (Battle of Brandywine, Valley Forge), the growth of the city, through the Civil War. Book Condition : Very Good; no text marks; light bumping to spine ends; light spotting to part of side text block. Dust Jacket Condition : Very Good; light spotting to rear interior flap; minimal edge wear. c.