Search Results: PENNSYLVANIA from Eilenberger Rare Books, LLC

Philadelphia: Joseph M. Wilson, 1852. xix, [1], [13]-338 pages. Original dark blue cloth stamped in gold and blind, with pictorial centerpiece in gold on front cover. [19.1 cm.] Ex-Sondley Reference Library with faint reminder of removed call number at base of spine, tasteful bookplate on front pastedown, embossed stamp to title and one other leaf, and number stamp on verso of title and in margin of one other page. Else a very good copy. Tiny traces of wear to spine ends and corners. Light to moderate foxing; a few leaves a little tanned. Signature of O[liver] S[mith] Sammis (1827-1912), a prominent merchant and real estate developer in Huntington, Long Island, on front endpapers. FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION BY THE AUTHOR, on front free endpaper. It reads: "Rev. Dr. Davidson, with the regards of the Author." The recipient was Rev. Robert Davidson (1808-1876), whose "History of the Presbyterian Church in the State of Kentucky" (1847) is quoted in the first… Read More

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1859. 12 mo (in sixes). 316, [1] pages, the final page errata, plus engraved frontispiece depicting "The Whitefield House. 1740." Original brown cloth. [19.2 cm.] Ex-Sondley Reference Library with tasteful bookplate on front pastedown, embossed stamp on frontispiece, title page, and two other leaves; small number stamp on verso of title and in margin of one other page. No external markings, but faint evidence of call number removal at base of spine. Else a good copy. Shallow chip to head of spine; light wear extremities; cloth split along hinges, both of which remain sound; some fading and spotting to cloth; upper quarter of front free endpaper missing; scattered foxing. FIRST EDITION. A history of the Moravian church from its establishment, including much on Pennsylvania. There is a very brief discussion of Spangenberg's travels in North Carolina.