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Pennsylvania German Society, Breinigsville: 1973., 1973 299p. (ABC books: 104 p.). Illustrations. 8vo. Original linen cloth binding. This volume also includes: Heckman, Marlin L. ABRAHAM HARLEY CASSEL, 19TH CENTURY GERMAN AMERICAN BOOK COLLECTOR. /And/ MARRIAGES PERFORMED AT THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY, Lancaster, PA 1748-1767 by Fitz Braun and Frederick Weiser. Really quite important and useful information. PA **PRICE JUST REDUCED! GER SOC. BOX 9 x5 Language: eng. Hardcover. Near Fine.

Uriah Hunt & Son, Philadelphia, Ca: 1845., 1845 8vo. 1028p. Printed in triple columns. Contemporary polished full roan binding. Early Lancaster County, PA ownerships, including: Miss Carrie A. Bard, Hinkletown Graded School, Lancaster County, PA **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W 121 Language: eng. Full-Leather Hardcover. Very Good.

University of Pennsylvania Library, Philadelphia: ., 1951 pp. (6) 13-43, (1). 8vo. 215 mm. Plain paper over plain boards. Edited by Thomas R. Adams, this is the first separate appearance of the 18th century work by Provost William Smith (1727-1803) with a Commentary by Thomas Woody (1891-1960). Limited to 1000 copies printed by John Anderson for the Bicentennial Celebration of the founding of the University of Pennsylvania Library. PA 72L. Hardcover.

Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA: 1904., 1904 16p. Tall 8vo. Original printed wraps. Very well preserved. example. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA PAMPH 20_26 BX7 Language: eng. Soft cover. Fine.

J. Crissy, Philadelphia, ., 1839 44 p. Foxed. Disbound. 8vo. 220 mm. Joseph Ripley Chandler (1792-1880) was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Born in Kingston, MA, he was engaged in commercial work in Boston, MA, and moved to Philadelphia, PA in 1815. He founded a young ladies' seminary and worked as editor of the United States Gazette from 1822 to 1847. He was a member of the Philadelphia City Council from 1832 to 1848, and a member of the State constitutional convention in 1837. For a short time (1848), he was an editorial assistant at Graham's Magazine in 1848. Chandler was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-first, Thirty-second, and Thirty-third Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1854. He was appointed by President James Buchanan as Minister to the Two Sicilies and served from June 15, 1858, to November 15, 1860. He served as president of the board of directors of Girard College. He became interested in prison reform and was a… Read More

J. Waugh and W. Fenner, London: 1756., 1756 pp. 38 (2)[Publisher's advertisement]. 8vo. Lightly age stained. Disbound. Founded in 1687, this Charity School was situated in one of the poorest parts of London. Andrew Kippis (1725-1795) was a nonconformist divine and writer; and his association with many charitable institutions in London and Westminster enabled him to effectively promote the nonconformist cause. "His editorial connection with the `Biographia Britannica' constitutes his chief claim to remembrance. He was employed by the booksellers to prepare the second edition of that work, `with corrections, enlargements, and the addition of new lives.' When he had been engaged for some time on this task he found it too vast for him to execute alone, and Dr. Towers was appointed as his associate. Johnson told Boswell in 1777 that he had been asked to undertake the new edition of the `Biographia Britannica,' but had declined it, `which,' says Boswell, `he afterwards said to me he… Read More

Mennonite Publishing House, Scottdale, PA: Ca. 1936., 1936 pp. x, 144p. Illustrated with maps and photographs. Mildly XLib. XLib stamp of the Mennonite Home Library on title page. Inked ownership of Ada E. Garber Nissley, 1936 on front fly leaf. Small 8vo. Original full orange cloth binding. Front board decorated and lettered in black with a design of an African drummer. Extremities very slightly worn. RELIGION BOX 11 0.0. Hardcover.

(Press of J. J. Little, Astor Place, for) Doubleday, Page, & Co., New York: 1903, 1903 pp. xxiii, 318 + 85 Plates in monochrome and color (these from paintings by A. Radclyffe Dugmore). Foxed. 4to. 26.5 cm. Uncut and mostly unopened. Top edge gold. Thick soiled buckram binding. Worn lea ther spine label. "Nature is not lavish of her beauties; They are widely scattered and occasionally displayed, to be selected with care, and gathered with difficulty" -- Lord Byron (1821). **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W149 Language: eng. Full Cloth. Hardcover. Very Good.

Joseph Crukshank, Philadelphia: ., 1813 pp. (4), 180, 16, 12, 4. Foxed. Early manuscript ownership of Jacob (L.) Keller March 24th, 1819 on first and last fly leaf. George Heller Jr. on margin of page 51 and on front board. Bookplate from the library of Harry T. Stein with this admonition 'And please return it. You may think this a strange request, but I find that although many of my friends are poor arithmeticians, they are nearly all good book-keepers'. XLib stamp of the Lebanon Historical Society on first fly leaf. 12mo. 175 mm. Original full leather binding, scuffed. Title continues: 'Particularly Adapted To The Easy And Regular Instruction Of Youth In Our American Schools. Originally compiled by sundry Teachers in and near Philadelphia. Hardbound. Very Good. S&S/AI 27718. PAIMP 23. Hardcover.

Joseph Crukshank, Philadelphia: ., 1813 pp. (4), 180, 16, 12, 4. Foxed. Early manuscript ownership of Joseph Nunnemacher 3rd month, 26 days, 1823 on first fly leaf. 12mo. 175 mm. Original full leather binding, worn. Edge of front board slightly mouse chewed. Title continues: 'Particularly Adapted To The Easy And Regular Instruction Of Youth In Our American Schools. Originally compiled by sundry Teachers in and near Philadelphia.' S&S/AI 27718. Hardbound. Good. PAIMP 23. Hardcover.

(Printed by Smith & Peters for) Thomas, Cowperthwait, & Co., Philadelphia: ., 1848 448 p. + Frontis and engraved title page. Printed ownership label of H.P. Belknap on first fly leaf. Early pencil manuscript ownership of G. W. Thomson. 12mo. 195 mm. Original leather spine over cloth boards. Spine rubbed and worn. Hardbound. Good. Title continues: 'Also, Copious Extracts In Prose And Poetry, Calculated To Assist The Teacher, And To Improve The Pupil In Reading And Recitation'. PAIMP 10. Hardcover.

(Griggs & Dickinson, Whitehall for) Towar & Hogan, Philadelphia: ., 1828 pp. 478, (1) [Index]. Early manuscript ownership of A. Randall on title page and first fly leaf. Foxed. 12 mo. 140 mm. Full leather binding; boards detached & spine very worn. The patriotic text includes: Includes: the Declaration of Independence; the Articles of Confederation; the Constitution of the U.S. with Amendments; and the Constitutions of the first 24 states ending with Missouri. Hard Cover. S&S/AI 31988. PAIMP 21. Hardcover.

Good Books, Intercourse, PA: ()., 1986 96 p. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. 8vo. Softcover. Original color pictorial wraps. Very good PA GER-ENG PAMP BX2/BAG 32 0.0. Soft cover.

Good Books, Intercourse, PA; ()., 1986 96 p. Illustrated with photographs. 215mm. Softbound. Original pictorial wraps. People's Place Book No. 6. PAG 2A 0.0. Soft cover.

Wm. Stanley Ray, State Printer, Harrisburg: 1901., 1901 140 p. + Frontis and full page photo illustrations. All edges gold. Tall 8vo. Original half morocco leather binding. Morocco gold label of General Thomas J. Stewart on front board. Handsome copy. In the wake of the Civil War, many families were left without financial support. These schools were established to educate a large generation of children made fatherless by the violence of the Civil War. PA 35 Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good.

Girard College Print Shop, Philadelphia: 1929., 1929 350 p. A few pages underlined in pencil. Top edge gilt. 8vo. Original full green cloth binding. Front board decorated in gold with head portrait of Girard. Reprinted from the Philadelphia edition of 1854. An early salvo in the battle over Girard College's non-admission of blacks. PA 17 Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good.

The Varsity Press, Arlington, VA: (1961)., 1961 pp. xxvii, 136. Printed in blue, red, green and brown throughout. Illustrated. Insert of announcement for a review copy and envelope for a copy of the reader's review. Tall 8vo. Original full red cloth binding. Original priced dust jacket, stained and chipped. First Edition. This book is very rarely found in the marketplace. Hardbound. Very good. LITERATURE BOX 5 0.0. 1st Edition.. Hardcover.

Printed At London : [by John Charlewood and William Howe?] for Roger VVarde, dwelling at the signe of the Purse in the Olde-balie, ., 1591 pp. [8], 78, 81-368 p., [7] folded woodcut plates (4to). Woodcut and typographic illustrations in text. Editor's dedication signed: Thomas Garrard. Full Title: THE ARTE OF VVARRE. Beeing the onely rare booke of myllitarie profession: drawne out of all our late and forraine seruices, by William Garrard Gentleman, who serued the King of Spayne in his warres fourteene yeeres, and died anno. Domini. 1587. Which may be called, the true steppes of warre, the perfect path of knowledge, and the playne plot of warlike exercises: as the reader heereof shall plainly see expressed. Corrected and finished by Captaine Hichcock. Anno. 1591. 'Charlewood printed quires A and Nn to the end; Howe app[arently]. did the rest'- STC./ L4 is cancelled, with a corresponding gap in pagination; text is continuous./ With an added errata leaf (not included in collation above)/… Read More

University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh: 1956., 1956 pp. (xvii), 285 + Illustrations. 8vo. Original cloth binding. Original priced dust jacket, slightly soiled and chipped. Limited to 1,000 copies. PA 19x2 Language: eng. Limited Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

Published for the Authors, Rochester: 1869., 1869 387 p. + Frontis, ** Plus a tipped-in extract from Isaiah produced in raised letters for the blind by N.B. Kneass Jr., Printer, Philadelphia. Nice original full blue cloth binding, lettered in gilt. Hardbound. Very good+. Memoirs and works of eminent blind authors, including: Homer, Blacklock, Holman, Wilson, Huber, Miss Alice Holmes, Miss Frances Jane Crosby, Miss Cynthia Bullock and others; as well as a collection of poems by blind authors including: L. V. Hall, Frances Brown, Margaret Belches, Michael M'Guire and others. ** The little broadside in raised printing employs the Philadelphia line fonts inspired by Julius Friedlander and adopted in 1837 for use by his Philadelphia school, now the Overbrook School for the Blind. Though helpful for years in educating the blind, many sightless persons found the Roman letters difficult to use, and all such systems were eventually superseded by Braille. This true First Edition is scarce, especially in… Read More