1890 linen backed map 27 x 19.5" Pittsburgh Mt. Oliver & Knoxville
Map from "Atlas of the City of Pittsburgh, Vol. 5...24th to 36th Wards" -- this one of the Mount Oliver and Knoxville neighborhoods up above the South Side. VG, light wear.
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1890 linen backed map 27 x 19.5" Pittsburgh South Side
Map from "Atlas of the City of Pittsburgh, Vol. 5...24th to 36th Wards" -- this one of the South Side, E. Carson St. from 17th to 22nd Street, including the streets above Carson - nearer the river, including Sidney, Wharton and Clifton Streets. VG, light wear.
1890 linen backed map 27 x 19.5" Pittsburgh South Side
Map from "Atlas of the City of Pittsburgh, Vol. 5...24th to 36th Wards" -- this one of the South Side, E. Carson St. from 10th to 17th Streets, showing Muriel and Bingham Streets and Bedford Sq. VG, light wear.
A Regional Planning Study: Physical and Man-Made Features of the Region
Pittsburgh: Southwestern Pennsylvania Regional Planning Commission, 1965. Paperback. RARE! Printed wrap, small quarto, 308pp., illustrated throughout with maps and includes large (27 3/4" x 21") color map in pocket at rear. Book VG+ with mild rubbing and soil to wrap, binding tight, number in ink to front endpaper, otherwise text.....
Detailed Survey Map of Southwest Pennsylvania (1915, on linen)
Chicago: Rand McNally, (1915). Sheet on thin linen, measures 28.5 x 41.5 inches, double-sided with an enlarged section of the Pittsburgh District on the verso, plus index of streets etc. Very good with light tanning at some of the folds. No date, but the only copy we could find in.....
1898 large map in color of Pittsburgh, Allegheny and Environs (43 x 32 inches)
Pittsburgh: R. L. Polk Co., 1898. Probably once accompanied one of the city directories issued by the Polk Company. Usual folds, some soil at the corners, some small instances of separation have been neatly mended with very thin rice paper on the verso, altogether a very good map, in color.....
Pittsburgh Patriots; Bicentennial Committee Pittsburgh Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution
Pittsburgh: D.A.R. Pittsburgh Chapter, 1974. First printing. Hardcover. Signed by Lydia Dibert-Bates Glock on the limitation page. Limited first edition (ours copy is hand-numbered 249), 1974. Hardcover, map endpapers, 76 pp., Near Fine copy, no dust jacket.
Records and Documents Relating to the Incorporation and Organization of the Philadelphia Company, Organized May 24, 1884 [George Westinghouse's main solicitor John Dalzell's personal copy with documents signed by John Shoemaker, the Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth); a second copy of the same publication, paginated differently, without signed documents; Annual Report of the Philadelphia Company for 1885-86 together with Records and Documents relating to the Incorporation and Organization of the Philadelphia Compoany...(1886)
Pittsburgh: Myers, Shinkle & Co., 1884-1886. 3 items, all very rare - the Records and Documents turn up zero copies in an OCLC search and as for the Annual Report (its first year), while OCLC cites the Carnegie Library in Pittsburgh as having a copy, a look at the actual.....
Explore: A Guide to Places and Events of Interest in the Western Pennsylvania Area
Pittsburgh, PA: Junior League of Pittsburgh, 1967. First edition. Paperback. First edition, 1967. Small oblong 8vo, spiral-bound paperback, 114 pp. Illustrated in b & w. Map is included in pouch affixed to inside rear cover. Good+. Moderate soiling and age toning to stiff wraps, some light scratiching to cover, pencil.....
The Pictorial Sketch-Book of Pennsylvania, 1852
Philadelphia: Willis P. Hazard, 1852. Hardcover. Published 1852, large 8vo, embossed red cloth with gilt decorations to front cover and spine, 268 / 192 pp. (the second pagination is for the section called Locomotive Sketches from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh). Very good, light wear to corners and spine ends, large folding.....
Birds of Western Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1940. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 1940. Cloth hardcover, illustrated (including some color plates and a fold-out map at rear), 710 pp. + plates, clean unmarked text, Good copy, light age-toning to the pages and the page-edges, soiling and discoloration to the covers, rubbing and.....
Pennsylvania Archives: Second Series, Vol. V - Papers Relating to the Colonies on the Delaware, 1614-1682
Harrisburg, PA: Clarence B. Busch, 1896. First edition. Leather Bound. First Edition. c.1896. Hardcover. Early 20th Century binding. Half brown calf, gilt spine titles, brown cloth, stiff endpapers. 8vo. 912pp. Large fold-out map in front, smaller fold-out map between pp.288-289. Very Good. Light shelfwear, light rubbing to spine leather, some.....
Pennsylvania Archives: Second Series, Vol. VI - Papers Relating to the French Occupation in Western Pennsylvania, 1631-1764 & Papers Relating to the Establishment at Presqu' Isle, 1794
Harrisburg, PA: Clarence B. Busch, 1896. First edition. Leather Bound. First Edition. c.1896. Hardcover. Early 20th Century binding. Half brown calf, gilt spine titles, brown cloth, stiff endpapers. 8vo. 895pp. Large fold-out map. Very Good. Light shelfwear, light rubbing to spine leather, some soiling to text block edges, light age.....
Field-Marshal Earl Haig
London: Cassell and Company, 1929. First printing. Hardcover. Signed by Charteris on the titlepage. First edition, 1929. Cloth hardcover with gilt title on the spine, gilt top edge, map endpapers, clean unmarked text, 399 pp., illustrated, Near Fine copy, light discoloration and wear to the book's covers, no dust jacket.....
Allegheny County's Americans by Choice, Descriptive Material about the Foreign Born of Allegheny County (1944)
Pittsburgh: The American Service Institute of Allegheny County, 1944. First printing. Paperback. First edition, c. 1944. Wraps, 36 pp, with the inner front wrap with an informative map of census results of 1940 for Foreign Born Residents of Allegheny County. VG. 7 in OCLC - 4 of which are in.....
A Dictionary of the Holy Bible: containing, an historical account of the persons; a geographical and historical account of the places... mentioned in the writings of the Old and New Testament, in Two Volumes
Pittsburgh: Zadok Cramer, 1807. Second American edition. Hardcover. Complete set in 2 volumes. 1807, Second American edition. Hardcover, 8vos., in full contemporary leather, two leather labels on spines. 664, 712 pp. Good copies. Both volume foxed; leather rubbed, but bindings secure. Additional info: First volume: front fly leaf torn in.....
Explore: A Guide to Places and Events of Interest in the Western Pennsylvania Area
Pittsburgh, PA: Junior League of Pittsburgh, 1967. First edition. Paperback. First edition, 1967. Small oblong 8vo, spiral-bound paperback, 114 pp. Illustrated in b & w. Map is included in pouch affixed to inside rear cover. Book is Very Good, pages are clean and unmarked. Light wear to wraps, with light.....
The "Drive" of the Golden Rule Boomers, A Glimpse at the Trail of the Trade Extension Boosters Under the Auspices of the Chamber of Commerce, Pittsburgh, May 9- 13, 1921 (Book of Live Wires, Who Electrify Pittsburgh Industries)
Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh Printing Company, 1921. Paperback. 1921. Tan printed wraps, 8vo. Unpaginated, illustrated, with folding map of the Trade Extension Tour. Very good. Soil and light edge wear to wraps. Contents unmarked.
Pittsburgh's Live Wires or The Trail of The Golden Rulers, Being a Record of the Incidents, Serious and Amusing, that Happened to Pilgrims of the Twenty- First Golden Rule Trade Extension tour of the Chamber of Commerce of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh Printing Company, 1922. First edition. Paperback. 1922. First edition. Paperback, 8vo. in green wraps with gilt decoration, with original envelope. 36pp. illustrated, folding map of Pennsylvania bound in. Very good. Chipping to envelope extremities, light edge wear to wraps. Contents very bright and unmarked.
Fort Pitt and the Revolution on the Western Frontier - with an original 1778 signed receipt from Fort Pitt laid in
Pittsburgh: Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, 1978. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 1978, one of 500 copies, this one unnumbered. 8vo, cloth, 237 pp, folding map. Fine. With laid in receipt measuring approx. 2.5 x 10 inches, 'Fort Pitt December 1st 1778 Receiv'd of Col. John Baynton V. Gl [?].....
Pittsburgh and Allegheny County Almanac, Being a Business Directory of Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Lawrenceville, Manchester, and Surrounding Boroughs; Also, Calendar for 1867, Business Statistics of Allegheny Co, and Directory of City and State Governments, Schools, Churches, Societies, &c. &c.
Pittsburgh: Woods and Co/ J. McMillin, 1867. Hardcover. 1867. Hardcover, 16mo. in brown cloth with gilt title. 260pp. with folding map of Pittsburgh, plus ads. Very good. Wear to spine ends, boards mottled. Light soil to endpapers, bookseller ad adhered to front pastedown, map loose in binding. Contents and map.....
The Early Architecture of Western Pennsylvania: A Record of Building Before 1860, Based upon the Western Pennsylvania Architectural Survey, A Project of the Pittsburgh Chapter of the American Institute of Architects
New York: William Helburn, 1936. First printing. Hardcover. Association copy with letter from the Pittsburgh Chapter of the American Institute of Architects loosely inserted addressed to Casimir J. Pellegrini, who assisted in researching for this book. Limited first edition (ours is number 248 of 1000 numbered copies), 1936. Large quarto.....
Travelog: notes of a trip through Africa, the Middle East, the Mediterranean, and Europe, January-April 1950
Pittsburgh, PA: Alan M. Scaife (Published by the author), 1950. First edition. Hardcover. Number 77 of 150 copies. 1950. Hardcover. Published by the authors for their friends and family. Very Good. 96 pp., illustrated throughout with b&w photos taken by the authors. Map endpapers specially drawn for this edition by.....
Mount Pleasant Town - Township Communities
Mt. Pleasant, PA: Board of Supervisiors, Mt. Pleasant Twp. 1981. First edition. Paperback. First Edition. c.1981. Softcover. 4to. 135pp. Map of Mt. Pleasant laid-in. Very Good. Light shelfwear, some soiling / light staining to wraps, sunning to spine.
Seeing Pennsylvania (With Frontispiece in Color, 115 Doubletones, and 2 Maps)
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1919. Hardcover. 1919, edition not stated. Hardcover in Very Good condition, with light edge wear, and light handling soil, as well as a previous owner notation to the front paste down end paper. Pages: 350, plus the fold out map of the region, to the rear...