A History of Good Cooking
Forest County, PA: Forest County Historical Society. Paperback. No date. ca.1990s. Softcover. 8vo. 128pp. + index and ads in rear. Fine.
Pennsylvania
My Danville, Where The Bright Waters Meet: Historical Sketches of His Hometown Danville, Pennsylvania
North Quincy, MA: The Christopher Publishing House, 1969. First Printing. Hardcover. Inscribed by the author to the Rhoades family, prominent Danville citizens. Cloth in dust jacket, very good, jacket moderately shelfworn with some small chips and tears. 327 pp, illustrated, plates in bluetone.
Picture-Book for Proud Lovers of Danville, Montour County, and Riverside, PA
North Quincy, MA: The Christopher Publishing House, 1976. First Printing. Hardcover. Cloth in dust jacket, very good, light wear, inscribed by Foulke to the Rhoades family, prominent Danville family. 294 pp, heavily illustrated.
A Catalogue of Books Belonging to the Library Company of Philadelphia: A Facsimile of the Edition of 1741 Printed by Benjamin Franklin
Philadelphia: Library Company of Philadelphia, 1956. Facsimile reprint. Paperback. 1956. Facsimile reprint of 1741 original plus introduction by Wolf. Paperback, 56 pp. plus 12 page introduction. Very good. Previous owner's signature to first blank. Reading creases to spine. Wear and soiling to paper label on front wrap.
The Geology of Lancaster County
Harrisburg: Board of Commissioners, 1880. Hardcover. 8vo, black cloth, very good, light wear, 350 pp, map frontispiece and with 9 lithograph plates, some double-page, some of petroglyphs. Part of the Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania.
History of the Vigilant Fire Company No. 1 of York, Pennsylvania: Compiled and Edited from the Minute Books of the Company and the Records of the Historical Society of York County
York, PA: Theodore Freed, 1955. Hardcover. 1955. Hardcover, 8vo., red cloth. 44 pp. Illustrated in b&w. Very good. Extremities lightly bumped. Top edge faintly foxed. Minor stain on title page. Contents otherwise bright and unmarked.
The John S. Sell Memorial Chapel of the Masonic Homes, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, Laying of the Corner-Stone, December 5th, 1925
Right Worshipful Grand Lodge, F. & A. M. of Pennsylvania, (1925). 8vo, purple wraps, good plus, some wear and fading to covers. 45 pp, portrait plate.
Fortune and Fury: A History of Commercial Fishing in Erie
Erie, PA: Erie County Historical Society, 2011. Hardcover. Printed paper covered boards, oblong quarto [11" x 9.25"], illustrated in b&w. Book has hiint of wear to spine ends, binding tight, text clean bright and unmarked.
Hail Temple Built to Justice: A History of Mercer County's Court Houses
Mercer, PA: Mercer County Historical Society, 1994. First edition. Paperback. Presumed first edition, 1994, paperback, quarto, 61pp., illustrated in b&w. Book VG+ with rubbing and mild soil to wrap, mild corner wear, binding tight, text clean bright and unmarked. No DJ.
Hail Temple Built to Justice: A History of Mercer County's Court Houses
Mercer, PA: Mercer County Historical Society, 1994. First edition. Paperback. Presumed first edition, 1994, paperback, quarto, 61pp., illustrated in b&w. Book near fine with mild soil to wrap, binding tight, text clean bright and unmarked. No DJ.
Physicians' and Dentists' Directory of the States of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware, Comprising List of Physicians and Dentists Arranged Alphabetically By Post-Offices, With Population and Location...
Philadelphia: Galen Gonsier, 1907. First printing. Hardcover. First printing, 1907. 8vo, original cloth, paginated 101-498. About VG, cloth a bit dull, a couple light spots on spine, inner hinges have been repaired but still show crack marks. Text unmarked and clean.
History of Westminster College, 1852-1977
np: Westminster College, 1977. Hardcover. Inscribed by the author and Earland I. Carlson, the college's president at the time of publication, to alums on the fly leaf. Hardcover, blue cloth, 8vo. Very Good copy: Light soil to cloth and foredge text-block; clean contents.
Along the Allegheny: A History of the Early Events Along the Allegheny and Its Tributaries
Midway, PA: Midway Publishing, 2000. Paperback. Printed paper wrap, octavo, 84pp., illustrated in b&w. Book has handsome wrap and tight binding, text clean bright and unmarked. No DJ.
Communist Infiltration in the Churches
Pittsburgh, PA: Associated Gospel Churches. Second revised. Paperback. An undated Softcover, stapled binding, in Very Good condition, with very light shelf wear and handling soil. Also, there are neat, small ink-notations and underlining to pages 15 through 22, 26, 27, 29, 31 through 34, and an underlined paragraph in the.....
John Alfed Brasher, Scientist and Humanitarian 1840--1920
Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A. University of Pennsylvania Press, 1940. Hardcover. First edition, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY BOTH AUTHORS. Hardbound cloth duodecimo; frontispiece; 220 pp; clean, unmarked text. Very Good copy in Good dust jacket; shows light soil and wear; little bumping and rubbing at corners, and spine head and foot with.....
My High School Days, including A Brief History of the Pittsburgh Central High School from 1855 to 1871 and Addenda (Flem's Fancies - Vol. II)
Pittsburgh, PA: Wm. G. Johnston & Co., 1904. First edition. Hardcover. First Edition. c.1904. Hardcover. Gilt titles. 8vo. 258pp. Frontis. Ex-Library. Officially Withdrawn. Usual library markings, call number on cover, ink stamps, bookplate. Very Good. Rubbing to corners and spine-ends, light soil, hinges cracked.
Charter to William Penn, and Laws of the Province of Pennsylvania, Passed Between the Years 1682 and 1700, Preceded by Duke of York's Laws in Force from the Year 1676 to the Year 1682, with an Appendix Containing Laws Relating to the Organization of the Procincial Courts and Historical Matter
Harrisburg, PA: Lane S. Hart, 1879. Hardcover. Hardcover with 1/2 leather boards, 1879, octavo, 614pp., frontispiece in b&w + four fold out facsimiles of charters bound in text. Book good with front board cracked at hinge and pulling from spine but still attached, rubbing and wear to leather corners and.....
Geology, Mineral Resources and Environmental Geology of the Palmyra Quadrangle, Lebanon and Dauphin Counties [Bulletin A 157 D]
Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Geological Survey, 1970. Paperback. Printed paper wraps, octavo, illustrated in b&w, with large fold out color map in pocket at rear. Book ex-library with stamps, numbers to wrap, edges and full-title; otherwise toning to spine, binding tight, text clean and unmarked.
Pennsylvania Directory of Historical Organizations 1970
Harrisburg, PA: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1970. Paperback. Printed paper wraps with stapled binding, octavo, not illustrated. Book has mild rubbing, wear to spine at staples, stapled binding tight, text has some erasable pencil check marks in margins.
Letters to My Son, 3 Volume set
Cleveland: Caxton Co., 1917. Hardcover. Complete set in 3 volumes, privately printed. 1917. Hardcover, matching blue cloth with paper spine labels, handsome printing, ca 750 total pp., illustrated with photoplates throughout. Details author's interests in Scotch-Irish history, his years in Ohio and in western Pennsylvania, where he lived in Pittsburgh.....
Letters to My Son, 3 Volumes
Cleveland: Caxton, 1917. Hardcover. 3 volume set, privately printed. Hardcover, blue cloth, 8vo., paper spine labels, illustrated. Very Good copies: boards lightly rubbed, spines sunned, light edgewear. Previous owner's signature at fly leaf of each volume; bookplate at pastedown; blindstamp at title page of Vol. 3 only. Inner hinges strained.....
History of the Presbytery of Huntingdon
Bellefonte, PA: Bellefonte Press Company Print, 1874. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 1874. 8vo, black cloth gilt, 362 pp, occasional illustrations. Good copy with some wear and loss to corners, spine ends, sliver of cloth loss to upper rear joint, front inner hinge a bit strained, contents otherwise VG.
History of the Presbytery of Huntingdon
Bellefonte, PA: Bellefonte Press Company, 1874. First edition. Hardcover. Presumed first edition, 1874, hardcover with gilt stamped brown cloth boards, octavo, 362pp., illustrated in b&w. Book VG- with faint dampstaining to corners, spine ends and corners worn, binding tight, previous owner's inscription to front pastedown, text unmarked but some pages.....
Early Days of Oil: A Pictorial History of the Beginnings of the Industry in Pennsylvania
Gloucester, MA: Peter Smith, 1964. Reprint. Hardcover. Green cloth boards in dust jacket, quarto, illustrated in b&w. Book has hint of shelfwear to edges of boards, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. DJ has toning, rubbing.
Pastors and People: German Lutheran and Reformed Churches in the Pennsylvania Field, 1717-1793--Volume II: The History [This volume only!]
Breinigsville, PA: The Pennsylvania German Society, 1981. Hardcover. Volume two only! Maroon stamped beige cloth boards, octavo, illustrated in b&w. Book has soil and foxing to boards and spine, binding tight, previous owner's plate and soil to front endpapers, text has some underlining in pencil and pen to first 20.....