The Street Railway Post Offices of Pittsburgh
Chicago: Mobile Post Office Society, 1983. First edition. Paperback. First Edition. 1983. Softcover. Staple-Bound. 4to. 59pp. Illus. Near Fine. Light shelfwear. Contents unmarked. Signed by Lloyd Booth.
Chicago: Mobile Post Office Society, 1983. First edition. Paperback. First Edition. 1983. Softcover. Staple-Bound. 4to. 59pp. Illus. Near Fine. Light shelfwear. Contents unmarked. Signed by Lloyd Booth.
H. James Boswell, 1926. First edition. Hardcover. 1926, First Edition. 167 pp. Hardcover, blue leather, gilt title, 8vo. Very Good copy: leather shows light rub and wear to spine ends. Endpapers soiled, though text has remained clean, bright and unmarked. Tipped-in frontis is loosening, but holding. Gilt stamp of Don.....
Philadelphia: Robert R. Dearden, (1884). Paperback. (1884), gray pictorial printed wraps, good plus to very good, light wear and soil, 46 pp, illustrated, including ads for various insurance companies including a number for the American Fire Insurance Company of Philadelphia. Insurance seems to be the main theme of this promotional.....
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.....
Pittsburgh: W. S. Haven, 1859. First edition. Hardcover. 1859, First Edition, 336 pp. Hardcover, 8vo., original embossed brown cloth, gilt title on spine. Light wear to corners; missing top 1/2" of spine; a few closed tears to spine cloth. Previous owner's signature on title page. Previous owner's stamp on fly.....
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1870. First edition. Hardcover. 1870. First edition. Hardcover, 8vo. in dark red cloth with gilt decoration, title, all edges gilt. 455pp. frontis of Brainerd. Very good. shallow chipping to cloth spine ends, boards scuffed. Contents lightly finger smudged, offsetting to title from frontis, else internally clean.....
Fort Worth: Convair, 1959. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 1959. Softcover, 97 pp., clean unmarked text, Very Good+ copy, light soiling and edgewear to the covers.
Philadelphia: Lutheran Publication Society, 1882. First edition. Hardcover. 1882. First edition. Hardcover, 8vo. in orange pebbled cloth, gilt titles and decoration. 475pp. frontis, tissue protected illustrations. Very good. Spine sunned, board extremities foxed. Ownership signature and foxing on endpapers, tissue protectors. Contents clean and unmarked.
Oil City, PA: The Derrick Publishing Co., 1912. Fourth edition. Hardcover. 1912, Fourth Edition. 251 pp. Illustrated. Hardcover, original green cloth. A Fair copy. Missing top 2-inches of spine; wear to foot of spine and corners as well. Pages 15 and 247-51 are loose, but present. Contents are complete and.....
Washington, PA: 1866. Paperback. 20 pp. Disbound pamphlet; shows some glue at spine from original binding. Text clean, bright and unmarked; three very small tears at corners.
Washington, PA. Paperback. 71 pp. Disbound pamphlet; very tender binding, pages held together by glue at top and bottom of spine. Good copy: signatures at title page, show some bleeding through text; other small creases and stains, but text is bright and unmarked. Pamphlet including speeches and sermons of the.....
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 1937. Wraps. Original Wraps. c.1937. 8vo. 172pp. Very Good. Light general shelfwear, age toning to contents.
Pittsburgh, PA: The Pittsburgh Press, 1976. Revised. Paperback. 8vo, paperback. Mild general shelfwear, with contents clean and unmarked. Related item tipped in.
Harrisburg, PA: The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1971. Second printing. Hardcover. Second printing, 1971, hardcover with blue cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 368pp., not illustrated. Book near fine with hint of edgewear, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. DJ VG+ with mild rubbing, soil.
Norristown, PA: E.L. Acker, 1859. First edition. Hardcover. 1859. First edition. Hardcover, 8vo. in quarter red leather, patterned paper boards, and marbled edges and pastedowns. 123pp. Good+. Sunning and some loss to spine extremities. Rubbing to edges of boards. Front inner hinge cracked. Two inches of loss to top edge.....
Philadelphia: Dunlap, 1904. First edition. Hardcover. 1904, First Edition. 109 pp. Hardcover, 8vo., blue cloth. Lots of portrait plates, including that of the current president, Theodore Roosevelt. Good copy, no dust jacket. Spine rubbed; light wear to corners and spine ends; staining, possibly from water damage, on front board. Front.....
Burlington, N.J: Burlington County Bridge Commission, ca. 1930s. Paperback. ca. 1930s. Fold out guide and map to what is now the PA/ New Jersey Turnpike. Paperback, measures 22 by 18 inches unfolded. Good. Creased numerous times. Scorch mark to back left corner of map, overall still clean and readable.
Harrisburg: A. Boyd Hamilton, 1855. First edition. Hardcover. 1855, First Edition, 276 pp. Hardcover, original blue cloth, stamped in gilt, 4to. Color frontis; illustrated throughout. Fair. Front hinge shows signs of repair. Clean and unmarked text. Ex-library bookplate on front pastedown and sticker remainders on spine. Loss and tearing to.....
Clarence M. Busch, 1893. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 1893. Cloth hardcover, 80 pp., illustrated, clean unmarked text, Fair copy, pencil-notations on the rear pastedown, straining and splitting to the inner hinges, wear to the edges of some pages--especially the endpapers, soiling and discoloration to the pages, covers with some.....
Butler, PA: Self Published. Paperback. Numerous b&w photographs. Very good copy. Clean, bright, unmarked text. One page has ink notes. Slight discoloration of front cover, general wear. Slight staining and discoloration of back cover. All spiral bindings are intact except for the top one.
Philadelphia: Univ of Pennsylvania Press, 1953. Hardcover. Inscribed by the author at fly leaf. 340 pp. Hardcover, blue cloth, 8vo. Good+ copy in like dust jacket: light staining to text blocks; text is unmarked. Frontis and its recto page show coffee staining; otherwise, contents clean. Only slight edgewear of boards.....
Ramona, CA: American Cut Glass Association, 1997. Original Wraps. Original Wraps. c.1997. Spiral-Bound. Oblong 4to. 150pp. Profusely illustrated. Handwritten note in ink on front wraps, else Fine. Contents unmarked.
Condit, OH: J.A. Caldwell, 1878. Hardcover. Hardcover, 1878, folio, 209pp., illustrated with b&w engravings and color maps. Book poor with backstrip missing, endpapers torn and chewed up, binding weak, soil and toning throughout, fold out maps crinkled, pages worn at edges. No DJ. THIS LARGE, HEAVY BOOK WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL.....
Chambersburg, PA: Press of Chambersburg Repository, 1916. First edition. Hardcover. First edition, 1916, hardcover with gilt stamped black cloth boards, octavo, 121pp., illustrated in b&w, with errata sheet bound in. Book VG+ with rubbing and mild general wear to boards and spine, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. No DJ.....
Chambersburg, PA: Press of Chambersburg Repository, 1916. First edition. Hardcover. First edition, 1916, hardcover with gilt stamped black cloth boards, octavo, 121pp., illustrated in b&w, with errata sheet bound in. Book VG+ with rubbing and mild general wear to boards and spine, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. No DJ.....