Abandoned Pittsburgh 1: Portraits of the Steel City's Industrial Past
Pittsburgh, PA: Beowulf's Books, 2015. Second edition. Paperback. Square 8vo, paperback. Illustrated throughout in color and b&w.
Pittsburgh, PA: Beowulf's Books, 2015. Second edition. Paperback. Square 8vo, paperback. Illustrated throughout in color and b&w.
Pittsburgh: Carnegie Institute, Department of Fine Arts, 1917. Original Wraps. 4 loose pamphlets in clamshell slipcase. Includes: Paper Read Before The Fourth Annual Meeting Of The Association Of Urban Universities, Pittsburgh, November 15, 1917 - The Appreciation Of Art For Young People by John W. Beatty, Director of Fine Arts.....
Pittsburgh: Carnegie Institute, Department of Fine Arts, 1917. Original Wraps. 4 loose pamphlets in clamshell slipcase. Includes: Paper Read Before The Fourth Annual Meeting Of The Association Of Urban Universities, Pittsburgh, November 15, 1917 - The Appreciation Of Art For Young People by John W. Beatty, Director of Fine Arts.....
Pittsburgh: Carnegie Institute, Department of Fine Arts, 1917. Original Wraps. 4 loose pamphlets in clamshell slipcase. Includes: Paper Read Before The Fourth Annual Meeting Of The Association Of Urban Universities, Pittsburgh, November 15, 1917 - The Appreciation Of Art For Young People by John W. Beatty, Director of Fine Arts.....
Pittsburgh: Lawrenceville Historical Society, 1993. Second printing. Paperback. Printed paper wraps, octavo, not illustrated. Book has toning to spine, binding tight, text clean bright and unmarked.
Pittsburg: St. Philomena Kirche, 1889. Hardcover. 360 pp. German script text. A good+ copy in brown cloth. No jacket. White adhesive stain near top edge of front board. Slight rubbing, minimal shelfwear. Light tearing and fading of edges of spine. Fading/discoloration of page outsides. Text is bright and unmarked. Slight.....
New York: Mangin Press, 1941. First edition. Paperback. Signed by the author to Harold Corsini, famed Pittsburgh photographer, stated first edition, 1941, paperback, short octavo, 61pp., not illustrated. Book VG with some light flaking and discoloration to spine, binding tight, text clean and unmarked, though age-toned and with a small.....
Pittsburgh: The Lodge, 1965. First printing. Paperback. Wraps, 62 pp., illustrated, clean unmarked text, very good+ copy, light soiling to the covers. Uncommon.
Pittsburgh: Bell Telephone, 1956. Paperback. 11 x 8.5 inches, pictorial wraps, very good, light wear and soil, 23 pp, illustrated. With laid in large 4 pp. flyer on retirement benefits at Bell in PA. Included is a Winter 1962 copy of the same magazine, with some soil and spotting to.....
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1991. 50th Anniversary edition. Hardcover. Gilt stamped gray cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, illustrated in b&w. Book has handsome boards and tight binding, previous owner's signature to half-title, otherwise text clean and unmarked. DJ has hint of sun to spine, now in archival mylar.....
University of Pittsburgh Press, 1980. Hardcover. 1980. Hardcover. 79 pp. A Like New copy in similar dust jacket. Pitt Poetry Series.
Milano: Fratelli Treves, 1918. Paperback. 1918, Italian text, Softcover, 151 pp. Frontis portrait of the author. Very Good- copy: wraps chipped along edges; large chip to bottom half of rear wrap. Pages toned, but text is unmarked. Very interesting provenance: ownership signature of Pittsburgh's Rev. Fusco, as well as one.....
PIttsburgh: Privately Printed, 1926. First Printing. Hardcover. One of 200 copies, this one inscribed with initials by the author's mother to Mrs. John B. Herron. Small 8vo, boards, very good, some soil and darkening to covers, small brown stain to top margin of some pages. Original photo frontispiece of the.....
Pittsburgh: Beth Jacob Congregation, 1929. Paperback. 1929, Softcover, History and photographs of the synagogue, with a large section in the rear of advertisements and memoriams. Very Good copy: light wear to wraps; clean contents.
Pittsburgh: Bethel Presbyterian Church, 1928. Paperback. Paperback, 1928, octavo, unpaginated, illustrated in b&w. Book VG+ with mild shelfwear and soil to wrap, stapled binding tight, text unmarked but shows mild foxing and toning. No DJ.
Kept by tweener Betty Louise McCurdy (1918-2006) who apparently lived in the Mt. Lebanon neighborhood of Pittsburgh's South Hills all her life. Approximately 60 postcards and 60 snapshots, plus some memorabilia pasted in, including a flyer for the Convict Ship at Atlantic City, two programs from the Roxy movie theatre.....
Churchill, PA: Beulah Presbyterian Church, 1955-1962. Wraps. We have: 1. Still Standing at the Crossroads, the story of Beulah Presbyterian Church. Ca. 1955. 12 x 9 inches, wraps, good with some wear to covers. 20 pp, illustrated. 2. The Road of Destiny. Ca. early 1960s one sheet brochure that unfolds.....
Pittsburgh: George Parkin, 1845. First Printing. Wraps. Disbound pamphlet, 8 pp. very good, neat strengthening along spine. He argues in favor of passage of the bill. RARE, with OCLC locating only 2 holdings: Rutgers and the Easton Public Library (there are no recorded copies in western PA institutions). According to.....
Esmerelda Press, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. First Edition. c.1995. Hardcover. Green cloth. 8vo. 316pp. Fine in Fine dustjacket. Signed by John T. Bird.
Pittsburgh: Hungarian Ethnic Heritage Study Group Pittsburgh, 1981. Paperback. RARE! Printed paper wraps with stapled binding, octavo, 27pp., not illustrated. Book has hint of shelfwear to wraps, stapled binding tight, text clean and unmarked.
Rumford, RI: Defined Providence Press, 1998. First edition. Paperback. SIGNED by Peter Blair on the title page. 1998. First edition. Paperback, 8vo. 40pp. Very good. Light edge wear to wraps. Internally unmarked.
Fox River Grove, IL: White Eagle Coffee Store Press, 1993. First edition. Paperback. SIGNED by Peter Blair on the title page. 1993. First edition. Paperback, 8vo. in tan pictorial wraps. 28pp. Very good. Light edge wear to wraps, internally unmarked.
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1983. Hardcover. 213 pp. A fine copy in red cloth. Dust jacket is very good+ with some small closed tears and chipping along top edge and spine. Small sticker label on spine. Contents of book very clean with bright, unmarked text.
PIttsburgh: Rocky Bleier Inc., 2003. Paperback. 2003 edition in paperback, inscribed to Roy McHugh "an inspiration to all of us." Fine copy. 229 pp.
Pittsburgh: Leadership League, 2018. Revised edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Bleier! Gilt stamped black cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, illustrated in b&w. Book has hint of shelfwear to boards, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. DJ has hint of shelfwear.