Indiana PA High School: The Junta, Commencement Number, June 1919
Paperback. Green wraps, 9.5 inches tall, a semi-yearbook and journal for the high school. Very good with light wear to covers. 60 pp, illustrated, and with ads.
Western Pennsylvania
Indiana Pennsylvania, a College Community Looks Ahead
Indiana: Indiana Evening Gazette, (1955). Paperback. Quarto (11 x 8.5), plastic comb binding, very good, approx. 25 pp illustrated. A survey of the town and the campus, with some statistics. Photos by Frank J. Sipos. We could only locate one copy in institutions according to OCLC -- at IUP.
Letters from 4 girlfriends to a Don Juan of Mercer County, PA 1929-1931
Letters to a John A. Criss, first to him in Beaver Falls and then to Mercer PA; Criss lived from 1910-73, always in Western PA. He is described on his 1940 draft card is 5'10" with ruddy complexion, blue eyes, brown hair, 163 lbs. Whatever he had, the effect was.....
Photo postcard of Mercer Sanitarium, Mercer PA ca. 1900s
Not postmarked or dated but the type of postcard published in the early 1900s. Shows thje horse-drawn sanitarium carriage.
The World's Charity to the Conemaugh Valley Sufferers and Who Received It
Johnstown, PA: Harry M. Benshoff, C. 1890. Paperback. 8vo, lacking original wraps; replaced with gray wraps with facsimile of title page affixed to front cover, 192 pp plus about 20 pp. of ads front and rear, contents good to very good, a little tanned. Almost entirely lists of people in.....
History of Allegheny County Pennsylvania, Two Parts Bound as One
Chicago: A Warner, 1889. First edition. Hardcover. Two parts bound as one. 1889. First edition. Hardcover, 4to. rebound in later black cloth and endpapers, all edge gilt. 758, 790pp. frontis, illustrated with tissue covered plates throughout. Good. Rebound, lacks front endpaper. Periodic offsetting from laid in newspaper articles throughout, a......
About Us
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1967. Second printing. Hardcover. Signed by the author, dated 2010, on the title page. 1937, second printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Good dust jacket. Previous owner's signature on the fly leaf; clean text. DJ edgeworn with shallow snags; light soiling; small abrasion on rear panel from.....
History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, with Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men
Philadelphia: L.H. Everts, 1882. First edition. Hardcover. 1882. First edition. Hardcover, 4to. in original full red leather with gilt titles, decoration, all edges gilt. 727pp. illustrated with engraved plates, including a full color 2p. map of Westmoreland County. Very good. Rubbing, surface loss to leather corners, spine ends, boards mottled.....
History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men
Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1991. Reprint. Hardcover. 1991. Facsimile reprint of the 1882 edition. Hardcover, 4to. in orange cloth. 727pp. illustrated, plus index. Very good. Light scuffing to boards and edges. Contents unmarked.
1908-1916 postcards of Wireton, Shousetown and South Heights, PA
The South Heights card is postmarked 1910, RPPC, First Presbyterian in Shousetown postmarked 1909, light wear, Lover's Walk in Shousetown dated 1913, light wear, Residence of A. A. Porter, Wireton, RPPC postmarked 1916, light wear, and the Catholic Church in Wireton, RPPC postmarked 1910 is in excellent condition. All three.....
1916 RPPC of ore trains at Imperial PA
Looks like a RPPC to us, light soil, postmarked 1916 with a message on the back that is probably offering booze (this is Prohibition era) in coded language: "Bertha I wanted to tell you not to get anny of that you said you were out of we can give you.....
Memorial: The Fiftieth Anniversary Exercises of the Presbyterian Church, Sewickley, Pa., February 17th, 1888, 1838-1888
Pittsburgh: W. W. Waters. First printing. Hardcover. Inscribed on the front flyleaf by the publisher Waters. First edition, ca. 1888. Cloth hardcover with gilt title on the front cover, gilt top edge, 154 pp., illustrated, clean unmarked text, Good copy, straining to the inner hinges, age-toning to the outer pages.....
Joseph Bassett, Englishman and American, Signed by the Author
State College, PA: Barbara Metzger Anderson, 1979. Limited edition. Hardcover. Signed by Barbara Metzger Anderson on the title page. Limited edition of 500 copies. 143pp. illustrated. Very good in very good dust jacket. Edge wear, price sticker on dust jacket. Contents unmarked.
A Brief Biographical Sketch of the Medical Profession of Indiana County, Penn'a (Pennsylvania) and The First and Second Sanitary Reports, and Papers on Sclerosis of the Nerve Centres, Pyemia, Nervous Diseases, Bacteria, Tobacco and Hygiene
Indiana, PA: Times Steam Print, c. 1890. First edition. Hardcover. No date, c. 1890, First Edition. Hardcover, brown cloth, gilt title. 200 pp., errata. Very Good. Light soil and rubbing to the binding; front hinge a little tender, but secure; unmarked text. Sound copy.
Heroes of Peace: A History of the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission, Commemorating the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth, on November 25th, 1835, of Andrew Carnegie
Pittsburgh: Privately Printed / The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission, 1935. First printing. Hardcover. Inscribed by Arbuthnot. First edition, 1935. Leather hardcover with gilt ruling on the covers and gilt title on the spine, gilt top edge, 231 pp., clean unmarked text, Good copy, minor soiling or age-toning to some of.....
Versailles Borough: 75th Anniversary Committee, Diamond Jubilee 1893-1968
Versailles, PA: Borough of Versailles, 1968. Paperback. Paperback, 1968, octavo, unpaginated, illustrated in b&w. Book VG+ with some toning and soil to wrap, stapled binding tight, text clean bright and unmarked. No DJ.
Whiskey Rebels: The Story of a Frontier Uprising
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1939. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 1939. Cloth hardcover, 326 pp., Very Good+ copy, minor ex-library marks, no dust jacket.
2 copies of Meadville's Sesqui-Centennial; Souvenir Programme; May 12, 1788 -- May 8-12, 1938
Meadeville: Meadville Sesqui-Centennial Commission, 1938. First printing. Paperback. First editions, 1938. Softcovers, 48 pp., illustrated, clean unmarked text, 1 copy Very Good and 1 copy Near Fine, Very Good copy with soiling and wear to the covers. Very Good copy also has several pencil signatures to the front cover...
History of Greene County, Pennsylvania
Evansville, IN: Whipporwill, 1985. Reprint. Hardcover. 1985. Facsimile reprint of the 1888 edition. Hardcover, 8vo. in grey cloth. 808pp. illustrated. Very good. Boards rubbed, edges foxed. Contents unmarked.
The Allegheny Old Portage Railroad, 1834-1854: Building, Operation and Travel Between Hollidaysburg and Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Cresson, PA: Members and Friends of the Blair County Chapter, S. A. R. and the Cambria County Chapter, S. A. R., 1952. First edition. Paperback. 1952. First edition. Paperback, 90 pp. Illustrated in b&w. Very good. Previous owner's signature to first blank. Soiling to wraps.
When Radio Was Young, Questions and Answers About Early Pittsburgh Radio
Wilkinsburg, PA: Wilkinsburg Commission, 1995. First edition. Paperback. 1995. First edition. Paperback, 4to. in pictorial wraps. 159pp. illustrated. Fine. A clean copy, bright and unmarked.
A Do It Yourself Walk Around Historic Beaver
Beaver, PA: Beaver Area Heritage Foundation, c. 1980s. First edition. Paperback. No date, c. 1980s. First edition. Paperback, 17 pp. Illustrated with b&w photographs, drawings and maps. Near fine. Light fading to wraps.
Biographical Sketches, Beaver County, Pennsylvania
Beaver County Genealogical Society, 1977. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 1977. Limited edition, numbered 101. Quarto, cloth hardcover in dust jacket, 184 pp., illustrated, clean unmarked text, Very Good copy in Good dust jacket, owner's label on the front flyleaf, soiling and discoloration to the dust jacket, wear to the.....
Atlas of Erie County, Pennsylvania
New York: F. W. Beers, Ellis and Soule, 1865. First edition. Hardcover. 1865, First Edition. Hardcover, square folio, quarter leather with marbled boards. Illustrated with over 30 maps, most with color embellishments. Includes large map of the Plan of Erie printed on tissue-paper, also in color. A Good copy. Both.....
200 Years Of History 1776-1976 In New Alexandria Pennsylvania, Westmoreland County
New Alexandria: Bicentennial Committee, 1976. Paperback. Quarto, wraps, 158 pp, illustrated.