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.....
Not postmarked or dated but the type of postcard published in the early 1900s. Shows thje horse-drawn sanitarium carriage.
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.....
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......
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.....
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.....
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.
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.....
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.....
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.....
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.
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.
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, 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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.....
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.....
New Alexandria: Bicentennial Committee, 1976. Paperback. Quarto, wraps, 158 pp, illustrated.
New York: Ward & Drummond, 1899. Hardcover. Hardcover with gilt stamped brown cloth boards, 1899, octavo, 206pp., illustrated in b&w. Book VG with some wear to spine ends and corners, rubbing and mild soil, binding tight, front flyleaf torn at bottom inside corner, some wear to edges of text from.....
Ebensburg: The Board of County Commissioners, 1950. First edition. Hardcover. 1950. First edition. Hardcover, 8vo. 299pp. Very good. Boards and edges foxed, ownership plate on front pastedown. Contents unmarked.