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The Dutch and Quaker Colonies In America
by John Fiske
This is Volume 1 (I haven't seen Volume 2 online yet). Fiske tells a delightful and informative series of stories and provides authoritative historical framework, for the development of New York. Volume 1 deals almost entirely with Dutch lore. Highly recommended for anyone with interest in New York.
Byways and Boulevards In and About Historic Philadelphia
by Francis Burke and Gummere, Henry Volkmar Brandt
Pennsylvania History Books & Ephemera
John Buddy's Bread and Cake Bakery receipt
Philadelphia: John Buddy's Bread and Cake Bakery, 1850. Good. 1 receipt (8 x 20 cm.), printed along the upper edge: "John Buddy's Bread and Cake Bakery, S. W. corner Eighth and Locust streets." E. P. Fritz purchased 72 loaves of bread at 27 loaves for a dollar. John Buddy was a baker in Philadelphia in the 1840s and 1850s; he moved to 8th and Locust in 1850. E.P. Fritz was probably Elizabeth Fritz, who ran a boardinghouse on N. 4th St. from 1848 to 1851. In Good Condition: light...
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Bucks County Playhouse program for Ferenc Molnar's The Guardsman with ticket stub
New Hope, Pa: Bucks County Playhouse, 1941. Good -. 3, [1] p.; 24 cm. Illustrated advertisement for Flemington Fur Co. on back. The program for the final week (the week of Sept. 15) of the third season of the Bucks County Playhouse in New Hope, Pa. The playhouse was presenting The Guardsman by Ferenc Molnar, starring Louis Calhern, Haila Stoddard, Walter Slezak, and Edith King. Also appearing were Patricia Worrall, Charles J. Parsons, and Susan Dolph. Page 2 contains reflections on the season and...
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The Saint Vincent Basilica, Latrobe, Pennsylvania, One Hundred Years
by Opatka-Metzgar, Kimberley A.; Brian D. Boosel; Emil Kuhar; Et. Al
Latrobe: Saint Vincent Archabbey Publications, 2005. First printing. Paperback. Very Good +. First edition, 2005. Oblong quarto, softcover, 342 pp., heavily illustrated (much in color), clean unmarked text, Very Good+ copy, light rubbing or creasing to the tips and edges of the covers, covers also with a bit of soiling or discoloration. Relevant item laid in.
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SGD 41.36
![Henry Meyer: An Early Pennsylvania German Poet [in The Pennsylvania German Folklore Society Vol. 19 1955]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/237/657/1181657237.0.b.jpg)
Henry Meyer: An Early Pennsylvania German Poet [in The Pennsylvania German Folklore Society Vol. 19 1955]
by Buffington, Albert F
Allentown, Pa: Pennsylvania German Folklore Society, 1955. Hardcover. Very Good +. [8], 178, [2] p., 1 leaf with a portrait: in-text and full-page illustrations, map; 23 cm. Off-white cloth with red spine and cover titles, and red cover illustration. Title page has decorative red border. Decorated inital letters in red. Contents: Henry Meyer: An Early Pennsylvania German Poet by Albert F. Buffington -- The Saga of the Pennsylvania Germans in Wisconsin by M. Walter Dundore -- 1953 in Pennsylvania...
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SGD 42.74
The Citizen & Farmer's Almanac, For the Year of our Lord 1794 . . . Carefully Calculated for the Latitude and Meridian of Philadelphia by Abraham Shoemaker
by Shoemaker, Abraham
Philadelphia: Benjamin Johnson, 1793. Paperback. Good. [36] p.: illustration; 17 cm. Stitched. Wrapper included in page count. Woodcut illustration of "The Anatomy of Man's Body as governed by the Twelve Constellations." "David Jenkins" written in the margin of one page. Not in Early American Imprints or Morrison's Preliminary Check List of American Almanacs. One copy in WorldCat. This appears to be the earliest of the many almanacs for which Abraham Shoemaker...
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Sitting in Equity. April Term, 1946. No. 1194-B. Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation, Plaintiff, v. United Steelworkers of America, (CIO); Local 1397, United Steelworkers of America, (CIO); J.J. Thomas, H.C. Ford, Elmer W. Trapp, Charles Scharbo, L. Bruce Alexander, Frank W. Casper, John F. Bresko, Andrew Jacobs, Joseph Spinelli, Bernard E. Shields, Howard Davis, John E. Sharpe, Andrew Steiner, Frank Boyle, Nicholas Steiner, Stephen Suto, and John S. Donohue, Defendants
[Pittsburgh]: Printed by Smith Bros. Co, 1946. Hardcover. Very Good. 11 parts invidually numbered (ccomplaint, lots of brief, affidavits, injunction bond, opinions, assignment of errors). Tan cloth library binding with leather title labels mounted on spine. 23 cm. "Labor Law Library" stamped in red ink inside front cover. Carnegie-Illinois sought an injunction against certain alleged illegal actions by the striking union. The injunction was granted based on affadavits rather than actual testimony and...
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SGD 206.80
Bouquets From The Cannon's Mouth: Soldiering With The Eighth Regiment Of The Pennsylvania Reserves
by Robert E. Eberly, Edwin C. Bearss
Shippensbuurg: White Mane, 2005. First Edition. Hardbound. Near fine/Near fine.
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SGD 103.40
Twenty-Sixth Annual Report of the Managers of the Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind. Presented to the Corporators, at Their Annual Meeting, February 7th, 1859
by n/a
Philadelphia: John C. Clark & Son, 1859. Original Wraps. Fair. Softcover. c.1859. Light blue wraps. 8vo. 33pp. Fair. Heavy soil to wraps, dampstaining to lower lefthand corner, light wear at spine-ends, soiling to contents.
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SGD 17.92
Rules of Discipline of the Yearly Meeting of Friends, Held in Philadelphia (1843)
by Philadelphia Quakers
Philadelphia: John Richards, 1843. Wraps. Fair. 8vo, plain wraps, fair copy with quite a bit of wear, rubbing, abrasions and edge-loss, light restoration and touching up to spine, contents good and clean. 108 pp, plus 10 blank sheets and index.
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SGD 34.47
Bucks County, Pennsylvania Deed Book 5 (1713-1731)
Miami Beach, FL: T. L. C. Genealogy, 1991. Paperback. Very Good. [2], 89 p.; 28 cm. White comb binding with clear covers. Contains "detailed abstracts of all documents found in Bucks County Deed Book 5, including the names of all 1674 individuals mentions anywhere in the 229 documents in the deed book." -- p.1. Includes index. Scarce. In Very Good Condition: front cover is browned along spine; pages are clean and solid.
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SGD 26.20
![Consolidation National Bank, Philadelphia, Pa. [letterhead] 1892 addressed to Alexander Ennis Patton](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/761/335/1245335761.0.b.jpg)
Consolidation National Bank, Philadelphia, Pa. [letterhead] 1892 addressed to Alexander Ennis Patton
Philadelphia: Consolidation National Bank, 1892. Near Fine. 1 leaf 24 cm. Engraved. "James V. Watson, President. Edward H. Ogden, Vice President. Edwin H. Webb, Cashier." Dated July 6, 1892, and addressed to A. E. Patton, cashier of the First National Bank of Curwensville, Pa. Consolidation National Bank was established in 1855 as the Lumber Bank; James Verree Watson (1817-1910) was the first president. Watson was also a member of the Board of Managers of Swarthmore College. Alexander...
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Papers Read Before the Historical Society of Frankford - V. 1 #7
PA: Historical Society, 1908. Softcover. Good. Good in wrappers. V. 1 #7 Light light staining on pages, Disbound. Cover is browned with some staining. Corners rubbed out. Front cover and first couple pages unattached.
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SGD 68.94
Muncy Valley Lifeline: The Life and Times of the Williamsport and North Branch and Eagles Mere Railroads
by Taber, Thomas T
Muncy, PA: Thomas T. Taber, 1972. Second edition. Paperback. Very good+. Printed paper wraps with stapled binding, small quarto [8.5" x 11"], 64pp., illustrated in b&w. Book has previous owner's signature to front panel and full-title page, mild rubbing and soil to wraps, stapled binding tight, text clean and unmarked.
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SGD 24.82
Map of Abbington Township, Pennsylvania
by Cornwell, Chas M
New York: Chas M. Cornwell, 1860. Paperback. good+. Folding map of Abbington Township, PA, located near Willow Grove, Scott Township, Wyoming County, and Newton. ca. 1860s. Printed on thin paper, measures 3.5 by 6 inches folded, 28 by 23 inches unfolded. Good+. Wear and separation along folds of map in several places, including a couple several inch long perforations. Map remains overall intact, bright, and readable. Tracts of land and their owners are labeled, as are bodies of water and other...
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Philadelphia Social Register: Dilatory Domiciles January 1930
New York: Social Register Association, 1930. Paperback. Near Fine -. 16 p.; 17 cm. Printed on salmon paper; stapled. Lists members of Philadelphia society who had changed address recently, largely by virtue of marriage or death. In Near Fine- Condition: small chip at tail of spine; upper corners lightly creased; clean and tight.
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SGD 39.98
Let It Burn!": The Philadelphia Tragedy; Michael Boyette with Randi Boyette
by Boyette, Michael; Boyette, Randi
Chicago: Contemporary, 1989. Hardcover. Near Fine -/good +. xi, [7], 314 p., [16] p. of photographs: maps, plans, photographs; 24 cm. Black cloth spine with silver spine title; black paper over boards. Illustrated dust jacket. This is the account of "a handful of urban revolutionaries determined to provoke a response from a society they considered evil and doomed, and of a city administration unable to frame an adequate response." -- dust jacket. MOVE was founded in 1972 in Philadelphia by John Africa...
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Response to The Blue Juniata" and Other Poems, Sentimental, Historical and Religious
by Cort, Cyrus
Cleveland, OH: Central Publishing House, 1902. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition. c.1902. Hardcover. Red cloth, gilt titles. Poet from Westrmoreland County, PA. Very Good. Light general shelfwear, top corners bumped, spine lightened, moderate soil to cloth, occasional smudge marks to contents.
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SGD 16.54
Erie, A History
by Spencer, Herbert Reynolds
Erie: Published by the author, 1962. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition, 1962. Cloth hardcover, illustrated, 275 pp., clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy, light foxing or soiling to some pages and to the page-edges, no dust jacket.
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SGD 33.09
Along the Allegheny: A History of the Early Events Along the Allegheny and Its Tributaries
by Garbarino, William
Midway, PA: Midway Publishing, 2000. Paperback. Fine. Printed paper wrap, octavo, 84pp., illustrated in b&w. Book has handsome wrap and tight binding, text clean bright and unmarked. No DJ.
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SGD 41.36
1916 finely bound volume collecting Hensel's various papers and addresses on Lancaster PA history &c. - The Shippen House (1910); Old Elizabeth, Some Account of "Baron" Stiegel...(1913); An Historic Balcony, An Address Delivered at the Hotel Brunswick (1915); Walter Scott: Poet (1914); Scotland Revisited (1914); Trinity and the Town (no date)
by (Lancaster, PA) W. U. Hensel
Lancaster etc.: New Era Printing Company, 1916. Hardcover. Near Fine. Tall 8vo, in half red morocco, raised bands and handsome gilt compartments, near fine, with presentation from Hensel's daughter to a friend in 1916. Bound by Zucker in Philadelphia. The essay on Scotland is the longest at 41 pp. Other papers have illustrations.
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SGD 137.87
Report of the Sesqui-Centennial Commission of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 1776-1926
by n/a
Harrisburg: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1927. Hardcover. Very good. Gilt stamped red cloth boards, octavo, 62pp., illustrated in b&w. Book has mild wear to spine ends and corners, faint bump to top rear corner, binding tight, text clean and unmarked.
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SGD 24.82
Souvenir Magazine: 9th Annual Philadelphia Music Festival -- June 12, 1953 -- Municipal Stadium
Philadelphia: Philadelphia Inquirer Charities, 1953. Paperback. Near Fine. 32 p.: illustrations; 27 cm. Paperback; stapled. Souvenir Magazine Vol. 17, No. 3. Performers were: Jose Ferrer, the Robin Hood Dell Orchestra conducted by Arthur Fiedler, the All Philadelphia Public Senior High School Chorus conducted by Louis G. Wersen, the Cities Service Band of America conducted by Paul Lavalle, world baton twirling champion Alta Burg, Jeanette Macdonald, Bill Kenny and the Inkspots, Music on Ice featuring...
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Estate of Elijah Stover: Letters of Administration 1878 and Supplemental Account of Administrator David S. Stover 1880
1878. Fine. 2 documents, folded. The 1st a printed form from the county register's office with the seal and signature of the Montgomery County Register of Wills, Solomon Snyder. The 2nd 2 leaves printed for accounts with the handwritten account of the various fees involved in the sale of the real estate and taxes and other costs. Relating to the administration of the estate of Elijah Stover (1827-1878), who died intestate. His brother David S. Stover (1836-1916) received letters of administration...
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Annual Report of the Board of Military Claims made to the Legislature of the state of Pennsylvania for the year 1865
by Russell, A. L., James L. Reynolds, W. W. Irwin
(Harrisburg), 1865. Very Good. Oblong quarto (9 x 11 inches), printed tan wraps, 71 pp, very good, light wear, creasing and soil. Very RARE, few if any located by OCLC (some record a serial title, as this was an annual, so it may be included in a handful of citations).
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SGD 379.14
Acknowledgement by Director C. Emerson Brown for Gift of Spiny Soft-Shelled Turtle to the Philadelphia Zoo by Howard Page Wood
by Brown, C. Emerson
Philadelphia: Zoological Society of Philadelphia, 1935. Near Fine. 1 printed form filled in by hand. The Zoological Society of Philadelphia thanks Howard Page Wood for the gift of one spiny soft-shelled turtle. Signed by the director, C. Emerson Brown. Undated. Clarence Emerson Brown (1869-1949) was director of the Philadelphia Zoo from 1922 to 1935. Howard Page Wood (1923-2010) was a child when he presented this turtle to the zoo; he later became an orchid collector and wrote the definitive work on...
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