Germantaun, PA: M. Billmeyer, [1825]. Small quarto (20cm.); original stitched pictorial wrappers; unpaged; woodcut illus. in text which is printed within typographically decorative border and double rules. Upper wrapper (often missing) illustrated with an elaborate full-page woodcut depicting a dock scene, with a European and an Oriental person about to..... More
Philadelphia: Wm. J. Dornan, 1888. First Edition. Octavo; removed; [2],11pp. Title page separated but present, extremities a bit toned and brittle, faint vertical fold; overall Good, internally fresh. Address delivered by the leading Philadelphia physician on the need to reform the legal system in relation to mental illness..... More
Lancaster: Jacob Schweitzer, 1828. 12mo; full contemporary sheep, black gilt spine label; 360pp.; intaglio engraved frontispiece and eleven (11) leaves of plates depicting forty-four emblems (collated and complete). Ex-Philip Schaff Library of the Lancaster Theological Seminary with their internal markings, leather rather scuffed along extremities with exposure at corners, numerous..... More
[York, PA: Trimmer Printing, 1965.] First Edition. Octavo (23.5cm.); publisher's blue cloth lettered in silver foil, original glassine dust jacket; vii,[1],167pp.; four leaves of photographic illus. printed on rectos and versos. Book in Fine condition; uncommon glassine dust jacket quite toned and chipped along spine edge, Good only. More
![Item #7541 The Reform Pulpit: Sunday Lectures [Vol. V, 1905-1906] [Inscribed and Signed]. J....](/pictures/thumb/7541.jpeg?v=1603735522)
Allegheny: B. Callomon, 1906. First Edition. Octavo (22cm.); publisher's plum cloth, gilt-lettered spine; mixed pagination.; photographic portrait frontispiece. Light wear, corners gently bumped, spine gilt quite dulled, else Very Good or better. Collection of sermons delivered before the Congregation Randolph Shalom in Pittsburgh, PA. Inscribed and signed by..... More
Erie, PA?, 1950? Octavo (23cm.); publisher's red textured cloth lettered in black; 113pp. Light foxing along textblock edges, else Near Fine. Cover title: "Dental Society History / Ninth District Dental Society / 'Old Lake Erie' / State of Pennsylvania / 1864-1950." History of the Society by one of..... More
Philadelphia: George H. Buchanan Company, 1909. First Edition. Small, slim octavo (19cm.); publisher's green gilt-lettered cloth; 66pp.; photographic frontispiece. Corners and spine ends bumped, else Very Good, internally clean and sound. Collection of religious poetry published nearly fifty years after the author's death at the premature age of..... More
New York: Outlook Company, 1903. First Thus, Limited to 260 copies printed on Van Gelder hand-made paper. Large octavo; publisher's parchment over paper-covered boards, gilt-lettered spine; lxvii,[1],146pp.; engraved frontispiece, one color plate (tissue guard). Parchment rather foxed, boards a bit toned at extremities, later ownership rubberstamp to front pastedown, else..... More
![Item #11781 Campaign to Valley Forge, July 1, 1777 - December 19, 1777 [Inscribed and Signed]....](/pictures/thumb/11781.jpg?v=1639688363)
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 1965. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's cloth in white pictorial dust jacket; 448pp.; portrait frontispiece, full-page illus. and maps throughout. Jacket extremities a bit chipped and rather toned, short split at bottom half inch of front jacket flap fold, spine slightly cocked, corners gently bumped with..... More
York, PA: 1932. Small octavo (17cm.); black cloth, upper cover "Diary" lettered in gilt; 206pp., filled to completion. Cloth a bit dusty, the youthful owner's faint pencil ownership initials on upper cover and in ink on textblock fore-edge. Still, given its heavy use, Very Good and sound. Gift..... More
Coal Center, PA: John W. Elwood, 1914. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's green gilt-lettered cloth; xvi,[17],326pp.; portrait frontispiece of Abraham Lincoln, illus. throughout, many full-paged. Cloth rather rubbed at extremities, corners bumped, gilt starting to flake, dark soil spots along textblock margins slightly bleeding into interior, else a Good to Very..... More
[Philadelphia]: Edgewood Publishing Co., 1882. Edgewood reprint of the Hubbard Brothers edition. Octavo; xi, 484pp. 16 illustrations including frontis over 13 plates, all present (this edition printed without illustrations list, but checked against the Hubbard Brothers edition). Missing Chapter XVI (pages 485-6) from the Hubbard Edition (unsure if in error..... More
![Item #25489 [Sammelband] Theron, Paulinus, and Aspasio [WITH] An Essay on the Nature and Glory of...](/pictures/thumb/25489.jpg?v=1676035911)
First Colerick Editions. Two volumes bound in one; 12mo (19cm.); full contemporary tree calf, red gilt-lettered spine label. Corners softened, front free endpaper separated but present, textblock rather toned and a bit foxed, 20th century ownership rubberstamp to front pastedown, else Very Good and sound. Contents as follows: 1..... More
Lancaster, PA: Pennsylvania German Society, 1896. Limited Edition of 75 copies. Octavo. 90 pages. Two black and white plates. Orange-brown printed wraps. Wraps are chipped with loss to spine ends and corners. Toning to edges. Binding holding and pages unmarked. No copies in retail at time of this writing. More
Temple, PA: The Consistory, 1959. Octavo. 69 pages. Black and white photographs. Pale blue wraps stamped in black. Covers sunned at spine with some intermittent staining. Sound in binding and pages unmarked. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1943. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in white pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($2.00); [6],314pp. Old damp stain to jacket slightly affecting cloth underneath (though not textblock), light shelf wear; overall a Good to Very Good copy in the uncommon dust jacket. Title page..... More
Dillsburg, PA: Northern York County Historical and Preservation Society, Inc., 1995. First Edition. Octavo. 95 pages. Black and white photographs. Fold-out map of Mines of the Dillsburg area laid in at rear. Photographic wraps. Wraps creased at spine. Some staining to wraps and preliminaries, with some heavier staining..... More
Bernville, PA: St. John's (Host) United Church of Christ, 1976. First Edition. Octavo (23.5cm.); publisher's red gilt-lettered leatherette; xii,[2],240pp.; illus. throughout. Light soil to upper cover, the Church ownership rubberstamps and private owner's pressure stamp to endpapers, else Very Good or better. More
Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Capitol Preservation Committee, 2002. First Edition. Quarto; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket; 168pp.; color illus. Fine condition. More
![Item #10868 Paint, Pattern and People: Furniture of Southeastern Pennsylvania 1725-1850 [Signed]....](/pictures/thumb/10868.jpg?v=1644008664)
Winterthur: The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 2011. First Edition. Signed by both authors on titlepage. Quarto (31x24x3cm); xxvi + 278pp, including bibliography and index. Richly illustrated throughout with color photographs and historical background documentation. Illustrated dustjacket over golden ochre cloth with title blind-stamped on front panel and..... More
Hannover, PA: Wilhelm Daniel Lepper, 1802. First Edition. Octavo (20.5cm.); original calf-backed paper-covered boards; [4],256pp. Boards quite rubbed and worn with some loss at corners and chipping and loss of paper, leather cracked at joints but otherwise holding, rather dark damp staining along fore-edge of first three gatherings; contemporary ownership..... More
Philadelphia and New York: The Barnes Foundation and Skira Rizzoli Publications, Inc., 2014. First Edition. Quarto (34x25x3cm); 287pp, including chronology, bibliography, and index. One hundred and three color plates of the exhibit-specific items with many additional background, comparable, and documentary images. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth with silver lettering..... More