The Most Extraordinary Adventures of Major Robert Stobo.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1965. Illus. 423pp. 8vo, brown cloth, d.w. chipped and dampstained. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (1965). More
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The Pennsylvania Railroad; A Pictorial History
New York: Bonanza. Illustrated with b/w photos throughout. 248 pages. 4to, 1/2 yellow cloth. New York: Bonanza, n.d., circa 1975. A very good copy with slight tear along front panel edge of spine cloth; lacking dust wrapper. More
Of a Place and a Time; Remembering Lancaster
Hamden: Archon, 1991. 8vo, red cloth, d.w. (Hamden): Archon, (1991). Near Fine Lancaster, Pennsylvania. More
A History of Transportation in the Ohio Valley; With special reference to its waterways, trade, and commerce from the earliest period to the present time.
maps, one folding. illus. 465pp. 8vo, cloth, uncut; (cloth lightly soiled, otherwise very good). Glendale: Arthur H. Clark, 1932. More
Inns of the Mid-Atlantic and the South.
many color illus. 4to, cloth. Los Angeles, (1978). More
Second Brigade of the Pennsylvania Reserves at Antietam; Report of the Antietam Battlefield Memorial Commission
Harrisburg: 1908. of Pennsylvania and Ceremonies at the Dedication of the Monuments erected by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania... Photo Illus., folding map of the Battle of Antietam. 109pp. 8vo, black cloth, Frontis. creased, otherwise very good. (Harrisburg), 1908. More
Let This Life Speak; The Legacy of Henry Joel Cadbury.
illus. 8vo, cloth. Univ. of PA Pr., 1987. vg. More
Bendiner's Philadelphia.
illus. 4to, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Barnes, (1964). vg. More
An Account of Some Hosensack Valley Mills; From their first rise to the beginning of the year 1957
Pennsburg: Schwenkfelder Library, 1958. Illus. 70pp. 4to, 1/2 red cloth, cloth and front boards lightly dampstained, edges of board corners worn. Pennsburg: Schwenkfelder Library, (1958). More
Pennsylvania Iron Manufacture in the Eighteenth Century.
Harrisburg: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1973. Illus. 8vo, pr. wrs., back wrapper lightly soiled. Harrisburg: Penn. Historical and Museum Commission, 1973. More
Historic Builidings of Centre County Pennsylvania
University Park: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1980. Many Illus. Oblong 4to, gray cloth, d.w. lightly soiled. University Park: University of Pennsylvania Press, (1980). More
Family Portrait.
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1970. With a few b/w llustrations. 301 pages. Large 8vo, two-toned cloth, d.w. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., (1970). A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
The Middle Atlantic States; Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania.
many illus., some in color. 4to, bds. N.Y.: Time-Life, (1968). vg. More
Nationality Rooms of the University of Pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1947. 2 etchings by Louis Orr, 17 color plates and 46 crayon drawings by Andrey Avinoff. Elephant folio, original linen, battered d.w. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1947. A near fine copy in a poor dust wrapper. Limited edition of 1500 copies. More
Byways and Boulevards in and about Historic Philadelphia.
Frontis. in color. 320 b/w illus. 4to, cloth. Philadelphia, (1925). More
Pennsylvania Dutch: The Plain and the Fancy
Harrisburg: Stackpole Company, 1957. Lightly illustrated in b/w. 244 pages. 8vo, tan boards. Harrisburg: Stackpole Company, (1957). A good copy--foxing to cloth and outer edges, shelfworn, residue from removed libris plate on front pastedown. More
Our Philadelphia; A Candid and Colorful Portrait of a Great City.
illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w. Garden City, 1957. More
Report of the Commission to locate the Site of the Frontier Forts of Pennsylvania.
Harrisburgh: Clarence M. Busch, 1896. Many color plates and maps throughout, some folding. 2 volumes. 627, 636 pages. Tall 8vos, original 1/2 burgundy calf over marbled boards, gilt spine, a.e.g. (Harrisburg): Clarence M. Busch, State Printer of Pennsylvania, 1896. First edition. A good only copy -- internally clean but bindings in rather rough condition with extensive damage to leather and clumsy repair to broken joints. Reports on the forts on the Blue Mountains, north and west branches of the Susquehanna..... More
America, Historical, Statistic, and Descriptive.
London: Fisher, 1841. Engraved frontispiece portrait and folding map of the United States, 72 text engravings. 3 volumes, thick 8vo, original cloth; (spines worn and recased and repaired, a few pages with repaired tears with no loss of text, scattered foxing, inner hinges strengthened). London: Fisher, Son, (1841). First edition. A very good(-) set. Author was a British journalist and historian. "His books...contain much valuable matter, both descriptive and statistical." DNB III, p. 202. "Devoted to...New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland."..... More
William Penn; as the Founder of Two Commonwealths.
illus. 8vo, cloth; (inner hinge weak, flyleaf lacking, spine ends worn). N.Y.: Appleton, 1904. More
Narrative of Johann Carl Buettner in the American Revolution
New York: Charles Heartman. Color Frontis. 69pp. 8vo, tan boards with paper label on front cover, small bump to bottom edge of front cover, small areas of wear to bottom edges of covers, pages partially unopened. New York: Charles Heartman, n.d., circa 1912. First American Edition. One of 320 copies. "After many hardships in Pennsylvania as an indentured servant, served awhile in the American army, then deserted to the Hessians." Howes B-939. More
Philadelphia, Holy Experiment.
illus. 8vo, cloth. Garden City, 1945. More
Philadelphia's Boxing Heritage, 1876-1976
Charleston: Arcadia Publishing, 2002. Illustrated with b/w photos. 128 pages. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. (Charleston): Arcadia Publishing, (2002). A very good(+) copy, lightly scuffed. More
Kort Beskrifning om Provincien Nya Swerige uti America, Som nu fortjden af the Engelske kallas Pensylvania.
2 maps, 3 plates, title vignette, 5 text illus., 7 head-pieces, engraved initials. [14], 190. [2]pp. 12mo, early 3/4 calf, paper label; (lacks 2 maps including folding map; browning to text, binding lightly rubbed, p. 187 dampstained). Stockholm: J.H. Werner, 1702. "An account of the first permanent settlement in the entire Delaware River Valley...made at what is now Wilmington, Delaware, in 1638, and of its later capture by the Dutch in 1655. There is a chapter on the status of..... More
Time Against the Sky; 19th Century Days in Philadelphia.
Frontis. 8vo, cloth, d.w. Cambridge, (1966). A novel. More