8vo 8" - 9" tall; 95 pages; 1st edition. Signed by the author on the title page. Snugly bound and neat in original color illustrated dust jacket. Mild surface rub/scrape to jacket spine and a short nick/chip from the top of the spine panel. Prior owner intital penned top corner of front endpage. Handsome copy. VG++/VG; Signed by Author View More...
Lithograph; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 6 pages; [No date given] Circa 1855. Large format sheet music in original illustrated wraps. A six sheet piece of music by Charles Grobe, "respectfully inscribed to the Young Ladies of Linden Hall (formerly Young Ladies Institute)." The front cover, printed in stone lithography, depicts the "rear view" of the Linden Hall grounds mid 19th entury. Music notation comnprises three sheets with no linguistic content; the rear page is publisher ads. Some light soiling to covers and separation at folds. Trace glue residue at spine edge suggests ... View More...
B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 152 pages; 1910 Lebanon County Historical Society. Papers Vol V, No. 5. Read before the Society in 3 installmants over 1909 and 1910. Paperback in glazed title lettered wraps. Prior owner's old paper tape reinforcement to the spine. Covers light shelf soiled and edge rubbed. Some light handling wear and superficial soiling to page stock. Illustrated with scattered b&w photographs. Prior owner's several pages of genealogical notes laid in at front. Uncommon in the original edition. Good only View More...
Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 46 pages; Paperback in original metallic silver paper covered wraps with saddle stapled binding. Bright, fresh copy with no marks. Trace shelf evidence to covers at edges. Illustrated with photographs. VG+ View More...
12mo 7" - 7½" tall; First 4 volumes of what was eventually completed as a 6 volume set. Vol 1 1st ed of 1857; other 3 volumes issued in 1872 by Westhaeffer. Comprehensive biographical profiles of the many individuals who played primary or important roles in the development of the German Reformed Church, first in Europe and then primarily in America. Uniformly bound in original ribbed and blind-stamped brown cloth with titles in gilt to spines. Vol 1 with cloth a little rubbed spine edges and ends; mild chipping at spine ends. Prior owner's small ink name stamp to front endpage VG. V2 ... View More...
Drawings, black and white photos; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 68 pages; 1987 Franklin & Marshall College. In original printed wraps. Bright, neat copy; no marks. Appears unread and about as new. Fine. The 1st commercial publication of the author's 1948 Master's thesis. Introduced by Theodore Rupp. View More...
facsimile wood cuts; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 16 pages; 1970 Self-Published. Slim chap book in decoratively title lettered card stock wraps with saddle stapled binding. Light sun fading to cover edges. A single sheet with several of the author's poems laid in at rear appears to have been printed for the author's memorial service. With the printed sheet of poems is a news clipped obituary along with a memorial card on hand made paper from the memorial service Oct 1997. Uncommon VG- to VG View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 136 pages; 1987 self-published. Trade sized paperback in pictorial, title lettered card stock covers. Bright, tight and fresh. Feels and appears unread. Just a whisper of shelf evidence to covers. About as new. NF View More...
8vo 8 - 9 tall; 85 pages; Trade size paperback in title lettered covers with saddle stapled binding. Covers lightly worn with mild sunning at spine edge. Prior owner name penned top edge of front cover. VG- View More...
B&W Photographs; Oblong 4to 11" - 13" tall; 138 pages; 2008 Lancaster County Historical Society. Oversize oblong formkat paperback in glossy pictorial covers. Bright, tight and fresh; no marks. Profusely illustrated with historical b&w photos and includes essays by several of Lancaster's highly regarded historians. Just a whisper of shelf evidence to cover extremities. NF or about as new View More...
B&W Photos and reproductions; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 80 pages; [SIGNED] 1937 Self-published. HC/DJ 1st edition. Signed by the author on the title page. Laid in at front is an 8 page pamphlet from the then prestigious Brunswick Hotel of Lancaster, showcasing the murlas of the Baron Stielgel Room at the Hotel. Als laid I at front is a photo post card of Zion Lutheran Church in Manheim, photo credited to the book's author. Prior owner pencil notation of purchasing the book at Heiges' Drug Store. Soundly bound in original pictorial dust jacket, unlettered at spine - as issued. Jacket lightly shelf soi... View More...
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Vol 62, #3 of the Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Paged [147] - 178. Paperback in yellow typographic wraps; saddle stapled binding. Solid and clean; no marks. Very mild wear to corners and spine, expected light toning to wraps. A few large B&W photographs. VG View More...
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society, Volume 70 No. 3; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 54 pages; Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society, Volume 70 No. 3. Trade size paperback in pictorial title lettered covers with saddle stapled binding. Solid clean copy with some b&w illustrations. VG+ View More...
B&W Photos and figures; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 104 pages; Circa 1957, self-published. Germantown, Philadelphia, PA. Trade sized paperback in light green card stock wraps lettered in drker green and with saddle stapled binding. The uncommon original edition of this genealogy. With the prior ownership of Ephrata PA area historian and publisher, Clarence E Spohn. His circular blind stamp to the first leaf. Some b&w figures and photos. Binding staples rusty but sound. Light wear to cover edges. Scarce in the original edition. VG- View More...
B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 350 pages; Eleven (+) volumes (of 12) bound in one. Hardcover bound in heavy red cloth, with title in gilt to spine. Booklets 1 through 11 (including supplement for Vol 7) bound together with original card stock covers bound in. Bright, tight and fresh. Prior owner name penned to front endpage; his underscoring to three lines in the foreword of book 1. Illustrated with b&w drawings. Each book pages separately. Roughly 350 pp total. VG++ to NF View More...
B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 350 pages; 1967 Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley. Eleven (+) volumes (of 12) bound in one. Hardcover bound in heavy red cloth, with title in gilt to spine. Booklets 1 through 11 (including supplement for Vol 7) bound together with original card stock covers bound in. Solid and neat with some superficial dust spotting front edge of the page block. Illustrated with b&w drawings. Each book paged separately. Roughly 350 pp total. VG+ View More...
