B&W Illustrations; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 141 pages; Inscribed by author. Soundly bound and clean. Mild dust spotting along top and bottom edge. Base of spine lightly rubbed; front flap price clipped. Contents clean and unmarked. NF/VG+; Signed by Author View More...
B&W Illustrations and Maps; Oblong 4to 11" - 13" tall; 16 pages; [SIGNED] N. D. (circa 1967-75) H. J. Kauffman. Self published oversize oblong paperback. Pictorial wraps, saddle stapled binding. Scarce juvenile, historical illustrated title by highly regarded historian of all things early central Pennsylvanian. Handsome copy with just trace shelf rub to cover edges and a whisper of toning to cover edges. Not found in collections of local or national libraries. Illustrated with drawings and maps by Zoe Kauffman. VG to VG+; Signed by Author View More...
1927 Penn Publishing HC 1st edition. Original green cloth with titles deeply stamped in a darker green. Square sound copy; neatly pencilled gift inscription on front endpage. Expected light toning to page stock. Covers just a little dulled. Solid and neat; VG-; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 384 pages; Original green cloth with titles deeply stamped in a darker green. Square sound copy; neatly pencilled gift inscription on front endpage. Expected light toning to page stock. Covers just a little dulled. Solid and neat; VG- View More...
Period photographs and ads; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 180 pages; Larger format paperback. A very well illustrated turn of the century local history with a focus on the centennial of the Hope Hose Fire Company. Profusely illustrated with period photographs of a very large number of homes and structures in Manheim, including schools and businesses. Over one hundred local business ads at rear, many illustrated with photographs of establishments or proprietors. This copy is defective - with 3 missing pages replaced with photocopy/facsimile - the front cover and title page along with the la... View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1955. Four individual game programs for high school football - involving Solanco High School vs other local teams, Magazine sized programs of about 12-16 pgs. Color covers illustrated by Lon Keller. Each includes numerous local business ads, team and individual player photos etc. Overall VG+ View More...
12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 295 pages; Full speckled calf with red morocco title label to spine; seven pairs of double fillet gilt ruling across spine. Upper board detached along with first free endpage; lower board tenuous but attached. 295, [16] pp. With register, hymn in verse and biographical portrait appended in unnumered pages at rear. Small oil damp outline to top edge of upper board. Light, expected toning to page stock. Uncommon early Lancaster imprint; Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 20426). G++ or better View More...
Color reproductions; Oblong 4to 11" - 13" tall; 72 pages; [SIGNED] Oversize oblong format HC/DJ. 1st edition. Incribed on a blank front sheet by the artist with a 4 color pen and ink farmland sketch and dated 2008. Tight, fresh and neat in cream cloth boards with titles in green and black and a color pictorial panel mounted to board. Matching design dust jacket is bright and fresh. Profusely illustrated with color reproductions of Kermes' work. Fresh neat copy feels and appears as new. Prospectus for the book and a gallery card invitation to the book signing are laid in at front. F/F ... Over... View More...
4to 11" - 13" tall; 4 pages; May 20, 1925; Vol IX, No. 6. Student newspaper. 1 large folded sheet. 4 pp. Includes numerous local business ads. Fold lines and wear at edges; light general toning. VG- View More...
Lancaster County Historical Society , Vol. LIV, No. 2; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 22 pages; Paperback in original wraps with saddle stapled binding. The larger part of the journal devoted to Kieffer's long edited reproduction of Pehrson's diary of the 1862-63 year touchng much on the Civil War. Paged 17-40. Photographs and reproductions. A light vertical stress crease to the text; light shelf soiling and mild rubbing to covers. 1st edition thus. G++ to VG- View More...
B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 40 pages; Paperback in original wraps with saddle stapled binding. The larger part of the journal devoted to Kieffer's paper on the life and work of McNeely Stauffer. Includes the whole volume indes at rear. VG+ View More...
B&W reproductions; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 18 pages; Vol. XLV, No. 5, 1941. Slim paperback in matte title lettered wraps. Soundly bound and neat. A touch of shelf/handling evidence to wraps at edges. Illustrated with b&w photographs & reproductions. The whole issue devoted to Kieffer's monograph on social life in colonial and revolutionary era Lancaster. . Solid unmarked copy. VG+ View More...
12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 160 pages; Self published HC in original green cloth. Uncommon in the original edition, this collection of verse is quite worn with the lettered backstrip partially detached and held together by strips of transparent cellophane tape. Contents complete but some several signatures and single pages loose in whole or part. Damp ripple to cloth over boards. This is a copy that could be restored to some level of attractiveness. Complete, including illustrations. But needing restoration. Fair only View More...
12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 160 pages; Self published HC in original green cloth. Uncommon in the original edition, this collection of verse is soundly bound and generally clean, though with some dulling of the gilt titling at spine and superficial fraying to cloth at tips. Contents clean and unmarked. VG View More...
B&W Photographs and reproductions; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 56 pages; Vol. 77, No. 1. Paperback in original wraps with saddle stapled binding. Significant part of the journal devoted to Kiscaden's paper on the Strasburg Railroad; also a paper on "Barns of Lancaster County: 1798" by Arthur C. Lord. Light shelf / handling wear to covers. VG View More...
"Read before the Cliosophic Society, February 28, 1958"; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 25 pages; Printed in a limited edition for members of the Cliosophic Society. Slim paperback in title lettered cardstock covers. Tight fresh copy; no marks. Superficial fading to the light blue cover color. Broadside printer's note laid in at front; specifying a limited edition of 300 copies. Klein's address to the society details important aspects of early national political history as they occurred in Lancaster. Handsome copy. NF. Scarce View More...
B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 39 pages; Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society, Vol XLVI, No. 6. Almost the entirety of the journal devoted to the papers: "The Muhlenberg Family in Lancaster County" & "'Baron Stiegel' and the Muhlenbergs" Title lettered wraps with saddle stapled binding. Bright fresh copy. Illustrated with a few b&w photos. VG+ View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 16 pages; 1991 James Buchanan Foundation. Paperback in pictorial title lettered covers and saddle stapled binding. Bright, tight and fresh. Tiny remnant of a prices sticker top corner of the front cover; otherwise as new. NF View More...
Historical photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 34 pages; Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society: Vol 61, No. 4 Journal size softcover in printed stapled wraps. First half of the issue devoted to Klein's paper on Buchanan's Inauguration. Illustrated with some period photographs. Bright and neat. No marks. Laid in at front is a folded sheet with a Table of Contents for the 4 issues of Vol 61 along with an index for the illustrations in all 4 issues. VG View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 248 pages; [SIGNED] 1994 Mifflin Press. Trade size paperback in glossy map illustrated covers. Inscribed and signed by the author on the first page. Tightly bound, bright and very neat. Superficial stress crease across the foot of the spine. Otherwise about as new. VG++ to NF; Signed by Author View More...
Color Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 55 pages; Oversize paperback in glossy color pictorial covers with saddle stapled binding. Profiles and photographs of the many Evangelical Lutheran congreagations and churches in Lancaster. Color hotographs of church building. Bright fresh copy; signed by the author. NF; Signed by Author View More...
