ABC Lancaster by :

Breinigsville, Pa: Pennsylvania German Society, 1973. Hardcover. Fine. viii, 299 p.: illustrations; 23 cm. White cloth with black spine series title, and black cover illustration and title: ABC- und Namen-Büchlein für Kinder. Contents: The ABC Books of the Pennsylvania Germans by Walter Klinefelter -- Abraham Harley Cassel, Nineteenth Century Pennsylvania German American Book Collector by Marlin L. Heckman -- Marriages Performed at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity, Lancaster, 1749-1767 by Fritz Braun and Frederick S. Weiser. Klinefelter's ABC Books of the Pennsylvania Germans includes an extensive checklist. Heckman's work contains a useful overview of other 19th-century American book collectors, as well as discussions of Cassel's activities as both book collectors and librarian. The record of marriages performed at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity in Lancaster in the mid-18th century is a valuable genealogical resource for German… Read More

NY: International Paper Goods Co. Very Good. 1930. Paperback. Color Lithographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 16 pages; 1930 International Paper Goods Co. Oversize quarto paperback in glazed color lithograph illustrated covers with saddle stapled binding. Presumably published and distributed to department stores and small retail shops as a premium. A very large ABC book with charming color lithograph illustrations by Buck throughout. Typically there are 2 letters of the alphabet per page with examples of words often of products or items that would correspond to a child's items of interest such as toys, games and clothes. Though a Worldcat search finds no copies held in any library or special collection, the 2 or 3 copies located with a google image search generally feature a store stamp to the cover. In this case the store that distributed the book as a premium was the multi generational Shaub's Shoe Shop of Lancaster PA; their square ink stamp centered on the front cover. . Mild… Read More