ARTS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA GERMANS.
by Swank, Scott, et. al
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- Hardcover
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- Good/Dust Jacket Included
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About This Item
Pennsylvania German Society / Winterthur: (1984)., 1984 pp. x, 309. Highly Illustrated. Some sections are highlighted - but not terribly obtrusive. 4to. Original cloth binding. Original dust jacket. Pennsylvania German Society, New Series. Volume 17. Other contributors included: Benno M. Forman; Frank H. Sommer; Arlene Palmer Schwind; Fre derick S. Weiser; Donald H. Fennimore; and Susan Burr. One of the most important books in the series. Issued to celebrate 300 years of Germans in America and their arts. Really excellent. PA GER SOC. BOX 9. See Also: PGS105B Language: eng. Hardcover. Good/Dust Jacket Included.
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- THE FAMILY ALBUM (US)
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- PGA6
- Title
- ARTS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA GERMANS.
- Author
- Swank, Scott, et. al
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket Included
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania German Society / Winterthur: (1984).
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- PENNSYLVANIA; AMERICANA; PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN SOCIETY; DUTCH; LIMITED EDITION; SWANK; FOLK ART; FRAKTUR; FURNITURE; ANTIQUES; HOUSEHOLD GOODS; GENEALOG Y
- Bookseller catalogs
- ART; PENNSYLVANIA-GERMAN;
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THE FAMILY ALBUM
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Kinzers, Pennsylvania
About THE FAMILY ALBUM
Ron Lieberman, has been an antiquarian bookseller, rare book appraiser, and library consultant for Fifty years. His firm, The Family Album, has issued a series of exceptional catalogs and bibliographic references in a variety of fields, including: Incunabula; Pennsylvania-Americana; German-Americana; Fine Book Bindings; Early Photographica; Printing History & Typography; Classics from the Great Scholar / Printers; Etc. He was the instructor for a series of valuable workshops and courses in the history, taste, and technique of book collecting. He frequently lectures before professional groups of librarians and archivists on: the book trade; collection and building security; disaster preparedness; appraisals; and preservation, conservation, and binding. He has also often appeared on radio and television popularizing the pleasant hobby of antique book collecting. His expert opinion on the book collecting market; values of archives and manuscripts; collection preservation & security; historic photographs; and the value of rare books has been sought by sources as diverse as: the Historical & Museum Commission of PA; the PA State Library; the Library of Congress; the Smithsonian Institution; the FBI; American Bible Society; Money Magazine; Kipplinger Magazine; Conservation Centers; Warmans Antique Price Guides; U.S.A. Today; as well as Universities, Colleges, and Historical Societies throughout the United States. As one of the organizers of the World Library Fund, Mr. Lieberman provides professional analyses of library collections, and helps plan library development for public and private institutions in the United States and abroad. He was a Member of the Board of Governors of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (A.B.A.A.), and Chairman of the A.B.A.A. Security Committee. He was a long-time regular member of the Security Committee of the Rare Book and Manuscript Section (RBMS) of the American Library Association (ALA); and was the Past President of the Middle Atlantic Chapter, A.B.A.A. Mr. Lieberman was also, for many years, a consulting editor and contributor to the Haworth Press journal: "College & Undergraduate Libraries" American Library Association (ALA); + ACRL/RBMS [For 35 Continuous Years] // PA Library Association (PLA) // Bibliographical Society of America // Middle Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC) // Society for the History of Authorship, Readership, and Publishing (SHARP) // Philobiblon Club // Etc. Etc.
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