B. AND M. GRATZ. Merchants In Philadelphia 1754-1798. Papers Of Interest To Their Posterity And The Posterity Of Their Associates.
by Byars, William Vincent (Editor)
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Hugh Stephens Printing Co., Jefferson City, MO: 1916., 1916 386 p. Uncut. Top edge gold. Ms. Note from Edwin Wolf, II. Inked presentation notations on copyright page. Small Quarto. Original full green morocco leather binding, ruled in gold. Spine with raised bands decorated and lettered in gold. Binding sun faded. Hardbound. First edition. Michael Gratz (1735-1811) Jewish-American trader, merchant, financier, and patriot was born in Langendorf, Upper Silesia, Germany. In 1758 he followed his older brother, Bernard, to Philadelphia. Together they set up a coastal shipping service between New Orleans and Quebec. They also became trusted bankers and legal agents for many of the most important persons in colonial America. The French & Indian Wars interfered with shipping, and the brothers took up the western frontier and India trade in Pennsylvania, Illinois and Kentucky. They, along with other important Philadelphia merchants, signed the Non-Importation Resolutions of 1765 to protest the Stamp Act. During the Revolutionary War the Gratz brothers supplied the Continental Army with substantial quantities of needed goods. With the British occupation of Philadelphia, the firm relocated to Lancaster, PA. Michael moved to Virginia during the Revolution, and though he took the oath of allegiance to that state in 1783, he apparently returned to Philadelphia within a short while. The famous and beautiful Rebecca Gratz (1781-1869) was his daughter. A very good copy of an important and scarce book. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA 47. Language: eng. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good.
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- Title
- B. AND M. GRATZ. Merchants In Philadelphia 1754-1798. Papers Of Interest To Their Posterity And The Posterity Of Their Associates.
- Author
- Byars, William Vincent (Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- Publisher
- Hugh Stephens Printing Co., Jefferson City, MO: 1916.
- Date Published
- 1916
- Keywords
- PENNSYLVANIA; AMERICANA; GENEALOGY; BIOGRAPHY; BARNARD GRATZ; MICHAEL COLON IAL AMERICA; EDWIN WOLF; REVOLUTIONARY WAR; PHILADELPHIA; MERCHANTS; GRATZ PAPERS; ECONOMICS; JUDAISM
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- JUDAICA; ECONOMICS / BUSINESS;
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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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