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I MUST SEE SWITZERLAND. With 100 Illustrations and Maps.

by Landis, Ira D

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(Intelligencer Printing Co., Lancaster, PA) Published by the Author, Bareville, PA: 1954., 1954 pp. xi, 219 + Photographic illustrations. 8vo. 235 mm. Original black cloth binding; spine brightly lettered in gold gilt. Landis, a prominent American Mennonite author, farmer, and minister, details for us his trip to Europe (and especially Switzerland) in search of his roots). The excuse of his journey was to attend the 5th Mennonite World Conference. The book makes interesting reading, especially for anyone familiar with both the plain people of Lancaster County (Amish and Mennonite) and modern travel in Europe. Hardbound. Very good. AS NEW. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA 09B x9 Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. As New.

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Bookseller
THE FAMILY ALBUM US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
027A46
Title
I MUST SEE SWITZERLAND. With 100 Illustrations and Maps.
Author
Landis, Ira D
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
New As New
Quantity Available
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Edition
1st Edition.
Publisher
(Intelligencer Printing Co., Lancaster, PA) Published by the Author, Bareville, PA: 1954.
Date Published
1954
Keywords
PENNSYLVANIA; MENNONITE; TRAVEL; EUROPE; ENGLAND; SWITZERLAND; ITALY; LONDON; GERMANY; PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN GERMAN-AMERICAN; EUROPE
Bookseller catalogs
GERMAN-AMERICAN; TRAVEL / EXPLORATION;

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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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