Pennsylvania from Classic Books and Ephemera

Philadelphia: Fairmount Park Art Association, 2001. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. First Printing. 160 p.: illustrations; 21 x 28 cm. Black cloth with silver spine title. Red endpapers with illustrations. Presents 16 proposals for public art projects throughout Philadelphia. Book is in Fine Condition: clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Near Fine Condition: slightly rubbed; clean and bright.

Collingdale, PA: DIANE Publishing Co, 2003. Paperback. Near Fine. [6], v, [1], 150 p.: black-and-white illustrations; 23 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Published on the 40th anniversary of the completion of Society Hill Towers in Philadelphia, designed by architect I. M. Pei. Includes interviews with some of the first residents and photographs of the area before, during, and… Read more about this item

Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, 1993. Paperback. Near Fine. [4], 212 p.: illustrations, tables; 23 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. In Near Fine Condition: edges slightly rubbed; clean and tight.

Philadelphia: , 1975. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good -. xii, 158 p.: illustrations, maps; 21 cm. Blue cloth with gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Arranged alphabetically, with historical background. Book is in Near Fine Condition: corners slightly rubbed; clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Very Good- Condition: rubbed; chipping at ends of… Read more about this item

Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1963. Hardcover. Very Good -. Second Printing. xiv, 625 p., 16 leaves of unpaginated illustrations; 24 cm. Light brown cloth with gilt-on-black spine title. Top page edges black. Maps on endpapers. No dust jacket. Former owner's name written on front free endpaper: Elizabeth Kolowrat. Former owner's… Read more about this item

West Chester, Pa.: Chester County Historical Society, 1987. Paperback. Very Good. [6], iv, 139 p.: 1 facsimile document, map; 28 cm. Paper covers with black cover title and black comb binding. Former owner's name on first (blank) page. Contents: Records of the Prothonotary -- Civil Records of the Sheriff -- Select Civil Records of the… Read more about this item

Ellicott City, Md.: Daniel A. Graham, 1996. Paperback. Very Good +. [16] leaves; 28 cm. Paperback with black comb binding; light blue covers with black cover title. Includes a sketch of Joseph McClean (1736-1813), original owner of the 1793 Bible at the Atlantic City Library, and copies of the handwritten genealogical entries in that Bible. … Read more about this item

Biglerville, Pa.: St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 1996. Paperback. Near Fine. First published 1981. 32 p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Stapled paperback; black front title and back illustration. Scarce. In Near Fine Condition: cover is lightly soiled; pages are clean and solid.

Reading, Pa.: Historical Society of Berks County, 2004. Paperback. Fine. [5], 26, [7] leaves: tables; 28 cm. Paperback with black cover title and blue comb binding. Cover title: Iron Forge and Furnace Books at the Historical Society of Berks County. Includes index. Scarce. In Fine Condition: clean and solid.

Washington, Pa.: Raymond Martin Bell, 1943. Paperback. Very Good. [1], 21 leaves: tables, maps; 28 cm. Photocopy of typescript; stapled. A useful guide for local historians and genealogists to the townships making up Cumberland County, Pa., in 1770 through their division into a total of 10 counties and resulting townships by 1850. Scarce. In… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Saint Joseph's University Press, 2002. Hardcover. Fine/fine. xix, [1], 505 p.: illustrations; 33 cm. Red cloth with gilt spine title and blind-stamped illustration on front cover. Illustrated dust jacket. Contributors: Jean M. Farnsworth, Michael W. Cothren, David R. Contosta, Sandra L. Tatman, Victoria Donohoe, Joseph F. Chorpenning, Carmen R. Croce, Therese Benedict McGuire, Rugh McGugan,… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Philadelphia Orchestra, 1986. Paperback. Very Good. 204 pages: photographs (primarily color, a few black-and-white); 28 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. The Academy Concert and Ball (usually referred to simply as the Academy Ball) is a major event in the Philadelphia social scene, held annually to raise funds for the Academy of Music. This program from… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies, 1989. Paperback. Near Fine -. [16] pages of color illustrations interleaved with opaque leaves with text; 28 x 28 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover; stapled. The Balch Institute was established in 1971; in 2006 the holdings became part of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. No date of publication. … Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Schwarz Gallery, 2007. Paperback. Fine. [4], 52 p.: color illustrations; 28 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. A catalog of portraits and fire-fighting-related items that had been collected by the Mutual Assurance Company for Insuring Homes from Loss by Fire since its founding in 1784. This includes portraits by Thomas Eakins, William Merritt Chase, Cecilia… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Robert J. Hunter, 1955. Paperback. Near Fine. 40 p.: illustration; 23 cm. Grey card cover printed in black; stapled. A revised version of an article by the author published in Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, vol. 57, 1933. The Philadelphia Almshouse opened in the 1730s and was later known as the Philadelphia Bettering… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, 1981. Hardcover. Fine/good. A Tercentenary Family Album. 132 pages, color frontispiece, 1 leaf of color illustrations: black-and-white illustrations; 28 cm. Grey cloth with white spine and cover titles. Light grey endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket. Book is in Fine Condition: clean and tight. … Read more about this item

1857. Hardcover. Good. Approx. 200 pages; 31 cm. Calf spine and marbled paper over boards. Contains: 66-page store ledger with surname index 1856-57; 71-page "Accounts of the Firm of Shank & Weltmer" 1857-58; 52-page "Diary by C. H. Shank" Jan. 1868-April 1870. Christian Henry Shank (1834-1895), son of Henry and Magdalena Shank, was born in… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: St. Timothy's, 1984. Hardcover. Fine/very good. 159 p., color frontispiece and 1 color plate: black-and-white illustrations, plans, portraits; 28 cm. Leather-grain cloth with gilt spine title and front cover illustration. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket in mylar cover. Book is in Fine Condition: clean and bright. Dust jacket is in Very Good… Read more about this item

Lowell, Mass.: J. C. Ayer & Co., 1880. Cards. Very Good. 2 trade cards: #1 (12.5 x 8 cm.) with a color illustration of a girl on the front and advertising for Ayer's Sarsaparilla on the back. #2 (6.5 x 12 cm.) with a color illustration on the front of the signing of Penn's treaty with the… Read more about this item

Portsmouth, NH: Arcadia Publishing, 2004. Paperback. Fine. 128 p.: black-and-white illustrations, map; 24 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Inscribed on the title page by the author to "Bob & Denise" (architects Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown). A well-illustrated history of Horsham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The section on Harold Pitcairn (1897-1960) and his… Read more about this item