HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA) from Tangible Tales

Pennsylvania: Valley Sentinel Office, 1877. Hardcover. Fair. Blue hardcover lacking dustjacket, no additional printings listed, so probably first edition. A fair to good copy with heavy wear to the extremeties, most pronounced at the spine ends. Both hinges are split and fragile, but boards still attached. Front free endpaper detached, otherwise all pages bound in… Read more about this item

Pennsylvania: Published by the author, 1970. Hardcover. Good. Reddish brown cloth hardcover wtih gilt titles - generic craft paper dustcover, probably laid on by the previous owner. Signed without inscription by the author at the top of the front pastedown. A good copy - covers clean and straight with minor shelf-wear at the edges. Interior… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Spangler & Davis, 1892. Hardcover. Very Good. Blue cloth hardcover with gilt titles. A very good copy of this scarce title with bending at the spine tips and two spots of mild discoloration to the covers - one spineward on the front cover, visible in the photo and one beneath the titles on the spine cap.… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. Third printing. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Black hardcover 3rd printing in dustjacket. Signed and inscribed by the author on the front endpaper, "To Don Stiffler - Happy Father's Day! David Brinkley." Included in an envelope affixed to the front pastedown is a card providing provenance (pictured). General shelf-wear to… Read more about this item