The family history of Jacob & Beile Joffe by Joffe,Alan - 2006

Richmond, VA: Garrett and Massie, Inc., 1939. Second Edition. Buckram. Near Fine. Second (improved) edition of a book originally published in 1895. 8vo, xvi, 708 pages with 38 plates (interleaved). Tight gray (faded blue?) heavy duty buckram with moderately worn gold stamping on spine, in otherwise nearly fine condition. Text is bright and clean, but for the inscription of a previous owner on the fly page. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Albany, New York: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1892. First edition. Hardcover. Fair. 8vo, 6 x 9.5, vi + 684 pages. A well-researched genealogical history of the Stiles family, primarily the family of Robert Stiles of Rowley (1639) through nine generations (534 pages) and the family of William Stiles of Dover (before 1715) through seven generations (28 pages). The volume includes essays by Henry R. Stiles on the origins of the family and name (six pages) and the Stiles family in England (61 pages). Clean interior on high quality paper, in need of rebinding. Boards are present and attached to the book block, but the back strip is completely torn off and the spine is broken completely in one place and mostly broken in a second. If not replaced, the existing binding could be easily repaired using existing materials.

Auburn, Maine: The Author, 1882. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo, 6 x 9.5, xvi + 620 pages, with tweny-six tipped-in plates. Binding is tight, except front hinge is loose and a few of the tipped-in plates are detached (but present and in place). There is some water staining on the back cover and at the top of approx. six pages, else the interior is clean with nominal toning.
This genealogy, with many interleaved illustrations, offers a history of the Little family from George of Newbury, the immigrant ancestor, through nine generations of his descendants, in both male and female lines. Almost all the first three generations lived and died in Newbury, Massachusetts. Through the end of the eighteenth century (i.e., ca. 1800), we rarely find the family beyond the bounds of Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont. Within the next eighty years, the family could be found in nearly every state and territory of the Union. Of the 6500 descendants mentioned in the compilation, nearly 3000… Read More

Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1985. Hardcover. Fine. viii, [2], 485 p.: 1 full-page line-drawing of a coat of arms and 7 small in-text illustrations; 26 cm. Red cloth with gilt spine title. No dust jacket (as issued). Includes extensive index. A well-organized genealogy presenting 11 generations of the Schindel/Shindle family. In Fine Condition: clean and bright.

First edition, hard covers, blind and gilt designs and lettering on the binding. 1,169 total pages with many illustrations and an index. Volume 1 includes: Soil Survey of Lancaster County, Early Settlement of Lancaster County, Organization and Government - County Elections - Court House, Important Proceedings of the Board of County Commissioners, The Story of the Salt Basin, The town of Lancaster, John Morris' Report on State House Construction, The Capital Question in Nebraska, The Beginning of Lincoln and Lancaster County, Lancaster and Lincoln Lot Exchanges, The Progress of Lincoln and her Utilities, Lincoln Banks, The Press, Post-office, Library, Military History of Lancaster County, Education in Lancaster County, Churches in Lincoln, The Bench and Bar, Medical, The Incarceration of the Lincoln City Council, Railroads, Lancaster County Towns, Volume II. All Biographical notes of early settlers of the area.
Condition: Both books are very good , bindings are good and contents are… Read More

Richmond, VA: Garrett and Massie, Inc., 1939. Second Edition. Buckram. Near Fine. Second (improved) edition of a book originally published in 1895. 8vo, xvi, 708 pages with 38 plates (interleaved). Tight gray (faded blue?) heavy duty buckram with moderately worn gold stamping on spine, in otherwise nearly fine condition. Text is bright and clean, but for the inscription of a previous owner on the fly page. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Albany, New York: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1892. First edition. Hardcover. Fair. 8vo, 6 x 9.5, vi + 684 pages. A well-researched genealogical history of the Stiles family, primarily the family of Robert Stiles of Rowley (1639) through nine generations (534 pages) and the family of William Stiles of Dover (before 1715) through seven generations (28 pages). The volume includes essays by Henry R. Stiles on the origins of the family and name (six pages) and the Stiles family in England (61 pages). Clean interior on high quality paper, in need of rebinding. Boards are present and attached to the book block, but the back strip is completely torn off and the spine is broken completely in one place and mostly broken in a second. If not replaced, the existing binding could be easily repaired using existing materials.

Auburn, Maine: The Author, 1882. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo, 6 x 9.5, xvi + 620 pages, with tweny-six tipped-in plates. Binding is tight, except front hinge is loose and a few of the tipped-in plates are detached (but present and in place). There is some water staining on the back cover and at the top of approx. six pages, else the interior is clean with nominal toning.
This genealogy, with many interleaved illustrations, offers a history of the Little family from George of Newbury, the immigrant ancestor, through nine generations of his descendants, in both male and female lines. Almost all the first three generations lived and died in Newbury, Massachusetts. Through the end of the eighteenth century (i.e., ca. 1800), we rarely find the family beyond the bounds of Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont. Within the next eighty years, the family could be found in nearly every state and territory of the Union. Of the 6500 descendants mentioned in the compilation, nearly 3000… Read More

Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1985. Hardcover. Fine. viii, [2], 485 p.: 1 full-page line-drawing of a coat of arms and 7 small in-text illustrations; 26 cm. Red cloth with gilt spine title. No dust jacket (as issued). Includes extensive index. A well-organized genealogy presenting 11 generations of the Schindel/Shindle family. In Fine Condition: clean and bright.

First edition, hard covers, blind and gilt designs and lettering on the binding. 1,169 total pages with many illustrations and an index. Volume 1 includes: Soil Survey of Lancaster County, Early Settlement of Lancaster County, Organization and Government - County Elections - Court House, Important Proceedings of the Board of County Commissioners, The Story of the Salt Basin, The town of Lancaster, John Morris' Report on State House Construction, The Capital Question in Nebraska, The Beginning of Lincoln and Lancaster County, Lancaster and Lincoln Lot Exchanges, The Progress of Lincoln and her Utilities, Lincoln Banks, The Press, Post-office, Library, Military History of Lancaster County, Education in Lancaster County, Churches in Lincoln, The Bench and Bar, Medical, The Incarceration of the Lincoln City Council, Railroads, Lancaster County Towns, Volume II. All Biographical notes of early settlers of the area.
Condition: Both books are very good , bindings are good and contents are… Read More