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

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.

Book is in Very Good condition but the leather cover is fragile/Fair. All around gilt, spine is very worn and the hinges are cracked with the covers almost detached. 771 pages plus transportation. Also includes portraits and biographies of all the presidents of the U.S. and Governors of the State. A very large book, additional shipping outside the continental U.S.A.

Woodville: Vanderloop Communications 1989. (4to) 371pp. Fine, no dust jacket. Illustration, photographs, index. Locale: Pennsylvania; Virginia. (Genealogy, Blessing--Family, Jacob, Genealogy).

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.

Privately Printed, 1976. Softcover. Good. Detailed history of Shackelford County, Texas - a West Texas ranching community. Includes histories of businesses, churches, ranches, schools, many family histories and much more. Illustrated with historical photographs. Rare. No copies in WorldCat database and no copies listed in commerce at the time of this posting. 72 pp. 11 1/4" x 9". Tight, unmarked copy with moderate shelf wear and rubbing. Small oil stain to back panel. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

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

Woodville: Vanderloop Communications 1989. (4to) 371pp. Fine, no dust jacket. Illustration, photographs, index. Locale: Pennsylvania; Virginia. (Genealogy, Blessing--Family, Jacob, Genealogy).

Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Brothers , 1959. Limited Edition, 1959, one of 400 copies printed. SCARCE. Hardcover in dark blue cloth, gilt title at spine. 720 pp. Near Fine, light soiling to edges of page block. . Limited First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Privately Printed, 1976. Softcover. Good. Detailed history of Shackelford County, Texas - a West Texas ranching community. Includes histories of businesses, churches, ranches, schools, many family histories and much more. Illustrated with historical photographs. Rare. No copies in WorldCat database and no copies listed in commerce at the time of this posting. 72 pp. 11 1/4" x 9". Tight, unmarked copy with moderate shelf wear and rubbing. Small oil stain to back panel. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

LaPorte, Indiana : Jas. W. Beasley, Harry U. Wilstach, Publishers, 1879. RARE directory for the city of Logansport, Indiana, 1879-1880, Very Good Minus, covers and end papers soiled, cloth at spine with several small holes, contemporary prior owner name in ink front cover and front end page. 201 pages, with several pages of advertising front and back. An excellent source book for local history and genealogy. Not located at OCLC, although 2 Indiana libraries hold the 1879-80 Beasley's Crawfordsville Directory. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Minus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.