The Romance of Old Philadelphia by John T. Faris - 1918 2019-08-23

Philadelphia: J.B.Lippincott, 1918. Hardcover. Fair. Bottom of spine with some brown stains. Contents clean. Numerous photos. Color frontispiece

J.B.Lippincott, 1918. Hardcover. Good++/No Dust Jacket. Hardcover: Nice tan cloth binding with title and clock design on front board, slightly rubbed. Light soil and sunning. Title on spine(slightly faded).Top page edges are gilded. Deckle-edge pages. One 'contents' page is roughly torn at outer edge. Profusely illustrated. Light foxing to text and phot pages. Fascinating glimpses of city life, early schools. quaint churches, social customs. Nice tight binding.

Hardcover. Fair. Lippincott 1918 hardcover. NOT A REPRINT as shown. This is an EX-LIB copy with usual library markings. Considerable general cover wear, notably to edges and spine area. Spine area faded. Text is generally clean, unmarked. Binding is still sound. This is an ugly but still readable book.

Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1918. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Black lettering on tan covers with a tall case clock central illustration. Top edge gilt. 8vo, 336pp.

1918. FARIS, John T. The Romance of Old Philadelphia. Phila., 1918. Colored frontis. 100 illus. 336pp. plus index. Very good in orig. cloth.

Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1918. 336 pp. Original brown cloth covers, lightly soiled w/ light rubbing to corners and spine ends. Top edge gilt. Previous owner's names on front paste-down. Crease to top corners of several leaves. Illust. w/ b/w plates. Contents nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1918. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Blue lettering & brown clock illustration on tan covers. 8vo, 336 pages - with a copy of a 1936 "Girard Letter" about "Philadelphia a Century Ago" in a pocket on the inside of the back cover. Also included with the book is a 1936 newspaper clipping about restoration of the inkpot used by the signers of the Declaration. Ex Theological Seminary Library copy with stamp on the inside of the front cover and spine Ref. number. Contents fine.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007-06-01. Paperback. Good.

Lippincott, 1918. First Edition. Very Good condition.

J. B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia: 1918., 1918 336 p. + Color frontis. With 100 Illustrations from original sources and from photographs by Philip Wallace. Top edge gilt. Uncut. Tall 8vo. Original pictorial cloth binding. Slightly rubbed at extremities. Descriptions of early colonial life in Philadelphia. PA 7 Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good.