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Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, 1837. First Edition. Leather-backed boards. Very Good. 648pp; frontispiece illustration, several double-page maps, many vignettes in the text. Bound in black calf and marbled boards, gilt spine rules and lettering; minor scuffs to binding. Signature of Henry McGordon, June 1, 1851 on front free-endpaper. 6" x 3.75" [American Imprints 46103].

New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, 1972. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. pp: x, 89 with indices of binders, previous owners, and authors; 61 full-page b&w illustrations from photographs of early American bindings. Bound in decorated cream wrappers. 10.5" x 7.5" Presentation copy, inscribed and signed by Mike Papantonio, October 10, 1972.

New York: Gurney & Son, 1860. Original document. Very Good. Three-quarters-length sepiatone portrait of Parepa-Rosa in a Victorian dress, low neckline, embroidered collar and cuffs, looking slightly to her right. Printed below the image is "Gurney & Son, Fifth Ave, N.Y." On the verso are the Gurney crest and name, Fifth Avenue, Cor. 16th St. N.Y. Written in pencil is Parepa-Rosa [not an authentic signature]. Parepa-Rosa (1836-1874), a British-born soprano, established with her husband their own opera company, toured the US for several years with Euphrosyne singing the lead roles, &c. She died at age 38.

Andover [MA]: Warren F. Draper, 1850. First Separate Edition. Softcover. Very Good. pp: 26, (2). Neatly removed from a nonce volume, and spine reinforced with archival paper. 8.25" x 5" Park asserts that more colleges and professional schools "are needed, especially in our Western States, to resist the encroachments of foreigners upon those great principles for which our fathers so wisely suffered the loss of all things....to preserve our language pure.... Hordes of Britons are rushng in upon us, speaking a barbarous dialect..., &c., &c.

New York: G.P. Putnam's, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. pp: xv, 315 with index; frontispiece portrait, 12 plates. Bound in orange cloth, brown lettering on spine and cover, decorated dust wrapper. 8.75" x 6

v,p: v.n., 1877. First Editions. Hardcover. Very Good. Contents: Poore, Ben: Perley. The Life and Public Services of John Sherman. Cincinnati: Sherman Club, 1880. 43pp. Printed gray wrappers. / Sherman, John. Speech Delivered by Hon. John Sherman, Secretary of the Treasury, at Mansfield, Ohio, on Friday Evening, August 17, 1877. Washington: Printed by Judd & Detweiler, 1877. 35pp. / Republican Campaign Text Book for 1878. Washington: Republican Congressional Committee, 1878. 67pp. / Sherman, John. Speech of Hon. John Sherman, Secretary of the Treasury, delivered at Toledo, Monday, August 26, 1878. Washington: National Republican Printing House, 1878. 20pp. / Sherman, John. Speech of Hon. John Sherman, Secretary of the Treasury, at the Fair of the Agricultural and Mechanical Society of Western Maryland, at Cumberland, Md., October 24, 1878. Washington: s.n., 1878. 8pp. / Blaine, James G. The Vote of a Confederate Soldier South Twice as Powerful as the Vote of the Union Soldier North. Speech of Hon.… Read More

Philadelphia: Thomas M. Scroggy, 1850. Original edition. Very Good. Contains four verses, in part: "Oh don't you remember the Paupers, Tom Brown? / The Paupers who ain't got no dough...." Typographic ornamental border. 9.25" x 6" [Wolf, American Song Sheets, 1859.].

NY: Hastings Pavement Co, 1911. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. 12pp; nine (9) illustrations from photographs. Bound in pictorial white wrappers, the cover showing folks in an early automobile speeding down a paved country road. 6.75" x 4.75" Photographs show men at work, paving rural roads with concrete blocks and the resultant "dustless roadways." [WorldCat finds only the Smithsonian holding.].

New York: Gurney & Son, 1860. Original document. Very Good. Half-length sepiatone portrait of Peabody in double-breasted coat, white shirt with stiff collar and silk bow tie, his right hand tucked inside his lapel, looking at the camera. Printed below the image is "Gurney & Son, Fifth Ave, N.Y," over which is signed in blue ink, "Geo. Peabody" [not sold as an authentic signature]. On the verso are the Gurney crest and name, Fifth Avenue, Cor. 16th St. N.Y. Written in pencil is Jay Gould [not an authentic signature]. Peabody (1795-1869) is recognized as "the father of modern philanthropy." From humble beginnings in Massachusetts, he went on to become a shrewd banker and financier, and ultimately a partner in what would become J.P. Morgan & Co.

Burlington, VT: Free Press Print, 1856. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 52pp. 9" x 5.75" Association copy. Written at top of cover: "Hon. E. Washburn / with respects of W.S. Neill." Emory Washburn (1800-1877) served as Governor of Massachusetts, 1854-1855, and wrote a number of legal treatises. He was instrumental in the founding of Worcester Polytechnic Institute. [Gilman, Bibliography of Vermont, 194.].

Fitchburg [MA]: Printed at the Fitchburg Sentinel Office, 1868. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 26pp. Bound in printed green wrappers, sewn. 8.5" x 5.5

Worcester, MA: Press of Charles Hamilton, 1896. First book edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 35pp; 3 full-page maps, 2 text maps. First published in the AAS Proceedings, April 1896. 10.25" x 6.25

Philadelphia: Exhibition Committee, 1919. First Edition. Pictorial Paper Covers. Very Good. 32pp; occasional illus from photographs. The cover shows Betsy Ross making the stars and stripes; pencilled notes on cover. 9" x 6" Articles include: The Knights Templar Conclave; The Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce; Philadelphia--City of Homes; The World's Greatest Workshop; Philadelphia's Amusements; along with the list of about 70 exhibitors. [Not recorded in OCLC.].

Denver, Pennsylvania: Denver Borough History Committee, 1950. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Two volumes in one, 120pp; frontispiece portraits and eight plates from photographs. "The history of Denver through 1950 is in part reprinted (first part written in 1896 by J.R. Johns) and in part compiled anew (second section written by Muriel K. Steffy and published in 1950)." Bound in pictorial yellow wrappers, 9.25" x 6". Minor smudges on cover.

York, PA: York Gazette, 1894. First Edition. Self-wraps. Very Good. (4)pp. The front page contains the title and a calendar for the year 1894. The two middle pages comprise the carriers' address, titled "The `York Gazette' Carrier Boys Go Everywhere." At the end, as usual, is "HAPPY NEW YEAR!" On the back is a view taken from a T. Dart Walker painting of "The Liberty Bell at the World's Fair." 11" x 7

1873. Original manuscript. Very Good. One page, folio, written neatly in sepia ink. Abraham Snyder sells 14 acres to Benjamin German, "a certain small tract of land in said Rapho Twp. adjoining lands of John Geil, Isaac Werner, and others...." The total price is $2,192 and payment terms are detailed below. Dated 15 November 1873. Signed by Benj. German, witnessed by S.R. Zug [J.P.].

1845. Original document. Good. Broadside, 17.75" x 22.5", partly printed, accomplished by hand. Provides that George W. Smith and his wife, Catherine H. Smith, sold to Isaac G. Rothwell a parcel in Cranberry Township, Butler County, adjacent to the lands of George Carroll, bounded by a white oak, a Quaking Ash, and a Black Jack, for the sum of $425, &c., &c. Dated 7 October 1845. Signed by both Carrolls and by Rothwell, and notarized by Oren Baldwin. Light staining; archival repairs to several folds on verso.

Upper Black Eddy, Bucks County, PA, 1847. Original manuscript. Good. One page, written in sepia ink on buff paper; small hole at centerfold. Dated 24 November 1847. 5.75" x 7.5" Docketed on the verso: "Received Mauch Chunk by the hands of J.A. Dillinger, Fifteen Dollars on the within order.

Gottingen, Germany: Niedersachsische Staats, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Two volumes. pp: xxix, 1245 with indices; title-pages pictured in text. Bound in off-white hopsacking, red lettering on spines and covers. 9.75" x 7" Contains 3,151 entries with library-holding symbols. This work covers the years 1728 to 1830, and supercedes Seidensticker's bibliography of early German printing in the US.

1885. Original manuscript. Very Good. 3pp, folio, written in ink in a neat hand. Justice Zug is settling the estate of Joseph G. Heisey of Mount Joy Township, who died on April 30, 1883. Included is an account of all expenditures from the estate, including taxes, Susan Fassnacht for funeral services [95 cents], Felix Kauffman for a book [6 dollars], J.A. Coble for tomb stones [29 dollars], corn sold by a widow, &c., &c. The balance due to Lizzie and received by her is $280. Dated 29 September 1885. Signed by Samuel R. Zug, J.P.