Pennsylvania Germans

Gottingen, Germany, 1989. 2- Volume set, combined 1245 pages. Both volumes like new. Only markings are a few numbers written on the flyleaves. Cream-colored boards with cranberry red lettering. A bibliography based on the studies of Oswald Seidensticker and Wilbur H. Oda. A very valuable reference for persons studying German materials printed in United States . Vol. 1 covers 1728-1807, Vol. 2 1808-1830.. Hard Cover. Very Good/None. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Birdsboro, PA: The Pennsylvania German Society, 1987. Publications of The Pennsylvania German Society, Volume 20. 312pp White cloth boards with red text. Black, white, and red pictorial dj. 301 b/w illustrations. He [Fegley] took memories of his home with him and preserved them on film in a series of pictures he made shortly after the turn of the [19th]...Posed, candid, sometimes protraying the arachaic, sometimes capturing the technology, romantic, factural, the picturres show the Pennsylvania Dutch world Fegley knew. Together theyr form a record scarcely to be matched. " - DJ.. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Fegley, H. Winslow. Oblong. more information

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Birdsboro, PA: The Pennsylvania German Society., 1985. xii, 292pp. Publications of the Pennsylvania German Society, 18. White cloth boards with red text. White and black dj with illustration of drawn work and embroidery. Former owner's name on front endpaper. "Worked by adolescent girls as pastime and pleasure as they prepared sheets, pillow-cases, towels and tablecloths in anticipation of marriage...over six hundred photographs and drawings enable modern needleworkers to recapture the charm of these young women's labors..." - DJ. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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,Intercourse, PA: Good Books, 1985. 128pp Informative and Appreciatiave depiction of the Amish people. Many photographs, all of them in color. Beautiful book.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Ora A Graber. 330 pp. Paperback book, self published, autobiographical. B/w photos. Like new.. Paper. As New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

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Philadelphia: Lindsay and Blakiston, 1857. 375 pp. Covers are in good condition. Corner are good, but some wear on the lower part of the spine. Pages are clean, except for foxing, at times heavy.. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Kutztown, PA: Pennsylvania Gereman Society, 1991. 304pp Book like new. Dust Jacket worn at the corners with three small tears. Beautiful photos of sam;lers, some in color. Photos of samplers are identified. Exceptionally beautiful book.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Carlisle, PA: Cumberland County Historical Society, 1995. 221pp Red cloth boards with black text. Tan dj depicting weaving with red and balck text and portrait illustration. Limited edition of 1,000 copies. "This book tells how the people who settled Cumberland County dressed and how they furnished their homes with textiles." Dj. . Limited. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Intercourse PA: Good Books, 2003. 243 pages, Fraktur from the Skippack and Salford Mennonite Meetinghouse Schools, 1747-1836. No. 41 in Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite History. Colored photographs of more than 100 pieces of fraktur, including many by the Colonial schoolteacher, Christopher Dock. A beautiful, valuable book.. Hard Cover. As New/As New. Oblong. more information

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Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1976. 98 entries, mostly black and white. White cover with colored illustration of drawn work-counted cross stitch hand towel. Catalogue to the bicentennial show at the Landis Valley Museum. An authoritative resource on early Pennsylvania German Textiles. . Paper. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Musgrave, Terry and Jo Ann Miles. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Macungie, PA: O.P. Knauss, 1939. 47pp Tan cover with black decoration and text. Spine repaired with tape. Cover soiled. Upper back corner of cover and last page creased, cover slightly torn. A look into the thoughts of a Pennsylvania German publisher and editor. . Paper. Fair. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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Lititz PA: Bard E. Kreider, 1974. 46 pp. Paperback booklet of local poetry with line drawings. Former library copy. Evidence of pocket on the illustrated back cover. Former owner's name on the title page.. Paper. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Ex-Library. more information

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Lewisburg, PA: Center Gallery of Bucknell University, 1987. 93pp Red cloth boards with gilt spine text. DJ red with illustration of chest of drawers. 3" tear in front of dj near spine, otherwive vg. map endpapers. Many illustrations. The catalogue to the show at Bucknell University. Also contains information about the joiners and culture of the area, checklist of known pieces and bibliography.. Cloth. Very Good/Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Kutztown, PA: Pennsylvania Folklore Society, 1959. 116pp Green boards with red and yellow text. Gray tone illustration of early Pennsylvania kitchen scene. B/w illustrations. An authoratative resource on Pennsylvania German customs and practicaes related to the observance of Christmas. With clippings.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Kutztown, PA: Pennsylvania Folklife Society, 1960. 96pp Purple boards with colored Easter egg pattern and b/w illustration of PA German kitchen and woman cooking. Numerous b/w illustrations. Index. An authorative source of informatin on PA German customs related to the observance of Easter. . Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Breiningsville, PA: The Pennsylvania German Society, 1976. Publications of The Pennsylvania German Society, Vol.11. A Bicentennial Publication of The Pennsylvania German Society & The Free Library of Philadelphia. White cloth boards with red trext. No pagination. Entires 278 - 1021 of the of fractur work illustrated in black and white with detailed explainations of each work. "These volumes [1&2] combine exquisitely the art and skill of this day to present the creative work of self-taught artists and craftsmen of earlier times. They are at once a catalogue of the collection of Fraktur in The Free Library of Philadelphia, the most extensive anywhere, and a tribute to the early German settlers in America and their descendants who created and cherished the pieces which make up that collection." - Forward.. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket. Oblong. more information

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Breiningsville, PA: The Pennsylvania German Society, 1976. Publications of The Pennsylvania German Society, Vol.10. A Bicentennial Publication of The Pennsylvania German Society & The Free Library of Philadelphia. White cloth boards with red text. No pagination. Entries 1 - 277 of fractur work illustrated in full color with detailed explainations of each work. "These volumes [1&2] combine exquisitely the art and skill of this day to present the creative work of self-taught artists and craftsmen of earlier times. They are at once a catalogue of the collection of Fraktur in The Free Library of Philadelphia, the most extensive anywhere, and a tribute to the early German settlers in America and their descendants who created and cherished the pieces which make up that collection. " - Forward. . Cloth. Fine/No Jacket. Oblong. more information

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Berlin, Ohio: America's Amish Country Publications, 2000. 136 pages of beautiful colored photos of Amish people and scenes from many different Amish communities. "Reavisiting America's Amish Country," a follow-up book to the 1992 publication. Inside covers are colored scenes of Amish buggies parked on Sunday morning, and a beautiful farm scene. Black boards with gold printing. Very attractive book. Dust jacket in great shape.. Hard Cover. As New/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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