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Washington Square, Philadelphia, PA: Wilmer Atkinson Company, 1914. Dark green 1/4 cloth, illus. paper over boards. Moderately soiled and rubbed, with exposed corners and modest exposure along portions of cover edges, typically as found. Hinges starting but firm. Interior a bit toned, otherwise intact, with firm binding. Lacks the map that originally accompanied. Excellent genealogical and historical reference.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG-/N/A. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: W. W. Munsell and Co., 1881. Rebound in brown leatherette with original front and spine panel gilt titles mounted over top, gilt text block edges, new endpapers. 390,60 pp., illus. w/ portrait plates, hand-colored map opposite p. 9. Slight dampstaining to margins here and there, scattered interior soiling, for the most part nicely intact, with tissue guards still present over engraved plates. Exceptionally scarce. Original copy, found rather compromised, rendered durable for years to come by virtue of rebinding. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Reading, Berks Co., PA. Photocopied typescript, as issued, new covers, one corner crease. Covers M-Z surnames only.. First Edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine/N/A. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Quakertown, PA: Richlandtown Parish, Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1894. Partial run of Parish Record/Year Book booklets for the Evangelical Lutheran Congregations of St. John's, Richlandtown; Christ's, Trumbauersville; Trinity, Quakertown; Emmanuel's, Franconia; Bucks and Montgomery counties, Pennsylvania. Variously paginated, all color paper wraps. Run extends from (First Series) No. 8 (1894) through No. 50 (1936), with No. 27 (1913, present but lacking 2 pages, lacking No. 44 (1930) including a 1928 and a 1930 Parish Directory and a 1932 Dedication Program for St. John's Richlandtown, and (Second Series) No. 1 (1937) through No. 23 (1959), complete (no issue in 1950). Starting with No. 20 (1906), Emmanuel's was not included in the records, and starting with No. 26 (1912), Trinity was also eliminated; commencing in 1937 with reorganization, the records are for Old Goshenhoppen, Woxall, Montgomery Co., and Christ, Trumbauersville. A total of 68 items. Pastors include Rev. Mark Owen Heller, Rev. C. C. Schlitzer, Rev. Elbert E. Landis. The first series is continually paginated, ending with page 1106, the second paginated separately, each approx. 16 pp. Content includes financial records, confirmations, baptisms, lists of Sunday School teachers, and synopses of notable events in the congregations' history. Condition ranges Fair (one incomplete issue) to Near Fine, most issues at least VG, with light soiling and/or wear to edges, several early issues with detached but present covers and more substantial edge wear, most later issues showing only light handling wear. A scarce and significant grouping, seldom encountered this complete over so lengthy an era, helpful to Bucks and Montgomery genealogical collections.. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Washington, D.C.: National Genealogical Society, 1957. Reprinted from the NGS Quarterly, first in this form. Light blue wraps, very slight shelf wear, sunned spine panel.. First Thus. Original Wraps. Near Fine/N/A. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Winchester, MA: Theo. P. Wilson, 1914. Folio hardcover, dark red-brown decorated cloth, gilt lettering. Edition limited to 150 copies. Mildly frayed at spine extremities; corners bumped with light exposure to underboards, else solid Near Fine. Covers lightly soiled. Unpaginated, fully illus. Firm binding, crisp interior. Well preserved copy of a scarce book.. First Edition. Cloth. VG+. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. more information

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Pittsburgh, PA: Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society, 1983. Light wear to covers. Oil Creek, Venango County, Allegheny County, Armstrong County, Lawrence County, etc.. First Edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine/N/A. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Washington Square, Philadelphia, PA: Wilmer Atkinson Company, 1914. Tan 1/4 cloth, illus. paper over boards. Moderately soiled and rubbed, with exposed corners, typically as found. Lacks front flyleaf, else complete, with repaired front hinge. 240 pp. Scattered light interior soiling. Firm binding. Lacking large foldout map. Excellent genealogical and historical reference.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/N/A. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: The Holland Society of New York, 1925. Ivory half-cloth, orange cloth, gilt cover device, gilt spine lettering, deckled edges. 306 pp. Virtually as issued, very slightly soiled ivory cloth. Front endpaper contains bookplate of the Pinckney family crest. Laid in is 1963 TLS addressed to James H. Pinckney of Garden City, NY, expressing apologies that his name was omitted from the 1924-25 year book. We presume that this copy belonged to Pinckney, for he has inserted his name, in ink, on p. 129. Contents: Albany Records (Marriages, Baptisms, Index), 7th Book; meetings at Poughkeepsie, Long Island, Hudson County, Kingston, etc.. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Saginaw, MI: Appleby Co.. Gray-green 1/4 cloth, pale red illus. paper covered boards. Undated, ca. 1890s, rural mail directory for the greater Indianapolis, Indiana area. 510 pp., with many local and area advertisements. Paper reapir to front pastedown (ad for Marott's Shoe Store) shows some discoloration and cracked front hinge, closed tear along fore-edge of p. 2-3, a few light pencil marks scattered through interior, edges somewhat thumbed. Most of the text block is printed on pulp paper and is thus somewhat toned, but otherwise intact. Alphabetically arranged by surname, providing the name of every member of the family, with head of family appearing first, rural free delivery and mail route number, name of the originating post office, distance patron lives from post office and direction from post office, township, occupation, nationality, amount of property owned (where applicable), members of family. Greenwood, Indianapolis, Noblesville, Mooresville, Shelbyville, Whiteland, Whitestown, Cumberland, Fairland, Wanamaker, London, Southport, Fisher's Switch, Lawrence, many more. Lacking pp. 498-509 at rear, which includes portions of the Business Directory and Index to advertisements; the main text portion of the directory (residential) is complete, as is the front ad section. Overall, evaluated as Good, worn but not abused, with note to lacking text at rear, but still quite useful as a vintage residential directory with much of genealogical interest.. First Thus. Hard Cover. Good/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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1976. Pale orange textured wraps. Uncredited facsimile reprint of the very scarce original (1909) Reading imprint. As issued. [ii],44 pp., illus., patron list at rear.. Facsimile Reprint Edition. Original Wraps. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Co., 1898. Full brown morocco, decorated in blind, with gilt title cartouche on front cover, bevelled edges, dentilled inner edges, text block edged in gilt. Newly rebacked in complimentary brown leatherette, with original spine panel mounted over top, with new endpapers. Original spine panel shows several cracks and loss at corners but presents well. Minor wear at corners. v,739,[1] pp., illus. w/ numerous b&w portrait plates. Interior nicely intact, clean, binding firm. Original edition, not a modern-era reprint.. First Edition. Full-Leather. Near Fine/Not Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Newark, NJ: Genealogical Society of New Jersey, 1931. Three issues inclusive: Vol. VI, No. 3; Vol. VII, Nos. 1, 2. Booklets, paper wraps, modestly soiled, light handling wear. . First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Evansville, IN: Unigraphic, Inc., 1976. Red buckram, lettered in gold foil. Virtually as issued. Former owner address label mounted on front pastedown. Facsimile reprint of the original 1879 edition, published by D. W. Ensign & Co., Philadelphia, with new every-name index at rear. 334,119 pp., illus. w/ maps, reproductions of engravings, portraits, etc.. First Thus. Buckram. Fine/Not Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Arlington, VA: American Genealogical Research Institute, 1973. viii,151 pp., illus. Light shelf wear, a bit rubbed along joints.. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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General Society of Colonial Wars, 1992. Publication of the General Society of Colonial Wars, Vol. 43, No. 1. xii + 282 pp., illus. Red 1/4 cloth, white cloth, stamped in gilt. Slightly soiled, else virtually as issued.. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Manheim, PA: Manheim Junior Chamber of Commerce, 1960. Yellow illus. cardstock, spiral-bound. 109 pp., illus. w/ b&w photos, many local advertisements. History, brief portraits of churches and community organizations, alphabetical listing of residents with addresses -- making this a valuable reference to genealogists. Front cover somewhat spotted/soiled with approx. 3" circle of surface paper loss along upper fore-edge. Clean and intact interior.. Revised Edition. Spiral Bound. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Bridgeport, PA: The Chancellor Press for The Huguenot Society of Pennsylvania, 1953. Light blue wraps, 8vo, 54 pp. Virtually as issued.. First Edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine/N/A. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Richmond, VA: National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Virginia, 1979. Light blue cloth, lettered in gilt. 121 pp. Ever so slightly rubbed at extrems; basically as issued. Several related news clippings, brochures, MS. laid in.. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1972. Reprint edition of the original 1970 GPO publication. Light blue buckram. 189 pp., indexed, with large foldout map at front. Former owner bookplate on front pastedown, else as issued.. Buckram. Fine/Not Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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The General Court of the Order of Founders and Patriots of America, 1981. Blue cloth, decorated in red and white, lettered in silver. Former owner address stamp on lower title pg., top text block edge, and rear blank, else unmarked. Essentially as issued. xi + 616 pp.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Chicago, IL: Chapman Publishing Co., 1894. Full leather, elaborately decorated in blind, lettered on front and spine panels in gilt, four slightly raised bands, bevelled edges, dentilled inner edges with patterned endpapers, all text block edges in gilt. Leather shows thin strip of loss at heel of spine and is chipped but intact at head of spine; joints show some rubbing and a hint of separation at corners. Overall, leather remains dark and supple, with few surface marks, modest rubbing along bottom edge. Former owner book plate on front pastedown. 999 pp., illus. w/ numerous b&w portrait plates. Interior is quite clean and fully intact, showing only minor scattered soiling. A lovely binding, quite decently preserved. Original edition, not a modern era reprint. Scarce.. First Edition. Full-Leather. VG+/N/A. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Genealogical Publishing Co.?, 1980. Dark blue cloth, lettered in gold foil. Uncredited facsimile reprint of the 1790 Pennsylvania census as originally published by the GPO, Washington, D.C., in 1908. Possibly Genealogical Publishing Company, though not imprinted as such. [v],426 pp., map. Full record for the 21 counties then existing in Pennsylvania: Allegheny, Bedford, Berks, Bucks, Chester, Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware, Fayette, Franklin, Huntingdon, Lancaster, Luzerne, Mifflin, Montgomery, Northampton, Northumberland, Philadelphia, Washington, Westmoreland, York. This copy is bumped with indentations along both bottom edges near the bottom corner, a semi-circular crease to the lower front board, and mild damage evident along the lower rear board. The text block shows light evidence of bumping at the bottom corner. Former owner signature on front flyleaf. Overall, appears to have been a new copy perhaps damaged in transit, with an essentially "as issued" text block and tolerable (mainly cosmetic) condition issues. Firm binding, clean interior.. Facsimile Reprint Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Not Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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1976. Pale orange textured wraps. Uncredited facsimile reprint of the very scarce original (1909) Reading imprint. Sunned covers, lightly foxed text block edges. [ii],44 pp., illus., patron list at rear.. Facsimile Reprint Edition. Original Wraps. VG+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Washington, D.C.: Robert Armstrong, Printer, 1853. Dark green pebbled cloth, ruled in blind, lettered in gilt on front panel. Cloth is a bit soiled and spotted but generally well preserved. 160 pp., partially uncut at rear. Scattered internal foxing, generally light but ranging to moderate on endpapers and several early/late leaves. Firm binding. Small area of loss to upper fore-edge of front flyleaf. Vintage gift inscription, dated 10 November 1853, on front pastedown from the Hon. C. F. Cleveland [Chauncey Fitch Cleveland, 1799-1887], Governor of Connecticut (1842-44) and later (at the time of this signature) member of U.S. House of Representatives (Connecticut 3rd District, 1849-53), to John T. Wait [John Turner Wait, 1811-1899], one of Cleveland's successors U.S. Representative from Connecticut 3rd District, (1876-87). Of likely interest to Connecticut historical collections.. Signed Associational. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Washington Square, Philadelphia, PA: Wilmer Atkinson Company, 1914. Tan 1/4 cloth, illus. paper over boards. Moderately soiled, with exposed corners, typically as found. 240 pp. Lightly toned interior. Firm binding. Large fold-out color map shows some handling and small areas of separation at several fold junctures. Excellent genealogical and historical reference.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Whitaker's, 1913. Royal blue cloth, decorated and lettered in gilt. Cloth is lightly flecked with a few surface marks on both panels, rubbed along joints and suffering a bit of fraying/loss at spine extremities. Both hinges show split endpapers but are holding up rather well. Lightly soiled text block edges. 867,lxxxvii pp.. First Thus. Decorative Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Winston-Salem, NC: Forsyth County Genealogical Society. Partial run: Vol. I, No. 1 (Fall 1982) through Vol. XII, No. 3 (Spring 1994). Includes 1983 index, lacks Vol. III, No. 2. 46 issues total, one combined. Uniform Near Fine, with light shelf wear.. First Edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine/N/A. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Baltimore, MD: Maryland Historical Society, 1978. Complete run Vol. I, No. 1 - Vol. V, No. 2, lacking only 1.2. 9 issues total. Runs Fall 1978 through Fall 1982. Light handling wear, mailing labels on rear covers.. First Edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Birmingham, AL: Survey of Federal Archives, Division of Professional and Service Projects, Works Projects Administration, 1940. v,13 pp. typescript (mimeographed in rectos only), bound in boards with cloth backstrip. Interior somewhat toned, slight edge wear.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Birmingham, AL: Survey of Federal Archives, Division of Professional and Service Projects, Works Projects Administration, 1940. v,27 pp. typescript (mimeographed in rectos only), bound in metal clasps (slightly pitted), boards with cloth backstrip. Interior slightly toned, slight edge wear.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Baltimore, MD: Maryland Historical Society. Light handling wear.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Albany, NY: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1889. Red paper covered boards, rebacked in red cloth tape. 247 pp. Ex-library, typically marked/stamped, moderately worn, rebacked as noted. Rubbed edges, exposed corners, surface rubbing. Interior text block intact. Acceptable reference copy. Scarce early number.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Washington, D.C.: National Archives. Catalogue of records available through the National Archives Microfilm Rental Program. Stiff paper wraps. 72,7 pp. A few annotations, slight shelf wear.. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Arlington, VA: National Genealogical Society, 2004. Light handling wear.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Albany, NY: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1890. Red paper covered boards, rebacked in red cloth tape. 240 pp. Ex-library, typically marked/stamped, moderately worn, rebacked as noted. Rubbed edges, exposed corners, surface rubbing. Interior text block intact. Acceptable reference copy. Scarce early number.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Baltimore, MD: Maryland Historical Society, 1980. Light handling wear.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Arlington, VA: National Genealogical Society, 2004. Light handling wear.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Cooperstown, NY: H. and E. Phinney, 1831. Early printing of the "Cooperstown Bible" made most famous by Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon Church. H. and E. Phinney's Stereotype Edition, by the firm later located in Buffalo, New York. Full calf, 4 raised bands. Front board detached but present, as is front flyleaf, inscribed on the blank verso as having belonged to Noah Hanford ("May you give him grace their [sic] in to look -- "). Bands are scuffed, and spine extremities rubbed; leather typically scuffed but essentially intact, with some exposure along bottom edges; black title label remains mounted on upper spine, though gilt lettering has rubbed away. Interior shows foxing, generally light, ranging to moderate here and there, and light dampstaining in places, nothing objectionable or profound. All four pages of the Family Register have been filled in with information about the family of the aforementioned Noah Hanford's family and descendants, who appear to have been associated with Wilton, Connecticut; Ithaca, New York; Barton, New York; Waverly, Tioga County, Pennsylvania; Sayre, Pennsylvania; also laid are 5 sheets of manuscript Hanford genealogy.. Full-Leather. Good/N/A. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Baltimore, MD: Maryland Historical Society. Light handling wear.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Arlington, VA: National Genealogical Society. Light handling wear.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Albany, NY: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1888. Red paper covered boards, rebacked in red cloth tape. 229 pp. Ex-library, typically marked/stamped, moderately worn, rebacked as noted. Rubbed edges, exposed corners, surface rubbing. Interior text block intact. Acceptable reference copy. Scarce early number.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Athens, GA: Iberian Publishing Co.. Institutional stamp on title page, no other marks (not ex-library). Undated. viii,26 pp.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine/N/A. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Athens, GA: Iberian Publishing Co.. Institutional stamp on title page, otherwise unmarked. Very slight shelf wear. viii,45 pp.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine/N/A. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Doylestown, PA: Bucks County Genealogical Society, 1989. Listing of all private marriages performed by the Rt. Rev. William White, Episcopal Bishop of North America from 1786 and Rector of Christ Church, Philadelphia, 1778-1836. Marriages arranged by date, by groom, and by bride, notes. [ii],31 pp. Spreadsheet, unbound, housed in clear acetate binder.. First Thus. Unbound. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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London: B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1978. Burgundy paper covered boards. 176 pp. Ex-library, typically marked/stamped, tape ghosting on both covers. Little actual wear, solid Near Fine apart from cosmetic defects.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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Detroit, MI: Gale Research Company, 1969. 300 pp. Facsimile reprint of the original (1857) edition by Sheldon, Blakeman and Co., New York. Ex-library, typically marked/stamped, little actual war. Dark gray cloth, stamped in gold foil. Acceptable reference copy.. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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Boston, MA: Commandery of the State of Massachusetts, 1906. Dark red cloth, stamped and lettered in burgundy. A few light soil marks to cloth, modestly rubbed extremities and corners. 253 pp. Scarce.. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Self-Published, 1972. Dark blue pebbled cloth, lettered in dull yellow foil. As issued. [xii],191 pp. + unpaginated index at rear. Updated edition of the 1949 Backenstoss Family History, printed in Allentown, with additions and corrections.. First Thus. Cloth. Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Allentown, PA: Pennsylvania German Folklore Society, 1954. Full natural linen, illus. and lettered in red. Rubbed at head of spine and along a portion of top rear edge, with some resultant fraying; approx. 1" red mark at top rear corner; slightly toned endpapers, else as issued. [v],232 pp., illus. w/ numerous line drawings depicting PA German tombstone inscriptions and designs. Essential work on Pennsylvania and American folk art.. First Edition. Cloth. VG+/Not Issued. Illus. by Eleanor Barba. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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