Folk Art

Ephrata, PA: Science Press, 1973. Blue cloth, lettered in gold foil. Oblong format. viii,103 pp. + colophon, illus. with color plates. Gift inscription on front flyleaf, very slightly rubbed extrems, virtually as issued. Limited to 850 copies. Science Press Christmas annual.. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Ephrata, PA: Science Press, 1973. Blue cloth, lettered in gold foil. Oblong format. viii,103 pp. + colophon, illus. with color plates. As issued. Limited to 850 copies. Science Press Christmas annual.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Breinigsville and Philadelphia, PA: Pennsylvania German Society/The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1976. Complete in two volumes, oblong format, in natural linen, lettered in red, slipcased. Vol. 1: xxxiii pp. + 277 color illus., 300+ pp. total. Vol. 2: b&w illus. #s 278-1021, indices, 300+ pp. total. Among the essential references on Pennsylvania German fraktur, in the relatively scarce limited/deluxe edition. Slight shelf wear, a bit soiled along top text block edges, former owner signature on front pastedown of both volumes, else virtually as issued.. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Not Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Breinigsville and Philadelphia, PA: Pennsylvania German Society/The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1976. Complete in two volumes, oblong format, in natural linen, lettered in red, slipcased. Vol. 1: xxxiii pp. + 277 color illus., 300+ pp. total. Vol. 2: b&w illus. #s 278-1021, indices, 300+ pp. total. Among the essential references on Pennsylvania German fraktur, in the relatively scarce limited/deluxe edition. Both front covers slightly soiled, former owner signature whited out on front pastedown of both vols., else virtually as issued.. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Not Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Breinigsville and Philadelphia, PA: Pennsylvania German Society/The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1976. Complete in two volumes, oblong format, in natural linen, lettered in red, slipcased. Vol. 1: xxxiii pp. + 277 color illus., 300+ pp. total. Vol. 2: b&w illus. #s 278-1021, indices, 300+ pp. total. Among the essential references on Pennsylvania German fraktur, in the relatively scarce limited/deluxe edition. Very slightly toned spine panels, virtually as issued.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Not Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Breinigsville and Philadelphia, PA: Pennsylvania German Society/The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1976. Complete in two volumes, oblong format, in natural linen, lettered in red, slipcased. Vol. 1: xxxiii pp. + 277 color illus., 300+ pp. total. Vol. 2: b&w illus. #s 278-1021, indices, 300+ pp. total. Among the essential references on Pennsylvania German fraktur, in the relatively scarce limited/deluxe edition. As issued.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Not Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Greenfield, IN: Coiny Publishing Co., 1999. Green cloth. 807 pp., illus. Former owner book plate and signature on front endpapers, else essentially as issued. Very slight shelf wear to dust jacket.. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Hudson Hills Press/Museum of American Folk Art/Pennsylvania German Society, 1990. Brown cloth, lettered in bronze foil. Two volumes, complete, housed in brown cloth-covered slipcase lettered in bronze foil with side panel color tip-on, oblong format. viii,180 + unnumbered color facsimile reprint of the Denig emblem book, approx. 250 pp. Magnificent. As issued, unopened in original publisher's shrinkwrap.. First Edition. Cloth. New/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Hudson Hills Press/Museum of American Folk Art/Pennsylvania German Society, 1990. Brown cloth, lettered in bronze foil. Two volumes, complete, housed in brown cloth-covered slipcase lettered in bronze foil with side panel color tip-on, oblong format. viii,180 + unnumbered color facsimile reprint of the Denig emblem book, approx. 250 pp. Magnificent. As issued.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Hudson Hills Press/Museum of American Folk Art/Pennsylvania German Society, 1990. Brown cloth, lettered in bronze foil. Two volumes, complete, housed in brown cloth-covered slipcase lettered in bronze foil with side panel color tip-on, oblong format. viii,180 + unnumbered color facsimile reprint of the Denig emblem book, approx. 250 pp. Magnificent. Former owner signature on front flyleaf of each volume, otherwise as issued.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Hudson Hills Press/Museum of American Folk Art/Pennsylvania German Society, 1990. Brown cloth, lettered in bronze foil. Two volumes, complete, housed in brown cloth-covered slipcase lettered in bronze foil with side panel color tip-on, oblong format. viii,180 + unnumbered color facsimile reprint of the Denig emblem book, approx. 250 pp. Magnificent. As issued.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Hudson Hills Press/Museum of American Folk Art/Pennsylvania German Society, 1990. Brown cloth, lettered in bronze foil. Two volumes, complete, housed in brown cloth-covered slipcase lettered in bronze foil with side panel color tip-on, oblong format. viii,180 + unnumbered color facsimile reprint of the Denig emblem book, approx. 250 pp. Magnificent. As issued.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Hudson Hills Press/Museum of American Folk Art/Pennsylvania German Society, 1990. Brown cloth, lettered in bronze foil. Two volumes, complete, housed in brown cloth-covered slipcase lettered in bronze foil with side panel color tip-on, oblong format. viii,180 + unnumbered color facsimile reprint of the Denig emblem book, approx. 250 pp. Magnificent. As issued; slipcase very slightly sunned.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Hudson Hills Press/Museum of American Folk Art/Pennsylvania German Society, 1990. Brown cloth, lettered in bronze foil. Two volumes, complete, housed in brown cloth-covered slipcase lettered in bronze foil with side panel color tip-on, oblong format. viii,180 + unnumbered color facsimile reprint of the Denig emblem book, approx. 250 pp. Magnificent. As issued; slipcase very slightly sunned.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1982. Light wear to corners, former owner signature along bottom front edge. 141 pp., illus. Comprehensive listing of all extant covered bridges in PA.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine/N/A. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Allentown, PA: Pennsylvania German Folklore Society, 1936. Complete set of the publications of the Pennsylvania German Folklore Society. 28 volumes, uniformly bound as issued in natural linen, lettered, decorated, and/or illustrated in red, deckled edges, many volumes illustrated with decorative head- and tail-pieces and/or b&w plates (occasional color). Single-owner collection of the late Carl D. Snyder of New Tripoli, Lehigh County, PA, with his signature on front flyleaf of most volumes. All volumes at least VG, showing perhaps lightly soiled bindings or sunned spine panels, most with only light handling wear (Near Fine), some virtually as issued (Fine). A rare opportunity to secure the entire series. Abbreviated contents list for each volume follows; most volumes also contain introductory material, listing of officers, reports, necrologies. CONTENTS: (1) Drauss un Deheem (Ziegler, intro. Reichard) / The House of the Miller on the Millbach: Architecture, Arts and Crafts of the Pennsylvania Germans (Drowns) / Pennsylvania German Galleries, Metropolitan Museum of Art (Drowns) / List of German Immigrants to American Colonies from Zweibrücken in Palatinate 1728-49 (Hinke and Stoudt) / Pennsylvania Folk Art Exhib, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 21-23 May 1936 [1936]; (2) Consider The Lilies How They Grow: An Interpretation of the Symbolism of Pennsylvania German Folk Art (Stoudt) [1937]; (3) Gezwitscher: Pennsylvania German Dialect Verse (Birmelin, intro. Barba) / Early Marriage Customs of Moravian Congregation in Bethlehem (Beckel) / Notices by German Settlers in German Newspapers (Eyster, transl.) / Conestoga Wagons and their Ornamental Ironing (Kinzer) [1938]; (4) En Quart Millich un En Halb Beint Raahm (Iobst) / Letters of Congratulations to Gov. Robert Hunter Morris, in 1754, by German Protestant Freeholders, and an Anti-Franklin Broadside / Lewis Miller, Pennsylvania German Folk Artist (Barba) [1939]; (5) Indian Names of Streams, Rivers and Places [NJ, PA, MD, VA] (Heckewelder, intro. Ziegler) / Ephrata Printing Press (Ziegler) / Of Months and Days (Fogel) / PA German Folk Culture, Its Value in Modern Education (Connor) [1940]; (6) Christmas Putz of Pennsylvania Germans (Nitzsche) / Early Christmases in Bethlehem PA (1742-1756) / Christmas Poetry of "Pennsylvania Dutch" / Twelvetide (Fogel) / Moravian Christmas Putz (Myers) [1941]; (7) Bucks County Hist. Soc. (Mann) / Schwenkfelder Hist. Library (Johnson) / PA State Museum (Bitner) / Berks County Hist. Soc. (Clemens) / Hershey Mus. (Light) / Landis Valley Mus. (Reichman) / Lancaster Rifles (Landis) [1942]; (8) Conrad Weiser: Pennsylvania Peacemaker (Graeff) [1943]; (9) Storm Blown Seed of Schorarie (Lichtenthaeler) / Lancaster Rifle Accessories (Landis) / PA German Versammlinge (Kemp) [1944]; (10) Influence of Pennsylvania Dutch in Middle West (Ludwig) / Emigrants from Wuerttemberg: Adolf Gerber Lists (Yoder) [1945]; (11) PA Germans in Ontario, Canada (Graeff) / Coppersmithing in PA (Kauffman) / Lexical Differences Between 4 PA German Regions (Seifert) [1946]; (12) Am Schwarze Baer (Moll) / PA German Pioneers from County of Wertheim (Langguth/Yoder) [1947]; (13) Coverlets of the PA Germans (Reinert) / Linguistic Variations in PA German Dialect (Buffington) [1948]; (14) Mysticism in German Devotional Literature of Colonial Pennsylvania (Stoeffler) [1949]; (15) PA German Wills (Gilbert) / Humorous Tales (ed. Barba) [1950]; (16) Later Poems of John Birmelin (Birmelin) / PA German Folklore--An Interpretation (Stoudt) / German Immigrants...from Zweibruecken in Palatinate 1750-71 (Krebs) /18th-Century Emigrants from...Schaffhausen 1734-52 (Yoder) [1951]; (17) Ephrata As Seen by Contemporaries (Reichmann and Doll) [1952]; (18) Pennsylvania German Tombstones: Study in Folk Art (Barba) [1953]; (19) Henry Meyer: Early PA German Poet (Buffington) / Saga of PA Germans in Wisconsin (Dundore) [1954]; (20) PA German Poetry 1685-1830 (Stoudt) [1955]; (21) Pennsylvania German Barns (Dornbusch) [1956]; (22) Marriage By Lot: A Novel Based on Moravian History (Nitzsche) [1957]; (23) Fraktur-Writings or Illuminated Manuscripts of the Pennsylvania Germans (Shelley) [1958-59], in scarce original dust jacket; (24) Amish Today: An Analysis of Their Beliefs, Behavior and Contemporary Problems (Smith) [1960]; (25) Ephrata: A History (Ernst) [1961]; (26) Pennsylvania Germans of Shenandoah Valley (Smith, Stewart and Kyger) [1962]; (27) Pennsylvania German Grammar (Buffington and Barba) [1963]; (28) Pennsylvania German Folk Art: An Interpretation (Stoudt) [1966].. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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