A METEOROLOGICAL ACCOUNT OF THE WEATHER IN PHILADELPHIA, FROM JANUARY 1, 1790, TO JANUARY 1, 1847, INCLUDING FIFTY-SEVEN YEARS.
by Peirce, Charles
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Lindsay & Blakiston, Philadelphia: ., 1847 300 p. Mildly foxed. Manuscript ownership of Agnes W. & Charles R. Naolay or Naoley Lambertville Meeting 1927 on title page. Manuscript ownership of Hedges, New Hope Pa. on first fly leaf. 12mo. 195 mm. Original full cloth binding embossed in blind. Boards mildly stained. Corners bumped. Spine repaired with slight loss at joint. Hardbound. Very Good. Title continues: 'With An Appendix, Containing A Great Variety Of Interesting Information, For Which, See Table Of Contents'. Contains: month by month statistics; temperatures; cold and stormy winters in America pre-1790; and information on railroads, steamboats, large fires, remarkable earthquakes, etc. It is interesting to observe that mild Winters in Philadelphia are not totally a phenomenon of `Global Warming'. First Edition. SCARCE. PAIMP 23. 1st Edition.. Hardcover.
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- Title
- A METEOROLOGICAL ACCOUNT OF THE WEATHER IN PHILADELPHIA, FROM JANUARY 1, 1790, TO JANUARY 1, 1847, INCLUDING FIFTY-SEVEN YEARS.
- Author
- Peirce, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
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- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- Publisher
- Lindsay & Blakiston, Philadelphia: .
- Date Published
- 1847
- Keywords
- PENNSYLVANIA IMPRINTS EARLY AMERICAN AMERICANA PHILADELPHIA SCIENCE WEATHER METEOROLOGY CLIMATE HISTORY FIRST EDITION CHARLES PEIRCE METEOROLOGICAL ACCOUNT OF THE IN IMPRINT 1847
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Ron Lieberman, has been an antiquarian bookseller, rare book appraiser, and library consultant for Fifty years. His firm, The Family Album, has issued a series of exceptional catalogs and bibliographic references in a variety of fields, including: Incunabula; Pennsylvania-Americana; German-Americana; Fine Book Bindings; Early Photographica; Printing History & Typography; Classics from the Great Scholar / Printers; Etc. He was the instructor for a series of valuable workshops and courses in the history, taste, and technique of book collecting. He frequently lectures before professional groups of librarians and archivists on: the book trade; collection and building security; disaster preparedness; appraisals; and preservation, conservation, and binding. He has also often appeared on radio and television popularizing the pleasant hobby of antique book collecting. His expert opinion on the book collecting market; values of archives and manuscripts; collection preservation & security; historic photographs; and the value of rare books has been sought by sources as diverse as: the Historical & Museum Commission of PA; the PA State Library; the Library of Congress; the Smithsonian Institution; the FBI; American Bible Society; Money Magazine; Kipplinger Magazine; Conservation Centers; Warmans Antique Price Guides; U.S.A. Today; as well as Universities, Colleges, and Historical Societies throughout the United States. As one of the organizers of the World Library Fund, Mr. Lieberman provides professional analyses of library collections, and helps plan library development for public and private institutions in the United States and abroad. He was a Member of the Board of Governors of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (A.B.A.A.), and Chairman of the A.B.A.A. Security Committee. He was a long-time regular member of the Security Committee of the Rare Book and Manuscript Section (RBMS) of the American Library Association (ALA); and was the Past President of the Middle Atlantic Chapter, A.B.A.A. Mr. Lieberman was also, for many years, a consulting editor and contributor to the Haworth Press journal: "College & Undergraduate Libraries" American Library Association (ALA); + ACRL/RBMS [For 35 Continuous Years] // PA Library Association (PLA) // Bibliographical Society of America // Middle Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC) // Society for the History of Authorship, Readership, and Publishing (SHARP) // Philobiblon Club // Etc. Etc.
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