What Is My House: Peter Kornelius Froese and Descendants by Froese Heritage Committee - 1987

Auburn, Maine: The Author, 1882. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo, 6 x 9.5, xvi + 620 pages, with tweny-six tipped-in plates. Binding is tight, except front hinge is loose and a few of the tipped-in plates are detached (but present and in place). There is some water staining on the back cover and at the top of approx. six pages, else the interior is clean with nominal toning.
This genealogy, with many interleaved illustrations, offers a history of the Little family from George of Newbury, the immigrant ancestor, through nine generations of his descendants, in both male and female lines. Almost all the first three generations lived and died in Newbury, Massachusetts. Through the end of the eighteenth century (i.e., ca. 1800), we rarely find the family beyond the bounds of Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont. Within the next eighty years, the family could be found in nearly every state and territory of the Union. Of the 6500 descendants mentioned in the compilation, nearly 3000… Read More

Atlanta Georgia: Stein Printing Company, 1933. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/None Present. VG/1st edition. A solid copy of the 1933 first edition of John Ben Pate's self published county history. Maroon cloth over boards with gold gilt lettering on front and smaller black lettering down the spine. Some fading on spine and some light rubbing. Corners are still fairly sharp, no breaks in the cloth. Previous owner's name on the top of the front pastedown. Hinges have no breaks-front or back. Pages are clean and all are present. 198 pages, 12 chapters with 2 appendices. Great picture frontis with tissue paper between picture and title page. Several pages of old pictures of residents and buildings and at least one map. Truly a find, comes to you in an archival acid free document bag for storage.

Milledgeville Ga.: Mary Vinson Memorial Library, 1999. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/None Issued. F/0/1st ed. As new copy of scarce and important cemetery records for Baldwin County Georgia. no soiling or marking inside or out, tight, square, with sharp corners. Red buckram covers with title in gold gilt on front and spine. 272pp. Milledgeville is located in Baldwin County, and is the home of several first for Georgia: First State Capital, first state penitentiary, first state mental asylum (at one time the largest in the world). Many prisoners and inmates are buried in Milledgeville, along with slaves and former slaves (Milledgeville was second in the state for slave sales, after the Georgia Coast). This volume has made a true effort to locate black cemeteries, along with the other "lost or found" cemeteries of the county. Included in the back third of the book is an Every-Person Index to the 103 Cemeteries and courthouse Markers. There are Indices for Military Graves: Revolutionary,… Read More

First edition, hard covers, blind and gilt designs and lettering on the binding. 1,169 total pages with many illustrations and an index. Volume 1 includes: Soil Survey of Lancaster County, Early Settlement of Lancaster County, Organization and Government - County Elections - Court House, Important Proceedings of the Board of County Commissioners, The Story of the Salt Basin, The town of Lancaster, John Morris' Report on State House Construction, The Capital Question in Nebraska, The Beginning of Lincoln and Lancaster County, Lancaster and Lincoln Lot Exchanges, The Progress of Lincoln and her Utilities, Lincoln Banks, The Press, Post-office, Library, Military History of Lancaster County, Education in Lancaster County, Churches in Lincoln, The Bench and Bar, Medical, The Incarceration of the Lincoln City Council, Railroads, Lancaster County Towns, Volume II. All Biographical notes of early settlers of the area.
Condition: Both books are very good , bindings are good and contents are… Read More

Privately Printed, 1976. Softcover. Good. Detailed history of Shackelford County, Texas - a West Texas ranching community. Includes histories of businesses, churches, ranches, schools, many family histories and much more. Illustrated with historical photographs. Rare. No copies in WorldCat database and no copies listed in commerce at the time of this posting. 72 pp. 11 1/4" x 9". Tight, unmarked copy with moderate shelf wear and rubbing. Small oil stain to back panel. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Rutland, VT: The Tuttle Company, 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Rare first edition, 8vo, 354 pages. Heavy-duty cover is worn and detached from book only at the front hing (easily repaired); imprint on spine is no longer legible. Some foxing to edge and last few pages, else clean and tight. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Providence, RI: Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, 1884. First Edition. Cloth. Good +. Rare first edition, 8vo, cxxxvi, 496 pages, with 2 interleaved plates. Brown cloth binding with beveled boards and gold stamping on the spine and front cover. Overall good condition: the textblock spine is split in one place, and one signature and a few pages are loose or detached at the split. The paper is a bit yellowed, but supple. The boards and spine of the cover case are intact and attractive (except for library marking on the spine), but the hinge is broken at the back of the textblock, and weak at the front. A good candidate for repair using the existing case cover, a new mull, new end-papers, and a bit of glue. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Self published, New York, NY, 1885. Apparent First Edition. Hardcover. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: 8mo - over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" tall. 302 pp. Pages are yellowed, but are tight and clean. I found a penciled note on one page. 2" chip out of the base of the spine, and spine is cracked and chipped near the top as well. Previous owner's name ink-stamped. Heavy shelfwear to the cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 - 2 pounds. Category: Genealogy & Local History; United States; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 001185. .

Baltimore MD: Butternut and Blue, 1999. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+. VG+/1st ed./Signed. The only flaw to this copy is that there is no dust jacket. Otherwise, the gilt on the front panel and spine is all present and bright. No wear to cloth or boards at the heel of both covers. Sharp corners. Now housed in an acid free document bag for storage. Mailed boxed, and I can have it in the mail tomorrow.

Privately Printed, 1989. Hardcover. Like New. Detailed history of Longview, Illinois, Champaign County. Histories of businesses, churches, schools, many family histories and much more. Densely illustrated with historical photographs. Author's inscription and signature to tipped in card. Rare. No copies listed in commerce at the time of this posting, and no copies showing in WorldCat library system. 212 pp. 11 1/4" x 8 3/4". Tight, immaculate copy. Extremities crisp. Unmarked front to back. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.