Pennsylvania History from Adamstown Books
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When the Rebels Occupied York, Pennsylvania
by Jeffrey C. Bortner
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- Used - Good
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- 1st Edition
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- 2013
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- Paperback
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- 9780976482529
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
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York PA: Martin Legacy Society, 2013. Book. Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Stated 1st Edition softcover, 124 pp. A microhistory of the occupation and ransoming of York by Jubal Early in late June 1863 as part of the Gettysburg Campaign. Book Condition :Good; no text marks; wear to cover edges and corners; page… Read more about this item Item Price
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Amish Immigrants to Pennsylvania: With an Emphasis on the Zug/Zook Immigrants
by J. Lemar and Lois Ann Mast (editors)
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- Used - Very Good
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- 2016
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- Paperback
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
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Morgantown PA: Masthof Press, 2016. Book. Very Good. Softcover (Side-stapled). 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Side-stapled softcover, 32 pp. w/ one map and color and b&w photos throughout. Guided tour, for a Zook reunion, traversing Lancaster, Berks, and Chester counties in 2016. Concentrates on 84 Amish families that immigrated to Berks County in the mid-18th century. Book Condition… Read more about this item Item Price
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American Decoys: From 1895 to 1920
by W. Fred Kinsey III
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Dust Jacket
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- 1972
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- Hardcover
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
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$50.00
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Ephrata PA: Science Press, 1972. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Science Press 1972 Christmas keepsake. Printer's Sample for Limited edition of 1200. Oblong hardcover,96 pp. Richly illustrated with b&w and color photos thoughout. Details the heritage af decoys focusing on artistic developments in carving and painting. Book Condition : Very Good; no text marks;… Read more about this item Item Price
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Artists' Album/Lancaster County: Two Centuries of America's Garden Spot Through the Eyes of Artists
by Gerald S. Lestz
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- Used - Near Fine
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- 1983
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- Hardcover
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
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Ephrata PA: Science Press, 1983. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Science Press 1983 Christmas keepsake. Limited edition, 871 of 1200. Oblong hardcover,168 pp. Richly illustrated with b&w and color photos thoughout. Divided into two parts, the first section covers depictions from the 18th and 19th centuries. The second part, organized alphabetically, presents pieces by… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Later Poems of John Bermelin (Pennsylvania German Folklore Society Vol. XVI)
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- Used - Good Plus
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- 1953
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- Hardcover
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
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$30.00
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Allentown PA: Pennsylvania German Folklore Society, 1953. Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, 213 pp. w/several decorative illustrations.Text is in English, poetry is in PA German. Includes a memoriam and then a selection of Birmelin's later work organized into category : The Calendar and Festivals of the Year; Poems of a Reflective Nature; Proverbs;… Read more about this item Item Price
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"Too Much for Human Endurance": The George Spangler Farm Hospitals and the Battle of Gettysburg
by Kirkwood, Ronald D.
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- 2019
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- Hardcover
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- 9781611214512
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
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El Dorado Hills CA: Savas Beatie, 2019. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, 395 pp. w/ b&w maps, photos, and illustrations throughout, along with 6 appendices. 2nd Edition, 1st Printing. Details the use of the Spangler farm as a logistical staging area for infantry and artillery, then as 9th Corps hospital during and after… Read more about this item Item Price
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Those Amazing Class D Locomotives (The Pennsylvania Railroad Steam Locomotives of Yesteryear)
by Harry P. Albrecht
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1981
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- Paperback
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
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$22.50
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Clifton Heights PA: Harry P. Albrecht, 1981. Book. Very Good. Softcover (Side-stapled). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Oblong side-stapled softcover, 78 pp. w/ b&w photos throughout. Documents the D American Type locomotives in service in late 19th and early 20th century on the Pennsylvania Railroad. Includes specs and index.Book Condition : Very Good; inscription on front free… Read more about this item Item Price
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When War Passed This Way
by W P Conrad; Ted Alexander
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- Used - Good Minus
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- Good
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- 1st Edition
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- 1982
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- Hardcover
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- 9780942597028
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
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Shippensburg PA: White Mane Publishing Company, 1982. Book. Good Minus. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by co-author Ted Alexander on title page. 1987 1st Edition, 2nd Printing. Hardcover, 448 pp. w/ several dozen b&w photos, illustrations, and maps. Details the Civil War along the Pennsylvania-Maryland border from rampant rumors, guerilla raids,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Work Sights: Industrial Philadelphia, 1890-1950
by Scranton, Philip; Licht, Walter
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- 1st Edition
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- 1986
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- Hardcover
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- 9780877223412
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
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Philadelphia PA: Temple Univ Pr, 1986. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Oblong Hardcover, 279 pp. w/ b&w photos throughout. Explores the diverse Philadelphia business and manufacturing environment (small workshops, medium-sized mills and factories, and giant industrial plants) with archival b& w photographs to supplement text. Attention is paid to labor relations and… Read more about this item Item Price
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The "Lower Sort": Philadelphia's Laboring People, 1750-1800
by Smith, Billy G.
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Good
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- 1990
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- Hardcover
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- 9780801422423
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
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Ithaca NY: Cornell University Press, 1990. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, 249 pp. w/ 1 map, 10 b&w plaes, and many figures and tables. Using an interdisciplinary approach, the author "re-creates the daily lives of laboring men and women in America's premier urban center dung the second half of the 18th century."… Read more about this item Item Price
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Manheim revisited: 1700-2000
by Manheim Historical Society
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Dust Jacket
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- 1st Edition
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- 2000
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- Hardcover
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- 9781930353190
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
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$110.00
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The Society, 2000. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Limited 1st Edition, 1183/1250. Oversize hardcover, 862 pp. w/ end paper maps and b&w photos throughout. Compiled and edited by the Manheim Historical Society.Chapters focus on Manheim Borough, Penn and Rapho Townships, Notable people, Education, Religion, Clubs and Organizations, Medical Care, Business and Industry,… Read more about this item Item Price
$110.00
Harriet Lane, First Lady of the White House
by Shelly, Mary V. and Sandra H. Munro
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- Used - Near Fine
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- No Dust Jacket
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- 1980
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- Hardcover
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- 9780915010295
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
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Lititz PA: Sutter House, 1980. Book. Illus. by Weatherlow, Regina. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by both Authors on Title page. Presumed First Edition hardcover, 48 pp. Children's biography of Harriet Lane, niece and unofficial First Lady of the White House during the administration of her uncle President James Buchanan. … Read more about this item Item Price
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Pennsylvania German Fraktur and Printed Broadsides: A Guide to the Collections in the LIbrary of Congress
by Paul Conner and Jill Roberts
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- Used - Good
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- 1988
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- Paperback
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- 9780844406008
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Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1988. Book. Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Catalog and checklist for Pennsylvania German fraktur held at the Library of Congress. Oversize softcover, 48 pp. w/ multiple color and b&w plates. Introduction by Don Yoder. Catalog divided by collection: Rare Book and Special Collections Division; Performing Arts Library; and Prints and… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Arts & Crafts in Philadelphia, Maryland, and South Carolina Part I 1721 - 1785 and Part II 1786 - 1800 (2 Volume Set)
by Alfred Coxe Prime
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- Used - Fine
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- 1969
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- Hardcover
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
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$36.00
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New York NY: De Capo Press, 1969. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. De Capo Press facsimile reprint of 1929 original limited editions. Two hardcovers, 654 pp. combined w/c. 60 b&w illustrations. Compiled form 18th century newspapers, this set examines a range of artistic mediums in Colonial and Revolutionary America - painters, engravers, architects, stone carvers,… Read more about this item Item Price
$36.00
The Pennsylvania Railroad's Golden Triangle: Main line panorama in the Pittsburgh area
by Ken Kobus; Jack Consoli
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- Used - Good
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- 1st Edition
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- 1998
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- Paperback
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- 9780966319101
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
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Upper Darby PA: Pennsylvania Railroad Technical and Historical Society, 1998. Book. Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Oversize softcover 91pp. w/ b&w photos throughout. Includes inlaid double-sided fold out map of Pittsburgh area. "This publication is intended to present a view of the(se) three main lines of the Pennsylvania Railroad in PIttsburgh and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Pennsylvania Agriculture and Country Life 1640-1840
by Fletcher, Stevenson Whitcomb
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- Used - Good
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- No Dust Jacket
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- 1971
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- Hardcover
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
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Harrisburg PA: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1971. Book. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1971 2nd printing hardcover, 605 pp. with some b&w illustrations. During most of the two centuries prior to the Civil War, Pennsylvania led the other colonies and states in the quantity of food produced. This wide-ranging survey covers buildings and equipment, labor,… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Mixed Multitude: The Struggle for Toleration in Colonial Pennsylvania (American Social Experience Series)
by Schwartz, Sally
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Very Good Plus
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- 1st Edition
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- 1988
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- Hardcover
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- 9780814778739
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
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$45.00
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New York NY: New York University Press, 1988. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, 396 pp. Examines how a diverse group, religiously (Quaker, Anglican, Mennonite, Moravian, Reformed, Lutheran) and ethnically (German, English, Welsh, Scotch,Swedish), coalesced into a tolerant society over the course of several decades in the Delaware Valley. Book Condition :… Read more about this item Item Price
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Pennsylvania Agriculture and Country Life 1840-1940
by Fletcher, Stevenson Whitcomb
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- Used - Near Fine
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- No Dust Jacket
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- 1955
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- Hardcover
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
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$100.00
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Harrisburg PA: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1955. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition hardcover, 619 pp. w/ b&w illustrations scattered throughout. Surveys the effect of modern farm machinery and agricultural techniques on farming in Pennsylvania as well as rural life in the 19th and 20th centuries. Book Condition: Near Fine; no text… Read more about this item Item Price
$100.00
The Nine Capitals of the United States
by Robert Fortenbaugh
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- Used - Near Fine
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- 2nd Edition
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- 1975
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- Paperback
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
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$40.00
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York PA: York Graphic Services, 1975. Book. Illus. by Fritz Kredel. Near Fine. Soft cover. 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Limited 2nd edition, Christmas Keepsake from York Graphic Services. Softcover, 69 pp. w/ b&w illustrations by Fritz Kredel. Chronological account of the national capitols during the Revolutionary War and late 18th century - New York, Philadelphia,… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Parrys of Philadelphia and New Hope: A Quaker Family's Lasting Impact on Two Historic Towns
by Ziegler, Roy
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- Used - Fine
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- Near Fine
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- 2011
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- Hardcover
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- 9781450285810
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
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iUniverse, 2011. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author on title page. Hardcover, 135 pp. Self published. Studies the Parry family from c. 1765-1865, their influence in Bucks County, Pennsylvania and eventually Philadelphia as the city expanded. The author uses the Parry family as an example of how hard work and… Read more about this item Item Price
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