Search Results: Regional Americana from Quadrant Book Mart

Bangor, PA: Slate Belt Heritage Center, 2009. Paperback. Very Good+/None. Signed. Glossy pictorial softcover with black titling on front. SIGNED by the author on title page; Interior is otherwise unmarked and clean. Binding is sound; Spine is uncreased. Bottom front corner of cover is lightly creased, a bit softened. Limited printing, #256 of 500. Quarto. BOOK INFO: See photos for Table of Contents. Illustrated in color and B&W. 'The Pennsylvania German experience was one of the earliest examples of this process [of establishing an identity as an immigrant population]. In 2008, we celebrated the 325th anniversary of their landing in America. Along with the Scots-Irish, they were among the first and largest groups of Europeans to settle in the blue valley that we call the Slate Belt. As we follow their journey, we'll try to dispel popular misunderstandings and find out who they were, from where, when, and why they came, how others saw them and how they saw themselves, and what beliefs,… Read More

Arlene and Gus Tishuk; Morris Scott, 2000. Paperback. Very Good/None. Our photos depict the actual book offered. Ivory-colored softcover has black and gilt titling and border on front and a sepia-toned reproduction of a painting, 'Moonlight on the Pequest'; a few tiny drip marks and some rubbing along edges. Stapled binding is sound. Interior is unmarked. Upper page edges toned. 8vo. Ships from US. BOOK INFO: An updated publication of the history first published in December 1949. Illustrated in B&W photography. 'The story The Belvidere I Remember, is the culmination of tales of my childhood days told to my sons and my husband, he not being a Belviderian. I have tried my pen at writing children's stories and poems, and now at this date I find myself still living in the same town in which I was born a half century ago, writing about it, loving it more and more as the years go by and praying God that I may continue to do so for many more years.'(-the Foreword by the author). 'Arlene and Gus Tishuk… Read More

Castine, ME: Robert's Press, 2003. Paperback. Near Fine/None. Dark blue softcover with orange titling and illustration on front, like new: Clean, unmarked and spine uncreased. 8vo. Few places in the United States boast a history as colorful and lengthy as that of the Penobscot Bay. Indians began inhabiting the region more than 5,000 years ago and the name Penobscot is believed to be derived from their descriptive name for the bay meaning, 'where the rocks spread apart.' No one knows the names of the Penobscot's earliest European visitors but it is reasonably certain that they were 16th century fishermen who dried their catch on the rocky shores and returned home in the fall, their holds stuffed full and their lips sealed regarding the source of their bounty. They were followed by early 17th century explorers; the likes of the intrepid Samuel de Champlain who single-handedly mapped the coast and James Rosier whose glowing accounts of the Penobscot's beauty and natural riches… Read More

Bethlehem, PA, 1953. Paperback. Good+/None. Original publication. Our photos depict the actual book offered. Small white staplebound pamphlet with black titling and photo on front. Binding is sound. Interior is unmarked. 8vo. (14 x 21 cm) Ships from US. BOOK INFO: 8pp. *including* cover. Includes a description of the church doctrine, a list of the facts and figures of the worldwide denomination in 1953, a history of the local church, some statistics of the local Bethlehem Nazarenes, and a biography of the pastor, A. C. McKenzie, and concluding with the aspirations of the church and pastor, called 'Our Wish....'. Laid in is a one-sided advert card in B&W with red and black print displaying monthly calendars for October and November 1953 to promote 'Fall Revival Days' featuring Evangelist Rev. Estelle Crutcher, 'One of America's outstanding women preachers'.

Bethlehem, PA: Stephen Gould Rose, 1977. Periodical. Very Good/None. Our photos depict the actual book offered. Magazine format with stapled binding, pictorial cover in red and sepia tones, brown typeface throughout. Toned at edges. Front cover chipped at top corner and once along bottom edge. Binding is sound. Interior is unmarked. Quarto. Ships from US. BOOK INFO: See photos for Table of Contents. Illustrated in sepia-toned photography and graphics. With articles by local folk, topics including wood stoves, quilting, handcrafted play spaces and play sculptures for children, the waterless toilet, a Learning Exchange group, the Whitehall Environmental Group, architecture in Allentown, and a profile of artist Dick Boak: 'Dick dropped out of an art major at Gettysburg College because he felt his creativity was being impeded. Before he left, he erected a cage on campus in which he exhibited himself for three days as a living sculpture of the realities of student life.' Includes local art, photography… Read More

Harrisburg, Pa.: Dept. of Public Instruction, 1928. Paperback. Good/None. Our photos depict the actual book offered. Soft, white (now toned and off-color) staplebound booklet with black titling and crest on front, edgeworn and chipped at extremities, especially bottom corners. Binding is sound. Interior is unmarked. 8vo. Ships from US. BOOK INFO: 52pp. including cover. See photos for Table of Contents. 'The establishment of Pennsylvania Day is in response to a general feeling that Pennsylvanians should know more about the life of William Penn and should become better acquainted with the resources, achievements and contributions of the Commonwealth he founded.' (-from the Foreword). Includes the text of the Governor's Proclamation, a biography of Willian Penn [sic], descriptions of the commonwealth's agriculture, art, birds, education, forests, highways, historic shrines, industries, literature, mammals, music and science, along with suggestions for school programs to celebrate the day. Booklet -… Read More

Friedensville, PA, 1944. Paperback. Good+/None. Original publication. Our photos depict the actual book offered. Small white staplebound pamphlet with black titling and photo on front. Binding is sound. Interior is unmarked. 8vo. (15 x 23 cm) Ships from US. BOOK INFO: Illustrated in 2 B&W photos of the Seminary Choir from the Theological Seminary of the Evangelical and Reformed Church in Lancaster, PA, and of the church chancel. Includes the program of the service, names of choir members, milestones in history of the church, and officers and committee members of the church, along with lists of memorials and patrons.

Washington, DC: Govt. print. off., 1913. Original Edition. Paperback. Good/None. Scarce, original. Our photos depict the actual book offered. Dark beige staplebound pamphlet with black titling and the stamp of the Dept. of the Interior on the front; lightly edgeworn with tiny chips at spine ends and bottom corner dogeared. 4 fingerprint smudges on front. Binding is sound. Interior is clean and unmarked. 8vo. Ships from US. BOOK INFO: Compiled in the Office of the Secretary of the Interior. See photos for Table of Contents and Illustrations (B&W maps, charts and tables). Includes a fold-out map of Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota. Partial contents include Platt National Park Regulations of June 10, 1908 and Wind Cave National Park General Regulations of March 30, 1912 and Regulations governing the impounding and disposition of loose livestock. National monuments, including: Petrified Forest of Arizona, Navajo, Chaco Canyon, Rainbow Bridge, Natural Bridges, Devils Tower, Gila Cliff Dwellings,… Read More

Burlington, NJ: Board of chosen freeholders of Warren county, 1931. Paperback. Very Good/None. Our photos depict the actual book offered. Oblong textured brown paper softcover, two-hole punch laced with a leather tie; edgeworn and creased, with a 3-cm. closed tear along the bottom front edge and chipping at spine head. Spine is uncreased. Binding is sound. Owner's name inked on FFEP. Interior is unmarked. Upper page edges toned. Quarto. Ships from US. BOOK INFO: Illustrated in B&W photography and maps. 'This brief but complete sketch of Warren County is an accurate presentation of facts.' (-from the Editor's acknowledgment). 60 p. : illus. ( incl. ports., maps) diagr. ; 24 x 31 cm.

Baltimore,: The Manufacturers' record co., 1887. Hardcover. Poor/None. Leather boards embossed with decorations and pictures, with gilt titling on spine. Backstrip worn down, with 2-in. flap at spine heel. Front board completely separated. Gilt page edges. First signature through page 18 separated from sewn binding. Interior unmarked. Large 8vo. BOOK INFO: 'Here, it seemed, was an opportunity to serve the South, and meet what I regard as the great need of the time--accurate, unbiased information about the whole South.' (-from the introduction). B&W illustrations. Includes index and a terminal section of ads.