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Last updated January 15, 2008


1. Armstrong, Edward. AN ADDRESS, DELIVERED AT CHESTER, BEFORE THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA . Philadelphia, J. Penington: 1852. Spine and edges shelf-worn, with some chippingto edges. Softbound covers. Ex-library marks on cover. Small tear to the front cover. $20.00

2. Bailey, Chester P. TIOGA MOUNTAINEERS, COMPANY B: 101ST REGIMENT, PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS. INFANTRY, 1861-1865. Mansfield, Pennsylvania, Bailey Printing Company: 1982. Some shelf wear, else near VG . Softbound covers. $30.00

3. Blardone, Charles & Peter Tilp. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD PASSENGER CAR PAINTING AND LETTERING. Upper Darby, PA, Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society: 1988. 127 pages. Slight wear to corners. Large oblong red cloth covers. Numerous illustrations and photographs, many of them in color. Scarce title. $70.00

4. Bradford, Pennsylvania. GREATER BRADFORD BICENTENNIAL, 1776-1976. (Pennsylvania). Bradford, Pennsylvania, City of Bradford, Pennsylvania: 1976. 76 pages. Slight shelf wear. One small stain to the front cover. Softbound covers. $22.00

5. Brenner, Scott Francis. PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH: THE PLAIN AND THE FANCY. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Stackpole: 1957. Shelf wear, else near VG in dust jacket with chips & tears to edges. Title page has former owner's name and gift inscription on it. $4.85

6. Bristow, Arch. OLD TIME TALES OF WARREN COUNTY. Meadville, PA, Tribune Publishing: 1932. 389 pages. Some shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Corners slightly bumped. Nice embossed pictorial cover. $95.00

7. Cole, Edwin. CORRY AND COLUMBUS STREET RAILWAY, 1906-1923. Corry, Pennsylvania, Privately Printed: 1983. 54 pages. Large softcover edition with duct-taped binding repair. A good history. Scarce. $22.50

8. Darrah, William Culp. PITHOLE, THE VANISHED CITY: A STORY OF THE EARLY DAYS OF THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY. [n.p.], Private Printing: 1972. 252 pages. Some shelf wear to binding. Dust jacket has some wear to the edges. $95.00

9. Duss, John S. THE HARMONISTS: A PERSONAL HISTORY. Harrisburg, PA, Pennsylvania Book Service: 1943. 425 pages. VG in edgeworn d.j. Jacket has slight discoloration. $15.00

10. Hanlon, Thomas. A DIGEST OF THE LAWS AND ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA, IN FORCE APRIL 4, 1896. Erie, Pennsylvania, Herald Press: 1896. Spine and edges shelf-worn, with some fraying to edges. Heavy shelf wear. Some soiling to binding. A few pages at the end have some tears to the edges. $50.00

11. Harpster, John W. -editor. PEN PICTURES OF EARLY WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. Maps and illustrations by Harvey Cushman. Pittsburgh, University Of Pittsburgh: 1938. . Some wear and rubbing to spine and corners, else near VG. $6.95

12. Hazen, Aaron L.-compiler. 20TH CENTURY HISTORY OF NEW CASTLE AND LAWRENCE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS. Evansville, Indiana, Unigraphic: 1978. 1015 pages. Slight shelf wear to binding. A large book. This is the 1978 facsimile reprint of the 1908 first edition. Excellent history. $95.00

13. Hubner, Johann. ZWEYMAL ZWEY UND FUNFZIG AUSERLESENE BIBLISCHE HISTORIEN AUS DEM ALTEN UND NEUEN TESTAMENT. Harrisburg, PA, William Wheit & Wm. Boyer: 1826. Full leather. Wear to edges and slight scuffing, some foxing. With one of the two metal clasps still present. An early Pennsylvania German imprint. Nice condition. $100.00

14. Lancaster Pennsylvania. LANCASTER COUNTY OBSERVES PENNSYLVANIA'S TERCENTENARY. Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Lancastern Intelligencer: 1982. Some shelf wear. Corners bumped. Softbound covers. One crease at the top of the front cover. $10.00

15. Lebanon County Commissioners. THREE HUNDRED YEARS OF PENNYLVANIA: LEBANON COUNTY, 1683-1983. Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, Lebanon County Historical Society: 1983. 96 pages. Slight wear to large softbound covers. $15.00

16. Lysle, Stauss. COUNTRY LIFE: JUST REMEMBERIN'. Erie, Pennsylvania, Clinton Press: 1980. Some shelf wear. Corners bumped, else G+. Softbound covers. $6.50

17. MacElree, Wilmer W. SIDE LIGHTS ON THE BENCH AND BAR OF CHESTER COUNTY. West Chester, Pa., Privately printed: 1918. Some wear and rubbing to spine and corners. $30.00

18. Marine, Rev. F.E. SKETCH OF REV. JOHN HERSEY. Baltimore, Hoffman: 1879. Heavy wear and scuffing to binding. Contents complete. $25.00

19. Masonry. EXTRACTS FROM THE AHIMAN REZON, OR BOOK OF THE CONSTITUTION RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE GRAND LODGE OF PENNSYLVANIA. Tyrian Lodge No. 362, Erie, Pennsylvania. Erie, Pennsylvania, Dispatch Printing: 1898. Some wear and rubbing to spine and corners. Small blue flexible cloth binding. $30.00

20. McDevitt, James L. PENNSYLVANIA FEDERATIONIST. Harrisburg, PA, Pennsylvania Federalist: 1947. Large stiff softbound covers. Wear to edges of covers and some peeling of glassine surface covers, else near VG. Scarce Pennsylvania Labor Union publication. $20.00

21. Nolan, J. Bennett. THE READING MILITIA IN THE GREAT WAR. Reading, PA, Hist. Soc. of Berks County: [n.d.,ca. 1920]. Some wear and rubbing to spine and corners. Some soiling to binding. $75.00

22. Pennsylvania. REPORT OF THE TRANSACTIONS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE AGRICULTURE SOCIETY FOR THE YEAR 1877. Harrisburg, PA, Lane S. Hart: 1877. Spine and edges shelf-worn, with some fraying to edges. There is a split to the cloth at the front joint, about 4 inches long. Spine faded. Binding tight. Includes a lengthy report of the dairyman's association. Illustrated. $20.00

23. Pennsylvania. SOUVENIR BOOKLET ON THE HISTORY OF LEWISTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA AND THE GREATER LEWISTOWN AREA. Lewiston, Pennsylvania, Privately Printed: 1970. Some shelf wear. Corners bumped, else G+. Softbound covers. $22.50

24. Rust, E. Albert. HISTORY OF ERIE COUNTY ELECTRIC COMPANY, 1884-1932. Erie, Pennsylvania, A-K-D Printing: 1932. Some wear to spine and corners, else near VG . $20.00

25. Spencer, Herbert Reynolds. ROAMING ERIE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. [n.p.], Privately printed: 1958. Some wear to spine and corners. Large softcover edition. Softbound pictorial covers. $25.00

26. Steuart, Raeone Christensen-editor. PENNSYLVANIA CENTRAL 1870 CENSUS INDEX. Two Volumes. Volume I: A-K; Volume II: L-Z. Bountiful, Utah, Precision Indexing: 1997. Ex-library labels on spines and library ink stamps inside the covers. Only light library wear. $85.00

27. Stevenson, J.J. SECOND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF PENNSYLVANIA:1876: REPORT OF PROGRESS IN THE FAYETTE & WESTMORELAND DISTRICT OF THE BITUMINOUS COAL. Harrisburg, PA, Board of Commissioners: 1877. Some wear and rubbing to spine and corners, else G+. Scuffing to binding. Spine slightly cocked. $35.00

28. Stewart, Anne G. -editor. MEADVILLE, 1938-1976. Meadville, PA, Meadville Area Bi-Centennial: 1976. Some shelf wear. Some browning to cover edges. Softbound covers. $12.50

29. Stone, Dave. THE LAKE ERIE QUADRANGLE: WATERS OF REPOSE. Erie, Pennsylvania, Erie County Hist. Society: 1993. Slight shelf wear, else VG in slightly worn, else near VG dust jacket. Pages are a bit wavy from humidity. Signed by the author. $11.75

30. Stone, Rufus Barrett. ARTHUR GEORGE OLMSTED: SON OF A PENNSYLVANIA PIONEER; BOY ORATOR OF ULYSSES; FOR THE FREEDOM OF THE SLAVE; DEFENSE OF THE UNION. Philadelphia, John C. Winston: 1919. Some wear and rubbing to spine and corners, else G+. Signed by author. $10.00

31. Surface, H. A. A bound volume of Pennsylvania Dept. of Agriculture Zoological Quarterly publications on birds & animals. Harrisburg, PA, William Stanley Ray: 1903-1904. Some wear and fading to spine, else G+. Corners slightly bumped. With photographs and plates. This volume contains 8 pamphlets, bound together. The pamphlets are as follows: #1-"Birds Around the Farm", #2-"The Economic Value of Our Native Birds", #3--"The Economic Value of Our Native Birds-Part II", #4--"The Economic Value of Our Native Birds-Part III", " #5-"The Economic Value of Our Pennsylvania Animals in Relation to Agriculture", #6-"-"The Economic Value of Our Native Birds-Part 4", "#7-"The Economic Value of Our Native Birds-Part 5", -#8-"The Economic Value of Our Native Birds-Part 6". $80.00

32. Tenpas, Margaret L. ERIE FROM FOREST TRAIL TO PORT CITY: A CHILDREN'S HISTORY OF EARLY ERIE. Erie, Pennsylvania, Association of Univ. Women: 1976. Softbound covers. Some wear. $7.50

33. Trego, Charles B. A GEOGRAPHY OF PENNSYLVANIA: CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF THE HISTORY, GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES, SOIL, CLIMATE... Philadelphia, Edward C. Biddle: 1843. . Black leather. Spine is missing 1/3 of the leather at bottom. Very scarce and early Pennsylvania history. Spine worn at edges and there is wear to edges of boards. This copy includes the rare hand-colored map, which is inserted inside the back cover. $60.00

34. Univ. of Pennsylvania. THE GENERAL MAGAZINE AND HISTORICAL CHRONICLE. Winter 1952. Volume 54, Number 2. Philadelphia, University Of Pennsylvania Press: 1952. Some wear and discoloration to covers. Softcovers. Softbound covers. $10.00

35. Univ. of Pennsylvania. THE GENERAL MAGAZINE AND HISTORICAL CHRONICLE. Summer 1944. Volume 46, Number 4. Philadelphia, University Of Pennsylvania Press: 1944. Some wear and discoloration to covers. Softbound covers. This magazine is patterned after the original magazine published by Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia. $10.00

36. University Of Pennsylvania. THE GENERAL MAGAZINE AND HISTORICAL CHRONICLE. Winter 1948. Volume 50, Number 2. Philadelphia, University Of Pennsylvania Press: 1948. Some darkening and wear around edges of covers. Softbound covers. This magazine if patterned after Benjamin Franklin's original magazine by the same name. $10.00

37. Weygandt, Cornelius. THE BLUE HILLS: ROUNDS AND DISCOVERIES IN THE COUNTRY PLACES OF PENNSYLVANIA. New York, Henry Holt: 1936. Shelf wear, else near VG in dust jacket with chips and tears to edges. $15.00

38. White, I.C. THE GEOLOGY OF MERCER COUNTY. Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania. Harrisburg, PA, Board of Commissioners: 1880. Black cloth worn at edges, with fraying. Covers stained and pages have a spill-stain of coffee, heavier at the front of the book and lighter as it goes along. Includes color map of Mercer County. $40.00

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