27 results for "Rare Pennsylvania Books" between $10.00 and $800.00

A fascinating private account of the early history of the Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania. Miner emphasizes the controversies surrounding the Connecticut land claims to his area during the 1770s. The fold-out map which serves as frontispiece also shows New England land claims in New York and Ohio. This "Map Illustrating the New England Charter Claims West of the Delaware" was lithographed by Wagner & McGuigan and is in an unusually fine state of preservation for such a fragile piece. JT OUT ON APPROVAL

The Lehigh Navigation Company was formed in 1798 and the Lehigh Coal Company in 1792. They merged on April 21, 1820 and were incorporated as the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company in 1822. The 1837 report to the board of managers discusses the mining in 1836 of nearly one hundred and forty-seven thousand tons of coal from its mines and their shipment from Mauch Chunk. The majority of the coal was shipped via the Delaware Division of the Pennsylvania Canal. The report includes a list of the goods...

A search of library databases shows no copies of this report. Although the author is not named on the title page, the verso shows the noted Pennsylvania author William F. Gedde as submitting the document to the Clerk’s Office in the eastern district of Pennsylvania. The preface makes note of the fact that only a few copies were printed for the purpose of affording a few friends a comprehensive view of the location and advantages of the several coal regions. He describes the coal trade in Pennsylvania...

Through rare photographs and documents, Overbrook School for the Blind offers a glimpse at the school’s role in reaching out to people who are blind and it showcases how Overbrook has helped thousands of students to achieve independence, self-confidence, and the skills to experience active and fulfilling lives.

And Of The Earliest Settlements Of The Inland Part Of Pennsylvania From The Days Of The Founders. In Two Volumes. This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond...

The Railroad Photography of Ralph Hallock Bernhart. Filled with rare images of railroading around Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from the early to mid-1950s, this book examines the steam and first-generation diesel locomotives, trains, facilities and operations of the Baltimore and Ohio, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh and Lake Erie, Union, Western Allegheny and Winfield Railroads. 56 pages, 80 B&W and color photographs, 8½"x 11", softcover.

Publisher: The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Volume DV, Number 2, April, 1981. Offprint from the orignial article. No publisher listed. 1st edition of reprint. Printed light buff wrappers. Discoloration on top edges otherwise Good Condition.

Description Author Bios Throughout Pennsylvania, within the state forest system, are 61 officially designated Natural Areas, each offering a bit of wildness deemed worthy of protection: rare-bird breeding sites, stands of old-growth trees, fragile wetlands, ice age remnants, mineral-rich mountainsides. To experience first-hand the unique features of each natural area, nature writer Charles Fergus spent a year visiting all 61. In this information-filled book, he reports on what he found, offering...

The Pennsylvania Society for the Promotion of Internal Improvements in the Commonwealth was established in Philadelphia, in December 1824, to disseminate information on the latest improvements in the development of transportation systems including roads, railways, canals, bridges, etc.; as the first line of text here puts it, “The acting committee of ‘The Pennsylvania Society for the Promotion of Internal Improvement,’ have been, from the formation of the society, particularly desirous...

Mease was a physician educated at the Univ. of Pennsylvania. He was born in Philadelphia in 1771 and died there in 1846. Mease was the first vice-president of the Philadelphia Athenaeum and an active member of the American Philosophical Society. During two tours of the States he kept a diary of his observations on the geology and natural history and wrote the above work. Mease provides a general geographical description of the States, and also provides a geological, botanical & zoological overview...

Search one of the oldest histories of Lycoming County. This rare history contains extensive town and township histories. Learn about the life and times of the early settlers of this region. Search the 1786 List of Taxables to see if your ancestors were among the first settlers living in one of the four originating townships, Lycoming, Loyalsock, Nippenose and Washington. Read about the four Civil War Companies that were recruited from the county: Company D, 11th Regiment Company E, 33d Regiment Company...

Consumer catalog for 1993. This is the first version released at Toy Fair in February 93. Included both Collector and Traditional items for O and O27. 32 pages, with color photograph illustrations. Featured items included; Reading FM, 6464 boxcar series #1(super rare), Susquehanna Dash 8-40B, Pennsylvania MU dummy set, I.C. SD-40, Erie Alco ABA & cars Fallen Flags series #7, California Zephyr aluminum passenger cars for the DRG Alco PA-1s from 1992, GN F3 B-unit, SF F3 B-unit, yellow Gang...

Very good. Softbound dissertation rebound in hardcover b y the New York Public library, minimal markings. Boards lightly shelf worn, text block edges foxed, one dog ear, a very solid, clean copy of a rare edition. 202 pp.

"It is rare to find a book on art that presents complex aesthetic principles in clear readable form. "Ceramics," by Philip Rawson, is such a book. I discovered it ten years ago, and today my well-worn copy has scarcely a page on which some statement is not underlined and starred."-Wayne Higby, from the Foreword