Softcover. Philadelphia, The Schwarz Gallery, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. This 130 page catalog is beautifully printed in full color and features still-life paintings from 1795 to 1954. The cover features "Cutlet and Vegetables" by Raphaelle Peale. The cover has a few minor blemishes and the interior pages exhibit slight wear. The book includes the original cover-letter from Robert Schwarz.
Hardcover. New York , Outing Publishing Company, 1st, 1912, Book: Good, 177 pages. Green cloth cover with black lettering and design. Corners and edges of spine are bumped. Some faint staining on back of cover. Previous owner's inscription and library date stamp on front flyleaf. Inside is bright and clean. A nice copy.
Hardcover. New York, W.W. Norton, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 237 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ex-Lib copy with only one sticker on board spine and one sticker on rear cover board. Dust jacket has no evidence of ex-lib. Tight, clean copy, otherwise.
Softcover. Charleston SC, Arcadia Publishing, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 96 pages, profusely illustrated with b&w historical photos. The history of Chester County, the fastest developing county in Pennsylvania, is revealed by the uses of the land through the years, from the agriculture and industries of the nineteenth century to the specialty agriculture and service industries of today. Chester County visits the landscape and community that has endeared generations of residents. Rediscover Saturday night movies at the Warner Theatre in West Chester and root-beer floats at the Guernsey Cow in Exton. Visit the industries that built a strong economy in Chester County, such as Lukens Steel and the Sharples Separator Company, and learn about the site of a paper mill that is now a nature preserve for rare Brandywine bluebells. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Philadelphia PA, Fairmount Park Guard Pension Fund Association, 1913, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, bright blue cloth covers with white lettering, 88 pages with b&w photos, ads. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Philadelphia PA, Wilmer Atkinson Company, N/A, 1914, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 272 pages, hardcover. No map. Directory of farms in Bucks County, PA from 1914. Heavy rubbing and edgewear to panels. Spine cracked/detached at front and rear endpapers. With black-and-white photographs and illustrations throughout. Unmarked. A bright and clean copy.
Softcover. Pottsville PA, self-published, 1st, 1927, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 90 pages, b&w illustrations. Maroon heavy paper wrappers. Program for Centennial Services laid in. Fading to covers but a sound, clean copy.
Hardcover. Middleburg PA, Middleburg Post Press, 1st, 1915, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth covers with cover title label. Two softcover books rebound together in one hardcover volume. First volume 60 pages, second volume is 120 pages, also published in 1915 by The Faust Printing Company in Reading, PA. Many b&w photos in both. Clean and bright copies of 1915 printings.
Hardcover. St Paul MN, Voyageur Press, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. This authoritative, illustrated history tells the story of one of the country?s premier passenger trains, Pennsylvania Railroad?s Broadway Limited, an institution in New York-to-Chicago rail travel from 1902 to 1955. Text and pictures introduce readers to the posh cars and powerful engines, the luxuries and amenities on board, the stations, terminals, and timetables?everything that made the train the pride of the Pennsylvania. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Pottsville PA, Miners' Journal Book and Job Rooms, 1st, 1876, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Original softcover volume rebound in plain tan cloth, 262 pages. "Members of The Ancient Order of Hibernians, Commonly Known as Molly Maguires. Indicted in the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace, for Schuylkill County, Penna., for an Aggravated Assault and Battery". A record of the trial against John Kehoe Et Al., Members of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, Commonly Known as "Molly Maguires": Indicted in the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace, for Schuylkill County, Penna., for an Aggrevated Assault and Battery with Intent to Kill Wm. M. Thomas : with the Testimony and Arguments of Counsel in Full, Stenographically Reported by R.A. West. Cover and first 12 pages chipped, with light water stain. Interior clean, tear to page 57, no loss of paper. Name on front fly leaf.
Hardcover. Pittsburgh PA, Bissell Block Publishing, 1st, 1905, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in tan cloth with gilt lettering. SIGNED BY AUTHOR in pencil, dated 1913 on a prelim page. 192 pages, 29 illustrations: halftone plates of river, scenery, oil, rigs, glass-making, bridges, mills, comic drawings, few signed Syd Smith.
Softcover. Reading Lines, 1st, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 60 pages, illustrated in 2-colors. The history of the Reading Railroad. Mild crease to cover, otherwise clean.
Hardcover. Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1st, 1929, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, maroon cloth stamped in red and gilt, 251 pages. Chapters include: Includes "'Sundry sorts of earthen ware,'" "On the trail of the tulip," "Spatter after its kind," and "The last of the old potters." Mild bumping to spine, otherwise a clean, bright copy.
Hardcover. University Park, Pennsylvania State University , 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover with black cloth boards in dust jacket, oblong quarto, 265 pages, illustrated in b&w. Book near fine with handsome boards and tight binding, text clean and unmarked.
Softcover. Forty Fort PA, Harold Cox, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Softcover, 68 pages. B&w photos, drawings and maps. Clean, bright copy of a scarce pamphlet.
Softcover. Forty Fort PA, Harold Cox, 1st, 1970, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 86 pages, b&w photos, drawings and maps. Some light soill to covers. Folded map in rear is missing.
Hardcover. Boston, MA, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 324 pages. Hardcover. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. Cover boards bound in green cloth, gilt title stamped on spine and decoration on front cover. Black endpapers. Binding tight, spine straight. Dust jacket unclipped, has a touch of tanning from age, but still in excellent condition. Pages' outer edges are very slightly tanned, but otherwise clean. This is a beautiful volume that examines an artist's technique, while also telling a story through word and paint brush, about the German immigrants with whom he was living.
 "150 Years of Philadelphia Still-Life Painting by: Schwarz, Robert")
 "Apple Growing by: Burritt, M. C.")
 "Art Held Hostage: The Battle Over the Barnes Collection by: Anderson, John")
 "Chester County (PA) (Then & Now) by: Chester County Historical Society")
 "Descriptive Souvenir of Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa. by: (N.A.) Fairmont Park Guard Assoc.")
 "Farm Journal Illustrated Farm and Business Directory of Bucks County Pennsylvania 1914 by: N/A, N/A")
 "History of Trinity Church: Pottsville Pennsylvania 1827-1927 by: N/A")
 "Memoirs Of A life, Chiefly Passed In Pennsylvania within the last Sixty Years; With Occasional Remarks Upon General Occurences, Character and Spirit of That Eventful Period by:")
 "Pennsylvania Bison Hunt, A / Pennsylvania Deer and their Horns ( 2 Volumes in One) by: Shoemaker, Henry W.")
 "Pennsylvania Railroad's Broadway Limited by: Joe Welsh")
 "Rail Transit Philadelphia: Twenty Colorful Years, 1969-1989 by: Elsner, Henry & Vible, Richard")
 "Report of the Case of The Commonwealth vs. John Kehoe et al. by: R.A. West")
 "Slices From a Long Loaf (SIGNED COPY) by: Stiefel, H.C.")
 "The Reading: Building a Modern Railroad by: (Reading Lines)")
 "The Red Hills: A Record of Good Old Days Outdoors and In, With Things Pennsylvania Dutch (Keystone State Historical Publications No. 7) by: Weygandt, Cornelius")
 "Times of Sorrow and Hope: Documenting Everyday Life in Pennsylvania During the Depression and World War II: A Photographic Record by: Allen Cohen; Ronald L. Filippell")
 "Trolleys of Chester County Pennsylvania by: Stanley Bowman, Harold Cox")
 "Trolleys of Lower Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania by: Harold Cox, Paul J. Schieck")
 "World of Benjamin West, The by: Hirsch, Richard (Introduction)")
 "Wyeth at Kuerners by: Wyeth, Betsy James")
