Category: Pennsylvania: Chester & Delaware Counties

A Narrative of the Early Life, Travels, and Gospel Labors of Jesse Kersey, Late of Chester County, Pennsylvania

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, PA, T. Ellwood Chapman : 1852

Seller ID: 015329

Condition: Fair-Good

Both boards and flyleaves detached but present; spine panel lacking, binding otherwise firm. 288 pp. Text block generally clean, showing only light scattered foxing. Early printing, likely 2nd, after 1851 1st edition.
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Benjamin West: American Painter at the English Court

Price: $12.50

Publisher: Baltimore, MD, Baltimore Museum of Art : 1989

Seller ID: 002818

ISBN-13: 9780912298641

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Fine

Color illus. stiff paper wraps. Catalog to accompany 1989 Baltimore exhibition. 120 pp., illus. w/ color + b&w plates.
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Biographical Sketches of James Embree, Philip Price, and Eli K. Price - Reprinted from the "History of Chester County, Pa."

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, PA, Louis H. Everts : 1881

Seller ID: 056916

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Brown cloth, lettered in gilt, bordered in blind. Ex-library copy, typically marked/stamped, did not circulate and thus shows modest wear, with rubbing/fraying at head of spine, a few surface marks to cloth. Foxing to frontis., guard, and main title. 67 pp.
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Blanchard's Balloon Flight Commemoration 1793-1976 Deptford Township

Price: $5.00

Publisher: : 1976

Seller ID: 020587

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Near Fine

Booklet/program, [4] pp., commemorating Blanchard's 1793 balloon ascent near the city of Philadelphia. Includes a copy of President George Washington's proclamation regarding the event and the program of events in conjunction with the American bicentennial. Slightly toned, otherwise intact.
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Blanchard's Balloon Flight Commemoration 1793-1976 Deptford Township

Price: $5.00

Publisher: : 1976

Seller ID: 020588

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Near Fine

Booklet/program, [4] pp., commemorating Blanchard's 1793 balloon ascent near the city of Philadelphia. Includes a copy of President George Washington's proclamation regarding the event and the program of events in conjunction with the American bicentennial. Slightly toned, otherwise intact.
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Bulletins of the Chester County Historical Society 1899-1900

Price: $25.00

Publisher: West Chester, PA, Chester County Historical Society : 1900

Seller ID: 020641

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Good-VG

Light gray wraps. [iii],74 pp., continuously paginated. Modest shelf/handling wear, some tearing and loss to paper along binding, toned along cover edges, binding staples rusted. George Washington in Chester County, social and domestic customs, 1801 West Chester taxables, Moses Marshall, Mason and Dixon line, centennial history of West Chester, taverns of West Chester, Thomas Cheyney, American flag and Battle of Brandywine, etc. Scarce.
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Bulletins of the Chester County Historical Society 1908

Price: $25.00

Publisher: West Chester, PA, Chester County Historical Society : 1900

Seller ID: 020642

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Good-VG

Dark salmon wraps. 62 pp., continuously paginated, illus. w/ b&w plates. Modest exterior wear, covers mildly soiled along edges. Interior shows mild scattered soiling, some old mildew/dampstaining scars (not active). Marriages by Moses Marshall; Jacob Taylor, Almanac Maker; Native Americans in Chester County; West Chester Meeting of Friends.
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Bulletins of the Chester County Historical Society, 1899-1900 [Chester County, Pennsylvania]

Price: $25.00

Publisher: West Chester, PA, Chester County Historical Society : 1900

Seller ID: 039782

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Light blue wraps, lettered in black. Covers are tanned and show a few small chips along edges. Firm binding, clean interior. [iii],74 pp., portions printed in double-column text. George Washington in Chester County, West Chester taxables 1801, social and domestic customs of 19th century, Moses Marshall, Mason and Dixon Line, centennial history of West Chester, taverns of West Chester, Thomas Cheyney, the American flag and the Battle of Brandywine.
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Chester County Historical Society

Price: $7.50

Publisher: West Chester, PA, Chester County Historical Society : 1968

Seller ID: 020640

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: VG+

Light tan wraps. Booklet. [16] pp., illus. w/ b&w photographs. Lightly foxed covers, date in ink on lower front cover.
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Chester County History: Journal of the Chester County Historical Society - Volume I, No. 1 (Spring 1975) + Vol. I, No. 2 (Spring 1976) [All Published?]

Price: $25.00

Publisher: West Chester, PA, Chester County Historical Society : 1975

Seller ID: 020635

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Near Fine

Booklets, illus/pictorial wraps. [32] pp. + 32 pp. No. 1 shows abrasion with layering to paper at bottom front corner, otherwise only slight shelf wear. No. 2 is virtually as issued. Appears to be complete in 2 issues, all published. Historical activity in Chester County 1975 (Dallett); Chester County Log Houses (Schiffer); A Tool House (1862); Anthony Wayne - Washington's Special Lieutenant (Runkel); A Trip from Goshen to North Carolina in 1752 (Townsend/Lapp). Quite scarce.
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Colonial Lutheran Churches and Historic Sites in Eastern Pennsylvania 1638-1775

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Lutheran Historical Society of Eastern Pennsylvania/Lutheran Archives Center at Philadelphia : 2009

Seller ID: 038180

ISBN-13: 9780979504716

Binding: Spiral Bound

Condition: Fine

Stiff color pictorial covers, spiral-bound. Shows no wear but does show remnants of former owner's address label mounted inside front cover, else as issued. 135 pp., illus. Very obscure compilation and an excellent source on early Lutheran and Pennsylvania German history in southeastern Pennsylvania.
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Golden Anniversary of the Lansdowne Baptist Church 1887-1937

Price: $7.50

Publisher: Lansdowne, PA, Lansdowne Baptist Church : 1937

Seller ID: 010119

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Program, wraps. 4 pp. A few annotations to back cover, fold creases, lightly soiled.
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Historic Yellow Springs 1994 Antiques Show

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Chester Springs, PA, Historic Yellow Springs, Inc. : 1994

Seller ID: 002806

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Fine

Wraps, as issued.
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Illustrated History of Battery C., Third Brigade, N.G.P. [Battery C, aka Griffin Battery, 3d Brigade, National Guard of Pennsylvania]

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, PA, Avil Printing Co.

Seller ID: 026184

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Royal blue cloth, lettered in silver foil, bevelled edges, oblong format. Cloth is mildly soiled with a few light surface marks, slightly rubbed at corners and spine extremities, overall quite decently preserved. Binding (cord reinforced with cloth) slightly separating at hinges but quite firm, clean interior, a few leaves showing short closed edge tears. 48 pp., including many local advertisements for Phoenixville, Pottstown, Philadelphia, Reading, Royersford, Norristown, Allentown, Valley Forge, Spring City, Conshohocken, etc. (some illustrated), with a photograph of the New Armory on p. 3, ...
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John Fritz . . . Pioneer in Iron and Steel

Price: $12.50

Publisher: West Chester, PA, Chester County Historical Society : 1954

Seller ID: 020639

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Near Fine

Light tan stiff paper wraps, illus. and lettered in black. Lightly soiled covers, lightly foxed inside covers. 7 pp., frontis. portrait. Published in conjunction with the unveiling of historical marker at the Fritz birthplace, Londonderry Twp., Chester County, PA. Scarce.
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Proceedings of the Delaware County Historical Society [Volume 2: 1902-1922]

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Chester, PA, Delaware County Historical Society : 1922

Seller ID: 002796

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: VG-

Orig. wraps, modestly toned. Slight lean, lightly dampstained along spine panel. Small chip at bottom fore-edge corner with slight loss. Interior text block solid, slightly dampstained along bottom edges of early leaves. 409 pp.
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Proceedings of the Delaware County Historical Society [Volume 2: 1902-1922]

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Chester, PA, Delaware County Historical Society : 1922

Seller ID: 015728

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: VG+

Orig. wraps, lightly soiled. Institutional stamps on front cover and title page, otherwise unmarked. Hinges reinforced with cloth tape, original to issue. Square, uncreased binding. 409 pp. Scarce.
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Proceedings of the Delaware County Historical Society [Volume 3: 1922-1929]

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Chester, PA, Delaware County Historical Society : 1930

Seller ID: 015729

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Orig. light blue wraps, modestly soiled. Institutional stamps on front cover and title page, otherwise unmarked. Hinges reinforced with cloth tape, original to issue. Square, uncreased binding. 366,xvii pp. Scarce.
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Proceedings of the Delaware County Historical Society [Volume 3: 1922-1929]

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Chester, PA, Delaware County Historical Society : 1930

Seller ID: 018583

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: VG+

Orig. light blue wraps, modestly soiled. Institutional stamps on front cover, otherwise unmarked. Lightly toned toward edges and along spine panel. Square, uncreased binding. 366,xvii pp. Scarce.
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Proceedings of the Delaware County Historical Society [Volume 3: 1922-1929]

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Chester, PA, Delaware County Historical Society : 1930

Seller ID: 036787

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Orig. light blue wraps, lettered in black. Call label mounted on lower spine, no other library marks or stamps. Covers modestly soiled, spine panel toned, text block edges also a bit darkened by age. Square, uncreased binding, clean interior. 366,xvii pp. Scarce.
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Proceedings on the Occasion of the Dedication of the Monument on the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Paoli Massacre, in Chester County, Pa., September 20, 1877

Price: $25.00

Publisher: West Chester, PA, F. S. Hickman, Steam-Power Printer : 1877

Seller ID: RS361

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Brown-burgundy pebbled cloth, lettered in gilt. Modest surface rubbing to both covers, rubbed along spine panel with crown a bit tattered, minor exposure to top corners. Former owner's signature and address inscription in pencil (dated 1893) on front flyleaf, otherwise unmarked. 78 pp., rear folding map (closed tear across one panel). Contents a bit toned.
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Sadsbury Township Tri-Centennial 1682-1982 [Chester County, Pennsylvania]

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Sadsbury Township Tri-Centennial Committee : 1982

Seller ID: 025801

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: VG+

Tan stiff wraps, lettered/illus. in black. Light shelf wear, covers a bit soiled. 122 pp., illus., local ads.
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Sesqui-Centennial, West Chester, Pennsylvania 1799-1949 [Cover Title: The Picture Story - - -]

Price: $25.00

Publisher: West Chester, PA, West Chester Chamber of Commerce : 1949

Seller ID: 002824

Binding: Spiral Bound

Condition: Near Fine

Rust-brown "leatherette" effect stiff paper covered boards, spiral bound. Approx. 8 3/4" x 11 1/4". Illus. West Chester, PA 150th anniversary.
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Sesqui-Centennial, West Chester, Pennsylvania 1799-1949 [Cover Title: The Picture Story - - -]

Price: $25.00

Publisher: West Chester, PA, West Chester Chamber of Commerce : 1949

Seller ID: 017437

Binding: Spiral Bound

Condition: Near Fine

Rust-brown "leatherette" effect stiff paper covered boards, spiral bound. Approx. 8 3/4" x 11 1/4". Fully illus. with b&w photographs. West Chester, PA 150th anniversary.
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Spelling Bee On Saturday Evening, Nov. 29, 1902 . . . The Maytown Intermediate School

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Chester Co., PA, Geo. W. Nauman, Print : 1902

Seller ID: 002809

Binding: Unbound

Condition: Very Good

Broadside, approx. 6 x 9", chipped with one small area of loss along bottom edge, moderately toned. Advertising spelling bee at Maytown, Chester Co., Pa.
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Category: Pennsylvania: Chester & Delaware Counties