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 Oiseaux de Passage.
 [123632] (---) Florence Polk Holding & William Palmer Lear.
[Dijon, France]: [s.n.], 1932. [94] pages. First Edition. Limited edition. One of 300 copies printed on “sur papier velin d'arches” by Maurice Darantiere, valiant printer of James Joyce's Ulysses. Bound in original publisher's wrappers, paper covers. Previous owner's name and date from 1933; faint splash stain to glassine. A near fine copy of this title, printed entirely in French, concerning two summers of travel in the Fontainebleau region of France. Holding “published articles and poetry, exhibited artwork, studied music, and, as a fervent advocate of higher education, served on the West Chester State Teacherís College board of trustees.” Illustrated with handsome decorations by William Palmer Lear, a local Chester County, Pennsylvania artist, resident and co-founder with N.C. Wyeth and Christian Brinton of the Chester County Art Association. $45
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 Old Philadelphia: The Loyal Rebel, Super-Cargo, Autumn, North Star. (Presentation Copy from Author)
[123520] (AMERICAN ARTISTS) George Gibbs.
New York: Appleton, 1931. All books are First Editions, first printings. Four volume set illustrated by Edward C. Caswell. Short historical novels that trace Philadelphia's history. All in fine unread condition with near fine dust jackets in a very good publisher's slipcase which is slightly browned from age. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by the author, George Gibbs, a noted artist; exhibited at the PAFA, NAD of New York, the Corcoran Gallery, etc. and is perhaps best known for his illustrations for L.M. Montgomery's very popular “Anne of Avonlea” series. $150
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An Act to vest the Estate of Nathaniel Vernon, late of Chester County, Esquires, in his Four Sons.
[141532] (AMERICAN REVOLUTION - LOYALISTS - PENNSYLVANIA) [Job Vernon, Frederick Vernon, et al.].
: , . [N.p., n.d.] Bifolium, legal size, 2¼ pp. An 18th century ms. copy of a Pennsylvania Act of Assembly passed October 6th, 1779 to vest a loyalist's estate into the hands of his anti-loyalist sons. Nathaniel Vernon, A Quaker sheriff, was one of the most prominent loyalists of Chester County. His sons, Job Vernon and Frederick Vernon, however, were “Fighting Quakers” and served in the Continental Army. Job Vernon served as a Captain in the Fifth Pennsylvania Regiment. Frederick Vernon served as a Major in the Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment. When their father achieved the status of high treason, these two sons and their two fellow brothers petitioned that their father's estate, upon his decease, be invested in his children rather than forfeited. The petition noted, in part, that: “... the said Job and Frederick, particularly by engaging in Actual Service, as Officers in the Conttherefore hath prayed that they may not be reduced to indigence on Account of their Father's transgressions...” Despite the extreme political disagreements within the Vernon family, the petition of the Vernon sons was granted, and their father's actions as a loyalist extraordinaire were forgiven. The Act acknowledged the military service of Job and Frederick Vernon, and stipulated that the estate would not be forfeited; the estate was to be split evenly among all four brothers. It is possible that this document was copied by John Morris, Junior, whose name is appended at the end of the document as Clerk of the General Assembly. A copied signature of John Bayard as Speaker is also seen. Former fold lines, some fold lines weakened, scattered foxing to document. [Frantz & Pencak, “Beyond Philadelphia: The American Revolution in the Pennsylvania Hinterland,” p. 13.]inental Army, and the said Thomas by Commanding a Company of the militia of this State ... $150
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Lexicon Manuale Græco-Latinum et Latino-Græcum: studio atque opera Josephi Hill, Joannis Entick, nec non Gulielmi Bowyer adauctum ...
[141598] (BINDINGS - LANGUAGES - PHILADELPHIA) Cornelis Schrevel.
Glasgow: In Aedibus Academicis, Excudebat Jacobus Mundell, 1799. Octavo, unpaginated, [approx. 738 pages.] Printed in triple column format. In orig. calf binding with contemporary and handmade kid glove leather cover, oversewn. Rubbing and soiling to binding, later historical society bookplate to front endpaper, general foxing. Latin-Greek dictionary belonging to Philadelphian lawyer, Penrose W. Bowen, his book, dated 1806. In 1813 Bowen was admitted to practice as an attorney in District Court in city and county of Philadelphia and died in 1814. A logical book to find in a Philadelphia lawyer's library, well-safeguarded and well-considered by its owner. $150
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 Reports of the Microscopical Society of West Chester, Pennsylvania. On The Act of Assembly of Said State, Awarding a Premium for the Destruction of Hawks, Owls, Minks, Weasels, etc.
[120947] (BIRDS OF PREY - NATURE CONSERVATION) B.H. Warren .
West Chester, Pennsylvania: Book and Job Dept., 1887. 16 pages. First Edition. Wrappers, paper covers. Closed tears in gutters to several pages else in very good condition. Signed by the author, Chairman of the Committee on Protection of Birds of Prey and best known for his excellent “Report on the Birds of Pennsylvania.” This paper details the strong opposition by this society for this law with many arguments against the preposterous idea of the incredible damage purported to be caused by hawks, owls, weasels. An attempt to protect birds of prey. OCLC, [5]. $45
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 PENNSYLVANIANS! Here is what the Republican Governor of Pennsylvania says about the Republican candidate for President...
[133084] (HANDBILL - DEWEY VS. TRUMAN) Governor James H. Duff .
: , . [Handbill] Harrisburg: Democratic State Committee [1948] 9" x 6" Toning from paper quality else fine condition. Not located in OCLC. In full: "PENNSYLVANIANS! Here is what the Republican Governor of Pennsylvania says about the Republican candidate for President: 'Dewey turns up in this State with THE VIGOROUS SUPPORT OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE OPPOSED EVERY PROGRESSIVE STEP THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS TAKEN. I am driven to the conclusion that Dewey WILL PROMISE ANYBODY ANYTHING if it will make him President of the U.S. Dewey looks like A MAN WITHOUT PRINCIPLE to me." -- Governor James H. Duff (*) Time Magazine, June 21, 1941. President Harry Truman defied the odds in winning re-election in 1948 with a little help from such a handbill as this. $45
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 1940 to 1946 $2 Would BUY this much FOOD! Today ... With a Republican Congress $2 Buys THIS!
[133085] (HANDBILL - DEWEY VS. TRUMAN) [Democratic State Committee] .
: , . [Illustrated Handbill] No place. Democratic State Committee [1948] 8¼" x 6" Toning from paper quality else fine condition. Not located in OCLC. Top section depicts a happy mother with larger-than-life bag of groceries in hand, happy child with lollipop and family dog with large bone with the bold caption: "1940 to 1946 $2 Would BUY this much FOOD!" Bottom section depicts same mother with no groceries, clutching purse, empty-handed child, family dog without bone and comically sad, captioned thus: "Today.. With a Republican Congress $2 Buys THIS!" [arrow points to empty-handed family]. President Harry Truman defied the odds in winning re-election in 1948 with a little help from such a handbill as this. $45
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 Report of the Committee for the Improvement and Civilization of the Indians, Also, a report of the committee who have charge of the boarding school at Westtown, and report of the book committee of the meeting for sufferings on the distribut
[28360] (NATIVE AMERICANS - PENNSYLVANIA) [Philadelphia Yearly Meeting] .
Philadelphia: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, 1870. 1870. First Edition. 17 pages. Printed wraps. Very dark offsetting to cover else a very good copy. Pages three to seven concern the Tunessasa on the Allegheny and Tonawanda Reservations and the cultural assimilation of these Native Americans. $100
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Descendants of John Lukens of Horsham, Montgomery County, Pa ... Ancestry of Joseph Jacob Wallis of Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
[140904] (PENNSYLVANIA ) Theodore Cooper .
[N.p., New York?]: [Privately Printed], [1900]. First and only edition? A single 22" x 28" printed sheet showing the family genealogical trees of the Wallis and Lukens families of Pennsylvania and numerous off-shoot families such as: Rhees, Talbot, Shippen, Barnes, Keene, Ashton, Huidekoper, Dunlap, Robins, Fox, Dunn, Aiken, Cooper, etc. Signed by Theodore Cooper, the collator, who apparently self-published this genealogy chart at his own expense. Normal folds, splits along intersections now expertly mended. OCLC, [5]. $95
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 Official Score Card and Magazine of the Beth Fabs B.B. [Baseball' Club. Members of Lehigh Valley League. [Cover title]
[140947] (PENNSYLVANIA - BASEBALL) [Bethlehem Fabs Baseball Team] .
[Bethlehem, Pennsylvania?]: [s.n.], [nd. poss. 1920's?]. [36] pages. Wraps, oblong, stapled binding. 6" x 9¼" One pronounced center crease down covers and all pages else very good. A center-spread shows score card for “Beth Fabs” and “Visitors” with names of ball players from Hokendaqua, Hellertown, Palmerton, Northampton, Nazareth, Pennsylvania. Radiating out in either direction are numerous text ads (one does show baseball players in action) and many with baseball humor or racist humor of the period: “Umpire, if the fans knock your Block off, call at our Planning Mill...” or “If any player pulls a bone [advert. for a local meat market], don't blame us. We trim everything but the customer.” There's also a bizarre humor advertising piece for a decorating company about a “darky” shining mirrors in a barber shop, mumbling and muttering about a “constipated fly” as “Flies are no respector of materials...” $85
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