Water St and First Ave, Pittsburg, 1905, xxv, 683pp, illus including a frontispiece of their factory, hardbound with wear on edges and corners. Printed when "Pittsburgh" was spelled "Pittsburg". The endpapers are soiled and there is a hole in the front endpage, 4 pps foxed and about 20 have pencil marks, front inside hinge cracking at top, scarce....more

Includes; 1) VILLAGE SOUVENIR AND OTHER POEMS By Wm. H. Phipps, 1891, first, O.C. McClung, Pittsburgh, 128pp plus an errata page. This contains "Amity Annals" about Rev. Solomon Spaulding and his manuscript that many claimed was the book of Mormon. Hardbound in very good condition. 2) THE "MANUSCRIPT FOUND." MANUSCRIPT STORY, By Rev. Solomon Spaulding, Printed from a Verbatim Copy....,Printed and Published at the Millennial Star Office, Liverpool,1910, later printing. Paperbound with the back cover missing, front cover soiled and dog eared, spine covering is tattered and partially gone, fair condition only. Selling as one lot....more

Sandusky and Robinson Sts, N.S., Pittsburgh, PA, 1924, 1312pp, heavily illustrated including a picture of their building. Hardbound, about 8x10", covers worn and soiled, inside surprisingly clean, scarce....more

Pittsburgh, W.S. Haven. 1856, First printing of the enlarged third edition, 1,016 pages, Howes p 231. Rebound in black leather, about 20 pages rough on the outside edge....more

Brackenridge, H.M. Pittsburgh, W. S. Haven, 1859, first edition, 336 pp. History about the Whiskey Rebellion from the library of Noah Washington, rebound in green cloth, stamped with his name and address on the new front end page. The title page is very soiled and has a hole and there is old soil and foxing to the first 32 pages....more

With a Memoir of the author by His Daughter Narcissa....with addition of new and valuable material, John Ritenour & Wm Lindsey, Pittsburgh, 1912, wear on edges, cloth bleached on the bottom of spine and back cover, inscription from Ritenour to Dr. L. M. Herrington on the front flyleaf. The frontispiece if a photo of the now gone Doddridge house, the first house in Independence township, Washington County, PA....more

Includes; 1) Courts of Justice Bench and Bar, Crumrine,1902. 2) Beer's Biographical Record of Washington County, PA, 2 vol, reprint w/new all name index, fine. 3) Bibliography of Washington, PA, Crumrine, reprint, paperbound. Selling as one lot....more

Includes; 1) Disbound; History of Allegheny County. 2) Crumrine; Washington County disbound, missing front pages. 3) Memoirs of the Historical Society of PA, Vol. 1. Selling as one lot....more

Includes; 1) THE OLD PIKE, A HISTORY OF THE NATIONAL ROAD by Searight, Uniontown, Pa., 1894, first, illus, portraits, 384pp. Covers worn, front end pages loose,some penciled underlining and remarks by a previous owner on a number of pages. 2) SOME HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS OF THE NATIONAL PIKE, An Address by Hon. Henry W. Temple, August 1930, 14pp, Ward Printing Co, Washington. This has some ink corrections made by the author who had earlier walked most of the road with John Lacock and others paperbound. Selling as one lot....more

Includes; 1) Malcolm Parcell: Wizard of Moon Lorn, Miller, D., Pittsburgh, 1985, first, 86 pp, heavily illus in color and b/w, fine in a fine dust jacket. 2) Inspirational Impressionistic Images by Jay Stock, Pathans Publishing,1992, limited edition of 2,500 copies,signed by the author on the title p, (80)pp. with a few pps of text and many full page color images. Covers worn on the edges in a very good dust jacket. Selling as one lot....more

1) The Freighter - A Tale of the Pittsburgh Frontier, Russell, A., Roxburgh Pub, 1915,1st,covers worn. 2) Sim Greene: A narrative of the Whisky Insurrection, John C. Winston Co, 1907, good. 3) THE LATIMERS -- A TALE OF THE WESTERN INSURRECTION OF 1794, Gibson Press reprint, rebound, library buckrum, XLIBRA with no outside marks. Selling as one lot....more

Lot includes: 1) Unofficial Notes by John G. Bowman, 1963, dust jacket. 2) From Pittsburgh To Rocky Mountains edited by Maxine Benson, copyright 1988, dust jacket. 3) None Can See the Limits Of Its Reach by John Gabbert Bowman, 1964. 4) Rooms With A View by the University of Pittsburgh 5) The Darlington Memorial Library by Agnes Starrett, University of Pittsburgh Press 1938, copy of 1 out of 250 copies. 6) 1988 Pitt Football Media Guide. 7) Pitt - The Story of t University of Pittsburgh 1787-1987 by Robert C. Alberts. copyright 1986. 8) Pittsburgh The Story of an American City by Stefan Lorant, copyright 1975. Selling as 1 lot....more

Lot includes: 1) The Good Provider - H.J. Heinz and his 57 Varieties by Robert C. Alberts, copyright 1973, signed by the author, dust jacket. 2) The Shaping Of The Point by Robert C. Alberts, copyright 1980, dust jacket. 3) Discovering Pittsburgh Sculpture, photographs by Vernon Gay, text by Marilyn Evert, copyright 1983. 4) Penn Woods West by Edwin L. Peterson, copyright 1959 Second Edition. University of Pittsburgh Press 5) Pittsburgh The Story of an American City, Stefan Lorant, Fourth Edition 1988, Author's Edition, dust jacket. 6) portrait of an urban medical center by Allegheny General, copyright 1991. Selling as 1 lot....more

Lot includes: 1) THE FREIGHTER - A Tale of the Pittsburgh Frontier by Andrew Lyle Russell, copyright 1915. 2) SIM GREENE And Tom The Tinker's Men by Richard T. Wiley, Litt, D. Copyright 1943 Fourth Printing. 3) Letters to Piglet by Ruth Hannah Chalfant, copyright 1976. Signed by author, dust jacket. 4) Piglet Parables by Ruth Hannah Chalfant, copyright 1977, First Edition, signed by author. 5)Chronicles of Border Warfare by Alexander Scott Withers, reprinted 1994. 6) John McMillan - The Apostle of Presbyterianism in The West 1752-1833 by Dwight Raymond Guthrie, copyright 1952 University of Pittsburgh Press, dust jacket. Selling as 1 lot....more

History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania with Biographical Sketches of many of the Pioneers and Prominent men. Edited by George Dallas Albert. Illustrated. Philadelphia, L.H. Everts & Co. 1882. Press of J.B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia. Title page, preface and contents pages covered in plastic protectors....more

Lot includes five books from the personal library of Gov. Edward Martin; 1) A Letter from Pennsylvania 1683, A Page of Finnish History, introduction by Kalle T. Jutila, Minister of Finland to the United States, 1949. Signed Edward Martin 1951 and Edward & Charity Martin book plate. 2) My Pennsylvania, A Bried History of the Commonwealth's Sixty-seven Counties. Published by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, copyright, 1946. Edward & Charity Martin book plate. 3) Pennsylvania's welcome to the Conference of Governors, 1944, Harrisburg, May 28th to 31st. Gold embossed cover; Honorable Edward Martin, Governor of Pennsylvania and Edward & Charity Martin bookplate. 4) Pennsylvania's welcome to the Conference of Governors, 1944, Harrisburg, May 28th to 31st. Autographed by Gov. Edward Martin, Nov. 8, 1944. 5) Pennsylvania, published by The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1944, second printing. Selling as one lot....more

Twenty-Eighth Division, Pennsylvania's Guard in the World War. Compiled from official and private records by Colonel Edward Martin, E.S. Wallace, A.M., D.D. editor, published by 28th Division Publishing Co., Pittsburgh, PA, copyright 1923, in two volumes. Also included in this lot is a hard cover protector for the 10th PA Vol. Infantry, from the Edward Martin personal library. Selling as one lot....more

Six books from the personal library of Gov. Edward Martin; 1) America in the World War, A Romance in Figures, by Colonel P.S. Bond and Colonel C.O. Sherrill, George Banta Publishing Co., Wisconsin. Copyright 1921. Edward & Charity Martin book plate. 2) Infantry in Battle, The Infantry Journal Inc. Washington, DC, 1934. Signed by Edward Martin, May 1936 with Edward & Charity Martin book plate. 3) Strategy, A Lecture Delivered by Colonel Arthur L. Wagner. Hudson-Kimberly Publishing Co., 1904, signed Edward Martin, Edward & Charity Martin book plate. 4) Reds in America, Beckwith Press, 1924. Signed Edward Martin, Sept. 30, 1931, with Edward & Charity Martin book plate. 5) Chevrons by Leonard H. Nason, George H. Doran Co., 1926. Edward & Charity Martin book plate. 6) History of the Spanish American War, by Henry Watterson, illustrated, The Werner Co., 1898. Edward & Charity Martin book plate. Selling as one lot....more

Ten books from the personal library of Gov. Edward Martin; 1) Barbed Wire Entanglements by Maj. Gen. Paul B. Malone, published by Stackpole Sons, Harrisburg, PA, 1940. Signed Edward Martin with Edward & Charity Martin book plate. 2) Your Sons and Ten Fighting Generals by Donald Wilhelm, American Brake Shoe Co., NY 1944. Signed by Edward Martin May 9, 1944 with Edward & Charty Martin book plate. 3) Your Son and Six Fighting Generals by Donald Wilhelm, American Brake Shoe Co., NY 1944. Signed by Edward Martin , Sept. 20, 1944 with Edward & Charity Martin book plate. 4) Makers of Modern Strategy, edited by Edward Meade Earle. Book is signed by the editor, signed by Edward Martin and presented to Martin by W. S. Culbertson with an inscription and two photogrpahs including Martin at Charmain, PA. Copyrighted 1943 with an Edward & Charity Martin book plate, dust jacket. 5) Manuever in War by Charles Andrew Willoughby, Military Service Pub. Co., 1939. Signed by Edwar Martin with Edward & Charity Martin book plate, dust jacket. 6) Pennsylvania's First Year at War, Harrisburg, PA 1943. Signed by Martin on cover with Edward & Charity Martin book plate. 7) Pennsylvania's Second Year at War, Harrisburg,...more

Volume 1, Pittsburgh, 1846, the scarce first edition, volume 2, Pittsburgh,1874, second edition, HOWES C846 "Unrivalled collection of Ohio Valley sources." Selling as one lot...more

The Construction of Mill Dams ....also the building of race and reservoir embankments ... the measurement of streams.... &. Springfield (OH): James Leffel & Co.,1874, 336 pp., first, 47 full-page wood engravings, pp. 313-336 have ads for machinery, etc,some fading to covers....more

D.J. Lake CE. Simmons, Titon and Simmons Cover is worn, taped spine, 1874. 95 pages....more

Youngstown, The American Historical Society, 1921, a special limited, deluxe edition volume History Of Youngstown And The Mahoning Valley, with extensive, in depth biographies of numerous prominent residents and families....more

Report of The Trial of Friends at Steubenville, Ohio, from the 15th to the 26th of October, 1828, Marcus T.C. Gould, Philadelphia, Jesper Harding, 1829, first edition, 340 pp. Rebound in leather, pages foxed throughout. A trial of two gentlemen who interrupted the Friends meeting in Steubenville with great force and violence....more

Robert Clark Co, 1898, First edition (with the word "correct" spelled "corcret" on p. 19), a scarce Ohio history, front cover neatly repaired with black tape long ago....more