AKRON'S "BETTER HALF." Women's Clubs and the Huminization of the City, 1825 -1925.
Akron, Ohio: The University of Akron Press, (2006). 232p, paperback, illustrated, light edge wear, very good. First edition. Notes, bibliography, index.
Akron, Ohio: The University of Akron Press, (2006). 232p, paperback, illustrated, light edge wear, very good. First edition. Notes, bibliography, index.
No Place: The Meigs County Pioneer Society, 1949. 514p, cloth, illustrated, wear to cover edges, 1 1/2" tear along front outer hinge, former owner's inscription on front endpaper, good. Township histories, lots of family information.
Cleveland, Ohio: The Halcyon Printing Company, 1980. 274p, 10 1/2" x 8 1/4", boards, illustrated, 1" of spine of dust jacket missing, o/w vg.
Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, (1998). 255p, paperback, illustrated, very good. First paperback edition. Focuses on migration to Ashtabula County.
Albany, NY: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1890. 299p, cloth (probably rebound but not recently), inner hinges cracked, endpapers browned, good. Xlibrary. First edition. (Howes. U.S.IANA.) Munsell's Historical Series, No. 17. Contains much on Indian tribes, forts, settlements, etc.
J. F. Wright & L. Swormstedt. 432p, leather with new cloth spine, original label laid on, new endpapers, some wear to edges, foxing, signature of former owner on front fly leaf, good. First edition. USIANA F144. Finley was a famous Methodist circuit rider who served the Ohio Conference beginning in.....
1967. Firestone, Harvey S. Jr. MAN ON THE MOVE, The Story of Transportation. NY: Putnam, (1967). 318p, cloth, illustrated, a few small tears ti dust jacket edges, very good. First edition.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1932. 380p, cloth, very good in dust jacket with faded spine. First edition thus. Edited with introduction by C. Harley Grattan. Reprint of the 1826 edition (USIANA F-204). Recollection of a missionary's travels from 1815-1825 up and down the Mississippi Valley. Excellent source of Midwest.....
Chicago: The Lakeside Press, R. R. Donnelley & Sons, 1946. 371p, 6 3/4" x 4 1/4", cloth, top edge gilt, frontis, signature of Walter and Dorothy Donnelly, very good. Index. Lakeside Classic no. 44.
No Place: Kessinger Legacy Reprints, no date (circa 2012). 93p., 11" x 8 1/2", boards, illustrated, very good. Reprint of the Ernest Benn, London, ed. of 1930. Ford (1863-1947) and Edison (1847-1931) had a long friendship dating form 1896, and it is recorded in this memoir.
Akron, OH, (1911). 64p, cloth, illustrated, very good. First edition. Contains names, biographical information and burial places of Revolutionary War veterans buried in the county. Illustrated with several interesting photos including the portage trail and another of the old portage.
1976. Frohman, Charles E. MILAN AND THE MILAN CANAL. (Sandusky, OH: Charles E. Frohman, 1976). 99p, wrappers, illus, very good. History of the city of Milan, Ohio, and its canal.
Mount Vernon, VA: Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, (1998). 65p, pictorial softcover, illustrated, vg. Notes and Index.
Albany: Charles Van Benthuysen & Sons, 1880. 96p, cloth, illustrated (11 plates, one of which is folded; 3 folded maps, two of which are colored in Part 1; 2 folded maps, one of which is in two parts in pocket at end), covers worn and soiled, light foxing on some.....
London: T. Nelson and Sons, Paternoster Row, 1854. 290p, decorative cloth, illus., rebacked with original spine laid on, original endpapers preserved, inner hinges starting, foxing, good. Xlibrary. Translated from the German. Gerstacker (1816-1872) was a popular German novelist and traveler. Besides his travel books he wrote adventure stories...
1999. Gibson, Gregory. GONE BOY, A Walkabout. NY: Kodansha International, (1999). 273p, 1/4 cloth, vg+ in dust jacket. 1st edition.
Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 1992. 310p, 11"x8 1/2", boards, illus., decorated endpapers, vg+ in dj. Revised edition, inscribed by author. Appendix, index. Introduction by George Knepper. Gieck was from Akron and was a president of the Canal Society of Ohio. Over 500 photographs and illustrations from various archives.....
McLean, Virginia: EPM Publications, Inc., (1991). 159p, 10" x 9 1/2", cloth, many illustrations, very good in dust jacket. First edition.
Fort Scott, Kansas: Moniter Printing Co., 1900. 145p, decorated cloth, illus., (30 plates), covers worn, front hinge cracking, a few stains in text, fair. Reprint of the 1st, 1899, edition. Howes, "U.S.IANA," G240. Signed by the author. A history of the town from 1853 to 1870, with biographies of founders.....
Wooster, Oh: The Wooster Book Company, 2003. 181p, color pictorial boards, dust jacket with 1/2" tear to edge, very good. Second printing. Photography by B. Miller.
Kingstown, IN: The Bookmark, 1975. 95p, 16 3/4" x 13 3/4", cloth, illustrated (including maps,) very good. Reprint of 1875 edition. Sponsored by the Ross County Genealogical Society. The Society has added indexes. Notes on the homes pictured has both history and current owners.
Chicago: The Lakeside Press, R. R. Donnelley & Sons, 2005. 392p, cloth, 6 1/4" x 4 1/4", top edge gilt, illustrated (some in color), very good.
Lyon, Mississippi: Derrydale Press, Inc., 1991. 211p, 11" x 9 3/4", full leather with gilt decoration, all edges gilt, illustrated with black & white illustrations, fine. One of 2500 copies signed by author.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1924). 249p, cloth, many illustrations, former owner's name and a name erased on front endpaper, light wear to edges, good. Reprint. Tales of fishing in Southern United States and Mexico.
Akron, OH: Summit County Historical Society, 1952. 834p, pictorial cloth, illustrated, name on front free endpaper, some wear to edges, vg. First edition. Index. Probably the best modern history of Summit County. Includes a lengthy reference section on businesses, biographies, etc. Grismer (1895- 1952) was born in Akron and at.....