Akron, OH: Manning and Darby, 1843. With an Accurate Account of the Internal Improvements Throughout the Union: Also, a Table of the Counties, Cities, Towns, Villages, Etc. in the Same. Together with a table of the Rivers, exhibiting Their Length and Termination. To Which is Added a Table of All.....
Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1975. 324p, softcover, vg.
1892. Lane, Ex-Sheriff Samuel A. FIFTY YEARS AND OVER OF AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY. Akron: Beacon Job Department, 1892. 1167p, copy of 20p supplement laid in at rear, illustrated, rebound in cloth, mended tears to frontis, title page, and contents page, o/w very good. 1st edition. Sound,.usable copy. Includes many.....
Rittman, OH: Rittman Press, 1958. 100p, decorated boards, illustrated, map, end papers browned, small former owner's inscription, vg. Located near Doylestown, Rogues' Hollow was aptly named. High crime area in the 1860's and 70's as well as a coal mining area, hauntings, etc. Also birthplace of our founder, Clarence Klein.....
NY: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1951. 324p, cloth, illustrated, vg in dust jacket with a few small edge tears. 1st edition. Index.
Cleveland: World Publishing Company, (1964). 253p, cloth, 2 maps, damp stain on lower edge of cover, o/w vg in dust jacket. 2nd printing. Goulder lived in Hudson and had a column in the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Akron: University of Akron Press, 2002. (LAKE CO) Love, Steve. THE HOLDEN ARBORETUM. Akron: University of Akron Press, (2002). 231p, 12" x 10", cloth, dust jacket, very good. 1st edition. Inscribed by the photographer, Ian Adams and a former owner on the title page. Contains a history of the Arboretum.....
1992. (SUMMIT CO) Zaidan, Abe. CITY, Reflections on 100 Years of Akron City Hospital. Fairlawn: Madison Group, (1992). 144p, quarto, cloth, illustrated endpapers, many fine illustrations including architectural overlays showing expansion over the years, fine in dj w/very slight edge wear. Index.
Cincinnati: State of Ohio, C. J Krehbiel & Co., 1900. 2 volumes, 1/2 leather, illustrated, covers worn but hinges are holding, good. Howe traveled the state in the 1840's and again in the 1880's gathering information on pioneer life. Includes both general topics and chapters county by county.
Doylestown, Oh: James M. McGarrity, 2007. 81p, softback, illustrated, map, vg. Copley, Ohio kids in the 1950's.
Charleston: History Press, 2010. 126p, paperback, illustrated, fine. 1st edition, inscribed by author.
Columbus, Oh: Henry Howe & Son, 1890. Three volumes, gilt decorated cloth, illustrated, light browning of paper, some wear to edges, vg. Ohio Centennial Edition. In 1847 Henry Howe published the first edition of his HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS OF OHIO which ran into many printings. In the 1880's, at the urging.....
Akron, Ohio: Esther Weygandt Powell, 1973. 168p, cloth, map, vg+.
Published by the author, 2011. 130p, 11" x 8 1/2", pictorial boards, illustrated, new. Signed by author. Very informative book on the industry. Focuses on the families who were potters and the various locations and histories of potteries (Middlebury, Akron, Mogadore, Cleveland, Portage Co., and more.) Many excellent photo illustrations.....
1940. (WPA) THE OHIO GUIDE. NY: Oxford University Press, (1940). 634p, decorated cloth, many illustrations, map endpapers, map in rear pocket, endpapers light foxed, some wear to edges and spine, vg. First edition. American Guide Series. Fun to read as you travel Ohio - the history is accurate and the.....
1999. Love, Steve & David Giffels. WHEELS OF FORTUNE, The Story of Rubber in Akron. Akron, OH: University of Akron Press, 1999. 359p, 11" x 8 1/2", softcover, many illustrations, vg. Signed by the authors. Bibliographical references, Index. Forward by Rita Dove, former Poet Laureate from Akron, Ohio. A history.....
1984. Santmyer, Helen Hooven. OHIO TOWN. Ohio State University Press, (1962). 309p, cloth, map endpapers, illustrated, vg. 1st edition. Sketches of Xenia by the author of AND THE LADIES OF THE CLUB.
1968. THE HISTORY OF THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF CUYAHOGA FALLS, OHIO, 1830-1969. Cuyahoga Falls, OH: F. W. Orth Co., 1968. 265p, illustrated, former owner's signature, endpapers lightly foxed, o/w vg.
1982. REHAB AKRON. Akron, OH: Summit County Historical Society, 1982. 62 p, 7 1/2" x 10 1/2", wraps with spiral bound spine, illus., part of spiral binding missing, good. Cover title. A resource to help preserve Akron's historical neighborhoods. The illustrations are by Chuck Ayers.
1985. Izant, Grace Goulder. HUDSON'S HERITAGE. A Chronicle of the Founding and the Flowering of the Village of Hudson, Ohio. (Kent, OH): Kent State Univ. Press, 1985. 278p, cloth, pictorial endpapers, many illustrations, dust jacket, vg+.
1892. Lane, Ex-Sheriff Samuel A. FIFTY YEARS AND OVER OF AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY. Akron: Beacon Job Department, 1892. 1167p and 20p supplement, illustrated, nicely rebound in cloth, vg. 1st edition. An attractive copy. Includes many anecdotes of local history, Lane's career as an itinerant newspaper editor, and his trip.....
2018. Giffels, David. FURNISHING ETERNITY, A Father, a Son, a Coffin and a Measure of Life. NY: Scribner, (2018). 243p, boards, dust jacket, fine. 1st edition, signed by author on title page.