2976. McClenathan, J.C., William A. Edie, Ellis B. Burgess, J. Aloysius Coll, and Eugene T. Norton. CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF THE BOROUGH OF CONNELLSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 1806-1906. (Evansville, IN: Unigraphic, Inc., 1976). 564p, cloth, illus., name on endpaper, very good. Facsimile of the 1906 "Limited Autograph Edition" published by The Historical Committee.....
1879. McClure, J.B., ed. EDISON AND HIS INVENTIONS, Including the Many Incidents, Anecdotes, and Interesting Particulars Connected with the Life of the Great Inventor. Chicago: Rhodes & McClure, 1879. 171p., pictorial cloth, illus, covers worn and soiled, text soiled, good. Descriptions of Edison's inventions often in the inventor's own words.....
McCrea, Daniel F. COLUMBIAN AND CANADIAN SKETCHES. A Journalistic Tour in the United States and Canada in 1893. Dublin: M.H. Gill & Son, no date (c. 1896). 370p., cloth, illus, front hinge cracking, wear to edges, paper browning, good. "Third Edition". Inscribed by the author. This work originally appeared as.....
2002. McGovern, Frances. FUN, CHEAP, AND EASY, My Life in Ohio Politics, 1949-1964. (Akron, OH): University of Akron Press, 2002. 162p, cloth, dust jacket, vg+. 1st edition. Index. Local, state and national politics from McGovern's start as a young lawyer in 1949 through 1964 when she quit politics after an.....
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1954. 216p, cloth, dust jacket, vg. 1st edition.
NY: Brown & Wilson Press, (1900). 134p and 5p genealogical information, 5 1/2" x 6 3/4", cloth, very good. Printed privately for the author. Mills (1850-1929) was born in Franklin County and lived and taught in Lake County and New York.
1948. Minter, John Easter. THE CHAGRES: River of Westward Passage. NY: Rinehart, (1948). 418p, cloth, b/w illustrations by William Wellons, vg in price-clipped dj with small edge tears. Rivers of America series.
1901. (RAILROAD) Mott, Edward Harold. THE STORY OF ERIE, Between the Ocean and the Lakes. New York: John S. Collins, 1901. 524p, 11 3/4" x 9", rebound in cloth, illus. (incl. maps and colored frontis piece), a few small tears to paper margins, o/w vg. A detailed history of the.....
Akron, OH: University of Akron Press, 2007. Musarra, Russ & Chuck Ayers. WALKS AROUND AKRON, Rediscovering a City in Transition. Akron: University of Akron Press, (2007). 280p, 9 1/2" x 7 1/2", cloth, dust jacket, vg. 1st edition, signed by authors. Full page color illustrations by Chuck Ayers. A lovely.....
Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, (1999). 236p, pictorial softcover, vg. Facsimile Reprint of 1861 edition published in Medina, Ohio by Geo. Redway, Printer. Statistical data is included on population and the local economy. Each chapter has engaging stories and anecdotes relating the experiences of the pioneers who explored and settled the.....
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, (1989). 522p, 1/4 cloth, illustrated, some soiling, very good in dust jacket.
1975. O'Dell, Patti Combs & Esther Stephens. TOMBSTONE RECORD OF TAYLOR COUNTY, IOWA. (New Market, IA: The authors?), 1975. 469p, 11" X 8 1/2", wrappers, plastic spine, name on cover, vg. 2nd printing. Names and dates on tombstones in Taylor County, Iowa, cemeteries, arranged by name of the cemetery. There.....
Elmsford, NY: Benjamin Company, 1983. 223p, 10" x 7", paperback, many illustrations, vg. 1st edition.
1842. Orr, John W. PICTORIAL GUIDE TO THE FALLS OF NIAGARA: A Manual for Visitors. Buffalo, NY: Salisbury and Clapp, 1842. 232p., cloth with gilt decorated spine, illus (incl. maps), wear to edges, name on endpaper, text foxed, good. A detailed guide in 3 parts: 1. Niagara Strait and the.....
Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, 1995. Owen, David R. & Michael C. Tolley. COURTS OF ADMIRALTY IN COLONIAL AMERICA: The Maryland Experience, 1634-1776. Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, (1995). 421p., cloth, dust jacket, illus, fine. 1st ed. A study of admiralty law as it was transmitted from England to American.....
No Place: South Euclid Historical Society, 1976. 76p,illustrated wraps, illustrated, very good.
Buffalo, NY: Oliver G. Steele, 1835. Parsons, Horatio A. A GUIDE TO TRAVELERS VISITING THE FALLS OF NIAGARA... Buffalo, NY: Oliver G. Steele, 1835. 96p., leather, illus (folded map), wear to edges, rubbing to cover, name on endpaper, good. "Second Edition Greatly Enlarged." Nice fold-out with two maps (small tear).....
1834. Patterson, J.B. (ed). LIFE OF MA-KA-TAI-ME-SHE-KIA-KIAK OR BLACK HAWK., Embracing the Tradition of his Nation- Indian Wars in which He Has Been Engaged...Dictated by Himself. Boston, 1834. Varient edition with no publisher or printer listed. 155p, frontis portrait, foxing, nicely rebound in boards with remainder of original label on.....
1893. Phelps, Henry P. THE WORLD'S FAIR VIA BALTIMORE & OHIO R. R., The Sight-Seeing Route to Chicago Through the Greatest Cities, Over the Grandest Mountains, Where Railway Travel Reaches the Sublime. Baltimore, MD: Baltimore & Ohio R. R., Passenger Dept., 1893. 92p, color illustrated wrappers, illus. (incl. maps), paper.....
No place: Kent State University Press, (1976). 97p, 1/4 cloth, light spotting on cover, dust jacket, very good. 1st edition.
1897. (NEW YORK) Pool, William. LANDMARKS OF NIAGARA COUNTY, NEW YORK. No place, D. Mason & Co.,1897. 254p, 10" X 7", 1/4 leather, all edges gilt, illustrated including full page portraits of prominent citizens, vg. Index. County history and township histories. A handsome book...
1897. Porter, Peter A. LE COURRIER DU LIVRE AND CHAMPLAIN, NOT CARTIER. Quebec: Raoul Renault, 1897. Vol. 2, No. 20, December 1897. pp. (227)-274, front wrapper bound in, cover soiled and worn, text lightly worn, good. Partly unopened. Official organ of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec, lists, reviews.....
1859. (INDIANA) Post, M.M. A RETROSPECT AFTER THIRTY YEARS' MINISTRY AT LOGANSPORT, IND., A Discourse Delivered at the Presbyterian Church, Logansport, Ind., December 25, 1859. Logansport: T.H. Bringhurst, 1860. 24p, 1/2 cloth with marbled paper boards, original printed wrappers bound in, library stamp, hinge crack beginning, good. 1st edition. Sabin.....
1836. Power, Tyrone. IMPRESSIONS OF AMERICA; During the Years 1833, 1934, and 1835. Philadelphia: Corey, Lea & Blanchard, 1836. 2 vols. (262 & 219p), cloth, covers worn and soiled, hinges starting, text foxed, vol. 2 water-stained, fair. 1st American ed. Howes, "U.S.iana," P533. First published in London in 1836, William.....
1895. Buffalo, NY: The Merchants' Exchange, 1895. 16 leaves, wrappers, illus, covers soiled, library stamps on front cover, good. Ex-library. A description of the city of Buffalo, reprinted from "The Forum", New York, March 1895.