A JOURNAL FOR THE YEARS 1739 - 1803. Edited by Charles Lane Hanson.
Concord, N.H. New Hampshire Historical Society, 1937. 115p, illustrated, former owner's signature, some fading and a couple small marks, good plus. Index of persons and places.
AMERICANA
FROM WALES TO INDIANA.
No Place: Indiana University Foundation, (1978). 99p, illustrated wraps, illustrated, maps, light wear, very good.
SOME PIONEER RECOLLECTION.
Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs, 1927. 32p, boards, spine faded, wear to edges, good. Second edition. Lothrop's adventures in the West, Kansas, Wyoming, etc. Also includes 5p statement by John Sinclair regarding the Donner party and 7p extract from a letter by Geo. McKinstry on the same subject.
THE GREAT CATARACT ILLUSTRATED. And Complete Guide to All Points of Interest at and in the Vicinity of the Falls of Niagara.
Chicago: Geo. W. Ogilvie, Publisher, 1885. 96p, cloth, many illustrations, map, cover damp stained and faded, good.
GREATER AKRON. Inventive, Industrious, Inspired.
Encino, California: Cherbo Publishing Group, Inc., (2013). 190p, 9" x 12" oblong, boards, many illustrations- most in color, dust jacket, very good. First edition, signed by author on title page. A pictorial guide highlighting Akron's economic and social advantages.
THE FIRESTONE STORY. A History of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Company.
New York: Whittlesey House, McGraw Hill:, 1951. 437p, full leather, top edge gilt, color frontis of Harvey Firestone, illustrated., light wear to cover edges, former owner's signature, very good. First edition.
OHIO'S WESTERN RESERVE, The Story of Its Place Names.
Cleveland: The Press of Western Reserve University, 1955. 111p, cloth, illustrated, good. Xlibrary. Index. Short entries arranged by county and giving history and the personalities involved.
INDUSTRIAL VOYAGE. My Life as an Industrial Lieutenant.
New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1954. 347p, cloth, photos, slight fading of cover, former owner's signature on front endpaper, very good in slightly worn dust jacket. First edition. Litchfield rose from Goodyear plant superintendent in 1896 to Chairman of the Board. He was President of Goodyear-Zeppelin Corp. and long.....
THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS. Volume IV.
Philadelphia: James B. Longacre and James Herring, 1840. No pagination, 11" x 9", full leather with gilt and blind stamping on entire cover, all edges gilt, illustrated, light wear to edges, foxing on some pages (including all plates and title page,) good. Vol. IV only. 39 plates plus illustrated title-page.....
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, very good. Bibliographical references, Index. Forward by Rita Dove, former Poet Laureate from Akron, Ohio. A history of the rubber industry and trade. Originally a year long newspaper series.
STAN HYWET HALL & GARDENS.
Akron, OH: University of Akron Press, 2000. Adams, Ian. 194p, 12"x 9", illustrated, former owner's name, vg in dust jacket. first edition. Home of F.A. Seiberling, founder of Goodyear Tire & Rubber, Stan Hywet is considered to be one of the finest examples of Tudor architecture outside of Great Britain.....
ACROSS THE FERRY. First Impressions of American and Its People.
1887. Macaulay, James. ACROSS THE FERRY. First Impressions of American and Its People. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1887. 424p., pictorial cloth, illus, covers lightly worn and soiled, name on fly leaf, text lightly foxed, good. 4th ed. Macaulay was born in Scotland in 1817 and was a prolific author of.....
NO IDLE HANDS, The Social History of American Knitting.
New York: Ballantine Books, (1988). 484p, boards with cloth spine, illus., rear crack beginning o/w vg in dj.
ON THE FRONTIER WITH COLONEL ANTES. Or, The Struggle for Supremacy of the Red and White Races in Pennsylvania.
Camden, N.J. S. Chew & Sons, Printers, 1900. 513p, cloth, illustrated, paper browning slightly, o/w vg. First edition. #5 of 1000.
INDIANAPOLIS IN VINTAGE POSTCARDS.
Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, (2003). 127p, paperback, illustrations with captions, very good. Postcard History Series.
SEVENTY YEARS ON THE FRONTIER. Alexander Majors' Memoirs of a Lifetime on the Border. With a Preface by "Buffalo Bill," (General W. F. Cody).
Columbus, Oh: Long's College Book Co., 1950. 325p + ads, decorated cloth, illustrated, vg+ in dust jacket. A facsimile reprint of the first edition of 1893. Edited by Colonel Prentiss Ingraham. (USIANA AA-232.).
SAMUEL MATHER, First Citizen of Cleveland.
(Minneapolis, MN: Tasora Books, 2013). 95p, cloth, illustrated with photographs, fine in dj. 1st edition. Inscribed by the author. This book tells the history of the city of Cleveland through those who contributed to its efforts.
THE MEXICAN WAR. A History of Its Origin.
New York: A. S. Barnes & Co., 1848. 365p, cloth,illustrated, title page foxed, first 30p damp stained, front free endpaper missing, wear to edges, good. 7th edition. Detailed account of the victories which terminated in the surrender of the Capital; includes the Treaty of Peace and tables of the strength.....
FROM MEXICAN DAYS TO THE GOLD RUSH. Memoirs of James Wilson Marshall and Edward Gould Buffum Who Grew Up with California.
Chicago: The Lakeside Press, R. R. Donnelley & Sons, 1993. 389p, 6 3/4" x 4 1/4", cloth, top edge gilt, illustrated, very good. Index. Lakeside Classic No. 91.
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 of the Connellsville Centennial Celebration. A history of the first 100 years of this industrial town in Fayette County in southwestern Pennsylvania.
COLUMBIAN AND CANADIAN SKETCHES. A Journalistic Tour in the United States and Canada in 1893.
Dublin: M. H. Gill & Son, 1896. 370p., cloth, illus, front hinge cracking, wear to edges, paper browning, fair. "Third Edition". Inscribed by the author. This work originally appeared as a series in the "Irish News" in Belfast. Chapter XXII, pp. 196-205 describes a visit to Niagara Falls.
CHICKAMAUGA. Record of the Ohio Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Park Commission.
Cincinnati: Earhart & Richardson, Printers and Engravers, 1896. 199p, cloth, many illustrations, former owner's inscription, spine faded and some wear to cover edges, binding slightly cocked, map in pocket missing (copy supplied) good. First edition. (Ryan. Civil War Books of Ohio. 536).
FUN, CHEAP, AND EASY, My Life In Ohio Politics, 1949-1964.
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.....
WRITTEN ON THE HILLS. The Making of the Akron Landscape.
Akron, OH: University of Akron Press, 1996. 241p, cloth, illustrated (many color photos), dust jacket, former owner's signature, very good plus. First edition.
SIMON GIRTY. "The White Savage." (So Called by Heckewelder, Moravian Missionary,) A Romance of the Border.
Philadelphia, Chicago, St. Louis and Cincinnati: J. C. McCurdy & Co., (1880). 393 and 106p supplement, pictorial cloth, illustrated, wear to edges, paper browning, good. First edition. Howes. USIANA M-144. Wright. American Fiction 1876-1900. No. 3529. The text ends on page 393 (marked "finis"), page 394 is blank, then follows.....