AKRON: City at the Summit.
Tulsa, Okla`: Continental Heritage Press, Inc., 1981. 223p, 12" x 9 1/4", cloth, many illustrations (some in color), dust jacket spotted, vg.
SUMMIT COUNTY
NEW LAMPS FOR OLD, One Hundred Years of Urban Higher Education at the.
1970. Knepper, George W. NEW LAMPS FOR OLD, One Hundred Years of Urban Higher Education at the University of Akron. No place: Univ. of Akron, (1970). 10 1/2" x 7 1/8", 407p, cloth, illustrated, vg in torn dj. Index. 1st edition.
FIFTY YEARS AND OVER OF AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY.
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.....
FIFTY YEARS AND OVER OF AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY.
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.....
HISTORY OF FIRESTONE PARK.
1986. (SUMMIT CO) Lewis, Clarice Finely. A HISTORY OF FIRESTONE PARK. No place (Akron, OH): Firestone Park Citizens Council, 1986. 55p, 11"x 8 1/2", illus wps, illus. (incl. maps), cover corner creased o/w vg. Inscribed by the author. Published for the 20th anniversary of the Council. Firestone Park, located in.....
THE FIRESTONE STORY. A History of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Company.
New York: Whittlesey House, McGraw Hill:, 1951. Lief, Alfred. THE FIRESTONE STORY. NY: Whittlesey House, McGraw-Hill, (1951). 437p, full leather, color frontis of Harvey Firestone, illustrated., very good.
WHEELS OF FORTUNE, The Story of Rubber in Akron.
Akron, OH: University of Akron Press, 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. Bibliographical references, Index. Forward by Rita Dove, former Poet Laureate from Akron, Ohio.....
WHEELS OF FORTUNE, The Story of Rubber in Akron.
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.....
THE INDOMITABLE DON PLUSQUELLIC. How A Controversial Mayor.
2016. Love, Steve. THE INDOMITABLE DON PLUSQUELLIC. How a Controversial Mayor Quarterbacked Akron's Comeback. Akron, OH: Ringtaw Books (The University of Akron Press, 2016). 504p, cloth, illus. (most in color), fine in dj. 1st edition. Biography of Akron mayor Don Plusquellic.
STAN HYWET HALL & GARDENS.
2000. Adams, Ian. Love, Steve. STAN HYWET HALL & GARDENS. Akron, Ohio: University of Akron Press, (2000.) 194p, 12"x 9", illustrated, vg+ in dust jacket. Later printing. Home of F.A. Seiberling, founder of Goodyear Tire & Rubber, Stan Hywet is considered to be one of the finest examples of Tudor.....
STAN HYWET HALL & GARDENS.
Akron, OH: University of Akron Press, 2000. Adams, Ian. Love, Steve. STAN HYWET HALL & GARDENS. Akron, Ohio: University of Akron Press, (2000.) 194p, 12"x 9", illustrated, vg in dust jacket. 1st edition, signed by author and both photographers. Home of F.A. Seiberling, founder of Goodyear Tire & Rubber, Stan.....
FROM THE HEART OF HUDSON. Hudson, Ohio. Volume VII.
1989. Maher, Joan May. FROM THE HEART OF HUDSON. Hudson, Ohio. Volume VII. Hudson, OH: Hudson Printing Inc., 1989. 60p, 11" X 8 1/2", pictorial softcover, illus., vg.
SAINT BERNARD'S CHURCH, AKRON OHIO,
Mantz, E. Phillips and Rev. Michael J. Roach. SAINT BERNARD'S CHURCH, AKRON OHIO, Renewing Our Legacy. (Tappan, NY, 1977). 48p, illustrated boards, 10 1/2"x 7 1/4", illustrations (some in color), vg.
THE COPLEY KID, Tales from the Back Road.
Doylestown, Oh: James M. McGarrity, 2007. 81p, softback, illustrated, map, vg. Copley, Ohio kids in the 1950's.
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.....
NORTON.
2015. Merrick, Lisa Ann. NORTON. (Charleston, SC): Arcadia, (2015). 127p, pictorial softcover, illustrated with photographs, fine. A small city in Summit County, Ohio that was home to familiar local names like Seiberling, Oplinger, etc.
AKRON FAMILY ALBUM.
2001. Murphy, John S., Kathleen A. Kochanski, and Angela K. Schumacher. AKRON FAMILY ALBUM. Akron: Akron Beacon Journal, (2001). 168p, 7 1/4"x 9 3/4" (oblong), pictorial boards, photos with captions, vg. 1st edition. Contains over 300 chronologically arranged photos, most submitted by readers of the Beacon Journal, with identities and.....
WALKS AROUND AKRON, Rediscovering a City in Transition.
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.....
WALKS AROUND AKRON, Rediscovering a City in Transition.
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", oversize paperback, vg. 1st edition, signed by authors. Full page color illustrations by Chuck Ayers. A lovely book.....
A WHALE OF A TERRITORY.
1966. O'Neill, Dennis J. A WHALE OF A TERRITORY, The Story of Bill O'Neill. NY: McGraw-Hill Book Company, (1966). 249p, boards, illus., vg in dust jacket. 1st edition. O'Neill was founder of General Tire.
THE GOODYEAR STORY.
Elmsford, NY: Benjamin Company, 1983. 223p, 10" x 7", paperback, many illustrations, vg. 1st edition.
OLD AKRON'S ONE-ROOM SCHOOLHOUSES.
1966. No pagination (12p), 11" x 8 1/2", wraps, illustrated by photos and a map, some fading and browning of paper, g-vg. Quine tries to locate and give known information about Akron's early schools.
THE MOTOR WAGONS, The Origin and History of Long-Distance Truck Transportation.
Akron, OH: Pioneer Motor Traffic Club, 1971. Russell, Peggy J. Prowell. THE MOTOR WAGONS. Akron: Pioneer Motor Traffic Club of Akron, Ohio, 1971. 10 1/2"x8", 302p, imitation leather, illustrated, vg. 1st edition. A history of early trucking and the trucking industry in Akron, well illustrated by photos of the vehicles.....
AKRON. Images of Modern America.
2015. Rydbom, Calvin. AKRON. Images of Modern America. (Charleston, SC): Arcadia Publishing, (2015). 95p., trade paperback, illus (most colored), new. A pictorial history with extensive captions.
PROCEEDINGS IN COMMEMORATION OF THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE.
1857. Sill, E.N. and Bacon, Rev. L. PROCEEDINGS IN COMMEMORATION OF THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SETTLEMENT OF TALLMADGE; With the Historical Discourses of... Akron: Beebe and Elkins, 1857. 111p plus errata on p (112), original wraps, some wear to spine, foxing, g-vg. 1st edition. Really a history of this.....