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Author: Cunningham Geikie, D.D.
Publisher: James Pott & Co.
Printing Year: 1885
Number of Volumes: 6 Complete
Notes: This cloth bound set has gilt lettering on the spine and is in good condition with minor agewear. Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for this lot will be: $12.50
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- Annual Report of the Geological Survey of Pennsylvania for 1886 Part I - Dated 1886 - text includes several foldouts, pockets include 2 pullout maps or diagrams
- Annual Report of the Geological Survey of Pennsylvania for 1886 Part IV - Dated 1886 - text includes several foldouts
- Atlas of the Annual Report of the Geological Survey of Pennsylvania for 1886 Part IV - Dated 1886 - Includes 12 maps & diagrams, spine is partially split from back cover
Unless otherwise noted, the books in this lot are in good, intact condition with some age/wear indications. Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for this lot will be: $7.50
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- Adventures In Giving by Mathews - Dated 1939 by Dodd, Mead - hardcover, good condition, bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering
- Italian Emigration Of Our Times by Foerster - Dated 1919 by Cambridge - hardcover, good condition
- Management And Men - A Record of New Steps in Industrial Relations by Bloomfield - Dated 1919 by Century - hardcover, good condition
- My Town - Or Community Patriotism by Irving - Dated 1912 by Rogerson - softcover, show some age wear
Unless otherwise noted, the books in this lot are in good, intact condition with some age/wear indications. Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for this lot will be: $8.50
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Author: Samuel S. Cox
Publisher: Charles L. Webster
Printing Year: 1887
Condition/Details: Bound in red cloth with bright gilt, silver and black illustrative embossing, this antique book is a scarce account from the former American Minister to Turkey. The work is illustrated with many illustrations including and engraved frontispiece. The volume shows mild external wear, and is solidly bound with clean, lightly age toned pages. The book measures approximately 6" x 9.25" and contains 685 pages. Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for this lot will be: $6.50
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- Lays of The Scottish Cavaliers and Other Poems by Aytoun - Dated 1870 by William Blackwood and Sons - Bound in navy blue leather with gilt inlays
- The Speeches of the Celebrated Irish Orators, Philips, Curran and Grattan - Dated 1834 by Key & Biddle - bound in brown leather
- In Search of Wales by Morton - Dated 1932 by Dodd, Mead & Company - bound in green cloth with gilt
- Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character by Ramsay - Dated 1884 by R. Worthington - Bound in brown cloth with decorated cover
Unless otherwise noted, the books in this lot are in good, intact condition with some age/wear indications. Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for this lot will be: $10.50
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- Anthracite and Bituminous Coal Regions of Pennsylvania for the year 1890 - Dated 1891
- Anthracite and Bituminous Coal Regions of Pennsylvania for the year 1891 - Dated 1892
- Anthracite and Bituminous Coal Regions of Pennsylvania for the year 1892 - Dated 1893
- Reports of the Inspectors of Coal Mines of Pennsylvania 1893 - Dated 1894 - bound in blue cloth
- Reports of the Inspectors of Coal Mines of Pennsylvania 1894 - Dated 1895
Unless otherwise noted, the books in this lot are in good, intact condition with some age/wear indications. Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for this lot will be: $15.50
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- African Majesty by Egerton - Dated 1939 by Scribner - hardcover, good condition
- Black And Beautiful - A Life in Safari Land by Fortie - Dated 1938 by Bobbs-Merrill - hardcover, good condition
- African Gamble by Margaret Hubbard - Dated 1937 by Putnam - hardcover, good condition
- he Land Of Gold And Diamonds - Or Ten Years In South Africa by Hughes - Dated 1901 by Koehler - hardcover, good condition
Unless otherwise noted, the books in this lot are in good, intact condition with some age/wear indications. Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for this lot will be: $9.50
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Author: A. B. Galatian
Printing Year: c1868
Condition/Details: Bound in hardcover, this antique book is a scarce early directory of the city of Scranton, Pennsylvania and environs, including listings for citizens and businesses. The volume features many pages of wonderful Victorian advertisements, including some on colored paper. The volume shows some external wear, with detached boards and signatures separated in two places. The book is otherwise intact with clean, lightly age toned pages and serves as a fascinating look back at the Northeastern Pennsylvania region in its industrial heyday. The book measures approximately 5.5" x 8.75" and contains 416 pages. Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for this lot will be: $4.50
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- Annual Report of the Geological Survey of Pennsylvania for 1885 - Dated 1886 - text includes several foldouts
- Atlas of the Annual Report of the Geological Survey of Pennsylvania for 1885 - Dated 1886 - Includes complete set of 8 maps & diagrams
Unless otherwise noted, the books in this lot are in good, intact condition with some age/wear indications. Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for this lot will be: $7.50
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Author: Whedon, L.L.D.
Publisher: Hunt & Eaton
Printing Year: 1880
Number of Volumes: 12 Titles Genesis and Exodus; Leviticus and Deuteronomy; Joshua To II Samuel; Kings to Esther; The Book of Psalms; Job, Proverbs to Solsong; Isaiah to Lamentations; Titus to Revelations; Corinthians to II Timothy; Act & Romans; Matthew & Mark; Luke & John
Notes: Books are bound in brown cloth with red gilt lettering. Books are in good condition and show age/wear. Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for this lot will be: $16.50
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- Report of Progress on the Brown Hematite Ore Ranges of Lehigh County with a Description of the Mines Lying Beween Emaus, Alburtis, and Fogelsville by Prime - Dated 1875 - pocket contains one map
- Report of Progress on the Brown Hematite deposits of the Siluo-Cambrian Limestones of Lehigh County, Lying Between Shimersville, Millerstown, Schnecksville, Ballietsville and the Lehigh River by Prime - Dated 1878 - pockets contain 5 maps
- Adams, Franklin Cumberland Counties Atlas - Contains 7 maps including sheets of S. Mountain
Unless otherwise noted, the books in this lot are in good, intact condition with some age/wear indications. Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for this lot will be: $4.50
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Author: William Frederick Allen
Publisher: The Four Seas Co.
Printing Year: 1919
Condition/Details: Bound in hardcover, this antique book is a scarce posthumous compilation of poems and vignettes by William Frederick Allen, who was an important figure in the American railway industry, as he devised the first system of Standard Time, which has since been extended throughout the civilized world. The book is inscribed as a gift from the author's cousin. The volume shows mild external wear, and is solidly bound with clean, lightly age toned pages. The book measures approximately 5" x 7.75" and contains 68 pages. Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for this lot will be: $4.50
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Author: J. P. Lesley
Publisher: Board of Commissioners for the Second Geological Survey
Printing Year: 1885
Condition/Details: Bound in marbled boards with three-quarter leather, this antique book is a scarce geological survey of Pennsylvania, comprised of handsome full-color, full-page lithographed maps of each county. The volume shows some external wear, with a partly lacking spine and very loose front board, and is otherwise solidly bound with clean, very lightly age toned pages that show the maps stunningly. The book measures approximately 6" x 9". Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for this lot will be: $4.50
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- The African Queen by Forester - Dated 1935 by Little, Brown - hardcover, good condition
- Anne Of Avonlea by Montgomery - Dated 1909 by Page - hardcover, good condition
- The Strange Gray Canoe by Tomlinson - Dated 1916 by Schribner - hardcover, good condition
- The Jade Green Cats by Blake - Dated 1931 by McBride - hardcover, good condition
- Puppet Plays by Kreymborg - Dated 1923 by Harcourt, Brace - excessive wear to top right corner
Unless otherwise noted, the books in this lot are in good, intact condition with some age/wear indications. Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for this lot will be: $8.50
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- The Thrones and Palaces of Babylon and Nineveh From Sea to Sea by Newman - Dated 1876 by Harper & Brothers - bound in brown leather with gilt
- The Development of Palestine Exploration Being the Ely Lectures for 1903 by Bliss - Dated 1906 by Charles Scribner's Sons - bound in green cloth with gilt
- Fresh Light From The Ancient Monuments by Sayce - Dated 1900 by The Religious Tract Society - bound in red cloth with gilt
Unless otherwise noted, the books in this lot are in good, intact condition with some age/wear indications. Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for this lot will be: $7.50
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Author: Louis Adolphe Theirs
Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Printing Year: 1894
Number of Volumes: Complete 12 volume set
Notes: Bound in navy cloth with bright gilt embossing, this antique set is a scarce history of France The work is illustrated with 36 steel engravings. The volumes show mild external wear, and are solidly bound with clean, lightly age toned pages. The books measure approximately 6" x 9". Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for this lot will be: $22.50
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- Report of Progress in the Laboratory of The Survey at Harrisburg by M'Creath - Dated 1875
- Second Report of Progress in the Laboratory of The Survey at Harrisburg by M'Creath- Dated 1879
- Third Report of Progress in the Laboratory of The Survey at Harrisburg by M'Creath - Dated 1881 - includes one map in pocket
- Catalogue of the Geological Museum by Hall - Dated 1878
- Catalogue of the Geological Museum Part II by Hall - Dated 1880 - edges of boards shows wear, loss of cloth
Unless otherwise noted, the books in this lot are in good, intact condition with some age/wear indications. Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for this lot will be: $8.50
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- England - Picturesque and Descriptive Reminiscences of Foreign Travel - Complete in two volumes by Cook - Dated 1899 by Winston - 2 volume complete set, bound in red cloth with decorative gilt shield on cover, hardcover, good condition
- The History Of England - From The Accession of James ii by MacAulay - Dated not noted by Lovell - Consecutive 5 volume set, hardcover, good condition
Unless otherwise noted, the books in this lot are in good, intact condition with some age/wear indications. Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for this lot will be: $12.50
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Publisher: Kohler
Printing Year: 1870
Number of Volumes: Complete 2 volume set
Notes: Bound in marbled boards with three-quarter leather, marbled endpapers and full page edge marbling, this thoroughly marbled antique set is a handsome collection of Schiller's non-fiction and fiction writings, including plays and war histories. The volumes show some external wear, with the text sections of the spine lacking, and are solidly bound with clean, lightly age toned pages. The books measure approximately 7" x 10.5". Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for this lot will be: $9.50
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- Early Spring in Massachusetts by Thoreau - Dated 1883 by Houghton, Mifflin and Company
- Excursions by Thoreau - Dated 1883 by Houghton, Mifflin and Company
- A Yankee in Canada, with Anti-Slavery and Reform Papers by Thoreau - Dated 1881 by Houghton, Mifflin and Company
- The Maine Woods by Thoreau - Dated 1883 by Houghton, Mifflin and Company
- Cape Cod by Thoreau - Dated 1881 by Houghton, Mifflin and Company
- Letters to Various Persons by Thoreau - Dated 1881 by Houghton, Mifflin and Company
- A Week On The Concord and Merrimack Rivers by Thoreau - Dated 1883 by Houghton, Mifflin and Company
Unless otherwise noted, the books in this lot are in good, intact condition with some age/wear indications. Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for this lot will be: $10.50
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Publisher: Narau und Thun
Printing Year: 1841
Condition/Details: Bound in calfskin with raised spine bands and two metal clasps, this antique German-language book about theological topics like Communion and the Passion of Christ is beautifully typeset in decorative Germanic typefaces. The work is illustrated with a religious engraved frontispiece. The volume shows some mild external wear, and is solidly bound with clean, lightly age toned pages. The book measures approximately 5.5" x 9" and contains 816 pages. Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for this lot will be: $5.50
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- The Geology of Lehigh and Northhampton Counties D3 Vol I by Sanders, Prime, Chance, Hall - Dated 1883
- The Geology of The South Mountain Belt of Berks County D3 Vol II part i by D'Invilliers - Dated 1883
- Atlas to D3 Vol I and Vol II Lehigh, Northhampton and Berks by Author - Contains 31 maps
Unless otherwise noted, the books in this lot are in good, intact condition with some age/wear indications. Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for this lot will be: $8.50
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Author: Rev. Abner Morse
Publisher: H. W. Dutton
Printing Year: 1861, Volume three only
Condition/Details: Bound in gilt embossed leather with marbled endpapers, this antique book is a rare genealogical history reference. The work is illustrated with a number of engraved portraits. The volume shows mild external wear, and is solidly bound with clean, lightly age toned pages. The book measures approximately 5.75" x 9" and contains 243 pages. Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for this lot will be: $4.50
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- Organized Labor: Its Problems, Purposes and Ideals and the Present and Future of American Wage Earners by Mitchell - Dated 1903 by American Book and Bible House - bound in decorated maroon cloth
- Twentieth Century Socialism: What It Is Not, What It Is, How It May Come by Kelly - Dated 1911 by Longmans, Green and Co. - bound in navy blue cloth
- Social Evolution by Kidd - Dated 1895 by Macmillan and Company - bound in maroon cloth
- The Approach to the Social Question - An Introduction to the Study of Social Ethics by Peabody - Dated 1909 by Macmillan Company - bound in maroon cloth
- The Social Spirit in America by Henderson - Dated 1897 by The Chautauqua Century Press - bound in red cloth
Unless otherwise noted, the books in this lot are in good, intact condition with some age/wear indications. Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for this lot will be: $10.50
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- Seven Pillars of Wisdom by Lawrence - Dated 1935 by Doubleday, Doran & Company - bound in green cloth with gilt decorations
- Men of Danger by Thomas - Dated 1936 by Frederocl A. Stokes - bound in blue cloth
- Zaharoff High Priest of War by Davenport - Dated 1934 by Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Company - bound in orange cloth
- The White Monk of Timbuctoo by Seabrook - Dated 1934 by Harcourt, Brace and Company - bound in red cloth
- My India Recollections of Fifty Years by Ashby - Dated 1937 by Little, Brown and Company - bound in yellow cloth with decorations
Unless otherwise noted, the books in this lot are in good, intact condition with some age/wear indications. Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for this lot will be: $12.50
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- India - Land of the Black Pagoda by Thomas - Dated 1930 by Century - hardcover, good condition
- Indian Mosaic by Channing - Dated 1936 by Lippincott - hardcover, good condition
- Slaves Of The Gods by Mayo - Dated 1929 by Harcourt, Brace - hardcover, good condition
- Twelve Secrets Of The Caucasus by Essad-Bey - Dated 1931 by Viking - hardcover, good condition
Unless otherwise noted, the books in this lot are in good, intact condition with some age/wear indications. Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for this lot will be: $8.50
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