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Block Island, RI: Block Island Committee for Republication, 1961. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition Thus. Facsimile reprint of the 1877 edition with additions. Octavo, beige, illustrated stiff wraps (trade paperback). Double page map frontispiece. 382 pp. Illustrated with maps and black and white historic reproductions. Published on the occasion of the Tercentennary of the township. A very tight, clean, fresh, square, crisp, stiff, unmarked and unread volume with a flat uncreased spine. FINE..

Gretna, LA: Pelican Publishing Book. Fine. Hardcover. Quarto, original blue cloth covered boards. 159pp. including index and bibliography. Generously illustrated throughout with black and white drawings, photographs and a folding map of the Garden District. A detailed survey of the historic houses of the Garden District of New Orleans (Howard Avenue to Jackson Avenue and the Mississippi River to Claiborne Avenue). Includes a detailed Architectural Inventory of the district with small black and white photographs of every noteworthy building and residence each with a detailed note. The first volume in the series published by the Friends of Cabildo. A very tight, clean, fresh, bright, unmarked volume in a crisp, sharp, bright dust jacket with a touch of superficial soil but no spots or stains. Fine in near fine dust jacket. A very nice copy..

Harrisburg, PA: Works Progress Adminstration for Pennsylvania, 1936. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. Octavo, tan printed stiff wraps with black title and spine titles. 139 pp. plus approximately 40 page Statistical Appendix of tables and charts. Illustrated with about 8 full page black and white photographs and a map. Many of the chapter headings and charts are done with an interesting art deco motif of graphic decoration. A tight, sound square, internally clean, bright, unmarked and undamaged volume. some faint dust/toning to exterior and a faint water mark at bottom rear edge and spine (not affecting interior pages). A straight, thread thin light crease down middle of front wrap. Very minor rubbing at spine tips. Despite the minor defects noted, an attractive collectible copy of this scarce and fragile WPA item. Very good plus..

Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1976. Book. As New. Soft cover. Octavo, photo-illustrated wraps (trade paperback). 424 pp. Illustrated with black and white photographs. A tight, clean, bright, fresh copy; square, crisp, stiff, glossy, unmarked, unblemished and unread, with a flat uncreased spine. BRAND NEW BOOK. MINT IN PUBLISHER'S SHRINK WRAP..

Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh, 1943, 1943. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition. Quarto, (9.5" x 12"), illustrated wheat colored burlap covered boards. 215pp. including index and ads. Generously illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. The Year Book of the University of Pittsburgh for 1943 with intimations of the Second World War. Tight solid clean, fresh and umarked interior with light dust soiling to covers, else fine. Very near fine. SCARCE..

Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh, 1944, 1944. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition. Quarto, (9.5" x 12"), gilt brown textured leatherette blindstamped with gilt titles and spine titles and seal of the University of Pittsburgh. Green monotone illustrated endpapers with aerial photograph of the Oakland campus. 334pp. 215pp. including index and ads. Generously illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. The Year Book of the University of Pittsburgh for 1944 with intimations of the Second World War. Tight solid clean, fresh and umarked with slight dulling to spine titles. Near Fine. SCARCE..

Pittsburgh, PA: Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation, 1989. Book. Fine. Original Wraps. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Small folio, (11.5" x 9") photo-illustrated stiff wraps. 142pp. including index. Very geneously illustrated throughout with black and white historical photographs of the varied architecture of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County with detailed commentary by Walter C. Kidney, the foremost architectural authority on Pittsburgh and Allegheny County. SIGNED BY AUTHOR WALTER KIDNEY on half title. Laid in is a letter transmitting this complementary copy to a member of the Board of Directors of the Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation. FINE..

New York: Brentano's Book. Fine. First Edition. Octavo, full black leather with gilt titles. Top edge gilt. 239 pp. Generously illustrated throughout with over 100 black and white reproductions. Errata slip tipped in at List of Illustrations. A tight sound, internally very clean and unmarked volume with bright, crisp white pages. Spine leather and rear free front endpaper lacking. Leather lightly rubbed. Uncommon.

Camden, NJ: M. Mustin Co., 1929. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. Oblong quarto, stapled text block lain into brown stiff wraps (paperback). 46 pp. Illlustrated throughout with black and white photographs and maps. Includes aerial shots of the beach and shore and pictures of holiday goers at Asbury Park. An early history, from colonial times to 1929 of this seaside county and resort in New Jersey. Text is tight and sound with not tears, creases or marks, laid into the wraps loose (lacking leather ties as usual). Very minor edgewear and soil, faint shallow tide mark on first two pages not affecting any other pages. Very good. SCARCE..

Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2003. Book. As New. Cloth. First Edition. First Editon. Quarto, red cloth covered boards. 174 pp. With a biographical and analytical text by Barbara L. Jones describing the artist's life, artistic experiences and vision. A very fine copy. MINT IN ORIGINAL PUBLISHERS SHRINKWRAP..

RR Donnelley Financial, 1998. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. Small folio, red cloth covered boards with gilt titles and spine titles. 264pp. including index and bibliography. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs, drawings, reproductions maps and plans. The definitive work on the history of Sewickley Pennsylvania. A very tight, clean, fresh, bright, unmarked and unread volume in a very tight, crisp, bright, flawless dust jacket. Fine in Fine dust jacket. Pristine. AS NEW..

Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1991. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. Octavo, red illustrated stiff wraps (paperback). 414 pp. including extensive index, bibliography and notes. Illustrated with black and white photographs. A very tight, clean, square, bright, fresh, crisp, unmarked volume with a flat uncreased spine. FINE..

Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1998. Book. As New. Soft cover. Inscribed by Author(s). First Edition. Oc tavo, grey illustrated stiff wraps (paperback). 182 pp. indlucing index. SIGNED and dated by LAURIE GRAHAM. "To M_____ P_____ with best wishes:. A very tight, square, crisp, stiff, fresh, bright, glossy, unmarked and unread volume with a flat uncreased spine. Small prioro owner address label on iniside of front panel. Very near fine. Virtually AS NEW..

Sharpsburg, PA: Women of the Presbyterian Church of Sharpsburg, PA, 1903. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. Octavo, green cloth covered boards with silver titles. 155 pp. including "Hints for the Sick Room" plus ads and blanks. Handwritten recipes on rear blank pages including one for "Mother's PIckles". A compendium from the "ladies of the parish" of Sharpsburg a river town on the Allegheny River near PIttsburgh in the heart of Pennsylvania Presbyterian country. Moderate rubbing to ends of spine and rear board edges. A couple of signatures starting. No marks, stains, tears etc. About very good. Very scarce..

Pittsburgh, PA: Arden Trolley Museum, 1985. Book. As New. Soft cover. First Edition. Large octavo, color photo-illustrated stapled stiff wraps (soft cover). 19 pp. Illustrated throughout with 29 black and white vintage photographs of historic streetcars on the streets of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from horse drawn to electrified beginning in 1859. Two full page photographs and four half page color photographs on the front and back covers. With two street maps inside the front cover, a short history of Pittsburgh streetcars and long, detailed subtitles to each photograph. A pictorial history of this early form of mass transit. This copy remarkably well-preserved for such a fragile item. Very glossy, bright, stiff, crisp, square, tight, clean, and unmarked with bright staples without any rust and apparently unread. Pristine. AS NEW. Very scarce..

Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1937. Book. Fine. Quarter Leather. First Edition. Octavo, navey blue quarter leather with gilt rule over dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt symbol of the University of Pittsburgh and gilt spine titles with gilt rules. Top edge gilt and other edges untrimmed. 581 pp. plus colophon. LIMITED EDITION 1/250 numbered copies. (This copy does not have the actual number as the colophon page is unopened). Illustrated with black and white photographs and reproductions. A tight, clean, volume with very fresh cloth and bright gilt and a very solid bright top edge gilt. The interior is crisp, fresh, bright white, unmarked, unblemished and apparently unread. Very superficial very slight rubbing to spine ends and one small touch on spine, not affecting titles. A beautiful copy with a very minor flaw. Very near fine..

Mission, KS: Inter-Collegiate Press, 1979. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Second Printing. 191 pp. plus acknowledgments page. Very generously illustrated throughout with black and white photographs and including a double page aerial photograph of the town. A very tight, clean, fresh, bright, unmarked volume with just a couple of small spots on back, else fine. NEAR FINE. A great copy almost like new..

Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1998. Book. As New. Cloth. Inscribed by Author(s). First Edition. Large octavo, dark green cloth covered boards with copper foil spine title. 341 pp. including index. Illustrated throughout with black and whiet photographs by Charlee Brodsky. SIGNED with short inscription by photographer CHARLEE BRODSKY. A very tight, clean, crisp, bright volume with very fresh cloth and brilliant spine title in a crisp, very tight, clean, unmarked, unclipped dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. AS NEW..

Greensburg, PA: Westmoreland County Museum of Art, 1959. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. Quiarto, sepia colored flexible stiff card covers. 105 pp. of text and notes on each of the paintings followed by 211 black and white plates, most full page, showing the paintings, objets, sculpture etc. of the Westmoreland County Museum of Art in Greensburg Pennsylvania. A very tight, clean, fresh, stiff, crisp, unmarked and unblemshed volume with a very slight cock near spine bottom. Very near fine. Virtually as new..

Pittsburgh, PA: Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Quarterly, 1989. Book. Fine. Original Wraps. First Edition. 31 Volumes royal octavo, cream colored stiff wraps. A complete 8 year plus run of this important genealogical resource. Volume 16 no. 1 through Volume 23 no. 3. All in excellent condition crisp, bright, clean, square and apparently unread with uncreased spines and virtually unmarked with bright fresh covers and interiors. Very gently ex-library with a small sticker on spine and one library stamp on title page, else fine. Vol. 16 no. 1 and Vol.18 no. 2 have a couple of number notations on cover and one later volume has a couple of small smudges but this is a practically new unused set. Near fine. Inquire about individual years or volumes..