Auction details

EARLY & RARE BOOKS AND RELATED ITEMS AUCTION
6:00 AM PT - Nov 10th, 2007

offered by
Conestoga Auction Company

768 Graystone Road
Manheim PA 17545
Us Auction

Auction dates

604 Items

Lot Description Estimates
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2001 Lot 2001

(Carpets/Oriental Rugs) Bennett, Ian, RUGS & CARP ETS OF THE WORLD, Edison, NJ, Chartwell Books, (2000), folio, 352...

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2002 Lot 2002

(Native American Studies) Wren, Christopher, A ST UDY OF NORTH APPALACHIAN INDIAN POTTERY, Wyoming Historical & Geo...

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2003 Lot 2003

(Clocks) Nutting, Wallace, THE CLOCK BOOK, Old Am erica Co., Framingham, MA, (1924), 1st. ed., 8vo., 312 pp., insid...

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2004 Lot 2004

(American Decorative Arts) Failey, Dean, LONG ISL AND IS MY NATION. THE DECORATIVE ARTS & CRAFTSMEN 1640-1830, Soci...

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2005 Lot 2005

(Pottery/Porcelain) Detweiler, Susan Gray, GEORGE WASHINGTON'S CHINAWARE, Abrams, NY, 1982, 1st. Ed., 4to., 244 pp...

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2006 Lot 2006

(Victorian/Depression Glass) Revi, Albert Christi an, AMERICAN PRESSED GLASS AND FIGURE BOTTLES, NY, Nelson, 1964, ...

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2007 Lot 2007

(Early American Glass) McKearin, Helen, AMERICAN BOTTLES & FLASKS AND THEIR ANCESTRY, NY, Crown, 1978, 4to., 779 ...

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2008 Lot 2008

(American Pottery) 4 items, incl. Lasanski, Jeane tte. MADE OF MUD STONEWARE POTTERIES IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA 1834...

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2009 Lot 2009

(Pennsylvania Pottery) 4 items, incl. Fox, Eleano r and Edward. GAUDY DUTCH, Pottsville, PA, 1968, unpag., 16pp of ...

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2010 Lot 2010

(American Pottery) THE SHENANDOAH POTTERY by AH R ice and John Baer Stoudt, Shenandoah Pub House, Inc, Strasburg, 1...

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2011 Lot 2011

(American Pottery) 5 items, incl. TULIP WARE OF T HE PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN POTTERS by Edwin Atlee Barber, Pennsylvani...

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2012 Lot 2012

(American Folk art) 6 items, incl. AMERICAN FOLK PAINTING by Mary Black and Jean Lipman, Bramhall House, NY, 1966...

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2013 Lot 2013

(American Folk art/Sculpture) 5 items, incl. AMER ICAN FOLK SCULPTURE by Robert Bishop, Bonanza, NY, 1985, 4to, 392...

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2014 Lot 2014

(Pennsylvania Dutch decorative arts) 13 items, in c OLD STUFF IN UP-COUNTRY PENNSYLVANIA by Earl Robacker, AS Barne...

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2015 Lot 2015

(Pennsylvania German Decorative arts) 8 items, in cl. CHRISTMAS IN PENNSYLVANIA by Alfred Shoemaker, Pennsylvania F...

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2016 Lot 2016

(Pennsylvania Decorative Arts) 5 items, incl. ART S AND CRAFTS OF CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA by Margaret Schiffer...

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2017 Lot 2017

(Pennsylvania German fraktur/folk art) 4 items, i ncl. LEWIS MILLER SKETCHES AND CHRONICLES, with intro by Donald S...

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2018 Lot 2018

(Pennsylvania German Fraktur/folk-art) 4 titles, incl. THE PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN FRAKTUR OF THE FREE LIBRARY OF PH...

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2019 Lot 2019

(Pennsylvania German Folk Art) 2 items, incl. PEN NSYLVANIA GERMAN FOLK ART AN INTERPRETATION by John Joseph Stoudt...

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2020 Lot 2020

(Printed fraktur) 2 items, incl. THE PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN BROADSIDE A HISTORY AND GUIDE by Don Yoder, PA State Univ...

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2021 Lot 2021

Shelley, Donald. THE FRAKTUR WRITINGS OR ILLUMINA TED MANUSCRIPTS OF THE P[ENNSYLVANIA GERMANS, Schlechter's, Allen...

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2022 Lot 2022

PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN BOOKPLATES, A STUDY by Henry Borneman, Pa German Society, Phila., 1953, 8vo, being vol. 54 of...

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2023 Lot 2023

THIS IS THE WAY I PASS MY TIME A BOOK ABOUT PENNS YLVANIA GERMAN DECORATED HAND TOWELS by Ellen Gehret, Pa German S...

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2024 Lot 2024

SAMPLERS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA GERMANS by Tandy and Charles Hersh, PA German Society, 1991, Birdsboro, PA, 4to, 303p...

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2025 Lot 2025

(American Textiles) 5 items, SAMPLINGS. A SELECTE D OFFERING OF ANTIQUE SAMPLERS AND NEEDLEWORK, VOL 4, a catalog ...

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2026 Lot 2026

(American coverlets/quilts) Anderson, Clarita S. , AMERICAN COVERLETS AND THEIR WEAVERS, Ohio U. Press, Athens, 2...

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2027 Lot 2027

Reinert, Guy F., COVERLETS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA GE RMANS, Schlecter's, 1949, Allentown, PA, 8vo., being vol. #13 of ...

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2028 Lot 2028

Gingerich, Melvin, MENNONITE ATTIRE THROUGH FOUR CENTURIES, Pennsylvania German Society, Breinigsville, PA, 1970,...

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2029 Lot 2029

(4 PA. German Folklore Society annuals) Nitzsche, George E., THE CHRISTMAS PUTZ, + 4 other related articles (separ...

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2030 Lot 2030

(3 PA. German Folklore Soc. Annuals) Dundore, M. Walter, THE SAGA OF THE PENNSYLVANIA GERMANS IN WISCONSIN, etc.,...

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2031 Lot 2031

(Pennsylvania German studies) Includes 2 issues o f the PENNSYLVANIA DUTCHMAN magazine for Winter, 1954 & Spring, 1...

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2032 Lot 2032

(Pennsylvania German studies) Horne, A. R., PENNS YLVANIA GERMAN MANUAL, FOR PRONOUNCING, SPEAKING AND WRITING ENGL...

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2033 Lot 2033

(5 Penna. German Society annuals) Burger, Annette K., EIGHTEENTH CENTURY EMIGRANTS FROM GERMAN-SPEAKING LANDS TO N...

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2034 Lot 2034

(6 Penna German Society Annuals) Buffington, Albe rt F. THE REICHARD COLLECTION OF EARLY PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN DIALOG...

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2035 Lot 2035

(Conrad Weiser) Graeff, Arthur. CONRAD WEISER PEN NSYLVANIA PEACEMAKER, Penna. German Folklore Soc, #8, Allentown, ...

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2036 Lot 2036

(3 Pennsylvania Barn related items) Dornbusch, Ch arles H. PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN BARNS, Penna German Folklore Soc #21...

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2037 Lot 2037

(American Metal work) TO DRAW, UPSET, & WELD. THE WORK OF THE PENNSYLVANIA RURAL BLACKSMITH 1742-1935, by Jeannett...

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2039 Lot 2039

(American Iron and Brass) IRON AND BRASS IMPLEMEN TS OF THE ENGLISH AND AMERICAN HOUSE by J. Seymour Lindsay, Carl ...

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2040 Lot 2040

THE CONESTOGA SIX-HORSE BELL TEAMS OF EASTERN PEN NSYLVANIA by John Omwake, Cincinnati, Ebbert & Richardson, 1930, ...

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2041 Lot 2041

(Cookery/cider making) 3 items, incl. PRESBYTERIA N COOK BOOK, compiled by the ladies of the First Presbyterian chu...

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2042 Lot 2042

(The kitchen/the home/the farm) EARLY AMERICAN FI REPLACES by Paul Ladd, Hastings House, NY, 1977, 4to, 192pp, NF/V...

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2043 Lot 2043

(American furniture) AMERICAN FURNITURE 1620 TO T HE PRESENT by Elizabeth Bates and Jonathan Fairbanks, Richard Mar...

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2044 Lot 2044

Catalog of WALLACE NUTTING FURNITURE, RUGS, AND I RON by Nutting, Pubd. by the author, Framingham, 1927, 8vo, 8pp +...

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2045 Lot 2045

(early American Furniture) THE PHILADELPHIA CHAIR 1685-1785 by Joseph Kindig, Hist Soc of York Co, 1978, sq 8vo, u...

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2046 Lot 2046

DECORATED FURNITURE OF THE MAHANTONGO VALLEY by H enry Reed, Bucknell U, Lewisburg, 1987, 4to, 93pp, color pictoria...

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2047 Lot 2047

(Toys) THE COLLECTOR'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF METAL TOYS by Richard O'Neill, Crescent Books, NY, 1988, 4to, 320pp, F/VG+;...

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2048 Lot 2048

(Misc antique reference) ANTIQUE COLLECTING MAGAZ INE, 17 various issues of this scarce magazine published by Antiq...

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2049 Lot 2049

(Pennsylvania/American history) PENNSYLVANIA BEAU TIFUL by Wallace Nutting, Old America Co, Framingham, 1924, 4to, ...

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2050 Lot 2050

(Schuylkill County, PA) BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES OF PIN E GROVE, 1841-1916 by Capt JW Barr, printed by Anderson and Reber...

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2051 Lot 2051

HISTORY OF PINE GROVE SCHUYLKILL COUNTY PENNSYLVA NIA by George Haas, Pottsville, PA 1935, 8vo, 338pp + index, VG i...

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