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Unless otherwise indicated, all books in this list are in sound, usable condition ("very good"), in the original cloth binding and are 8vo. (approximately 6" X 9" in size.) Most are not new; however, previous owners' names, bookplates, stamps and other marks of ownership are not noted unless such markings are disfiguring. Bindings on older books will usually show normal signs of wear and use relative to the age of the book. Excessive wear or damage is noted in the description. Books whose condition is above average are also noted.
1005025 History of the Presbytery of Kanawha 1895-1956. No publisher or date given but circa 1956. Photos, blue cloth, 8vo., 804 pp. Lengthy histories of the Charleston and Huntington and shorter histories of the other churches. Many references to founders and church members. $50.00
1005015 The Flair & The Fire: The Story of the Episcopal Church in West Virginia 1877-1977, by Eleanor Meyer Hamilton. Published by The Diocese of West Virginia Protestant Episcopal Church, Charleston, WV in 1977. Index, biblio., endpaper maps, maroon cloth, 8vo., 395 pp. A small discoloration inside the front cover where a label was removed, o/w VG condition. Includes capsule histories of each church in the diocese in 1977. $25.00
1005010 Tumult on the Mountains: Lumbering in West Virginia 1770-1920, by Roy B. Clarkson. Published by McClain Printing Company, Parson, WV in 1964. 3rd printing. Index, biblio., illus., photos, map, green cloth, dj. (chipped, edged worn), 8vo. 410 pp. VG condition. Large folding map shows locations of railroads in 1917 and band mills in 1875-1920. The author identifies band mills in operation prior to 1920 giving county, town, name and years operated. Includes 256 full-page captioned photos. $50.00
602028M The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal: A Guide to Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, Maryland, District of Columbia, and West Virginia. Official National Park Handbook No. 142. Published by US Department of the Interior, Washington, DC, 1991. Index, b&w and color illustrations and photos, pictorial softcover, 8vo., 111 pp. The canal, running from the Potomac to Cumberland was completed in 1850 and operated until 1924. Includes a history of the canal and the people who built it. $12.50
407040 Absentee Landowning & Exploitation in West Virginia, 1760-1920, by Barbara Rasmussen. Published by The University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 1994. Index, biblio., notes, endpaper maps, black cloth, dj., 8vo., 222 pp. VG condition. The author examines the nature of land ownership in Randolph, Tucker, Pocahontas, Monroe, and Clay Counties and its effect on the counties' economic and social development. The owners and exploiters of the region have included Lord Fairfax, George Washington, and, most recently, the U.S. Forest Service. $27.50
407048 Miners and Medicine: West Virginia Memories, by Claude A. Frazier. Published by University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK, 1992. 1st edition. Index, biblio., notes, photos, blue cloth, dj., 8vo., 131 pp. VG condition. The author draws on memories of health workers, miners, and their families to covey the horrific health problems in the coal camps, the resourcefulness of the doctors and nurses, and the struggle to raise health standards in and around the mines. $22.50
304023 Window to the Past, Part II [Fayette County], by Melody Bragg. Published by GEM Publications in Glen Jean, WV, 1991. Photos, softcover, 4to., 116 pp. VG condition. Vignettes of Fayette County history. Includes articles on the 1912-13 mine wars, Mother Jones, robberies, floods, train wrecks, etc. $15.00
304019 History of Charles Town Baptist Church 1792-1982 together with the Five Year Supplement 1982-1986, by Anna Fries Brumback. Published by Charles Town Baptist Church in Charles Town, WV, 1982, 1986. Biblio., photos, colored frontis, softcover, 8vo., 85 & 23 pp. VG condition (a few words underlined in ink). Charles Town is in Jefferson County. Lists WW II veterans, includes ministers' biographies. Includes names of some early members. $17.50
108146 [West Virginia Flood - 1985] Killing Waters The Great West Virginia Flood of 1985, by Bob Teets and Shelby Young. Published in Parsons, WVA, 1985. Photos, wraps, 4to., 112 pp. A photographic history of this tragedy. $15.00
108147 Jefferson County West Virginia Historical Tour. Published in Charles Town, 1951. Illus., photos, ads., softcovers (light spotting), 8vo., 50 pp. $10.00
1005029M The Potomac, by Frederick Gutheim. Published by Rinehart & Company, New York in 1949. Index, illus., notes, maps, pictorial endpapers, tan cloth (spine distorted), 8vo., 436 pp. VG condition. One of the Rivers of America Series. Full of local history. $15.00
1005031 It Happened in Washington County, by Reuben L. Musey. Published by the Washington County Bicentennial Committee, in 1976. Biblio., illus., photos, blue softcovers (light edge wear), 8vo., 125 pp. 47 vignettes of historical events and places in the county. $17.50
1005028 Rivers of The Eastern Shore: Seventeen Maryland Rivers, by Hulbert Footner. Published by Farrar & Rinehart, New York in 1944. Index, illus., sources,map, pictorial endpapers, dj. (fair condition), orange cloth (corners bumped), 8vo., 375 pp. VG condition. One of the Rivers of America Series. Full of local history. $25.00
1005051 A Pictorial History, Howard County, by Joetta M. Cramm. Published bt The Donning Company, Virginia Beach, VA in 1992. 3rd printing. Author signed. Index, bibio., illus., photos, maps, end-paper maps, brown cloth, dj., 4to., 224 pp. More than 300 photographs with descriptive captions. $35.00
1005003 Abstracts from the Port Tobacco Times and Charles County Advertiser. Volume I: 1844-1854, compiled by Roberta J. Wearmouth. Published by Heritage Books, Bowie, MD in 1990. Index, folding plan, soft covers (rear corner creased), 8vo., 214 pp. The newspaper was published from 1844 until 1898. $18.00
1002047 The First Presbyterian Church of Baltimore, A Two-Century Chronicle, by John H. Gardner, Jr. Published by the Church, Baltimore, MD in 1962. Photos, dark blue cloth, 8vo., 203 pp. VG condition. Includes list of officers, list of membership 1766-1763, and a list of those holding lots in the Western Burying Ground. $20.00
1002018 City on the Sand, Ocean City, Maryland and the People Who Built It, by Mary Corddry. Published by Tidewater Publisher, Centreville, MD in 1991. 1st edition. Index, sources, illus., photos, tan cloth with brown spine, dj. (1 minor crease), 8vo., 200 pp. VG condition. Ocean City began with the founding of the Atlantic Hotel in 1875. The story is based on interviews with early residents. $27.50
0903001 Maryland Calendar of Wills 1764-1767, Volume 13, by Jane Baldwin Cotton. Published by Family Line Publications, Westminster, MD in 1992. Index, softcover (1 corner creased), 8vo., 260 pp. VG condition. Gives date of will, divisees, executor, witnesses, Will Book number and page. Arranged chronologically. $35.00
805095 The Price of Freedom: Slavery and Manumission in Baltimore and Early National Maryland, by T. Stephen Whitman. Published by The University Press of Kentucky in 1997. Index, biblio., notes, illus., photos, maps, tables, brown cloth, dj., 8vo., 238 pp. VG condition. The Price of Freedom examines how blacks played a critical role in freeing themselves from slavery. By entering into agreements with their owners, they worked for many years in exchange for freedom. The practice of “term slavery” created a labor force affordable to small craftsmen and manufacturers. $25.00
0901032E Remembering Kensington, Eyewitness Accounts of Kensington and Surrounding Montgomery County From the Turn-of-the-Century, by Lewis T. Boynton, Sr. and Jr. Author’s presentation copy. Published by Kensington Historical Society, Kensington, MD in 1982. Photos., softcovers, unpaginated (20 pp.). VG condition. $12.50
806007 Grave Matters, Mount Calvary Cemetery Inscriptions Brooklyn, Maryland, compiled and edited by Christine N. Simmons. Published by the Anne Arundel Genealogical Society, Pasadena, MD in 2004. Index, photo, plan, softcover (light edge wear, a few small gouges), 4to., VG condition, 187 pp. Includes deaths from 1906 thought 2003. Arranged by section and plot number. Gives section, plot, name, birth date, death date, and age; some additional information from family members has been added in the form of notes. Mount Calvary Cemetery is located in Brooklyn Park, in northern Anne Arundel Co. This is an African-American cemetery and many well-known religious and social leaders have been buried here. $17.50
810012 A Collection of Maps of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canals, by William Clague. 5th edition. Published by the author in 1977. Index, illus., photos, 8vo., unpaginated, about 84 pp. Name & address stamp on title page, otherwise VG condition. The story of the canal plus 22 very detailed maps showing the canal from Georgetown to Cumberland. $20.00
612061 Historical Sketches of Harford County Maryland, by Samuel Mason, Jr. Published by Little Pines Farm in 1955. Second edition, limited to 500 copies (1st edition was 250 copies). Photos, blue cloth (spine faded, cover spotted), 8vo., interior in VG condition (inscription on fep.), 177 pp. Printing history noted inside back cover. Includes sketches on early settlement, frontier forts, iron furnaces and forges, grist and other mills, and many others. $100.00
612047M A Chronicle of Belair, by Shirley Vlasak Baltz. Published by the Bowie Heritage Committee, Bowie, MD in 1984. Index, references, illus., photos, green cloth, 8vo., VG condition (remains of two stickers on fep.), 140 + 178 pp. Part I is a history of the Belair Estate, the classic Georgian residence of the Ogle family of Annapolis, MD. and its people. Part II is a genealogy of the Thomas Ogle (1694-1752) and Anne (Tasker) Ogle (1723-1817) family of Annapolis, Maryland. $45.00
612030 Colonial Piscataway in Maryland, by Katherine A. Kellock. Published by The Alice Ferguson Foundation, Accokeek, MD in 1962. Map, illus., softcovers (a little soiled), 8vo., VG condition, 58 pp. Previous owner’s name on front cover. Covers the history of a part of old Piscataway Hundred between Oxon Run in Prince George’s County and a point slightly south of the present Charles County line. Information on Piscataway tracts and their owners. $20.00
611070 Muffled Drums and Mustard Spoons: Cecil County, Maryland 1860-1865, by Jerre Garrett. Published by Burd Street Press, Shippensburg, PA in 1996. Index, illus., photos, biblio, navy buckram, dj., VG condition, 4to., 331 pp. Map of Cecil County on the dust jacket. The author uses contemporary newspapers, letters, and soldiers’ service and pension records to present a view of this border county in a border state during the turbulent Civil War years. $35.00
611072 History of Caroline County, Maryland from its Beginning. Material largely contributed by the teachers and children of the county with supplemental material added. Published by Clearfield Company, Baltimore, MD, no date. Reprint of the original 1920 edition. Index, illus., softcovers, 8vo., VG condition, 359 pp. 44 articles covering all aspects of the county’s history. Many references and lists of early residents. $40.00
602028M The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal: A Guide to Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, Maryland, District of Columbia, and West Virginia. Official National Park Handbook No. 142. Published by US Department of the Interior, Washington, DC, 1991. Index, b&w and color illustrations and photos, pictorial softcover, 8vo., 111 pp. The canal, running from the Potomac to Cumberland was completed in 1850 and operated until 1924. Includes a history of the canal and the people who built it. $12.50
512062 Maryland . . . at the Beginning, by Lois Green Carr, Russell R. Menard, and Louis Peddicord. Published by the Hall of Records Commission, Department of General Services, Annapolis, MD, 1984. Revised edition. Illus., map, softcover, 8vo., 37 pp. VG condition. History of the early settlement of Maryland and a detailed depiction of life in Lord Baltimore’s colony. $10.00
202035 "The Ancient City." A History of Annapolis, in Maryland. 1649-1887, by Elihu S. Riley. Published by Anne Arundal County and Annapolis Bicentennial Committee, Annapolis, MD, circa 1976. Reprint edition. Index, endpaper map, cloth, 8vo., 395 pp. VG condition. Facsimile reprint of 1887 edition. $27.50
909326 Community Leadership in Maryland, 1790 - 1840: A Comparative Analysis of Power in Society, by Whitman H. Ridgway. Published by University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill in 1979. Illus, biblio, index, cloth, dj., 8vo., 414 pp. As-new condition. Baltimore City, Frederick, St. Mary's and Talbot counties are the settings for this study, which includes 1300+ persons. $22.50
906667 The Baltimore Book; New Views of Local History, by Elizabeth Fee, Linda Shopes, and Linda Zeidman (eds.), Temple University Press, Philadelphia, 1991, 268 pp., 1st edition, 4to., Index, biblio, photos, maps, Dark blue cloth., dj., Near fine condition. Presents the history of the city in non‑traditional style, focusing on labor, Black, and women's history by neighborhood. $25.00
1002043M Walter Wharton's Land Survey Register 1675-1679, West Side Delaware River, From Newcastle County, Delaware into Bucks County, Pennsylvania, edited by Albert Cook Myers. Published by The Historical Society of Delaware, Wilmington, DE, 1955. Apparently limited to 500 copies. Index, illus., yellow cloth, dj. (edges bent), small 8vo., 112 pp. VG condition. The register consists of 50 recorded descriptive surveys of the metes and bounds of tracts of land on the west side of the river. $45.00
805100M The Swedish Settlements on the Delaware 1638-1664, 2 Volumes, by Amandus Johnson. Published by Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore in 1969. Facsimile reprint of the original 1911 publication. Index, biblio., illus., maps, foldout maps, blue buckram, 8vo., 879 pp. VG condition. A comprehensive history. An appendix includes lists of garrisons, servants, freemen, officers, soldiers, etc. Two volumes: $125.00
812081E The Worker’s World at Hagley, by Glenn Porter. Published by Eleutherian Mills – Hagley Foundation, Greenville, Wilmington, DE in 1981. Photos., softcover, 4to., 64 pp. VG condition. Front cover folds out to a map of Hagley. Rear cover folds out to a picture of abandoned rolling mills. The story of the DuPont Company’s original black powder yards in Delaware’s Brandywine Creek. “In historic photos and on the words of the workers and their families [19 oral history interviews are quoted],” this book “tells the story of a part of America’s industrial history. $20.00
602009 A History of Milford, Delaware In Commemoration of the 175th Anniversary of the Founding of Milford in 1787. Published by the Milford Historical Society, 1962. 1st ed. Photos, softcover (rather shabby), 8vo. ,115 pp. A folding map of Milford published by the Delaware State Highway Department in laid in. Includes a short history of Milfod, a history of community activities, and a list of Patrons. $25.00
512025 The Workers’ World at Hagley, by Glenn Porter. Published by Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation, Greenville, Willimington, DE 1981. Photos, fold-out map, fold-out photo of abandoned rolling mills at Hagley yard, 4to., softcover (very light wear), 64 pp. The story of the industrial village that housed the workers of one of DuPont’s powder-making factories. Profusely illustrated with 19th and early 20th century photos. $15.00
406006 New Castle, Delaware: A Bibliography in Commemoration of the Tercentenary of the Founding of New Castle, by Paul William Kelly, compiler. Author-published, no place, 1951. softcover, 8vo., 20 pp. VG condition. $20.00
909125 Delaware Historical Records Survey. Inventory of the County Archives of Delaware. No. 1, New Castle County, by Delaware Historical Records Survey. Published by Public Archives Commission, Dover in 1941. Index, biblio, stiff wraps. 8vo., 325 pp. VG condition. Records bibliography containing a brief historical sketch of the county and an exhaustive description of the public records. $25.00
108121 Delaware Goes Whaling 1833 - 1845, by Kenneth R. Martin. Greenville, 1974. Illus., biblio., softcovers, 8vo., 64 pp. Includes early history of the Wilmington Whaling Company. $7.50
1005032 A History of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, One Hundred Fifty Seven Years 1803-1961, by Frank E. Edgington. Published by the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, Washington, D.C. in 1961.Index, illus., photos, green cloth, 8vo., 169 pp. Inscription on fep. VG condition. Includes lists of pastors, elders, deacons and deaconesses, trustees, clerks of session, church staff, church school superintendants, senior and junior choirs, missionaries, and women’s association. $25.00
1005002 Maps and Views of Washington and District of Columbia [in the Library of Congress], by P. Lee Phillips. Published by Terra Nova Press, Norwich, VT in 1996. 2nd edition. Originally published in 1900. Frontis, 8vo., black cloth, 87 pp. Near-new condition. A chronological inventory of maps and views from 1782 through 1900. This book does not include images of the maps.$25.00
805079 The WPA Guide to Washington D.C.; The Federal Writers’ Project Guide to 1930s Washington, written and compiled by the Federal Writers’ Project of the Works Progress Administration, for the District of Columbia. Published by Pantheon Books, New York in 1983. Reprint edition. Index, reading list, photos., maps, softcover (bottom corner has a small tear), 8vo. 552 pp. VG condition. Although originally published in 1942 and more museums have been added, the WPA guide is still arguably the best guide to the city and its history. $22.50
304008 Washington The Nation's Capital, by Charles B. Reynolds. Published by The Foster & Reynolds Company in New York, 1915. Photos, folding map, adverts, softcover (light wear), 12mo., 166 + 48 pp. VG condition. A practical guide to the public buildings, including Mount Vernon, with 200 illustrations. $20.00