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Lot 812
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8 vols. 8 vols.
Philadelphia & Pennsylvania - History, Description & Travel: Weems, M.L. The Life of William Penn. Phila.: Uriah Hunt, 1829. 12mo, contemp. sheep, morocco spine label; scuffed, extremities rubbed. Frontis portrait. Moderate foxing throughout. 1st Uriah Hunt ed. Am. Imp. 41471. * (Bowen, Daniel, pub.) A History of Philadelphia with a Notice of Villages,...City Improvements, up to...1839... Phila., 1839. 1st ed. Contemp. cloth-backed bds; spine chipped & crudely repaired, some edge wear, hinges crudely repaired. Frontis, plate, wood-engraved illus., 7 specimen leaves. Scattered light foxing, occasional internal dampstaining. Sabin 7048. * Watson, John F. Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania,... (Philadelphia), 1850. 2 vols, 4to, later 19th-century 3/4 purple/brown morocco & marbled bds, gilt, spines richly gilt, morocco spine labels; occasionally scuffed. With 41 illus on 33 plates. Internally generally clean. Howes W-169. * The 1830 New York Appendix to the preceding, frontis (2 images), 3 fold panoramas (repaired). Moderate foxing. * Bowen, Eli. The Pictorial Sketch Book of Pennsylvania. Phila.: Willis P. Hazard, 1852. 1st ed. 8vo, orig. red cloth, gilt, a.e.g; scuffed, corners & spine ends frayed. Frontis, wood-engraved full-page & text illus; fold color map (some offsetting, creasing along folds.) * (Lippincott, J.B., pub.) Philadelphia and its Environs, and the Railroad Scenery of Pennsylvania. Phila., (1875). Lg 8vo, orig. gilt-lettered cloth; light wear. Frontis, double-page map, full-page & text illus, adverts. Internally clean. * Daly, T.A. The Wissahickon. (Phila): Garden Club of Phila, 1922. 1st ed., 1st issue. 12mo, orig. green cloth, paper label; light wear, d/j (chipped at edges.)