Earl Ibach (20 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket - As Published. First Edition. Bound in black boards, stamped in gold. 256 pp. with hundreds of black and white photographs of the Womelsdorf area of Berks County Pennsylvania. Tight, clean copy. Signed on the front endpaper by the author. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Not Issued. 1st Edition. Black cloth, lettered/decorated in gold foil. A few slight surface marks, virtually as issued, with light shelf/handling wear. Signed on front flyleaf "Best Wishes / Earl W. Ibach." 256 pp., illus. w/ b&w photographs. Minimally ex-library with labels/stamp to front endpapers, otherwise unmarked (did not circulate). Collection of vintage photographs of western Berks County, not limited to items related to the Keystone Band, which occupies only the first 67 pages; remaining content is devoted to well-captioned historic views of Bernville, Bethel, Brownsville, Centreport, Frystown, Host, Meckville, Millbach, Mt. Aetna, Mt. Pleasant, Myerstown, Newmanstown, New Schaefferstown, Rehrersburg, Richland, Robesonia, Schubert, Shartlesville, Sheridan, Stouchsburg, Strausstown, Wernersville, Wintersville, and Womelsdorf. Author Ibach was among the best historans of Berks County. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Ex Libris and author's signature on cover page. Good, clean copy. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Not Issued. 1st Edition. Black cloth, lettered/decorated in gold foil. Fairly pronounced binding lean, but otherwise virtually as issued, with light shelf/handling wear. Signed on front flyleaf "Best Wishes / Earl W. Ibach." 256 pp., illus. w/ b&w photographs. Collection of vintage photographs of western Berks County, not limited to items related to the Keystone Band, which occupies only the first 67 pages; remaining content is devoted to well-captioned historic views of Bernville, Bethel, Brownsville, Centreport, Frystown, Host, Meckville, Millbach, Mt. Aetna, Mt. Pleasant, Myerstown, Newmanstown, New Schaefferstown, Rehrersburg, Richland, Robesonia, Schubert, Shartlesville, Sheridan, Stouchsburg, Strausstown, Wernersville, Wintersville, and Womelsdorf. Author Ibach was among the best historans of Berks County. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Not Issued. 1st Edition. Black cloth, lettered/decorated in gold foil. Minor binding lean, otherwise virtually as issued, with light shelf/handling wear. Signed on front flyleaf "Sincere Regards / Earl W. Ibach." 256 pp., illus. w/ b&w photographs. Small institutional address label mounted on upper front flyleaf. Collection of vintage photographs of western Berks County, not limited to items related to the Keystone Band, which occupies only the first 67 pages; remaining content is devoted to well-captioned historic views of Bernville, Bethel, Brownsville, Centreport, Frystown, Host, Meckville, Millbach, Mt. Aetna, Mt. Pleasant, Myerstown, Newmanstown, New Schaefferstown, Rehrersburg, Richland, Robesonia, Schubert, Shartlesville, Sheridan, Stouchsburg, Strausstown, Wernersville, Wintersville, and Womelsdorf. Author Ibach was among the best historans of Berks County. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Not Issued. 1st Edition. Black cloth, lettered/decorated in gold foil. As issued. Signed on front flyleaf "Best Wishes / Earl W. Ibach." 256 pp., illus. w/ b&w photographs. Minimally ex-library with labels/stamp to front endpapers, otherwise unmarked (did not circulate). Collection of vintage photographs of western Berks County, not limited to items related to the Keystone Band, which occupies only the first 67 pages; remaining content is devoted to well-captioned historic views of Bernville, Bethel, Brownsville, Centreport, Frystown, Host, Meckville, Millbach, Mt. Aetna, Mt. Pleasant, Myerstown, Newmanstown, New Schaefferstown, Rehrersburg, Richland, Robesonia, Schubert, Shartlesville, Sheridan, Stouchsburg, Strausstown, Wernersville, Wintersville, and Womelsdorf. Author Ibach was among the best historans of Berks County. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Condition: Very Good. Signed Copy . Inscribed by author on front endpage. (Pennsylvania, Tulpehocken, Keystone Band).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. Deaccessioned stamp on front endpaper else a clean and tightly bound copy. Oversized pictorial history of the Tulpehocken Township area of Berks County, Pennsylvania, includes several photographs of the local Keystone Band. ; MCN29918; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 256 pp.

Gilt Embossed Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. B&W Photographs (illustrator). Author's ink signature and small inscription on bottom corner of ffep; Glossy pages are immaculate and tight, b&w photographs. Minor scuffing to the black cloth binding, overall a gift quality copy, gilt lettering/decoration stamped on front cover and down spine. 256pp., including acknowledgments. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed by Author. Hardcover.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. First printing. As New! Signed by the author. CTJ. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. SIGNED & INSCRIBED by the author. 8 1/2 x 11 inches. Hardcover, fine: tight, clean, paper crisp, unmarked and apparently never read. Similar to the Images of America, a tour of towns in the area via vintage photographs. History; Americana; autograph; Pennsylvania; 256 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Author signed on the first free end paper, adding only: "Best Wishes". Gilt lettering and crossed cigars emblem on the brown front cover. Oblong 11-1/4" x 9", 316 pages. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Signed. First Edition. SIGNED by author on ffep. No jacket. Minor shelf/reading wear. Minor rubbing to back board. Pages/boards clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Russet brown covers have gilt title and ornament. Boards show some exposure, smudges, scuffing, edgewear. Corners are bumped. See photos. Spine has gilt text somewhat dimmed and is a little faded with softened ends. See photos. Binding is secure. End papers/ pastedowns show little sign of age or wear. Owner's Ex Libris embossed stamp present on title page. See photos. Illustrations in black and white are bright and clear. Interior exhibits minimal signs of age and wear. Inside pages are free of intentional marks.** PS2026.0407** 664 pages. 8.5 x 11 inches** Second Edition. Publisher's russet cloth, lettered in gilt on top board. Signed and inscribed by author on portrait page (verso of Preface). Copiously illustrated with portraits, facsimiles of documents, maps, views. Work of local Pennsylvania history includes a list of subscribers, detailed Table of Contents, and List of Illustrations following the text. Boards show a little exposure and shelfwear, with crisp interior. Condition is overall Very Good.** One of the essential studies of Berks County history, with Womelsdorf its central focus.** Ex Libris Margaret E. Sheaffer (1925-2019), born in Lancaster and long-time resident of New Holland, Pennsylvania.** Second edition. Signed and inscribed by author, "With Sincere Regards" on portrait page (verso of Preface).** "Postage for oversized and international shipping will be calculated by size and weight. AbeBooks shipping quotes are ESTIMATES only. Seller Inventory #010446"**. Inscribed by Author(s).

Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. As new, 256 pps.

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: Not Issued. 1st Edition. SIGNED. Brown cloth, lettered in gold foil. A nicely preserved copy with minor shelf wear, slight moisture ring on lower front cover (a minor cosmetic distraction). Front flyleaf torn and neatly tape-mended at top of front hinge. Firm binding, clean interior. Signed by author on portrait page (full signature with generic "Best Regards" salutation). One of the essential studies of Berks County history. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Partial run of the annual journal of the Tulpehocken Settlement Historical Society, consisting of Vols. I-XXXVIII (1-38), lacking only Vol. XIX (19), thus 37 of first 38 issues, uniformly bound in stiff light green wraps (early issues in various shades), lettered/illus. in black. All issues show minor handling wear. Vol. I was issued Nov. 1970. Topics include Stouchsburg Academy, Jacob S. Yoder, Robesonia Furnace, Doctors Livingood, Saga of Godfrey Fidler, Rieth's (Reed's) Church and Environs, Original Tulpehocken Landowners, Arthur D. Graeff's Diary, Forge School Records, Conrad Weiser, Paths of the Palatines, Womelsdorfs and Wittgensteiners, Johann Peter Leiss, Henry William Stiegel, St. Daniel's Lutheran Congregation (Heidelberg), Ledgers of Charming Forge, Alfred D. Staudt, Rev. Thomas C. Leinbach, Trix Sisters, Helen and Josephine Yeiser, Christ Lutheran Church, Gleanings of the Tulpehocken Poets, Account Book of Johannes Leiss, Isaac Kalbach, Mills Along the Tulpehocken, Amy Webber, Reed's Lutheran Church Baptism Book, Zion Lutheran Church, Early Tulpehocken Tombstones, Down the Lebanon Valley by Rev. P. C. Croll, Lutheran Congregation of Heidelberg, Pennsylvania Rifle in the Tulpehocken, The P&R and the Panic of 1893, Palatine Emigration of 1709 (Jacob Kobel family), Philip Mayer, Leonard Reed's Will and other Reed Documents, Old Time Funerals in the Tulpehocken, Growing Up in Rehrersburg. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Not Issued. 1st Edition. INSCRIBED. Brown cloth, lettered in gold foil. Minor shelf/handling wear, mild soiling to bottom text block edge at corner. Former owner's address label mounted on upper front flyleaf. Firm binding, clean interior. 664 pp., illus. Inscribed by author on portrait page (verso of Preface), full signature with generic "Best Regards" inscription, undated. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Inscribed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Not Issued. 1st Edition. SIGNED. Brown cloth, lettered in gold foil. A nicely preserved copy with a minor binding lean likely original to issue, slight rubbing to back cover, otherwise virtually as issued. Former owner's book plate mounted on upper front flyleaf. Firm binding, clean interior. Signed by author on portrait page (full signature with generic "Best Regards" salutation). One of the essential studies of Berks County history. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Condition: Very Good. SIGNED/INSCRIBED! Womelsdorf, PA: Tulpehocken Settlement Historical Society, 1989. Presumed 1st. 4to. 256pp. Illus. Inscribed by author on front free endpage. Very Good book. Short gifter's inscription on front free endpage. (Pennsylvania, Berks County, Rehrersburg, social life, Keystone Band) Inquire if you need further information.