Old Stuff in Up-Country Pennsylvania
by Robacker, Earl F
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Nr Fine in Torn & Taped DJ/Poor
- ISBN 10
- 0498012115
- ISBN 13
- 9780498012112
- Seller
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Comfort, Texas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: A S Barnes & Co, 1973. 1st Ed. Some edge wear to boards, small bump center bottom front & back, overall content excellent. Hardbound. Folio. 19 Pgs.. Nr Fine in Torn & Taped DJ/Poor. Stephen A Karas and Bryden Taylor. Old Stuff in Up-Country Pennsylvania by Earl F Robacker. Published by A S Barnes & Co, New York, NY, 1973. 1st Edition. Hardbound. Paper DJ. Folio (up to 15'' tall). Condition: Nr Fine in Torn & Taped DJ. Some edge wear to boards, small bump center bottom front & back, overall content excellent. 283 Pgs. ISBN 0498012115. LCCN 72-5174. The author carries the reader from pioneer days to the present, surveying folk ways, thought patterns, and antiques peculiar to the up-country (Wayne, Pike, and Monroe Counties, Pennsylvania). Mica-flecked redware from long-vanished potteries; home-crafted gear once used in making maple sugar; wonderful old ''piece-patch'' quilts and loomed coverlets; interlocking wooden puzzles, whittled by hand; exquisite Dorflinger glass from White Mills, these and dozens of other topics are discussed. Illustrated with over 180 photographs of different Pennsylvania Dutch antiques, including a number in color, as well as end-of-chapter lists of what collectors are looking for and buying today. Photographs by Stephen a Karas and Bryden Taylor. Description text copyright 2007 BooksForComfort. Item ID 14446.
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- Bookseller
- Comfort Kraft (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14446
- Title
- Old Stuff in Up-Country Pennsylvania
- Author
- Robacker, Earl F
- Illustrator
- Stephen A Karas and Bryden Taylor
- Format/Binding
- Some edge wear to boards, small bump center bottom front & back, overall content excellent. Hardbound. Folio. 19 Pgs.
- Book Condition
- Used - Nr Fine in Torn & Taped DJ
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Ed
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0498012115
- ISBN 13
- 9780498012112
- Publisher
- A S Barnes & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- Photography, Cameras
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About the Seller
Comfort Kraft
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Comfort, Texas
About Comfort Kraft
We have been in business since 1988 and have been online since 1997
We have our own web stores as well as affiliates such as ABE, Biblio, Ebid, Antiqbook.
We have been selling books since 1999 and take pride in our complete descriptions of our books.
We are (slowly) setting up a B&M store on our country property and hope to have it open ASAP.
We will have both books and craft/collectible items in the shop. IN the meantime, please find us online
We have our own web stores as well as affiliates such as ABE, Biblio, Ebid, Antiqbook.
We have been selling books since 1999 and take pride in our complete descriptions of our books.
We are (slowly) setting up a B&M store on our country property and hope to have it open ASAP.
We will have both books and craft/collectible items in the shop. IN the meantime, please find us online
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