I think I have a right to call myself a Philadelphian, though I am not sure if Philadelphia is of the same opinion. I was born in Philadelphia, as my Father was before me, but my ancestors, having had the sense to emigrate to America in time to make me as American as an American can be, were then so inconsiderate as to waste a couple of centuries in Virginia and Maryland, and my Grandfather was the first of the family to settle in a town where it is important, if you belong at all, to have belonged from the beginning. ...
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I think I have a right to call myself a Philadelphian, though I am not sure if Philadelphia is of the same opinion. I was born in Philadelphia, as my Father was before me, but my ancestors, having had the sense to emigrate to America in time to make me as American as an American can be, were then so inconsiderate as to waste a couple of centuries in Virginia and Maryland, and my Grandfather was the first of the family to settle in a town where it is important, if you belong at all, to have belonged from the beginning. However, J.'s ancestors, with greater wisdom, became at the earliest available moment not only Philadelphians, but Philadelphia Friends, and how very much more that means Philadelphians know without my telling them. And so, as he does belong from the beginning and as I would have belonged had I had my choice, for I would rather be a Philadelphian than any other sort of American. I do not see why I cannot call myself one despite the blunder of my forefathers in so long calling themselves something else.
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Seller's Description:
VG, very minor tear and some wear along edges, some pages have foxing, and at least 2 pages found unopened. Beautiful copy. Red cloth boards with impressed gold gilt lettering, [xiv] 552pp, 105 BW lithographed plates. A marvellous book full of lithographs by Joseph Pennell with text by his wife, Elizabeth Pennell. She writes beautifully of a time past, and even states in the preface that her words and his drawings record a Philadelphia that even then was passing so quickly that this record "in a few years would be impossible for anybody to make, so continually is Philadelphia changing." A must have for historians, Pennell enthusiasts, Philadelphiophiles, or anyone looking for an intriguing and poignant read.
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VG, very minor tear and some wear along edges, few pages have foxing. Beautiful copy. Red cloth boards with impressed gold gilt lettering, [xiv] 552pp, 105 BW lithographed plates. A marvellous book full of lithographs by Joseph Pennell with text by his wife, Elizabeth Pennell. She writes beautifully of a time past, and even states in the preface that her words and his drawings record a Philadelphia that even then was passing so quickly that this record "in a few years would be impossible for anybody to make, so continually is Philadelphia changing." A must have for historians, Pennell enthusiasts, Philadelphiophiles, or anyone looking for an intriguing and poignant read. THIS copy with the bookplate of Elizabeth Pentland Baird, who lived in Hawaii with a view, from her backyard, of Diamond Head. That scene was etched by H. Nelson Poole, a local and talented etcher, for her bookplate, which adorns the inside cover of this volume.
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Joseph Pennell. VG+ in N/A jacket. Book. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Red buckram, lettered in gilt, gilt top edge, edges slightly deckled. Lightly rubbed along joints, with corners a bit exposed. A few light surface marks to cloth. xiv, 552 pp., illus. 105 lithographs by Joseph Pennell. Interior clean and bright. On the better side of VG, a nicely preserved copy.
