[Rarebooks] FS: 8 Books on Pennsylvania German Fraktur, Bookplates, Broadsides

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

Amsler, Cory M.  BUCKS COUNTY FRAKTUR.  Bucks County Historical
Society/Pennsylvania German Society: 1999.  “Richly and profusely
illustrated, this volume offers a stunning visual record of various
fraktur forms, while also referencing the social and cultural milieu in
which they were created. The book's essays, contributed by the leading
authorities on this folk art form, touch on the spiritual, educational,
aesthetic, and economic aspects of fraktur and consider the role played by
itinerant artists, extended communities, and group migrations in
transmitting the fraktur tradition.”.  Hardcover. 8.5”x11”, 387 pages,
color and black & white illustrations, dust jacket. Fine.  [35986]  $50.00


Borneman, Henry S.  PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN BOOKPLATES. A STUDY. 
Philadelphia; Pennsylvania German Society: 1953.  A delightful, meandering
but always focused study of hand-made bookplates of the Pennsylvania
Germans, based on the author’s own collection. “Highly personal in manner
and enriched with exceedingly handsome typography and design” (Karpel).
Karpel I-1526.  Hardcover. 6.5”x9.5”, 171 pages, 24 color plates, some
line illustrations. Publisher’s decorated boards. Near fine.  [35979] 
$85.00


Earnest, Corinne Patty & Beverly Repass Hoch.  GERMAN-AMERICAN FAMILY
RECORDS IN THE FRAKTUR TRADITION. BIRTH & BAPTISMAL CERTIFICATES AND BIBLE
RECORDS.  Albuquerque; Russell D. Earnest Associates/Beverly Repass Hoch:
1991.  “The first major publication devoted solely to genealogical
information on fraktur”. A valuable resource, with a full index of names. 
Softcover. 8.5”x11”, 254 pages, some line illustrations. Minor wear. 
[35985]  $65.00


Earnest, Russell and Corinne.  FLYING LEAVES AND ONE-SHEETS. PENNSYLVANIA
GERMAN BROADSIDES, FRAKTUR, AND THEIR PRINTERS.  New Castle; Oak Knoll
Books: 2005.  A very well-illustrated study of 18th and 19th century
Pennsylvania German broadsides and frakturs in Pennsylvania, Maryland,
Ohio, and the Shenandoah Valley.  Hardcover. 8.5”x11”, 337 pages, color
illustrations, dust jacket. Fine. Inscribed.  [35983]  $50.00


Hinks, Donald R.  BRETHREN HYMN BOOKS AND HYMNALS 1720-1884.  Gettysburg;
Brethren Heritage Press: 1986.  A singular study of the books and hymnals
of the Old German Baptist Brethren, the Dunkers, founded in Schwarzenau,
Germany in 1708, and in the United States in Germantown, Pennsylvania in
1719.  Hardcover. 9”x9”, 205 pages, black & white illustrations. Minor
wear.  [35988]  $45.00


Johnson, David R.  CHRISTIAN STRENGE, FRAKTUR ARTIST.  [contained in the]
The Rainbow – Der Reggeboge – Quarterly of the Pennsylvania German
Society. July, 1979. Vol.13, No.3.  The entire issue is devoted to the
life and work of a Lancaster County fraktur artist who came to America as
a Hessian soldier during the Revolution. After the war he stayed in
America and became a schoolmaster and Justice of the Peace.  Softcover.
6”x9”, 24 pages, black & white illustrations. Minor wear.  [35982]  $25.00


Yoder, Don (translator & editor).  THE PICTURE-BIBLE OF LUWIG DENIG. A
PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN EMBLEM BOOK.  Hudson Hills Press, in association with
the Museum of American Folk Art and the Pennsylvania German Society: 1990.
 An elegant 2-volume set documenting an extraordinary piece of Americana.
In 1784, or thereabouts, Lancaster, Pennsylvania shoemaker Ludwig Denig,
[1755-1830] created a family Bible by painting 60 watercolor sheets
depicting Biblical scenes, many with the performers clothed as 18th
century Pennsylvania Germans. This set includes a volume of commentary and
a volume which reproduces a photo facsimile of each page.  Hardcover. 2
volumes. 9”x8”, 180 pages with black & white illustrations, and 6 pages
plus 60 color pates. Slipcased. Near fine.  [35987]  $45.00


Yoder, Don.  THE PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN BROADSIDE. A HISTORY AND GUIDE. 
Pennsylvania State University Press: 2005.  “Fifteenth-century Germany was
the birthplace of movable type and of one of its powerful consequences,
the broadside. These mass-produced printed sheets allowed both the
Renaissance and the Reformation to spread with previously unimaginable
speed, and when German immigrants made their way to North America, the
cultural significance of the broadside followed. Don Yoder’s Pennsylvania
German Broadside examines the history and legacy of these printed sheets
within the Pennsylvania German community. The author defines a broadside
as any piece of paper printed on one side that is intended to be given
away or sold. Where some experts have narrowed—and, in Yoder’s opinion,
distorted—the definition of the broadside to focus primarily on song and
ballad broadsides, Yoder’s definition encompasses a much wider range of
material. In this more comprehensive approach to the medium, not only
“street literature” but also such documents as elegies, spiritual
testaments, and certificates of birth, baptism, confirmation, and marriage
are all considered legitimate broadsides that tie the individual to the
culture of the community. After tracing the migration of the broadside
from Germany to America, the author dedicates each of ten chapters to a
specific broadside subject, including medical broadsides, political and
military broadsides, sale bills, posters, house blessings, and “letters
from heaven.”
Intended for historians, collectors, and general readers, The Pennsylvania
German Broadside features more than 200 illustrations and an engaging,
accessible text. It is the first book devoted specifically to Pennsylvania
German broadsides.”.  Hardcover. 9.5”x11.5”, 366 pages, black & white and
color illustrations, dust jacket. Near fine.  [35984]  $60.00


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