Jack Hiddlestone (7 results)

Softcover. Condition: VG to VG-. Signed by the author. Some rubbing & edgewear; couple small spots on cover; some yellowing; otherwise overall clean & tight. 52 pages. Signed by the author.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. SIGNED & INSCRIBED by one author, Jack Hiddlestone. First edition (no additional printings listed). Paperback, 8 1/2 x 11 inches, index, 230 pp, profusely illustrated with black and white postcard photographs. Includes laid-in newspaper review of the book. Very good. Corners bumped, with lower corner of front cover creased, approximately 1x4x4 inch faded area on opposite corner, old price label on rear cover, previous owner's name and address label on title page, otherwise tight, clean, paper crisp, unmarked and apparently never read. Photographic tour of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania as seen in vintage "view" postcards, with brief essays giving the history of various towns, explanatory captions about the scenes, which include famous buildings, coal breakers, rural life, railroad stations, etc. History; travel; tourism; nostalgia; Americana; Scranton; antiques; photography; Pennsylvania. …

Unknown. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Stiff burgundy pictorial wraps. Minor shelf wear, nearly as issued. [vi],230 pp., illus. 1st ptg. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. Revised second edition. Original covers, glossy coated paper, 8 1/2 x 11 inches, 80 pp, profusely illustrated with vintage photographs, etc. Softcover, fine: tight, clean, paper crisp, unmarked and apparently never read. "Scranton Luna Park is unquestionably the grandest and most complete amusement and recreative place between the great ocean resorts. It was built by Frederick Ingersoll, of Pittsburgh, at a cost of $300,000. It is an architectural fashion plate, and the scenic beauty is unsurpassed in this country. The institution is an elaborate example of the modern type of exposition parks with magnificent buildings, ball rooms, restaurants, roller coasters, shoot-the-chutes, concert bands, circus performances, exhilarating rides and exposition shows, combining the scenic, electrical, mechanical and theatric in makeup. It is necessarily a place of novel diversions; a land of laughter for the little ones, and a mecca for rest, retrospection and recreation." History; Scranton; Pennsylvania; amusement parks.…

Paperback. Condition: VG/No Dustjacket. .: Lackawanna Historical Society. VG/No Dustjacket. (1997). . Paperback. Signed by author, Hiddlestone. "Autographed Copy" sticker on cover. White Cover . 4to., 230 pp. . Black & White Photographs (illustrator).