Authors starting with B from Joseph J. Felcone Inc.

1940. BABSON, WILLIAM ARTHUR. Modern Wilderness. New York, 1940. xix, 261 p. Plates. Cloth. Ornithology and natural history of the regions adjoining the Passaic River. ... more information

1816. [BADGER, BARBER]. The Naval Temple: Containing a Complete History of the Battles Fought by the Navy of the United States. From its Establishment in 1794, to the Present Time.... Boston: Barber Badger, 1816. 322 p. Engraved fore-title and 7 plates. Contemporary sheep. Foxed, lacking rear blanks, tiny crack at top of upper joing, else a tight copy. Second edition of this popular survey of the American navy. ... more information

1978. BAGLIVO, ANGELO V. A Celebration of People: The Bicentennial in New Jersey. Trenton, 1978. [8], 203 p. Illus. Cloth. A statewide record of the celebration. ... more information

1989. BAILEY, JOHN. Sentinel of the Jersey Cape. The Story of the Cape May Point Lighthouse. Cape May, 1989. [2], iv, 56 p. Illus. Wrappers. ... more information

1936. BAILEY, ROSALIE FELLOWS. Pre-Revolutionary Dutch Houses and Families in Northern New Jersey and Southern New York. New York, 1936. Thick 4to. 612 p. Illus. Cloth. One of 334/666 numbered copies of a total printing of 1000 copies. An important genealogical as well as illustrated architectural reference work on early Dutch houses and families. Includes Bergen and Hudson Counties as well as Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset, and, to a lesser extent, the northwestern counties. Also Rockland, Richmond, and Kin... more information

1977. BAILEY, SHIRLEY R. Yesteryear on the Cohansey River. Millville, 1977. Obl. 4to. [56] p. Illus. Wrappers. Viewbook of early photographs of scenes along the Cohansey River in Cumberland County. ... more information

1874. BAKER, SAMUEL W. A Ismailia. A Narrative of the Expedition to Central Africa for the Suppression of the Slave Trade. Organized by Ismail, Khedive of Egypt. London: MacMillan and Co., 1874. 2 vols. viii, 448 p. + 55 p. publisher's cat.; viii, 588 p. 2 maps, numerous plates. Publisher's green cloth. Inner hinges of vol. 1 cracked, short tear at the top of one spine, moderate rubbing of the extremities, but a very good copy of a book that is rarely found in fine condition. Armorial bookplate. Fir... more information

1965. BANCROFT, RAYMOND MITCHELL. Collingswood Story. A Series of Chapter- Profiles in Picture and Story. Collingswood, 1965. [6], 90 p. Illus. Wrappers. Local history of Collingswood, Camden County. ... more information

1909. BANKER, HOWARD JAMES. A Partial History and Genealogical Record of the Bancker or Banker Families of America, and in Particular the Descendants of Laurens Mattyse Bancker. [N.p., 1909.] 458 p. Plates. Cloth. Noticeable dampstain in the upper right corner of the first and last several pages, else a very good copy. Genealogy of the descendants of the Banckers of New Netherland. Chiefly New York ancestry. ... more information

1967. BANKS, IVY JACKSON. Banks of the Delaware: The Life and Times of Frederick Banks, 1898-1964. Trenton, 1967. 204 p. Illus. Cloth. Reminiscences of early twentieth century Trenton, with many early photographs of the town. ... more information

1990. BANTA, THEODORE M. A Frisian Family. The Banta Genealogy. Descendants of Epke Jacobse, who Came from Friesland, Netherlands, to New Amsterdam, February, 1659. New York, 1893 [i.e., Salem, Mass., ca. 1990s]. [xv], 412 p. Illus. Cloth. Higginson reprint of the 1893 edition. An early New Amsterdam and New Jersey family, chiefly in Bergen County and the surrounding area. ... more information

1910. BAQUET, CAMILLE. History of the First Brigade, New Jersey Volunteers, from 1861 to 1865. Trenton, 1910. [2], iii, 515 p. Plates. Cloth. Stitching just a bit loose, as usual with this book, else a very good, clean copy. History of Philip Kearny's First New Jersey Brigade. The appendix includes muster-in rolls of the unit. ... more information

1816. [BARBE-MARBOIS, FRANCOIS]. Complot d'Arnold et de Sir Henry Clinton contre les Etats-Unis d'Amerique et contre le General Washington. Septembre 1780. Paris: P. Didot, 1816. [4], xliv, 184 p. Map, 2 ports. Contemporary calf, attractively gilt. Front outer hinge broken (inner holding securely), corners worn. Internally fine and fresh. First edition. The classic early account of Arnold's treason, written by one of the great friends of American independence. Howes B114. ... more information

1774. BARBER, FRANCIS (1751-1783). Elizabethtown schoolmaster, Revolutionary War patriot, killed by a falling tree in 1783. Autograph letter signed, Little Duck Creek, 24 February 1774. To an unnamed recipient, on financial matters. 1 page, quarto. Very good. ... more information

1975. BARBER, JOHN W., and HENRY HOWE. Historical Collections of New Jersey: Past and Present.... Spartanburg, S.C., 1975. [4], 543, [1] p. Illus. Cloth. Reprint of the 1868 edition. This was final edition of the most popular history of New Jersey, first published in 1844 and re-issued, with additional material, numerous times over a 24-year period. The many charming woodcuts of town views are particularly appealing. See Felcone, New Jersey Books, 352, for a lengthy essay on this remarkable book. ... more information

1966. BARBER, JOHN W., and HENRY HOWE. Historical Collections of New Jersey: Past and Present.... New Haven, 1868 [i.e., Spartanburg, S.C., 1966]. [4], 543, [1] p. Illus. Cloth. Minor dampstain. Reprint of the 1868 edition. This (i.e., the 1868 edition) was the final edition of the most popular history of New Jersey, first published in 1844 and re-issued, with additional material, numerous times over a 24-year period. The many charming woodcuts of town views are particularly appealing. See Felcone, New Jers... more information

1856. BARBER, JOHN W., and HENRY HOWE. Historical Collections of the State of New Jersey; Containing a General Collection of the Most Interesting Facts, Traditions, Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes, Etc. Relating to its History and Antiquities, with Geographical Descriptions of Every Township in the State. Newark, [ca. 1856]. 512 (of 522) p., lacking the final five leaves. Illus. Plates (2 in color), folding colored map. Neat slightly later cloth, leather spine label. The usual foxing. A slightly imperfect ... more information

1853. BARBER, JOHN W., and HENRY HOWE. Historical Collections of the State of New Jersey; Containing a General Collection of the Most Interesting Facts, Traditions, Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes, Etc. Relating to its History and Antiquities, with Geographical Descriptions of Every Township in the State. Newark, [1853]. 519, [1] p. Illus. Plates (2 in color), folding map. Modern cloth. Owner's name stamped in gold on front cover. The 1853 reprint of the first edition of 1844, with sundry updates and a... more information

1873. BARBER, MISS. The True Narrative of the Five Years' Suffering & Perilous Adventures, by Miss Barber, Wife of "Squatting Bear," a Celebrated Sioux Chief. Miss Barber, a Native of Massachusetts ... Resolved to go among the Indians ... and with that Purpose in View Married Squatting Bear ... A Valuable Feature of this Work is the Indian Receipts ... for the cure of Various Diseases.... Philadelphia: Barclay, [c1873]. [2], [19]-94, 97-107, [1] p. 9 plates. Neat modern goat-backed marbled... more information

1896. BARHAM, RICHARD H. The Garrick Club. Notices of One Hundred and Thirty- Five of its Former Members. [N.p.], 1896. viii, 57, [1] p. Facsim. White cloth (spotted, spine darkened). Title darkened from tissue guard. One of 240 copies, privately printed. Barham's candid comments--often charming, just as often caustic--about his fellow Garrick members. Written in the middle of the century and here printed for the first time. ... more information