FARMER'S ALMANAC, for the Year of our Lord 1863 ... By Samuel Hart
1862. ... FARMER'S ALMANAC, for the Year of our Lord 1863 ... By Samuel Hart Wright. Rahway: D. F. Coles, [1862]. 35, [1] p. Stitched. Foxed and moderately soiled and dog-eared. At head of title, "No. 38." The final page contains a full-page advt. for Coles' drug, paint, and book store in Rahway.
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ENTERTAINING, MORAL, AND RELIGIOUS REPOSITORY; Containing Upwards
1798. THE ENTERTAINING, MORAL, AND RELIGIOUS REPOSITORY; Containing Upwards of Three Score Separate Performances, all of which are Written in a Simple yet Pleasing Style, and are Eminently Calculated for the Amusement and Instruction of the Youth of Both Sexes ... In Two Volumes. Elizabeth-Town: Shepard Kollock, 1798. 396 p. Contemporary sheep (worn, front hinge cracking). Tape repair on title page and on several other early leaves, overall soiling and staining, numerous gatherings pulled. Withal, a respectable copy. ... Read More
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FEW WORDS IN ANSWER to the Attack Made by Bishop Doane ...
1852. A FEW WORDS IN ANSWER to the Attack Made by Bishop Doane on Three Bishops and Four Laymen, in his "Protest, Appeal, and Reply." Trenton, 1852. 29 p. Wrappers. By William Halsted, Caleb Perkins, Peter V. Coppuck, and Bennington Gill. The Bishop Doane controversy.
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SPORTSMAN'S COMPANION or An Essay on Shooting
1930. THE SPORTSMAN'S COMPANION or An Essay on Shooting.... New York: Ernest R. Gee, 1930. ix, [1], 52, [2] p. Paper-covered boards, paper labels. Small repaired split at bottom of spine, else fine in damaged glassine and nice publisher's slipcase. Bookplate. One of 200 copies privately printed at the Derrydale Press for Ernest Gee. A presentation copy, inscribed by Gee to Charles Sawyer, presumably the English antiquarian bookseller. The Sportsman's Companion was the first sporting book published in... Read More
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CATECHISMUS MINOR Recensitus in usum Tyronum Collegii Neo-Caesariensis
1803. CATECHISMUS MINOR Recensitus in usum Tyronum Collegii Neo-Casariensis. Philadelphia: Jana Aitken, 1803. 16 p. Stitched. The Westminster Assembly's shorter catechism, adapted for use in the College of New Jersey. Felcone, New Jersey Books (2nd edn.), 319.
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LENAPE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY. From an Anonymous Ms. in the Archives of
1888. A LENAPE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY. From an Anonymous Ms. in the Archives of the Moravian Church at Bethlehem, Pa. Philadelphia, 1888. [8], 236 p. Port. Cloth. Top of spine torn, front inner hinge cracked, stitching loose with a few gatherings pulled. Edited, with additions, by Daniel G. Brinton and Rev. Albert Seqaqkind Anthony. An early scholarly attempt at a dictionary of the Lenape language. Pennsylvania Students' Series, vol. I.
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COLLECTION OF POEMS. In Six Volumes
1763. A COLLECTION OF POEMS. In Six Volumes. London: For R. and J. Dodsley, 1763. 6 vols. 2 engraved plates, engraved title vignettes and headpieces. Half titles present. Contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt, red and black spine labels. Bindings moderately rubbed at extremities, a few hinges cracking but secure. A very attractive set. With the armorial bookplates of James Perrot and Admiral Duff, the latter dated 1858. Edited by Robert Dodsley. A later edition of Dodsley's highly influential... Read More
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INVENTORY OF FEDERAL ARCHIVES in the States
1940. INVENTORY OF FEDERAL ARCHIVES in the States .... Series X, The Department of Commerce. No. 29, New Jersey. Newark, 1940. 4to. iv, 46, [1] p. Wrappers. Compiled by the Historical Records Survey Project of the W.P.A.
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LETTER TO THE AUTHOR of the Vindication of the Ecclesiastical
1688. A LETTER TO THE AUTHOR of the Vindication of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, Concerning the Legality of that Court. [Oxford, 1688]. 4to. 8 p. Caption title. Removed. Wing L1727.
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PINE BARRENS: Ecosystem and Landscape
1979. PINE BARRENS: Ecosystem and Landscape. New York, 1979. xlii, 601 p. Illus. Cloth. A major scholarly study of the Pine Barrens. Edited by Richard T. T. Forman.
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RECORDS OF THE SWEDISH LUTHERAN CHURCHES
1938. THE RECORDS OF THE SWEDISH LUTHERAN CHURCHES at Raccoon and Penns Neck, 1713-1786. [N.p.], 1938. xv, 387 p. Frontis. Cloth. Important historical and genealogical source material on the South Jersey Swedes. Compiled by the Federal Writers' Project of the W.P.A., with an introduction and notes by Amandus Johnson.
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PULSE OF THE PEOPLE: New Jersey, 1763-1789
1976. THE PULSE OF THE PEOPLE: New Jersey, 1763-1789. [Trenton: New Jersey State Museum, 1976]. 4to. 268 p. Illus. Wrappers. Handsomely illustrated catalogue of the museum's Bicentennial exhibition, mounted under the direction of E. Leslie Byrnes, Jr., and Suzanne Corlette. An important record of 18th century New Jersey fine and decorative arts, printing, etc., and a useful reference work.
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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD of Hunterdon and Warren Counties
1898. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD of Hunterdon and Warren Counties, New Jersey. Containing Portraits and Biographies of many Well Known Citizens of the Past and Present.... New York: Chapman Publishing Co., 1898. 4to. [10], [19]-578 p. incl. ports. Modern cloth. One of the standard nineteenth century biographical works on these two counties.
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OUR HOME: A Monthly Magazine of Original Articles ..
1873. OUR HOME: A Monthly Magazine of Original Articles, Historical, Biographical, Scientific and Miscellaneous, Mostly by Somerset and Hunterdon County Writers, and on Subjects Largely Pertaining to these Counties .... Somerville: Vol. I no. 1, Jan. 1873, through vol. I no. 12, Dec. 1873. Twelve numbers, bound together in the original publisher's cloth binding, without ads. Spine ends worn away, inner hinges broken, front endpaper loose. Van Doren Honeyman's personal copy, with his bookplate on the front pastedown, part... Read More
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TRUE AMERICAN
1821. THE TRUE AMERICAN. Trenton: James J. Wilson, Sept. 1, 1821. Vol. XXI no. 1070. One column clipped out.
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CITIZEN & FARMER'S ALMANAC, for the Year of Our Lord 1818 ...
1817. THE CITIZEN & FARMER'S ALMANAC, for the Year of Our Lord 1818 ... By David Young.... Morristown: Jacob Mann, [1817]. [36] p. Removed from a bound volume. Fine. S&S 40476; Felcone, New Jersey Books (2nd edn.), 372; Drake 5330.
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RIGHT OF A STATE to Grant Exclusive Privileges, in Roads, Bridges
1811. THE RIGHT OF A STATE to Grant Exclusive Privileges, in Roads, Bridges, Canals, Navigable Waters, &c. Vindicated.... New York: E. Conrad, 1811. 12mo. 4, [3], 6-44, 9 p. Stitched in blue paper wrappers, as issued. Three leaves considerably foxed, else a lovely, as-illsued copy. An anonymous defense of the exclusive privileges granted to Robert Fulton and Robert R. Livingston to operate a steamboat on New York waters. The work reviews, in considerable detail, the history of exclusive... Read More
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NEW JERSEY TRENDS
1974. NEW JERSEY TRENDS. [New Brunswick], 1974. [14], 633 p. Charts. Wrappers. Study by Rutgers University's Institute for Environmental Studies of population and economy, natural resources, housing, etc.
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BRIEF HISTORY of the New Jersey Congressional Election, of 1838
1839. A BRIEF HISTORY of the New Jersey Congressional Election, of 1838, Re-Published from No. 18 United States Magazine and Democratic Review. New York: James Webster, [1839]. Cover title, 16 p. Wrappers. On the alleged political chicanery in the 1838 congressional election.
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NEW-JERSEY AND PENNSYLVANIA ALMANAC, for ... 1815
1814. THE NEW-JERSEY AND PENNSYLVANIA ALMANAC, for ... 1815 ... By Joshua Sharp, of New-Jersey. Trenton: George Sherman, [1814]. [40] p. Illus. Removed. Drake 5311; Felcone, New Jersey Books (2nd edn.), 1721.
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ROSE BUD
1841. THE ROSE BUD. Newark: James Cox. Vol. I no. 37, Jan. 23, 1841. Newark newspaper.
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NEW JERSEY 1800 Cumberland County Census Index
NEW JERSEY 1800 Cumberland County Census Index. North Salt Lake, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems, [ca. 1980]. 4to. [3], 32, [30], 42 leaves. Cloth. "Special limited edition. Second edition," but in reality an exact reprint of the 1977 edition. Edited by Ronald Vern Jackson. An indexed transcription of a surviving contemporary copy of the Cumberland County part of the lost 1800 New Jersey census.
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PUBLIC ART in New Jersey During the Period of the American Renaissance
1990. PUBLIC ART in New Jersey During the Period of the American Renaissance. Wayne: Museums Council of New Jersey, c1990. 4to. 96 p. Illus. Wrappers. Nine illustrated essays on public buildings, sculpture, and murals created in New Jersey from about 1870 to 1920.
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PRINCETONIANS, 1748-1768
1976. PRINCETONIANS, 1748-1768. A Biographical Dictionary. Princeton, 1976. xxviii, 706 p. Illus. Cloth. The first volume in an important biographical series. Many of the college's early graduates were New Jersey residents or had strong New Jersey ties. Edited by James McLachlan.
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SOMERSET COUNTY HISTORICAL QUARTERLY
1987. SOMERSET COUNTY HISTORICAL QUARTERLY. Vol. I, 1912, through vol. VIII, 1919. Lambertville, 1987-97. 8 vols. Plates. Cloth. Reprint of the 1912-1919 original set, with the addition of new name indexes in the first three volumes. A complete run of this essential journal of Somerset (and, to a lesser extent, Hunterdon) County local history and genealogy. Edited by A. Van Doren Honeyman.
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