TRIAL OF JOSEPH GERRALD, Delegate from the London Corresponding
1794. THE TRIAL OF JOSEPH GERRALD, Delegate from the London Corresponding Society, to the British Convention ... for Sedition. Taken in Short-Hand by Mr. Ramsey. Edinburgh: For James Robertson [etc.], [1794]. 256 p. Port. Removed. Foxing on first few leaves. Gerrald was one of those tried for sedition during the "reign of terror" in Scotland in 1793-94 following the French Revolution, the publication and circulation of Paine's Rights of Man, and the call for popular representation in government. Sentenced... Read More
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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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LETTER, CONCERNING AN AMERICAN BISHOP, &c. To Dr. Bradbury Chandler
1768. A LETTER, CONCERNING AN AMERICAN BISHOP, &c. To Dr. Bradbury Chandler, Ruler of St. John's Church, in Elizabeth-Town. In Answer to the Appendix of his Appeal to the Public, &c. [N.p.:] Printed, A. D. 1768. 19 p. Untrimmed as issued. In a Gaylord binder, with early library stamp on title plus call no. on verso. Title a bit dust-soiled. An anonymous reply to part of Chandler's Appeal to the Public (1767) on a proposed American episcopate. Evans 10947;... Read More
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BOOK OF PRINCETON VERSE. 1916
1916. THE BOOK OF PRINCETON VERSE. 1916. Princeton, 1916. xviii, [2], 187 p. Cloth. A fine copy in a lightly worn dust jacket with a small piece out of the rear panel. First edition, and the first book appearances by several authors including John Peale Bishop and Edmund Wilson. Edited by Alfred Noyes. While the book itself is relatively common, copies in the dust jacket are almost never seen. This jacket is just about the nicest we've seen.... Read More
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WALAM OLUM, or Red Score. The Migration Legend
1954. WALAM OLUM, or Red Score. The Migration Legend of the Lenni Lenape or Delaware Indians .... Indianapolis, 1954. 4to. xiv, 379 p. Facsims. Port. Cloth. "A new translation, interpreted by linguistic, historical, archaeological, ethnological, and physical anthropological studies." A handsomely produced, in-depth study of the mysterious tribal chronicle of the Lenni-Lenape Indians. An important scholarly work, collating and extensively correcting the earlier translations of C. S. Rafinesque, E. G. Squier, and D. G. Brinton.
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NEW-JERSEY ALMANAC, for the Year ... 1832
1831. NEW-JERSEY ALMANAC, for the Year of Our Lord 1832 .... By David Young .... Newark: Benjamin Olds, [1831]. [36] p. Stitched. Felcone, New Jersey Books (2nd edn.), 1691.
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Paterson Intelligencer. Paterson: Day & Warren, 17 January 1838
(PATERSON--NEWSPAPER). Paterson Intelligencer. Paterson: Day & Warren, 17 January 1838. Folio. [4] p. Some tiny cellotape strengthening in blank margins, folds, else very good.
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NOBLE COMPANY. Biographical Essays on Notable Particular-Regular
2006. A NOBLE COMPANY. Biographical Essays on Notable Particular-Regular Baptists in America. Springfield, Mo., [2006]. [2], xiv, 500, [4] p. Illus. Cloth. Volume 1, complete in itself. Edited by Terry Wolever. A fine collection of fifteen scholarly essays on seventeenth and early eighteenth-century Baptist (chiefly ministers) in America, about half of whom were in New Jersey. Excellent essays on the Stouts (Richard, Penelope, and Jonathan), Elias Keach, Abel Morgan Sr., James Carman, Nathaniel Jenkins, and others.
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FROM LENAPE TERRITORY to Royal Province
1971. FROM LENAPE TERRITORY to Royal Province. New Jersey, 1600-1750. Trenton: New Jersey State Museum, 1971. 88 p. Errata slip. Illus. Wrappers. Exhibition catalogue of pre-1750 New Jersey-related decorative arts. Includes Indian artifacts, furniture, silver, household articles, &c.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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INDUSTRIAL DIRECTORY of New Jersey ... 1915
1915. THE INDUSTRIAL DIRECTORY of New Jersey ... 1915. Camden, 1915. lxxvi, 742 p. Folding map. Cloth. Compiled under the direction of George C. Low. Includes every town or village with a population greater than 100, and lists businesses, manufactures, economic conditions, number of immigrants, etc. Also alphabetical list of articles made in the state. A highly useful reference work.
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NEW-BRUNSWICK COLLECTION OF SACRED MUSIC. A Selection of Tunes
1835. THE NEW-BRUNSWICK COLLECTION OF SACRED MUSIC. A Selection of Tunes ... By Cornelius Van Deventer. New-Brunswick: Terhune & Letson, 1835. Obl. 4to. viii, [1], 10-160 p. Roan-backed printed boards. Considerably foxed, as usual, spine broken. "Seventh edition, enlarged and improved. The penultimate edition of the most successful New Jersey music book of the early nineteenth century, first published in 1817. The music is printed in shape-notes. The cover title is dated 1837. Felcone, New Jersey Books (2nd... Read More
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Paterson Intelligencer. Paterson: Day & Warren, 14 June 1843
(PATERSON--NEWSPAPER). Paterson Intelligencer. Paterson: Day & Warren, 14 June 1843. Folio. [4] p. Some very tiny cellotape strengthening in blank margins, folds, else very good.
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FULL REPORT OF THE CASE of Stacy Decow, and Joseph Henrickson
1834. A FULL REPORT OF THE CASE of Stacy Decow, and Joseph Henrickson, vs. Thomas L. Shotwell. Decided at a Special Term of the New Jersey Court of Appeals .... Embracing the Decision of the Court of Chancery ... the Arguments of the Counsel ... and the Final Decision .... Philadelphia, 1834. vi, 340, 335-723, [1] p. Rebound in buckram. The so-called "Trenton Decision" in the law suit among the Society of Friends at Crosswicks over a school... Read More
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FASHIONABLE AMERICAN Letter Writer, or, the Art of Polite
1839. THE FASHIONABLE AMERICAN Letter Writer, or, the Art of Polite Correspondence .... Newark: Benjamin Olds, 1839. 175, [1] p. incl. frontis. Roan-backed printed boards. Dampstained, with resultant cupping of front cover, but a good tight copy. Felcone, New Jersey Books (2nd edn.), 702.
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FARMER'S ALMANAC, for the Year of our Lord 1867 ... By Samuel Hart
1866. ... FARMER'S ALMANAC, for the Year of our Lord 1867 ... By Samuel Hart Wright. Newark: Williams, Hardham & Plum, late Benjamin Olds, [1866]. 30, [6] p. Stitched. Dark stain on first few leaves, few closed tears. At head of title, "No. 42." Contains several leaves of advts. for Newark merchants as well as an advt. for the publisher's bookstore.
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