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18991007292 Vols. 4to leather spine & tips illustrated 888 xii pp. Binding scuffed and worn at extremities. Hinges of volume one tender back hinge cracked on volume two front hinge just a bit tender a bit of staining to top cover of volume two old address label on endpapers contents show slight aging but generally bright and clean. Sound set of a rather scarce New Jersey title. In addition to considerable biographical information this set includes a large number of individual portraits. Lewis Publishing Co. hardcover
183145385<p>Columbus NJ 1831. Very good folded edge wear & tear light soiling minor fading. 1 pp. 6.5 x 10.5 inches. July 1st 1831 with integral address to G Haywood Secretary of the Mount Holly Fire Insurance Company. Signed survey for the home of Isabella Neilson of Bordentown. The Mount Holly Fire Insurance Company was incorporated in 1831.<br /><br />"By the request of J.L.W. Knight I have taken a Survey of a house in Bordentown belonging to Isabella Neilson. description 30 feet front by 25 one story appears to be built of good materials and in good repair perhaps cost when new 500 Dollars it stands on the East Side of said Town near the premises of Bonnparl their is a wheelwright Shop and black smith within 15 or 20 yards of the house otherwise tolerably safe has been built about 12 years."</p>
1968346578Roosevelt New Jersey: New Jersey Volunteers for McCarthy 1968. Unbound. Near Fine. First edition. Folio. 45cm. x 34cm. Black cloth portfolio containing a broadside and 14 pencil-signed lithographic plates by New Jersey artists. Copy number 40 of an edition limited to 250 printed by Pearl Seligman on Rives Heavyweight. Minor soil faint stain to exterior of portfolio; contents fine. Features a broadside of Lowell's poem "Fall 1961" and 14 lithographs Signed in pencil by the following artists: Richard Anuskiewicz Carmen Cicero Leo Dee Joseph Demarais John Goodyear James Kearns Jacob Landau Stefan Martin George Ortiman Pat Pickering Gregorio Prestopino Jean Schonwalter George Segal and Herbert Steinberg. According to the colophon the portfolio was issued in response to "the challenge presented to the American political system by Senator Eugene J. McCarthy during the presidential campaign of 1968." A fair number of the artists represented here including Landau Prestopino Segal and the printer Pearl Seligman were neighbors of the Shahns in Roosevelt NJ. A scarce item; OCLC finds only two locations Harvard & Princeton; none others found in commerce. New Jersey Volunteers for McCarthy unknown
196882867Roosevelt NJ: New Jersey Volunteers for McCarthy 1968. First Limited Edition. No. 201 of 250 copies issued. Black cloth portfolio 45cm x 34cm containing a broadside poem and 14 pencil-signed lithographic plates by New Jersey artists. Printed by Pearl Seligman on Rives Heavyweight. Minor soil with pronounced toning to the cover sheet which prints the Lowell poem from contact with the portfolio flaps; a few faint spots of foxing to the final plate George Segal; remaining contents complete and fine. Features a broadside of Lowell's poem "Fall 1961" and 14 pencil-signed lithographs by the following New Jersey artists: Richard Anuskiewicz Carmen Cicero Leo Dee Joseph Demarais John Goodyear James Kearns Jacob Landau Stefan Martin George Ortiman Pat Pickering Gregorio Prestopino Jean Schonwalter George Segal and Herbert Steinberg. According to the colophon the portfolio was issued in response to "the challenge presented to the American political system by Senator Eugene McCarthy during the presidential campaign of 1968." Though not indicated this copy from the studio of contributing artist Gregorio Prestopino; a fair number of the artists represented here including Landau Segal and the printer Pearl Seligstein were neighbors of Prestopino in the progressive planned community of Roosevelt New Jersey. A scarce item; OCLC finds only two locations Harvard & Princeton; none others found in commerce. New Jersey Volunteers for McCarthy unknown
17956362New York: 31 December 1795. Acceptable. Manuscript on paper 375 x 406 mm. Signed by Livingston Bancker and others. Paper seals pink ribbons. Scallopped top edge. Split in two along horizontal folds. <br /><br />The grandson of the signer of the Declaration of Independence Philip Livingston 1716-1778 here acts with power of attorney appointed by his deceased uncle Peter Van Brugh Livingston along with Gerard Bancker to covey a parcel of land in Monmouth County near Little Egg Harbor to one Robert Montgomery for 825 New Jersey pounds. 31 December unknown
1920List3235Newark New Jersey: N.p. 1920. Double-sided poster measuring 12 x 19 inches. Rolled; with some damage to edges including tear to right edge. Overall very good to excellent. A poster advertising plots of land for sale in Lanoka Harbor now Lacey Township New Jersey. The poster proclaims the healthy climate and varied recreation in the area and its proximity to the New Jersey Central Railroad. One side features a map with an aerial view of the region from New York City in the far distance to the Barnegat Inlet in the foreground highlighting the railroads and major automobile roads in the area. The map is attractive if quite approximate especially shortening the distance between Lanoka Harbor and Barnegat Inlet. N.p. unknown
192141250Washington D.C.: Published by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey 1921. Large folding nautical chart printed on heavy paper stock. Colored. A rare original coastal survey of New Jersey from Little Egg Inlet to Hereford Inlet including Wildwood Stone Harbor Sea Isle City Ocean City Vetnor City Atlantic City and Brigantine with an inset expanded map of Atlantic City in the top left corner.<br/> <br/> Established by President Thomas Jefferson in 1807 as the Survey of the Coast the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey was the United States' first civilian scientific agency. This agency has followed its mission to survey the U.S. coastline create nautical charts of the coast and help increase maritime safety since its founding and has often played fascinating roles in significant chapters of U.S. history. It served in all theaters of the Civil War in the service of the Union Army and Navy pioneered acoustic exploration in the wake of the sinking of the Titanic and during WWI it worked to detect enemy submarines. In addition this agency worked to survey and produce detailed maps and renderings of the U.S. coast. These nautical survey maps commonly referred to as "T-sheets" provide fascinating insights into the history of the United States coastline which has and will continue to shift. These maps are the most important data source for understanding the physical and ecological characteristics of the U.S. shoreline. The present map is a highly detailed and accurate sea chart of the Atlantic City area and an important historical view of developing New Jersey. Published by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey unknown
19399251Livingston: The Township of Livingston. 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. DJ slightly faded and with small closed tear; Livingston New Jersey is best known for idyllic small town living as this history attests ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 166 pages . The Township of Livingston hardcover
192610658New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1926. First edition. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 239p. Bright unmarked copy in scarce original dustwrapper lightly chipped at extremities but still on the better side of VG. Chamberlain 1878-1966 authored some 40 books and screenplays in a career that spanned 5 decades. Among his many Hollywood credits were "White Man" 1924 a silent adventure film which was one of the earliest vehicles for Clark Gable and "The Red House" 1945 which featured a southern New Jersey locale and signature role for Edward G. Robinson. The present work Chamberlain's first play is adapted from his first novel "Home" 1914 concerning American expatriates in the jungles of Brazil. Scarce especially in jacket. G.P. Putnam's Sons unknown
182541367Elizabethtown NJ: J. & E. Sanderson 1825. First edition. Self wrappers. A very good- copy with 4 large semi-circular dampstain marks throughout. Unpaged 4 pp. Illus. with b/w in-text drawings. 20 3/4 x 13 inches. Contents include: a full column on the Liberation of Peru led by General Sucre; the first meeting at the new seat of Government in Florida where the governor states "No part of North America is so little known.Visitors.had pronounced it a bank of sand not worth the money paid for it"; republished letters from Andrew Jackson John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay. This issue not at the American Antiquarian Society. Uncommon. J. & E. Sanderson unknown
191051160Collingswood NJ: E.L. Pardee 626 Park Ave. ca. 1910-1911. 4to. 23 original silver gelatin linen-backed images 7.5 x 9.5 in. printed on 9.25 x 11.5 sized photo stock paper w/ most having annotations and dates on verso in ink and pencil a few dated at lower right corner in white margin below image. Contemporary black pebbled cloth Shipman’s Common-Sense Binder w/ brass staples at gutter margin which slide to fastener at rear reinforced at margin w/ linen some wear rubbing wear to corners minor wear & creasing to gutter margin blanks of images still an excellent exemplar w/ ownership stamp on front pastedown. This remarkable photo album illustrates the building and improvement of infrastructure in and around Camden NJ and Gloucester NJ at the beginning of the 20th century for the Public Service Trolley Line Company. Pardee 1882-1932 was a New Jersey contractor and builder who worked on laying trolley tracks for the company. These images show the rebuilt timber fenders along the Pesauken Creek Bridge new retaining wall built for the Smith Property in Bellmawr NJ for the new Trolley Line bridge over the old sluiceway on Martha Pond on the Oswego River timber bridge along the White Horse Pike by Mooretown the rebuilding of the Electric Trolley line extending the Almonessen Branch to Blackwood as well as the Federal Street Bridge over Coopers Creek in Camden NJ. Of particular interest are the excellent series of photos showing the streets and houses through Gloucester NJ as the company ripped out the old wooden cord roads and laid brick for holding the trolley line ties. After World War I Pardee established the E. Brown Pardee Inc. brick stone and masonry supplies in Collingswood NJ expanding to other building materials through the 1920s until his death. After that the company was managed by his son Ernest Lewis Pardee until World War II. E.L. Pardee, 626 Park Ave., hardcover
1904107189<p>Large narrow Jersey coast map 11 1/2" x 44". Folds top and bottom margins are creased some minor additional creasing normal aging; otherwise very good. Unusual New Jersey geological map of part of the Jersey coast. Prepared by Henry B. Kummel state geologist this map shows part of the coast of New Jersey including Point Pleasant and Bay Head. Map also illustrates how much land is above or below sea level. This map is from the Annual Report of the State Geologist for 1903. Map sheet will be shipped folded. </p>
192241249Washington D.C.: Published by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey 1922. Large folding nautical chart printed on heavy paper stock. Colored. A rare original coastal survey of New Jersey from Sea Girt to Little Egg Inlet including Manasquan Brielle Point Pleasant Beach Mantoloking Lafayette Seaside Park Island Beach State Park and Long Beach Island with an inset expanded map of Little Egg Inlet in the top left corner.<br/> <br/> Established by President Thomas Jefferson in 1807 as the Survey of the Coast the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey was the United States' first civilian scientific agency. This agency has followed its mission to survey the U.S. coastline create nautical charts of the coast and help increase maritime safety since its founding and has often played fascinating roles in significant chapters of U.S. history. It served in all theaters of the Civil War in the service of the Union Army and Navy pioneered acoustic exploration in the wake of the sinking of the Titanic and during WWI it worked to detect enemy submarines. In addition this agency worked to survey and produce detailed maps and renderings of the U.S. coast. These nautical survey maps commonly referred to as "T-sheets" provide fascinating insights into the history of the United States coastline which has and will continue to shift. These maps are the most important data source for understanding the physical and ecological characteristics of the U.S. shoreline. The present map is a highly detailed and accurate sea chart of Long Beach Island area and an important historical view of developing New Jersey. Published by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey unknown
189735143Newark: Press of the New Jersey Historical Society 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Small quarto. iii-viii 223 pages. Frontispiece engraving. Illustrated. Blue cloth hardcover with gilt title on the spine. Top edge gilt. Untrimmed text edges. Couple of small edge tears to the cloth head and base of the spine. Small scuff stain bottom of the spine. Light even toning to the end papers probably from a removed paper wrapper. Printed name label of "Bartlett Cowdrey" on the front paste down prabably the same as the historian and archivist Mary Bartlett Cowdrey. Her name and date of 1961 written on the right front flyleaf. A different owner's name on the verso of the right front flyleaf. Interior contents very clean. Press of the New Jersey Historical Society hardcover
1758016251Philadelphia: William Bradford 1758. First Edition. Hardcover. Title page with a few repaired tears hinged with following Preface page; two adjoining leaves pages 441-444 of text lacking and supplied with facsimiles. Contents Very Good binding about Fine. Folio 7-1/4" x 11-1/2" bound in contemporary calf leather with a decorative blindstamped border recently rebacked with a new gilt-lettered and decorated spine preserving original paste-downs and free endpapers; 4 763 pages. Title within rule border decorative woodcut head- and tail-pieces. An important compilation of the fundamental New Jersey charters and session laws of the proprietary period 1664 to 1702 up to Lord Cornbury's commission and instructions as Royal Governor when New Jersey became a crown colony under Queen Anne. Publication was ordered by the New Jersey Assembly in 1752 but two years were required to collect the documents to be included while the typesetting and printing took Bradford an additional three. By the date of publication some 170 copies had been subscribed. This title was the largest volume issued from Bradford's press and one of the largest from any eighteenth-century American press. Evans 8205; Sabin 39527. Early owner name on the title page and early twentieth century names on the front pastedown. <br/><br/> W[illiam] Bradford hardcover
1834D8076Trenton: Daniel Fenton 1834. Hardcover. Very Good. Contemporary calf gilt-stamped lettering in black leather spine label; 8vo 2 volumes bound in 1; pp. xii 339 1 plus colored folding map; iv 266. Boards scuffed; 3-inch tape repair to verso of map; foxing throughout; ownership signature on FFEP. The second history of New Jersey and the first gazetteer with the uncommon map. Felone New Jersey Books 726 727; Sabin 28001 27996. <br/><br/> Daniel Fenton hardcover
189141365Clinton NJ: E.O. Howell 1891. First edition. Self wrappers. A very good unopened uncut copy with folds two thin inch long holes at top margin a few tears along edges. 8 pp. Illus. with b/w in-text drawings. 22 x 15 1/4 inches. Includes an entire page printed in red ink to celebrate the Fourth of July hopefully without getting drunk. A temperance newspaper with much local news. Scarce. E.O. Howell unknown
178441949Trenton: Printed and Sold by Isaac Collins 1784. 12mo. 40pp as issued. Stitched. Untrimmed with chipping at blank edges and blank margins. Very Good. Anatomical illustration on page 2. <br /> <br /> With a four-line poem on the Air Balloon tables of roads and distances currency court schedules. <br /> FIRST EDITION. Felcone Printing in New Jersey 403. Evans 18811. Drake 5132. ESTC W29806. Printed and Sold by Isaac Collins unknown
1896E35934New York: Commercial Publishing 1896. Wraps. Good. Oblong staple bound in printed wrappers. 64 pp. Illustrated throughout with photographs by Jewett of Main Street Orange New Jersey. A number of local adverts Good only front wrap with a chip to the upper outer corner and shallow loss at the bottom edge. Staining to the rear wrap. Pages a bit wavy. A scarce publication presenting place of interest in Orange New Jersey at the close of the 19th century. Views of residences businesses tree lines avenues interiors a baseball game and prize winning horses. SOLD AS IS. Commercial Publishing unknown
186440121Trenton 1864. Broadside 8-1/2" x 11-1/4." Addressed in ink at head of text to "Hon. Bowers Esq." Dated in typescript "Trenton September 8 1864." Signed in type at the end by W.S. Johnson S.S. Stryker Jr. and I.D. James members of the Committee on Campaign Documents. Some chipping at upper and lower blank edges. Light wear Good or so.<br /> <br /> The broadside lists 36 campaign pamphlets supporting the re-election of Abraham Lincoln and denouncing the "Copperhead Democrats." <br /> The stakes in the election could not be higher: "Hitherto parties have been divided upon questions of policy; but in the present contest the issue is boldly made up between the maintenance of our Constitutional Government on the one hand and on the other of its base and cowardly surrender to more than half vanquished treason armed in bloody array for its overthrow and the erection on its ruins of a despotism more odious than the world has tolerated in modern times."<br /> Not in Felcone. Not located on OCLC as of February 2025. unknown
191741252Washington D.C.: Published by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey 1917. Nautical chart printed on heavy paper stock. Uncolored. A rare original coastal survey of the Hudson River including Ossining Nyack Tarrytown Yonkers and New York City as well as potential anchorage points in the Hudson for Naval use.<br/> <br/> Established by President Thomas Jefferson in 1807 as the Survey of the Coast the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey was the United States' first civilian scientific agency. This agency has followed its mission to survey the U.S. coastline create nautical charts of the coast and help increase maritime safety since its founding and has often played fascinating roles in significant chapters of U.S. history. It served in all theaters of the Civil War in the service of the Union Army and Navy pioneered acoustic exploration in the wake of the sinking of the Titanic and during WWI it worked to detect enemy submarines. In addition this agency worked to survey and produce detailed maps and renderings of the U.S. coast. These nautical survey maps commonly referred to as "T-sheets" provide fascinating insights into the history of the United States coastline which has and will continue to shift. These maps are the most important data source for understanding the physical and ecological characteristics of the U.S. shoreline. The present map is notable for the inclusion of various anchorage points for the "temporary anchorage of naval vessels" complete with a naval seal in the upper left corner of the sheet. This map is a highly detailed and accurate sea chart of the Hudson River and an important historical view of developing New York and New Jersey. Published by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey unknown
191641256Washington D.C.: Published by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey 1916. Large folding nautical chart printed on heavy paper stock. Uncolored with minor stains. A rare original coastal survey of the Hudson River including New York City from 53rd St to Fort Washington Park Weehawken and Edgewater as well as potential anchorage points in the Hudson for Naval use.<br/> <br/> Established by President Thomas Jefferson in 1807 as the Survey of the Coast the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey was the United States' first civilian scientific agency. This agency has followed its mission to survey the U.S. coastline create nautical charts of the coast and help increase maritime safety since its founding and has often played fascinating roles in significant chapters of U.S. history. It served in all theaters of the Civil War in the service of the Union Army and Navy pioneered acoustic exploration in the wake of the sinking of the Titanic and during WWI it worked to detect enemy submarines. In addition this agency worked to survey and produce detailed maps and renderings of the U.S. coast. These nautical survey maps commonly referred to as "T-sheets" provide fascinating insights into the history of the United States coastline which has and will continue to shift. These maps are the most important data source for understanding the physical and ecological characteristics of the U.S. shoreline. The present map is notable for the inclusion of anchorage points for US Naval use according to size complete with a naval seal in the upper left corner of the sheet. This map is a highly detailed and accurate sea chart of the Hudson River and an important historical view of developing New York and New Jersey. Published by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey unknown
192141253Washington D.C.: Published by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey 1921. Nautical chart printed on heavy paper stock. Colored. A rare original coastal survey of the border between New York and New Jersey at Kill Van Kull including Staten Island Elizabeth Newark Bay Bayonne and New York Bay.<br/> <br/> Established by President Thomas Jefferson in 1807 as the Survey of the Coast the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey was the United States' first civilian scientific agency. This agency has followed its mission to survey the U.S. coastline create nautical charts of the coast and help increase maritime safety since its founding and has often played fascinating roles in significant chapters of U.S. history. It served in all theaters of the Civil War in the service of the Union Army and Navy pioneered acoustic exploration in the wake of the sinking of the Titanic and during WWI it worked to detect enemy submarines. In addition this agency worked to survey and produce detailed maps and renderings of the U.S. coast. These nautical survey maps commonly referred to as "T-sheets" provide fascinating insights into the history of the United States coastline which has and will continue to shift. These maps are the most important data source for understanding the physical and ecological characteristics of the U.S. shoreline. The present map is a highly detailed and accurate sea chart of the coastal border between New York and New Jersey at Kill Van Kull and an important historical view of the developing states. Published by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey unknown
192141254Washington D.C.: Published by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey 1921. Large folding nautical chart printed on heavy paper stock. Uncolored with minor wear. A rare original coastal survey of the New York Harbor including Staten Island Bayonne Jersey City Statue of Liberty Governors Island and Brooklyn with sectioned anchorage areas.<br/> <br/> Established by President Thomas Jefferson in 1807 as the Survey of the Coast the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey was the United States' first civilian scientific agency. This agency has followed its mission to survey the U.S. coastline create nautical charts of the coast and help increase maritime safety since its founding and has often played fascinating roles in significant chapters of U.S. history. It served in all theaters of the Civil War in the service of the Union Army and Navy pioneered acoustic exploration in the wake of the sinking of the Titanic and during WWI it worked to detect enemy submarines. In addition this agency worked to survey and produce detailed maps and renderings of the U.S. coast. These nautical survey maps commonly referred to as "T-sheets" provide fascinating insights into the history of the United States coastline which has and will continue to shift. These maps are the most important data source for understanding the physical and ecological characteristics of the U.S. shoreline. The present map is notable for the inclusion of anchorage areas including general anchorage sections as well as "anchorage explosives" and "man-of-war anchorage" sections. This map is a highly detailed and accurate sea chart of New York Harbor and an important historical view of developing Ne w York and New Jersey. Published by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey unknown
186633999Newark: Printed for the New Jersey Historical Society 1866. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. 182 pages. Map plate in text. Brown cloth hardcover with no titles on the outside. 1928 inscription written on the right front flyleaf. A later 1994 previous owner inscription written on the front paste down. Cloth torn head and base of the spine and on the corners. Interior contents clean. Printed for the New Jersey Historical Society hardcover