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Carver, Clifford N.. BOOK-PLATES BOOKPLATES OF PRINCETON AND PRINCETONIANS
Princeton 1912. Hardcover. Edition limited to 500 copies. Author famous bookplate collector. 12mo., 72pp., 26 bookplates illustrated in fine engravings, a few with some color, including that of Woodrow Wilson, hardcover. Fine. Nice gift! (a10812)
$45.00 Camden, N.J. . REVISED CHARTER OF THE CITY OF CAMDEN
Camden 1887 S. Chew, Printer. "Supplements Thereto, and Acts Amendatory Thereof, and Acts of the Legislature Relating Thereto. Together with the Ordinances of the City Council." Hardcover. Octavo, 383p., full leather. **Signed on title page by Willard Morgan, City Solicitor, April 5, 1887 in presentation to Charles E. Sheppard .Fair, boards beginning to detach, spine worn and chipped on ends. Text clean and text binding secure. Quite scarce. (a13128)
$140.00(new jersey). PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM OF OCEAN CITY NEW JERSEY
c. 1900. Original photos 3x4 inches slipped (not glued) into prepared slots in 3/4 leather album, 2 photos per page. Nice line decoration around each photo. 48 photos, all of Ocean City and family living there. Photos and mounting pages Fine. Many pages of the album unused. Album VG. (a15742)
$120.00 Rutsch, Edward and Brian Morrell . ARCHEOLOGICAL DATA RECOVERY PROGRAM IN THE IMPACT AREA OF I-195 SEC 6c AND 7a HOWELL TOWNSHIP, MONMOUTH COUNTY, NEW JERSEY
Trenton 1981. Federal Project I-195-8( 21) 82. State of New Jersey Dept. of Transportation Trenton. 4to., 164pp., fully illustrated--including xerox copies of aprroximately 30 photographs (of old homes, excavated old tools, and artifacts, surrounding countryside, etc), maps, diagrams. Fine. (a18144)
$85.00Work Projects Administration. DIRECTORY OF CHURCHES IN NEW JERSEY PASSAIC COUNTY
Newark 1941 Historical Records Survey. 4to., 69 leaves printed on rectos only, wraps. Institution stamp on front. VG, some minor soiling. (a23189)
$76.00Wood, George and Isaac Williamson. THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS VINDICATED BEING THE ARGUMENTS OF THE COUNSEL OF JOSEPH HENDRICKSON ...
Trenton 1832. Includes the Court Decision. 8vo., 105pp., 90pp. Copy of Thomas Collins of Burlington N.J., signed by him on the title page. Good, lacks covers and backstrip, binding tight, minor foxing. (a24092)
$75.00 Hanly, Mrs. Joana P.R. . MEMOIR OF THE LATE REV. JOSEPH J. HANLY M.D. OF THE NEW JERSEY CONFERENCE
Philadelphia 1869 Second Edition. Sm.8vo., 368pp., frontis engrving of Hanly. Near Fine. (a24501)
$90.00Gabelle, James. THE WISDOM OF YUSUF (signed)
Paterson, New Jersey 1939 Gayren Press. Hardcover. Octavo, 78pp., illustrated by Leander Leitner, cloth. **Signed presentation copy from Gabelle. Near Fine, light rubbing on mounted title label on front cover panel. no DJ. Poetry and short prose pieces. Very Scarce. (a25061)
$65.00 Green, Henry W. (reporter) . REPORTS OF CASES DETERMINED IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY VOL. I
Eliazabeth-town 1842. Reporting the cases from January 1838 to October 1841. 8vo., 576pp., wraps. Signed on the front and on the title page by Wm. Gledhill (sp.?) Good, later paper spine (with ink title), wraps a bit worn and soiled, some light foxing. (a36305)
$175.00 Southard, Samuel L. (reporter) . REPORTS OF CASES ARGUED AND DETERMINED IN THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY VOLUME II
Trenton 1820 Printed by Joseph Justice. 2 parts (each marked Volume II). 8vo., pp.413-586, 589-884, original string tied sheets.Each First part: Owner signed on front (G. Rea, Esq.) Good, some wear, foxing and soiling. 2 parts: (a36822)
$250.00 Southard, Samuel L. (reporter) . REPORTS OF CASES ARGUED AND DETERMINED IN THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY VOLUME I
Trenton 1819 Printed by Joseph Justice. 8vo., pp.249-412, original string tied sheets. Owner signed on front (G. Rea, Esq.) Good, some wear, foxing and soiling. 2 parts: (a36823)
$130.00 Stimson, John Ward . WANDERING CHORDS
Westwood 1909 Ariel Press. Poetry by poet born in New Jersey. 12mo., 202pp., errata slip, illustrated wraps. Historical Society blindstamp on title page. Small ink number at lower margin of one page. VG. (a50486)
$65.00 Edgar, Catherine B. . MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF VERSES, DICTATED WHILE BLIND AND INFIRM , TO EDWARD B. EDGAR
Plainfield, New Jersey, February 14, 1879. About 50 percent of the poems are religious, the others about home friends and family. Sq.8vo., 131 leaves written in ink manuscript on rectos only, index, 3/4 leather. Laid in: 4 page manuscript letter about the poems by Edward Edgar, and a newspaper clipping with a printed poem by Catherine Edgar who died June 13, 1878 at age 84. Good, spine worn, rear board present but detached, front hinge taped by previous owner. (a51203)
$280.00Harris, E. Eliot MD (ED). MEDICAL DIRECTORY OF NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY AND CONNECTICUT
NY 1899 Trow. This was the first volume in this series. 881p. 12mo. Both hinges cracked .Fairly good. Text VG. (a5432)
$39.00 van Rensselaer, Cortlandt . FUNERAL ORATION DELIVERED IN THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN WASHINGTON ON THE SABBATH AFTER THE DECEASE OF WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON THE LATE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IN PRESENCE OF PRESIDENT TYLER AND MEMBERS OF THE CABINET
Washington 1841. 8vo., 95pp., silhouette portrait of Harrison as frontispiece. appendix which includes much information on Harrison's funeral, commemorative services, ceremonies, condolence letters, and so on, original printed salmon color wraps with black line border. VG, occasional light foxing. (a59120)
$95.00 Southard, Samuel L. . SERMON ON THE LIFE AND DEATH OF HENRY CLAY BEFORE THE YOUNG MEN OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY PREACHED AT THEIR REQUEST IN THE HOUSE OFPRAYER JULY 25TH 1852
Newark 1852 first edition. Alfred H. Rogers. octavo., 38pp., original bright shiny black printed wraps. All text pages bordered in heavy black line. Signed: With the Respects of the Committee in top margin of titlepage. Good plus, light cover wear. Quite Scarce with original cover. (a59168)
$49.00 Dryden, John F. . ADDRESSES AND PAPERS ON LIFE INSURANCE AND OTHER SUBJECTS
Newark 1909 Prudential Insurance Company. Sm.4to., 329pp., olive green cloth hardcover with gilt lettering on front board and spine. Top edge gilt. Business card of Dryden laid in. Near Fine. (a60091)
$65.00 (high school year book) . THE OLD GOLD AND THE BLUE THE PEDDIE SCHOOL 1928
Hightstown (NJ) 1928. Published by the Junior Class, this volume covers 1927-1928. 4to., 253pp., photo illustrations, ads, original decorated hardcover. No signatures. VG, light wear, a bit shaken. (a60880)
$75.00 (Joseph Henry) . ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION ... INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY JOSEPH HENRY
Washington 1876. This volume has: Eulogy on Alexander Volta by Arago; M. A de Candolle The Probable Future of the Human Race, and Report on Society of Physics; The Past and Future of Geology by Joseph Prestwich; Refraction of Sound by William Taylor; Stone Age in New Jersey by C. C. Abbott and many more. Octavo, 422pp., illustrations, original cloth hardcover.** Inscribed, signed and dated by Joseph Henry on the front free blank. VG, light wear, light cover rubbing. Joseph Henry, 1797-1878 was the first Secretary of the Smithsonian, serving from 1846-78 as well as a significant researcher in field of electromagnetism. (a60883)
$350.00 Cook, Geo. H. . ON A SUBSIDENCE OF THE LAND ON THE SEA-COAST OF NEW JERSEY AND LONG ISLAND
1857. Offprint from American Journal of Science and Art Volume XXIV Nov. 1857. Octavo, pp. 341-354, later wraps. Good, some chipping in margins. (a61217)
$75.00 Howe, Rev. Paul Sturtevant . MAYFLOWER PILGRIM DESCENDANTS IN CAPE MAY COUNTY, NEW JERSEY
Cape May 1921. Memorial of the Three Hundredth Anniversary of the Landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth 1620 - 1920. A record of the Pilgrim Descendants who early in its history settled in Cape May County, and some of their children throughout the several states of the Union at the present time. Sm.4to., 464pp., blue cloth hardcover. Good, inner hinges cracked, light bit of water staining and spotting on initial and final pages. Original book not a reprint. (a62268)
$125.00Crane, John Grant. HISTORY OF THE FAMILY OF JOHN CRANE GRANDSON OF STEPHEN CRANE WHOSE FATHER WAS JOHN CRANE THE FIRST ; TOGETHER WITH PERSONAL REMINISCENCES OF THE AUTHOR
Elizabeth NJ 1899 Journal. Octavo, 24pp., portrait frontis of Author., original octavo stiff wraps. Good Plus. (a62303)
$65.00 Booth, William A. . THREE SCORE AND TEN YEARS OF ACTIVE LIFE IN NEW YORK 1821 - 1892. THE REMINISCENCES OF WILLIAM A BOOTH BORN NOVEMBER 6, 1805. DIED DECEMBER 28, 1895
NY (?) c. 1900. Author worked in banking and for the New York Life Insuranec. He lived most all of his life in New Jersey. 4to., 177pp., photo portrait frontis, original printed wraps. Some light pencil underlines at a few place. Near VG, light soiling, light wear. Scarce. (a63197)
$200.00 Freehold, New Jersey . FREEHOLD GRADED SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM FOR CLASS OF 1881
Printed yellow program, 6 x 5 inches, 4 pages. There were 8 students in the graduating class: Emma D. Barkalow, H. Lizzie Ayres, Mary Fallon, William F. Mapps, B. Frank Wyckoff, Howard Solomon, Wm. E. S. Hankinson and George F. Hendrickson. Class motto: "Higher Happier Holier." Good plus, one tiny chip from one corner, a few horizontal creases. (a63830)
$85.00Conway, Katherine E.. FIFTY YEARS WITH CHRIST THE GOOD SHEPHERD - THE STORY OF THE FOLD IN NEWARK, N. J. 1875 - 1925
no date (c. 1925) Plimpton Press. Story of Convent and Order of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd. Small octavo, 123pp., illustrations, blue cloth hardcover with gilt emblem of Christ front. very near Fine, no faults. no dj. no owner marks. (a64490)
$50.00(census). U. S. CENSUS OF HOUSING 1970 BLOCK STATISTICS NEW YORK, N.Y. - NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY URBANIZED AREA PART 3 - NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY
1971 U. S. Department of Commerce. 4to., printed wraps. Included with the accompanying folded maps in original yellow folder. About three inches thick . A few small university library stamps. VG. (a64914)
$150.00Humphreys, Alex C.. LECTURES NOTES ON SOME OF THE BUSINESS FEATURES OF ENGINEERING PRACTICE - revised and enlarged edition
Hoboken 1912 Stevens Institute of Technology. Octavo, 565p. plus charts. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering. Owner signed. light wear. Hinges not cracked; text clean. Good plus. no dj. (a65517)
$35.00 Simpson, Hazel Burrough (compiler) . GENEALOGICAL DATA OF THE SPRINGER FAMILY
1945. Simpson lived in Hurffville, New Jersey. 4to.. 99 leaves (rectos), plus additional index leaves, hardcover. Several handwritten pencil additions in text. Near Fine. Scarce. (a67261)
$350.00 (princeton university) . THE PRINCETON BRIC-A-BRAC VOLUME XLIX 1925
Princeton 1925. Published by the Junior Class of Princeton University. Oblong sm.4to. , 515pp., photo illustrations, original embossed hardcover with gilt picture of lunging lion. Top edge gilt. VG plus, slight wear to corners. (a67895)
$75.00 Binder, Jacob W. . ALL IN A LIFETIME AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Hackensack 1942 1st Privately printed. Copy No. 295/500. Octavo, 345pp., portrait frontis, maroon cloth hardcover. Inscribed and signed by Binder. VG, no DJ. (a69264)
$165.00 Weiss, Harry B. and Grace M. Ziegler . SOME LEGISLATION AFFECTING RURAL LIFE IN COLONIAL NEW JERSEY
Trenton 1957 1st Past Times Press. Copy No. 8/250. Octavo, 50pp., hardcover. Library cancel stamp inside front cover and on verso of title page-no other library marks at all. VG. Scarce. (a69383)
$75.00 Sheffield, Rena Cary . ON THE ROMANY ROAD
Short Hills 1915 1st Voxton Press. Hardcover. Octavo, 104pp., original gilt decorated brown cloth with the rare mounted paper illustration on front. VG plus, very slight wear, slight foxing on initial pages. In later clear protective removable glassine dust jacket. (a70128)
$145.00 Lansdale, Robert T; Agnes Leisy, Elizabeth Long and Byron Hipple . THE ADMINISTRATION OF OLD AGE ASSISTANCE IN THREE STATES: MASSACHUSETTTS, NEW JERSEY & NEW YORK
Chicago 1936 1st Public Administration Service. 4to., 78pp., original wraps. VG. Scarce. (a70421)
$85.00New Jersey. THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY (1875)
Trenton 1875 first edition. Naar, Day and Naar. Octavo, 59pp., original salmon-colored printed wraps. Good, wraps lightly soiled, lightly worn. Binding secure; no owner marks. Scarce in the original edition. (a71242)
$39.00 (princeton) . AN UNDERGRADUATE HISTORY OF THE TIGER INN OF PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY 1890-1940
1940 Privated Printed at Princeton. Hardcover. 4to., 128pp., photo illustrations, ivory cloth spine with olive green cloth covers and silver emblem in middle of front. Fine, in later protective removable Glassine jacket. Scarce. (a71601)
$285.00 Reynolds, Rev. James J . POEMS
no publisher, no date, no place given. Appears to be late 19th or early 20th century. A few references to Morristown (one poem is dedicated to a resident of Morristown) and Trenton, New Jersey suggests author was likely from New Jersey. Reynolds signed a paper sticker and glued it carefully over one of the poems, clearly done on purpose. Octavo, 94pp., cloth. Good plus, cover cloth lightly rubbed. Scarce. (a72144)
$145.00 (princeton) . PRINCETON CLASS OF SEVENTY-SIX SEMI-CENTENNIAL RECORD QUADRAGINTA POST ANNNIS
1926. Hardcover. Square octavo , 114pp., frontis photo portrait of 31 members of this class, each identified, several text portraits, cloth. VG. Scarce. (a72185)
$75.00 Princeton University . DECENNIAL RECORD OF THE CLASS OF 1894 PRINCETON UNIVERSITY JUNE, 1904
NY (1904) Robert Grier Cooke. Octavo, 129pp., orange cloth. Good, cover a bit soiled. (a72224)
$75.00 Gordon, Alison D. . HYDROLOGY OF THE UNCONFINED KIRKWOOD-COHANSEY AQUIFER SYSTEM, FORKED RIVER AND CEDAR, OYSTER, MILL, WESTECUNK, AND TUCKERTON CREEK BASINS AND ADJACENT BASINS IN THE SOUTHERN OCEAN COUNTY AREA, NEW JERSEY, 1998-99
2004. Water-Resourses Investigations Report 03-4337. 4to., 5 large foldout maps or charts, in original printed envelope. Ink number, Depository Library and a few other stamps on envelope. Near FIne. (a73750)
$80.00 Reade, Gertrude . WALTER'S WIFE...MY LIFE OF JOY AND SORROW
Spring Valley 1980 first edition. Author. Wife of Walter Reade, 1884-1952, the media mogul who eventually owned 40 movie theatres in the Northeast. She was the mother of Reade Jr who worked to bring more arty and European movies to the US. Unsparing look at high society as Gertrude reveals her husband's adulteries, family feuds, son's death. Hardcover. Octavo, 119pp., monochrome photo illustrations, cloth. Inscribed and signed by Gertrude. Fine, no DJ. Rare. (a74031)
$275.00 (Starr, M. Allen) . PRINCETON CLASS OF SEVENTY-SIX SEMI-CENTENNIAL RECORD QUADRAGINTA POST ANNNIS
1926. Hardcover. Square octavo, 114pp., frontis photo portrait of 31 members of this class, each identified, several text portraits, cloth. Starr was President of this class and is included in book's frontis group portrait. Laid in: two page manuscript signed letter from Starr with his letterhead and a second typed letter signed by secretary of William T. Kaufman about the death of Starr (letter dated 1932) A third printed paper is a sheet of factual updates to accompany the book. VG. Scarce. (a74977)
$125.00 Millard, Andres, Duncan Hay and Mary Grassick . EDISON LABORATORY - EDISON NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE WEST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY - HISTORIC FURNISHINGS REPORT VOLUMES I AND II (COMPLETE)
1995 National Park Service. 2 volumes. 4to., 768pp., many monochrome photo illustrations, plastic spiral illustrated wraps. A few institution marks on covers only, no internal marks. VG. 2 volumes. (a75816)
$180.00Reilly, James M.. DIRECTORY OF NEWARK MADE GOODS, PRODUITS FABRIQUES A NEWARK, PRODUCTOS FABRICADOS EN NEWARK, NEWARD NEW JERSEY, U S A
Newark 1913 Board of Trade Exposition Committee. Newark Manufacturers alphabetically arranged in English, French and Spanish. Names and addresses included. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 401pp., black cloth with gilt lettering and logo. Historical society bookplate. VG, corners gently bumped. (a76752)
$150.00(Hildreth, S. P.). MISCELLANEOUS OBSERVATIONS MADE DURING A TOUR IN MAY, 1835, TO THE FALLS OF THE CUYAHOGA, NEAR LAKE ERIE: EXTRACTED FROM THE DIARY OF A NATURALIST
1837. This is the lead article on pp. 1-84, 20 text illustrations, in The American Journal of Science and Arts edited by Benjamin Silliman. Focus of Hildreth article is on geology and mollusks of the American Northeast. Included in a complete volume of this journal with many scientific articles. Complete volume is octavo, 428pp., four plates in rear, 3 of which are foldout. Bound in later plain wraps. VG, light wear and light toning. Scarce. (a76798)
$260.00Smith, Reverend Alexander. ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT RECORD BOOK
c. 1880. Notebook with paper covered boards and leather spine. Record book of Rev. Smith, a Presbyterian Minister living in Paterson, New Jersey. Much on history of Presbyterians in Paterson; the longest section is a lengthy list of the 1278 books in his library; a short autobiography; recipes for sasparilla, cures for croup, lock jaw etc., facts about history and current world situation, detailed notes on some books he read, long list of Paterson marriages and more. Entry dates extend from 1867 to July 1901. Rev. Smith mentions that he was born in Derry, Ireland, August 22 1831; that he was ordained in 1866; took over as Pastor of Presbyterian Church in Paterson in late 1877. Rev. Smith's information on the Paterson Church and his appointment is confirmed in the book: History of Bergen and Passaic Counties, New Jersey by William Nelson (see pp. 494-498). Octavo, 104pp. (a few pages are blank). Good, writing quite legible, spine is mostly cracked through and boards are quite worn, becoming disbound. Still much interesting information - especially the library list and view into the mind, interests and concerns of a 19th century American minister. (a77961)
$780.00 (Wood, Caroline) Wood, Julianna R. . CAROLINE WOOD RECOLLECTIONS OF OUR DEAR CARRIE WHO WENT, OCTOBER 1857
no date preface dated 1868 Privately Printed. Copy No. 42 of 50 printed. Hardcover. Large octavo, 297pp., full blue leather with full gilt trim on edges and red marbled end papers. Book has been professionally repaired at some point in time, with original full gilt trimmed spine relaid and inner hinges artfully reinforced with red cloth. Book has many fine illustrations: 5 engravings and 15 ***mounted original photographs, all identified. Most views are of Caroline and her relatives, 5 are views of residences. One photo of Mary Anna Longstreth. Caroline was related to the well known doctor Dr. George B. Wood. Apparently Caroline died at 19 after falling from a horse. Appears to be signed by Julianna Wood but could be a stamped signature. VG, cover a bit worn, color is uneven but book is nice and solid and clean. Name "Caroline Wood" appears in gilt on front panel. Rare, possibly unique. (a79107)
$750.00 Rich, Frederic C. '77 . THE FIRST HUNDRED YEARS OF THE IVY CLUB 1879-1979 A CENTENNIAL HISTORY
1979. Foreword by Lewis B Cuyler '24. Hardcover. Large octavo, 257pp., green cloth with bright gilt lettering and logo. Fine, corners of front gently bumped. In new protective removable glassine jacket. Internally like new, appears unread. (a81725)
$195.00 Miller, George J .(introduction) . THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF PROPRIETORS OF THE EASTERN DIVISION OF NEW JERSEY FROM 1685 TO 1705
Perth Amboy 1949 1st Board of Proprietors. Copy No. 100 of 500 printed. Hardcover. Octavo, 280pp., illustrations, cloth. Signed by George Miller with brief inscription . VG plus, no DJ. (a82096)
$59.00St. Rose of LIma Church; Petrucelli, Sharon and Rita Maher. THE LADIES' AUXILIARY OF ST. ROSE OF LIMA CHURCH SHORT HILLS, NEW JERSEY 1939-1989 GOLDEN JUBILEE MEMORY BOOK
1990 1st. "Fifty years in pictures and prose ". Copy No. 45 of 1000. Hardcover. 4to., 121pp., white cover with gilt lettering and picture on front. Near Fine, light rubbing and light soiling on cover. Scarce. (a82462)
$65.00Paterson, New Jersey. FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PATERSON BOARD OF TRADE WITH SKETCHES OF MANUFACTURING AND OTHER INTERESTS, HISTORICAL AND STATISTICAL NOTES, PROCEEDINGS AT THE THIRD ANNUAL DINNER
Paterson 1877 1st Press Steam Book. Original octavo pamphlet rebound in hardcover cloth, 60pp., cover has neat handlettered title in spine in white ink. VG plus, text a bit toned. (a82693)
$45.00Paterson, New Jersey. THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PATERSON BOARD OF TRADE WITH SKETCHES OF MANUFACTURING AND OTHER INTERESTS, HISTORICAL AND STATISTICAL NOTES, PROCEEDINGS AT THE SECOND ANNUAL DINNER
Paterson 1876 1st Press Steam Book. Hardcover. Octavo, 90pp., large foldout map of Paterson, later cloth. Bound with: Report of the Special Committee on Water Supply Appointed by Paterson Board of Trade July 2d 1875, 14pp. Near Fine. (a82694)
$45.00 Passaic County, New Jersey . INVENTORY OF THE COUNTY ARCHIVES OF NEW JERSEY: NO. 16 PASSAIC COUNTY PATERSON
Newark 1940 1st Historical Records Survey. Work Projects Admnistration. Lg.4to., 228 leaves (rectos only), original printed blue wraps with black cloth spine. VG plus. (a82697)
$63.00 Paterson, New Jersey . ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE CITY OFFICERS OF THE CITY OF PATERSON, N J FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 20, 1893
Paterson 1893 1st Herrick. Hardcover. Octavo, about 250pp., several full page engraved illustrations, leather corners and dark green cloth repaired with later cloth spine. All edges gilt. Good plus, inner hinges beginning to crack, corners worn. . Binding secure and text clean. (a82710)
$49.00 Loetscher, Lefferts A. . FACING THE ENLIGHTENMENT AND PIETISM - ARCHIBALD ALEXANDER AND THE FOUNDING OF PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
Westport 1983 first edition Greenwood. ISBN 0-313-23677-1. Hardcover. Octavo, 303p., bright red cloth with silver lettering. Fine. (a84372)
$115.00 Princeton University . THE 1948 BRIC-ABRAC PRINCETON UNIVERSITY YEARBOOK
Princeton 1948. Yearbook. Hardcover. Lg.4to., 252p., monochrome photo illustrations, printed cloth. VG, no DJ. (a84927)
$95.00 Roselle, New Jersey . ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM DATED 1903 OF ROSELLE NEW JERSEY
album is 8 x6 inches with "Photographs" in gilt on front panel. 33 mounted original photographs, of four female friends, a large family , the inside and outside of houses and many views of the landscape. Front page says "A souvenir of my pleasant week's end party, Roselle, NJ, 1903". Although the size of all the photographs is the same, the first 11 are sepia-toned, remaining 22 are black/white (possibly same camera with different film? or two different cameras.) Many blank pages in album. No names given. Later paper spine on album. Good. (a87550)
$75.00Dennis, Helen Eliza (later Mrs. Oscar Ross Ewing) . COLLECTION OF FOUR FULLY MANUSCRIPT VOLUMES OF JOURNALS OF TRAVEL IN ENGLAND, FRANCE, ITALY 1907-1908 PLUS SEVERAL ORIGINAL SHORT STORIES AND LISTS OF BOOKS READ - WITH - A FIFTH VOLUME "BOOKS I HAVE READ" 1898-1904 (5 separate volumes)
Helen E. Dennis was born c. 1895. Her Father was Director of the Pennsylvania Lines West of Pittsburgh. They lived in Morristown, New Jersey , and were clearly very well-off financially. The collection here is dated 1898 to 1908. (Helen will later marry Oscar Ross Ewing - 1913 Harvard graduate , chairman of Democratic National Convention and important figure in Truman's administration - on November 4, 1915. Their names appear in the 1920 New York Social Register.) The four octavo volumes of travel journal entries begin April 9, 1907 with Dennis on board the SS Kaiser Wilhelm II and ends in May 1908 as she travels through England, France and Italy- but almost all the diary entries are made in Italy. The fourth of these travel journals also has several short stories or "dreams" as she calls them , written by Dennis , each around 7 pages in length, as well as several pages dedicated to listing books she has read. There is also a fifth volume titled in gilt "Books I have Read." Helen is an excellent writer, very descriptive, emotional, intelligent. Entry for July 10,1907, begins: "Another day dawned sunshine & splendor! Our hearts were happy and our laughter gay as we sped along the road to Azay-le-Rideau. The distance was swallowed in a few gulps by our powerful machine & and before we realized that we had started we came into sight of the entrance to the Chateau. What is more entracing than a dazzling white castle seen thro the vista of green trees? " She describes a woman , Mrs. Clark, of whom she is clearly not fond , who comes to visit her while Helen is staying in Italy. Helen spends eight pages of the diary describing her morning with this lady - how she was dressed ("She was dressed in a cloth suit the color of which seemed to express her character, why I can't explain. It was not a decided red nor a pink, but a sugary shade of very ripe strawberries over which cream had been poured.") She recounts word-for-word long portions of their conversation, and offers a lengthy analysis of why she doesn't care for Mrs. Clark : "Mentally I scourged myself as i looked after her. She did jar on my personality intensely, but i was judging her by the effect she had on me instead of seeing the good in her. The woman had a perception of the beautiful, a graphic manner of expresing it which few possess." (May 1908) Helen writes well - she uses a narrative style with much diagolue between her, her family and people they met while travelling. The fifth volume in the collection neatly lists hundreds of books Helen read, including the date and place when/where she read each title. She clearly travelled a lot. She read many books in Morristown, of course, but also in Atlantic City New Jersey, Santa Barbara California, Ceylon, Egypt, Korea, Japan, and so on. All 5 volumes are leather bound and are in VG or better condition. No hinges cracked; some wear and chipping on two of the backstrips. All bindings secure. Travel volumes are 142p, 184p, 175p, 249p. The "Books I have Read" volume is 108p. Volumes are roughly the same size but all different in style and covers. All very neatly written in original ink handwriting. Lot of 5 volumes: (a90656)
$790.00 (Hungarian-American) Srenkay, Bertha . PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM OF HODAWICH, FERJE PECELY LAJOS AND BERTHA SRENKAY FAMILIES OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY
Photograph with 42 mounted original photographs, almost all 4x5 or 4x6 inches, with a postcard and a Silver Anniversary card plus envelope laid in addressed to Bertha Srenkay suggesting that the album belonged to her. One laid-in photo portrait is named on back as Ebramof Ferje Pecely Lajos. Album is in Fairly Good, intact but worn, original metal clasp broken.Mounted photographs are VG (two small ones are missing, otherwise all are present). Album is 8x10-1/2 inches and 2 inches thick with a fullpanel chromolithograph of Niagara Falls on front cover. (a90852)
$150.00Payne, Grace (and William C Kennard). MANUSCRIPT LETTER COLLECTION (254 letters)
254 letters (plus a few postcards and telegrams) written 1911-1917 by Grace Payne to her future husband William C. Kennard. (There is one letter written by William to Grace.) Grace and William, both residents of Flatbush, Brooklyn, met in high school and fell deeply in love--a love sustained for 7 long years before they married (or were scheduled to wed-the letters end about 6 weeks before the proposed June 1917 wedding date.) During the 7 years engagement, Grace took classes at Chautaugua, New York, while Will went to Colgate University. He travelled a lot in 1915 receiving Grace's letters in Salt Lake City, San Francisco, Pasaden, Riverside California, Chicago and Canada. He then joined Company "B" 7th NY Infantry of US Field Army in the spring of 1916 moving briefly to McAllen, Texas, and returning in December of 1916 while Grace lived in Brooklyn and at Buck Hill Falls Inn in Pennsylvania. The 1917 letters find Kennard mostly in New York City and Montclair, New Jersey, with a few letters finding him in Chicago and Canada. In 1917 he apparently founded Stewart & Sparry, a New Jersey Textile Company. The letters give a vivid glimpse into the life of a young middle class girl before the first World War. The number and frequency of the letters gives the reader the feeling of reading a diary. Almost all letters are in their original envelopes with cancels and postage stamps. All are in Good condition with some wear on envelopes, contents neatly written and easily legible. The collection: (ny507)
$480.00