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  • :  Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association Third Annual Meeting Vol. II 1902.  Albany: New York State Historical Association, 1902. . Near fine in blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and the same on the front board. The cloth at the head of the spine is rubbed and slightly worn with hints of fraying and there is a prior owner's name on the front paste down. The full title reads: "Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association Third Annual Meeting with Constitution and By-Laws and List of Members...." This 74 page book contains articles on Fort Ticonderoga, Ethan Allen, Lord Howe, the Legend of Duncan Campbell, Montcalm, and the Evolution of American Free Government. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Sir William Johnson and two photographs.
    TB19568  $40.00




  • Abbey, Edward:  The Serpents of Paradise.  New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1995. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and paper covered boards. In a fine dust jacket. A collection of thirty-five essays and short stories arranged by John Macrae into a reader. The stories and essays are provided in a chronological order to show the progression of Abbey as a writer and the events which shaped his thoughts.
    TB05131  $15.00



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    Ackerman, Jennifer:  Notes from The Shore.  New York: Viking, 1995. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 ivory colored cloth and light yellow paper covered boards. An octavo of 8 3/8 by 5 1/2 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. The author's first book. 190 pages of text with illustrations by Karin Grosz.
    TB02581  $40.00




  • Alstyne, L. Van:  Burying Grounds of Sharon, Connecicut, Amenia and North East, New York.  Amenia, NY: Walsh, Griffen & Hoysradt, Printers, 1903. First Edition. Very near fine in its original dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and blind embossed borders on the boards. A small quarto of 9 3/4 by 6 1/4 inches with occasional pencil notes in the margins and with the cloth lightly rubbed at the head and heel of the spine. Without a dust jacket. 246 pages of text followed by a one page index cemeteries and a one page errata.
    TB32719  $60.00



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    Anderson, Jeffrey W. and Helen A. Harrison:  En Plein Air The Art Colonies at East Hampton and Old Lyme, 1880-1930.  Old Lyme, Conn. and East Hampton, NY: Florence Griswodl Museum and Guild Hall Museum, (1989). First Edition. Fine in heavy, printed paper wraps over an adhesive binding. An oblong octavo of 8 1/2 by 10 1/2 inches. Without a dust jacket as issued. One of only 1,000 copies printed. 72 pages of text and illustrations in black and whtie and in color.
    TB31860  $20.00



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    Andrews, William Loring:  New Amsterdam New Orange New York.  New York: Dodd, Mead And Company, 1897. First Edition. Very good- in orange cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and gilt text and gilt borders on the front board and with the top edge of the text block gilt. A small quarto of 9 by 6 3/8 with the cloth on the spine soiled and with soiling to the front and rear board nearest to the spine. The cloth over the front joint is beginning to part and the cloth at the head and heel of the spine is beginning to fray. There is an early prior owner's book plate on the front paste down and a blind embossed prior owner's seal on the rear end page. Without a dust jacket. One of only 170 copies printed. 142 pages including an index and text. Illustrated with a color map frontispiece, a color vignette on the title page, 31 photogravures on copper, 3 photogravures on gelatine.
    TB29888  $150.00



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    Anonymous:  Celebration Of Guilford's Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary 1639-1889 Catalogue Of Relics.  New Haven: The Stafford Printing Co., 1889. First Edition. Very good in heavy, printed paper wraps over an adhesive and stapled binding. An octavo of 9 by 5 13/16 with shallow chipping of the front cover and at the ends of the spine. There are also notes and a prior owner's name written in pencil on the title page. Without a dust jacket as issued. 56 pages followed by the printed page on the recto side of the rear cover. A listing of the relics loaned to the town of Guilford in celebration of its 250th anniversary. A total of 748 items are listed with the names of their owners followed by a list of oldest homes in Guilford and the original settlers to the town.
    TB30469  $60.00



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    Anonymous:  An address, Delivered At The Formation Of The Lycurgan Association, In Yale College.  New Haven, Conn.: Printed by A. H. Maltby & Co., 1820. First Editiion. Very good in printed self wraps with an over-sewn tread binding. An octavo of 8 5/16 by 4 7/8 inches with light tanning and foxing throughout. Without a dust jacket. 16 printed pages. (A Checklist of American Imprints 1820-1829, 2303)
    TB31004  $35.00



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    Axelrod, Alan, and Charles Phillips:  The Environmentalists A Biographical Dictionary From The 17th Century To The Present.  New York: Facts On File, Inc., (1983). First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in black paper covered boards with bold gilt text on the spine. A quarto of 11 by 8 3/8 inches with an unusuallong, narrow (1/8") light stain down the fore edge of the front board. In a fine, unclipped (no price) dust jacket. 258 including an index and text. Illustrated from black and white photographs. A Whos Who of the ecological world with short biographies of "political leaders, government officials, policymakers, lobbysist, social activists, industrialists, writers, conservaties, radicals, outlaws and law enforcement officials." (from the dust jacket flap)
    TB30010  $20.00



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    Bailyn, Bernard, and Lotte Bailyn:  Massachusetts Shipping 1697-1714 A Statistical Study.  Cambridge, Mass.: The Belknap Press of Harvard University, (1959). First Edition, First Pringint. Fine in maroon cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and the publisher's logo on the front board. A small quarto of 10 by 6 1/2 inches. In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with wear and small closed tears to the upper edge of the spine area and the same to the upper fore corner of the front panel. 148 pages including an index, tables and text.
    TB32335  $35.00




  • Barbato, Joseph:  Off the Beaten Path.  New York: North Point Press, 1998. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 dark blue cloth and decorated paper covered boards with silver blue text stamping on the spine. fine. A collection of "Stories of Place" edited by Joseph Barbato and Lisa Weinerman Horak with an introduction by Barbara Kingsolver. Story contributors include: Howard Norman, Jill McCorkle, David James Duncan, Gretel Ehrlich, Richard Bausch, Lee Smith, Eric Lustbader, Barry Lopez, Annie Proulx, Rick Bass, Rita May Brown, Larry Watson & Julia Alvarez.
    TB06912  $10.00




  • Barbato, Joseph, and Lisa Weinerman:  Heart of the Land: Essays on Last Great Places.  New York: Pantheon Books, 1994. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 brown cloth and light brown paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Co-authored with Lisa Weinerman with a forward by Barry Lopez. Essays by Terry Tempest Williams, Rick Bass, Tom McGuane, William Kitteredge, James Welch, Jim Harrison, Pam Houston, William Least Heat-Moon, Paul Theroux and Peter Matthiessen.
    TB08577  $20.00



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    Barber, John Warner:  Connecticut Historical Collections, Containing a General Collection of Interesting Facts, Traditions, Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes, etc., relating to the History and Antiquities of Every Town in Connecticut, with Geographical Descriptions.  New Haven: Durrie & Peck and J. W. Barber, (1838). Second Edition. Very good+ in its original binding of full leather covered boards with extensive gilt decorations on the spine. Unfortunately, the original gilt decorated leather title label has been lost. The edges of the text block are marbled. An octavo measuring 8 3/4 by 5 1/2 inches with marbled end sheets. The leather over the spine shows evidence of drying with cracking of the leather's surface and rubbing to the leather at the tips of the boards. The contents are remarkable clean and free of tanning and foxing. The hand-colored, fold-out map of Connecticut is in excellent condition. 560 pages of text. Illustrated throughout with 190 wood block engravings. Contrary to the information contained in Wright Howes bibliography, U.S. Iana, the first edition of this title was published in 1836. Barber, an illustrator and historian (1798-1885) was Connecticut's first popular historian creating one of the first travel guides of the state Following the index (in the front of the book) is a hand colored, fold-out map of the State of Connecticut noting all of its towns at the time (see note above regarding condition). Considered to be "mildly scarce" by Howes. (Howes, B-120) Originally published in 1836.
    TB31668  $500.00



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    Barber, John Warner:  Massachusetts Historical Collections, Being A General Collection of Interesting Facts, Traditions, Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes, &c., Relating To The History and Antiquities of Every Town in Massachusetts, With Geographical Descriptions.  Worcester, Mass.: Warren Lazell, 1844. Reprint of 1844. Good+ in its original binding of full leather covered boards with gilt decorations and gilt text on the spine. The edges of the text block are marbled. A small quarto of 9 by 5 1/2 inches with the leather worn through over the front and rear joints, the lower edges of the boards and the tips of the boards. There is an early prior owner's name written in ink at the upper edge of the title page. The contents are generally foxed on the margins and the fold-out hand-colored map is partially tanned it is in undamaged condition. 624 pages of text illustrated from 200 woodcut engravings and the hand-colored fold-out map. The first edition of this title was published by Dorr, Howland of Worcester in 1839. (Armstrong, Bibliographies of New England History, 103; Howes, B-123)
    TB31669  $175.00



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    Barber, John Warner:  The History And Antiquities Of New England, New York, New Jersey And Pennsylvania.  Hartford, Conn.: H. S. Parsons & Co., 1846. Third Edition of 1846. Very good in its original full leather covered boards with extensive gilt tool work and gilt text on the spine with the edges of the text block marbled. An octavo of 8 by 5 inches with rubbing to the boards and the edges of the boards The contents are mildly foxed in the margins throughout. The fold-out map is missing. 624 pages of text illustrated a frontispiece and from "numerous" woodcut engravings. The first edition of this title was published in Hartford in 1840 and contained only 576 pages. (Howes, B-124)
    TB31670  $175.00



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    Barber, John W. and Henry Howe:  Historical Collections Of The State Of New York; Containing A General Collection Of The Most Interesting Facts, Traditions, Biographical Sketches, anecdotes, &c Relating To Its History And Antiquities With Geographical Descriptions Of Every Township In The State..  New York: S. Tuttle, 1841. First Edition. Recently rebound in dark brown cloth covered boards with gilt text stamped on the spine with gilt rules around the title. An thick octavo measuring 9" by 5 1/2". The pages are lightly spotted with foxing throughout particularly around the outside margins and there are occasional notations in ink by an early prior owner. 608 pages which are illustrated with 230 engravings, a frontispiece and 12 plates (following pages 44, 116, 140, 148, 220, 268, 372, 424, 432, 472, 508 and 552) all by the author. Howes calls for 10 plates and the map. The hand-colored, fold-out map of New York following the front index (page 12) is in very acceptable condition with a 3" long tear at the left margin and a 3" long closed tear at one of the lower folds of the map, both professionally repaired. Several early prior owner's have penciled their names and made mathematical notes on the end pages. Considered by Howes to be "mildly scarce". (Howes, B-122; Sabin, 3331) A tight handsome and thoroughly complete copy.
    TB26568  $250.00




  • Barbour, Major Philip Norbourne:  Journals of the Late Brevet Major Philip Norbourne Barbour Captain in the 3rd Regiment, United States Infantry.  New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1936. Limited edition copy. Very good+ in 1/4 tan and blue ribbed cloth covered boards with a paper label on the spine and with a blind embossed seal on the front board. The cloth at the lower tips of the boards is rubbed through. Without a dust jacket. Edited and with a forward by Rhonda van Bibber Tanner Doubleday. A limited edition copy as noted on the second free end paper being copy number 547 of only 1,000 signed and numbered copies produced. It is also signed by the editor. 187 pages of text followed by notes on the ancestry of Major Philip Norbourne Barbour. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author a reproduction of a daguerreotype of Martha Barbour and a photograph of the momument erected to the Major's memory by the state of Kentucky. The full title reads: Journals of the Late Brevet Major Philip Norbourne Barbour Captain in the 3rd Regiment, United States Infantry and his wife Martha Isabella Hopkins Barbour Written During the War with Mexico -1846. Major Barbour was killed in action in Montery on Sept. 21, 1846. His journals and letters written while in Mexico during the war given a first person account of the military actions and personalities witnessed and recorded by Barbour. Very uncommon.
    TB17911  $105.00



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    Barrow, Elfrida De Renne and Laura Palmer Bell:  Anchored Yesterdays The Log Book Of Savannah's Voyage Across A Georgia Century in Ten Watches.  Savannah, Gorgia: Little House of Savannah, 1956. Second Edition. Very good in heavy, printed paper wraps over an adhesive binding with black text on the spine and black text and red designs on the front cover. A small octavo of 7 3/4 by 6 1/4 inches with light rubbing and wear to the covers. The contents are clean and bright. Without a dust jacket. 113 pages of text followed by a bibliography and an index. Illustrated from earlier works of art. Printed by the Ashantilly Press of Darien, Georgia. This is the second edition of the first edition which was published in 1923.
    TB30476  $25.00



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    Barry, Beatrice, and Mary Mackey (Compilers:  A Sharon Bibliography Based On The Sawtell Collection and Other Material in the Hotchkiss Library.  Sharon, Connecticut: Self Published, 1951. Typewritten manuscript. A typewritten, self-published bibliography in heavy typed paper wraps over a stapled binding which is in very good condition. A quarto measuring 11" by 8 1/2" with minor wear. Without a dust jacket as issued. 14 pages followed by additions dated July 1952 of 5 pages, followed by additions of 1953 of 4 pages and that is followed by Additions of 1954 in carbon copy 4 pages and finally Additions of 1956 of 2 pages in carbon copy.
    TB27585  $15.00



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    Bass, Rick, Editor:  The Roadless Yaak Reflections and Observations About One of Our Last Great Wild Places.  Guilford, Conn.: The Globe Pequot Press, (2002). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in tan cloth covered boards with bold, dark green text stamped on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 244 pages including an index, about the authors and text. 36 authors, under the editorship of Rick Bass, assemble a collection of essays and thoughts on a wild place in northwestern Montana...The Yaak Valley.
    TB31280  $25.00




  • Bass, Rick:  Fiber.  Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1989. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and paper covered boards with gray text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket. Although a work of fiction the author leaves no doubt that he is creating an analogy with his own Yaak Valley with the strong suggestion that action be taken quickly to protect it.
    TB08180  $15.00




  • Bass, Rick:  Oil Notes.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1989. First Edition, First printing. Fine 1/4 black cloth and black paper covered boards. In a fine jacket with the price intact on the front flap and with a small 1/4" closed tear at the upper edge of the rear panel. The author's fourth book which is written in the form of a journal which documents the thoughts of this immensely talented writer about life and oil.
    TB11766  $10.00




  • Baxter, Elizabeth Sweetser:  The Centennial History of Newington Connecticut .  Newington, Conn.: Lucy Robbins Welles Library Incorp., 1971. First Edition. Near fine in illustrated, cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and the same on the front board and with the distant image of farm buildings. A small quarto of 9 by 6 inches with map end sheets. There is a slight twist to spine and with the odor of mothballs. The contents are otherwise clean and free of markings. Without a dust jacket. Signed "Best Wishes" by the author on the title page. 316 pages of text and illustrated throughout with drawings and images from black and white photographs.
    TB32721  $45.00




  • Baynham, Henry:  Before The Mast Naval Ratings of the Nineteenth Century.  London: Hutchinson, 1971. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in black cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine, with a prior name on the first free end paper and minor discolorations on the verso of the fly title page and on the verso of the frontispiece. In a very good+ dust jacket with a price clipped front flap but with two tape repairs on the verso of the jacket at the ends of the spine area mending two closed tears. 224 pages containing an index, glossary, text and illustrated with period art and photographs. The author provides an authoritative study of the sailor's life in the British Navy which is a sequel to his book: From the Lower Deck.
    TB15877  $25.00



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    Beach, E. Merrill:  Trumbull: Chruch and Town A History Of The Colonial Town Of Trumbull And Of Its Church.  Trumbull, Conn.: Trumbull Historical Commission, c 1955, 1956. Second Edition. Fine in dark red cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and on the front board. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches with hints of rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine. Without a dust and probably as issued. 165 pages including a map of the town, bibliography and text. Illustrated throughout from black and white photographs.
    TB30630  $25.00



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    Beach, E. Merrill:  They Face The Rising Sun .  Chester, Conn.: Trumbull Cemetery Committee, 1971. First Edition, First printing. Fine in lime green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and gilt text with the design of a tombstone on the front board. An octavo measuring 9" by 6". Without a dust jacket as issued. Signed and dated in the year of publication by the author on the title page. "A comprehensive story with Genealogical material and complete charting of Unity Burial Ground - Oldest Cemetery in Trumbull, Connecticut 1730 - 1971." 60 pages including an index, bibliography, text and illustrated with black and white photographs.
    TB24877  $20.00




  • Beach, Captain Edward L.:  The United States Navy 200 Years.  New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1986. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 blue cloth and paper covered boards with copper colored text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. 564 pages including an index, bibliography, appendix, text with two sections of photographs all of which provide the author's 200 year history of the U.S. Navy.
    TB13142  $12.00



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    Beebe, William:  Pheasants Their Lives and Homes (In Two Volumes).  Garden City: New York Zoological Society and Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1931 c.1926. Reprint. Both volumes of this two volume set are in fine condition in green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spines and gilt text and emblems on the front boards. Both are small quartos measuring 10 1/2" by 7 1/2". Both are within very good+ off white dust jackets with tanning to the spine areas and both show modest shallow chipping from the upper edges of the spine areas. Volume I contains 257 pages and volume II contains 309 pages including an index to both volumes. Both are illustrated with photographs, and color and black and white plates. Both volumes are contained within a fine, light green, cloth covered clamshell box with marbled paper on the inside boards and with black text stamped on a paper label on the spine end.
    TB25292  $200.00



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    Benham, J. H.:  Benham's City Directory and Annual Advertiser for 1847-8 To Which Is Added A Directory For Fair Haven.  New Haven: J. H. Benham, 1847. First Edition. Very good+ in 1/4 leather and printed, paper covered boards over a sewn binding. A 16mo of 6 1/2 by 4 1/4 inches with the leather at the head and heel of the spine worn down to the edges of the text block and with rubbing and light wear to the paper at the edges of the boards. There is a scrap piece of paper attached to the front paste down The city directory for both New Haven and Fair Haven. 167 pages of text with ads on the first three pages and last eleven pages.
    TB31836  $95.00




  • Bennett, Geoffrey:  Nelson The Commander.  New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1972. . Near fine in burgundy cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and map end papers. The front board has a 1/2" circular stain at its fore edge. In a near fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap with specs of gray paint on the front panel. A biography of Nelson by a professional naval officer. 322 pages including an index, bibliography, chapter notes, text and illustrated with maps and photographic reproductions of contemporary works of art.
    TB17561  $21.00




  • Bennett, Geoffrey:  The Battle of Trafalgar.  (Annapolis): Naval Institute Press, 1977. First Edition, First printing. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamped on the spine. An octavo measuring 9" high by 6" deep. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket with wrap around cover art from a painting by George Chambers. 256 pages including an index, notes on the plates, a bibliography and text. Illustrated with a section of maps, photographs and reproductions of contemporary works of art together with additional line drawings within the text.
    TB23070  $15.00



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    Bicentennial Committee:  Hebron, Connecticut Bicentennial August 23d to 25th, 1908.  Hebron, Conn.: Bicentennial Committee, 1910. First Edition. Very good+ in tan cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and black text and a design on the front board. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 6 inches with a 1 1/4 inch stain on the upper rear corner of the front board and slight tanning to the cloth on the spine. Without a dust jacket. This is the real book - the original....not one of those ridiculous print-on-demand knock offs many of which are offered at high prices. "An account of the celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of the incorporation of the town." (from the title page) 77 pages illustrated with a fold-out map of the town and several plates from black and white photographs. A clean and tight copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB29967  $25.00



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    Birdsall, Steve:  Pride of Seattle The Story of the First 300 B-17Fs.  Carrollton, Texas: Squadron/Signal Publications, (1998). No edition stated. Fine in heavy, printed paper wraps over an adhesive binding. A small quarto of 112 by 8 1/2 inches. Without a dust jacket as issued. 64 page illustrated throughout from photographs. A fine copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB30470  $25.00



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    Bligh, William:  A Voyage to the South Seas.  New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1975. Limited Edition. Fine in light tan buckram with a gilt on black leather title label on the spine and light brown illustrations on the front and rear boards. A folio measuring 14" by 9 1/2" with map end sheets. In a very good+ glassine dust jacket with a 1" closed tear over the spine area. The book and its jacket are contained within a fine black, paper covered slip case. One of only 2,000 copies printed, this copy noted as number 881 on the last page of text whereon the illustrator and book designer have signed their names. 150 pages of text illustrated with four color plates and drawings by Geoffrey C. Ingleton and with an introduction by Alan Villiers. The full title reads: "A Voyage to the South Seas Undertaken by Command of His majesty for the purpose of conveying the Bread-Fruit Tree to the West Indies in His Majesty's Ship Bounty commanded by Lieutenant William Bligh including an account of the Mutiny on board the said ship and the subsequent voyage of part of the crew in the ship's boat from Tofoa, one of the Friendly Islands, to Timor, a Dutch Settlement in the East Indies." A beautiful, clean, crisp and tight copy with no marks, notations or prior owner's book plates.
    TB25718  $90.00



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    Boas, Norman Francis:  Stonington During The American Revolution.  Mystic, Conn.: Seaport Autographs, 1990. First Edition, First printing. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4" by 6 1/2" with a with a hint of dust staining to the top edge of the text block. In a fine, unclipped (no price) dust jacket. 195 pages including an index, bibliography, appendices and text. Illustrated with photographs, facsimiles of historical documents and reproductions of contemporary works of art.
    TB29219  $50.00



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    Bonney, Mrs. Catharina V. R.:  A Legacy Of Historical Gleanings.  Albany, NY: J. Munsell, 1875. Second Edition. Both volumes of this two volume set are are in very good- condition in brick red cloth covered boards with gilt text and black decorations on the spines and with black decorations and borders on the front and rear boards. Both are small quarto of 9 by 5 3/4 inches with the cloth at the heads and heels of the spines rubbed and worn as are the tips of the boards. Both volumes have a stamp on the first free end page reading: "discarded from the Bangor Theological Seminary" as well as two book plates on the front paste downs from two prior owners. The front and rear hinges for both volume are cracked yet the bindings are hold and strong. Volume I contains 542 pages including an index. Volume II contains 544 pages including an index. Illustrated with a number of portraits of individuals noted in the volumes. This publication contains historical documentation (to and from members of the Van Rensselaer family) for events occurring in the State of New York from the original Dutch settlement, the French and Indian War, American Revolution, the War of 1812 and up to the close of the Civil War and ending around 1871. (Klein: New York in the American Revolution, 841)
    TB29378  $150.00




  • Bracken, Jeanne Munn (Editor):  Iron Horses Across America: The Transcontinental Railroad.  Carlisle, Mass.: Discovery Enterprises, Ltd., 1995. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in printed, heavy, paper wraps over an adhesive binding. A small octavo measuring 7 1/2" by 5 1/4". Without a dust jacket as issued. 63 pages of text illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. One of the volumes in the Perspectives on History Series.
    TB25589  $5.00



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    Bradley, James:  Flyboys A True Story of Courage.  Boston: Little Brown and Company, (2003). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 red paper and black paper covered boards with bold silver colored text stamping on the spine. A small quarto of 9 3/16 by 6 inches with photo printed end sheets. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 390 pages including an index, bibliography, chapter notes and text. Illustrated with two sections of images from black and white photographs. A very clean, tight and handsome copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32078  $15.00



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    Bradley, James:  The Imperial Cruise A Secret History Of Empire And War.  Boston: Little Brown and Company, (2009). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 black and light gray paper covered boards with white text on the spine and the publisher's initials embossed in blind on the front board. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4" by 6" with map end sheets. 387 pages of text including an index. Illustrated with maps and black and white photographs.
    TB27696  $12.00



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    Callo, Joseph F.:  Nelson Speaks Admiral Lord Nelson In His Own Words.  Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and light blue paper covered boards with metallic blue text stamped on the spine. A small octavo of 8 by 5 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket (no price). 216 pages including an index and text. Illustrated with reproductions of contemporary works of art.
    TB29825  $10.00



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    Campanella, Thomas J.:  Republic Of Shade New England and the American Elm.  New Haven: Yale University Press, (2003). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 charcoal gray cloth and light gray paper covered boards with gilt text stamped on the spine. A small quarto of 10 by 7 inches with bright yellow end sheets. In a fine, unclipped (no price) dust jacket. 228 pages including an index, bibliography, chapter notes and text. Illustrated throughout from black and white photographs.
    TB31803  $30.00




  • Carman, William Y.:  Uniforms of the Foot Guards From 1661 to the Present Day.  Romford, Essex: The Pompadour Gallery, 1995. First Edition, First printing. Fine in bright red cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket. A 4to measuring 12" high by 8 1/2" deep. 127 pages of text and illustrated with thirty full color plates by Bryan Fosten which depict the uniforms worn by the Foog Guards. A wonderfully illustrated book.
    TB16730  $20.00



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    Carr, John C.:  Early History of Branford.  Branford, Conn.: The Branford Historical Society, 1985. Reprint of 1985. Fine in heavy printed paper covered wraps over a stapled binding. An octavo of 8 1/2 by 5 3/8 inches. Without a dust jacket as issued. (52) pages containing an index and text followed by a fold-out map of the town as it may have been laid out in 1699 and in 1710 which is laid-in at the rear of the booklet.
    TB31333  $20.00



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    Carroll, David M.:  The Year of the Turtle.  Charlotte, Vermont: Camden House Publishing, (1991). First Edition. Fine 1/4 red cloth and paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. An oblong octavo of 8 by 7 7/8 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket with the spine area slightly faded. Signed without an inscription and dated by the author in the year of publication on the title page. 172 pages including an index and text. Illustrated with many wonderful sketches and etchings of fresh water turtles by the author/illustrator who lives in New Hampshire.
    TB30981  $75.00



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    Chadwick, Bruce:  I Am Murdered: George Wythe, Thomas Jefferson, and the Killing That Shocked a New Nation.  Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., (2009). First Edition, First printing. Fine in black paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4" by 6". In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 280 pages including an index, bibliography, chapter notes and text. Illustrated with a black and white photograph and reproductions of contemporary works of art. George Wythe was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and was "America's first professor of law." One of his students, Thomas Jefferson considered him a "second father". Yet Wythe was murdered at the age of 80 in 1806 in his Richmond, Virginia home. The trial which followed was this country's first "trial of the century".
    TB24449  $25.00



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    Church, Albert Cook:  Whale Ships and Whaling.  New York: W. W. Norton, 1938. First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in photographically illustrated cloth covered boards with white text on a blue spine with decorated end papers. A small quarto of 10 by 7 1/2 inches with very light rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine. Without its issued dust jacket. This title provides one of the most extensive photographic records of the whaling industry. 179 pages containing text, line drawings and with over detailed 200 photographs as well as the plans and specifications for a whaleship. Uncommon.
    TB32367  $75.00



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    Churchill, Winston S.:  A History of The English-Speaking Peoples (Volume IV).  London: Cassell and Company LTD, 1958. First Edition, First Printings. Very good+ in full, dark red cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. A small quarto measuring 9 1/2" by 6" with the cloth at the head of the spine bumped and creased and with the lower fore corner of the front board slightly bumped. In a very good, unclipped dust jacket with rubbing and wear and mild creasing to the ends of the spine area and the same to the fore corners of the front panel. Containing pages i-xi + 332 including an index. Illustrated with maps. (Woods, A138(a))
    TB27210  $65.00



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    City of Bridgeport, Connecticut:  Municipal Register Of The City of Bridgeport for 1899.  Bridgeport, Conn.: T. W. Joyce Printing Co., 1899. First Edition. Fair in it original dark green cloth covered boards with faded silver text on the spine and the same on the front board together with blind embossing on both boards and the spine. An octavo of 8 3/4 by 5 1/2 inches with the cloth torn by 1 1/2 inches at the upper corner of the front board and with the cloth worn through at the tips of the boards. Without a dust jacket. 552 pages including messages from the mayor and financial reports for the city.
    TB29995  $25.00



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    Clark, George L.:  A History of Connecticut Its People and Institutions.  New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1914. First Edition. Near fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and on the front board and with the top edge of the text block gilt. A small quarto of 9 by 6 inches with light rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and to the tips of the boards. Without a dust jacket. 609 pages including an index followed by a one page ad for an earlier title by this author. Illustrated with a frontispiece from a black and white photograph and numerous plates from earlier works of art and photographs and fold-out maps. A very clean, tight and handsome copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB31675  $40.00



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    Clark, Howard:  Saga Of Pomperaug Plantation 1673-1973 Southbury Tercentennial.  Southbury, Conn.: Southbury Tercentennial Committee, (1973). First Edition. Fine in bright red cloth covered boards with a gilt title label on the front board. A small quarto of 9 3/4 by 7 3/8 inches with map end sheets. Without a dust jacket. 77 pages including a list of subscribers and text. Illustrated with maps and with images throughout from black and white photographs.
    TB30634  $20.00



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    Clarke (Editor), Elizabeth W.:  Before & After 1776 A Comprehensive Chronology of The Town of Greenwich: 1640-1976.  Greenwich, Conn.: Historical Society of the Towns of Greenwich, 1976. First Edition, Limited Edition. Near fine in 1/4 white and green cloth covered boards with green text on the spine and gilt text stamped on the front board. A small quarto of 11 7/8 by 8 3/8 inches. In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with heavy wear and rubbing to the ends of the spine area and with small chips to the upper fore corners of the panels over the tips of the boards. One of only 727 copies printed with this copy identified as number 361 on the limitation page. 183 pages including an index, appendices and text. Illustrated throughout from black and white photographs, maps and line drawings and with a double page, color painting of a British raid on the town.
    TB30676  $40.00



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    Coffin, Robert P. Tristram:  On the Green Carpet.  Indianapolis, Ind.: Bobbs-Merrill, 1951. Reprint ?. Near fine in its original light green, cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and on the front board. An octavo of 8 1/2 by 5 3/4 inches. In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with 1/4 inch deep chips across the upper edge of the spine area and with soiling to the rear panel. Warmly signed and inscribed by the author to the "daughter of a great friend" together with a wonderful and delicately drawn, pen and ink image of a humming bird with its bill in a flower.on the third free end page. 277 pages of text illustrated with seven plates from woodcuts and pen and ink drawings by the author. A book on the art of poetry by this Maine author and Pulitzer Prize winning poet told from the basis of seven lectures he gave which includes 20 of his poems not previously published in book form.
    TB32832  $125.00



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    Connecticut Historical Society:  Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society, Volume IX and X: Rolls of Connecticut Men in the French and Indian War, 1755-1755 and 1758-1762.  Hartford, Conn.: Connecticut Historical Society, 1903 & 1905. First Editions. Both volumes of this two volume set are in very good+ condition in their original dark brown, cloth covered boards with six, blind embossed bands and gilt text on the spines. Both are small quartos of 9 5/8 by 6 inches with light wear and rubbing to the cloth at the heads and heels of the spines and to the tips of the boards. Volume IX has a Connecticut State book plate on the front paste down with a handwritten not adding "Conn. Hist. Sve | Hartford". The contents are clean, tight and free of foxing, tanning and any damaagge. Without dust jackets and probably as issued. Volume IX contains 354 pages including an index and text. Volume X contains 472 pages including an index and text.
    TB32823  $125.00



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    Connecticut Historical Society:  The Pitkin Papers Correspondence and Documents During William Pitkin's Governorship Of The Colony Of Connecticut 1766-1769.  Hartford: Connecticut Historical Society, 1921. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in dark brown ribbed cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and blind embossed borders on the boards. A small quarto measuring 9 1/2" by 6" with just a hint of rubbing to the cloth at the heel of the spine. Without a dust jacket and probably as issued. Contained within Collections Of The Connecticut Historical Society Volume XIX. 311 pages (many of which are unopened) including an index. Many of the letters and documents reprinted within this volume relate to the Colony's reaction to the imposition of the Stamp Act. The source for these letters and documents were the records from the Public Record Office in London and the Trumbull Papers from the Massachusetts Historical Society.
    TB25130  $80.00



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    Cooper, Rev. [William]:  The History of North America; Containing A Review of the Customs and Manners of the Original Inhabitants; the First Settlement of the British Colonies; and their Rise and Progress, from the earliest Period to the Time of their Becoming United Free and Independent States..  Albany, NY: Samuel Shaw, 1818. 1813 Edition. An ex-library copy in very good condition in a dark green cloth library binding with gilt text on the spine and white call numbers on the lower part of the spine. A 16mo of 6 5/16 by 3 7/8 inches with a library stamp on the first free end page; an early prior owner's name in ink at the upper edge of the title page, a library stamp at the bottom of the same along with a perferated library name on the same page; a call number on the first preface page; and, the ghosts of library materials on the last few end pages. With the exception of a few library stamps, the contents are clean, tight and free of foxing and tanning. 264 pages. This edition contains an appendix consisting of the Constitution of the United States; the Declaration of Independence; and, President Washington's Farewell Address. This appendix does not appear in the earlier editions of this title. (Howes, C-761)
    TB31993  $175.00



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    Corbett, Julian S.:  Signals and Instructions 1776-1794.  London: Conway Maritime Press, LTD., 1971, c1909. New Edition of 1971. Fine in bright green cloth covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine. An octavo measuring 8 3/4 by 5 1/2 inches with a ribbon place holder sewn in at the upper edge of the spine. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. A facsimile reprint of the original printing of 1909. 403 pages including an index, bibliography, appendices and text.
    TB28508  $30.00



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    Coues, Elliott:  Birds of the Colorado Valley. A Repository of Scientific and Popular Information concerning North American Ornithology.  Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1878. First Edition, First printing. Recently rebacked with the original text stamped title block reapplied to the spine and with the original publisher's pebbled red cloth covered boards. The end sheets are new. The binding is tight and strong with new headbands in place. The text block is in near fine condition with only early book dealer notations in pencil with no foxing or tanning to the pages. 807 pages including seventy illustrations within the text, an index, an index to bibliography, a bibliographical appendix of faunal publications relating to North American Ornithology from 1612 to 1878. Accordingly, this volume provides an excellent early bibliographical reference to American birds.
    TB20706  $150.00



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    Cram, W. Bartlett:  Picture History of New England Passenger Vessels.  Hampton Highlands, ME: Burntcoat Corporation, 1980. First Edition. Fine in bright blue paper covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine and with illustrated end papers. A quarto measuring 11 by 8 1/2 inches. In a very good+ dust jacket with the original price intact on the front flap but with a 1/2" closed tear with related creasing at the upper edge of the spine area and with minor rubbing to the rear panel. 414 pages including an index with individual pages of photographs and details for 366 different vessels which sailed from 1850 to 1945 from Passamaquoddy Bay to Block Island.
    TB28643  $30.00




  • Cutler, Carl G.:  Five Hundred Sailing Records of American Built Ships.  Mystic, Conn.: The Marine Historical Association, 1952. First Edition, First printing. Very good in heavy green paper wraps over an adhesive binding The outer edges of the wraps are slightly faded as is the spine area. An erratum slip is laid-in at the front of the text. 114 pages of text. The author provides sections dealing with Rate of Speed, Days' Runs (noon to noon), Transatlantic Passages, Sectional transatlantic runs, North-South Atlantic Passages, Atlantic-Pacific Passages, North Atlantic-India Passages, North Atlantic-China and Manila Passages, Atlantic-Australasian Passages and American Coastwise Passages.
    TB16382  $12.00



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    [Daughters of the American Revolution, Connecticut . Sarah Whitman Trumbull Chapter]:  History of Ancient Westbury And Present Watertown From Its Settlement to 1907.  n.p.: no publisher stated, printed by The Heminway Press of Waterbury, Conn., 1907. First Edition. Very near fine in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the front board. An octavo of 8 3/4 by 6 inches with the cloth at the tips of the boards worn through and with light rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and with a prior owner's small book plate on the first free end page. 114 pages of text and illustrated from black and white photographs. (Armstrong: Connecticut A Bibliography of Its History; 9279)
    TB30631  $30.00



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    Davis, Charles Henry Stanley:  History of Wallingford, Conn. from It's Settlement in 1670 to the Present Time, Including Meriden, Which Was One of the Parishes until 1806 and Cheshire, Which Was Incorporated in 1780.  Meriden, Conn.: Self Published, 1870. First Edition. Very good+ in its original dark brown cloth covered boards with faded gilt text on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/8 by 5 1/2 inches with small closed tears to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine. The hinges and joints remain tight and strong with no damage to the text block. 953 pages including two indexes and three pages of errata. Illustrated with a portrait of the author and numerous illustrations from wood engravings, steel plates and lithographs.
    TB31839  $70.00



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    Dayton, Fred Erving:  Steamboat Days.  New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1925. First Edition, First printing. Very good- in dark blue, ribbed cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and front board. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is rubbed and lightly worn at the corners as is the same at the lower tips of the boards. Without a dust jacket. 436 pages of text illustrated throughout with a color frontispiece and line art by John Wolcott Adams. Per Albion, this title is a "Delightful general survey of American steamboating." (Albion, p. 37)
    TB22549  $25.00



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    De Forest, John W.:  History Of The Indians Of Connecticut From The Earliest Known Period to 1850..  Hartford: Wm. Jas. Hamersley, 1851. First Edition. Very good in original brown cloth covered boards with gilt text and gilt boxes on the spine. An octavo of 8 1/4 by 5 inches with the cloth over the joints fractured, but the binding remains tight and strong as the hinges are tight. The cloth at the edges of the boards is worn and worn through at the tips of the boards. An early prior owner's name appears on the second free end page and a more recent prior owner stamped his name on the front paste down. There is a faint, but broad dampness stain from the first free end page to page XXVI just before the first page of text. The text block is quite clean and fresh with few signs of foxing and any age toning only appearing in the appendix (the last 10 pages of the book). 509 pages including an index, appendix and text. Illustrated with a fold-out frontispiece map of the State of Connecticut, 6 engraved plates and 4 vignettes. Published with the sanction and support of the Connecticut Historical Society. This title is referred to by Howes as being the "Best account of these tribes." (Howes, D216; Sabin, 19292; Armstrong/ Conn. A Bibliography of Its History, 573)
    TB31498  $175.00



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    De Kay, James Tertius:  A Rage for Glory The Life of Commodore Stephen Decatur, USN.  New York: Free Press, (2004). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 brown cloth and tan paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 237 pages including an index and a section on notes and comments. Due initially to his daring feat of bravery during the Barbary Wars, Stephen Decatur (1799-1820) was one of the most popular and well respected naval commanders in America. He added to his fame with several naval victories during the War of 1812. His unfortunate death in 1820, a result of a duel with another naval commander, occurred near the height of his career with the then fledging Navy.
    TB29302  $20.00



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    Decker with Margaret A. Harris, Robert Owen:  Cromwell Connecticut 1650-1990 The History of a River Port Town.  West Kennebunck, Maine: Phoenix Publishing, (1991). First Edition. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and light green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping and decorations on the spine and front board and with printed end sheets. A small quarto measuring 9" by 6". In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket. One of only 1,500 copies printed. 523 pages including an index, illustration credits, appendices and chapter notes and text. Illustrated with reproductions of earlier works of art, photographs and maps.
    TB27150  $40.00




  • deKay, James Tertius:  Monitor The Story of The Legendary Civil War Ironclad.  New York: Walker and Company, 1997. First Edition, First printing. Fine in brown paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and a modest bump at the heel of the spine. In a near fine dust jacket due to a price clipped front flap. The full title reads: "Monitor The story of the Legendary Civil War Ironclad and the Man Whose Invention Changed the Course of History." 247 pages including an index.
    TB14416  $7.00



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    Deming, Wilbur Stone:  The First Church Of Fairfield.  Bridgeport, Conn.: Cutting & Woods, Inc., 1963. First Edition. Near fine in red cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and on the front board. An octavo of 8 3/4 by 6 inches. Without a dust jacket. 136 pages including a summary of dates, an index and text. Illustrated with line drawings and images from photographs. From the title page: "Being a brief account of three hundred and twenty three hundred years in the First Church, Congregational, of Fairfield, Connecticut"
    TB30850  $12.00



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    Dexter, Frankliln Bowditch:  Historical Catalogue of the Members of the First Church of Christ In New Haven, Connecticut (Center Church) A.D. 1639-1914.  New Haven: Self-publilshed, 1914. First Edition. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamped on the spine. A small quarto measuring 9 1/2" by 6". Without a dust jacket. 469 pages including an index to the names of the 4,902 records listed in this book.
    TB25897  $125.00




  • Dierks, Jack Cameron:  A Leap to Arms: The Cuban Campaign of 1898.  Philadelphia: J. B. Lippencott Co., 1970. First Edition, First printing. Fine in red cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping and decorations to the spine area. In a near fine dust jacket with a price clipped flap with the verso of the spine area dampstained but with no damage to the recto (outside) with a tiny (1/32") chip to the top edge of the spine area. The author recreates the events which lead up to "the splendid little war" and it conclusion in just three months.
    TB06887  $17.50



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    Downer, Martyn:  Nelson's Purse The Mystery of Lord Nelson's Lost Treasures.  Washington, DC: Smithsonian Books, (2004). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 copper colored paper and light brown paper covered boards with metallic blue text stamped on the spine and illustrated end sheets. An octavo measuring 9" by 6". In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 424 pages including an index, bibliography, chapter notes and text. Illustrated with four sections of photographs and reproductions of earlier works of art. A work which focuses on Nelson's best friend, Alexander Davidson who rose to prominence in British society as an agent, banker and significant businessman. His close friendship with Nelson gave him the opportunity to know and correspond with Nelson's wife, Fanny and his mistress, Emma. This book publishes, for the first time, many letters and notes from many people central to Nelson's life.
    TB30490  $20.00



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    Dunbaugh, Edwin L.:  Night Boat to New England 1815-1900.  New York and Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, (1992). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in light yellow cloth covered boards with dark blue text on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 6 inches. In a fine, unclipped (no price) dust jacket 370 pages including an index, bibliographic essay, appendix and text. Illustrated with line drawings and images from black and white photographs. A well researched and readable account of the history of the steamboat trade throughout the 19th century which provided the major means of transportation between New York City, the Connecticut ports of Long Island Sound, Rhode Island and from Boston north to the ports of Maine.
    TB30833  $75.00



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    Durham Historical Society:  Durham 1900-1950.  Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2010. Edition unstated. Fine in heavy, printed paper wraps over an adhesive binding. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 6 1/2 inches. Without a dust jacket as issued. One of the volumes in the publisher's collection of Postcard History Series. 127 pages including a bibliography and illustrated throughout with maps and images from black and white photographs. A very fine, clean and handsome copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB31960  $20.00




  • Eckert, Allan W.:  Wild Season.  Boston: Little Brown & Co., 1967. First Edition. Very near fine in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. A small octavo measuring 8" by 5 1/4" with light dust staining to the top edge of the text block. In a very good, price clipped dust jacket with a 2" long closed tear at the upper edge of the spine area and rubbing to the folds and front panel. 244 pages of text with illustrations by Karl E. Karalus.
    TB26024  $10.00




  • Edmonds, Walter D.:  The First Hundred Years 1848-1948.  New York: Oneida Ltd., 1948. First Edition, First printing. Very good in dark blue paper covered boards with a slight roll to the spine. Without a dust jacket. The history of Ondida Ltd. containing 75 pages followed by 21 pages of photographs. Laid-in is a letter from the president of Oneida Ltd, Pierrepont B. Noyes.
    TB13063  $24.50




  • Eiseley, Loren:  The Invisible Pyramid.  New York: Charles Scribner, 1970. First Edition, First printing. Fine in yellow cloth covered boards with black text stamping on the spine. In a very good+ dust jacket with a 1" closed tear at the upper edge of the front panel & modest wear to the upper edge of the spine area. This distinguished naturalist views the Space Age with the suggestion that what mankind has invested in the space race is equivalent to the building of the great Pyramid of Giza.
    TB07592  $17.50



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    Evermann, Barton W.:  A Reconnaissance Of The Streams And Lakes of Western Montana And Northwestern Wyoming.  n.p. [Washington, DC]: U. S. Fish Commission - Government Printing Office, 1892. First Edition. Fine in a more recent library binding of dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. A small quarto of 10 by 6 7/8 inches. Without a dust jacket. 60 pages of text followed by 21 plates from photographs and maps. Illustrated with a frontispiece (Plate 1), five plates from maps in the text and the aforesaid plates including two large fold-out maps, one of Western Montana and the second of Yellowstone National Park (Plates 26 and 27) both of which are in find condition.
    TB29923  $150.00



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    Fanning, Nathaniel:  Fanning's Narrative.  n.p. [Chicago]: LSC Communications, 2018. First Edition Thus. Fine in teal cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and gilt borders both boards and the Lakeside Classic logo on the front board at the top of which is "LSC Communications" the new publisher of the Lakeside Classic titles. The top edge of the text block is gilt. Without a dust jacket as issued; however, the book remains in the original, publisher provided, shrink wrap. 346 pages including an index and text. Edited by Thomas Philbrick. Illustrated with a color frontispiece and plates from earlier works of art. Connecticut native, Thomas Fanning, provides this narrative of his life at sea during the American Revolution beginning in May of 1778 and ending with his return to New York in November of 1783 after the signing of the Treaty of Paris which brought the war to its final end. During his time at sea, Fanning served under John Paul Jones and experienced the battle with the HMS Serapis.
    TB32519  $65.00



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    Fenlon, Ellen:  Signs Of The Fairies.  Akron, Ohio: The Saalfield Publishing Company, c1962. Edition not stated. Near fine in printed pink cloth covered boards with black text and an image from a photograph on the front board. A small octavo of 7 1/2 by 5 3/8 inches with a number of small, faint spots of what appear to be foxing on the front board. Signed by the author in her married name: "Ellen Fenlon Tobin" on the verso of the first free end page. Unpaginated, but containing 24 leaves of text and illustrations from photographs in color.
    TB32007  $50.00




  • Fleming, Fergus:  Barrow's Boys.  New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1998. First Edition, First printing. Fine in black paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine which is very slighlty rolled. In a fine, unclipped, dust jacket. 489 pages including an index, references, text and illustrated with a section of reproductions of contemporary art work. As second secretary to the British Admiralty, John Barrow in 1816 created an extremely ambitious exploration program to "fill in the blanks on the atlases of the day." For the next 30 years Barrow's Boys traveled to the Arctic, Antarctica, and the heart of Africa.
    TB17080  $12.60



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    Ford, George Hare:  Historical Sketches Of The Town Of Milford.  New Haven, Conn.: Tuttle, Morehouse and Taylor, 1914. First Edition, Limited Edition. Good in its original brown, printed paper wraps over a triple stapled binding with black text and a sketch of the Memorial Bridge on the front cover. A small quarto of 9 1/2 by 6 3/8 inches with heavy wear and chipping around the edges of the covers and with perdition to the upper fore corners of the text block restricted to the margins. The covers were loose, but have been reattached using non-acidic, clear tape. Without a dust jacket as issued. Signed by the author at the upper edge of the title page without a date or inscription. 80 pages of text illustrated with a frontispiece, fold-out map of Milford from 1835, reproductions of earlier works of art, line drawings and images from black and white photographs. An uncommon item, especially signed. (Armstrong, Connecticut A Bibliography of Its History, 5613)
    TB32789  $50.00




  • Fowler, William M., Jr.:  Rebels Under Sail The American Navy during the Revolution.  New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1976. First Edition, First Printing. Very good in gilt decorated dark blue paper covered boards with gilt text and decorations with mild crimping of the head and heel of the spine and with a number of pages with both pencil and ink underlining with marginal notations. In a very good, unclipped dust jacket with 1/8" deep chips from the upper corners of the spine area and with a 1 1/2" closed tear at the upper edge of the rear panel. One of the best resources on the naval battles of the American Revolution. 320 pages including an index, bibliography, chapter notes, text and a section of photographs.
    TB22655  $30.00




  • Fraser, George MacDonald:  The Steel Bonnets.  New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972. Second US Printing. Near fine in light brown cloth covered boards with the upper edge of the front board very slightly faded In a very good dust jacket with a 1/2" closed tear at the lower edge of the fold to the front flap and the upper edge of the spine area and panels rubbed and curled. The author's third book and one of his scarcest titles. This is the author's first non-fiction title. It describes the border area between Scotland & England during Queen Elizabeth's reign.
    TB09905  $50.00



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    Frenkel, Francoise:  A Bookshop in Belrin.  New York: Atria Books, (2015). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 black and gray paper boards with silver colored text on the spine. An octavo of 8 3/8 by 5 1/2 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 269 pages of text. "The rediscovered memoir of one woman's harrowing escape from the Nazis". (from dust jacket)
    TB31201  $30.00



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    Gessner, David:  All The Wild That Remains - Edward Abbey, Wallace Stegner, and The American West.  New York: W. W. Norton & Company, (2015). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 brown and blue paper covered boards with bold gilt text on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 6 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 354 pages including an index, notes on sources and text. Illustrated with occasional black and white photographs scattered through the text.
    TB29423  $25.00




  • Gibson, William Hamilton:  Our Native Orchids.  New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1905. First Edition. Very good+ in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and the same on the front board in addition to a gilt image of an orchid. An octavo of 8 1/4 by 6 inches with rubbing and light wear to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine with an early prior owner's name and date on the first free end page. Some of the stamped text on the front board is chipped. Without a dust jacket. The subtitle reads: "A Series Of Drawings From Nature Of All The Species Found In The Northeastern United States". 158 pages including an index. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 57 plates from line drawings.
    TB31627  $50.00



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    Gibson, Gregory:  Demon of the Waters The True Story of the Mutiny on the Whaleship Globe.  Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in white and blue paper covered boards with copper colored text stamping on the spine. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by the author and one of the illustrators, Erik Ronnberg, on the title page. With illustrations by Erik Ronnberg and Gary Tonkin. 308 pages including an index and chapter notes.
    TB29829  $20.00



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    Gilkerson, William:  American Whalers in the Western Arctic The Final Epoch Of The Great American Sailing Whaling Fleet (In Clam Shell Box).  Fairhaven, Mass.: Edward J. Lefkowicz, Inc., 1983. First Edition, Limited Edition. Fine in 1/4 blue niger leather and light gray buckram cloth with silver colored text stamped on the spine and on the front board. A folio of 15 1/4 by 19 inches. Without a dust jacket as issued, but contained within a clam shell box in dark blue, full, morocco leather covered boards with light wear and rubbing at the bottom edge of the boards and corners. One of a very limited number of copies with the morocco clam shell box. This copy is identified as number 130 and signed by the author/artist on the limitation page at the rear of the book. 48 pages of text and illustrated with line art and color lithographic plates followed by the limitation page. An exquisite copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32207  $650.00



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    Gilkerson, William:  American Whalers in the Western Arctic The Final Epoch Of The Great American Sailing Whaling Fleet.  Fairhaven, Mass.: Edward J. Lefkowicz, Inc., 1983. First Edition, Limited Edition. Fine in 1/4 blue niger leather and buckram cloth with silver colored text stamped on the spine and on the front board. A folio of 15 1/8 by 19 inches. Without a dust jacket as issued. One of only 320 copies which are quarter bound and have the extra suite of plates. This copy is identified as number 158 and signed by the author/artist on the limitation page at the rear of the book. Contained within this copy is the extra suite of twelve plates contained within heavy paper wrapper. Each plate is signed in pencil by the artist without a limitation number. 48 pages of text and illustrated with line art and color lithographic plates followed by the limitation page. An exquisite copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB31544  $475.00



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    Gilkerson, William:  The Ships Of John Paul Jones.  n.p. [Annapolis]: United States Naval Academy Museum, The Beverly R. Robinson Collection and The Naval Institute Press, 1987. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in illustrated, white cloth covered boards with gray text on the spine and an illustration of sailing ship on the front board. An oblong octavo of 8 7/8 by 11 3/8 inches. In a very good+ unclipped (no price) dust jacket with a 2" closed tear to the lower edge of the front panel which has been repaired on the verso side with archival tape. 83 pages including acknowledgements, bibliography, list of plates and text. Illustrated with line drawings within the text and 13 plates, 11 of which are in color. A clean, tight and handsome copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB30154  $35.00




  • Gilkerson, William:  The Scrimshander.  San Francisco: Troubador Press, 1975. First Paperbound Edition. Near fine in heavy illustrated paper wraps with modest soiling to the panels. "The nautical ivory worker and his art of scrimshaw, historical and contemporary." With an introduction by Karl Kortum. 119 pages including an index, bibliography, text, extensive black and white photographs, sketches and line drawings.
    TB15318  $20.00



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    Gorowitz, Bernard (Editor-in-Chief):  A Century of Progress The General Electric Story 1876-1978.  Schenectady, New York: Hall of History, 1981. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in deep red cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and front board. A quarto measuring 11" tall by 8 1/2" deep. In a very good, unclipped dust jacket with a 2" closed tear at the lower edge of the front panel. 107 pages followed by a bibliography, acknowledgments and subject index. "A photo history" of General Electric "in four volumes" (all of which are combined in this one volume). Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs.
    TB23057  $25.00




  • Gosnell, Harpur Allan:  Before the Mast in The Clippers.  New York: The Derrydale Press, 1937. First Limited Edition. Near fine in 3/4 red cloth and paper covered boards with a gilt on red title block fixed to the front board. In a good, glassine dust jacket with a very large chip to the rear panel and with smaller chips to the ends of the spine area and corners of the front panel. A limited edition copy. To a large degree the book is composed from entires from the diaries of Charles A. Abbey while he was at sea during the years 1856 to 1860 on-board a number of clipper ships. 286 pages of text, illustrations, and six fold-out maps together with extensive detail on the rigging of clipper vessels. One of only 950 copies printed this one being number 680.
    TB15793  $75.00



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    Granniss, Lewis C.:  Connecticut Composers.  New Haven: The Connecticut State Federation Of Music Clubs, 1935. First Edition. Near fine in dark blue, ribbed cloth covered boards with faded gilt text stamping on the spine and with bright gilt text on the front board. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches with very light wear and rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine. Without a dust jacket. 125 pages including a bibliography, a chronological list of native-born composers and text covering short biographies of the known Connecticut composers. A very clean and handsome copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB29964  $15.00




  • Graves, S. R.:  A Yachting Cruise In The Baltic.  London: Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1863. First Edition, First printing. Good+ in the publisher's original textured, deep purple, cloth covered boards with gilt text and decorations on the spine and on the front board. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is heavily worn and frayed; however, the binding is tight and the joints and hinges are tight and strong. Without a dust jacket if it ever had one. 399 pages including appendices and text. Illustrated with a fold-out frontispiece, ten steel engravings (some are half tones) and six wood engravings. A few of the plates exhibit mild foxing. The author recounts his ten week cruise through the Baltic Sea in the summer of 1862.
    TB22571  $100.00



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    Gray, Edward:  William Gray Of Salem,. Merchant A Biographical Sketch.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1914. First Edition, Limited Edition. Very good in dark green cloth covered boards with a printed, paper spine label. A small quarto of 10 by 7 inches with rubbing and slight fraying to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and to the tips of the boards. There is the old rust mark of a paper clip on the first and second free end pages and several genealogical entries in pencil scattered throughout the text. The rear hinge has been professionally repaired with Japanese tissue. Without a dust jacket. 124 pages including an index, appendices and text. Illustrated with a frontispiece from a painting by Gilbert Stuart and seven plates of images from facsimiles and from earlier works of art.
    TB32620  $100.00



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    Hall, Edwinn:  The Ancient Historical Records of Norwalk, Conn.; With A Plan Of The Ancient Settlement And OF The town In 1847.  Norwalk, Conn.: James Mallory & Co., 1847. First Edition. Very goo- in its original brown, ribbed cloth covered boards with gilt text stamped on the spine and with blind embossing on both boards. A small octavo of 7 1/2 by 4 1/2 inches with a 1/4" spot on the front board, the cloth at the head and heel of the spine is worn down to the edges of the text block and there are two early prior owner's names on the front paste down with one name repeated on the rear paste down. The original, frontispiece map is missing; however, it is supplied in a nearly full size facsimile. 390 pages preceded by an "advertisement to the reader" and two indexes of eight pages. Illustrated with the map aforesaid, four fold-out views of South Norwalk, View of Norwalk from the Rocks, view from Grumman's Hill, view of Norwalk Harbor and at the very end of the text four fold-out views of Norwalk Hotel, Prospect Hill, Children's Retreat and English & Classical School. There is also a fold-out family chart of the William Benedict family. Both Howes and Sabin call for 3 maps and 4 plates, which does not match this copy, or for that matter, any other copy we have collated. This copy contains 9 plates and 1 map with no evidence of any removals except the original frontispiece map as stated above. (Howes, H-58; Sabin, 29763)
    TB30046  $250.00



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    Hall, Donald:  Seasons at Eagle Pond.  New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1987. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 red cloth and green paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/8 by 6 inches. Without a dust jacket as issued; however, the book is contained within a near fine, paper covered slipcase with an illustrated paper label. Signed on the title page by the author without an inscription or date. 86 pages of text with illustrations throughout by Thomas W. Nason.
    TB30244  $75.00



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    Hall, William H.:  West Hartford.  Hartford, Conn.: The West Hartford Chamber of Commerce, 1930. First Edition. Near fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and on the front board. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches with a prior owner's name embossed on the first free end page and the title page and with very light wear to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and spots of foxing to the preliminaries and end sheets. Without a dust jacket. 267 pages of text and illustrated throughout from black and white photographs of landmark buildings in the town.
    TB31844  $50.00



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    Hall, Verne M. and Elizebeth B. Plimpton:  Vital Records Of Lyme, Connecticut To The End Of The Year 1850.  Moodus, Conn.: The American Revolution Bicentennial Commission of Lyme, Connecticut, (1976). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in light yellow-green cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and front board. An octavo of 8 3/4 by 5 3/4 inches with map end sheets. There is a prior owner's book plate on the verso of the first free end page. Without a dust jacket as issued. 403 pages of text including an index, addenda, military records and records extracted from church records, land records and birth, marriages and death records.
    TB32432  $75.00




  • Hanna, Jay S.:  Marine Carving Handbook.  Camden, ME: Int'l Marine Pub., 1975. 2nd Printing of 1976. Near fine. In a very good+ dust jacket with price clipped jacket flap and a 1" closed tear to the base of the front panel. "The design and making of billetheads, trailborads, and other marine carvings."
    TB07790  $12.00



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    Harbeck, Charles T.:  A Contribution To The Bibliography Of The History Of The United States Navy.  Cambridge, Mass.: The Riverside Press, 1906. Limited First Edition. Good+ in dark blue cloth covered boards with a printed paper label on the spine. The paper label has tanned but there is no chipping and is only rubbed at its edges. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is worn and rubbed and just beginning to fray at the head of the spine. Without its issued dust jacket. This copy is identified as number 256 out of only 350 copies printed. 247 pages including an index. Many of the pages remain unopened. The book is organized according to historical events.
    TB21141  $50.00




  • Hardy, W. G.:  From Sea Unto Sea.  Garden City: Doubleday & Co., 1960. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in black cloth covered boards with gilt and red text stamping on the spine and front board. In a very near fine dust jacket with rubbing of the colors at the panel corners and at the spine end areas. The fourth volume in the Canadian History Series which was edited by Thomas B. Costain.
    TB08322  $17.50



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    Hayes, Derek:  Historical Atlas Of The United States With Original Maps.  Berkeley: University of California Press, 2007. Second Printing.. Fine in light brown cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and map end sheets. A folio measuring 13 1/2" by 10". In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 280 pages including an index, bibliography, titles and sources of maps and text. Illustrated throughout with detailed, color maps.
    TB25895  $40.00



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    Hoagland, Edward:  Tigers & Ice Reflections on Nature and Life.  New York: The Lyons Press, 1999. First Edition, First printing. Fine in white and blue paper covered boards with dark blue text stamping on the spine. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. 206 pages of text.
    TB18923  $50.00




  • Hogg, Ian V. and John Batchelor:  Armies of the American Revolution.  Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1975. First Edition, First printing. Fine in dark red cloth covered boards with gold text stamping on the spine with the last name of a prior owner at the upper corner of the first free end paper. In a very good+ dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap but with a 1" closed tear at the lower edge of the front panel and with light rubbing and wear at the upper edge of the spine area. A small quarto measuring 11" tall by 8 1/2" deep overall containing 157 pages of text and illustrations.
    TB18397  $5.00



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    Holmes, Editor, Richard:  The Hutchinson Atlas Of Battle Plans Before and After.  Oxford, UK: Helicon, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in bright red, cloth covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine. A small quarto of 9 5/8 by 7 3/8 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 237 pages including an index, text and illustrated throughout with maps of before and after battle plans. Covered are 18 battles. Some of the more recognizable battles being Chancellorsville, Alamein, Blitzkrieg, Waterloo, Balaklava, Gallipoli, the Somme and Battle of the Bulge.
    TB30097  $30.00




  • Hough, Richard:  Captain Bligh and Mr. Christian The Men and the Mutiny.  New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1973. First Edition, First printing. Very good+ in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and with a dent to the lower edge of the text block which appears to be a binder's error as there is no corresponding dent to the lower edges of the boards. There is also minor dust staining to the top edge of the text block. In a very near fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap and only a hint of wear at the upper edge of the spine area. 320 pages including an index, notes on sources, a chronology, text and a section of photographs of period art work and maps together with deck plans, rigging sketch and line drawings of the Bounty.
    TB15915  $10.00



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    Howarth, David:  Trafalgar: The Nelson Touch.  New York: Atheneum, 1969. First Edition. Fine with 1/4 navy blue cloth and paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 5 7/8 inches with illustrated end sheets. In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket. . This English author draws on a host of contemporary sources, paintings and sketches to provide a thorough account of the Battle of Trafalgar. 254 pages with illustrations from earlier works of art throughout.
    TB32158  $30.00



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    Howse, Derek and Norman J. W. Thrower (Editors):  A Buccaneer's Atlas Basil Ringrose's South Sea Waggoner.  Berkeley: University of California Press, (1992). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in purple cloth covered boards with bold gilt text on the spine. A quarto measuring 12 by 9 inches. In a fine, unclipped (no price) dust jacket. 314 pages including an index, bibliography, appendices and text. Illustrated throughout with reproductions of earlier handmade maps. "A sea atlas and sailing directions of the Pacific coast of the Americas 1682". With a foreword by David B. Quinn and with special contributions by Tony A. Cimolino. A very clean, tight and handsome copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB28463  $100.00



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    Hutchings, J. [James] M.:  In The Heart Of The Sierras Thee Yo Semite Valley, Both Historical And Descriptive.  Yo Semite Valley: Old Cabin, 1886. First Edition. Very good- in dark yellow, original cloth over beveled boards with gilt text and brown decorations on the spine and on the front board. An octavo measuring 8 1/2 by 6 inches with heavy wear and rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine with several small tears and with the cloth worn through at the tips of the boards. Much of the front hinge is cracked. Containing 496 pages and illustrated throughout with plates and engravings within the text as well as well as two maps one of which folds-out. (Cohen, p 299-300)
    TB28745  $300.00




  • Hutchison, Colonel Paul P.:  Canada's Black Watch The First Hundred Years 1862-1962.  Bloomfield: Museum Restoration Serv, 1962, 1987. 1987 Reprint. Fine in medium blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and front board. In a near fine dust jacket with only a hint of rubbing at the upper edges of the front panel. 340 pages including appendices, text and two sections of photographs.
    TB14672  $24.50



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    Jacobus, Donald Lines:  List of Officials, Civil, Military, and Ecclesiastical, of Connecticut Colony from March 1636 through 11 October 1677 and of New Haven Colony . existence; also, Soldiers in the Pequot War.  New Haven: Roland Mather Hooker for the Publication Commiettee, 1935. First Edition. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and a gilt seal on the front board. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches. In a good glassine dust jacket with numerous chips around the edges. 65 pages of text listing in alphabetical order the names of officials in the two Connecticut colonies at the time listed in the title. This is the original printing, not a reproduction or print-on-demand version.
    TB31858  $125.00




  • James, Adm. Sir W. M.:  The Durable Monument Horatio Nelson.  London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1948. First Edition, First printing. Very good in dark blue cloth covered boards with wear at the heel of the spine and several wrinkles to the cloth on the front board and bumps to the corners of the rear board. Without a dust jacket. 312 pages including an index, text, multicolor maps, and reproductions of period art from the time of Nelson. There is also a prior owner's name on the front end paper and a quote from Nelson neatly written out on the first free end paper.
    TB15013  $10.00



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    Jennings, John:  Bark Canoes The Art and Obsession of Tappan Adney.  Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books, (2004). First Edition. Fine in illustrated paper covered boards with white text on the spine and white and black text on the front board. A small quarto of 11 by 9 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket (price appears on rear panel) with a small crease at the upper edge of the front panel. 152 pages including an index, bibliography and text. Illustrated throughout from color photographs.
    TB30094  $30.00



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    Johnson, Alfred:  Ships and Shipping A Collection of Pictures Including Many American Vessels Painted by Antoine Roux and His Sons.  Salem, Mass.: Marine Research Society, 1925. First Edition. Near fine in red, ribbed cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A small quarto of 10 by 7 inches with the cloth at the head and heel of the spine lightly rubbed and worn and with two short closed tears to the heel of the spine. The contents are clean, tight and free of foxing and tanning and any prior ownership markings. In a very good+, unclipped (no price) dust jacket with a closed tear of one inch long over the front joint and with several small chips from the ends of the spine area and over the tips of the boards several of which have been repaired on the verso side with scotch tape. 270 pages including an index and 61 pages of text. Illustrated with 118 black and white plates. Introductory text by Louis Bres and reminiscences by Edouard Gaubert. Translated and annotated by Alfred Johnson. "A Dynasty of marine Painters Antoine Roux and His Sons." Originally published in Marseille in 1883. The original text in French is on the verso side of the pages of text while the corresponding English version is on the facing recto page. The ninth volume in the series of publications by the Marine Research Society.
    TB31637  $100.00



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    Jones, Herbert:  Frank Lloyd Wright America's Greatest Architect.  Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, 1991. Collector's Edition. Fine in full navy blue leather covered boards with three raised bands on the spine with gilt text and decorations stamped in the compartments and with gilt tool work on both the front and rear boards. The end papers are silk with a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. All three edges of the text block are in gilt. An octavo measuring 8 1/2" by 5 1/2" containing 223 pages including an index. Laid-in at the front of the book is the publisher's two page introduction to this volume. With a foreword by H. Allen Brooks. Illustrated with two sections of black and white photographs. One of the volumes in The Easton Press' collection of The Library Of American History series. A beautiful, tight, clean copy with no names, dates, notations or former owner's book plates.
    TB26274  $80.00



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    Journal Inquirer:  Looking Back Historic Images of North Central Connecticut Volume 2 of 4 featuring historic imaes from Manchester, Andover, Bolton, Coventry, East Hartford and Hebron.  n.p. : Pediment Publishing, (2002). First Edition. Fine in pictorial paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine with gilt and white text on the front board. An oblong octavo of 8 by 11 inches. Without a dust jacket. 128 pages each illustrated from images of black and white photographs of the towns listed in the title.
    TB31694  $30.00




  • Junger, Sebastian:  The Perfect Storm.  New York: W. W. Norton, 1997. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in 1/4 cloth and paper covered boards with black & silver colored text stamping on the spine and with minor fading to the upper edges of the boards. In a very good+ dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap but with a tiny nick to the upper edge of the front panel at the fold to the front flap an faint rubbing to the upper edge of the spine area. A major best seller by this freelance journalist who has written for Outside Magazine, American Heritage and Men's Journal. The author's first book and made into a movie of the same name.
    TB15400  $18.00




  • Kappel-Smith, Diana:  Desert Time.  Boston: Little Brown & Company, 1992. Second Printing. Near fine in pink and tan paper covered boards. In a very good dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap but with two tape repaired closed tears at the upper fore corner of the front panel. "A Journey Through the American Southwest" which records the events of a 25,000 mile trip through the deserts from Oregon and Idaho south to the Mexican border.
    TB16474  $7.00



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    Ketchum, Richard M.:  The Winter Soldiers.  Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1973. Book Club Edition. Near fine in dark blue paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. An octavo measuring 8 1/4" by 5 1/2" with only hints of rubbing at the corners of the spine. In a near fine dust jacket. 435 pages including an index, bibliography, chapter notes and text. Illustrated with maps, and reproductions of then contemporary works of art. A tight, clean copy with no names, dates, notations or former owner's book plates.
    TB25378  $30.00




  • Kilmeade, Brian, and Don Yaeger:  Thomas Jefferson And The Tripoli Pirates The Forgotten War That Changed American History.  New York: Sentinel, (2015). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 white and blue-green paper covered boards with red text on the spine. An octavo measuring 8 9/16 by 5 7/8 inches with map end sheets. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 238 pages including an index, chapter notes and text. Illustrated with maps, battle plans and a section of black and white and color reproductions of earlier works of art.
    TB28555  $25.00



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    Klein, Woody:  Westport Connecticut The Story of a New England Town's Rise to Prominence.  Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 red cloth and dark gray paper covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine. A small quarto measuring 10" by 7" with a gift inscription on the first free end page. In a near fine unclipped dust jacket with a 3/4" closed tear at the lower edge of the front panel of the jacket. Signed by the author on the first free end page. 382 pages including an index, text and illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. With a foreword by Joanne Woodward.
    TB28934  $40.00



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    Knapp, Lewis G.:  In Pursuit of Paradise History of the Towns of Stratford, Connecticut.  West Kennebunk, Maine: Phoenix Publishing, (1989). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 cloth and off white cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and gilt text on the front board. A small quarto of 11 by 8 3/8 inches with mild spots of dust staining to the top edge of the text block. In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with light rubbing and wear to the ends of the spine area and with a 3/4 inch closed tear at the lower edge of the front panel. One of only 4,000 copies printed. 359 pages including an index. Illustrated throughout from earlier works of art and from black and white photographs.
    TB31006  $50.00



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    Knox, Dudley W., Captain:  Naval Documents Related to the United States Wars With The Barbary Powers Volumes I through V Naval Operations Including Diplomatic Background from 1785 Through April 1805.  Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1939-1944. First Edition. A five volume, ex-library set all in very good+ to near fine conditions in maroon cloth covered boards with gilt text stampings on the spines. The library call numbers have been deleted from the spines. There are library plates with "withdrawn" stamps on the front paste downs, and with embossed, punch-through stamps of the library on the title pages and pockets and date due pages adhered to the rear end pages. Volume I contains 718 pages including an index with illustrations one fold-out plan of fortifications of Algiers and two fold-out maps. Volume II contains 598 pages including an index, illustrations and five fold-out maps. Volume III contains 639 pages including an index with illustrations and with four fold-out maps. Volume IV contains 587 pages including an index with plates and three fold-out maps. Volume V contains 639 pages including an index with illustrations and three maps, two of which fold-out, and a fold-out table.
    TB29229  $450.00



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    Koslow, Tony:  The Silent Deep The Discovery, Ecology and Conservation of the Deep Sea.  Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, (2007). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in black cloth covered boards with bold silver colored text on the spine. ;A small quarto of 9 1/2 by 8 1/4 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 270 pages including an index, glossary, chapter notes and text. Illustrated with a section of plates from color photographs.
    TB30876  $25.00



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    Krey, August C.:  The First Crusade The Accounts Of Eye-Witnesses And Participants.  Mansfield Centre, Conn.: Martino Publishing, 2006. Facsimile Reprint. Fine in light gray cloth covered boards with dark blue text on the spine. An octavo measuring 9" by 6 3/4". Without a dust jacket as issued. 299 pages including chapter notes and text. A facsimile reprint of the author's first printing of this title in 1921 by the Princeton University Press.
    TB27399  $70.00



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    Kunhardt, C. P.:  Small Yachts Their Design And Construction.  New York: Forest And Stream Publishing Company, 1885. First Edition. Very good+ in decorated brown cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and gilt and black text and an illustration of a yawl on the front cover with black roped borders. A folio of 14 5/8 by 10 3/4 inches with a gift inscription on the front paste down together with two stamped prior owner's names and with three written prior owner's names on the title page. Numerous torn pages throughout the text block have been professionally mended with archival tape with the majority placed on the verso side of each page. It must be noted that the paper used to carry the print, illustrations and plates for this title are now extremely brittle. As a result, few copies of this publication remain. Of interest is the gift inscription on the front paste down which notes the fact that this copy was given to "Bror Tamm by Francis L. Herreshoff of Bristol, R.I. 1925". The title page bears the signatures of three of its first owners: William S. Eaton, Jr (Sept. 28, 1885), F. L. Herreshoff (1924) and Bror Tamm (1925). Bror Tamm (1890-1981) was a famous boat builder and naval architect from the greater Boston area. He had a close friendship with Francis L. Herreshoff. 369 pages including an appendix and text. Illustrated with 63 plates and numerous line drawings within the text.
    TB31418  $800.00




  • Laing, Alexander, and Joseph J. Thorndike as Editor:  The American Heritage History of Seafaring America.  New York: American Heritage Publishing Company, 1974. . Near fine in turqoise cloth covered boards with faded gilt text stamping on the spine which is also uniformly tanned. In a near fine slipcase with an illustrated paste down label on one panel. 344 pages followed by an index. Extensively illustrated with photographs and reproductions of period art work to provide the nautical history of The Colonial Seafarer, The Revolution at Sea, The World Traders, The Age of Combat Sail, The Whaling Enterprise, The Years of Primacy, The Clipper Ship, The Persistence of Sail and a selective guide to Maritime Museums.
    TB15847  $10.00



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    Lathrop, Dorothey P.:  Let Them Live.  New York: The Macmillan Company, 1951. First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in red-orange cloth covered boards with tan text on the spine and on the front board together with an image of a bird. An octavo of 8 1/2 by 6 5/8 inches with a prior owner's name written in pencil on the fly title page. In a very good-, unclipped dust jacket with rubbing to the folds, minor chipping around the edges of the front panel and heavy chipping to the upper edge of the rear panel. Signed and dated "April 14, 1951" by the author on the front end page. 80 pages of text and illustrated throughout with 19 full page drawings and numerous vignettes within the text.
    TB32069  $150.00



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    Lavery, Brian:  Nelson's Navy: The Ships, Men and Organization 1793-1815.  Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1997. First Edition. Fine in gray cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. A quarto of 11 1/2 by 9 3/4 inches with a partial impression of a rusted paper clip on the first free end page. In a fine, unclipped (no price as appropriate) dust jacket. With a forward by Patrick O'Brian. Lavishly illustrated and thoroughly detailed information pertaining to the outfitting of ships during the time of Nelson. 352 pages with an index.
    TB30188  $75.00



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    Lavery, Brian, and Geoff Hunt:  The Frigate Surprise The Complete Story of the Ship Made Famous in the Novels of Patrick O'brian.  New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., (2009). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in rust colored paper covered boards with bold gilt text on the spin. A quarto of 11 3/4 by 11 inches with a mild bump to the heel of the spine and minor wear to the lower edges of the boards. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 144 pages including an index, glossary, bibliographies, appendices and text. Illustrated throughout from color paintings, sketches and line drawings by Geoff Hunt, as well as images from color photographs and maps.
    TB31933  $150.00



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    Le, Peter, Fevre and Richard Harding:  Precursors of Nelson British Admirals of the Eighteenth Century.  Mechanicsburg, Penn.: Stackpole Books, 2000. First U.S. Edition. Fine in turquoise cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. A small quarto measuring 9 1/2" tall by 6 3/8" deep containing 436 pages including an index, text and illustrated with photographic reproductions of contemporary portraits. A collection of fifteen contributions from various authors providing biographies of admirals all of whom exemplified British seamanship.
    TB18930  $25.00




  • Leasor, James:  The Red Fort An Account of the Siege of Delhi in 1857.  London: Werner Laurie, 1956. First Edition, First printing. Fine in red paper covered boards with a binder's flaw to the upper corner of the front board causing a wrinkle in the paper covering. In a very near fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap, a 1/2" closed tear at the upper edge of the spine area at the fold to the front panel and very light wear to the lower edge of the spine area. The story of the four month siege by the badly out-numbered British Army of the "Red Fort" in Delhi during the Indian Mutiny of 1857. 379 pages including an index & bibliograph
    TB14666  $28.00



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    Lee, James:  Introduction To Botany Containing An Explanation Of The Theory of that Science; Extracted From The Works of Dr. Linnaeus.  London: J. F. and C. Rivington, 1776. Third Edition with Additions and Corrections. Good in the publisher's original leather covered boards with gilt bands on the spine. An octavo measuring 8 1/4" by 5" with the front hinge and joint broken so that the front board is detached. The edges of the boards are rubbed and worn, the first free end page is present but detached and there is a prior owner's name and date of 1804 on the title page. The balance of the text block is tight and in very acceptable shape permitting a binder to apply new end sheets and case. 432 pages including a glossary, an explanation of botanic terms and text. Illustrated with twelve copper plates.
    TB24777  $150.00



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    Lewis, Bernard:  What Went Wrong? The Clash Between Islam and Modernity in the Middle East.  Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, 2003. Collector's Edition. Fine in full, decorated, dark brown leather covered boards with four raised bands on the spine and with gilt decorations and text in the compartments and with both boards heavily decorated in gilt embossing. The end sheets are silk and there is a matching placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. All edges of the text block for this octavo (9" by 6") are gilt. 186 pages including an index, chapter notes and text. A clean, tight and handsome copy with no prior ownership markings, notes or book plates.
    TB25941  $75.00



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    Lindner, Eric:  Tiger In The Sea The Ditching Of Flying Tiger 923 And The Desperate Struggle For Survival.  Guilford, Conn.: Lyons Press, (2021). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in black paper covered boards with bold silver colored text on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 350 pages including an index, chapter notes and text. Illustrated throughout the text from black and white photographs. A fine, tight and bright new copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32068  $30.00



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    Litchfield, Norman, and Sabina Connolly Hoyt:  History Of The Town Of Oxford, Connecticut.  n.p.: (no publisher listed), (1960). First Edition. Very good in light blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and on the front board. A small quarto of 9 by 6 inches with the cloth rubbed around the edges of the boards and with faint foxing on all three edges of the text block and with a prior owner's name, date and address on the first free end page. 328 pages including an index, a list of historical document filed in the town hall, a tax list for 1792 and text. Illustrated with a frontispiece from an engraving and images from photographs.
    TB30849  $30.00



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    Little, J. David:  Revolutionary Lyme A Portrait: 1765-1783.  Old Lyme, Conn.: Self-published, 1976. First Edition in book form. Near fine in heavy, printed paper wraps over a stapled binding. An octavo of 8 1/2 by 5 1/2 inches with two small soiling marks on the front cover. Without a dust jacket as issued. 48 pages of text and illustrated with drawings by Jeremy Guitar and Lucinda McQueen.
    TB29428  $25.00



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    Lopez, Barry:  The Rediscovery of North America.  Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, (1990). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in tan cloth covered boards with black text on the spine. A small octavo of 7 3/4 by 5 3/16 inches. In a fine, unclipped (no price) dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page without an inscription or date. Unpaginated.
    TB01009  $125.00



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    Lord, Walter:  Lonely Vigil Coastwatcher of the Solomons.  New York: Viking Press, 1977. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in 1/4 blue cloth and paper covered boards with slight fading to the edges of the boards. In a very near fine price clipped dust jacket with light wear to the lower edge of the spine area. The first full account of the men who operated behind the Japanese lines in the period between 1942-43 when they provided the only intelligence US forces could obtain at the time.
    TB21915  $30.00



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    Lowe, E. J.:  A Natural History of British Grasses.  London: John C. Nimmo, 1891. Third Edition. Near fine in 1/4 green leather and green cloth covered boards with gilt text and gilt borders on the spine. A small quarto of 9 7/8 by 6 7/8 inches with a few minor scrapes to the front board and light rubbing to the cloth at the lower fore edges of the boards. Without a dut jacket. 245 pages including a list of authorities, index, comparative analysis, addenda and text. Illustrated with a color frontispiece and numerous color plates.
    TB32219  $175.00



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    [Macgregor, Lieut.-General Sir Duncan]:  A Narrative Of The Loss Of The Kent East Indiaman, By Fire, In The Bay Of Biscay, On The 1st March, 1825 In A Letter To A Friend..  Edinburgh: Waugh & Innes, 1825. First Edition. In new, dark brown, full leather covered boards with gilt text stamped on the spine. A 16mo of 7 by 4 1/4 inches with just the slightest rubbing at the upper fore corner of the front board. The contents are in very good condition as the pages are uniformly tanned and the title page shows an early prior owner's name and date and notes the author's name and regiment. Without a dust jacket. 78 pages of text which includes a 14 page appendix reproducing letters of gratitude and approbation following the disaster. The ship Kent (an East Indiaman vessel) was bound for Bengal and China with 641 persons on board the many of whom were 364 soldiers of the 31st Regiment of Foot. The Kent was caught in a violent storm during which a cask of spirits broke and caught fire engulfing the ship. The brigantine Cambria was near enough to see a distress signal from the Kent. Coming to the Kent's aid her crew and passengers helped rescue 550 survivors. 14 seamen were rescued by a second ship coming to the aid of the Kent. In all 81 persons lost their lives.
    TB29643  $150.00




  • Malcarne, Donald:  Houses Of Essex Volume II.  Ivoryton (Essex), Conn.: The Ivoryton Library Association, (2007). First Edition. Fine in printed, heavy paper wraps over an adhesive binding. A quarto measuring 11 by 8 1/2 inches. Without a dust jacket as issued. 179 pages including a list of photographic credits and text. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs of homes in Essex and in Ivoryton. Nearly every page in the book is devoted to a single historic home and provides a history of the building.
    TB29155  $65.00



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    Marcy Crofut, Florence S.:  Guide To The History And The Historic Sites Of Connecticut.  New Haven: Yale University Press, 1937. First Edition. Both volumes of this two volume set are in fine condition in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text and decorations on the spines Both are small quartos of 10 1/4 by 7 1/8 inches. Both are in good, unclipped dust jackets with numerous chips and closed tears. Volume I contains 459 pages of text illustrated with a fold-out map and images from black and white photographs. Volume II contains pages 461 to 973 which includes an index to both volumes and is illustrated with maps and images from black and white photographs.
    TB31603  $200.00



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    Matthews, Frederick C.:  American Merchant Ships 1850-1900 (Series One and Two).  Salem, Mass.: Marine Research Society, 1930 & 1931. First Editions. Both volumes of this two volume set are in fine condition in dark blue cloth covered boards with bright gilt text on the spines and embossed boarders on the front boards. Both are small quartos of 10 by 6 7/8 inches with mild foxing to the fore and bottom edges of the text blocks. The top edges are stained blue. Both volumes are in near fine, unclipped (no prices) dust jackets. The first volume contains 399 pages including an index and is illustrated with a color frontispiece and throughout with images from earlier works of art and black and white photographs. The second volume (Series two) contains 358 pages including an index and is also well illustrated with images as aforesaid. Very uncommon to be found in such nice condition in their original dust jackets. These volumes are the Marine Research Society's Publications Number 21 and 23.
    TB31554  $350.00



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    Matthews, Frederick C.:  American Merchant Ships 1850-1900.  Salem, Mass.: Marine Research Society, 1930. First Edition, First printing. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A small quarto of 10 by 6 7/8 inches. As to be expected with any volume in "fine" condition, the binding, hinges and joints are all strong and all pages are present without any evidence of foxing or tanning. In a fine, unclipped (no price) dust jacket. Containing 399 pages including an index, text and illustrated with 127 photographic plates of merchant sailing ships. The twenty-first volume in the series of publications by the Marine Research Society. (Howes M-424)
    TB31638  $100.00



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    Matthews, Frederick C.:  American Merchant Ships 1850-1900 (Series II) Limited Edition.  Salem, Mass.: Marine Research Society, 1931. Limited Edtion. Very good in 1/4 black cloth and marbled paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on a faded cloth spine and with marbled end sheets. A small quarto measuring 10 1/4" by 7 1/4" with the tips of the boards worn and several short closed tears to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine. One of only ninety-seven printed of which only 87 were for sale and this volume is identified as number 81. 358 pages including an index. Illustrated with 53 photographs or photographic reproductions of works of art. The twenty-third volume in the series of publications by the Marine Research Society.
    TB25074  $65.00



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    Matthews, Frederick C.:  American Merchant Ships 1850-1900 (Series II).  Salem, Mass.: Marine Research Society, 1931. First Edition, First printing. Fair in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. The cloth on the rear board is well wrinkled due to dampness which has invaded the lower half of the rear 125 pages of the text. Fortunately, there is no "high water mark" as a result of this water damage. Without a dust jacket (if it ever had one). 358 pages including an index. Illustrated with 53 photographs or photographic reproductions of works of art. The twenty-third volume in the series of publications by the Marine Research Society.
    TB22579  $15.00



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    Matthiessen, Peter:  Baikal Sacred Sea of Siberia.  London: Thames and Hudson, 1992. First Edition. Fine in navy blue cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine and decoration on the front board. In a fine, unclipped (no price) dust jacket. Signed by the author without an inscription on the title page. Photographs by Boyd Norton. The book is of the same format as its American version but with a jacket with a considerably different appearance.
    TB29595  $65.00



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    Mc Dougall, Walter A.:  The Heavens And The Earth A Political History Of The Space Age.  Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, 1988. Collector's Edition. Fine in full dark blue leather covered boards with three raised bands on the spine with gilt text and decorations stamped in the compartments and with gilt tool work on both the front and rear boards. With illustrated end papers and a silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. All three edges of the text block are in gilt. An octavo measuring 9" tall by 6" deep containing 555 pages of text including an index Laid-in is the publisher's brochure outlining the contents of this volume. One of the volumes in The Easton Press' collection of The Library Of American History series. A beautiful, tight, clean copy with no names, dates, notations or former owner's book plates.
    TB25943  $75.00



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    McCain, Diana Ross:  Connecticut Coast A Town-by-Town Illustrated History.  Guilford, Conn.: The Globe Pequot Press, (2009). First Edtion, First Printing. Near fine in brown paper covered boards with bold gilt text on the spine. A small quarto of 10 3/4 by 8 1/2 inches with a bump to the top fore edge of the front board and with a long, dated, gift inscription on the first free end page. There are also more mild bumps to the lower fore corners of the boards. In a near fine, unclipped (no price) dust jacket. (276) pages of text. Illustrated from black and white photographs from The Connecticut Historical Society. A pictorial examination of the twenty-four shoreline towns of Connecticut stretching from the New York to the Rhode Island borders.
    TB30381  $20.00



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    McClintock, Captain:  A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin.  Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1860. Author's Edition. Very good in purple, pebbled, blind stamped cloth covered boards with faded copper colored text stamping on the spine which is slightly faded. A small octavo of 7 5/8 by 4 7/8 inches with yellow end sheets. The text block is completely foxed around the margins of each page 375 pages including an appendices and text. The two, fold-out maps are located at the end of the text are in excellent condition. The text is illustrated with an engraved frontispiece with 14 plates and one engraving within the text (one plate is missing) plus three maps of four called for and the facsimile of the Record found of the Franklin Expedition.
    TB30239  $40.00



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    McKay, Richard C.:  South Street A Maritime History of New York.  New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1934). First Edition. Very good+ in beige cloth covered boards with black text and blue rules on the spine and with the same on the front board. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 6 inches with light soiling around the edge of the boards. In a good, unclipped dust jacket with many chips around the edges of the panels and spine area and the front flap is although present is separated from the front panel. 460 pages including an index and text. Illustrated with a frontispiece and from earlier works of art throughout.
    TB31745  $50.00



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    McKee, Alexander:  H.M.S. Bounty.  New York: William Morrow & Co., 1962. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 blue cloth and paper covered boards. In a very good+ dust jacket with a price clipped front flap and 1/8" chips across the upper edge of the spine area. A true account of the famous mutiny of 1789. Published in the UK under the name of "The Truth About the Mutiny on the Bounty."
    TB11568  $12.00



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    McPhee, John:  Oranges.  New York: Farrer Straus Giroux, 1967. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in light blue cloth covered boards with the upper edge of the text block stained light yellow. The lower edges of the boards shows minor fading; otherwise the book is fine. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. A small octavo measuring 7 7/8" tall by 5 3/8" deep containing 149 pages of text. Warmly inscribed by the author on the title page and dated in 1969. The author's third book which has become rather uncommon.
    TB22008  $275.00



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    McPhee, John:  Assembling California.  New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1993. First Edition, First printing. Fine in decorated light green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. An octavo of 8 1/4 by 5 1/2 inches. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. Signed by the author without a date or inscription on the fly title page. 304 pages of text dealing with the geology of California. Illustrated with a frontispiece from a black and white, satellite, photograph of California's Central Valley. A bright, clean and handsome copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32747  $150.00




  • McPhee, John:  The Control of Nature.  New York: Farrer Straus Giroux, 1989. First Edition, First printing. Fine in red-brown cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and with a black illustration on the front board. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author without a date or inscription on the fly title page. Mcphee visits with the engineers who must prevent the Mississippi from leaving its old established course; an Icelandic physicist who devised a means to prevent molten lava from taking over and filling-in Iceland's most important port; Hawaii to view similar attempts to control lava and in Los Angeles to meet with those responsible for trying to control the rapid disintegration of the mountainous terrain surrounding that area. 272 pages of text.
    TB32746  $145.00




  • McPhee, John:  Pieces of the Frame.  New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1975. First Edition, First printing. Fine in bright blue cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine and with a prior owner's name on the front free end paper. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap and only a hint of rubbing at the upper edge of the spine area. A collection of eleven memorable stories or essays which have appeared in The Atlantic, Holiday, Playboy and The New Yorker magazines. 308 pages of text. One of the more uncommon titles by McPhee.
    TB16308  $120.00




  • McPhee, John:  Encounters With The Archdruid.  New York: Farrer Straus Giroux, 1989. First Edition. Fine in brown cloth covered boards with blind decorated stamping on the front board and gilt text stamping on the spine. An octavo of 8 1/4 by 5 1/2 inches. In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket with only tiny hints of wear to the ends of the spine area and with a small 1/3 inch closed tear to the upper edge of the front panel. One of the more difficult titles by McPhee to locate in collectable condition. 245 pages of text.
    TB32742  $95.00




  • McPhee, John:  Basin and Range.  New York: Farrer Straus Giroux, 1981. First Edition. Fine in 1/2 black cloth and paper covered boards with copper colored text stamping on the spine. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. A review copy with the publisher's material laid-in at the front of this copy. The only title of John McPhee's which is identified as a first edition with no statement of printing on the copyright page. 216 pages of text. McPhee's first book devoted to geology and the area between eastern California and Utah as told through the eyes of Kenneth S. Defferyes, a professor of geology at Princeton.
    TB32753  $90.00




  • McPhee, John:  The Curve of Binding Energy.  New York: Farrar, Straus Giroux, 1974. First Edition, First printing. Fine in dark red cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. An octavo measuring 8 1/4 by 5 1/4 inches. In a near fine price clipped dust jacket with a minor dark mark at the upper edge of the spine area. "A journey into the awesome and alarming world of Theodore B. Taylor...one of the most inventive nuclear scientist of our time." 232 pages of text. A clean, tight and bright copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32743  $70.00




  • McPhee, John:  Coming into the Country.  New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1977. First Edition. Fine in green cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine with printed end sheets. An octavo measuring 8 1/4 by 5 1/2 inches. In a fine, price clipped dust jacket with a bookseller's price tag on the upper corner of the rear panel and with modest wear to the fore corners of the panels over the tips of the boards. McPhee's award winning classic of Alaska. 438 pages of text and illustrated with a frontispiece map of Alaska.
    TB32751  $70.00




  • McPhee, John:  The Crofter & the Laird.  New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1970. First Edition, First printing. Near fine with a gift inscription on the second free end paper and with slight foxing on the top and fore edge. In a very near fine dust jacket although it is price clipped and the upper edge of the spine area is rubbed.
    TB01912  $56.00



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    McPhee, John:  The Ransom of Russian Art.  New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1994. First Edition. Fine in red cloth covered boards with black text stamped on the spine. An octavo of 8 1/4 by 5 3/8 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed without an inscription or date by the author on the title page. 181 pages of text illustrated with four sections of color plates. McPhee's book which examines the unlawful "departure" of underground artist's works during the 60's and 70's in Russia.
    TB29492  $50.00




  • McPhee, John:  In Suspect Terrain.  New York: Farrer Straus Giroux, 1983. First Edition, First printing. Fine in light brown cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. A octavo of 8 1/4 by 5 1/2 inches with illustrated end sheets. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. The author's sixteenth book and the second in his geological series of books. 210 pages of text A fine, bright and clean copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32745  $30.00




  • McPhee, John:  La Place de la Concorde Suisse.  New York: Farrer Straus Giroux, 1984. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in light gray cloth covered boards with black text on the spine. In a fine jacket with with the price intact on the front flap. McPhee's classic narrative of the Swiss Army through the eyes of Luc Massy, who like 650,000 other Swiss citizens, is a member of the army which can be fully mobilized in less than 48 hours.
    TB16309  $20.00



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    McPhee, John:  The Founding Fish.  New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002. First Edition, First printing. Fine in black and dark gray paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. An octavo measuring 8 1/4 by 5 1/2 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 358 pages of text. The author's 26th book. This title is about the American shad.
    TB28634  $20.00



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    McPhee, John:  Table of Contents.  New York: Farrer Straus Giroux, 1985. First Edition, First printing. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. In a fine jacket with the price intact on the front flap. 293 pages of text.
    TB28692  $20.00




  • McPhee, John:  The Deltoid Pumpkin Seed.  New York: Farrer Straus Giroux, 1973. First Edition. Near fine in 1/4 charcoal gray and orange paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. A quarto of 8 1/4 by 5 1/2 inches with minor bumping to the edges of the boards. In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket with minor wear to the ends of the spine area, minor light soiling to the front panel and a crease to the front flap. 184 pages of text.
    TB32748  $20.00




  • McPhee, John:  Irons in the Fire.  New York: Farrar, Starus & Giroux, 1997. First Edition. Fine paper decorated covered boards with black stamping on the front board and on the spine. In a fine dust jacket. McPhee's 28th book comprises a collection of seven essays on some extremely diverse topics. 216 pages of text.
    TB05940  $15.00



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    McPhee, John:  The Ransom of Russian Art.  New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1994. First Edition, First printing. Fine in deep red cloth covered boards with black text stamping on the spine. A quarto of 8 1/4 by 5 1/2 inches. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. The author examines the unlawful "departure" of underground artist's works during the 60's and 70's in Russia. 181 pages of text and illustrated with a number of color plates. A very clean, bright and tight copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB29281  $10.00




  • McPhee, John:  Giving Good Weight.  New York: Farrer Straus Giroux, 1979. First Edition, First printing. Fine in gold colored cloth covered boards with metallic red text stamping on the spine. An octavo of 8 1/4 by 5 1/2 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 261 pages of text. A collection of five essays. A fine, clean and tight copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32749  $10.00




  • McPhee, John:  Looking For A Ship.  New York: Farrer Straus Giroux, 1990. First Edition, First printing. Fine In a fine dust jacket.
    TB00413  $7.00




  • Messenger, Charles:  The Steadfast Gurkha Historical Record of 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifle.  London: Secker & Warburg, 1985. First Edition, First printing. Fine in green paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. The third volume in the history of the Gurkha from 1948 1982. 147 pages including an index, appendices, text and photographs.
    TB14669  $17.50




  • Michener, James A.:  The Eagle and The Raven.  Austin: State House Press, 1990. 2nd Edition. Fine, In a fine dust jacket.
    TB01176  $3.50



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    Moore, Kathleen Dean:  Holdfast At Home in the Natural World.  New York: The Lyons Press, 1999. First Edition, First printing. Fine in black and blue paper covered boards with white text stamping on the spine. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. 176 pages of text.
    TB18924  $35.00



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    Moore, Marie, and Photographs by Joseph C. Farber:  Portrait of Essex.  Barre, Mass.: Barre Publishers, 1969. . Near fine in red cloth covered boards with silver colored text on the spine. An octavo measuring 8 1/2" by 6 7/8" with slight staining at the fore edges of the boards. In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket with modest rubbing at the upper and lower edges of the spine area. 94 pages of text and black and white photographs of the downtown area of Essex, Connecticut.
    TB29709  $15.00



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    Morley, Geoffrey:  The Smuggling War The Government's Fight against Smuggling in the 18th and 19th Centuries.  Stroud, Gloucestershire: Alan Sutton Publishing Limited, 1994. First Edition, First printing. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine with illustrated end sheets. A small quarto measuring 10" tall by 6 1/2" deep. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. 170 pages including an index, chapter notes and text. Illustrated with maps and reproductions of contemporary works of art.
    TB23080  $25.00



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    Morris, Paul C.:  Maritime Nantucket A Pictoral History Of 'The Little Grey Lady' Of The Sea.  Orleans, Mass.: Lower Cape Publishing, (1996). First Edition. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with bold gilt text on the spine and on the front board. A small quarto measuring 11 by 8 1/2 inches with map end sheets. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket with only hints of wear at the ends of the spine area. Signed by the author on the title page. Laid-in at the front of the book are two newspaper articles regarding the release of this title. 264 pages including an index. Illustrated throughout with hundreds of black and white photographs.
    TB28648  $40.00



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    Morrison, Samuel Eliot and Henry Steele Commager:  The Growth Of The American Republic.  New York: Oxford University Press, 1950. Fourth Revised Edition, First Printing. Both volumes of this two volume set are in near fine condition in brick red cloth covered boards with gilt on black title block on the spines and the black outline of an American eagle on the front boards. Both volumes are small quartos of 9 by 6 inches. Volume I has a small bump to the upper fore corner of the front board and volume II shows mild tanning to the front end sheets a result of a newspaper obituary of Commager having been laid-in too long. Both volumes are within very good dust jackets with chipping to the upper edges of the spine areas and the spine areas are also tanned. Although the jackets are not price clipped the price on each has been scratched out. Volume I is signed by Henry Steele Commager together with the date of 1956. Volume 2 contains Commager's obituary from an unspecified newspaper. Volume 1 contains 825 pages including an index followed by the Constitution of the United States and is illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Thomas Jefferson and many maps most of which fold-out. Volume II contains 974 of text including an index and illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of FDR and numerous maps both in color and black and white.
    TB32637  $150.00



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    Motley, John Lothrop:  History Of The United Netherlands From the Death of William The Silent To The Twelve Years' Truce-1609 In Four Volumes.  New York: Harper & Brothers, n.d. (circa 1868). Reprint. All four volumes of this complete set are in very good condition in 3/4 brown leather and marbled paper covered boards with four raised bands on the spines with gilt text and tool work in the compartments and with the upper edges of the text blocks gilt. The end sheets are of matching marbled paper. Each volume is an octavo measuring 8 1/2" by 5 3/4" with the leather rubbed and worn at the heads of the spines and at the tips of the boards. Volume I contains 532 pages of text illustrated with a frontispiece and a fold-out map. Volume II contains 563 pages of text illustrated with a frontispiece. Volume III contains 599 pages of text illustrated with a frontispiece; and, volume IV contains 632 pages including an index to all four volumes and is illustrated with a frontispiece.
    TB27158  $150.00



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    Mowat, Farley:  The People Of The Deer (First Installment, The Atlantic January, 1952).  Boston: The Atlantic Monthly, 1952. First magazine appearance. Near fine in illustrated paper covered wraps. This issue constitutes volume 189, number 1 of The Atlantic Monthly magazine. Without a dust jacket as issued. The cover art is of Farley Moat done by Mimi Korach depicting the young author sitting atop a rock in the Barren Lands of northern Canada wearing a parka, boots and behind him is a herd of caribou. This is a seven page (page 31 to 37), first installment and the first appearance of Farley Mowat's first book: The People Of The Deer.
    TB19896  $50.00



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    Mowat, Farley:  The Farfarers.  Toronto: Key Porter Books, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in dark blue paper covered boards with a blind embossing of the author's signature on the front board. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. The author takes an unusual departure from the norm by suggesting with this account that a forgotten race of early Brits by the name of the Albans may have first settled in North America well before the Vikings first appeared in the area. 377 pages.
    TB11067  $25.00



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    National Geographic:  Historical Atlas of the United States.  Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1988. Centennial Edition. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with bold gilt text on the spine and on the front board together with a printed paper label of an early map of the eastern seaboard of the US. The portfolio supplement is also in fine condition. Both are contained within a fine, blue, cloth covered slipcase with bold gilt text on one side. 289 pages in the primary book to include an index, bibliography, text and illustrated with maps and images from color and black and white photographs. The secondary portion of this publication is a portfolio titled: "Guide Maps to U.S. History" which contains 17 regional maps of the United States and a single sheet magnifying lens.
    TB31980  $70.00



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    Nenortas, Tomas J.:  Victorian Hartford.  Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in heavy, printed paper wraps over an adhesive binding. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 6 1/2 inches. Without a dust jacket as issued. One of the volumes in the publisher's collection of Postcard History Series. 128 pages including an index, bibliography and illustrated throughout with maps and images from black and white photographs. A very fine, clean and handsome copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB31959  $20.00



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    New Haven Colony Historical Society:  Papers Of The New Haven Colony Historical Society Vol. X.  New Haven: New Haven Colony Historical Society, 1951. First Edition, First printing. Very good+ in the publisher's original dark brown, pebbled cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. An octavo measuring 9" by 6". Without a dust jacket and probably as issued. 345pages including an index and text. Illustrated with black and white photographs The contents include: Ye Mylestones of Connecticut; The Derby Turnpike; The Grove Street Cemetery; Steamboats Reach New Haven; John William De Forest; New Haven, Birthplace of the World's First Commercial Telephone Exchange; The Three Earliest New Haven Architects; History of the Brass Industry in the Naugatuck Valley; Hezekiah Augur; Slavery in Connecticut and Especially in New Haven; John W. Barber, Illustrator and Historian.
    TB23598  $50.00




  • North, Rene:  Military Uniforms, 1686-1918.  New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1970. . Very near fine in illustrated cloth covered boards. In a very good+, slightly soiled dust jacket. An octavo measuring 8 3/8" tall by 5 3/4" deep overall containing 159 pages including an index glossary, text and illustrated with color pictures and drawings. A Grosset All Color Guide.
    TB18537  $15.00



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    Nutting, William Washburn:  The Cinderellas of the Fleet.  Jersey City, NJ: The Standard Motor Construction Co., (1920). First Edition. Very good+ in 3/4 dark green leather and marbled paper covered boards with gilt text between five raised bands on the spine with gilt decorations and a gilt surrounded black leather label on the front board. All edges of the text block are gilt and the end sheets are marbled paper matching the boards. Without a dust jacket. 178 pages of text with a color frontispiece painting by John Olaf Todahl and illustrated throughout with black and white photographs, maps and line drawings. The author relates the story of the submarine chaser deployed by the US Navy during World War I. (Coletta: Bibliography of American Naval History, 2139)
    TB26560  $60.00



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    Painter, Thomas:  Autobiography Of Thomas Painter Relating His Experiences During the War Of The Revolution.  n.p. No City Stated: Privately Published, (1910). First Edition. Very good+ in full, limp, dark brown, leather (Levant Grain) with the title stamped in gilt text on the front board. A small quarto of 9 1/2 by 6 1/4 inches rebacked retaining the majority of the original leather back strip with light wear and rubbing to the edges of the boards, a prior owner's book plate on the front paste down (Library of The Society Of Colonial Wars) with a number of uncut pages in the preliminaries and termination pages. Very uncommon in book form. 105 pages of text and illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author at age 36 and a plate of Painter's birthplace and home in West Haven, Connecticut from a photograph. Painter server two short term enlistments with the Continental Army witnessing the Battle of Long Island and the army's escape across the East River to Manhattan. When his enlistment came to an end he went back to his home only to witness the British attack on New Haven. He tired of Army life and went to sea. But his service with various enterprises of privateering and as a mate on board a cargo vessel and eventually a captain of his own vessel netted him three captures by the British and two imprisonments on the British prison hulks. (Gephart, 14145; Kaplan, 4402)
    TB32096  $350.00



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    Peterson, Roger Tory and Virginia Marie Peterson (Editors):  Audubon's Birds of America The National Audubon Society Baby Elephant Folio.  New York: Abbeville Press Publishers, 1990 (1981). Third Printing of the Revised Edition. Fine in whit linen covered boards with black text and borders on the spine. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Both the book and its dust jacket are contained within a fine illustrated, paper covered slip case. A folio measuring 15" by 11 1/2". Unpaginated. Illustrated with 435 beautiful, full color plates followed by concordance index between this edition and Audubon's original edition, and a general index of bird names. Each plate is "captioned with each bird's currently accepted vernacular name, followed by Audubon's identification...." (from the preface). The plates are organized according to modern scientific classification rather than in the way Audubon originally organized the plates; hence, the need for the concordance index. The book contains a comprehensive survey by Peterson of the American bird artists who preceded Audubon and the many who followed him which includes numerous color examples of their art. A stunningly beautiful volume in pristine condition! With packing and shipping materials this volume will weigh in excess of 18 pounds therefore extra shipping charges will have to be applied. Please contact Town's End Books to determine the shipping cost in advance of ordering.
    TB24872  $225.00



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    Pettee, Julia:  The Rev. Jonathan Lee and His Eighteenth Century Salisbury Parish The Early History of the Town of Salisbury, Connecticut.  Salisbury, Conn.: The Salisbury Association, Inc., 1957. First Edition. Fine in it original bright green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. A small quarto of 9 by 6 inches with a prior owner's name on the first free end page. Without a dust jacket. 242 pages including an index and text. Illustrated from images from black and white photographs. This is the real thing, a first edition, not a reproduction or difficult to read, print on demand copy.
    TB32787  $60.00



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    Philbrick, Nathaniel:  Sea of Glory America's Voyage of Discovery, The U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842.  New York: Viking, 2003. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 black and bright red paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. An octavo measuring 9 by 6 inches. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author without an inscription or date on the second free end page. 452 pages including an index, bibliography, chapter notes and text. Illustrated with maps and two sections of black and white photographs of contemporary works of art.
    TB32366  $45.00



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    Philbrick, Nathaniel:  Mayflower A story of Courage, Community and War.  New York: Viking, 2006. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in dark green paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. An octavo measuring 9 by 6 inches with fading to the paper at the lower edges of the spine and boards. In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket with slight wear to the lower edges of the panels and spine area. 461 pages including an index, bibliography, chapter notes and text. Illustrated with maps, photographs and reproductions from contemporary works of art. A clean and tight copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB31504  $25.00




  • Piekalkiewicz, Janusz:  The Cavalry of World War II.  Harrisburg: Historical Times, Inc., 1976, 1987. First Edition, First printing. Fine in black cloth covered boards with white text on the spine. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. Originally published in Germany in 1976 with an English language version issued in London in 1986. The book provides the first detailed account of the use of mounted units during World War II. 256 pages including an index, bibliography, text and with hundreds of black and white photographs throughout.
    TB14664  $14.00




  • Pitou, Norman S.:  America's Violent Time 1796-1802.  New York: Carlton Press, Inc., 1988. First Edition, First printing. Fine in blue cloth covered boards with black text on the spine. In a very good+ dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap with only minor, faint rubbing at the ends of the spine area. Little is known about the Quasi-War with France between the years 1796 to 1802. This short book of only 93 pages serves to unearth the nautical battles which raged between the U.S. and France during Napoleon's reign.
    TB15603  $18.00



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    Poirier, David A.:  Can't Ys Hear The Whistle Blowin' New London Engine House and Turntable Archaeological Preserve.  New London, Conn.: New London Development Corporation, (2002). First Edition. Fine in heavy, printed paper wraps over a stapled binding. An oblong octavo of 8 1/2 by 11 inches. Without a dust jacket as issued. 21 pages of text and illustrated throughout from black and white photographs.
    TB30735  $15.00



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    Pough, Richard H.:  Audubon Guides: All The Birds of Eastern and Central North America.  Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., n.d. [1953]. Book Club Edition. Very good+ in light green cloth covered boards with black and silver colored text on the spine and front board. A 12mo of 7 1/4 by 4 1/2 inches with a prior owner's name on the upper fore corner of the fly title page and with light rubbing to the head and heel of the spine and to the tips of the boards. In a good dust jacket with numerous chips and small closed tears around the extremities of the spine and panels. This title originally appeared in two books: Audubon Bird Guide: Small Land Birds and Audubon Water Bird Guide: Water, Game and Large Land Birds. As a result this title contains 312 pages plus 352 pages each with their own indexes. Illustrated with two sections of color plates and numerous line art images of birds within the text.
    TB31590  $25.00



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    Pough, Richard H.:  Audubon Water Bird Guide: Water, game and large land birds of Eastern and Central North America.  Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., n.d. (c1951). Reprint. Fine in light tan cloth covered boards with red text and silver colored designs on the spine and front board. A 112mo of 7 3/8 by 4 1/2 inches. In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with light wear and rubbing to the ends of the spine area and several short closed tears to the panels. 352 pages including an index and text. Illustrated with a large section of colored plates and line drawings throughout the text.
    TB31589  $20.00



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    [Poyntz, Stephen]:  The Barrier-Treaty Vindicated.  London: A. Baldwin, 1712. First Edition. Very good in a 20th century binding of light green paper covered boards with black text stamped on the spine. A 12mo measuring 7 3/8" by 4 1/2" with light soiling to the boards and the spine is tanned and with an early prior owner's name written at the upper edge of the title page. Without a dust jacket. 8 pages of preliminaries followed by 200 pages of text. In previous years this volume was wrongly attributed to first Francis Hare and secondly, to Lord Charles, Second Viscount, Townshend. In fact, Poyntz was the secretary to Lord Townshend when this title was published. Poyntz ultimately became a respected diplomat and courtier. The Barrier Treaty of 1709 was an important treaty between England and the Netherlands to insure a Protestant succession of the English crown and to create a barrier to French influence in the Netherlands.
    TB26761  $100.00



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    Pratt, Willis H., Sr.:  Memories 1883-1973 Ninety Years In the Life of a Connecticut Farm Boy.  Essex, Conn.: Self-published , 1974. First Edition. Near fine in heavy, printed paper wraps over an adhesive binding. An octavo of 8 7/8 by 6 inches with the spine area of the cover tanned and with light soiling to the front cover. The contents are undamaged, clean and remain tight in the binding. Without a dust jacket as issued. The copyright page is signed by the author with the limitation statement modified to read: "This is one of the first copies printed for...." 91 pages of text followed by a section of black and white images from photographs.
    TB30404  $25.00




  • Price, Anthony:  The Eyes of the Fleet A Popular History of Frigates and Frigate Captains 1793-1813.  London: Hutchinson, 1990. First Edition, First printing. Fine in dark blue paper covered boards with dark gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. Reprinted in the US in 1996 by W. W. Norton. 298 pages including an index and two sections of photographs of period art work. Admiral Nelson considered frigates of the British Navy "the eyes of the Fleet" as they were the fastest warships and were critical to the dominance of the British Navy during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The author in this volume provides the stories of the men who commanded these ships and details some of their more influential battles in naval history.
    TB16833  $25.00



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    Proud, Robert:  The History of Pennsylvania, In North America.  Philadelphia: Zachariah Poulson Junior, 1797. First Edition. Both volumes of this two volume set are in near fine condition in contemporary, full calf covered boards with red and black, gilt decorated labels on the spines. Both are octavos measuring 8 3/8" by 5" with very light wear and rubbing to the leather joints and to the tips of the boards to volume I. The same wear to the leather of volume II is present, but the upper 2" of the front joint is beginning to part. The hinges, joints and binding are otherwise tight and strong. The frontispiece portrait of William Penn is present, but the fold-out map frontispiece in volume II is missing. Volume I contains 508 pages of text and the errata. Volume II contains 373 pages of text followed by 132 pages of appendices and a 14 page index and the errata for volume II. Of particular interest is the fact that a gift inscription is present on the first (in Vol II) and second (Vol. I) free end pages of both volumes. These inscriptions read: "Peter Barker | to his valued | antient friend | Sarah Barney of | Nantucket " and dated "Philadelphia 11 mo. 22 1803" Beneath this date is another prior owner's name "James Barker". This Sarah Barney was quite likely the same Sarah Barney (1725-1808) of the Society of Friends who was well known as she was instrumental in promoting Quaker women's rights. Considered by Howes to be "quite scarce". (Howes, P-639; Sabin, 66223; Evans, 34421)
    TB28330  $550.00



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    Redoute, Pierre-Joseph:  The Redoute Album: Includes a Suite of Eighty-Four Bouquets Never Before Published and a Selection from The Lilies.  Woodstock, NY: The Overlook Press, 1991. . Fine in dark red cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A folio of 13 1/2 by 10 1/4 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket with a barely noticeable cut of 3" to the center of the front panel. 484 color plates preceded by five page preface by Graham Arader. An exquisite copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB30679  $85.00




  • Reynolds, William T.:  An Historical Address On the One Hundredth Anniversary of The Town of North Haven.  North Haven, Conn.: Centennial Committee of North Haven, 1886. First Edition. Good+ in printed, paper wraps over a sewn binding. A small octavo of 9 5/8 by 6 1/8 inches with heavy wear with tears to the spine area and to the forward edges of the covers. Without a dust jacket and most probably without one as issued. 37 pages of text including a two page appendix. The author, who was the pastor of the Congregational Church of North Haven, was asked to be the historian for the Centennial Committee for the town of North Haven. He undertook his responsibility with great diligence and delivered this address highlighting events in the history of the town since its founding.
    TB32716  $40.00



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    Riley, James:  An Authentic Narrative of the Loss of the American Brig Commerce, Wrecked on the Western Coast of Africa in the Month of August, 1815 with an Account of the Suffering of her Surviving Officers and Crew, Who Were Enslaved by the Wandering Arabs on the Great African Desart, or Zahahrah.....  Hartford: Self Published, 1817. First Edition, Second Printing. Good+ in its original, full leather covered boards with gilt rules applied to the spine and with a worn and chipped black leather title block with gilt text. The lowest line of text on this spine label shows the word "Second" with anything following missing a result of a chip to the label. This dealer is of the opinion that this copy is a second printing as in all other respects it follows the same features seen in the first edition. It is an octavo of 8 3/8 by 5 inches with the leather scuffed around the edges of the boards and with the leather worn through over the tips of the boards. The first free end page has been reinserted and reinforced. The map just behind the first free end page has been torn in half lengthwise with the left half missing completely. The recto and verso sides of the frontispiece dampness stain to its lower two inches. The contents are generally tanned with foxing appearing on those pages facing the plates. The plates all show foxing around the margins. Pages 87/88, 261/262 and 329/330 had 3 to 4 inch long closed tears which have all been professionally repaired. The Appendix (pages i through xxxiv) all have a dampness stain to the lower quarter of each page. 460 pages of text followed by a 34 page appendix, which contains a 10 page English to Arabic vocabulary. Illustrated with a fold-out map (which is damaged as aforesaid), a frontispiece portrait of Riley and eight numbered engraved plates. The title page and the copyright pages each make note of "ten handsome copperplate engravings." Unless the map and frontispiece portrait of Riley are the ninth and tenth engravings, it is possible that a binder's error may have caused a missing tenth plate as page [448] is blank. Sabin indicates 8 plates with the first edition. Sabin does not mention a second printing. (Sabin, 71397)
    TB29928  $400.00



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    Riley, W. Willshire:  Sequel To Riley's Narrative Being A Sketch Of Interesting Incidents In The Life, Voyages And Travels of Capt. James Riley.  Columbus, Ohio: George Brewster, 1851. First Edition. Very good+ in its original ornately embossed, black leather covered boards with gilt text and gilt designs on the spine. An octavo of 8 7/8 by 5 7/8 inches with two 1/2 inch long closed tears to the leather at the head of the spine and with two short 1/4 inch closed tears to the leather at the heel of the spine. There is a prior owner's book plate on the front paste down and the contents show spots and marks of foxing throughout. 448 pages of text. Illustrated with 18 plates (plate facing page 251 missing) and one fold-out map of Algiers. The full title reads: "Sequel To Riley's Narrative Being A Sketch Of Interesting Incidents In The Life, Voyages And Travels of Capt. James Riley, from the period of his return to his native land, after his ship-wreck, captivity and sufferings among the Arabs of the desert, as related in his narrative, until his death. Compiled chiefly from the original journal and manuscripts left at his death in possession of his son, W. Willshire Riely." An uncommon title as OCLC and WorldCat only identify seven libraries or institutions worldwide that hold this book.(Sabin, 71400)
    TB32088  $350.00



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    Ring, Jim:  We Come Unseen The Untold Story of Britain's Cold War Submarines.  London: John Murray, (2001). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in black cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. A small quarto of 9 3/16 by 6 inches with a binding error which shows up as a wrinkle to the cloth on the front board In a fine, price clipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page without an inscription or date. 270 pages including an index, bibliography, appendices and text. Illustrated with a map and a section of plates from black and white photographs.
    TB30748  $30.00



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    Robbins, Archibald:  A Journal Comprising An Account of the Loss of the Brig 'Commerce', Of Hartford, (Con.) James Riley, Master, Upon The Western Coast of Africa, August 28th, 1815; Also Of The Slavery And Sufferings Of The Author And Rest Of The Crew, Upon The Sesert Of Sahara, In The Years 1815, 1816, 1817; With Accounts Of The Manners, Customs, And Habits Of The Wandering Arabs; Also, A brief Historical and Geographical View Of The Continent Of Africa..  Hartford: Andrus & Judd, 1818. Fifth Edition. Very good+ in a rather primitive, more recent, full leather binding. A 16mo measuring 6 3/4 by 4 1/4 inches with two small areas at the upper edges of the boards where the leather is scuffed. The preliminaries and up to page 21 show a water stain at the lower inside quarter. Without a dust jacket and probably as issued. 275 pages of text and illustrated with a fold-out map of Northern Africa which has suffered from very minor losses around the edges and water stain. Robbins was one of the seamen under the command of Captain Riley. According to Sabin, this title was originally published in 1817 and contained only 258 pages plus the map. It was published in the same year that the more famous book by James Riley (the captain of the ill fated vessel, published his account of the tragedy. Again, as per Sabin, this copy of Archibald's work constitutes the fifth edition. (Sabin, 71738)
    TB27847  $60.00



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    Robinson, John, and George Francis Dow:  The Sailing Ships of New England 1607-1907.  Westminster, MD: J. William Eckenrode, 1922, 1953. Reprint of 1953. Very good+ in 1/4 ivory cloth and blue paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A small quarto measuring 10" by 7" with mild spotting to the spine and to the cloth portion of the binding. Without a dust jacket. 66 pages of text followed by 308 black and white photographic reproductions of sailing vessels from New England. The first volume in the series of publications by the Marine Research Society.
    TB23688  $30.00




  • Robotti & James Vescovi, Frances Diane:  The USS Essex and the Birth of the American Navy.  Holbrook, MA: Adams Media Corporation, 1999. First Edition, First printing. Fine in green paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. 302 pages including an index, glossary, appendices, bibliography, text with illustrations.
    TB14105  $15.00



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    Rockwell, George L.:  The History of Ridgefield Connecticut.  Ridgefield, Conn.: Self-Published, 1927. First Edition. A presentation copy in near fine condition in full, brown leather covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with gilt text in three compartments and gilt borders and gilt title on the front board and with the top edges the text block gilt. A small quarto of 9 1/8 by 6 inches with the rear board retaining most of the original green color, but with the spine and and front board faded to a warm brown and there is a p prior owner's book plate on the first free end pages and with two penciled marginal notations in the appendix. Without a dust jacket. On the verso of the first free end page the author has written a warm, dated (May 31, 1929) inscription to possibly a relative. 583 pages including an index, appendices, records of vital statistics for Ridgefield from 1706 and text. Illustrated with maps and images from black and white photographs. This title carries a chapter describing in detail the British attack on Danbury from Compo Beach in Westport where the British landed.
    TB32819  $175.00



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    Rogers, Ernest E.:  Connecticut's Naval Office at New London During the War of the American Revolution.  New London: Private Printing, 1933. First Edition. Fine in dark blue ribbed cloth covered boards with bright gilt text stamping on the front board and on the spine with decorated end sheets and the top edge of the text block is gilt. A small quarto of 9 1/8 by 6 inches. Without its issued dust jacket. One of only 750 copies printed. 358 pages including an index of vessels, an index of names, bibliography, and illustrated with 27 images from photographs. The volume includes the merchantile letter book of Nathiel Shaw (1735-1782) who was a naval agent and Connecticut merchant. (Gephart, 14416)
    TB32826  $65.00



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    Rosskam, Edwin, and Louise Rosskam:  Towboat River.  New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, (1948). First Edition. Near fine in its original red-orange cloth covered boards with bold silver colored text stamping on the front board and silver text stamping on the spine. A small quarto of 10 3/4 by 9 inches with writing in ink at the top of the first free end page....see below. Without its issued dust jacket. Inscribed by the publisher with: "Room 1611 - Office Copy | Please Do Not Remove" at the top of the first free end page indicating that this is the file copy for Duell, Sloan and Pearce. 295 pages of text and black and white illustrations from photographs. A photographic examination of men and vessels as towboats pushing tows (barges) in the major rivers of the central United States.
    TB32222  $125.00



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    Samuels, Edward A.:  Ornithology And Oology Of New England.  Boston: Nichols and Noyes, 1867. First Edition, First printing. Very good- in the publisher's original red-brown cloth covered boards with beveled edges, gilt text on the spine, a gilt embossed bird over a nest on the front board with clay end sheets. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4" by 5 3/4" with a crease to the lower outside corner of the front board and with the cloth at the head and the heel of the spine worn and beginning to fray at the heel. There are a number of early prior owner's names and locations written on the front end pages. One plate was loose which has been professionally reinserted. Nonetheless, the fore edge of that plate became worn during its "free period". 583 pages including an index Illustrated with drawings in the text and with lithographic plates, those of which illustrate eggs are in color. Many of the plates show some spots of foxing. The full title reads: Ornithology And Oology Of New England: containing Full Descriptions of the Birds Of New England, and Adjoining states and Provinces, Arranged By a Long-Approved Classification and Nomenclature; together with a complete History of Their Habits, Times of Arrival and Departure, Their Distribution, Food, Song, Time of Breeding, and A Careful and Accurate Description of Their nests and Eggs; with Illustrations of many Species of the Birds, and accurate figures of their Eggs.
    TB24226  $200.00




  • Sanderson, Michael:  Sea Battles A Reference Guide.  Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, 1975. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in dark red cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine with only a hint of rubbing at the head and heel of the spine. In a near fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. 199 pages containing a bibliography, text with extensive illustrations and maps. The author provides a consise account of the "pricipal sea battles of history" from 449 BC to the end of World War II. 199 pages including an index, bibliography and text. Illustrated with maps and reproductions of earlier works of art.
    TB15890  $20.00




  • Scamehorn, Howard L.:  The Buckeye Rovers in the Gold Rush.  Athens: Ohio University Pres, 1965. First Edition, First printing. Fine in decorated brown cloth covered boards with gilt and black text stamping on the spine. In a very near fine dust jacket with a modest amount of wear at the spine ends with 1/4" closed tear and light flecking. The edited extracts from the diaries of two members of the cooperative band of men from Ohio, known as the Buckeye Rovers, who traveled west to the California mine fields in the spring of 1849.
    TB05550  $17.50



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    Scheffler, William L.:  Westport and Weston Connecticut.  Charleston, S. C.: Arcadia Publishing, (1998). First Edition. Fine in heavy, printed paper wraps over an adhesive binding. Without a dust jacket as issued. One of the volumes in The Postcard History series. 128 pages of text and illustrated with black and white photographs throughout.
    TB29537  $15.00



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    Secretary of the Navy:  Letter from The Secretary of the Navy, of the Twenty-Seventh Instant, To The chairman of the Naval Committee, together with sundry documents. December 31, 1813. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States..  Washington City: Printed by Roger C. Weightman, 1813. . Recently bound in royal blue cloth covered boards with a paper label on the front board. A small octavo measuring 8" by 5". The contents show only light tanning and a few minor spots of foxing. Without a dust jacket. 19 pages comprising letters detailing the victory of USS Enterprise against HMS Boxer on Sept. 5, 1813 off the coast of Monhegan Island, Maine; and, letters from Oliver Hazard Perry detailing the victory of the US squadron on Lake Erie over the British squadron occurring on September, 10, 1813.
    TB26978  $60.00



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    Selleck, Rev. C. M.:  Scenes In Fairfied County Published in Twelve Parts.  Chicago: W. H. Parish Publishing Co., 1893. . A complete collection of twelve folios each within printed, heavy paper wraps over stapled bindings. Each folio measures 13 1/4 by 10 13/16 inches. Each of these folios (or "Parts") are protected within clear, polyester, archival sleeves. All twelve folios are contained within a cardboard box. The parts vary in conditions ranging from very good to near fine with any damage limited to chipping to the wraps or separation at the fold of the wrapper. Each of the twelve parts typically contain 8 pages all printed on the recto sides. (Part 2 contains only 6 pages.) At least one page in each is printed text by Rev. C. M. Selleck. The rest of the pages are illustrated with fine black and white photographs of scenes along the Norwalk River, large attractive Victorian homes in Danbury, Wilton, Norwalk, Stamford and Greenwich. The majority of the photographs are of scenes, homes, or institutional buildings are in Norwalk. Of interest are unusual photographs of early saw mills on the Norwalk River, harbor scenes of Norwalk and South Norwalk, the Col. Frank Roberts Military School, the hotel at Roton Point, the Norwalk Club, Belle Island, There is no indication of the name of the photographer. No copies of this title are listed for sale on the Internet at this time and no copies could be found on OCLC.
    TB29723  $450.00



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    Serrao, John:  The Wild Palisades of the Hudson.  Westwood, NJ: Lind Publications, 1986. First Edition, First printing. Fine in dark green cloth covered boards with silver colored text on the spine. A quarto measuring 11" by 8 1/4". In a very good+ unclipped dust jacket with a 1/3" closed tear at the upper edge of the front panel, modest rubbing and wear to the upper edge of the spine area and with the same to the upper fore corners of the panels at the folds to the flaps. Inscribed, signed and dated by the author on the first free end page. (169) pages including an index, appendix, bibliography and text. Illustrated throughout with line drawing maps for numerous trails, black and white photographs and a large section of color photographs.
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    Seton Thompson, Ernest:  The Trail of the Sandhill Stag.  New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899. First Edition, First printing. Very near fine in the publisher's original light green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and with a gilt on green title block on the front board and with light green end sheets with the top edge of the text block gilt. A small octavo measuring 7 3/4" by 5 3/4" with the edges of the boards flexible boards tilted inward and with very light soiling to the front board. Without a dust jacket as existent copies are seldom seen. 93 pages of text illustrated with a color frontispiece and 60 drawings by the author/artist 7 of which are full page plates. There are no markings, gift inscriptions or book plates within this copy. The hinges and joints are tight and strong with all pages tight. Uncommon in such nice condition.
    TB24758  $40.00




  • Shea, Micahel:  Maritime England.  London: Country Life Books, 1981. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with bright gilt text stamping on the spine with the upper edges of the front board faded as is the upper edge of the spine and with minor dust staining to the top edge of the text block. In a near fine dust jacket with the price clipped by the publisher so that a new sticker price could be applied to the book. 208 pages containing an index, bibliography, text and illustrated with extensive photographs throughout to highlight the nautical history and heritage of Great Britain.
    TB16642  $8.00



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    Simper, Robert:  British Sail.  North Pomfret, Vermont: David & Charles, 1977. First Edition, First printing. Near fine black cloth covered boards with gilt text stamped on the spine. A small quarto measuring 10" tall by 9" deep with a prior owner's name written on the title page. In a near fine price clipped dust jacket. 160 pages including an index. Extensively illustrated with black and white photographs.
    TB23075  $20.00



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    Slocum, Captain Jushua:  Sailing Alone Around The World.  New York: The Century Co., 1900. First Edition, First Printing. Very good in dark blue cloth covered boards with silver colored text on the spine and on the front board together with the image of two, green sea horses over an anchor and with the top edge of the text block gilt. An octavo of 8 3/16 by 5 1/2 inches with the cloth worn through at the corners of the spine and rubbed at the tips of the boards. The cloth on the front board is slightly faded. The hinges and joints are tight and strong and the contents are clean and free of any markings or damage. 294 pages of text. Illustrated with line drawings of the deck plans of the Spray, a frontispiece photograph of the author on board the Spray, maps and several images and line art vignettes by Thomas Fogarty and George Varian. Slocum was the first man to sail around the world single handed. This title is a record of that adventure.
    TB32431  $850.00



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    Smith, Ralph D.:  The History of Guilford, Connecticut, from its First Settlement in 1639.  Albany, N.Y.: J. Munsell', 1877. First Edition. Very good+ in light brown cloth covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine. An octavo measuring 8 3/4 by 5 3/4 inches which appears to be in a more recent library rebinding with printed end sheets and what may be a library call number written on the front paste down. Without a dust jacket. 219 pages including an index, appendices and text and illustrated with the floor plans for Guilford's Old Stone House erected in 1639. Emphasis is placed on the original settlers of the town and its early history. The contents are very tight and clean copy with no foxing or tanning.
    TB31847  $150.00



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    Smith, Edward D.:  Yale Views.  New Haven, Conn.: Self Published by Edward D. Smith, 1899. First Edition. Very good+ in dark blue cloth covered boards with the title stamped in gilt on the front board. An oblong 16mo of 7 by 7 3/4 inches with the cloth at the head and heel of the spine worn and rubbed as well as at the tips of the boards and with an early prior owner's name ("H. M. Woolsey") at the upper edge of the first free end page. Without a dust jacket. 61 pages of plates from black and white photographs followed by 9 pages of ads from local businesses. The photographs show buildings important to Yale's campus to include the various halls, fraternities, Sheffield Row, Berzelius, Medical School, the boathouse with penciled notes indicating that some were rebuilt or torn down.
    TB31843  $50.00



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    Stackpole, Edouard A.:  The Sea-Hunters The New England Whalemen During Two Centuries 1635-1835.  Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1953. First Edition, First printing. Very good+ in blue cloth covered boards with a gilt on red title block on the spine and red end sheets. An octavo of 8 3/8 by 5 1/2 inches with a prior owner's name on the first free end page and the cloth on the spine is faded as is the cloth on the upper 1/8" on both the front and rear boards. Without its issued dust jacket. 510 pages including an index, chapter notes and text. Illustrated with a section of black and white reproductions of contemporary works of art. Per Albion, This title is "The most comprehensive and authoritative account of early American whaling, by the former curator of Mystic Seaport and head of the Nantucket Historical Society. Carries the story through 1835 when the primacy was passing from Nantucket to New Bedford." (Albion, p. 203)
    TB31645  $35.00



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    Stanley, Bill:  The 9-Mile Square.  Norwich, Conn.: The Norwich Historical Society, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in light brown cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and front board and with photographed end sheets. An oblong quarto measuring 11 3/4 by 12 3/4 inches. In a fine, unclipped (no price) dust jacket. 408 pages of text and illustrated throughout from black and white photographs.
    TB30027  $60.00



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    Stanley, William B.:  Historic Site of Norwich From the Beginning.  Norwich, Conn.: Bill Stanley Books & The Forgotten Founders, 2009. First Edition. Fine in a pictorial paper covered boards with black text on a white spine and red text on the front board. A small quarto of 10 7/8 by 8 1/2 inches. Without a dust jacket as issued. 87 pages of text and illustrated throughout with images from black and white photographs.
    TB31698  $30.00



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    Stern, John, Editor:  Ride Down Memory Lane: The Story of the Branford Trolley Museum.  East Haven, Conn.: Branford Electric Railway, 1957. Fourth Edition. Very good+ in printed, heavy paper wraps over a stapled binding. A small quarto of 10 7/8 by 8 3/8 inches with portions of the spine area and front cover tanned out the outside edges. Without a dust jacket as issued. 32 pages counting the rear cover. Illustrated throughout with black and white images from photographs.
    TB31870  $10.00



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    Stiles, Henry R.:  The History Of Ancient Wethersfield Connecticut .  New York: The Grafton Press, 1904. First Edition. Both volumes of this two volume set are in very near fine condition in blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spines. Both are very heavy, small quartos of 10 5/8 by 7 inches with the lower fore corner of volume I bumped leaving the cloth in that corner wrinkled and with very light rubbing to the cloth at the head and heels of both spines and to the lower tips of the boards. One of only 500 sets printed with volume I identified as number 493 and volume II identified as number 471. The full title reads: "The History Of Ancient Wethersfield Connecticut Comprising The Present Towns of Wethersfield, Rocky Hill, And New ington; And of Glastonbury Prior To Its Incorporation In 1693, From Date Of Earliest Settlement Until The Present Time". Volume I (History)contains 995 pages including an index of names and a general index. It is illustrated with a frontispiece from a black and white photograph as well as 66 maps and images. Volume II (Biographies and Genealogies) contains 946 including an index of family names. Illustrated with a frontispiece from earlier works of art and from photographs and 63 images from photographs plus many facsimile autographs.
    TB31718  $600.00



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    Stiles, Ezra:  A History Of Three Of The Judges of King Charles I.  Hartford: Printed by Elisha Babcock, 1794. First Edition. Good in a full leather contemporary binding over boards with a red leather title block on the spine with gilt text and three gilt rules and vestiges of gilt decorations on the edges of the boards. A 16mo measuring 6 5/8 by 4 inches with the leather worn through on the tips of the boards, and with both boards bowed so that the fore edge of the book is considerably wider than the spine. All of the three fold-out plates are creased and folded improperly, the fore-edge of the title page is ragged with no loss to the printed text, the remnants of a stub between pages 12 and 13 represent a binding error as comparisons of another same date copy reveal there is nothing missing. The full title reads: "A History Of The Three Judges of King Charles I. Major-General Whalley, Major-General Goffe, and Colonel Dixwell: Who, at the Restoration, 1660, Fled to America; And Were secreted and concealed, in Massachusetts and Connecticut, for near Thirty Years. With An Account of Mr. Theophilus Whale, of Narragansett, Supposed to have been also one of the Judges." 357 pages of text including an errata slip which is attached to the last page of text and that is followed by a one page ad noting the size of the book and the size of the type used is in conflict with the proposals which initially described the publication allowing the subscribers to either take the book or not "at their liberty". Illustrated with a frontispiece of the author, Plate I (p.29) is a fold-out map of New Haven and its environs; Plate II (p.77) illustrates two views of "Judges Cave" on top of West Rock in New Haven; Plate III (p.80) is a single page showing street maps of both Guilford and Milford, Connecticut; Plate IV (p.114) is a fold-out map showing both the Connecticut shoreline area; and, the Hadley area of Massachusetts; Plate V (p.126) is a street map of a section of New Haven; Plate VI (p.136) is a fold-out plate showing four head and foot stones; Plate VIII (p.202) is a plan of Hadley, Massachusetts and details of Mr. Russels house; and Plate IX (p.345) shows a map of the western towns of Naraganset Bay in Rhode Island. No copies of this title have been seen containing Plate VII. The prevailing opinion being that no such plate was ever produced for inclusion in the title. (Howes, S-999)
    TB28524  $500.00



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    Stiles, Henry R.:  The History Of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut, Including East Windsor, South Windsor and Ellington 1635-1891. Vols. I and II.  Hartford: Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1891. Third and best edition. Both volumes of this two volume set are in very good+ in their original dark blue, cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spines. Both volumes are small quartos measuring 10 5/8 by 7 inches. Volume I has a 1/4 inch closed tear to the cloth and underlying board at the upper edge of the front board and the lower for corner of the front board is bumped and weak. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is lightly rubbed and there are several very short closed tears to the cloth at the head of the spine. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine of volume II is lightly rubbed as are the tips of the boards. Volume I (History) contains 950 pages including an extensive index of names, a general index, errata page, appendices and 870 pages of text. Illustrated with a frontispiece, and 36 vignettes and plates of maps and images from engravings and 25 facsimile autographs. Note: page 591 is mislabeled "691". Volume II (Genealogies and Biographies) contains 867 pages including an index of names, appendices and 830 pages of text. Illustrated with 62 images from photographs. Howes states that this, the third edition, is the best edition on the subject. (Howes, S1002)
    TB31717  $450.00



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    Strorms, Robbi, and Don Malcarne:  Around Essex Elephants and River Gods.  Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Publishing, (2001). First Edition. Fine in heavy, illustrated paper wraps over an adhesive binding with a gilt on black title on the spine and the image of several men on the front cover with white text on a black background on the front cover. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 6 1/2 inches. Without a dust jacket as issued. 128 pages of text. Illustrated throughout with maps and from images from black and white photographs. Recording the photographic history of the boroughs of Essex, Centerbrook and Ivoryton, Connecticut. One of the many volumes in the Images of America series.
    TB31947  $20.00



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    Swanberg, W. A.:  Citizen Hearst A Biography of William Randolph Hearst.  Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, 1988. Collector's Edition. Fine in full black leather covered boards with four raised bands on the spine with gilt text and tool work stamped in the compartments with gilt borders stamped on the boards. The edges of the text block are gilt and there is a silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4" by 6" containing 555 pages including an index, appendix and text. Laid-in is the publisher's brochure outlining the contents of this volume. One of the volumes in The Easton Press' collection of Library of American History series. A bright, clean and crisp copy with no prior owner's marks, names, dates or book plates.
    TB25945  $75.00



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    Tellez, German:  Norwich Connecticut A Photographic Essay.  Norwich, Conn.: Norwich Publications, (1988). First Edition. Fine in black cloth covered boards with white text on the spine and white text on the front board. A small quarto of 10 1/2 by 9 inches. In a near fine, unclipped (no price) dust jacket with small nicks to the corners of the front and rear panels. 119 pages with images from color and black and white photographs.
    TB31697  $40.00



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    Terry, Marian Dickenson (Editor):  Old Inns of Connecticut.  Hartford: The Prospect Press, 1937. First Edition. Near fine in 1/2 leather and dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text and borders stamped on the spine and gilt borders on the boards at the edge of the leather. The end sheets are maps of the state showing the locations of most of the colonial inns mentioned in the book. A small quarto measuring 11" by 8" with some scuffing to the cloth on the front cover. Without a dust jacket as issued and lacking its paper covered slip case. One of only one thousand copies printed with this copy identified as number 545 on the last page of text. 253 pages to include a bibliography, an index, photographic plates of old inn signs and text. Illustrated throughout with many line drawings by J. Frederick Kelly and black and white photographs. (Not listed in Roos. Listed in Colliers' The Literature of Connecticut History, p. 267 "A beautifully illustrated volume, with much interesting material about early highway travel."
    TB29787  $75.00



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    The League Of Women Voters of Newtown:  Newtown Connecticut Past and Present.  Newton, Conn.: The League Of Women Voters of Newtown, (1955). First Edition. Very near fine in light blue paper covered boards with red design of a rooster and red text on the front board. An octavo of 8 7/8 by 6 inches with prior owner's name on the first free end page and with the paper over the spine tanned. Without a dust jacket and probably as issued. 107 pages of text including a bibliography and text. Illustrated with a map and images from line drawings by various Newtown artists.
    TB30632  $20.00



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    The New Haven Union Co.:  Institutions And Features Of The City of New Haven, Conn..  New Haven, Conn.: The New Haven Union Co., n. d. (circa 1898). First Edition. Very good+ in its original brown cloth covered boards with gilt text, decorations and blind embossing borders on the front board. An oblong of 11 3/4 bu 14 with rubbing and wear to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine. Without a dust jacket and probably as issued. The full title reads: "Institutions And Features Of The City of New Haven, Conn. Illustrations And Sketches Of The Professional, Banking, Wholesale, Marine and Manufacturing Interests. Including Portraits and Biographies of Well Known People." 108 pages of text, ads and images. Illustrated from black and white photographs and engravings throughout.
    TB31678  $75.00



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    The Norwich Board Of Trade:  Norwich, Connecticut: Its Important as a Business and Manufacturing Centre and as a Place of Residence A Brief Review of its Past and Present.  Norwich, Conn.: The Norwich Board Of Trade, 1888. First Edition. Very good+ in its original binding of brown, blind embossed cloth covered boards with bold gilt text on the front board. A small quarto of 9 3/4 by 6 1/2 inches with moderate wear to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and with a vertical crease to the rear board. Without a dust jacket. 80 pages of text and images followed by 34 pages of ads by local merchants and businesses. Illustrated throughout from images from black and white photographs of homes, businesses, manufacturing buildings and monuments.
    TB31677  $85.00




  • Thian, Raphael P.:  Notes Illustrating The Military Geography of the United States 1813-1880.  Austin: University of Texas Press, 1979. First Edition by University of Texas Press. Near fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with a gilt on black title block on the spine and the same on the front board. Without a dust jacket as issued. 230 pages including an index. With an addenda edited by John M. Carroll and a foreword by Robert M. Utley. Contained within the rear pocket are four fold-out charts. A facsimile reprint of the original first edition of 1881.
    TB22688  $15.00



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    Thoreau, Henry D.:  Walden; Or, Life In The Woods.  Boston: Ticknor And Fields, 1854. First Edition, First Printing. Very good+ in its original vertically ribbed, brown cloth with blind embossing on both boards and blind embossed bands on the spine which is also decorated with gilt lettering. A 12mo of 7 1/16 by 4 3/8 inches with several closed tears to the head and heel of the spine which have been professionally repaired on the reverse side of the headcap. There are two, small black ink marks on the upper corner of the front board and there is an early prior owner's name, date of "Sept. 21st 1855" and location of Worcester (Massachusetts) on the first free end page. Pages 263 through 350 have a light dampness stain in the upper margins none of which impact on the printing. The cloth at the lower tips of the boards is worn through. The joints and hinges are tight and strong and there are no pages loose or ragged. Vary pale yellow end sheets with 357 numbered pages of text followed by eight pages of publisher's ads dated May, 1854 sewn between the rear end sheet. The book is contained within a fine, cloth covered slip case of a color in harmony with the cloth covers of the book. Illustrated with an engraving on the title page and Thoreau's map of Walden Pond facing page 307. This classic of American literature only saw 2,000 first edition copies printed. (BAL, 20106; Borst, A2.1.a)
    TB29350  $9000.00



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    Thoreau, Henry David:  A Week On The Concord And Merrimack Rivers.  Boston and Cambridge: James Munroe And Company, 1849. First Edition, First and only Printing. Very good- in its original, light brown, wavy cloth covered boards blind stamped with a five-rule border on both boards. This copy has been professionally rebacked preserving the majority of the original spine strip and retaining the original end sheets. A small octavo of 7 13/16 by 4 3/4 inches with the cloth worn through at the fore edges of the boards and in sections along the upper and lower edges of the boards. The front hinge is starting and there are occasional marginal pencil marks in the text. Heavy erasures of the front and rear most end sheets have also caused two small holes in those pages. There is a minor tanning to the interior of the facing pages 112 and 113 perhaps from two small leaves having been pressed within the book. Lastly, the page announcing the imminent publication of Walden is missing a 1 1/2 inch chip from its upper fore corner. That chip has no impact on the printed text on that page. 413 pages of text followed by a one page announcement stating Walden "will soon be published". It is important to note that due to a printer's error the last three lines of page 396 are missing. Those lines have been written out in pencil perhaps by the author or the author's sister as indicated in both BAL and Borst. The printer's errors on page 120 and 139 have not been either noted or corrected. This was Thoreau's first book, which he had to pay for to get published. Unfortunately, it did not sell well. From bibliographic sources, we infer that this copy is most likely one of the 256 bound, unsold copies returned to Thoreau in October 1853 by the publisher. In 1862 Ticknor and Fields purchased 145 bound copies and the 450 unbound sheets from Thoreau. During the intervening years Thoreau either gave away or sold 111 of the bound copies. In that time Thoreau discovered the missing lines on page 396. In some of those bound copies either Thoreau or his sister, Sophia Thoreau, and an unknown third individual added the missing lines on the lower portion of that page in pencil. Expert opinion indicates that this handwriting is not that of either Thoreau or his sister. (BAL 20104; Borst A1.1.a1; Howes T-220)
    TB29389  $8500.00



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    Thoreau, Henry D.:  Walden; Or, Life In The Woods (Fifth Printing).  Boston: Ticknor And Fields, 1865. Fifth Printing. Very good+ in its original, light brown, blind stamped cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A 12mo of 7 1/16 by 4 3/8 inches with a number of tears and wear to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine. The cloth over the tips of the boards has been worn through. The front and rear joints have been professionally reinforced. The front hinge has started, but remains strong. There is an early prior owner's name in pencil on the first free end page. There is a water mark at the top edge of the text block near the spine, but there is no sign of dampness on any margins below that stain. The last 37 pages of the book show a small water stain in the margin of the upper fore corner of those pages. A small closed tear to the fore edge of page 241 has been repaired with archival tape. Gray end sheets with 357 numbered pages of text followed by 21 numbered pages of publisher's ads dated September, 1865 and those are followed by 3 un-numbered pages. The book is contained within a fine, cloth covered slip case of a color in harmony with the cloth covers of the book. Illustrated with an engraving on the title page and Thoreau's map of Walden Pond facing page 307. This reprint of a classic of American literature only saw 500 copies printed. (BAL, 20106; Borst, A2.1.e)
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    Thoreau, Henry D.:  A Yankee In Canada With Anti-Slavery And Reform Papers.  Boston: Ticknor And Fields, 1866. First Edition. Very near fine with an expertly rebacked spine with the original back strip laid-down with all of the original gilt text. The boards are covered with the original, wavy brown cloth with blind embossed borders and blind stamped wreath on both boards. This is the "A" binding as defined by BAL. A 12mo of 7 by 4 1/2 inches with the front and rear hinges professionally reinforced with Japanese tissue and preserving the original end sheets. The contents are clean and bright with no staining, foxing or tanning and with no prior ownership markings of any kind. Housed in a fine black paper covered slip case. The first 78 pages are devoted to A Yankee In Canada. That text is followed by 286 pages of text covering Thoreau's essays on Anti-Slavery and Reform Papers. One of only 1,546 copies printed. (BAL, 20116; Borst, A.7.1a)
    TB29396  $900.00



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    Thoreau, Henry D.:  Winter: From The Journal of Henry D. Thoreau.  Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1888 (c1887). First Edition, First printing. Very near fine in its original green cloth covered beveled boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and a gilt embossed facsimile of the author's signature on the front board and black coated end papers. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine iss lightly rubbed as is the cloth at the upper and lower tips of the boards. Page 207/208 has a hole at the spine edge of the text about 1/2 way down the page of approximately 3/8" in diameter. On the front paste down is a very handsome, one inch square, black leather book plate of Burton Currie. The hinges and joints are tight and strong and the contents are free of any tanning or foxing. Edited by H. G. O. Blake. 439 pages including an index followed by a 14 page advertisement from Houghton Mifflin. This was the third of Thoreau's "four seasons" which followed Early Spring and Summer. Published records indicate that only 1,550 copies of the first printing of this title were produced making this a very uncommon title in highly collectable condition. (BAL, 20129; Borst, A.10.1a)
    TB29387  $400.00



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    Thoreau, Henry David:  Early Spring In Massachusetts From The Journal of Henry D. Thoreau.  Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, c1881. Early Reprint. Very good in its original green cloth covered beveled boards with gilt text stamping on the spine, a gilt stamped facsimile of the author's signature on the front board and black end papers with the top edge of the text block gilt. A small octavo measuring 7 1/2" by 5" with two short closed tears to the cloth at the heel of the spine, light rubbing and wear to the cloth at the head of the spine and with an early prior owner's name and date on the second free end page. The contents are exceptionally clean and bright with no signs of tanning or foxing. There are several, minor marginal notes in pencil on pages 42, 194 and 310. This was the first of the four "seasons" to be published. Only 1,024 copies of the first edition were printed. A collectible, clean and tight copy with no weakness to the hinges or joints. Extremely scarce in first edition. 318 pages of text. (BAL 20123; Borst, A8.1.a)
    TB29385  $180.00



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    Thoreau, Henry David:  Wild Fruits Thoreau's Rediscovered Last Manuscript.  New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2000. First Trade Paperback Edition. Fine in heavy, paper, printed wraps with light soiling to the front panel. An octavo (trade paperback) measuring 9" by 7". Without a dust jacket as issued. 411 pages including an index, a list of works cited, editor's notes, a glossary of botanical terms, a Thoreau chronology, text and illustrated with line drawings thoughout and with a two-page map following the index.
    TB26168  $15.00




  • Thorpe, Sheldon B.:  North Haven in the Nineteenth Century.  North Haven, Conn.: Twentieth Century Committee, 1901. First Edition. Good in its original black cloth covered boards with completely faded gilt text on the spine and very bright and readable gilt text on the front board. A small quarto of 9 by 6 inches with much of the front joint separated, the front hinge is broken and the first free end page is loose and there is a prior owner's name on the second free end page. Without a dust jacket. 204 pages of text followed by a plate of an image from a black and white photograph which is followed by two pages of a list of illustrations.
    TB32722  $35.00




  • Tucker, Glenn:  Dawn Like Thunder The Barbary Wars and the Birth of the U.S. Navy.  Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1963. First Edition, First printing. Fine in navy blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a very good- dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap, a 1" chip at the upper edge of the front panel, a 1/2" chip at the upper edge of the rear panel and with the front panel rubbed and light wear at the ends of the spine area. 487 pages including an index, bibliography, text and maps.
    TB11678  $20.00




  • Tyng, Charles:  Before The Wind The Memoir of an American Sea Captain 1808-1833.  New York: Viking Press, 1999. First Edition, First printing. Fine in paper covered boards. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. Edited by Susan Fels the great-great-granddaughter of Captain Charles Tyng. At the age of 13 Charles Tyng was signed aboard the brig Cordelia in 1808 as a ship's boy by his father. He spent the next 25 years at sea becoming a captain in his early twenties. 270 pages containing an index and text.
    TB10593  $18.00



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    U.S. Treasury Department, Bureau of Navigation:  Twenty-Third Annual List of Merchant Vessels Of The United States, with The Offical Numbers And Signal Letters Awarded Them By The Commissioner of Navigation, In Accordance With The Provisions Of Section 4177 Of The Revised Statues.  Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1891. First Edition. An exlibrary copy in good+ condition in blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and on the front board. A small quarto of 9 1/2 by 8 1/2 inches with heavy wear to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and to the tips of the boards. The front hinge is cracked and the rear end sheets have a date due slip and a pocket affixed 439 pages.
    TB32336  $20.00



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    Uncle Philip [Francis Lister Hawks]:  Sunday Evenings; or, An Easy Introduction To The Reading Of The Bible Part I..  New York: Harper & Brothers, 1836. Harper's Stereotype Edition. Very good+ in slightly faded brown cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine showing it as volume 4 in the Boy's and Girl's Library. A 24mos measuring 6" by 3 1/2" with light foxing throughout and with soiling to the end sheets and to the rear board. Without a dust jacket. 199 pages of text followed by a four page ad for other books in the series. Illustrated with a frontispiece, an engraved title page an numerous engravings within the text.
    TB26262  $75.00



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    Uncle Philip [Francis Lister Hawks]:  Sunday Evenings; or, An Easy Introduction To The Reading Of The Bible Part II..  New York: Harper & Brothers, 1835. Harper's Stereotype Edition. Very good+ in slightly faded brown cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine showing it as volume 13 in the Boy's and Girl's Library. A 24mos measuring 6" by 3 1/2" with light foxing throughout and with soiling to the end sheets and to the rear board. Without a dust jacket. 207 pages of text followed by an eight page ad for other books in the series. Illustrated with a frontispiece, an engraved title page an numerous engravings within the text.
    TB26263  $75.00



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    Uncle Philip [Francis Lister Hawks]:  History of the United States: No. III. or, Uncle Philip's Conversations With The Children About Massachusetts (volume I only).  New York: Harper & Brothers, 1840. First Edition. Very near fine in dark brown cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine showing it as volume 29 in the Boy's and Girl's Library. A 24mos measuring 6" by 3 1/2" with light foxing throughout with an early gift inscription on the front paste down. Without a dust jacket. This title consists of two volumes (29 and 30). This is volume I only of this set. 213 pages of text. Illustrated with a frontispiece, an engraved title page and one engraving within the text.
    TB26261  $60.00



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    Unknown Photographer:  Photograph of Henry Whitfield House, Guilford, Connecticut.  n.p.: unknown publisher, circa 1930s. . A near fine, original, black and white photograph of the Henry Whitfield House which is the oldest house in Connecticut as well as New England's oldest stone house. It was built in 1639, has undergone restoration and is now owned by the State of Connecticut as a museum. The photo dates from approximately the late 1930's. There is a slight blemish in the upper right of the image of the building in the sky area. And, the lower corner was cut and has been repaired. It is mounted on heavy card stock and measures 13 7/8 by 10 15/16 inches edge to edge.
    TB28685  $50.00



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    Vale, Brian:  A Frigate of King George Life and Duty on a British Man-of-War 1807-1829.  London and New York: I. B. Tauris Publishers, (2001). First Edition. Fine in black cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/8 by 6 inches. In a fine, unclipped (no price) dust jacket. 204 pages including an index, bibliography, chapter notes, appendices and text. Illustrated with maps, line drawings and reproductions of contemporary works of art.
    TB29827  $20.00



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    Various Authors:  Records And Papers Of The New London County Historical Society, Volume II.  New London, Conn.: The New London County Historical Society, 1895-1904. First Editions. This listing covers the five original parts which ultimately comprised Volume II of the Records And Papers Of The New London County Historical Society. Each part is contained within its individual printed wraps over adhesive bindings. (The front cover for Part I is supplied in facsimile.) The pages for each part are numbered sequentially so that the entire volume contains 528 pages. Items of historical interest for each of the parts is as follows: Part I: Early Whaling Industry of New London, Famous Old Taverns of New London, Fact and Reminiscence. Part II: Historical Sketch of the Schools of New London, New London Society for Trade and Commerce, The Preston Separate Chruch. Part III: Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of The Settlement of New London. Part IV: Memoir of Hon. Charles Augustus Williams, Memoir of Hon. Benjamin Stark, Memoir of Hon. John T. Wait, Memoir of Elisah Turner, Benjamin Fletcher and his Reception in Hartford in 1693. Part V: Jonathan Trumbull, Governor of Conn.,Griswold, Conn., Highways, Holdings and Landmarks in the Ancient Town of Lyme, A Letter to My Great-Great-Grandmother, Memories, memoir of Rev. John Avery, Memoir of Rev. Samuel George Willard. An index for Volume I is contained at the end of Part V. Each part is a small quarto of 9 1/4 by 6 inches and each is in near fine condition with a prior owner's name appearing at the upper fore corner on the covers for each part. No complete sets of Volume II in either original or reprints are presently listed on-line. An extremely scarce item.
    TB30048  $250.00



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    Ware, Chris:  The Bomb Vessel Shore Bombardment Ships of the Age of Sail.  Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1994. First Edition, First printing. Fine in turquoise cloth covered boards with gold text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket. A square quarto measuring 10 3/4" tall by 10 3/4" deep containing 111 pages including an index, chapter notes, text and extensively illustrated with photographs, line drawings, cut-away drawings and copies of original draughts. This is the author/historian's first book. This is one of the volumes in the Conway's Ship Types series.
    TB18400  $35.00



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    Wareham, Tom:  Frigate Commander.  South Yorkshire, UK: Pen & Sword Maritime, (2004). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in dark green cloth covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 283 pages including an index, chapter notes and text. Illustrated with a section of plates from photographs and reproductions of earlier works of art. A biography of Captain Graham Moore who was a famous British naval commander from 1793 to 1804.
    TB30489  $35.00



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    Wasson, George S.:  Sailing Days On The Penobscot The River and Bay as They were in The Old Days.  Salem, Mass.: Marine Research Society, 1932. First Edition, First printing. Very good- in blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and map end sheets. The cloth on the spine is quite faded and the cloth at the head and heel are rubbed, worn is fraying. The hinges, joints and binding are tight and strong with the text block tight, no pages missing and exceptionally clean and free of foxing or any damage. Without its issued dust jacket. 465 pages including an index and followed by a one page ad for other publications by The Marine Research Society. Illustrated with black and white photographs throughout.. "With a record of vessels built there [Penobscot River] compiled by Lincoln Colcord." (Albion, p. 135) One of the volumes in the series of publications by the Marine Research Society.
    TB22557  $125.00



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    Waterman [Matthew Goldman], Constant:  More Landmarks You Must Visit In Southeast Connecticut.  n.p.: Breakaway Books, 2015. First Edition. Fine in heavy, printed paper wraps over an adhesive binding. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches. Without a dust jacket as issued. Signed by the author on the title page without a inscription or date. 177 printed pages of text. Illustrated throughout by the author from line drawings and maps. A guidebook to the more famous sites and locals in many of the towns of New London county and four of the lower Connecticut River towns in Middlesex county.
    TB31957  $25.00



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    Waterman [Matthew Goldman], Constant:  Landmarks You Must Visit In Southeast Connecticut.  n.p.: Breakaway Books, 2010. First Edition. Fine in heavy, printed paper wraps over an adhesive binding. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches. Without a dust jacket as issued. Signed by the author on the title page without a inscription or date. 155 printed pages of text. Illustrated throughout by the author from line drawings and maps. A guidebook to the more famous sites and locals in many of the towns of New London county and four of the lower Connecticut River towns in Middlesex county.
    TB31958  $25.00



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    Waters, D. W.:  The Rutters Of The Sea The Sailing Directions of Pierre Garcie A study of the first English and French printed sailing directions..  New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1967. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and a blind embossed compass rose on the front board. A quarto of 11 1/2 by 9 inches. In very good, unclipped dust jacket with a 3 1/2 long rent to the rear panel and with a dampness stain to the spine edge of the rear panel which did not migrate to the rear board. 478 pages including an index, glossary and text. Illustrated with a frontispiece and facsimile reproductions throughout.
    TB32337  $50.00



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    Weigold, Harold, Compiler:  Tolland The History Of An Old Connecticut Post Road Town.  Chester, Conn: The Pequot Press, Inc., 1971. First Edition, Limited Edition. Fine in bright red-orange cloth covered boards with gilt text stamped on the spine and on the front board. A small quarto of 9 by 6 inches. In a very near fine, unclipped (no price) dust jacket with very faint tanning to the panels and spine area and with light soiling to the rear panel. One of only 500 copies printed with this copy identified as number 264. 246 pages including a bibliography, appendix for the "Genealogy of some of Tolland's oldest families" and text. Illustrated with maps and images from black and white photographs.
    TB32788  $40.00




  • Welch, James:  Killing Custer.  New York: W. W. Norton, 1994. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a near fine dust jacket with the corners bumped.
    TB02959  $17.50



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    Wells, H. G.:  The Outline of History Being A Plain History Of Life And Mankind.  London: George Newnes Limited, n.d. [1921]. First Edition. Two volumes containing the complete collection of Wells' 24 serialized parts. Both volumes are in very good+ condition in red-orange cloth covered boards with black leather title labels on the spines and front boards all with gilt text. Both are small quartos of 10 5/8 by 8 1/4 inches with the cloth worn through over the tips of the boards and rubbed at the heads and heels of the spines. A former owner penciled in at the upper edge of the first free end page the publication date of 1921 and the date of binding in 1923 in Paris. The black leather title labels are lightly scuffed. Volume I contains 384 pages and is illustrated with a color frontispiece and images from black and white photographs, reproductions of earlier works of art, line drawings and 23 colored plates. Volume Two contains pages 385 to 780 followed by a table of contents for volumes one and two and a listing of the colour plates for both volumes. It is illustrated as above but containing a color frontispiece and 22 color plates.
    TB31516  $175.00




  • Wheeler, Richard Anson :  History Of The Town Of Stonington, County Of New London, Connecticut, From Its First Settlement in 1649 to 1900.  New London, Conn.: Press of The Day Publishing Company, 1900. First Edition. Very good- in its original blind embossed, brown cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. A small quarto of 9 by 5 3/4 inches with heavy wear to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine, rubbing to the cloth at the front joint, the front hinge is cracked and the first free end page is loose (now repaired with archival tape) and there is an early prior owner's name in pencil on the second free end page. Following the title, there is added: "With A Genealogical Register Of Stonington Families". 754 pages of text including an extensive index and appendices. In this volume, the author provides copious details regarding Stonington's involvement in the Revolution and the War of 1812.
    TB32717  $140.00



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    Wheeler, Joseph K. (Compiler):  The Centennial One Hundredth Anniversary Of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge Of Connecticut.  New Haven: Self-published, 1890. . Very good+ in purple cloth covered boards with gilt text and decorations on the spine and the same on the front board. A small quarto measuring 9" by 6" with light rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and at the tips of the boards. Without a dust jacket and probably as issued. 311 pages of text followed by a two page index. Illustrated with a few vignettes and a number of plates. A very clean and bright copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB27657  $30.00




  • White Hills Civic Club:  The White Hills of Shelton.  Shelton, Conn.: History Committee of the White Hills Civic Club, Inc., (1968). First Edition. Near fine in white cloth covered boards with blue text on the spine and blue text and a seal on the front board. A small quarto of 9 by 5 7/8 inches with light soiling to the boards and with a prior owner's name on the first free end page. Without a dust jacket. 63 pages including an index, bibliography, a list of subscribers and text. Located in a rear pocket is a map of the town of Shelton which is in fine condition.
    TB32718  $60.00



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    Whitlock, Reverdy:  The Parish of Amity II A History Of The First Church of Christ Woodbridge 1905-1997.  Woodbrigde, Conn.: Amity and Woodbridge Historical Society, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and on the front board. An octavo of 8 3/4 by 6 inches. In a near fine, unclipped (no price) dust jacket with modest soiling to the rear panel. 239 pages of text. Illustrated with images from black and white photographs.
    TB31335  $20.00



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    Wilcoxson, William Howard:  History of Stratford Connecticut 1639-1939.  Stratford, Conn.: The Stratford Tercentenary Commission, 1939, c1940. First Edition. Very good+ in its original dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and on the front board. A small quarto of 9 by 6 inches with light wear and rubbing to the cloth at the ends of the spine and to the tips of the boards and with a prior owner's book plate attached to the front paste down. Without a dust jacket. 783 pages of text including an index and followed by 41 unnumbered pages devoted "Honorary list of living descendants of Stratford's Early Settlers". Illustrated throughout with facsimiles of documents, maps and images from black and white photographs.
    TB32780  $125.00



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    Winfield, Rif:  The 50-Gun Ship.  London: Caxton Publishing Group, 2001. Reprint by Caxton Publishers. Fine in illustrated paper covered boards with red and black text on the spine. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. Originally published in 1997 by Chatham Publishing of London. The the dust jacket art and cutaway drawings by John McKay. 128 pages including an index, appendices, text and illustrated with reproductions of contemporary art works, photographs and line drawings describing the 12 pounder Fifties, the 18 pounder Fifties, the 24 pounder Fifties and the last of the two-decker Fifties. A tight, clean, handsome copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB26630  $30.00




  • Wise, Jame E., Jr.:  Stars in Blue: Movie Actors in America's Sea Services.  Annapolis: Naval Institute Pres, 1997. First Edition, First printing. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with a silver and red title block on the spine. In a fine dust jacket. 320 pages with index with text with numerous black and white photographs scattered throughout.
    TB06530  $12.00




  • Woodman, Richard:  The History of the Ship.  New York: The Lyons Press, 1997. First Edition, First printing. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine with the ghost of a price sticker on the 1st FEP. In a very near fine dust jacket with a small closed tear at the lower corner of the front panel on the fold to the flap. "The comprehensive story of seafaring from the earliest times to the present day."
    TB09139  $35.00



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    Woodman, Richard:  The Sea Warriors.  New York: Carroll & Graf, Inc., (2001). First Edition. Near fine in textured, dark blue paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine with a black remainder mark on the lower edge of the text block. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. 384 pages including an index, glossary, text and with two sections of photographs. The author provides an in-depth account of the naval sea captains of the late 18th & early 19th centuries
    TB29826  $25.00




  • Woodward, Bob:  Veil: The Secret Wars of the CIA 1981-1987.  New York: Simon & Schuster, 1987. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in 1/4 black cloth and gray paper covered boards with a remainder mark on bottom edge of the text block. In a very good+ dust jacket with a crease on lower edge of the spine area. 543 pages including an index. text and illustrated with a section of black and white photographs.
    TB00902  $5.00




  • WPA:  History Of Milford Connecticut 1639-1939.  Milford, Conn.: The Milford Tercentenary Committee, Inc., 1939. First Edition. Very good+ in full, dark green leather (calf) covered boards with gilt text on the spine and text and the town seal in gilt on the front board. A small quarto of 9 by 6 inches with the leather rubbed at the head and heel of the spine and at the tips of the boards. Without a dust jacket. This is the only title by the WPA that I have seen which is bound infull leather. 204 pages of text followed by a Milford Property Index of 1868 of six pages. Illustrated with a frontispiece from a black and white photograph with numerous plates of line drawings and images from photographs and four maps, three of which fold-out. Mark Selvaggio in his 1998 catalog: The American Guide Series: Works of the Federal Writers Project, speculates that this title in a leather binding probably was never released with a jjacket and was a special variant binding perhaps designed for presentation purposes. Jeff Dykes in his catalog of the American Guide Series states that this title is "scarce".. (Scharf/Schoyer's. 119; Dykes, 40; Powell, 142: Brewer, 590)
    TB32720  $135.00



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    Wyman, Bill, and Richard Havers:  Bill Wyman's Treasure Islands Britain's History Uncovered.  Gloucestershire: Sutton Publishing Limited, (2005). First Edition. Fine in black cloth covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine. A small quarto measuring 10 1/2" by 7 1/2" with printed end sheets. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 299 pages of text illustrated throughout with color photographs.
    TB25841  $25.00



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    Young, Stanley P. and Edward A. Goldman:  The Wolves of North America.  Washington, DC: The American Wildlife Institute, 1944. First Edition, Limited Edition. Very good+ in the uncommon, 3/4 bison leather and olive green cloth covered boards with gilt text and decorations on the spine and with a gilt image of a wolf's head on the front board. The front and rear end sheets have applied to them one page biographies of the two authors. An octavo measuring 9" by 6". The leather at the head and heel of the spine is rubbed and worn. The front joint was separated from the backstrip, but has been professionally reinforced to join the backstrip with the front board. The front hinge remains intact. The rear joint and hinge remains tight and strong. Without a dust jacket and probably as issued. A limited, presentation copy, one of only 102 copies so produced. The fly title page which is signed, inscribed and dated 1949 by the author to his good friend Dr. Bill Morgan (who was an author and linguist). In his long inscription the author notes that the binding for this particular volume is "buffalo hide" and he mentions the limitation which is not indicated elsewhere in the book. 636 pages including an index, a section of black and white photographs of skulls of North American Wolves, bibliography and text. Illustrated with maps and black and white photographs. Illustrated with a color frontispiece and 131 plates in total from black and white photographs. An extremely unusual and uncommon copy.
    TB24522  $350.00






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