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1906ref. 4138Hackensack N.J.: The Riverside Press 1906. Very good. Printed handbill 9 x 6 inches. Minor wear and toning to edges. An unrecorded handbill emblematic of an intriguing practice by mortgage holders in the late-19th and early-20th centuries. Mortgage burning services and celebrations were particularly popular in African-American churches and involved just what they imply: upon the completion of payment of a given mortgage the debtor would burn the promissory note to signal its fulfillment. As related in the present handbill a mortgage burning would often result in a neighborhood party "Come and Rejoice with Us on the Occasion. This Mortgage Is of About 20 Years Standing." The present celebration involved two days of sermons addresses music and food most notably a lecture by Right Reverend Alexander Walters. The handbill includes the names of other preachers and the trustees involved in the event. No copies in OCLC. The Riverside Press unknown
1906ref. 4138Hackensack N.J.: The Riverside Press 1906. Very good. Printed handbill 9 x 6 inches. Minor wear and toning to edges. An unrecorded handbill emblematic of an intriguing practice by mortgage holders in the late-19th and early-20th centuries. Mortgage burning services and celebrations were particularly popular in African-American churches and involved just what they imply: upon the completion of payment of a given mortgage the debtor would burn the promissory note to signal its fulfillment. As related in the present handbill a mortgage burning would often result in a neighborhood party "Come and Rejoice with Us on the Occasion. This Mortgage Is of About 20 Years Standing." The present celebration involved two days of sermons addresses music and food most notably a lecture by Right Reverend Alexander Walters. The handbill includes the names of other preachers and the trustees involved in the event. No copies in OCLC. The Riverside Press unknown books
1951ref. 4588Newark N.J.: Holmes Printing Service 1951. Good. 20pp. Folio. Original orange printed wrappers stapled. Wrappers stained and spotted. Some staining and spotting to text. An informative pamphlet celebrating the second anniversary of the service of Reverend James Coleman pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church in Morristown New Jersey. The text recounts Reverend Coleman's time at the church and includes numerous photographs of Coleman his family and several members of the church. The program lists the events celebrating Coleman's pastorship and the text is supplemented with dozens of well wishes and advertisements for local businesses. Holmes Printing Service unknown
1951ref. 4588Newark N.J.: Holmes Printing Service 1951. Good. 20pp. Folio. Original orange printed wrappers stapled. Wrappers stained and spotted. Some staining and spotting to text. An informative pamphlet celebrating the second anniversary of the service of Reverend James Coleman pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church in Morristown New Jersey. The text recounts Reverend Coleman's time at the church and includes numerous photographs of Coleman his family and several members of the church. The program lists the events celebrating Coleman's pastorship and the text is supplemented with dozens of well wishes and advertisements for local businesses. Holmes Printing Service unknown books
1881ref. 62284Baltimore MD; Worcester MA; New York NY & Raleigh NC: Printed by John Cox; American Jersey Cattle Club; J.H. Walker Lizzie Pullen Belvin 1881-1890. Four parts in one sammelband volume. Tall 8vo. 27 leaves included two inserted dittoed TLS manuscript index card & genealogy table engraved genealogy table original printed front wrapper; 104 pp. woodcut-engraved plates original printed wrappers w/ laid-in manuscript note sized by Lizzie Belvin; 14 38 2 pp. including table original printed softcovers some foxing & soiling to outer fore-edge. Contemporary quarter-calf over marbled boards raised bands on spine gilt lettering bound as instructed by MS pencil note on first leaf with “100 blank leaves to go in back of book bound with covers” some minor scuffing edgewear rubbing still VG exemplar from the library of Charles Hinton Belvin Sr. 1845-1908 and Lizzie Lee Pullen Belvin 1854-1907 noted farmers and breeders of Jersey cattle in Raleigh NC where Charles Belvin was longtime founder and president of the National Bank of Raleigh. First editions of these works in this Jersey Cattle sammelband organized and bound for Jersey Cattle breeder and specialists Charles & Lizzie Belvin of Raleigh NC in the 1880’s. Samuel Moor Shoemaker’s Jersey Cattle herd was one of the most significant breeding operations for productive Jersey dairy cattle in 19th-Century Maryland as Jerseys produced milk components at a far lower cost had greater nutritional value had greater fertility and fewer calving problems as well as much better temperament. Included are two dittoed TLS from the American Jersey Cattle Club to Charles Belvin concerning the registration of prize cow “Miss May” subsequently bred with “Thoroughbred Jersey Bull ‘Bismarck of Torrington’ owned by Dr. Jas. McKee and W.C. Stronach” with certification from 1882 included.Lizzie Belvin was apparently actively involved in caring for the Jersey’s and included here are bound-in manuscript note indicating “On the 2nd of Feb. 1884 a swelling was observed on the neck of May. After using some ointment it was found next day to be better.” Although discovered having convulsions the next day they used treatment of kerosene on the neck and even while 6 months with calf was producing milk within a few days. The other dated 1890 and laid-in notes that “I was fixing to give the medicine to calf in her. I read a little further & send you the book read on page 92 in here I have marked -- give the eggs in a pint of hot milk now and tonight. . . Lizzie.” Worldcat locates 1 copy of 1st work Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center; 2 copies of 2nd AAS State Lib. of Mass. & 1 copy of 3rd UNC - Chapel Hill. Printed by John Cox; American Jersey Cattle Club; J.H. Walker, Lizzie Pullen Belvin, paperback
ref. 3731462Govt. Print. Office May 15 1861. 8½ x 11 inches. Vignette of the American eagle. Paper losses primarily confined to margins although at places affecting one printed word and one handwritten word; usual folds; fair condition. The 1862-dated discharge paper for Edwin A. Collins b.1819 a forty-three year-old shoemaker-turned-musician and native of Salem County New Jersey. Collins was one of eleven musicians all privates who comprised the band for the 5th New Jersey Volunteers. The band was directed by Harry G. Frankenfield. Frankenfield had founded the Salem New Jersey Cornet Band 1860 and by October of 1861 he had raised the Regiment’s band in Trenton. The musical ensemble mustered out in August of 1862. John Hayward Collins’s discharge is autographed by Samuel Henry “Old Paddy” Starr seen here as a Colonel of the 5th Regiment. Starr was a vulgar and highly-volatile old-guard dragoon. A strict disciplinarian he was known among his subordinates as “Old Nose Bag.” If a soldier transgressed Starr had the offender tied and straddled to a fence with his face strapped into a horse’s nose bag. Faded Hoofbeats – Samuel H. “Old Paddy” Starr 6th US Cavalry online Collins was mustered out at Harrison Landing Virginia “Given at Camp near Alexandria” Virginia by Lieutenant S. Lee Perkins and autographed by Perkins and he is described as having light complexion black eyes and black hair. On the verso of Collins’s discharge it is recorded that received $40.66 in pay on October 31 1862. Details of Collins’s civilian life before and after the War have eluded us. We do not find him recorded in state or federal census records. unknown
ref. 63-7112Elizabeth New Jersey: American Type Founders 1936. 4to. Stapled Wraps 63 pp. Black & White Photos & Illustrations. Good with portion of one page cut out else Very Good with wear minor staining creases to covers. Scarce First Edition. Elizabeth, New Jersey: American Type Founders, [1936]. paperback
1940ref. 17376Jersey City NJ: Central Railroad of New Jersey. Very Good. 1940. 1st Thus. Softcover. Edges are rubbed with some chipping to the corners of the front cover; rear cover is missing. Printed in blueprint fashion white on blue. Line diagrams of all the engines with complete data builder size specs etc. . Also includes pages listing all stock by engine number and use. Number of pages is an estimate as they are not numbered. Most are printed on one side. Binding is two brass clips. Appears to be an original CRR publication. Some of the pages are fading but all are legible. An amazing amount of information. ; Oblong 32mo 4" - 5" tall; ~125 pages . Central Railroad of New Jersey paperback
1824ref. 698111824. A Scarce 1824 New Jersey Layman's Guide Layman's Guide. New Jersey. The Law Instructor: Or Farmer's & Mechanic's Guide: Containing a Commentary on the Act Entitled "An Act Constituting Courts for the Trial of Small Causes" With its Supplements Together with Concise and Correct Precedents or Statements of Demands in Various Actions; Agreements Acquittances Articles of Co-Partnership Bills of Sale Bonds Deeds Mortgages Indentures License of Debtors Leases Releases Pleas Wills and Codicils &c. &c. &c.: Laid Down in So Plain and Simple a Manner that All Persons However Unskilled Can Draw any Instrument of Writing Without the Assistance of an Attorney. Bridgeton NJ: Printed and Published by Simeon Siegfried 1824. 100 pp. Octavo 7" x 4-1/4". Later library buckram gilt title to spine gilt institution name to foot of spine endpapers renewed. Negligible light rubbing to extremities light browning and foxing to text early owner initials to front endleaf early owner inscription "Robt. A. Thorp's Property 1825" to head of title page small library stamps to verso. $250. Only edition. With an appendix titled "A Collection of Useful Information Necessary to be Known by the Inhabitants of the State of New Jersey" pp. 83-96 which discusses such matters as gun ownership fences game laws paupers and the sale of alcoholic beverages. This book may have been owned by Robert A. Thorpe d.1835 a resident of Perth Amboy who might have found this layman's guide useful in his capacity as a local business owner. OCLC locates 8 copies 3 in law libraries Harvard University of Virginia Yale. Felcone New Jersey Books 1801-1860 830. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 8218. unknown
1824ref. 698111824. A Scarce 1824 New Jersey Layman's Guide Layman's Guide. New Jersey. The Law Instructor: Or Farmer's & Mechanic's Guide: Containing a Commentary on the Act Entitled "An Act Constituting Courts for the Trial of Small Causes" With its Supplements Together with Concise and Correct Precedents or Statements of Demands in Various Actions; Agreements Acquittances Articles of Co-Partnership Bills of Sale Bonds Deeds Mortgages Indentures License of Debtors Leases Releases Pleas Wills and Codicils &c. &c. &c.: Laid Down in So Plain and Simple a Manner that All Persons However Unskilled Can Draw any Instrument of Writing Without the Assistance of an Attorney. Bridgeton NJ: Printed and Published by Simeon Siegfried 1824. 100 pp. Octavo 7" x 4-1/4". Later library buckram gilt title to spine gilt institution name to foot of spine endpapers renewed. Negligible light rubbing to extremities light browning and foxing to text early owner initials to front endleaf early owner inscription "Robt. A. Thorp's Property 1825" to head of title page small library stamps to verso. $250. Only edition. With an appendix titled "A Collection of Useful Information Necessary to be Known by the Inhabitants of the State of New Jersey" pp. 83-96 which discusses such matters as gun ownership fences game laws paupers and the sale of alcoholic beverages. This book may have been owned by Robert A. Thorpe d.1835 a resident of Perth Amboy who might have found this layman's guide useful in his capacity as a local business owner. OCLC locates 8 copies 3 in law libraries Harvard University of Virginia Yale. Felcone New Jersey Books 1801-1860 830. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 8218. unknown books
1856ref. 67665New Jersey Geological Survey 1856. 1st. Leather Bound. Used very good. Original 1856 edition/printing not a reprint. Hardcover rebound half dark leather retaining what appears to be the original marbled boards 248pp 36 illustrations some full-page foldout map frontispiece illustration of Morristown and nearby mountains map of Hibernia Mine Tract appears to be missing. Leather cover like new boards moderately rubbed original title band on spine but is worn and illegible except for date 1856; pages lightly tanned a little worn light foxing occasional moderate soil foldout map has a 4" tear and a few small tears; sound binding. We are a small family business selling fine new and pre-owned books online since 1999. We provide professional service and individual attention to your order daily shipments and sturdy packaging. FREE TRACKING ON ALL SHIPMENTS WITHIN USA. New Jersey Geological Survey , hardcover
1849ref. 54401849. NEW JERSEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society. Vol. III 1848-1849 -Vol. X 1865-1866. Newark 1849-1867. Bound in two half calf volumes. Very tight but one spine covering partially torn away. 32 numbers; just two volumes short of the complete first series of this periodical. The 11th volume began the second series. unknown books
1881ref. 68681881. NEW JERSEY. LAWS. The Grants Concessions and Original Constitutions of the Province of New Jersey the Acts passed during the Proprietary Governments and other Material Transactions . By Aaron Leaming and Jacob Spicer. Philadelphia: W. Bradford i.e. Somerville 1881. 4 763 p. Original cloth red and black leather spine labels labels chipped. Reprint of the 1758 edition with a brief editorial note by A. Van Doren Honeyman. The original reprint of "Leaming and Spicer" the classic compilation of the foundation documents of New Jersey from 1664 to 1702 and the only printed source of the session laws from 1668 to 1701. Thanks to Honeyman's antiquarian bent the reprint is page-for-page with the original edition and in pseudo-facsimile so a page citation to the original is also a correct citation to the reprint. A scarce book. unknown books
2018ref. Gyan-9789374780480Facsimile Publisher 2018. Hardcover. New. 25.13 x 18.78 x 9.4 cm. English Facsimile Publisher hardcover
2018ref. Gyan-9789374780480Facsimile Publisher 2018. Hardcover. New. 25.13 x 18.78 x 9.4 cm. English Facsimile Publisher hardcover
ref. ria9780470446867_inpHardback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; "Intriguing. filled with new ideas about overarching intellectual themes that govern our technologies and our society. " - Nikil Jayant Eminent Scholar Georgia Research Alliance "Dr. Ahamed is correct in observing that 'silicon a hardcover
ref. ORD-18520Paris Derache. Didron. Londres. Otto Marcus. Oxford. W. Parker. Rouen. Lebrument, Fleury, Herpin et Lanctin. Dieppe. Marais. 1855. In-8 (168 x 257 mm) dos à 4 nerfs orné de filets et de fleurons dorés et coins chagrin violet, plats mouchetés, gardes peignées, plats de couverture conservés, XVI, 456 pages, illustrations dans le texte et 18 planches hors texte, lithographiées par Champion. Dos de reliure un peu passé (reliure postérieure), rousseurs claires éparses et menus défauts mais bon exemplaire solidement relié. Edition complète en 1 volume.
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ref. 13207RCA American Communications 400 College Road East Princeton N.J. At the Royal Institution London England. November 6 1980. 3 13 2pp. 4to. Twenty-five figures in text and photograph of Inglis above a brief biography at the rear. Stapled. In good condition on lightly-aged paper. From the Pat Hawker archive with his ownership inscription on the front cover and the addition by him of '& CABLE' to the title also the note by him 'Shows Cable penetration etc.' 'RCA American Communications Inc. owns and operates the RCA domestic satellite communications system. This consists of two in-orbit satellites plus a growing network of earth stations in major U.S. cities. This system provides satellite communication services to businesses the media and agencies of the Federal Government. In June and October 1981 RCA American plans to launch a third and fourth communications satellite to meet the increasing demand for services in the United States. In addition the company has filed with the FCC for authority to launch a fifth communications satellite.' Scarce: no copy on COPAC or OCLC WorldCat. RCA American Communications, 400 College Road East, Princeton, N.J. [At the Royal Institution, London, England.] November 6, 198 unknown
JERSEY, Don Balleine Trust, 1966 - 1 Edition - Reliure éditeur avec jaquette - 2 & 3 Plats illustrés - XXXIV, (2) & 615 pages - Propre JOINT : Lettre autographe de l'auteur - Envoi rapide et soigné
ref. 15476JERSEY, Don Balleine Trust, 1966 - 1 Edition - Reliure éditeur avec jaquette - 2 & 3 Plats illustrés - XXXIV, (2) & 615 pages - PropreJOINT : Lettre autographe de l'auteur - Envoi rapide et soigné
1922ref. 41249Washington D.C.: Published by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey 1922. Large folding nautical chart printed on heavy paper stock. Colored. A rare original coastal survey of New Jersey from Sea Girt to Little Egg Inlet including Manasquan Brielle Point Pleasant Beach Mantoloking Lafayette Seaside Park Island Beach State Park and Long Beach Island with an inset expanded map of Little Egg Inlet in the top left corner. Established by President Thomas Jefferson in 1807 as the Survey of the Coast the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey was the United States' first civilian scientific agency. This agency has followed its mission to survey the U.S. coastline create nautical charts of the coast and help increase maritime safety since its founding and has often played fascinating roles in significant chapters of U.S. history. It served in all theaters of the Civil War in the service of the Union Army and Navy pioneered acoustic exploration in the wake of the sinking of the Titanic and during WWI it worked to detect enemy submarines. In addition this agency worked to survey and produce detailed maps and renderings of the U.S. coast. These nautical survey maps commonly referred to as "T-sheets" provide fascinating insights into the history of the United States coastline which has and will continue to shift. These maps are the most important data source for understanding the physical and ecological characteristics of the U.S. shoreline. The present map is a highly detailed and accurate sea chart of Long Beach Island area and an important historical view of developing New Jersey. Published by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey unknown
1922ref. 41249Washington D.C.: Published by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey 1922. Large folding nautical chart printed on heavy paper stock. Colored. A rare original coastal survey of New Jersey from Sea Girt to Little Egg Inlet including Manasquan Brielle Point Pleasant Beach Mantoloking Lafayette Seaside Park Island Beach State Park and Long Beach Island with an inset expanded map of Little Egg Inlet in the top left corner. Established by President Thomas Jefferson in 1807 as the Survey of the Coast the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey was the United States' first civilian scientific agency. This agency has followed its mission to survey the U.S. coastline create nautical charts of the coast and help increase maritime safety since its founding and has often played fascinating roles in significant chapters of U.S. history. It served in all theaters of the Civil War in the service of the Union Army and Navy pioneered acoustic exploration in the wake of the sinking of the Titanic and during WWI it worked to detect enemy submarines. In addition this agency worked to survey and produce detailed maps and renderings of the U.S. coast. These nautical survey maps commonly referred to as "T-sheets" provide fascinating insights into the history of the United States coastline which has and will continue to shift. These maps are the most important data source for understanding the physical and ecological characteristics of the U.S. shoreline. The present map is a highly detailed and accurate sea chart of Long Beach Island area and an important historical view of developing New Jersey. Published by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey unknown books
ref. 602461"5 3/4" x 2". Enclosed in the original dark blue leatherette folding snap case which is lined in white moiré silk stamped in gold on the front cover "City of Atlantic City William T. Somers Mayor." Case size when closed: 6 3/4" x 3 1/4". Provenance: from the estate of noted JFK collector Robert L. White.
ref. 602461"5 3/4" x 2". Enclosed in the original dark blue leatherette folding snap case which is lined in white moiré silk stamped in gold on the front cover "City of Atlantic City William T. Somers Mayor." Case size when closed: 6 3/4" x 3 1/4". Provenance: from the estate of noted JFK collector Robert L. White. books
