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1811rif. 319359Trenton: Printed by James J. Wilson 1811. 350 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Old sheep. Book label of Newark Library Society. Owner signature of Samuel H. Conger on title page. Spine worn joints cracked staining to textblock. Good plus. 350 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Standard early nineteenth century compendium of New Jersey state statutes. Samuel H. Conger was a Newark politician antiquary and librarian of the New Jersey Historical Society from 1852 until his death in 1872. S&S 23528; Felcone New Jersey Books 1801-1860 966 Printed by James J. Wilson unknown books
1726rif. 228625Perth Amboy NJ 1726. 1p. Pen and ink on vellum with wax seal docketed on verso. 1 vols. 15-1/2 x 12-1/2 inches. Old folds fine. 1p. Pen and ink on vellum with wax seal docketed on verso. 1 vols. 15-1/2 x 12-1/2 inches. An important Somerset County document relating to the colonial history of New Jersey. The land in the Raritan Valley of New Jersey encompassing what is now Somerset County was acquired by the East Jersey proprietors in the 1680s through several purchases from its Native American owners. The land conveyed in our indenture is half of lot No.55 of the Second Indian Title which was surveyed for Lord Neil Campbell a Scottish nobleman who served as Deputy Governor of East New Jersey during 1686. The land was subsequently acquired by East Jersey Proprietor and Perth Amboy merchant Charles Dunster Esq. d.1727. In addition to the signauture of Charles Dunster our indenture is also signed by Lewis Morris 1671-1746 who at the time of this conveyance was president of the New Jersey Provincial Council as well as Chief Justice of the New York Supreme Court. Morris would be appointed the 8th Colonial Governor of New Jersey in 1738 and served in that office until his death in 1746. Morris was the grandfather of many prominent Americans including Lewis Morris 1726-1798 Delegate to the Continental Congress and a signer of the Declaration of Independence; New York Chief Justice Richard Morris; New Jersey Chief Justice Robert Morris 1745-1815; and U.S. Senator Gouverneur Morris 1752-1816. Other signatures include: Alexander Mackdowell and Michael Kearney Treasurer of the Eastern Division of New Jersey who was also the son-in-law of Lewis Morris. unknown books
1795rif. 264603Monmouth N.J.: At the Press of the Author at Mount-Pleasant . 1795. Third edition "New edition Revised and Corrected by the Author; Including a considerable number of Pieces never before Published. v-xv 1 455 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary full sheep spine with gilt fillets and black morocco lettering-piece blind roll-tooled edges. Covers rubbed and worn at extremities light foxing to text early manuscript notes to rear endsheets. Contemporary engraved bookplate of Peter Wynkoop. Third edition "New edition Revised and Corrected by the Author; Including a considerable number of Pieces never before Published". v-xv 1 455 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The third collected edition of the poetry of the New Jersey patriotic poet and printer Philip Freneau the first edition printed by him on his press in New Jersey. Earlier editions of his collected poetry were printed in Philadelphia in 1786 and 1788. This edition is remarkable for its poor presswork - "A vile piece of printing" Stoddard. The bookplate of Peter Wynkoop 1755-1835 has as its central shield device a Hollander a smaller servant and a wine cask with female bacchantes bearing jugs at each side surmounted by a helme and eagle. Felcone 762; Evans 28712; Stoddard 498; BAL 6445; ESTC W28921 At the Press of the Author, at Mount-Pleasant .. unknown books
1830rif. 2497311830. Includes: 1.Record of Auction sakle vendue held March 3 1835 by order of Benjamin Paul and Isaac Peckworth executors with the amounts each item sold for and the names of the buyers. 2. An Inventory of his possessions with their values. 3. Receipts settling debts of the Estate $1.25 for one day reaping; $0.75 for one day's shoveling dung etc. 4. Execuors' finacial accounts. 5. Six Deeds dating from 1812 to the 1830s. unknown books
1834rif. 254688Trenton: Published by Daniel Fenton. James C. Clark Printer Philadelphia 1834. First edition. xii 339; iv 266 pp. Without map as usual. 1 vols. 4to. Bound in half green morocco and green cloth gilt spine. Very Good. First edition. xii 339; iv 266 pp. Without map as usual. 1 vols. 4to. Felcone New Jersey Books 726-27 Published by Daniel Fenton. James C. Clark, Printer, Philadelphia unknown books
1821rif. 210929Trenton New Jersey: Printed for the State by Joseph Justice 1821. Revised and Published uder the Authority of The Legislature. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary Sheep. back hinge off front started. Signed by William Perrine. Revised and Published uder the Authority of The Legislature. 1 vols. 8vo. Felcone NewJersey Books 990. Shaw &Shoemaker 6219 Printed for the State by Joseph Justice unknown books
1776rif. 58145Burlington: Printed by Isaac Collins Printer to the King for the Province of New-Jersey 1776. viii 493 1 6 6 4 4 3 1 15 1 pp. 1 vols. Folio. Recent half calf and marbled boards red morocco label. Head of title leaf excised with no loss of text. Stamped ownership notation MiersFisher/1769 with ink markings "Bot of . January 3 1781". Fine. viii 493 1 6 6 4 4 3 1 15 1 pp. 1 vols. Folio. The standard compendium of eighteenth-century statutes of New Jersey published after many delays and tribulations on the eve of the Revolution. Felcone New Jersey Books 158; Evans 14911 Printed by Isaac Collins, Printer to the King, for the Province of New-Jersey unknown books
1747rif. 228514New Jersey 1747. 1 p. 1 vols. Folio. Neatly mounted on linen. Old folds some wear at folds else quite good. 1 p. 1 vols. Folio. This is a quit claim to a tract of land on Canoe Brook in Essex County New Jersey owned by Gardner and assigning title to Samuel Gardner probably a relative. The very densely written document is signed by Isaiah Ball Gershom Wood and Thomas Gardner. unknown books
rif. 26726224 pages used through 215. 1 vols. 8vo. Standard pigskin Cash Book. Fine. 224 pages used through 215. 1 vols. 8vo. unknown books
1876rif. 47460Princeton: Printed at the "Press" Office 1876. 64 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Half brown pebbled morocco and marbled paper boards. Rubbed front joint starting else very good. 64 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed by the author: "Presented to Rev. E. Hazard Snowden D.D. by the tenth President of Princeton College by his Son. John Maclean because of the great Friendship of his father and mother and my grandfather and grandmother The Rev. Samuel Finley Snowden and Susan Beebe Snowden and presented to my dearest and kindest friend. Who has cheered and comforted more than any other friend in my last years of Life. Mrs. Wm. Wallace Witherspoon of New York City and New Hartford July 12 1894." Maclean was not only the ï¬rst chemistry professor of the College of New Jersey but the ï¬rst of any American college other than medical institutions. His son was the tenth -- and perhaps most popular -- President of Princeton College. Printed at the "Press" Office unknown books
1784rif. 58144Trenton: Printed by Isaac Collins 1784. First edition. 389 28 4 4 30 pp. 1 vols. Folio. Later half calf and marbled boards. Foxing and staining. First edition. 389 28 4 4 30 pp. 1 vols. Folio. Evans 18632; Felcone 162; Tower Collection of American Colonial Laws 564; Babbitt Hand-List of Legislative Sessions and Session Laws 325 Printed by Isaac Collins unknown books
1893rif. 41054Morristown N.J.: Banner" Steam Print 1893. 1 vols. Folio. Framed and glazed. Fine. 1 vols. Folio. Banner" Steam Print unknown books
1933rif. 29876Newark New Jersey: The Carteret Book Club 1933. First edition one of 150 copies printed by Monroe F. Dreher Inc Newark N.J. in December 1933. Twenty Wood Engravings by Rowland C. Ellis. 1 vols. 4to. Tan buckram and decorated boards. Fine copy lacking the publisher's slipcase. Ellis Rowland C. First edition one of 150 copies printed by Monroe F. Dreher Inc Newark N.J. in December 1933. Twenty Wood Engravings by Rowland C. Ellis. 1 vols. 4to. The Carteret Book Club unknown books
rif. 1964558 Original photographs most measuring 6-1/2 x 4 inches for the large ones and 3 x 2-1/2 inches for the small. 1 vols. Oblong 8vo 8-1/2 x 6 inches. Contemporary black binder. 58 Original photographs most measuring 6-1/2 x 4 inches for the large ones and 3 x 2-1/2 inches for the small. 1 vols. Oblong 8vo 8-1/2 x 6 inches. Most of the photos are of Bayhead when there wasn't much but woods Parker's Neck Bayhead Metedeconk River Paulsen's Neck. Unique. unknown books
rif. 196461 vols. Obong 8vo. Original reversed calf. 1 vols. Obong 8vo. Photo of man in Bayhead Yacht Club cap much canoeing and sailing Tom's River Barnegar Light clown basebal game etc. unknown books
1777rif. 233860Augsburg: Tobias Conrad Lotter 1777. Hand-colored map. Engraved by Tobias Conrad Lotter. 1 vols. 30-1/8 x 22-1/4 inces 765 x 565 mm 2 sheets. Minor creasing light toning original reinforcement on verso of joint. Framed but without glass. Hand-colored map. Engraved by Tobias Conrad Lotter. 1 vols. 30-1/8 x 22-1/4 inces 765 x 565 mm 2 sheets. This map is Lotter's German edition of Sauthier's map of 1776 done by William Faden. Tobias Conrad Lotter unknown books
1901rif. m1180Newark N.J.: First Congregational Church Newark 1901. Octavo gilt-stamped printed wrappers 9 pp. Photos portraits. Very Good. First Congregational Church, Newark, 1901. unknown books
1925rif. 70992Chicago IL: Rand McNally & Co 1925. Engraved map 28 x 20 ½ inches recto showing counties outlined in yellow railroads and identified steamship lines in red along the coast and up the Delaware River and printing a list of railroads verso printing another map of the same dimensions this one in blue Rand McNally Main Highway Map of New Jersey. Title on first map: Rand McNally Standard Map of New Jersey. Index for "principal cities" printed in left margin of each map. Folded into printed brown wrappers spine partly split 12mo. 33 1 4 pp.; C. S. Hammond & Co. label pasted over publisher's imprint on front wrapper more information on cities towns etc. Good copy. Rand, McNally & Co unknown books
rif. 686284to. 265 pp. 23-24 & 173-174 missing 11 pages unused page 71 repeated i.e. 251 of 300 numbered pages employed for the manuscript minutes of board meetings and for occasional other purposes; several typed pages or notes laid in or affixed to a page. Minutes in pen and pencil in the hands of recording secretaries Harry Hartmeir Frank Piaget John Connolly and others. Founded in 1895 as the Paterson Golf Club and incorporated as the North Jersey Country Club in 1897 this minute book covers an important period in club history as plans to build roads through the Paterson location occasioned a move to Wayne in 1917 the purchase of the 327 acre Greenbrook Farm in 1921 and the building of a new club house there in 1922; the construction of its new golf course designed by Walter Travis began the same year opening in 1923. The club and course continue today. Contemporary notebook half-leather and black pebbled cloth very worn leather spine gone leather corners mostly gone edges bumped and worn; interior very good and quite legible. unknown books
1943rif. 681491943. Five photo postcards 9 x 14 cm. one of a New Jersey beach the others of New York including two duplicates of the Deerland Campground on Long Lake Deerland NY; plus one illustrated postcard map in color of Ithaca NY. unknown books
rif. 66305including "Embalming" $30 "Delivering Casket to Residence" $8 "Dressing body and placing in Casket" $5 "Lay-out and Crepe" $8 "Opening Grave in plot" $15 "Hearse" $15 "Professional Services" $15 etc.; total expenses were $177.50 noted as received at the bottom of the invoice paid by Edgar T. Harris for the funeral of his wife Sarah E. Harris. Dancy is listed in the 1940 census as "Negro" born in North Carolina in 1871. Folded as for mailing but very good. unknown books
1938rif. 2605Monroe Township New Jersey: The Monroe Township Committee 1938. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. Uncommon Federal Writers Project title part of the wonderful American Guide Series which was overseen by the WPA. Clean and VG in its original pictorial wrappers. Octavo 140 pgs. The Monroe Township Committee unknown books
1960rif. 231051960. New Jersey Black Photography Vernacular photographic archive documenting African American daily life in Newark New Jersey during the 1960s a period of rapid demographic change urban disinvestment and intensifying civil rights activism in one of the nation's most significant Black urban centers. Newark's Black population expanded substantially in the mid-twentieth century through the Great Migration forming dense neighborhood networks alongside persistent segregation housing inequality and strained relations with municipal authorities that would culminate in the 1967 Newark uprising. These photographs provide primary visual evidence of everyday life within this context capturing social interaction leisure commerce and street-level experience. The archive supports research into African American urban history Northern civil rights conditions and the lived realities of Black communities in industrial cities during the late civil rights era. Archive of 12 Large silver gelatin photographs. Each measure 8" x 10" on matte photo paper depicting street scenes recreation and community gathering spaces in Newark New Jersey with several images identified as taken along Sussex Avenue. The group includes an outdoor performance by an all-Black band on a public stage scenes of children and adults along residential streets and sidewalks and commercial life including three Black individuals standing outside a storefront marked by a neon "Fish Market" sign indicating neighborhood retail environments. One photograph shows a Black man and a white man standing together on a sidewalk possibly in a social or friendly context offering visual evidence of interracial presence within an urban neighborhood often characterized in historical narratives by segregation and tension. Additional images depict leisure activities such as boating and public park use as well as candid interactions among residents reinforcing the range of everyday experiences beyond protest or crisis imagery Taken together these photographs document the texture of daily life in Newark immediately before and during a period of national attention to urban unrest providing a counterpoint to dominant media representations that often centered violence rather than community continuity. The images show Newark's Black residents moving through neighborhood streets businesses and public spaces documenting everyday community life and social interaction in the 1960s urban North. Light edge wear minor creasing and surface marks consistent with handling; overall very good condition. As visual records of ordinary experience in a historically significant urban center the archive contributes to broader studies of Black Northern life postwar migration and the social conditions that shaped civil rights and urban policy debates in the 1960s. unknown books
1998rif. 33115New Jersey 1998. Very Good. New Jersey 1998. Green plastic three-ring binder with collaged covers and spine. 114 plastic sheaths filled to completion with all dragon-themed mythological summaries Chinese restaurant menus poetry artwork astrology dragon boat racing Stevie Nicks tributes debates about Christian metal band Stryper Puff the Magic Dragon etc.; principally printed from the internet along with some typed and manuscript material and original art. Light edgewear; a few scuffs. Very Good. An impressive and incredibly touching gift from a woman to her goddaughter assembled and given in the wake of the death of the goddaughter's husband. In the introductory typed letter the godmother counsels that alcohol is not the answer to her pain advises her to visit a "wise Indian man" she knows and hopes that the Dragon Book she has assembled will be of some comfort. A fascinating mix of pre-Wikipedia early internet material culture. The bulk of the material is printed internet articles: draconian.com still active and more or less in its same form gives a wide-ranging dragon background and articles from Emergency Librarian People Magazine the South Florida Business Journal and many many others are included painting a full picture of dragons in mythology and popular culture. The compiler has also included two excised Yellow Pages pages and highlighted the "Dragon" entries several pages of Stevie Nicks internet fanpages a few hand-written student reports original color drawings and dozens of poems printed and typed all dragon themed of course. A heartfelt collection highlighting mid to late 90s internet culture and the comfort fantasy can offer well before the nerd wall was broken in the early 2000s. unknown books
1964rif. 600401Hasbrouck Heights New Jersey: The Legislation and Civis Department of the Junior Women's Club of Hasbrouck Heights New Jersey 1964. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. 39pp. Illustrated. Stapled wrappers. Foxing on page edges slightly toned spine very good. The Legislation and Civis Department of the Junior Women's Club of Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey unknown books
