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Roll over Image to expand, : Acts And Laws Of The State Of Connecticut In America. Published by Printed by Hudson and Goodwin in Hartford: 1796. Good in the publisher's original full, brown calf leather binding with an ornamental black border around the edges of the boards and with only a small part of the original leather label on the spine. An octavo measuring 9" by 5 1/2" with the leather worn through at the tips of the boards, the front hinge has been repaired with binder's tape, there are a number of math notations in ink on the verso side of the first free end page, the title page is tanned and spotted with light foxing and the rear hinge is broken. A 12 page index, followed by The Charter of the "antient" Colony of Connecticut which starts the 438 pages of text to include the last recorded statute enacted at New Haven in October of 1795. Connecticut's Charter is followed by The Declaration of Independence and The Constitution Of The United States, (Evans, 302670)
TB24544 $350.00

Armstrong, John Borden: Connecticut A Bibliography of its History. Published by University Press of New England in Hanover: 1986. Very good in medium green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine with two short 1/4" closed tears at the upper corners of the head of the spine; otherwise, this volume is in fine condition. A quarto measuring 11" tall by 8 3/8" deep. Without a dust jacket as issued. 591 pages including an index. This is volume six of Bibliographies of New England History prepared by the Committee For A New England Bibliography. Edited by Roger Parks.
TB21143 $25.00

Roll over Image to expandBarber, 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. First Edition Published by Durrie & Peck and J. W. Barber in New Haven: 1836. Recently rebound in a fine black cloth binding with gilt text stamping on the spine and new end sheets. The contents have been re-sewn and are in very good condition with tanning and mild foxing throughout. The hand colored map of Connecticut has been recently washed, remounted and restored. It shows minor losses at the edges not impacting on the map itself. 560 pages of text. Illustrated throughout with 200 wood block engravings. 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) This is the original first edition published in 1836.
TB24725 $350.00

Bowen, Clarence: Boundary Disputes of Connecticut. First Edition First printing. Published by James R. Osgood and Company in Boston: 1882. Very good- in the publisher's original decorated, green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine, gilt text on the front board with embossed black designs on the front board and an unusual metal corner protector at the upper fore corner of the front board. A quarto measuring 12" by 9" with the cloth at the head and heel of the spine worn and rubbed, the cloth at the fore corners of the boards worn through and with a prior owner's name on the first free end page. 90 pages including an index and text. Illustrated with 15 maps some of which are fold out maps. Three of the maps (one facing page 16, a fold-out map facing page 57 and a second fold-out map facing page 79) have been replaced with exact facsimile copies and tipped-in where appropriate. Christopher and Bonnie Collier in their bibliography The Literature of Connecticut History, refer to this volume as "The best overall discussion" of boundary issues between Connecticut and its neighboring states of New York and Massachusetts. This volume was the author's dissertation for Yale University. (Armstrong, Conn. A Bibliography of Its History: 184)
TB24776 $250.00

Roll over Image to expandClark, George: Silas Deane A Connecticut Leader In The American Revolution. First Edition Published by G. P. Putnam's Sons in New York: 1913. An ex-library copy in very good- in dark blue cloth covered boards with faded gilt text stamping on the spine and gilt text stamped on the front board and with gilt to the top edge of the text block. A small octavo measuring 8" by 5 1/2" with wear to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and with the rear hinge cracked which has been professionally repaired. Without a dust jacket. 287 pages including an index. Illustrated with a black and white frontispiece portrait of Deane.
TB25532 $60.00

Roll over Image to expandConnecticut Historical Society, : The Pitkin Papers Correspondence and Documents During William Pitkin's Governorship Of The Colony Of Connecticut 1766-1769. First Edition First printing. Published by Connecticut Historical Society in Hartford: 1921. 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 $100.00

Roll over Image to expandCurtis, George Munson: Early Silver of Connecticut And Its Makers. First Edition First printing. Published by International Silver Company in Meriden, Conn.: 1913. Very near fine in 1/4 black cloth and gray paper covered boards with silver text stamping on the spine and with the same on the front board. Without a dust jacket, perhaps as issued. 115 pages of text illustrated with line drawings and 33 photographic plates. Pages 83 through 115 are devoted to early Connecticut Silversmiths listing their names, places of business, birth and death dates (if known) and any available biographical data uncovered by the author. Many of the pages within this volume remain uncut.
TB22859 $70.00

Roll over Image to expandDay, Thomas: Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Errors of the State of Connecticut; prepared and Published in Pursuance of a Statute Law of the State Volume XXI. First Edition First printing. Published by Case, Tiffany and Company in Hartford: 1853. In full light brown leather covered boards with a red leather label with gilt text borders on the spine. This volume is in very good+ condition with mild rubbing to the head and heel of the spine, several spots of wear to the edges of the boards and what little foxing is present is largely limited to the end pages of the text block. A very sound and handsome copy. 666 pages including an index.
TB19195 $30.00

Farnham, Elmer: The Quickest Route The History of The Norwich & Worcester Railroad. First Edition First printing. Published by Pequot Press in Chester, Conn.: 1973. Fine in dark gray cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine and on the front board and with map end papers. An octavo measuring 9" by 6". In a very good+ unclipped dust jacket with rubbing to the folds and a 1/4" closed tear at the upper edge of the front panel. Signed by the author on the fly title page. 210 pages of text illustrated with photographs, maps and sketches throughout.
TB23646 $40.00

Roll over Image to expandFoster & Peter Weiglin, George: Splendor Sailed the Sound. First Edition First printing. Published by Potentials Group, Inc. in San Mateo: 1989. Fine in decorated dark blue paper covered boards with silver colored text on the spine and blind embossing on the front board with illustrated end sheets. A small quarto measuring 10 1/2" by 8" with a prior owner's small address label attached to the upper edge of the front paste down. In a very good+ unclipped dust jacket with two small 1/8" chips from the upper edge of the spine area and with rubbing to the lower edge of the same and at the fold to the front flap. Sub-titled: "The New Haven Railroad and The Fall River Line." 384 pages containing photo index, general index, bibliography, text and hundreds of photographs of steamboats which plied Long Island Sound, Nantucket Sound and the area rivers of New York and New England.
TB24953 $95.00

Fraser, Bruce: A Land Of Steady Habits: A Brief History Of Connecticut. Second Printing Published by Connecticut Historical Commission in Hartford: 1988. Fine in heavy, printed paper wraps over an adhesive binding. An octavo measuring 9" by 6". Without a dust jacket as issued. 80 pages of text. Illustrated through out with reproductions of early works of art and with black and white photographs.
TB25120 $12.00

Roll over Image to expandFuller, Edmund: Prudence Crandall An Incident of Racism in Nineteenth-Century Connecticut. First Edition First printing. Published by Wesleyan University Press in Middletown, Conn.: 1971. Fine in light blue cloth covered boards with black and silver colored text on the spine. In a very good price clipped dust jacket with a 1/2 closed tear at the upper corner of the spine area which is also faded and faded across the first 1" of the front panel. 113 pages of text including a list of sources. Illustrated with eight reproductions of early painted and photographic portraits.
TB21837 $40.00

Roll over Image to expandFuller as told to Hartzell Spence, Alfred: A Foot In The Door. First Edition First printing. Published by McGraw-Hill Book Company in New York: 1960. Very good+ in 3/4 red cloth and paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and on the front board. In a very good- unclipped dust jacket with shallow 1/8" deep chipping to the ends of the spine area and small chips from the fore corners of the panels. "The life appraisal of the Original Fuller Brush Man." 250 pages of text including an index and illustrated with a section of black and white photographs.
TB19593 $20.00

Roll over Image to expandGarvan, Anthony: Architecture and Town Planning in Colonial Connecticut. First Edition First printing. Published by Yale University Press in New Haven: 1951. Near fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and a gilt sketch on the front board. A small quarto measuring 10 1/2" by 7" with a small prior owner's book plate on the front free end page. In a very good+ unclipped dust jacket with 1/16" deep chipping across the upper edge of the spine area and rubbing across the lower edge of the same as well as rubbing to the fold to the front flap. 166 pages including an index and text. Illustrated with maps, line drawings and facsimiles of original documentation. One of the volumes in the History of Art Series by the Yale Historical Publications. (Roos, 643)
TB23683 $50.00

Roll over Image to expandGrant, Ellsworth: "Thar She Goes!" Shipbuilding On The Connecticut River. First Edition First Printing. Published by Fenwick Productions, The Connecticut River Museum and Greenwich Publishing Group, Inc. in Lyme, Conn.: (2000). Near fine in heavy, printed paper wraps over an adhesive binding. A small quarto measuring 9 1/2" by 9 1/2" with many passages on the first 18 pages highlighted with a pink marking pen. Without a dust jacket as issued. 176 pages including an index. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs and reproductions of contemporary works of art.
TB25684 $20.00

Roll over Image to expandGrant, Ellsworth Strong: Yankee Dreamers and Doers. First Edition First printing. Published by Pequot Press in Chester: n.d. (1973). Near fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. there is a prior owner's name and address on the title page. A small quarto measuring 9 3/4" tall by 6 3/4" deep containing 269 pages including an index, list of references, text and illustrated throughout with photographs and reproductions of contemporary works of art. In a very good- unclipped dust jacket with light wear and rubbing around the edges and at the ends of the spine area. A study of the industrial foundation of Connecticut to include not only the success but also the failures.
TB19594 $25.00

Hall, Edward: Connecticut Invites You. Published by State of Connecticut Publicity Commission in Hartford: n.d.. Very good+ in heavy pictoral wraps with a stapled binding. A twelve page advertising brochure used to promote growth in the area from nearby New York City. The brochure is illustrated with black and white photographs highlighting the tranquil, picturesque environment of the state. Although no credit is given to the photographer of these pictures there two letters laid-in which suggest that the photographer may have been Albert B. Street of New Haven, Connectiut.
TB16591 $10.50

Hall, Trish: The New Connecticut Yankees. First Edition First printing. Published by Cottage Industries in Cobalt, Conn: 1980. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and a gilt decoration of the Charter Oak on the front board. In a fine dust jacket. With a preface by Ella Grasso. 39 pages of text and four illustrations.
TB16725 $10.50

Roll over Image to expandHeermance (Compiler) , Edgar: The Connecticut Guide What To See And Where To Find It. Second Printing of June, 1935 Published by Emergency Relief Commission in Hartford: 1935. Very good in heavy blue-green printed paper wraps over an adhesive binding with map front end papers. The spine area is well tanned and worn at its ends and the front and rear panels are moderately soiled. There is a prior owner's name neatly written on the second free end paper. A small octavo measuring 8 7/16" tall by 5 1/4" deep containing 320 pages including an index. Without a dust jacket as issued. As recognized in Jerre Mangione's study of the WPA's Federal Writer's Project on page 46, The Connecticut Guide What to See And Where To Find It "helped to clinch the plan of preparing a series of state guides that could employ the services of researchers and all kinds of writers." "Although The Connecticut Guide fell short of the standards that were later" to be established for "the American Guide Series, it did provide the model for WPA's series. This guide is also recognized in the American Guide Series volume for Connecticut as the "predecessor and inspiration" for the series.
TB19014 $40.00

Hoadley, Charles: The Public Records of the State of Connecticut from October, 1776 to February, 1778, inclusive. Published by State of Connecticut in Hartford: 1894. A two volume set both volumes of which are in very good condition in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stampings on the spines. The cloth at the lower half of the joint of Volume 1 is splitting however, the book and binding remain tight. The cloth at the heads and heels of the spines for both volumes are rubbed and in some some areas the cloth is frayed. The volumes contain the Journal of the Council of Safety from October 11, 1776 to May 6, 1778. The pages within both volumes are largely un-cut. A very uncommon set of records from the American Revolution.
TB17156 $85.00

Hooker, John: Connecticut Reports: Being Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Errors of the State of Connecticut - Vol XLI.. First Edition First printing. Published by Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co. in Hartford: 1875. Very good in full light brown leather covered boards with a gilt on red leather label on the spine and with a text on the front board reading: "Furnished by the State to the Town of" followed by a four inch black line on which is written in a neat script hand the name of the town of "Durham". The boards are bordered with blinding embossing. The edges of the boards are rubbed and there is a tear to the leather at the heel of the spine. The hinges and joints are tight and storng and all of the pages are present. The spine is also labeled with the number "41" An octavo measuring 9" tall by 6" deep containing 648 pages of text. Overall a very handsome volume.
TB18713 $75.00

Roll over Image to expandIsham and Albert F. Brown, Norman: Early Connecticut Houses An Historical and Architectural Study. Reprint Published by Dover Publications, Inc. in New York: (1965). Very good+ in printed, heavy paper wraps over a perfect bound text block. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4" by 6 1/2" with light soiling to the panels. Without a dust jacket as issued. 303 pages of text including an index. Illustrated throughout with line drawings.
TB26323 $5.00

Roll over Image to expandKelly, J. Frederick: Early Domestic Architecture of Connecticut. Reprint Published by Dover Publications, Inc. in New York: 1963. Near fine in heavy printed paper wraps with a prior owner's name on the first free end page and with a few pages with underlined text markings. Without a dust jacket as issued. 210 pages including an index, text and illustrated with 434 line drawings of homes and construction details.
TB22432 $15.00

Roll over Image to expandLathrop, William: The Brass Industry in The United States. Revised Edition Published by Self-published in Mount Carmel, Conn.: 1926. Near fine in black cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and with the boards covered with decorated brass turned in over the boards and with a brass name on the front paste down reading "Compliments of | Scovill Manufacturing Company | Waterbury, Connecticut | Established 1802" Without a dust jacket as most probably issued. 174 pages including an index, bibliography and text. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait and reproductions of numerous other portrait art. From the title page: "A Study of the origin and the development of the brass industry in the Naugatuck Valley and its subsequent extension over the Nation."
TB26126 $65.00

Roll over Image to expandMason, H. R. Randolph: Historic Houses of Connecticut Open to the Public. First Edition Published by The Pequot Press, Inc. in Stonington, Conn.: 1963. Near fine in printed, heavy paper wraps over a stapled binding. The front panel has a 1" long closed tear at its upper edge. A small quarto measuring 9" by 6". Without a dust jacket as issued. 64 pages of text illustrated with a two page map and with black and white photographs throughout. Comprised Connecticut Booklet number 5 and sponsored by The Connecticut League of Historical Societies, Inc. With an introduction by Dr. Robert J. Craig. This booklet provides descriptions of 55 housed together with a list of almost 100 other historical buildings and museums.
TB26315 $5.00

Roll over Image to expandMcAdam, Roger Williams: The Old Fall River Line. Revised and Enlarged Edition of 1955 Published by Stephen Daye Press in New York: 1955. Very near fine in light blue cloth covered boards with dark blue text on the spine and with map end sheets with a prior owner's name written in ink on the upper corner of the first free end page. In a very good- unclipped dust jacket with moderate wear and rubbing at the upper and lower edges of the spine area and with light rubbing at the folds. There is a 3/4" long closed tear at the upper edge of the front panel at the fold to the spine area. 288 pages including an index, text and illustrated with black and white photographs throughout. The full title reads: "The Old Fall River Line Being a chronicle of the world-renowned steamship line with tales of romantic events and personages during its ninety years of daily service and accounts of the last voyages by the famous Sound Seamers." This revised and updated edition contains nineteen additional pictures not included in the first edition as well as additional textual material.
TB22849 $25.00

Roll over Image to expandMcDevitt, Robert: Connecticut Attacked: A British Viewpoint, Tryon's Raid on Danbury. Second Printing Published by Pequot Press in Chester, Conn.: 1974. Very good in heavy printed paper wraps over an adhesive binding. Without a dust jacket as issued. As noted by a small, printed paper label on the front cover, this is a "special edition" with a folded map of the area of Connecticut tipped-in at the rear of the book. 76 pages including a bibliography, chapter notes and text.
TB22396 $50.00

Roll over Image to expandMcNulty (John Bard), John Bard: Older Than The Nation The Story of The Hartford Courant. First Edition First printing. Published by The Pequot Press, Inc. in Stonington, Conn.: 1964. Fine in light gray cloth covered boards with black text and red decorations on the spine and on the front board. An octavo measuring 9" by 5 3/4". In a very near fine unclipped dust jacket with a 3/4" closed tear at the upper edge of the front panel. Laid in is a reprinted copy of an extremely laudatory book review of this title by Morse S. Allen taken from the Trinity College Alumni Magazine of January, 1965. 231 pages including an index, appendices and text. Illustrated with line drawings, photographs and facsimile copies of early documentation. A very attractive, clean, crisp and tight copy with no prior owner's names, dates or notations.
TB24388 $50.00

Roll over Image to expandMiddlebrook, Louis: Maritime Connecticut During the American Revolution. Limited Edition one of only 1,250 copies Published by The Essex Institute in Salem: 1925. Both volumes in this two volume set are in near fine condition in dark blue ribbed cloth with bright gilt text stamping and decorations to the spines and front boards with the top edges gilt. Both volumes show a faint dampness stain across the lower edges of the front and rear boards and dampness staining to the rear pages of volume 2 (none of which impacts on the text itself) The remaining damage caused by dampness is restricted to minor "high tide" marks at the lower edges of the page margins. There is a prior owner's book plate on the verso of the first free end pages. Both volumes are contained within very good- dust jackets with dampness staining to the lower edges of the panels and spine areas. Both volumes and the jackets are contained within a good slipcase which is also showing a dampness stain across its lower quarter and beginning to part at one of the lower seams. Vol. I contains 271 pages including an index. Vol. II 359 pages including an index. Vol. I contains detailed references on vessels of the Connecticut navy with information on ship construction, armament, crews, naval engagements, prison ships and nautical instruments. Vol. II provides comparable data on privateers fitted out in Connecticut. (Gephart, 7346)
TB23655 $100.00

Roll over Image to expandMiller, James: As We Were On the Valley Shore. First Edition First printing. Published by Shore Line Times in Guilford: 1976. Near fine in decorated gray cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and front board with a prior owner's book plate on the front paste down. In a very good+ unclipped dust jacket with several short closed tears at the ends of the spine area but no chipping. A bicentennial pictorial history of the valley shore towns of Connecticut. 420 pages with index, 96 pages of ads, text and hundreds of black and white period photographs.
TB20237 $50.00

Roll over Image to expandMolloy (Compiler), Leo: Tercentenary Pictorial and History of the Lower Naugatuck Valley. First Edition First printing. Published by Press of the Emerson Bros., Inc. in Ansonia: 1935. Good+ in dark green cloth covered boards with faded gilt text stamping on the spine. The front hinge is cracked; however, the binding and pages remain tight and strong. Without a dust jacket. 404 pages "Containing a history of Derby, Ansonia, Shelton and Seymour. A chronicle of the Progress and Achievement of the several cities and towns."
TB22841 $60.00

Roll over Image to expandNational Park Service, : New Haven Architecture Selections From The Historic American Building Survey Number Nine. Published by U.S. Dept. of the Interior in Washington, D.C.: 1970. Near fine in printed paper wraps over an adhesive binding. A small quarto measuring 10 5/8" by 8 1/4". A survey of nineteen homes and buildings in the New Haven area to include the Reverend John Woodward House, First Church of Christ, John Cook House, Timothy Bishop House, Joehn E. Bassett & Co. (Hardware Store), Skinner-Trowbridge House, Gove Street Cemetery Entrance, Willis Bristol House, New Haven City Hall, John M. Davies House, Atwater-Ciampolini House, William Pinto House, Dwight Hall (at Yale), Townsend City Savings Bank, James Dwight Dana House, John Pitkin Norton House, Everard Benjamin House and Third Congregational Society. Building elevations, photographs and floor plans are included for most structures. 158 pages of text followed by a one page map of the City of New Haven.
TB25903 $45.00

New Haven Colony Historical Society, : Papers Of The New Haven Colony Historical Society Vol. III. First Edition First printing. Published by New Haven Colony Historical Society in New Haven: 1882. Very good in the publisher's original dark brown, pebbled cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine with clay end sheets. An octavo measuring 9" by 6". Without a dust jacket and probably as issued. 620 pages including an index for volumes I, II and III. The contents include: The founding of Yale College; The New Haven Convention of 1778; History of the Ancient Maritime Interests of New Haven; The Mohegan Land Controversy; Gov. Elihu Yale; Branford Annals; The Boundary Line between Connecticut and New York; Chapters on the Early Government of Connecticut; The Ecclesiastical Constitution of Yale College; The Early Relations between New Netherland and New England; and, Inscriptions on Tombstones in New Haven, prior to 1800.
TB23596 $50.00

Roll over Image to expandNew Haven Colony Historical Society, : Papers Of The New Haven Colony Historical Society Vol. IX. First Edition First printing. Published by New Haven Colony Historical Society in New Haven: 1918. Very good+ in the publisher's original dark brown, pebbled cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine with clay end sheets. An octavo measuring 9" by 6". Without a dust jacket and probably as issued. 477 pages including an index and text. The contents include: The Hartford Convention; Notes on some of the New Haven Loyalists; The Rev. Harry Croswell D.D. and his Diary; The Removal of Yale College to New Haven in October, 1716; The Loss of the Charter Government in Connecticut; Fighting the Revolution with Printer's Ink in Connecticut; A Ride across Connecticut before the Revolution; The Citizenship of the Author of the "Quatre Lettres d'un Bourgeois de New-Have su l'unite' de la legislation"; Jared Ingersoll, Stamp Master, and the Stamp Act; and A Selection from the Correspondence and Miscellaneous Papers of Jared Ingersoll.
TB23597 $50.00

Roll over Image to expandNew Haven Colony Historical Society, : Papers Of The New Haven Colony Historical Society Vol. X. First Edition First printing. Published by New Haven Colony Historical Society in New Haven: 1951. 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

Roll over Image to expandNorth, Director, Dept. of Commerce and Labor, S. N. D.: Heads of Families At The First Census Of The United States Taken In The Year 1790 Connecticut. Reprint Published by Government Printing Office in Washington, DC: 1908. An unbound collection of numbered pages all in fine condition. Printed on both sides of each page with an embossed prior owner's name on the title page. All are quarto in size measuring 11 1/2" by 8 1/2". 227 pages of text including an index.
TB26320 $20.00

Nutting, Wallace: Connecticut Beautiful. Reprint Published by Bonanza Books in New York: n.d. (1974?). Fine in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A small quarto measuring 9" by 6" with light dust staining to the top edge of the text block. In a near fine but price clipped dust jacket. Illustrated with photographs and drawings by the author. 256 pages.
TB23601 $10.00

Roll over Image to expandPratt & Whitney, : "Clouds Of Airplanes" Powered by Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Engines. Published by Pratt & Whitney Aircraft in East Hartford, Conn.: n.d. (circa 1944). A staple bound brochure of ten pages in near fine condition in heavy, paper, printed wraps. An octavo measuring 9" by 6". Without a dust jacket and probably as issued. 10 pages illustrated on each page with black and white photographs of military airplanes all powered by Pratt & Whitney engines. These planes include: the Consolidated Catalina, Consolidated Liberator, Douglas Skymaster, Douglas Skytrain, Grumman Hellcat, Lockheed Ventura, Martin Marauder, Northrop Black Widow, Republic Thunderbolt, Chance Vought Corsair and the Chance Vought Kingfisher.
TB25924 $35.00

Roll over Image to expandRadde, Bruce: The Merritt Parkway. Second Printing Published by Yale University Press in New Haven: 1993. Fine in bright yellow cloth covered boards with black text on the spine. A small quarto measuring 9 1/2"by 8 1/2". In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 135 pages including an index, chapter notes and text. Illustrated throughout with both color and black and white photographs. "The Merritt Parkway, built in the 1930's to connect Connecticut's Fairfield County with New York State, was one of the earliest attempts to cope with America's new obsession with the automobile. This book traces the history of the Merritt Parkway from the proposals for its construction and design in the early 1920's to its triumphant completion in 1940. ...it is no only a picturesque tour of a renowned Connecticut landmark, but is also an appraisal of a major contribution to the built environment - one recently placed on the National Register of Historic Places." (from jacket flap)
TB22789 $25.00

Roll over Image to expandRedfield, John Howard: Life In The Connecticut River Valley 1800-1840 from the Recollections of John Howard Redfield. Published by Connecticut River Museum in Essex, Conn.: 1988. Near fine in heavy paper, printed wraps over an adhesive binding. An octavo measuring 9" by 6". 105 pages of text and illustrated with older wood block reproductions and reproductions of older photographs. John Howard Redfield lived from 1815 to 1895 in Connecticut and wrote a manuscript of life in the Connecticut River Valley which was privately published for his family in 1900. Selections and commentary by Edmund Delaney.
TB25902 $20.00

Roll over Image to expandSeymour, Captain Jack : Ships, Sailors and Samaritans The Woman's Seamen's Friend Society of Connecticut 1859-1976. First Edition Published by Woman's Seamen's Friend Society in New Haven: 1976. Fine in dark blue linen cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and a gilt decoration on the front board. A small quarto measuring 9" by 6". In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket with two, tiny, inconsequential chips from the lower edge of the spine area. One of only 500 copies printed. 157 pages including an index, end notes, an appendix and text. Illustrated with black and white photographs.
TB25904 $25.00

Roll over Image to expandSmith, J. Eugene: One Hundred Years of Hartford's Courant From Colonial Times through the Civil War. First Edition First printing. Published by Yale University Press in New Haven: 1949. Near fine in light gray cloth covered boards with dark blue text on the spine. A small octavo measuring 9 1/4" by 6" with a gift inscription on the first free end page. In a very good- unclipped dust jacket with 1/4" deep chips across the upper edge of the spine area which is tanned and a 1/2" deep triangular chip at the upper edge of the front panel. 342 pages including an index, chapter notes and text. The Hartford Courant is the oldest, continuously operating newspaper in the United States.
TB24392 $30.00

Roll over Image to expandState of Connecticut, : The Revised Statues of The State of Connecticut to which are Prefixed the Declaration of Independence, The Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of The State of Connecticut. First Edition First printing. Published by H. S. Parsons and Company in Hartford: 1849. In full light brown leather covered boards with a red leather label with gilt text borders on the spine. This volume is in very good+ condition with mild rubbing to the head and heel of the spine, several spots of wear to the edges of the boards and what little foxing is present is largely limited to the end pages of the text block. A very sound and handsome copy. 758 pages including an index.
TB19194 $65.00

Roll over Image to expandSwift, Zephaniah: A System Of The Laws Of The State of Connecticut (Volumes I and II). First Editions Published by Self-published in Windham [Conn.]: 1795 & 1796. Both volumes have recently been rebound in 1/2 dark brown calf and brown cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spines. Both are small octavos measuring 8" by 5 3/4" with the pages of the text blocks uniformly tanned to only a slight degree. Without dust jackets as they most likely never had jackets. This set was the first American law text. Vol. #2 has the list of subscribers which includes George Washington, John Adams and a number of others in Washington's cabinet, but not Jefferson or Hamilton. (Aaron Burr is listed under one of the New York subscribers.) (Sabin, 94078) Everett Goodwin , whose doctoral dissertation The Magistracy Rediscovered: Connecticut 1636-1818, wrote that Swift's work was "a milestone for several reasons: it was the first comprehensive treatise on American law of any kind. It became a manual of instruction not only in Connecticut, but in much of the frontier region all the way to Ohio. And, most important, it was the first step in Swift's almost singlehanded articulation of a new paradigm for the concept of adjudication in Connecticut." (Collier: The Literature of Connecticut History, p. 165)
TB26340 $800.00

Roll over Image to expandTerry (Editor), Marian Dickenson: Old Inns of Connecticut. First Edition Published by The Prospect Press in Hartford: 1937. 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 a 1/4" deep closed tear to the leather at the head of the spine. Without a dust jacket as issued, but contained within a very good paper covered slip case. One of only one thousand copies printed with this copy identified as number 209 on the last page of text. 253 pages to included 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."
TB26056 $125.00

Roll over Image to expandThe Hartford Steam Boiler and Inspection and Insurance Company, : Connecticut Masters The Fine Arts and Antiques Collections of The Hartford Steam Boiler and Inspection and Insurance Company. First Edition First printing. Published by Self-published in Hartford: 1991. Fine in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. An oblong small quarto measuring 9 1/2" high by 9" deep. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. 271 pages including an index. Illustrated with hundreds of full color pictures of fine art by master painters and cabinetmakers from Connecticut all of which are in The Hartford Seam Boiler collection of fine arts.
TB22601 $50.00

Roll over Image to expandThomas, John Carl: Connecticut Pewter and Pewterers. First Edition First printing. Published by The Connecticut Historical Society in Hartford: 1976. Fine in black and gray cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. In a near fine glassine dust jacket. 194 pages including an index, bibliography, checklist of Connecticut Pewterers, text and illustrated extensively with black and white photographs through-out.
TB19863 $30.00

Roll over Image to expandTrumbull, Benjamin: A Complete History of Connecticut Civil and Ecclesiastical, From the Emigration Of Its First Planters, From England, in the Year 1630 , to the Year 1764; And To the Close of the Indian Wars In Two Volumes. First thus. Published by Matlby, Goldsmith and Co. and Samuel Wadsworth in New Haven: 1818. Both volumes of this two volume set have been recently rebound in full, dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamped on the cloth and paper labels on the spine. The contents are in very good to near fine condition with minimal foxing or age toning with a prior owner's name on the half-title page of volume I. Volume I contains 563 pages of text (with the last page misnumbered "567") and volume II contains 548 pages of text. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author as called for. Volume I was first published in 1797 and reprinted in 1798. Volume II was not published until 1818 making this set the first publication of both volumes. (Howes T-366, Evans 32942)
TB25864 $500.00

Roll over Image to expandTrumbull, J. Hammond: The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut Prior to the Union with New Haven Colony, May, 1665. First Edition First printing. Published by Brown & Parsons in Hartford: 1850. Very good- in the publisher's original 1/2 black leather and brown cloth covered boards with four raised bands on the spine with gilt text in two of the compartments and gilt borders at the edges of the leather on the boards and with marbled end sheets. The edges of the leather are worn and rubbed and with a 1" deep, 1/2" wide triangular chip from the head of the spine. With the remnants of three prior owner's book plates on the front paste down (One of them showing ownership by a Trumbull.) The hinges and joints remain tight and strong. There is little evidence of any foxing or tanning to the pages. Without a dust jacket as issued. An incomparable source for genealogical information for families of the Hartford area. 604 pages including an appendix, index of names a general index which is followed by an errata. Illustrated with several facsimile reproductions of early colonial documents. The full title reads: "The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut Prior to the Union with New Haven Colony, May, 1665; transcribed and published, (in accordance with a resolution of the general assembly,) under the supervision of the secretary of state, with occasional notes, and an appendix".
TB22694 $175.00

Roll over Image to expandUrban, Richard: Connecticut Chartered For Progress. Published by Cherbo Publishing Group, Inc. in Encino, Calif.: 2002. Fine in black cloth covered boards with blind embossing on the spine and on the front board. A quarto measuring 12" high by 9" deep. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. 348 pages including an index, bibliography, text and illustrated with hundreds of multi-color photographs. A publication produced in cooperation with the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Develoment. A pictorial guide highlighting 20th and 21st century Connecticut lifestyle and economic history.
TB22773 $20.00

Weigold, Marilyn: The American Mediterranean An Environmental, Economic & Social History of Long Island Sound. First Edition First printing. Published by Kennikat Press in Port Washington: 1974. Fine in light blue cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine and on the front board and with photographic end sheets. A quarto measuring 11" by 8 1/2". In a fine unclipped dust jacket. 228 pages including an index, bibliographic notes, chapter notes and text. Illustrated with black and white photographs and maps.
TB23848 $20.00

Whittlesey, Charles: Crossing and Re-Crossing the Connecticut River. First Edition First printing. Published by Tuttle, Morehouse & Tay in New Haven: 1938. Very good+ in green cloth covered beveled boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and front board with a prior owner's name on the front EP. The book provides "A Description of the River from it Mouth to its source, with a history of its Ferries and Bridges." 143 pages containing a bibliography, text and photographs of bridges and ferries from Old Saybrook to Putney, Vermont.
TB16323 $45.00

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