Books on Connecticut Town and City Histories
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    Alcorn, Robert Hayden:  The Biography of a Town Suffield Connecticut.  Suffield, Conn.: Three Hundredth Anniversary Committee, (1970). First Edition. Near fine in 1/4 red cloth and tan cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches with a gift inscription in red ink on the fly title page. Without a dust jacket and not sure if it had one when issued. 365 pages including an index, bibliography, appendices and text. Illustrated through-out with images from black and white photographs.
    TB32123  $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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    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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    Atwan, Robert, and Joseph F. Pisani:  Greenwich An Illustrated History A Celebration Of 350 Years.  Greenwich, Conn.: The Historical Society of the Town of Greenwich and Greenwich Time, (1990). First Edition. Near fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with bright gilt text on the spine. A quarto of 12 by 9 inches with two small faded areas on the spine and front board. In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket with a repaired 2 inch closed tear at the base of the rear panel and with a dampness stain on the verso side of the jacket at the lower edge of the spine area and front panel. 193 pages of text and illustrations from black and white and color photographs.
    TB33376  $30.00



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    Avery, Rev. John:  History of the Town of Ledyard 1650-1900.  Ledyard, Conn.: The Ledyard Historical District Commission, (1972). Reprint of the 1901 Edition. Near fine in printed, heavy paper wraps over an adhesive binding with a 1/4 red cloth backstrip.. An octavo of 8 7/8 by 6 inches with a eraser mark at the lower edge of the front cover and a gift note at the upper edge of the first free end page. A facsimile reprint of the original printing of 1901 published by Noyes & Davis of Norwich, Conn. 334 pages including an index, appendix and text. Illustrated with a line drawing of Fort Griswold and multiple images from earlier, black and white photographs.
    TB33293  $20.00



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    Bailey with additions by Susan Benedict Hill, James Montgomery:  History Of Danbury, Conn. 1684-1896.  Danbury, Conn.: Burr Printing House and Danbury Relief Society, 1896. First Edition. Very good+ in its original, 1/2 leather and black cloth covered boards with the spine rebacked with the original gilt text retained on the the new backstrip. A small quarto of 10 1/2 by 7 inches with rubbing and light wear to the at its edges and tips of the boards. Without a dust jacket and probably as issued. 583 pages including an index, chronology and text. Illustrated from facsimiles of historical documents and images from black and white photographs. There is a significant section of the text devoted to the British raid on Danbury which occurred in April of 1777 during the American Revolution.
    TB33310  $130.00




  • [Baker & Tilden]:  East Hartford, Connecticut Villages [From the Baker & Tilden Atlas of Hartford City & County].  Hartford: Baker & Tilden, 1869. . A one page map in near fine condition measuring approximately 16 1/2 by 13 inches (border to border) being page 8 removed from the original Baker & Tilden Atlas of Hartford City and Hartford County of 1869. The map contains surveys of three villages within the Town of East Hartford: Burnside, Naubuc Vicinity and Hockanum all drawn to different scales ranging from 20 to 66 rods to the inch. Overall this is a highly detailed, hand colored map showing the placement and relative size and shape of buildings in the above named three villages with each property identified with its borders and the names of the owner or business in residence. Roads, paths, railroad lines, town borders, streams and rivers are shown. This original, hand-colored map makes a fine decorative item when matted and framed; as well as being a perfect genealogical resource for local history.
    TB23876  $50.00




  • [Baker & Tilden]:  Rocky Hill, Connecticut [From the Baker & Tilden Atlas of Hartford City & County].  Hartford: Baker & Tilden, 1869. . A one page map in near fine condition measuring approximately 16 by 13 inches (border to border) being page 28 removed from the original Baker & Tilden Atlas of Hartford City and Hartford County of 1869. The map contains two surveys of five districts in the Town of Rocky HIll: North, Middle, South, West and Beckley Quarter Districts all drawn with a scale of 120 rods to the inch; and, the middle district of Rocky Hill is in a larger scale allowing more detail in the upper left corner of the map with a scale of 28 inches to one mile. A small section of the map is devoted to listing the Rocky Hill businesses to include two dealers in groceries and provisions, manufacturers, house builder, a hotel, coal dealer, a machinist and a butcher. Overall this is a highly detailed, hand colored map showing the placement and relative size and shape of buildings in the town of Rocky Hill with each property identified with the names of the owner or business in residence. Roads, paths, railroad lines, town borders, streams and rivers are shown. This original, hand-colored map makes a fine decorative item when matted and framed; as well as being a perfect genealogical resource for local history.
    TB23879  $50.00




  • [Baker & Tilden]:  East Hartford, Connecticut [From the Baker & Tilden Atlas of Hartford City & County].  Hartford: Baker & Tilden, 1869. . A one page map in near fine condition measuring approximately 16 by 13 inches (border to border) being page 7 removed from the original Baker & Tilden Atlas of Hartford City and Hartford County of 1869. The map contains a survey of the Town of East Hartford including its districts of North, North Centre, North Mill, Joint, Meadow, Willow Brook, South Mill, South, South Middle and South East Districts drawn with a scale of 2 inches to the mile. Overall this is a highly detailed, hand colored map showing the placement and relative size and shape of buildings in the town of East Hartford with each property identified with the names of the owner or business in residence. Roads, paths, railroad lines, town borders, streams and rivers are shown. This original, hand-colored map makes a fine decorative item when matted and framed; as well as being a perfect genealogical resource for local history.
    TB23881  $50.00




  • [Baker & Tilden]:  Farmington and Plainville, Connecticut [From the Baker & Tilden Atlas of Hartford City & County].  Hartford: Baker & Tilden, 1869. . A one page map in near fine condition measuring approximately 16 by 13 inches (border to border) being page 33 removed from the original Baker & Tilden Atlas of Hartford City and Hartford County of 1869. The map contains two surveys of the Town of Farmington and its village of Plainville both drawn to a scale of 30 rods to the inch. Overall this is a highly detailed, hand colored map showing the placement and relative size and shape of buildings in the above named areas with each property identified with its borders and the names of the owner or business in residence. Roads, paths, railroad lines, town borders, streams and rivers are shown. In the Plainville section the old Farmington Canal is shown. This original, hand-colored map makes a fine decorative item when matted and framed; as well as being a perfect genealogical resource for local history.
    TB23883  $50.00




  • [Baker & Tilden]:  Bristol, Connecticut [From the Baker & Tilden Atlas of Hartford City & County].  Hartford : Baker & Tilden, 1869. . A one page map in near fine condition measuring approximately 16 by 14 inches (border to border) being page 43 removed from the original Baker & Tilden Atlas of Hartford City and Hartford County of 1869. The map is drawn to a scale of 320 rods to the mile and shows the 12 districts of Bristol to include Polkville, South Village and Forestville. Overall this is a highly detailed, hand colored map showing the placement and relative size and shape of buildings in the town of Bristol with each property identified with the names of the owner or business in residence. Roads, paths, railroad lines, town borders, streams and rivers are shown. This original, hand-colored map makes a fine decorative item when matted and framed; as well as being a perfect genealogical resource for local history.
    TB23884  $50.00




  • [Baker & Tilden]:  Southington, Connecticut [From the Baker & Tilden Atlas of Hartford City & County].  Hartford : Baker & Tilden, 1869. . A one page map in near fine condition measuring approximately 16 by 13 inches (border to border) being page 31 removed from the original Baker & Tilden Atlas of Hartford City and Hartford County of 1869. The map is drawn to a scale of 180 rods to the inch and shows the ten districts of Southington to include Marion, Plantsville and showing the Quinnipiac River bisecting much of the town. A business directory for both Southington and Plantsville appear in opposite corners of the map listing lawyers, physicians, manufacturers, dealers in coal, drugs and medicines, livery stables, blacksmiths and news dealers as well as dry goods dealers. Overall this is a highly detailed, hand colored map showing the placement and relative size and shape of buildings in the town of Southington with each property identified with the names of the owner or business in residence. Roads, paths, railroad lines, town borders, streams and rivers are shown. This original, hand-colored map makes a fine decorative item when matted and framed; as well as being a perfect genealogical resource for local history.
    TB23886  $50.00




  • [Baker & Tilden]:  New Britain, Connecticut [From the Baker & Tilden Atlas of Hartford City & County].  Hartford : Baker & Tilden, 1869. . A one page map in near fine condition measuring approximately 16 by 13 inches (border to border) being page 30 removed from the original Baker & Tilden Atlas of Hartford City and Hartford County of 1869. The map is drawn to a scale of 100 rods to the inch and shows the six districts of New Britain. Overall this is a highly detailed, hand colored map showing the placement and relative size and shape of buildings in the town of New Britain with each property identified with the names of the owner or business in residence. Roads, paths, railroad lines, town borders, streams and rivers are shown. This original, hand-colored map makes a fine decorative item when matted and framed; as well as being a perfect genealogical resource for local history.
    TB23887  $50.00




  • [Baker & Tilden]:  Bloomfield, Connecticut [From the Baker & Tilden Atlas of Hartford City & County].  Hartford : Baker & Tilden, 1869. . A one page map in near fine condition measuring approximately 16 by 13 inches (border to border) being page 35 removed from the original Baker & Tilden Atlas of Hartford City and Hartford County of 1869. The map is drawn to a scale of 160 rods to the inch and shows the eight districts of Bloomfield to include the two Scotland Districts, the Duncaster and Old Farm Districts. There is a separate small insert of Bloomfield Center drawn at a scale of 30 rods to the inch which shows property borders and names of property owners. A business directory for Bloomfield is shown on the map listing a hotel, dry goods dealer, and manufacturers. Overall this is a highly detailed, hand colored map showing the placement and relative size and shape of buildings in the town of Bloomfield with each property identified with the names of the owner or business in residence. Roads, paths, railroad lines, town borders, streams and rivers are shown. This original, hand-colored map makes a fine decorative item when matted and framed; as well as being a perfect genealogical resource for local history.
    TB23889  $50.00



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    Barnes, Stan:  Random Recollections Anecdotal Tales of a Bygone Guilford.  Guilfrod, Conn.: Guilford Courier, (2005). First Edition. Near fine in heavy, printed paper wraps over an adhesive binding. A square octavo of 8 1/2 by 8 1/2 inches. Without a dust jacket as issued. 104 pages of text illustrated from photographs. A collection of anecdotal stories about Guilford, Connecticut which appeared in The Guilford Courier from 2000 to 2005.
    TB30466  $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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    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



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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



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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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    Bickford, Christopher P.:  Farmington in Connecticut.  Farmington, Conn.: The Farmington Historical Society, c1988, 2008. Second Revised Edition, Reprint of 2008. Fine in 1/4 brown cloth and illustrated cloth covered boards with decorated end papers. An octavo of 9 by 5 7/8 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. The first edition of this title was published in 1988 and consisted of only 2,000 copies. 462 pages containing an index, chapter notes, text, images from photographs and maps.
    TB31856  $45.00



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    Birge, Edward Coley:  Westport Connecticut The Making of a Yankee Township.  New York: The Writers Publishing Co., Inc., (1926). Second and Enlarged Edition. Near fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. A 12mo measuring 7 3/8 by 4 7/8 inches with a gift inscription dated in "1957" on the first free end page. In a very poor dust jacket with numerous chips and tears some repaired with old Scotch tape. 200 pages of text with a postscript by Mary Coley Gage. Illustrated with a frontispiece of an early engraving by John Warner Barber of the bridge over the Saugatuck River in the center of town as well as four black and white photographic plates. Tipped-in on page 68 is an old photograph of Bradley Baker, a Civil War veteran, who is mentioned as "one of Westport's characters" on that page..
    TB33368  $100.00



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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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    Bowen, Clarence Winthrop:  The History of Woodstock Connecticut.  Woodstock, Conn.: Thw Woodstock Libraries, 1973. Reprint of the 1926 Edition. Fine in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and on the front board. A small quarto measuring 10 1/2 by 7 inches.. Without a dust jacket. This reprint is limited to 1,000 copies with this copy out of series together with a facsimile signature of the author. Originally published in 1926 by the author in a limited run of only 450 copies. 691 pages including an index, appendices and text. Illustrated with maps and black and white photographs. Oddly, this copy has been miss-bound with pages xxix to 18 appearing twice without a title page.
    TB32610  $75.00



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    Brooks, George S.:  Cascades And Courage The History of the Town of Vernon and the City of Rockville Connecticut.  Rockville, Conn.: Self Published, 1955. First Edition. Near fine in bright blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and on the front board. A small quarto of 9 by 6 inches with a gift inscription on the first free end page. In a good, unclipped dust jacket with 1/4 inch deep chipping from the upper edge of the spine and front panels and the front panel.with a long 2 inch deep chip from the lower edge of the rear panel. 529 pages of text including an index. Illustrated throughout from black and white photographs.
    TB31690  $50.00



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    Brusic, Lucy McTeer:  Amidst Cultivated and Pleasant Fields A Bicentennial History of North Haven, Connecticut.  Canaan, NH: Phoenix Publishing, 1986. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 tan and gray cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and an illustrated paper label on the front board and with illustrated end sheets. In a very near fine unclipped dust jacket with minor light wear at the ends of the spine area and a closed 1/2" tear at the upper edge of the front panel. Signed by the author on the title page. 304 pages including an index, a list of illustrations and credits, sources and notes to include a list of first 40 families in North Haven about 1715 and 1727, a list of Revolutionary War Soldiers connected with North Haven, and a list of North Haven Selectmen from 1786 to 1986. Illustrated with photographs and maps throughout.
    TB22785  $30.00




  • Bush, Celeste E.:  The Thomas Lee House, East Lyme, Connecticut.  East Lyme, Conn.: The East Lyme Historical Society, 1935. First Edition, First printing. Very good in light green printed wraps with a double stapled binding. There area a number of white spots (paint) on the front panel and the corners of the text are somewhat curled. Without a dust jacket as issued. Unpaginated but containing 14 pages of text. Illustrated with black and white photographs and line drawings.
    TB22633  $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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    Caulkins, Frances Manwaring:  History of New London, Connecticut From the First Survey of the coast in 1612.  New London: The New London County Historical Society, 1985. 1985 Reprint. Near fine in green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. A thick octavo measuring 9 by 6 inches with a crease down the cloth of the spineback with a prior owner's name and address on the first free end page. Originally published in 1860. This reprinting was based on the edition of 1895 which extend the scope of the book to 1860. 824 pages containing an index, an index of the names of Indians, maps and text. A thorough history of the City of New London Connecticut from 1612 through 1860. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author. (Gephart, 1717)
    TB33123  $55.00



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    Chapin, Alonzo B.:  Glastenbury For Two Hundred Years.  South Glastonbury: St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 1976. Limited Bicentennial Facsimile Edition. Near fine in simulated red leather covered boards with dull gilt text on the spine and on the front board. A small quarto measuring 9 by 6 inches with a gift inscription on the first free end page. Without its issued dust jacket. One of only 1,00 coies printed and this copy is identified as copy number 34. 282 pages including an index of names, text and tables. A facsimile reprint of the original "1853 edition with the addition of topical and personal name indexes by Ruth Howe Hale. Also, additions and corrections to text made by Goslee (c. 1880) and Whittles (c. 1960)."
    TB31850  $40.00



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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, 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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    Connors, Daniel J.:  Deep River The Illustrated Story of a Connecticut River Town.  Stonington, Conn.: Deep River Historical Society and The Pequot Press, 1966. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and illustrated paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. In a near fine glassine dust jacket. 70 pages including an index, text and numerous, early, black and white photographs and an early map frontispiece.
    TB22205  $25.00



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    Cruson, Daniel:  Newtown's Slaves: A Case Study In Early Connecticut Rural Black History.  Newtown, Conn.: The Newtown Historical Society, (1994). First Edition. Near fine in heavy, printed paper wraps over an adhesive binding. An octavo of 8 1/4 by 5 3/8ths inches with a prior owner's name at the upper edge of the first free end page. Without a dust jacket as issued. 92 pages including a bibliography, endnotes, appendices and text. Illustrated with images from black and white photographs.
    TB33369  $100.00



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    Curtiss, Lucy S.:  Two Hundred Fifty Years The Story Of The United Congregational Church Of Bridgeport 1695-1945.  Bridgeport, Conn.: Privately Printed under the direction of the Yale university Press, 1945. First Edition. Very good+ in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and a gilt border around a photograph of the church on the front board. A small quarto of 9 by 6 inches with a prior owner's name and other data on the first free end page and with scuffing to the cloth on the front board. Laid-in at the front of this copy is a handwritten note by a prior owner about Lincoln's several visits to Bridgeport in 1860 and 1864. 155 pages of text and illustrated with images from photographs.
    TB33371  $25.00




  • [D. H. Hurd]:  East Part of City of New Haven (Fairhaven), [Connecticut]. [Removed From the D. H. Hurd Atlas of New Haven County, Connecticut].  Boston: D. H. Hurd, Circa 1893. . A one page map in near fine condition measuring approximately 28 by 17 3/4 inches (border to border) being page 75 removed from the original D. H. Hurd Atlas of New Haven County of 1893. The main part of the map showing the 11th, 12th and 14th Wards and Fairhaven East is drawn to a scale of 750 feet to the inch. Two insets are shown on the right side of the map showing East Rock Park and the town of Oxford, Connecticut. Overall this is a hand colored map showing the location of major streets and waterways within the East part of New Haven. This map is in perfect condition with no tears, chips or major creasing.
    TB22982  $40.00



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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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    Demers, Ronald F.:  Modernization In A New England Town A History Of Willington, Connecticut.  Willington, Conn.: Willington Historical Society, (1983). First Edition. Near fine in white cloth covered boards with gray text stamped on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches with spots of foxing on the spine and on the edges of the boards probably caused by the glues used in binding. In a fine, unclipped (no price) dust jacket. 431 pages including an index, appendices and text. Illustrated with a frontispiece map of the town from a photograph and images throughout also from black and white photographs.
    TB33012  $40.00



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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



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    Dodd, Stephen:  The East-Haven Register In Three Parts.  New Haven: A. H. Maltby & Co., 1824. First Edition, First printing. Fair to good in full leather covered boards with the front joint broken but the front joint and text block reasonably strong and in place. The majority of the text block shows dampness staining across the upper 2/3rds of most of the pages yet the printing on each page remains easily read. There are two early prior owner's names in ink on the first free end page. A 12mo measuring 7 1/8" tall by 4 1/8" deep containing 200 pages of text. The information contained in the parts of the book include: Part I. Containing a history of the town of East-Haven, from its first settlement in 1644, the year 1800. Also, an account of its boundaries, iron-works and mills, division of lands, controversies with New-Haven, and Branford, town charters, ecclesiastisal affairs, schools, population and taxes, losses by war, natural history and curiosities, roads and public lands. Part II. Containing an account of the names, marriages, and births, of the families which first settled , or which have resided in East-Haven, form its settlement in 1644, to the year 1800. Part III. Containing an account of the deaths in the families names in the second part, from the year 1647 to the end of the year 1823. Considered by Howes to be "mildly scarce" and Sabin calls it "An extremely rare local history." (Howes D-387; Sabin 20485; Armstrong: Connecticut A Bibliography of its History; 3321)
    TB22311  $200.00



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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



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    Ely, Susan H. and Elizabeth B. Plimpton:  The Lieutenant River.  Old Lyme, Conn.: Lyme Historical Society, (1991). First Edition. Fine in illustrated, heavy paper wraps over an adhesive binding. An octavo measuring 9 by 6 inches.. Without a dust jacket. 71 pages of text illustrated with maps and reproductions of earlier works of art. One of the volumes in the Lyme's Heritage Series.
    TB33290  $20.00



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    [F. W. Beers]:  Village of Guilford, [Connecticut]. [Removed From the Beers Atlas of New Haven County, Connecticut].  New York: F. W. Beers, A. D. Ellis & G. G. Soule, 1868. . A framed and matted, one page, original, hand colored map in very good+ condition measuring approximately 14 3/4 by 11 3/4 inches (border to border) being page 25 removed from the original Beers' Atlas of New Haven County of 1868. This map is drawn to a scale of 30 rods to the inch the village of Guilford to the east of the Menuncatuck or West River. A business directory for Guilford listing attorneys, physicians, public houses and other miscellaneous trades and occupations. The upper quarter and right margin of the map does show slight foxing. Overall this is a highly detailed, hand colored map showing property lines and the relative size and placement of homes and buildings each identified with the names of the owner or business in residence. Roads, paths, streams, lakes and rivers are shown. This map is matted under glass and framed. The map is a perfect genealogical resource for local history. Shipping costs for this map would be expensive so it is advisable that the map be picked-up at this location in southeastern Connecticut.
    TB30192  $150.00




  • [F. W. Beers]:  Center Brook Town of Essex, [Connecticut]. [Removed From the Beers Atlas of Middlesex County, Connecticut].  New York: F. W. Beers, A. D. Ellis & G. G. Soule, Circa 1874. . A one page map in near fine condition measuring approximately 14 by 22 3/4 inches (border to border) being pages 118 and 119 removed from the original Beers' Atlas of Middlesex County of 1874. The map is divided in two horizontally to show the West Part of Centre Brook on top and the east part of Centre Brook at the bottom. A highly detailed, hand colored map showing the placement and relative size and shape of buildings in Chester with each property identified with its borders and the names of the owner or business in residence. Roads, paths, railroad lines, town borders, streams and rivers are shown. The map is drawn to a scale of 20 rods to the inch. There is a light crease down the middle of the map (from where it was bound-in to the atlas). This map makes a fine decorative item when matted and framed; as well as being a perfect genealogical resource for local history.
    TB22975  $75.00




  • [F. W. Beers]:  Norwalk and South Norwalk, [Connecticut]. [Removed From the Beers Atlas of Fairfield County, Connecticut].  New York: F. W. Beers, A. D. Ellis & G. G. Soule, Circa 1867. . A one page map in very good condition measuring approximately 20 by 27 1/2 inches (border to border) being page 26 removed from the original Beers' Atlas of Fairfiled County of 1867. Business advertising directories appear for both Norwalk and South Norwalk A highly detailed, hand colored map showing the placement and relative size and shape of buildings in Norwalk and in South Norwalk with each property identified with its borders and the names of the owner or business in residence. Roads, paths, railroad lines, town borders, streams and rivers are shown. The map is drawn to a scale of 20 rods to the inch. There is a light creases down the middle (both vertically and horizontally) of the map (from where it was bound-in to the atlas) and creasing to the left margin. This map makes a fine decorative item when matted and framed; as well as being a perfect genealogical resource for local history.
    TB22978  $75.00




  • [F. W. Beers]:  Fair Haven, [Connecticut]. [Removed From the Beers Atlas of New Haven County, Connecticut].  New York: F. W. Beers, A. D. Ellis & G. G. Soule, 1868. . A one page map in near fine condition measuring approximately 24 3/4 by 21 1/4 inches (border to border) being page 20 removed from the original Beers' Atlas of New Haven County of 1868. The main part of the map is drawn to a scale of 400 feet to the inch showing the town of Fair Haven on both sides of the Quinnipiack River. A business directory for Fair Haven also appears in the lower right corner of the map listing attorneys, physicians, boarding, merchants, livery stables, ship builders, miscellaneous and oyster dealers. Overall this is a highly detailed, hand colored map showing the placement and relative size and shape of buildings in Fair Haven with each property identified with its borders and the names of the owner or business in residence. Roads, paths, railroad lines, town borders, streams and rivers are shown. This map makes a fine decorative item when matted and framed; as well as being a perfect genealogical resource for local history.
    TB22981  $75.00




  • [F. W. Beers]:  Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut [Removed From the Beers Atlas of Fairfield County, of 1867].  New York: F. W. Beers, A. D. Ellis & G. G. Soule, 1867. . A one page map in very good+ condition (with two 2 inch closed tears to the margin) measuring approximately 20 by 25 inches (border to border) being page 23 removed from the original Beers' Atlas of Fairfield County of 1867. The map is drawn to a scale of 30 rods to the inch showing the city of Stamford on both sides of the Mill River. A business advertising directory for Stamford also appears in the upper corner of the map with merchant names around the borders of the map. Overall this is a highly detailed, hand colored map showing the placement and relative size and of shape of buildings in Stamford with each property identified with its borders and the names of the owner or business in residence. Roads, paths, railroad lines, town borders, streams and rivers are shown. This original, hand-colored map makes a fine decorative item when matted and framed; as well as being a perfect genealogical resource for local history.
    TB23897  $75.00




  • [F. W. Beers]:  Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut [Removed From the Beers Atlas of Fairfield County, of 1867].  New York: F. W. Beers, A. D. Ellis & G. G. Soule, 1867. . A large, one page map in very good+ condition measuring approximately 29 1/2 by 40 inches (border to border) being page 31B removed from the original Beers' Atlas of Fairfield County of 1867. The map is drawn to a scale of 25 rods to the inch showing the city of Bridgeport on both sides of the Pequonnock River. Overall this is a highly detailed, hand colored map showing the placement and relative size and shape of buildings in Bridgeport with each property identified with its borders and the names of the owner or business in residence. Roads, paths, railroad lines, town borders, streams and rivers are shown. This original, hand-colored map makes a fine decorative item when matted and framed; as well as being a perfect genealogical resource for local history.
    TB23898  $75.00




  • [F. W. Beers]:  East Haven, [Connecticut]. [Removed From the Beers Atlas of New Haven County, Connecticut].  New York: F. W. Beers, A. D. Ellis & G. G. Soule, 1868. . A one page map in near fine condition measuring approximately 12 by 15 inchese (border to border) being page 18 removed from the original Beers' Atlas of New Haven County of 1868. The main part of the map is drawn to a scale of 2 inches to the mile showing the districts of New Haven to include Fair Haven, West District, North District, East District and South District. There is an inset to the right of Saltonstall Lake showing the downtown area of East Haven in a larger; but un-noted, scale. Overall this is a highly detailed, hand colored map showing the placement and relative size and shape of buildings in downtown East Haven with each property identified with its borders and the names of the owner or business in residence. Roads, paths, railroad lines, town borders, streams and rivers are shown. There is light chipping around the margins outside of the decorative borders. This map makes a fine decorative item when matted and framed; as well as being a perfect genealogical resource for local history.
    TB22980  $50.00




  • [F. W. Beers]:  Griswold, New London County [Removed From the Beers Atlas of New London County, Connecticut].  New York: F. W. Beers, A. D. Ellis & G. G. Soule, Circa 1868. . A one page map in near fine condition measuring approximately 12 by 15 inches (border to border) being page 11 removed from the original Beers' Atlas of New London County of 1868. The map is drawn to a scale of 1 1/3 inches to the mile showing the fourteen districts of the town of Griswold to include Jewett City, Doaneville, Glasko, Clayville, Pachaug and Hopeville. The Quinebaug River is shown on the western extreme of the town. Insets are shown which provide more detail for the centers of Hopeville, Glasko and Doaneville. A business directory for Griswold also appears in the lower center of the map listing banks, churches, stationery stores, a manufacturer of steel spectacles, a cotton mill, physician and dealer in drugs and medicines, a butcher, grocery and provision dealer, saloons, the Hopeville mills, and a tailor. Overall this is a highly detailed, hand colored map showing the placement and relative size and shape of buildings in Griswold with each property identified with the names of the owner or business in residence. Roads, paths, railroad lines, town borders, streams and rivers are shown. This original, hand-colored map makes a fine decorative item when matted and framed; as well as being a perfect genealogical resource for local history.
    TB23893  $50.00



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    [F. W. Beers]:  Village of Branford and Branford Point, [Connecticut]. [Removed From the Beers Atlas of New Haven County, Connecticut].  New York: F. W. Beers, A. D. Ellis & G. G. Soule, 1868. . A one page, original, color map in near fine condition measuring approximately 14 3/4 by 11 3/4 inches (border to border) being page 22 removed from the original Beers' Atlas of New Haven County of 1868. The main part of the map is drawn 30 rods to the inch showing the downtown area of Branford along Main Street and north of the Branford River. An inset shows the vicinity of Branford Point which is drawn to a scale of 45 rods to the inch with all buildings therein identified. A business directory for Branford also appears on the right side of the map listing attorneys, physicians, clergymen, hotels, manufacturers, merchants, carpenters and joiners and other miscellaneous trades and occupations. Overall this is a highly detailed, hand colored map showing property lines and the relative size and placement of homes and buildings each identified with the names of the owner or business in residence. Roads, paths, railroads, streams and rivers are shown. This map makes a fine decorative item when matted and framed; as well as being a perfect genealogical resource for local history.
    TB26043  $50.00



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    [F. W. Beers]:  Villages of Southbury, South Britain, Southford and Yalesville, [Connecticut]. [Removed From the Beers Atlas of New Haven County, Connecticut].  New York: F. W. Beers, A. D. Ellis & G. G. Soule, 1868. . A one page, original, hand colored map in near fine condition measuring approximately 14 3/4 by 11 3/4 inches (border to border) being page 53 removed from the original Beers' Atlas of New Haven County of 1868. This map is divided into four insets for each of the villages listed above. Each is drawn to a different scale ranging from 75 t0 40 rods to the inch. An inset shows the vicinity of Branford Point which is drawn to a scale of 45 rods to the inch with all buildings therein identified. A business directory for the villages of South Britain, Southbury and Southford listing grocers, physicians, clergymen, manufacturers, merchants, carpenters and joiners and other trades and ocupations. Overall this is a highly detailed, hand colored map showing property lines and the relative size and placement of homes and buildings each identified with the names of the owner or business in residence. Roads, paths, streams, lakes and rivers are shown. This map makes a fine decorative item when matted and framed; as well as being a perfect genealogical resource for local history.
    TB26044  $50.00



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    [F. W. Beers]:  Village of Seymour, [Connecticut]. [Removed From the Beers Atlas of New Haven County, Connecticut].  New York: F. W. Beers, A. D. Ellis & G. G. Soule, 1868. . A one page, original, hand colored map in near fine condition measuring approximately 14 3/4 by 11 3/4 inches (border to border) being page 39 removed from the original Beers' Atlas of New Haven County of 1868. The main part of the map is drawn 30 rods to the inch showing the downtown area of Seymour on the east and west sides of the Naugatuck River. A business directory for business directory appears on the left side of the map listing attorneys, manufacturers, merchants, feed stores, meat markets, saloons and other miscellaneous trades and ocupations. Overall this is a highly detailed, hand colored map showing property lines and the relative size and placement of homes and buildings each identified with the names of the owner or business in residence. Roads, paths, streams, lakes and rivers are shown. This map makes a fine decorative item when matted and framed; as well as being a perfect genealogical resource for local history.
    TB26045  $50.00



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    [F. W. Beers]:  Wolcott and Village of Waterville, [Connecticut]. [Removed From the Beers Atlas of New Haven County, Connecticut].  New York: F. W. Beers, A. D. Ellis & G. G. Soule, 1868. . A one page, original, hand colored map in near fine condition measuring approximately 14 3/4 by 11 3/4 inches (border to border) being page 39 removed from the original Beers' Atlas of New Haven County of 1868. The main part of the map is drawn to a scale of 2 inches to the mile showing the town of Wolcott and its districts. An inset shows the village of Waterville which is drawn to a scale of 30 rods to the inch with all buildings therein identified. A business directory for Waterville also appears within this inset listing manufacturers, a knitting and soap company. Overall this is a highly detailed, hand colored map showing property lines and the relative size and placement of homes and buildings each identified with the names of the owner or business in residence. Roads, paths, streams, lakes and rivers are shown. This map makes a fine decorative item when matted and framed; as well as being a perfect genealogical resource for local history.
    TB26046  $50.00



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    [F. W. Beers]:  Old Lyme, New London County [Removed From the Beers Atlas of New London County, Connecticut].  New York: F. W. Beers, A. D. Ellis & G. G. Soule, Circa 1868. . A one page, original map in very good condition measuring approximately 12 by 15 inches (border to border) being page 23 removed from the original Beers' Atlas of New London County of 1868. The map is drawn to a scale of 2 inches to the mile showing the eight districts of the town of Old Lyme to include Black Hall, South Lyme P. O., Old Lyme P. O., Mill Creek, Laysville, Four Mile River, Joint and Neck Districts. The Connecticut River is shown on the western limit of the map with the Lieutenant's River, Black Hall, Duck and Four Mile River bisecting the town. Insets are shown which provide more detail for the centers of Uncasville and Montville which are both drawn at 15 rods to the inch and are detailed enough to shown property lines as well as owner's names. This map has been attached to a cardboard backer and with much of its original margins trimmed. It is slightly soiled. Overall this is a highly detailed, hand colored map showing the general location of buildings and homes in Old Lyme with owners and or occupants identified. Roads, paths, railroad lines, town borders, streams and rivers are shown. This reproduced map makes a fine decorative item when matted and framed; as well as being a perfect genealogical resource for local history.
    TB30193  $50.00




  • [F. W. Beers]:  West Haven Town of Orange, [Connecticut]. [Removed From the Beers Atlas of New Haven County, Connecticut].  New York: F. W. Beers, A. D. Ellis & G. G. Soule, 1868. . A one page map in good condition measuring approximately 14 1/2 by 22 inches (border to border) being page 10 removed from the original Beers' Atlas of New Haven County of 1868. A business advertising directory appears for West Haven and a small inset of Orange on a scale of 40 rods to the inch. A highly detailed, hand colored map showing the placement and relative size and shape of buildings in West Haven with each property identified with its borders and the names of the owner or business in residence. Roads, paths, railroad lines, town borders, streams and rivers are shown. The map is drawn to a scale of 500 feet to the inch. There is a separation across the middle of the map (from where it was bound-in to the atlas) with several 1/3" deep chips as we, as well as heavy chipping around the margins outside of the decorative borders. This map makes a fine decorative item when matted and framed; as well as being a perfect genealogical resource for local history.
    TB22979  $40.00



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    [F. W. Beers]:  Ansonia Town of Derby, New Haven County [Removed From the Beers Atlas of New Haven County, Connecticut].  New York: F. W. Beers, A. D. Ellis & G. G. Soule, 1868. . A one page map in good condition measuring approximately 23 by 15 inches (border to border) being page 32 removed from the original Beers' Atlas of New Haven County of 1868. The map is drawn to a scale of 24 rods to the inch showing the town of Ansonia and West Ansonia on both sides of the Naugatuck River. The map has sustained a number of closed tears which have been repaired on its verso side with archival tape and shows a number of chips around the outside margins of the map and small colored areas of the map have had to be touched-up. A business directory for Ansonia also appears in the lower quarter of the map listing attorneys, physicians, boarding, saloons, merchants, livery stables, builders, furniture dealers, harness makers and blacksmiths. Overall this is a highly detailed, hand colored map showing the placement and relative size and shape of buildings in Ansonia with each property identified with its borders and the names of the owner or business in residence. Roads, paths, railroad lines, town borders, streams and rivers are shown. This original, hand-colored map makes a fine decorative item when matted and framed; as well as being a perfect genealogical resource for local history.
    TB23875  $40.00



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    Farnham, Thomas J.:  Fairfield the Biography of a Community 1639-1989.  West Kennebunk: Phoenix Publishing, 1988. First Edition, Limited Edition. Fine in 1/4 white linen and decorated green cloth covered boards with map end papers. A small quarto of 10 by 7 inches. In a near fine, unclipped (no price) dust jacket with light wear and rubbing to the ends of the spine area. One of only 2500 first edition copies with this copy out of series. 307 pages including an index, text, illustrations and maps all of which tell the story of one of New England's oldest towns: Fairfield, Connecticut.
    TB33101  $50.00



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    Farnham, Thomas J.:  Weston the Forging of a Connecticut Town.  Canaan, New Hampshire: Phoenix Publishing for the Weston Historical Society, 1979. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 black and red cloth covered boards with bold gilt text on the spine and illustrated end sheets. An octavo measuring 9" by 6" with a gift inscription on the fly title page. In a very near fine unclipped dust jacket with the spine area very slightly tanned. Signed and dated in the year of publication by the author on the title page. Subtitled: "The Forging of a Connecticut Town." 265 numbered pages including an index and text. Illustrated with sketches and black and white photographs of this quaint, upscale, town in Fairfield County.
    TB29090  $40.00



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    Fecto, Betsy McDermott:  The Northern Litchfield Hills.  Dover, NH: Arcadia Publishing, (1996). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in printed, heavy 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 Images of America series. 127 pages of text illustrated with images from black and white photographs throughout. A very fine and tight copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32047  $15.00



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    Field, David D.:  Centennial Address, With Historical Sketches of Cromwell, Portland, Chatham, Middle-Haddam, Middletown and its Parishes.  Middletown: William B. Casey, 1853. First Editions. Good in its original, highly decorated black cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and blind embossing to the boards. The lower 3 inches of the cloth spine back is missing and the cloth over both joints is worn away, yet the hinges are both tight. There are two early prior owner's names on the first free end page and the contents are foxed throughout. Without a dust jacket. A collection of addresses and letters made on the occasion of the second Centennial Anniversary of the . settlement of Middletown (Connecticut) taking place on November 13th, 1850. Topics covered include discussion of the Pequot War, settlement of the town, early settlers, first householders, ship building, character of settlers, raising troops and supplies, standing militia, Capture of Sag Harbor, War of 1812, the churches in the town and surrounding towns, etc. Chatham was the former name for the town of East Hampton. A 12mo measuring 7 3/8 by 4 3/4 inches containing 295 pages of text including a page of errata and illustrated with three steel plate engravings (Sabin, 24267; Connecticut A Bibliography, 2083)
    TB32553  $100.00



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    Gates, Gilman C.:  Saybrook at the Mouth of The Connecticut The First One Hundred Years.  New Haven : Self Published (printed by Wilson H. Lee Co.), 1935. First Edition. Near fine in patterned black cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and on the front board. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches containing 246 pages including an index and illustrated with photographs. A prior owner's name appears on the front free end page. Without a dust jacket possibly as issued. The binding remains tight and strong with no pages loose or missing. A very uncommonly found history of what is now Old Saybrook, Connecticut which, according to the publisher, contains "authentic data never before published" and information which corrects many misconceptions about the early history of Connecticut and its founding.
    TB33246  $150.00



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    Gates, Gilman C.:  Saybrook at the Mouth of The Connecticut The First One Hundred Years.  New Haven: Self Published (printed by Wilson H. Lee Co.), 1935. First Edition. Near fine in patterned black cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and on the front board. A small quarto measuring 9 by 6 inches with a prior owner's book plate on the front pasted down. Containing 246 pages including an index and illustrated with photographs. Without a dust jacket possibly as issued. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is just slightly rubbed. The binding remains tight and strong with no pages loose or missing. A very uncommonly found history of what is now Old Saybrook, Connecticut which, according to the publisher, contains "authentic data never before published" and information which corrects many misconceptions about the early history of Connecticut and its founding.
    TB33274  $95.00



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    Hall, Edwin:  The Ancient Historical Records Of Norwalk, Conn.; With A Plan Of The Ancient Settlement And Of The Town In 1847..  New York: James Mallory & Co., 1847. First Edition. An ex-library copy in near fine condition rebound in a bright orange, cloth library binding with gilt text on the spine and a call number label at the base of the spine. A 12mo measuring 7 1/4 by 4 1/4 inches with a library book plate on the front paste down and penciled call numbers on the first page of text. 320 pages followed by a fold-out plate of the Norwalk Hotel which is followed by a fold-out plate showing the Children's Retreat, and the third and final plate of the English & Classical School and an index at the front of the text. The text is further illustrated with a fold-out map and four fold-out bird's eye engraved plates showing views of South Norwalk, Norwalk from the Rocks, view from Grumman's Hill, and Norwalk Harbor. Missing from this is the view of Prospect Hill. The volume contains extensive genealogical records. An exceptionally clean and neat copy.
    TB28870  $100.00



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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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    Hartley, Rachel M.:  The History of Hamden Connecticut 1786-1936.  Hamden, Conn.: The Shoe-String Press, Inc., 1959. Reprint of 1959. Very good in green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. A small quarto measuring 9" by 6" with a prior owner's name on the first free end page and a gift inscription on the verso of the second free end page. Without a dust jacket (if it ever had one). First published in 1943 by the author. 506 pages including an index, bibliography, appendix and text. Illustrated with half-tone photographs. With a fold-out map of the town as a frontispiece. (Armstrong: Connecticut A Bibliography of Its History, 4225)
    TB27341  $30.00



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    Holland, Lydia, and Margaret Leaf:  Greenwich Old & New. A History, Illustrated with Photographs, Of Greenwich Connecticut, From Colornial Days To The Present.  Greenwich, Conn.: The Greenwich Press, 1935. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 tan buckram and blue-gray paper covered boards with bold dark blue text on the spine and a paper title label on the front board. A small quarto measuring 9 3/8 by 61/4 inches. Without a dust jacket. 164 pagesof text followed by several pages of sponsors. Illustrated with a large section of black and white photographs of homes, street scenes, harbors, buildings, etc. A very tight, clean and handsome copy with on prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB28476  $60.00



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    Howard, Daniel:  Glimpses of Ancient Windsor From 1633 to 1933.  Windsor, Conn.: Windsor Tercentenary Committee, 1933. First Edition, First printing. Very good+ in brown-green paper covered boards with gilt embossed text and decorations on the front board. An octavo measuring 9 by 6 inches with very light wear to the paper at the head and heel of the spine. Without a dust jacket and probably as issued. Laid-in is a one page reprint of Barbara B. Kennelly's address to the House of Representatives of Sept. 15, 1982 announcing the 350th anniversary of the town of Windsor, Connecticut. 104 pages including an index, text and illustrated with reproductions of early art work and images from photographs.
    TB32551  $30.00



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    Hubbard, Charles D.:  Old Guilford Including The Land Now Constituting The Towns of Guilford and Madison.  Guilford, Conn.: Guilford Bicentennial Committee, 1939, 1975-1976. Reprint of 1975-76. Near fine in light yellow cloth covered boards with blue text on the spine and on the front board. A small quarto measuring 9 3/4" by 7". Without a dust jacket as issued. (52) pages of hand lettered text by the author and illustrated throughout with woodcuts also by the author.
    TB25905  $20.00



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    Hurlburt, Mabel S.:  Farmington Town Clerks and Their Times.  Farmington, Conn.: Self published, 1943. Limited first edition. Very good+ in dark blue cloth covered boards with two paper paste-downs on the front board and on the spine, deckled fore edges to the text block and with very slight foxing to the end papers. The paper label on the spine shows a bit staining and the first and last free end pages show light staining. A small quarto of 9 3/16 by 6 1/4 inches with a dampness stain to the top edge of the text block which did not penetrate to the pages themselves except for the end sheets as noted above. Without a dust jacket which may not have been issued. Identified as copy number 277 of only four hundred copies printed and signed and dated in Farmington on January 25, 1944 by the author on the first free end page. 404 pages including an index, 22 pages of biographical sketches of the original settlers of Farmington, other addendum and 347 pages of text describing the history of the towns of Farmington and Unionville, Connecticut. Illustrated with a photographic reproduction of the 1650 agreement with the Tunxis Indians for the distribution of land, a map showing the homes of the original settlers from 1643 to approximately 1700 (followed by a key list of original settlers) together with 27 other photographs and maps. Several pages are devoted to the famous Farmington Canal which traversed the town from north to south the location of which is shown in one of the included maps. A definitive source for genealogists and historians.
    TB30628  $125.00



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    Jacobs, T. M.:  Goodspeeds's Folly The Life of William Henry Goodspeed And His Opera House.  East Haddam, Conn.: Self-published, (1996). First Edition. Near fine in heavy, printed paper wraps over an adhesive binding. A small quarto of 10 by 7 inches Signed by the author without an inscription or date on the title page. 150 pages including an index, chapter notes, bibliography and text.
    TB33126  $30.00




  • Jennings, S. H.:  Interest Tables, Six Per Cent., with Rules for Finding Interst at any Rate Per Cent..  Deep River, CT: Self published, 1897. First Edition, First printing. Very good in oblong black cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the front board. The front hinge is cracked and there is a small 1/4" hole in the gutter of the front joint and very slight rubbing at the fore corners and with the second free end paper torn out. 63 pages followed by 10 pages of text and photographs. Tables for finding the time between dates, counting either 360 or 365 days to the year. The interest tables were the author's main focal point for this publication; however, the photographs of his family and homes at Deep River, Connecticut and at what is now Oaks Bluff, Marthas Vineyard are of much greater interest to the modern reader. The introduction of the book contains two photographs of the authors palatial home in Deep River, one taken in the summer and the second during the winter. A third page shows the author's summer residence, "Owls' Nest", on Atlantic Avenue, Highland Bluff, Marthas Vineyard. The last ten pages of the book are dedicated to Marthas Vineyard. This section is illustrated with an a perspective map of the eastern end of the Island, two panoramic views of Ocean Park, Cottage City, the "Bathing Beach" at Sea View Avenue, East Chop Light and several ads for The Tinkham Cycle Company's standard Tricycles with three retouched photographs of the author on such a tricycle. A most unusual and fascinating piece of Americana.
    TB16335  $87.50



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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



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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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    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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    Little, Stuart W.:  Home in Fenwick Memoir of a Place.  New York: iUniverse, Inc., (2008). 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. 187 pages of text illustrated with images from black and white photographs.
    TB33102  $12.00



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    Lomuscio, James:  Village Of The Dammed The Fight For Open Space and the Flooding of a Connecticut Town.  Hanover: University Press of New England, 2005. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and off white paper covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine. An octavo of by 6 inches. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. Signed and dated in the year of publication by the author on the fly title page. 150 pages including an index, text and illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. The story of the taking of the community of Valley Forge which was part of the town of Weston, Connecticut, during the early 1930's by the Bridgeport Hydraulic Company who operated as though they were above the law by usurping the power of eminent domain to unfairly purchase at lower than market prices the homes and lands of farmers and millers on the Saugatuck River to create the Saugatuck Reservoir. A reservoir that was not particularly needed. A tragic story which illustrates well the damage caused by quasi-public corporations using the threat of "apparent" eminent domain for the "public good".
    TB32977  $40.00



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    Loomis, Seymour C. George F. Burgess, George H. Ford, Earnest C. Simpson and William S. Wells:  Revolutionary Characters of New Haven The Subject of Addresses and Papers Delivered before the General David Humphreys Branch, No. l.  New Haven: General David Humpreys Branch, Connecticut Society Sons of the American Revolution, 1911. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in royal blue cloth covered boards with very slightly tarnished gilt text stamping on the front board. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine and over the tips of the boards is lightly rubbed and very slightly worn. A small quarto measuring 9 3/8 by 6 inches containing 124 pages of text and illustrated with several black and white photographs and a map of the attack on New Haven by the British. The full title reads: "Revolutionary Characters of New Haven: The Subject of Addresses and Papers Delivered before the General David Humphreys Branch, No.l Also List of Men so far as they are Known from the Territory Embraced in the Town of New Haven, Connecticut, who served in the Continental Army and Militia and on Continental and State Vessels and Privateers, and those who Rendered other Patriotic Services during the War of the Revolution, and a Record of Known Casualties, together with the Location of Known Graves in and about New Haven of Patriots of 1775-1783 and Catalogue of the Officers and Members of Gen. David Humphreys Branch since its Organization." In addition to providing short biographies of James Hillhouse, Ezra Stiles, David Wooster, John Trumbull, Noah Webster, David Humphreys and the early career of Benedict Arnold the author also provides a thorough account of "The Defense of New Haven and Resistance Made Against Invading Troops Along the West Shore, July, 1779."
    TB32546  $40.00



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    Lyman, Dean B., Jr, Compiler:  An Atlas of Old New Haven or "The Nine Squares" as shown on Various Early Maps.  New Haven: Chas. W. Scranton & Co., 1929. First Edition. Very near fine in 1/4 tan cloth and printed, blue paper covered boards with black text on the front board. A square small quarto measuring 11 by 11 inches with the cloth on the spine tanned and with the cloth worn through over the tips of the boards. One of only 1,000 copies printed with this copy identified as number 788 on the colophon. Unpaginated containing text and nine facsimile copy maps of the New Haven Green and a more modern "Airline Map of 1929". Laid-in at the front of the book are several newspaper articles from the New Haven Register.
    TB32791  $50.00




  • 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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    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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    McNulty, Marjorie Grant:  Glastonbury From Settlement to Suburb.  (Glastonbury): The Historical Society of Glastonbury, 1983. Reprint of 1983. Fine in brick red cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine with map end papers. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 163 pages containing an index, list of sources, appendix which includes a list of original land holders of 1640, and a list of petitioners for separation of 1690. The text is illustrated with early photographs of houses, buildings, persons and reproductions of early art work.
    TB31848  $45.00



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    Miller, Christina, Editor:  Fort Trumbull: Ramparts, Subs and Sonar.  New London, Conn.: New London Development Corporation, n. d.. First Edition. Fine in heavy, printed paper wraps over an adhesive binding. An oblong 12mo of 7 by 9 3/8 inches. Without a dust jacket as issued. 56 pages including the fold-out page at the rear cover. Illustrated with line drawings and images from photographs.
    TB30745  $15.00




  • Milne, George McLean:  A Recollection: Twenty-Five Years in Woodbridge.  Woodbridge, Conn.: The First Church of Christ, 1979. . Fine in heavy printed, gray paper wraps over an adhesive binding. Without a dust jacket as issued. 66 pages of text.
    TB22778  $10.00



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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




  • Northfield Congregational Church:  Parish Papers of the Northfield (Conn.) Congregational Church.  n.p. (Litchfield, Conn.): no publisher stated, 1882. . A 4to measuring 12 by 9 1/4 inches in 1/2 brown leather over black cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the front board celebrating “The Anniversary of the Northfield Congregational Church (1795-1882). The Northfield Congregational Church is located in Litchfield, Connecticut. This is an xlibrary volume with library stamps on the end papers and on the second free end paper which also contains a dated (1889) gift inscription. The recto and verso of one page in the book have been written on with numerous marginal notes. A section amounting to a four inch long column has been cut out from another page. Unpaginated.
    TB16122  $20.00




  • Oedel, Howard T. (Editor):  Daniel Hand of Madison, Connecticut, 1801-1891.  Madison, Conn.: The Madison Historical Society, Inc., 1973. . Near fine in heavy, printed, paper wraps over an adhesive binding. 58 pages of text including an index. Illustrated with several black and white photographs and line drawings.
    TB25564  $20.00



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    Orlomoski, Amy E. and A. Constance Sear:  Images of America Canterbury The First 300 Years.  Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publications, (2003). No edition stated. Fine in heavy, printed paper wraps over an adhesive binding. A small quartro 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 Images of America series. 128 pages of text and illustrated throughout from images of black and white photographs. A very fine, clean and handsome copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB31965  $20.00



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    Paquette, Lee:  Only More So The History of East Hartford 1783-1976.  East Hartford, Conn.: The Raymond Library Company, 1976. First Edition, First printing. Fine in brown cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine with gilt text on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches. In a very good, unclipped (no price), printed dust jacket with 1/2" deep chips at the upper edge of the spine area and a 1/3" by 1/2" chip at the upper edge of the front panel. 336 pages including an index, text and is illustrated with a section from black and white photographs with an early map frontispiece.
    TB30633  $30.00



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    Paquette, Lee, and Joseph O. Goodwin:  East Hartford: Its History and Traditions And Only More So The History of East Hartford 1783-1976 (two volumes in slip case).  East Hartford, Conn.: The Raymond Library Company, 1976. First Edition, First printing. Both volumes of this two volume set are in fine condition in brown cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spines. On the verso sides of both first free end pages a prior owner has carefully attached a paper pocket to contain a newspaper article on each of the respective books. Both volumes have a prior owner's address label affixed to the lower edge of the front pastedown. Without dust jackets as issued. Both volumes are contained within a fine, brown cloth covered slip case. Only More So The History of East Hartford 1783-1976 is signed by its author and dated in the year of publication on the first free end page. East Hartford: Its History and Traditions by Goodwin is a facsimile reprint of the original edition of 1879. It contains 249 pages including an index and is illustrated with a map showing the location of some of the locations of East Hartford's early settlers. Only More So The History of East Hartford 1783-1976 by Lee Paquette contains 336 pages including an index, text and is illustrated with a section of black and white photographs with an early map frontispiece.
    TB22192  $75.00



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    Plimpton, Elizabeth Bull:  The Vital Records Of Saybrook Colony 1635-1860 Including the Towns of Chester, Deep River, Essex, Old Saybrook and Westbrook, Connecticut.  Old Saybrook, Conn.: The 350th Anniversary of the Founding of Saybrook, Conn., 1985. First Edition , First Printing. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamped on the spine and front board. An octavo measuring 9 by 6 inches with a prior owner's name and date on the front paste down.. Without a dust jacket probably as issued. 705 pages including an index of persons and text covering the vital records for the towns above listed as well as ecclesiastical society records. Illustrated with maps. This edition is expanded from the original edition of the same name published in 1952. An exceptional source for genealogical data.
    TB33273  $90.00



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    Plummer, Dale:  Images of America Norwich.  Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, (2003). No edition stated. Fine in heavy, printed paper covered boards 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 Images of America series. 128 pages of text and illustrated throughout with images from black and white photographs. A very fine, clean and handsome copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB31961  $20.00



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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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    Ransom, Stanley A., compiler:  History of Hartland The 69th Town in The Colony of Connecticut.  Hartland, Conn.: The Hartland Bi-Centennial Committee, (1961). First Edition, Limited Edition. Near fine in dark blue, leather like, cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and front board. An octavo of 8 7/8 by 6 inches with map end sheets of the town showing locations of each home on all roads. In a very good, unclipped (no price) dust jacket with 1/2 inch deep chips across the upper edge of the spine area, 1/4 chips at the lower edge of the same and chips at the fore corners of the panels. There is a handwritten notation at the lower fore corner of the front panel with reference to Consider Tiffany on a given page. One of only 600 copies printed with this copy signed and dated in 1968 by the author to prior owner, Thomas G. Tiffany. 189 pages including appendices of marriages in the town and town officers, and text. Illustrated with maps and black and white images from earlier works of art and photographs. Laid-in at the front of this copy are a number of letters and information about Comfort Tiffany one of the early settlers of the town and descendent of the prior owner.
    TB32857  $65.00



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    Rathbun, Jonathan, Rufus Avery and Stephen Hempstead:  Narrative of Jonathan Rathbun With Accurate Accounts of the Capture of Groton Fort.  no city stated [New London]: No publisher stated, (1840). First edition. Very good in original gray-green cloth covered boards with a rebacked spine with the majority of the original back strip reapplied. A 12mo measuring 7 3/16 by 4 1/2 inches with dampness stains to the front end sheets and with faint dampness stains to the lower fore corner margins on the pages. There is also a name of an early prior owner at the top edge of the title page. A collection of three eye witness accounts of the attack on and taking of Fort Griswold on Sept. 6, 1781 by the British near the end of the Revolutionary War. The complete title reads: "Narrative of Jonathan Rathbun with accurate accounts of the capture of Groton Fort, the massacre that followed, and the sacking and burning of New London, September 6, 1781 by the British Forces, under the command of the Traitor Benedict Arnold." Additional, eye witness narratives by Rufus Avery and Stephen Hempstead are included as well as an appendix containing six essays dealing with Arnold's desertion from West Point; an "Anecdote of Mrs. Bailey" giving her petticoat to be used as flannel for cartridges; a "Eulogy on General Washington"; and, the names of those killed and wounded in the Battle of Fort Griswold. 80 pages of text. (Howes R-68; Gephart, 6381; Sabin, 2489 & 67952)
    TB28797  $350.00



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    Roberts, Jerry:  The British Raid on Essex The Forgotten Battle Of The War of 1812.  Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press, (2014). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and blue paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches with map end sheets. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 197 pages including an index, bibliography, notes and sources, appendices and text. Illustrated throughout with maps, photographs and reproductions of both contemporary and current works of art. At the time Essex was called "Pettipaug". It was and is on the west bank of the Connecticut River upstream of Long Island Sound by roughly five miles. As such it was a major port and ship building center. During both the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 many ships were constructed in its harbors for American privateers. In 1814 the British made a surprise attack on Pettipaug burning 27 vessels either under construction or at moorings making it a major maritime loss of the war.
    TB29226  $40.00



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    Robillard, Ron:  Images of America Windham And Willimantic.  Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publications, 2005. No edition stated. Fine in heavy, printed paper wraps over an adhesive binding. A small quartro 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 Images of America series. 128 pages of text and illustrated throughout from images of black and white photographs. A very fine, clean and handsome copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB31962  $20.00



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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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    Sanford, Candace:  Captain Nathaniel Brown Palmer A Maritime Pioneer.  Mystic, Conn.: Flat Hammock Press, (2007). First Edition, First Printing. Fin in printed, heavy paper wraps over an adhesive binding. A small quarto of 9 by 6 inches. Signed without a date or inscription by the author on the fly title page. 84 pages including an appendix, bibliography and text. Illustrated with line art drawings by Susan Scala and the appendix is illustrated with images from earlier, black and white photographs.
    TB33291  $40.00



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    Scaeba [Isaac William Stuart]:  Hartford In The Olden Time Its First Thirty Years.  Hartford: F. A. Brown, 1853. First Edition, First printing. Good+ in the publisher's original, highly decorated light green cloth covered boards with gilt designs on the spine and on the front board. The cloth of the back strip at the joints is parted by 1" at the upper edge of the book and the cloth at the rear joint is parted by 3"; yet, the binding remains tight and strong. There is an early prior owner's name on the first free end page. Without a dust jacket, and probably as issued. An octavo measuring 8 7/8 by 5 1/2 inches containing 316 pages of text. Edited by W. M. B. Hartley Illustrated with five steel engravings and a folding map showing the layout of the town as of 1640 with lot owner's names. (Sabin; 30665. Armstrong: Connecticut A Bibliography of its History; 4889)
    TB28848  $150.00



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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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    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, DeForest W., Editor:  Only In Milford An Illustrated History (Volume I).  Milford, Conn.: George J. Smith & Son Realtors, (1989). First Edition. Fine in light brown cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. An oblong octavo of 8 1/2 by 11 inches. In a fine, unclipped (no price) dust jacket. 189 pages of images from black and white photographs of buildings, landmarks, people and events through the history of this town. A handsome, clean and bright copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB33375  $50.00



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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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    Stansfield, Leslie Matthews:  Images of America Windsor Locks.  Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publications, (2003). No edition stated. Fine in heavy, printed paper wraps over an adhesive binding. A small quartro 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 Images of America series. 128 pages of text and illustrated throughout from images of black and white photographs. A very fine, clean and handsome copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB31964  $20.00



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    Steiner, Bernard Christian:  History of Guilford and Madison, Connecticut.  Guilford, Conn.: The Guilford Free Library, 1975. Reprint of 1975. Very near fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamped on the spine. An octavo measuring 9" by 6" with very slight fading of the cloth on the outer edges of the boards and with minor dust staining to the edges of the text block. Without a dust jacket (probably as issued). Originally published in 1897. 538 pages including an index and text. Contains a considerable amount of genealogical data on the early occupants of both Madison and Guilford.
    TB23963  $30.00



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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, 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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    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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    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 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



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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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    Weik, Laura S.:  One Hundred Years History of Morris, Connecticut 1859-1959.  Morris, Conn.: Morris Centennial Committee, 1959. First Edition. Near fine in dark green, leather like cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and on the front board with map end sheets. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches. In a very good+, unclipped (no price) dust jacket with several shallow chips at the top edge of the spine area and across 5 inches of the upper edge of the front panel and with a 1/2 deep chip at the fore corner of the front panel. 249 pages of text including an appendix and chapter notes. Illustrated with images from black and white photographs.
    TB33381  $35.00



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    Welsh, Glenna M.:  The Proprietors of Ridgefield Connecticut.  Ridgefield, Conn: The Caudatowa Press, 1976. Limited First Edition. Fine in red cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and with two gilt sketched cattle heads on the front board and with illustrated end sheets. Without a dust jacket as issued. One of only 1,000 copies printes. This copy is out of series and not signed by the author. 188 pages including an appendices and text. Illustrated with maps, photographic reproductions and facsimiles of early documents. Ample amounts of the text are devoted to the American Revolution with regard to the Battle of Ridgefield, and the British attacks on Norwalk, Danbury, Fairfield and New Haven.
    TB32979  $75.00



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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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    Whitlock, Reverdy:  The Parish of Amity A History Of The First Church of Christ Woodbridge 1738-1904.  Woodbridge, Conn.: First Church of Christ, 1982. First Edition. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and front board. An octavo of 8 3/4 by 5 7/8 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 250 pages including an index, bibliography and text. Illustrated with a section of black and white photographs.
    TB29234  $15.00




  • Wilcox, George A.:  A Christian Philanthropist: A Sketch Of The Life of Mr. Daniel Hand and of His Benefaction to the American Missionary Association, For the Education of the Colored People in the Southern States of America.  New York: Rooms of the American Missionary Association, 1889. . Good in heavy paper wraps over a hand sewn binding. A small octavo measuring 7 1/2 by 5 1/2 inches. The front panel of the wrapper has a 2" closed tear at the joint to the rear panel and there are two small chips around the edges. 31 pages of text.
    TB25563  $75.00



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    Woodward, Sarah Day:  Early New Haven.  New Haven: The Edward P. Judd Company, 1929. Updated and Expanded Edition. Very good+ in 1/4 green cloth and paper covered boards with a printed paper label on the spine and a printed illustration on the front board. An octavo measuring 8 1/8 by 5 1/4 inches with a gift inscription on the first free end page. One of only 2,500 copies printed. Originally printed in 1912 by The Price, Lee & Adkins Co. of New Haven. 125 pages followed by a one page appendix and four blank pages. Illustrated with a hand colored steel engraving of the New Haven Green as the frontispiece, two maps and a number of images within the text.
    TB31331  $30.00






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