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Ireland: Booklink, 2006. Fine condition. Bright, shiny, clean, square, and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Beautifully illustrated with full-color photographs throughout. Includes diocese history, a section with biographies, art and architecture, etc. St. Mary's Church Parish History chronology, 1907-2007. Bound in the original glossy pictorial boards. Oversize Hardcover. 11.25" wide by 11.25" tall. This large, heavy book will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments, but only the standard charge for media mail. . First Edition. Oversize Hardcover. Fine condition. Illus. by Scarpato, Jeanne (logo design). 228pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Newark, New Jersey: Gann Law Books, 1999. Very Good condition. A clean, square, tight copy. Only light cover wear. No spine creases. 6.25" wide by 9" tall. xiv, 2,482pp. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Title page continues: "Amendments to September 1, 1999. Comments and Annotations include cases reported through 158 N.J. 249 and 321 N.J. Super. 387." Table of Cases (pp. 2257-2343). Index (pp.2345-2482).. 2000 edition. Softcover. Very Good condition. xiv, 2,482pp.

Flanders, New Jersey: Railroad Avenue Enterprises, Inc., 1983. A gorgeous, pristine copy. Brand New in perfect condition. SEE PHOTOS. NO rubbing. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. Bright, clean and shiny. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh and crisp -- obviously never read. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Illustrated with a railroad map of New Jersey, floor layouts of Jersey City and Newark terminals, diagrams of train sheds, and about 150 vintage photographs, a few in full-color. From the introduction: "[This book] is meant to document the condition of [train] stations existing in New Jersey during the early 1970s through the early 1980s. Many stations pictured have been destroyed or put to different uses since the photographs were taken… This volume is confined to the stations of the Central Railroad of New Jersey… By limiting the scope to one railroad a broad cross section of stations can be… Read More

Lawrenceville, New Jersey:: The Medical Society of New Jersey, 1984. Very Good condition. 8" wide by 11" tall. Light rubbing/wear to cover. Crease to corner of rear wrap. No owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated with numerous portraits, old engravings, and photographs, a few in full-color. This issue is devoted to the medical history of New Jersey. Among 20 papers included are: THE LENAPE CONTRIBUTIONS TO NEW JERSEY MEDICINE by Thomas P. Fitzpatrick; A SKETCH OF MEDICINE IN NEW JERSEY TO 1825 by Morris H. Saffron; MSNJ: AMERICA'S FIRST AND OLDEST MEDICAL SOCIETY by Geraldine Hutner; PRELIMINARY REPORT OF YELLOW FEVER DURING THE 18TH CENTURY by William J. Snape and Edward L. Wolfe; THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE AND MEDICAL CARE IN NEW BRUNSWICK by Norman Reitman; THE LIFE AND TIMES OF CAMDEN by Sam Alewitz; WOMEN PHYSICIANS IN NEW JERSEY: THE EARLY ERA by Christine E. Haycock; THE FIRST 40 YEARS OF OSTEOPATHIC… Read More

New Brunswick, New Jersey:: The Center for Urban Policy Research / Rutgers, 1977. A square, tight copy. Inner hinges are perfect. Corners are NOT bumped. Edges of the endpapers and of the Dust Jacket have some small brown speckles (light foxing). NO chips. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. List of notes/sources after each chapter. Bound in the original brown cloth, stamped in shiny gold on the spine. From the Dust Jacket: "The future implications to suburban zoning, and use management, and growth control of Mount Laurel and its sequel, Oakwood-at-Madison v. Madison Township, are fully explored by a distinguished group of jurists, legislators, and land use experts. This comprehensive volume of twenty-seven essays includes discussion and debate by such noted figures as Frederick W. Hall, Norman Williams, Jr., George Sternlieb, and Carl Bisgaier.". First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good+ condition./Good+ dust jacket.. 8vo. xvii, 354pp. .

New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1990. INSCRIBED [to Isidor Hirschhorn] and SIGNED by the AUTHOR. Appears unread. Fine condition. Bright, shiny, clean and tight. The spine is square and flat. NO creases. NO remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp -- apparently never read. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Trade Paperback. 6" wide by 9" tall. Photo illustrated. List of chapter notes/sources. Bibliography. Index. Bound in the original brown wraps, lettered in gold and bright white.. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR. First Edition. Softcover. Fine condition. xvi, 295pp.

Baltimore, Maryland: The WPA Historical Records Survey Project, 1939. A much nicer copy than usually encountered. Cover is in Very Good condition with only light wear to the spine with one small chip at the head. FINE internally. No owner's name or bookplate. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked - probably never read. 1939. First Edition. Describes 501 items. Bibliographically speaking, superseded by JOSEPH FELCONE'S PRINTING IN NEW JERSEY, 1754-1800: A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY (2012). But perhaps of interest to Work Projects Administration publication collectors. 189 pages, printed on rectos only (blank versos). Oversize Softcover. 8.25" wide by 10.75" tall. This large book will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments, but only the standard charge for media mail.. First Edition. Oversize Softcover. Very Good condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 189pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

New York: Kraus, 1964. Good condition. Corners bumped but NO text is affected. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. From the preface: "The present check list of Missouri imprints, 1808 to 1850 inclusive, is intended to serve for checking and amplification by workers of the Historical Records Survey and by librarians disposed to cooperate with the Survey in its American Imprints Inventory." Describes 694 items plus 12 "doubtful imprints." Reprint of the 1937 edition from the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Historical Records Survey Project, Division of Women's and Professional Projects. Oversize Softcover. 8.5" wide by 11" tall.. Reprint of the 1937 original. Oversize Softcover. Good condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 189pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana Historical Records Survey, Work Projects Administration, 1942. Cover is in Good+ condition with light wear/sunning and one tiny chip at the head of the spine. Spine is square and flat. NEAR FINE internally. No owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and unmarked. 1942. First Edition. Identifies thousands of items. Issued in association with Hill Memorial Library, Louisiana State University. Oversize Softcover. 8.25" wide by 10.75" tall by 1.75" thick. This large, heavy book will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments, but only the standard charge for media mail.. First Edition. Oversize Softcover. Good+ condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 583pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Trenton, New Jersey: New Jersey State Museum, 1908. Very Good condition. Inner hinges are perfect. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Well illustrated with 13 plates inserted in the text and another 69 plates at the end. Part II (pp. 33-110) of this volume contains THE MAMMALS OF NEW JERSEY by Witmer Stone. Part III (pp. 111-202) contains: THE KING CRAB FISHERIES IN DELAWARE BAY AND FURTHER NOTES ON NEW JERSEY FISHES, AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES by Henry W. Fowler. Index. Original blind-stamped green cloth. Gold titles on the front cover and spine are still bright and shiny. Full title reads: "Annual Report of the New Jersey State Museum, Including a List of the Specimens Received During the Year, Financial Report, With a Report of the Mammals of New Jersey, and a Supplement to Former Reports, Fully Illustrated, 1907.". First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition. 8vo. 211pp.

Trenton, New Jersey: Printed by David Naar, "True American" Office, 1864. Near Fine condition. Clean and tight. Three tiny chips near the spine. A very attractive copy, remarkably well preserved, especially considering the age (published 1864) and fragility of its thin paper binding. SEE PHOTOS. NO foxing. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Includes Ricord's report to Joel Parker, Governor of New Jersey, on the condition of the state's public schools. A substantial appendix lists reports by the various town superintendents in each of 21 counties from Atlantic to Warren. Since this report was published while the Civil War was still being fought, the section on "Schools for Colored Children" may be of some interest: "There is no section of the law nor any decision of the courts that deprives colored children of the advantages of public school instruction… it shall be the duty of the trustees of the several school districts to apply the… Read More

Morristown, New Jersey: The Board of Chosen Freeholders, County of Morris, State of New Jersey, 1937. Very Good+ condition. Bound in the original tan-colored wraps, printed in black. NO creases. Clean, square, and tight. SEE PHOTOS. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are creamy white and unmarked. Prepared by the Historical Records Survey of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Softcover. 6" wide by 9" tall. Preface by Stephen C. Griffith. Includes HISTORICAL SKETCH OF MORRIS COUNTY with sections on colonial villages, the Revolutionary War, the Ford mansion, Morristown, Temperence (Tempe) Wick, Thankful Blossom, Jockey Hollow, Bret Harte, Benedict Arnold 's court martial, Thomas A. Edison, Samuel F. B. Morse and the electric telegraph, the Morris Canal, etc. Photo illustrated. General Index. Index to Names and Places. Not in the WPA bibliography by Marc Selvaggio [i.e. THE AMERICAN GUIDE SERIES: WORKS BY THE FEDERAL WRITERS' PROJECT].. First Edition.… Read More

[Atlantic City, New Jersey]: Siracusa Real Estate & Insurance Company, 1981. Near Fine condition. 5.75" wide by 9" tall. A bright, shiny, clean, square, tight copy. No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. Flat, uncreased spine. Pages are fresh and crisp. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated with b/w photographs throughout. Bound in the original blue pictorial wrappers.. Second printing of 1980 original. Trade Paperback. Near Fine condition. (viii), 152pp.

New York: Clarkson N. Potter Inc., Publishers, 1979. 8.5" wide by 11" tall. Bright, square, tight copy. Pictorial cover lightly rubbed. No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. No remainder marks. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of vintage ads, ephemera, maps, postcards, and hundreds of old photographs. A captivating, nostalgic look back at this vacation playground on the Jersey shore. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good condition.. 214pp.. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

New York: F. W. Beers; A.D. Ellis; G.G. Soule , 1868. Near Fine condition. NO chips. NO tears. A bright, clean, tight copy. The spine is square and flat with NO creases. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are bright white, clean and crisp. This is an undated modern facsimile of the 1868 original. Oversize Softcover, with black cloth spine. 10.75" wide by 14" tall. This atlas consists of a printed title-page; an outline map of Morris County; 31 single and double-page maps; a Table of Distances for Morris County; and 2 pages of lithographic views of 6 buildings (George Washington's Headquarters in 1779/80; Boonton Academy; Schooley's Mountain Seminary; etc). Included are maps of: Washington; Chester; Mendham; Brookside; Stephensburg; Whippany; Morris; Morristown; Passaic; Green Village; New Vernon; Chatham; Madison; Troy; Hanover; Chatham, Long Hill; Parsippany; Roxbury; Drakesville; Randolph; Dover; Oram; Jefferson; Flanders; Milton; German Valley; Schooley's… Read More

Independence Township, New Jersey: Independence Township Committee / Bicentennial Committee, 1976. 6" wide by 9" tall. Staplebound in the original pale blue pictorial wrappers. A little finger soil on the cover. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean but for a small brown spot in the margin of a few preliminary pages, and one ink correction of a typo in the text (i.e. 1782, not 1872). NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. A history of the Township with chapters on: the Lenni-Lenape Indians; early settlements (Allamuchy. Hackettstown. Whitehall. Petersburg. Cat Swamp. Vienna. Meadville Hill. Quaker Grove) and settlers (Cummins brothers, Ezekiel Ayres family, Vliet brothers, James Fleming, Robertson family, etc); first churches and cemeteries; legends; early schools; roads, canal, and railroad; etc. Illustrated with 2 maps (1 double-page), old engravings, and many old portraits and photographs ("Pictures of the Past"). Bibliography. Roster of… Read More

Trenton: New Jersey Historical Commission, 1975. Fine condition. Sharp corners. Previous owner's tiny label. Pages are clean, crisp and unmarked. Foreword by Larry R. Gerlach. Illustrated. Bound in the original cream-color wraps, printed in blue and black. 6" wide by 9" tall.. 1st ed? (No additional printings listed). Softcover (stapled wraps). Fine condition. 28pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Trenton: New Jersey Historical Commission, 1975. Fine condition. Sharp corners. Previous owner's tiny label. Pages are clean, crisp and unmarked. Foreword by Larry R. Gerlach. Illustrated. Bound in the original cream-color wraps, printed in blue and black. 6" wide by 9" tall.. 1st ed? (No additional printings listed). Softcover (stapled wraps). Fine condition. 32pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

The New Jersey Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, 1916. Near Fine condition. A bright, square, tight copy. Sharp corners. 5" wide by 7.5" tall. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. "Published by The New Jersey Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, May 16th, 1916." Brief history of Revolutionary War battles fought in New Jersey, written by the Society's historian. This is the publisher's hardcover issue, bound in publisher's two-tone cloth (cream spine and corners with royal blue sides), with title in bright, shiny gold. It is less common than the issue in stiff wraps. Plates include a photo of George Washington's Headquarters at Morristown. Keywords: American Revolution. Revolutionary War. Trenton. Monmouth. Princeton New Jersey.. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition. 26pp. + frontispiece and 7 plates, inserted.

New York: Saturday Review Press / E. P. Dutton, 1974. Complete 3 volume set. Very Good condition. NOT library discards. Square and tight. Sharp corners. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Otherwise pages are unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Uniformly bound in the original tan boards with beige cloth spines stamped in red/blue/green. Vol. 1 The War in the North [From Fort Ticonderoga to Concord Bridge] ...Vol. 2 The Middle Colonies [From Washington's Crossing to Valley Forge]...Vol. 3 The War in the South [From Savannah to Yorktown]. Comprehensive guide to over 600 battlefields of the American Revolution -- what went on, how they looked then, and what they looked like circa 1974. Illustrated with maps by Ben Brown. Separate bibliography and index in each volume. This heavy 3 volume set will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments. But for media mail, you pay only our standard charge for 1 volume and we ship the other two… Read More