Search Results: Americana: Connecticut from Mount Hope Books

Village Library Farmington, Connecticut. 1976. Limited Edition. Near Fine; Softcover; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 12 sketches of Farmington landscapes by artist William W. Hopping, with booklet containing Lydia B. Hewes' commentary on each drawing. All in blue card portfolio. One of 1000 copies printed. All 12 sketches present and unbound in portfolio folder, including: The Old Cemetery; Lawton Minor Fuel Co. Old Mill, Unionville; Congregational Church 1771; Old Gate; Redstone Bridge, Meadow Road; West District School 1792; Details of Standley-Whitman House HIgh Street; Deming-Lewis House Main Street; Main House Miss Porter's School; Old Grist Mill Farmington River; Indian Monument Riverside Cemetery; and The Academy Church Street. Portfolio shows some wear and creasing. Booklet and prints quite clean, crisp. One print has a slight tinge of tanning on one ege. Else Fine. .

Ingleside School. 1903. Very Good+; Hardcover; Oblong Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 125 pages, bound in purple cloth with gilt decoration and lettering; floral endpapers.All edges gilt. Nicely illustrated with black & white photos, drawings. Ingleside School, New Milford Connecticut. Class of 1903: Lillian M. Emerson, Dorothy G. Bright, Amy L. Crane, Virginia C. Carnahan, Marion S. Gaylord, Helen H. Haserot, Margaret F. Rood, Ruth Stone, Sarah A. Tarbell, Edna L. Van Etten, and Anita B. Warren. Clean cover, firmly bound; moderate wear to extremities. Cloth faded, gilt bright & intact. Interior clean and unmarked.Light toning to pages. Chronicles the activities of girls/young women at the Ingleside School, including sports, drama, newspaper, and of course Commencement. Period photos of school buildings, girls participating in sports, etc. Members of the various clubs and classes listed by name. Packaged with care and shipped in a box. .

A. Rosiene. 1982. First Edition. Very Good; Softcover; 4to 11" - 13" tall; Unpaginated in wraps. Short corner crease on cover; light sunning. Prose/poetry & 15 original lithographic drawings depicting alleyways and urban passages between the old buildings & residences along Main St. , Broadway, Thames St, and Franklin St. In downtown Norwich Connecticut. Calligraphy by Harriet M. Rosiene. ; .

Union Historical Society. 2002. First Edition. Near Fine; Softcover; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; NOTE: This is a softcover, NOT a hardcover as erroneously described on main page. 295 pages in wraps. Abundantly illustrated with black & white photos. History of Union, Connecticut. Near Fine book, clean, bright, firmly bound. Hint of shelf wear to edges of cover. Pages crisp, clean, unmarked. .

Genealogical Publishing Company. 2010. Near Fine; Softcover; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 326 pages. Crisp, tight, unmarked. Hint of rubbing to one corner tip. Appears unused. .

Bill Stanley Books. 1994. Reprint. Good+; Softcover; Folio 13" - 23" tall; Norwich, CT; 105 pages, bound in illustrated wraps. Stories both historical and anecdotal, capture the highlights of Norwich region's past. Hundreds of black & white photographs document the commercial, industrial, & architectural history. Bright cover, firm binding. Long crease on back cover.reduces the condition grade to Good. Interior clean, bright, unmarked. .

Bill Stanley Books. 1994. Fourth Edition. Good+; Softcover; Folio 13" - 23" tall; Norwich, CT; 105 pages, bound in illustrated thick paper covers. Stories both historical and anecdotal, capture the highlights of Norwich region's past. Hundreds of black & white photographs document Norwich's commercial, industrial & architectural history. Cover shows faint foxing and light soil near top edge & back cover; some dimpling and creasing near bottom edge; two short tears on edge of back cover. Interior clean, unmarked. .

Pequot Press. 1970. Near Fine with no dust jacket; Hardcover; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; [Includes BONUS BOOK: see at end]. 220 pp.,cloth-backed binding; paper-covered boards ith map; maps on endpapers. Illustrated with black & white photos. Bright, clean, tight book. Light tanning near edges of spine. Pages unblemished, no names or markings. [BONUS BOOK: Bolton; Historic Tales , written by Hans DePold, Published by History Press, 2008, 155 page paperback in Fine condition.] .

World War II Historical Comm. 1947. Near Fine with no dust jacket; Hardcover; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 330 pages, bound in blue cloth; gold lettering. Bright clean cover, sharp corners, tight binding. Numerous black & white photographs. Crisp, clean interior. Includes Honor Roll Gold Star, Honor Roll, Guard Units, Fundamental Boards, Regular Agencies, War Emergency Activities, Relief Activities, Merchants, Veteran's Organizations, Civic Clubs, Churches, Industries. Packaged with care and shipped in a box.; Packaged with care. .

Ancient Burying Ground Assn. 1994. Near Fine; Softcover; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 173 pages. Near Fine book with just a hint of shelf wear. Crisp unmarked pages. Map cover shows minor spot of soil. Includes names & epitaphs of persons buried in Hartford's Ancient Burying Ground, select biographies, discussion of gravestone restoration. Includes full size map of the Ancient Burying Ground with numbers showing placement of gravestones and list of names with number assignments. .

G. P. Putnam's Sons. 1907. Second Printing. Good; Hardcover; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; Ex-Library; 487 pages, bound in navy blue cloth, with gilt lettering and paste-on pictorial on front cover; top edge gilt. 95 illustrations including frontis with tissue guard. Fold-out map of Connecticut River at rear, prior to index. Clean cover with moderate edge wear; fraying at ends of spine, corner tips bumped. Solid binding. Gilt lettering bright and intact. Typical library markings with numbers on spine; card pocket, withdrawn stamp. Interior very clean and bright. Color folding map of the Connecticut River crisp and intact, although shows an additional crease or two. Packaged with care and shipped in a box. .

Celebrate West Hartford. 2001. First Printing. Near Fine; Hardcover; 4to 11" - 13" tall; Signed by Miriam Butterworth, Ellsworth Grant; and Richard Woodworth. ISBN 0971196206. Crisp, clean, tight. Minor shelf rubbing on back cover.; Signed by All Authors .

Preston Historical Society. 1967. -. Good+; Softcover; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; Published in 1967, containing cemetery inscriptions through October 1965. Mimeographed pages with mediocre, though quite legible, print quality. Title page lightly soiled, otherwise clean throughout. Bound in vinyl manuscript covers. Contents include Index to 33 cemeteries in Preston, Map, Cemetery listings & inscriptions, list of veterans by wars. .

Preston Historical Society. 1991. Revised Edition. Very Good+; Softcover; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 165 pages, pictorial wraps. Map at back of book. Light wear on front cover. Interior crisp, tight, unmarked. Information from the original 1967 edition was based on 25 years of research by the late Marion Hall. Joyce Steffenson has added information on the burials between 1965 and 1991. .

Mansfield Historical Society. 2003. -. Near Fine; Softcover; 4to 11" - 13" tall; [includes BONUS BOOK, see at end]. As new and unread. About Fine book with touch of shelf wear to one corner tip. Crisp, clean, tight, unmarked. 244 pp. Revised and updated edition of the original 1974 chronology. BONUS BOOK: Historic Mansfield Center, published by Mansfield Historical Society, 2001; 90 page paperback, illustrated; In Near Fine condition. .

Society for Industrial Archeology. 1981. Very Good; Softcover; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 279 pages in wraps. Illustrated with black & white photos. Cover shows light edge wear; llight soil, and minor damp mark on back cover. Binding solid. Pages clean, unmarked. This publication offers an introduction to the industrial history of Connecticut, followed by a detailed inventory of sites in each of the state's 8 counties. The industries included those involved in manufacturing, bulk products, power sources, utilities, transportation, textiles, extraction, and transportation. More specificly hardware, machinery, machine tool, armament, aircraft, garment, hat, rubber, electric power, bridge manufacture, carpet, paper, brass, grist mills, screw and nail works, turbine, brush, typewriter, iron, tools, clocks, lime, silk, cotton, bicycles, ball bearings, and so much more. .

Wesleyan University Press. 2011. First Printing. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Hardcover; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; SIGNED on title page by author Matthew Warshauer. Fine, crisp, clean book, firm binding, no other markings. About Fine jacket with trace of rubbing on top edge. Dust jacket protected in new clear archival sleeve. Packaged with care and shipped in a box. Includes BONUS BOOK: Connecticut Battle Flags in the Civil War, Very Good, 22 page booklet, featuring the flags of the Connecticut regiments, in color. .

DeVito Enterprises. 1964. First Edition. Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket; Hardcover; 4to 11" - 13" tall; SIGNED by author on dedication page. Limited edition -- No. 1027 of 1500 copies printed. 71 pages, bound in navy blue cloth. Erratum slip laid-in. Fold-out map with locations of 125 timbered bridges in Connecticut. Index of bridges by county and town. Bright clean cover, sharp corners; modest wear at spine ends. Interior clean; light yellowing on edges of pages. Jacket with light rubbing top edge; 2" cut near edge of spine; minor tanning back panel. Packaged with care and shipped in a box.; Signed by Author .

Connecticut Civil War Centennial Commission. 1964. Very Good+; Softcover; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 61 pages, gray printed wraps, stapled binding. Contents include: Army Medical Practice, Connecticut Surgeons and Their Regiments, Connecticut Surgeons in the Navy, Other Assignments, Index of Connecticut Surgeons, Bibliography, and more. Clean cover, light tanning on back. Interior crisp, clean, unmarked. .

Dau's Blue Books, Inc.. 1918. Very Good-; Hardcover; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; New York; 145 pp. bound in blue cloth, bevelled edges, gilt decoration & lettering; top edge gilt. List of Hartford persons of prominent social standing, by street address. Also includes "society" members of surrounding towns, names only. Perhaps most interesting is the list of 94 clubs with officers and members, including: Acorn Club, Army and Navy Club of Connecticut, Beefsteak Club, Conversational Club, Goodwill Club, Hartford Art Club, Hartford Yacht Club, Hatchetts Reef Club, Republican Club, Smith College Club, Saturday Morning Club, Society of Cincinnati, Society of Colonial Dames, Southern Society, Hartford Medical Society, Four Corners Club, Hartford Gun Club, Heartsease League, Church Club of the Diocese, Hartford Curling Club, Bachelors Club, Sequin Golf Club, Visiting Nurse Club and many more. Several pages of ads from local businesses. Good to Very Good book;… Read More