Search Results: Connecticut from Trench Books

New York: Basic, 2005. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Superb copy, clean and unmarked. "The Life and Adventures of John Ledyard, the Man who Dreamed of Walking the World". Mostly forgotten now, Ledyard travelled widely in the 1700s.

New London, CT: Winthrop Scholars, 1935. Blue Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Small volume showing wear at edges, unmarked. A collection of dozens of poems written by students at the school.

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1947. First Edition . Gray Cloth. Very Good/Good+. John Shayn. Minor wear at corners, gift inscription on flyleaf, otherwise clean and unmarked. Jacket shows wear at edges and corners, 1/4" chip top of spine, not price clipped. A doctor and a professor reclaim an abandoned cottage with land in CT. Written in the form of a journal.

New York: Vantage, 1995. First Edition . Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket. Clean and unmarked, appears unread. An historical tale of loyalty, friendship, and love involving two British soldiers on R&R in the mountains of Virginia. Mrs. Beals is a CT author, wife of Carleton Beals.

Englewood Cliffs NJ: Prentice Hall, 1959. First Edition . Green Cloth. Very Good+/Good+. William A. McCaffery. Minimal wear at corners, clean and unmarked. Jacket shows wear at edges, very light soiling, not price clipped. The story of Dilly, an elephant trainer for an old-time traveling circus. Miss Voight, a Connecticut author, has autographed the flyleaf.

Shawnee Mission KS: Circulation Serv, 1980. Comb/plastic Softcover. Very Good. Minimal wear, clean and unmarked. Privately printed book of recipes collected by the Senior Citizens of Guilford CT. 75+pgs.

New York: Thomas Crowell, 1957. Third Printing . Blue Cloth. Good+/Fair. Sam Norkin. Wear at corners and spine ends, slight lean, nice clean copy. Jacket worn and frayed at top of spine (not affecting title), edgewear and light soiling, not price clipped. True adventures in starting and operating a summer theater in Guilford, CT in the 1940s-50s. Inscribed by Mrs. Harmon, on the flyleaf, "For ******* : With all good wishes, Sincerely, Charlotte Harmon.

Philadelphia: Westminster, 1969. First Edition . Blue Cloth. Good+/Fair. A worn but sound copy, light soiling to boards, text clean and unmarked. Jacket worn at edges and spine ends, not price clipped. "Jake Jefferson has two deadly things on his mind: diamonds and murder". CT author and popular writer of novels for young women.

North Haven, CT: William J. Mack, 1972. Comb/plastic. Fair. Covers soiled, portion of back cover missing. This is a 52 page cookbook compiled by Senior Girl Scout Troop 350 of No Haven, CT. Included are many recipes, most by well known CT residents, a few by National figures such as Pat Nixon, Tricia Nixon, Mamie Eisenhower, Lady Bird Johnson, Princess Grace, a few others.

Middletown, CT, 1973. Second Printing . Red Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Released for sale" stamped on flyleaf, otherwise a nice clean, unmarked copy showing only very minimal wear. "A brief account of the more significant events in the history of the County of Middlesex and of the growth of the Middlesex Mutual Assurance Company". Facsimile edition of the 1936 original. Many B&W photos.

New York: G.P. Putnams Sons, 1945. Red Cloth. Good/Poor. Moderate shelfwear, binding a bit loose, clean and unmarked. Jacket quite worn, chipped at spine ends, 1x2" chip to top left front. In the 1800s, a talented musician/performer deals with Connecticut's strict 'blue laws' and eventually moves to NYC.

New Haven: Yale Univ Press, 1963. Green Tweed. Good+/No Jacket. Minimal wear at spine ends, faint stain to cover, unmarked. Lots of history, some photos, not just of the bank, but of New Haven. Includes a form letter to shareholders presenting them with an advance copy of the book.

New Haven: Yale Univ Press, 1920. Second Printing . Brown Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket. Fritz Endell. Covers show light wear/soiling, interior clean and bright, unread. There is a signature on the flyleaf that may be the author's, but we are unable to verify it's authenticity.

New Haven: Telephone Pioneers of America, 1950. First Edition . Blue Cloth. Very Good+/Poor. Bumps to lower corners, minor shelfwear, clean, bright, and unmarked. Jacket is plain unmarked brown paper, a blue label has been removed from the front, a circular area of the spine has been removed to show the title. Illus with numerous B&W photos and drawings, including many early views of New Haven. Due to size, extra postage outside the USA.

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1939. First Edition . Blue Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. Edgewear, spine quite faded, yellowing to endpapers, sound and unmarked. Mapped endpapers, many B&W photos, indexed. Over three hundred pages of history. Extra postage outside the US.

Chicago: Albert Whitman & Co., 1955. Pictorial Cover. Very Good/Good+. Kurt Wiese. Minimal wear, name in corner of flyleaf, rear endpapers yellowed from an enclosed news clipping. Jacket complete, with small tears to edges. Green cloth with illust. paste-on.

New York: Appleton, 1913. First Edition . Green Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Slight lean, minor wear to corners and spine ends, light foxing to top of title page, minor soiling to page edges, unmarked. Cover paste-on in VG condition, white titles sharp and clear. One of the earliest football stories. Additional photos on request.

Boston: Ball Publishing, 1909. Purple Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. John Goss. Light wear at edges, spine faded, clean and unmarked; cover artwork in VG condition. An amusing little tale about some students making a trip to the North Pole. Dedicated to members of the New Haven Choral Union; it is probable that some Yalies had a hand in this story.

Guilford, CT: Shore Line Press, 1939. Green Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Yellowing to edges of covers, light foxing to endpapers; clean and unmarked. Harry was a well-known figure in CT during the first half of the twentieth century. This is a collection of his poems.

Hartford: Traveler's Press, 1941. Green Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Light edgewear, clean and unmarked. Slim volume of narrative poems on a wide variety of topics. Possibly published as an insurance company giveaway?