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Rare New Jerseyana

BEST EARLY ACCOUNT OF NEW SWEDEN, IN THE ORIGINAL BOARDS

1. ACRELIUS, ISRAEL. Beskrifning om de Swenska församlingars forna och närwarande tilstånd, uti det så kallade Nya Swerige, sedan Nya Nederland, men nu för tiden Pensylvanien, samt nåstliggande orter wid aelfwen De la Ware, Wåst-Yersey och New-Castle County uti Norra America... . Stockholm: Harberg & Hesselberg, 1759. 4to. [20], 449 [i.e., 448], 479-533, [1] p. Contemporary paper-covered boards, gold-stamped paper label on spine. Spine and extremities of boards worn, internally near fine. Bookplates. $2500

First edition of the best early account of the Swedish settlements on the Delaware River, and the most comprehensive and accurate history of New Sweden until Amandus Johnson's Swedish Settlements on the Delaware (1911). Acrelius came to America in 1749 as provost of the Swedish churches on the Delaware, and served as pastor of a church in Wilmington until 1756, when he returned to Sweden. A full English translation of the work was published in 1874. This is the first copy we have handled in the original boards, with full wide (202 x 175 mm.) margins and a very minimal amount of browning. Most copies have been trimmed and rebound and exhibit varying degrees of browning. Howes A34; JCB(III) I, 1202; Vail 528; Felcone, New Jersey Books , 1.

THE FIRST NEW JERSEY REGISTER

2. ALDEN, TIMOTHY. Alden's New-Jersey Register and United States' Calendar, for ... 1811 . Newark: William Tuttle, [1811]. 160, [4] p. Original sheep-backed boards (front hinge cracking). Early library markings of the Essex Institute, but otherwise a very nice copy. $300

First issue of the first New Jersey register. Contains a highly useful list of New Jersey civil and military officers, courts, post offices, churches and ministers, colleges and schools, libraries, and other societies. Alden's register folded after only one more issue, and several later attempts similarly failed after one or two issues. It was not until the manual of the legislature started in 1872 that an annual New Jersey register succeeded. For additional information on Alden and his register, see Felcone, New Jersey Books , 321. Drake 5275; S&S 22165. PRINCETON JUST AFTER THE BATTLE

3. (AMERICAN REVOLUTION--PRINCETON). Manuscript provision return for Capt. William McAlvey's Company in Col. John Piper's Battalion, Bedford County [Pa.] militia, dated "Princetown 9th Feby. 1777." One page, 3.5 x 8.5 in. Signed for McAlvey by Nicholas Bray. In fine condition. $450

A provision return for "1 Captn., 17 Rank & file, and 1 W:Woman [i.e., washerwoman]." Military documents from Princeton in early 1777 are almost unobtainable.

THE MOUNT HOLLY HERMIT: 1811

4. [ATKINSON, JOHN]. The Hermit, or an Account of Francis Adam Joseph Phyle ... who Lived without the Use of Fire for Upwards of Twenty-Two Years, in a Small Cave, in the Midst of a Wood, near Mount-Holly, in Burlington County, New Jersey; and was found Dead therein, in the Year 1780. In a Series of Letters... . New Jersey: John Atkinson; John Bioren, printer, Phila., 1811. 98 [of 102] p., lacking the final two leaves . Untrimmed, in the original paper-covered boards (heavily worn, spine covering lacking and sewing breaking). Internally foxed and with some marginal dampstaining. A good copy only. $550

First edition of the first separately printed account of the Mount Holly Hermit. The hermit was real, and lived in a crude cave-like dwelling in Joseph Burr's woods. He was a local curiosity, and there are very brief accounts of him in a few eighteenth-century diaries, in Smith's 1765 history of New Jersey, and in the New-Jersey Gazette . Atkinson took the facts and added his own embel- lishments, as was a common practice in the cheap, sensational literature of the period, so it is difficult today to determine where fact ends and fiction begins. The book is very rare, and this is the first copy we have ever offered for sale in over forty years of specializing in New Jerseyana. It is slightly imperfect, which accounts for the low price. For a very detailed account of the hermit and Atkinson's book, see Felcone, New Jersey Books , 339 (this copy); S&S 23004.

SIGNED AS GOVERNOR AT ELIZABETHTOWN, 1754

5. BELCHER, JONATHAN (1681/2-1757). Colonial governor of Massachusetts and New Jersey. Document signed ("J Belcher"), Elizabeth Town, 23 November 1754. One page, quarto. Neatly inlaid to a larger sheet; two thin spots on verso from mounting, not affecting document itself. $850

A brief covering letter to James De Lancey, lieutenant governor of New York, sending (not present) a copy of an order to Col. Van Camp. Belcher was governor of New Jersey from 1746 until his death, and a leading figure in the establishment of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), but for some reason Belcher documents signed in New Jersey are very rare, while docu- ments from his earlier Massachusetts governorship are much more frequently seen. THE RARE MORRISTOWN BIBLE

6. BIBLE. ENGLISH. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, Together with the Apocrypha... . Morris-Town: Mann and Douglas ... 1805. 8vo. 1142 p., text in two columns. Contem- porary sheep. Lower inch and a half of each hinge cracked but hinges otherwise still very strong. Front and rear free endpapers loose, else a very good, tight copy. Christopher Greene (1733-1820) and Mercy (Stoddard) Greene's (1740-1830) copy, with family records and Mercy Greene's attractive 1806 calligraphic ownership signature. Modern bookplate. $1000

The third Bible printed in New Jersey, following Isaac Collins' quarto of 1791 and octavo of 1793/94, and far more difficult to find than either of the Collins Bibles. See Felcone, New Jersey Books , 367, for an essay on the production of this Bible.

THE FIRST BIBLE PRINTED IN NEW JERSEY

7. BIBLE. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments: Translated out of the Original Tongues: and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised . Trenton: Isaac Collins, 1791. 4to. [1316] p. Contemporary blind-paneled sheep (extremities rubbed but hinges very sound). Dampstaining, noticeable at the beginning of the text and diminishing then disappearing further in, then reappearing at the end. "Naomy Bower her Bible and she was born in the year of our Lord 1742,..." with genealogical records of Abraham and Naomi Bower and the Cox and Scholl families. A very good copy. $3000

The first Bible printed in New Jersey, the second quarto King James Bible printed in America, and the best known product of the eighteenth-century New Jersey press. For a lengthy and highly detailed account of the printing, binding, promotion, publication, and distribution of the Collins Bible, see Felcone, Printing in New Jersey, 1754-1800 , 578. This copy contains the Apocrypha and, like all copies, John Downame's concordance at the end. Evans 22472, 23184, 23656; Hills 31; ESTC W4498, W4517, W27796, W28443, W36125.

REVOLUTIONARY WAR PSALM BOOK OF REBECAH BARCALOW, OF FREEHOLD, MONMOUTH COUNTY

8. BIBLE. OLD TESTAMENT. PSALMS. The Psalms of David, Imitated in the Language of the New Testament; and Applied to the Christian State and Worship. By I. Watts . Philadelphia: R. Aitken, 1781. 12mo. 252 p. Contemporary sheep, with a single blind fillet around the boards, undecorated spine with raised cords. Covers just a trifle cupped, text lightly foxed as usual with early American paper, else a remarkably well-preserved copy, with the binding tight and entirely unchipped. $1600

From the eighteenth-century library of Rebecah (Polhemus) Barcalow of Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, with her signature on the front free endpaper: "Rebecah Barcalow Her Psalm Book February 10, 1783." Also the signature of her husband, David Barcalow, on the rear endpaper. Rebecah Polhemus married David Barcalow in June 1779 and they lived in Freehold Township until her death in February 1813. It is quite unusual in late-eighteenth and very early nineteenth-century rural New Jersey for a woman to own a library significant enough (to her at least) to provide for its disposition by will. Evans 17097; ESTC W4978, recording seven copies.

ELIAS BOUDINOT LETTER, 1769

9. BOUDINOT, ELIAS (1740-1816). Distinguished statesman; commissary general of prisoners in the Revolution; President of Congress; Director of the Mint. Letter signed, Elizabeth Town, 1 August 1769. To Andrew Elliot. One page, folio. Folds strengthened on verso; inlaid to another sheet. $900

Concerning Col. Templer and settling the estate of Sir John St. Clair.

NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS DESCENDED FROM THE JEWS

10. BOUDINOT, ELIAS. A Star in the West; or, A Humble Attempt to Discover the Long Lost Ten Tribes of Israel, Preparatory to their Return to their Beloved City, Jerusalem . Trenton: D. Fenton, S. Hutchinson, and J. Dunham; George Sherman, printer, 1816. iv, 312 p. Contemporary sheep. Foxed, as usual, with occasional spotting, but a nice sound copy. $600

First edition. Boudinot's attempt to prove that the North American Indians were descended from the Jews. Much important information on Indian language and customs. Howes B643; Pilling, Algonquian , p. 54; Rosenbach 180; Felcone, New Jersey Books , 433.

PILGRIM'S PROGRESS FOR YOUTH

11. BURDER, GEORGE. Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, Versified: for the Entertainment and Instruction of Youth . Burlington: Stephen C. Ustick, 1807. 71, [1] p. Contemporary sheep-backed marbled paper covered boards. Front cover detached, front binder's blanks wanting. Light foxing and dampstaining, but quite good. $500

Ustick's edition of Burder's Pilgrim's Progress, Versified was issued both with and, as here, without seven woodcut plates by Garret Lansing. Welch 136.1; S&S 12238.

FIRST ATLAS OF BURLINGTON COUNTY

12. (BURLINGTON COUNTY). Combination Atlas Map of Burlington County, New Jersey . Philadelphia: J.D. Scott, 1876. Folio. 84, lxxxv-lxxxviii p. Illus. Hand-colored maps. Leather-backed cloth. Spine broken and rough, as always, corners of covers with usual wear, wanting front free endpaper, title page a bit browned and with lower corner (3 x 3 in.) torn off, else a very good, clean copy internally. $1600

The first atlas of Burlington county, with hand-colored local maps depicting landowners' names and locations of buildings, lithographs of houses and farms, business directory of local residents, etc. AARON BURR NEW JERSEY SERMON: 1757

13. BURR, AARON. The Watchman's Answer to the Question, What of the Night, &c. A Sermon Preached before the Synod of New-York, Convened at Newark, in New-Jersey, September 30. 1756 ... The Second Edition . Boston: S. Kneeland, 1757. 46 p. Stitched in contemporary blue paper wrappers, then sewn into early (18th-century?) homemade covers. Stain on both wrappers and first few leaves of text, upper corner of title page worn away costing one letter, outer cover chipped at edges, else a very good copy. Eighteenth-century ownership signatures of Benjamin Sheldon and Josepha [?] Ely, the latter dated 1777. $900

Second edition of an early New Jersey sermon by the second president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University). Aaron Burr was born in Connecticut, graduated from Yale College, and in 1736 became minister of the First Church in Newark. He was one of the original trustees of the College of New Jersey, and after Jonathan Dickinson's death in 1747 Burr became the college's second president, serving until his own death ten years later. During his presidency the college moved from his parsonage in Newark to Princeton. He was the father of Aaron Burr (1756- 1836), vice-president of the United States. Evans 7863; Felcone, New Jersey Books , 34.

A NEAR-CONSECUTIVE RUN, 1829-1860

14. CENTRAL NEW JERSEY BAPTIST ASSN. Minutes ... 1829 [-1860]. [V.p., 1829-1860]. Lacking 1831, 1834, and 1841-43. Stitched as issued and disbound. The 27 numbers, $750

A near-consecutive run of the first 27 anniversaries of the organization. Much information on local Baptist churches, their pastors, activities, etc. Chiefly Mercer, Hunterdon, Middlesex, and Monmouth Counties. A remarkable run of pamphlets, most printed by small-town job printers (includes several Lambertville imprints).

SCARCE UNIT HISTORY

15. (CIVIL WAR). Historical Sketch of Co. "D," 13th Regiment, N.J. Vols.... New York, 1875. 87, [1] p. Cloth. Bookplate of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. Number neatly removed from spine, else a very nice, clean copy. $300

Half of the book is a history of the unit's participation in the war, the other half is brief bio- graphical sketches. Very scarce.

6TH NEW JERSEY IN ACTION

16. (CIVIL WAR). Jess, Levi. Autograph letter signed, Camp Baker, Lower Potomac, 10 March 1862. To "Cil," reporting war news. 2 1/2 pages. Folds, writing a trifle light, but essentially fine. $500

In part, ". . . I guess the next letter I get will be on the other side for we will cross tomorrow . . . Two of our regiments cross this morning the first NH & 5 KY and I guess we will follow suit. Our gun boats came down yesterday and commenced shelling the Rebels batteries. They drove them out and went ashore and hoisted the stars and stripes on the cockpit . . . and we burnt one of their steamers & two schoones. There appeared to be a great deal of exploding a going on all the afternoon. About this & camps which they left behind it is supposed the Rebels have fell back on to Manassas and there they will make a stand. Our captain seems to think we have got the hottest part of the fighting to do yet . . . a man out of our regiment belonging to Co. B was shot on Saturday lying at the Landing by one of his comrades. He was going into the store house and sentinel who was on guard halted him & the man was about to give him the pass word & the sentinel up with his gun & shot him right through the heart. He was killed immediately, the ball went clear threw him and struck the store. . . .

ELIZABETHTOWN IMPRINT

17. A COLLECTION OF POEMS on Religious and Moral Subjects. Extracted from the Most Celebrated Authors . Elizabeth Town: Printed by Shepard Kollock, for Cornelius Davis, New York, 1797. [4], [3]-124 p. Contemporary mottled sheep. Short crack at bottom of upper hinge, occasional minor stains, but a very good copy. $350

Includes Thomas Gray's Elegy Written in a County Church-Yard , Edward Young's The Last Day , and other poems. Some copies contain a separate title page, A1, for Gray's Elegy , but it is not in this copy or in most other copies. Felcone, Printing in New Jersey, 1754-1800 , 870; Evans 31953; ESTC W30391.

REVOLUTIONARY WAR COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS AND RIBBONS

18. (COMMEMORATIVE RIBBONS). Collection of six medals, ribbons, and pins commemorating New Jersey's role in the American Revolution, ca. 1886-1927. Generally very good condition. The collection, in a neat display box, $400

Commemorating New Jersey at Valley Forge (2), Trenton Battle Monument, Battle of Red Bank, &c.

1844 CONSTITUTION BROADSHEET

19. (CONSTITUTION). Broadsheet printing of the newly-enacted constitution of New Jersey as an extra of the Somerset Messenger . Somerville, ca. July 1844. [2] p., folio. Chips along top and bottom blank margins, light foxing, light fold wear. $450

Beneath the large-type masthead, "Somerset Messenger--Extra" is the full text of the 1844 New Jersey constitution in three columns on both sides of the sheet, concluding with an affidavit of Governor Daniel Haines. GEORGE COOK’S GEOLOGY OF NEW JERSEY: A LOVELY COPY

20. COOK, GEORGE H. Geology of New Jersey . Newark, 1868. xxiv, 899, [1] p. Illus. Folding maps and plates. Cloth. An unusually clean, tight copy. With an 1869 presentation inscription by Marcus L. Ward, governor of New Jersey. $350

The classic work, and as nice a copy as one could find. The book was printed on poor paper, and the binding was not much better, and copies found today are invariably loose and shaken. This one is lovely.

MARK NEWBY FARTHING

21. (COPPER COIN). St. Patrick or Mark Newby copper farthing, used as legal tender in West Jersey in 1682. Very worn and not in good condition, but still easily recognizable, with much of the lettering and some of the details, such as the milling, the bottom of St. Patrick's crozier and the snakes being driven out, still quite clear. Because of condition, $400

These copper coins were originally thought to have been minted in Dublin in the 1670s, but it is now thought that they were struck at the Tower mint in London in 1641-42 and were intended for Ireland but were impounded during the English Civil War. A quantity of them was brought to West Jersey in 1681 by Mark Newby, a Dublin candlemaker, and in 1682 they were authorized by the West Jersey assembly to pass as legal tender. Examples today in good condition bring very high prices in the rare coin market. This one is very worn and very inexpensive.

1787 NEW JERSEY COPPER COIN

22. (COPPER COIN). 1787 New Jersey copper. Small planchet, pronounced outline around shield. 164.9 grains. Near-black color. Reasonably good details, with light circulation marks on either side and two tiny dings on the obverse rim. A fine example. $550

Maris 64-t.

RICHARD COXE'S BURLINGTON DICTIONARY

23. [COXE, RICHARD SMITH]. A New Critical Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language, Containing, All the Words in General Use .... By an American Gentleman . Burlington: D. Allinson & Co., 1813. 4to. xiv, 85, [941] p. Contemporary reversed sheep. Front inner hinge loose, otherwise the nicest copy of this book we have seen. $300

A massive but predominantly derivative dictionary, compiled by Coxe, a prominent Burling- ton, and later Washington, lawyer, largely before reaching age eighteen. The work achieved little critical acclaim when published, and was soon forgotten. For a lengthy essay on Coxe and his dictionary, and its novel "spring" binding (probably executed by Allinson himself), see Felcone, New Jersey Books , 531. FIRST AMERICAN BOOK ON POMOLOGY

24. COXE, WILLIAM. A View of the Cultivation of Fruit Trees, and the Management of Orchards and Cider; with Accurate Descriptions of ... Native and Foreign Apples, Pears, Peaches, Plums, and Cherries, Cultivated in the Middle States of America... . Philadelphia: M. Carey and Son [David Allinson, printer, Burlington, N.J.], Nov. 1, 1817. 253, [15] p. Diagram. 77 woodcut plates. Contemporary sheep, very skillfully rebacked in period style. Light foxing, as always with this book, but a very attractive copy. $1400

First edition of the first American book devoted exclusively to pomology. William Coxe was one of the foremost fruit growers in America in the early years of the nineteenth century as well as the most important American writer on pomological topics. He owned extensive orchards in Burlington, New Jersey, which contained most of the varieties of fruit that could be grown in America. His descriptions are detailed and accurate, as are the nearly 200 woodcut illustrations, executed by William Mason of Philadelphia, depicting 100 varieties of apples, 63 pears, 15 peaches, 17 plums, 3 apricots, and 2 nectarines. For a detailed nine-page essay on the printing and publishing history of this important book, see Felcone, New Jersey Books , 532-533. Rink 1653, S&S 40585.

DOROTHY CROSS'S ARCHAEOLOGY OF NEW JERSEY

25. CROSS, DOROTHY. Archaeology of New Jersey . Trenton, 1941. Large 4to. xii, 271 p. Maps and plans. 73 plates. Folding map and plan in pocket. Cloth (a trifle soiled). A very good copy. $350

Volume I, complete in itself (the second volume was not published until 1956). Detailed re- port on the excavations of 39 Indian sites in New Jersey, and one of the major works on the Indian in New Jersey.

DOROTHY CROSS'S ABBOTT FARM EXCAVATION

26. CROSS, DOROTHY. Archaeology of New Jersey ... The Abbott Farm . Trenton, 1956. Large 4to. xii, 215 p. Illus., diagrams, tables. 46 plates. Cloth. $300

Volume Two, complete in itself, and devoted exclusively to the Indian artifacts uncovered at the Abbott Farm just south of Trenton. Volume One, published in 1941, was a detailed report on the excavations of 39 Indian sites throughout New Jersey. The two volumes are ordinarily not found together.

CUMMINS'S WARREN COUNTY

27. CUMMINS, G. WYCKOFF. History of Warren County, New Jersey . New York, 1911. 4to. vii, [1], 433 p. Illus., plates. Rebound in modern buckram. Very good. $300

The classic history of Warren County, and one of the scarcest New Jersey county histories. SUSSEX COUNTY BANK NOTES--AN UNCUT SHEET

28. (CURRENCY--SUSSEX COUNTY). Uncut sheet of four engraved bank notes from the Sussex Bank, Newton. 18[50s?]. Three $1 notes and one $2 note. Printed in red and black. In absolutely pristine condition, with wide borders on all four sides. $300

A handsome uncut sheet, in superlative condition. Wait 1742, 1749, assigning the highest rarity value (R7) to each note.

PRINCETON SERMON ON THE DEATH OF GEORGE II: 1761

29. DAVIES, SAMUEL. A Sermon Delivered at Nassau-Hall, January 14. 1761. On the Death of His Late Majesty King George II. To which is prefixed, A Brief Account of the Life, Character, and Death, of the Author. By David Bostwick . Boston: R. Draper; and Z. Fowle and S. Draper, [1761]. 32 p. incl. half title but lacks leaf C1 . Modern half morocco (lightly rubbed at extremities). Early repair to blank corner of half title, some light staining. Private school library label on pastedown. $400

Reprinted from the earlier New York edition. Slightly defective, but the earliest Princeton- related printed item that one is likely to find. Evans 8836; Felcone, New Jersey Books , 63.

DE LAGERBERG'S NEW JERSEY ARCHITECTURE

30. de LAGERBERG, LARS. New Jersey Architecture. Colonial & Federal . Springfield, Mass., 1956. Sm. fol. 22, xxxvi, [6], 316 p. Illus. (some in color). Cloth. A nice copy, without the foxing that often accompanies this book. $325

One of 750 numbered copies, signed by the author. Privately printed. A fine photographic study of early New Jersey domestic architecture (chiefly to about 1830), containing more than 500 photographs as well as drawings and some text. The photos include elevations as well as interior and exterior details. Many, if not most, of the photographs were taken from the 'teens through the early 1930s and depict superb examples of New Jersey vernacular architecture before the onslaught of the Colonial Revival.

THE DRUG CULTURE COMES TO SOUTH JERSEY: 1821

31. [DE QUINCEY, THOMAS]. Confessions of an English Opium-Eater ... . Philadelphia: E. Littell; S. Siegfried, printer, Bridgeton, N.J., 1823. 183 p. Original paper-covered boards, printed paper spine label. Imperfect: Wanting 3 text leaves . Front cover loose. $350

First American edition of De Quincey's famous autobiography, and a landmark work in the literature of the drug culture. Job printed for Littell on a country press in Bridgeton, New Jersey, by Simeon Siegfried. An imperfect copy of a very scarce book, and priced accordingly. Shoemaker 12366; Felcone, New Jersey Books , 541 (this copy). THE 1830 ACT OF INCORPORATION OF THE D & R CANAL

32. (DELAWARE AND RARITAN CANAL CO.). New Jersey. Laws, etc. ... An Act to Incorporate the Delaware & Raritan Canal Company . [N.p., 1830.] 8 p. Stitched. Two noticeable dampstains, one within the text and the other marginal, else a nice uncut copy, stitched as issued. $350

The act of the legislature incorporating the Delaware and Raritan Canal Company, February 4, 1830. After several earlier failures, this act began the company that, when merged with the Camden and Amboy Railroad soon after, created the monopoly that controlled much of New Jersey's transportation, and politics, throughout the mid-nineteenth century.

FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE D & R CANAL - 1831

33. DELAWARE AND RARITAN CANAL CO. First Annual Report of the Delaware and Raritan Canal Company; May 10, 1831 . Princeton, 1831. 31 p. Modern cloth. Marginal foxing, else fine. $300

After several earlier failures, the Delaware and Raritan Canal Company was incorporated by the legislature on February 4, 1830, and Robert F. Stockton, with money advanced by his father-in- law, John Potter, subscribed for sufficient shares to enable the company to organize. This first report includes the legislation creating the canal company and the famous monopoly, as well as estimates for constructing various segments of the canal. Felcone, New Jersey Books , 546.

18TH-CENTURY MISSIONARY TO THE INDIANS

34. EDWARDS, JONATHAN. An Account of the Life of the Reverend Mr. David Brainerd, Minister of the Gospel; Missionary to the Indians ... and Pastor of a Church of Christian Indians in New-Jersey... . Worcester, Mass.: Leonard Worcester, 1793. 346, 84 p. Contemporary sheep. First and last few leaves pulled slightly and browned at the fore-edge tips, binding scuffed, head and tail of spine chipped away, hinges beginning to split, glue residue on pastedowns. Eighteenth-century signature of Eliphalet Gillet, later bookplate of a church library. A good copy. $450

Later edition of Edwards's classic biography, first printed in Boston in 1749. The second section is a reprint of Brainerd's Mirabilia Dei inter Indicos , first printed in Philadelphia in 1748. Edwards's work is one of the classic mid-eighteenth-century accounts of missionary life among the American Indians. David Brainerd (1718-1747) was a Connecticut native who was expelled from Yale in 1742 for, among other things, sympathizing with the Whitefield revival and remarking that a particular college tutor had "no more grace than this chair." After his ordination to the ministry, he served as a missionary to the Indians in the Massachusetts-New York border area and near present-day Easton, Pennsylvania, before going to New Jersey, where he remained until early 1747. He died later that year at the home of his future father-in-law, and biographer, Jonathan Edwards. Edwards' account consists chiefly of entries from Brainerd's diaries, with inserted comments and extracts from letters. The work was reprinted frequently and is still in print today. Evans 25431, 25228; Johnson, Jonathan Edwards , 143; Felcone, New Jersey Books , 71. ONE OF THE BEST CARTERET BOOK CLUB TITLES

35. ELLIS, ROWLAND C. Colonial Dutch Houses in New Jersey. Twenty Wood Engravings . Newark: Carteret Book Club, 1933. viii, [2], 60, [3] p. Illus. Cloth-backed paper-covered boards. A near-fine copy. No slipcase. $300

One of 150 copies, printed by Monroe F. Dreher of Newark for members of the Carteret Book Club. Twenty handsome woodcuts by Ellis of early Dutch houses in Bergen, Passaic, and Somerset Counties, with text by James O. Betelle. One of the most desirable of the Carteret Book Club publications.

THE RARE ROWLAND ELLIS PORTFOLIO

36. ELLIS, ROWLAND C. Portfolio of twenty fine proof impressions of woodcuts of Dutch colonial houses in Bergen, Passaic, and Somerset Counties, each on a full 14 x 11 inch sheet, and each signed in pencil by Ellis. Enclosed in the original cloth-backed portfolio with cloth ties. Woodcuts fine, portfolio dust-soiled with spine very darkened. $900

In 1937 the New Jersey book collectors' club, the Carteret Book Club, published Rowland C. Ellis' Colonial Dutch Houses in New Jersey. Twenty Wood Engravings , a handsome book printed by Monroe F. Dreher of Newark and limited to 150 copies. The book contained twenty woodcuts by Ellis of early New Jersey Dutch houses, with text by James O. Betelle. Also available to members, in a very limited edition and probably at a very substantial price (no documentation has been found) was a complete suite of the Ellis woodcuts, pulled as proof impressions on large paper, each signed in full by Ellis. The prints were housed in a portfolio bound to match the printed book. In over 40 years of specializing in New Jerseyana, this is only the third copy of the portfolio that we have offered for sale.

1798 NEW JERSEY JUVENILE

37. THE ENTERTAINING, MORAL, AND RELIGIOUS REPOSITORY; Containing Upwards of Three Score Separate Performances, all of which are Written in a Simple yet Pleasing Style, and are Emi- nently Calculated for the Amusement and Instruction of the Youth of Both Sexes ... In Two Volumes . Elizabeth-Town: Shepard Kollock, 1798. 396 p. Contemporary sheep (worn, front hinge cracking). Tape repair on title page and on several other early leaves, overall soiling and staining, numerous gatherings pulled. Withal, a respectable copy. $900

Volume 1 only. This first edition of the Entertaining, Moral, and Religious Repository con- tains the first appearance in America of several of the Cheap Repository tracts of Hannah More and others. The work was originally issued in parts and first advertised in Shepard Kollock's New-Jersey Journal of August 28, 1798. Other than a few surviving copies of the first part, containing the first 96 pages, copies are known entirely from the bound volumes, and the two volumes are rarely found together. Some copies contain a contents leaf which was tipped in later between A1 and A2; it is not present in this copy. Felcone, Printing in New Jersey, 1754-1800 , 942; Evans 35296; Welch 361.2; ESTC W31907. 1800 NEW JERSEY JUVENILE

38. THE ENTERTAINING, MORAL AND RELIGIOUS REPOSITORY; Containing, Upwards of Three Score Separate Performances, all of which are Written in a Simple yet Pleasing Stile, and are Emi- nently Calculated for the Amusement and Instruction of the Youth of Both Sexes . Elizabeth-Town: Shepard Kollock, for C. Davis, New York, 1800. [2], 324 p. Contemporary undecorated sheep-backed marbled paper-covered boards (rubbed, corners worn). Usual light foxing. An unusually clean and tight copy. With an 1804 ownership signature of Jane Sears. $1500

A reissue of the second volume of Kollock's 1798 edition, with a new title leaf. Felcone, Printing in New Jersey, 1754-1800 , 1088; Evans 37374; Welch 361.7; ESTC W31910.

1800 NEWARK IMPRINT

39. ESSAYS ON THE SPIRIT OF LEGISLATION, in the Encouragement of Agriculture, Population, Manufactures, and Commerce. Translated from the Original French . Newark: William Reid, Pen- nington & Gould, printers, 1800. 479, vii p. Modern half leather. $300

Includes writings of Bertrand, de Correvan, and others. Chiefly agricultural. The third Newark printing. Felcone, Printing in New Jersey, 1754-1800 , 1090; Evans 37382; ESTC 32058.

AMERICAN POETRY BY A HADDONFIELD RESIDENT, 1772

40. EVANS, NATHANIEL. Poems on Several Occasions, with some other Compositions . Philadelphia: John Dunlap, 1772. xxviii, 160, [3]-24 p. Contemporary calf, very skillfully rebacked in period style. The usual foxing, else the nicest copy of this book we have seen. Late 19th century book label of A. G. Odenbaugh. $750

First and only contemporary edition of the works of this early American poet who died at the age of 25. A native of Philadelphia and a resident of Haddonfield, New Jersey, Evans was an S.P.G. missionary for Gloucester County and a friend and correspondent of Elizabeth Graeme (later, Ferguson). Copies of the book often lack the list of subscribers, the ode on Evans' death by Elizabeth Graeme, and the 24-page discourse at the end, all of which are present in this copy. The errata slip, as always, is not present. Stoddard and Whitesell 221; Evans 12386; Felcone, New Jersey Books , 85; ESTC W28917.

EARLY STEPHEN FORMAN LETTER

41. FORMAN, STEPHEN. Autograph letter signed, Freehold, 4 June 1783. To his cousin Samuel S. Forman at Middletown Point. 2 pages, quarto, with integral address leaf. In fine condition. $300

The youthful Forman discusses the mutual benefit of the correspondence, asks if his cousin Jonathan would sell his Greek Testament, the prospect of college in the fall, &c. Monmouth County. HURRAH! HURRAH! THE COUNTRY'S RISIN' FOR HARRY CLAY & FRELINGHUYSEN

42. (FRELINGHUYSEN, THEODORE). Hand colored lithograph, Theodore Frelinghuysen. / Hurrah! Hurrah! the Country's risin' / For Harry Clay & Frelinghuysen . New York: N. Currier, [ca. 1844]. 35.5 x 25 cm. overall. In very nice, clean condition, with half-inch or greater margins all the way around. Two tiny and almost invisible closed edge tears. $750

A very attractive vice-presidential campaign portrait of Frelinghuysen seated at a desk, with one hand on a book and the other hand inserted, Napoleon-like, in his vest. Conningham 6005.

PRINTED ON FRENEAU'S OWN PRESS

43. FRENEAU, PHILIP. Poems Written Between the Years 1768 & 1794... . Monmouth, (N.J.): Printed at the press of the author, at Mount-Pleasant, near Middletown-Point, 1795. [5], x-xv, [1], 455, [1] p. Contemporary sheep. Sporatic dampstaining (particularly heavy on front free endpaper and flyleaf), many gatherings variously foxed or browned, as always with this book, else an unusually nice copy in a lovely tight contemporary binding. With the attractive early American printed book label of George Warren Chapman, M.D., of Connecticut. $1200

The only edition of Freneau's poetry printed by Freneau himself, on his own press, and the only full-length book to come from this very short-lived New Jersey press. The paper is poor, the presswork is poor, and there are numerous typographical errors and mis-paginations, some of which were corrected by stop-press alterations, resulting in slight differences between copies. See Felcone, Printing in New Jersey, 1754-1800 , 762, for a detailed account of the printing of the book. Stoddard and Whitesell 498; BAL 6445; Evans 28712; ESTC W28921.

GIBBONS' EXTRAORDINARY HANDBILL CHALLENGING ODGEN TO A DUEL

44. (GIBBONS v. OGDEN). To Col. Aaron Ogden, Sir, As you refused to receive a letter that I sent you by General Dayton yesterday, I will give it publicity through another channel. For like Nicanor upon Judas you made war upon me on the Sabbath Day .... I was this day arrested in a Suit at Law, in your name .... As we reside within half a mile of each other, and you never intimated to me, nor any of my friends, any claims, or cause of Action against me, I pronounce your conduct RASCALLY. I don't regard your Suit in terrorem, but I must teach you to proceed with decency .... I understand that you have interfered in a Dispute between Mrs. Gibbons and myself which has been brought on by John Trumbull .... My friend General Dayton will arrange with you the time, and place, of our Meeting. Th. Gibbons. Elizabeth-Town, 26th July, 1816 . [Elizabethtown, N.J., 1816.] Broadside. 28 x 24 cm. In very fine condition, fully untrimmed. $4500

The steamboat in New Jersey and New York had a long and litigious history, beginning with the controversies between John Fitch and Robert Fulton, through the granting by the state legislatures in 1808 of exclusive navigation privileges, to the landmark United States Supreme Court decision in Gibbons v. Ogden in 1824. Thomas Gibbons and Aaron Ogden were originally partners in a steam ferry operating between Elizabeth-Town Point and New York City. In 1814 a dispute arose over a lease renewal. Soon other arguments ensued, and Gibbons established a rival ferry. The two became bitter antagonists. Meanwhile, Gibbons was embroiled in a nasty domestic quarrel involving John Trumbull, who had seduced Gibbons' daughter before marrying her, and each side publicly circulated the foulest stories about the other. Ogden's legal advice was solicited by the Trumbull faction, and Gibbons, in a rage, had this handbill struck off, and, horsewhip in hand, went to Ogden's house to challenge him to a duel. Ogden escaped over the back fence, and immediately sued Gibbons for trespass. The details of the case are reported in 2 Southard , 598. Gibbons' rival steamboat, with young Cornelius Vanderbilt as captain, continued to challenge Ogden and the monopoly interests. With Daniel Webster and William Wirt as his attorneys, Gibbons finally appealed to the Supreme Court, and in one of the most famous decisions in American Constitutional law, Chief Justice Marshall ruled that navigation was commerce and Congress had the power to regulate interstate commerce. The steamboat monopoly was struck down. This is one of the most dramatic broadsides we have handled.

REVOLUTIONARY WAR TRENTON

45. GORDON, PETER (Trenton merchant and bookseller, quartermaster general during the Revolutionary War). Receipt for three hundred and twenty-one dollars from Amos Howell for "a Roan Horse 6 Years old Branded (U. S.)," Trenton, 5 May 1779. One page, octavo. Signed by Gordon as Q.M. About fine. $300

Gordon notes the horse was sold at vendue.

18TH-CENTURY NEW JERSEY LEGAL TREATISE

46. GRIFFITH, WILLIAM. A Treatise on the Jurisdiction and Proceedings of the Justices of the Peace in Civil Suits, with an Appendix ... . Burlington: Elderkin & Miller, 1796. [xii], 272, [21] p. Contemporary sheep (worn). $300

First edition of a highly respected legal treatise and form book compiled to serve the specific needs of New Jersey justices and other civil officers. Griffith was a Burlington lawyer. For a detailed description of Griffith's important Treatise , and the search for the identiry of Elderkin and Miller, see Felcone, Printing in New Jersey, 1754-1800 , 816; Evans 30518; ESTC W28371.

NEW BRUNSWICK POET AND TRAVELER

47. GUEST, MOSES. Poems on Several Occasions. To which are Added, Extracts from a Journal Kept by the Author while he Followed the Sea, and During a Journey from New-Brunswick, in New-Jersey, to Montreal and Quebec . Cincinnati: Looker & Reynolds, 1824. 160 p. Contemporary sheep (heavily worn and scuffed, hinges broken). Foxed. Modern bookplates. Good only. $300

Second edition, with some alterations from the first edition printed in Cincinnati the previous year. Guest was a New Brunswick native. During the Revolutionary War he commanded the party of Middlesex militia that captured John Graves Simcoe shortly after Simcoe's notorious raid into Somerset County in 1779. After the war Guest became a mariner and remained in New Brunswick until removing to Cincinnati in 1817. Many of Guest's poems concern individuals and events in New Brunswick and New Jersey. See Felcone, New Jersey Books , 744, for considerably more detail. American Imprints 16357.

ROBERT HOOPS WRITES FROM BELVIDERE, 1777, SEEKING TO BORROW A NEGRO COOPER

48. HOOPS, ROBERT. Autograph letter signed, Belvidere [Sussex County], 8 December 1777. To Brigadier General [Lewis] Morris, near Princeton. Seeking to borrow Morris's Negro cooper. One page, quarto, with integral address leaf and wax seal. Fine. $675

Hoops, one of the earliest white settlers of Belvidere and a pioneer industrialist with several large mills, wants to supply flour to the American army but needs a cooper: "I am reduced to a very disagreeable situation for want of a Cooper. When I had the pleasure of seeing you here, you were kind enough to say you'd let me have your Negro man (the Cooper) if in your power to spare him. I shall ever acknowledge the Favor, besides paying you any price you'll please to ask for his services. My Mills are kept idle for want to Cask. Coopers are not exempt from Militia Duty, the consequence will be the Army will want Flour before long...."

FRANCIS HOPKINSON AND JOSEPH BORDEN

49. HOPKINSON, FRANCIS (Signer of the Declaration of Independence from New Jersey; Bordentown resident). Engraved bill of exchange from the Loan Office of the United States, 30 October 1780, payable to Peter & Wm. Wikoff. 9.5 x 21 cm. Signed by Hopkinson as treasurer of the Continental Loan Office and countersigned by Joseph Borden as commissioner of the Loan Office for New Jersey. In fine condition. $3000

Francis Hopkinson (1737-1791) was one of New Jersey's five signers of the Declaration of Independence, He was married to a daughter of Joseph Borden, the leading citizen of Bordentown, and for several years Hopkinson lived in Bordentown. In 1779 he became an admiralty judge in Pennsylvania. Documents signed by Hopkinson are not rare, but they almost never have any con- nection to New Jersey. The present bill of exchange is not only signed by Hopkinson's father-in-law, Joseph Borden, but the recipients, Peter and William Wikoff, were Monmouth County residents, and Peter had been an aide to Washington at the Battle of Monmouth. The most "New Jersey" Hopkinson document we have ever handled.

THE SCHUYLER COPPER MINE

50. HORNBLOWER, JOSIAH. Letter from Mr. Hornblower to Mr. Kitchell, on the Subject of Schuyler's Copper Mine, in New-Jersey. April 18th, 1800 . [N.p., 1800]. 4 p. Removed. Fine. $600

On the quantity of copper that might be produced by the Schuyler mine at Belleville, New Jersey, if the operation was supported by the government. The mine was discovered about 1719 by Arent Schuyler, who began shipping the raw ore to England. About 1761 Hornblower, a mining engineer from Staffordshire, England, was brought in to develop a steam engine at the mine. In the mid-1790s the mining company was leased by Nicholas J. Roosevelt, who also purchased a tract of land called Soho, on the Passaic River near present-day Belleville, to refine and manufacture the copper. In 1800 Roosevelt and several associates petitioned Congress to incorporate a Mine and Metal Company. This letter to Aaron Kitchell, a New Jersey congressman from Hanover, Morris County, supports that petition. Evans 37648, 38754; Rink 3357.

CURRIER & IVES COLORED LITHOGRAPH OF PHILIP KEARNY

51. (KEARNY, PHILIP). Hand colored lithograph, General Philip Kearney . New York: Currier & Ives, [n.d., but 1862-63]. Image 12 7/8 x 9 in. plus min. 3/4 in. margins on all four sides. Very faint dampstaining in lower margin, mat burn toning on verso but not visible on recto. A very nice copy with good wide margins. $600

Hand colored Currier & Ives lithograph depicting the one-armed Kearny, mounted on his white horse, at the front of his troops, battle rubble on the ground. Kearny was killed at Chantilly, Vir- ginia, in September 1862. The print's four-line title concludes: ". . . Of all the gallant Officers that have fallen, none will be more deeply lamented by his companions in arms than 'Brave Phil Kearney.' 'Who can replace Phil Kearney.'" Gale 2455.

MILITARY STORES AT POMPTON, 1778

52. KINNAN, PETER (1751-1836; assistant quartermaster, New Jersey militia). Autograph document signed, "Account of Grain Hay &c Received at the Post of Pompton for the Month of July 1778." One page, octavo. Few edge tears else fine. $400

Includes a chart of the various grains and their quantities.

THE FIRST BOOK PRINTED IN MORRISTOWN

53. [KNOX, VICESIMUS]. The Spirit of Despotism . Morris-Town: Jacob Mann, 1799. [10], 319 p. Con- temporary sheep. A rough copy, with covers dry and detached and old library stamps. Good at best. $350

The first book printed in Morristown. Jacob Mann came to Morristown in late 1797 as printer and publisher of the local newspaper. For the year 1798 there is one known separate Jacob Mann imprint, a pamphlet act of the legislature. In 1799 there are but two separate Mann imprints, another small pamphlet and this bound work by Vicesimus Knox. Felcone, Printing in New Jersey, 1754- 1800 , 1019; Evans 35691; ESTC W3557. GENERAL JOHN LACEY WRITES FROM NEW MILLS

54. LACEY, JOHN. Autograph letter signed, New Mills, 15 August 1795. To John Nicholson at Phila- delphia, about trading his lands and furnaces. One page, quarto. Very fine. $900

John Lacey, Jun. (1755-1814) was a distinguished brigadier general in the Revolutionary War. He married a daughter of Thomas Reynolds, of New Mills (now Pemberton), Burlington County, and moved there after the war. He established the New Mills Forge and also had interests at that time in the Hanover Furnace. He tells Nicholson "I hold One Quarter of the Lands and Furnaces all of which I purpose to dispose of but must have part in cash...." Nicholson, a major land speculator, was proposing an exchange of lands.

THE SCHUYLER COPPER MINE

55. [LATROBE, BENJAMIN HENRY]. American Copper-Mines . [Philadelphia? 1800]. 8 p. Removed. Foxed. $1200

Latrobe's letter to the chairman of a Congressional committee in support of a petition by Nicholas J. Roosevelt and others to incorporate a Mine and Metal Company, followed by a history and description of the Schuyler copper mine at Second River, Belleville, New Jersey. The mine was discovered about 1719 by Arent Schuyler, who began shipping the raw ore to England. About 1761 Josiah Hornblower was brought in to develop a steam engine at the mine. In the mid-1790s the mining company was leased by Nicholas J. Roosevelt, who also purchased a tract of land called Soho, on the Passaic River near present-day Belleville, to refine and manufacture the copper. The petition was granted by Congress, and the Mine and Metal Company was incorporated in January 1801. Evans 33987, 37785; Rink 3358; ESTC W37198, recording four copies in America and a fifth at the BL.

ROBERT THE HERMIT

56. LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF ROBERT, the Hermit of Massachusetts, who has Lived 14 years in a Cave, Secluded from Human Society .... Taken from his own Mouth, and Published for his Benefit . Providence: H. Trumbull, 1829. 36 p. incl. frontis. Stitched in contemporary plain wrappers. Some browning and soiling, else very nice. $450

One of two slightly varying editions of a cheap, sensational narrative based upon a real hermit, but considerably fictionalized. According to the narrative, Robert was born a slave in Princeton. His mother was a black slave in bondage, his father "a pure white blooded Englishman ... a gentleman of considerable eminence." He was carried South, escaped from slavery, made several voyages, and spent the remainder of his life in a cave near Providence, Rhode Island. For a very detailed study of the publication history of pamphlet, the fact versus the fiction, the identification of the real author, and the part played by the enterprising Henry Trumbull, see Felcone, New Jersey Books , 836- 837. Shoemaker 40690. WILLIAM LIVINGSTON DOCUMENT

57. LIVINGSTON, WILLIAM (1723-1790; governor of New Jersey, 1776-1790). Document signed, 27 August 1783. Being a legal document assiging rights in a financial obligation. 2 1/2 pages, folio. Signed by William Livingston, with his red wax seal, and witnessed by Brockholst Livingston and Susan Livingston. In fine condition. $700

Concerns a bond executed to Livingston in 1769 by Philip French of New Brunswick. Mentions Ann and Susan Brown, Edward Neale, David Van Horne, and David Clarkson.

LIVINGTON EULOGY ON AARON BURR: 1758

58. LIVINGSTON, WILLIAM. A Funeral Elogium on the Reverend Mr. Aaron Burr, Late President of the College of New-Jersey . New York, Printed; Boston: Re-Printed by Green and Russell, for J. Winter, 1758. 4to. 23 p. Removed from a bound volume. Name torn from upper blank margin of title page, a few edge chips and minor dog-earing, but very good. Simple board clemise and slipcase. $900

First printed in New York in 1757. Livingston would later become the Revolutionary War governor of New Jersey. Burr was the second president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton) and the father of the future vice president. Evans 8162; Felcone, New Jersey Books , 131; ESTC W20351.

EARLY AMERICAN FISHING, AND FOX HUNTING IN GLOUCESTER COUNTY

59. [MILNOR, WILLIAM]. An Authentic Historical Memoir of the Schuylkill Fishing Company of the State in Schuylkill. From its Establishment on that Romantic Stream, near Philadelphia ... to the Present Time. By a Member . [bound with, as issued] Memoirs of the Gloucester Fox Hunting Club, near Philadelphia . Philadelphia: Judah Dobson, 1830. viii, 127, [3], 56 p. Errata leaf. 5 plates. Original reddish-pink linen-covered boards, printed paper label on front cover. Some foxing, as always, spine faded and with short hinge splits, early manuscript spine title. Withal a very nice copy of of a fragile book. In a handsome gilt-tooled leather-backed slipcase, worn at extremities. Philadel- phia antiquarian Ferdinand J. Dreer's copy, signed and dated 1852. $1200

First edition of an important early American sporting book in the original binding. The Schuylkill Fishing Company, founded in 1732 and still in existence, is the oldest sporting club in North America. This copy contains the portrait by St. Memin of Governor Morris which was not in the earliest copies released. The second title, which was issued with the fishing company history, is the first American book on fox hunting. The hunt took place near what is today Woodbury, Gloucester County, New Jersey, across the Delaware River from Philadelphia. Copies in the fragile original red linen boards with the paper cover label, in nice condition, are rarely seen. Henderson p. 178; Howes M636. THE FIRST BOOK OF NEW JERSEY ROAD MAPS

60. MOORE, JOSHUA J., and THOMAS W. JONES. The Traveller's Directory, or a Pocket Companion: Shewing the Course of the Main Road from Philadelphia to New York, and from Philadelphia to Washington. With Descriptions of the Places through which it Passes, and the Intersections of the Cross Roads ... By S. S. [sic ] Moore & T. W. Jones . Philadelphia: Mathew Carey, 1802. 8vo. [6], 52 p. 38 engraved strip maps on 22 plates. Later cloth-backed boards. Half title and title darkened and slightly soiled, text lightly foxed and with minor offsetting of the maps, as always with this book. A good-plus copy of a book never seen in fine condition. $8500

First edition of the second American book of road maps, following Christopher Colles' ex- ceedingly rare Survey of the Roads of the United States (1789), and the first road map book to provide detailed maps of the road from Philadelphia north through New Jersey to New York, and from Philadelphia south through Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia to Washington. Joshua John Moore and Thomas W. Jones were young surveyors in the employ of the Phila- delphia publisher Mathew Carey. From several letters they wrote to Carey during the course of the survey (Lea & Febiger papers, PHi), a clear picture emerges of the extremely difficult task they had undertaken. On June 29, 1801, they wrote from New York: "We should have written to you before this, had not fatigue of our daily Journies rendered repose indispensable after the finishing of our Notes and Traverses. After twelve days driving our way through an immense multitude of Questioners, Observers, laughters, & Critics, who generally thronged around us at every place, to our great discomposure at first ... we are at length arrived here. If astonishment would ensure success to a work, we may entertain strong hopes indeed of ours; but it has nearly exhausted our health, as every violent effort naturally must...." Upon completion of the surveys, the maps were drawn by the surveyors. They locate cross- roads, streams, taverns, churches and other public buildings, and occasionally private houses. Carey employed four engravers to produce the plates: William Harrison, Jr., and Francis Shallus, who did the bulk of the work, and John Draper and James Smither, Jr. The text, also assembled by Moore and Jones, describes the various towns through which the roads pass, including sites of interest to the traveler. The book is very scarce. In the past 35 years only three copies have appeared at auction. The last, an ex-library copy at Christie's in 2007, brought $10,625. Carey printed a second edition in 1804, with revised and expanded text, but the maps were printed from the same plates and are identical to those in the first edition, with no alterations. Copies of the second edition appear periodically on the market. For a highly detailed account of the production of this important early American map book, see Felcone, New Jersey Books , 886. Howes M-778; Streeter sale 3969; S&S 2686.

PRINTED BY BENJAMIN FRANKLIN FOR ABEL MORGAN OF MIDDLETOWN

61. MORGAN, ABEL. Anti-Paedo-Rantism Defended: A Reply to Mr. Samuel Finley's Vindication of the Charitable Plea for the Speechless. Wherein his Repeated Objections against the Baptism of Believers only, and the Mode of it by Immersion, are again Examined and Refuted . Philadelphia: Printed by B. Franklin and D. Hall, 1750. 230 p. Contemporary sheep (extremities worn, hinges cracked but held firmly by cords, spine ends chipped). Contemporary signatures and pen trials of members of the Laxley and Williams families on endpapers and a record of the 1753 death of Thomas Perice. $2200 Abel Morgan was a Baptist minister at Middletown, Monmouth County; Finley was a Pres- byterian minister in Cumberland and Cape May counties (and later president of the College of New Jersey). Their differences over infant baptism began at Cape May in 1743, when each minister was invited to preach a sermon on the subject. A pamphlet controversy ensued. The present work is Morgan's rejoinder to a sermon published by Finley in Philadelphia in 1748. Felcone, New Jersey Books , 145, Miller 425, Evans 6013.

THE FIRST AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY: 1789

62. MORSE, JEDIDIAH. The American Geography; or, A View of the Present Situation of the United States of America . Elizabeth Town: Shepard Kollock, 1789. xii, 534, [3] p. 2 folding maps. Contem- porary sheep, very skillfully rebacked in correct period style, rear endpaper sympathetically replaced. Light foxing and occasional browning throughout, as usual with early American paper, a few short splits and one map tear skillfully mended. Twentieth-century owner's stamp at the foot of the dedi- cation page and on the verso of one map. Rev. Anson Phelps Stokes bookplate. $5500

The first American geography, and an important early American cartographical work. Jedidiah Morse was a congregationalist minister who in 1784 published a school text, Geography Made Easy . Two years later, he began work on a comprehensive American geography. He sought assistance from many distinguished Americans, including Washington and Franklin. Governor William Livingston of New Jersey took considerable interest in the work and made numerous contributions to the text. Morse returned his thanks to Livingston by dedicating the book to him. The maps were engraved by Amos Doolittle, who compiled the map of the northern states. The map of the southern states was compiled by Joseph Purcell and depicts the "New State of Franklin" between present Tennessee and North Carolina. This copy is complete including the errata leaf and directions to the binder, leaf 3X4, and the leaf "Corrections respecting France" tipped in at the rear. For an essay on the compilation and publication history of this important book, see Felcone, Printing in New Jersey, 1754-1800 , 528. Evans 21978; Howes M840; Wheat & Brun 149, 491; ESTC W31207.

THE FIRST NEW BRUNSWICK DIRECTORY

63. (NEW BRUNSWICK). A Directory of the City of New-Brunswick, for 1855 . New Brunswick: J. Ter- hune, 1855. [13], 96, [36] p. Leather-backed printed paper-covered boards, very skillfully rebacked in perfect period style. Other than very light soiling of the boards, a remarkably fine, fresh copy. $650

The first New Brunswick city directory, compiled by (or at least for) Augustus Fitz Randolph Taylor, a New Brunswick physician. The next New Brunswick directory was not issued until 1865. In forty years of specializing in New Jerseyana, this is only the second copy of this directory that we've handled. And this is the finest copy one could hope for. Felcone, New Jersey Books , 531. NEW JERSEY ELECTION RETURNS, 1876-1908

64. NEW JERSEY. Annual Returns of the General Election, for the Year 1884 [-1908]. Trenton, 1884- 1909. 25 pamphlets, in wrappers as issued, some with folding tables. A few wrappers chipped or detached. [Accompanied by] Annual Returns of General Elections, from 1876 to 1884 . Camden, 1885. 321 p. Wrappers damaged, first two leaves torn. The lot of 26 items, $300

A complete run of the annual statistical breakdowns of the general election in New Jersey.

A COMPLETE SET OF THE NEW JERSEY ARCHIVES

65. NEW JERSEY. Archives of the State of New Jersey. V.p., 1880-1949. 48 vols. Cloth. A very good, unusually nice set. $2000

A complete set (First and Second Series). A set of the "New Jersey Archives" is the single most basic and essential reference work to any New Jersey collection. The set contains: Colonial Documents, 1631-1776 (10v.); General Index to Colonial Documents (1v.); Journal of the Governor and Council, 1682-1775 (6v.); Newspaper Extracts, 1704-1782 (16v.); Abstracts of Wills, 1670-1817 (13v.); Calendar of Records, 1664-1703 (1v.); and Marriage Records, 1665-1800 (1v.). Publication was discontinued in 1949. A Third Series began in 1974 and ended in 1986. With the exception of the last few volumes of will abstracts, all of the records are from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Complete sets are very difficult to find, and sets in nice condition are even more difficult because of the poor quality of the production of several of the volumes. This set is remarkably nice throughout and is probably the finest set we have ever offered for sale.

A COMPLETE SET OF THE ABSTRACTS OF WILLS, 1670–1817

66. NEW JERSEY. Archives of the State of New Jersey . Subset: Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Admin- istrations, etc., 1670-1817. V.p., 1901-1949. 13 vols. Cloth. A lovely set. $900

All published, being volumes XXIII, XXX, and XXXII through XLII of the full Archives set. Abstracts of New Jersey wills from 1670 through 1817, and one of the absolutely essential tools for anyone doing genealogical research in New Jersey. Complete sets are very difficult to assemble, as the last several volumes were printed in much smaller editions.

A CONSECUTIVE RUN, 1861–1925

67. NEW JERSEY BAPTIST CONVENTION. Thirty-Second [-Ninety-Sixth] Anniversary ... 1861 [-1925] . V.p., 1861-1925. Wrappers. Lacking 90th anniversary, else complete. The 64 issues, $550

A consecutive run of this annual survey of the activities of the Baptist Church in New Jersey. Much information on local churches and ministers as well as the church's work with blacks in the state. THE SECOND WORK ON THE GEOLOGY OF NEW JERSEY

68. NEW JERSEY. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NEW JERSEY. Description of the Geology of the State of New Jersey, being a Final Report, by Henry D. Rogers . Philadelphia, 1840. 301 p. Folding colored geological section, folding colored geological map. Contemporary half sheep (extremities a bit worn). Geological section just a trifle wrinkled, map with two short old tape repairs at gutter, endpapers foxed and with occasional very light foxing of text, but a very good, very attractive copy. With a presentation inscription by Rogers to C. B. Hayden, presumably the Smithfield, Virginia, amateur geologist. $500

A very nice copy of the second and final publication of the first New Jersey geological survey. This first survey was authorized by the state legislature in 1835, and a preliminary report by Rogers was published in 1836. By 1838 Rogers had largely completed his work, and the legislature ceased its appropriation for the survey. It took two more years for the report to be published. Copies are very scarce and are seldom found with both colored maps and in good condition. See Felcone, New Jersey Books , 946.

ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST, 1869–1881

69. NEW JERSEY. GEOLOGIST, STATE. A consecutive bound run of the annual reports of the State Geologist from 1869 through 1881. Trenton, 1870-1881. 13 numbers. With a profusion of folding plans and charts and large folding maps. Neatly bound together in one thick volume in period half morocco. Rubbed at the extremities, but a very good, tight binding. From the library of Wm. N. Nutt, with his name in gilt at the foot of the spine. Nutt was one of the chief assistants to William S. Stryker in the adjutant general's office and later clerk of the city of Trenton. $450

The annual reports of the State Geologist comprise one of the least known, and most useful, New Jersey research tools, and are a very important source for local history and for local and regional site planning. The subjects treated, usually in great depth and with illustrations, range from local industries (quarrying, mining, building, sawmills, pottery, brickmaking, fishing, timber mining, water control, &c., &c.) to archaeology, topography, water resources, firefighting, forest control, and much more. The many photographs of local scenes are invaluable. Given the mediocre quality of the paper and the binding of most of these reports, this is a clean, desirable run, in an attractive binding.

ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST, 1869–1909

70. NEW JERSEY. GEOLOGIST, STATE. A nearly consecutive run of the annual reports of the State Geologist from 1869 through 1909, lacking only 1871, 1873, 1877, and 1879. First ten years in original printed paper covers (some covers loose, some chipping, one pocket map wanting); 1881 onward in original cloth-backed printed boards in very good condition, possibly wanting a folding or pocket map. $1000

The annual reports of the State Geologist comprise one of the least known, and most useful, New Jersey research tools, and a very important source for local history and for local and regional site planning. The subjects treated, usually in great depth and with illustrations, range from local industries (quarrying, mining, building, sawmills, pottery, brickmaking, fishing, timber mining, water control, etc., etc.) to archaeology, topography, water resources, firefighting, forest control, and much more. The many photographs of local scenes are invaluable. Given the mediocre quality of the paper and the binding of most of these reports, this is a sound, desirable set.

IRON MINES IN NEW JERSEY: JAMES RANSOM'S COPY

71. NEW JERSEY. GEOLOGIST, STATE. Iron Mines and Mining in New Jersey . Trenton, 1910. 512 p. Maps and plates, including a separate portfolio of large folding maps, "Maps Accompanying Report...." Cloth (some wear, inner hinges loose). James M. Ransom's copy, annotated with marginal notes and addenda and with numerous laid-in notes, clippings, letters to Ransom, &c. $300

Compiled by William S. Bayley. Still the most comprehensive single work on iron mines in New Jersey, and much sought after, particularly with the separate portfolio of maps which is usually missing. Includes descriptions of scores of mines. Ransom was the leading authority on iron mining in New Jersey and the author of Vanishing Ironworks of the Ramapos (1966). Final Report of the State Geologist, Volume VII.

A CONSECUTIVE 145-YEAR RUN OF THE PROCEEDINGS

72. NEW JERSEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society [later, New Jersey History ]. Newark: Vol. 1, 1845, through vol. 104, 1986. Illus., plates, maps, etc. First few bound volumes in half leather, rest bound in dark blue cloth through 1963, remainder unbound as issued. Lacking Second Series vols. 6-13; also a few articles clipped out and mostly replaced by trimmed and laid-in xeroxes. Otherwise fine and complete in 104 volumes. $3500

A consecutive 145-year run, from the first issue, of the largest single source of New Jersey history. The Proceedings began as a mid-nineteenth century antiquarian journal, with transcriptions of colonial and Revolutionary War-period letters and diaries, articles on military history, local history, genealogy, and biography. In the twentieth century the format became increasingly scholarly, and over the years the more administrative "proceedings" of the society were gradually dropped from the journal. In 1967 its name was changed to New Jersey History . Over the next four decades the magazine faced several identity crises and underwent various editorial policy changes, largely for the worse. In 2006 the journal was discontinued as the poor New Jersey Historical Society reinvented itself for the umpteenth time while continuing its sad downward spiral. Yet the magazine is, and has always been, the only scholarly journal devoted to New Jersey history, and a complete run represents a vast wealth of information on New Jersey. With the publication in 1996 of Donald A. Sinclair's superb index, this tremendous resource is now readily available to the researcher. This present set was assembled by us over a long period of time and is only the second complete set we have had for sale in 35 years. We will supply to the purchaser at no charge the few missing/volumes numbers whenever we can find them. A CONSECUTIVE 105-YEAR RUN OF THE PROCEEDINGS

73. NEW JERSEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society . Newark: Vol. 1, 1845, through vol. 68, 1950. Illus., plates, maps, etc. First 39 volumes bound in uniform half leather, next 18 volumes bound in relatively uniform cloth, remaining 11 volumes unbound as issued. A few leather spines dry and damaged, else a fine and very attractive run. Bookplate in most volumes. $2000

A consecutive 105-year run, from the beginning, and the ideal solution for the library or indi- vidual already owning the more recent volumes.

A LONG CONSECUTIVE RUN

74. NEW JERSEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society . Newark: Vol. 34, 1916, through vol. 68, 1950. Illus., plates, maps, etc. Unbound as issued. In fine condition. $650

A long consecutive run during the journal's most productive years.

INDEX OF NEW JERSEY WILLS

75. NEW JERSEY. ... Index of Wills, Inventories, etc., in the Office of the Secretary of State Prior to 1901 . [Trenton], 1912-13. 3 vols. (1452 p.). Slightly later cloth. Bookplate and a small embossed stamp of a club library, otherwise unmarked and in fine condition--clean and tight. $375

One of the standard New Jersey genealogical reference tools--much sought after and usually found in deplorable condition. This set is handsomely rebound and in fine condition.

INDEX OF WILLS: CHARLES E. SHEPPARD'S ANNOTATED SET

76. NEW JERSEY. ... Index of Wills, Inventories, etc., in the Office of the Secretary of State Prior to 1901 . [Trenton], 1912-13. 3 vols. (1452 p.). Cloth. Some wear, gatherings slightly pulled in the center of vol. 1 (Cumberland Co. section), minor damage to rear cover of vol. 3, else a good solid set. Charles E. Sheppard's set, rather heavily annotated and corrected by him for the South Jersey counties, particularly Cumberland. $375

One of the standard New Jersey genealogical reference tools--much sought after and usually found in deplorable condition. This set belonged to the distinguished South Jersey historian Charles E. Sheppard, co-author of the standard history of Gloucester, Salem, and Cumberland Counties (1883), and contains extensive annotations and corrections to the South Jersey counties. AN ESSENTIALLY COMPLETE RUN

77. NEW JERSEY. LABOR AND INDUSTRIES, BUREAU OF STATISTICS. First [-Thirty-Sixth] Annual Report ... for the Year Ending October 31st, 1878 [-1913]. [V.p.], 1878-1914. Cloth. Lacking volumes for 1900 and 1904. The 34 volumes, $900

A complete run (less two volumes), from the beginning, of the finest source of information on labor and industry in New Jersey during the last quarter of the nineteenth century and the early years of the twentieth. Each volume (of from 300 to 700 pages) contains a wealth of statistics on New Jersey trades and industries, factory conditions, child and Negro labor problems, trade unions, etc. The later volumes contain, increasingly, accounts of strikes and lockouts, and the 1913 volume contains one of the most important contemporary examinations of the great Paterson silk industry strike. A vital resource for economic, social, and technological research in New Jersey during this period, and essential to any good research library. Individual volumes are almost never seen on the market; it took us 15 years to build this collection.

THE FIRST COMPILATION OF NEW JERSEY LAWS: 1732

78. NEW JERSEY. LAWS. The Acts of the General Assembly of the Province of New-Jersey, from the Time of the Surrender of the Government of the said Province, to the Fourth Year of the Reign of King George the Second... . Philadelphia: William and Andrew Bradford, Printers to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, for the Province of New-Jersey, 1732. Fol. [14], 281 p. Contemporary sheep, blind two-line fillet around covers, very skillfully rebacked in period style. Scattered foxing and occasional light browning, as usual in American books of this period, intermittant dampstain at fore- edge and a brown stain in the top margin that diminishes and disappears about halfway into the text. A very good, most desirable copy. With the contemporary signature of John Wetherill, "His Book Bougt in the year 1730 [ sic ]. $5500

The first official compilation of the laws of New Jersey, prepared by John Kinsey and cov- ering the years 1703 to 1730. Prior to this work, the only collections of New Jersey laws were a few nonce volumes assembled by printer William Bradford from individual pamphlet, or session, laws then at hand. In July 1730 the New Jersey assembly authorized its speaker, John Kinsey, to collect, revise, and correct the laws of New Jersey then in force. Proposals for printing the work were first announced in November 1730, and the completed volume was advertised as available in May 1732. The book is very scarce; this is only the third complete copy we have had in nearly forty years of specializing in New Jerseyana. Felcone, New Jersey Books , 153; Evans 3578; ESTC W4566.

NEVILL'S LAWS, 1752 AND 1761

79. NEW JERSEY. LAWS. The Acts of the General Assembly of the Province of New-Jersey, from the Time of the Surrender of the Government ... to this Present Time ... By Samuel Nevill... . [Phila- delphia]: William Bradford, 1752. Sm. fol. [4], 507 p. [with:] The Acts of the General Assembly of the Province of New-Jersey, from the Year 1753 ... where the first volume ends, to the Year 1761 ... By Samuel Nevill ... Volume the Second . Woodbridge: James Parker, 1761. Sm. fol. [4], x, [2], 368, [4], 369-401, [1], 56, 64 p. Contemporary sheep (v.1) and contemporary reversed sheep (v.2), both very skillfully rebacked in period style. First two leaves of v.1 neatly guarded in the blank margins, the usual foxing and browning common to early American paper, else an unusually nice set in contemporary bindings. $2500

The second compilation of the laws of New Jersey (following that of John Kinsey in 1732), assembled by Samuel Nevill with the assistance in the first volume of Philip Kearny. The second volume is the first law compilation to be printed in New Jersey, James Parker having set up the colony's first permanent printing press at Woodbridge in 1754. For a detailed study of the evolution and printing of Nevill's Laws, see Felcone, New Jersey Books , 155 and 157, and Printing in New Jersey, 1754-1800 , 59. Evans 6893, 8680, 8947; ESTC W14077, W14078.

THE GRANTS AND CONCESSIONS: A REMARKABLE NEW JERSEY ASSOCIATION COPY

80. NEW JERSEY. LAWS. The Grants, Concessions, and Original Constitutions of the Province of New-Jersey. The Acts Passed During the Proprietary Governments, and other Material Transactions ... By Aaron Leaming and Jacob Spicer . Philadelphia: W. Bradford, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty for the Province of New-Jersey, [1758]. Pot folio. [4], 763 p. Modern calf, superbly executed in period style. The usual sporatic light foxing common to early American paper, else an unusually fine, fresh copy. In the eighteenth century the book was owned by John Smyth (1722-1786), Perth Amboy resident, member of the governor's council, and treasurer of East Jersey. His signature is on the title page. In the nineteenth century the book was owned by William A. Whitehead (1810-1884), New Jersey's first scholarly historian and one of the founders of the New Jersey Historical Society. Tipped in at the front of the volume are two excellent colonial New Jersey letters, one from Aaron Leaming and the other from Jacob Spicer, each sent to Doctor Lewis Johnson of Perth Amboy. The Leaming letter, dated 20 March 1754, concerns a plat Leaming is making of the Middle Precinct of Cape May prior to the purchase by the inhabitants of that precinct of the West Jersey Society's vacant lands in their district. The Spicer letter, dated Cape May, 7 September 1759, concerns a survey of lands at Tuckahoe, and other matters. $3500

A remarkable and unique New Jersey association copy of the classic compilation of the foun- dation documents of colonial New Jersey from 1664 to 1702, accompanied by the session laws from 1668 to 1701. Authorized by the legislature in 1752, the work was assembled over the next six years chiefly by Samuel Nevill and Samuel Smith, and was seen through the press by Aaron Leaming and Jacob Spicer. Of all the compilations of New Jersey laws from the 1752 Nevill volume onward, the "Grants and Concessions," or "Leaming and Spicer," as it is commonly called, is the most difficult to find. See Felcone, New Jersey Books , 156, for a detailed ten-page study of this highly important colonial New Jersey book. Evans 8205; ESTC W6329.

LAWS OF NEW JERSEY: 1776

81. NEW JERSEY. LAWS. Acts of the General Assembly of the Province of New-Jersey, from the Sur- render of the Government to Queen Anne, on the 17th Day of April, in the Year of Our Lord 1702, to the 14th Day of January 1776 ... By Samuel Allinson... . Burlington: Isaac Collins, 1776. Folio. viii, 493, [1], 6, 6, 4, 4, 3, [1], 15 p. Modern calf-backed marbled boards, very skillfully executed in period style. The usual foxing and browning present in all copies, occasional minor spotting, else a very good, desirable copy in a handsome and correct period-style binding. $1000

A compilation of all the laws in force in New Jersey in 1776. Though begun several years earlier, publication was delayed by Governor William Franklin's constant quarrels with the assembly, the outbreak of hostilities, and, finally, as Allinson notes in his preface, the inability to obtain sufficient paper, "... the Want of [which] stop'd the Press several Weeks at sundry Times, until more could be manufactured." The quality of the paper varied considerably, and all copies exhibit differing degrees of foxing and browning from gathering to gathering. There are several contemporary manu- script corrections, also present in all copies and probably done in the printer's shop. For a detailed account of the evolution and printing history of Allinson's Laws, see Felcone, New Jersey Books , 158, and Felcone, Printing in New Jersey, 1754-1800 , 214. Evans 14911; ESTC W6511.

REVOLUTIONARY-PERIOD LAWS OF NEW JERSEY

82. NEW JERSEY. LAWS. Acts of the Council and General Assembly of the State of New-Jersey, from the Establishment of the Present Government, and Declaration of Independence, to the end of ... December, 1783; with the Constitution Prefixed ... By Peter Wilson . Trenton: Isaac Collins, 1784. Folio. x, 389, [1], 28, 4, 4, 30 p. Early decorated paper-covered boards, later calf spine, leather spine label (worn at extremities). Title leaf somewhat soiled and dampstained, marginal dampstain on next few leaves, the usual foxing and browning of some gatherings as found in all copies, small piece torn from the top blank margin of 3G2, without loss. George S. Woodhull's copy. $900

A compilation of New Jersey laws passed between 1776 and 1783, and the work that updates Samuel Allinson's compilation of 1776. A great many of the laws pertain to the American Revo- lution. For a detailed account of the evolution and printing history of Wilson's Laws, see Felcone, New Jersey Books , 161-2, and Felcone, Printing in New Jersey, 1754-1800 , 394. Evans 18632; ESTC W6807.

WILLIAM PATERSON'S REVISION OF THE LAWS OF NEW JERSEY

83. NEW JERSEY. LAWS. Laws of the State of New Jersey, Revised ... by William Paterson . New Brunswick: Abraham Blauvelt, 1800. Lg. folio. [2], xxi, [1], 455, [33] p. Modern calf-backed mar- bled boards, very skillfully executed in period antique style. The usual minor foxing and spotting, but a fine copy in a correct period-style binding. $1000

A complete revision and compilation of the laws of New Jersey, begun in 1792 while Paterson was governor of the state and completed while he was associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. Consolidating the existing statutory law with the Common Law of England, Paterson essen- tially re-wrote much of the state's law. The work is a monument both to Paterson's extraordinary legal mind and to his remarkable abilty to produce and complete such a complex undertaking while serving successively as governor and Supreme Court justice. See Felcone, New Jersey Books , 168, for a detailed nine-page study of the evolution of this landmark New Jersey book, and Felcone, Printing in New Jersey, 1754-1800 , 1112, for additional bibliographical information. Evans 38064; ESTC W7003. THE "CHEAP" EDITION

84. NEW JERSEY. LAWS. Laws of the State of New-Jersey; Revised and Published, under the Authority of the Legislature, by William Paterson . Newark: Matthias Day, 1800. Lg. 8vo. [2], 455, [1], xxi, [1], 2, 46, [1] p. Modern full calf in antique style, red and black spine labels. Minor marginal spotting at rear of text, else a fine copy. $900

The octavo edition of Paterson's Laws, printed by Matthias Day from sheets of the folio edi- ion as they came from Abraham Blauvelt's press. Blauvelt's folio was an essential but expensive book, and Day saw a market for a less costly edition, printed on super royal paper in octavo format. The text on each page was nearly identical to that in the folio edition, so that a citation to one ed- tion was also a citation to the other. For a detailed description of the evolution and printing of this edition, see Felcone, New Jersey Books , 169, and Felcone, Printing in New Jersey, 1754-1800 , 1113. This copy contains the original title page, with the horse's head in the state arms facing to the left. When the remainder of the edition was purchased from Day by Newark printer and bookseller William Tuttle in 1814, Tuttle printed a new title page, dated 1800 but most easily identified by a right-facing horse's head. Evans 38063; ESTC W7002.

FIFTY-YEAR RUN OF THE NEW JERSEY SESSION LAWS

85. NEW JERSEY. LAWS. Acts of the One Hundred and Twenty-Fifth [–One Hundred and Seventy- Third] Legislature of the State of New Jersey... . Trenton, 1901 [–1950]. A consecutive run, hand- omely and uniformly bound in tan law buckram with black and red leather spine labels. In excellent condition. The set, $850

A consecutive 50-year run of the annual session laws of New Jersey, in a very desirable uni- form binding. A necessary reference work for an institution.

1786 NEW JERSEY ALMANAC

86. THE NEW-JERSEY ALMANACK for the Year of our Lord 1786 ... By Timothy Trueman . Trenton: Isaac Collins, [1785]. 12mo. [40] p. Anatomy woodcut. Untrimmed and stitched, but stitching perished and last few gatherings loose. Some soiling, particularly on first few leaves and outer rear leaf, else very good. $750

Eighteenth-century New Jersey almanacs are now seldom seen on the market. Felcone, Printing in New Jersey, 1754-1800 , 414; Evans 19276; Drake 5133; ESTC W29807.

1801 NEW JERSEY ALMANAC

87. THE NEW-JERSEY AND PENNSYLVANIA ALMANAC, for the Year 1801 ... By Abraham Shoemaker . Trenton: Sherman, Mershon & Thomas, [1800]. [36] p. Stitched. Light staining and soiling on first and last few leaves, else very good. $450 The verso of the final leaf contains an advertisement for George Rea, Trenton clock- and watchmaker. Felcone, Printing in New Jersey, 1754-1800 , 198; Drake 5207; Evans 38498; ESTC W33932.

BOUND VOLUME OF THE NEWARK DAILY ADVERTISER: 1843

88. NEWARK DAILY ADVERTISER : A bound half-year run, from 3 January to 30 June, 1843. Neatly and sturdily bound in canvas-backed boards, lettered on the spine. Clean and very good. $300

One of the leading Newark dailies.

ART WORK OF NEWARK

89. (NEWARK). Art Work of Newark . Chicago: W. H. Parish, 1892. Sm. folio. 12 parts, in wrappers, as issued (complete). Collotype photographic plates. All wrappers very brittle, as always with this work, and most are detached at the spine. The front wrapper of the first number is heavily chipped around the edges. Internally fine and fresh. $400

Superb photographic and architectural record of Newark in its glory days. Includes plates of houses, commercial and industrial buildings, churches and public buildings, bridges, street scenes, landscapes, etc. The photographs are beautifully produced collotypes, with great detail.

THE FIRST DIRECTORY OF A NEW JERSEY CITY

90. (NEWARK). Directory of Newark, for 1835-6. With an Historical Sketch . Newark, 1835. 102 p. + [2] p. ads. Original sheep-backed plain boards. Spine quite worn with inner hinges renewed, else a very nice, clean copy. $475

The first Newark directory, and the first directory of a New Jersey city. The compilers were William W. Moulton and Benjamin Thompson Pierson, and the press run was 600 copies. Pierson would eventually compile and publish twenty-seven more Newark directories before his death in 1862. We have seen a copy with a contemporary notation on the title page that the historical sketch is by the Rev. Charles G. Halsey, but this is not documented elsewhere. See Felcone, New Jersey Books , 572, for a lengthy account of this first New Jersey directory. American Imprints 33372.

ONE OF THE GREAT ARCHITECTURAL LITHOGRAPHS OF NEW JERSEY

91. NOTMAN, JOHN. State Capitol of New Jersey at Trenton. Built, 1794. Altered & Enlarged 1845 & 46 . Philadelphia: T. Sinclair's lith., [ca. 1845]. Large folio (42 x 61 cm. plus full original mar- gins). Professionally cleaned and very skillfully colored. One very light crease in the sky and a few very small marginal tears very neatly and unobtrusively repaired. Correctly framed in a period-style, leaf-gilt antiqued frame, acid-free fillets under the rabbet, by one of America's leading museum framers. A beautiful example. $3000 By 1845 New Jersey's State House—built in 1794—had become both inadequate and in need of considerable repair. Philadelphia architect John Notman was retained to prepare a set of drawings, which were accepted, that dramatically altered and enlarged the original structure. Construction began in 1845 and was completed the next year. See C. M. Greiff, John Notman, Architect (1979), pp. 82-90. At some point in the process drawings by Notman were provided to the Sinclair firm, which produced three lithographs: one depicting the original 1794 structure, and two depicting the Notman alterations and addition, one a northeast and the other a southeast perspective. All three are very rare today: in over forty years of handling New Jerseyana, this southeast view is the first of the three that we have ever offered for sale. This is a lovely copy, on a full uncut sheet, tastefully colored, and beautifully and correctly framed. Portrait of Place: Paintings, Drawings, and Prints of New Jersey, 1761-1898 , 109. Cannot be shipped .

MATTHIAS OGDEN LETTER: 1775

92. OGDEN, MATTHIAS (1754-1791). Autograph letter signed, Eliz. Town, 18 March 1775. To an unidentified Aaron, possibly his brother. 2 pages, folio. A trifle darkened, but very good.$750

A charming letter, possibly to his brother, the future Governor Aaron Ogden, about women. "I read with pleasure your love intrigues ... with Miss T ... Steadily Aaron. Money is alureing, & there is pleasure in gratifying a Friend, but let not a fortune buy your peace, nor sell your happiness to gratify a Friend ... I understand her fondness for C. was after she was acquainted with you ... Be cautious Aaron weigh the matter well ... Let not her sense, her education, her modesty, her graceful actions, or her wit, betray you...." A full letter, entirely in this vein. Several months later Matthias Ogden would leave with Arnold's expedition to Quebec.

VAN DOREN HONEYMAN'S OWN COPY

93. OUR HOME: A Monthly Magazine of Original Articles, Historical, Biographical, Scientific and Mis- cellaneous, Mostly by Somerset and Hunterdon County Writers, and on Subjects Largely Pertaining to these Counties ... . Somerville: Vol. I no. 1, Jan. 1873, through vol. I no. 12, Dec. 1873. Twelve numbers, bound together in the original publisher's cloth binding, without ads. Spine ends worn away, inner hinges broken, front endpaper loose. Van Doren Honeyman's personal copy, with his bookplate on the front pastedown, part of a congratulatory letter from antiquarian Henry B. Dawson on the front flyleaf, and a few minor marginal notes. $300

All published. The ultimate copy of this important and scarce source of Somerset and Hunter- don County local history and genealogy, edited by A. Van Doren Honeyman. For the Somerset or Hunterdon County collector.

FIRST PRINTING OF BLACKSTONE IN AMERICA, AND THE FIRST LEGAL TREATISE PRINTED IN NEW JERSEY

94. PARKER, JAMES. Conductor Generalis: or, The Office, Duty and Authority of Justices of the Peace, High-Sheriffs ... Constables, Gaolers ... To which is added, A Treatise on the Law of Des- cents in Fee-Simple: By William Blackstone... . Woodbridge, in New-Jersey: Printed and sold by James Parker; sold also by John Holt ... in New-York, 1764. 8vo. xvi, 592 p. Contemporary sheep. A worn copy, with extremities of binding chipped and front cover detached. Internally a good copy, with the usual browning. Trimmed a trifle close, with some bottom lines or catchwords cut into; corner of A6 torn off costing a few letters. From the library of John Mehelm (1735-1809), a member of New Jersey's Provincial Congress, Revolutionary War patriot, and justice and surrogate of Hun- terdon County. $2200

First edition of the first legal treatise printed in New Jersey, the first printing of Blackstone in America, and one of the most substantial books both written and printed by a colonial American printer. James Parker was a justice of the peace in New Jersey as well as the colony's first printer, having established his press at Woodbridge in 1754. His legal manual was based upon earlier English works of a similar nature, chiefly Burn, but was considerably altered to suit American needs. Blackstone's treatise on descents was the first work of that author to be printed in America. Parker's Conductor Generalis was a shared edition and exists with three varying title page imprints. Felcone, Printing in New Jersey, 1754-1800 , 90; Bristol B2507; ESTC W38802.

THE EARLIEST VIEW OF PASSAIC FALLS

95. (PASSAIC FALLS). A View of the Falls on the Passaick, or Second River, in the Province of New Jersey . . . Sketch'd on the Spot by His Excellency Governor Pownall. . . . London: For John Bowles, Robert Sayer, Thos. Jefferys, Carington Bowles, and Henry Parker, [1768]. 14.5 x 21.2 in. (platemark) plus 1/4 in. margins. Black and white etching/engraving. Two tears into image neatly closed, skillfully backed in tissue by a leading American conservator. $2000

The first published image of the Passaic Falls and one of the earliest published images of New Jersey. The artist, Thomas Pownall, served as lieutenant-governor of New Jersey and governor of Massachusetts and spent several years in America between 1753 and 1759. His sketch of the Passaic Falls was given to London artist Paul Sandby, who made a finished painting from it and then an engraving. This engraving, along with five others (not New Jersey) from Pownall sketches, was published by Thomas Jefferys in London in 1761 as Six Remarkable Views in the Provinces of New- York, New-Jersey, and Pennsylvania, in North America . Copies are very rare. Seven years later, in 1768, a second impression of the engraving was made for inclusion in a portfolio of 28 views entitled Scenographia Americana . In this second impression, the 1761 Jefferys imprint was removed from the plate and replaced with an undated line naming the five publishers of the new work. Other than the addition of a small "c.2." just below the lower right-hand corner of the image, no other changes were made to the plate for the second impression, which we offer here. Cresswell, The American Revolution in Drawings and Prints , 568.

WILLIAM PATERSON'S COPY

96. (PATERSON, WILLIAM). Lilly, John. A Collection of Modern Entries: or, Select Pleadings in the Courts of King's Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer... London: By W. Strahan and M. Woodfall, for J. Worrall and B. Tovey [ et al ], 1771. Folio. [8], 676, [30] p. Contemporary sheep. Binding scuffed and worn at extremities, front hinge broken and cover formerly held on with cellophane tape and now neatly jacketed in clear mylar. Early signature torn from front endpaper. $900

Fourth edition of a standard eighteenth-century legal reference work, from the library of William Paterson, with his signature at the top of the title page. Paterson (1745-1806) was a Revolutionary War veteran, signer of the Constitution, governor of New Jersey, and a justice of the United State Supreme Court. In addition, during the last decade of the eighteenth century he almost singlehandedly revised the laws of New Jersey.

THE MOST SOUGHT-AFTER NEW JERSEY NOVEL

97. PETERSON, CHARLES J. Kate Aylesford. A Story of the Refugees . Philadelphia, [1855]. [5], 22-356 p. + [20] p. advts. Cloth. A very worn but complete copy, as follows: spine ends worn with some cloth loss; outer rear hinge cracked but solid; spine a bit canted; corners worn through; front free endpaper and flyleaf wanting; several gatherings sprung. Withal, a decent copy of a book that, when found, is almost always in very worn condition. $750

First edition, first issue, of a novel laid in the Pine Barrens during the Revolutionary War. The action takes place at Sweetwater, now Pleasant Mills, Atlantic County. Kate Aylesford is the quintessential heroine of Victorian fiction. Many of the local scenes are identifiable, and the heroine's mansion is the Elijah Clark house, still standing on Lake Nescochague at Pleasant Mills. The 1778 raid at Chestnut Neck is an important part of the action, and the "Pine Robbers" are conspicuous in the action. The story first appeared serially in a Philadelphia newspaper, then was released in book form in 1855. It was reprinted, with trifling changes, in 1858, and was reissued in 1873 with a new title, The Heiress of Sweetwater. By J. Thornton Randolph . It is the most sought- after New Jersey novel, and copies are invariably worn and well-read. For a detailed essay on the book, the characters, the author, and the publication history, see Felcone, New Jersey Books , 1210.

1827 FICTION BY A NEW JERSEY AUTHOR

98. [POTTS, STACY G.]. Village Tales, or Recollections of By-Past Times. By Oliver Oakwood . Trenton: Joseph Justice, 1827. vii, [2], 10-252 p. Mid-nineteenth-century half sheep (rubbed, worn at extremities, but tight). Foxing and some browning. $450

First and only edition in book form. A series of moral tales first published in the Trenton Emporium under the pseudonym "Oliver Oakwood." Stacy Gardiner Potts (1799-1865) was a Trenton journalist and co-founder of the Emporium . While working at the newspaper and writing these stories, he also read law, and in 1827 he was licensed as an attorney. Later he was elected clerk of the court of chancery, and in 1852 he became a justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court. This is only the second copy we have had for sale in forty years. We have examined a few other copies in institutions, and every copy is foxed, and all but one is in a mid-nineteenth-century binding. See Felcone, New Jersey Books , 1215, for Gardiner's own comments on his book. Shoemaker 30322; Wright I 2066. RULES OF THE NEW BRUNSWICK PRESBYTERY: 1800

99. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. PRESBYTERY OF NEW BRUNSWICK. Rules Established by the Presbytery of New Brunswick, for their own Government; and recommended ... to the Observation of their Churches. Together with a Pastoral Letter, addressed to all the Churches ... . New Bruns- wick: A. Blauvelt, 1800. 30 p. Later half morocco (front hinge rubbed). A nice copy. $300

Felcone, Printing in New Jersey, 1754-1800 , 1121; Evans 38317; ESTC W22049.

THE REVOLUTION IN SOUTH CAROLINA: ONE OF ISAAC COLLINS’S MOST IMPORTANT BOOKS

100. RAMSAY, DAVID. The History of the Revolution of South-Carolina, from a British Province to an Independent State . Trenton: Isaac Collins, 1785. 2 vols. xx, 453 p.; xx, 574 p.). 5 folding maps. Contemporary calf, rebacked retaining original spine labels. Large map neatly backed, dampstaining in both volumes. A good-plus copy. $7500

First edition of one of the classic accounts of the Revolutionary War in the South, written by a participant who was also a fine historian. Ramsay conceived the idea of writing the book while a British prisoner in Saint Augustine, Florida, in 1780 and 1781. Once the book was completed, it was almost certainly Ramsay's father-in-law, John Witherspoon, who suggested that it be printed by Isaac Collins in Trenton. Most copies were bound by Robert Aitken in Philadelphia. The five maps were engraved by Thomas Abernethie in Charleston. In an effort to reach the widest possible market, Ramsay had copies sent to London publisher Charles Dilly. However, Dilly was concerned that Ramsay had been pointedly critical of several army officers who still enjoyed the esteem of the British public and that to advertise the book for sale would expose him to attacks by the crown lawyers and perhaps to personal violence. He sold only a few copies, and the book was, in effect, banned in England. Poet Philip Freneau responded with a poem, "On prohibiting the sale of Dr. David Ramsay's history of the revolution of South-Carolina, in London." In April 1789 Ramsay petitioned Congress to have his work protected by a federal copyright, and it became the first book so protected when the first copyright act was passed by Congress in May 1790. For a detailed essay on the printing, publishing, and distribution of the book, see Felcone, Printing in New Jersey, 1754- 1800: A Descriptive Bibliography , 418. Evans 19211; Wheat & Brun 545, 593-597; Streeter Sale 1135; Howes R36; ESTC 20465.

1776 BURLINGTON IMPRINT

101. RELLY, JAMES and JOHN. Christian Hymns, Poems, and Spiritual Songs, Sacred to the Praise of God our Saviour . Burlington: Isaac Collins, 1776. [2], iv, [1], 4-236, [8] p. incl. list of subscribers' names. Later library binding. Ex-library, with numerous 19th-century stamps throughout. A trifle brittle, with a tear on X1. $400

An early Isaac Collins Burlington imprint. Felcone, Printing in New Jersey, 1754-1800 , 230; Evans 15042; ESTC W20025. RARE CIVIL WAR REGIMENTAL EPITOME

102. RODGERS, RICHARD N. Epitome of the 37th Reg't, New Jersey Volunteers . New York: J. Craft, printer, [1864]. Broadside, 19.5 x 13.5 in. Folded into leather-backed cloth portfolio, leather label on front cover, as issued. Neatly rebacked. $550

Printed label on the inside front cover reads: "Epitome 37th Regiment, N.J. Vols., by R. N. Rodgers, Co. E. Privately printed, October 25th, 1864." A very handsome and large broadside, headed by woodcuts of an American eagle, the arms of New Jersey, and a tombstone. The text, enclosed within a typographic border, is in four columns and lists officers, dead and wounded, and remarks. Sinclair 426.

FIRST PUBLISHED WORK ON THE GEOLOGY OF NEW JERSEY

103. ROGERS, HENRY D. Report on the Geological Survey of the State of New Jersey . Philadel- phia, 1836. 174, [1] p. Folding colored geological section. Original cloth, printed paper spine label. Extremities moderately worn, particularly along front hinge, endpapers foxed, else a lovely copy. $850

First edition of the first published work on the geology of New Jersey. In 1835 the state legis- lature authorized a geological survey of New Jersey under the direction of Henry D. Rogers. The next year Rogers issued this preliminary report of his findings; in 1840 he issued a "final" report. This first report is very scarce and it is only the third copy we have had for sale in more than 35 years. Felcone, New Jersey Books , 945.

1810–11 BURLINGTON PERIODICAL, COMPLETE

104. THE RURAL VISITER. A Literary and Miscellaneous Gazette . Burlington: D. Allinson. Vol. I no. 1, Jul. 30, 1810, through vol. I no. 52, Jul. 22, 1811. 4to. 268, [2] p. Volume title page not present. Contemporary sheep-backed boards. Very heavily worn, some dampstaining. $350

All published. A complete run of this literary, scientific, and ephemeral weekly periodical published by David Allinson and his brother, John C. Allinson. Valuable articles on contemporary methods of raising specific crops, manufacturing techniques, domestic hints, and much local South Jersey news and notices. Each number was issued with two pages of advertisements, but when sets were bound, as here, these 13 leaves were almost always cancelled. For a full history as well as bibliographical analysis of the work, see Felcone, New Jersey Books , 1269.

THE LARGEST BOOK PRINTED IN COLONIAL NEW JERSEY

105. SEWEL, WILLIAM. The History of the Rise, Increase and Progress of the Christian People Called Quakers; with Several Remarkable Occurrences Intermixed .... The Third Edition, Corrected . Burlington: Isaac Collins, 1774. Folio. xii, 812, [16] p. Contemporary sheep (covers detached). $300 The largest book printed in colonial New Jersey. See Felcone, Printing in New Jersey, 1754- 1800 , 183, for an extensive essay on the book, its paper (by Hagey and Bicking), its binding (by Ait- ken), and its publication (aided by the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting). Evans 13607; ESTC W20466.

ONE OF THE SCARCEST NEW JERSEY LOCAL HISTORIES

106. SHAMPANORE, FRANK. History and Directory of Warren County, New Jersey . Washington, N.J., 1929. 4to. Unpaginated. Illus., folding map. Last leaf in facsimile. Post-bound in limp cowhide, as issued. $375

One of the scarcest, and most sought-after, New Jersey local histories. Shampanore published the book with the intention of updating it periodically with additional material, and for this reason he chose a post binding with a cover of limp cowhide. Though a bit unusual, the binding has held up well. The directory part of the work is arranged by town and includes street addresses and occupations.

SIMCOE'S MILITARY JOURNAL

107. SIMCOE, JOHN GRAVES. Simcoe's Military Journal. A History of the Operations of a Partisan Corps, Called the Queen's Rangers, Commanded by Lieut. Col. J. G. Simcoe, During the War of the American Revolution... . New York, 1844. xvii, [4], 14-328 p. 10 folding lithographed battle plans. Contemporary boards, printed paper spine label. Persistent dampstain at lower inside corner of entire text block, foxing throughout. Stitching loosening, spine beginning to split. A respectable copy of a book very difficult to find in fine condition. $1000

First American, and first published, edition, after a small edition printed in Exeter, England, in 1787 for private circulation. This edition contains considerable additional material as well as a memoir of the author. Simcoe, a British officer, led the Queen's Rangers, a regiment composed largely of American Loyalists. The regiment took part in actions in Philadelphia, New York, and New Jersey from 1777 to 1780, in which year they went to Virginia, where they remained until Yorktown. Two of the battle plans depict Southern New Jersey engagements: the skirmish at Quintin's Bridge and the surprize at Hancock's House. Howes S-461; Clark I, 311; Lande 749.

THE FIRST HISTORY OF NEW JERSEY, AND A SUPERB NEW JERSEY ASSOCIATION COPY

108. SMITH, SAMUEL. The History of the Colony of Nova-Caesaria, or New-Jersey: Containing, an Account of its First Settlement, Progressive Improvements, the Original and Present Constitution, and other Events, to the Year 1721. With some Particulars Since; and a Short View of its Present State . Burlington: James Parker, 1765. x, 573, [1] p. Contemporary calf, two-line gilt fillet around covers, very skillfully rebacked in correct period style. The usual sporatic foxing and occasional browning always found in this book, but a very attractive copy. From the libraries of Jonathan Elmer and Joseph Bloomfield, with their respective signatures, and later signatures of Wm. Elmer and C. E. Elmer. $2500 The first edition of the first general history of New Jersey, printed by New Jersey's first printer and owned by two of the leading figures in eighteenth-century New Jersey. Jonathan Elmer (1745-1817) was a Cumberland County native and physician before becoming involved in politics and the law. He attended the Provincial Congress of 1775 and was a member of the Continental Congress and later the United States Senate. Joseph Bloomfield (1753-1823) was a Revolutionary War soldier, statesman, the fourth governor of New Jersey, and one of eighteenth-century New Jersey's most important book collectors. James Parker left his Woodbridge printing office in the care of his son and moved to Bur- lington to fulfill a long-standing promise to Samuel Smith to print his history as soon as it was ready for the press. The printing press used was one belonging to Benjamin Franklin and formerly used by Franklin's nephew, Benjamin Mecom, in Antigua. The press was shipped from New York to Burlington in April of 1765, used for the Smith book and three or four smaller Burlington jobs, then sent on to Philadelphia in February of 1766, at which time Parker returned to Woodbridge. The press run was 600 copies, as indicated by Parker's bill to Smith. Parker printed two title pages simultaneously on a single sheet, thus providing each title page a blank conjugate for binding that also precluded the need for a free front endpaper. This old-time and cost-saving printer's trick, combined with stop-press alterations in the text of a number of sheets, has led past bibliographers to speak of two distinct issues of the book. There is absolutely no correlation between the uncorrected and corrected sheets and the two title pages; all were freely mixed by the binder without any discernable pattern or priority. See Felcone, Printing in New Jersey, 1754-1800: A Descriptive Bibliography , 105, for an exhaustive history and analysis of this cornerstone New Jersey book. Evans 10166; Bristol B2619a; Miller, Benjamin Franklin's Philadelphia Printing , 853; Streeter Sale 923; Howes S661; ESTC W20457.

SMITHVILLE, BURLINGTON COUNTY?

109. (SMITHVILLE). Oil painting on board depicting a farm house, barn, and outbuildings, with surrounding fields. The land in the foreground is covered with water, much like a flooded cranberry bog. A straight, narrow strip of land, almost like a cranberry bog dike, lends support to this theory. The painting is unsigned and unidentified. However on the back of the period gilt frame is written in pencil: "Emma's house near Smithville New Jersey / Painted by her best freind Susan Lear 1885." Accompanying the painting is a late 19th century photograph by Fritz of Lambertville, N.J., identified on the verso: "Aunt Sue Lear / Grandma Vasey's sister." The board is split twice horizon- tally; the frame is excellent. $750

A delightful painting, in primitive but detailed style. Unfortunately, without additional re- search, Emma, her farm, and the painting's subject remain a mystery. Probably the Burlington County, rather than the Atlantic County, Smithville.

PATERSON LOTTERY TICKET, OWNED BY AN EARLY AMERICAN JEWISH WOMAN

110. SOCIETY FOR ESTABLISHING USEFUL MANUFACTURES. Lottery ticket for the "Pater- son Lottery," undated but about 1797. Printed by John Woods in Newark. Signed by Jonathan Rhea. A lovely example, with one very tiny chip out of the type ornament border on the left edge, else fine and fresh, with the ticket number in red ink. The ticket owner, Rachel Levy, has signed her name on the verso. $700

A rare ticket for the ill-fated S.U.M. lottery in Paterson, presumably owned by a member of the early American Jewish Levy family.

A COMPLETE RUN

111. SOMERSET COUNTY HISTORICAL QUARTERLY . Somerville: Somerset County Historical Society. Vol. I no. 1, Jan. 1912, through vol. VIII no. 4, Oct. 1919. Plates. Cloth. In superb condition, in the original matched bindings which remain bright and fresh. The nicest set we have ever handled. $500

A complete run of this essential journal of Somerset (and, to a lesser extent, Hunterdon) County local history and genealogy. Edited by A. Van Doren Honeyman.

FIRST STATEWIDE ATLAS OF NEW JERSEY

112. STATE ATLAS of New Jersey. Based on State Geological Survey and from Additional Surveys by and under the Direction of F. W. Beers... . New York: Beers, Comstock & Cline, 1872. Folio. 122 p. Cloth, leather spine and corners. Spine perished and stitching breaking, as often, else a very good, clean copy internally--far better than most. $1600

The first statewide New Jersey atlas. The attractively hand colored lithographed maps of cities and towns show locations of buildings, names of property owners, etc. Many copies of this atlas are found with unpaginated leaves of "business notices" bound in at the rear. Some copies (probably the earliest ones sold) contain no such advertisements. Other copies contain varying numbers of these leaves, ranging from two to nine. There are no ad leaves in this copy.

EARLY WORK ON THE CONSTITUTION BY A NEW JERSEY FARMER

113. [STEVENS, JOHN]. Examen du Gouvernement D'Angleterre, Comparé aux Constitutions des Etats-Unis. Où l'on Réfute quelques Assertions Contenues dans l'Ouvrage de M. Adams ... Par un Cultivateur de New-Jersey ... . Paris: Chez Froullé, 1789. viii, 291 p. Modern French leather-backed marbled boards. Small early repair to bottom edge of title page, else a near-fine, wide-margined copy. $1250

The greatly enlarged first French edition of one of the earliest works on the Constitution, originally published in New York in 1787. Attributed by Sabin, Evans, and most other bibliographers (except Howes) to William Livingston, the work was actually written by Livingston's friend John Stevens (1749-1838), best known as a leading early American engineer and pioneer in the field of steamboat and railroad transportation. In the Stevens papers is a draft of the work in Stevens's hand, a receipt from the New York printer for printing 500 copies, and several letters of Stevens referring to the essay. Largely unappreciated in America, Stevens's work was a great success in France. The original 56-page pamphlet was turned into a 291-page book with notes by Dupont, Condorcet, and Mazzei. There is much comment on John Adams's recently published Defense of the Constitutions . Howes S-968; Felcone, New Jersey Books , 254.

ROBERT STEWART, TRAVELING BOOKSELLER

114. STEWART'S WASHINGTON ALMANAC, for the Year of our Lord 1810 ... Calculated for the Meridian of New-Jersey. By Andrew Beers . [N.p.]: Printed for Robert Stewart, travelling bookseller, Monmouth County, New Jersey, [1809]. [36] p. Crude woodcut portrait on title. Stitched. Some minor chipping at extremities of blank margins, very slightly toned, else very good. $325

A rare almanac published for the shadowy Robert Stewart, traveling bookseller of Monmouth County. See Felcone, New Jersey Books , 1317, for a discussion of Stewart and his almanacs. S&S 18688; Drake 5273; Felcone, New Jersey Books , 1319.

ONE OF THE CLASSIC WORKS OF BLACK NEW JERSEYANA

115. STILL, JAMES. Early Recollections and Life of Dr. James Still . [Philadelphia]: Printed for the author, 1877. 274 p. Port. Cloth. A heavily worn copy, lacking both free endpapers, inner mar- gins strengthened with library cloth, portrait dampstained around edges. A complete copy in a fair original binding. $300

Autobiography of a Black physician in the rural Burlington County Pine Barrens. This is one of the classic works of Black New Jerseyana and a scarce and desirable book. Most copies are in rough condition, and this copy is rougher than most, but it is complete and in the original binding and would make a very respectable copy until a better one becomes available.

AN ORIGINAL STILLWELL

116. STILLWELL, JOHN E. Historical and Genealogical Miscellany. Data Relating to the Settlement and Settlers of New York and New Jersey . New York, 1903-32. 4to. 5 vols. Cloth. Three inner hinges neatly repaired, some spotting on two rear covers, else a very attractive, very good set. $750

The very scarce original edition of one of the great New Jersey genealogical reference sources, published over the course of 29 years in five massive volumes and containing nearly 2400 fully indexed pages of historical and genealogical records. Predominantly Monmouth County, but also includes records from Burlington and Cape May Counties, New York, and elsewhere. An important work by a remarkable man.

ONE OF THE RAREST NEW JERSEY MUG BOOKS

117. STINSON, ROBERT R. Hudson County To-Day. It's History, People, Trades, Commerce, Institutions and Industries . Union: Hudson Dispatch, [1914?]. 162 p. Illus. Pigskin-backed cloth. Spine covering lacking, covers nearly detached, but fine internally. $350

Brief histories of Jersey City, Hoboken, and some of the smaller towns, followed by bio- graphical sketches of prominent men and local businesses. Edited by Robert Rieser. This is one of the rarest New Jersey biographical books: in 40 years this is only the second copy we have had for sale.

UNIQUE J. C. STORMS VOLUME

118. STORMS, JOHN C. Three original typescript books by Storms, bound together into one volume, each illustrated with original photos taken (or copied by) Storms and neatly mounted within the text. Titles and captions of all photos neatly lettered in pen and ink by Storms. James M. Ransom's copy, with a brief reminiscence of Storms on the front endpaper. Homemade cloth binding worn along spine. $300

Contains: "The Col. Baylor Massacre at Rivervale, Bergen Co."; "The Wampum Industry in the Pascack Valley"; and "Park Ridge Schools Past and Present." Each of these texts was later reproduced by Storms and made into small handmade editions with original photos taken and mounted by Storms. The present work, however, is original and may have been made by Storms as a prototype for his later "editions."

PRESENTATION VOLUME OF STRYKER PAMPHLETS

119. STRYKER, WILLIAM S. Collection of 13 of his Revolutionary War monographs, published between 1882 and 1896, bound together in half morocco. With a frontispiece portrait of Stryker. Extremities quite scuffed, else a very good, tight copy. With a presentation inscription from General Stryker to Edwina Spencer. $350

Stryker apparently had several of these collections bound up for presentation to friends. In forty years this is the third copy we have seen.

THE S.U.M. VS. THE MORRIS CANAL: THE OPENING SALVO

120. [SULLIVAN, JOHN L.] Report, on the Origin and Increase of the Paterson Manufactories, and the Intended Diversion of their Waters by the Morris Canal Company: also on Post Rail Roads, as the Means of Cheap Conveyance throughout New-Jersey, of bringing Susquehanna Coal to the Iron Mines and Forges, and to Supply Paterson and New-York: also on a Method of Supplying the City of New-York with Water from the Great Falls of the Passaic. Paterson: Day & Burnett, at the office of the Paterson Intelligencer, 1828. 60, [2] p. Folding map, with routes highlighted in colors. Stitched and untrimmed, as issued. Nineteenth-century library blindstamps (faint), occasional light soiling, else a very good, as-issued copy. $900

The opening salvo in the pamphlet war between the Society for Establishing Useful Manu- factures and the Morris Canal and Banking Company. By 1827 Roswell Colt, governor of the SUM, had become concerned about competition from the expanding Morris Canal company, and, after complaining to the state legislature, he retained civil engineer John L. Sullivan to prepare a report detailing the damages that would be sustained by the SUM if the canal company continued its present course. The report is a broad document treating the history of the SUM, the economic prosperity of the Paterson area, the amount of water needed to operate the mills in the area, an alternative route for the Morris Canal, a proposed new canal and railroad, and other concerns. The folding map depicts the northern part of the state with the existing and the proposed canals and railroads highlighted. Cadwallader Colden issued a pamphlet in reply to Sullivan, and Sullivan in turn responded to Colden with yet another pamphlet. For more information, see Felcone, New Jersey Books , 1348. A highly important document in the early industrialization of New Jersey, and only the second copy we have offered for sale in thirty-five years. Shoemaker 35438; Rink 2839.

ORIGINAL ETCHING OF THE OLD BARRACKS

121. (TRENTON). Original etching by Robert Shaw, The Old Barracks, Trenton, N.J. New York: B.F. Buck, 1910. 26 x 36 cm. (platemark) plus very wide margins. Black and white, sepia-toned. Signed in pencil by Shaw. In very fine condition. $400

One of 500 copies. A fine, highly detailed chine colle etching depicting the barracks before its twentieth century restoration. Excellent architectural details. Shaw (1859-1912) was a well known American etcher whose work is becoming increasingly collected.

TRENTON CITY DIRECTORY, 1872

122. (TRENTON). The Trenton Directory, 1872 ... By J.H. Lant & Co. Trenton, 1872. lxviii, [49]- 316 p. Cloth-backed printed boards. Boards darkened from soiling, extremities a bit worn, but tight and very good. $325

Includes business directories of the city and of the surrounding communities. New Jersey city directories from the 1870s rarely appear on the market.

THE FIRST REVOLUTIONARY WAR CHATHAM ALMANAC

123. THE UNITED STATES ALMANACK, for the Year of our Lord 1780 . Chatham: Shepard Kollock, [1779]. 15 [of 16] leaves, lacking the final leaf, D4 (present in photostatic copy). Stitched as issued. Some staining and light browning, gutter tear on the title leaf, else a very good copy. $1500

The first Revolutionary War Chatham almanac, and one of the first products of the Chatham press. Shepard Kollock had completed his Revolutionary War service and opened the third printing office in New Jersey, in Chatham, earlier in the year. He remained in Chatham for a little over four years before moving to New Brunswick briefly and then Elizabethtown. Imprints from Kollock's Revolutionary War Chatham press are very rare and almost never come on the market. This first Kollock almanac was calculated by the distinguished early American mathematician and scientist David Rittenhouse, and is the only New Jersey almanac calculated by Rittenhouse. Slightly imperfect, but a very rare and desirable almanac. Felcone, Printing in New Jersey, 1754-1800 , 291, locating only five copies; Bristol B4980; Drake 5118; ESTC W22844.

RARE REVOLUTIONARY WAR CHATHAM ALMANAC

124. THE UNITED STATES ALMANACK, for the Year of our Lord 1782 ... By Andrew Ellicott . Chatham: Shepard Kollock, [1781]. 16 [of 18] leaves, lacking the final two leaves, C5-6. Stitched as issued. Some staining and flyspecking, but a good-plus copy. $1000

Shepard Kollock completed his Revolutionary War service and opened the third printing office in New Jersey in early 1779. He remained in Chatham for a little over four years before moving to New Brunswick briefly and then Elizabethtown. Imprints from Kollock's Revolutionary War Chatham press are very rare and almost never come on the market. His almanac for 1782 was calculated by Andrew Ellicott (1754-1820), a distinguished surveyor and mathematician who, in his younger years, produced a series of almanacs, of which this is one of the first. It also contains a lengthy contri- bution by Uzal Ogden, "The Libertine Reclaimed," on pages [5-19]. Slightly imperfect, but a very rare almanac. Felcone, Printing in New Jersey, 1754-1800 , 353; Evans 17379; Drake 5125; ESTC W22845.

THE MAN WHO CLAIMED TO OWN NEW JERSEY

125. VARLO, CHARLES. The Essence of Agriculture, being a Regular System of Husbandry, Through all its Branches; Suited to the Climate and Lands of Ireland ... with the Author's Twelve Months Tour thro' America... . London: For the author, 1786. v, [3], 283, [1], 124 p. Fold. table. Modern half calf antique. Some worm trails in early leaves, else very good. $900

First edition of Varlo's frequently-reprinted treatise on agriculture, with an account of his travels in America. Varlo (ca. 1725-ca. 1795), a Yorkshireman farming in Ireland, came to America in 1784 to prosecute a bogus claim to a part of New Albion, roughly including parts of New York, Long Island, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. He traveled along the coast from Boston to Virginia, placing advertisements in newspapers and generally attempting to be heard. He even published a book, A New System of Husbandry (Philadelphia, 1785). After his return to Europe he published The Essence of Agriculture , which, like most of his books, he reissued randomely and repeatedly, altering titles, rearranging or interchanging sections, and adding and removing pages of subscribers' names. Later editions were titled Nature Displayed and The Floating Ideas of Nature . Howes V51. See also Clark, Old South , II, 129, and Felcone, New Jersey Books , 281-283.

A CONSECUTIVE RUN FROM THE FIRST NUMBER

126. VINELAND HISTORICAL MAGAZINE . Vol. I no. 1, Jan. 1916, through vol. 60, 1984. Original wrappers, as issued. Includes the Centennial Number published in 1961. In fine condition. $400 A consecutive run, from the first number through the year 1984, of one of the oldest local historical journals in New Jersey. Begun as a quarterly in 1916 by Vineland antiquarian Frank D. Andrews, the magazine is still published, annually, by the Vineland Historical and Antiquarian Society, and the issues after 1984 can be obtained from them.

THE FIRST MEDICAL BOOK PRINTED IN SOUTH JERSEY

127. WARE, THOMAS E. Wesley's Family Physician, Revised: and Ware's Medical Adviser. A Book of Receipts ... for the Benefit of Families, Clergymen, Philanthropists, and Reformers . Salem, N.J.: S. Prior, Jr., 1839. 96, [2], 94 p. Sheep-backed marbled paper-covered boards (considerably worn at the extremities with pastepaper boards exposed). Piece torn from fore-edge margin of pp. 49/50, costing several letters, usual foxing, but a good, tight copy, with the sheep spine in very good state. $450

Apparently the first medical book printed in South Jersey (a pamphlet dissertation on dysen- tery by Benjamin Champneys was printed in Bridgeton in 1805). The first text is John Wesley's Primitive Physic , considerably revised by Ware from the 1814 edition; the second text is Ware's own Medical Adviser , consisting chiefly of Thomsonian and botantic remedies. Thomas E. Ware (1808?- 1844), of Salem, was licensed by the New Jersey Medical Society in 1830 and practiced botanic medicine in Salem. See Felcone, New Jersey Books , 1413, for a more detailed account of this book and of the unusual Dr. Ware. American Imprints 59164, 59087.

WASHINGTON BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF TRENTON

128. WASHINGTON, GEORGE. Washington's Farewell Address, to the People of the United States. Published for the Washington Benevolent Society of Trenton . Trenton: George Sherman, 1812. 36 p. Port., partly printed certificate. Contemporary marbled boards, sheep spine. Text considerably foxed and with some dampstaining, but a good tight copy. $300

Washington benevolent societies were popular during the War of 1812 and were composed of ardent Federalists. The Washington Benevolent Society of Trenton appears to have been one of the most active. The membership certificate in this copy is made out to John M. Milnor and is signed by John Beatty as president and by Garret D. Wall as secretary. It is dated July 4, 1812. The portrait of Washington is engraved by William S. Leney. S&S 27454; Felcone, New Jersey Books , 1401.

BENJAMIN OWEN TYLER AND PETER MAVERICK COLLABORATION

129. (WASHINGTON, GEORGE). Engraved calligraphic print, "Eulogium Sacred to the Memory of the Illustrious George Washington, Columbia's Great and Successful Son: Honored be his Name." New York: Benj. Owen Tyler, 1815. 17.3 x 21 in. Engraved by Peter Maverick, Newark, N. Jersey. Mounted on linen with wooden rollers at the top and bottom (bottom detached), as issued. 1.5 x 2.5 inch piece missing from the left margin, costing four letters of the title and a bit of the calligraphic border. Surface abrasion and some wrinkles, quite quite good. $550 A classic production of the great early American calligrapher Benjamin Owen Tyler in collaboration with the important early American engraver Peter Maverick. At the center is an oval stipple portrait of Washington above a pedestal. Surrounding this central image is a most remarkable display of calligraphy, "Designed written and published by Benjamin O. Tyler, professor of penmanship, New York, 1815. Engraved by P. Maverick, Newark, N. Jersey." Stephens, The Mave- ricks , 767.b.

WEEHAWKEN TURNPIKE COMPANY LEDGER

130. WEEHAWKEN TURNPIKE CO. The original manuscript ledger of the "Weehawken Turnpike Company, Aug. 1837." Folio. Only 6 pages used, the remainder blank. Contemporary sheep-backed marbled boards. In very fine condition. $450

The Weehawken Turnpike Company was incorporated in 1837 and this is its initial (and only?) record book. The accounts are with William Cooper and Francis Price, two of the incor- porators. Only six pages are used, and the final entry is dated Jan. 1, 1840. Present-day Hudson County.

THE S.U.M. VERSUS THE MORRIS CANAL

131. [WILLIAMSON, ISAAC H.] Law Opinion, in the Case of the Paterson Manufacturing Society, against the Morris Canal and Banking Company . Paterson: D. Burnett, 1829. 27 p. Stitched and uncut, as issued. Right one third of title page torn away, cropping a letter or two in each of three lines (chiefly blank margin torn away), foxed. Priced accordingly, $450

Williamson's opinion as chancellor, refusing to grant an injunction sought by the Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures against the Morris Canal and Banking Company. The SUM, fearful of competition from the canal company, argued that the operation of the Morris Canal would so deplete the waters of the Passaic River that the society's mills at Paterson would be adversely affected. Williamson held that until the society could demonstrate an actual loss, rather than a contemplated one, no injunction would issue, but the canal company must proceed at its own peril. A very scarce pamphlet, and the first copy we have ever had for sale. While the defective title page is indeed regrettable, only a handful of letters are affected, as the loss is chiefly blank margin. Shoe- maker 39764; Felcone, New Jersey Books , 1421.

FIRST EDITION OF WITHERSPOON'S WORKS

132. WITHERSPOON, JOHN. The Works of the Rev. John Witherspoon ... Late President of the College, at Princeton New-Jersey. To which is Prefixed an Account of the Author's Life ... by Rev. Dr. John Rodgers, of New York... . Philadelphia: William W. Woodward, 1800. 3 vols. (36, [4], 37- 604 p.; 632 p.; [4], 9-611, [12] p.) Very skillfully rebound in period-style calf-backed marbled paper- covered boards, original endpapers retained throughout. Vol. 3 has a minor paper defect on B1 affecting two letters and gathering 2T is stained, else a lovely set with only slight foxing, in a very handsome and correct period-style binding. $2500 The first collected edition of Witherspoon's works, prefaced by John Rodgers' 1795 funeral sermon on Witherspoon. Includes all of Witherspoon's most important works. A fourth volume was issued by Woodward in 1801. Witherspoon was a distinguished Presbyterian theologian, president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), and the only minister to sign the Declar- ation of Independence. Evans 39128; Felcone, New Jersey Books , 299.

RURAL ECONOMY: BURLINGTON, 1792

133. [YOUNG, ARTHUR]. Rural Economy, or Essays on the Practical Parts of Husbandry: Designed to Explain Several of the Most Important Methods of Conducting Farms of Various Kinds ... To which is added, The Rural Socrates... . Burlington: Isaac Neale, 1792. 299, [1] p. Contemporary mottled sheep. Upper hinge beginning to crack, light internal toning, else a very nice copy. $400

Felcone, Printing in New Jersey, 1754-1800 , 638; Rink 1110; Evans 25061; ESTC W22052.

THE MORRISTOWN GHOST

134. YOUNG, DAVID. The Wonderful History of the Morristown Ghost ... . Newark: Benjamin Olds, for the Author, J.C. Totten, printer, 1826. 76 p. Contemporary blue paper-covered boards, linen spine. A bit worn and shaken, some neat repairs to spine covering, the usual foxing. $350

The delightful account of the "Morristown ghost." One Ransford Rogers, supposedly a Con- necticut schoolmaster but in reality a fraudulent diviner, was brought to Morris County in 1788 because of his professed ability to communicate with spirits. It was the belief of many local residents that, at the outbreak of the Revolution, the Tories in the vicinity of Schooley's Mountain had buried money and other valuables in the hills. After the defeat of Great Britain, many of these Loyalists fled, leaving behind their buried possessions. These treasures were guarded by hobgoblins and apparitions. If the spirits could be dispelled, great riches would be available. Rogers, seeing a perfect opportunity in the gullible local residents, concocted a series of noctural events to reinforce the faith the locals had in his ability to communicate with the spirits. Once he had gained their confidence, he began to extract money from them. Eventually his scheme was discovered, and he was jailed. Released on bail, he fled the area. Young's edition is rewritten from the extremely rare Newark, 1792 original edition, of which only two copies are known, one of which is imperfect. For the real story behind Ransford Rogers and his confidence schemes, see the lengthy account in Felcone, Printing in New Jersey, 1754-1800 , 608. Shoemaker 27724.

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