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1. ALBANO, NICHOLAS. Good Morning Judge! Newark, 1932. ix, [1], 249 p. Illus., port. Cloth. $35
Stories about characters and criminals told by a longtime Newark police court magistrate.
2. ALLEMAN, HELEN POTTER. Descendants of Deacon Samuel Potter (1671-1756), Connecticut Farms (now Union), N.J. Harmony, 1975. [4], xvi, 177, [1] p. Plates. Wrappers. $50
The Potter family of Connecticut Farms and Elizabethtown, present-day Union County.
3. ALLEN, SARA WILSON. History of the Methodist Episcopal Church and Societies of Irvington, New Jersey, 1845-1931. [N.p., 1931]. 4to. 280 p. Frontis. Cloth. $75
Privately printed. Consists chiefly of transcriptions of many of the church's records. Essex County.
4. ARION. Fest-Schrift zum Goldenen Jubilaeum des Maennergesang-Vereins Arion in Newark, N.J., 1859-1909. Newark, 1909. 4to. 55, [2] p. Plates. Cloth (soiled). $90
Anniversary publication of this notable Newark German-American musical club, with portraits and lists of members' names, accounts of musical performances, &c.
5. BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY of the City of Newark and Essex County, New Jersey. New York, 1898. 2 vols. 4to. x, 583 p.; vii, 472 p. Illus. Ports. Rebound in modern buckram. Few small chips in margin of first few leaves in vol. 1, else very good. $325
Edited by Frederick W. Ricord and Sophia B. Ricord. DECORATIVE 1845 NEWARK BROADSIDE
6. (BROADSIDE). S. P. Smith, No. 239 Mulberry-Street, Newark, N.J. Manufacturer and Dealer in Varnishes. Coach Picture Varnish . . . Varnish for Carriages, Coaches, &c. Blacl Asphaltum Varnish . . . Leather Varnish, for Tops, Harness, Trunks. . . . [Newark, not after 1845.] 10 x 8 in. Small seal tear repaired, else fine. $200
A handsome and decorative advertising handbill. Samuel P. Smith first appears in the Newark directories in 1836, as a varnish manufacturer, and he remained in business (as S. P. Smith & Sons) until the early 1870s. Accompanied by an attractive printed bill of lading from Smith, dated 1845.
7. CANFIELD, FREDERICK A. A History of Thomas Canfield and of Matthew Camfield with a Genealogy of their Descendants in New Jersey. Dover, 1897. 200 p. Plates, 28 charts. Cloth (spine lettering faint, endpapers a bit foxed). $200
Essex and Morris Counties and elsewhere.
8. CARLISLE, ROBERT D. B. A History of the Montclair Golf Club. A Way of Life, 1893-1983. [Montclair, 1984.] vi, 314 p. Illus. Cloth. Text damp-wrinkled at rear. $35
Montclair, Essex County.
9. CHAMBRE, A. ST. JOHN. Address before Newark Lodge, No. 7, F. & A. Masons, on the Occasion of the Dedication of their New Hall ... December 27, 1859. Newark, [1860]. 16 p. Wrappers. $40
10. CORRIGAN, MICHAEL AUGUSTINE. The Diocesan Journal of Michael Augustine Corrigan, Bishop of Newark, 1872-1880. Newark and South Orange, 1987. xvii, [1], 443 p. Illus., folding map. Cloth. $35
Edited by Joseph F. Mahoney and Peter J. Wosh.
11. CUNNINGHAM, JOHN T. Clara Maass: A Nurse, a Hospital, a Spirit. Belleville, [1968]. 96 p. Illus. Cloth. $25
The former Newark German Hospital, later renamed the Clara Maass Hospital.
12. CUNNINGHAM, JOHN T. Newark. Newark, [1966]. 4to. 320 p. Illus. Cloth. $35
Profusely illustrated popular history of Newark. 13. (DANA, JOHN COTTON). John Cotton Dana: The Centennial Convocation. New Brunswick, 1957. 61, [2] p. Cloth. $25
Addresses by Arthur T. Vanderbilt and L. Quincy Mumford. Dana was the well-known librarian of the Newark Public Library and a prominent Newark civic leader.
14. DAVIES, EVAN Y. Poems Wise and Otherwise. Newark, 1925. 93 p. Port. Cloth. $40
Includes poems on Newark.
15. DAY, EDWARD A. Election of United States Senators. A Paper Read at the Fortnightly Club, of Newark ... January 14, 1908. [N.p., 1908]. 19 p. Wrappers. $20
16. DEMAREST, DAVID F. One of the Few: The Story of Charles Howell Demarest. New York, 1950. [ix], 212 p. Plates. Cloth. $35
Well-known Jerseyman and Bloomfield resident.
17. DEMAREST, JAMES. Farewell Sermon Preached in the North Reformed Dutch Church, Newark, N.J .... January 14, 1866 ... on Retiring from the Pastorate of said Church. Newark, 1866. 18 p. Wrappers. $40
18. DIAMOND, RACHEL F. One Hundred Fifty Years Around the Green: A Brief History of Bloomfield, New Jersey, 1812-1962. Bloomfield, [1963]. 84 p. Illus. Boards. Phonograph record in pocket at rear. $40
Essex County.
19. DICKINSON, BAXTER. Sure Means of Spiritual Prosperity. A Farewell Sermon; Preached on Occasion of Resigning the Charge of the Third Presbyterian Church in Newark ... Nov. 22, 1835. Newark, 1836. 23 p. Wrappers. $40
20. (EAST ORANGE). Original woodcut of the Brick Church, East Orange, by Harry Thompson, signed and titled in pencil in the lower margin. [Circa 1940?]. 18 x 16 cm. Two small tape stains in upper blank margin, else very fine. $75
Harry E. Thompson (1885-1968) was a New Jersey native who studied art in New York under Henry Glasser. He lived in East Orange, where he did a great many illustrations for publications such as The Trail, Modern Education, etc. CARTERET BOOK CLUB'S BEST BOOK
21. EATON, WALTER PRICHARD. Newark. A Series of Engravings on Wood by Rudolph Ruzicka, with an Appreciation of the Pictorial Aspects of the Town. Newark: Carteret Book Club, 1917. Sm. folio. xv, [1], 52, [2] p. 5 full-page color plates printed and signed in pencil by the artist. Numerous text drawings. Unopened. Cloth-backed marbled paper covered boards. Binding slightly soiled, corners a trifle bumped. An almost very good copy. $550
One of 200 numbered copies, printed by D. B. Updike at the Merrymount Press for members of the Carteret Book Club. The most elaborate, and desirable, of the Carteret Book Club's books.
22. EDDY, A.D. Addresses on the Duties, Dangers, and Securities of Youth: with an Introductory Essay by the Honourable Theodore Frelinghuysen, Esq. New York and Boston, 1836. 266, [1] p. + ads. Contemporary cloth. Spine ends worn, marginal dampstain. $75
Eddy was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Newark.
23. ESSEX COUNTY COUNTRY CLUB. Annual Report of the Essex County Country Club at West Orange, New Jersey, for the Year Ended December 31, 1910. [N.p., 1911.] 16 p. Wrappers. $35
24. ESSEX COUNTY HUNT, Map of Essex County, N.J., and Portions of Adjoining Counties. List of Members, Officers, etc. 1885. [N.p., 1885.] Obl. 16mo. [7] p. Large folding map. Cloth (stained). Inner hinges broken, text and map detached from binding. $60
"Thirteenth Season, 1885." Names of members, information, &c.
25. FARNHAM, ALEXANDER. Early Tools of New Jersey and the Men who Made Them. Stockton, [1984]. 4to. [8], 190 p. Illus. 2 color plates. Cloth. $50
A profusely illustrated study of New Jersey tools and their makers, chiefly of the nineteenth century. This is the first of Farnham's two books on the subject, and is an excellent source for identifying both tools and makers.
26. FEW SMITH, JOSEPH. The Fiftieth Anniversary of the Second Presbyterian Church, Newark, N.J. A Discourse Preached September 29, 1861. Newark, 1861. 75 p. Wrappers. Early library markings. $50
27. FEW SMITH, JOSEPH. A Quarter Century. The Sermon Preached in the Second Presbyterian Church, Newark ... December 24, 1876. Newark, 1877. 28 p. Wrappers. $45 28. FINDLEY, WILLIAM T. Forty Years' Retrospect: A Historical Discourse Delivered in the Central Presbyterian Church, Newark, N.J. ... January 28, 1877. Newark, 1877. 32 p. Removed. $45
29. FISH, HENRY C. ... A Quarto-Centennial Sermon Preached January 2nd, 1876 ... First Baptist Church, Newark, N.J. Newark, 1876. 18, [1] p. Wrappers. $45
30. FISHER, SAMUEL W. The Obstacles and Encouragements to Missionary Effort, in the Ancient and Modern Church. A Lecture Delivered before the Boston Young Men's Society for Diffusing Mission- ary Knowledge. Boston, 1842. 43 p. Wrappers. Old library stamp. $50
Fisher was then a resident of West Bloomfield.
31. FOLSOM, JOSEPH FULFORD, ed. Bloomfield Old and New. An Historical Symposium. Bloomfield, 1912. 189, iv p. Plates, map. Cloth. $35
A history of Bloomfield, Essex County.
32. FORD, JOHN. The Nature of Sin. A Sermon Delivered in Newark, New-Jersey. Newark: W. Tuttle & Co., 1827. 19, [1] p. Removed. $60
Ford was then a minister at Parsippany, Morris County.
33. FORD, JOHN. A Sermon, Preached April 4, 1820, at Orange, New-Jersey, before the Executive Committee for the Counties of Essex and Morris, Appointed by the Presbyterian Education Society. Newark: John Tuttle & Co., 1820. 32 p. $60
Ford was then a minister at Parsippany, Morris County.
34. FRAZER, D. R. Second Anniversary Sermon Delivered in the First Presbyterian Church, Newark, N.J. ... February 1, 1885. [Newark, 1885]. 15 p. Wrappers (very chipped and brittle). $30
35. FRELINGHUYSEN, THEODORE. An Address, Delivered before the Newark Bible Society ... June, 1848, Being its Fourth Anniversary Meeting; in the Second Presbyterian Church in Newark. Newark: John Tuttle & Co., 1818. 11, [1] p. Stitched. $60
36. GASSER, C. ALBERT. Men of Newark. A Collection of Portraits of the Men who are Making the City of Newark one of the Greatest Metropolitan Centres.... Newark, [1904]. 559 p. Ports. Modern cloth. $125 One of 799 numbered copies, signed by the editor. Over 500 photographic portraits; no text other than the subject's name and occupation.
37. GERMAN THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL. Addresses at the Inauguration of Rev. Charles E. Knox ... and Rev. George C. Seibert...in the German Theological School, of Newark, N.J. New York, [1874]. 50 p. Wrappers (chipped along edges). $45
38. [GLASS, MAXIMILLIAN]. Van Alden, Jr. or, A New York Gentleman. By Maximillian. [N.p., c1891.] 220 p. Cloth (a bit worn). Stitching loose. A good copy only. $75
A period society novel laid in "Morganville." Wright III, 2194, indicates a Newark origin in the copyright (in the name of a Sarah Glass), but any Newark connection to the novel is lost on this cataloguer.
39. GOODELL, EDWIN B. Montclair. The Evolution of a Suburban Town. Montclair, 1934. xv, 303 p. Plates. Cloth. $75
Standard history of Montclair, Essex County.
40. GRIFFIN, EDWARD D. A Farewell Sermon; Preached, May 28, 1809, at Newark, New-Jersey. Pittsfield: Milo Smith & Co., 1809. 20 p. Removed. $60
Reprinted from the 1809 Newark edition.
41. GRIFFIN, EDWARD D. A Farewell Sermon, Preached May 28, 1809, at Newark, New-Jersey .... Second edition. Newburyport: Thomas & Whipple, 1809. 16 p. Removed. $60
42. GRIFFIN, EDWARD D. A Farewell Sermon; Preached May 28, 1809, at Newark, New-Jersey. Newark: E.B. Gould, 1809. 29, [3] p. Removed. $60
The request for publication leaf is not always present. Some copies contain one line of "erratta," some two. Occasionally found with a portrait of Griffin.
43. GRIFFIN, EDWARD D. A Sermon, Preached July 22, 1807, at the Funeral of the Rev. Alexander Macwhorter, D.D. Senior Pastor of the Presbyterian Church, in Newark, New-Jersey. New York: S. Gould, 1807. 28 p. 2 ports. Removed. $90
Contains handsome stipple engravings of both Macwhorter and Griffin. Not all copies contained the portraits.
44. HAMILTON, WILLIAM T. Grounds of Thanksgiving: a Discourse Delivered in the First Presbyterian Church, Newark, N.J. December 8, 1831, on the Occasion of Public Thanksgiving. Newark, 1832. 20 p. Disbound. $45
45. HARRISON, KEARNY, East Newark and Arlington Directory, 1915. Newark, 1915. 712, [10] p. No map. Cloth. $125
Includes a business directory.
46. HENDERSON, MATTHEW H. The Days of Old; A Centennial Discourse, Delivered in Trinity Church, Newark, N.J., February 22, 1846. New York, 1846. 64 p. Removed. $45
Historical sketch of the church. Essex County.
47. HINE, CHARLES G. Woodside, the North End of Newark, N.J.: Its History, Legends and Ghost Stories .... [N.p.], 1909. [2], iv, 308 p. Plates. Cloth. $75
Hine's Annual for 1909.
48. HIRSCH, SUSAN E. Roots of the American Working Class. The Industrialization of Crafts in Newark, 1800-1860. [Philadelphia], 1978. xx, 170 p. Cloth. $35
Scholarly study of industrialization in early nineteenth century Newark and its effect on craftsmen.
49. (HOWARD SAVINGS INSTITUTION). Gateway of Progress, 1857-1957. The Story of New Jersey's Largest Savings Bank through its First Century .... [Newark, 1957]. 56 p. Illus. Boards. $25
History of the bank.
50. KEAN, ROBERT WINTHROP. Livingston and the Keans. An Address Presented to the Livingston Historical Society.... [Livingston], 1966. 12 p. Wrappers. $20
History of the Kean family in Livingston.
51. KEIFER, SARAH J. (HARRIS). Genealogical and Biographical Sketches of the New Jersey Branch of the Harris Family, in the United States. Madison, Wis., 1888. 350 p. Ports. Cloth. $150
Descendants of James Harris, who came to Essex County ca. 1725. Treats almost exclusively the nineteenth century descendants who moved west.
52. LENTZ, ROBERT. Beams of that Sun. Two Centuries at the Newark Academy. Livingston, 1976. 4to. [94] p. Illus. Cloth. $30 History of Newark Academy, established in Newark in the 18th century and now located in Living- ston.
53. LEWIN, WILLIAM. A Story of New Jersey Journalism. Newark, 1928. 32 p. Illus. Wrappers. $20
Chiefly a history of Newark newspapers.
54. (LIVINGSTON). Livingston. The Story of a Community .... [Livingston], 1939. viii, 166 p. Plates. Cloth. $50
Essex County. Compiled by the Federal Writers' Project of the W.P.A.
55. (LIVINGSTON). Manuscript document incorporating the "Collumbia Village School Sosity [soci- ety]," 27 October 1804. Signed by Moses Ely, E.C. Collins, and Peter Cook. One page, quarto. Fine. $100
Present-day Livingston, Essex County.
56. MAGIE, DAVID. The Ministry Magnified. A Sermon Preached at the Installation of Rev. C. Hoover, as Pastor of the Central Presbyterian Church, Newark, N.J. Newark, 1837. 24 p. Disbound. $50
57. MARSH, WILLIAM BARTON. An American Portrait. Newark, [1946]. 64 p. Illus. Boards. $35
History of the American Insurance Company of Newark, 1846-1946.
58. MASSON, THOMAS L. Borough of Glen Ridge, New Jersey, 1895-1932. [Glen Ridge, 1932]. 63 p. Plates. Cloth. $40
Essex County.
59. (MAVERICKS). Stephens, Stephen DeWitt. The Mavericks. American Engravers. New Brunswick, 1950. xx, 219 p. Plates. Cloth. $225
The standard reference work on this family of early American engravers. About half of the book consists of a checklist of Maverick engravings. The Mavericks lived and worked in Newark from 1809 to 1820.
60. McSPADDEN, J. WALKER. The Central Presbyterian Church. The Story of a Hundred years. Montclair, 1937. xi, 172 p. Plates. Cloth. $35
Montclair, Essex County. 61. M'DOWELL, JOHN. A Sermon, Preached at Newark, N.J. September 13, 1837, before the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, at their Twenty-Eighth Annual Meeting. Boston, 1837. 24 p. Stitched. Modern notations on title. $35
62. (MECHANICS' INSURANCE CO.) ... An Act to Incorporate the Mechanics' Insurance Company, in the County of Essex. Newark, 1825. 11 p. Removed. $90
At head of title: State of New-Jersey. An early Newark insurance company.
63. MITCHILL, SAMUEL L. A Lecture on Some Parts of the Natural History of New-Jersey, Delivered before the Newark Mechanic Association for Mutual Improvement in the Arts and Sciences, on Tuesday, June 3, 1828. New York: Elliott and Palmer, 1828. 34 p. Removed. Bottom blank margin gnawed and stained, with minor loss of text on two leaves. $60
A sketch of the geology and mineralogy of New Jersey, largely in the northern part of the state, with comments on fossil remains and mineral waters. Felcone, New Jersey Books, 882.
64. (MONTCLAIR). A Silver Jubilee Celebration. The Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the First Congre- gational Church, Montclair, New Jersey, and of the Pastorate of Amory Howe Bradford ... 1870- 1895. [N.p., 1895.] 134 p. Plates. Cloth. Front free endpaper wanting. $45
One of 300 numbered copies.
65. NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY OF ORANGE. Constitution and By-Laws of the New England Society of Orange, New Jersey. New York, 1876. 17, [3] p. Folding table. Wrappers. $35
"Eighth edition."
66. NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY OF ORANGE. Constitution and By-Laws of the New England Society of Orange, New Jersey. New York, 1878. 22, [2] p. Folding table. Wrappers. $35
"Tenth edition."
67. NEW JERSEY. Act to Erect a Free Bridge over the Passaic River. [Trenton, 1846.] Folio. 3 p. $150
",,, a good and sufficient bridge over the Passaic River, at or near Brown's store, above the village of Belleville ... and opposite to Brown's ship yard...." Apparently the present Route 7, Belleville Turnpike route across the river.
68. NEWARK. CENTRAL PLANNING BOARD. A Preliminary Report on the Scope of the City Plan. Newark, [1944]. 4to. [6], 23 p. Wrappers. $20 "Report no. 1 of a series" issued by the Central Planning Board.
69. NEWARK CITY TRACT SOCIETY. The First Annual Report ... Presented April 28th, 1852. Newark, 1852. 17, [1] p. Wrappers. $30
70. NEWARK FEMALE AUXILIARY BIBLE SOCIETY. Constitution and Seventh Annual Report, of the Female Auxiliary Bible Society of Newark, N.J. With an Address Delivered before the Society, by Theodore Frelinghuysen, Esq. Newark: John Tuttle & Co., 1823. 16 p. Removed. Foxed. $90
71. NEWARK LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. Charter and By-Laws.... Newark, 1885. 20 p. Wrappers. $35
72. NEWARK. LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. The Forty-First Annual Report .... Newark, 1888. 16 p. Wrappers. $35
73. NEWARK. PUBLIC LIBRARY. First [-5th, 7th, 9th-12th] Annual Report ... 1889 [-1900]. Newark, 1891-1901. Removed. The ten numbers, $100
The beginnings of what was once New Jersey's most distinguished public library.
74. (NEWARK). Directory of the City of Newark, for 1857-58 ... By B.T. Pierson. Newark, 1857. 24, 472 p. Roan-backed printed boards (spine chipped, front hinge glued). $250
Felcone, New Jersey Books, 593.
75. (NEWARK). Directory of the City of Newark, for 1854-55 ... By B.T. Pierson. Newark, 1854. [1], 24, 352, 325-432, [5] p. Map. Roan-backed printed boards. Lacks final leaf of index and one leaf of advts. at rear. Binding worn, pieces chipped off both spine ends. $150
Felcone, New Jersey Books, 590.
76. (NEWARK). Directory of the City of Newark, for 1844-45. By B.T. Pierson. Newark, 1844. 240 p. Leather-backed printed boards (worn but sound). $275
Felcone, New Jersey Books, 581.
77. (NEWARK). Directory of the City of Newark, for 1840-41. By B.T. Pierson. Newark, 1840. 180 p. Leather-backed printed boards. Top of spine chipped away, some soiling and foxing, but a good tight copy. $325 One of 600 copies printed. Felcone, New Jersey Books, 577.
78. (NEWARK). Directory of the City of Newark, for 1843-44. By B.T. Pierson. Newark, 1843. 228 p. Roan-backed printed boards (amateur but very neat and successful re-spineing). An excellent copy. $300
Felcone, New Jersey Books, 580.
79. (NEWARK). Directory of the City of Newark, for 1849-50. By B.T. Pierson. Newark, 1849. 19, [1], 312 p. Double-page map. Leather-backed printed boards. Covers worn, front nearly detached. $ 250
Felcone, New Jersey Books, 585.
80. (NEWARK). Directory of the City of Newark, for 1841-42, with a Historical Sketch. By B. T. Pierson. Newark, 1841. 202 (of 204) p. Roan-backed printed boards. Lacks pp. 45-46 and 203-[204], else a very tight copy. $125
Felcone, New Jersey Books, 578.
81. (NEWARK). Directory of the City of Newark, for 1849-50. By B.T. Pierson. Newark, 1849. 19, [1], 312 p. Double-page map. Leather-backed printed boards. Bookplate. A near-fine copy. $325
Felcone, New Jersey Books, 585.
82. (NEWARK). Directory of the City of Newark, for 1841-42, with a Historical Sketch. By B. T. Pierson. Newark, 1841. 203, [1]) p. Printed boards, very skillfully rebacked in calf in period style. A very sound copy. $300
Felcone, New Jersey Books, 578.
83. (NEWARK). Directory of the City of Newark for 1838-9. With an Historical Sketch. By B. T. Pierson. Newark, 1838. 160 p. Plate. Lacks map. Printed boards, very skillfully rebacked in calf in period style. A very nice copy. $300
As almost always, the Stephen Dod map is missing. Felcone, New Jersey Books, 575.
84. (NEWARK). Directory of the City of Newark, for 1847-8. Thirteenth Edition. By B.T. Pierson. Newark, 1847. [9], 284 p. Double-page map. Leather-backed printed boards. Externally rough but internally complete: lacks rear cover, front cover worn and detached, few pages loose. $175 85. (NEWARK). Directory of the City of Newark, for 1846-47. By B.T. Pierson. Newark, 1846. [9], 261 p. Leather-backed printed boards. Soiled and stained, spine rough and covers loose, but internally complete including all ads. $225
Felcone, New Jersey Books, 583.
86. (NEWARK). Directory of the City of Newark. For 1837-8, with an Historical Sketch. By B. T. Pierson. Newark, 1837. 212, [35] p. Plate. Lacks map. Printed boards, considerably worn and scuffed at the extremities, dampstain on front endpapers. $300
The third year of issue. As almost always, the Stephen Dod map is missing. Felcone, New Jersey Books, 574.
87. (NEWARK). Directory of the City of Newark, for 1848-48. By B.T. Pierson. Newark, 1848. [13], 300 p. Double-page map. Leather-backed printed boards. Bookplate. Tiny snag at top of spine, else a near-fine copy. $325
Felcone, New Jersey Books, 584.
88. (NEWARK). Directory of Newark, for 1835-6. With an Historical Sketch. [Newark, 1936]. 102, [3] p. Cloth-backed boards (a trifle warped, as always). $40
Facsimile reprint of the 1836 edition--the first directory of Newark.
89. (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.
90. (NEWARK). Historic Newark: A Collection of the Facts & Traditions about the Most Interesting Sites, Streets and Buildings of the City. Newark, 1916. viii, 56 p. Illus. Wrappers $35
The fine illustrations reproduce several nineteenth century lithographic views of Newark.
91. (NEWARK). Pierson, B.T. Directory of the City of Newark, for 1853-54. Nineteenth Edition. Newark, 1853. 44, 24, 300, 325-432 p. + advt. leaves. Leather-backed printed boards (rubbed at extremities). Lacks map, title page loose, else a nice tight copy. $275 Felcone, New Jersey Books, 589.
92. (NEWARK). Records of the Town of Newark, New Jersey, from its Settlement in 1666, to its Incorporation as a City in 1836. [Newark, 1966]. x, 308 p. Folding map. Wrappers. $45
Reprint of the 1864 edition, with the addition of a complete and very useful name index by Charles F. Cummings. Transcription of the records of the town meetings from 1666 to 1836.
93. (NEWARK). Women's Christian Association. Seventh Annual Report of the Women's Christian Association of Newark, N.J. Newark, 1879. 32 p. Wrappers. $35
94. (ORANGE). Ninety Years of Service, 1860-1950. Historical Sketch of the Highland Avenue Congre- gational Church, Orange, N.J. [Orange, 1950.] [24] p. Wrappers. $30
Essex County.
95. (ORANGES). Atlas of the Oranges, Embracing the Cities of Orange and East Orange, Town of West Orange, Village and Township of South Orange, New Jersey. Compiled from Actual Surveys, Official Records and Private Plans, by J.M. Lathrop and T. Flynn. Philadelphia: A.H. Mueller, 1911. Folio. 2 printed leaves + 27 double-page colored maps, all linen-backed, as issued. Leather-backed cloth. Outer hinges broken and leather dry and beginning to powder, leather tabs perished, all as usual, else a nice clean copy, otherwise tightly bound. $900
Each map covers one section of the town and indicates all dwellings and commercial buildings and their construction (stone, frame, brick, etc.), including barns and stables. Names of all but the smaller property owners are indicated, as are all other improvements. An important local atlas.
96. PARKER, CORTLANDT. Address by Hon. Cortlandt Parker, of Newark, N.J. May, 1887. [N.p.], 1887. 7, [1] p. Cover-title. Wrappers. $25
Before the Citizens' Law and Order League, of the Oranges. On the Blue Laws.
97. (PERRY, NEHEMIAH). In Memoriam. Nehemiah Perry, Jr. Lately a Member of the New Jersey Bar, Died March 5, 1875, Aged 34 Years. Newark, 1875. 27 p. Wrappers. $40
Memorial addresses on the death of a young Essex County lawyer.
98. PIERSON, DAVID LAWRENCE. History of the Oranges to 1921. Reviewing the Rise, Development and Progress of an Influential Community. New York, 1922. 3 vols. 4to. Plates. Cloth. $175
Standard multi-volume history of the Oranges. A fourth volume, consisting entirely of biography, was issued separately and does not accompany this set. 99. PIERSON, DAVID LAWRENCE. Narratives of Newark (in New Jersey) from the Days of its Founding, 1666-1916. Newark, [1917]. x, 387 p. Illus. Plates. Cloth. $60
A good history of early Newark.
100. PRATT, JULIUS HOWARD. Reminiscences, Personal and Otherwise. [N.p.], 1910. [7], 287 p. Plates. Cloth. Front endsheet wanting. $90
Includes a narrative of a sea trip to California in the Gold Rush of 1849 as well as much on the author's native Montclair.
101. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. PRESBYTERY OF NEWARK. First Annual Report of the Woman's Board of Foreign Missions ... March 28, 1873. Newark, 1873. 28 p. Wrappers. $35
102. REED, THOMAS H. Twenty Years of Government in Essex County, New Jersey. New York, 1938. x, 183 p. Cloth. $35
A detailed analysis of county government.
103. REED, THOMAS H. Twenty Years of Government in Essex County, New Jersey. New York, [1944]. x, [2], 210 p. Cloth. $35
Second edition, being the text of the 1938 edition with a supplementary chapter, "Rounding Out a Quarter Century." A detailed analysis of county government.
104. RICHARDS, JAMES. A Discourse, Delivered 14th January, 1810, at Newark; Occasioned by the Death of Lewis Le Conte Congar ... who Died ... 6th January, 1810. Newark: E. B. Gould, 1810. 24 p. Removed. $35
105. RICHARDS, JAMES. A Sermon, Delivered at the Funeral of Deacon Stephen Baldwin, of the First Presbyterian Church, Newark; February 4, 1816. Newark: John Tuttle & Co., 1816. 22 p. Removed. $35
Same text as the 21-page issue but with a poem on page 22.
106. RICHARDS, JAMES. A Sermon, Delivered at the Funeral of Deacon Stephen Baldwin, of ... Newark; February 4, 1816. Newark: John Tuttle & Co., 1816. 21 p. Removed. $30
107. RICHARDS, JAMES. A Sermon, Preached May 12, 1819, in the Cedar Street Church, New- York, before the Education Society .... Newark: John Tuttle & Co., 1819. 25, [3] p. Removed. $35 108. RICHARDS, JAMES. The Sinner's Inability to come to Christ. A Discourse on John VI. 44. Delivered August 2, 1816. Newark: John Tuttle & Co., 1816. 44 p. Removed. $35
109. RICHARDS, JAMES. The Spirit of Paul the Spirit of Missions. A Sermon, Preached at New Haven, (Con.) before the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions ... Sept. 15, 1814. Boston: Samuel T. Armstrong, 1814. 26 p. Removed. $30
Richards was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Newark.
110. RICHARDS, JAMES. This World is not our Rest. A Sermon, Delivered at Morris-Town, July 14, 1816. Morris-Town: Henry P. Russell, 1816. 22 p. Removed. $50
111. THE ROSE BUD. Newark: James Cox. Vol. I no. 37, Jan. 23, 1841. $45
Newark newspaper.
112. SARLES, JOHN W. Memorial of Mary E. Smalley, Late the Wife of John W. Sarles.... New York, 1867. [vii], 217 p. Port. Cloth. $35
The subject resided briefly in Bloomfield.
113. (SCOTT, JAMES). Memorials of the Rev. James Scott, D.D. Late Pastor of the First Ref. Dutch Church, Newark.... Newark, 1858. 79 p. Wrappers (tears). $35
114. SHAW, WILLIAM H. History of Essex and Hudson Counties, New Jersey. Philadelphia, 1884. 2 vols., 4to. vii, 1332 p. Illus. Plates, folding maps. Rebound in buckram. $250
The standard nineteenth-century history of these counties.
115. SHEHADI, BESHARA (trans.). The Confession of Pontius Pilate. First Written, as alleged, in Latin, by Fabricius Albinus.... East Orange, 1917. 48 p. Cloth-backed paper-covered boards. $50
Second edition. Translated from the Arabic by Shehadi.
116. SHERMAN, CHARLES POMEROY. Sherman Genealogy.... Atlantic City, 1922. [4], 68 p. Wrappers. $75
Includes New Jersey lines in Essex and Morris Counties. 117. (SHORT HILLS). Short Hills Club. A Centennial History, 1875-1975. Short Hills, [1975]. ix, 118 p. Illus. Cloth-backed boards. $30
Club history.
118. (SOUTH ORANGE). Village of South Orange, New Jersey: A Study of Municipal Service and Finance. Princeton, 1943. [viii], 112 p. Charts. Wrappers. $30
Essex County.
119. SOUTHARD, SAMUEL L. Address Delivered before the Newark Mechanics' Association, July 5, 1830. Newark: W. Tuttle & Co., 1830. 27 p. Removed. $40
120. SOUTHARD, SAMUEL L. Sermon, on the Life and Death of Henry Clay, before the Young Men of Newark, N.J. ... July 25th, 1852. Newark, 1852. 38, [1] p. Removed. $35
121. SPRING, GARDINER. Death and Heaven: a Sermon Preached at Newark, at the Interment of the Rev. Edward D. Griffin, D.D., on the 10th of November, 1837. New York, 1838. 40 p. Removed. $35
122. STEARNS, JONATHAN F. Anniversary Sermon ... First Presbyterian Church, Newark, N.J., Delivered December 27, 1874, on the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of his Pastorate. Newark, 1876. 30 p. Wrappers. $35
123. STEARNS, JONATHAN F. The Good Republican. A Discourse, Delivered in the First Presbyterian Church, Newark, N.J., on Thanksgiving Day, Dec. 12, 1850. Newark, 1851. 24 p. Front wrapper only. Ex-library; cut and later neatly glued at margin. $25
124. STEARNS, JONATHAN F. .... Historical Discourses, Relating to the First Presbyterian Church in Newark; Originally Delivered to the Congregation of that Church during the Month of January, 1851 ... With Notes and Illustrations. Newark, 1853. xiii, [1], 320 p. Frontis., folding map, and plates. Cloth (spine ends chipped, as always). $75
At head of title: First Church in Newark. A standard reference work, with much on the early history of Newark.
125. (STEARNS, JONATHAN F.). Memorial: Jonathan F. Stearns, D.D.... [Newark? 1889?]. 47 p. Port. Cloth. $35
Newark minister. Includes a sermon by David R. Frazer. 126. STOFFER, DAVID. A Selection of the Papers and Addresses of David Stoffer. [Orange, 1961]. [10], 162 p. Port. $25
Essex County lawyer and civic leader. Much on the judicial system of New Jersey, 1948-1955.
127. STONE, MILDRED F. Since 1845: A History of the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company. [N.p.], 1957. vi, [6], 236 p. Plates. Cloth. $35
Of Newark.
128. STUART, MARK A. and JESSIE W. BOUTILLIER. A Centennial History of East Orange. [East Orange, 1964]. [22], 76 p. Plates. Cloth. $35
129. STUART, MARK A., and JESSIE W. BOUTILLIER. A Centennial History of East Orange. [East Orange, 1964]. [22], 76, [44] p. Plates. Cloth. $35
The final section contains local advertisements. Essex County.
130. TAYLOR, BENJAMIN C. Annals of the Classis of Bergen, of the Reformed Dutch Church, and of the Churches under its Care: Including, the Civil History of the Ancient Township of Bergen, in New Jersey ... Third Edition. New York, [1857]. xi, 479 p. Illus. Cloth (extremities worn). $60
The classic work on the Dutch churches of Bergen and vicinity. Taylor was pastor of the church in Bergen from 1828 to 1870. Felcone, New Jersey Books, 1356.
131. URQUHART, FRANK J. A Short History of Newark. Newark, 1910. xv, 158 p. Illus. Cloth. $35
Reprint of the 1908 edition.
132. URQUHART, FRANK J. A Short History of Newark. Newark, 1908. xv, 158 p. Illus. Cloth. $40
First edition in book form.
133. URQUHART, FRANK J. A Short History of Newark. Newark, 1953. [2], xxx, 150 p. Illus. Cloth. $30
"Newark Public School Edition," based on the original book edition of 1908, brought up to date. 134. WATKINS, S.C.G. Reminiscences of Montclair ... as he Remembers it from 1876. New York, 1929. x, 148 p. Plates. Cloth. $75
Fine recollections of late nineteenth-century Montclair. Essex County.
135. WHITEHEAD, JOHN. The Passaic Valley, New Jersey, in Three Centuries. New York, 1901. xvi, 469 p. Illus. Plates. Modern buckram. $100
The history volume, complete in itself. Includes Passaic, Somerset, Morris, Essex, and Union Counties. A second volume, containing biography and genealogy, was issued separately.
136. WHITEHEAD, JOHN. The Passaic Valley, New Jersey, in Three Centuries. New York, 1901. 2 vols., 4to. Illus. Plates. Rebound in modern buckram. $200
Includes Passaic, Somerset, Morris, Essex, and Union Counties. The first volume is local history, the second biography/genealogy. The two volumes were published separately.
137. WHITEHEAD, JOHN. Washington at Morristown. An Oration Delivered before St. John's Lodge, No. 1, F. & A.M., Newark ... February 22, 1899. Newark, [1899]. 32 p. Frontis. Wrappers. $30
138. WHITTEMORE, HENRY. The Founders and Builders of the Oranges. Comprising a History of the Outlying District of Newark, Subsequently Known as Orange, and of the Later International Divisions, viz.: South Orange, West Orange, and East Orange; also a History of the Early Settlers or Founders.... Newark, 1896. Large 4to. vi, 468 p. Illus. Plates. Rebound in modern buckram. Blank corner of frontispiece neatly repaired, else very good. $325
One of the scarcest Essex County biographical works, focusing on the Oranges. History and biography/genealogy.
139. WINANS, WILLIAM H. Reminiscences and Experiences in the Life of an Editor. Newark, 1875. 200 p. Cloth. Covers a trifle canted and very lightly spotted. $90
Fine recollections of a printer and editor who came to Newark in 1848. Much on early journalism in Newark.
140. WONDERFUL WORKS OF GOD. A Narrative of the Wonderful Facts in the Case of Ansel Bourne, of Westerly, Rhode Island, who, in the midst of Opposition to the Christian Religion was suddenly struck Blind, Dumb and Deaf ... Written under his Direction. Irvington: Moses Cummings, 1858. 47 p. incl. port. Wrappers. Some foxing. $90
Published by Moses Cummings' Christian Messenger at Irvington for the Christian Church. The rear wrapper contains Cummings ads. Cummings (ca. 1816-1867) came to Irvington about 1852. He was a dentist and a jeweller as well as a lay preacher in the Christian Church. This pamphlet exists in two different settings of type; in this copy, p. [5] ends: "... remained about three." See Felcone, New Jersey Books, 1432.
141. WOODRUFF, GEORGE COYNE. History of Hillside, N.J., and Vicinity, Including Lyons Farms, Salem, Saybrook and Early History of Newark and Elizabethtown. Hillside, [1934]. 278, [53] p. Illus. Cloth. $60
A good history of Hillside and vicinity, Union County.
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