JOSEPH J. FELCONE INC. Antiquarian Booksellers Since 1972 post office box 366 • princeton, new jersey 08542 usa tel (609) 924-0539 • fax (609) 924-9078 e-mail [email protected] • web site www.felcone.com È Essex County, New Jersey 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.