Coley Birge, Edward,

Westport Connecticut the Making of a Yankee Township.

New York: The Writers Publishing Co, Inc. 1926. Second Edition. Hardcover. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. DJ browned and with light chipping. Some loss to DJ spine ends. Neat writing to endpapers. ; With a postscript by Mary Coley Gage. "The story of a typical New England community on the shore of Long Island Sound; how it was carved out of the wilderness; its heoric effort to build enduring institutions, church and school and government. The tragedies and comedies of pioneer life, the political battles, the struggle with the problems of agriculture and industry, of housing, roads, bridges and transportation. A vivid, intimate, sympathetic picture of the simpler day that has passed." Second, enlarged edition. The author was a Westport town clerk for many years with a deep knowledge about the town. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 200 pages. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket.

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N° du livre: 21071

Catalogue: New England

Van Dusen, Albert E.,

Connecticut a Fully Illustrated History of the State From the Seventeenth Century to the Present.

New York: Random House, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Light chipping to DJ. ; A profusely illustrated detailed history of the Nutmeg State; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 470 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket.

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N° du livre: 20183

Catalogue: New England

Dyer, Edward O.,

Gnadensee the Lake of Grace. A Moravian Picture in a Connecticut Frame.

Boston: The Pilgrim Press, 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. Spine is a bit faded. Front hinge has a bit of play. ; The Indian Lake near Sharon, Connecticut was called Gnadensee (Lake of Grace) by the missionaries, who lived among the indigenous people. This is a description of the country and the people around the lake. INSCRIBED by the author to his sister: "Mrs. Robert J. Ford, with compliments of her brother, the author. June 29, 1903"; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 293 pages. Very Good.

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N° du livre: 21138

Catalogue: New England

Eaton, Walter Prichard,

In Berkshire Fields.

Boston: W. A. Wilde Company, 1926. Hardcover. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Spine a bit faded. Browning to endpapers; A nicely illustrated nature guide for the Bershires: Birds, Woodchucks, Trees etc. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 312 pages. Very Good.

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N° du livre: 20225

Catalogue: New England

Hale, Louise Closser,

We Discover New England.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Co, 1915. Hardcover. Boards a bit rubbed. Bookplate. Front hinge started ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo - 8" to 9" tall; 314 pages. Very Good.

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N° du livre: 4228

Catalogue: New England

Henderson, Helen W.,

A Loiterer in New England.

New York: George H. Doran Company, 1919. Hardcover. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. ; A lesser known title in the famous loiterer series; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 445 pages. Very Good.

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N° du livre: 19667

Catalogue: New England

Holbrook, Stewart H.,

The Old Post Road the Story of the Boston Post Road.

New York: Mcgraw Hill, 1962. Hardcover; Fifth Printing. DJ price clipped, browned and with light chipping. ; "A superb exploration of the most famous of all post roads, its exciting and colorful history - from the first rider in 1673 to the present day - told in a fascinating excursion into Americana". ; The American Trails Series; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 275 pages; Wilton. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket.

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N° du livre: 20721

Catalogue: New England

Jaffe, Eric,

The King's Best Highway the Lost History of the Boston Post Road, the Route That Made America.

New York: Scibner, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover; First Edition. Former owner's inscription on front free endpaper ; 8vo; 322 pages. (ISBN: 1416586148) Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.

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N° du livre: 17317

Catalogue: New England

Jenkins, Stephen,

The Old Boston Post Road.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1913. Hardcover. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Rough spot on front free endpaper; The detailed story of the first and most important post route between New York City and Boston. Brown boards with gilt lettering and two gilt seals. Top edge gilt. A very attractive copy; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 453 pages. Very Good+.

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N° du livre: 19337

Catalogue: New England

Johnson, Malcolm L.,

Yesterday's Connecticut.

Florida: E. A. Seemann Publishing, Inc. 1976. Hardcover. Profusely illustrated ; Seeman's Historic States Series; B&W Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 144 pages. (ISBN: 0912458747) Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket.

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N° du livre: 17221

Catalogue: New England

Klein, Woody,

Westport Connecticut the Story of a New England Town's Rise to Prominence.

Westport: Greenwood Press, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. DJ price clipped; In handsome NF slipcase; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 382 pages. (ISBN: 0313311269) Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.

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N° du livre: 19137

Catalogue: New England

Larned, Ellen D.,

Historic Gleanings in Windham County, Connecticut.

Providence, RI: Preston and Rounds Company, 1899. Hardcover. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 254 pages. Very Good+.

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N° du livre: 20027

Catalogue: New England

McAdam, Roger Williams,

Salts on the Sound an Informal History of Steamboat Days and the Famous Skippers Who Sailed Long Island Sound.

New York: Stephen Daye Press, 1957. Hardcover. 8vo; 240 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket.

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N° du livre: 17286

Catalogue: New England

Moffat, Donald (Introduction),

Ever New England.

New York: Hastings House, 1944. Hardcover. Boards a bit rubbed and with gilt lettering and gilt spine lettering faded. ; Outstanding photography by Samuel Chamberlain, rendered in beautiful photogravures ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. Very Good.

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N° du livre: 18177

Catalogue: New England

Nutting, Wallace,

Connecticut Beautiful.

New York: Bonanza, N.D. Reprint. Hardcover. DJ price clipped ; The nutmeg state, with many glorious B&W photos and text regarding the many picturesque sights and colonial houses; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 301 pages. (ISBN: 0517149958) Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.

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N° du livre: 17319

Catalogue: New England