Published By the Society, 1896. Limited Edition. Octavo. 127 pages. Limited to 500 copies. The present copy is #138. IllustratedThe first year book of the Mayflower descendants was established in New York in 1894 (other states followed later). Beautifully printed on the finest laid paper with wide margins. The symbols..... More
Published By the Society, 1900. Limited Edition. Octavo. 179 pages. Limited to 800 copies. The present copy is #138. Illustrated. The second year book of the Mayflower descendants in New York. Beautifully printed on the finest laid paper with wide margins. The ancestors of members list those descendants from: John..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1852. First Edition. Octavo. 206 pages, illustrated by John Frederick Kensett. As an afffluent class arose who wanted summer vacations with both literary, artisitic and other cultural benefits, Curtis wrote about the North Shore and asked John Frederick Kensett to design the illustrations for this..... More
New York: Atlantic Publishing Co, 1875. Quarto. A unique Civil War item on Gen. George H. Thomas. The author J. Watts DePeyster was one of the first important historians and writers on the Civil War. His work, New American Tactics appeared in the Army-Navy Journal advocating using skirmish lines instead..... More
New York: Geo. R. Lockwood & Son, 1884. First Edition. Octavo. vii, 357 pages. Inscribed "With the compliments/of the publisher". After beginning his journalistic writing at age 12, Fiske became an editorial writer for the New York Herald and became one of Pfaff's bohemians. He travelled with Lincoln during the..... More
Goshen, New York: Orange County Historical Society, 1993. Octavo. 947 pages with a 16 page index. This set includes the uncommon All Name Index, as Volume III with 126 pages of every surname and given name before 1908. Besides dealing with the towns of the county, there is separate chapter..... More
Port Washington, NY; (1969): Ira J. Friedman. Octavo. In two volumes, 365 pages (continuous pagination) and index. Originally published in 1902, this work covers the very early part of the transition from a Dutch colonial city to the "English quarter". One of the more thorough accounts of how English and..... More
New York: Orange County Historical Society, 2002. Octavo. 496 pages, reprinted by the Orange County Historical Society and now provided with an index (pages 449-496) for the first time making access to every surname as well as given name in the period before 1887. Illustrated. Edward M. Ruttenber was not..... More
Woodstock, New York; (1977): Overlook Press. First Edition. Thick Quarto. Pt. 1, General History of Ulster County and Kingston, (311 pages) Pt. 2, History of the Towns of Ulster, 339 pages, errata. Illustrations, Portraits and Map of the area including an index. The county's history includes characters like John Maxwell..... More