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[003954] . REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF ELIZABETH NEW JERSEY. ill. Map. 1926. Size: Approx. 5 " x 8 ". Stiff Covers. New Jersey. Very Good to Very Good+ Prepared by The Sesqui-Centennial Committee, July The Fourth 1926. Articles on the Battles and Engagements fought in and around the town- the first one being:The Blue Mountain Valley, January 22, 1776; Articles on the historic homes of the town; Biographical accounts of the men of the revolutionary period; Article on the schools of the period; and an article on roads in the revolutionary town. 40 pp. Double page map of ElizabethTown, N. J. at the time of the Revolutionary War, 1775-1783. Slightly soiled covers. ex-mus. stamp on front cover, otherwise exterior is Very Good+. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+ $35.00

[003486] . OFFICIAL SOUVENIR PROGRAMME 1780-1905, IN COMMEMORATION OF THE 125TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF ELIZABETHTOWN. ill. Photographs, Map. Times Print, 1905. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 1/4". Stiff Covers. New Jersey. Good 16 pp. Official Program for the Celebration of the 125th Anniversay of the Battle of Elizabethtown. Articles include: History of June 7th and 8th-1780; History of the City of Elizabeth; Map of The British Forces at Elizabethtown, June 8-23, 1780; and Exercises of the Day. ex.-mus. stamp on front cover. Mildly soiled. Stapled. Exterior is Good or better. Interior is tight, clean and VG. $25.00

[003361] . SCIENCE, August 31, 1883. No. 30.. ill. Etchings, Tables, Graph. Cambridge: The Science Company, 1883. Size: Approx. 7 1/2" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good Articles: Notes on the Geology of the Troad, by J.S. Diller; Occurrence of Mound-Builders Pipes in New Jersey, by Charles C. Abbott with an illustration; The Igloo of the Innuit. -III. with 9 illustrations; Minnesota Weather; Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers; Geology of Philadelphia by Henry Carvill Lewis; The Iroquois Book of Rites; The Evidence for evolution in the history of the extinct Mammalia with a table; A classification of the natural sciences by T. Sterry Hunt with a table; Orbit of the great comet of 1882 by Edgar Frisbie; The tornado at Racine, May 18, 1883 ; A Method for the calibration of a galvanometer with an illustration; The utilization of the sun's rays for warming and ventilating apartments by E. S. Morse; New form of selenium cell, with some remarkable electrical discoveries made by its use; 3 articles by B. F. Thomas: A Method of determining the centre of gravity of a mass with an illustration; Two forms of apparatus for Boyle's law with 2 illustrations; and A new heliostat with an illustration; The static telephone by Prof. A. E. Dolbear; Report of the committee on indexing the literature of chemical elements; The kinetic theory of the specific heat of solids and A kinetic theory of melting boiling by H. T. Eddy; On y-dichlordibrompropionic and y-dichlorbromacrylic acids by C.F. Mabery; The sub-aqueous dissociation of certain salts with a graph; Suggestions for computing the speed of chemical reactions; Twelve months of lysimeter record at the New York agricultural experiment station by E.L. Sturtevant; The composition of American wheat and corn with a table; The sotol, A Mexican forage plant; American butters and their adulterations by H. W. Wiley; A Comparison of terr-cotta lumber with other materials; Improvements in shaping-machines; Regularity of flow in double-cylinder rotary pumps; The early History of the North American Continent; and The Remington Type-Writer by Richard A. Proctor with an illustration. pp. 255-298. Covers are advertisements for Photo-Engraving, Park Place, N.Y. and Electrical Test Instruments.. Additional page front and back with advertisements, before articles. ex.-mus. stamp and numbers on front cover. Some small chips on side and bottom edges.Spine split up 6" but covers still intact. overall exterior is Good.. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. Around borders some age-toning, not on text. $60.00

[004112] Hildebrand, Samuel F. And Louella E. Cable. REPRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF WHITINGS OR KINGFISHES , DRUMS, SPOT, CROAKER, AND WEAKFISHES OR SEA TROUTS, FAMILY SCIAENIDAE, OF THE ATLANTIC COAST OF THE UNITED STATES. ill. Figures (drawings and graphs), Tables. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1934. Size: Approx. 7 1/2" x 11". Stiff Covers. Ichthyology. Very Good to Very Good+ From Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries. Bulletin No.16. pp. 41-117 including Bibliography. "The account of the Sciaenidae that follows is based mostly on specimens collected on the coast of North Carolina. However, some specimens from the coast of New Jersey, from Chesapeake Bay, and from the coast of Texas have also been studied". 44 illustrations- all but one(graph) of species of fish. 5 tables. Vertical crease down the center of covers, as if folded-minor. Otherwise covers are VG+. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. $25.00

[001196] Nichols, Paul R.. EFFECT OF NEW JERSEY-NEW YORK POUND-NET CATCHES ON SHAD RUNS OF HUDSON AND CONNECTICUT RIVERS. ill. Figures & Tables. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1958. Size: Approx. 7 3/4" x 10 1/4". Gray Wraps. Ichthyology. Very Good Fishery Bulletin 143. From Fishery Bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service. Volume 58. "From the early years of this century until 1950, the Atlantic coast commercial catch of American shad (Alosa sapidissima) declined from approximately 50 million pounds to 8 million pounds. As part of an investigation sponsored by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission to determine the causes for the decline in abundance of shad, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service conducted studies on the Hudson River (Talbot 1954) and Connecticut River (Fredin 1954) shad fisheries 1950 and 1951. These studies showed that, within the limits of the populations studied, the largest single factor influencing fluctuations in abundance in both rivers was the number of shad escaping the commercial fisher to spawn." pp. 491-500. 5 tables. 3 Figures/Maps.ex. mus. stamp on front wrap, title p. and one of the pages otherwise exterior is Very Good +. Interior is tight, clean. Slightly noticeable ripples on top 2" of pages, water mark on back free endpaper, otherwise interior is in Very Good+ condition. $36.50

[004228] Richards, James. A SERMON, Delivered Dec. 12, 1822, DAY OF PUBLIC THANKSGIVING AND PRAYER. Newark: John Tuttle & Co, 1823. Size: Approx. 5 1/4" x 8 1/2". Disbound. Sermon. Good+ to Very Good- Recommended by the Governor of the State to be Observed as a Day of Public Thanksgiving and Prayer. Published by the request of the hearers. " THOU CROWNEST THE YEAR WITH THY GOODNESS. The goodness of God is one of the most conspicuous attributes of his nature, -and, when comprehensively viewed, may be considered as embracing the whole of his moral perfections." 19 pp. Disbound. Front cover's top edge small tears and missing 1"x1/4" piece. Foxing, but doesn't interfer with text. top corner, 2"x1", darkened area from cover through text-dampness? otherwise publication is Good. Interior is tight and Very Good. Listed in Famous Americans, "He served in the 1st Presbyterian church of Morristown, New Jersey, from 1794 till 1797, when he became its pastor, and in 1809 was charged with the Presbyterian church of Newark, New Jersey. In 1823 he became professor of theology in Auburn theological seminary, which chair he held until his death, he was a trustee of Princeton college and seminary, and received the degree of A.M. from Yale in 1794, and that of D. D. in 1815. $45.00

[002809] Volk, Ernest. The Archaeology of the Delaware Valley.. ill. Maps, Text drawings/Figures, Plates. Cambridge: Peabody Museum, 1911. Size: Approx. 6 1/2" x 9 3/4". Paper Wraps. Archaeology. Good Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University Vol. V. 258 pp. of text. Two maps, 125 plates , and 26 illustrations in text. Appendix, Bibliography, and Index. Contents include: Geology: THE GEOLOGICAL FEATURES OF THE VICINITY OF TRENTON; Archaeology: TRACES OF MAN IN THE BLACK SOIL, TRACES OF MANIN THE YELLOW DEPOSIT OR DRIFT, TRACES OF MAN AND ANIMALS IN THE STRTIFIED GRAVEL AND SAND OLDER THAN THE YELLOW DRIFT and the Journals of Ernest Volk from 1906-1910. Brown paper wraps. ex-mus. numbers on cover and spine. Slightly soiled, two spots on cover at side edge. Side edge overlaps, missing side strip 2/16"x1 1/2". Mild chipping to edges. Overall Good to Good +. Interior is tight, clean and in Very Good + condition. Some pages uncut. $92.50