AMERICANA TITLES

AMERICANA TITLES, INCLUDING NEW YORK

STATE HISTORY, LITERATURE AND

NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES

(updated Jan. 30, 2012)

[anon.], THE CEMETERY HANDBOOK: A Manual of Useful Information on Cemetery Development ad Management. (Madison,. WI: Park and Cemetery Publishing, n.d. [1931]) Second edition [the first was in 1909] 520 pp. + 12 pp. of advertisements. indices, well ill. with b&w photos and sketches. This very scarce work contains a series of valuable articles on all phases of modern cemetery management. owner's name on front end-paper, o/w a very good, clean tight copy in simulated leather binding with gilt decoration. $100

Richard Sanders Allen, COVERED BRIDGES OF THE NORTHEAST. (Brattleboro, VT: Stephen Greene Press, 1974 [1957]) revised edition. 121 pp., index, bibliography, glossary, appendices, ill. with many b&w photos and engravings. an excellent work covering the New England states, New York, and New Jersey. very good copy in torn d.j. $10

Richard Sanders Allen, OLD NORTH COUNTRY COVERED BRIDGES. (Utica, NY: North Country Books, 1983) quarto, 110 pp., index, ill. with drawings and many period b&w photos of long lost bridges. This album of historic spans of wood iron, and wire in Northern New York State is one of the best covered bridge books published to date. very good copy in d.j. $50

Susan Allport, SERMONS IN STONE: The Stone Walls of New England and New York. (NY: W.W. Norton & Co., 1990) square format octavo, 205 pp., index, bibliography, ill. with charming drawings by David Howell. a beautifully produced work on the history, construction and folklore of stone walls, related stone structures, and even glacial erratics. very good copy in slightly worn d.j., nicely inscribed by the author. $20

Seymour & Violet Altman, THE BOOK OF BUFFALO POTTERY. (NY: Crown Publishers, 1969) quarto, 192 pp., index, glossary, appendix, ill. with 400 pieces in color and b&w. The best work to date on the wide variety of decorative ware manufactured in Buffalo, New York, beginning in 1901. very good copy in slightly worn d.j. $5

Thomas Armstrong & Jean Lipman, AMERICAN FOLK PAINTERS OF THREE CENTURIES. (NY: Hudson Hills Press/Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1980) original edition. large square quarto, 233 pp., index, bibliography, well ill. in color and b&w including fine reproduction of a number of paintings. a beautifully produced and comprehensive survey with good biographical material on some important American folk painters. I was honored to be able to contribute some material on Joseph H. Hidley to this work. very good copy in d.j. $10

Bernard Bailyn, THE PEOPLING OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA: An Introduction. (NY: Alfred Knopf, 1986) 177+ pp., index, notes. As one of the Curti Lectures held at the University of Wisconsin, the author the philosophies and strategies behind the settling of the Americas. very good copy in d.j. $10

Henry C. Baldwin, THE STONEWARE POTTERS OF ASHFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS: Ashfield, Massachusetts, 1845 to 1856. (Greenfield/Northampton, MA: published by the author, 2003) first edition. 74 pp., appendix, copies of maps and other old documents, ill. with many b&w photos. a very scarce and highly detailed account of a pottery town in the Pioneer Valley, with valuable information on the lives and fascinating careers of the potters. Research into original sources has uncovered vital information found in few books on American ceramics. very good copy of a quality spiral bound work with color pictorial covers, signed by the author. $20

Henry C. Baldwin, A GUIDE TO WHATELY POTTERY AND THE POTTERS: Whately, Massachusetts, 1778 to 1873. (Greenfield, MA: published by the author, 2000) 157 pp., appendix, copies of maps and other old documents, ill. with many b&w photos. a very scarce and highly detailed account of a pottery town in the Pioneer Valley, with valuable information on the lives and fascinating careers of the potters. very good copy of a quality spiral bound work with color pictorial covers, now out-of-print, signed by the author. $35

Edwin Atlee Barber, THE POTTERY AND PORCELAIN OF THE UNITED STATES. (NY: G.P. Putnam & Sons., 1909) third, revised edition, with two valuable supplements. 621, iv pp., t.e.g., index, notes; b&w illustrations (photos, engravings, potters marks. A pioneer and still valuable scholarly work on American ceramics. The third remains the best edition of Barber's classic history of American ceramics, by far the most at that date. owner's inscription, o/w a very good, clean, tight copy in cranberry cloth binding. $50

John W. Barber and Henry Howe, HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK . . . (NY: S. Tuttle, 1844 [1841]) 516 pp., appendix, ill with 230 woodcut engravings, indices, complete with fold-out map missing from most copies (torn at some folds). varied amounts of foxing throughout, a few leaves mildly stained, small bookplate, some external wear at the edges, but in general a very good, tight copy in full calf leather binding with gilt decoration in the spine and an early owner's name stamped in gilt on the front cover. a valuable resource of information on all counties and municipalities in New York State. Intact copies such as this are becoming scarce now that they are often taken apart for the collectible engraved town views. $120

Martin Barker & Roger Sabin, THE LASTING OF THE MOHICANS: History of an American Myth. (Jackson: University of Mississippi Press, 1995) 248 pp., index, bibliography, notes, ill. with b&w photos and reproductions of other illustrations. An interesting work showing how James Fenimore's Cooper 1826 Classic, The Last of the Mohicans, and subsequent literature, comics, and film, perpetuated a inaccurate myth that Mohicans, Mohegans, and other Native American tribes had not survived American manifest destiny. fine copy of the scarce hardcover edition, in pictorial boards (no d.j. was issued). $15

Georgia B. Barnhill, WILD IMPRESSIONS: The Adirondacks on Paper. (Blue Mountain Lake, NY: The Adirondack Museum, 1995) Introduction by David Tatham. small square quarto, 99 pp., index, notes. b&w and color plates faithfully reproduced from prints in the Museum's collection. very good copy in d.j. $15

Richard Carter Barret, BENNINGTON POTTERY AND PORCELAIN. (NY: Crown, 1958) standard trade (not book club) edition. 342 [6] pp., index, appendix, ill. with 7 color and 450 b&w photographic plates. The classic work that illustrated more Rockingham and Flint Enamel pottery made at Bennington than in any other work. paper darkening towards extremities, o/w a very good copy in slightly torn d.j. $10

Col. Nicholas Bayard [Beyerd], A NARRATIVE OF AN ATTEMPT MADE BY THE FRENCH OF CANADA UPON THE MOGAQUE'S [MOHAWK'S] COUNTRY, Reproduced in facsimile from the first edition printed by William Bradford, 1693. With an Introductory Note by Adelaide R. Hasse. (NY: Dodd, Mead Co., 1903) quarto; vii, 14 pp.. a quality reprint in a limited edition of 500 copies of the first book printed in New York State. The subject was a raid by French soldiers and Native American mercenaries that resulted in part in the infamous so-called Schenectady massacre of February 8, 1690. fine copy in green cloth binding with gilt spine lettering. $45

Harold Thomas Beck, CORNPLANTER CHRONICLES: A Tale of a Legendary Seneca Chieftain. (Custer City, PA: Mountain Laurel Publishing, 2001) 315 pp., brief bibliography. A first class fictionalized version of the life of Ganiodieu (1733-1832), known as Cornplanter, a remarkable chief of the Allegany Seneca nation of southwestern New York State, one of the very few Native American tribes to survive today on their ancestral land. very good copy in d.j., inscribed by the author. $20

Peter J. Bellis, NO MYSTERIES OUT OF OURSELVES: Identity & Textual Form in the Novels of Herman Melville. (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1990) 222 pp., index, notes. In this insightful study the author shows how Melville identifies the concept of self in each of his novels on which to base personal and social relationships. very good copy in slightly worn d.j. $5

Arnold Hill Bellows, THE LEGEND OF UTSAYANTHA, AND OTHER FOLK-LORE OF THE CATSKILLS. (Margaretville, NY: Catskill Mountain Press, 1945) 118 pp., useful glossary of Native American names, ill. with charming drawings by Lamont A. Warner. attractively illustrated small volume containing a number of 30 interesting poems dealing with folklore concerning the Mohicans who has resided in this part of the Catskills. Utsayantha was a legendary Mohican princess who lived along the lake near Stamford now bearing her name. In what he calls a judicious combination of myth and history in his Foreword, the author presents a commendably accurate rendering of Native American folklore accomplished by few other authors. a very good copy in pictorial paper wraps imitating leather, worn at the edges. $20

Carl Benn, THE IROQUOIS IN THE WAR OF 1812. (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1998) 272 pp., index, excellent bibliography, glossary, maps, extensive notes. ill. with b&w maps and reproductions of old portraits and other drawings and engravings. An excellent study of a long-neglected aspect of American history covering Iroquois living both in Canada and in New York State. very good copy in slightly worn d.j. $15

Francis Bergan, THE HISTORY OF THE NEW YORK COURT OF APPEALS, 1847-1932. (NY: Columbia University Press, 1985) 354 pp., notes. The scarce and definitive work on the landmark court that was created as part of the State's new Constitution. very good copy in d.j., nicely inscribed by the author. $20

Erick Berry [Evangell Alenna Champlin Best], SEVEN BEAVER SKINS: A STORY OF THE DUTCH IN NEW AMSTERDAM. (Philadelphia: The John Winston Company, 1948) first edition, 275 pp., interesting decorative end-papers, ill. with charming line drawings by the author. A charming and very well written young adult novel set in the Hudson Valley in the 17th century in the Land of the Free series. The treatment of Mohican and Mohawk Indians and their involvement in the Dutch fur trade, seen through the eyes of a young Dutch trader, is most noteworthy. very good copy in slightly worn but very attractive d.j. $5

Robert E. Bieder, SCIENCE ENCOUNTERS THE INDIAN, 1820-1880: The Early Years of American Ethnology. (Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1986) 290 pp., index, extensive bibliography, notes. An important study of Morgan, Schoolcraft, and others who began the first serious study of Native Americans. very good copy in d.j. $10

Mary Black & Jean Lipman, AMERICAN FOLK PAINTING. (NY: Clarkson Nott Potter, 1966) quarto, index, bibliography, ill., with 215 excellent color and b&w reproductions of charming paintings. The first important work which launched the popular interest in folk art in America. very good copy in d.j. $10

Mary Black & Jean Lipman, AMERICAN FOLK PAINTING. (NY: Bramhall House, 1987 [1966]) quarto, index, bibliography, ill., with 215 excellent color and b&w reproductions of charming paintings. The first important work which launched the popular interest in folk art in America. very good copy in slightly worn d.j. $10

David Blight [Editor], ADMIRATION & AMBIVALENCE: Frederick Douglass and John Brown, a Manuscript from the Gilder Lehrman Collection. (NY: Gilder Lehrman Institute, 2005) large format octavo, 16 pp., ill. with a reproduction of a controversial 1858 letter from Douglass to Brown and a color frontis of Thomas Noble's equally controversial 1867 painting, "John Brown's Blessing." fine copy in stapled wraps. $5

Russell Bourne, THE RED KING'S REBELLION: Racial Politics in New England 1975-1678. (NY: Atheneum, 1990) 273 pp., index, bibliography, a few b&w ills. Highly recommended, this work treats the political and social context of the infamous King Phillips' War. very good copy in d.j. $5

Russell Bourne, GODS OF WAR, GODS OF PEACE: How the Meeting of Native and Colonial Religions Shaped Early America. (NY: Harcourt Co., 2002) 425 pp., index, notes, a few b&w period ills. a thorough and fascinating work covering various interactions between Natives and settlers involving religion in the northeastern United States through the early 1800s. v.g. copy in d.j. $5

Clare Brandt, AN AMERICAN ARISTOCRACY: THE LIVINGSTONS. (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1986) 297 pp., index, bibliography, notes, ill. with historic b&w photos, along with a map and genealogical chart. The amazing saga of a powerful early family in the lower Hudson Valley of New York State. very good copy in d.j. $15

M[anlif] Lelyn Branin, THE EARLY MAKERS OF HANDCRAFTED EARTHENWARE AND STONEWARE IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. (Madison, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1988) quarto, 266 pp., index, bibliography, notes, appendices. ill. with many b&w photos, drawings, engravings, etc. A highly detailed definitive study of the many significant potteries which flourished in this region from the Colonial period into the early 20th century. fine copy in d.j. $120

M[anlif] Lelyn Branin, THE EARLY POTTERS AND POTTERIES OF MAINE. (Augusta, ME: Maine State Museum, 1978) quarto, 262 pp., index, bibliography, notes, appendices. ill. with many b&w photos, drawings, engravings, etc. A highly detailed definitive study of the stoneware and redware potteries which flourished in this region from the Colonial period into the early 20th century. very good copy in slightly faded d.j. $65

Beth Brant, MOHAWK TRAIL. (Ithaca, NY: Firebrand Books, 1985) 94 pp., revealing prose writings by the author, also known as Deganwadonti, a Bay of Quinte Mohawk from Canada. very good copy of a quality softbound work. $1

John Bryant, MELVILLE AND REPOSE: The Rhetoric of Humor in the American Renaissance. (NY: Oxford University Press, 1993) 312 pp.; index, notes. A noteworthy study of Melville's various uses of humor in all his works. very good copy in slightly creased d.j. $10

J.S. Bulkeley, THE LEADING INDUSTRIAL PURSUITS OF GLENS FALLS, SANDY HILL & FORT EDWARD. (Glens Falls, NY: privately printed, 1982) 44 pp., ill. with a few woodcuts and advertisements as in the original. a quality reprint of a very scarce 1877 work describing various industries in these Warren and Washington County communities in detail as rarely encountered in works of this era. For example, it provides valuable details on the processes involved in the pottery, lime burning, and brewing industries. very good copy of a quality softbound work. $10

Walter Burmeister, APPALACHIAN WATERS 2: THE HUDSON RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES. (Oakton, VA; Appalachian Books, 1974) 488 pp., index, bibliography, fold-out map. a dependable older canoe guide that contains detailed information not found in more recent works. a little cover wear, o/w a very good copy of a quality softbound work. $10

A. Martin Byers, THE OHIO HOPEWELL EPISODE: Paradigm Lost, Paradigm Gained. (Akron, OH: University of Akron Press, 2004) 674 pp., index, bibliography, notes, ill. with a few maps and plans. An exhaustive study of the remarkable Ohio prehistoric Native Americans known for their mound building. very good copy in d.j. $20

Robert Ellis Cahill, NEW ENGLAND'S ANCIENT MYSTERIES. (Salem, MA: Old Saltbox Publishing, 1993) 88 pp., index, bibliography, very well ill. with b&w plates. A recent controversial study of a variety of strange early stone structures and carvings found in New England. fine copy of a quality perfect bound work. $5

North Callahan, HENRY KNOX: General Washington's General. (South Brunswick, NJ: A.S. Barnes & Co., 1958) 404 pp., bibliographical notes, ill. with a b&w portrait frontis. The only biography of a forgotten Revolutionary War General. very good copy in slightly worn d.j. $20

Colin G. Calloway, THE SCRATCH OF THE PEN: 1763 and the Transformation of North America. (NY: Oxford University Press, 2006) 219 pp., index, notes, ill. with an original map and reproductions of a few period plates. The end of the Seven Years War was one of the pivotal moments in American history and set the stage for the American Revolution and vast changes for Native Americans. very good copy in d.j. $15

Colin G. Calloway, THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION IN INDIAN COUNTRY: Crisis and Diversity in Native American Communities. (NY: Cambridge University Press, 1985) 327 pp., index, notes, ill. with b&w maps and reproductions of old portraits and other drawings and engravings. A thorough yet highly readable treatment of how various Native tribes faced the issues of taking of sides and neutrality and how most all of them suffered as a result. very good copy in d.j. $10

Colin G. Calloway, THE SHAWNEES AND THE WAR FOR AMERICA. (NY: Viking Penguin, 2007) 216 pp., index, bibliography, notes, ill. with a few period portraits. An excellent capsule history of the Shawnee nation of mid-American and their role in the America Revolution and the War of 1812. very good copy in d.j. $8

Henry B. Carrington, THE SIX NATIONS OF NEW YORK: THE 1892 UNITED STATES EXTRA CENSUS BULLETIN. (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1995) With an Introduction by Robert Venables. quarto, 89 pp. + additional pages of b&w photos and maps of the reservations. The scarce hardcover edition of a quality reprint of a very important work presenting a valuable snapshot of the Iroquois in New York State in 1892. very good copy in slightly worn d.j. $20

Harvey Chalmers II, THE BIRTH OF THE ERIE CANAL. (NY: Bookman Associates, 1960) 195 pp., bibliography, ill. with b&w period plates. a highly readable work on the development and construction of the Erie Canal. very good copy in d.j., signed by the author. $15

O[liver] P. Clarke, GENERAL GRANT AT MOUNT MACGREGOR. (Saratoga Springs, NY: Saratoga Sun Press, 1906 [1895]) 47 pp. an interesting pamphlet written by the first curator of the so-called Grant's Cottage at Wilton, New York, where the ex-President spent the final five weeks of his life. Suffering with throat cancer, Grant used this time to amazingly complete his now famous memoirs. Fist issued ten years after Grant's death, this scarce little work presents an accurate picture of a sad chapter in American history. a little cover soiling, o/w a very good copy in original stiff paper wraps. $20

John Garry Clifford, THE CITIZEN SOLDIERS: The Plattsburg Training Camp Movement, 1913-1920. (Lexington, KY: University of Kentucky Press, 1972) 324 pp., index, bibliographic essay. A detailed study of the military reform movement which derived form the Business Men/'s Military Training Camps in upstate New York. top of b.s. bumped, o/w a very good copy in slightly worn d.j. $8

Philip Cohen etal., AN ATLAS OF LONG ISLAND'S WATER RESOURCES. (Albany, NY: New York State Water Resources Commission, 1962) Commission Bulletin 62. oblong format large octavo, 117 pp., bibliography, ill. with photos, charts, and maps. fairly uncommon, this useful state document covers Long Island unique hydrology and how to protect it. very good copy in dark plum faux leather cloth binding, very slightly spotted, otherwise in very good condition. $10

Harriet Maxwell Converse, MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF THE NEW YORK STATE IROQUOIS. (Albany: New York State Museum, 1981 [1908]) Edited and annotated by Arthur C. Parker. 195 pp., index, appendices, notes, ill. with b&w reproductions of photos and drawings. an excellent detailed overview of Iroquois folklore from prehistoric to modern times. fine copy in pictorial wraps. $15

Richard Critchfield, TREES, WHY DO YOU WAIT: America's Changing Rural Culture. (Washington, DC: Island Press, 1991) 270 pp., index, bibliography. By studying two rural midwest communities, Critchfield reveals that part of the decline of rural communities can be traced by the simultaneous decline of American cities. Through the author's lucid writing the people who form the foundation of rural America come to life. This copy is nicely inscribed by the author to Charles Kuralt on the half-title in handsome script. The journalist, Kuralt (1934-1997), was best known for his On the Road segments which told interesting human-interest stories found in his travels all across rural America, and which received two Peabody awards. very good copy in a very good (only very slightly worn) d.j. $50

Joan M. Crouse, THE HOMELESS TRANSIENT IN THE GREAT DEPRESSION, 1929-1941. (Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1986) 319 pp., index, bibliography, notes. The best account of the causes of the first wave of homeless and what government did in an attempt to solve the dilemma. fine hardbound copy in pictorial boards. $10

Lucinda Damon-Bach & Victoria Clements [Editors], CATHERINE MARIA SEDGWICK: Critical Perspectives. (Boston: Northeastern University Press, 2002) Foreword by Mary Kelly. 328 pp., index, notes, a few b&w plates. the best critical study of the work of an important but overlooked 19th century author from Stockbridge, Massachusetts. very good copy in d.j. $10

Clark Davis, AFTER THE WHALE: Melville in the Wake of Moby‑Dick. (Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press, 1985) 230 pp., index, bibliography, notes. A very readable and noteworthy study of Melville's problematic career and his loss of popularity after he ceased to produce maritime adventure novels. v.g. copy in d.j. $8

Philip J. Deloria, PLAYING INDIAN. (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1998) 249 pp., index, extensive notes, ill. with b&w reproductions of old photos, engravings, etc. a fascinating study of how Americans since the 18th Century have found a variety of way to pretend to be or at least dress or act like Native Americans. very good copy in d.j. $10

Shirley Spaulding Devoe, THE TINSMITHS OF CONNECTICUT. (Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1968) large format octavo, 200 pp., index, appendices (including lists of makers). well ill. with b&w photos and drawings. A thorough, definitive work produced for the Connecticut Historical Society. v.g. copy in slightly faded d.j. $15

Lincoln Diamant, CHAINING THE HUDSON: The Fight for the River in the American Revolution. (NY: Lyle Stuart, 1989) 233 pp., indices, bibliography, notes, ill. with many b&w reproduction of periods maps and other documents. An excellent comprehensive study of the chains, fortifications, and other techniques used by New Yorkers to prevent British ships from traveling north of the Hudson Highlands. very good copy in d.j. $10

Mike Dixon‑Kennedy, NATIVE AMERICAN MYTH AND LEGEND. (London: Brockhampton Press, 1998 [1996]) 288 pp., bibliography, maps, a useful book in dictionary format by a British expert on the subject. very good copy in pictorial boards in d.j. $2

Sara Donati, LAKE IN THE CLOUDS. (NY: Bantam Books, 2002) 613 pp., a fairly scarce recent novel about early settlers and their Native American neighbors in the upper reaches of the West Branch of the Sacandaga River in the southern Adirondacks. It centers around the life of Hannah Bonner, Nathaniel's half-Indian daughter, who learns to become a healer with an interesting combination of White man's medicine and traditional Indian practices. She also becomes embroiled in controversy for treating Selah Voyager, a fugitive slave. In one of the more interesting scenes, Hannah travels to New York City to consult with other physicians on how to treat smallpox. Her visit is cleverly documented in a reproduction of a fictitious 1802 newspaper article. A new American Indian character is introduced, Strikes-the-Sky, an impressive and somewhat frightening Seneca, who comes seeking help for distressed Indians who had removed to the American west (an aspect of New York's Native American history not dealt with in many literary works.) In addition, a winter festival scene is portrayed in interesting detail. While lengthy, the novel reads easily and deals with Native American and White relations in the years following the American Revolutionary with considerable sensitivity. very good copy in d.j. $5

Abner Doubleday, MY LIFE IN THE OLD ARMY, THE REMINISCENCE OF ABNER DOUBLEDAY. (Fort Worth, TX: TCU Press, 1998) Edited and Annotated by Joseph E. Chance. Illustrated with Engravings by Wil Martin. 402 pp., index, bibliography, notes. An important work publishing for the first time the wartime life of the man best known as the founder of American baseball, who served the military in four conflicts, including the Mexican and Civil Wars. fine copy in d.j. $15

Joan Druett & Mary Ann Wallace, THE SAILING CIRCLE: 19th Century Seafaring Women from New York. (Setauket/Cold Spring Harbor, NY: Three Village Historical Society/Cold Spring harbor Whaling Museum, 1995) Introduction by Lisa A. Norling. small quarto, 47 pp., index, bibliography, appendix listing women sailors, well ill. with color and b&w period sources. a very significant work covering Long Island and metropolitan New York City. very good copy in pictorial wraps. $5

Edgar A. Dryden, MELVILLE'S THEMATICS OF FORM: The Great Art of Telling the Truth. (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1968) 226 pp., index, notes, ill. with a few interesting drawings in the text. A revealing study of how Herman Melville dealt with the dilemma of conveying what he knew was true in his works. very good copy in slightly torn d.j. $5

Kenneth & Helen Durant, THE ADIRONDACK GUIDE-BOAT, With Plans and Commentary by John Gardner. (Camden, ME: International Marine Publishing Co., 1980) quarto, 250 pp., index, appendices, profusely ill. with b&w photos and drawings, maps on end-papers. The best and most detailed work on the subject to date. v.g. copy in d.j. (b.s. only of d.j. sunned), signed the author, Helen (her husband had deceased previous to the book's publication). $50

N.H. Egleston & Rev. John Norton, OLD FORT MASSACHUSETTS: In the Plantation of East Hoosuck, First Built 1745, To Protect the Commonwealth's Extreme Western Limits During the Wars With the French, Captured and Burned 1746, Rebuilt 1747. (North Adams, MA: New Englandiana Book Shop, 1965) 16, 51 pp., being Reprints of The Old Fort and What Became of Its, by N.H. Egleston (1881) and Rev. John Norton, The Redeemed Captive . . . (1748). A surprisingly rare compilation of two important short on 18th Century history of western Massachusetts. original stapled wraps, slightly soiled, o/w a v..g copy of a quality softbound work. $20

Paul Evans, ART POTTERY OF THE UNITED STATES. (NY: Feingold & Lewis, 1987) revised edition. 445 pp., index, list of potters, notes, well ill. with b&w photos. Rather than some 'picture book' Evan's work is filled with solid historical information and a dictionary of marks. very good copy in slightly torn d.j. $15

Sylvia G. Faibisoff & Wendell Tripp, A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NEWSPAPERS IN FOURTEEN NEW YORK COUNTIES. (Cooperstown, NY: N.Y. State Historical Association/South Central Research Library Council, 1978) 316 pp., index, bibliography, a few b&w ills. A useful annotated bibliography covering central New York counties. very good copy in d.j. $10

Dean F. Failey & Zachary N. Studenroth [and Helen Batcheller], EDWARD LANGE'S LONG ISLAND. (Setauket, NY: Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities, 1979) oblong large format octavo, 67 pp., bibliography, notes, ill. with 76 color and b&w reproductions of the artist's paintings and drawings. Lange (1846-1912) produced a number of remarkable views of homes, farms, and villages in the 1870s and 1880s when Long Island was still largely rural and only beginning to be subject to residential development. a very good copy of a quality softbound work. $10

Nathan Farb, THE ADIRONDACKS. (NY: Rizzoli Publishers, 1985) large quarto, 183 pp., map, ill. with the superb color photos of the Adirondack wilderness that launched Farb's fame as a landscape photographer. very good copy in stiff prefect bound wraps of a quality softcover publication, signed by the author. $15

Barry Fell, AMERICA B.C.: Ancient Settlers in the New World. (NY: Pocket Books, 1989 [1976]) revised edition. 347 pp., index, bibliography, well ill. with b&w photos, charts and line drawings. The controversial book that began the dialogue about possibilities of various explorers from many regions visiting the eastern and central United States long before the voyage of Columbus. overall a very good copy of the softbound edition. $2

Patricia Fenn & Alfred P. Malpa, REWARDS OF MERIT: Tokens of a Child's Progress and a Teacher's Esteem as an enduring aspect of American Religious and Secular Education. (Charlottesville, VA: Ephemera Society of America, 1994) oblong quarto, 224 pp., index, bibliography, decorative end-papers, beautifully illustrated with color reproductions of hundreds of examples. By far the best work ever issued on the subject. minor damage to top of one leaf, o/w very good copy in d.j. $10

William N. Fenton [Editor], PARKER ON THE IROQUOIS: Iroquois Uses of Maize and Other Food Plants; The Code of Handsome Lake, the Prophet; The Constitution of the Five Nations. (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1968) 119, 148, 158 pp., indices, bibliographies and illustrations as in the originals. Fenton's Introduction precedes facsimile copies of three very scarce publications of the noted ethnologist, Arthur Parker, dating from the late 19th century. very good copy in slightly torn d.j. $5

David Hackett Fischer, CHAMPLAIN'S DREAM: The European Founding of North America. (NY: Simon & Schuster, 2008) 834 pp., index, bibliography, notes, appendices, very well ill. with period maps, plans, engravings, and paintings in color and b&w. By far the most exhaustive study to date on Samuel de Champlain's life and accomplishments. fine copy in d.j. $15

Alice Ford, EDWARD HICKS: His Life and Art. (NY: Abbeville Press, 1985) square quarto, 276 pp., index, bibliography, notes, appendices. ill. with many excellent color and b&w plates. The best study to date of this important early primitive artist from Pennsylvania. very good copy in d.j. included is a tipped-in study of lion poses used by Hicks in his 'Peaceable Kingdom' painting; the study sketch was the work of Isabelle Carleton (1917-2008) a prominent art connoisseur of the Worcester, Massachusetts region. $20

Patrick Frazier, THE MOHICANS OF STOCKBRIDGE. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1992) 307 pp., index, bibliography, notes, a few b&w ills. an excellent study of this Native American tribe during the 18th century, in western Massachusetts, through the Colonial and Revolutionary wars and their removal to central New York State. very good copy of a quality softbound work. $10

Victorian Freeman, DISTANT RELATIONS: How My Ancestors Colonized North America. (Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2000) original edition. 535 pp., extensive notes, ill. with maps and b&w photos. In one of the latest works in a fairly recent genre of scholarly yet readable family histories, the author traces her roots from early Colonial settlement in New England to emigration to the Canadian frontier in the 1800s. fine copy in d.j. $10

Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen, AMERICAN PORCELAIN, 1770-1920. (NY: Metropolitan Museum of Arts, 1989) large quarto, 319 pp., decorative end-papers, index, bibliography, notes, ill. with many superb color and b&w photos. By far the best work devoted exclusively to porcelain made in America. very good copy in d.j. $25

J[ohn] H[omer] French, GAZETTEER OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Embracing a Comprehensive View of the Geography, Geology, and General History of the State, and a Complete History nd Description of Every County, City, Town, Village, and Locality, With Full Tables of Statistics. (Interlaken, NY: Heart of the Lakes Publishing, 1980 [1860]) 752 pp., including advertisements. ill. with a few full‑page steel engravings and county seals. with name and place indices included [see below] This massive compilation was the most important gazetteer issued since Spafford's of 1824. It begins with extensive introduction information organized by subject such as topography, canals, and agriculture. This is followed by information organized alphabetically by county and then by town or city. Ample historical background information is covered as well as many tables of statistics, and footnotes. a fine copy of a quality reprint edition in buff cloth binding. $20

Stanton Garner, THE CIVIL WAR WORLD OF HERMAN MELVILLE. (Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas Press, 1993) 544 pp., index, bibliography, notes, ill. with b&w photos. The definitive work on how the Civil War years affected the Melville family, and in particular on Melville's writings on the War, especially his famous poems, the Battle Pieces. very good copy in d.j. $7

Dr. Tony Gengarelly [Editor], RANDY TRABOLD'S NORTHERN BERKSHIRE COUNTY. (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2003) Images of America series. large format octavo, 128 pp., ill. with the moving b&w photos of Randy Trabold, a well‑known newspaper photographer from North Adams, Massachusetts, who took remarkable images of urban and rural life between 1935 and 1979. very good copy of a quality softbound work. $5

William Gerdts, AMERICAN IMPRESSIONISM. (NY: Abbeville Press, 1987) small square folio, 336 pp., bibliography, notes, ill. with over 400 color and b&w plates. A beautifully produced work yet very informative and probably the definitive work on the subject. very good copy in d.j. $20

William Gerdts, PAINTERS OF THE HUMBLE TRUTH: Masterpieces of American Still Life, 1801-1939. (Columbia, MO: Philbrick Art Center & University of Missouri Press, 1981) quarto, 293 pp., extensive bibliography, notes, well ill. with quality color and b&w plates. By far the best work on the subject to date, by the acknowledged expert. corners slightly bumped, minor cover soiling, o/w a very good copy of a quality softbound work. $10

William H. Gilman, MELVILLE'S EARLY LIFE AND REDBURN. (NY: New York University Press, 1951) 378 pp., index, extensive notes, appendices (examples of his youthful writing) genealogy charts on end-papers, ill. with a b&w photo frontis. Still a useful work, this book was the first Melville biography to adequately cover Melville's formative years in detail, prior to his publication of Moby Dick. a very good copy in dull blue cloth binding. $15

Joseph T. Glatthaar & James Kirby Martin, FORGOTTEN ALLIES: The Oneida Indians and the American Revolution. (NY: Hill & Wang, 2006) 434 pp., index, bibliography, appendices, ill. with maps and a frontis. An excellent study of the important role Oneidas played during the American Revolution. fine copy in d.j. $15

Abba A. Goddard [Editor], THE TROJAN SKETCH BOOK. (Troy, NY: Young & Hartt, 1846) 180 pp., a.e.g., ill. with a frontis engraving (a panoramic view of Troy, NY). a very scarce collection of poems and fictional sketches by reasonably competent local authors; the famous educator, Emma Willard, was one of the contributors. some wear to bs., foxing and some spotting throughout, o/w a very good copy in dark brown cloth binding, nicely inscribed by the author to an E.P. Christy. $60

Daniel Gookin, HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS OF THE INDIANS IN NEW ENGLAND. (New Braintree, MA: Towtaid, 1970 [1792]) 140 pp., index, a quality reproduction of the 1792 edition of a very important work written in 1764. very good copy in green cloth binding with gilt lettering. $25

Campbell Grant, ROCK ART OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN. (NY: Promontory Press, 1967) large format octavo, 178 pp., index, bibliography, well ill. in b&w with photos, drawings, and maps; decorative end-papers. While primarily covering the western United States, eastern regions are included as well. very good copy in very slightly worn d.j. $4

Brian Greenberg, WORKER AND COMMUNITY: Response to Industrialization in Nineteenth-Century American City. Albany, New York, 1850-1884. (Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 1985) 226 pp., index, bibliography, notes, ill. with a few maps. an important and scarce study that focuses on the social and cultural effects of industrialization. very good copy in pictorial boards. $25

Clyde & Sally Griffen, NATIVES AND NEWCOMERS: The Ordering of Opportunity in Mid-Nineteenth-Century Poughkeepsie. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1965) 291 pp., index, notes, statistical tables. A valuable work in the Studies in Urban History series reflects a vast amount of research into original source materials to study this small city in the Hudson River valley between 1840 and 1870. very good copy in slightly worn d.j. $15

James B. Griffin [Editor], ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE EASTERN UNITED STATES. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1952) quarto, 392 pp. of text and 198 pp. of b&w plates, fold-out maps, index, bibliography. A standard reference work with contributions by 28 scholars. a v.g. copy in torn d.j. $50

Harold F. Guilland, EARLY AMERICAN FOLK POTTERY. (Phila.: Chilton Book Co., 1971) 322 pp., index, extensive bibliography, notes. profusely ill. with reproductions of color and b&w photos from the Index of American Design. a useful overview of early American pottery, with illustrations not found in other works on the subject. very good copy in slightly worn d.j. $25

Andrew Gulliford, AMERICA'S COUNTRY SCHOOLS. (Washington, DC: Preservation Press, 1991 [1984]) 2nd edition, quarto, 293 pp., decorative end-papers, index, bibliography, appendix of schools covered, ill. with many historic b&w photos. The most thorough coverage of one-room schoolhouses throughout the United States. very good copy in very slightly worn d.j. $15

John M. Ham & Robert H. Bucence, RAILS ALONG THE EAST BRANCH: THE DELAWARE AND NORTHERN RAILROAD. (Hunter, NY: Stony Clove and Catskill Mountain Press, 2006) quarto, 208 pp., profusely ill. with historic b&w photos, documents, and maps. a detailed study of short line railroads in the Northern Catskills. owner's name, o/w a very good copy in pictorial boards, signed by the author, Ham. $25

Charles Hayes [Editor], FROM THE HUDSON TO THE WORLD: Voices of the River. (Poughkeepsie, NY: Sloop Clearwater, 1978) quarto, 141 pp., bibliography, ill. in b&w from earlier works. This VERY SCARCE volume is a remarkable compilation of Native American folklore of all ages from the Hudson River valley of New York State. one corner slightly bent, o/w a very good copy of a quality softbound work. $35

Kevin J. Hayes, MELVILLE'S FOLK ROOTS. (Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 1999) 134 pp., index, bibliography, notes. The first comprehensive study of Herman Melville's use of folklore in his works. very good copy in d.j. $10

Thomas Farel Heffernan, MUTINY ON THE GLOBE: The Fatal Voyage of Samuel Comstock. (NY: W.W. Norton & Co., 2002) 280 pp., bibliography, notes, appendices, maps on end-papers, ill. with a few b&w period plates. The definitive account of a famous mutiny on a whaling ship that occurred in the 1820s. very good copy in d.j. $8

Thomas Farrel Heffernan, STOVE BY A WHALE: Owen Chase and the Essex. (Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1981) xiii, 274 pp., index, appendices, notes. ill. with a few b&w plates. The fascinating story of the whale ship, Essex, which was sunk by a whale in 1820, and became one of Herman Melville's primary sources for Moby Dick. A must read if you enjoyed Nathaniel Philbrick's more recent work, In the Heart of the Sea. fine copy in d.j. $15

William F. Helmer, RIP VAN WINKLE RAILROADS. (Berkeley, CA: Howell North, 1971) 2nd edition. quarto, 146 pp., index, bibliography, appendices, colored frontis, ill. with many historic b&w photos and reproductions of old documents. The definitive work on 4 short-line narrow-gauge railroads that led into the eastern Catskills from New York State's Hudson River Valley. very good copy in worn d.j. $15

William F. Helmer, O. & W.: THE LONG LIFE AND SLOW DEATH OF THE NEW YORK, ONTARIO, & WESTERN RAILWAY. (Berkeley, CA: Howell-North, 1959) 211 pp., profusely ill. with historic b&w photos, maps, time-tables and other documents (including map and chart in pocket). An excellent study of this now little-known railroad system that served central New York and adjoining states for many years. very good copy in slightly torn d.j. $12

Lucile Henzke, AMERICAN ART POTTERY. (Camden, NJ: Thomas Nelson, 1970) quarto, 336 pp., index, glossary, profusely ill. with photos and other b&w and color ills. an excellent overview of the subject from a historical perspective. very good copy in slightly worn d.j. $12

Granville Hicks, PART OF THE TRUTH: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY. (New York City: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1965) 314 pp., index. The objective, honest and unassuming autobiography of Granville Hicks recalls his Communist years, his literary career, and his personal life, especially his love for the small town. very good copy in worn d.j. $15

Granville Hicks, ONLY ONE STORM. (NY: Macmillan, 1942) second printing. 427 pp. One of the author's lesser known novels, set in a small town like Grafton, New York, where he lived. small bookplate, o/w a very good copy in worn but very attractive d.j. (probably designed by Richard Bennett). $8

Granville Hicks, ONLY ONE STORM. (NY: Macmillan, 1942) second printing. 427 pp. One of the author's lesser known novels, set in a small town like Grafton, New York, where he lived. end-papers darkened, b.s. wear beginning, o/w a very good copy. $1

Granville Hicks, WHERE WE CAME OUT. (London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1954) the uncommon English edition. 250 pp. Hicks (1901-1982), prominent twentieth-century American author, literary critic and socialist, had joined the Communist Party and had become a well-known activist and a literary editor of the New Masses. His public resignation from the Communist Party, following the signing of the Warsaw Pact, made national as well as local headlines. a very good copy in slightly worn d.j. $5

Granville Hicks, SMALL TOWN. (Bronx, NY: Fordham University Press, 2004). new edition, with an Introduction by Warren F. Broderick and a Foreword by Ron Powers. 238 pp., bibliography, ill. with a few period b&w photos. The first sociological study of an American small town written by a resident (of Grafton, NY, which Hicks called `Roxborough') rather than by a visiting academic, an important model than other writers would follow. The new introductory material puts this important work in perspective. very good copy in perfect bound wraps of an uncorrected proof. It turns out no corrections were needed. $10

Granville Hicks, SMALL TOWN. (New York City: Macmillan, 1947). first edition. 246 pp. The first sociological study of an American small town written by a resident (of Grafton, NY, which Hicks called `Roxborough') rather than by a visiting academic, an important model than other writers would follow. owner's name, b.s darkened, o/w a v.g. copy with paper darkened, signed by the author. $10

Richard Josiah Hinton, JOHN BROWN AND HIS MEN: With Some Account of the Roads They Traveled to Reach Harper's Ferry. (NY: Kessinger Publishing, 2007? [1894]) 2nd edition. 752 pp., b&w engravings as in the original. Reprint edition of an important and very rare original work by an author who knew John Brown in Kansas in the 1850s. minor defect in binding affecting only the top of the title page (there appears to have been no front free end-paper), o/w a very good copy in glued softbound binding. $15

Charles Howell & Allan Keller, THE MILL: at Phillipsburg Manor Upper Mills, and a Brief History of Milling. (Tarrytown, NY: Sleepy Hollow Restorations, 1977) Foreword by Rex Wailes. 192 pp., index, bibliography, glossary, ill. in b&w with modern photos and a few architectural drawings. More than merely an account of the restored grist mill at Sleepy Hollow (North Tarrytown), this work provides on the best accounts of the operation of milling in America in the 18th and 19th centuries. very good copy in d.j. $10

Jeanne Chretien Howes, POET OF A MORNING: Herman Melville and the Redburn Poem. (San Francisco, CA: Cadmus Editions, 2001) 166, 49 pp., a few b&w ills. While misguided the author nonetheless makes an interesting case for Melville being the author of Redburn; or the Schoolmaster of a Morning, an obscure 1844 poem. covers a bit soiled, o/w a very good copy of a quality softbound work, nicely inscribed by the author. $10

Nelson Hull, REMINISCENCES OF THE SETTLING OF THE VALLEY OF THE LITTLE HOOSICK: Events of the Revolutionary War, &c., With a Sketch of the Life and Character of Some of the Most Prominent Men of the Town of Berlin. (Hoosick, NY: Dog Ears Books, 1997) 36 pp., A useful reprint of an important 1858 work with valuable information on the early history of eastern Rensselaer County, New York. very good copy in original wraps. $5

Thomas Hunt, A HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE TOWN OF CLERMONT. (Hudson, NY: The Hudson Press, 1928) 147 pp., fold-out map, ill. with plates reproducing early photos and drawings. An excellent and rather scarce history of an early town along the Hudson River in Columbia County, New York. paper covered boards with a cloth b.s, the label slightly chipped, o/w a very good, clean, tight copy. $20

Robert Hunter & Luke Beckerdite [Editors], CERAMICS IN AMERICA, 2009. (Hanover, NH: Chipstone Publications/University Press of New England, 2009) quarto, 232 pp., index, bibliography, notes, decorative end papers; ill. with superior quality color and b&w photographs by Gavin Ashworth. This issue features informative scholarly articles on Southern and Mid-Atlantic potteries. fine copy in d.j. $50

Robert Hunter & Luke Beckerdite [Editors], CERAMICS IN AMERICA, 2007. (Hanover, NH: Chipstone Publications/University Press of New England, 2007) quarto, 314 pp., index, bibliography, notes, decorative end papers; ill. with superior quality color and b&w photographs by Gavin Ashworth. This issue features informative scholarly articles on the earliest American porcelain makers. fine copy in d.j. $40

Francis G. Hutchins, TRIBES AND THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTION. (Brookline, MA: Amarta Press, 2000) 273+ pp., index, notes. An interesting work showing how Native tribes shaped the process and structure of the early republic. very good copy in slightly worn d.j. $10

Herbert Alan Johnson & Ralph K. Andrist, HISTORIC COURTHOUSES OF NEW YORK STATE. (NY: Columbia University Press, 1977) Foreword by Judge Charles D. Breitel. large format square octavo, 175 pp., ill. with fine b&w photos by Milo Stewart. A valuable illustrated survey of historic court houses built between 1772 and 1900 that still serve a variety of public uses. a very good copy in slightly worn d.j. $5

Agnes Halsey Jones, REDISCOVERED PAINTERS OF UPSTATE NEW YORK, 1700-1875. (Utica, NY: Munson Williams Proctor Institute, 1958) oblong format octavo exhibition catalog in attractive pictorial wraps, 80 pp., index, bibliography, ill. with many b&w reproductions of amazing works of academic painting and folk art. an important work covering a number of artists which had not previously (and in some cases, have not since) been covered in works on American art. a fine copy of a quality softbound work. $20

David M. Jordan, ROSCOE CONKLING OF NEW YORK: Voice in the Senate. (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1971) 464 pp., index, extensive bibliography, ill. with b&w portraits of key figures. The only definitive study of an important American political figure of great influence, the Republican party boss who served as a US Congressman and Senator in the era of American expansion and industrialization. very good copy in slightly wrinkled d.j. $10

Jane Kallir, GRANDMA MOSES IN THE 21ST CENTURY. (Alexandria, VA: Art Services International, 2001) the scarce hard-cover edition. quarto, 263 pp., index, bibliography, notes, chronology, attractive pictorial end-papers, ill. with wonderful color reproductions of her paintings (many of them from private collections) as well as old b&w photos of her home country in Rensselaer and Washington counties, New York. quite possibly the best work on the 20th century folk artist produced to date. very good copy in slightly torn d.j. $10

Jane Kallir, GRANDMA MOSES: The Artist beyond the Myth. (Secaucus, NJ: Welfleet Press, 1982) quarto, 160 pp., index, bibliography, notes, chronology, ill. with wonderful color reproductions of her paintings (many of them from private collections) as well as old b&w photos of her home country in Rensselaer and Washington counties, New York. a significant work on the 20th century folk artist produced to date. very good copy in slightly worn d.j. $25

Henry J. Kauffman, EARLY AMERICAN IRONWARE: CAST AND WROUGHT. (NY: Weathervane Books, 1977 [1965]) quarto, 166 pp., index, profusely ill. with b&w plates. An excellent work on the crafts of the blacksmith, whitesmith, tinsmith, farrier, locksmith, gunsmith, and others. very good copy in d.j. $10

John L. Kay & Chester M. Smith Jr., NEW YORK POSTAL HISTORY: The Post Offices and First Postmasters from 1775 to 1980. (State College, PA: American Philatelic Society, 1981) 556 pp., ill. with a county map. a very rare and most authoritative work covering every post office that ever existed in the state. very good copy in burgundy cloth binding. $100

Theodore K. Kazimroff, THE LAST ALGONQUIN. (NY: Walker & Co., 1982) Foreword by Ralph S. Solecki. 176 pp., index, b&w area map. The fascinating story of Joe Two Trees, a Native American who lived into the 1920s in a deserted coastal area of the northeast Bronx, clearly truth stranger than fiction. very good copy in slightly torn d.j. $10

John Ervin Kirkpatrick, TIMOTHY FLINT: Pioneer, Missionary, Author, Editor, 1780-1840. (Cleveland, OH: Arthur H. Clark Co., 1911) original edition. 331 pp., index, bibliography, appendices. ill. with a few b&w plates. The story of his life among the Pioneers and Frontiersmen in the Ohio and Mississippi valley and in New England and the South. An exhaustive and still the best biography of an important man who chronicled the opening of the American west, biographer of Daniel Boone, and author of an important 1830 novel, The Shoshone Valley. original dark red cloth (very slightly edge worn), with a few uncut leaves (one small repaired marginal tear), o/w a very good, clean, tight copy. $20

James Kirschke, GOUVERNEUR MORRIS: Author, Statesman, Man of the World. (NY: St. Martin's Press, 2005) 370 pp. index, notes, appendices. the most accurate work on a Bronx Native how was one of the more colorful of our founding fathers. very good copy in d.j. $10

Verlyn Klinkenborg, THE RURAL LIFE. (NY: Viking, 2003) 213+ pp., ill. with chapter-head engraving by Reynolds Stone. a highly readable seasonal account of our personal relationship to the rural environment. The author, best known for his column in the New York Times, lives on a farm in Columbia County, New York. fine copy in d.j, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. $5

Verlyn Klinkenborg, THE LAST FINE TIME. (NY: Alfred Knopf, 1991) 209 pp., notes. A wonderful account of a Polish neighborhood on the East side of Buffalo, New York, in the years following the Second World War. very good copy in d.j., nicely inscribed by the author. $20

Michael Korda, COUNTRY MATTERS: The Pleasures and Tribulations of Moving from a Big City to an Old Country Farmhouse. (NY: Harper Collins, 2001) 303+ pp., a few chapter‑head line drawings by the author. a highly readable discourse on life at an early farm house in Dutchess County, New York, or the education of an urban New Yorker. very good copy in d.j. $1

Walter Donald Kring, HERMAN MELVILLE'S RELIGIOUS JOURNEY. (Raleigh, NC: Pentland Press, 1977) 154 pp., index, notes. a refreshing new study of Melville's attitudes toward religion. very good copy in d.j. $10

Karen Ordahl Kupperman, INDIANS AND ENGLISH: Facing off in Early America. (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2000) 297 pp., index, notes, ill. with period b&w ills. A fascinating study of early encounters between settlers and Native Americans along the Atlantic coast from New England to the Southeast. v.g. copy in d.j. $15

Gertrude P. Kurath, IROQUOIS MUSIC AND DANCE: Ceremonial Arts of Two Seneca Longhouses. (Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, 2000 [1964]) Introduction by Tara Browner. 268+ pp., index, reproduced music, sketches, and photos from the original edition. An important work on Iroquois culture in New York State. very good copy of a softbound work. $1

Jane M. Lape [Editor], TICONDEROGA: Patches and Patterns from Its Past. (Ticonderoga, NY: Ticonderoga Historical Society, 1969) 343 pp., index, appendices, ill. with b&w photos, maps, and portraits. A very informative history of the Town and Village covering much more than merely the fort. very good copy in d.j. $10

F. Daniel Larkin & Julie C. Daniels & Jean West, ERIE CANAL: NEW YORK'S GIFT TO THE NATION, a Document-Based Teacher Resource. (Peterborough, NH: Cobblestone Publishing, 2001) 303 pp., filled with copies of old photos and other historic documents. a valuable resource on teaching using historical records, based on the history of the famous Erie Canal. fine copy of a spiral bound publication, which has become very scarce. $50

Paul Laskey, THE FIRE OBSERVATION TOWERS OF NEW YORK STATE: Survivors That Still Stand Guard. (Ballston Spa, NY: MKL Publishing, 2003) Foreword by Lou Curth. quarto, 130 pp., profusely ill. with a map and b&w photos, some from the archives of the NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation. The most comprehensive book today on New York State's fire towers, and the only one to include towers located outside the Adirondacks and Catskills. It tells the story of how fire towers were staffed (sometimes by intrepid women) for much of the 20th century as the first line of defense against devastating forest fires. very good copy in original wraps (no hardcover edition was published) signed by the author. $20

Zilla Rider Lea, THE ORNAMENTED CHAIR: Its Development in America. (Rutland, VT: Chas. E. Tuttle Co., 1962 [1960]) quarto,173 pp., index, profusely ill. with quality color and b&w plates. An important publication of the Society of Early American Decoration. very good copy in dj. $15

Lois Lehner, LEHNER'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF U.S. MARKS ON POTTERY, PORCELAIN, AND CLAY. (Paducah, KY: Collector Books, 1988) quarto, 634+ pp., indices, bibliography, appendices, b&w drawings of thousands of pottery marks. Still the most complete work on American pottery marks, with thousands of entries. very good copy in pictorial boards. $10

Bryan LeBeau, CURRIER & IVES: AMERICA IMAGINED. (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 2001) 380 pp., index, notes, ill. with b&w and color reproductions of a broad selection of their work. The best study to date on the firm that first reproduce visual images for the masses. very good copy in d.j. $10

Jill LePore, THE NAME OF WAR: King Philip's War and the Origins of American Identity. (NY: Alfred Knopf, 1998) 337 pp., extensive notes, ill. with reproductions of period illustrations. An interesting study of how historians and authors of other literature have presented this famous Colonial conflict. very good copy in d.j. $10

Leah Levenson & Jerry Natterstad, GRANVILLE HICKS: THE INTELLECTUAL IN MASS SOCIETY. (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1993) 303 pp., index, notes, bibliography. Ill. with b&w photos. The highly recommended definitive biography of Granville Hicks, which is now out-of-print. fine copy in d.j. $10

Elaine Levin, THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN CERAMICS FROM 1607 TO THE PRESENT: From Pipkins and Bean pots to Contemporary Forms. (NY: Harry N. Abrams, 1988) large quarto, 352 pp., index, bibliography, notes, profusely ill. with color and b&w photos. The best illustrated history of American ceramics. very good copy in d.j. $20

Joan Liebowitz, YELLOW WARE: THE TRANSITIONAL CERAMIC. (Exton, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 1985) 120 pp., index, bibliography, ill. with color and b&w photos and period advertisements. A scarce early guide on the history and development of American yellow ware. corners a little scuffed, o/w a very good copy of a quality softbound work. $7

James W. Loewen, SUNDOWN TOWNS: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism. (NY: The New Press, 2005) 562 pp., index, notes. ill. with period b&w photos. The remarkable and shocking story of discrimination against Blacks, Chinese, and others in mid-America. very good copy in d.j. $10

Milton Lomask, AARON BURR. (NY: Farrar, Strauss, & Giroux, 1979) 2 volumes, 476, 433 pp., separate indices, bibliographies, notes, and a few b&w plates. Volume I covers the Years from Princeton to Vice President, 1757-1805; Volume II covers the Conspiracy and the Years of Exile, 1805-1836. This is very uncommon as a two-volume set and is the definitive work on Burr. very good copies in worn d.j.s. $20

W. DeLoss Love, SAMSON OCCUM and the Christian Indians of New England. (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2000 [1899]) Introduction by Margaret Connell Szasz. 379 pp., index, appendix. A quality reprint of a very important work on a Mohegan and Brotherton preacher. very good copy of a softbound work. $3

[H.A. Manning Company], NEW YORK STATE MANUFACTURERS, 1927. (NY & Schenectady: H.A. Manning Co., 1927) 5-52, 157-2070+ pp. [odd pagination, but a complete work] ill. with a few b&w photos advertising businesses and communities, and a fold-out map. In this very unusual business directory, some advertisements and introductory material is followed first by thousands of alphabetical entries listing manufacturers, then by a long gazetteer of communities and an even longer list of manufacturers listed in classified orders by products. a VERY RARE and exhaustive source of information on business ventures in New York State in the years just prior to the great depression. This unique volume was apparently not part of a series. Only 14 copies have been identified in reference and research libraries WORLDWIDE! simulated plum leather binding with gold lettering and an attractive front cover, slightly bumped at the corners, but otherwise in remarkably fine condition given it's size. $100

Karal Ann Marling, GEORGE WASHINGTON SLEPT HERE: Colonial Revivals and American Culture, 1876‑1986. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1988) large square octavo, 453 pp., index, notes, well ill. with period b&w plates. A fascinating study of the Colonial revival movement resulting from the nation's Bicentennial and its profound effect on American culture to the modern era. very good copy in d.j. $10

Tom Martinson, AMERICAN DREAMSCAPE: The Pursuit of Happiness in Postwar Suburbia. (NY: Carroll & Graf, 2000) 291 pp., index, bibliography, notes, ill. with b&w photos. An interesting study of suburbia which presents the many architectural accomplishments and cultural advantages of the suburbs that escape their many harsh critics. very good cop in d.j. $10

Ronald Mason, THE SPIRIT ABOVE THE DUST: A Study of Herman Melville. (London: John Lehmann, 1951) 269 pp., index. An interesting and uncommon study of how Melville's other works, so often overlooked, were really as significant as a body of work as Moby Dick itself. very good copy in chipped sunned d.j. $5

Arthur H. Masten, THE STORY OF ADIRONDAC. (Blue Mountain Lake, NY: The Adirondack Museum, 1968 [1923[) Introduction and Notes by William K. Verner. 199 pp., index, notes, b&w ills. as in the original scarce work which detailed the establishment of the early iron industry near the source of the Hudson River at Tahawus. very good copy in d.j. $20

Nancy Mowll Mathews, AMERICAN DREAMS: AMERICAN ART TO 1950 IN THE WILLIAMS COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART. (NY: Hudson Hills Press, 2001) small folio, 240 pp., indices, appendices, outstanding color reproductions of works of art from an impressive collection in a small liberal arts college art museum. near fine copy in d.j. $20

Ben Harris McClary [Editor], WASHINGTON IRVING AND THE HOUSE OF MURRAY: Geoffrey Crayon Charms the British, 1817-1856. (Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press, 1969) 141 pp., index, bibliography, notes, appendices, ill. with a few portraits and other period b&w plates. Irving's charm and wit impressed the important British publisher who would later issue works by future America writers such as Herman Melville, very good copy in slightly torn d.j. $5

Elizabeth McCausland, THE LIFE AND WORK OF EDWARD LAMSON HENRY, N.A., 1841-1919. (Albany, NY: New York State Museum, 1945) 381 pp., index, bibliography. ill. with 262 b&w reproductions: of his paintings and also other photos and a frontis portrait. an excellent highly detailed study listing over 1,200 works (drawings, oils and water colors) of this significant regional artist from the Ellenville-Cragsmoor, New York area, based on extensive research and never duplicated since. fine copy in original wraps. $10

Kevin McConnell, REDWARE: American's Folk Art Pottery. (West Chester, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 1988) 96 pp., bibliography, ill. with useful color photos. a basic guide but valuable for the illustrations. very good copy of a quality softbound work. $5

Gerald McFarland, THE COUNTERFEIT MAN: The True Story of the Boorn-Colvin Murder Case. (NY: Pantheon Books, 1990) 242 pp., index, bibliography, notes, a few period b&w ills. Fact is truly stranger than fiction when an amazing early 19th century murder case from Manchester, VT, is brought to life. The supposedly murdered man reappeared very much alive, or did he??? very good copy in d.j., nicely inscribed by the author. $15

Gerald McFarland, A SCATTERED PEOPLE: An American Family Moves Westward. (NY: Pantheon Books, 1985) 280 pp., index, bibliography, notes, ill. with copies of historic b&w photos. In the first work in a fairly recent genre of scholarly yet readable family histories, the author traces his roots from early Colonial settlement in New England to emigration to the west coast, witnessing such historical events as the Harper's Ferry Raid, Bloody Kansas, and Wounded Knee. This remarkable, innovative book portrays the American experience in microcosm. The people in this work are not famous, but, through the author's meticulous research, every one of them comes to life. very good copy in torn d.j., signed by the author. $5

Gaile McGregor, THE NOBLE SAVAGE IN THE NEW WORLD GARDEN. (Toronto/Bowling Green, OH: University of Toronto Press/Popular Press, 1988) 357 pp., bibliography. An excellent study of how the European concept of the so-called noble savage was a adapted by North American literature and culture. very good copy on d.j. $15

Blake McKelvey, THE URBANIZATION OF AMERICA, 1860-1915. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press 1963) 370 pp., index, bibliography, notes. ill. with period b&w photos. still one of the best studies on the major transforation from rural to urban America. very good copy in worn d.j. $5

Eleanor Melville Metcalf, HERMAN MELVILLE: Cycle and Epicycle. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1953) 311 pp., index, notes, ill. in b&w from family images. genealogical charts on end-papers. An important study as the author was Melville's grand-daughter and had a unique perspective. very good copy in torn d.j. $15

Herman Melville, BENITO CERENO. With Pictures by E. McKnight Kauffer. (London: The Nonesuch Press, 1926) quarto, 124 pp., limited edition of 1650 copies, this is #212, printed on Van Gelder paper, with plates hand-colored through stencils. some darkening of first end-papers, o/w a very good copy in plum cloth binding. The very scarce dust jacket is lacking, sorry to say, but this is a very nice copy. of a beautifully produced work. $100

Herman Melville, BILLY BUDD & BENITO CERENO. (Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1980) Introduction by Maxwell Geismar. Illustrated by Robert Shore. small tall quarto, 176 pp., all edges gilt, marbleized end-papers, bound-in silk bookmark. full dark blue leather binding with attractive gilt embossing, in very good condition. a beautifully produced work in the Masterpieces of American Literature, Collector's Edition. $35

Herman Melville, BILLY BUDD & THE PIAZZA TALES. (Franklin Center PA: The Franklin Library, 1982) Illustrated by Allen Price. octavo, 342 pp., all edges gilt, iridescent end-papers, bound-in silk bookmark. full olive green leather binding with attractive gilt embossing, in very good condition. a beautifully produced work in the 100 Great Masterpieces of American Literature series. $20

Nathan Miller, THE ENTERPRISE OF A FREE PEOPLE: Aspects of Economic Development in New York State during the Canal Period, 1792-1838. (Ithaca, NY: American Historical Association/Cornell University Press, 1962) 293+ pp., index, bibliography, appendices, fold-out map. A valuable study of New York's economy in a critical period of expansion in central and western New York. very good copy in slightly torn d.j. $15

Stewart Mitchell, HORATIO SEYMOUR OF NEW YORK. (NY: Da Capo Press, 1970 [1938]) 623 pp., t.e.g., index, bibliography, numerous b&w ills. including fold-out maps and a genealogy chart. Still the definitive and rather scarce biography of a 19th century Governor of New York State and an important national political figure. a very good copy in blue cloth binding of the quality facsimile reprint edition. $15

Jean Guard Monroe & Ray A. Williamson, FIRST HOUSES: Native American Homes and Sacred Structures. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1993) square format octavo, 151 pp., index, bibliography, ill. with excellent line drawings by Susan Johnson Carlson. The best work on the subject covering all of North America. very good copy in d.j. $15

Maxine Moore, THAT LONELY GAME: Melville, Mardi, and the Almanac. (Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 1975) Foreword by Henning Cohen. large format octavo, 281 pp., index, bibliography, appendices, many b&w ills. in the text. This work explores many subtleties of Melville's enigmatic allegorical novel of 1849. very good copy in d.j. $15

Lewis Mumford, HERMAN MELVILLE: A Study of His Life and Times. (London: Stecker & Warburg, 1963) 256 pp., index. The scarce English version of the revised edition of an important critical work, where Mumford examined Melville's work in terms of his unique world view. very good copy in slightly soiled d.j. $7

Andrew B. Myers [Editor], THE KNICKERBOCKER TRADITION: WASHINGTON IRVING'S NEW YORK. (Tarrytown, NY: Sleepy Hollow Restoration, 1974) 153 pp., index, notes, ill. with a few b&w plates. 6 essays on the 19th century world that Irving knew for its rich Dutch tradition. very good copy in d.j. $7

National Ocean Survey [U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Institute], NEW YORK STATE BARGE CANAL SYSTEM. (Washington, DC: N.O.A.A., 1977) 9th edition. oblong folio (28 x 45 cm.), unpaginated, 36 leaves containing nearly 60 colored lithographed maps at a scale of 1:20,000. First issued in 1956, this valuable atlas contains maps and charts of the New York State barge canal system, covering the Erie, Champlain, Oswego, and Cayuga/Seneca canals, as well as Cayuga and Seneca lakes; previous editions were issued by the U.S. Lake Survey. a scarce work providing detailed maps of the historic and scenic canal system and adjoining communities. some cover wear and spotting, o/w a very good copy of a spiral bound work. $20

Eric P. Newman, THE EARLY PAPER MONEY OF AMERICA. (Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1967) original edition. quarto, 360 pp., appendices, many b&w ills. The best book on the subject, covering not only Continental and early Federal currency, but also currency issued by states and by private concerns. v.g. copy in slightly town d.j. $10

[New York State Legislature], LAKE GEORGE, Complete Report of the New York State Joint Legislative Committee on Lake George Water Conditions. (Albany, NY: NY State Legislature, 1945) revised edition, 239 pp., index, ill. with maps and charts, some folding, some in a pocket. an exhaustive report covering the history of water quality and water use from Colonial times to the middle 20th century. very good copy in green cloth binding. $15

Grace Greylock Niles, THE HOOSAC VALLEY: Its Legends and History. (NY: G.P. Putnams Sons, 1912) original edition. 584+ pp., index, t.e.g., well ill. with b&w photos. An information-filled, classic work on the early history of the parts of Massachusetts, Vermont and New York where this river flows, containing a great deal of interesting information, both history and folklore, not found in the standard published local histories. an ex-library copy with some cover and edge wear and external markings, signatures a little loose but intact, internally clean and unmarked, a good+ copy in cranberry cloth with gilt lettering, certainly a usable reference copy. $25

James W. Oberly, A NATION OF STATESMEN: The Political Culture of the Stockbridge-Munsee Mohicans, 1815-1972. (Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2005) 352 pp., index, bibliography, notes, appendices, ill. with maps, charts, and line drawings. A long-awaited work on the complex struggle of the Mohicans who removed from New York State to Wisconsin and finally secured homeland rights due them for many years. The 20th century political history is explained in detail found in few similar works for the first time. very good copy in d.j. $25

Raymond J. O'Brien, AMERICAN SUBLIME: Landscape and Scenery of the Lower Hudson Valley. (NY: Columbia University Press, 1981) 353 pp., index, bibliography, extensive notes, ill. with period and modern b&w photos, sketches, and drawings. a remarkably insightful study of the natural and cultural significance of the area, it's role in American history, and the roots of its preservation. a trifle fore-edge foxing, o/w very good copy in dark green cloth binding (slightly faded) in slightly worn d.j., signed by the author. $20

Henry S. Olcott, PEOPLE FROM THE OTHER WORLD. (Rutland, VT: Chas. Tuttle 1972) New Introduction by Terence Barrow. 492 pp., bibliography, ill. with period engravings by Alfred Kappes & T.W. Williams. The truly fascinating account of Olcott's investigations of supernatural events that occurred in Chittenden, Vermont in 1874, originally issued in New York newspapers. very good copy in d.j. $20

Glenn B. Opitz [Editor], MANTLE FIELDING'S DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN PAINTERS, SCULPTORS AND ENGRAVERS. (Poughkeepsie, NY: Apollo Books, 1983) xiv, 1041 pp. plus a 12 pp. addendum missing from many copies. a valuable reference as this is a fastidiously updated edition of Fielding's classic 1926 work. a near fine copy in d.j. $20

Samuel Otter, MELVILLE'S ANATOMIES. (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1999) 3679 pp., index, bibliography, notes, b&w ills. An intriguing study of Melville's fascination with the human anatomy. very good copy of a quality softbound work. $5

Dr. Hollis Palmer, CURSE OF THE VEILED MURDERESS. (Saratoga Springs, NY: Deep Roots Publications, 2004) 209 pp., index, a few b&w period ills. The fascinating story of the sensational Henrietta Robinson, Troy, New York, murder case of 1853 that demonstrates that truth is indeed stranger than fiction. fine copy in pictorial wraps. $10

John McAuley Palmer, GENERAL VON STEUBEN. (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1937) 343 pp., index, bibliography, notes, ill. with a frontis portrait and a few fold-out maps. The extremely scarce original edition of the standard biography of the Prussian immigrant General whose service was so valuable in the Revolutionary War. neat ink stamp on front end-paper, o/w an unusually clean, tight copy in steel blue cloth binding with gilt decoration. $35

Joan Pappas & A. Harold Kendal, HAMPSHIRE POTTERY, Manufactured by J.S. Taft & Company, Keene, New Hampshire. (Manchester, VT: Frank Forward, 1971) spiral bound, unpaginated [ca. 45 pp.], filled with color photos of pottery and a few historic b&w photos of the pottery works. One f the few works on the pottery which began as a stoneware pottery in 1871 and later created some of the finest Majolica and art pottery of its era until it closed in 1923. small spot on bottom of front cover, o/w a very good copy of a scarce work. $10

Hershel Parker, HERMAN MELVILLE: A BIOGRAPHY, VOL. I, 1819-1851. (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996) 941 pp., index, bibliography, notes, ill. with old b&w photos and other images. The most complete and definitive Melville biography issued to date; this volume, ending with the publication of Moby Dick, was issued separately from Volume II, which covers his later years. very good copy in d.j., nicely inscribed to Helen Plunkett, intrepid garret-climber, at Pittsfield Mass., 17 April '97. The author and Ms. Plunkett had been exploring the attic of Broadhall, the former residence of Melville's Uncle, Thomas, and now the Pittsfield Country Club. $25

Jon Parmenter, THE EDGE OF THE WOODS: Iroquoia, 1534-1701. (East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University Press, 2010) 520 pp., index, very extensive bibliography, notes, ill. with copies of archival documents and contemporary and historic maps. A new and very important study of the early post-contact years in central and western New York State and adjacent Canada. fine copy in d.j., with review notice enclosed. $25

Amelia Peck [Editor], ALEXANDER JACKSON DAVIS, American Architect 1803-1892. (NY: Rizzoli/Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1992) Introduction by Jane B. Davies. 192 pp., & 57 color plates reproducing his architectural drawings, notes, chronology of his work, also ill. with b&w plates in the text. A superbly produced work documenting one of America's most influential architects, who worked largely in downstate New York. very good copy of the quality softbound edition. $8

Anthony Peluso Jr., THE BARD BROTHERS: Painting America Under Steam and Sale. (Harry N. Abrams/The Maritime Museum, 1997) large oblong format octavo, 175 pp., index, appendices, list of known paintings, ill. with 110 color and b&w reproductions of paintings and drawings. a definite work on John and James Bard and their detailed renderings of steamboats and sailboats that plied the Hudson River in the 19th century. very good copy in d.j. $10

Don & Mary Perkins [and others], BARBER SHOP COLLECTIBLES. (Gas City, IN: L-W Book Sales, 1996) quarto, 399 pp., price list, profusely ill. with b&w and color plates, many from trade catalogs. far less common than most works of this genre, this is an amazing compendium on the subject. b.g. copy in pictorial boards. $25

Mark Perry, GRANT AND TWAIN: The Story of a Friendship That Changed America. (NY: Random House, 2004) 294 pp., index, bibliography, notes, ill. with b&w photos and engravings. This well written work, despite its biases and embellishments, tells the story of his Samuel Clemens (for better or worse) published Grant's famous memoirs, written while the former President was near death from throat cancer. If the less flamboyant and persuasive Robert U. Johnson of the Century Magazine had published them instead, who knows what would have resulted? near fine copy in d.j. $5

James Constantine Pilling, BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE ALGONQUIAN LANGUAGES. (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1891) 614 pp., indices, addenda, ill, with reproductions of title pages of early books in the Algonquian language. A important compilation produced under the direction of John Wesley Powell, covering both early Native American works and later secondary sources on the subject. 3/4 leather and cloth binding with front hinge weakening but not broken, one corner of front cover worn away, not affecting the text which is clean and tight. $50

Thomas M. Pitkin, THE CAPTAIN DEPARTS: Ulysses S. Grant's Last Campaign. (Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1973) Foreword by John Y. Simon. 164 pp., index, notes, annotated bibliography, a few b&w period ills. The best work by far on the final years of Grant's life, covering his financial failure, his career as an unwilling writer, and his tragic terminal illness. very good copy in d.j. $10

Dorothy A. Plum [compiler], ADIRONDACK BIBLIOGRAPHY SUPPLEMENT, a List of Books, Pamphlets, and Periodical Articles. (Blue Mountain Lake, NY: The Adirondack Museum, 1973) 198 pp., index, appendices. a valuable supplement to Donaldson's basic 1958 Adirondack Bibliography. very good copy in green cloth binding. $5

Ron Powers, WHITE TOWN DROWSING: Journeys to Hannibal. (Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1987) first edition. 313 pp. The fascinating account of the current problems faced by the small river town in Missouri made famous as the home of Mark Twain. very good copy in slightly worn d.j., inscribed by the author. $2

Beatrice Farnsworth Powers & Olive Floyd, EARLY AMERICAN DECORATED TINWARE, With Designs and Practical Directions. (NY: Hastings House, 1957) quarto, 267 pp., index, bibliography, appendices, ill. with hundreds of b&w photos. the first serious study of American decorative tinware. owner's name, o/w a very good copy in torn d.j., signed by the author, Powers. $15

Evan T. Pritchard, NATIVE NEW YORKERS: The Legacy of the Algonquin People of New York. (San Francisco, CA: Council Oaks Books, 2002) 490 pp., index, bibliography, notes, appendices, ill. with contemporary maps. an interesting compilation of facts and folklore on the subject, assuming the reader takes his use of Native place names and vocabulary with a grain of salt. very good copy in d.j. $10

Arnold Rampersad, MELVILLE'S ISRAEL POTTER: A Pilgrimage and Progress. (Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green University Press 1969) 128 pp., bibliography, notes. One of the few studies of a neglected novel of Melville's. fine copy in tan cloth binding (no d.j. was issued) $10

Monica Randall, PHANTOMS OF THE HUDSON VALLEY: The Glorious Estates of a Lost Era. (Woodstock, NY: Overlook Press, 1995) oblong quarto, 206 pp., index, appendix, ill. with quality reproductions of historical photos and wonderful sepia toned photos by the author. A fascinating study of these majestic homes, some restored and other in ruin or already demolished. very good copy in slightly torn d.j. $25

M. Charles Rebert, AMERICAN MAJOLICA, 1850-1900. (Des Moines, IO: Wallace Homestead, 1981) quarto, 87 pp., index, bibliography, ill. with many color & b&w photos and reproductions of pottery marks. The best work on the subject, covering the remarkable and under-appreciated work of the famous Hampshire, Phoenixville, and Chesapeake potteries, among others. a tight ex-library copy with the usual markings in colorful pictorial boards. $20

John Resch, SUFFERING SOLDIERS: Revolutionary War Veterans, Moral Sentiment, and Political Culture in the Early Republic. (Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press, 1999) 319 pp., index, bibliography, notes, a few b&w ills. The fascinating study of the treatment of Revolutionary War veterans by the governments and the American populace. v.g. copy in d.j. $10

Samuel Rezneck, PROFILES OUT OF THE PAST OF TROY, NEW YORK SINCE 1789. (Troy, NY: Greater Troy Chamber of Commerce, 1970) 231 pp., name index, ill. with a few b&w portraits. A rather scarce work highlighting some remarkable men and women not well covered in older city and county histories, very good copy in gray cloth binding with blue decoration. $75

Daniel K. Richter & James H. Merrell [Editors], BEYOND THE COVENANT CHAIN: The Iroquois and Their Neighbors in Indian North America, 1600-1800. (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1987) Foreword by Wilcomb E. Washburn. 211 pp., index, notes. 9 very useful studies of Iroquois relations with other tribes. very good copy in worn d.j. $20

Donald C. Ringwald, HUDSON RIVER DAY LINE: The Story of a Great American steamboat company. (Berkeley, CA: Howell-North, 1965) quarto, 228 pp., indices, well ill. with 260 historic b&w photos, engravings, and maps. decorative end-papers. The original edition of the seminal work on these famous passenger steamships that traveled the Hudson River. very good copy in slightly worn d.j. $25

Kenneth D. & Jane W. Roberts, PLANEMAKERS AND OTHER EDGE TOOL ENTERPRISES IN NEW YORK STATE IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. (Cooperstown, NY: New York State Historical Association, 1971) large square format octavo, 230 pp., appendices, ill. with many photos of planed and marks and reproductions of period advertisements. By far the best work on the subject, and rather scarce. very good copy in brown cloth biding. $35

Laurie Robertson-Lorant, MELVILLE: A BIOGRAPHY. (NY: Clarkson Potter Publishers, 1996) 710 pp., index, bibliography, notes, ill. with old b&w photos and other images and a genealogy chart. One of the best comprehensive and most accurate Melville biographies to be issued in some time. very good copy in d.j. $10

Douglas Robillard, MELVILLE AND THE VISUAL ARTS: Ionian Form, Venetian Art. (Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 1995) 205 pp., index, bibliography, notes, ill. with a few b&w plates. an excellent readable and scholarly study of fine arts and sculpture as they appear in Melville's works. very good copy in d.j. $3

Beatrix Rumford [Editor], AMERICAN FOLK PORTRAITS: Paintings and Drawings from the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk At Center. (Williamsburg, VA/Boston: New York Graphic Society/Colonial Williamsburg, 1981) quarto, 295+ pp., index, bibliography, ill. with 97 color plates and 240 b&w photos. an important and well produced work also documenting the history of folk portraiture in America. number written in pen on front free end-paper, o/w a very good copy in d.j. $15

Howard S. Russell, INDIAN NEW ENGLAND BEFORE THE MAYFLOWER. (Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 1980, 284 pp., index, extensive bibliography, notes, a few b&w ills. the scarce hardcover edition of the basic reference work on the subject. a very good copy of the quality softbound edition. $2

David Russo, AMERICAN TOWNS: AN INTERPRETIVE HISTORY. (Chicago: Ivan Dee, 2001) 350 pp., index, bibliography, notes, ill. with a few maps and b&w copies of historic photos. a remarkably lucid and highly readable study of the development of towns in different parts of rural America from the 17th through the 19th centuries. very good copy in slightly worn d.j. $4

Paul Sarnoff, RUSSELL SAGE: THE MONEY KING. The Man Who Banked the Tycoons. (NY: Ivan Obolensky, Inc., 1965) 397 pp., index, bibliography, some b&w ills. The truly fascinating story of the life of one of the wealthiest and most powerful figures of the late 19th century; the extent of Sage's shrewd financial dealings and his calculated penny pinching were truly beyond belief. very good copy in torn d.j. $10

Marvin D. Schwartz & Richard Wolfe, A HISTORY OF AMERICAN ART PORCELAIN. (NY: Renaissance Editions, 1967) quarto, 93 pp., bibliography, ill. with 74 color and b&w plates. an excellent overview of the subject which has become fairly scarce. a very good copy in slightly torn d.j. $5

Marvin D. Schwartz & Robert E. DiBartolomeo [Editors], AMERICAN GLASS: From the Pages of Antiques [Magazine]. (NY: Weathervane Books, 1974) quarto, 221, 216 pp., ill. with many b&w photographic plates. A two-part work covering blown and molded, then pressed and cut glass. The facsimiles of articles from Antiques date from 1922 to 1972, and were written by a number of experts in the field. Back in these years the magazine was not a coffee-table publication for the prominent and affluent, but rather a showcased important art and antiques and purchased ground-breaking research. very good copy in torn d.j. $15

Seymour I. Schwartz, THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR, 1754-1763: The Imperial Struggle for North America. (Edison, NJ: Castle Books, 1994) oblong large format octavo, 177 pp., index, well ill. with period maps and engravings and very well produced modern location maps. an interesting study of the French and Indian War based to a great extent on maps and other original source materials. very good copy in d.j. $15

Merton M. Sealts Jr., THE EARLY LIVES OF MELVILLE: Nineteenth-Century Biographical Sketches and their Authors. (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1974) 280 pp., index, appendices, chronology. This very useful reference work covers all sketches of Melville's life and literary career published between 1852 and 1890 and reproduces their text in their entirety. very good copy in d.j. $10

William Ellery Sedgwick, HERMAN MELVILLE: The Tragedy of the Mind. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1944) 255 pp., index. an interesting early critical study of Melville's work. review pasted on rear free end-paper, o/w a very Good copy in worn d.j., nicely inscribed by the author. $8

Paul Semonin, AMERICAN MONSTER: How the Nation's First Prehistoric Creature Became a Symbol of National Identity. (NY: New York University Press, 2000) 486 pp., index, bibliography, notes, afterword, ill. with interesting period b&w images. The fascinating story of the discovery of mastodon and dinosaur remains in the east in the 18th Century, the excitement and speculation these discoveries created, and how these unknown creatures rose to mythical proportions. Two of the most important of these finds were in the Hudson River valley. very good copy in d.j. $10

Wendy J. Shadwell & Robert Strunsky [compilers], CATALOGUE OF AMERICAN PORTRAITS IN THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY. (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1974) revised edition. 2 volumes, quarto, 964 pp., index, extensive bibliography, well ill. with b&w reproductions of paintings and sculptures. The highly desirable revised edition of a monumental reference work, with excellent information on the artists as well as the sitters. v.g. copies in slightly worn d.j.'s. $80

Timothy J. Shannon, INDIANS AND COLONISTS AT THE CROSSROADS OF EMPIRE: THE ALBANY CONGRESS OF 1754. (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2000) 268 pp., index, bibliography, appendix, ill. with a few maps and period engravings. On the eve of the French and Indian Seven Years War, the British Colonial government convened the Iroquois to ensure their alliances and present them with the so-called Albany Plan; a forgotten but important event in American Colonial history. very good copy in d.j. $25

Timothy J. Shannon, IROQUOIS DIPLOMACY ON THE EARLY AMERICAN FRONTIER. (NY: Viking, 2008) 260 pp., index, glossary, notes. an excellent recent overview of the sophisticated political activities of the Iroquois in Colonial New York. very good copy in d.j. $15

Peter D. Shaver, THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC SITES IN NEW YORK STATE. (NY: Rizzoli, 1993) first edition. quarto, 248 pp., indices, appendices, ill. with b&w photos and county location maps. The scarce hardcover edition of excellent and attractively produce reference work covering all 2,926 National Register sites at the date of publication. very good copy in d.j. $10

Robert B. Shaw, HISTORY OF THE COMSTOCK PATENT MEDICINE BUSINESS, and Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills. (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1972) Studies in History & Technology No. 22. quarto, 49 pp., ill. in b&w with historic photos and copies of documents. a scarce and fascinating publication on one of America's most famous patent medicine companies, located in the small town of Morristown, New York, along the St. Lawrence River. very good copy in stapled wraps of the quality original edition. We do not sell photocopies, scanned reproductions, or on-demand reprints. $20

Carol Sheriff, THE ARTIFICIAL RIVER: The Erie Canal and the Paradox of Progress, 1817-1862. (NY: Hill & Wang, 1996) 250 pp., index, bibliography, notes, a few b&w ills. in the text. An excellent study of the most important artificial waterway of early American, that dramatically changed the nation's economy. very good copy in d.j. $10

William H. Shurr, THE MYSTERY OF INIQUITY: Melville as Poet, 1857-1891. (Lexington, KY: University of Kentucky Press, 1972) 283 pp., index, bibliography, notes. One of the better of the few studies on the subject and a rather scarce work. bookplate, o/w a very good copy in slightly worn d.j. $20

Robert Silverberg, MOUND BUILDERS OF ANCIENT AMERICA: The Archaeology of a Myth. (Greenwich, CT: New york Graphic Society, 1968) 369 pp., bibliography, ill. with maps and line drawings in the text. One of the most comprehensive studies of the earthworks of the Midwest and the Southeast. v.g. copy in worn d.j. $20

DeCost Smith, MARTYRS OF THE OBLONG AND LITTLE NINE. (Caldwell, ID: Caxton Printers, 1948) limited edition of 1000 numbered copies. 310 pp., index, notes, ill. with b&w photos. The truly fascinating and tragic story of Mohican Indians from Dutchess County, New York, who removed to Pennsylvania with Moravian missionaries, and along with Delaware and Lenape Indians suffered continuing persecution up to the War of 1812. fine copy (showing no use) in original burgundy cloth in slightly worn d.j. $15

H.P. Smith [Editor], HISTORY OF WARREN COUNTY [NEW YORK], With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers. (Interlaken, NY: Heart of the Lakes Publishing, 1981 [1885]) quarto, 702, lviii pp., original index an a new index by Robert McAler. ill. with engravings as in the original edition. a quality reprint of one of the better upstate New York county histories. very good copy in reddish brown cloth biding with gilt decoration. $65

Joseph Smith, REMINISCENCES OF SARATOGA; Or Twelve Seasons at the States. (NY: The Knickerbocker Press, 1897) 326 pp., index, t.e.g., ill. mostly with b&w portraits. A fascinating account of all the famous and infamous people who summered at Saratoga Springs in the Victorian era. very good, clean, tight copy in burgundy cloth binding with gilt decoration. $25

Philip H. Smith, GENERAL HISTORY OF DUCHESS COUNTY, from 1609 to 1876 Inclusive. (Salem, MA: Higginson Book Company, n.d. [1970s?]) 507+ pp., index, ill. with engravings in the text. A quality hardcover reprint edition of an important early (1877) privately printed history of Dutchess County, New York. very good copy in blue cloth binding with gilt spine lettering. $20

Charles M. Snyder, RED AND WHITE ON THE NEW YORK FRONTIER: A Struggle for Survival. Insights from the Papers of Erastus Granger, Indian Agent, 1807-1819. (Harrison, NY: Harbor Hill Books, 1978) 96 pp., ill. with a few b&w plates. a selection of 64 letters and other documents, now housed in the library of the State University of New York at Oswego, with commentary. a near fine copy in d.j. $25

Horatio Gates Spafford, A GAZETTEER OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK: Embracing an Ample Survey and Description of its Counties, Towns, Cities, Villages, and Canals . . . with an Appendix. (Interlaken, NY: Heart of the Lakes Publishing, 1981) Preface by Warren F. Broderick. 620 pp., index, maps from the original reproduced on the end-papers and engraving of his invention of a carriage wheel. a quality hardcover reprint of his second and best gazetteer. Rather than merely drawing from the usually consulted published sources, Spafford and his agents scoured the state for accurate, up-to-date information. a fine copy in green cloth binding. $45

John Spargo, THE POTTERS AND POTTERIES OF BENNINGTON. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co./The Magazine Antiques, 1926) quarto, 270 pp. of text + 64 pp. of color and b&w photographic plates, index, appendices, color frontis. The first work on major significance open the Bennington, Vermont potteries, containing valuable information from original sources and potters reminiscences that would have otherwise best lost to time. Limited edition of 800 copies, this is no. 309. a little bumping at the corners and edge wear,(as usual) otherwise internally and externally a v.g., clean, tight copy in orange cloth boards with a black leather b.s., with the bookplate of former owner, Hall Park McCullough. $75

John Spargo, THE STORY OF DAVID REDDING, Queen;s Ranger, Who Was Hanged in Bennington, Vermont, June 11, 1778, A Historical Reconstruction. (Bennington, VT: The Bennington Museum, 1945) first edition. 68 pp., notes, a few b&w ills. The fascinating account of a Loyalist who was hung for treason, and whose bones were stored in the museum as if they were artifacts, rather than human remains, for years. very good copy in perfect bound wraps. $10

John Spargo, EARLY AMERICAN POTTERY AND CHINA. (Garden City, NY: Garden City Pub. Co., 1948 [1926]) 393 pp., index, biographical notes, appendix of pottery marks, ill. with b&w photos. a reliable older comprehensive reference work that is still very useful. bookplate, o/w a very good copy in gray/green bicolor cloth binding in d.j. $10

Ian K. Steele, WARPATHS: Invasions of North America. (NY: Oxford University Press, 1994) 282 pp., index, notes, a few b&w ills. a very useful study of various European incursions against North American native peoples from 1513 through the 1760s. very good copy in d.j. $5

R.S. Stephenson, CLASH OF EMPIRES: The British, French, and Indian War, 1754-1763. (Pittsburgh, PA: Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center, 2005) large quarto, 108 pp., ill. with excellent color reproduction of artifacts, paintings and documents. a very attractive overview of the infamous Colonial war. very good copy in colorful pictorial wraps of a quality softcover publication. $5

Geoffrey Stone, MELVILLE. (NY: Sheed & Ward, 1949) 336 pp., index, bibliography. A volume in the Great Writers of Our World series, this interpretive biography is very well composed given the lack of information on Melville available at that date. very good copy on slightly worn d.j. $8

Erika S. Svendsen & Lindsay G. Campbell, LAND‑MARKINGS: 12 JOURNEYS THROUGH 9/11 LIVING MEMORIALS. (Newton Square, PA: U.S. Forest Service, 2006) large format oblong octavo, 48 pp., ill. with color photos and maps. A very rare account of a journey to more than 700 living memorials to the September 11, 2001 tragedy. very good copy in perfect bound wraps. $25

Brian Swann [Editor], ON THE TRANSLATION OF NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURES. (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1992) large format octavo, 478 pp., index, notes, appendices. 23 scholars present significant contributions on the subject. fine copy in d.j. $15

Dickran & Ann Tashjian, MEMORIALS FOR CHILDREN OF CHANGE: The Art of Early New England Stonecarving. (Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1974) large format octavo, 309 pp., index, notes, appendix listing epitaphs, well ill. with b&w photos and copies of gravestone rubbings. A detailed study of how early gravestone design relate to art in general and to American culture. very good copy in slightly torn d.j. $15

Laurance Thompson, MELVILLE'S QUARREL WITH GOD. (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1952) 475 pp., index, notes. This in-=depth study of Melville's attitudes towards religion has never been duplicated. very good copy in slightly worn d.j. THIS IS NOT A FORMER LIBRARY BOOK WITH ANY MARKINGS. NOR IS IT AN ON-DEMAND REPRINT PRINTED ON PAPER OF SUSPECT QUALITY. $35

Elisabeth Tooker [Editor and compiler], LEWIS H. MORGAN ON IROQUOIS MATERIAL CULTURE. (Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press, 1994) 325 pp., index, bibliography, notes, appendices as in the original works. ill. with finely reproduced color plates and b&w plates from Morgan's original reports submitted by Morgan to the State of New York along with a fabulous collection of Indian artifacts donated to the State Museum. A detailed account of the wonderful story of Morgan's work on preserving Iroquois culture and folkways. very good copy in d.j. $25

Elisabeth Tooker, THE IROQUOIS CEREMONIAL OF MIDWINTER. (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1970) 189 pp., index, notes, appendix, a few b&w ills. of artifacts. An excellent study of the longest and most complex of the traditional, Iroquois rituals. v.g copy in torn d.j. $15

Alan Trachtenberg, SHADES OF HIAWATHA: Staging Indians, Making Americans, 1880-1930. (NY: Hill & Wang, 2004) 369 pp., index, bibliography, notes, a few b&w ills. The author traces the changing image of the American Indian in popular culture, through the past century when mimicking Native ways achieved a strange popularity. very good copy in d.j. $5

Berry B. Tracy [with Mary Black], FEDERAL FURNITURE AND DECORATIVE ARTS AT BOSCOBEL. (NY: Harry N. Abrams, 2001) small square folio, 165 pp., index, notes, ill. with beautiful color photos of the collection of the Federal period mansion overlooking the Hudson River in Garrison, NY. very good copy in stiff decorative wraps. $10

Salvatore Michael Trento, THE SEARCH FOR LOST AMERICA: The Mysteries of the Stone Ruins. (Chicago: Contemporary Books, 1978) 284 pp., index, bibliography, notes, appendices, well ill. with many b&w plates. One of the first serious modern studies of stone structures and carvings in the eastern United States. very good copy in d.j. $10

Christopher Tunnard & Boris Pushkarev, MAN-MADE AMERICA: CHAOS OR CONTROL? (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1974 [1963]) quarto, 479 pp., index, bibliography, well ill with b&w photos, maps and plans. An important landmark study into problems resulting from the ill-designed urban landscape of America. very good copy in torn d.j. $8

Ron Tyler et.al., AMERICAN FRONTIER LIFE: Early Western Paintings and Prints. (NY: Portland House, 1989 [1987]) square quarto, 202 pp., notes, exhibition checklist, very well ill. with color and b&w reproductions of art works and also historic photos. More than merely another picture book on this popular subject, this boo contains valuable scholarly information on tall the artists, including New Yorkers Arthur F. Tait and John Mix Stanley. very good copy in d.j. $15

C. Van Santvoord & Prof. Tayler Lewis, MEMOIRS OF ELIPHALET NOTT, D.D. LL.D., for Sixty-two Years President of Union College. (New York: Sheldon & Co., 1876) 390 pp., appendices, ill. with an engraved frontis portrait of Dr. Nott. Eliphalet Nott was a remarkable educator and inventor of considerable renown. minor edge wear, two signatures loosening, o/w a very good copy in brown cloth binding, inscribed by Dr. Nott's grandson (and also a controversial college President), Eliphalet Nott Potter. $35

Roland Van Zandt, THE CATSKILL MOUNTAIN HOUSE: The Birth, Glory, and Death of the Great Hudson Valley Hotel Which Symbolized the American Romantic Era. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1966) 2nd printing of 1st edition, 416 pp., index, bibliography, notes, ill. with period and modern b&w plates, reproduction of paintings in color, and map. Dating from 1823, this world-famous hotel was destroyed by the State of New York in 1963 after it had fallen into ruin. very good copy in slightly worn d.j., nicely inscribed by the author to a descendent of an owner. $25

Howard P. Vincent, THE TAILORING OF MELVILLE'S "WHITE JACKET." (Evanston, IL: Northwestern Univ. Press, 1970) 239 pp., index, references in the text. A very useful study of Herman Melville's novel attacking the abuses on a man-of-war. very good copy in white cloth binding, with publisher's notice included. $7

Anthony F.C. Wallace, THE DEATH AND REBIRTH OF THE SENECA. (NY: Knopf, 1973) With the Assistance of Sheila C. Steen. 384, xi pp., index, bibliography, ill. with period b&w plates, mainly portraits. The definitive history of the Seneca Nation, with particularly useful coverage of the years after the American Revolution. Much space is devoted to their cultural revival fostered by the visionary Handsome Lake. very good copy in d.j. $15

Paul Weatherwax, INDIAN CORN ON OLD AMERICA. (NY: Macmillan, 1954) large format octavo, 253 pp., index, bibliography, ill. with color and b&w photos, reproductions of old engravings, and with maps. an excellent overview of Native corn culture in North, Central, and South America. light foxing toward extremities, blurb from dust jacket pasted to front free end-paper, o/w a vert good copy in blue cloth binding. $7

Donald Blake Webster, DECORATED STONEWARE POTTERY OF NORTH AMERICA. (Rutland, VT: Tuttle Publishers, 1971) quarto, 232 pp., index, bibliography, appendix, ill. with excellent b&w photos. An important work that helped popularize blue decorated stoneware during the era when the famous stoneware actions began in the northeastern United States. very good copy in slightly worn d.j. $30

Ruth Irwin Weidner, AMERICAN CERAMICS BEFORE 1930: A BIBLIOGRAPHY. (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1982) 279 pp., author and subject indices. a very valuable work that has not been duplicated, comprising Art Reference Collection, No. 2. fine copy in plum cloth binding (no d.j. was issued) $15

Arthur James Weise, HISTORY OF THE SEVENTEEN TOWNS OF RENSSELAER COUNTY, from the Colonization of the Manor of Rensselaerwyck to the Present Time. (Troy, NY: Rensselaer Country Bicentennial Commission, 1975 [1880]) quarto, 158 pp., index. A scarce and informative comprehensive county history, the original edition of which is very scarce. inside of rear covered darkened, minor cover soiling, o/w a very good copy of a quality softbound work. $25

Barry Werth, THE SCARLET PROFESSOR. Newton Arvin: A Literary Life Shattered By Scandal. (NY: Nan A. Talese, 2001) 325 pp., index, bibliography, ill. with a few b&w photos and a frontis portrait. An excellent study of the life and career of a important early literary critic whose world was destroyed first by his Communist sympathies and then by the revelation of homosexuality. very good copy in d.j. $4

C. Keith Wilbur, THE WOODLAND INDIANS: An Illustrated Account of the Lifestyles of America's First Inhabitants. (Guilford, CT: Globe Pequot Press, 1995) quarto, 102 pp., index, bibliography, appendix. ill. with excellent b&w line drawings by the author in the text. A charmingly designed and written work providing an excellent overview on the subject. very good copy of a quality softbound work with an attractive front cover design. $2

John Wilmerding, A HISTORY OF AMERICAN MARINE PAINTING. (Boston/Salem: Little Brown/Peabody Institute, 1968) quarto, 279 pp., index, bibliography, notes, ill. with hundreds of b&w and color plates. still the best overview on the subject. v.g. copy in slightly worn d.j. $15

Glenn F. Williams, THE YEAR OF THE HANGMAN: George Washington's Campaign Against The Iroquois. (Yardley, PA: Westholme, 2005) 355 pp., index, glossary, notes, chronology. Ill. with maps and period b&w plates. An excellent overview of the 1779 Sullivan‑Clinton Campaign against the Iroquois and the events that preceded it. very good copy in d.j. $10

William E. Wiltshire III, FOLK POTTERY OF THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY. (NY: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1975) Introduction by H.E. Comstock. quarto, 127 pp., index, bibliography, appendix, ill. with excellent color photos. A fine work covering some of the finest and most colorful redware pottery produced in the United States. very good copy in slightly worn d.j. $30

Anthony Wonderley, AT THE FONT OF THE MARVELOUS: Exploring Oral Narrative and Mythic Imagery of the Iroquois and Their Neighbors. (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2009) 188 pp., index, extensive bibliography, a few b&w ills. of vessels and pipes. a very important new work on Iroquois folklore and mythology and their sources. very good copy in d.j. $15

Virginia Yans-McLaughlin, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY: Italian Immigrants in Buffalo, 1880-1930. (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1977) 286 pp., index, bibliography, notes. an interesting study of old world influences on immigrants on a major American industrial city. very good copy in d.j. $12

Irwin Yellowitz, LABOR AND THE PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT IN NEW YORK STATE, 1897-1916. (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1965) 288 pp., index, bibliography, appendices. An interesting study of the relationship between progressives and labor unions. very good copy in slightly torn d.j. $12

Philip Young, THE PRIVATE MELVILLE. (University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1993) 163 pp., index, notes. a useful study of the importance of privacy in Melville's life and work. very good copy in d.j. $10

John Zukowsky [Editor], HUDSON RIVER HOUSES: EDWIN WHITEFIELD'S The Hudson River and Railroad Illustrated. (Croton-on-Hudson, NY: North River Press, 1981) square quarto, 86 pp., index. a complete reproduction of the sketchbook drawn in 1850-1852 by a talented English artist, best known for his lithographed views of American cities and his works on historic houses. very good copy in slightly worn d.j. $10

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