Middletown, CT: Clark & Lyman, 1818. First Edition. Octavo; modern blue wrappers; 27,[1]pp. Light toning to textblock, else a Very Good to Near Fine example. Uncommon ordination sermon by the Connecticut Congregationalist minister, followed by three shorter sermons from the same event: "The Charge to the Pastor, by his..... More
New Haven, CT: Published by Maltby, Goldsmith, and Co. and Samuel Wadsworth, 1818. Reprint of volume I and first edition of volume II. Two octavo volumes. 563 pp., with final page of volume I mispaged "567" as called for by Sabin & 548 pp. with errata, collated and complete. Full..... More
New-Haven: Thomas and Samuel Green, 1778. First Edition. Octavo; removed; 23,[1]pp. ([A]-C4, collated complete). Stock uniformly toned and a bit spotted throughout, top and fore-edge margins trimmed affecting gift inscription at head of half title page, "[...] Lee - The Gift of the Revd. James Dana D[...]." Very Good and..... More
Hartford, CT: Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1895. First Edition. Octavo. 53 pp. Frontis and map. Green cloth boards stamped in gilt. Light wear to extremities and spine ends a bit nudged; brief split to top of front joint. Binding sound. Contemporary ownership bookplate to front pastedown;..... More
[Waterbury, CT?], 1943. Three original drawings (45x30.5cm) using pencil and red, blue, and black ink on stiff paper stock; all signed and dated by Virginia L. Stowell, 1943. Stock a bit unevenly toned and lightly soiled, small loss to bottom left-hand corner of two images not approaching text or image;..... More
New-London, (Con): Printed 1710 / Bridgeport: Reprinted by Lockwood & Backus, 1810. Small 12mo; full contemporary flame calf, black gilt spine label; xii,[13]-144pp. Minor scuffing to leather extremities, tiny loss at spine foot, textblock a bit foxed and toned, else a Very Good, quite attractive copy. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 19834. More
Danbury, CT: Printed by Nathan Douglas, 1793. First Edition. Quarto. 16 pp. String-tied wraps. Worn, curled, and creased along edges with marginal staining. Binding sound and interior unmarked. Still a Very Good copy; scarce in retail. [Sabin 82417]. More
Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin, n.d. but 1810. First Edition. Octavo; removed; 19,[1]pp. (collated complete); cherubic woodcut Finis concluding p. 19. Foxing, chiefly to title page, else Very Good and sound. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 20190. More
New-Haven: A. Morse, 1790. First Edition. Octavo; removed, spine backed with black cloth tape; 29,[1]pp. (lacking half title page, otherwise collated complete). Foxing throughout textblock, most heavily to later leaves, else Very Good and sound. Ordination sermon providing an unusual biographical sketch of the late pastor being replaced, Warham..... More
Hartford: Elisha Babcock, 1791. First Edition. Small octavo; modern blue wrappers; 23,[1]pp. (A-C4, collated complete). Leaves trimmed mostly erasing contemporary ownership inscription at head of title page, light toning to textblock, else Very Good and sound. Ordination sermon delivered by Enos Hitchcock (1744-1803), who served as a chaplain for..... More
Stockbridge, MA: Printed by H. Willard, at the Office of H. Jones & Co., 1801. First Edition. Small octavo; stitched self-wrappers; 23,[1]pp.; cherubic woodcut Finis concluding p. 23. Rather dark damp staining affecting margins of the majority of leaves, else a Very Good, pleasingly untrimmed sermon. SHAW &..... More
New-London: T. Green, 1787. First Edition. Octavo; new blue wrappers; 41,[1]pp. (lacking final blank, else collated complete). Textblock rather browned, damp-spotted and foxed with light wear to margins, contemporary ownership signature at head of title page trimmed, else a Very Good, sound copy. Post-Revolutionary War ordination sermon concluding..... More
Middletown, Edwin Hunt, 1843. First Edition. 18mo; full contemporary calf, black gilt-lettered spine label; x,[11]-351pp. Light scuffing to leather extremities, textblock a bit foxed and early leaves dampstained along gutter edge, 20th century ownership rubberstamp to front pastedown, else Very Good and sound overall. SABIN 52621. More
![Item #48522 The Underground Railroad in Connecticut [Inscribed and Signed]. Horatio T. Strother](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/images/noimage.png?auto=webp)
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, [1962]. First Edition Stated. Octavo (21.5cm); publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($5.00); x,262pp. Moderate chipping and wear to jacket margins, scattered soiling, corners nudged, ownership signature to front free endpaper, else Very Good and sound. Inscribed and signed on front free..... More
New Haven: J.W. Barber, 1831. First Edition. 12mo (20cm.); publisher's tan cloth, black gilt-lettered leather spine label; 120pp.; hand-colored map frontispiece, six leaves of hand-colored plates (tissue guards), woodcut vignettes throughout. Corners bumped, spine a bit cocked and leather label scuffed, light foxing throughout textblock, else a Very Good, sound..... More
New-Haven: T. & S. Green, 1793. First Edition. Octavo; removed, modern stitching applied; 32pp. Moderate soiling to external leaves, especially along spine edge of half title, else Very Good and sound. Congregationalist ordination sermon providing the usual advice to a young minister assuming his first congregation: "How express and..... More
New-Haven: Daniel Bowen, 1787. First Edition. Slim octavo; early 20th-century three-quarter morocco over marbled boards, upper cover lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers; 30pp. ([A]4 B-D4, collated and complete including half title and final blank). Leather rather dried and scuffed at extremities, small loss at spine crown, top margin of half..... More
Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin, 1802. First Edition. Octavo; stitched self-wrappers, leaves untrimmed; 26,[2]pp. ([A]-C4 D2, collated complete). Foxing throughout, most heavily to half title page (serving as upper wrapper), contemporary ownership signature at head of half title, small loss at bottom fore-edge corner of the same not approaching text, leaves..... More
![Item #47524 Pierson College: The First Decade, 1933-1943 [Limited Edition]. James G. Leyburn](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/47524.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1774572244)
Stamford, CT: Overbrook Press, 1944. First Edition, Limited to 1000 copies. Slim octavo (22cm); publisher's cloth-backed boards, printed paper label to upper cover, gilt-lettered spine, top edge gilt; [6],78pp.; illus. throughout. Just About Fine condition. History of the first ten years of Pierson College at Yale University, written..... More
New Haven, CT: Yale University Art Gallery, 2017. First Edition. Two oblong quarto volumes; photo-illustrated bifolium with text by Franks laid in. No dust jackets as issued; housed in publisher's slipcase. A few scuffs to boards; bumping to corners; bindings sound and pages unmarked. Slipcase shows a few scuffs and..... More
Hartford: George Goodwin & Sons, 1818. Octavo; removed; 26,[2]pp. (collated complete with half title page). Light foxing, else a Very Good, fresh and sound example. More
New Haven, CT: Press of Ryder's Printing House, 1904. First Edition. Slim octavo; publisher's blue cloth lettered in black; 109pp.; photographic frontispiece, illus. throughout. Cloth margins rubbed with extensive spotting to sizing, upper cover quite soiled and lettering difficult to make out, early reader's extensive pencil notes to rear free..... More
New Haven and Hartford: Published and Sold by John W. Barber and A. Willard, 1836. First Edition. Octavo; full contemporary gilt-tooled calf, gilt spine lacking label, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers; 560pp.; hand-colored folding map; six plates; numerous in-text illustrations. Boards worn and scuffed with chipping to extremities, split at top of..... More
Litchfield, Thomas Collier, 1788. First Edition. Octavo; removed; 26,[2]pp. (collated complete with half title page). Half title spotted and soiled, textblock toned, light wear to margins, else Very Good and sound. Ordinance sermon full of advice to the rising minister, reminding him that "A severe and overbearing manner..... More
Hartford, CT: Press of The Case / Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1894. First Edition. Slim octavo (21.5cm); publisher's light blue and cream decorative cloth stamped in gilt, bevelled edges; [30]pp. printed on rectos only; one photographic plate. Light wear and dust-soil, else Very Good or better. More