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Very Good. Three Nineteenth Century Connecticut Business Cards - one from the Stafford Springs House in Stafford Springs (c. 1852), the Essex Hotel in Essex (undated), Elihu Geer Stationers in Hartford (with 1853 calendar on back). $15.00 each for one or two cards or 3 for $40.00

Twelve manuscript letters from the Upson family of the Wolcott/Southington/Plantsville area: 1. Five letters from Bennett Upson to Willis (at times spelled Wyllys) Upson of Southington. Bennett was a salesman (apparently for the Atkins, Allen & Co. of Bristol - selling various goods including cotton gins. The letters date from 1837 to 1842 and relate… Read more about this item

Boston: F. Trifet. First Edition . Gilt Decorated Green Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Two volumes - Volume I ( 1867 - 1868, 92 pp. ) and Volume 2 ( 1868 - 1869, 112 pp. ). Volume I has been trimmed before binding and has narrower margins than Volume 2 and results… Read more about this item

Boston: Bradlee Whidden, 1892. First Edition . Blue Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Contains 338 pp. plus 10 pp. ads in rear, numerous b&w illustrations, some rubbing at extremities, previous owner's signature on front pastedown. A nice copy of this important book.

Boston: Samuel T. Armstrong and Crocker Brewster, 1821. Apparent First Edition . Illustrated Blue Wraps. Good Plus/No Jacket as Issued. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Contains 36 pp., woodcut illustration on front cover and repeated on title page, moderate foxing throughout, covers somewhat darkened, spine about 1/2 chipped away, old repair (sewn with thread) on lower… Read more about this item

Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, 1916. Reprint . Printed Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Contains 19 pp., 2 plot maps of the settlement, minor soiling and chipping.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1859. Reprint (originally published in 1848). Gilt-stamped Brown Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Contains 309 pp. plus 10 pp. ads, b&w illustrations and plates, top of spine worn and chipped.

New York: Charles Scribner, 1860. First Edition, Blindstamped Red Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Contains 116 pp; plus 5 folding facsimiles bound in rear, 2 engraved plates (including frontispiece), top and bottom of spine worn to the level of the pages, spine slightly darkened. Lee's fame was resurrected in Hamilton (The Musical) in… Read more about this item

London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1856. First Edition . 3/4 Calf/Marbled Boards. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Contains 416 pp., lithograph frontispiece, marbled end pages and page ends; portions of the marbled covers are peeled and rubbed, small portions of the leather spine and corners are peeled and scuffed; a respectable,… Read more about this item