[Rarebooks] FS: Two early Connecticut books, New Haven and East Haven

[Austin's Antiquarian Books]

We offer today two interesting and early Connecticut items:

Barber, J. W.  HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF NEW HAVEN, (CONN.) FROM ITS 
EARLIEST SETTLEMENT TO THE PRESENT TIME.  COLLECTED AND COMPILED FROM 
THE MOST AUTHENTIC SOURCES.  New Haven:  J. W. Barber, 1831-32.  First 
edition.  Duodecimo, faded brown cloth with gilt spine lable.  120pp., 
the last 12 added in 1832.  With six attractive hand-colored 
engravings, a hand colored map as frontispiece, and a partially colored 
plan.  Howes calls for six plates and a map.  The additional plate is 
the plan of New Haven facing page 96.  Engravings in the text.   Good 
or better in original cloth with leather label.  About 20 percent of 
the lable is missing.  There is a chip in the cloth at the top of the 
spine, and the back joint is starting.  The plate not called for has 
dark offsetting in the margins, probably from some sort of bookmark; 
the tissue guard protected the image.  One plate has minor damage at 
the fore-edge.  Former nineteenth century owner's name boldly written 
on front paste-down.  Howes B125, Sabin 3323.  With the names and 
professions of the inhabitants of New Haven in 1748, and a list of the 
planters.     $700.00

Dodd, Stephen.  THE EAST-HAVEN REGISTER:  IN THREE PARTS.  PART I.  
CONTAING A HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF EAST-HAVEN, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT 
IN 1864, TO THE YEAR 1800... PART II.  CONTAINING AN ACCOUNTOF THE 
NAMES, MARRIAGES, AND BIRTHS OF THE FAMILIES WHICH FIRST SETTLED...  
PART III.  CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF THE DEATHS ... FROM THE YEAR 1647 
TO ... 1823.  New Haven:  by the author, 1824.  First edition.  
Duodecimo, rebound in tan cloth with gilt leather label.  200pp.  Very 
good binding, interior foxed.  Howes D387.   $275.00

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