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Unless otherwise indicated, all books in this list are in sound, usable condition ("very good"), in the original cloth binding and are 8vo. (approximately 6" X 9" in size.) Most are not new; however, previous owners' names, bookplates, stamps and other marks of ownership are not noted unless such markings are disfiguring. Bindings on older books will usually show normal signs of wear and use relative to the age of the book. Excessive wear or damage is noted in the description. Books whose condition is above average are also noted.
1002009 Southold Town Records, copied with explanatory notes added by J. Wickham Case, 2 Volumes. Published by the Towns of Southold and Riverhead in 1882, 1884. Indexes, folding map, green cloth, 8vo., 490 + 565 pp. Front inner hinge of Volume 1 is cracked, minor edge wear and scuffing, otherwise very nice condition. Covers the years 1651-1787. Full of genealogical information. The large folding map is Volume 1, which is often missing, is present and in fine condition. $200.00
0904001E Index to History of Suffolk County, New York, with Illustrations, Portraits, & Sketches of Prominent Families and Individuals, (The book for which this is just the index was published by W. W. Munsell & Co., New York in 1882). Index published by Suffolk County Historical Society, 1984. Softcovers (lightly soiled, “Suffolk County, N.Y.” printed on rear cover in ink), 4to., 72 pp. $20.00
805061 History of Shelter Island 1652-1932, by Ralph C. Duvall. Published in Shelter Island Heights, New York, 1976. 2nd edition. Index, illus., photos., end-paper map, softcover, 8vo., 270 pp. VG condition. $22.50
805077E An Illustrated History of Massapequa. Published by The Massapequa Post in 1968. 2nd edition. Illus., photos, softcover, 8vo., 55 pp. VG condition. Errata sheet laid in. $25.00
805066 Bellport and Brookhaven: A Saga of the Sibling Hamlets at Old Purchase South, by Stephanie S. Bigelow. Published by Bellport-Brookhaven Historical Society in 1979. 2nd edition. Index, biblio., Illus., photos, maps, softcover (remains of small sticker on rear cover), 8vo., 126 pp. VG condition. The appendix has brief genealogical information on the Brewster, Osborn, Shaw, and Bell families. $22.50
805065 A History of Bohemia Long Island, by The Centennial History Book Committee. Published by Bohemia Historical Society in 1985. Reprint of 1955 edition. Number 479 of 1000 copies. Photos., wraps, 8vo., 80 pp. VG condition. $35.00
805064 A History of The Sayville Community: Including Bayport, Bohemia, West Sayville, Oakdale and Fire Island, by Charles P. Dickerson. Published by the author in 1975. 1982 Reprint. Illus., photos., map, stiff wraps (somewhat discolored), 4to., unpaginated (88 pp.). VG condition. Very readable, with lots of personal stories. Sayville is located in the Town of Islip, Suffolk County. Scarce. $30.0
810002 Mastic Beach Property Owners Association 75th Anniversary Installation Ceremony, August 7, 2003. Published by the Association in 2003. Photos, adverts, 8vo, softcover, 84 pp. VG condition. History, list of presidents, short articles on the Muse, Miller and Hausmann, Bahr and Large, Fazzina, Henrichson, Shulte and Tucker, and Yaeger families. Photos of many houses and the aftermath of the 1938 hurricane. Mastic Beach in is Suffolk County. $10.00
810004 Amagansett Lore and Legend, edited by Louise Maunsell Field. Published by the Amagansett Improvement Society in 1948. Biblio., illus., photos, map, 8vo., softcover (badly soiled and stained) with comb binding, 125 pp. Interior in good condition. A series of 24 vignettes concerning the history, people and institutions of Amagansett, in Suffolk County. $22.50
805093 A Tour of the Historic South Shore of Nassau County, by Edward J. Smits. Published in The Nassau County Historical Journal, Volume XXI, No. 4, Fall, 1960. Softcover, pages 1-11. Also includes Elmer A. Sperry, by Preston R. Bassett and Raynham Hall II, by Dorothy Horton McGee. Softcover, 42 pp. $10.00
805094 A Tour of Central Nassau, by Edward J. Smits, Published in The Nassau County Historical Journal, Volume XXI, No. 1, Winter, 1960, pages 1-16. Also includes Early Hempstead, 1643-1644, by George D. A. Combes. Softcover, 25 pp. $10.00
805093 A Tour of the Historic South Shore of Nassau County, by Edward J. Smits. Published in The Nassau County Historical Journal, Volume XXI, No. 4, Fall, 1960. Softcover, pages 1-11. Also includes Elmer A. Sperry, by Preston R. Bassett and Raynham Hall II, by Dorothy Horton McGee. Softcover, 42 pp. $10.00
805088 A History of Mattituck, Long Island, N. Y., by Charles E. Craven. Published by the author in 1906. Index, illus., photos, folding map, maroon cloth (worn, badly discolored), teg., 8vo., 400 pp. Front hinge broken. Includes a transcription of the Parish Registers of Mattituck and Aquebogue 1751-1809 with baptisms, marriages, and deaths and a transcription of the Mattituck Parish Burying Ground with name, age, date of death, grave number and notes added by the author. Scarce. $100.00
805086 The Flushing Remonstrance. Published in The Nassau County Historical Journal, Volume XVIII, No. 4, Fall, 1957. Softcover, 32 pp. Contains three articles on the Flushing Remonstrance of 1645 in which the Governor of New Netherland guaranteed the English founders of the Town of Flushing religious freedom. $10.00
805084 Of Plates and Purlins, Grandpa builds a barn, edited by Leonard G. Johnson. Published by The Early Trades and crafts Society and the Friends of the Nassau county Museum, Old Bethpage Village Restoration, Long Island, NY in 1971. Sources, illus., softcover, square 8vo., 24 pp. VG condition. A compendium of information in the words of those who saw and took part in the building of timber-framed barns with charming line-drawing illustrations. $7.50
805082 The Mount Brothers. A Monograph and Catalogue of Material at the Suffolk Museum ad Carriage House, Stony Brook, Long Island. Published by the Suffolk Museum and Carriage House in 1967. Biblio., illus, photos, genealogical charts, stiff wraps, square 8vo., 49 pp. Remains of a small sticker on rear cover, otherwise very nice condition. The Mount brothers, children of Thomas Shepard Mount and Julia Ann Hawkins, were Henry Smith Mount (1802-1841), Shepard Alonzo Mount (1804-1868), and William Sidney Mount (1807-1768). $10.00
805063 A History of Early Sayville, by Clarissa Edwards. Published by Sayville Historical Society in 1974. Reprint of the 1935 edition. Biblio., photos, map, softcover, 4to. (sticker on front cover), unpaginated (about 52 pp.) VG condition. Vignettes of life is early Sayville. $17.50
805059 Names of those Buried in the Union Cemetery at Middle Island, L. I., New York. Published by Union Cemetery association, 1970. Fold-out plan of the cemetery, wraps, 8vo., 25 pp. Arranged alphabetically. Gives name, year of burial, age, and lot number of grave. $15.00
611006 East Rockaway, It Happened Here, by Mildred Roemer. Illustrations by John Bishop. Published by the author in 1998. Illus., stiff wraps (a stain on the rear appears to be a partial ring left by a drink container), 8vo, VG condition, 66 pp. A series of vignettes about and history and life in this Long Island community complimented by charming illustrations. $12.50
703019 Oyster Bay Remembered, by John E. Hammond. Published by Maple Hill Press, Huntington, NY in 2002. Index, photos, blue hardcovers, 8vo., as-new condition, 395 pp. More than 150 readable stories about Oyster Bay’s history. $25.00
805015 East Hampton, A Town and its People 1648-1992, by Nancy Hyden Woodward. Published by Fireplace Press, East Hampton, New York in 1995. 1st ed. Index, biblio, endnotes, softcover (front cover and first 4 pages creased), 8vo., 303+ pp. A day-by-day account of “news” and events in this Long Island town, drawn from record books, newspapers, personal recollections, and documents. Many references to early settlers. $15.00
805016 Bridge Hampton Works and Days. Published by Vintage Books, New York, 1975. Index, illus., photos, maps, 8vo., softcover (a small hole has been punched in the front cover), 111 pp. “The people of an Eastern Long Island farming and resort community talk about wetlands, dunes, birds, flowers, trees, weather, gardening, cooking, preserving and other country tasks and pleasures.” $12.50
702004 Miss Amelia’s Amagansett, by Madeline Lee, Published by Amagansett Historical Association, Amagansett, NY circa 1976. Biblio., notes, illus., photos, map, wraps (front corners bent, remains of sticker on rear cover), small 4to., VG condition, 70 pp. The story of Mary Amelia Schellinger (1841-1930), her cottage on Main Street, and Amagansett during her lifetime. She was the daughter of Jonathan Conklin Schellinger and Mary Anne Payne. $15.00
612026 Early Sag Harbor. An Address Delivered Before the Sag-Harbor Historical Society, February 4th, 1896, by H. P. Hedges. Published in Sag Harbor in 1902. Blue cloth (edges faded), 8vo., VG condition, 51 pp. Short inscription in the front. $75.00
604050 A History of Glen Cove, by Robert Reed Coles and Peter Luyster Van Santvoord. Privately published, Glen Cove, NY 1967. Limited to 1,000 copies. Illus, photos, maps, softcover (4 small dents in rear cover, extending into the last few pages), 4to., 82 pp. VG condition. Published for the Glen Cove Tri-centennial. $30.00
601029 Anecdotes and Events in Long Island History, by Verne Dyson. Published by Ira J. Friedman, Port Washington, NY, 1969. Hardcover, dj. (rubbed), 8vo., 140 pp. VG condition. Includes chapters on the English manors of long Island, the rivers and islands of Long Island, the whaling industry and Pilgrim State Hospital, in its time the largest mental institution in the world. $20.00
512076M Commonwealth: Giantess of the Sound, by Roger Williams McAdan. Published by Stephen Daye Press, New York, 1959. Index, biblio, notes, photos, blue cloth (edges worn, top edges dented), dj. (shabby), 8vo., 193 pp. Interior condition is VG. Commonwealth, launched in 1907, the largest and on of the fastest steamers to sail the Long Island Sound. She traveled between New York and New England until the fall of the Fall River Line. Includes specifications of the steamer Commonwealth. $27.50
508040 Huntington - Babylon Town History. Published by Huntington Historical Society, 1937. Index, illus., map, black cloth, 8vo., 296 pp. VG condition. Errata sheet laid in. Many references to early residents. $35.00
508068 Village of Lawrence, N.Y.; A Brief History of a Long Island Community. Published by The Village of Lawrence, Lawrence, NY, 1977. Photos, maps, navy cloth, 4to., 56 pp. VG condition. The Village of Lawrence, located in southwestern Nassau County, was incorporated in 1897. Includes a section on how the village streets got their names. $20.00
508076 The Founding of Garden City 1869-1893 [Nassau County], by Vincent F. Seyfried. Author-published, 1969. # 396 of 1000 copies. Illus., photos., family tree chart, softcover (some soiling, small tear on rear cover), 4to., 54 pp. Interior in VG condition. Alexander Stewart purchased 7,560 acres for $55.00 per acre and proceeded to build wagon roads and lay out what was to become Garden City. Stewart’s intent was that all property was to remain under Stewart's ownership and residents would rent their homes. Includes a family tree of the Clinch, Butler and Smith families, heirs of the Stewart estate. $35.00
508067 Sketches from Local History [Southampton], by William Donaldson Halsey. Published by The Yankee Peddler Book Company, Southampton, NY, 1966. Photos, maps, maroon cloth, 4to., 189 pp. + maps. VG condition. Contains about 150 short articles on a large variety of topics relating to the history of Southampton, including schools, graveyards, ship wrecks, superstition and witch craft, women, doctors and many others. Scarce. $65.00
310016 Nassau County at 100: The Past and Present in Photographs, by Linda B. Martin. Published by Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY, 1999. Index, biblio., stiff wraps, 4to., 48 pp. Near fine condition. More than 40 captioned photos. $10.00
309010 Huntington at the Turn of the Century, by Christopher R. Vagts. Published by Huntington Historical Society, Huntington, NY, 1974. Photos, softcover, small folio, not paginated (48 pp.). VG condition. Largely photos of this Long Island community with short historical vignettes. $15.00
305037 A Brief Account of the Indians in the Township of North Hempstead And Their Dealings with the White Settlers, by H. C. Vernon Mann. Published by Ira J. Friedman in Great Neck, NY, 1949. Reprint of 1924 edition. Softcover (edges bent), 8vo., 32 pp. VG condition. Includes references to early Long Island settlers. $12.50
909067 Imagining the Past: East Hampton Histories, by Timothy H. Breen. Published by Addison-Wesley, Reading, Mass. in 1989. 1st edition. Photos, index, cloth and boards, dj., 8vo., 306 pp. As-new; reviewer's copy condition. A modern-day local history, discussing the community's uses of a history that is continually reinterpreted. $15.00
108056M [New York and Southampton] Programme of Concert and Entertainment In Aid of the Seafaring Charities of New York and Southampton, June 10, 1914. Held on the United States Mail Steamship St. Louis. Split at fold; 7 1/2" by 10" opened. $3.00
908008 Summer Pioneers Memories of Old Field, by Hanford Twitchell. Published by Exposition Press, Hicksville, 1977. 1st edition, cloth, dj., 8vo., 95 pp. VG condition. Old Field is located in eastern Long Island, on the north shore opposite Bridgeport, Connecticut. $15.00
908066 The Complete North Fork and Shelter Island, N.Y. Guidebook 1992 Edition, by Virginia Martinsen. Published by Free Fall Publications, Mattituck, 1992. Photos, illus., adverts., softcover, 8vo., 239 pp. Near fine condition. People, businesses, and places on eastern Long Island. $12.50