Hicksville Long Island New Yor: Frank Brown. Sepia-toned photograph; with the photographer's stamp on back of Frank Brown, Photographer, Hicksville, L.I.; 7" x 9" size of photograph, about 8 1/2" x 10" with mount card; some fade to image, still fairly clear; light wear to mount card; good condition...
New York, New York: J.C. Derby et al, 1855. F. 167 pages. Several of the author's poetic efforts make reference to Native American legends and lore and are accompanied by her explanatory notes. Her poem "My Native Isle" (while not specifically naming it) describes her fondness and appreciation for Shelter.....
Southampton England: Yankee Peddler Book Company, 1965. Not paginated, but 18 pages; short monograph on the emergence of this area's solution to power, energy needs; (From the author's Preface): "...in the 19th century more power was needed and more manufacturing plants were needed to meet the demands of an ever.....
Islip Long Island New York: Town of Islip, Long Island New York, 1931. Collection includes: 1. Section I Bay Shore - Islip Including all of School District No. 2 and that portion of School District No. 1 East of Brightwaters...Dec. 1931 and adopted by the town 1932 (with) tipped-on newspaper.....
New York & Chicago: 1955. Group of material from artist Charlotte Prunauer of Jackson Heights: the show list, with two Prunauer pieces included, gives artist name, title of pieces in show (with) a certificate to Prunauer from the Bryant Youth and Adult Center for Painting and Sketching 1953 (with) a......
Rockville Centre N.Y. Paumanok Press, 1935. 234 pages; group of stories in rural settings, some fantasy and children's & juvenile works, hunting & fishing tales; bound in blue cloth, gilt cover and spine titles; spine faded; some edge and tips wear to binding; in very good condition.
Port Washington Long Island Ne: Andrews Paper & Chemical Co., 1964. 57 pages, index; black and white illustrations throughout of company building in Port Washington LI, N.Y.; views of interior of plant & charts of activities; company history, more; (from the Preface): "...a primer on the practical art of coating...perfected.....
Jamaica Long Island New York: Not Published, 1862. F. Documents printed, completed and signed in manuscript (except for one, see below) "To the Commissioners of Excise, in and for the County of Queens..."; Four of these are of the more complex type, for opening taverns that sold and served alcoholic.....
11" x 14" size; digital photograph, printed on quality Fuji color Crystal Archive photo paper; Framed, signed, lower right; Kanako Uchino, Japanese photographer residing in Hawaii, photography work was recently exhibited at the International Olympic Center in Tokyo, photos have also appeared in feature articles in numerous magazines and publications.....
New York: The Shakespeare Press, 1914. F. 441 pages, many as yet unopened; index; errata slip tipped-in; useful for Long Island historical & genealogical research; tissue-guarded black and white portrait frontispiece & illustrated throughout; with information on the Dutch Colonial, English Colonial periods, the Colonial Missionaries and Post-American Revolutionary information.....
West Sayville, N.Y. Suffolk County Tercentenary Commission, 1983. F. (7) pages; blue and white printed double column & illustrated; with photographs of this east end Long Island town and much history, presented in a chronological fashion, published on the occasion of the tercentenary celebration of Suffolk County; with a short.....
Bay Shore New York: The Long Island Forum, 1940. F. 8 pages; limited edition # 181. "...Of the sixty-six native species of orchids recognized in eastern North America, thirty species have been recorded from Long Island...The writer has personally located twenty-nine species growing on Long Island, and has the only.....
Easthampton, Long Island New Y: The Skimhampton Press, 1965. F. 40 pages; limited edition # 78 of 100, nicely printed on very good Hamilton Gainsborough watermark paper; a 'masque' or play performed in a poetic manner by its players: The Poet, The Volunteer, Henry Clay, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant.....
Westhampton Beach Long Island: The Long Island Forum, 1964. F. 109 pages; index; signed by the illustrator, Cyril A. Lewis and the author of the text, Charles J. McDermott, on the half-title page; with black and white illustrations; assisted by Jayne Coles; (from the Preface): "...has sketched and painted some.....
Boston Massachusetts: Walker Lith. & Pub. Co., 1925. F. Map of Long Island, New York; lithographed in colors; not dated and circa mid 1920s; approx. 20" x 22 1/2" size, including approx. 1" average margin around; printed on fairly light paper stock; some toning, ageing to paper, little edgewear, one.....
East Hampton Long Island New Y: Not Published, 1970. F. Nicely-done watercolor, with charming naivete, of a beach & dunes scene; approx. 10" x 11" size; signed lower right, 'Fred Stover '70'; done on watercolor paper-covered board; some sunning to the image, old matte-line around 1/4" margin; old mounting tape.....
Long Island New York: Long Island Herald, 1955. 12 pages; black and white illustrations; Period Long Island small town news local newspaper, formerly "The Meadow Lark", with local news: St. John's University Opens New Long Island Division; Cakes by Murray Union Turnpike opens; boys invited to become members of the.....
Syosset (and) New York: Lockwood, Kessler & Bartlett, 1968. Map compiled by this large engineering firm, still very much in business in Syosset on Long Island; Scale 1" to 7500 feet; on three panels, which are laid-down to masonite backer; approximately 23" x 96" in length (the 'longest' Long Island.....
New York: Long Island Rail Road, 1971. (10) pages; a densely-printed official Metropolitan Transportation Authority pamphlet outlining the extensive history of the Long Island RR; with a short foreword by the then-company president Walter L. Schlager; early days, charter signers for the line, steam cars, the ups and downs of.....
New York: Long Island Rail Road, 1941. Long illustrated printed broadside, about 6" x 18 3/4" size; printed in red with cartoon illustrations on browned paper stock; advertising special summer excursion rates on the Long Island Rail Road to enjoy the amenities of Shelter Island, Peconic Bay, Orient Point, Greenport;.....
40-42 New York Ave. Jamaica, N: T.F. Archer Auctioneer, 1923. Broadside measures approx. 21" x 14"; Archer auctioneers established in 1872, with their eponymous illustrated logo; here auctioning a "...Bungalow consists of Four Rooms and has just been recently built on a plot of ground 50 x 100. It is.....
Long Island New York. Certificate framed and glazed in an old wood surround; with a nice engraved vignette of a gerneric wedding ceremony; The couple were joined in marriage by Minster of the Gospel Thomas G. Osborn; blanks filled in form all in the same very legible hadn in blue.....
Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, 1843. Mostly from the author's writings in the Edinburgh Review, much on biography and classic history; MacAulay (1800-1859) British author...one of the most prolific and popular writers... has been convicted of historical inaccuracy, of sacrificing truth for the sake of the epigram, of allowing personal dislike.....
New York, N.Y. Printed for the Author By the A.M. Bustard Co., 1899. F. 332 pages; with folding plate insert of the articles of Association, the island's 'declaration of independence' signed by member residents during the Revolutionary War and a useful index. With a portrait frontispiece of the author, a......
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1966. F. 318 pages; bibliography, index; interesting appendix with "...lists...culled from seventeenth-century documents...", names of Long Island note; black and white illustrations, map endpapers; chapter information on Indians and place names, colonists & customs, Quakers, the American Revolution, whaling, Walt Whitman and other writers, Fire.....
