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_____ALLERGY SHOTS
Robert B. Litman, M.D. Shocking truth of why a young doctor's father and others were getting shots. - ISBN 0-918921-04-X ; 4-1/4 x 7 - 245 pages - Paper - $9.95_____Around Chautauqua Lake 50 Years of Photographs 1875 - 1925
Paul Leone and Mary Poshka. Nearly 200 vintage photographs with extensive captions capture the style and history of this beautiful section of western New York. 10x9 103 pages Paper $15.95_____BACK THEN: A Pictorial History of Americans Afield
Willow Creek Press. A diverse collection of photos from the 1870's to the 1940's accompanied by short excerpts from period writings. - ISBN 1-55971-118-3 ; 8-1/2 x 11 - 144 pages - Photos Paper - $14.95_____BEAUTY OF NEW YORK
Robert Shangle. A variety of noted photographers have captured New York's finest scenes. - ISBN 0-917630-742 ; 8-1/2 x 11 - 80 pages - 48 Color Photos - Paper - $9.95_____BRIDGES TO THE WORLD
Elizabeth A. Daniels. The story of Henry Noble McCracken, former president of Vassar College. - ISBN 1-883551-02-1 ; 6 x 9 - 318 pages - Photos - Paper - $18.50_____Castorland, French Refugees in the Western Adirondacks 1793-1814
Edith Pilcher. Castorland, "The Land of the Beavers," is a vast tract on the Black River between Lowville and Carthage in Lewis County, New York. Two hundred years ago, nobility and clergy retreating from the horrors of the French Revolution founded settlements in this area. 52 illus & maps, index 252 pages hardcover $24.00_____CHICHEE'S TRUNK
John Ward Van de Water. Delightful collection of well-told stories and thoughtful philosophy. -ISBN 0-686-27487-x ; 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 - 130 pages - illus. - Paper - $5.00_____Connecticut Historical Collections
John Warner Barber. This is the facsimile reprinting of the first popular local history published in the U.S. (c1836) containing a general collection of interesting facts, traditions, biographical sketches, anecdotes, etc. relating to the history and antiquities of every town in Connecticut with geographical descriptions. 6x9 560 pages, over 100 engravings and illus Paper $24.95_____DEERFIELD, NEW YORK
Virginia C. Loin. A glimpse into the past covering over 200 years of history in the town of Deerfield. - $24.95 - Cloth - $14.95 - Paper_____Daring Niagara 50 Death Defying Stunts
Paul Gromosiak. This Niagara Falls historian spotlights those daredevils who barreled, boated, and bicycled their way to fame over Niagara Falls. 5.5x8.5 b&w photos 96 pages Paper $6.95_____DOLGE
Eleanor Franz. Dolge was a pioneer in industrial relations, pension plans, disability insurance. - ISBN 0-890620-75-X ; 6 x 9 - 106 pages - Photos - Cloth - $11.00_____DONOVAN: State Senator 1966-1990
Ed Byrne. A biography of State Senator James H. Donovan. 6 x 9 - 80 pages - Photos - Paper - $8.95_____ELIZABETH CADY STANTON
Martha Kendall. Entertaining and accurate portrayal of Stanton's fights for rights for women. - ISBN 0-945783-02-7 ; 6 x 9 - 72 pages - Illus. - Paper - $5.95_____Essex County New York
Barber & Howe. An excerpt from the Historical Collection of the State of New York (c1844) which includes a history and a description of each of the townships. 5.5x8.5 17 page Stapled Booklet #9713 $7.00_____FOLK ARTS PROGRAMMING IN NEW YORK STATE
Karen Lux. This book is written for curators, administrators, educators and folklorists. - ISBN 0-9626411-0-3 ; 8-1/2 x 8-1/2 - 108 pages -illus. - Paper - $9.95_____From Rocky To Pataki Character and Caricatures in New York Politics
Hy Rosen and Peter Slocum. A very lively capsule history of four decades of New York State Politics seen close up by a pair of savvy witnesses to a most significant age. 8.5x10 illus Cloth $26.95_____GRACE PAULL Author and Illustrator of Children's Books
Gertrude F. Johns. An account of the life and work of Grace Paull who was an author and illustrator of children's books and a designer of greeting cards. She ran a gallery in Cold Brook, NY for many years. - ISBN 0-9629159-7-1 ; 6 x 9 - 96 pages - Photos - Paper - $12.50_____THE GROANING TREE
H. Sheldon Fisher. The stories in this delightful volume will entertain you. - ISBN 0-932334-954 ; 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 - 120 pages - Photos - Illus. - Paper - $9.95_____ Hearthside Tales
Washington Irving. Gathers the most significant stories from "The Sketch Book", "Bracebridge Hall", and "Tales of a Traveller" in this representative collection of his short stories. 226 pages Paper 5x8 $9.95____Historical Collections of the State of New York, containing a general collection of the most interesting facts, traditions, biographical sketches, anecdotes &c., relating to its history and antiquities, with geographical descriptions of every township in the state.
John W. Barber and Henry Howe. More than 150 years old, this ancient text is rich in historical perspective and information that is no longer available to the modem researcher. The work begins with a general outline of New York history. Dictionary-like entries for each town are listed alphabetically within each county section. Also includes a fold-out map of the state of New York "from the latest authorities." (1842), reprint, 608 pp., illus., indices, map. paper, $39.50 #B063_____A History of the State of Vermont From Settlement to 1830
Nathan Hoskins. Includes geography, Indian Tribes, early settlement, military history, county & town history and controversial land claims by NY, NH, & MA. New name index 324 pages P $26.00 You asked for it!_____ICE HARVESTING IN EARLY AMERICA
Dewey D. Hill and Elliott R. Hughes. Ice harvesting was a big business in the United States and particularly in central New York and the Adirondacks where cold winters and crystal clear lakes made for ideal conditions. This well illustrated history traces that business from its beginnings until its eventual demise in the 1930s. 6 x 9 - 48 pages - illus - Paper - $5.50_____IMAGES OF NEW YORK
Robert Shangle. A pictorial presentation of one of the most beautiful states in this country. - ISBN 1-559882-174 ; 8-1/2 x 11 - 52 pages - 48 Color Photos - Paper - $6.95_____JUST ONE IN A MILLION
Ray Calhoon. The amazing story of 80-plus years in the life of educator A. Ray Calhoon. - ISBN 0-93233444-X ; 6 x 9 - 525 pages - Photos - Paper - $10.00_____From Keyboard To Quill
A project of the Oneida County Bicentennial Committee, this is a bibliography of Oneida County authors from 1798 through 1998. 8.5x8.5 stapled indexed paper 50 pages $5.00_____KNEE BRITCHES
Clarence Armstrong. Nostalgic memories of boyhood spent in Canton, NY and St. Lawrence Co. 8-1/2 x 5 - 116 pages - Photos - Drawings - Paper - $5.95_____The Leisler Papers, 1689-1691 Files of the Provincial Secretary of New York Relating to the Administration of Lieutenant-Governor Jacob Leisler
Edited by Peter R. Christoph. Jacob Leisler was both the fanatical and villainous despot... In later times he was a forerunner of American democracy, and a symbol of colonial rebelliousness. 656 pages, 6 x 9 Cloth $90.00_____Lullabies and Nightmares
Frederick Roberts M.D. Doctor Roberts is a well known pediatrician in the Syracuse area, having practiced there for 55 years. This is his fictionalized account of the real events and occurances he experienced dealing with children and the sweeping changes that took place during those years. 6x9 154 pages Paper $15.00_____Manhattan '45
Jan Morris. In 1945, New York City stood at the pinnacle of its cultural and economic power. Never again would the city possess the unique mixture of innocence and sophistication, romance and formality, generosity and confidence that characterized it in this moment of triumph. In Manhattan 45, acclaimed travel writer and historian Jan Morris evokes the city in all its romantic grandeur. From its beguilingly idiosyncratic architectural style to its unmistakable slang, postwar New York springs to life through Morris's brisk, affectionate prose. Morris visits Wall Street, Harlem, Greenwich Village, Chinatown, and the Lower East Side. She rides the trollies, the El, the Hudson River ferries, and the Twentieth Century Limited. She dines at Schrafft's and Le Pavillon, drinks ale at McSorley's Saloon, sips Manhattans at the Manhattan Club, and spots celebrities at El Morocco. She meets Fiorello La Guardia, Robert Moses, Leo Durocher, 1. B. Singer, and Dizzy Gillespie. She tours the tenements of Hell's Kitchen and the Gashouse district, as well as the Foundling Hospital, where the crushing realities of poverty belie the unchallenged exuberance of the age. Taking into account both Social Register and slum, Manhattan 45 celebrates New York's Golden Age as a time when, for one unrepeatable moment in history, anything seemed possible. 5.5x8 273 pages Paper $15.95_____Mayor Erastus Corning Albany Icon, Albany Enigma
Paul Grondahl. Erastus Corning's political career in the capital of New York State spanned 5 decades - he was elected mayor 11 times - a feat unsurpassed in American political history. He perfected the political machine which grew so powerful under his tenure it still survives today, and his actions impacted everyone in the state. Published to rave reviews: (. . . a minor classic, highly readable, meticulouly researched and illuminating history . . . ) this is a biography of national proportions about a very important New York State politician. b&w photos, index, bibliography, 568 pages Hardcover $36.00_____Midway Park A Century of Fun
Ron Gustafson. On the shores of Chautauqua Lake is this historic amusement park with an antique carousel, one of the oldest continuously operating parks in America. Here is its history in black and white photos and drawings. 8.5x11 b&w illus 58 pages Paper $15.95_____THE MILL On the Roeliff Jansen Kill
Faber, Harold editor. A collection of writings depicting the history of New York's oldest operating mill, from Revolutionary War days as an iron mill to its 20th century incarnation as a paper mill. with index 143pp P $15.00_____MITCHELL'S VIEW
Bill Mitchell. Selected local and national cartoons by Bill Mitchell from 1989 to 1993. - ISBN 10 x 7-1/4 - 160 pages - illus. - $9.95_____"Mother Donit fore the Best": Correspondence of a Nineteenth-Century Orphan Asylum.
Judith Dulberger 1996. In Albany, NY. Paper - $16.95_____NEW YORK STATE: GATEWAY TO AMERICA
David M. Ellis. New York's story is sometimes thrilling or puzzling, but never dull. - ISBN 0-89781-246-8 ; 9 x 12 - 400 pages - Photos - Cloth - $19.95_____New York University and the City An Illustrated History
Thomas Frusciano & Marilyn Pettit. Foreword by Jay Oliva. Using a lively text surrounded by striking illustrations, this situates the history of a unique urban university within the context of the social, political and economic history of New York City. The relationship is further examined through extensive biographical portraits of the many historical personalities associated with both the university and the city. 7x10 index 286 pages b&w illus Cloth $35.00_____New York Wisdom
Compiled by Criswell Freeman. Common sense and uncommon genius from 101 great New Yorkers. 5x7 163 pages Paper $5.95_____NIAGARA FALLS 100 Years of Souvenirs
Virginia Vidler. A history of Niagara Falls through the myriad of collectibles that have been produced over the years since the falls were first seen by early explorers of the American continent. 8 1/2 x 11 - 142 pages - 150 Photos - Paper - $14.95_____OLD MINE ROAD
Hines, C. G.. History and legends of the first road from Kingston to the Delaware Water Gap, [now Rt. 209].171 pages 6x9 Paper $19.00
- See also ALBANY TO TAPPAN by the same author in the Hudson River section._____OWEN D. YOUNG AND AMERICAN ENTERPRISE
Josephine Young Case and Everett Needham Case. Young created RCA and brought to GE new concepts of management. - ISBN 0-87923-360-5 ; 6 x 9 - 964 pages - illus. - Cloth - $15.00_____The Politician
Jack Luchsinger A political novel based upon real life experiences in upstate New York. ISBN #0-9648622-8-X 500 Pages Paperback $23.00_____Place Names in New York Why are they so called
Edward Gazda. A collection of the origins of the place names of all the counties and nearly 2000 towns in New York State. 88 pages stapled 5.5x8.5 Paper $9.95_____PRINTER'S DEVIL TO PUBLISHER
Adolph Ochs of The New York Times by Doris Faber. Specially re-issued for The New York Times to celebrate the centennial of the purchase of The Times by Adolph S. Ochs, who tranformed a second-rate daily into the world's most respected newspaper. Biography of Ochs as he worked his way up the ladder to the top of a media success. Ideal for young adults. - ISBN 1-883789-09-5 ; 6 x 9 - 192 pages - Photos - Paper - $12.95____The Public Papers of George Clinton First Governor of New York 10 Vols
Reprinted from the edition of 1899. Vols 1-8 edited by Hugh Hastings, State Historian, and issued as appendix "N" of the third annual historian’s report; Vol 9-10 (the analytical index) edited by J.A. Holden. In addition, Vol 10 contains an account of the reinterment of Governor Clinton’s remains at Kingston in 1908, and a list of original Clinton material. Approximately 7000 pages in 10 volumes 6x9 with fold-out maps and illustrations NEW but a little shelf-worn reduced to $225.00 Very Limited!_____Remembering Mr. Shawn's New Yorker The Invisible Art of Editing
Ved Mehta. For more than three decades, a quiet man - some would say almost an invisible man - dwelt at the center of American journalistic and literary life. He was William Shawn, the editor-in-chief of The New Yorker from 1952 to 1987. He stood fast against all forms of intellectual debasement. But, even more important, he was, in the deepest and truest sense of the word, a creator. Through the writers and artists he gathered around him and worked with, the forms of writing he invented, the pieces he encouraged and published, and his gentle but meticulous editing of those pieces, he expanded - permanently - the range of the possible in journalistic and literary writing. Indeed, a generation of American and British writers had implicit faith in his judgment. They wrote, in every sense of the phrase, for him. Through their work, his influence became as deep and wide as it was anonymous. Among them were writers as various in style and approach as Edmund Wilson, A. J. Liebling, Rachel Carson, John Cheever, Donald Barthelme, V. S. Pritchard, Penelope Mortimer, J. D. Salinger, John Updike, Jonathan Schell, John McPhee, Jamaica Kincaid, Ann Beattie, and Roger Angell. Though William Shawn shunned publicity, he in fact stands obliquely revealed in the issues of The New Yorker during the time of his editorship. Many believe that this body of work, taken as a whole, constitutes the historical high-water mark of journalistic and literary writing. "Remembering Mr. Shawn's New Yorker" is itself a literary achievement of a high order. Cloth 414 pages 6x8.5 $29.95_____Roadside Historical Markers Around Oneida County
Rev. Glenn David Kessler. A collection of most of the markers of Oneida County represented by photos (when found) and a description of the event or location that led to their erection. 5.5x8.5 100 pages Paper $9.25._____Rochester on the Genesee The Growth of a City
Blake McKelvey. Rochester at 150 years old by her historian. The best single volume history of one of New York's largest and most important cities. 6x9 Paper 333 pages index, b&w photos $17.95ROOSEVELTS
_____TR the Last Romantic
H. W. Brands. A biography of Theodore Roosevelt that is lucid, fast-moving and unblinded by hero-worship. The author chronicles Roosevelt's 60 years of ambition, adventure, expediency, achievement, and - finally - his frustration at having peaked too soon. 6x9 897 pages b&w photos index Paper $20.00_____Eleanor Roosevelt A Life of Discovery (young adult)
Russell Freedman. In this photobiography equal to its subject, young readers will find inspiration, hope and guidance in the life of this outstanding woman. The sensitive text and many black and white photographs create a wide-ranging and honest portrait of this admirable and courageous woman. 7.5x10 198 pages b&w photos Paper $10.95_____RURAL AMERICA A Pictorial Folk Memory
Mary A. Shafer. A journey back to simpler times through a wealth of endearing antique photographs and charming nostalgic text. - 10-1/2 X 9 - 144 pages - Photos Cloth - $29.95_____SILVER BAY ASSOCIATION: Pictorial History 1900-1935
Silver Bay Association. Hundreds of period photos document the early history of this beautiful campus on Lake George. 8-1/2 x 11 -100 pages-Photos-Cloth-$50.00_____Stories of St. Nicholas
James Kirke Paulding. A 1995 reprint of the stories of this contemporary of Washington Irving. Cloth-0325-8/PASS $19.95_____The Sunnier Side Arcadian Tales
Charles Jackson. A collection of 11 short stories from the author of "The Lost Weekend" that creates a grim and dark coming-of-age tale in a small upstate New York pre-WWI community. 6x9 125+ pages Paper $14.95_____THE TAVERN LAMPS ARE BURNING Literary Journeys Through Six Regions and Four Centuries of New York State
Carl Carmer. A rich anthology of writings about New York State by some of America's favorite authors. Included are Herman Melville, Rudyard Kipling, Washington Irving and James Fenimore Cooper. 6 x 9 - 567 pages - Photos - Paper - $19.95_____Timeless New York
Paul Coughlin. A literary and photographic tribute of the eclectic mix of styles and cultures that comprise New York City. Excerpts from the writings of such notables as Hart Crane, Walt Whitman and Edith Wharton caption this striking photographic tour of unique urban landmarks. 7.5x7.5 80 pages color illus $19.95_____Victor: The History of a Town
Lewis F. Fisher. Paperback The history of Victor, New York in words and pictures. ISBN #0-9651507-0-4 118 Pages $16.95_____VIDEOFRIEEX The Story of America's First Pirate TV Station
Parry D. Teasdale. Complete with Hells Angels, Abby Hoffman, the Black Panther Party, and FBI surveillance, this is the insider's tale of the high tech hijinks and groundbreaking innovations of a hippie collective near Woodstock, New York, which operated an experimental-and highly illegal-unlicensed TV broadcasting station for five years in the early 1970s, and in the process pioneered TV techniques which have become commonplace today. 6 x 9 210 pages Paper $16.95_____Walter Edmonds, Storyteller
Lionel D Wyld. Although known primarily for his best-selling historical novel "Drums Along the Mohawk", Walter Edmonds has written a number of other fine novels and stories. This book focuses on that fiction to discuss his life and background in upstate New York. 151 pages index 6x9 Cloth $18.00_____WATER OVER THE DAM
Floy S. Hyde. Important and intriguing history of Mountain View, NY and summer resorts. 6 x 9 - 371 pages - Photos - Cloth - $13.50
IMAGES OF AMERICA
Over 200 b&w photos with extensive captions and an introduction about various Towns and Counties throughout America. These are AMAZING collections of photos and historical captions.
___Albany by Don Ritner $18.99
___Amagansett by Carleton Kelsey $16.99
___Angelica, Belmont and Wellsville by Bob Bogan $14.99
___Around Cresson and the Alleghenies by Sr Ann Frances Pulling
___Auburn by Peter Lloyd Jones & Stephanie E. Przybylek $16.99
___Auburn II by " " $16.99
___Babylon by the Sea by Sr Ann Frances Pulling $18.99
___Ballston Lake by Katherine Briaddy $16.99
___Bayport Hertiage by Bayport HertiageAssociation $16.99
___Babylon by the Sea $18.99
___Beacon by Murphy & Van Buren $18.99
___Bronxville by Hill & Huber $16.99
___Brooklyn in Postcards Randall Gabrielan $18.99
___Brooklyn in the 1920s by Eric Irardie $16.99
___Brooklyn Navy Yard by Tom Berner $18.99
___Brunswick by Sharon Zankel $18.99
___Buffalo Pan American Exposition by Leary & Sholes $18.99
___Buffalo Waterfront by Leary & Sholes $16.99
___Burnt Hills by Katherine Briaddy $16.99
___Canandaigua by Ontario County Historical Society $16.99
___Canastota & Chittenango by Lionel Wyld $18.99
___Catskill Mountains in Postcards Irving Richman $18.99
___Cayuga County by Jones & Przybylek $16.99
___Central Islip by Sr Anne Francis Pulling $16.99
___Chemung Valley by Janowski & Smith $18.99
___City Island and Orchard Beach by Catherine Adele Scott $18.99
___Clayton by Hutchinson & Corbin $16.99
___Clifton Park by J. Scherer $16.99
___Cortland County Mary Ann Kane $18.99
___Delaware Water Gap The Stroudsburgs and the Poconos Sally A Freedman
___East Bronx by Bill Twomey $18.99
___East Hampton by John Rae $18.99
___Fagan Sisters of Copake Falls byElinor Mettler $18.99
___Fishkill by Fishkill Historical Society $16.99
___FJ & G (Fonda, Johnstown and Gloversville) Railroad by Randy Decker $18.99
___Fort Ontario by George and Carol Reed $18.99
___Gloversville by Lewis Decker $16.99
___Greene County and the Catskills by Raymond Beecher $16.99
___Gravesend Brooklyn by E. Ierardi $16.99
___Hammondsport & Keuka Lake by Charles Mitchell $16.99
___Harlem Valley Pathways by Ghee & Spense $16.99
___Hyde Park on the Hudson by M. Marquez $16.99
___Jefferson County by Elise Chan $18.99
___Johnstown by Lewis Decker $18.99
___Kenmore New York by John Pearcy and Graham Millar $18.99
___Lansingburh by Don Rittner $18.99
___Levittown by Margaret Ferrer $16.99
___Levittown II " " $18.99
___Lewisboro by Maureen Koehl $16.99
___Malta by Ruth Roerig $16.99
___Manhattan Between the Rivers by Jeff Hirsh $18.99
___Manhattan Hotels 1880-1920 by " $16.99
___Montgomery by Robert Williams $18.99
___New York City Italian-American Immigrant Theater by Emelise Aleandri $18.99
___New York Giants - A Baseball Album by Richard Bak $18.99
___Newburgh by Kevin Burnett $18.99
___Niagara Falls by D. Dumych $16.99
___Niagara Falls II by Daniel Dumych $16.99
___Ontario County Golden Era of Railroads and Baseball by Tim Mun and Matt Vitticore $18.99
___Ossining by Carl Oechner $18.99
___Oswego by the Oswego County Historical Society $16.99
___Otisco Lake Community by Roger Trendowski $16.99
___Parma and Hilton by Shirley Husted $18.99
___Patchogue by Hans Henke $16.99
___Patchogue II by Hans Henke $16.99
___Penn Yan & Keuka Lake by Charles Mitchell $16.99
___Poughkeepsie Halfway up the Hudson Ghee & Spense $18.99
___Poughkeepsie A Century of Change " " $18.99
___Richmondtown & Lighthouse Hill by M. Ferrer $16.99
___Rochester Resorts by Donovan Shilling $18.99
___Roycroft Campus (East Aurora) $18.99
___Saratoga Around by Thomas Wood $18.99
___Saugerties by E. Poole and Karlyn Elia
___Schenectady by Susan Rosenthal $18.99
___Shelter Island by L. Green $16.99
___Southampton by R. & M. Cummings $16.99
___Staten Island by Lundrigan & Navarra $16.99
___Staten Island II by Lundrigan & Navarra $18.99
___Staten Island in the Twentieth Century by Lundrigan & Navarra $16.99
___SUNY Downstate Medical Center by Jack Termine $18.99
___Syracuse by Onondaga Historical Association $16.99
___Syracuse Greater Dennis Connors $18.99
___Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow by Historical Society of Tarrytown $16.99
___Tioga County by Tioga County Historical Society $18.99
___Throggs Neck & Pelham Bay by McNamara & Twomey $18.99
___Tonawanda by John W Percy $16.99
___Troy by Don Rittner $18.99
___Union by Suzanne Meredith $18.99
___Wind and Water Mills of Long Island by Sr Anne Frances Pulling and G. A. Leeds $18.99
___Yankees Baseball The Golden Age by Richard Bak $18.99
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