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Benjamin F. Thompson. History of Long Island ; Containing an Account of the Discovery and Settlement ; with Other Important and Interesting Matters of the Present Time. E. French, New York, 1839.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 8vo. 1st. Edition. Gilt stamping to spine. Map of Long Island and it's summer resorts tipped in. Heavy rubbing with fading to binding of boards. Edgewear with scraping and chipping to corners. Scraping along top edge. Rubbing to gilt stamping on spine. Foxing to leaves. Overopening to front hinge. Slight overopening throughout. Previous owner's sticker to f.p.d. Previous owner's signature to top of f.p.d. Previous owner's dated signature to top of title page. Previous owner's penciled in annotation to pg. 304. Previous owner's notes to last leaf before r.f.e.p. Condition has been noted. Good.

Seller: Strand Book Store, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Thompson, Benjamin F.. History of Long Island; Containing an Account of the Discovery and Settlement; with Other Important and Interesting Matters to the Present Time. E. French, 1839.

Price: US$145.00 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: Spine repaired, damage in gutter, front board reattached, overall good and text good

Seller: Ann Becker, Houston, TX, U.S.A.

Benjamin F. Thompson. History of Long Island; Containing an Account of the Discovery and Settlement; with Other Important and Interesting Matters to the Present Time.. E. French, New York, 1839.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: First Edition. Original brown stamped cloth. Spine strip missing, tape binding the covers together at top of spine, previous owner's name in ink, names in pencil inside rear cover, internals very nice. This book simply needs rebacking to become a very nice volume.

Seller: Pride and Prejudice-Books, Ballston Lake, NY, U.S.A.

Thompson, Benjamin Franklin. History of Long Island: Containing an Account of the Discovery and Settlement; With Other Important and Interesting Matters to the Present Time. NY: E. French, 1839, 1839.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Description: Original edition; 8vo; 536 pages; covers are edgeworn and worn (see picture) and spine is intact but has a closed tear; all pages are complete but many are heavily foxed and toned; this edition is inscribed by the author " Henry Van xx from his friend Henry F. Thompson"; the next inscription is"Presented to Mr Lantry after the death of Mr V.L. Dec 16th 87" The next inscription is"Presented to Fred Armstrong after the death of Mr. Lantry June 28th 1888.

Seller: WellRead Books A.B.A.A., Northport, NY, U.S.A.

Thompson, Benjamin F.. History of Long Island. E. French, NY, 1839.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: Binding has been repaired roughly ; 6 X 0.6 X 9 inches; 536 pages

Seller: Ann Becker, Houston, TX, U.S.A.

Thompson, Benjamin F. History of Long Island Containing an Account of the Discovery and Settlerment; with other Important and Interesting Mastters to the Present Time. E French, New York, 1839.

Price: US$295.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 536p octavo. two lithographic plates. Chipped along the extremities , otherwise a very good copy in original black cloth, gilt title on spine. Engraved bookplate

Seller: Old New York Book Shop, ABAA, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.

Thompson, Benjamin. HISTORY OF LONG ISLAND. NY E. French 1839, 1839.

Price: US$350.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 536pp. The first significant history of Long Island. Very good, leather backstrip, lovely marbelized covers and end-papers. Probably rebound in late 19th Century. (loc 708)

Seller: Austin Book Shop LLC, Richmond Hill, NY, U.S.A.

Thompson, Benjamin F.. HISTORY OF LONG ISLAND.. New York, E. French., 1839.

Price: US$450.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition. Complete copy with the two full-page litographic plates. 536 pp. Contemporary original cloth. Upper spine a little worn. Internally fine, hardly any foxing. Howes T-187.

Seller: Rosenbad Antique Books, Stockholm, Sweden

Thompson, Benjamin F.. History of Long Island; Containing an Account of the Discovery and Settlement; with Other Important and Interesting Matters to the Present Time. [New York]. E. French, 1839.

Price: US$456.50 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: First edition (Sabin 95468, Howes T187, Church 1351: "The most comprehensive of the accounts of Long Island."). Includes both lithographic plates. Spine slightly faded, boards a bit rubbed with a few light spots, most pages lightly foxed with moderate foxing on a few pages, ink name and owner bookplate on front endpapers. 1839 Hard Cover. x, 536 pp. Original brown cloth, gilt titles and rules. From the dedication: ". the first attempt to perpetuate the civil and political history of Long Island.

Seller: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Webster, NY, U.S.A.

Thompson, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin) (1784-1849). History of Long Island : Containing an Account of the Discovery and Settlement, with Other Important and Interesting Matters to the Present Time. New-York : E. French, 1839.

Price: US$472.41 + shipping

Description: Finely bound in modern aniline calf over marble boards. Raised bands with the title directly gilt-blocked. Spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. Lacking frontis. Some foxing evident to the title page - scattered elsewhere. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. ; 536 pages; Physical desc. : 536 p. , [2] leaves of plates : ill ; 24 cm. Pages 142-481 devoted to histories of the counties and towns. Sabin 95468. Subject: Long Island (N. Y. ) - Discovery and exploration. 1 Kg.

Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland

Thompson, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin) (1784-1849). History of Long Island : Containing an Account of the Discovery and Settlement, with Other Important and Interesting Matters to the Present Time. New-York : E. French, 1839.

Price: US$520.00 + shipping

Description: Finely bound in modern aniline calf over marble boards. Raised bands with the title directly gilt-blocked. Spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. Lacking frontis. Some foxing evident to the title page - scattered elsewhere. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. ; 536 pages; Physical desc. : 536 p. , [2] leaves of plates : ill ; 24 cm. Pages 142-481 devoted to histories of the counties and towns. Sabin 95468. Subject: Long Island (N. Y. ) - Discovery and exploration. 1 Kg.

Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Thompson, Benjamin F. History of Long Island: Containing an Account of the Discovery and Settlement, with Other Important and Interesting Matters to the Present Time. E. French, 1839.

Price: US$2300.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Bound in black cloth with bright gilt titles. Letter from author Benjamin F. Thompson tipped in. Owner stamp.

Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.

THOMPSON, Benjamin F.. A History of Long Island: Containing an Account of the Discovery and Settlement, with Other Important and Interesting Matters to the Present Time [with] Autograph Letter Signed from Thompson to Francis Baylies. E. French, New-York, 1839.

Price: US$2500.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition. Tall octavo. 536pp., illustrated with two plates. Publisher's dark brown ribbed cloth decorated and ruled in blind, and titled in gilt. Dampstain at the bottom corners, still a reasonably bright, very good or better copy with small nicks at the spine ends. *Howes* T187. [With] Four-page Autograph Letter Signed dated July 22, 1841 by Thompson from Hempstead, Long Island. to Hon. Francis Baylies in Taunton, Massachusetts. Folded quarto leaf written on all sides. Tears at the folds, small chip on p.3-4 removing a couple of letters, good. Thompson asks Baylies, author of *An Historical Account of the Colony of New Plymouth* (*Howes* B261) for help in establishing the lineage of the Millett family of Long Island, descended apparently from Thomas Millett of Plymouth Colony. A very detailed letter of approximately 1000 (mostly easily readable) words.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.