Publications
The Felcone Company has published several basic reference books in the fields of New Jersey bibliography and New Jersey history, and we are a distributor of several other standard reference works. Prices are net, and shipping is $6 for the first bound volume or $4 for a pamphlet. New Jersey residents will be charged 6% state sales tax. Members of the book trade may inquire for quantity discounts on our own publications.
New Jersey Books, 1698-1800 and New Jersey Books, 1801-1860. By Joseph J. Felcone. (Princeton: Felcone Co., 1992-96). 2 vols. xii, 303 p.; xi, 800 p. Frontis. Cloth. Vol. I: $40; vol. II: $50. A 10% discount applies to the purchase of the two-volume set.Together these two volumes comprise the finest single reference work on early New Jersey books. Over 1400 books and pamphlets are described in considerable bibliographical detail, and the history of each book or pamphlet is given in the context of the New Jersey events which led to its publication. The authors of many anonymous and pseudonymous works have been identified for the first time, largely through contemporary sources. More than a few commonly accepted New Jersey stories have been disproven. An essential reference book for libraries, a basic tool for antiquarian booksellers, and a great gift for a New Jersey collector. Inscribed upon request.
Printing in Princeton, New Jersey, 1786-1876. A Bibliography. By Joseph J. Felcone. (Princeton: Princeton University Library, 1992). xii, 147 p. Illus. Cloth. $35.
A detailed bibliography of books, pamphlets, and broadsides printed in Princeton, from the establishment of James Tod's press in 1786 through the year 1876. In addition to job printing for the college and the theological seminary, Princeton printers did work for the Delaware and Raritan Canal Company, political and charitable organizations, New York and Philadelphia publishers, and of course many private individuals. Children's books, magazines, literature, poetry, annual reports, and orations all came from Princeton presses and all are described herein, along with the locations of known copies.
New Jerseyana, 1668-1984. Being a Catalogue of 4,328 Rare and Out-of-Print Books and Pamphlets, Autograph Letters and Documents, Newspapers, Prints, and Ephemera. (Princeton: Felcone Co., 1988). [4], 290 p. Cloth. $40.
Our Catalogue 28, issued between 1984 and 1988, describing the largest collection of New Jersey books and pamphlets, manuscripts and documents, and related New Jerseyana ever offered for sale. The exhaustive index fills nearly 50 double-column pages. This is the most useful single reference guide to New Jerseyana, from early and rare books to modern local histories, genealogies, scholarly and reference books, &c. Although the prices are now out-of-date, the information is entirely current. Only about 35 copies remain.
New Jersey Copyright Registrations, 1791-1845. By Joseph J. Felcone. (Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, 1994). 51-115 p. Facsims. Paper. $10.
An annotated transcription of the first volume of the New Jersey copyright records, located in the U.S. District Court clerk's office. Contains title page records of 225 books for which copyright protection was sought in New Jersey. Each entry includes the date the copyright was entered, the name of the author or proprietor who submitted the work, a full title transcription, and, if the work is known today, its imprint and Evans or Shaw-Shoemaker number. Contains a full index plus a separate index of printers and publishers arranged by town. With an introductory essay on the history of copyright legislation in New Jersey. Offprint from Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society 104 (1994).
New Jersey Broadsides before 1900. A Checklist of the Joseph J. Felcone Collection. (Princeton, 1991). 116 p. Illus. Paper. $20.
A descriptive catalogue of nearly 300 privately-owned New Jersey broadsides dating from 1773 to 1899. Each broadside is fully described, and a comprehensive index gives full access to these important but ephemeral records of New Jersey life. Only a few copies remain.
Collecting New Jersey Books. By Joseph J. Felcone. (Union City: Wm. H. Wise Co., 1978). [265]-287 p. Illus. Paper. $40.
One of 50 copies reprinted for private distribution from Collecting New Jersey Antiques. A good summary of the subject, but complete with 34 publisher-created typographical errors, several alterations and deletions from the submitted manuscript, and various other editorial and printing atrocities. With this volume the William H. Wise Company's "Books About New Jersey" series reached the nadir of book publishing, and fortunately the firm soon went out of business.
Trenton Index: A Combined Index to John O. Raum's History of the City of Trenton, New Jersey, Francis B. Lee's History of Trenton, New Jersey, and John Hall's History of the Presbyterian Church in Trenton, N.J. (2nd Edition). By Joseph J. Felcone. (Princeton, 1976). 87 p. Paper. $10.
A comprehensive combined name-and-subject index to the three major unindexed nineteenth-century histories of Trenton, and an essential key to Trenton historical and genealogical research.
Ewing Township, Mercer County, New Jersey. A History to the Year 1700. By Joseph J. Felcone. (Princeton, 1985). 43 p. Paper. $10.
A very detailed history of the earliest settlement of the area along the Delaware River just north of Trenton. Compiled entirely from documents and other primary sources.
Land Transactions in Ewing Township, Mercer County, New Jersey, 1687-1760. By Joseph J. Felcone. (Princeton, 1983). viii, 180 p. Folding map. Cloth. Temporarily out of print.
Transcriptions of every pre-1760 land-related document pertaining to present-day Ewing Township, Mercer County (then Hopewell and later Trenton townships, Hunterdon County). Deeds, mortgages, surveys, etc., including many unrecorded and privately-owned documents. With a full index including every name appearing in every document.
