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1955. 52pp. 16mo, pr. wrs., wrappers lightly soiled, first few pages creased in lower right corner margin. N.p., 1955. Includes Rockport and Gloucester, Massachusetts. More
1955. 52pp. 16mo, pr. wrs., wrappers lightly soiled, first few pages creased in lower right corner margin. N.p., 1955. Includes Rockport and Gloucester, Massachusetts. More
many illus. 4to, cloth, d.w. Dublin, NH, (1974). Articles from Yankee Magazine. vg. More
Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1894. Several maps. xxxv + 476 pages, 8vo, blue cloth with gilt spine-lettering and front cover illustration; front hinge mended, covers lightly rubbed. Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1894. A very good copy. More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1989. 8vo, brown cloth, d.w. dampstained. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1989. Presentation copy from the author to Wendell Garrett. From the library of Wendell Garrett with his pencil marks in some margins. More
Boston: Thomas Groom, 1840. Folding street map of Boston, several small engravings on the top of some pages, 130 pages. 24mo, original brown cloth with gilt decoration on front cover, cloth and fore-edges lightly soiled, corners lightly bumped, page 71 creased on upper right corner of text. Boston: Thomas Groom, (1840). Pages 49 to 110 comprise a business and political directory for Boston. Contains the color ads from S. N. Dickinson's print shop mounted on the front and back endpapers..... More
8vo, cloth, d.w. Doubleday, (1975). vg. More
Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1977. Maps. Thin 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. chipped and dampstained, front flyleaf, last blank page, and back endpaper, all dampstained on bottom, a few pencil marks in margins. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1977. Includes Salem, Worcester, and Northampton. More
Boston: Little Brown, 1941. xiv, 306 pages. 8vo, green cloth, tan printed d.w. (sunned at spine and with minor chipping). Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1941. First edition. A near fine copy in very good dust wrapper. Very uncommon. This volume consists of fourteen lectures on the practice of law by twenty-eight eminent Massachusetts lawyers and judges. From the first conference between counsel and a new client, the reader is taken chronologically through the preparation and trial of a case..... More
New York: Argosy Antiquarian, 1967. Illustrated with 207 plates. Small 4to, natural cloth with blue label. New York: Argosy-Antiquarian, 1967. Reprint edition, limited to 750 copies. A fine copy, as new. A most comprehensive pictorial survey showing whale ships of all periods. Rare and unique prints from the Allan Forbes collection of whaling pictures, and other notable collections are here admirably reproduced in full page. Public archives and contemporary newspaper accounts have been drawn upon as well as the research..... More
Boston: Luther Stevens, 1856. from Its Settlement in 1630, to the Year 1770. 20 plates, 3 folding; many text Illus. x, 840pp. 2 volumes. 4to, contemporary 3/4 brown morocco, spines lightly worn, corners of both volumes worn, a few notations in pencil on first blank page in both volumes and on the margin of the last index page in volume II. Boston: Luther Stevens, 1856. First Edition. Complete text bound in two volumes. Contains 2 folding panoramas of Boston. Howes..... More
Hopewell, Mass. Geo. Draper, 1896. Illustrations, charts & tables. Small 8vo, gray cloth. Hopewell, Mass.: Geo. Draper, 1896. Including special treatises on Carding, Spinning, Spooling, Warping, Dyeing, Reeling, Twisting & Weaving. More
Cambridge: Lockwood, Brooks, 1876. Edited for the Ladies Centennial Committee. Illustrated with engravings and map. 8vo, original green cloth, spine ends lightly worn, edges of corners lightly worn and bumped, cloth lightly soiled. Cambridge: Lockwood, Brooks, 1876. Cambridge, Massachusetts. More
New York: Burt Franklin, 1969. 202pp. 8vo, maroon cloth. New York: Burt Franklin, (1969). Very good. Originally published in 1906. Burt Franklin Bibliography & Reference Series #93. More
Boston: Prince Society, 1867. With Notes and and Appendix by W. H. Whitmore. xxiv, 340pp., untrimmed, 8vo, rebound in gray cloth, with the original (damaged) wrappers bound in. Damp stain in margins of first pages not affecting the text. Boston: Published for the Prince Society by T. R. Marvin, 1867. First Edition. Very good (+). One of 150 numbered copies with the autographed initials of W. H. Whitmore. Author, a London bookseller and author, stayed in Boston for eight months..... More
New York: Architectural Book Publishing, 1959. Illustrated in black and white. 242 pages. Slim 4to, blue pictorial boards, d.w. (foxed with a few tears). New York: Architectural Book Publishing, (1959). A very good(-) copy-- sunned at boards edges, end papers foxed-- in a very good(-) dust wrapper. Ex libris. Previous owners initials inked on front free end paper. "The Town of Nantucket" Map included. 352 interior and exterior photographs and drawings by Kenneth Duprey. The houses of Nantucket Island are..... More
Facsimiles. 12mo, cloth (spine bit faded; ends fraying). New York, 1895. Very good. Women of Colonial & Revolutionary Times series. More
New York: Harper, 1920. Illustrated (color and b/w). 312 pages. 8vo., blue cloth backed stamped lightly soiled boards. New York: Harper & Brothers, (1920). A very good copy. More
Wakefield: Tercentenary Committee, 1944. Several drawings and maps, black & white photographic illustrations. 263 pages. Slim 8vo, burgundy cloth with gilt lettering. (slightly rubbed). Wakefield: Tercentenary Committee, (1944). A very good(+) copy. More
Boston: David R. Godine, 1980. Illustrated throughout in black and white. viii, 216 pages. 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. (smalls tears and wear at rear). Boston: David R. Godine (1980). Minor sunning at edges but, internally clean. A very good (+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
illus. 8vo, cloth; (back cover soiled). Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1920. More
Orleans: Parnassus Imprints, 1994. Illus. 8vo, 1/2 black cloth, d.w. Orleans: Parnassus Imprints, (1994). Very good Presentation copy. More
Boston: Little Brown, 1969. Illustrated. 576pp. 8vo, black cloth, d.w. Boston: Little Brown, (1969). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Charlestown: C. P. Emmons, 1846. Folding battle map. 172pp. 18mo, original blue cloth with gilt decoration on front cover, spine ends and edges of corners lightly worn, corners lightly bumped, cloth lightly soiled, left margin of map is slightly chipped. Charlestown: C. P. Emmons, 1846. Author was a minister and author of many books on Massachusetts history. In 1840, Ellis became pastor of the Harvard Unitarian Church in Charlestown, Massachusetts. Ellis was also the president of the Massachusetts Historical Society..... More
New York: Stewart Tabori & Chang, 2004. many color photo. illus. by the author. square 4to, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, (2004). Near fine in very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Boston: J. Howe, 1836. Frontis portrait of Mrs. Rebekah Evans. 141 pages, 16mo, original brown cloth, hinges & joints mended, spine repaired, cloth rubbed, worn. Boston: J. Howe, 1836. A very good(-) copy. More
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