The Boston Money Tree.
8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Thomas Crowell, (1977). vg. More
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Homelands and Waterways; The American Journey of the Bond Family, 1846-1926
New York: Pantheon, 1999. Illus. 694pp. 8vo, 1/2 black cloth, boards lightly soiled, first 16 pages wavy on bottom margins. New York: Pantheon Books, (1999). More
Life in Town, or The Boston Spy.
Boston: Redding, 1844. Being a Series of Sketches Illustrative of Whims and Women in the 'Athens of America'. Hand-colored frontispiece, 2 additional colored plates. 56pp., short thin 4to, original dark brown moire silk (rebacked in plain brown cloth; scattered foxing). Boston: Redding and Company, 1844. Very scarce. Contains chapters on Sewing Circles, Popular Lectures, and Fancy Fairs. More
The New York, Westchester & Boston Railway Company, 1906-1946
Port Chester: Robert A. Bang, 2004. With b/w photos throughout. 177 pages. Slim 4to, glossy pictorial boards. (Port Chester): Robert A. Bang, (2004). A fine copy. More
Aspects of Boston.
many photo. illus., some in color. oblong 4to, cloth, d.w. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1975. vg. More
Very attractive Boston to Great Britain manuscript trade manifest document. Boston, January 8th 1794. 7 inches x 11 3/4 inches. 1 page.
Boston: 1794. from M. Bicker & Sons, wholesalers to Captain William Story. Boston, 1794. Fine with strong folds. "...Having appointed you commander of the Brig Harriot, our orders for you to proceed with the first fair wind to Cowes, England and when arrived to value upon our Mr. Martin Bicker. If he happens to be absent form Cowes, write immediately on to Him at London & ask of him his orders which will attend to in every respect...If it should..... More
First Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston. 1876. Second Edition
Boston: Rockwell and Churchill, 1881. 183pp. 8vo, original brown cloth, spine ends, top of front cover and edges of corners worn, cloth lightly soiled. Boston: Rockwell and Churchill, 1881. Most of the text is an appendix that lists the names of taxpayers in Boston, Brookline, and Chelsea for the years 1674, 1676, 1681, 1685, 1687, 1688, 1691, 1695 with an index of names. More
Forty of Boston's Historic Houses; A Brief Illustrated Description of the Residences of Historic Characters of Boston Who have lived in or near the Business Section.
Boston: State Street Trust Company, 1912. 40 illustrations. Thin 8vo, pictorial wrappers; spine ends worn, faint dampstain in upper gutter, otherwise very good. Boston: State Street Trust Company, (1912). More
Boston Furniture of the Eighteenth Century. A Conference Held by the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, 11 and 12 May, 1972.
Boston: Colonial Society, 1974. More than 170 black & white illlustrations. xv + 316pp., 8vo, blue cloth, d.w.; small inner portion of top and lower edge have minor dampstains, dust wrapper chipped,soiled. Boston: The Colonial Society of Massachusetts, (1974). A very good copy in a very good (-) dust wrapper. More
City of Boston; Digest of the Statues and of the Ordinances relating to the Construction, Maintenance, and Inspection of Buildings in the City of Boston, 1892.
many color diagrams, some folding. 8vo, cloth; (spine ends repaired). Boston: Rockwell & Churchill, 1893. More
Points of Interest in Boston and Environs
Boston: 1937. Illus. 8vo, tan boards. Boston, (1937). vg Published by the Banks and Trust Companies of Boston. More
Elias Boudinot's Journey to Boston in 1809.
Ed. by Milton Halsey Thomas. illus. 97pp. 8vo, cloth, Princeton Univ. Library, 1955. vg. More
Suffolk Surnames.
Frontis. 757pp. 8vo, buckram; (t.p. and p. 437 have small tears in margin, ex-lib). London, (1861). More
Missing Beauty; A True Story of Murder and Obsession.
illus. 478pp. 8vo, 1/2 cloth, d.w. New York, (1988). More
Fictional Rambles in & About Boston.
New York: McClure Phillips, 1902. Illus. 8vo, blue cloth, corners bumped, spine ends lightly worn, cloth lightly soiled, inner hinges crudely repaired with tape. New York: McClure, Phillips, 1902. More
The Silent Traveller In Boston.
color illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York: Norton, (1959). vg. More
Romantic Days In Old Boston; The Story of the City and of Its People during the Nineteeth Century.
illus. 411pp. 8vo, cloth. Boston, 1910. vg. More
The Boston Society Of Natural History, 1830- 1930.
Boston: 1930. illustrated. Short 4to, 1/2 cloth; edges of boards a bit worn. Boston: Printed for the Society, 1930. Very good. Milestones. More
The Market Book: Containing a Historical Account of the Public Markets in the Cities of New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Brooklyn.
New York: Burt Franklin, 1969. With a brief Description of every Article of Human Food Sold Therein, The Introduction of Cattle in America... Volume I, (all published). 621pp. 8vo, tan cloth. New York: Burt Franklin, (1969). Facsimile of the New York, 1862 edition. More
The Boston Almanac for the Year 1841
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
Old Landmarks and Historic Personages of Boston.
illus. 484pp. 12mo, cloth; (spine ends worn). Boston: Roberts, 1876. More
The History and Antiquities of Boston...
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
Letters Written from New-England, A. D. 1686...To which are described his voyages by sea , his travels on land, and the characters of his friends and acquaintances.
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
And This is Boston! (And Seashore and Country Too).
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1938. Frontis. 16mo, red cloth. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1938. Very Good Travel in Boston and nearby historic cities. More
A Book for Boston; In which are gathered essays, stories, and poems by divers hands especially written in honor of the city upon the occasion of the three hundred and fiftieth anniversary of its incorporation...
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