The University And Military Research; Moral Politics at M.I.T.
12mo, cloth, d.w. Cornell UP, (1972). vg. More
12mo, cloth, d.w. Cornell UP, (1972). vg. More
Worcester: Charles Hamilton, 1900. 21pp. 4to, pr. wrs., page margins unopened at top. Worcester: Charles Hamilton, 1900. More
mounted illus., musical notations. 226pp. 4to, pictorial cloth; (cloth lightly soiled, otherwise vg). N.Y.: Hinds, Noble, (1913). Songs on Harvard University. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1926. Many photo Illus. 96pp. 8vo, black cloth with gilt decoration, head of spine and edge of corners lightly worn, corners lightly bumped. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1926. More
illus. 8vo, cloth. Boston, (1926). Colonial inns of Massachusetts. More
New York: Scribner, 1968. Illustrated. 214 pages. 8vo, cloth, d.w. (price-clipped and lightly edgeworn with gently faded spine). New York: Scribners, (1968). Very good. More
New York: William Morrow, 1966. Illus. 8vo, 1/2 brown cloth, d.w. chipped and lightly soiled. New York: William Morrow, 1966. Author's impressions of beaches from Maine to North Carolina during the winter of 1964. Stops included Cape Cod, Nantucket, Long Island, and the Outer Banks. More
Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, 1988. Many Illus., some in color. xxv, 163pp. 4to, blue cloth, cloth lightly soiled, corners bumped. Boston: Published for the Society, 1988. First Edition From the library of Wendell Garrett with his embossed stamp on the front flyleaf. More
Washington, D.C. 1818. 3 pages (front and back) with each two-page spread measuring 9.75 x 15.75 inches, Washington, D.C., March 14, 1818. Written to his friend at Bowdoin College, Prof. Parker Cleaveland, American geologist, called "The Father of American Mineralogy," pertaining to the marble columns that supported the Capital building prior to the British burning of Washington, D.C. in 1814, in part: "...You seem to suppose that I might have given you some amount of the marble column of the..... More
Barnstable: Goss, 1888. Revised by C.F. Swift. 2 vols. in one. 8vo, original brown pebbled cloth; (ex- lib, inner hinge weak). Barnstable: F. Goss, 1888, 1890. Very good (+). More
illus. 8vo, cloth. Boston: Small, Maynard, (1920). vg. More
Pittsfield: Palme-Grove Publishing, 1951. Many Photo. Illus. by the author. 8vo, green cloth, chipped and soiled d.w. (Pittsfield: Palme-Grove Publishing, 1951). More
Boston: Regimental Association, 1887. many portraits. xxii, 591pp. 8vo, original cloth; (ex-lib, spine ends repaired, inner hinges weak). Boston: Regimental Association, 1887. More
1944. Illus. 67pp. Small 8vo, pr. wrs., front wrapper rubbed. N.p., 1944. Signed by the author. More
8vo, cloth. Madison: Univ. of Wisconsin Press, (1973). More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1967. Illus. 8vo, pink cloth, d.w. torn, chipped, and lightly soiled. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1967. From the diary of the author's girlhood in Boston and Cambridge at the turn of the century. More
New York: Norton, 2013. Illus. 404pp. 8vo, 1/2 black cloth, d.w. New York: Norton, (2013). Very good. More
Massachusetts: 1781. Two remarkable war-date documents signed "J. Pettengill." The first one is 2 pages, 8.75 x 7.25 inches, no date, Massachusetts -- an affidavit to the Chief Justice of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, concerning a soldier (John Baptise Villiard) who enlisted in the Continental Army for three years and pocketed a bounty of $120. Fifty-seven days later the soldier was discovered as being a deserter and produced papers declaring that he was a French citizen and in the French..... More
illus. 8vo, cloth. Waltham: Gore Place Soc., 1969. vg. More
Northampton: Pioneer Valley Association. Photo Illus. 72pp. 8vo, pr. wrs. (Northampton: Pioneer Vallev Association, n.d., circa 1975. Fine. More
Boston: Wright & Potter, 1907. 128 pages. Slim 8vo, original black cloth, extremities rubbed. Boston: Wright & Potter, 1907. Scarce. A very good(+) copy. Public Document ....No. 32. More
New York: Dodd Mead, 1882. Illustrated on every page with chromolithographs by H. W. McVickar. 32 pages. Thin wide 8vo, neatly rebound in burgundy cloth with gilt-lettered spine, original pictorial paper covers on front and rear covers preserved. New York: Dodd Mead, (1882). First edition. Rather clean but for contemporary Xmas inscription on rear of frontis, which unfortunately also has a child's ink scribblings, otherwise a fine copy. More
Boston: Prince Society, 1869. Frontispieces and decorative devices throughout. Volume II and III of 3 only. 346 pages and 257 pages (two detached pages and repairs with old tape and tissue throughout volume 2, deckle edges, thick square 8vos, rebound in grey buckram, worn original wrappers bound in. Boston: Prince Society, 1869 and 1874. Bindings in fine condition, text block very good(-). Ex library copies with labels on spines and ex-lib stamps. More
Hartford: Published by the Phalanx, 1859. Frontis. 107pp. 8vo, original blue cloth, cloth lightly soiled and partially faded, covers bent and warped, foxing to Frontis., scattered light foxing, bottom of spine worn. Hartford: Published by the Phalanx, 1859. More
Boston: 1846. 1 page, 6.75 x 4.25 inches, Boston, September 1, 1846. Autographed letter signed by the Massachusetts Congressman and Harvard president, politely declining an invitation, in part: "I feel greatly obligated by your polite invitation to me and my lady to be of your party for the visitation of the Farm school on the 4th instant..." Accompanied by a holograph envelope measuring 2.5 x 4 inches. Rust stain from a paper clip on verso of letter; very good condition..... More
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