1846. Herbarium with manuscript notes. White card with specimen 4 3/8 x 3 1/4 inches. Sheet 6 3/4 x 4 1/2 inches. Some scuffs and stains. Delicate and charming pressed fern specimen placed on a white sheet by an accomplished hand, mounted on scrap book paper. Calligraphy notes in manuscript describe the scene where the specimen was obtained. The herbarium is comparable to a library of preserved plants with the specimens and labels providing all the information. In fact, the..... More

Boston: Appalachian Mountain Club. Many photo Illus., most in color. Folio, purple cloth, d.w. lightly soiled. Boston: Appalachian Mountain Club/New York Graphic Society, n.d., circa 1977. More

Washington: US Coast Survey, 1849. Map. Lithograph with modern hand coloring. 34" x 22 1/2". Exciting coast survey detailing the coast of New England from Narragansett Bay to Casco Bay, including Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket. Various triangulation points used in setting up the survey are shown. Minor stains upper left corner, lined with tissue paper. Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867) was an incredibly prolific surveyor, who worked as the superintendent of the United States Coast Survey, which was first..... More

Nashua: Orren C. Moore, 1873. xxi, 799pp. 8vo, original brown cloth, spine ends and edges of covers worn, edges of corners worn and bumped, some pages with light foxing, mostly to margins, cloth lightly soiled. Nashua: Orren C. Moore, 1873. First Edition Papers include the whole administration of Gov. John Wentworth, the events immediately preceding the Revolutionary War, the losses at the Battle of Bunker Hill, and the record of all proceedings till the end of New Hampshire's provincial history..... More

Dover: Eliphalet, 1891. viii, 484pp. [2]pp. 12mo, contemporary calf; (spine and front cover worn, first 2 blank leaves, title page, and last 3 leaves chipped in margin, light foxing throughout). Dover; (New-hampshire): Eliphalet Ladd, 1792. "He (Richard Burn) was a justice of the peace for the counties of Westmoreland and Cumberland (in England)... It (this work) is the most useful book ever published on the law relating to justices of the peace." Dictionary of National Biography III, p. 377. This..... More

Notes and a biographical sketch by Charles Carroll Morgan. illus. 99pp. small 8vo, cloth. Boston, (1918). More

Manchester: John B. Clarke, 1878. with records of the Centennial Proceedings at Northwood, and Genealogical Sketches. Plates, some of which are lithographs, portraits. [15], 790pp. 8vo, original brown cloth, spine ends worn, edges of corners lightly worn and lightly bumped, cloth lightly soiled, some pages with light foxing to margins, including some margins of portraits., inner hinge strengthened. Manchester: John B. Clarke, 1878. First Edition Pages 622-786 comprise the genealogical sketches of local families. More

Concord: Historical Society, 1912. 32 plates, tissue guards. 132pp. 4to, 3/4 black morocco. Concord, 1912. First edition. Near Fine. More

Boston: Prince Society, 1887. Thick tall 8vo, rubricated title, 492pp., untrimmed and unopened. Rebound in grey cloth with the original printed wrappers bound in. Boston: The Prince Society, 1887. Near Fine. Howes D-169. Limited to one of 250 copies. More

Philadelphia: Anthony Finley, 1824. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 11 1/8" x 8 5/8". Beautiful map of New Hampshire divided into counties. Shows place names, major routes, topographical details and waterways. In maps from this period, New Hampshire was usually bundled together with Vermont. This is an uncommon map exclusively depicting New Hampshire. In very good condition. Minor foxing. Anthony Finley (c. 1790-1840) was a prominent American cartographic publisher in the early 19th century. This map was..... More

Exeter: New Hampshire Society of the Colonial Dames of America, 1937. Illus. 66pp. 8vo, original pr. wrs., ex-lib. Exeter: New Hampshire Society of the Colonial Dames of America, 1937. More

Portsmouth: 1862. 1 page, 9.75 x 7.75 inches, Portsmouth, February 3, 1862. In this letter, Hackett advises a colleague of the particulars involving a court case, in part: "...Our Court adjourns on Saturday and Mr. Foule will attend at any day, the Caller Part...in Portsmouth...to take the testimony you propose..." Natural folds, several small stains in the upper right corner, and a closed tear at the bottom; very good(-) condition. United States Senator who represented the state of New Hampshire..... More

New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1990. Illustrated by Thomas W. Nason. xii + 141 pages, 8vo, cloth-backed boards; corners bumped. New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1990. Internally fine, a very good copy. More