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

New York: Samuel Gaston, 1857. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 6 1/4 x 5" This map shows the states of Vermont and New Hampshire in the middle of the 19th century. Published in 1857, it shows these states during a time of development and industrialization. The states are divided into hand-colored counties, and the index includes towns, rivers, canals, and both existing and proposed railroads. The northernmost tip of New Hampshire peeks out above the top border..... More

George F. Cram, 1894. Map. Color lithograph. 11 1/2" x 14 1/2". Two panel map of the Adirondack Mountains in Upstate, New York and the White Mountains in New Hampshire. From 1894, each show elevation with hachure lines and depict towns, roads, rivers, and bodies of water. Some creases and scuffs. The high peaks are noted on both maps. Must have for hikers and nature lovers. More

many engravings, 2 folding maps in back pocket, 3 maps in text. xv, 340pp. + ads. 4to, dec. cloth; (cloth lightly rubbed, otherwise very good). N.Y.: Harper, 1882. One of the folding maps is in color and depicts New Hampshire and Vermont. More

South Portland: Lighthouse Digest, 1991. Many Illus., most in color. Thin 4to, pr. wrs. (South Portland: Lighthouse Digest, 1991). Very good. 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

New York: Pantheon, 1978. Extensively illustrated. xiii + 395pp., 8vo, brown cloth, d.w. New York: Pantheon Books, (1978). First edition. A very good (+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More