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189657519<p>Boston: Carl H. Heintzemann. Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn silverfishing to front . boards some light foxing to plates one plate loose. 1896. Hardcover. Brown cloth binding. Photogravures of court house interiors souvenir programs and Norfolk County notables. Includes history and description of the Court House buildings description of dedication ceremony transcript of speeches and biographical sketches of participants. ; Oblong 4to 11" - 13" tall; 60 pages .</p> Carl H. Heintzemann hardcover
1841164511841. Women's Education Catholic Girls' School Ugbrook England. Regulations for the Catholic Girls' School at Ugbrook. Chudleigh: J. E. Searle 1841. This book contains the regulations approved by the Right Reverend the Vicar Apostolic of the Western District of England for the Catholic Girls School at Ugbrook. Uncommon to find formal women's education regulations from this early in the 19th century. Very good. unknown
180935590Boston: E. Oliver Printer 1809. First Edition. Leather bound. Fair. Octavo. 1 viii 511 pages 1 page errata. Brown sheepskin leather binding with red leather title label on the spine. Leather covers and spine are shelf and edge worn. Title label scuffed. Light to moderate scattered foxing to the text. A few of the pages have heavy foxing and toning. Previous owner inscription on the right front flyleaf and on the front blank end sheet. A fair or better copy. E. Oliver, Printer unknown
189545373Chicago: W. H. Parish Pub. Co. 1895. 1st Edition. Paperback. Very good . 11 x 14 in. Folio with paper wraps full-pg photo plates with tissue guards. Photos of Greens Island Owls Head among others. Very fine original photographs in very fine gravure prints the photographer unknown. Condition is VERY GOOD ; covers very clean with some wear and ships to edges. Binding tight. Text spotless prints lovely. Maine. RGR. W. H. Parish Pub. Co. paperback
189545372Chicago: W. H. Parish Pub. Co. 1895. Paperback. Very good . 11 x 14 in. Folio with paper wraps full-pg photo plates with tissue guards. Photos of Hurricane Island and Vinalhaven among others. Very fIne original photographs in very fine gravure prints the photographer unknown. Condition is VERY GOOD ; covers very clean with some wear and ships to edges. Binding tight. Text spotless prints lovely. Maine. RGR. W. H. Parish Pub. Co. paperback
1899025919Frank A. Bates Scientific and Historical Books: 1899. 165 pages with ten b&w photographs. 10 Chapters: Grouse shootng: Fly-fishing for white perchs: Goose shooting; Perch fishing; A tale of Winnepesaukee; Horn pout fishing; The fox we did not get; Inseet hunting in winter; Lake trout fishing and the Naturalists in the White Mountains. VERY GOOD HARDCOVER tan cloth covers black lettering is bright on the spine and cover. Spine cloth has darkened. Scarce. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket Present. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Frank A. Bates, Scientific and Historical Books: Hardcover
18840008918Mount Washington Coos NH: Office of Among The Clouds 1884. Fourth edition. Wrappers. Very Good. Oblong 48mo 48 pages green lithographed wrappers. RARE. <br/><br/>This is slightly longer than the previous edition. WorldCat cites only the Harvard copy of this booklet. - and also only the 4th and 5th editions. With woodcuts and a map. Office of Among The Clouds unknown
187356034Boston: James R. Osgood 1873. first edition. Hardcover. Very good . 4 x 6 in. 184 pp. First edition 1873. Green cloth boards with gilt titles. Green endpapers red text edges. Frontis and plates with tissue guards. Condition is VERY GOOD ; covers very clean spine titles very bright. Light wear to spine ends minor wear to corners. Binding tight. Endpapers spotless as is text plates and tissue guards. Maine. Stax. James R. Osgood hardcover
188261405<p>Northampton MA: Steam Press of Gazette Printing Company. Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn foxing to frontispiece and . surrounding leaves pages toned one page has short tear. 1882. Hardcover. Brown cloth ruled in blind on front and rear boards and titled in gilt on spine. Index errata page. Frontispiece engraving of The Old Church. History of Northampton Massachusetts and description of landmarks notable residents and profiles of Northampton graduates. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 374 pages .</p> Steam Press of Gazette Printing Company hardcover
1900020772Boston: Privately Printed: 1900. 236 pages with Genealogical and Biographical Notes. "The inscriptions in an old graveyard are to me pathetic impressive and interesting the verses sometimes crude revealing the religious hopes and tastes of successive generations. Moreover having devoted much time during some of the best years of my life to the service of the Town of Needham I have been led to search its venerable records in order to learn something of my predecessors. The epitaphs included in the volumes and those which I contributed to the Dedham Historical Register for April 1899 were copied by me in the autumns of 1897 and 1909. FINE- HARDCOVER grey cloth covers with a worn leather label on the spine edge. Hard Cover. Fine-/No Dust Jacket Present. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Privately Printed: Hardcover
189964013<p>Malden MA: Private Printing. Good with no dust jacket; Library label on spine and library bookplate on front pastedown endpaper boards lightly worn. 1899. Hardcover. Green beveled cloth binding titled in gilt on spine xvii 870pp. Top edges gilt. Appendices index illustrations folding map of Malden dated 1795 at rear. History of the Town of Malden located on the north coast of Massachusetts. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .</p> Private Printing hardcover
184657329<p>Boston: B. B. Mussey and Thomas Groom. Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn ink stains on rear boards folding . map has one inch tear a few owner notes in text. 1846. Hardcover. Original brown cloth stamped in blind and in gilt. Measures 5.5 x 3.25 inches. Frontispiece folding map of Boston. Decorative engraved advertisements for Dickinson and Co. Print shop affixed to front and rear pastedown endpapers. A pocket-sized Boston almanac containing calendar phases of the moon a recap of 1846 Boston and general events business directory table of streets railroad maps list of banks courts and advertisements. ; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 192 pages .</p> B. B. Mussey and Thomas Groom hardcover
1822002513New Haven: Published by the author 1822. First edition. Hardcover. Fair. 8vo contemporary quarter sheep top board and front flyleaf detached. <br/><br/> Howes D612. Sabin 21559 . The frontispiece is a folding map of the state of New York. Published by the author hardcover
1884BOOKS029218IBaltimore:: Baltimore Publ. Spine ends roughly tape repaired. Covers: Fair/Poor; text VG. 1884. ISBN: mostly unopened uncut; spine lib. marks. 2 Vols. xxviii 531; 519 . ISBN: xxvii pp. Catalogs: CATHOLIC. Keywords: CATHOLIC CHARLESTON CHURCH HISTORY. Baltimore Publ. unknown
18860008337Boston: Geo. H. Ellis 1886. Enlarged edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo 496 pages original blue cloth nicely repaired with similar cloth cracking rear hinge untrimmed fore and bottom edges. X-library with no numerals on spine emboss on title-page and withdrawn stamp. Scarce. <br/><br/>Mrs. Susan Lyman of Northampton Mass. married J. Peter Lesley the State Geologist of Pennsylvania and President of the American Institute for the Advancement of Science. Susan was the daughter of Judge Joseph Lyman of Northampton. The first printing of this memoir was limited to only 100 copies and titled MEMOIRS OF MRS. ANNE J. LYMAN in 1876. This edition was re-titled RECOLLECTIONS OF MY MOTHER: it omits some letters from the first edition but includes anecdotes and letters new to this edition. These are extensive New England memoirs concentrated on Northampton Mass. The Illustrations include an actual mounted photograph of a painted portrait of Judge Lyman. Includes correspondence from Ralph Waldo Emerson Myerson D97 q.v. Lydia Maria Child Austin Flint as well as many family members. Geo. H. Ellis hardcover
1874632London: Ward Lock and Tyler Warwick House 1874. Quarter Leather. Good . 8vo. i-ix x-xvi 302 2 pp ads. Pebbled black cloth backed in brown leather with faded gilt titling to spine. Leather worn and split heavily chipped at spine ends. Scattered foxing and soiling to interior heavier at front and rear leaves. Lacking ffep pp 1-2 mended at inner edge. Brown ink ownership inscription "J. Vanderpoel's Copy" to half-title belonging to Dutch-American artist John Johan Henry Vanderpoel. News-clipped articles relating to the trial pasted in at front and rear with ink notations from previous owner marking the date. Boston Post article at front headlined: "End of a Famous Fraud - The Tichborne Claimant Arthur Orton Tells the Story of His Imposture" 1895 with adjacent article 1899 adhered to half-title: "Lunatic May Be Roger Tichborne." At rear from the New Bedford Evening Journal 1895: "A Tichborne Romance - A New and Plausible Claimant Appears in Australia - Story of Piracy and Madness." An account of the famous Tichborne fraud case and surrounding controversy in which "The Claimant" a man later discovered to be Arthur Orton came forward claiming to be the wealthy son of an English Baroness. Ward, Lock, and Tyler, Warwick House unknown
186663530<p>Northampton MA: Trumbull and Gere. Good with no dust jacket; Corners bumped fingerpull tears to top and bottom of spine boards sunned owner name on title page. 1866. First Printing. Hardcover. Purple cloth binding. 192pp 2pp appendix. Contains information on early settlement Indian difficulties Shay's Rebellion The War of 1812 agriculture cemeteries and The Civil War. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .</p> Trumbull and Gere hardcover
188460426<p>Salem MA: J. H. Choate & Co. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn pages toned. 1884. First Edition. Hardcover. Brown cloth titled in gilt. Frontispiece engraving of the Congregational Church in Essex Massachusetts. Program for anniversary celebration sermons historical discourse on the church and town of Essex and address on Rev. John Wise a 17th century minister at the Church. Also includes congratulatory greetings from other churches and a history of the sabbath school. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 214 pages .</p> J. H. Choate & Co. hardcover
1847275261Cincinnati: Derby Bradley & Co. Publishers 1847. First Edtion. Very Good binding. Two rather florid speeches before the Society of the Cincinnati in which the Baptist pastor Elias Magoon addresses the great oratorical lights of the Revolutionary era -- James Otis Samuel Adams John Adams Patrick Henry Alexander Hamilton and other. 91 pp.; 93-96 advertisments. In the publisher’s green cloth with titling in gold to the front board. With foxing throughout. Very Good binding. Derby, Bradley & Co. Publishers unknown
1847034609Providence RI.: Charles Burnett Jr. 1847. THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF "THE INCORPORATION OF PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS" AND THE CODE OF LAWS ADOPTED BY THAT ASSEMBLY IN 1647.With Notes Historical And Explanatory. By William R. Staples one of the Judges of the Supreme Court Of Rhode Island. 64 pages. GOOD SOFTCOVER stained cover internally a nice clean copy rare. . Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Charles Burnett, Jr. Paperback
188945451Rockland Maine: The FRee Press 1889. first edition. Paperback. Good. 6 x 9 in. 78 pp. Blue paper wraps. Condition is GOOD ; front cover is attached just at the top. Covers toned at edges with a small ink notation. Text bright a coupe of pgs have pencil margin marks. Scarce item. Maine. RGR. The FRee Press paperback
1864BOOKS046152IConcord NH: Press of McFarland & Jenks 1864. HC. good leather spine printed boards hardcover. fold out map ill. in ads. .CONTAINING THE NAMES RESIDENCES AND BUSINESS OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE COMPACT PART OF THE CITY WITH A MAP OF THE STREETS ENGRAVED EXPRESSLY FOR THIS WORK." An EXCEPTIONALLY clean and tight copy with small fold-out map of the "Plan of the Village of Concord 1864." The first 73 pages list the residents alphabetically with their address and occupation. The next two pages have information on the Methodist General Biblical Institute which was founded in 1847. The next page has: Officers in State Prison; Principal Employees at the N.H. Asylum and the Public Library and St. Paul's School. Absolutely great ads many with wonderful period illustrations follow on page 77 to 100. UNCOMMON and a handsome addition to your New Hampshire collection. 100pp. Press of McFarland & Jenks unknown
1806AQ13350London: Printed By George Eyre and Andrew Strahan Printers to the King's Most Excellent Majesty 1806. 20pp. Uncut. Stitched as issued. Stitching perished with all leaves working loose tear to head of terminal leaf just clipping text without loss of sense scattered spotting. A liturgy issued by proclamation of George III of services to be held during a day of reflection and prayer in honour of the military forces of both the Royal Navy and British Army deployed on the continent during the Napoleonic Wars. . First edition. Quarto. Printed By George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, Printers to the King's Most Excellent Majesty unknown
18431731London: : John Lee 1843. A pamphlet once bound in with other pamphlets. Complete. Title page Introduction text. The pamphlet now appears disbound as it has been removed from a collection - but is complete in itself. A touch of darkening to the covers and a small stain to the bottom of pages 4/5 but otherwise in good clean condition. Now held in an archival wallet. 24 pp. A scarce item Copac shows holdings only at BL Oxford & Cambridge. William Joseph Irons 1812-1883 was an Anglican priest and Theolgian. He was a strong defender of Church of England as the Established Church and argued against seceding from the church whether to Rome or to the more Protestant churches. He was the vicar of Brompton at the time of the publication of this work and the introduction is dated Brompton April 1843. He is names by Lawrence Crumb in "The Oxford Movement and its leaders a bibliography of Secondary and Lesser Primary Sources" as the probable author of this work. John Lee, unknown
180170917Unpaginated 8 A2 7s B 4s B2 8s - U2 8's X 2's X2 4s Y 2s A 4s - C2 8s D 2s D2 4s Published by John Reeves, Esq. hardcover