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1849183078Boston: Samuel G. Drake 1849. Hardcover. G/G- covers show normal wear. Corners bumped and worn. Spine has been tape repaired original gilt spine is gone. . Text block shows some stains but pages are clean. Brown cloth boards embossed art on front gilt lettering and six seals on spine. 417 pp illustrations salmon wrappers bound in back of title. Published under the direction of: New England Historic Genealogical Society. This one has a tight bind but unfortunately has lost it's original spine lessening it's shelf appeal. Samuel G. Drake hardcover books
1854183156Boston: Samuel G. Drake 1854. Hardcover. G covers show normal wear but spine is only slightly faded. Spine has small tears. Corners bumped and worn. Ex-library label inside front cover. Text block shows some stains but pages are clean. Some pages have toning. Brown cloth boards embossed art on front gilt lettering and six seals on spine. 388 pp illustrations original wrappers bound in back of title. Published under the direction of: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Wonderfully bound - has great shelf appeal. Samuel G. Drake hardcover books
1853183142Boston: Samuel G. Drake 1853. Hardcover. G/G- covers show normal wear. Corners bumped and worn - starting to split. Spine has is torn at center and chipped but intact could be repaired. Text block shows some stains but pages are clean. Brown cloth boards embossed art on front gilt lettering and six seals on spine. 388 pp illustrations salmon wrappers bound in back of title. Published under the direction of: New England Historic Genealogical Society.Spine has been damaged but could repaired. Has shelf appeal especially if repaired. Samuel G. Drake hardcover books
1852183143Boston: Samuel G. Drake 1852. Hardcover. G/G- covers show normal wear. Corners bumped and worn - starting to split at hinges. Spine and covers are detached from text blocks but could be repaired. Text block shows some stains but pages are clean. Brown cloth boards embossed art on front gilt lettering and six seals on spine. 402 pp illustrations salmon wrappers bound in back of title. Published under the direction of: New England Historic Genealogical Society.Spine has been damaged but could repaired. Has shelf appeal especially if repaired. Samuel G. Drake hardcover books
1856183161Boston: Samuel G. Drake 1856. Hardcover. Fair/Poor covers detached spines are gone. Corners bumped and frayed. Text block on both has separated. Pages have some toning but generally in good shape. Both are candidates for re-bind. Brown cloth boards embossed art on front. Vol. 10 - 380 pp; Vol. 12 - 370 pp and index in back - both volumes of original wrappers bound in back. Published under the direction of: New England Historic Genealogical Society: 1856 1858. Their condition would normally exclude them from our catalog. These are being sold as a set to complete your current series. If you are interested in some of our better titles of this series we may consider adding these at a larger discount. Please contact us beforehand. Samuel G. Drake hardcover books
1857183158Boston: Samuel G. Drake 1857. Hardcover. G covers show normal wear spine is faded. Spine has small tears and frayed at top. Corners bumped and worn. Ex-library label inside front cover. Text block shows some stains but pages are clean. Some pages have toning and previous owners marks. Brown cloth boards embossed art on front gilt lettering and six seals on spine. 380 pp illustrations original wrappers bound in back of title. Published under the direction of: New England Historic Genealogical Society. A little more worn than some of the other titles we have but still has shelf appeal. Samuel G. Drake hardcover books
1855183160Boston: Samuel G. Drake 1855. Hardcover. G back cover is missing; front cover is becoming detached. . Spine has tears and frayed at top but has faded lightly. Corners bumped and worn. Ex-library label inside front cover. Text block shows some stains but pages are clean. Some pages have toning and warping. Some back pages have chipping and tears on edge. Brown cloth boards embossed art on front gilt lettering and six seals on spine. 388 pp illustrations original wrappers bound in back of title. Published under the direction of: New England Historic Genealogical Society. The price decrease reflects the condition of the covers and spine - but is a candidate for re-bind. Samuel G. Drake hardcover books
1859183159Boston: Samuel G. Drake 1859. Hardcover. G covers show heavier wear. Spine has tears and frayed and is missing sections at top and in middle. Corners bumped and worn. Ex-library label inside front cover. Text block shows some stains but pages are clean. Some pages have toning and warping. Title page is torn at bottom right corner - does not affect text. Some back pages have chipping and tears on edge. Brown cloth boards embossed art on front gilt lettering and six seals on spine. 388 pp illustrations original wrappers bound in back of title. Published under the direction of: New England Historic Genealogical Society. The price decrease reflects the condition of the covers and spine - but is a candidate for re-bind. Samuel G. Drake hardcover books
1860183157Boston: Samuel G. Drake 1860. Hardcover. G covers show normal wear spine is faded. Spine has small tears and frayed at top. Corners bumped and worn - front corners heavily. Ex-library label inside front cover. Text block shows some stains but pages are clean. Some pages have toning and previous owners marks. Some pages have warping at top edge but not significant. Brown cloth boards embossed art on front gilt lettering and six seals on spine. 388 pp illustrations original wrappers bound in back of title. Published under the direction of: New England Historic Genealogical Society. A little more worn than some of the other titles we have but still has shelf appeal. Samuel G. Drake hardcover books
1848183077Boston: Samuel G. Drake 1848. Hardcover. G covers show normal wear. Corners bumped and worn. Both hinges loose. Text block shows some stains but pages are clean. Brown cloth boards embossed art on front gilt lettering and six seals on spine. 417 pp illustrations salmon wrappers bound in back of title. Published under the direction of: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Wonderfully bound - has great shelf appeal. Samuel G. Drake hardcover books
1850184121Boston: Samuel G. Drake 1850. Hardcover. Good scuffs smudges & scratches to boards; edges & corners rubbed. spine rubbed w/ upper edge torn & flapped. front board nearly detached held w/ tight binding cord; back hinge split tight w/ slight rattle. pastedowns tanned & foxed w/ ex-libris plate. Brown cloth boards w/ leatherette spine & corners w/ gilt trim. 806 pgs w/ frontispieces & tissue-guard plates. Majority pages still bright with a section tanned. Minimal instances of foxing. A custom bound edition of both Volume III published in 1849 and Volume IV published in 1850. Many wonderful portraits with tissue-guards intact. Published under the direction of: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Samuel G. Drake hardcover books
012827Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society. 3d Edition. 1980-1981. 4 vols. original stiff wrappers. Contents: v. 1 Genealogies A-J compiled by Dan Hazen and Brenda Stone. v. 2 Genealogies compiled by Dan Hazen and Brenda Stone. v. 3 Local histories New England New York compiled by Dan Hazen and Brenda Stone. v. 4 North American and British genealogical sources and histories compiled by Barry W. Seaver; edited by Julia A. Hunter. New England Historic Genealogical Society unknown books
186341080Boston: Printed by order of the General Committe 1863. 4to. 2 vols.: 4 4 pp. Original self wrappers; second series chipped along fore-edges and with old institutional blindstamp overmarked "withdrawn"; third series clean. First editions of the second and third series the first was published in 1862 a fourth series appeared in 1864. Reports and testimonials of the teachers' work among the Freedmen and their children; all of the letters are signed with initials. OCLC records three copies of each series Library of Congress Boston Public SUNY-Geneseo for the second series; Western Reserve Library Company of Philadelphia Oxford for the third. RLIN adds the American Antiquarian Society for each. <br/><br/> Printed by order of the General Committe unknown books
1974232278Somerville MA: New England Free Press 1974. 16p. staplebound pamphlet covers toned with minor silverfishing. Catalog of literature for sale. New England Free Press unknown books
1969195379Boston: New England Free Press 1969. Broadsheet folded twice to make an eight panel 7x10 inch brochure front panel slightly browned else very good condition. Catalog of literature for sale. New England Free Press unknown books
1975262988Allston MA: NEFCO 1975. 14p. 8.5x14 inch sheets stapled at corner; some rust to staple. Communications about food co-op ventures and other efforts to establish alternative cooperative organizations. Includes recipes scattered through several pages. Cover cartoon captioned "NEFCO eats supermarkets for breakfast. NEFCO unknown books
185256007Boston: Bazin & Chandler printers 1852. 8vo pp. 22 2; original salmon printed wrappers; very good. Includes a list of officers honorary members and the society's constitution. Sabin 52684. <br/><br/> Bazin & Chandler, printers unknown books
185623747Washington: Buell & Blanchard 1856. 8pp caption title as issued. Disbound else Very Good. <br/><br/> The New England Emigrant Aid Society was formed in 1854 to promote the emigration to Kansas of anti-slavery men and their families. Its Executive Committee whose members included Eli Thayer Edward Hale and William Spooner responds to criticism that the Society is a "mammoth moneyed corporation" which seeks "to control the institutions of Kansas." The charges against the Society were leveled in a Senate Report issued by the Chairman Stephen A. Douglas of the Committee on Territories. <br/> The Society says the Executive Committee does not promote "interference with the internal affairs and domestic concerns of the Territory;" it "has done what it could in a peaceable legal and constitutional way to aid in the settlement of Kansas by a population of freemen." <br/>FIRST EDITION. 22 Decker 220. Not in Sabin Dary Eberstadt Work Dumond Blockson LCP. Buell & Blanchard unknown books
188044181Boston: New England Conservatory of Music 1880. Small 8vo pp. 48. Paper wraps. Small program leaflet laid in. Cover somewhat stained with silverfish damage o/w a VG tight copy. Lists and describes courses offered. New England Conservatory of Music unknown books
89145Boston 1905. Hardcover. Very Good. frontis photos 1 braille leaf 131 1p. plus 9p. advertisements. Original green cloth. A few cover spots discoloration. Former owner's name. No jacket presumably as published. <br/><br/> hardcover books
19512TWAIN MARK Clemens S. L. New England Company. COMPLIMENTS OF THE NEW ENGLAND COMPANY NEW YORK THE COMPLETE WORKS OF MARK TWAIN. New York: New England Co. 1899 Portfolio prospectus with above imprint containing fifteen illustrations from the American Publishing Company edition of Twain's WORKS. Portfolio crepe paper envelope with silk tie and wax seal. Twain first heard of this company's activities when he got a letter from a bank president saying they'd tried to sell him a set of Twain's works. Twain forwarded that letter to Bliss on April 15 1899 asking him to look into it Machlis 05576 but in a story in the New York Herald of April 30 1899 the New England Company is described as the authorized agent for the eastern half of the country and their embossed stamp is found in many copies of the Royal Edition. The New England Company also issued a biographical sketch of Twain by A. E. Keller to promote the collected edition. unknown books
1847237743Boston: Samuel G. Drake and The New England Historic Genealogical Society 1847. First edition. Illustrated with engravings. 22 vols. 8vo. Contemporary publisher's straight-grained black cloth blind-stamped designs on covers. with central Indian on front and back covers richly gilt backstrips in 6 circular compartments; with monthly printed paper wrappers bound in at end of each volume signed by the binder in blind on ffep name indecioherable in circular stamp "-Ulman Binder Boston. " Corners and spine ends slightly bumped signatures on front free endpapers of Jacob Wendell tipped in note in last volume else very good. First edition. Illustrated with engravings. 22 vols. 8vo. WENDELL COPY WITH WRAPPERS PROSPECTUS ETC. Tipped into second volume: Prospectus for the periodical with an Autograph Note Signed by Samuel Drake to Jacob Wendell sending the prospectus With prospectus tipped in at ffep of Vol. III ; volume one and two signed by Wendell. There is an article on Wendell in Volume XXII at p. 420. Sabin 52688 Samuel G. Drake and The New England Historic, Genealogical Society unknown books
193127077Northford CT: Sol's Path 1931. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Cloth spine over boards. 52 pp. With numerous black and white photographs of the interior and exterior of a New England house that has sheltered eight generations. Faint sunning to board edges. A handsome very good copy. Minor corner wear. Sol's Path hardcover books
184137610Boston: J.A. Collins 1841. Original printed and illustrated green wrappers ink stain along half the front wrapper's blank inner margin with engraving of Lady Liberty surrounded by slaves and freedom-loving white people. Stitched. 36pp. Title page and text illustrations. Lightly foxed. Very Good. <br/><br/> A scarce Almanac also appearing with a publication date of 1840. The Almanac is noteworthy for its excellent content on the Amistad incident including portraits of Cinque and others. <br/> "Things for Abolitionists to Do" recommends working to establish schools for free children of color. Also included are "Hints to Anti-Slavery Debaters;" an "Ecclesiastical Roll of Infamy" listing northern clergy of the Methodist Episcopal Church who voted for a resolution prohibiting "colored persons to give testimony against white persons;" and a "Congressional Roll of Infamy" of Northern congressmen who voted for the Gag Rule prohibiting Congress from entertaining petitions to abolish slavery in Washington D.C. As to the presidential campaign the authors say "President Van Buren and General Harrison have both publicly taken the side of the oppressor against the oppressed and the God of the oppressed. Both of them glory in it." <br/>Dumond 83 this imprint. Drake 4222. J.A. Collins unknown books
180234027Worcester: Isaiah Thomas Jun 1802. 48 pages including self-wrappers. vignette on title head-pieces on page 2 is illustration of "Anatomy of Man's Body as governed by the 12 constellations." At the foot of this same page are notations of Medical Lectures at Harvard and Dartmouth. 1 vols. 12mo. Self wrappers stitched. Spotting some light offsetting and browning else near fine. 48 pages including self-wrappers. vignette on title head-pieces on page 2 is illustration of "Anatomy of Man's Body as governed by the 12 constellations." At the foot of this same page are notations of Medical Lectures at Harvard and Dartmouth. 1 vols. 12mo. With Roads to the Principal Towns and Inns with innkeeper's names on the last three pages. On the back page is a short advertisement from Isaiah Thomas for books. S & S 2457 Isaiah Thomas Jun unknown books
