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19363467360London, Witherby, 1936. XVI, 463 pp. Original cloth (stamp on title page and title page verso, library label on spine).
Spine sunned and with top spine outer covering chipped. VG+ maps in board pockets. Top edge of book a bit rubbed and with board pockets open at top. This is an unusually handsome Ex-lib copy with tight binding ; Ex-Library; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; xlii, 161, 52 pages
17730808-23London, Printed for the editor sold by Mr. Brathurst [a. o.] 1773. 8°. XIV (8) 560 (2) pp. with frontisp., 52 (of 55) copperplates engraved by B. Clowes. Modern half calf. With old label on spine. Plates 2, 5, 15 are missing. [4 Warenabbildungen]
1019327502.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
120p. + Frontis and full page engraved plates. Has 4 plates including frontis (may lack a plate?) Numerous text drawings. Decorated title page. 16mo. Original full pictorial decorated wraps. Spine crudely backed in cloth. Original wraps slightly chipped at edges. This particular edition is quite scarce. ENGLAND BOX 2
190231324Fall River MA: J. H. Franklin and Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed spine cracked. 1902. Hardcover. Dark green cloth binding with gilt town logo stamped on front boards and gilt lettering on spine. Index. Decorative endpapers. Many photos and illustrations. A history of one of the oldest towns in Massachusetts and America stated by the first page of the text to have occurred through a transaction in 1659 between "Wamsitti and his squaw Tattapanum" and 26 original purchasers. Articles on various eras and aspects of this Bristol County town include Palo Alto Pierce Gilbert M. Nichols Rev. Leonard Woolsey Bacon Mrs. Paul M. Burns Col. Silas P. Richmond Benjamin Buffinton and John M. Deane. Printed on glossy stock. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 287 pages . J. H. Franklin and Company hardcover
181933323London: Printed for J. Mawman in Ludgate Street; Printed for Baldwin and Cradock Paternoster-Row and Joseph Booker New Bond Street 1819 - 1830. 8 volumes. Rare First Edition Complete. A copy with fine provenance coming from the library of the Duke of Westminster with his coat of arms to the book plates and dating to 1884. Quarto contemporary polished and paneled calf the spines with raised bands gilt ruled separating the compartments two red morocco lettering labels gilt remaining compartments with elaborate gilt tooling the covers with triple gilt fillet rules surrounding inner and elaborate roll tooled borders in gilt and blind central panels of triple gilt fillets and corner pieces in blind marbled endleaves and marbled edges to match. A very handsome set some hinges starting the textblocks clean fresh crisp and unpressed. RARE FIRST EDITION COMPLETE OF THIS IMPORTANT HISTORY OF ENGLAND FROM THE FIRST INVASION OF THE ROMANS PRESENTED IN HANDSOME CONTEMPORARY BINDINGS. John Lingard 5 February 1771 – 17 July 1851 was an English Roman Catholic priest and historian the author of The History of England From the First Invasion by the Romans to the Accession of Henry VIII an eight-volume work published in 1819. Lingard was a teacher at the English College at Douai and at the seminary at Crook Hall and later St. Cuthbert's College. In 1811 he retired to Hornby in Lancashire to continue work on his writing. <br> The principal object of his major work The History of England is to emphasise the disastrous effects of the Reformation. The book was later expanded by the author and the title changed to reflect the period covered. As each additional volume appeared the History's reputation increased while Lingard continued to revise and improve the whole work.<br> Lingard himself argued that one of his chief duties as an historian was: "to weigh with care the value of the authorities on which I rely and to watch with jealousy the secret workings of my own personal feelings and prepossessions. Such vigilance is a matter of necessity to every writer of history . Otherwise he will be continually tempted to make an unfair use of the privilege of the historian; he will sacrifice the interests of truth to the interests of party national or religious or political." J. Lingard "History of England" vol 1 6th edition London: Charles Dolman 1854 p. 6.<br> Lingard adopted a non-controversial and sober approach to history with the emphasis on incontrovertible fact and using primary rather than secondary sources. Lingard's History is also an apt demonstration of the advantages a Catholic historian of the time may have had in terms of impartiality. Lingard's religion had to a large extent isolated him from the mainstream nationalism which surrounded Protestant historians as well as from the growing "providentialist" concept of history. Lingard's strength of argument however continued to be popular and the influence of Protestant animosity for Catholic apologetic also led him to develop a keen critical judgment. He was devoted to absolute accuracy and detail and the History was a groundbreaking work in its use of primary sources. Lingard made extensive use of Vatican archives and French Italian Spanish and English dispatches document collections and state papers – the first British historian to do so. The peripheral nature of English Catholicism put him in a position of "outside observer" to much of English intellectual culture and this is reflected in his historical works. Despite this distancing effect however Lingard maintained an active interest in politics all his life and was a noted pamphleteer. <br> History of England is a substantial scholarly work which gave full treatment to the history of England. From 1811 until his death in 1851 Lingard spent most of his life in the village of Hornby near Lancaster where he devoted himself to his study and writing. A quiet gentle man he was well liked by the residents. Lingard's popularity as an historian had its day but his contribution to historical method came at a critical point in British intellectual history. Printed for J. Mawman in Ludgate Street; Printed for Baldwin and Cradock, Paternoster-Row and Joseph Booker, New Bond Street hardcover
1330240855.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1528165977.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
197563992<p>Orleans MA: The Orleans Historical Society. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn. 1975. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 673 numbered copies out of 1500 total copies. Maroon cloth binding. Map endpapers photos illustrations. A history of Orleans Massachusetts located on Cape Cod. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 158 pages .</p> The Orleans Historical Society hardcover
1018240489.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1447412028.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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1963BOOKS069649IWalpole NH: Town of Walpole 1963. HC. very good blue cloth hardcover. B&W illustrations maps. One of the best written town histories and not just because I live here. This Volume 1 is the detailed history volume. Volume 2 not included here is the family genealogy volume - separate unto itself. Included is the accompanying large fold-out map. 672pp. Town of Walpole unknown
1963BOOKS037043IWalpole NH: Walpole Historical Society 1963. HC. good blue cloth hardcover no dustjackets as published. B&W illustrations. Volume I 672pp - Contents includes: Walpole As It Was and As It Is; Homesteads and Land Records; Town Business and Services; Waterways; Business; Organizations; Churches. The majority of the text is a house by house study including landowners and improvements. Volume II 333pp - Genealogies of Walpole from 1749-1963. No Dustjackets as Published. Walpole Historical Society unknown
1904018899Keene NH: Sentinel Printing Company 1904. Book. VG. Three-Quarter Leather. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 3/4 brown morocco black pebbled leather bordered in gilt spine panel lettered in gilt. 792 pp. illus. w/ engraved plates with tissue guards folding maps mounted on both front and rear pastedown. Leather is a bit rubbed along edges with mild exposure at most corners a few light scuffs on spine and along joints but generally well preserved. Front folding map is a bit toned with slight separation at several fold junctures partial separation along one horizontal fold and short closed tear overall still decently preserved; rear folding map shows one closed tear across one of its eight panels otherwise fully intact. Text block is clean and unmarked all plates present and fully intact. A very nicely preserved copy of the original edition not a modern era reprint. Sentinel Printing Company Hardcover
199138572Private Printing. Near Fine. 1991. Softcover. Illustrated brown stapled softcover. Black and white photos and illustrations. The history of this 40-acre estuary of the Connecticut River which is located six miles north of Long Island Sound. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 15 pages . Private Printing paperback
198960004<p>Avon MA: The Avon Centennial Committee. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1989. First Printing. Hardcover. Maroon cloth xii 137pp. Acknowledgments maps black and white photos notes bibliography and index. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .</p> The Avon Centennial Committee hardcover
6131553387Read Books UK pp. 358 . Papeback. New. Read Books (UK) unknown
18595137<p>Good softcover with ephemera. Scuffed lightly soiled wrappers; split in wrapper at spine upper third; 1 inch closed tear at front cover fore edge; clean interior with slight general age darkening. 8vo 61 pp 7 pp appendixes. Cf Bassett # 3964. Laid in is a postcard showing dedication of Civil War monument in Coventry 1912.</p> Irasburgh, VT: A.A. Earle, Printer paperback
1921BOOKS041408IKeene NH: Estate of J. L. Seward 1921. HC. very good black cloth hardcover EXCEPTIONALLY NICE SET. B&W illustrations. The Rev. Josiah L. Seward began this work before 1887 and it was unfinished at the time of his death in 1917. The work was completed and indexed by Mrs. Frank B. Kingsbury Surry Road Keene NH. Exceptionally Nice clean and tight two volume set. 2 vols 1619pp. Estate of J. L. Seward unknown
1895BOOKS074991IGreenfield MA: Press of E. A. Hall & Co 1895. HC. good red cloth hardcover. B&W frontis. .THE TIMES WHEN AND THE PEOPLE BY WHOM IT WAS SETTLED UNSETTLED AND RESETTLED: WITH A SPECIAL STUDY OF THE INDIAN WARS OF THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY. WITH GENEALOGIES. Volume I 672 pages; Volume II pages 673-924 Part II Family Genealogies 477 pages. Original bound in red cloth when published this appears to be an early 20th century rebinding based upon endpapers cloth used and style of stampings on the spines. Press of E. A. Hall & Co unknown
197262596<p>Deerfield MA: Association. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn owner bookplates on front pastedowns damage to head of spine of volume one. 1972. Reprint. Hardcover. Halfbound gray cloth with photo-illustrated paper-covered boards. A reprint of the 1895-96 edition with a new foreword by Amelia F. Miller and Donald R. Friary. Volume one has 672pp bibliography photos and prefatory matter; volume two contains pages 674-477 index photos. This reprint was republished to commemorate the Town of Deerfield's tercentenary. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .</p> Association hardcover
195734316New Hampshire Fish & Game Department. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1957. Second Edition. Softcover. Softcover copy in grey wrappers showing light shelfware and a sunned spine. Foxing scattered throughout heaviest on page edges but lightly present elsewhere. A very nice copy tightly bound and unmarked. . New Hampshire Fish & Game Department paperback
195721331New Hampshire Fish & Game Department. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1957. First Edition. Softcover. Grey wrappers with b/w drawings of deer and hunters on front plain back. Gentle edge and corner wear spine very lightly tanned/sunned - binding tight overall clean and crisp. A very nice copy. . New Hampshire Fish & Game Department paperback