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183114543Boston: Carter Hendee & Babcock. Very Good. 1831. Softcover. Disbound backstrip split light soil pages 16 Good . Carter, Hendee & Babcock paperback books
1900NC92771900. Hardback hinges weak ex lib b/w illus. hardcover
188049NE2James R. Osgood & Co. Boston: 1880. 1880 Four Volumes. pp. 596; 577; 691; 713 Folded two page map of Boston in color and other illustrations maps etc. 4to. Original full cloth binding; somewhat worn and stained. XLib. Skidompha Library Damriscotta ME. PRICE JUST REDUCED! NEW ENG 4 Language: eng. Full Cloth. Hardcover. Good. James R. Osgood & Co., Boston: 1880. hardcover
18071812290002Boston: Beecher & Armstrong 1807. Hardcover. Acceptable. Boston Massacre Early American Printing Contemporary boards conserved and rebacked on modern spine. Ink and perforated stamps on title page. 120 p. First published in 1770 under the title: The trial of William Wemms James Hartegan etc. Taken in short hand by John Hodgson. <br> Future President John Adams successfully represented the accused British soldiers in the tumultuous trial. <br> "The trial of the British soldiers of the 29th Regiment of Foot : for the murder of Crispus Attucks Samuel Gray Samuel Maverick James Caldwell and Patrick Carr on Monday evening March 5 1770 before the Honorable Benjamin Lynde John Cushing Peter Oliver and Edmund Trowbridge esquires justices of the Superior court of judicature Court of assize and general gaol delivery held at Boston by adjournment November 27 1770." <br> From the library of Richard Manning Hodges 1827-1896 noted American surgeon Harvard College 1847 Harvard Medical School 1850. Boston: Beecher & Armstrong hardcover
183590478Boston MA: Prentiss Whitney / Boston Bewick Company 1835. Broadside. Fine. 26 x 21 x 1.0. Broadside. Condition: Fine. Prentiss Whitney / Boston Bewick Company Boston MA 1835. 1 pages. Paper on cloth backing hand-colored covered with a thin ancient layer of protective lacquer or varnish. No folds or tears. Short wrinkles on the untaut paper surface. Framed in glass. Size: 26 x 21 x 1.0. An imposing and beautiful broadside document! Prentiss Whitney of Boston Massachusetts published this beautiful copy of the Declaration of Independence. It is approximately 26"" tall by 21"" wide. It has a four-line title printed in 4 different fonts. The text of the document is primarily in a handscript font with some words enlarged and bolded in print type of four different fonts. Bottom section contains the signature replicas. The entire document is surrounded by two intertwined vines which encircle 13 state medallions filled with symbolic vignettes and an eagle and shield Federal medallion. Vines and medallions are fully hand-colored. At the very bottom is printed: 'STEREOTYPED BY THE BOSTON BEWICK COMPANY. PUBLISHED BY PRENTISS WHITNEY 30 WASHINGTON STREET.' It is undated but probably published in 1835. Prentiss Whitney 1787-1870 was an auctioneer publisher of historic patriotic American prints and an entrepreneurial investor at 30 Washington St. Boston in the 1830's and 1840's. His ancestor Rev. Peter Whitney of Northborough Ma was one of the first to call for publishing the Declaration of Independence 'American independence vindicated. A sermon delivered September 12 1776. At a lecture appointed for publishing the Declaration of Independence passed July 4 1776. By the representatives of the United States of America in general congress assembled'. The Boston Bewick Company no. 47 Court Street Boston was an association of authors artists printers and bookbinders which was in existence from 1834-1838. It is mostly known for producing engravings and for hiring Nathaniel Hawthorne as editor of the 'American Magazine of Useful and Entertaining Knowledge'. The Act to incorporate the Boston Bewick Company states it is founded for: 'the purpose of employing improving and extending the art of engraving polytyping embossing and printing and carrying on the business thereof.' 1835 Boston Bewick ad: 'Engraving Stereotyping and Printing.: Boston Bewick Company. The Boston Bewick Company Respectfully Give Notice that They are Ready to Receive Orders for Engraving on Wood Steel and Copper; and for Copper-plate Letter Press and Xylographic Printing in All Their Branches.' Prentiss Whitney's prints are excessively scarce. The only other known copy of Whitney's 'Declaration' is in the Albert H. Small Declaration of Independence Collection University of Virginia. Whitney's other prints include an 1835 engraving titled 'Destruction of Tea in Boston Harbor in 1773' which was painted by artist George Loring Brown and engraved by Richard P. Mallory Collection of the Boston Athenaeum. 'The Capture of H.B.M. Sloop of War Frolic Capn. Whinyates by the U.S. Sloop of War Wasp Capn. Jab Jones on the 18th of Oct. 1812' Aquatint drawn and engraved by F. Kearny from a sketch by Lieutenant Claxton of the Wasp U.S. Naval Academy Annapolis. 'The Battle at Bunker's Hill or the Death of General Warren' Painted by John Trumbull and engraved by J. Norman. History::U.S.A.::Pre-Civil War Military History::USA::Revolutionary War History::U.S.A.::General/Other RBRoffice RBRoffice Prentiss Whitney / Boston Bewick Company unknown
184036863Boston 1840. Broadside 5-5/8" x 9-3/4." Old margin folds and tear at blank upper corner. At head is a depiction of the Seal of Boston within an illustration of clouds. Light dusting one fox spot. About Very Good.<br/><br/> Josiah Quincy Jr. was Mayor of Boston 1845-1849. Whig candidates for Alderman Warden Clerk Common Councilmen Inspectors School Committee and Overseers of the Poor are also listed. unknown books
1868020499Boston: Washburn & Co Seed Merchants Boston 1868. No Binding. Near Fine. Very good condition lovely frontispiece of a hand-colored floral arrangement another in the rear of Gladiolus. 150 illustrated pages note pages are clean. <br/> <br/> Washburn & Co, Seed Merchants, Boston, unknown
1835861T25Cardiff: Rivington; Griffiths; Williams; T. Price c1835. Hardback. Very Good. 7" by 4.5". None. A collection of eight essays in the original Welsh language. Welsh language. Scarce publications. A collection of eight essays written by Reverends including: The Grace of Love 1831. Baptism of Infants 1830. The Law of God 1819. The Lord's Payer 1830. Two Sermons 1830. A Rebirth of a Martyr 1827. Diary 1810. God's Life in the Soul of Man 1779. Bound in contemporary paper covered boards. Externally very smart with light shelf wear and the odd small mark to the board. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright with light spotting and the odd tide mark. Very Good Rivington; Griffiths; Williams; T. Price hardcover
1891509361891. UNION MATERNAL ASSOCIATION OF BOSTON. THIRTIETH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE UNION MATERNAL ASSOCIATION OF BOSTON. Boston: Frank Wood 1891. 12mo. printed paper wraps. Includes annual meeting report secretary's report and constitution. A very good copy showing some slight soiling and chipping at the wraps. Women's studies. unknown books
1888509351888. UNION MATERNAL ASSOCIATION OF BOSTON. TWENTY SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE UNION MATERNAL ASSOCIATION OF BOSTON. Boston: Frank Wood 1888. 12mo. printed paper wraps. Includes annual meeting report secretary's report and constitution. A very good copy showing some soiling and chipping at the wraps. Women's studies. unknown books
187935738Boston: Printed by the Order of the Trustees 1879. First edition. Quarter morocco over marbled boards five raised bands gilt titles and decorations. A very good copy spine and boards rubbed contents crisp. xv 476 pp. in two cols. 4to. Palau 375073. Printed by the Order of the Trustees hardcover books
1808863B35Merthyr Tydfil : Gan J. Jenkins; William Williams 1808-1824 . Leather. Very Good. 7" by 4". None. Two volumes of interesting religious works in Welsh. This volume contains two Welsh religious works. The first is Golwg ar y Cyfammodgras or View on the Covenant of Grace or Holy Scriptures by Thomas Boston this is the second edition that has been translated into Welsh by D. Williams. The second volume is Cynnorthwy i Ymdeithwyr Seion or Assistant to Zion Walkers in relation to religion by Robert Hall which came from the second edition in English and translated into Welsh. In suede binding. Externally smart with light rubbing to the spine label and head of the spine. Internally firmly bound with bright pages to the first volume with the pages to the second volume lightly age toned with some spots. Very Good Gan J. Jenkins; William Williams hardcover
1812C168968Bungay: C. Brightly 1812. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. viii 478pp. Bound in half-leather over marbled boards with gilt spine titles. Covers slightly rubbed with cracking at hinges lacks one plate otherwise very good. C. Brightly, hardcover
185351714Boston & Cambridge: James Munroe & Company 1853. First Edition. First printing. 12mo 18cm. Publisher's decoratively embossed brown cloth titled in gilt on spine; pale yellow endpapers; xiii1-479; 2pp publisher's prospectus for Works of Shakespeare inserted before title page. Presentation copy inscribed: "W.C. Lear / with the Best Wishes of W.W. Clapp" undated but apparently contemporary with publication. Chipping to spine ends and mild rubbing to joints external; internally quite fresh and clean. <br/><br/>Historical survey of dramatic performance in Boston beginning with the first recorded theatrical production in the city General John Burgoyne's The Blockade of Boston 1776. Originally appeared as a series of essays in the Boston Evening Gazette. SABIN 13231. James Munroe & Company unknown books
1883010763Rockwell and Churchill City Printers Boston 1883. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: Octavo standard book size. Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation underlining and highlighting. Black gilt stamped cloth over boards decorated end papers vii 281 pages Index of Places Index of Names. Corners and spine ends bumped spine ends chipped previous owner's name stamped twice on front end paper pencil marks and underlining throughout text Index pages loose but not detached. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 4 oz. Category: Genealogy & Local History; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 010763. . Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers hardcover
190066218The Investor Publishing Company Boston 1900. Pamphlet. Used - Good. 32-40 pages per issue. 11.75 x 8.5" stapled. Banks statements mining Standard Oil menace real estate securities stocks & bonds Arkansas Valley railroad monopolies Massachusetts Electric Company Nebraska copper Bryan menace advertisements &c. Marginal soiling staining few paper adhesions 1 issue else VG. The Investor Publishing Company, Boston unknown
189866217The Investor Publishing Company Boston 1898. Pamphlet. Used - Good. 32 pages per issue. 11.75 x 8.5" stapled. Textile mill stock prices real estate mining bank statements stocks & bonds railroads municipal indebtedness advertisements articles on Kansas Lackawanna constitutional imperialism benefits of war money Jersey Central speculation &c. Corner tear small loss marginal soiling damping few bit loose G. The Investor Publishing Company, Boston unknown
185988882Boston: Albert Colby & Co 1859. First Edition. Hardback. Finely bound in modern gilt-blocked cloth. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Scans etc. On request. ; 361 pages; Description: p. 361. Subjects: Nineteenth Century American Literature. Genre: Fiction. Boston: Albert Colby & Co hardcover
185266985Printed in the USA: J. H Eastburn 1852. First edition. Cloth over boards. Very good. Hardcover original cloth brown over boards. 8vo. 288 pp. Illustrated with a single b/w folding map after the index titled "Skeleton Map of Rail Roads Between Cape Canso and St. Louis." Beautiful original Benjamin Bradley binding. Gilt emblem of the city of Boston stamped on front and back covers. Extensive blind tooling on the covers and spine typical of Bradley bindings. Half title gilt stamped on spine. Text block shows very slight foxing mostly along the fore edge but the pages are bright clean and unmarked. The binding is strong and square. Covers are a little worn at the corners and at the top and bottom of the spine. Small bump in the middle of the fore edge of the back board and on its bottom corner. Overall a very handsome copy. J. H Eastburn unknown
1821045918The Daily Advertiser. Fair with no dust jacket. 1821. Hardcover. Hardcover; JOURNAL OF DEBATES AND PROCEEDINGS IN THE CONVENTION OF DELEGATES CHOSEN TO REVISE THE CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS BEGUN AND HOLDEN AT BOSTON NOVEMBER 15 1820 AND CONTINUED BY ADJOURNMENT TO JANUARY 9 1821. REPORTED FOR THE BOSTON DAILY ADVERTISER. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards with tan spine. Boards frayed and soiled throughout. Title on spine is chipped and water marked. Library bookplate on first paste down numbers on first endpaper. Heavily foxed throughout. Deckle edges uncut pages. Always carefully wrapped and shipped in cardboard boxes to protect your purchase.; 8VO . The Daily Advertiser hardcover
189888992The Boston Public School Art League 1898. Pamphlet. Used - Very Good. Riverside Press Cambridge 1898. 30 pages 4p advertisements: Witter Prang Berlin Photographic & Pierce Prints; Caproni & Olsson Statuary Frames. Frontispiece: Memorial Room Horace Mann School Boston. 8.5 x 6" printed wrapper. 'From W.G. Page 90 Westland Ave. Boston 28/9/98'. Constitution Officers Movement Work in Salem Rice & Agassiz Schools Appleton Street School Holyoke Tinting Walls Bibliography Arthur Astor Cary & Walter Page Collections. Tiny corner chip wrap pulled from 1 staple VG. The Boston Public School Art League unknown
18632606150046Boston: Beals Greene & Company 1863. Magazines & Periodicals. Good. Complete Issue of The Boston Post from December 28 1863. Original Folds some tanning from age. <br> Some articles of interest: Rebel Agents Threaten Maine Public Opinion on The War Gossip from London; Article on an agent appointed to ensure the Massachusetts Colored Regiments receive the same pay as the white regiments Court Record Civil War News by Telegraph. <br> The Boston Post was a conservative New England Daily Newspaper founded in 1831 that was in circulation for over 100 years until it closed in 1956. Beals, Greene & Company unknown
1844007578New York: Alexander V. Blake. 252pp. Brown leather black spine labes with gold stamp. Cover has wear and some surface losses. Previous owner info on fly leaf. Light foxing. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" Tall B7 . Good. Leather Bound. First Edition. 1844. Alexander V. Blake hardcover
184416869<p>1st edition. Very Good HC no DJ. Brown vertical rib-grain cloth over boards; blind stamped on front and rear covers with acanthus-floral-tendril designs; gilt stamped on spine with similar design and titles; 'Boston' gilt stamped at lower spine; unsigned copper plate engraved frontispiece and title page vignette; numerous engraved small vignettes interior. Clean lightly scuffed covers and spine; slight fading on covers; bright spine gilt work; slight rubbing wear at spine end corners; tightly bound; owner name on front free end paper; slight foxing on end papers; bright clean interior with occasional very light foxing. 16mo 252 pp. Cf Sabin #4204 1850 ed; LCCN #02021290; OCLC #317693861.</p> New York: Alexander V. Blake hardcover
183411732Washington 1834. 8vo. 2 pp. <br><br>Government document: 23d Congress 2d Session. 26. Removed from a nonce volume; inner margin a little irregular; fold mark along width of leaf. Light foxing. Title-page with number inked in top margin by an early hand. unknown books
