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42120Deland writes to thank Mrs. Paine who had sent her photos of her relatives The Mitchells. "The little picture of "Mary Lu" in her garden is very pleasant. When she was in Cambridge I didn't see her as frequently as I would have liked to but there was something about the intellectual and spiritual fiber in her which even to know that she was somewhere in the neighborhood gave me a sense of satisfaction and comfort. . unknown books
15906With 2 holograph corrections. unknown books
179657661Boston: printed by Samuel Hall no. 53 Cornhill 1796. 8vo pp. 29 1; removed from binding half-title wanting; very good. BAL 937; Evans 30052; Sabin 4438. <br/><br/> printed by Samuel Hall, no. 53, Cornhill unknown books
183255449Boston: J. E. Hinckley and Co 1832. First edition 8vo pp. 87 1; uncut and stitched as issued; tables in the text; without the folding map and lithograph plan as called for in some OCLC listings; contemporary annotations at the back in Acts of Incorporation; very good. Includes a geological memoir of the area between Massachusetts and Narragansett Bays. American Imprints 11443. <br/><br/> J. E. Hinckley and Co unknown books
19295764Boston: College of Business Administration Bureau of Business Research 1929. Stapled booklet 51 4 pages. Tables. First and only edition. Very detailed study of the operation of ice cream counters in drug stores. Soiled internally and on printed stapled wrappers. Good only. Scarce. OCLC locates eight copies. College of Business Administration, Bureau of Business Research unknown books
1962998.2Boston: Museum of Fine Arts 1962. Hardcover. VG- Some wear to extremities of boards; No slipcase. Boards. 337 352 pp. 24 color 406 bw repros. Two-volume set; Catalog lists 1465 works including some sculpture each annotated. Gives biographies of artists many of whom were hitherto unknown or undocumented. An outstanding contribution to the field of Nineteenth-Century Art and indispensable as a reference work. Foreword by Perry T. Rathbone introduction by Henry P. Rossiter summary of the Karolik Collections by Maxim Karolik. Very detailed indices and bibliographies. Scarce. Museum of Fine Arts hardcover books
1962266661Boston: Museum of Fine Arts 1962. hardcover. near fine. 2 volumes. Introduction by Henry P. Rossiter. With 24 color plates and 407 black & white illustrations. 4to brown cloth-backed boards in board slipcase. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts 1962. First edition. Fine copies in a very good slipcase.<br/><br/> "Contains useful information for the study of 19th century American draughtsmen and watercolorists." - Arntzen/Rainwater L80. Printed at the Stinehour Press.<br/><br/> Museum of Fine Arts unknown books
1897533291897. BOSTON. WALKS AND RIDES IN THE COUNTRY ROUND ABOUT BOSTON. By Edwin Bacon. Boston: Houghton Mifflin for the Appalachian Mountain Club 1897. First edition. 12mo vi 419 pp. with all 4 folding maps present in pockets. Green cloth. Partially disbound but still a very good clean copy. unknown books
1927812121927. BOSTON - CHILDREN'S DODO: THE STORY OF A LITTLE BOSTON GIRL TOLD BY HERSELF TO HER GRANDCHILDREN MARNIE JOHNNIE AND DIL DIL. n.p.; privately printed 1927. 63 pp. 16mo. blue cloth stamped in dark blue on front cover. Minor shelfwear cloth bright and clean. Deckle edges. Halftone frontispiece the author as a child. The author's family name is not given but she tells her young readers her name: Dodo then Josie then Josephine. Charming tales of life in Boston during the 19th century. Not in OCLC or Harvard's catalogues. unknown books
1885882681885. BOSTON. KING'S HAND-BOOK OF BOSTON. Profusely Illustrated. Cambridge: Moses King 1885. Seventh edition revised and enlarged. 8vo. 387pp. Brown cloth stamped in gilt and black to front and spine. With fold-out map intact but may of the folds split. Front and back hinges nearly sprung. Spine weak. unknown books
1865895221865. BOSTON History of. THE BOSTON ALMANAC FOR THE YEAR 1865. No. 30. Boston: George Coolidge 1861 1864. 16mo. brown cloth; 22 adv. pp. 266 pp. 18 adv.pp. With folding map frontis. Hinges weak and very worn. A few spots at boards else a map has partial tear at one fold. unknown books
1964Embry 98386Harcourt Brace & World 1964. First U.S. edition. Fine with light wear to edges and corners in near fine lightly rubbed and edgeworn dust jacket. B&W drawings. Harcourt, Brace & World, 1964. First U.S. edition. unknown books
19011848071901. Paperback. VG Faded stamp on cover. Pressed ownership stamp pressed onto first several pages. Blue paper wraps with ciler lettering. 54 pages 1 unnumbered leaf of plates. paperback books
186027356Boston: Committee of the Boston Board of Trade on Immigration 1860. First edition. Removed. A very good clean bright copy with mail folds. Unpaged 1 pp. Sm. 4to. A letter from the Committee of the Boston Board of Trade on immigration informing its members that it has a "favorable opportunity of supplying employers in all branches of manufactures trade agriculture mining domestic services etc. with such help as they require. of a superior class of skilled labor from Great Britain." Committee of the Boston Board of Trade on Immigration unknown books
193821431938. Softbound. VG someone has made pencil notes about the exhibition on the title page. Green wraps. 40 pp. 8 bw repros. Introduction gives a Portrait of Benson 5 p. and Some Tarbell Personalia 6 p. both written by Frederick W. Coburn. Catalogue lists 119 works: 47 oil paintings 40 watercolors 32 drawings and a whole load of prints. 75 oils 7 pastels and 9 drawings represent Tarbell along with four repros. This exhibition was held with the cooperation of but shortly after the death of Tarbell. paperback books
1889770441889. KING'S HANDBOOK OF BOSTON. KING'S HANDBOOK OF BOSTON. Profusely illustrated. Cambridge: Moses King 1878. 8vo. decorative brown cloth lettered and decorated in gilt bevelled edges. Just slight scuffing/rubbing to cloth and edgewear. Preliminary blank page is missing otherwise a very good copy. unknown books
2577Boston: The Company Rand Avery Supply Co. Printers 1891. . Self wrappers front printed in black and pink [Boston: The Company] Rand Avery Supply Co. [Printers], 1891. unknown books
19007547Boston Mass: Stickney & Poor Spice Company 1900. Booklet stapled in wrappers 15 x 8.5 cm. 12 pages. FIRST EDITION. A handsomely-produced product cookbook for Stickney & Poor's mustard with twenty-seven recipes including lots of salads and sandwiches. Very light soil to brown printed tan wrappers otherwise fine. One handwritten recipe to interior wrapper panel Scotch Wood-Cock Ethelynde Smith". OCLC locates just one copy Historical Society of Penn. Stickney & Poor Spice Company unknown books
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
1881882671881. BOSTON. KING'S HAND-BOOK OF BOSTON. Profusely Illustrated. Cambridge: Moses King 1881. Fourth revised and enlarged. 8vo. 328pp. Brown cloth stamped in gilt and black to front hinge cracked. Interior slightly darkened. Tab-mounted double-page map in fine condition. An attractive copy. unknown books
1967106297<p> Program format 8 1/2 x 11 paper illustrated 48 pp. Some slight staining or cover wear normal aging; otherwise in very good plus condition. This 1967 Boston Red Sox Yearbook that features pictures profiles and records of players on the 1967 team. This issue provides a Boston Red Sox all time player roster 1906-1966. Featured 1967 players include Carl Yastrzemski Reggie Smith Tony Conigliaro Jose Santiago and Jerry Moses. </p> books
1962998Boston: Museum of Fine Arts 1962. Hardcover. Near fine. Slipcase. Boards. 337 352 pp. 24 color 406 bw repros. Two-volume set in slipcase; Catalog lists 1465 works including some sculpture each annotated. Gives biographies of artists many of whom were hitherto unknown or undocumented. An outstanding contribution to the field of Nineteenth-Century Art and indispensable as a reference work. Foreword by Perry T. Rathbone introduction by Henry P. Rossiter summary of the Karolik Collections by Maxim Karolik. Very detailed indices and bibliographies. Scarce. Museum of Fine Arts hardcover books
19367886Boston Mass: North Bennet Street Industrial School 1936. Wire-O metal coil binding 26 x 18.5 cm. 57 7 pages. Index is table of contents. Advertisements. Foreword printed on a separate sheet laid-in at front. Title author and publication data from cover. Date from information in second edition of 1937. FIRST EDITION. A community fundraising cookbook for the benefit of North Bennett Street Industrial School. There is no front matter title page intro etc. and the recipes are not attributed but are drawn from members of the surrounding community Boston's North End. Other fundraising efforts for the school are featured in the advertising section including The Perfection Bottle Rack "made by the unemployed" and an unnamed Spanish olive oil "sold exclusively by the North Bennett Street Industrial School". There is also a full page illustrated ad for Prince Superfine Macaroni. ~ Card stock boards printed in blue and silver; edge wear and pulls at a few wire coils. Ownership inscription "Martha Taylor 98 Chestnut Street". OCLC locates five copies and four copies of the 1937 second edition. North Bennet Street Industrial School hardcover books
185434622Boston: Printed by Prentiss & Sawyer 1854. 1st edition Sabin 67210. Disbound lacking wrappers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Early po has inked under the printed "A Native of Boston." "By W. W. Wheildon." A VG copy. 15 1 blank pp. 8vo. 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" <br/><br/>The author writes about the annexation issue a la Quincy's piece ending by exhorting his readers to let the Boston citizenry just vote on the issue. Printed by Prentiss & Sawyer unknown books
1916482401916. Bar Association of the City of Boston. James Robert Dunbar: A Memorial. Boston: Privately Printed at the Merrymount Press 1916. 44 pp. Portrait frontispiece with tissue overlay. Original cloth gilt titles to spine and front board. Owner inscription to front free endpaper interior otherwise clean. $95. A collection of tributes to Dunbar 1847-1915 a leader of the Boston Bar two-term state senator and a Justice of the Superior Court. OCLC locates 14 copies. unknown books
