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187824532Boston Massachusetts: Sampson Davenport and Company 1878. First Edition. Cloth. Good. First Edition. 6 ads 860 2 pages. Advertisements on endpapers as well. Colored folded map of Massachusetts in front. 8vo. Publisher's black cloth with coppergilt lettering on spine panel. Cover is worn with silverfish damage to surface of cloth and front hinge paper. Sound textblock front hinge loose and could use reinforcement. Cloth. A scarce survival most were discarded as they became dated or when the nice colored map was removed and sold separately. Now a great reference for who was active in Boston a major city at the time. Sampson, Davenport, and Company unknown books
1842CAT000020New York: Munroe & Francis 1842. Early Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Rebacked with new leather spine and lettering piece over original cloth boards. Light dampstain to frontis scattered light foxing short section underlined in the intro a few dog eared pages but interior is generally bright and unmarked. xlviii 300 37 12 pages of ads. Lowenstein 248 Bitting 449 the 1839 edition.<br/><br/>The first edition was 1832 the Miss Leslie section was added the following year - contains a substantial carving guide with illustrations before the main section which is arranged alphabetically. <br/><br/> Size: 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; Cooking Wine & Dining. Inventory No: CAT000020. Munroe & Francis hardcover books
18722547Boston: J. E. Tilton and Company 1872. Hardcover. Cream oilcloth covers. Very good. 202 pages. 19.5 x 13.5 cm. A comprehensive text on desserts sweets ice creams icesbrandied fruits and after dinner drinks - punches coffee chocolate tea lemonades liqueurs cordials and spirituous creams. Light foxing pages lightly toned. Book covered in what appears to be oilcloth. Bookplate of E.G. Frothingham Haverhill Mass. Previous owners stamp on front free end paper. BROWN 1503. <br /> J. E. Tilton and Company hardcover books
182225245Boston 1822. 8pp untrimmed and widely margined with some chipping at the fore-edge. Partly uncut title leaf loose. Good. The signature 'Rantoul' is written at the blank upper margin of title page.<br/><br/> An expression of Boston's revolt against domination by the Federalist Central Committee which opposed electoral reforms and thwarted efforts to end imprisonment for debt. The Middling Interest which also opposed the entrenched and self-serving Republicans sought election by ward of State and Federal representatives. The Middling Interest sought on behalf of the emerging middle class the power and recognition which both of Boston's political parties had denied them. "We hold that rich men acquire no political influence justly by their wealth alone." No man "can or ought to have influence on any other qualifications than the soundness of his judgment the fairness of his mind and his ability to be useful." <br/>FIRST EDITION. AI 8654 11. unknown books
1837228771837. 4.75" x 7.5" folded. 1 3 blank pp gilt edges. Old wax seal remnants with small blank edge tear caused by opening the seal. 'Hazzard Esq. New Port' in script on back. Very Good. A rare ephemeron of this railroad and early American railroad travel. The printed invitation is on the first page. The ticket is loosely affixed to blank page 3. It is printed 'Excursion Over the New York Providence and Boston Rail Road. November 10th 1837. 'Mr. Hazzard' is written in script on its verso. unknown books
1873793Boston: Issued by the Library 1873. 8vo. 270 x 170 mm. 10 ½ x 7 inches.304 pp. Contemporary black morocco spine over marbled paper boards vellum tips; original wrappers bound-in. Some minor rubbing to leather paper stock toned with age otherwise a very good copy. "This catalogue is a combination of the old Finding List for History and Politics with that for Travel and Biography; and with them are incorporated such parts of the List of Poetry Miscellanies and Collections as properly belong here." The Preface describes the organization of the catalogue and the improved catalogue methods that were employed by the BPL. This new methodology was the result of the national trend begun in city libraries to better communicate holdings with sister institutions and patrons.  In Boston it was organized and implemented by Justin Winsor Superintendent of the Public Library. Issued by the Library unknown books
1809106397<p>Pamphlet 12mo original marbled stiff wrappers 168 pp. Lacking map bookplate on front pastedown wear soiling and fading to binding with edge wear and some splitting at spine tear on one leaf foxing and toning; good overall. Scarce Boston directory published in 1809 does not appear in auction records. With period bookplate of E Loring Richards. Includes a listing of streets and wharves. Lists some important people from the period including John Quincy Adams Paul Revere and John Hancock.</p> Edward Cotton, books
1839WRCAM41144Boston 1839. 289-579pp. plus three plates. Later wrappers. In a folding cloth box leather label by James MacDonald. Volume 2 numbers 3 and 4 of the BOSTON JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY issued in August 1839. A survey of fish in Massachusetts' waters completed as part of a Zoological Survey of Massachusetts. hardcover books
1827100681<p>8vo modern half morocco & marbled boards 260 xv pp. Title page soiled top 2" stained some other staining and soling within; very good in very nice binding. This is a copy of the earliest Charters of Boston listed by Sabin. Includes regulations on buildings courts fires health and gunpowder. Sabin 6629.</p> True and Greene-City Printers, hardcover books
1839WRCAM36501Boston: Press of Dow & Jackson 1839. x3-77pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled wrappers string- tied. Wrappers rubbed and worn. Minor foxing. Very good. With the ownership signature of "Samuel E. Sawyer" a member of the library at the head of the titlepage. Includes a history of the Boston Mercantile Library Association the constitution and by-laws a list of officers by year of service and a list of members. The library catalogue runs some forty-six pages listing more than two thousand works in a number of disciplines. Included are works of American and world history and travel science trade literature religion manners and more. Scarce with AMERICAN IMPRINTS and OCLC together locating only five copies. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 57241. OCLC 20321096. Press of Dow & Jackson unknown books
1893863601893. BOSTON STOCK EXCHANGE with brief sketches of prominent brokers bankers banks and moneyed institutions of Boston 1834-1893. Boston: Hunt & Bell 1893. Bound in maroon cloth over deckled boards with gilt spine and front. Sunning and some soiling to covers. Color frontispiece some stains at edges. Final rear blank sheet has damage from silverfish. Other interiors clean and extensively illustrated on glossy papers in black and white with prints and photo reproductions of people banks and landmarks in Boston. A scarce item. unknown books
1890187Various locations in Massachusetts 1890. Very good. 247pp. Small quarto. Late 19th-century tan cloth. Binding lightly worn and soiled. Stamps for the Engineering Department of the B. & M. R.R. on binding and endsheets. Minor soiling to contents. Written in a neat and legible hand. The Boston & Maine Railroad and the Eastern Railroad were both founded in 1836 and ran competing lines throughout the 19th century. The B. & M. acquired the Eastern in 1890 ending competition on the rail route from Boston to Portland. This volume describes more than 300 land transactions made by the Eastern and Boston & Maine Railroads primarily from the early operational years of the 1830s and 1840s. This volume appears to have been copied out neatly at a later date perhaps after the purchase of the Eastern by the B. & M. and includes transactions ranging from 1836 to 1894. It is indexed by town at the end. Entries include the sellers' names the bounds of the parcel the price paid and the date. The towns involved include Chelsea Everett Lynn Revere Saugus Swampscott Salem Beverly Rowley Hamilton Wenham Ipswich Newbury Newburyport and Salisbury. unknown books
183457480NY: Bliss 1834. First Edition. 8vo pp. 209. Portrait bound in worn linen backed boards with paper label. Names on end paper An untrimmed copy.Very good. Imprints 24871. Howes T-152; Sabin 54391. Sailor soldier and adventurer Hewes was one of the few to acknowledge his part in The Boston Tea Party. Bliss unknown books
1891WRCAM35849Boston 1891. One page of letterpress and thirty albertype plates. Folio. Thirty-one leaves in original green cloth portfolio with title stamped in gilt. Light spotting on front cover else near fine. Number twenty of the limited edition of 500 copies. Similar in appearance and presentation to the 1883 SKETCH BOOK of the Architectural Association of Boston perhaps intended to be a continuation of it. Most of the plates in the present set are charming sketches reproduced in albertype of late Gothic buildings of France and Spain drawn by several Boston architects. Presumably HITCHCOCK 197 under different title. hardcover books
1832WRCAM22028Boston 1832. 8pp. Quarto. Dbd. Old horizontal crease mark through center rather tanned a bit foxed. Good. This is almost certainly the first printed Boston Athenæum exhibition catalogue. It lists over three hundred paintings by living artists e.g. Stuart Peale Sully G.S. Newton and others and deceased "Old Masters." Each listing includes the title of the painting and artist's name as well as that of the proprietor. Most of the living artists are American although many of the Old Masters are European. Though not dated this catalogue was printed sometime before 1835 the year in which Gilbert Stuart Newton noted as a living artist died. unknown books
1809WRCAM8213Boston 1809. Vol. XL No. 2048 and Whole No. 2633. Two issues 4pp. each. Folio newspaper. Tanned old folds old ink signature and some wrinkling. Good. The earlier issue includes a brief biography of Lucien Bonaparte and various political notices most importantly regarding the negotiations for the Louisiana Purchase its constitutional ramifications for the United States and the reluctance of Spain to recognize the sale of the territory by France to the U.S. News of the purchase had become public on Oct. 17. On Nov. 30 Spain formally delivered the colony to the French colonial prefect who transferred the territory to William Claiborne and Gen. Wilkinson the American commissioners on Dec. 20. BRIGHAM I pp.277-79. 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
185627691Boston: Geo. C. Rand & Avery City Printers 1856. Broadside 7 3/4" x 9". Signed in type at the end by D.J. Coburn Chief of Police and dated April 16 1856 at the Office of the Chief of Police. Light toning Very Good.<br/><br/> 'House Offal' is garbage. Hours and locations of rubbish collection are set forth. <br/>OCLC 78926136 1- AAS as of May 2020. Geo. C. Rand & Avery, City Printers unknown books
18956575New York: Frederick B. Stokes Company 1895. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. No DJ as Issued. Light shelf/edge wear tips through through at two spots at at bottom of boards light rubbing to boards several spots of minor soiling at text block two rust stains near gutter at rear else tight bright and unmarred. Quarterbound red cloth boards color pictorial boards same image front and rear gilt and black ink lettering frontispiece. 4to. np. Illus. color and b/w plates. <br/><br/>Published in conjunction with Children's Book of Dogs and Cats. The two "smaller" books 'Cats and Kittens' and 'Dogs Great and Small' each include the half of the primary work that fit the title and are signficantly more scarce than the quite uncommon primary work. Overall a very handsome copy. Frederick B. Stokes Company hardcover books
18796456New York: Charles A. Lilley Publisher 7 Murray Street 1879. 115 1 pages. Advertisements. Date based on external evidence. The publisher produced only a very few books all issued in 1879. ~ Evident FIRST EDITION. A promotional cookbook featuring recipes that are brief if not altogether lacking in detail. The book is in service to Houghton & Dutton a dry goods specialist from Boston and the recipes are interspersed with descriptions of the shop's various departments crockery glassware millinery etc. In addition to the text descriptions there are advertisements throughout with varied typography but all hawking Houghton & Dutton. Susan G. Knight was also the author of a number of other works including one cookbook Tit-Bits How to prepare a nice dish at moderate expense Boston & New York 1865. A comparison of the two text would perhaps be of use. Some age-toning to text-block and wear to corners of some leaves. In printed yellow wrappers worn and soiled but whole. Unrecorded. OCLC locates no copies. Charles A. Lilley, Publisher, 7 Murray Street unknown books
1805822291805. THE BOSTON WEEKLY MAGAZINE; Devoted to Morality Literature Biography History the Fine Arts Agriculture &c. &c. Volume II -- 1803-4 & III -- 1804-5. Boston: Published by Gilbert and Dean at their Printing-Office No. 78 State-Street 1805. Two complete years of this weekly from 29 October 1803 through 19 October 1805 bound together: Volume II no. 1-52; Volume III no. 1-52. Folio. Pp. vi208;vi208. Text is printed in triple columns. Each volume is preceded by an index arranged according to the style of the piece essay history useful poetry etc. There are two title-pages for Volume III; one is bound at the beginning of Volume II and the other is in its proper place. The title-page for Volume II is lacking. Paper quality varies throughout. Text leaves are age-browned and occasionally lightly soiled and/or foxed mostly light to moderate but in a few instances it is heavy with a few dog-eared corners and occasional edgewear. Volume II no. 41 p. 163-4 has some loss at the bottom fore-corner resulting in a loss of text to the last few lines in one column. Bookblock is splitting with remnants of the backstrip; but the boards are missing. The June 16 1804 issue third page p.135 second column. "Domestick" mentions that Captain Lewis was in Pittsburg "accompanied by twenty Indian chiefs." There are a couple of tohter references to the L&C expedition. unknown books
1825102273<p>Letter sheets 8" x 12" 3 pages plus integral address leaf. Extensive tape repairs to folds mostly archival tape but some regular tape too which has caused a little browning in areas long tear obscures writers signature but partially visible creased normal aging and browning remnant of wax seal; otherwise good or better. The letter is to Boston Mayor Josiah Quincy 1772-1864 a future head of Harvard and served eight years in Congress. It appears after becoming Boston's mayor he sent delegates to New York and Philadelphia to study fire fighting techniques in those cities. The author of this letter read about this mission and sent Mayor Quincy a lengthy letter on the subject. The probable author is Solon Robinson 1803-1880 although his signature is partially obscured by a tear. However on the back page a smudged docketed note identifies him as Solon Robertson or Robinson. Robinson was a writer and would become a well known Indiana pioneer. In any case the author would suggest a far more modern system for fighting fires than the existing practice of engines carrying water to fires which would become useless when the water ran out. he proposed putting lead aqueduct pipes "laid deep underground and leading to every part of the city." While her does not use the term fire hydrants the water would be accessed from locked iron covers that would serve that function. ABN.</p> books
183530636Boston: David Hooton.Printer.Merchants' Hall 1835. 12pp stitched in contemporary plain yellow wrappers. Title page vignette of the Department dousing a house fire. Very Good plus.<br/><br/> This rare Charter of an early mutual aid society evidently located only at the Boston Public Library was established to assist injured Boston firemen who "are liable in the discharge of their duty to many casualties to which citizens generally are not exposed." <br/> The pamphlet prints the 1830 Act of the Legislature incorporating the Association; Edward Prescott George Dearborn and Jonathan A. Davis are the named incorporators. The Articles render every Boston fireman eligible for membership. Annual dues are fifty cents. Injured members are barred from negotiating directly with the City Government for financial assistance: that's the job of the Association the names of whose officers are printed at page 12. Thomas C. Amory was President of the Board of Trustees.<br/>OCLC 33064696 1- Boston Public 1038097739 also Boston Public as of October 2019. AI 30581 1- Boston Public. Not in Sabin or on AAS's online web site. David Hooton...Printer...Merchants' Hall unknown books
18997503Boston: F.M. Porter Co 1899. Quarto stapled in wrappers 24 x 17.5 cm. 80 pages; 1 plate. Illustrated black & white and chromolithograph plate. Advertising. FIRST EDITION. The "Official catalog musical program list of exhibitors" for this fourth congress of members of the Boston Retail Grocers Association. The association was founded in 1881 and held its first food fair that year. Photographic portraits of the senior members of the Association are included as is a description of Miss Nellie Dot Ranche of Chicago who was brought in for the occasion to run the Domestic Science Programs. It's interesting that the committee reached out to the Midwest at this moment when Cooking Schools in Boston were on the rise and very visible. The copious advertising displays a range of categories of goods one would find in a grocery of the turn of the 19th century: coffee cocoa mustard Havana cigars root beer Ceylon tea French Coca Wine virgin olive oil nut meats and salt as well as household goods including: thread collars washing liquids bluing ink. Also represented are goods and services aimed at the grocers and retailers: boxes and bags promotional printing specialized contracting refrigeration etc. Tiny bit of spotting to green and gold-printed gray wrappers otherwise fine. OCLC locates just one copy Winterthur. F.M. Porter Co unknown books
1860WRCAM55041Boston: Damrell & Moore and George Coolidge 1860. xiii19-204301-522pp. as issued pp. 205-300 purposely omitted in the pagination plus folding map and 10pp. including pastedowns of advertisements printed on blue and yellow paper. Quarto. Original three-quarter leather and pictorial paper boards spine gilt. Rebacked with most of original backstrip laid down. Boards rubbed and a bit stained. Very clean internally. Very good. "Illustrated Edition." 1860 Boston directory by the publishers of the Boston Almanac complete with a new plan of Boston engraved for the 1861 Almanac. The nearly 200-page section "Sketches of Boston and Vicinity" provides a detailed geographical historical and economic account of the Boston area and contains numerous engraved views and plans of churches schools places of amusement streets harbors etc. Hundreds of advertisements many illustrated accompany the directory. SPEAR p.57. Damrell & Moore and George Coolidge hardcover books
