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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
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
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
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
1857152142Boston : Prepared And Printed By Authority Of The City Council Boston 1857. First Edition. Hardback. Finely bound in modern aniline calf over marble boards. Raised bands with the title blocked direct in gilt. An exceptional copy - scans and additional bibliographic detail on request. ; 412 pages; Description: 412 p. 4 leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Franklin Benjamin 1706-1790 --Monuments --Massachusetts --Boston. Preface signed: N. B. S. Attributed to Nathaniel Bradstreet Shurtleff by Ford. References: Ford P. L. Franklin bibliography 961. Frontispiece plate signed: ""Drawn by H. Billings; eng. By Smith Knight & Tappan"". [Boston] : Prepared And Printed By Authority Of The City Council, Boston hardcover
18942103160046Boston The Chapter; S.J. Parkhill 1894. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed. Rare Massachusetts Masonic work in original fine binding no. 2 of only 12 Doubly signed and inscribed by Seranus Bowen M.E. Grand High Priest. Limited edition of "only 700 copies printed . of which only 12 were bound in crushed levant of the later this copy is number 2." Fine binding. Bound in polished brown levant morocco. Front hinge mended. Gilt ruled spine and covers. Gilt dentelle. Top edge gilt. Stamped in gold John Gaigh. Inscribed to R.E. John Haigh by Bownen. 145 pp. Includes list of members. <br> Presumably John Haigh's copy 1832-1896 of Somerville Massachusetts. Haigh was a noted industrialist mason and book collector. - Necrology of The New-England Historic Genealogical Society. The New England Historical & Genealogical Register NEHGS Boston Mass. 1897 Vol. 51 Page 82. Boston, The Chapter; S.J. Parkhill hardcover
1848070504Charleston: Printed by Walker & Burke 1848. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 6" x 3.75" x 0.5. RARE. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION 1848. Only three copies listed on WorldCat. Bound in brown publisher's cloth with blind debossing on the covers and gilt lettering on the spine. Blue endpapers. xx 131 pp. Cover is worn and soiled with a 2.5" closed tear on the back. Previous owner's name in pencil on the title page with occasional marks throughout also in pencil. Foxing and continuous dampstain throughout yet text is still quite legible. Hinges are strong and binding is sound. A unique little copy. Full refund if not satisfied. Printed by Walker & Burke hardcover
182140754Boston 1821. Broadsheet oblong 8" x 10." Seal and blue ribbon intact in the left blank margin. A variety of type fonts and sizes completed in ink manuscript. Engraving of Screaming Eagle with shield "E Pluribus Unum" banner and arrows. Signed in ink by H. Dearborn as President and Thaddeus Page as Recording Secretary. The verso records that on 3 August 1826 Bradford transferred this Certificate to A Republican Institution. The verso prints the 16th Article of the By-Laws permitting transfers of certificates among members. Signed twice by Bradford. Very Good plus.<br /> <br /> William B. Bradford was a Boston wholesale and retail grocer. The Boston Public Library's Archives contain some of his papers. The "Republican Institution was founded in 1819 'as a body politic and corporate forever for the purpose of procuring a building and keeping it in repair with suitable apartments for a reading room library and the meeting of the said society in the town of Boston Massachusetts.' Its intent was to provide a forum for political education and discussion of best means of promoting national welfare. Measures approximately 10" x 8 1/4". Affixed at left is the large corporate seal which indicated that the corporation was incorporated in 1819. Attached to and extending below the paper seal is a blue ribbon" online 'Republicanism' web site description of a specimen Certificate and description of the Institution 'Historical Pillars of the Republican Party'.<br /> Henry Dearborn of Boston had been a veteran of the Revolutionary War a Federalist Congressman and Secretary of War. He founded the Institution which was chartered in February 1819. Its purpose was to promote political thought and discussion. Seeking to purchase a building the Institution's organizers resolved to sell four hundred shares in the Institution for $25 each. A person could purchase up to four shares. unknown
189433767Record Commissioners of the City of Boston 1894. Hardcover. Used - Very Good. Boston: Rockwell & Churchill 1894. 377 pages. Index. 9 x 6" cloth. Edges wormed else VG. Record Commissioners of the City of Boston hardcover
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
1859833001859. PRINTS - BOSTON SOUTH BOSTON 1859 HANDCOLORED LITHOGRAPH BY JOSEPH FOXCROFT COLE. Boston: J. F. A. Cole ca. 1859. Image matted to 22 x 29 1/2 inches. Three spots of browning to the sky area faint arc of foxing a few more to the scenes below the main image. Main image features a main intersection of roads one signposted "G Street Ward 12". Great perspective. Very good overall. Below the title is printed: "To the citizens of South Boston this picture is most respectfully dedicated by the Artist. unknown
