Old Shipping Days in Boston.
New Bedford, MA: Reynolds-DeWalt Printing, Inc., 1969. Hard Cover. 8vo. 54 pp. Some very light soiling and edgewear, previous owner's inscription to front page. Includes black and white illustrations and photographs.
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The Bay Colony:; A Civil, Religious and Social History of the Massachusetts Colony and Its Settlements from the Landing at Cape Ann in 1624 to the Death of Governor Winthrop in 1649
Boston: Estes & Lauriat, 1896. Cloth. 349 pp., 8vo. Cloth. Rubbing/soiling to boards. Some edgewear. Sunning/creasing to spine. Missing frontispiece; some pgs splitting but binding otherwise stable. Po inscription to fep. Full title: The Bay Colony: A Civil, Religious and Social History of the Massachusetts Colony and Its Settlements from.....
Master Mariners of Dennis.
Dennis, MA: The Dennis Historical Society, 1965. Paperback. 8vo. 48 pp. Light edgewear, few scattered soil marks to covers, sm. creases to corners of covers. Sunning and rubbing to spine. Pages clean & crisp, binding tight & sturdy. Short biographical sketches with nautical accomplishments of various sailors who hailed from.....
Reminiscences of a Bostonian.
Boston: 1952. Cloth. 8vo. 88 pp. Wear to spine ends, corners lightly bumped. Tear to fpd near hinge, former owner's insciption to title. Signed to title.
1940 Parkway Handbook.
Dedham, MA: The Transcript Press, Inc., 1940. Paperback. 12mo. 190 pp. Cover is shaken. Light wear to front and rear of cover. epParkway hanbook of Boston including bus schedule, business directory, calender for 1940-1941, churches, street directory, and community and social organizations and fold out map of parkway district.
Voyagers: Boston - South End 1965-1970.
Centerville, MA: Flagg Mountain Press, 1995. Paperback. 8vo. 235 pp. Book is in pristine condition. Signed by the author.
The Centenary of the Merchants National Bank.
New Bedford, MA: No Publisher, 1925. Hardcover. 91 pp. 8vo. Hardcover. Bumping to sp. ends w/ little tears, 2 tiny stains to spine. Bumping w/ board exposure to front lower corner. Spine label browned, with tiny tear to edge. T.e.g, rough cut textblock w/ several uncut edges.
The Massachusetts Constitution of 1780:; A Social Compact
Amherst: Univ of Mass Pr, 1978. Cloth. 242 pp. 8vo. Cloth hardcover in dustjacket. Shelfwear to jacket, bumping to spine head and corners with little tears to head and small tear to back cover near lower corner. Book spine head and corners lightly bumped, lightly bowed. Inscribed to Pulitzer prize.....
Abram's Eyes:; The Native American Legacy on Nantucket Island
Nantucket Island: Mill Hill Press, 1998. First edition. Cloth. 304 pp. 8vo. Cloth in dj. First edition. Signed by author. Minor shelfwear to dj, spine sunned lightly. Book sp. foot bumped. signed.
The Fall River Tragedy: A History of the Borden Murders.
Portland, ME: King Philip Publishing Co., 1985. Hard Cover. 8vo. 312 pp. Bookplate to ffep. A facsimilie of the 1893 book with a foreword by Robert A. Flynn.
French and Electric Blue:; The Massachusetts State Police
Lowell, MA: Dept. of Public Safety, Commonwealth of MA, circa 1985. Cloth. 372 pp., 4to. Cloth hardcover. A pictorial history. Inscribed by author. W/ "Public Safety Officers' Benefits Act of 1976" brochure laid in. Some faint soiling & wear to boards. Light sunning, shaking & shelfwear to spine but binding.....
The Burning of Chelsea.
Boston: Sampson Publishing Co., 1908. First edition. Cloth Hardcover. 8vo. 149 pp. Spine ends and corners are lightly bumped and rubbed, lightly shaken, light rubbing to cover edges, very light soiling to covers. Otherwise book is in great condition. Will numerous illustrations from original photographs. This book is intended by.....
The Grounding of The Elida on Nauset Beach ... A Pictorial Event.
Orleans, MA: Lower Cape Publishing. Booklet. 16mo. 52pp, some very scuffing to cover, very slight discoloration, but tight & clean. "An illustrated accopunt of the grounding and subsequent re-floating of the Maltese freighter ELIDA between March 29 and may 17, 1984" Many b&w; photos, most taken by the author.
A Letter from the Council of the Massachusetts Bay to the Council of the Colony of Connecticut, Written April 7, 1676.
Providence, RI: Society of Colonial Wars, 1921. Paperback. 15 pp. 8vo. Stapled booklet. Shelfwear. Sunning to spine and joints. Bumping to edges, spine ends and corners. Chipping to corners and sp. ends, tears to spine ends. Pen notation to front cover. Full title: "A Letter from the Council of the.....
Ready Reference Book of Brookline and Longwood.
Boston, MA: The Observer Company, 1885. Paperback. 12mo. Unpaginated. Soiling, creasing to covers; covers almost completely split from textblock. Edgewear w/ soiling to textblock bottom & fore-edge; backstrip torn. Po pen inscription to ffep. Contains black and white photographs of churches, railroad schedule, street directory of goods.
The Record of Andover during the Rebellion.
Andover: Warren F. Draper, 1875. Cloth. 8vo. Rebacked with original cloth laid on, contemporary endpapers. Memorial Volume. Light rubbing to corners of covers.
The Prolific Pencil:; A Biography of Joseph Crosby Lincoln, Litt. D.
Taunton, MA: William S. Sullwold, 1980. Hardcover. 322 pp. 8vo. Hardcover in dusjacket. Soiling to dj, bumping to spine head and upper edges and corners, sunning to spine. Slight soiling and minor edgewear to book, sunning to spine foot. Foxing to textblock. Edited by Fredricka A. Burrows. With a descriptive.....
Selected Travel Letters of Mary L. Richards.
New Bedford, MA: George L. Richards, 1930. Cloth. 8vo. 153 pp. Cloth spine and top edge sunned, faded. Light shelfwear to edges. Endpapers and title page, frontispiece and some page edges foxed. Privately printed by the author's husband after her death. Inscribed by George L. Richards on ffep, dated June.....
The Education of Latino Students in Massachusetts:; Issues, Research, and Policy Implications
Boston: Univ of Mass Pr, 1993. Paperback. 261 pp. 8vo. Paperback. Light shelfwear. Last 25 pp lightly damp wrinkled.
Oliver Wiswell; 2 vol.
New York: Doubleday, 1940. Limited edition. Cloth. 2 vol; 848 pp total. 8vo. Cloth. Light shelfwear, top edges gilt, rough cut fore edges. Very slight soiling to boards, tiny bits of paper stucker to upper edge of vol II rear board. Several page edges uncut, foxing to some page edges.....
Old Representatives Hall: An Address Delivered Before the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
Boston: Wright and Potter Printing Co., 1895. Decorative Cloth. 8vo. 72 pp, b&w; illustrations. Cover embossed, with gilt titles. Cover slightly scuffed, inside cover inscribed by owner. Address to Worcester state legislature.
The Book of Boston: The Victorian Period.
Boston: Hastings House, 1964. Paperback. 8vo. 166 pp. Creasing to spine. Book is in great condition. With Photographs by Samuel Chamberlain.
Burdick Memorial:; Horace Robbins Burdick 1844-1942, Doris Burdick 1898-1981
Malden, MA: Malden Historical Society, 1984. Paperback. 108 pp. 8vo. Paperback. Light rubbing to edges, slight sunning and slight bumping to spine. 2 small damp stains along fore edge of front cover. Pages clean & crisp. W/ b&w; illustration. The Register of the Malden Historical Society, Number Nine.
Tercentenary History of Newton, 1630-1930.
Newton, MA: City of Newton, 1930. Cloth. 534 pp. 8vo. Cloth. Shelfwear and slight soiling. Bumping to spine ends and lower corners, sunning to spine. Light soiling to textblock. Foxing and brown spotting to ep's. P.o.'s name to ffep. Light foxing and soiling to title page and frontispiece.
A City in Terror:; 1919, The Boston Police Strike
New York: Viking, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. 256 pp., 8vo. Hardcover in dj. First edition. Illustrated w/ b&w; photos. Very light shelfwear to boards. Light cocking/shaking to spine but binding very sturdy. Faint stamp to ffep, otherwise textblock clean & crisp. Light sunning & edgewear to dj.