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New England List
Last updated January 7, 2010
1. Bailey, Frederic W.-editor. EARLY
MASSACHUSETTS MARRIAGES PRIOR TO 1800. As Found on the Official Records of
Worcester County. First Book. Baltimore,
Genealogical Publishing Co. : 1968. Green cloth binding. There is some marking
to some text pages. Some pages have dog-earred edges. $20.00
2. Clark, Henry G. AN
ADDRESS DELIVERED BEFORE TH SUFFOLK DISTRICT MEDICAL SOCIETY AT ITS THIRD
ANNIVERSARY MEETING, BOSTON, APRIL 24, 1852. Boston,
Thurston, Torry & Emerson: 1852. First American edition. Printed wrappers.
Browning to page edges. There is a torn-away strip from the top of the front
wrapper. The topic of this address is "Superiority of Sanitary Measures
Over Quarantines". Includes a couple of illustrations. Most interesting
subject matter, wherein the author advocates using sanitary measures to prevent
the spread of disease. This was an early voice for these measures in the medical
community, as not as much was then known about germs and the spreadof infectious
diseases. $50.00
3. Frost, Robert. THE
OLD HOME TOWN. AN OVERSEAS SKETCH FOLIO OF BOSTON FOR NEW ENGLAND YOUTHS IN
SERVICE. Boston, Hawthorne Press: 1945. Softcover
edition. Some browning to the covers. One page has some pencil notations written
along the edge and into the illustrations. The note regards the location
pictured in the illustration. $38.00
4. Packard, Edward H. NEW
ENGLAND ESSAYS: THE CHALLENGE OF AN INDIVIDUALIST. Boston,
The Four Seas Co. : 1929. 191 pages. This copy has a presentation inscription
that is signed "the author".Some shelf wear. Corners bumped. Former
library bookplate and marks inside front cover. Small library label removal
scuff mark on bottom of front cover. Overall a nice copy with minimal library
usage and wear. A very scarce New England literary book. $45.00
5. Plummer, Albert. HISTORY
OF THE FORTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT DURING THE CIVIL WAR. (Massachusetts) Boston,
New England Druggist Publishing: 1907. 133 pages. Shelf wear to binding and
rubbing to spine and corners. Front hinge starting. Some soiling to covers.
Rare. $145.00
6. Porter, Noah. THE
NEW ENGLAND MEETING HOUSE. New Haven, Yale
University Press: 1933. A few small chips and tears to the edges of the covers.
Softbound covers. $9.25
7. Robinson, Robert H. VISITING
SUSSEX, EVEN IF YOU LIVE HERE: AN AMERICAN REVOLUTION BICENTENNIAL PROJECT. [n.p.],
Private Printing: 1976. 101 pages. Spiral-bound softbound covers. Some wear.
This is a good illustrated guide to Southern Delaware. $19.95