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New England List
Last updated January 15, 2008
1. (Massachusetts-Revolutionary War). MASSACHUSETTS
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. Complete set of 17 volumes. Boston,
Wright & Potter Printing Company: 1896. Complete set of 17 volumes in
original blue cloth bindings. Many of the hinges have been archivally repaired.
Former small library labels on bottoms of spines. Slight fading to gold titles
on some of the spines. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spines and the corners. A
few volumes are missing the blank endpages. Pages are clean and tightly bound
and complete. Overall a very nice set of this of this important Massachusetts
and Revolutionary War work. Lists detailed information for thousands of men. $975.00
2. American Automobile Association. THE
AUTOMOBILE BLUE BOOK. Volume II-A TOURING GUIDE TO THE BEST AND MOST POPULAR
ROUTES IN NEW ENGLAND. New York, Automobile Blue
Book Pub. Co: 1910. Flexible black leather with gilt title on front cover. Leather
is worn, rubbed and scuffed at the edges. Small chips to leather on covers.
Larger chips to leather at spine edges. Very scarce early edition of this annual
publication. Includes a multitude of maps and routes for New England cities and
states. An invaluable reference tool for early automobile travel. Also includes
numerous advertisements for hotels, taverns, repair shops, resorts and travel
and tourist-related businesses of the time. $135.00
3. Bailey, Frederic W. EARLY
MASSACHUSETTS MARRIAGES PRIOR TO 1800. Baltimore,
Genealogical Publishing Co.: 1979. 209 pages. Some shelf wear to binding and
rubbing to spine and corners. $25.00
4. Bates, Frank Greene. RHODE
ISLAND AND THE FORMATION OF THE UNION. STUDIES IN HISTORY, ECONOMICS AND PUBLIC
LAW-Volume 10-Number 2. New York, AMS Press: 1967.
Slight shelf wear, else near VG. This is the 1967 AMS Press edition. $10.00
5. 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. . 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
6. Edwards, Agnes. CAPE
COD: NEW AND OLD. Boston, Houghton, Mifflin: 1918.
Some wear and rubbing to spine and corners, else G+. Spine darkened. Corners
bumped. $8.00
7. Lyell, Sir Charles. A
SECOND VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMERICA. Two volumes. New
York, Harper & Brothers: 1849. Two volumes set. Some wear and rubbing to
spine and corners, else near VG. Pages have scattered foxing. The author
travelled extensively in New England, down the Mississippi River, the American
South and the Midwest. He wrote a detailed and interesting narrative of his
travels in America. Pages have scattered foxing. The author travelled
extensively in New England, down the Mississippi River, the American South and
the Midwest. He wrote a detailed and interesting narrative of his travels in
America. $125.00
8. Packard, Edward H. NEW
ENGLAND ESSAYS: THE CHALLENGE OF AN INDIVIDUALIST. Boston,
The Four Seas Co.: 1929. 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. This copy has a presentation inscription that is signed "the
author". A very scarce New England literary book. $95.00
9. 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
10. 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. $8.50
11. Swift, Samuel. HISTORY
OF THE TOWN OF MIDDLEBURY, IN THE COUNTY IN ADDISON, VERMONT. To Which is
Prefixed a Statistical and Historical Account of the County. Middlebury,
Vermont, A.H. Copeland: 1859. 444 pages. Heavy shelf wear to the binding.
Original cloth covers. Corners are worn and bumped. There is some chipping and
some missing pieces to the spine cloth. The binding is secure and the pages are
tightly bound. A very scarce first edition. Excellent Vermont history. $250.00
12. Tarbell, Carroll R.. HISTORY
OF MOUNT HOLLY, VERMONT. [n.p.], Privately
Printed: 1987. 306 pages. Slight shelf wear. A clean and tight copy. Includes a
folding map, which is a facsimile of a rare early map of Mount Holly, Vermont.
$75.00