Harwich: 1969. 56 pp. Illus. with 7 drawings, 46 photos, 2 facsimiles, and 1 two page map. 9.75 x 6.75 inches. Cream-colored stapled paper wrappers. First edition. #56 of 300 copies. Includes facsimiles of original charter and purchase contract of land from Indians. Very good+ with light soiling to wrappers..... More
Boston: William White, Printer to the State, 1862. 75 pp. 8vo. Stitched self wrappers. First edition. Stitching loose, first few leaves creased and soiled, dampstain to rear not affecting text, a good copy. Sabin 1467. More
Barnstable [Mass]: S. B. Phinney, 1840. 92 pp. 8vo. Stitched. First edition. The proceedings ended with a song: "But yet this barren sandy soil / a craddle was to me / and cooling breezes fann'd my brow / From yonder swelling sea." Removed, scattered foxing throughout, title page chipped at..... More
Newburyport: E. W. Allen, Printer, (1808). 14 pp. 8vo. Removed. First edition. The Essex Resolutions called for both repeal of the Embargo, and constitutional amendments to prevent further embargoes. An outgrowth of the strongly Federalist and rabidly anti-Jeffersonian Essex Junto. A good+ copy, paper loss at lower corner not affecting..... More
Lynnfield, MA: Chariot Publishing Co., (1992). 134 pp. Illus. with 256 half & full page color photos. Large trade format (8 x 11 in.). Stiff paper wrappers. First printing. Breathtaking photos of Boston area fires and equipment. Sections on Revere Beach, Chelsea, Somerville, Cambridge, Boston, Charlestown, and Greater Boston, Ahrens-Fox..... More
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Fall River, [MA]: 1825. [3] pp. Bifolium. 8 x 9.5 inches. September 19th, 1825, with integral address to Andrew Roberson, a whaling merchant from New Bedford, who was expanding his textile empire into Fall River, Borden writes about his survey of several possible roads throughout the area. The actual plot..... More
Boston: Printed by Russell & Gardner, 1823. 35 pp. 8vo. Stitched paper wrappers. First edition. Edgeworn, soiled and dampstained throughout, mainly at the edges; about good. More
Boston: True and Greene, Printers. 1827. 47 pp. 8vo. Stitched paper wrappers. First edition. Scattered foxing else a very good untrimmed and unopened (uncut) copy Shoemaker 28229. More
Boston: Bunker Hill Monument Association, (1863). 23 pp. 8vo. Stitched paper wrappers. First edition. Gift copy with "Presented to ... in behalf of the Bunker Hill Monument Association. G. Washington Warren, President" in script on extra leaf. Lacking wrappers, gift page and rear wrapper soiled, a few nicks in corners..... More
Boston: Carter and Hendee; Dutton and Wentworth, Printers, 1830. 46 pp. 8vo. Stitched. First edition. This is one of the varient issues without the order to print on verso of title and with "and" as last word, line 11, page 6. Half-title and title with small chips to lower edge..... More
Morrisania: n.p., 1868. xx, 31 pp. 8vo. Removed. Reprint. Gillett, E.H., intro. Checkley was found guilty of publishing Leslie's 'A Short and Easy Method with Diests' and fined 50 pounds. This reprint (of the speech of 1730) was published for private use. Removed from a larger volume, offsetting on 2..... More
Boston: Press of Rockwell and Churchill, 1877. xv, 64 pp. 8vo. Stitched paper wrappers. First edition. Committee included W. H. Whitmore, G. B. Chase, H. A. Hill, Abbott Lawrence, C. H. Dalton. Wrappers edgeworn, a few small chips, rear wrapper detached, interior clean, about very good overall. More
Hartford: Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co. / Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor:, 1866-1922. Illus. with b/w reproductions, drawings, photos, and figures. 8vo. Cloth. First editions. A nearly complete run from the first report of the Board in 1866 to 1922 (lacking 1896, 1907-11, 1914, 1918-1920). From 1879 to..... More
Boston: Wright & Potter, State Printers, 1871. 29 pp. 8vo. Stitched paper wrappers. First edition. Includes: Resolve of April, 1868; Letter from Gov. Wm. Claflin; Letter of Hon. Wm. Gray; Report of the Joint Special Committee; Remarks of President Coolidge; Address by Hon. William Gray; Address of Governor Claflin. Wrappers..... More
Boston: Joseph G. Torrey, Printer, 1864. 48 pp. 8vo. Stitched paper wrappers. First edition. A very good copy lacking printed wrappers, last leaf creased with a thin tear along bottom edge. More
Boston: n.p., 1850. 1 pp. First edition. Addressed to Sam G. Rea, Salem, Mass. with 5 cent cancel postmarked Boston April 6 [1850]. An attempt to solicit the owners of Dividend 4 to then petition the East Boston Company to extend the deadline for land acquisition along the Wharves as..... More
Boston: Eastburn's Press, 1851. 43 pp. Sm. 8vo. Paper wrappers. First edition. Canadian-New England relations. A good copy, wrappers toned, lightly soiled, repaired / reinforced along spine and top edge, remnants on rear wrapper, author's name penciled in on title, library stamps and markings on verso of title, occasional soiling..... More
[Newburyport, Mass.]: London printed: Newburyport re-printed by George J. Osborne, Market-Square., MDCCXCIV, 1794. 99 pp. 12mo. Stitched. Reprint. Signed on title page by Fanny Flint. Poor. Last leaf chipped affecting a few lines and lacking pp. 95-99 (provided in facsimile), rebound crudely in plain card covers, first few leaves stained..... More
Princeton: Printed by John T. Robinson, 1850. 37 pp. 8vo. Removed. First edition. Fore edge sunned, mail fold, foxed, still a good+ copy. More
Boston: Press of T. R. Marvin & Son, 1876. 28 pp. + Plates. Illus. with 4 b/w engravings. 8vo. Stitched paper wrappers. First edition. A very good copy, wrappers lightly browned and nicked. More
Boston: Dutton and Wentworth, Printers to the State, 1832. 8 pp. 8vo. First edition. OCLC and RLIN show only six holdings. Unopened (uncut) single folio folded into 8 pages. More
Boston: Printed by Adams and Nourse, 1787. 61 pp. 8vo. Disbound. First edition. Rev. Joseph Lyman (1749-1828) was from Hatfield and like the other prosperous hill towns of Massachusetts, did not offer support for Shay's rebellion, in fact, often preaching against it; so it is no surprise, with the rebellion..... More
[Boston]: [Commandery of the State of Masachusetts], 1879-1922. 8vo. Cloth. First edition. The Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, begun in Philadelphia in 1865, was modeled on the Society of the Cincinnati, and formed to protect the republic amid rumors of a plot to destroy the..... More
Boston: n.p., 1852. 7 pp. 8vo. Stitched paper wrappers. First edition. Includes names of the directors of each company. OCLC shows only two copies. Small chips and tears along the extremities, creased bottom edge and browning of wrappers, text clean, overall good+. More
Boston: n.p., 1833. 4 pp. 8vo. Removed. First edition. An act to keep spermaceti oil pure. A very good copy, rear wrapper lightly soiled, browning along extremities. More