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NY: Whittlesey House, 1945. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good. 112pp; 30 illus from photographs. Comprises short essays on farming and rural life, written by a New England farmer. Subjects include stovepipe cleaning, chipmunks, snow rolling, apple butter, shelling corn, etc. 9.25" x 6". ... more information

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NY: New York Public Library, 1958. First Edition. Original wraps. Very Good. pp: 39, (1); 12 title-page facsimiles. One of 1,000 copies printed. Bronson examines the 18th century printer's art, with special attention to title pages. 10" x 7". ... more information

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New England: Not published, 1852. Original. not bound. Very Good. Sepia ink in a neat hand, one page. Eliza was happy to receive Sarah's letter, and regrets that she cannot visit Sarah because she has too much work. "Samuel thinks it would be pleasanter for me to come in May or June. Tell Emily she must not forget me when she gets to New Haven to live.," &c. 10" x 7.5". ... more information

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Worcester, MA: Franklin Printing House, 1860. First Edition. Original wraps. Good. Edges chipped. (4)pp. Graduation programme and order of exercises for the boys in the graduating class. 8.25" x 5.5". ... more information

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Garden City: Nelson Doubleday, 1962. 2nd printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. 63pp; 29 colored stamps on plates. This treatment of the history and attractions of Boston is in the American Geographical Society's Around-the-World Program. 8.25 " x 5.5". ... more information

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Segreganset, MA: Bristol County Agric School, 1933. Self-wraps. Good. (4)pp. Has several articles on dairy farmers and milk prices, poultry, herd improvement, cod liver oil, junior prom and soph hop, etc. 12.25" x 9". ... more information

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Segreganset, MA: Bristol County Agricultural School, 1933. First Edition. Self-wraps. Good. (4)pp. Has articles on high potato yields, credit for farmers, a code for agriculture, a "colored minstrels" show, club activities, &c. 12.25 x 9". ... more information

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Wauregan, CT, 1893. not bound. Very Good. Printed on card stock. 3.5" x 4.5". ... more information

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Boston: Published by the author, 1934. Third Edition. Original wraps. Very Good. 19pp; 8 views from photographs. Pearson aims "to tell the story of historic Boston in the clearest and briefest way," starting at Copley Square. 7.5" x 5". ... more information

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Amherst, MA: Amherst College, 1904. First Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Few spots of foxing on paper covers. pp: (iii), 9; frontispiece. Contains rules and conditions of the Trophy competition. 6.75" x 4.5". ... more information

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Concord, NH: Rumford Press, 1939. First Edition. Original wraps. Very Good. 12pp; views from photographs, map. Here is a step-by-step description of the history and sights on view during a 3.9-mile walking tour of Old Strawberry Bank. 6" x 4.5". ... more information

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Cambridgeport, MA: L.S. Learned, Printer, 1862. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. (4)pp. Graduation programme and order of exercises for the boys in the graduating class. The dissertations reflected the War Between the States: "The Monitor and the Merrimac"; "Progress of America"; "Devotion for Liberty"; "The Dying Soldier"; "Gen. McClellan"; &c. 8.25" x 5.25". ... more information

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Worcester, MA: Press of Charles Hamilton, 1888. First Edition. Original wraps. Good. Dampmark at lower portion of covers and text. (8)pp. Offprint from the AAS Proceedings for October, 1887. Guild establishes that Roger Williams, who was admitted as a Freeman of the Massachusetts Bay in 1631, is not the Roger Williams who founded the state of Rhode Island, despite the assertions of several biographers. 10" x 6". ... more information

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Collegeville, PA: Published by the author, 1962. First Edition. Original wraps. Very Good. Spine reinforced with red tape. (47)pp. This first separate edition is an offprint from the Journal of Presbyterian History, Vol. 40, No. 1, March 1962. This copy is inscribed: "With the Compliments of Maurice W. Armstrong." 9" x 5.5". ... more information

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s.l. s.n. nd [ca. 1920s]., 1920. Small dampmark at top corner, else in very good condition. 6.25"x 26" open 16 panels Nice panoramic photo-view of Plymouth Harbor and Massachusetts Bay seen from the telescope on Cole's Hill. Has address panel. Illustrated by panoramic view, street map. original edition. Binding is not bound. ... more information

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Stockbridge, MA, 1860. not bound. Very Good. Written in ink in a legible hand, in part: ".I expected to call in person to give you my congratulations. I was called to the city for a funeral.I was on my back most of the day with one of the sick headaches to which I am subject.May she grow up to be the light of your eyes & pride of your heart if God sees fit to spare her to you. Perhaps something of the same kind is on its way to me. How are all at Wilmington?." 7" x 4.5". ... more information

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Boston, MA, 1851. not bound. Very Good. Written in ink in a legible hand on lined blue paper, 1/2 page. Baldwin tells Dudley that he has not yet been able to see a Mr. Slade with regard to cleansing the shawls. "Mr. Hulbert says that covering the spots with powdered magnesia will extract them effectually. If you will send the shawls to me I will see that they are cleansed.". 9.75" x 7.75". ... more information

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Dansville, NY / Chicago F.A. Owen / Hall & McCreary (1905)., 1905. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Light wear to paper cover, else near very good condition. 7.25" x 5" 31pp Drama for young readers, based on Eric the Red, Leif Erikson, et al, with information on the Norse lifestyle. Illustrated by full-page and text illus. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. ... more information

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New England: Not published, 1860. Original. not bound. Very Good. Black ink in a light hand; 2 pages. She has been visiting relatives: spent a day with Eden, saw Mary Cole, had supper with Aunt Annie, etc. Visited the old homestead but hardly recognized it. Has to help Eden finish Martha's dress to wear to the "association"[?]. "We all went to the Picnic and had a good time. I had more fellows than enuft to wate on me. Mr. Londay Davis sun [sic] fell in love with me and came up Sunday a... more information

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Taunton, MA: William S. Sullwold, 1968. Second Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Trace of tanning on cover. 63pp; illus throughout from photos and drawings. First published in 1915, this history of American whaling includes New Bedford, Nantucket, whaling ships, techniques, etc. 9" x 5.75". ... more information

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