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Northampton [MA]: Picturesque Publishing Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn at head and tail of . spine and corners, faint soiling to front endpapers, toning to pp. 10-11 . (as from newspaper clipping, but no clipping laid in at present).. 1917. Hardcover. Blindstamped black cloth binding with titles stamped in gilt on front boards and spine. Top edges gilt. Many photos. Publisher's note at rear indicates that this is Volume I of what is hoped to be a multi-volume series that will include 200 or more families, but WorldCat does not show any subsequent volumes having been published. Northampton notables include Jonathan Edwards, Chauncey H. Pierce, General John L. Otis, The O'Donnell Family, Richard W. Irwin, Haynes H. Chilson, Edward H. R. Lyman, Christopher Clarke, and many others. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 411 pages .
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NY: The Purdy Press. Very Good with no dust jacket; Gash on front boards, boards worn, spine label chipped and soiled.1926. First Edition. Hardcover. xxi, 226pp. Black cloth with printed yellow paper labels on front boards and spine. Introduction by Henrietta R. Palmer. Contains stories by Grace Elizabeth King, Katharine Sherwood Bonner, Joel Chandler Harrris, James Lane Allen, Jane Screven Heyward, Harry Stillwell Edwards, Martha Young, Opie Read, Ambrose E. Gonzales, I. Jenkins Mikell, John Bennett, Kemp Plummer Battle, Armistead C. Gordon, John Sergeant Wise, and John Trotwood Moore. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Representative Families of Northampton: A Demonstration of What High Character, Good Ancestry and Heredity Have Accomplished in a New England Town
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Pop Goes the Weazle! No. 3
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NY: Andrews' Printer, (38 Chatham St. ). Very Good; Some light creasing and toning. Faint penciled name (A. M. . Catton? ) on top border.. N.D.. Ephemera. Circa 1858 handbill. Printed song lyrics with decorative border. Printed on 9.5 x 6 inch sheet on verso only. New lyrics to the old nursery rhyme with references to Queen Victoria, Battle of Sebastopol, Napoleon, and the prohibition law passed in the State of Maine. Last verse reads: Mayor Wood has put the rumsellers through, The Maine Laws a sad evil, We cannot get our toddy now; Pop goes the weazle. A nearly identical version of this ditty, with the z in weazel replaced with an s, can be found in Beadles Dime Song Book, A Collection of New and Popular Comic and Sentimental Songs (1857). According to Grosvenor Library Bulletin: An Indexed Catalogue of Books in the Department of Local History and Genealogy (Mar. 1900) : Volume 1, Mayor Wood refers to New York City Mayor Fernando Wood,…
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Biographical Review (Volume XXIII) : Containing Life Sketches of Leading Citizens of Hillsboro and Cheshire Counties, New Hampshire
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Boston: Biographical Review Publishing Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Leather rubbed and flaking at edges.. 1897. Hardcover. Original brown pebbled and blindstamped leather with decorative gilt titles on front boards and spine. Gilt-stamped turn-ins, all edges gilt. Floral patterned endpapers. Index, 28 portrait plates. Surprisingly tight and clean. A compilation of biographies of upstanding male citizens of Hillsboro and Cheshire Counties in New Hampshire, most notably home boy Horace Greeley, newspaperman and politician. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 481 pages .
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Wadsworth or the Charter Oak
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Hartford, CT: Self Published. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Lower front corner bumped. Jacket tattered . and toned with some internal tape repairs and chips at spine and corners.. 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. Navy decorative cloth binding with titles and decorations in gilt, top edge gilt, deckled fore-edge and bottom edge. Black and white frontispiece illustration and other black and white illustrations and portraits. A history of early Hartford, Connecticut, the Wadsworth family, and the Connecticut River Valley area with a focus on the earliest land grants, social history, and political environment. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 399 pages .
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Annual Report of the Canal Commissioners of the State of New York
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Albany, NY: The Argus Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, light foxing and soiling to . first and last several leaves, two plates have 2 inch tears, one plate has . one inch tear, some light wear to edges of plates.. 1870. Hardcover. Green blindstamped cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine. Annual report to the New York State Legislature by the Board of Canal Commissioners discussing construction, maintenance, and improvements to the Erie Canal, Champlain Canal, Black River Canal and other waterways throughout New York State. Contains three large engraved folding plates of: Aqueduct Across Wood Creek at Fort Edward on the Champlain Canal, Plan of Bulkhead for North Branch Reservoir, and Otisco Lake Reservoir. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 174 pages .
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Boston: Biographical Review Publishing Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Leather rubbed and flaking at edges.. 1897. Hardcover. Original brown pebbled and blindstamped leather with decorative gilt titles on front boards and spine. Gilt-stamped turn-ins, all edges gilt. Floral patterned endpapers. Index, 28 portrait plates. Surprisingly tight and clean. A compilation of biographies of upstanding male citizens of Hillsboro and Cheshire Counties in New Hampshire, most notably home boy Horace Greeley, newspaperman and politician. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 481 pages .
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Dealings with the Dead, in Two Volumes
by A Sexton Of The Old School; [Lucius Manlius Sargent]
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Boston: Dutton and Wentworth. Very Good with no dust jacket; Minor wear to boards, pages toned.. 1856. First Edition. Hardcover. A married set of first editions with Volume One bound in brown blindstamped cloth and Volume Two bound in maroon blindstamped cloth. 350 pp; 351-698 pp, index. Vol. I bears armorial bookplate of T. Bigelow Lawrence on front pastedown and has engraved frontispiece of man at desk with books and engraved title page featuring man digging in graveyard. A collection of essays, previously published in the Boston Evening Transcript, which discuss burial and funeral practices of various cultures and eras, his opinions and prejudices about various ethnic groups, criminal justice, Boston society, ghosts, literature, and social history. Gilt titles on spines. Sabin 77004. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Annual Report of the Canal Commissioners of the State of New York
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Albany, NY: The Argus Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, light foxing and soiling to . first and last several leaves, two plates have 2 inch tears, one plate has . one inch tear, some light wear to edges of plates.. 1870. Hardcover. Green blindstamped cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine. Annual report to the New York State Legislature by the Board of Canal Commissioners discussing construction, maintenance, and improvements to the Erie Canal, Champlain Canal, Black River Canal and other waterways throughout New York State. Contains three large engraved folding plates of: Aqueduct Across Wood Creek at Fort Edward on the Champlain Canal, Plan of Bulkhead for North Branch Reservoir, and Otisco Lake Reservoir. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 174 pages .
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The Hudson River: From Ocean to Source, Historical - Legendary - Picturesque
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New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn, bookplate on front free endpaper, sectional maps waved at top edge. 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. Navy cloth titled in cloth and photo reproduction mounted to front boards. Top edges gilt. xii, 590pp. Index. Folding sectional maps in pocket at rear. 100 black and white illustrations and photos. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Story of the Maalwyck: Its Settlers; its House Long a Famous Landmark, and of its School, the First North of the Mohawk River
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Glenville, NY: Glenville New York Town Board. Good; Covers toned, staples rusty.. 1937. First Printing. Softcover. Stapled printed tan card covers. Black and white photo, bibliography. A solid copy of this regional history of the Town of Glenville in Schenectady County, New York. Relevant newspaper clipping laid in. WorldCat locates eight copies. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 15 pages .
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In Dixie Land: Stories of the Reconstruction Era by Southern Writers
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New York: The Purdy Press, 1926. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 226pp. Black cloth with printed title labels. Neat owner's name on the front fly, light wear on the boards, very good or better without dustwrapper. Athology with contributions by Joel Chandler Harris, Grace King, Harry Stillwell Edwards, James Allen Lane, John Trotwood Moore, and others.
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Attempt on Roosevelt Life
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Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole
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Engle, Joanna. Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole. A Seaworld Adventure featuring Shamu, the Killer Whale. RARE. Children's Book. Used. Good, clean Condition. Softcover. Stapled binding. Random House copyright 1983. 5 ½ X 5. ISBN 0394856430. Original cover price $1.25.
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The Treasure Of Sierra Madre
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Traven, B. : The Treasure Of Sierra Madre. 1994 THORNDIKE PRESS LARGE-PRINT EDITION. Thorndike, Maine. EXLIB. Good/ No DJ if issued. ISBN0786201002. 533 pages. 5 ¾ X 8 ¾. Summary: "The story of three American adventurers who search for a lost gold mine in the mountains of Mexico. A tale of 'gold fever' and desperate greed." Basis for the Humphrey Bogart, John Houston film of the same name.
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DOLLY MADISON: WOMEN OF COLONIAL AND REVOLUTIONARY TIMES
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book is in G condition with light rubbing to edges, cocked spine, bumping & fraying to spine ends, pencil marking to FFE, owner's name to title page, a couple of small tears to title page else still a bright and solid copy. SA 6/21
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Samuel The Seeker
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Sinclair, Upton. Samuel, The Seeker Copyright 1910. Apparently published by author. No publisher stated. First Edition. States printed at Western Printing and Lithography, Racine, WI. Yellow Boards with black titling. Used. Very Good/ No Dj is Included. Rare/Scarce. A nice copy.
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Oregon; Or, a Short History of a Long Journey: Narrative of a Journey Across the Rocky Mountains, to the Columbia River
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YE Gallon Press, 1970. Limited Edition. #499/605. VG. Interior is tight, clean, and free of ownership marks except for one penciled notation on the flyleaf. Cloth boards show shelf and handling wear with light soiling, edge, corner, and spine wear. Overall a solid copy showing minimal signs of use. Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.
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The Man Who Lost His Head
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The Man Who Lost His Head. By Claire Huchet Bishop. Viking Press, Copyright Renewed 1970. 16th Impression thus. Exlib. VG/VG unclipped DJ. Original cover price $3.56. Wrap-around blue and white endpapers show a headless man walking past farm animals on his way to the fair to look for his head there. Pages are bright. Now protected in a mylar wrap. A fantasy illustrated by Robert McCloskey, author and illustrator of "Make Way For Ducklings". Summary: "A man wakes up to find that he has no head, so he goes looking for it." Hard title to find.
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Lucky You, What Science Has Done For Us
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Lucky You: What Science Has Done For Us J.B. Lippincott Stated First Edition. SCIENCE. Artfully illustrated by MUNRO LEAF. Good EXLIB in a Good unclipped $2.25 orig. price dust jacket. Last page states: 152 4.
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Grant Wood and Marvin Cone : Artists of an Era
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Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1972. Hardcover. First Edition (stated). Flat signed and dated by author on FFEP and Inscribed by author to a friend on half-title page. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Interior pristine except for author's inscription and signature. Spine straight and tight. Jacket shows light rubbing, light chipping at spine head, and light reading wear to edges. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xi + 150 pages. illus. A reflection of the relationships of two artists -- Grant Wood (1891-1942) and Marvin Cone (1891-1965) -- with the community of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A loving biography by a woman who knew them both. Laid-in are two letters to the editor of the Cedar Rapids Gazette; one from Woods' sister, and another from a friend of Woods and the author.
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BOSTON ~ 150 VIEWS: One Hundred and Fifty Glimpses of Boston and Historical Surroundings
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Union News Company , New York and Boston, circa 1910, Very Good Stapled Softcover, 50 pages, 10" x 7", 150 photographs of Boston points of interest, landmarks, buildings, bridges, street views and more.
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