1976 William Maxwell Vocational High School Yearbook -

New York: American Book Company, 1908. Gray cloth with black titles and decoration on covers and spine. 91 toned pages followed by several pages of publishers other publications. No evidence that the book is ex-library (we actually know the provenance) but it does have a rough glue area inside back cover. Rear end page (blank) also has rough area and large tear. We can guess that a library pocket may have been removed. Contents include: The City of Boston: Its Past; How It Grew by Florence Converse; How Boston Is Governed by Myron E. Pierce; Public Education by Charles M. Lamprey; Our City Streets by Meyer Bloomfield; How City Money Is Raised and Spent by Harvey S. Chase; The Public Parks, Playgrounds, Baths and Gymnasiums by Sylvester Baxter, much more. We note words underlined in pencil on page 7 and some stray pencil marks on page 58; a half inch tear in the margin of page 15 and some fingermarks on light soil on fep; bumped back corners. Title page has seal of the City of Boston. Color… Read More

New York: Official Publishing Company, 1887. Front cover is partially detached at lower half and detached an inch at top. Back cover is almost fully detached. Original cover to spine (now covered by paper) appears to be missing. Quarter leather and marble print cover has been covered at some point with brown paper which has caused some tanning to the fep. Pencilled price in fep along with two small tears. Inscription on pages preceding title page - this was a 1904 Christmas gift. 500 pages with black and white engravings, many full page engravings. Some light tanning to page margins. Marble page ends. Written by J.W. Buel "The Famous Traveler and Historian...England's Battles with the Boers in the Transvall including an Exhaustive History of the Settlement of Cape Colony, Wars with the Kaffirs, Matabeles, Zulus, the DIamond and Gold Mines of South Africa and a History of Exploration, Discovery, Conquest and Development by all the Famous Travelers that have traversed teh Dark… Read More

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott and Co., 1868. Wear to covers including bumped corners, possible water damage to front cover. Water stain visible on lower corner blank fep and up to title page of book (three pages, nothing obscured) The author has dedicated this book to "The Queen" (Victoria) and named the "Albert N'yanza in memory of the late illustrious and lamented Prince Consort" (Albert) 499 pages including index with some tanning. Separation inside front and back hinges. Color map of The Albert N'yanza has been mended with tape in one spot and has an inch tear along fold in another spot. It folds easily and was attached during publishing. Binding is broken at pages 176/177 with covers and pages firmly attached. 2nd American Edition. Quotes are for illustrative purposes only and remain the property of their copyright holders. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. 2nd American. Cloth.… Read More

Philadelphia: Parry & McMillan, 1857. Prose Writers of America was first published in 1847 (this is the 4th and last edition.) And was specifically designed to compete with a similar anthology by Cornelius Mathews and Evert Augustus Duyckinck. Editor/author Rufus Wilmot Griswold was an influential editor but less than civil and scrupulous, he outed Walt Whitman (although apparently it took one to know one) and is perhaps best remembered today for defaming Egdar Allan Poe, even becoming Poe's literary executor under less than ethical circumstances. We couldn't find anyone to say anything nice about him: http://www.answers.com/topic/rufus-griswold & http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufus_Griswold & http://www.poeforward.com/poe/griswold.html & http://www.eapoe.org/geninfo/poegrisw.htm although there is a lot of interesting reading. This volume was one of his last works, a piece of somewhat controversial literary history. Green cloth with decorative gilt on front and back… Read More

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1900. This is a very rare edition published in 1900. Narrow 12mo size pictorial hardcover with bright gilt titles on spine and front cover; 160 pages. Phillips Brooks (1835 - 1893) was an Episcopal clergyman and Rector at Boston's Trinity Church. Well known during his lifetime, he delivered a sermon at the funeral of United States President Abraham Lincoln. He was a requested speaker worldwide and delivered a sermon at Westminster Abbey. He was elected the sixth Bishop of Massachusetts in 1891 and served in that capacity until his death. Bishop Brooks is remembered in the Episcopal liturgical calendar on January 23. Several schools were named in his honor as was the Phillips Brooks House (now the Phillips Brooks House Association, a student volunteer association) at Harvard College, his alma mater. A statue of Brooks by sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens is located outside Trinity Church in Boston. The author of several volumes of sermons, Brooks may be best… Read More

New York: American Book Company, 1908. Gray cloth with black titles and decoration on covers and spine. 91 toned pages followed by several pages of publishers other publications. No evidence that the book is ex-library (we actually know the provenance) but it does have a rough glue area inside back cover. Rear end page (blank) also has rough area and large tear. We can guess that a library pocket may have been removed. Contents include: The City of Boston: Its Past; How It Grew by Florence Converse; How Boston Is Governed by Myron E. Pierce; Public Education by Charles M. Lamprey; Our City Streets by Meyer Bloomfield; How City Money Is Raised and Spent by Harvey S. Chase; The Public Parks, Playgrounds, Baths and Gymnasiums by Sylvester Baxter, much more. We note words underlined in pencil on page 7 and some stray pencil marks on page 58; a half inch tear in the margin of page 15 and some fingermarks on light soil on fep; bumped back corners. Title page has seal of the City of Boston. Color… Read More

New York: Official Publishing Company, 1887. Front cover is partially detached at lower half and detached an inch at top. Back cover is almost fully detached. Original cover to spine (now covered by paper) appears to be missing. Quarter leather and marble print cover has been covered at some point with brown paper which has caused some tanning to the fep. Pencilled price in fep along with two small tears. Inscription on pages preceding title page - this was a 1904 Christmas gift. 500 pages with black and white engravings, many full page engravings. Some light tanning to page margins. Marble page ends. Written by J.W. Buel "The Famous Traveler and Historian...England's Battles with the Boers in the Transvall including an Exhaustive History of the Settlement of Cape Colony, Wars with the Kaffirs, Matabeles, Zulus, the DIamond and Gold Mines of South Africa and a History of Exploration, Discovery, Conquest and Development by all the Famous Travelers that have traversed teh Dark… Read More

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott and Co., 1868. Wear to covers including bumped corners, possible water damage to front cover. Water stain visible on lower corner blank fep and up to title page of book (three pages, nothing obscured) The author has dedicated this book to "The Queen" (Victoria) and named the "Albert N'yanza in memory of the late illustrious and lamented Prince Consort" (Albert) 499 pages including index with some tanning. Separation inside front and back hinges. Color map of The Albert N'yanza has been mended with tape in one spot and has an inch tear along fold in another spot. It folds easily and was attached during publishing. Binding is broken at pages 176/177 with covers and pages firmly attached. 2nd American Edition. Quotes are for illustrative purposes only and remain the property of their copyright holders. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. 2nd American. Cloth.… Read More

Philadelphia: Parry & McMillan, 1857. Prose Writers of America was first published in 1847 (this is the 4th and last edition.) And was specifically designed to compete with a similar anthology by Cornelius Mathews and Evert Augustus Duyckinck. Editor/author Rufus Wilmot Griswold was an influential editor but less than civil and scrupulous, he outed Walt Whitman (although apparently it took one to know one) and is perhaps best remembered today for defaming Egdar Allan Poe, even becoming Poe's literary executor under less than ethical circumstances. We couldn't find anyone to say anything nice about him: http://www.answers.com/topic/rufus-griswold & http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufus_Griswold & http://www.poeforward.com/poe/griswold.html & http://www.eapoe.org/geninfo/poegrisw.htm although there is a lot of interesting reading. This volume was one of his last works, a piece of somewhat controversial literary history. Green cloth with decorative gilt on front and back… Read More

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1900. This is a very rare edition published in 1900. Narrow 12mo size pictorial hardcover with bright gilt titles on spine and front cover; 160 pages. Phillips Brooks (1835 - 1893) was an Episcopal clergyman and Rector at Boston's Trinity Church. Well known during his lifetime, he delivered a sermon at the funeral of United States President Abraham Lincoln. He was a requested speaker worldwide and delivered a sermon at Westminster Abbey. He was elected the sixth Bishop of Massachusetts in 1891 and served in that capacity until his death. Bishop Brooks is remembered in the Episcopal liturgical calendar on January 23. Several schools were named in his honor as was the Phillips Brooks House (now the Phillips Brooks House Association, a student volunteer association) at Harvard College, his alma mater. A statue of Brooks by sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens is located outside Trinity Church in Boston. The author of several volumes of sermons, Brooks may be best… Read More