from Bygone Books

Guilford, CT: Globe Pequot, 2009. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 1st edition [number line], 8v0, stiff wraps, 135 pp, b/ photographs, bibliography. Condition is NEAR FINE. Short biographies of twelve of Vermont's most famous women: Lucy Terry Prince, Ann Story, Emma Willard, Clarina Howard Nichols, Julia Caroline Ripley Dorr, Abby Maria Hemenway, Rachel Robinson Elmer, Dorothy… Read more

Montpelier, VT: Privately printed by Norman and Lyn Lear/ Leahy Press, 1999. Soft cover. Near Fine. J. J. Lankes. Originally printed by Norman and Frances Lear for Christmas 1984; this edition reprinted by Norman and Lyn Lear, Christmas 1999 and updated by the author. 8vo - an oblong almost square, stiff wraps, 160 pp, illustrated with woodcuts by… Read more

Shelburne, VT: Shelburne Museum, 1958. 1st Edition . Soft cover. VG+. Edward Sanborn. 1st edition [no additional printings], 8vo, stiff wraps, 43 pp, b/w drawings by Edward Sanborn, lighthouse plans, list of Keepers from 1871 - 1933 when it was decommissioned. Condition is VERY GOOD+ with a small stain to rear cover.

Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2009. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 1st edition [NAP], 8vo, illustrated wraps, 128 pages, b/w photographs, map frontispiece, select bibliography, index. Condition: NEAR FINE: very slight rubbing to rear cover edges, appears unread. Beginning with Samuel de Champlain's discovery of the lake bearing his name, this book offers nostalgic photographs of the… Read more

Shelburne, VT: Shelburne Farms, 1997. 1st Edition . Soft cover. VG+. Bonnie Acker, Holly Brough. 1st edition of 1997, 4to, softbound, 502 pages, cover illustration by Bonnie Acker. Written and edited by Amy B. Demarest, illustrations by Bonnie Acker and Holly Brough, photographs by Lou Borie. Condition is VERY GOOD+ with a small crease to front cover, two… Read more

Rutland, VT: Academy Books, 1995. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 1st edition, 4to, red cloth with gilt titles, 210 pages, b/w photographs throughout, pull-out map, index. Condition: NEAR FINE book / NEAR FINE jacket: very faint spotting to page edges, owner name on fep; slight discoloring to jacket at top edge, old price sticker on… Read more

Montpelier, VT: Lakd Champlain Islands Trust / George Little Press, 1979. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Douyglas Johnson, Carolyn Bates [photographs]. 8vo, stapled wraps, 56 pages, b/w drawings and maps and b/w photographs. Condition is VERY GOOD with minor edgewear, rubbing along the spine, internally clean and tight.

Burlington, VT: Queen City Printers, 1992. Soft cover. NF. Published to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the establishment of Burlington's first post office in 1792. 8vo, stapled wraps, 92 pages, b/w illustrations. NEAR FINE with little wear excepting an owner label on title page.

Boston: Little, Brown, 1988. First Edition . Hardcover. VG+/VG+. 1st edition, 4to, gray boards / red backstrip, 142pp, color photographs. VERY GOOD+ book / VERY GOOD+ jacket: slightest of edgewear, nearly new. A nice copy of this wonderful compilation of Vermont in winter.

Burlington, VT: University of Vermont Historic Preservation Program, 1980. First Edition . Soft cover. VG. First printing (no additional printings noted), oblong wraps, 111 pp, b&w photographs throughout, bibliography. Condition is VERY GOOD : light edgewear, crease to front cover at bottom corner, name blacked out on title page.

Middletown, NY: The Author, 1956. Soft cover. VG. Topsy Samuelson. A story and coloring book (book is clean) 8vo, stapled wraps, [24] pages. VERY GOOD with light edgewear, light soiling to rear cover, clean throughout.

New York: Fox, Duffield & Co, 1905. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Description: 1st edition, 8vo, olive-tan illustrated cloth in green, 419 pages, frontispiece is a b/w illustration by Thomas Mitchel Peirce, 1 page of publisher ads. Theodora Peck (1882 - 1964) was an American author and… Read more

Monkton, VT: Willlowell Foundation, 2009. First Edition . Soft cover. New. Exhibition catalogue, the exhibit of 38 artists in celebration of the 2009 Lake Champlain Quadricentennial. Foreword by Bill McGibben. Square 8vo, wraps, 87 pages, color illustrations. Condition is NEW: unread, fresh out of the box. [multiple copies available]. This was a fabulous exhibit, reflected beautifully in… Read more

NY: Wendy Lamb / Random House, 2006. Hardcover. NF/NF. 3rd printing, 8vo, burgundy boards, 232 pp. NEAR FINE book / NEAR FINE jacket: book has a "Vermont Reads 2007" sticker on the front endpaper; jacket has sticker on front panel, otherwise appears unread. A fictional account based on the 1910 photograph of a young Vermont mill worker by… Read more

New York: Simon & Schuster Trade, 2001. Hardcover. NF/NF. 1st edition, 174p. NF/NF with lt. rubbing at rear fold of dust jacket.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998. Hardcover. NF/NF. 8vo, hardcover brown boards, 223 pages, illus section, 4th printing; INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Author is the daughter of Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh. Condition is NEAR FINE book / NEAR FINE jacket: owner name on fep; signed on title page.

Brattleboro, VT: Stephen Daye Press, 1934. First Edition . Hardcover. G+. 1st edition [NAP], 12mo, green check boards with original wrap-around paper advertising with spine title, 90 pages, [6] pages local adverts, b/w illustrations [old engravings]. GOOD+ with some light soiling and scuffing to boards, paper-wrap is faded, internally clean and tight.

NY: Longmans, Green, 1942. First Edition . Hardcover. Collectible; G. Henry S. Gillette. 1st edition, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the half-title page. There is also a note written on the front endpaper: "13 January 1943. It is up to you, whatever you want to make or do with yourselves. This is the United States with… Read more

Montpelier, VT / Shelburne, VT: Vemont Life / Chapters Publishing, 1993. Hardcover. VG+/VG+. 2nd printing [number line], square quarto, blue boards, 127 pages, color illustrations throughout, artist chronology. Condition is VERY GOOD+ book / VERY GOOD+ jacket: very slight edgewear to the book , internally clean and tight; jacket has light creasing to spine head, tail… Read more

Bennington, VT: Images from the Past,, 1997. Soft cover. NF. 1st softbound edition. 198p, b/w photographs. Condition is NEAR FINE. The story of Kipling's stay in Vermont during the years 1892-96, when he wrote the Jungle Books.