Search Results: Vermont from Bygone Books

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 rear panel. Nice copy of this uncommon book. Stone structures and other cultural relics have been found in the Green Mountains of Vermont as well as precise alignments with ancient astronomical events such as summer and winter solstices... who built them??

NY:: Cobblehill / Dutton, 1997. Hardcover. Collectible; NF/NF. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on title page, stated 1st edition (but number line starts with "2".) 8vo, teal boards, 139pp. NEAR FINE book / NEAR FINE jacket.

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.

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 this catalogue.

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 Lewis Hine. The book was chosen for the Vermont Humanities Council Vermont Reads program in 2007.

Claremont, N.H.: Claremont Manufacturing Company, 1872. First Edition . Hardcover. Collectible; VG. 12mo, full brown leather, raised bands, gilt titles, brown paper eps, 511pp, errata page. Condition is VERY GOOD: some lt. rubbing to the extremities and a bit on the spine, typical yellowing to pages at edges. A nice copy of this compilation of Vermont poets.

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 a real Bill of Rights. From one Vermont boy to a lot of Vermont boys and girls. Raresou (?) H. Holcomb born 12 March 1887." 8vo, orange cloth with black illustration and lettering, illustrated endpapers, 199 pages, b/w chapter heading illustrations. GOOD / no jacket: some glue residue on endpapers (a former library book? but there are no other markings), spine head is frayed, slightly cocked, corners rubbed, soiling to top page edge and a name written on bottom edge, mostly clean internally with a few scattered smudges.

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 J. J. J. Lankes based on material he found during his stay in the Gulley during the summer of 1929, b/w and color photographs, references. Condition is NEAR FINE: like new. A history of The Gulley in South Shaftsbury Vermont starting in 1783 with John Millington through 200 years of ownership including Robert Frost, artist Kenneth Noland, and finally Norman Lear in 1979. It is on the National Register of Historic Places.

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 four islands that served as the birthplace of Vermont.

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.

NY: Coward McCann, 1984. First Edition . Hardcover. VG+/VG-. Waldman, Neil. 1st edition. 8vo, blue boards / white cloth backstrip, 95p, b/w illus. VERY GOOD+ book / VERY GOOD- jacket: jacket has a few sm. pieces missing from top edge. [ NOT a former library book ]

NY: Cobblehill Books / Dutton, 1991. Hardcover. NF/VG+. Bowman, Leslie W.. 3rd hardcover printing, 12mo, blue boards, 79p, b/w illus. NEAR FINE book / VERY GOOD- jacket: jacket has a 2" closed tear at rear fold w/ a few creases, otherwise book and jacket are like new. Story of a Vermont farm boy during World War I.

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

Canaan, NH: Phoenix Publishing, 1967. Soft cover. VG+. 8vo, wraps, 148 pages. VERY GOOD+ with sl. edgewear.

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.

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.

NY: Henry Holt / Redfeather Book, 1994. Hardcover. NF/NF. Marcia Sewell.. 7th printing, 12mo, blue hardcover, 81pp, b&w illustrations. NEAR FINE book / NEAR FINE jacket: book has owner inscription on fep; jacket is price-clipped; otherwise like new.

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 and corners. A very nice copy of the work of this Vermont artist.