Town History from Lippincott Books

Hardcover. Very Good. 15 pamphlets bound together in red cloth, with title gilt on spine. The collection includes historical material on towns and churchs in Maine, Massachusetts and New Hampshire, including Boothbay, Camden and Wells, Newburyport, Salem, Andover Center and Hampton, among other places. Includes A Historical Sketch of Charlestown. Boston, 1814; A Topographical and… Read more

1970. First Edition . Soft cover. GVG. 312 pp. Vintage photographs of the different familes of Cyr Plantation, with genealogical information. Ads throughout. VG

1972. First Edition . 219 pp. Softcover. With fold-out map, numerous black and white photographs and 21 pages of local advertisements. VG

Tullamore, Co. Offaly: Esker Press, 1990. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good+. xxiv, 415 pp. Blue cloth, spine title gilt. Facsimile of first edition with a new introduction by Margaret Hogan. With 20 appendixes. One of the most important historical studies of the Irish Midlands in the 19th century. Slight foxing on top edge. … Read more

Brewer, Maine: Leland Overlock, 1988. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Blue buckram, spine title gilt xiii, 306 pp. Quarto. Chapters include histories of Warren built vessels, with some entries in great detail, Warren shipbuilders, owners and their vessels, captains and their vesels and excerpts from logs, diaries and letters. With facsimiles… Read more

Brewer, Maine: Leland Overlock, 1988. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Blue buckram, spine title gilt. xiii, 306 pp. Quarto. Chapters include histories of Warren built vessels, with some entries in great detail, Warren shipbuilders, owners and their vessels, captains and their vessels and excerpts from logs, diaries and letters. With facsimiles… Read more

Cohasset, Massachusetts: Town of Cohasset, Massachusetts, 2002. Fine/Fine. xix, 388 pp. With color map. Color and black and white photos throughout. Fine in fine dust jacket.

Chamberlain Press, Chatham, Ontario. Hardcover. Very Good. 784 pp. The hsitory of Kent County, Ontario. Inscribed by the author. Occasional page corner folded, pencil marks, otherwise VG.

Portsmouth, New Hampshire: C.W. Brewster & Son, 1859. First Edition . Hardcover. Fair. 376 pp. Includes index of names. Brewster used the "ramble" as a device to unify the diverse content of his weekly columns written for the Portsmouth Journal. Missing half of spine cloth, with front and back boards still securely attached, and… Read more

Huntington, New York: Brochure Committee of the Huntington Tercentenary Inc., 1953. First Edition . Paper Wrappers. Very Good. 95, [1] pp. Green paper wrappers. Illustrated with hundreds of photographs and drawings. The story of the town is told through captions for the illustrations. The last section comprised of photographs of businesses, with detailed histories for… Read more

Boston: James Loring, 1831. Hardcover. Fair. [iv], 406, [2] pp. Appendices, index. A protective 19th century cloth has been attached at the endpapers over the original leather binding . Front board loose, previous owner's name, foxing throughout. A reading copy.

Philadelphia: Free Library of Philadelphia, 1982. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Fine. unpaginated. Brown cloth, red morocco label with title in gilt tipped in to front panel, marbled endpapers. One of 1250 copies. Published on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the founding of the city, this edition reproduces 27 color plates from the original… Read more

Nashua, New Hampshire: E. H. Spalding, 1878. First Edition . Paper Wrappers. Very Good. furthur subtitled: also Genealogical Tables of Portions of the Families of Henry Farwell, Robert Fletcher and John Jones of Concord, and Thomas Bancroft of Reading, and James Cutler of Watertown, from the earliest immigrant Ancestor to the Present Generation. 125, [1] pp.… Read more

Manhasset: Channel Press, 1963. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 144 pp. With bibliography, index. Bluecloth, spine title gilt, map endpapers, richly illustrated with b&w photos. Previous owner's signature in blue felt pen, shelf wear to bottom of spine. Price-intact dustjacket has faint ring mark on front, 1/2" chip off spine. Very Good in Good dust jacket.

Shaker Heights, Ohio: Selden W. Campen, 1998. 2nd Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. 142, [2] pp. Includes glossary of terms, bibliography, appendix, index of homes by architect, and map. Shaker Heights was an early example of a planned community. Incorporated in 1911, the village was built on the site of the Center Family North Union… Read more

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1933. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. A Memorial to Edward W. Baker. Prepared under the direction of the Brookline Historical Society. Map of Boston & Environs on endpapers. Includes photos, b&w illustrations and index. Sticker with previous owner's name on ffep.

Menasha, Wisconsin: George Banta Publishing, 1953. Pictorial Paper Wrappers. Very Good. x, 86 pp. B&w photos. Wear at corners.

Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1900. Hardcover. Very Good. 871 pp. Blue cloth, spine gilt. With index and folding plates. " A Bibliography of Mississippi" on pages 633-828. Slight spine slant, slight yellowing of pages, shelfwear. Good to Very Good.

Boston: Parish of the Advent, 1944. Probable First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 212 pp, [vii], with index. Dark red cloth, b&w photographs. Previous owner's signature, spine shows very slight sunning and soiling, otherwise clean and tight, Very Good.

Canaan, New Hampshire: Phoenix Publishing, 1979. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. xii, 266 pp. With publisher's brochure and a Post Office Project Bond (issued to raise funds for the restoration of the Weston Post Office and General Store) laid-in. With appendices, index. Illustrated endpapers. Photos, maps, pen & ink… Read more