Search Results: New England from Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio

Rockland, Maine: Courier-Gazette, Inc., 1967. Book. Illus. by Anna Parker, Illustrator. Near Fine. Soft cover. Clean unworn cookbook with black plastic comb binding (perfect shape) and illustrated card covers (no cipping, fading or wear). All pages are clean and bright - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated by Anna Parker. 187 pages with Index. .

New York: Whittlesey House / McGraw Hill, 1947. Book. Illus. by W. N. Wilson, Illustrator. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition.. Clean hardcover book in original unclipped jacket. Clean beige cloth boards with lighthouse scene in blue on cover, blue and gold title boxes on spine. Very tiny spot of wear to one lower spine corner, else near fine. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Clean map-illustrated endpapers. No names, writing or bookplates. Illustrated with beautiful watercolors by W. N. Wilson. 97 pages. Dust jacket is clean, not price clipped, has edgewear with piece missing at upper rear corner; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

Manchester, NH: New Hampshire Federation of Women's Clubs, 1938. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Second Edition.. Manchester, NH: New Hampshire Federation of Women's Clubs, 1938. Second Edition. Very Good+/Very Good. Second Edition (November, 1938) in original unclipped dust jacket. Clean dark green cloth boards with silver lettering on cover and spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight and square, no cracking; pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs of New Hampshire scenes. Compiled and edited by "The Committee" - Edith Haskell Tappan, Grace Holbrook Blood, Corinne Brown Ordway, Eleanor Vinton. 208 pages. Dust jacket slightly trimmed, has chip at top front panel edge, very light soiling. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

New York: George H. Doran, 1917. Book. Illus. by Thomas Fogarty, Illustrator. Very Good+. Hardcover. New York: George H. Doran, 1917. Very Good+/Good. Thomas Fogarty, Illustrator. Clean dark green cloth boards with clean, unchipped paste-on illustration on the cover with stamped gold lettering; stamped gold lettering on spine. No fading, bumping or fraying. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with illustrated endpapers; some light foxing to a few pages. No names, writing or bookplates. Illustrated by Thomas Fogarty. 129 pages. Dust jacket has very light soiling, edge and corner chips. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

Boston / New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1904. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. Solid First Edition, published October, 1904. Purple cloth boards with bright gold lettering on cover and spine, fading to board edges and to spine cloth. Two very small spots of wear at base of spine. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright with gilt top page edges, clean endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates. 233 pages..

New York: E. P. Dutton, 1960. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1960. Stated First Edition. Very Good+/Very Good+. First American Edition (Stated "First Edition" on copyright page). Clean unfaded black cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. Slight bumping at base of spine, corners are sharp, no fraying or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers (slightest hint of foxing to endpapers); no names, writing or bookplates. 250 pgs. Unfaded dustjacket is not price clipped (4.95 on front inside flap); has very slight edge wear at top and bottom spine edges, short closed tear at top corner of front flap fold (under 1/2"). Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Highly acclaimed novel written in 1936 when the author was twenty-four years old, but unavailable in England or the United States until the publication of this book in 1960. The setting is… Read More

New York: Doubleday, 1956. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. New York: Doubleday, 1956. Stated First Edition. Very Good+/Very Good. Stated First Edition, SIGNED by author with signed letter from author also laid in, in unclipped original dust jacket. Very clean beige cloth boards with gold anchor decoration on cover, black title box and gold lettering on spine. A few tiny bumps to edges. No fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Clean pages and edges; no previous owner markings or bookplates. Clean map-illustrated endpapers. Inscribed and signed by author on title page: "For Edward D. Ibbotsen - with all the good wishes of Kenneth Roberts. A letter to Mr. Ibbotson hand-written by Kenneth Roberts on his stationery is dated March 29, 1956 and signed by Roberts. Dust jacket is not price clipped (3.75 on front inside flap), clean except for two faint water stains to spine, closed v-shaped tear to rear panel. Photo of author in his office on rear panel.… Read More

Indianapolis, Indiana: Bobbs Merrill, 1930. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Hardcover stated First Edition. Green cloth boards with stamped gold lettering on cover and spine. Very light soiling, Tiny tears to cloth at base of spine. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Clean endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates. 318 pages. .

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1911. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Reprint.. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1911. Reprint. Very Good+/Very Good+. Clean and solid Grosset & Dunlap edition with original dust jacket. Clean blue cloth-covered boards with light blue lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean (slight yellowing) with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 380 pages. Clean photo-illustrated dust jacket has slight edge wear, two short closed edge tears; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A delightful novel of Cape Cod, filled with humor and picturesque characters..

Orleans, Massachusetts: Lower Cape Publishing Company, 1990. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Large format first edition book, SIGNED by the author, in unchipped dust jacket. Glossy dark blue boards with gold lettering on cover and spine. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Signed on title page by author: "William P. Quinn." Wonderful historical photographs throughout. 228 pages with Bibliography. Clean jacket is not price clipped, unchipped, has two short closed edgetears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Size approx. 9" x 12". A chronology of shipwrecks and disasters around Cape Cod, Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard..

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1970. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. Clean book and dust jacket. Green cloth boards with blind-stamped small gulls flying on cover, unchipped gold lettering on spine. Tiny spot of wear to one lower corner tip. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean. Clean blue endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with photographs. Introduction by Joseph Wood Krutch. 256 pages. Dust jacket is clean (slightly age-toned), unchipped, one 1/4" closed edge tear at top of rear panel, and tiny closed edge tear to one corner; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

Canaan, NH: Phoenix Publishing, 1985. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition.. Canaan, NH: Phoenix Publishing, 1985. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good+. Clean beige and brown smooth boards with portrait of author on cover. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers illustrated with old group photo. Inscribed and SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page: "To John and Barb from Eunie - Eunice K. Hoffman". 91 pgs. illustrated with photographs. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, has a few tiny edge nicks and tiny closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Nostalgic story about the everyday world of a woman whoses life spanned the era of pioneer living and our 20th century world of TV and electric clothes dryers. It captures the spirit of a unique Yankee personality who spent most of her years in the village of Plymouth, New Hampshire. 8vo. New England..

Indianapolis / New York: Bobbs Merrill, 1949. Book. Illus. by Illustrated by the Author. Very Good. Hardcover. Clean large format hardcover book (size approx. 9-1/2" x 12"). Clean blue cloth boards with gold lettering on cover and spine. Bumping/surface wear to spine ends. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages are clean and bright with clean decorated endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Illustrated by the author. Dust jacket is not price clipped, clean but has considerable chipping along top edges; now in new archival quality removable mylar cover. .

New York: Harper & Row, 1982. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. New York: Harper & Row, 1982. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good+/Very Good. First Edition, first printing in original unclipped dust jacket. Clean blue cloth boards with dark blue lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking; pages are clean. Faint dust-speckling to upper text block page edges. No names, writing or marks. Clean endpapers illustrated with maps. 243 pages. Clean jacket has some edge wear, short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. In this delightful and beautiful book, two outstanding naturalists share their enthusiasm and discoveries about two historic rivers of Thoreau country--the Sudbury and Assabet, which come together to form the Concord River..

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First edition thus.. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997. First edition thus. Very Good+/Very Good+. First printing of this re-issue of a highly respected novel. Very clean book in original clear mylar dust jacket. Clean pale gray boards with black cloth corners, spine, lovely black and white photograph of Maine coast set in on cover. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright (brief previous owner inscription neatly penned at top edge of title page). Illustrated with beautiful historical photographs. 144 pages. Clear mylar cover with printed flaps is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped, slight surface rubbing. Originally published in 1896, this book tells a story spanning three months time in the life of a small coastal town called Dunnett Landing in 19th Century Maine. A lone female visitor arrives and finds lodging with the widowed Mrs. Todd, the town's herbalist, who introduces the… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Stated first Borzoi Edition in original unclipped dust jacket, with 1954 color picture postcard of covered bridge laid in. Clean burgundy cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages are clean with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with 100 photographs by Edmund Homer Royce, including color frontispiece 151 pages with Index. Jacket is not price clipped, has light soiling/fading, several short closed edge tears. .

New York: D. Appleton Century Co., 1935. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. New York: D. Appleton Century Co., 1935. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good+/Very Good. First Edition, First Printing, with (1) on last page of text. Clean yellow cloth boards with black lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Small previous owner label at top right corner of front free endpaper; no other marks. 264 pgs. Clean illustrated dustjacket is slightly age-toned, not price clipped, has shallow edge chipping (up to 1/4" edge chipping, with narrow slightly deeper corner chip at top rear spine corner). Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. The heroine, a 15 year old girl, tells her own story of her life, ambitions, social circle and community as she sees it, and gives reader a vivid picture of the atmosphere, the human types, the comedies and tragedies that occur in the small New England town of… Read More

Yale University Press, 2011. Book. Illus. by Zerbetz, Evon. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. Yale University Press, 2011. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/Fine. First Edition, First Printing, in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean black boards with gold lettering on spine. No fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright, with clean endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Illustrated with photographs and with Original Linocut Illustrations by Evon Zerbetz. Foreword by Bernd Heinrich. 323 pages with index. Dust jacket is clean, unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. The coauthor of the award-winning "In the Company of crows and Ravens" and his wife, an animal-behavior expert, offer an engaging account of their days as young field biologists in Maine..

Lynn, Massachusetts: Jackson & Phillips, 1959. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. Lynn, Massachusetts: Jackson & Phillips, 1959. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. Clean gray cloth boards with slight browning at top and bottom edge of spine. Red lettering on cover and spine. Surface wear at top edge of spine, no fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 304 pgs. Clean dustjacket has edge chipping, short closed edge tears, slight fading to spine. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. A novel set in the year 1803 in the seaport of Salem, Massachusetts. 8vo. Ships & Sailing..

Boston: Beacon Press, 1999. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition, First Printing.. Very clean book and dust jacket, first edition, first printing, SIGNED by the author. Clean unfaded rust boards with black cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean map-illustrated endpapers. Inscribed and signed on title page by the author: To Ann Van Arsdale, with best wishes - Jane Brox - 5/99 Nantucket." 182 pages + "Acknowledgements." Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Amid the turmoil after her father's death--family decision to be made, the future oftheir farm to be settled--Jane Brox, using her acclaimed "compassion, honesty, and restraint" (The Boston Globe)soon leads her to the fascinating and quintesentially American history of New England's Merrimack valley, its farmers, and the… Read More