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QUABBIN VALLEY PEOPLE AND PLACES - IMAGES OF AMERICA

By Peirce, Elizabeth

Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2006. PB. very good+, wraps (softcover). B&W illustrations. ISBN 0738545546 128pp.

A HEARTY BAND OF FIREFIGHTERS: THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE DANVERS FIRE DEPARTMENT - [Danvers, Massachusetts]

By Martin, Leland E. (edited by Richard P. Zollo) (introduction by Richard B. Trask)

Danvers, MA: Danvers Historical Society, 1997. PB. fine, wraps (softcover). B&W illustrations. ISBN 1578640113 176pp.

THE LUCK PENNY": AN IRISH/AMERICAN PROGRESS IN NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS (1930-1954)

By Cahillane, James F. (A Thesis Presented by)

1997. PB. very good+, spiral bound wraps (softcover). Thesis presented to the Graduate School of the University of Massachusetts in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts - May 1997 - Department of English. 162pp.

THE LOST TOWNS OF QUABBIN VALLEY - IMAGES OF AMERICA [Massachusetts]

By Peirce, Elizabeth

Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2003. PB. fine, wraps (softcover). B&W illustrations. ISBN 0738512192 The Quabbin Reservoir, in central Massachusetts, was created in 1938 to supply the state's growing population with a source of drinking water. 128pp.

COUNTRY ESTATES OF OLD DANVERS - [Danvers, Massachusetts]

By Tapley, Charles S. (signed by the author)

Danvers, MA: The Mirror Press, 1960. HC. very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) signed by the author. B&W illustrations. 71pp.

THE CREATION OF QUABBIN RESERVOIR: THE DEATH OF THE SWIFT RIVER VALLEY

By Greene, J. R. (signed by the author)

Athol, MA: The Transcript Press, 1981. PB. very good+, wraps (softcover). ISBN 0960940405 FIRST EDITION 1981 -- This work attempts to tell how and why four Central Massachusetts towns were wiped out to build a reservoir. 109pp.

AN AMERICAN FAMILY: THE LYMANS AND THE VALE: 1631-1951

By Parson, Stephen Perkins (signed and inscribed by the author)

Waltham, MA: The Lyman Estate, 2009. PB. fine, wraps (softcover) signed by the author. B&W and color illustrations. ISBN 9781931152044 218pp.

THE BIRTHPLACES OF PRESIDENTS JOHN AND JOHN QUINCY ADAMS IN QUINCY, MASSACHUSETTS

By Adams, Henry

Quincy, MA: Adams Memorial Society, 1936. PB. good+, wraps (softcover). B&W illustrations. 22pp.

SALT RIVERS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS SHORE - 45th Volume in the RIVERS OF AMERICA Series

By Howe, Henry F. (signed by the author)

New York: Rinehart & Company, Inc, 1951. HC. good, blue cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, EX-LIB - SEE NOTE. ill. John O'Hara Cosgrave II. EX-LIB COPY with no dustjacket and COVER WEAR. Minimal markings, signed by author. 45th volume in the Rivers of America series. A fascinating history of eastern Massachusetts, tracing the development of the democratic town meeting from the stiff-necked theocracy of the Bible Commonwealth, the growth of primary education from its early beginnings here, the seeds and the flower of revolution, the halcyon days of Yankee commerce, and finally the appearance of Massachusetts' provincialism, which was paralleled by strong cultural and scientific activities that meant much to the nation as a whole. 370pp.

A HISTORY OF MOUNT WASHINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS

By Shearn, Evelyn Blum

published by the author, 1976. PB. good+, wraps (softcover). 74pp.

EARLY EXPLORERS OF PLYMOUTH HARBOR 1525-1619

By Howe, Henry F.

Plymouth, MA: Plimoth Plantation, Inc, 1953. PB. very good, wraps (softcover). 30pp.

FIFTY YEARS OF UNIFIED TRANSPORTATION IN METROPOLITAN BOSTON

By Dana, Edward (foreword by)

Boston, MA: Boston Elevated Railway Co, 1938. HC. good, blue cloth (hardcover) wear to the cloth on spine/corners. B&W illustrations. Some light wear to cloth on spine and corners. 112pp.

MIRACLE OF THE SNOW: A TRUE STORY OF EVENTS IN DEERFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS DURING THE YEARS 1704-1714

By Andrews, Sibyl Stetson

Turners Falls, MA: Franklin County Press, Inc, 1971. PB. good, wraps (softcover). B&W illustrations. 118pp.

HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF GILL: FRANKLIN COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS, 1793-1943

By Stoughton, Ralph M.

Gill, Massachusetts: Town of Gill, 1978. HC. good red cloth (hardcover) slight cant to the book block. B&W illustrations. The purpose of this history is to tell Gill's story as simply and as readably as possible, and at the same time to give sufficient historical connection. SLIGHT CANT TO THE BOOK BLOCK. 337pp.

HISTORY OF HALIFAX MASSACHUSETTS - [Plymouth County]

By Baker, Guy S.

Halifax, Plymouth Cty., MA: published by the author, 1976. HC. good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover). B&W illustrations. 191pp.

A WHILE AGO IN BREWSTER - [Brewster, Massachusetts]

By Hunt, Bernice Hayes

North Eastham, MA: Byte Size Graphics, 1994. PB. very good, wraps (softcover). B&W illustrations. ISBN 1883613035 96pp.

ROMANCE & REALITY OF THE PURITAN COAST

By Garrett, Edmund H.

Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1897. HC. good, light green cloth, teg (hardcover). B&W illustrations. 22177.

THE ROMANTIC STORY OF THE PURITAN FATHERS AND THEIR FOUNDING OF NEW BOSTON AND THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY ..

By Addison, Albert C.

Boston, MA: L. C. Page & Company, 1912. HC. very good, decorated gray cloth (hardcover) lt fray top of spine. sepia toned illustrations. ...TOGETHER WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE CONDITIONS WHICH LED TO THEIR DEPARTURE FROM OLD BOSTON AND THE NEIGHBOURING TOWNS IN ENGLAND." A nice clean and tight copy and bright copy. Very light fray top of spine. 243pp.

THE KNOW-NOTHING PARTY IN MASSACHUSETTS: THE RISE AND FALL OF A PEOPLE'S MOVEMENT

By Mulkern, John R.

Boston, MA: Northeastern Univeristy Pr, 1990. HC. fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover). ISBN 1555530710 236pp.

A HISTORY OF OTIS MASSACHUSETTS 1773-1899

By Heck, Earl C. (Chairman Otis Bi-Centennial Committee); et al.

Otis, MA: Otis Bi-Centennial Comm, 1976. PB. very good, wraps (softcover). 124pp.