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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 LEGACY OF JOSIAH JOHNSON HAWES - 19TH CENTURY PHOTOGRAPHS OF BOSTON

By Homer, Rachel Johnston (edited, with an introduction by)

Barre, MA: Barre Publishers, 1972. HC. very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover). B&W illustrations. ISBN 0827172230 132pp.

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.

QUABBIN: THE LOST VALLEY

By Howe, Donald W. (compiled by) - (edited by Roger Nye Lincoln)

Salem, MA: Higginson Book Company, 1951. HC. fine, green buckram cloth (hardcover). B&W illustrations. A quality reprint of the first edition. 631pp.

FROM THE PAST TO THE FUTURE: A HISTORY OF THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS: 1893-1988

By History Committee of the Federation; Nancy Beatty (President and signed by)

Canaan, NH: Phoenix Publishing, 1988. HC. very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) SEE IMPORTANT NOTE. B&W illustrations. ISBN 0914659324 Important note - ONE SIGNATURE, Pages 77-92, is bound upside down. Text complete. 233pp.

ENTERING EASTHAM - [Eastham, Massachusetts] - A Glimpse of the Olde and the Newe Eastham

By Beyle, Noel W. (signed by)

Falmouth, MA: Kendall Printing, Inc, 1986. PB. very good, wraps (softcover). B&W illustrations. 106pp.

GUARDIANS OF VIRTUE - SALEM FAMILIES IN 1800

By Farber, Bernard

New York: Basic Books, Inc., Publ, 1972. HC. good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover). ISBN 0465027849 228pp.

CLIO'S CONSORT: JEREMY BELKNAP AND THE FOUNDING OF THE MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY

By Tucker, Louis Leonard

Boston, MA: Mass. Historical Society, 1990. HC. very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover). ISBN 093490927X 149pp.

THOREAU'S WALDEN: A PHOTOGRAPHIC REGISTER

By Kane, Henry Bugbee (with an introduction by Brooks Atkinson)

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. HC. good, brown cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket). B&W illustrations. To celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of Thoreau's experiment in housekeeping at Walden Pond, Henry B. Kane decided some time ago to photograph as many as possible of the things that delighted Thoreau and nourished his spirit. 171pp.

BERKSHIRE COUNTY LANDMARKS: AN INVENTORY AND DESCRIPTION

By Smith, Donald Spencer

Williamstown, MA: Berkshire County Hist. Soc, 1972. PB. good+, wraps (softcover). 127pp.

WILD FLOWERS OF MARTHA'S VINEYARD

By Coon, Nelson

Vineyard Haven, MA: Dukes County Historical Soc, 1969. PB. very good, wraps (softcover). B&W illustrations. Very good softcover with good dustjacket on the wraps. 175pp.

HISTORIC AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESOURCES OF THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY - A FRAMEWORK FOR PRESERVATION DECISIONS

By Massachusetts Historical Commission State Survey Team (Michael J. Connolly, Secretary)

Boston, MA: Massachusetts Hist. Comm, 1984. PB. very good+, wraps (softcover). maps. Contents include: Topographic Overview; Prehistoric Overview; Patterns of Settlement and Land Use (broken into seven periods starting in 1500); Architectural Development; Economic and Industrial Development; Management Recommendations; General Bibliography; Selected Maps and Atlases. 321pp.

HISTORY OF GREENFIELD: SHIRE TOWN OF FRANKLIN COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS (Vol 1 and 2); 1868-1900; and Volume 3: 1900-1929

By Thompson, Francis M. (Volumes 1 and 2); and, Kellogg, Lucy Cutler (Volume 3)

Greenfield, MA: Town of Greenfield, 1934. HC. good+ light olive green cloth (hardcover). Published at different times, the cloth covers do not match exactly. Volume 1, 1904, 643pp NO MAP IN REAR POCKET; Volume 2, 1904, pages 646-1308; and, Volume 3, 1931, pages 1309-1938.

PEOPLE AND PREDICAMENTS: OF LIFE AND DISTRESS ON MARTHA'S VINEYARD

By Mazer, Milton

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1976. HC. good w/lightly edgeworn dustjacket (hardcover). ISBN 0674660757 279pp.