Boston: Wm. Elder & Sons 1870. Broadside 8 x 4 inches. Framed. Old fold lines. Some light soiling. Very good. Grocer's advertising broadside or handbill from the latter part of the 19th century under the proprietorship of Fred C. Gay. The broadside continues: ".of the best quality the market affords which I will sell at the lowest living prices. Trusting that by courteous treatment neatness and prompt attention to business to merit your patronage. I very respectfully solicit a trial." A handsome woodcut of a man and a large cow with a flag bearing the numeral "67" adorns the top third of the piece. Interesting and ephemeral. Wm. Elder & Sons unknown books
Boston: Richardson & Lord 1823. Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Monday June 29 SALE item 340 pp. original printed boards hardcover covers very worn masonic book plate inside the front cover vertical split to the final leaf about good only. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Boston: Richardson & Lord hardcover
Boston Weeks Jordan and Co 1840. First Edition. Paperback. Good. Bound in publisher's brown wrappers with portrait of Harrison on front. 72 p. Scattered foxing. Tear at base of the spine wrap. AI 40-2981. Cronin & Wise 32. <br> Campaign songs 1840 -- Whig. Boston, Weeks, Jordan and Co paperback
Boston 1778. Unsigned manuscript document folded to 9-1/2" x 7-1/4". 2pp plus integral blank. 25 lines. Old folds light foxing Very Good.<br/><br/> "The Subscriber being informed that the Squadron of his most Christian Majesty now in the harbour of Boston require the use of an island in that harbour which is now in his possession known by the name of Gallops Island-- willing to render every assistance in his power to accomodate the Fleets or Army of his most Christian Majesty he would propose to give them his rights to the Improvements of said Island upon the Following Terms viz.<br/> "The major of the Squadron shall grant him the exclusive rights of Erecting a Storehouse on Long Island & Supplying the French Officers & Soldiers with all those necessaries which they may want to purchase ---- viands Groceries of all kinds. Cyder wines vegetables &c & he will agree to sell those articles at a very small advance from the price of Boston & expressly Stipulate that no undue advantage shall be taken in the Price of any necessary that he may have to sell.<br/> "He will also Contract to furnish the Squadron with 2000 Cord of wood delivered at any part of said Island that may be directed to at 28 Lives money of France per Cord payable upon the delivery of each 100 Cords.<br/> "He will supply the Squadron with any Quantity of Fresh water delivered along side the Ships at 7 deniers money of France per Gallon provided that there be no delay in hoisted the water from the Boats on Board the Ships of the Cask are furnished for Transporting the water in ------ here the document ends in the middle of page 2. <br/> Elisha Leavitt Jr. and/or James Brackett owned Gallops Island at this time; historical records are ambiguous. Some sources indicate that the French erected earthworks at Gallops Island in 1778 to defend their fleet anchored in the harbor; others assert that the earthworks were on George's Island bought by Leavitt Jr. in 1768. Leavitt was a Tory a fact well known in town: people burned down his barn and surrounded his home at one point. The story goes that the pleasant elegantly dressed Mrs. Leavitt invited the mob in for cakes and wine which calmed everyone down. unknown books
London: R. Laurie and J. Whittle 1800. Engraved map sheet size approximately 21 x 34 3/4 inches. Backed with linen. Mid-19th-century ownership inscription near title. A few small chips and minor closed tears at edges light soiling and scattered faint foxing. Very good. Framed. An extremely scarce nautical chart of Boston Harbor from the second edition of the important 18th-century American atlas the NORTH AMERICAN PILOT. The chart depicts the state of the harbor just after the start of the Revolution having been reprinted from the first edition published in 1776 and 1777. The Boston peninsula and the "Ruins of Charlestown" are located in the west / far left of the chart area which follows the mainland coast as far south as Dorchester and Milton and out to Point Shirley and the Shirley Cut to the northeast in the upper center of the image; the Hull peninsula and Point Allerton are also visible in the lower right-hand quadrant of the map. In the center of the chart are the numerous islands that dot Boston Harbor as well as depth measurements and clearly marked shallow areas such as the shoals formerly known as the Dorchester Flats now a populated area of reclaimed land. Additionally there are a number of guidelines showing the best routes through the harbour to various points and markings for various points on land to aid in navigation. <br> <br> The second edition of the PILOT contained seven more maps than the first for a total of seventeen charts of which this plan of Boston Harbor was the seventh. The first edition was published by Robert Sayer and John Bennett who were succeeded by Laurie and Whittle before the publication of this atlas. The original chart engravings were executed by Thomas Jefferys. Rare in any form or edition OCLC traces only one copy of this individual map from the 1800 printing located at the State Library of Massachusetts. OCLC 843954569. PHILLIPS ATLASES 1220 ref. HOWES J84 ref. SABIN 55557 ref. R. Laurie and J. Whittle unknown books
Boston: Hill Publishing Company 1972. First Editions. Hardcover. Orig. illustrated boards. Fine in publisher fine black thick board slipcase. 30.5 x 23.5 cm. A complete set of this periodical for 1972. The magazine targeted to hip intellectuals and literary arts aficionados. The publication presented literature and illustrations by novelists short story writers poets and screenwriters including six Nobel prize winners: Maya Angelou Saul Bellow William Golding William Faulkner Ernest Hemingway and Nadine Gordimer and three Pulitzer prize winners: John Cheever Arthur Miller John Updike. Hill Publishing Company hardcover
Boston 1792. 1 pp pen and ink on paper. 7 x 4 inches. Old folds minor tears VG. 1 pp pen and ink on paper. 7 x 4 inches. "BOT" OF A FORMER SPY. A quaint record of Federal era Boston which includes a handwrtiien list of 17 artisan and craftsman on the verso reading in part: "Receipt to Mrs. Prentice Bot of John Carnes Junr for 3 Willow Hatts 3/9 L11.3 rec'd pay't for. Edward Holyoke"<br/><br/>Edward Holyoke 1770-1802 was the son of famed Sale physician Dr. Edwrad Augustus Holyoke. <br/><br/>John Carnes Jr. was a failed minster turned shopkeeper and one of George Washington's earliest spies of the American Revolution. unknown books
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