1914Best.-Nr. 15730The Granite State Publishing Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. A clean copy in burgundy cloth covered boards with threads showing at the front hinge at Frontis. Foxing to page edges and light shelf wear to boards. . The Granite State Publishing Company hardcover
1892Best.-Nr. 22731Maine: Journal Press 1892. Hardcover. Good . 5 x 8 in. Maroon cloth boards with gilt titles. Condition is GOOD ; both hinges cracked but binding of the text remains tight. Text bright and unmarked. Maine. Stax. Journal Press hardcover
Best.-Nr. 031227Mercury Publishing 926 pages. This book is a facsimile of the original edition from 1897. "With supplement containing the record of 1896 colonial returns lists of the early settlers purchasers freemen inhabitants the soldiers serving in Philip's War and the Revolution." FINE HARDCOVER Blue cloth covers. Hard Cover. Fine/Not Issued with a Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Mercury Publishing Hardcover
1916Best.-Nr. 035834Citizens Committee of the Saugus Board of Trade: 1916. 107 pages illustrated with b&w photos. "The little settlement at Saugus which later became an independent town is one of the oldest in Massachusetts. There is much to be learned from the hsitory of the town as there is from the history of all the early town of New England." FINE HARDCOVER. Hard Cover. Fine/No Dust Jacket Present. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Citizens Committee of the Saugus Board of Trade: Hardcover
Best.-Nr. 63-3423Brighton England: Autopress Ltd. 1970. 4to. 196 pp. Brown Vinyl Hardcover Very Good with some staining. Illustrations charts. Brighton, England: Autopress Ltd., 1970. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 63-3420Brighton England: Autopress Ltd. 1972. 4to. 144 pp. Red Vinyl Hardcover Very Good. Illustrations charts. Brighton, England: Autopress Ltd., 1972. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 63-3425Brighton England: Autopress Ltd. 1972. 4to. 177 pp. Tan Vinyl Hardcover Very Good with some staining. Illustrations charts. Brighton, England: Autopress Ltd., 1972. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 68-8709London UK: Bank Of England 1909. Hand written receipt on Bank Of England letterhead in black ink. 21 x 25.5 cm. Very Good.Provenance: Purkiss and Imray families London 19th century. Both families operated in the intense competitive and expanding print market of 19th century London catering to different yet essential markets. In the 19th century the Purkiss and Imray families were prominent in London particularly within the fields of nautical publishing and intellectual property. Collection of deeds documents business correspondence photographs relating to the Purkiss of Glass House Yard Aldersgate Imray Mulgrave Villa Sutton & elsewhere & associated families mostly relating to property transactions in London Fountain Place City Road wills etc. manuscripts many deeds on vellum letters on paper folds v.s. v.d. 1793-1914. London, UK: Bank Of England, 1909. hardcover
1893Best.-Nr. BOOKS046001IManchester NH: John B. Clarke Company 1893. HC. good black cloth hardcover light wear bottom of spine. .RELATING TO THE PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE CHRONOLOGICALLY ARRANGED ACCORDING TO THE ORDER OF RECORD IN THE SEVERAL SERIES DESIGNATED AS COLONIAL PAPERS MISCELLANEOUS CORRESPONDENCE COLONIAL ENTRY BOOKS BOARD OF TRADE JOURNAL . With Notes and Indexes." Nice clean and tight copy. 557pp. John B. Clarke Company unknown
1881Best.-Nr. BOOKS070740IBoston MA: Press of Geo. H. Ellis 1881. HC. very good black buckram cloth hardcover - SEE NOTE. B&W illustrations. Exceptionally nice clean and tight copy. Possibly rebound extremely well at some point. 726pp. Press of Geo. H. Ellis unknown
1894Best.-Nr. 011114Rehoboth MA: Self-Published 1894. Book. VG. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brown cloth blind-ruled lettered in gilt patterned endpapers. 1572 pp. illus. w/ frontis. portrait of Darius Goff with tissue guard and additional b&w plates. Modestly rubbed along edges and at spine extremities. Interior clean binding firm. Self-Published Hardcover
Best.-Nr. 033919Higginson Book Company: First published in 1910 this is the modern reprint of that edition no date of this reprint 488 pages illustrated in b&w. "Including brief allusion to many individuals and an account of the celebration of the two hundred and fifteith anniversary of the incorporation of the town." FINE HARDCOVER. Hard Cover. Fine/Not Issued with a Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Higginson Book Company: Hardcover
1994Best.-Nr. 63082Newcastle ME: Lincoln County Publishing Co. Very Good; Lightly soiled owner inscription on title page. 1994. Second Printing. Softcover. 0965274608 . Acknowledgements black and white photos and illustrations maps notes figures appendices bibliography and index. A beautiful copy of this regional and nautical history. Signed by the author on the title page. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 148 pages . Lincoln County Publishing Co paperback
1863Best.-Nr. BOOKS064373IConcord NH: G. Parker Lyon 1863. HC. very good dark brown cloth hardcover. 2. HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER N.H.; 3. THE VALLEY OF THE MERRIMACK; and 4. CHANGES IN THE MERRIMACK RIVER. 442pp. G. Parker Lyon unknown
1896Best.-Nr. 61605Chicago: Fleming H. Revell. Good with no dust jacket; Silverfish damage to boards. 1896. Third american edition. Hardcover. Navy decorated cloth top edges gilt vii 368pp. Introduction by Rev. A. E. Dunning. Black and white illustrations by Charles Whymper. Laid in is a manuscript note from historian John Fiske dated November 1 1895 proffering thanks for a copy of this title sent to him one of the best monographs that I have seen. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Fleming H. Revell hardcover
1915Best.-Nr. 60452Manchester NH: Amoskeag Manufacturing Company. Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn missing 2 inches at head of spine . hinges cracked bookseller's card glued to front pastedown endpaper. 1915. Hardcover. Halfbound brown leather with red cloth boards. Top edges gilt. Index photos. History of the once largest textile mill company in the world located in Manchester New Hampshire. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 288 pages . Amoskeag Manufacturing Company hardcover
1976Best.-Nr. 60927Private Printing. Very Good; Covers lightly worn. 1976. Softcover. Signed by the author on the title page. A bicentennial edition of this history of the town of Hancock Massachusetts along the New York border. Many photos. Folding map at front folding group photos at rear. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 80 pages . Private Printing paperback
1989Best.-Nr. BOOKS074784IDover MA: Dover Historical Society 1989. HC. fine blue cloth hardcover. On front cover - THE EARLY RECORDS OF DOVER MASSACHUSETTS - 1748-1791 - at bottom of title page Volume I. 225pp index. Dover Historical Society unknown
2003Best.-Nr. 036257SPNEA: 2003. 448 pages illustrated in color and b&w. This book celebrates the scope and aesthetic quality of the unparalleled collections of the Society of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities at the same time that it explores the personal and cultural meaning of specific pieces." FINE HARDCOVER FINE DUSTJACKET. Dust jacket protected with a clear plastic acid-free jacket. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Peter Harholdt. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. SPNEA: Hardcover
1940Best.-Nr. 020618Houghton Mifflin: 1940. 306 pages illustrated with the complete roster listing of this unit at the end of the text. . "The Regiment was part of the National Guard of Massachusetts and was known as the 1st Regiment Field Artillery. The 101st Field Artillery as is pointed out in the text was fortunate in having during most of its fighting life only two commanders both in the military sense born and bred in the organization General John H. Sherburne and Colonel Robert E. Goodwin.This history is written primarily for those who were of and who love the Regiment; but it is written further for the sake of an authentic account of a National Guard unit that played an important part in great events." FINE HARDCOVER GOOD DUST JACKET. Dust jacket protected with a clear plastic acid-free jacket. Hard Cover. Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Houghton Mifflin: Hardcover
1975Best.-Nr. 035681MA: Town of Winchester: 1975. Volume I: 401 pages illustrated with b&w photos and line drawings by W. H. W. Bicknell. Volume 2: 274 pages illustrated with b&w photos with Errata Slip presesnt. 2 FINE HARDCOVERS FINE- SLIPCASE. Not issued with dust jackets. Hard Cover. Fine/Not Issued with a Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Town of Winchester: Hardcover
1928Best.-Nr. 36749Hartford CT: Edwin Valentine Mitchell. Very Good in Fair dust jacket; Boards rubbed jacket taped tattered and . front jacket flap detached. 1928. Hardcover. Blue paper-covered boards with black cloth spine. Printed yellow paper labels on front boards and spine. "Delightful reminiscences of Hartford in the days of horse-cars high bicycles racing on Washington Street Roberts' opera House and Ally Hall P. Harvard Riley's Dancing Academy cotillions General Grant's visit torchlight processions the early days of gold tennis and automobiling of the time when the town was shocked because a young man went to a fancy dress ball as Bonnie Prince Charlie with bare knees." from front jacket flap. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 70 pages . Edwin Valentine Mitchell hardcover
1989Best.-Nr. BOOKS074130IMystic CT: Mystic Publications 1989. PB. very good wraps softcover. B&W illustrations. 217 full page black and white illustrations. unpaginated. Mystic Publications unknown
1992Best.-Nr. 54011Maine: Island Institute 1992. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very good /very good. 9 x 12 in. Cloth and paper boards. Condition is VERY GOOD ; covers like near new. Binding tight text unmarked. DJ is VERY GOOD ; clipped clean mild wear to spine head. Maine. Stax. Island Institute hardcover
1872Best.-Nr. 020026Salem MA: Printed at the Salem Press 1872. Book. Good. Quarter-Leather. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brown 1/4 morocco green and black marbled paper covered boards cloth corners. Leather along binding is cracked with loss though binding appears to be holding firm. Some exposure at corners with bottom corners a bit layered. 59 pp. Occasional neat underlining with a ruler! in pencil or ink a few notations. Signed on front blank by former owner William Gray Brooks. Original edition not a modern-era facsimile. Printed at the Salem Press Hardcover
