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1775rif. 000855England 1775. On offer is an original LS by English King George III dated 3 January 1775 a mere six days before Parliament declared Massachusetts in a state of rebellion. On March 23 Patrick Henry gives the "Give me or give me Death" speech and on 19 April came the first shots on Lexington Green. King George III King of England 1760 - 1820 he supported the policy which led to war with and the loss of the American colonies sends his cousin to Princess Abbess at Gardersheim Germany his profuse best wishes for the New Year. Signed "George R" one page both sides 8 x 12.5 which reads in part: "You have our most sincere thanks for the pleasant mark that your dear Love has given us at this time of change to a New Year of your friendly disposition toward us. We reciprocate the same and would express the sincere wish that Your dear Love may have begun the New Year Pleasantly and may pass it in uninterrupted enjoyment of unalloyed prosperity.George R." In fine condition with remnants of previous matting to the lower corners. As King George's III grandfather George I came over directly from Germany George III spoke and wrote German in which this letter is written. Comes with a full translation. VG. Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Manuscript. unknown
1905rif. 73326730 4 vi 861 pages black and white frontispiece to The Book of Common Prayer Published by Cambridge University Press and William Clowes and Sons Ltd hardcover
1996rif. 40038US: Privately Printed 1996. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good . 6 x 9 in. Blue cloth boards. Condition is VERY GOOD ; minimal shelf wear covers very clean. BInding tight and text unmarked. Maine. Stax. Privately Printed hardcover
1923rif. 13077Boston Mass: Sampson & Murdock Co. Very Good. 1923. Hardcover. Clean green cloth with black lettering. Text tight clean & intact. Spine ends lightly rubbed. Containing a directory of the citizens house directory business and street directory and city record with map. Slight shelf lean. Manchester New Hampshire ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 696 pages . Sampson & Murdock Co. hardcover
1909rif. 41773Boston: W. B. Clarke Co. 1909. author's edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 6 x 9 in. Maroon cloth boards. Author's edition limited to 1000 copies but no number is written on the limitation pg. Condition is VERY GOOD ; corners and spine ends bumped with mild wear covers very clean. Spine label is toned and a bit chipped. Binding tight. PO's bookplate on front pastedown also a note in ink with some numbers and info bookplate has a small discard stamp on it. Text bright and unmarked. Maine. Stax. W. B. Clarke Co. hardcover
1838rif. 19817Bangor Maine: Samuel S. Smith 1838. Hardcover. Very Good. 4 1/2 x 7 in. 12mo. 88 pp. Original green cloth boards. Condition is VERY GOOD ; mild shelf wear covers clean but rubbed. Paper label on spine. Blind stamp on title pg and another leaf. Binding tight and text clean and unmarked. Paper label from the New England Historic Genealogical Society on the front pastedown. Stone 1758-1837 served in the Revolution and was a composer teacher and justice of the peace. The music in this volume are hymns. Rare. RGR. Samuel S. Smith hardcover
1872rif. 44114Brunswick Maine: The Press of Maine 1872. first edition. Hardcover. Very good. 6 x 9 in. Brown cloth boards. Condition is VERY GOOD ; corners worn some loss to spine ends with chips to spine head. Covers clean small hole in front gutter. Binding solid front joint a touch wobbly. Text bright and unmarked. Maine. Stax. The Press of Maine hardcover
1902rif. 5312The New England Watch Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1902. Softcover. COSTUMES FOR THE SUMMER AND OUTING SEASON are necessarily light in weight and of material not adapted for the wearing of a Broach Watch. We meet this particular need with our Belt Watch which is more attractive for being designed in the spirit of the various sports. White wraps with glassine covers sewn red cover illustrations with black lettering catalog pages are illustrated in b&w. Rare with no examples located in Worldcat. Not in Romaine.; 2" x 7"; 9 pp; This company was only in operation from 1898 to 1914. ; Some chipping to to front glassine cover clean and unmarked within. . The New England Watch Company paperback
2002rif. 627Vermont: Evergreen Press 2002. Revised. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Green hardcover in dustjacket - revised expanded edition of 2002. Signed without inscription on the title page by Jones. A very good copy in like dustjacket with minor shelf-wear at the edges and a bump to the upper front corner of the board. Tight clean and seemingly unread. 386 pp. indexed filled with black and white photos. A solid history of Maine's only narrow gauge railway. Evergreen Press hardcover
1901rif. 20915New York: DG. W. Dillingham 1901. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 5 x 7 1/4 in. 340 pp. plus publisher's adverts. Tan pictoral coth boards with red titles. Condition is VERY GOOD ; minor shelf wear covers extremely clean and bright spine moderately toned. Binding tight and text spotless. "Christmas 1901" on the ffep in sepia ink. PO's name on front pastedown. Maine. RGR. DG. W. Dillingham hardcover
1962rif. 211325Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England 1962. Hardcover. Very good plus condition with text clean and binding sound without dust jacket. Size: 8.75x10.75 inches 168pp. map in rear pocket. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England hardcover
1975rif. 39764Boyce VA: Self-Published; Carr Publishing Co. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. B&W Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 454 pages; Oversize HC in blue cloth with titles brightly in gilt to cover and spine. Soundly bound and clean; mild toning to endpages in gutters. Writer's errate notice laid in with small indications to the text where errata apply. Solid neat copy. VG to VG . Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. . Self-Published; Carr Publishing Co. hardcover
1889rif. 12973Brattleboro Vermont: D. Leonard. Very Good. 1889. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean mustard color cloth with gilt lettering. Text tight clean & intact. Decorated endpapers. Illustrated with engraved portraits. Pages printed in two column form. The town derives its name from William Brattle from Massachusetts. Population almost 6000. Charter by King George the II 1753. New England ; Portraits; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 191 pages . D. Leonard hardcover
1909rif. 11806Warren N. H.: Warren News Print. Very Good. 1909-22. Softcover. Eight original reports of the town officers of the Town of Wentworth County of Grafton New Hampshire. Summary of Inventory; Appropriation; Financial Report; Balance Sheet; Payments; Town Clerk Treasurer and Tax Collector Report; Highway & Bridges; Registered Birth Marriages and Death. Feb. 15 1909 1909-10 1911 1912 1914 1917 1921 and 1922. New England Wentworth New Hampshire; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 28 pages . Warren News Print paperback
1917rif. 1329The Wild Gardens of Acadia 1917. Very Good . 34 pages. 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 in. Several photographs. Tan paper cover two staples hold together binding. Condition of the book is VERY GOOD: Light soiling to covers two very small rust stains on back cover minimal wear considering age pages very white. This is a publication of Sieur de Monts National Monument before it was Acadia National Park several articles two by George Dorr. The Wild Gardens of Acadia unknown
1892rif. 12314Conn.: Connecticut Academy of Arts & Science. Very Good. 1892. Reprint. Hardcover. First published in 1819 reprinted 1892. Clean maroon cloth with gilt lettering. Text tight clean & intact. Laid In color map. Historical & statistical review. Prior owners signature. New England ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 186 pages . Connecticut Academy of Arts & Science hardcover
1877rif. 18862Good hardcover no DJ. Paper over boards backed with black morocco-grain cloth; black titles on front cover paper panel on spine with black titles. Scuffed lightly soiled covers with uneven age darkening; some edge wear with boards just exposed; rubbed with 1/4 inch strip missing at spine head; tightly bound; light clean interior; supple leaves. Black and white illustrations and charts; 1 fold out chart; 1 full color fold-out map of Vermont showing annual rain fall by area. 8vo 395 pp paged 211 pp 184 pp; index. Montpelier VT: J. and J.M. Poland, Printers hardcover
1890rif. 18653Good hardcover no DJ. Dark blue net-grain cloth over boards gilt stamped titles on spine; floral print end papers. Bright clean square covers and spine; 1/4 inch chip in cloth at rear cover top edge; tightly bound; age darkened end papers; owner name on front pastedown and on title page at top edge; small ink name written on one interior page; otherwise clean interior with very slight general age darkening. 8vo 239 pp 5 pp index; illustrated. See OCLC #9691169. New Bedford MA: Self-published/E. Anthony and Sons, printers hardcover
1868rif. 5139Included: 1 'Officers and Committees for the Centennial Celebration to be Holden at Acworth N.H. September 16 1868' 8 pp side-stabbed pamphlet under wraps Cf OCLC #758996933. 2 May 1868 invitation to attend the Acworth Centennial from Committee of Invitation 4 pp fold printed front cover only. 3 Acworth Centennial Programme giving events and speakers 4 pp fold printed front and interior. 4 Acworth Centennial 'Song of Welcome' single sheet with song lyrics printed one side only. 5 Acworth Centennial songs 4 pp fold with lyrics for 4 songs Cf OCLC #32423305. All material is supple and in good condition with light scuffing slight age darkening. The 'Officers and Committees' pamphlet has pencil name on front cover and old damp stain at lower corners. Claremont, NH: Printed by Claremont Manufacturing Co. paperback
1912rif. 17078Good softcover. Staple-bound with slightly oversize thin card covers. Front cover is lightly scuffed with few small faint stains; rear cover is stained and soiled at top inner corner and along joint; tightly bound; bright clean interior. This is the program for the Brattleboro Pageant presented at Island Park in the Connecticut River 4 times between June 5th and 12th 1912 including 3 performances of Royall Tyler’s ‘The Contrast’. The pageant consisted of 11 ‘episodes’ e.g. ‘The Deerfield Captives’ ‘Green Dragon Inn Boston’ ‘The Arms Tavern: Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys’ ‘Life in the Watercure Days’ etc. Each episode includes short history synopsis of the piece cast of characters and actor’s names. Large 8vo 31 pp; illustrated with local photos not pageant pictures. Cf Bassett #3159; OCLC #11931224. Laid in is a short card with list of 'episodes' note on Island Park and note on 'The Contrast'. Brattleboro, VT: Brattleboro Board of Trade/Vermont Printing Co. paperback
1882rif. 22721Boston: James R. Osgood and Co. 1882. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good . 9 1/4 x 5 1/2 in. 68 pp. Pictoral paper boards with a cloth spine strip. 12 full pg. Heliotypes each with a tissue guard. Condition is VERY GOOD ; slight edge wear covers very clean a bit toned. Front cover a bit curved. Binding tight and text spotless. The quality of the heliotypes is remarkable. PO's name dated 1882 on ffep. Very scarce Maine item. Maine. RGR. James R. Osgood and Co. hardcover
1877rif. 57682double column pages unpaginated chatpter and verse includes two red cloth ribbon markers Published by Oxford University Press hardcover
1750rif. 49463finely bound copy with engraved frontispiece title page in red and black double column final leaf of common prayer Bbb Psalms dated 1751 30 pages Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David pointed as they are to be sung or said in churches: and the form or manner of making ordaining and consecrating of bishops priests and deacons Printed by George Grierson hardcover
1927rif. 13151Boston: Sampson & Murdock Co. Very Good. 1927. Hardcover. Clean tan cloth with advertisements printed on both covers. Text tight clean & intact. Illustrated with large fold out map. Containing names occupations and addresses. Business Directory House directory on blue pages. Street directory and miscellaneous information. Advertisements printed on orange pages. New Hampshire New England ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 900 pages . Sampson & Murdock Co. hardcover
1941rif. 003238Burlington VT: Mary Fletcher Hospital. 1941. hardcover. 68 pp Very Good/- boards soiled. Mary Fletcher Hospital hardcover
