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1717Best.-Nr. 284581London: Printed for J. Morphew near Stationers-Hall 1717. First Edition. Original Sewn Wrappers. Good binding. One of Defoe's infamous pamphlets published under his second period of employment by the British government as a literary fifth columnist. Defoe would publish political or current event pamphlets either anonymously or posing as a Whig Tory Jacobite whom he said "my very soul abhors" DNB 738 or even a repentant double agent all while writing revolutionary works that lacked their bite incendiary news which proved incorrect or polemical pieces with unsound arguments. In short he worked a a pamphleteering agent of chaos all in the service of the government pacifying their erstwhile opponents. Defoe was seen as a renegade traitor and spy by a number of his contemporaries: "the little art he is truly a master of of forging a story and imposing it on the world." DNB 737. Mercurius Politicus was published in the years shortly before his fantastical Robinson Crusoe. The periodical ran from May 1716 to December 1720. This being the April 1717 issue. With "An Account of the Spaniards taking Twelve English Ships in the Bay of Campechy sic never printed before" as well as new appointments for the Bank and the East-India Company and updates on the Jacobite situation in Scotland. Sewn pamphlet lacking original paper wrappers. 211-273 pp. An ex-library copy with a punch-stamp dampstain and writing on the title page not affecting the text; library stamp on the verso of the title page. ESTC P2105. DNB V 737-738. Good binding. Printed for J. Morphew near Stationers-Hall unknown books
1976Best.-Nr. 16497Bicentennial Edition. Red-brown morocco-grain cloth over boards; gilt stamped titles; map end papers. Clean covers and spine; gilt titles somewhat dulled but legible; tightly bound; bright clean interior. Large 8vo 756 pp; index; illustrated. Pittsford, VT: Pittsford Historical Society hardcover
1959Best.-Nr. BOOKS066298IOrange MA: The Enterprise and Journal 1959. HC. good orange cloth hardcover - light spotting on front board. B&W illustrations. 220pp. The Enterprise and Journal unknown
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
1812Best.-Nr. 0006089Dover NH: O. Crosby and J. Varney 1812. First New Hampshire edition. Hardcover. Very Good. folding map. Octavos; 351 377 354 pages; new half red cloth marbled boards. NOTE: Thomas Jefferson owned for certain only vol. 1 which first appeared in 1784: he was not listed as an original subscriber in this vol. 3. Belknap was a founder of the Massachusetts Historical Society and the first historian of the State of New Hampshire. He was called the best American-born historian and was credited with improving historical writing by separating facts from opinion and analysis and by citing his sources. Howes B323; Sabin 4436; Sowerby 499. Folding map faces the title-page in vol. 1. "One of the most important eighteenth-century American histories" - Streeter. Note: the 1813 Boston edition has a different map. O. Crosby and J. Varney hardcover
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
1970Best.-Nr. 63485Harwinton CT: Self Published. Good in Good dust jacket; Finger pull tear owner name on front free endpaper jacket chipped and toned. 1970. First Printing. Hardcover. Green cloth binding. Endpaper photos maps appendix black and white photos. Signed by the author on front flyleaf. Typed letter signed by the author and relevant newspaper clipping laid in. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 180 pages . Self Published hardcover
1855Best.-Nr. 64014Boston: James M. Usher. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn especially at corners small ding to center spine pages toned. 1855. Hardcover. Original brown cloth stamped in blind on front and rear boards and in gilt on spine all edges gilt viii 376pp. Engravings register of families corrigenda index. Early history of the Town of Medford Masschusetts. Sabin 8337. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . James M. Usher hardcover
1895Best.-Nr. BOOKS040439IConcord NH: Republican Press Association 1895. HC. good original red cloth hardcover. B&W illustrations. Volume I HISTORICAL 428pp; Volume II GENEALOGICAL 459pp. - Original two Volumes bound as one. NOTE - one plate has a tear one page is loose. Nice clean and tight copy. Republican Press Association unknown
2007Best.-Nr. 036931New London County Historical Society: 2007. 782 pages with a new Introduction nd a revised Index. "Her most notable achievements were two critically accalimed histories o Norwich and new London histories so carefully researched that they are still of have to modern historians. Frances Caulkins was one of the most noted of Connecticut's 19th century historians." FINE HARDCOVER FINE DUST JACKET. Dust jacket protected with a clear plastic acid-free jacket. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New London County Historical Society: Hardcover
1976Best.-Nr. BOOKS064084IPittsford VT: Pittsford Historical Society 1976. HC. fine maroon grained cloth hardcover. Originally published in 1872 this quality reprint was done with a separate EXPANDED INDEX TO CAVERLY'S HISTORY OF PITTSFORD VT. 86 pages which is included with this offering. 756pp. Pittsford Historical Society unknown
1872Best.-Nr. 003327Rutland: Tuttle & Co. Printers. 1872. hardcover. 751 pp Fine/- some light page soiling fold-out map present but. crease d rebound in leather. Tuttle & Co. Printers hardcover
1970Best.-Nr. 1222Volcano Calif.: California Traveler. NF. Reprint; 1st thus. Hardcover. Very slight edgewear and minor bumping to some pages along bottom edge; Near Fine. Lovely copy clean tight and solid. Facsimile reprint of 1876 edition Brown cloth with decorative gilt title with maps in color; 151 pages . 1970. California Traveler 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
1993Best.-Nr. BOOKS068272IGill MA: Town of Gill 1993. HC. very good maroon cloth hardcover errata slip laid in. B&W illustrations. 303pp. Town of Gill unknown
Best.-Nr. 19990Self Published. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. N.D. First Edition. Hardcover. A self published typed case-bound manuscript in red cloth over boards. 31 page history of the New Hampshire State Hospital with few scattered alluysions to State Library as previous owner indications of pocket on ffep mostly cleanly removed. Some pencil notations and corrections. . Self Published hardcover
Best.-Nr. 0656057688.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1969Best.-Nr. BOOKS075355I1969. PB. very good wraps softcover. B&W illustrations. An uncommon publication to find for your NH collection or to head home to Kingston. 134pp. unknown
1984Best.-Nr. 035088Newbury 350th Committee: 1984. 755 pages illustrated in b&w. This book is a reprint of the 1902 edition. NEW HARDCOVER not issued with a dust jacket. Still in the original shrinkwrap. Hardcover. New/Not Issued with a Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Newbury 350th Committee: hardcover
1881Best.-Nr. BOOKS037181IConcord NH: Republican Press Association 1881. HC. good original brown cloth hardcover clean and tight copy. B&W illustrations. From the Date of the Masonian Charter to the Present Time 1749-1880; with a Genealogical Register of the Jaffrey familes and An Appendix Containing the Proceedings of the Centennial Celebration in 1873." Engraved portraits Albertypes fold-out map. LIGHT WEAR TOP AND BOTTOM OF SPINE. FFEP loose and laid in. 649pp. Republican Press Association unknown
1908Best.-Nr. 36142Rumford Printing. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. w/o dj A clean tightly bound hardcover copy without jacket. Blck cloth over board worn at head and foot of spine extremeties and corners. Paper tanning. . Rumford Printing hardcover
1880Best.-Nr. BOOKS041054IBoston MA: Estes and Lauriat Publishers 1880. HC. good brown cloth hardcover SEE NOTE for full details. B&W illustrations. Containing Carefully Prepared Histories of Every City and Town in the County by Well-Known Writers; and A General History of the County From the Earliest to the Present Time." Volume I 505pp Volume II 571pp list of subscribers - CONDITION NOTE Faint dampstain on foreedges clean and tight and overall a nice set. Estes and Lauriat Publishers unknown
1910Best.-Nr. BOOKS048849IConcord NH: Rumford Printing Company 1910. HC. good green cloth hardcover light edgewear - SEE NOTE. B&W illustrations map. In two parts: PART I - NARRATIVE 482 pages followed by PART II - GENEALOGIES 450 pages. CONDITION NOTE: LIGHT EDGEWEAR TOP/BOTTOM OF SPINE OLD HINGE REPAIRS - REGLUED - overall a clean and tight copy. Rumford Printing Company unknown
1910Best.-Nr. 1656Concord N.H.: Rumford Printing Company. VG with no dust jacket. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Modest shelfwear chiefly rubbing and minor edgewear at corners; slight stain on bottom page block. Pages are slightly age-toned; Very Good. Solid sturdy clean copy. Includes several fold-out photographs and map. Extensive genealogies of the area; B&W Illustrations; 450 pages . 1910. Rumford Printing Company hardcover
1873Best.-Nr. 0008051Boston: Little Brown And Company 1873. Revised & Enlarged edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo; ix 422 pages original embossed cloth spine faded Frothingham was a Massachusetts historian journalist publisher and the second mayor of Charlestown Mass. This is his last edition but it was corrected revised and enlarged with a new Letter in the Appendix. This copy lacks the frontispiece Plan of Boston 3 steel plates 2 facsimiles 3 folding maps. Little, Brown And Company hardcover
