1846réf. 370888Boston: Published by All the Booksellers 1846. 48pp. Pencil annotations. 8vo. Publisher's wrappers soiled minor wear. 48pp. Pencil annotations. 8vo. The description offered in catalogue 590 by the venerable Goodspeed's who knew a thing or two about Boston Brahmin simply cannot be improved: "Vexatious to some but amusing to others because of the biographical comments. A mayor of Boston is called "a 'desperate punster'" and a famous Boston historian is described as "'a showy boy at school and college" and "a pushing man with industry and memory enough to be a good scholar but with great talents for making himself ridiculous.'" The anonymous author or authors "'hold it to be the inalienable right of all Yankees to inquire into and to thoroughly sift and examine their neighbor's affairs."'" The early pencil annotations in this example correct some information add a few names of descendents and record deaths. Sabin 6623 Published by All the Booksellers unknown

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(Boston)ABAA

Our First Men:" A Calendar of Wealth Fashion and Gentility; containing a List of Those Persons Taxed in the City of Boston credibly reported to be worth One Hundred Thousand Dollars with Biographical Notices

1846réf. 370888Boston: Published by All the Booksellers 1846. 48pp. Pencil annotations. 8vo. Publisher's wrappers soiled minor wear. 48pp. Pencil annotations. 8vo. The description offered in catalogue 590 by the venerable Goodspeed's who knew a thing or two about Boston Brahmin simply cannot be improved: "Vexatious to some but amusing to others because of the biographical comments. A mayor of Boston is called "a 'desperate punster'" and a famous Boston historian is described as "'a showy boy at school and college" and "a pushing man with industry and memory enough to be a good scholar but with great talents for making himself ridiculous.'" The anonymous author or authors "'hold it to be the inalienable right of all Yankees to inquire into and to thoroughly sift and examine their neighbor's affairs."'" The early pencil annotations in this example correct some information add a few names of descendents and record deaths. Sabin 6623 Published by All the Booksellers unknown books

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(Boston) Holyoke, EdwardBiblio.com

Autograph Document Signed to John Carnes Jr.

1792réf. 228522Boston 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. 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" Edward Holyoke 1770-1802 was the son of famed Sale physician Dr. Edwrad Augustus Holyoke. John Carnes Jr. was a failed minster turned shopkeeper and one of George Washington's earliest spies of the American Revolution. unknown

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(Boston) Holyoke, EdwardABAA

Autograph Document Signed to John Carnes Jr.

1792réf. 228522Boston 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. 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" Edward Holyoke 1770-1802 was the son of famed Sale physician Dr. Edwrad Augustus Holyoke. 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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[Boston Lloyds S C Thwing & Co]Biblio.com

Power of Attorney for Boston Lloyds between S. C. Thwing & Co. and Richard S. Haven

1869réf. 43274Boston 1869. Near fine some browning at upper edge. 1 sheet. Folio. Signed and dated 1 January 1869. Sealed with 50 cent Internal Revenue conveyance stamp. Title arches over an etching of a three masted ship steaming at sea. Boston Lloyds was an insurance organization formed as "an Association for the purpose of taking Marine Risks by means of Individual Underwriting" and "by power of attorney have ing each member authorized Richard S. Haven to make insurance for them in their individual capacity as the said Richard S. Haven may deem proper; and for that purpose to perform all acts necessary to the proper fulfillment of the object." There were sixty members each allowing Haven to commit them up to $500 each. One of the firms was S. C. Thwing & Co. of Boston whose commitment document this is. Its primary owner was Supply Clap Thwing 1798-1871 a wealthy businessman with roots tracing back to the Pilgrims. He was active in the mercantile trade between the East Indies and New Orleans was a ship owner and active in the coal trade. Richard S. Haven came to Boston from California became an insurance agent for a number of companies before forming Boston Lloyds which unfortunately did not last half a decade perhaps failing about 1874. Rare. The only known documents on Boston Lloyds are held in the archives of the Peabody Essex Museum. The United States Insurance Gazette V. 28 new series 1868-9 pp. 26-7; Memorial Biographies of the New England Historic Genealogical Society p. 251. unknown

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[Boston Lloyds S C Thwing & Co]ABAA

Power of Attorney for Boston Lloyds between S. C. Thwing & Co. and Richard S. Haven

1869réf. 43274Boston 1869. Near fine some browning at upper edge. 1 sheet. Folio. Signed and dated 1 January 1869. Sealed with 50 cent Internal Revenue conveyance stamp. Title arches over an etching of a three masted ship steaming at sea. Boston Lloyds was an insurance organization formed as "an Association for the purpose of taking Marine Risks by means of Individual Underwriting" and "by power of attorney have ing each member authorized Richard S. Haven to make insurance for them in their individual capacity as the said Richard S. Haven may deem proper; and for that purpose to perform all acts necessary to the proper fulfillment of the object." There were sixty members each allowing Haven to commit them up to $500 each. One of the firms was S. C. Thwing & Co. of Boston whose commitment document this is. Its primary owner was Supply Clap Thwing 1798-1871 a wealthy businessman with roots tracing back to the Pilgrims. He was active in the mercantile trade between the East Indies and New Orleans was a ship owner and active in the coal trade. Richard S. Haven came to Boston from California became an insurance agent for a number of companies before forming Boston Lloyds which unfortunately did not last half a decade perhaps failing about 1874. Rare. The only known documents on Boston Lloyds are held in the archives of the Peabody Essex Museum. The United States Insurance Gazette V. 28 new series 1868-9 pp. 26-7; Memorial Biographies of the New England Historic Genealogical Society p. 251. unknown books

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[BOSTON] [CIVIC IMPROVEMENTS - ENGINEERING] [TUDOR, William; Edward Tuckerman, et al, signatories]Biblio.com

Collection of Facts and Documents Relative to the Project of a Bridge from South Street in Boston to Dorchester Neck. And the Annexation of that Peninsula to the Town of Boston

1805réf. 86618Boston: E. Lincoln Water Street 1805. First Edition. Octavo 23cm. Sewn wrappers; 622pp final page a blank. Moderate foxing and discoloration to title page; text quite fresh with sewing intact - Very Good. Documentary account of the controversy surrounding the construction of the South Street Toll Bridge aka the Dover Street Bridge connecting Boston to Dorchester in the years 1803-05. The case was an early example in America of publicly-supported private development involving the annexation of much of what is now South Boston and the destruction of substantial existing property on the South Street side. Various petitions for and against the project are presented in the current pamphlet; these are signed in type by some of the principal players in the scheme including William Tudor and Gardner Greene for and multiple citizens under the signature of Edward Tuckerman opposing. The bridge was constructed later in 1805. S&S 8207. RINK 2618. SABIN 6598. E. Lincoln, Water Street unknown

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[BOSTON] [CIVIC IMPROVEMENTS - ENGINEERING] [TUDOR, William; Edward Tuckerman, et al, signatories]ABAA

Collection of Facts and Documents Relative to the Project of a Bridge from South Street in Boston to Dorchester Neck. And the Annexation of that Peninsula to the Town of Boston

1805réf. 86618Boston: E. Lincoln Water Street 1805. First Edition. Octavo 23cm. Sewn wrappers; 622pp final page a blank. Moderate foxing and discoloration to title page; text quite fresh with sewing intact - Very Good. Documentary account of the controversy surrounding the construction of the South Street Toll Bridge aka the Dover Street Bridge connecting Boston to Dorchester in the years 1803-05. The case was an early example in America of publicly-supported private development involving the annexation of much of what is now South Boston and the destruction of substantial existing property on the South Street side. Various petitions for and against the project are presented in the current pamphlet; these are signed in type by some of the principal players in the scheme including William Tudor and Gardner Greene for and multiple citizens under the signature of Edward Tuckerman opposing. The bridge was constructed later in 1805. S&S 8207. RINK 2618. SABIN 6598. E. Lincoln, Water Street unknown books

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[Irish-Americana - Immigration - Boston - Catholicism] Roche, Martin JBiblio.com

FOR MONEY ORDERS AND PASSAGE TICKETS To and from all parts of Ireland England Scotland and Whales GO TO THE Charlestown Steamship Office and Catholic Book Store

1890réf. List3882Charlestown Massachusetts 1890. Double-sided printed cardstock measuring 5 ¾ x 3 ¼ inches. Some small stains and manuscript pencil markings. Excellent. A card advertising Martin J. Roche's Steamship Office and Catholic Book Store in the Charlestown neighborhood of Boston likely from the early 1890s. Roche was a steamship agent in Boston from about 1885 on advertising steamship travel especially from Ireland in Catholic newspapers like the Sacred Heart Review in which he also authored a recurring column titled "Our Irish Letter."1 The card notes that Roche is also an "Agent for 'S.H. Review'." Newspaper advertisements indicate that he opened the Catholic bookstore aspect of his business in about 1891; the card advertises "Irish Song Books Histories and Story Books of all kinds; also Prayer Books Rosaries Scapulars Statues etc. at the lowest prices". At the time-subsequent to the wave of Irish immigration during the famine-most Irish immigrants were young unmarried women. Many settled in the Boston area. 1 The Sacred Heart Review 1 no. 14 April 6 1895 21. . unknown

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[Irish-Americana - Immigration - Boston - Catholicism] Roche, Martin JABAA

FOR MONEY ORDERS AND PASSAGE TICKETS To and from all parts of Ireland England Scotland and Whales GO TO THE Charlestown Steamship Office and Catholic Book Store

1890réf. List3882Charlestown Massachusetts 1890. Double-sided printed cardstock measuring 5 ¾ x 3 ¼ inches. Some small stains and manuscript pencil markings. Excellent. A card advertising Martin J. Roche's Steamship Office and Catholic Book Store in the Charlestown neighborhood of Boston likely from the early 1890s. Roche was a steamship agent in Boston from about 1885 on advertising steamship travel especially from Ireland in Catholic newspapers like the Sacred Heart Review in which he also authored a recurring column titled "Our Irish Letter."1 The card notes that Roche is also an "Agent for 'S.H. Review'." Newspaper advertisements indicate that he opened the Catholic bookstore aspect of his business in about 1891; the card advertises "Irish Song Books Histories and Story Books of all kinds; also Prayer Books Rosaries Scapulars Statues etc. at the lowest prices". At the time-subsequent to the wave of Irish immigration during the famine-most Irish immigrants were young unmarried women. Many settled in the Boston area. 1 The Sacred Heart Review 1 no. 14 April 6 1895 21. . unknown books

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Boston & Maine RailroadBiblio.com

What New Hampshire Offers Business Men In the way of Business Opportunities

1909réf. mon0000146188B&M 1909. Paperback. Good. in x in x in. 1909. 132pp plus ads. Some mild wear to the edges. Scarce. B&M paperback

Chris Korczak · États-Unis200,00 $US≈ 178,33 €

Boston Magazine; [Phillis Wheately].Biblio.com

Advice To A Young Lady Lately Married By an Unmarried Lady. From Poetical Essays for October 1784 Boston Magazine. Original First Edition.

réf. 63-7138Boston MA: Boston Magazine 1784. 8vo. Letterpress on Laid Paper Pp. 329-332. Good with losses tears staining. Scarce. Boston, MA: Boston Magazine, 1784. unknown

Alan Wofsy Fine Arts · États-Unis200,00 $US≈ 178,33 €

Boston Mario DiaconoBiblio.com

ELLEN GALLAGHER. May-July 1999. Text by Mario Diacono.

réf. B145217-7Boston 1999. 6pp. single sheet folding printed in dark blue on tan card stock. Sm. 4to. Tan-colored self-wraps. printed in blue. Gallaghers seventh solo exhibition and her second with Mario Diacono. Diaconos text Black Icons is a meditation on the gold and black of the works in the show considered in the contexts of Byzantine art and the contemporary Black experience. Boston, 1999. paperback

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Boston Mario DiaconoBiblio.com

ELLEN GALLAGHER. May-July 1999. Text by Mario Diacono.

réf. B145217-6Boston 1999. 6pp. single sheet folding printed in dark blue on tan card stock. Sm. 4to. Tan-colored self-wraps. printed in blue. Gallaghers seventh solo exhibition and her second with Mario Diacono. Diaconos text Black Icons is a meditation on the gold and black of the works in the show considered in the contexts of Byzantine art and the contemporary Black experience. Boston, 1999. paperback

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Boston Mario DiaconoBiblio.com

ELLEN GALLAGHER. May-July 1999. Text by Mario Diacono.

réf. B145217-4Boston 1999. 6pp. single sheet folding printed in dark blue on tan card stock. Sm. 4to. Tan-colored self-wraps. printed in blue. Gallaghers seventh solo exhibition and her second with Mario Diacono. Diaconos text Black Icons is a meditation on the gold and black of the works in the show considered in the contexts of Byzantine art and the contemporary Black experience. Boston, 1999. paperback

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Boston Mario DiaconoABAA

ELLEN GALLAGHER. May-July 1999. Text by Mario Diacono.

réf. B145217-7Boston 1999. 6pp. single sheet folding printed in dark blue on tan card stock. Sm. 4to. Tan-colored self-wraps. printed in blue. Gallaghers seventh solo exhibition and her second with Mario Diacono. Diaconos text Black Icons is a meditation on the gold and black of the works in the show considered in the contexts of Byzantine art and the contemporary Black experience. Boston, 1999. paperback books

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Boston Mario DiaconoABAA

ELLEN GALLAGHER. May-July 1999. Text by Mario Diacono.

réf. B145217-6Boston 1999. 6pp. single sheet folding printed in dark blue on tan card stock. Sm. 4to. Tan-colored self-wraps. printed in blue. Gallaghers seventh solo exhibition and her second with Mario Diacono. Diaconos text Black Icons is a meditation on the gold and black of the works in the show considered in the contexts of Byzantine art and the contemporary Black experience. Boston, 1999. paperback books

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Boston Mario DiaconoABAA

ELLEN GALLAGHER. May-July 1999. Text by Mario Diacono.

réf. B145217-4Boston 1999. 6pp. single sheet folding printed in dark blue on tan card stock. Sm. 4to. Tan-colored self-wraps. printed in blue. Gallaghers seventh solo exhibition and her second with Mario Diacono. Diaconos text Black Icons is a meditation on the gold and black of the works in the show considered in the contexts of Byzantine art and the contemporary Black experience. Boston, 1999. paperback books

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BOSTON, VirginiaBiblio.com

Punk Rock

1978réf. 368548New York: Penguin Books 1978. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Paperback original. Quarto. Pictorial wrappers. A chip on one corner of the front wrap about very good. Nicely Inscribed by Virginia Boston. Uncommon pictorial overview of the movement. Penguin Books unknown

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BOSTON, VirginiaABAA

Punk Rock

1978réf. 368548New York: Penguin Books 1978. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Paperback original. Quarto. Pictorial wrappers. A chip on one corner of the front wrap about very good. Nicely Inscribed by Virginia Boston. Uncommon pictorial overview of the movement. Penguin Books unknown books

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Rev Thomas Boston and William W SpearBiblio.com

The Saints' Everlasting Espousals. By the Rev. Thomas Boston. To Which are Added Four Other Sermons of the Same Author. RARE. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION.

1848réf. 070504Charleston: Printed by Walker & Burke 1848. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 6" x 3.75" x 0.5. RARE. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION 1848. Only three copies listed on WorldCat. Bound in brown publisher's cloth with blind debossing on the covers and gilt lettering on the spine. Blue endpapers. xx 131 pp. Cover is worn and soiled with a 2.5" closed tear on the back. Previous owner's name in pencil on the title page with occasional marks throughout also in pencil. Foxing and continuous dampstain throughout yet text is still quite legible. Hinges are strong and binding is sound. A unique little copy. Full refund if not satisfied. Printed by Walker & Burke hardcover

Shelley and Son Books · États-Unis200,00 $US≈ 178,33 €

St John's Lodge A F & A M, Boston, MassachusettsBiblio.com

St. John's Lodge - Ancient Free & Accepted Masons - Boston Massachusetts - Bound Notices for the Years 1926 and 1927

1927réf. 70592Boston MA: Privately Bound 1927. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/None. SIGNED. Non-paginated. Leather bound collection of lodge notices from St. John's Lodge of Ancient Free & Accepted Masons Boston Massachusetts 1926-1927. SIGNED LETTER TO DAVID M. CLAGHORN EXITING MASTER FROM LODGE SECRETARY WALTER F. W. TABER AS DEDICATION PAGE - DATED CHRISTMAS 1927. October 1926 notice is missing 2 pages with closed tears to November 5 1926 - "Special Communication". Gilt decoration on spine and cover edges. Record # 70592 Privately Bound hardcover

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The Kenway family of BostonBiblio.com

Escaping the war archive

1939réf. 33An archive of 3 letters and 7 telegrams to and from Mrs. Elsie V. Kenway and her daughter Margaret who arrived in Europe August 1939 stayed in Paris and went to Switzerland. By the end of the month they are nervous about war breaking out and notify the American Consulate in Bern. Consul John H. Madonne writes that he will notify them if it is advisable that they leave the country. Elsie cables her husband about what to do. He suggests staying in Switzerland or going to Holland to be able to take a Dutch boat in case of war. By the first week of September Herbert wires money so they can return - and they book passage on an Italian liner from Genoa to New York. 2 letters from Herbert are returned to him in October not having caught up with Elsie. "Dear War Babies This is the third time I have written you but Hitler and you are charging around so often that I feel sure you will get no letters."

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Thomas BostonBiblio.com

1759 Human Nature In Its Four-Fold State

1759réf. mon0000160234John Robertson 1759. Leather. Acceptable. in x in x in. Front board detached. Rear board almost fully detached. Staining. Ex library with markings. Gift inscription on ffep. Tape repair. Names on title page. John Robertson hardcover