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1805ref. 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
1890ref. 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
1890ref. 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
1909ref. mon0000146188B&M 1909. Paperback. Good. in x in x in. 1909. 132pp plus ads. Some mild wear to the edges. Scarce. B&M paperback
ref. 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
ref. 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
ref. 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
ref. 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
ref. 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
ref. 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
ref. 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
1978ref. 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
1978ref. 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
1848ref. 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
1927ref. 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
1939ref. 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."
1759ref. 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
2021ref. 101031Minneapolis:: Carolrhoda Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2021. Hardcover. 1541581202 . Caldecott Honor book and Coretta Scott King Award winner. First edition first printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket with no award emblems on the front panel. . Carolrhoda Books, hardcover
2021ref. 101031Minneapolis:: Carolrhoda Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2021. Hardcover. 1541581202 . Caldecott Honor book and Coretta Scott King Award winner. First edition first printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket with no award emblems on the front panel. . Carolrhoda Books, hardcover books
1873ref. 794Boston: Issued by the Library 1873. 8vo. 270 x 170 mm. 10 ½ x 7 inches.304 pp. Contemporary black morocco spine over marbled paper boards leather tips. Joints rubbed some minor discoloration to the paper stock; front free endpapers coming loose missing original wrappers; otherwise a good copy. Issued by the Library unknown
1873ref. 794Boston: Issued by the Library 1873. 8vo. 270 x 170 mm. 10 ½ x 7 inches.304 pp. Contemporary black morocco spine over marbled paper boards leather tips. Joints rubbed some minor discoloration to the paper stock; front free endpapers coming loose missing original wrappers; otherwise a good copy. Issued by the Library unknown books
1874ref. 004105London: House of Commons 1874. Collection of papers relating to the Boston election of 1874 comprising - 1. 'Copy of the Shorthand Writer's Notes of the Evidence Taken at the Trial of the Boston Election Petition' iv 76pp; 2. 'For the Trial of Election Petitions' pp19-30; 3. 'Summons to Witness' form 1p; 4. 'Report of the Royal Commission Appointed to Inquire Into the Existence of Corrupt Practices at Parliamentary Elections in the Borough of Boston' 1876 5 vi-xiv 2 3-51pp 1; and 5. 'Minutes of Evidence Taken Before the Royal Commission Appointed to Inquire Into the Existence of Corrupt Practices at Parliamentary Elections in the Borough of Boston' 1876 3 2-268pp. Half calf and marbled paper over boards raised bands spine in six panels title label to second panel gilt thick and thin double rules either side of bands. Rubbed to extremities lightly foxed to edges and occasionally to margins a few pen lines to margins previous owners name to head of a few of the different reports but generally clean. The fourth named includes a poll book printed on blue paper. The Liberals William Ingram and Thomas Parry were initially elected but "an election petition found extensive bribery relating to Parry's votes which on the initial count totalled 1347. However 353 of these were struck off - and further may have been taken if the process had not stopped on 8 June 1874 - leading to Malcolm's election instead. A Royal Commission was established to investigate the borough. A separate petition against Ingram was dropped" Wikipedia - Boston Election page. First Edition. Hardback. Good. Folio. House of Commons hardcover
ref. 11322Boston; 17 November 1841. 1p. 4to. Good on lightly-aged paper. In reply to Allston's letter Greene assures him that 'Capt. Sturgis did not write the paragraph' Allston alludes to 'nor did he contemplate the publication of his decision in a newspaper at the time he made it known to the gentleman who furnished me with the information'. Boston; 17 November 1841. unknown
ref. 71054var. 4 Issues. A4. Very Good var. unknown
ref. ria9781118900796_inpHardback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Confidently devise a safe and successful plan for the pump run for patients undergoing surgery for congenital heart disease. hardcover
