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1951ref. 106288Program format 8 1/2 x 11 paper illustrated 48 pp. Some slight aging some edgewear a little soiling to back cover; otherwise very good plus. The 1951 Boston Red Sox Yearbook features pictures profiles and records of players on the 1951 team. Featured players include Ted Williams Johnny Pesky Dom DiMaggio Vernon Stephens Ellis Kinder and Jimmy Piersall. This is a Red Sox classic issue with some of their best players from that era. books
1822ref. 25245Boston 1822. 8pp untrimmed and widely margined with some chipping at the fore-edge. Partly uncut title leaf loose. Good. The signature 'Rantoul' is written at the blank upper margin of title page. An expression of Boston's revolt against domination by the Federalist Central Committee which opposed electoral reforms and thwarted efforts to end imprisonment for debt. The Middling Interest which also opposed the entrenched and self-serving Republicans sought election by ward of State and Federal representatives. The Middling Interest sought on behalf of the emerging middle class the power and recognition which both of Boston's political parties had denied them. "We hold that rich men acquire no political influence justly by their wealth alone." No man "can or ought to have influence on any other qualifications than the soundness of his judgment the fairness of his mind and his ability to be useful." FIRST EDITION. AI 8654 11. unknown books
1857ref. 50040Boston: Alfred Mudge & Son 1857. First Edition. Octavo 23.5cm.; tan wrappers printed within double rule; 19pp. Extremities toned and very slightly chipped faint ring stain to upper cover else Very Good and sound. Prospectus for a Society in Boston that the author proposed would supplement the foundations of the Smithsonian Institute and the diffusion of human knowledge. Contents include introductory remarks and four essays all signed "Franklin" at the end generally drawing on classical and European history as the source for the improvement of American government. The Society appears to have never been formed. Alfred Mudge & Son unknown books
1799ref. 11026Boston: John Russell 1799. 13pp stitched contemporary plain blue wrappers verso of front wrap and front endpapers heavily foxed as usual. Text clean crisp and Very Good. "Surprisingly this is one of the most beautifully printed 18th century American pamphlets with a woodcut ship on the title page and a splendid variety of type fonts conservatively arranged." Jenkins. An early example of American incorporations. FIRST EDITION. Evans 35221. III Jenkins 887. NAIP w033188 4. 68 NUC 0676349 2. Not in Cohen. John Russell unknown books
1794ref. 58658Glasgow: J. and M. Robertson 1794. Small octavo 17cm. Full period calf with leather spine label; xvi1-4411pp. A few leaves from the first gathering have pulled loose from the sewing and there is faint scattered foxing but still a tidy copy the original binding well-preserved and the text generally clean and tight; Very Good. Early ink ownership signature "Thomas Johnston" to verso of title page undated. The best-known and most influential work by the Scottish Presbyterian pastor and theologian Thomas Boston 1676-1732. A classic work of Puritan exegesis The Fourfold State first published in 1720 focuses on the primacy of sin and the necessity of being "born again;" according to DNB it was "the most frequently reprinted Scottish book of the eighteenth century" being reprinted more than 50 times before 1800. The current edition though late is uncommon; OCLC notes just four locations of which only two in North America. ESTC T74877. J. and M. Robertson unknown books
1902ref. 562438Boston: Geo. H. Ellis Co. Printers 1902. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 159pp. Illustrated. Blue cloth gilt. Interior page with neat marks and rubbing and small spots on the boards else near fine. Compiled by six women a collection of both old standard and newly created playground games. This was co-author Elizabeth F. Gordon's copy with her Signature dated in 1902 on the front pastedown. Geo. H. Ellis Co., Printers hardcover books
1837ref. 228771837. 4.75" x 7.5" folded. 1 3 blank pp gilt edges. Old wax seal remnants with small blank edge tear caused by opening the seal. 'Hazzard Esq. New Port' in script on back. Very Good. A rare ephemeron of this railroad and early American railroad travel. The printed invitation is on the first page. The ticket is loosely affixed to blank page 3. It is printed 'Excursion Over the New York Providence and Boston Rail Road. November 10th 1837. 'Mr. Hazzard' is written in script on its verso. unknown books
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1877ref. 90913Boston City Council 1877. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New. First Edition First Printing. Published by Boston City Council 1877. Octavo. Brown cloth boards stamped in gold with embossed gold seal to front panel. Book is like new; clean and crisp with no writing or names. Spine straight. Some light rubbing to board edges/corners. Interior clean. Frontispiece of monument opposite title page. Black and white photographs throughout. Tissue guards still intact. A scarce copy of this important volume of Civil War memorabilia and history. Book has been placed in a custom acetate book protector. 144 pages. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ships with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor New York. Boston City Council hardcover
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1875ref. 17816Boston: Prang & Company 1875 First edition. Rare in commerce. OCLC records 8 copies. . Tan paper wrappers. Bound with string. Printed on heavy drawing paper. Octavo. 21 x 15 cm. . Illustrated. Light rubbing. Clean throughout. About two thirds of the exercises are completed. Very good. Walter Smith 1836-1886 was an English art educator and author. He moved to Massachusetts in 1871 where he was first appointed to Professor of Art Education at the Massachusetts Normal School of Art. Smith later became the Massachusetts State Director of Art Education and Director of Drawing where he instructed and supervised art teachers. Smith was an important early figure in the field of industrial design. He also wrote books on art education instruction for teachers and drawing guides for students. This booklet is aimed at helping students learn to draw. It begins with definitions to help students' understanding defining words such as "quadrilateral" and "ellipse." The booklet features pages with drawing exercises printed lightly for students to trace next to blank pages which allow space for students to practice. The drawing exercises include a house a vase and abstract shapes. Prang & Company,
1879ref. 17817Boston: L. Prang & Company 1879 Second edition. . Bound in darker tan paper wrappers. Printed on thinner paper than the earlier edition. Tape lining both joints. All exercises but the last page are completed. Signed in pencil on the cover: James Malcolm Graham 1886. Very good copy. . Octavo. 22 cm. x 15 cm. . Illustrated. Very good. Walter Smith 1836-1886 was an English art educator and author. He moved to Massachusetts in 1871 where he was first appointed to Professor of Art Education at the Massachusetts Normal School of Art. Smith later became the Massachusetts State Director of Art Education and Director of Drawing where he instructed and supervised art teachers. Smith was an important early figure in the field of industrial design. He also wrote books on art education instruction for teachers and drawing guides for students. This is the second revised edition of a booklet aimed at helping students learn to draw. This edition begins with an explanation of the book particularly explaining that the printing is light so that students can fill in the lines and that students should use soft pencils to do so. The drawing exercises are mostly for shapes and vary in complexity L. Prang & Company,
1880ref. 9608Boston: Joseph Burnett & Co.; Press of Mills Knight & Co 1880. Small octavo stapled in wrappers 17.5 x 11 cm. ~80 pages. Illustrated; wrapper printed in chromolithograph. Advertising matter of local merchants interspersed throughout. Earliest issue of this New England housekeepers' almanac and promotional cookbook issued by Joseph Burnett & Co makers of flavor extracts and additionally used to promote local businesses through a drop-in box on the front wrapper panel. In this case the additional promotion goes to Butler & Laighton Fine Groceries of Rockingham County N.H. Internally clan and sound. Small closed tear to foot of chromolithograph wrappers otherwise near fine and bright. OCLC locates four copies of this 1880 issue and eleven copies of all other issues through 1884. Joseph Burnett & Co.; Press of Mills, Knight & Co unknown
1951ref. 106288Program format 8 1/2 x 11 paper illustrated 48 pp. Some slight aging some edgewear a little soiling to back cover; otherwise very good plus. The 1951 Boston Red Sox Yearbook features pictures profiles and records of players on the 1951 team. Featured players include Ted Williams Johnny Pesky Dom DiMaggio Vernon Stephens Ellis Kinder and Jimmy Piersall. This is a Red Sox classic issue with some of their best players from that era.
1822ref. 25245Boston 1822. 8pp untrimmed and widely margined with some chipping at the fore-edge. Partly uncut title leaf loose. Good. The signature 'Rantoul' is written at the blank upper margin of title page. An expression of Boston's revolt against domination by the Federalist Central Committee which opposed electoral reforms and thwarted efforts to end imprisonment for debt. The Middling Interest which also opposed the entrenched and self-serving Republicans sought election by ward of State and Federal representatives. The Middling Interest sought on behalf of the emerging middle class the power and recognition which both of Boston's political parties had denied them. "We hold that rich men acquire no political influence justly by their wealth alone." No man "can or ought to have influence on any other qualifications than the soundness of his judgment the fairness of his mind and his ability to be useful." FIRST EDITION. AI 8654 11. unknown
ref. 3727267Boston; New-England Printed by Green & Russell at their Office in Queen-street MDCCLVII. 1757. First Edition. 27 1 blankpp. Small 8vo. In contemporary homemade two-piece coarse paper cover with annotations; hand-stitched. Ownership inscriptions: on upper homemade cover “Lydia Studley Her Book” and on verso of final leaf “Lydia Studley.” Cover and all pages with rounded corners; foxing and minor soiling; without half-title else very good. Colonial Boston sermon given on the occasion of the installation of the Reverend Samuel Baldwin 1731-1784 as pastor of the First Congregational church in Hanover Massachusetts. At the foot of page 27 is an interesting provenance: “Lydia Studley Her Book. Given to her by the Reverend Mr. Samuel Baldwin.” She is likely Lydia Studley 1748–1828 of Hanover Plymouth County Massachusetts: Baldwin became a fervent American Revolution patriot. A Harvard College graduate “he carried his arms to church; and on one occasion while the British were lying at Boston and infesting the coast he thanked the Lord ‘that there was hemp sufficient to hang all the Tories.’”¹ The author Rev. William Cook was born in Hadley Massachusetts in 1696. He also graduated from Harvard and became pastor of the East Church in Sudbury Baldwin’s birthplace until his death in 1760.² Here Cook preaches on St. Paul’s farewell sermon to the Church at Ephesus as recounted in Acts 20:20—“I kept back nothing that was profitable to you”—words quite suitable for an ordinand beginning his ministry. John Stetson Barry’s A Historical Sketch of the Town of Hanover 1853 notes Baldwin “officiated as a Chaplain in the Army and gave eloquent exhortations to his own flocks at home and to the minute men of the town” pp65–66 and that he is listed on the Staff Officers Roll in 1776 as Chaplain upon the Bristol Alarm. p121 ESTC W28888. Evans 7879. Sabin 16294. Thomas History of Printing in America p534. Notes. 1. Baldwin The Baldwin Genealogy from 1500 to 1881 Cleveland 1881 p624. 2. Hudson The History of Sudbury Massachusetts. 1638-1889. Sudbury 1889 p291. unknown
1846ref. 57019Boston:: Pulbished by all the Booksellers 1846. First edition. original printed wrappers. Very light foxing; wrappers unchipped and unworn; overall very nice. 8vo. Pulbished by all the Booksellers, unknown
1842ref. CAT000020New York: Munroe & Francis 1842. Early Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Rebacked with new leather spine and lettering piece over original cloth boards. Light dampstain to frontis scattered light foxing short section underlined in the intro a few dog eared pages but interior is generally bright and unmarked. xlviii 300 37 12 pages of ads. Lowenstein 248 Bitting 449 the 1839 edition. The first edition was 1832 the Miss Leslie section was added the following year - contains a substantial carving guide with illustrations before the main section which is arranged alphabetically. Size: 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; Cooking Wine & Dining. Inventory No: CAT000020. Munroe & Francis hardcover
1857ref. 50040Boston: Alfred Mudge & Son 1857. First Edition. Octavo 23.5cm.; tan wrappers printed within double rule; 19pp. Extremities toned and very slightly chipped faint ring stain to upper cover else Very Good and sound. Prospectus for a Society in Boston that the author proposed would supplement the foundations of the Smithsonian Institute and the diffusion of human knowledge. Contents include introductory remarks and four essays all signed "Franklin" at the end generally drawing on classical and European history as the source for the improvement of American government. The Society appears to have never been formed. Alfred Mudge & Son unknown
1900ref. 40065Boston: Issued By The Boston and Maine Railroad / Engraved & Printed By R. A. Supply n. d. ca 1900. 1900. NEW ENGLAND. First Editions. 6" x 8" stiff embossed printed wrappers titles stamped in gold gilt on the front covers n. p. 80 pp. 80 pp. 64 pp. & 64 pp. illustrated from photographs. One page of text precedes views from photographs in each volume printed on rectos only. In all four volumes a total of 140 views of New England scenes. A few signs of light use to two covers else contents clean and tight in all four volumes. Very good copies. Issued By The Boston and Maine Railroad / Engraved & Printed By R. A. Supply, n. d. (ca 1900). unknown
1799ref. 11026Boston: John Russell 1799. 13pp stitched contemporary plain blue wrappers verso of front wrap and front endpapers heavily foxed as usual. Text clean crisp and Very Good. "Surprisingly this is one of the most beautifully printed 18th century American pamphlets with a woodcut ship on the title page and a splendid variety of type fonts conservatively arranged." Jenkins. An early example of American incorporations. FIRST EDITION. Evans 35221. III Jenkins 887. NAIP w033188 4. 68 NUC 0676349 2. Not in Cohen. John Russell unknown
1794ref. 58658Glasgow: J. and M. Robertson 1794. Small octavo 17cm. Full period calf with leather spine label; xvi1-4411pp. A few leaves from the first gathering have pulled loose from the sewing and there is faint scattered foxing but still a tidy copy the original binding well-preserved and the text generally clean and tight; Very Good. Early ink ownership signature "Thomas Johnston" to verso of title page undated. The best-known and most influential work by the Scottish Presbyterian pastor and theologian Thomas Boston 1676-1732. A classic work of Puritan exegesis The Fourfold State first published in 1720 focuses on the primacy of sin and the necessity of being "born again;" according to DNB it was "the most frequently reprinted Scottish book of the eighteenth century" being reprinted more than 50 times before 1800. The current edition though late is uncommon; OCLC notes just four locations of which only two in North America. ESTC T74877. J. and M. Robertson unknown
1882ref. 72074Boston:: Forbes Lithograph Company 1882. First edition. publisher's gilt-lettered cloth. A coin-sized dampstain affects the marginal fore-edge of several dozen leaves; one large folding diagram neatly reinforced with tissue at folds; cloth spotted and worn. . 8vo. Four folding diagrams. Forbes Lithograph Company, hardcover
1764ref. 101265Boston June 4 1764. 1764. Fine. - Autograph document signed by Henry Leddel. A receipt for moneys received from "Mr Obediah Dickerson" on behalf of the Colonial merchants Jarvis & Parker. The document is penned on 3-3/8 inch high by 5-3/8 inch wide watermarked paper. Once folded the document is inlaid within a 10-5/8 inch high by 7-1/2 inch wide sheet of cream paper with a black ink ruled frame. Near fine. The American Loyalist Henry Leddel was a merchant from Boston who had served as secretary to Major General John Winslow during the 1756 Crown Point expedition. On March 17 1776 Leddel fled to Halifax alongside British troops and other Loyalists when George Washington forced the British to retreat during the Siege of Boston. When Massachusetts passed the Banishment Act in September of 1778 Leddel was labeled an "enemy of the state" and officially exiled. Jarvis & Parker was a Colonial trading partnership in Boston Importing British dry goods textiles etc. Boston, June 4, 1764.
