1. BOYLSTON 1786-1986 - A BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION (BOYLSTON, MASSACHUSETTS), Boylston Bicentennial Comm., Boylston, MA, 1987, B&W illustrations, 144pp, very good, blue "leatherette" hardcover, A yearbook presentation of the festivities for the town's 200th anniversary., (Order No: 36556 ), $25.00
2. THE BLUE BOOK FOR WORCESTER AND NEARBY CITIES AND TOWNS (WORCESTER BLUE BOOK WITH SUBURBAN CITIES), The Blue Books Company Pub., Springfield Gardens, NY, 1937, 118pp, This Blue Book is meant to serve as a directory, setting forth such personal information as may be useful and needful and not available elsewhere., (Order No: 49744 ), $20.00
3. BRADFORD'S HISTORY "OF PLIMOTH PLANTATION." FROM THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT, Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, MA, 1898, B&W illustrations, lxxvii, 555pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover) light edgewear, old hinge repairs, "With a Report of the Proceedings Incident to the Return of the Manuscript to Massachusetts.", (Order No: 51305 ), $12.50
4. CAMBRIDGE, SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS A CITY: 1846-1921 -- CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, City Council Committee, Cambridge, MA, 1922, B&W illustrations, 128pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover), A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE INTERESTING EVENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE CELEBRATION OF THE SEVENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, OCTOBER 9-11-12, 1921., (Order No: 47972 ), $10.00
5. ESSEX INSTITUTE HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS - VOL. LXIX, NO. 1 - JANUARY, 1933 - ISSUED QUARTERLY, The Essex Institute, Salem, MA, 1933, 96pp, good, wraps (softcover), Contents partially include: Timothy Pickering and the Federalist Party; Salem Town Records; Rufus Choate Letters; Notes on Derby Houses from Derby Ledgers, and much more., (Order No: 53524 ), $15.00
6. PROCEEDINGS OF THE FITCHBURG HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND PAPEERS RELATING TO THE HISTORY OF THE TOWN - FIVE VOLUME SET - MASS., Historical Society, Fitchburg, MA, very good+, brown cloth (hardcover), Complete set of five volumes of the papers read and presented by members at the society's meetings. Volume I, 1892-1895, published 1895, 271pp; Volume II, 1894-1897, published 1897, 315pp; Volume III, 1897-1899, published in 1902, 335pp; Volume IV, 1900-1906, published in 1908, 289pp; and Volume V, 1907-1913, published in 1914, 296pp. Presented by the historical society to another institution, this clean and tight set appears unused and unread., (Order No: 50816 ), $100.00
7. 275TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TOWN OF FRAMINGHAM MASSACHUSETTS 1975 - COMMEMORATIVE BOOK, 275th Anniversary Committee, Framingham, MA, 1975, B&W illustrations, 96pp, very good, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 55302 ), $15.00
8. HISTORIC BUILDINGS OF MASSACHUSETTS: PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE HISTORIC AMERICAN BUILDINGS SURVEY, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, (1976) 1st ptg, 500 B&W photos follow text, 141pp text, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 068414560X, (Order No: 6742 ), $6.00
9. PLYMOUTH - YESTERDAY & TODAY 1803-1953, The Plymouth National Bank, Plymouth, MA, 1953, B&W illustrations, 36pp, good, white vellum spine, blue boards (hardcover), Published on its One Hundred-Fiftieth Anniversary., (Order No: 47815 ), $9.50
10. VITAL RECORDS OF GEORGETOWN MASSACHUSETTS TO THE END OF THE YEAR 1849, The Essex Institute, Salem, MA, 1928, 90pp, very good, light brown cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 48476 ), $75.00
11. HISTORIC EVENTS OF WORCESTER - A BRIEF ACCOUNT [WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS], Worcester Bank & Trust Co., Worcester, MA, 1922, B&W illustrations, 63pp, very good, wraps (softcover), "A Brief Account of Some of the Most Interesting Events Which Have Occurred in Worcester During the Past Two Hundred Years." Issued by the bank in Commemoration of the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Incorporation of the Town of Worcester., (Order No: 56023 ), $17.50
12. Adams, Charles Francis, THE CENTENNIAL MILESTONE: AN ADDRESS IN COMMEMORATION OF THE ONE HUNDRETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE INCORPORATION OF QUINCY, MASS., John Wilson and Son, Cambridge, MA, 1892, B&W illustrations, 59pp, very good, brown cloth (hardcover), Address delivered July 4, 1892., (Order No: 40707 ), $75.00
13. Adams, Charles Francis Jr.; and, Nash, Gilbert, WESSAGUSSET AND WEYMOUTH; WEYMOUTH IN ITS FIRST TWENTY YEARS; & WEYMOUTH THIRTY YEARS LATER - WEYMOUTH HISTORICAL SOCIETY NO 3, Weymouth Historical Society, Weymouth, MA, 1905, 164pp, fine, brown cloth, teg (hardcover), A collection of three papers. WESSAGUSSET AND WEYMOUTH by Charles Francis Adams, Jr. delivered July 4, 1874. WEYMOUTH IN ITS FIRST TWENTY YEARS read before the society by Gilbert Nash, November 1, 1882; and, WEYMOUTH THIRTY YEARS LATER, read by Charles Francis Adams before the society September 23, 1904., (Order No: 48994 ), $75.00
14. Adams, John Coleman, NATURE STUDIES IN BERKSHIRE, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1899 1st ed, B&W and sepia toned ill., 225pp, very good+ decorated green cloth (hardcover) lacks front free ep, Exquisite illustrations in sepia toned photogravure from original photographs by Arthur Scott. Exceptionally nice clean, tight and bright copy (albiet lacking front free endpaper)., (Order No: 38932 ), $60.00
15. Allen, Everett S., CHILDREN OF THE LIGHT: THE RISE AND FALL OF NEW BEDFORD WHALING AND THE DEATH OF THE ARCTIC FLEET, Parnassus Imprints, Orleans, MA, (1983), B&W illustrations, 302pp, very good++, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0940160234 First published in 1973. Everett S. Allen tells for the first time the full story of this catastrophe and of the incredible rescue of the shipwrecked victims., (Order No: 54570 ), $6.00
16. Authelet, Jack, GLIMPSES OF EARLY FOXBORO [MASSACHUSETTS], The Foxboro Company, Foxboro, MA, 1978, B&W illustrations, 126pp, very good++, maroon "leatherette" (hardcover), Commemorative book for the 200th anniversary of the founding of Foxboro, Massachusetts., (Order No: 36544 ), $35.00
17. Bacon, Edwin M., THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AND THE VALLEY OF THE CONNECTICUT: THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILES FROM MOUNTAIN TO SEA, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1906, B&W illustrations, 487pp, good, blue cloth, teg (hardcover) SEE NOTE, Fascinating classic history. CONDITION NOTE: Nice clean and tight copy but with some faint dampstain on covers and on a few pages. Lacks small pastedown image on front cover., (Order No: 55581 ), $40.00
18. Bagg, Ernest Newton (history and photos by), "SPRINGFIELD OLD AND NEW" TERCENTENARY SOUVENIR 1636-1936 [SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS], Hist. Souvenir Pub. Co., Springfield, MA, 1936, B&W illustrations, unpaginated, very good+, wraps (softcover), A chronicle of Springfield, Massachusetts in words and pictures, combined with a memorial to the business men of Springfield and of the cities and towns that were once a part of it., (Order No: 57724 ), $15.00
19. Barnard, Ruth L., A HISTORY OF EARLY ORLEANS, William S. Sullwold, Pub., Taunton, MA, 1975 1st ed, B&W ill., 158pp, very good, maroon cloth (hardcover), ISBN 08849200097 Subscription Edition. This edition is limited to 1500 copies of which 673 are numbered and reserved for advance subscribers who are listed in pages 156-158. This volume is number 143. Contents include: The Beginning; First Comes to Nauset; Founding the Town of Orleans; Sea-Faring Men of Orleans; and, The Nineteenth Century Picture. Letter from author and other ephemera laid in., (Order No: 34794 ), $75.00
20. Bartlett, Robert Merrill, THE PILGRIM WAY, A Pilgrim Press Book, Philadelphia, PA, (1971), B&W illustrations, 371pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0829802223 A scholarly and carefully documented study of the Pilgrim epic centering around John Robinson as its intellectual and spiritual leader., (Order No: 54630 ), $14.50
21. Bates, Samuel A. (edited by), RECORDS OF THE TOWN OF BRAINTREE, 1640 TO 1793 - [BRAINTREE, MASSACHUSETTS], Daniel H. Huxford, Printer, Randolph, MA, 1886, 940pp, very good, brown cloth (hardcover) some fading to cloth, (Order No: 56140 ), $100.00
22. Baylies, Francis, AN HISTORICAL MEMOIR OF THE COLONY OF NEW PLYMOUTH: VOLUME I; VOLUME II; PART III; AND PART IV - BOUND IN ONE VOLUME, Hilliard Gray Little Wilkins, Boston, MA, 1830 1st ed, good, brown cloth (hardcover) wear on spine edges - NO MAP, Bound together in one clean and tight volume: VOL. I. - PART THE FIRST. FROM 1620 TO 1641, 321pp (some light pencil marks); VOL. II. - PARTS II. III. IV., 286pp; PART III. BEING A NARRATIVE OF THE INDIAN WAR IN 1675 AND 1676., 193pp; and, PART IV., 170pp., (Order No: 57999 ), $150.00
23. Bazan, John M., RAILS ACROSS THE BERKSHIRE HILLS: RAILROAD PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOHN M. BAZAN 1980-1984, published by the author, n.p., 1984, B&W illustrations, unpaginated, good, wraps (softcover), Four years of documenting by photographs the railroads in the Berkshires in Massachusetts., (Order No: 37288 ), $60.00
24. Bedford, Henry F., SOCIALISM AND THE WORKERS IN MASSACHUSETTS, 1886-1912, Univ. of Massachusetts Press, Amherst, MA, 1966, B&W illustrations, 315pp, good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover) couple Hist. Dept Markings, This book traces the party from its origins among immigrants and Brahmin reformers, through it modest political successes, to its timid response to industrial warfare in Lawrence in 1912., (Order No: 19309 ), $8.00
25. Bedford, Henry F. (edited with an introduction by), THEIR LIVES AND NUMBERS: THE CONDITION OF WORKING PEOPLE IN MASSACHUSETTS, 1870-1900, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, (1995), 240pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0801482585 Narrative and statistical documnets from the Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics of Labor first thirty years., (Order No: 56674 ), $3.00
26. Board of Street Commissioners, BOSTON'S STREETS ALSO ITS AVENUES, COURTS, PLACES, ETC. - 1928, City of Boston, Boston, MA, 1928, 239pp, very good, black cloth (hardcover), "Showing the Numbers and Divisons of Those Extending Through More Than One Ward or Precinct, Together with the Location of Hotels, Apartment Houses, Engine Houses, School Houses, Institutions and Hospitals.", (Order No: 43390 ), $20.00
27. Bradley, Michael (edited by) - Oral historians: Donald Jacobs, William Crump, Frances Ripley, John Tucker, Theodore Lindberg, MEMORIES OF MONUMENT BEACH - AN ORAL HISTORY, Bourne Historic Commission, Bourne, MA, (1992), B&W illustrations, 153pp, fine, maroon cloth (hardcover), Signed by three of the oral historians. Monument, the westerly part of the Town of Sandwich, with its minor villages (South Monument, Monument Neck, Cohasset, Head-of-the-Bay) was bounded northerly by Plymouth, easterly by Herring River Village, southerly by the village of Pocasset and westerly by the waters of Buzzard Bay. This oral history uses as its benchmark the actual homes and businesses - and buildings - of Monument Beach., (Order No: 43636 ), $30.00
28. Brayton, Alice, TRADING IN SCRABBLETOWN - CONCERNING ISRAEL BRAYTON, TRADER, Ward Printing Company, Newport, RI, n.d. c1950s, 68pp, index, good, wraps (softcover), The material used in this publication was found in a barrel of papers presented to the Fall River Historical Society by John Summerfield Brayton, in the summer of 1948. The 4,000 papers were concerned with trading in Scrabbletown, an old suburb of Swansea, Massachusetts, about ten miles from the farmhouse on the Taunton where the barrel was found., (Order No: 50458 ), $20.00
29. Bryan, Clark W., THROUGH THE HOUSATONIC VALLEY TO THE HILLS AND HOMES OF BERKSHIRE, The Housatonic Railroad, Bridgeport, CT, [1884], B&W illustrations, 32pp, good, wraps (softcover), "With Illustrations from the Cameras of Julius Hall and George W. Lovejoy." Includes a list of summer resort hotel accommodations and rates in the Litchfield Hills of Connecticut and lower Berkshires. On Page 5 in the text it states, "...during the season of 1884" thus the date listed. Our shop was formerly in this area, and I found of interest the mention (and illustration) of the ABOVE-ALL MOUNTAIN HOUSE that was to be built in Warren, CT to be opened the next season. With an elevation of 2,000 feet the new hotel was to have a 125 tower allowing views all the way to the Hudson and Connecticut Rivers and the Brooklyn Bridge. Having always been fascinated by summer resorts, Cathy and I travelled to Above All State Park (actually only 1456 feet elevation) in the Model A Roadster one day to see what I could find of the hotel. Alas, nothing was there, and I have never ever been able to find any reference about the existence of this Mountain House. A great piece of ephemera., (Order No: 53305 ), $125.00
30. Bunting, Bainbridge, HOUSES OF BOSTON'S BACK BAY: AN ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY, 1840-1917, Belknap Pr. of Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA, (1982) 5th ptg, B&W illustrations, 494pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0674409019 First published in 1967., (Order No: 33200 ), $7.50
31. Burt, Henry M., BURT'S ILLUSTRATED GUIDE OF THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY, New England Publishing Co., Northampton, MA, 1868 (1867) 2nd, B&W ill., fold-out map, 284pp, ads, good, salmon colored cloth w/light edgewear, "CONTAINING DESCRIPTIONS OF MOUNT HOLYOKE, MOUNT MANSFIELD, WHITE MOUNTAINS, LAKE MEMPHREMAGOG, LAKE WILLOUGHBY, MONTREAL, QUEBEC, &c." This guide follows the railroad routes (condensed time tables for 1867 on pages 8 to 18) throught the Connecticut Valley, to "assist the seeker after pleasure to obtain a more perfect knowledge of the grandeur and beauty of Connecticut Valley scenery and that bordering on it. Offered here is the second edition of this fascinating guide. This bookseller owns a First Edition in his own collection, and the First Edition has the copyright date of 1867 on both the title page and the copyright page. The first edition has 281 pages of text, followed by the same ads that appear in the Second Edition. In the first edition, page 281 discusses Brandon, Vermont, and Howe's Scales, pages 281 through 284 in this second edition discuss Missisquoi Springs in Vermont, and a few lines on The Weldon Spring at St. Albans, Vermont. A wonderful title for gaining an appreciation for the "vacation travels" in the Connecticut Valley in the late 1860s., (Order No: 21263 ), $225.00
32. Burt, Henry M. (Editor of The New England Homestead), BURT'S GUIDE THROUGH THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY TO THE WHITE MOUNTAINS AND THE RIVER SAGUENAY, New England Publishing Co., Springfield, MA, 1874, B&W illustrations, 298pp, ads, very good, original clay colored cloth (hardcover), A guide to travel by train up the Connecticut River to the White Mountains and then into Canada. With fares, routes, things to see etc. Some humerous illustrations by Palmer Cox. An exceptionally nice clean and tight copy with fold-out of "The Region of the Mill River Disaster May 16th, 1874" and "The New Steamer C. H. NORTHAM, of the New Haven Line.", (Order No: 49564 ), $275.00
33. Campbell, Robert (photographs by Peter Vanderwarker), CITYSCAPES OF BOSTON: AN AMERICAN CITY THROUGH TIME, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA, 1992 1st ptg, B&W photographs, 220pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0395581192 The changing of the city as seen in photographs., (Order No: 7243 ), $7.50
34. Cane, Ena M.; Field, Paul F. (family records compiled by); Ross, Alice Scott (introduction by), WHATELY 1771-1971: A NEW ENGLAND ENGLAND PORTRAIT [WHATELY, MASSACHUSETTS], Gazette Printing Co., Inc., Northampton, MA, 1972, B&W illustrations, 356pp, very good, blue "leatherette" cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 55883 ), $20.00
35. Care, Pearl B.; Burnett, Anastacia; and, Felton, Doris, A. (prepared and compiled by) (Rosa Johnston, consultant), THE HISTORY OF ERVING MASSACHUSETTS, 1838-1988, Erving Historical Society, Erving, MA, (1983), B&W illustrations, 280pp, very good++, dark blue cloth (hardcover) signed by the authors, This edition is limited to 500 copies of which this is No. 144. This Book Is Published In Observance Of The 150th Anniversary Of The Incorporation Of The Town 1838-1988., (Order No: 53968 ), $125.00
36. Carlson, Stephen P. and Harding, Thomas W., WORCESTER TROLLEYS REMEMBERED: A PICTORIAL REVIEW OF THE STREETCAR ERA IN THE HEART OF THE COMMONWEALTH, Worcester Region Transit, Worcester, MA, 1985, B&W and color illustrations, 48pp, fine, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 55751 ), $25.00
37. Carpenter & Morehouse, PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF AMHERST, MASSACHUSETTS - 1731-1896, Hamilton I. Newell, Inc., Amherst, MA, 1977, B&W illustrations, unpaginated, good+, wraps (softcover), Originally published in 1896, the binding of the original pages was completed in 1977. To bind complete books, new copies of the picture pages were printed, and additional copies were printed at that time for presentation in this volume., (Order No: 53483 ), $25.00
38. Chamberlain, Samuel, HISTORIC CAMBRIDGE IN FOUR SEASONS - A CAMERA IMPRESSION, Hastings House, New York, (1942), sepia toned illustrations, 73pp, good w/lightly edgeworm dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 40943 ), $7.00
39. Chamberlain, Barbara Blau, THESE FRAGILE OUTPOSTS - A GEOLOGICAL LOOK AT CAPE COD, MARTHAS VINEYARD, AND NANTUCKET, Parnassus Imprints, Yarmouth Port, MA, (1981), B&W illustrations, 328pp, good++, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0940160129 First published in 1964. "Tells the history of one of America's best-loved and most beautiful areas - a history made not by men but by the tremendous forces of the earth and sea.", (Order No: 50803 ), $5.00
40. Chamberlain, Samuel (a camera impression by), HISTORIC SALEM IN FOUR SEASONS - "AMERICAN LANDMARKS", Hastings House Publisher, New York, (1938), B&W illustrations, 73pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 55964 ), $8.50
41. Clark, Walter E. (new introduction by J. R. Greene), QUABBIN RESERVOIR, Athol Press, Inc., Athol, MA, 1994, B&W illustrations, 137pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 1884132022 First published in 1946. "Memories of conditions that existed in the Swift and Ware River Valleys while Quabbin Reservoir was being developed." This book was the first comprehensive history of the development of the Quabbin Reservoir and the towns and villages affected by its construction., (Order No: 57268 ), $25.00
42. Clarke, Helen Archibald, HAWTHORNE'S COUNTRY, Doubleday, Page & Company, New York, 1913, B&W illustrations, 348pp, good+, green cloth w/gilt stampings (hardcover), A nice clean and tight copy., (Order No: 19519 ), $12.50
43. Clarke, Hermann Frederick, JOHN HULL: A BUILDER OF THE BAY COLONY, Southworth-Anthoensen Press, Portland, ME, 1940 1st ed, 15 B&W plates, marks ill., 222pp, very good++, brown cloth, teg (hardcover), Limited to 500 copies. Part of the series of monographs concerning the work of the early colonial craftsmen. The span of John Hull's life was almost coincident with that of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and he took part in almost every event of historical importance during the vital years from 1650 to his death in 1683. Hull was a goldsmith and silversmith during his lifetime., (Order No: 28507 ), $275.00
44. Cleary, Vincent J., AMHERST, MASSACHUSETTS 01002 - ONE OF THE BEST SMALL TOWNS IN AMERICA, published by the author, n.p., (2003), 179pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 54845 ), $30.00
45. Coffin, Marie M. (compiler), THE HISTORY OF NANTUCKET ISLAND - A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SOURCE MATERIAL WITH INDEX AND INVENTORY, Nantucket Historical Trust, Nantucket, MA, (1970), 65pp, very good, brown cloth (hardcover) EX-LIB with usual markings, (Order No: 44801 ), $7.50
46. Cohen, David B. (mayor); Maguire, Susan E. (editor); Hatfield, Lee (graphic designer & photo editor), 20THE CENTURY NEWTON - THE PEOPLE AND EVENTS THAT SHAPED IT -- NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A Newton2000 Project, Newton, MA, 2001, B&W illustrations, 73pp, ads, very good, wraps (softcover), A nice collection of photographs., (Order No: 48651 ), $15.00
47. Cole, John N. (publisher), GLIMPSES OF ANDOVER MASSACHUSETTS, The Andover Press, Printers, Andover, MA, 1896, green toned illustrations, 66pp, good+, cream cloth spine (hardcover), An uncommon photo history with most photo pages having a number of scenes. Clean and tight with some light soiling to covers only., (Order No: 55998 ), $35.00
48. Coleman, Emma Lewis, A HISTORIC AND PRESENT DAY GUIDE TO OLD DEERFIELD, published by the author, Boston, MA, (1926), B&W illustrations, 116pp, good, wraps (softcover), Contents include: Where it is--How to get there--Local Information; Trolley Trips; Automobile Routes; Drives; General Description; Historic Sketch; Stories of the Homesteads; Indian Bridge--The Bars; Meeting-houses and Ministers; Schools; Memorial Hall; The Village Room; The Old Burying Ground; Industries; Directory of Industries; Trees of the Street--Wild Flowers of the Neighborhood--Birds; Some Books about Deerfield., (Order No: 42651 ), $10.00
49. Committee on Publication (edited by), THE HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS OF THE DANVERS HISTORICAL SOCIETY VOLUME 6 - DANVERS, MASSACHUSETTS, Published by the Society, Danvers, MA, 1918, B&W illustrations, 142pp, good+, black cloth (hardcover), Contents partially include: Historical Trip Through Danvers; Hathorne: Part of Salem Village in 1700; Physicians of Danvers; First Exhibition of the Holten High School; and more., (Order No: 46698 ), $25.00
50. Committee on Old Homes, OLD HOMES OF SOUTH HADLEY - SOUTH HADLEY, MASSACHUSETTS, South Hadley Historical Soc., South Hadley, MA, 1988 2nd ed, B&W illustrations, 154pp, very good, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 50809 ), $30.00
51. Compiled by the Tercentenary Editorial Committee - Lawrence E. Wikander; Helen Terry; and Mark Kiley, THE HAMPSHIRE HISTORY - CELEBRATING 300 YEARS OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS, Hampshire County Comm., Northampton, MA, 1964, B&W illustrations, 364pp, good+, light green cloth (hardcover), A collection of the town histories of Hampshire County that had been published in THE DAILY HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE for the 300th aniversary of the establishment of Hampshire County., (Order No: 48175 ), $25.00
52. Compiled with the assistance of a Capable Corps of Advisors and Contributors, ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MASSACHUSETTS: BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL, American Historical Society, New York, n.d. c1915, B&W illustrations, 562pp, good, 3/4 red leather (hardcover) light edgewear SEE NOTE, The first entry in this volume is: MAYO, Alfred Nye. Nice clean and tight copy, (Order No: 54610 ), $50.00
53. Conkey, John Houghton and Conkey, Dorothy Dunham, HISTORY OF WARE, MASSACHUSETTS 1911-1960, Town of Ware, Ware, Massachusetts, 1961, B&W illustrations, 353pp, very good, green cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 49252 ), $40.00
54. Cook, Frederic W. (Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts), THE GENERAL COURT OF MASSACHUSETTS, 1630-1930, TERCENTENARY EXERCISES, Wright & Potter, Boston, MA, (1931), B&W illustrations, 124pp, good, black leather spine, blue boards (hardcover) EX-LIB, COMMEMORATING ITS ESTABLISHMENT THREE HUNDRED YEARS AGO, AND TO NOTE THE PROGRESS OF THE COMMONWEALTH UNDER NINE GENERATIONS OF LAWMAKERS HELD AT THE STATE HOUSE BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS AT A SPECIAL SESSION IN THE CHAMBER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES., (Order No: 39998 ), $15.00
55. Coquillette, Daniel R. (editor), LAW IN COLONIAL MASSACHUSETTS 1630-1800 - A CONFERENCE HELD 6 AND 7 NOVEMBER 1981 BY THE COLONIAL SOCIETY OF MASSACHUSETTS, Colonial Society of Mass., Boston, MA, 1984, B&W ill., color frontis, 608pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), "This is the first comprehensive scholarly guide to colonial Massachusetts law and legal records.", (Order No: 57470 ), $25.00
56. Coulter, William G., CLINTON HISTORICAL VOLUME 1776-1976 -- CLINTON, MASSACHUSETTS, Published by the Town, Clinton, MA, 1976, B&W illustrations, 179pp, very good, green cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 46801 ), $95.00
57. Coxey, Willard Douglas, ROMANCES OF OLD BERKSHIRE -- MASSACHUSETTS, The Berkshire Courier, Great Barrington, MA, 1931, 251pp, good, black cloth (hardcover), Contents include: The Indian Dreamer; The First Trail; The Guns of "Old Ti"; The Tory Maid of Lenox; The Fighting Parson; When Burgoyne Came to Town; The Last Battle., (Order No: 48571 ), $20.00
58. Crane, Ellery Bicknell (editor in chief); Williams, E. Melvin (staff historian), HISTORY OF WORCESTER COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS - VOLUME I, II, III - THREE VOLUME SET COMPLETE, Lewis Historical Publ. Co., New York, 1924, B&W illustrations, good+, black cloth spines (hardcover) some spotting on boards, Volume I, 527pp; Volume II, p528- p899 followed by 80 pages of biographical sketches; Volume III, p81-p417 of biographical sketches., (Order No: 52762 ), $175.00
59. Cross, Beulah; McDonald, Thomas M. (editor), THE HISTORY OF BUCKLAND - VOLUME II 1935-1979 - BICENTENNIAL EDITION [BUCKLAND, MASSACHUSETTS], Bicentennial Steering Comm., Buckland, MA, 1979, B&W illustrations, 312pp, very good+, blue cloth (hardcover) signed by the author, An uncommon Massachusetts history. One of 500 copies., (Order No: 55884 ), $100.00
60. Cushing, Elizabeth Hope (edited by), NO RACE OF IMITATORS - LYNN AND HER PEOPLE, AN ANTHOLOGY -- LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS, The Lynn Historical Society, Lynn, MA, (1992), B&W illustrations, 234pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1882162005 A glimpse into the various aspects of the city's rich heritage., (Order No: 50366 ), $20.00
61. Cutler, U. Waldo (inscribed by the author), JOTTINGS FROM WORCESTER'S HISTORY, Worcester Historical Society, Worcester, MA, 1932, 142pp, very good, black cloth spine (hardcover) small nick in cloth, These sketches of Worcester history were originally printed in the periodical THIS WEEK IN WORCESTER, under the general title "Worcester Historical Society Jottings.", (Order No: 46642 ), $35.00
62. Davenport, George Lyman and Davenport, Elizabeth Osgood (compiled under the direction of the Committee on Town History), THE GENEALOGIES OF THE FAMILIES OF COHASSET MASSACHUSETTS, Committee on Town History, Cohasset, MA, 1909 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 631pp, good, light green cloth (hardcover) some discoloration to boards, Internally a nice clean and tight copy. Nice bright spine, just some faint discoloration to boards., (Order No: 47741 ), $75.00
63. Day, Marilyn, WESTFORD DAYS: THE DIARIES OF EMMA, JOHN W. AND ADA DAY 1862-1878 AND THE FAMILIES -- WESTFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, NE Historical Geneal. Soc., Boston, MA, (1998), 628pp, maps, fine, maroon cloth (hardcover), ISBN 0880820780, (Order No: 53091 ), $45.00
64. Dewar, Martha E. and Gilbert M. Joan (edited by), FRAMINGHAM: HISTORICAL REFLECTIONS [FRAMINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS], 275th Anniversary Committee, Framingham, MA, (1974), B&W illustrations, 177pp, good, wraps (softcover) light cover wear, (Order No: 55301 ), $14.50
65. Dow, George Francis, EVERY DAY LIFE IN THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY, Dover Publications, Inc., New York, (1988), B&W illustrations, 293pp, very good++, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0486255654 First published in 1935., (Order No: 49384 ), $4.00
66. Drake, Samuel Adams, HISTORY OF MIDDLESEX COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS - TWO VOLUME SET COMPLETE, Estes and Lauriat Publishers, Boston, MA, 1880, B&W illustrations, good, brown cloth (hardcover) SEE NOTE for full details, "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 - CONDITION NOTE - wear to the top and bottom of the spine and the corners, front free endpaper loose, and hinges a tad weak. Volume II, 571pp, list of subscribers - CONDITION NOTE, nicer of the volumes, clean and tight very light edgewear. Overall a nice set., (Order No: 41054 ), $225.00
67. Dudley, John C. (Chairman The Town History Committee), HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF SUTTON MASSACHUSETTS - VOLUME II FROM 1876 TO 1950, Town of Sutton, Sutton, Massachusetts, (1987) 2nd ptg, B&W illustrations, 634pp, fine, maroon cloth (hardcover), First published in 1952., (Order No: 49392 ), $75.00
68. Duniway, Clyde Augustus, THE DEVELOPMENT OF FREEDOM OF THE PRESS IN MASSACHUSETTS, Burt Franklin, New York, (1969), 202pp, fine, maroon cloth (hardcover), Bibliography & Reference Series #93. Originally published in 1906 as a revision of a thesis prepared for a Doctor of Philosophy at Harvard in 1897., (Order No: 33050 ), $22.50
69. Edmonds, John Henry, HOW MASSACHUSETTS RECEIVED THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, Amer. Antiquarian Society, Worcester, MA, 1926, 28pp, good+, wraps (softcover) signed by the author, (Order No: 53611 ), $30.00
70. Eldredge, Joseph L. (text by); Whitehill, Walter Muir (introduction by); The Boston Society of Architects (edited by), ARCHITECTURE BOSTON - THE BOSTON SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTS, Barre Publishing, Barre, MA, (1976), B&W illustrations, 182pp, good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 051752502X Brings together the centuries of Boston architecture., (Order No: 58506 ), $7.00
71. Eldridge, Dana (foreword by Greg O'Brien), CAPE COD LUCKY, IN ANOTHER TIME, Stony Brook Group, Brewster, MA, (2000), ill. by Louise Russell, 170pp, fine, wraps (softcover) signed by the author, ISBN 1887086013 The author takes you back to the Cape Cod of a generation ago, a place where the realities of life were harsh and the pleasure simple, where land was cheap and roads were dirt and people knew their neighbors., (Order No: 39822 ), $12.50
72. Elliott, Marjorie Atkins (inscribed by the author), NORTH OF NORWOTTUCK: A SAMPLER OF SOUTH AMHERST, MASS., BOOK II, F. Irvine & Marjorie Elliott, Madison, WI, 1985, B&W illustrations, 208pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) NO Errata Sheet, Companion volume to LEAVE THE LIGHT BURNING. Both are family scrapbooks of this special community called South Amherst., (Order No: 31412 ), $30.00
73. Erdmann, Luise M.; James, Edward T.; Meyer, Elizabeth D.; and Sullivan, Charles M. (editors), ESSAYS OF CAMBRIDGE HISTORY - PROCEEDINGS, 1980-1985 - PUBLICATIONS VOLUME 45, Cambridge Historical Society, Cambridge, MA, 1998, B&W illustrations, 223pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 1878284460 "Exploring the architecture, institutions, and people of Cambridge, Massachusetts.", (Order No: 56586 ), $10.00
74. Farrington, Charles Williston with McConnell, Judith Lindau, AN AWESOME CENTURY: THE MAGICAL TWENTIETH AS SEEN FROM ONE SMALL TOWN - BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, published by the author, Bedford, MA, 1999, B&W illustrations, 116pp, good++, wraps (softcover), "These views from the vantage of a small suburban town depict the change from rustic peace to the overcrowed hours of today. The majority of these accounts were first printed as single articles in the BEDFORD MINUTEMAN." They relate personal experience or observation., (Order No: 51133 ), $35.00
75. Faught, Millard C., FALMOUTH MASSACHUSETTS: PROBLEMS OF A RESORT COMMUNITY, Columbia University Press, New York, 1945, charts, graphs, tables, map, 190pp, good, green cloth (hardcover), This is the story of a town and its people--its permanent residents and its seasonal guests. It is an attempt to identify, examine, and suggest solutions to many of the resort problems confronting the "resort industry.", (Order No: 15061 ), $20.00
76. Fawsett, Marise, CAPE COD ANNALS, Heritage Books, Inc., Bowie, MD, (1990), B&W illustrations, 184pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 1556133219 A potpourri of background information and history of Cape Cod., (Order No: 55976 ), $5.00
77. Fitch, Marion, HARTWELL FARM - A WAY OF LIFE - [LINCOLN, MASSACHUSETTS], George H. Jacques, Inc., n.p., 1974 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 110pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) inscribed by the author, Story of the family house and farm during the early 20th century., (Order No: 57815 ), $20.00
78. Flynt, Suzanne L.; McGowan, Susan; and, Miller, Amelia F., GATHERED AND PRESERVED, Pocumtuck Valley Mem. Assn., Deerfield, MA, (1991), color illustrations, 56pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0961287691 A catalogue of some of the items in the extensive and eclectic collection of the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association (PVMA) which was begun in 1870 in Deerfield, Massachusetts., (Order No: 45192 ), $8.50
79. Frail, Faye S. (interviews by); Delevingne, Lionel (photographs by), NORTHAMPTON: REFLECTIONS ON PARADISE - [NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS], Nouveau Monde Press, Northampton, MA, (1988) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 110pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 088090686 Documents contemporary life in Northampton., (Order No: 57014 ), $14.50
80. Frisch, Michael H., TOWN INTO CITY: SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, AND THE MEANING OF COMMUNITY, 1840-1880, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1972, 301pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0674898206, (Order No: 56945 ), $7.50
81. Frost, Jack, HARVARD AND CAMBRIDGE A SKETCH BOOK, Coward-McCann, Inc., New York, (1940), B&W illustrations, 90pp, good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover) owner's inscription, (Order No: 42981 ), $10.00
82. Fryatt, Norma R., BOSTON AND THE TEA RIOTS - GREAT EVENTS IN WORLD HISTORY, Auerbach Publishers, Princeton, NJ, (1972) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 150pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), A new rendering of the Boston Tea Party and the circumstances that led up to it., (Order No: 23158 ), $7.50
83. Fuess, Claude M., ANDOVER: SYMBOL OF NEW ENGLAND - THE EVOLUTION OF A TOWN, Andover Historical Society, Andover, MA, 1959, B&W illustrations, 480pp, good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Extensive history of Andover, Massachusetts., (Order No: 37287 ), $75.00
84. Garland, Joseph E., GLOUCESTER ON THE WIND: AMERICA'S GREATEST FISHING PORT IN THE DAYS OF SAIL - IMAGES OF AMERICA [GLOUSCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS], Arcadia Publishing, Charlestown, SC, (1999) 2nd ptg, B&W illustrations, 160pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0752400797, (Order No: 57943 ), $17.50
85. Geller, Lawrence D. (drawings by Jan Norton), THE WINSLOW-WARREN HOUSE 1726 - AN HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL SKETCH WITH SUGGESTIONS FOR RESTORATION AND USE, Plymouth Bicentennial Comm., Plymouth, MA, 1975, B&W illustrations, 14pp, very good, wraps (softcover) couple pencil marks in margins, (Order No: 55179 ), $15.00
86. Geoffrey, Theodate (foreword by Julia H. Hallett), SUCKANESSET WHEREIN MAY BE READ A HISTORY OF FALMOUTH MASSACHUSETTS, Falmouth Historical Society, Falmouth, MA, 1992, B&W illustrations, 188pp, very good, wraps (softcover) SOME MARGINALIA, First published in 1928., (Order No: 48740 ), $20.00
87. George D. Hall Company (compiled and published by), OFFICIAL PROGRAM OF THE CITY OF BOSTON TERCENTENARY CELEBRATION 1630-1930, George D. Hall Company, Boston, MA, 1930, B&W illustrations, 208pp, good+, blue cloth (hardcover) nice clean and tight copy, "... and records of the individuals, firms, and institutions whose own history makes part of the history of the City." Great illustrations and ads., (Order No: 47738 ), $20.00
88. Gere, Henry S. (introduction by), THE MEADOW CITY'S QUARTER-MILLENNIAL BOOK -- TOWN OF NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS, City of Northampton, Northampton, MA, [1905], B&W illustrations, 531pp, very good+, maroon cloth (hardcover), A Memorial of the Celebratin of the Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Settlement of the Town of Northampton, Massachusetts June 5th, 6th and 7th, 1904. A very nicely done presentation with the original bill of sale laid in., (Order No: 51059 ), $40.00
89. Graci, David, MT. HOLYOKE: AN ENDURING PROSPECT - HISTORY OF NEW ENGLAND'S MOST HISTORIC MOUNTAIN, Calem Publishing Co., Holyoke, MA, (1985), B&W illustrations, 105pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0961644400 The previously untold story of New England's first mountain top resort. Long before the White Mountains of New Hampshire became a popular resort area, the Prospect House atop Mt. Holyoke in Hadley, Massachusetts lured tourists and sightseers to it's magnificent view. The Summit House has recently been resorted and overlooks the Connecticut River Valley with I-91 and the Connecticut River and the Ox-bow meandering alongside. I have always been fascinated by the summer resort experience, and have spent an afternoon exploring this fascinating spot which is very alluring as you travel south on I-91 and see this beautiful building and the pathway of its inclined railway., (Order No: 57903 ), $40.00
90. Graves, Merle Dixon, BUBBLIN'S AN' B'ILIN'S AT THE CENTER, The Tuttle Company, Rutland, VT, 1934 1st ed, illustrated by the author, 212pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover) inscribed by the author, Stories set in the background of Western Massachusetts., (Order No: 50215 ), $7.50
91. Gray, Coralie M., WILBRAHAM - IMAGES OF AMERICA [WILBRAHAM, MASSACHUSETTS], Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, SC, (2001), B&W illustrations, 128pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0738509450 Photographic history of this town in the Pioneer Valley, part of the Connecticut River Valley in Massachusetts., (Order No: 58103 ), $30.00
92. Green, Samuel Abbott, GROTON HISTORICAL SERIES - A COLLECTION OF PAPERS RELATING TO THE HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF GROTON, MASSACHUSETTS - VOLUME I, published by the author, Groton, MA, 1887, very good, rebound in blue cloth (hardcover) EX-LIB, The first twenty Groton Historical Series pamphlets bound together, and covering a wide range of historical and genealogical subjects., (Order No: 49510 ), $125.00
93. Greene, J. R., THE MASS. CENTRAL: QUABBIN'S PHANTOM RAILROAD, Athol Press, Athol, MA, 1996 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 104pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 1884132049 This book tells the full story of the first incarnation (1869-1883) of the famous Central Mass. Division of the Boston & Maine Railroad. Laid out from Cambridge to Northampton, this hard luck line was completed only as far west as Holden before it went bankrupt., (Order No: 51369 ), $30.00
94. Greenough, W. A. (compiled and published by), GREENOUGH'S DIRECTORY IN THE CITY OF HAVERHILL, FOR 1869-70, TO WHICH IS ADDED A DIRECTORY OF BRADFORD -- MASSACHUSETTS, W. A. Greenough, Boston, MA, 1869, 235pp, ads, good, black cloth spine (hardcover) wear to boards, "Directory of the Inhabitants, Institutions, Manufacturing Establishments, Societies, Business, Business Firms, Etc., Etc., in the City of Haverhill, for 1869-70, to which is added a Directory of Bradford." Uncommon, tight but wear to pictorial boards., (Order No: 53043 ), $175.00
95. Griffin, Sara Swan, LITTLE STORIES ABOUT LOWELL - ROMANCES AND FACTS OF EARLIER DAYS [LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS], Butterfield Printing Company, Lowell, MA, 1928, B&W illustrations, 123pp, very good, green cloth (hardcover) signed by the author, Binding flaw tears to the bottom of a few pages. Contents include: Passaconaway; Princess Weetamoo; Old Tyng House; The Spalding House; Beginnings of Belvidere; The Canals of Lowell; The Chimes of St. Anne's; Changes in Lowell; Chelmsford; Dracut; Tewksbury; and, Historical Data of Lowell., (Order No: 50890 ), $125.00
96. Hall, Max, THE CHARLES - THE PEOPLE'S RIVER, David R. Godine Publisher, Boston, MA, (1986) 1st ed, B&W and color illustrations, 108pp, very good++, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0879236140 The Charles River begins in Hopkinton and meanders eighty miles through rural and suburbanc Massachusetts before opening out into the magnificnet "water park" that separates Boston and Cambridge. This is a story of the people (and river) who have for more than three centuries been changing the Charles to suit their purposes., (Order No: 57804 ), $6.00
97. Halpert, Stephen and Halpert Brenda (photographs collected with an introduction and a narrative by), BRAHMINS & BULLYBOYS - G. FRANK RADWAY'S BOSTON ALBUM, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA, 1973 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 143pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0395172179 From 1890 to 1930, Frank Radway was a hard-working photographer for the Boston ADVERTISER, later the RECORD AMERICAN., (Order No: 57693 ), $8.00
98. Halter, Marilyn (edited by) (foreword by Peter L. Berger), NEW MIGRANTS IN THE MARKETPLACE: BOSTON'S ETHNIC ENTREPRENEURS, Univ. of Massachusetts Press, Amherst, MA, (1995), B&W illustrations, 180pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0870239635 Using an ethnographic, comparative approach, this volume examines the economic culture and small business activity of a range of new migrant groups in the Greater Boston area, including Jews from the former Soviet Union, British West Indians, Greeks, Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, Khmers, and Haitians., (Order No: 28330 ), $12.50
99. Hamlin, B. Nason, BEFORE AND WHEN THE PILGRIMS CAME (AND THREE OTHER TALES), B. Nason Hamlin, Milton, 1948, 20pp, very good, wraps (softcover) inscribed by the author, Signed and inscribed by Hamlin., (Order No: 54004 ), $20.00
100. Hanna, Willard, THE BERKSHIRE-LITCHFIELD LEGACY: LITCHFIELD, ANCRAM, SALISBURY, STOCKBRIDGE, LENOX - [MASSACHUSETTS], Charles E. Tuttle Company, Rutland, VT, (1984), 122pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0808414805, (Order No: 58377 ), $6.00
101. Harrell, Pauline Chase; Chase, Charlotte Moulton; and, Chase, Richard, ARROWHEAD FARM: THREE HUNDRED YEARS OF NEW ENGLAND HUSBANDRY AND COOKING, The Countryman Press, Woodstock, VT, (1983), B&W illustrations, 222pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0914378996 In celebration of the 300th Anniversary of their homestead in Newburyport, Massachusetts, the Chase family has produced this extraordinary personal account of farming, growing food, and cooking over the generations., (Order No: 57290 ), $10.00
102. Hayes, Frances Coleman, GIANT IN THE STREAM: A STORY SET IN THE MERRIMACK VALLEY, Bread & Roses Heritage Comm., Lawrence, MA, (1987), 228pp, fine, wraps (softcover) inscribed by the author, "An historical romance - two young men achieve success beyond their wildest dreams in this story set in the Merrimack Valley.", (Order No: 58132 ), $12.50
103. Hayward, John, THE NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER; CONTAINING DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL THE STATES, COUNTIES AND TOWNS IN NEW ENGLAND ..., Israel S. Boyd & Wm. White, Concord, NH, 1839 6th ed, B&W illustrations, unpaginated, good, full calf (hardcover) foxing throughout, "...ALSO DESCRIPTIONS OF THE PRINCIPAL MOUNTAINS, RIVERS, LAKES, CAPES, BAYS, HARBORS, ISLANDS, AND FASHIONABLE RESORTS WITHIN THAT TERRITORY. ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED." - Sixth Edition. Tight copy with foxing., (Order No: 53909 ), $60.00
104. Hazen, Henry A., HISTORY OF BILLERICA, MASSACHUSETTS, WITH A GENEALOGICAL REGISTER, A. Williams and Co., Boston, MA, 1883 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 509pp, good, original brown cloth (hardcover) fading to cloth, 319 pages of history is followed by the Genealogical Register of 183 pages,, (Order No: 57981 ), $150.00
105. Heaton, Vernon, THE MAYFLOWER, Mayflower Books, New York, (1980) 1st Amer, B&W and color illustrations, 200pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover) owner's inscript., ISBN 0831757450 An account of the Mayflower and the personalities that eventually succeeded in establishing a stable colony., (Order No: 28008 ), $7.50
106. Herring, Stephen W., SOUTH MIDDLESEX: A NEW ENGLAND HERITAGE - AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY, Windsor Publications, Inc., Northridge, CA, (1986) 1st ed, 200+ ill. incl. 40 in color, 248pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0897811798 This is the story of the people who built a thriving industrial hub while maintaining and strengthening the ties that today still bond the nine towns of the region., (Order No: 19497 ), $12.50
107. Heywood, William Sweetzer, HISTORY OF WESTMINSTER MASSACHUSETTS (FIRST NAMED NARRAGANSETT NO. 2) FROM THE DATE OF THE ORIGINAL GRANT OF THE TOWNSHIP..., Vox Populi Press S. W. Huse, Lowell, MA, 1893, B&W illustrations, 964pp, good, green buckram cloth (hardcover) TEARS TO TOWN MAP, "... TO THE PRESENT TIME 1728-1893 WITH A BIOGRAPHIC-GENEALOGICAL REGISTER OF ITS PRINCIPAL FAMILIES. -- Please note: tears to town map, and old tape repairs to a couple pages., (Order No: 49254 ), $125.00
108. Hill, Evan (text by) Photographs by William F. Stekl, Introduction by Roger Tory Peterson, Foreword by Abe Ribicoff, THE CONNECTICUT RIVER, Wesleyan University Press, Middletown, CT, (1982) 3rd ptg, photos by William F. Stekl, 143pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0819560421 "A guided tour of the Connecticut River - in space, from the mouth to the source; in time, back to the first settlements and beyond..." First published in 1972., (Order No: 4737 ), $5.00
109. Hodgman, Edwin R., HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF WESTFORD, IN THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX, MASSACHUSETTS, 1659-1883, Westford Town History Assn., Westford, MA, orig pub 1883, B&W illustrations, 494pp, fine, brown cloth (hardcover), A undated recent (c1970s-80s) quality reprint of the original edition., (Order No: 50407 ), $45.00
110. Hogan, J. H., DIRECTORY AND HISTORY OF PLYMOUTH, MASS. ILLUSTRATED., W. F. Richardson & Co., South Framingham, MA, 1887, B&W illustrations, color plt, 243pp, good, black cloth spine, pictorial boards (hardcover) edgewear, Great ads, business directory, census, illustrations of churches, post office and mails, resident directory, street directory, town officers, and much more., (Order No: 55583 ), $100.00
111. House of Representatives of Massachusetts (Published at the Charge of the W. B. H. Dowse Fund), JOURNALS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF MASSACHUSETTS 1762 - VOL. 38 PART II 1762, Massachusetts Historical Soc, Boston, 1968, 353pp, very good+, black cloth spine (hardcover), General Court, 1762 - Third Session: January 13 to March 6, 1762 and Fourth Session: April 14 to 24, 1762., (Order No: 26292 ), $20.00
112. Howard, Brett, BOSTON: A SOCIAL HISTORY, Hawthorne Books, Inc., New York, (1976) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 337pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) owner's name, ISBN 0801508320 The author's attempt to understand the phenomenon of Boston with over 120 lithographs, woodcuts, paintings, and photographs of landmarks and institutions, portraits of men and women. A Chronology of Events and a Bibliography appear at the end., (Order No: 57305 ), $7.50
113. Howe, M. A. DeWolfe (with photographs by Samuel Chamberlain and reproductions of old prints), BOSTON LANDMARKS, Hastings House Publishers, New York, (1947) 2nd ptg, B&W illustrations, 133pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Twelve famous landmarks of Boston, along with neighboring points of interest which help to make up their background., (Order No: 46198 ), $7.50
114. Hudon, Paul ("Partner's in Progress" by Thomas W. Leavitt), THE VALLEY & ITS PEOPLES: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE LOWER MERRIMACK - [MASSACHUSETTS], Windsor Publications, Inc., Woodland Hills, CA, (1982) 1st ed, B&W and color illustrations, 190pp, very good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0897810473 A history of the Merrimack Valley within Massachusetts, beginning with its originally inhabitants and tracing the evolution of such modern-day communities as Newburyport, Haverhill, Amesbury, Andover, Lowell, and Lawrence., (Order No: 55710 ), $10.00
115. Huntington, James Lincoln, FORTY ACRES: THE STORY OF THE BISHOP HUNTINGTON HOUSE, Hastings House, Publishers, New York, (1949), photos by Samuel Chamberlain, 68pp, good w/lightly edgeworn dustjacket (hardcover) owner inscription, Story of the Porter-Phelps-Huntington House built in Hadley, Massachusetts in 1752, and remaining in the same family for ten generations. Wonderful Chamberlain photos of the period interiors., (Order No: 4650 ), $5.00
116. Huntington, Gale, AN INTRODUCTION TO MARTHA'S VINEYARD AND A GUIDED TOUR OF THE ISLAND, Dukes County Historical Soc., Edgartown, MA, (1985) 4th ptg, B&W ill., B&W map, 133pp, good, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 31702 ), $15.00
117. Huse, Donna (editor), SPINNER: PEOPLE AND CULTURE IN SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS - VOLUME III, Spinner Publications, n.p., 1984, B&W illustrations, 184pp, ads, very good, wraps (softcover) light rubbing to covers, (Order No: 57914 ), $12.50
118. James, Sydney V. (edited by) (intro by Samuel Eliot Morison; letters by John Pory, Emmanuel Altham, and Isaack de Rasieres), THREE VISITORS TO EARLY PLYMOUTH: LETTERS ABOUT THE PILGRIM SETTLEMENT IN NEW ENGLAND DURING ITS FIRST SEVEN YEARS, Plimoth Plantation, Inc., n.p., (1963), B&W frontis, 84pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), These three accounts--one by a gentleman from Virginia, one by an Englishman straight from England, and the other by a Dutchman from New Amsterdam--are brought together so we can see how the Pilgrims and New Plymouth appeared to visitors who shared neither their particular beliefs nor their intention to live in New England., (Order No: 46967 ), $10.00
119. Jenkins, Paul, THE CONSERVATIVE REBEL: A SOCIAL HISTORY OF GREENFIELD MASSACHUSETTS, Published by the Town, Greenfield, MA, (1982), B&W illustrations, 287pp, very good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), "The author has provided readers a lively account of events and of individuals, of causes and of characters, dating from the days of Indian villages to the approach of the 21st century.", (Order No: 48999 ), $20.00
120. Johnson, Donald Blake, UPTON'S HERITAGE: THE HISTORY OF A MASSACHUSETTS TOWN, Phoenix Publishing, Canaan, NH, (1984), B&W illustrations, 267pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) map envelope stuck to page219, ISBN 0914659081 With original envelope containing three maps laid in., (Order No: 36910 ), $30.00
121. Joslyn, Roger D. (compiled and edited by), VITAL RECORDS OF CHARLESTOWN MASSACHUSETTS TO THE YEAR 1850: VOLUME I, AND VOLUME II PARTS 1 & 2 - THREE VOLUME SET COMPLETE, NE Historic Genealogical Soc, Boston, MA, fine, tan cloth (hardcover), ISBN 0880820098 Volume I, 1984, 919pp; ISBN 0880820454 Volume II, Part 1, and Part 2, 1995, 1230pp., (Order No: 49389 ), $100.00
122. Kamp, Barton, WORCESTER II - IMAGES OF AMERICA [WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS], Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, SC, (1998), B&W illustrations, 128pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0752409808, (Order No: 58558 ), $17.50
123. Kane, Tom, MY PAMET: CAPE COD CHRONICLE, Moyer Bell Limited, Mount Kisco, NY, (1989) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 472pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0918825911 This is the story of a vanished small-town America. Time: From the era of the horse-drawn "Democrat" wagon to the present. Place: On the Pamet River, Truro, Massachusetts, a small sea-coast town near the tip of Cape Cod., (Order No: 22693 ), $8.50
124. Kay, Jane Holtz, LOST BOSTON, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA, (1980) 3rd ptg, B&W illustrations, 304pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0395321336 "A visual feast, an eloquent appeal for the presentation of an architectural heritage, and an eminently readable history of a remarkable city's physical development.", (Order No: 56965 ), $12.00
125. Kelley, Beverly Allison, LEXINGTON: A CENTURY OF PHOTOGRAPHS [LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS], Lexington Historical Society, Lexington, MA, (1980), B&W illustrations, 138pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), The Lexington Historical Society has published a representative portion of their photographic archives., (Order No: 54100 ), $10.00
126. Kellogg, Lucy Cutler and Severance, Charles Sidney, HISTORY OF GREENFIELD 1900-1929 AND HISTORY OF GREENFIELD 1930-1953 [HISTORY OF GREENFIELD MASSACHUSETTS], Town of Greenfield, Greenfield, MA, B&W illustrations, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Two Volumes offered together: Kellogg, Lucy Cutler, HISTORY OF GREENFIELD 1900-1929: BEING VOLUME III OF THE TOWN'S HISTORY, 1931, p1309-p1938; and Severence, Charles Sidney, HISTORY OF GREENFIELD 1930-1953: BEING THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY AS WELL AS THE FOURTH VOLUME OF THE TOWN'S HISTORY, 1954, p1939-p2490. These two volumes have always been together as a set., (Order No: 57838 ), $150.00
127. Kemp, Edwin C., MELROSE MASSACHUSETTS, 1900-1950, Fiftieth Anniversary Comm., n.p., 1950, B&W illustrations, 183pp,Appendix, very good, maroon cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, COMMEMORATING THE ONE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE TOWN OF MELROSE AND THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE INCORPORATION OF THE CITY OF MELROSE., (Order No: 45203 ), $15.00
128. Kent, Josiah Coleman (introduction by Dr. Josiah M. Stanley), NORTHBOROUGH HISTORY - NORTHBOROUGH, MASSACHUSSETTS, Garden City Press, Inc., Newton, MA, 1921, B&W illustrations, 529pp, good, maroon cloth (hardcover) nice clean and tight copy, Complete history of the town, and "this volume came into being as a result of the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Incorporation of the Town of Northborough, Mass., which was held August 16 and 17, 1916.", (Order No: 45727 ), $125.00
129. Kingsbury, J. D., MEMORIAL HISTORY OF BRADFORD, MASS [BRADFORD, MASSACHUSETTS], C. C. Morse & Son, Haverhill, Mass, 1883 1st ed, 192pp, good+, 3/4 leather (hardcover), "Including Addresses Delivered at the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the First Church of Bradford, December 27, 1882.", (Order No: 58455 ), $40.00
130. Knights, Peter R., YANKEE DESTINIES: THE LIVES OF ORDINARY NINETEENTH-CENTURY BOSTONIANS, Univ. of North Carolina Pr., Chapel Hill, NC, (1991) 1st ptg, B&W maps, 281pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0807819697 Reconstructs important milestones in the lives of 2,808 white, native-born men who resided in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1860 or 1870., (Order No: 37892 ), $12.50
131. Knights, Peter R., THE PLAIN PEOPLE OF BOSTON, 1830-1860: A STUDY IN CITY GROWTH, Oxford University Press, New York, 1971, 204pp, good++, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 47817 ), $4.50
132. Kruh, David, ALWAYS SOMETHING DOING: A HISTORY OF BOSTON'S INFAMOUS SCOLLAY SQUARE, Faber and Faber, Boston, MA, 1990, B&W illustrations, 162pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0571129110, (Order No: 57976 ), $5.00
133. La Fontana, John O. (Roz) (Chairman, Bicentennial Book Committee), GREAT BARRINGTON BI-CENTENNIAL 1761-1961 - GREAT BARRINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS, published by the committee, Great Barrington, MA, 1961, B&W illustrations, 400pp, very good, green cloth (hardcover), Packed with data on the town and photos and more photos of people, organizations and places throughout the town., (Order No: 42979 ), $125.00
134. Labaree, Benjamin W. (managing editor), ESSEX INSTITUTE HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS - VOL. XCIV, NO. 1 - JANUARY, 1958, The Essex Institute, Salem, MA, 1958, 78pp, good+, wraps (softcover), Contents include: The Crowninshields of Salem, 1800-1808; Justice Curtis and the Dred Scott Case; John Adams, Elbridge Gerry, and the Origins of the XYZ Affair; The Forgotten Link, Newburyport's James Parton; and, General John Glover: Legend and Fact., (Order No: 53525 ), $15.00
135. Labaree, Benjamin W. (managing editor), ESSEX INSTITUTE HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS - VOL. XCIV, NO. 2 - APRIL, 1958 - ISSUED QUARTERLY, The Essex Institute, Salem, MA, 1958, p79-p167, good+, wraps (softcover), Contents include: The Crowinshields of Salem; Beverly's Seacoast Defences During the Revolutionary War; The Garden Project of the First Church, Salem, Massachusetts, 1955-1956-1957; Pepper Wife; and, We Talked with Whittier., (Order No: 53526 ), $15.00
136. Labaree, Benjaming W. (managing editor), ESSEX INSTITUTE HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS - VOL. XCIV, NO. 3 - JULY, 1958 - ISSUED QUARTERLY -- SPECIAL HAWTHORNE ISSUE, The Essex Institute, Salem, MA, 1958, p169-p308, good+, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 53527 ), $20.00
137. Labaree, Benjamin W. (managing editor), ESSEX INSTITUTE HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS - VOL. XCIV - NO. 4 - OCTOBER, 1958 -- ISSUED QUARTERLY, The Essex Institute, Salem, MA, 1958, p309-p403, good+, wraps (softcover), Contents include: Timothy Pickering's "Portrait" of Thomas Jefferson; Painted Wall Paper in the Lindall-Barnard Andrews House; Rufus Choate: A Case Study in Old Whiggery; and, Jacob Kimball: A Pioneer American Musician. Includes index to Volume XCIV., (Order No: 53528 ), $15.00
138. LaFrancis, Edith, AGAWAM MASSACHUSETTS - A TOWN HISTORY, published by the town, Agawam, MA, (1980), B&W illustrations, 398pp, very good+, (hardcover) no dustjacket - signed by the author, "This book attempts to delineate the many changes and phases in the local scene of which Agawam was a part, change from Colony to Province, from Precinct and Parish to an incorporated New England Town and finally to a new entity with a Home Rule Charter.", (Order No: 42026 ), $37.50
139. Laufman, Alan Miller, PIPE ORGANS OF ARLINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS, Boston Organ Club, Harrisville, NH, (2000) 1st ed, color frontis, B&W ill., 56pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0961009241 An in- depth look at the churches of Arlington, Massachusetts and their organs., (Order No: 46705 ), $50.00
140. Leahy, Christopher; Mitchell, John Hanson; and, Conuel, Thomas, THE NATURE OF MASSACHUSETTS, Addison-Wesley Publishing, Reading, MA, (1996) 1st ptg, ill. by Lars Jonsson, 226pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0201409690 One of the world's greatest painters of nature and three leading natural history writers have collaborated to offer this spectacular introduction to the natural habitats of Massachusetts., (Order No: 18889 ), $15.00
141. Leonard, Henry C., PIGEON COVE AND VICINITY - (CAPE ANN, MASSACHUSETTS), F. A. Searle, Boston, MA, 1873, B&W illustrations, 193pp, good, brown cloth (hardcover) wear top/bottom of spine, edgewear, A nice history of Pigeon Cove and the area on Cape Ann, Massachusetts. Includes mention of the railroads to the summer resorts in the area, the birds, flowers, minerals, etc., (Order No: 51693 ), $60.00
142. Litchfield, Henry Wheatland, ANCIENT LANDMARKS OF PEMBROKE - [PEMBROKE, MASSACHUSETTS], published by the author, Pembroke, MA, 1909 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 188pp, good++, brown cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 55893 ), $50.00
143. Little, Eliza Adams; and, Ilsley, Lucretia Little (editors); Bailey, Marion; Colman, Harriot; et al (contributors), THE FIRST PARISH NEWBURY, MASSACHUSETTS 1635 - 1935, News Publishing Co., Inc., Newburyport, MA, 1935, B&W illustrations, 104pp, very good, green cloth (hardcover) owner's inscription, Written to provide the members of the parish an appreciation of three hundred years of community life and worship, and to preserve the hitherto scattered records and traditions., (Order No: 49830 ), $45.00
144. Lockwood, Allison McCrillis, TOUCHED WITH FIRE: AN AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN WORLD WAR II, Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, MA, (1993), B&W illustrations, 193pp, very good, wraps (softcover) inscribed by the author & owner, This volume shows how the Second World War affected a single American community, Northampton, Massachusetts., (Order No: 44288 ), $30.00
145. Lockwood, Allison McCrillis, NO ORDINARY MAN, JUDGE FORBES AND HIS LIBRARY: FORBES LIBRARY, 1894-1994, The Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, MA, (1994), B&W illustrations, 118pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0961805242 A permanent memorial to the judge., (Order No: 45570 ), $20.00
146. Lombardo, Daniel, TALES OF AMHERST: A LOOK BACK - AMHERST, MASSACHUSETTS, The Jones Library, Inc., Amherst, MA, 1986, B&W illustrations, 137pp, very good, wraps (softcover), A collection of Amherst vignettes., (Order No: 48156 ), $6.00
147. Lombardo, Daniel, TALES OF AMHERST: A LOOK BACK, The Jones Library, Inc., Amherst, MA, 1986, B&W illustrations, 137pp, fine, blue cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 58085 ), $15.00
148. Lord, Priscilla Sawyer and Gamage, Virginia Clegg, MARBLEHEAD: THE SPIRIT OF '76 LIVES HERE - UPDATED EDITION, Chilton Book Company, Radnor, PA, (1972) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 395pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0801955963 With special emphasis on the vital role Marblehead and its citizens played in Colonial times and throughout the events triggered by the American Revolution, this book spans three and a half centuries of Marblehead's proud heritage., (Order No: 10199 ), $15.00
149. Lord, Priscilla Sawyer; and, Gamage, Virginia Clegg (warmly inscribed by), MARBLEHEAD: THE SPIRIT OF '76 LIVES HERE, Chilton Book Company, Philadelphia, PA, (1972) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 395pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover) inscribed by Gamage, ISBN 0801955963 Marblehead is a town in love with liberty and rugged individualism., (Order No: 55399 ), $20.00
150. Lovell, R. A., SANDWICH: A CAPE COD TOWN -- [SANDWICH, MASSACHUSETTS], Town of Sandwich/Sullwold, Sandwich, MA/Taunton, MA, 1984 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 572pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover) signed by the author, Traced from original town and Colony records, and from diaries, wills and deeds, this is the Sandwich story. Illustrated with photographs, drawings, maps and charts, and with an extensive bibliography., (Order No: 50828 ), $35.00
151. Ludlum, Stuart D. (compiled, edited, and annotated by), EXPLORING CAPE COD: MONOMOY, SMALL CRAFT MANIA 100 YEARS AGO - NANTUCKET MARTHA'S VINEYARD 100 YEARS AGO CHEAP YACHTING-WHALING, Brodock & Ludlum Publication, Utica, NY, (1973), sepia toned illustrations, 32pp & 32pp, very good, wraps (softcover), A collection of 19th century articles., (Order No: 56664 ), $12.50
152. Macy, Obed, THE HISTORY OF NANTUCKET; BEING A COMPENDIOUS ACCOUNT OF THE FIRST SETTLEMENT OF THE ISLAND BY THE ENGLISH..., Research Reprints, Inc., New York, (1970), map, 300pp, very good, green cloth (hardcover), "...TOGETHER WITH THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE WHALE FISHERY; AND OTHER HISTORICAL FACTS RELATIVE TO SAID ISLAND AND ITS INHABITANTS. IN TWO PARTS." First published in 1835., (Order No: 52753 ), $85.00
153. Malone, Patrick M., THE LOWELL CANAL SYSTEM -- LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS, The Lowell Museum, Lowell, MA, 1976, B&W illustrations, 27pp, very good, wraps (softcover), light soiling to covers, Lowell, Massachusetts became America's first great industrial city because of the power of the Pawtucket Falls and the talents of the areas businessmen and engineers. This is a look at the canals around the falls that were first completed in 1796., (Order No: 38812 ), $30.00
154. Marshall, Cyril Leek, THE MAYFLOWER DESTINY: A MODERN CURATOR'S LOOK AT HOW THE PILGRIMS LIVED AND WORKED IN AMERICA, Stackpole Books, Harrisburg, PA, (1975), B&W illustrations, 191pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0811709981 This is the fully illustrated story of that voyage, the events that prompted it, the conditions the Pilgrims found in their new land, and how they made the best of them., (Order No: 43652 ), $15.00
155. Massachusetts Historical Society, PROCEEDINGS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY - VOLUME 107 (1995) - VOLUME CVII - 1995, Northeastern University Pres, Boston, 1996, 233pp, fine, brown cloth (hardcover), Contents partially includes: Harvard Student Rebellion of 1969; Henry Adams and the Rise and Fall of the Luminiferous Ether; The Society of the Cincinnati and the Limits of Fraternal Sociability, Osgood Carleton, Mathematical Practicioner of Boston; and more., (Order No: 45229 ), $20.00
156. Massachusetts Historical Commission State Survey Team, HISTORIC AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESOURCES OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS - A FRAMEWORK FOR PRESERVATION DECISIONS, Massachusetts Hist. Comm., Boston, MA, 1985, maps, 434pp, very good, wraps (softcover), Contents include: Topographic Overview; Prehistoric Overview; Settlement and Social Development; Architectural Development; Economic Development; Management Recommendations., (Order No: 47058 ), $40.00
157. McAdam, Roger Williams, PRISCILLA OF FALL RIVER, Stephen Daye Press, New York, (1956) new ed, B&W illustrations, 224pp, good+, blue cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, First published in 1947. The Priscilla, which made its first voyage on June 25, 1894, was the acknowledged queen of the great ships of the Fall River Line which operated from Fall River, MA to New York., (Order No: 5730 ), $10.00
158. McAdow, Ron, THE CHARLES RIVER - EXPLORING NATURE AND HISTORY ON FOOT AND BY CANOE, Bliss Publishing Company, Marlborough, MA, (1992) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 224pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0962514411, (Order No: 57336 ), $12.50
159. McCue, James Westaway, JOE LINCOLN OF CAPE COD, The Cape Cod Publishers, Silver Lake P.O., MA, 1949, B&W photographs, 76pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) signed by the author, "Joseph Lincoln was not only a novelist of wide reputation, but he was also a public benefactor. His success had in it something heartening and corrective. In the midst of work which appeals to the base and cynical in human life (American city life) his clean, wholesome, humorous stories of Cape Cod Sea Captains and their neighbors gave evidence of the fact that there was a huge public for decent, homely fiction. ...", (Order No: 23826 ), $35.00
160. McGuire, John (photography by Henry Peach), BASKETRY: THE NANTUCKET TRADITION - HISTORY, TECHNIQUES, PROJECTS, Lark Books, Asheville, NC, (1990), B&W and color illustrations, 128pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 093727450X Author introduces the people who have given Nantucket its distinctive character: Indians and sheepherders, Quakers and whalers. And he explains exactly why the Nantucket lightship basket took the distinctive form it did. Then with more than 200 step-by-step photoes, and with clean precise instructions, the author explains how to create a variety of elegant Nantucket baskets, including both round and oval shapes., (Order No: 55112 ), $70.00
161. McQuill, Thursty, THE CONNECTICUT BY DAYLIGHT - THE FIRST DESCRIPTIVE GUIDE-BOARD EVER PUBLISHED, The American News Company, New York, 1874, B&W illustrations, 108pp, ads, good, decorated green boards (hardcover) much edgewear, "From New York to the White Mountains, Lake Memphremagog, Montreal and Quebec; via New Haven, Hartford, Springfield, Northampton, Deefield, Greenfield, Brattleboro, Bellows Falls, Windsor, White River Junction, Wells River, St. Johnsbury, Stowe, Burlington and St. Albans." A wonderful travel guide detailing all to be seen and places to stop and visit while traveling this route by railroad or steamboat, including: New York, New Haven, Hartford, and Springfield Railroad; New York and New Haven Steamboat Company; Connecticut River Railroad; Central Vermont Railroad; Grand Trunk Railroad; Passumpsic Railroad; and, Boston, Concord, and Montreal Railroad. Over 20 pages of ads for lodging and travel; fold-out route map and timetable for the Connecticut River Railway Line; foldout illustration of "The New Steamer C. H. Northam, of the New Haven Line," and so much more. Our shop is along the route, my interest is in the early summer travel and 19th century vacations, and this is a greet early travel guide to the area. I am happy to be able to now offer this item and do have a copy in my own collection., (Order No: 44657 ), $200.00
162. Meras, Phyllis, FIRST SPRING: A MARTHA'S VINEYARD JOURNAL, The Chatham Press, Inc., Riverside, CT, (1972) 2nd ptg, B&W illustrations, 143pp, good, green cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), ISBN 0856990426 A personal journal of a city dweller's first year in the country, a critical, poetic report on the condition of an island and its people, and a joyful almanac of lore on eels and lobstering, sea birds and beach plums., (Order No: 12910 ), $5.00
163. Merrick, Charles L. (general editor), HISTORY OF WILBRAHAM U.S.A.: BICENTENNIAL EDITION, 1763-1963 - WILBRAHAM, MASSACHUSETTS, Charles L. Merrick, n.p., (1964), color frontis, B&W ill., 311pp, very good+, pictorial boards (hardcover), Contents include: The Early Years and Growth; The Churches; Agriculture; Business and Professions; Town Government; Highways; Transportation; Public Schools; Private Schools; Libraries; Concerning Houses; Communications and Utilities; Catastrophes and Tragedies; Military Companies; Cemeteries; Pastimes and Projects; Some People; Miscellany; The Bicentennial Celebration; Appendix., (Order No: 41770 ), $45.00
164. Miles, Dorothy, THE WIZARD OF ORNE HILL: AND OTHER TALES OF OLD MARBLEHEAD [MARBLEHEAD, MASSACHUSETTS], n.d., illustrated by Jan Sterling, 95pp, very good++, green cloth (hardcover), "These tales are all based on real characters and actual events from the early history of the town of Marblehead. During my childhood they were passed on to me orally, in a much simpler form, by members of my family. But the oral tradition has been lost in the vast societal changes of the past few years. My purpose, therefore, in writing THE WIZARD OF ORNE HILL AND OTHER TALES OF OLD MARBLEHEAD was to collect these historical figures in one volume and by giving them appropriate characterization and dialogue to bring them to life for present and future generations of readers.", (Order No: 54546 ), $20.00
165. Mitchell, John Hanson, TRESPASSING: AN INQUIRY INTO THE PRIVATE OWNERSHIP OF LAND, Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, (1998) 1st ptg, 295pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0201442140 How did a nation built on a vision of "wide open spaces" come to believe in the private ownership of land? The author explores this question in his fascinating and beautifully told story., (Order No: 25955 ), $4.00
166. Moore, Barbara W., and Weesner, Gail (interior photographs by Southie Burgin), BACK BAY - A LIVING PORTRAIT, Century Hill Press, Boston, MA, (1995), color illustrations, 144pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0963207733 In this richly illustrated book, the author recount the fascinating saga of the man-made piece of real estate, tracing its development from desolate swampland to the seat of High Victorian respectablily. Included is a tour of the modern neighborhood, and a street by stret survey of many of the district's most intriguing places., (Order No: 43109 ), $20.00
167. Morin, Raymond, THE WORCESTER MUSIC FESTIVAL: ITS BACKGROUND AND HISTORY 1858-1976, Worcester County Music Assn., Worcester, MA, 1976, B&W illustrations, 236pp, very good+, brown cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 40660 ), $20.00
168. Mumford, Lewis and Whitehill, Walter Muir (essays by), BACK BAY BOSTON: THE CITY AS A WORK OF ART, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, (1969), B&W and color ill., 151pp, good, wraps (softcover), This publication accompanies the three part exhibition. The first part, The Significance of Back Bay Boston, is an historical overview. The second part, Back Bay Patrons, discusses some of the Bostonians who moved into the Back Bay. The final part, Artists of the City, describes ten individuals--architects, artists, sculptors, and landscape architects--whose talents have been devoted to making the Back Bay a work of art., (Order No: 33423 ), $15.00
169. Murphy, Owen J., "THERE WERE GIANTS IN THOSE DAYS!" GLIMPSES OF ROMAN CATHOLIC HISTORY IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS, Diocese of Worcester, Worcester, MA, (2000), color illustrations, 160pp, fine, pictorial boards (hardcover), ISBN 2746801922 A history of the diocese and its renewal spurred by the momentous General Church Council of the 1960s, and the challenges posed by the coming Third Millennium of Christianity., (Order No: 50164 ), $20.00
170. Murray, Barbara T. (editor), HISTORICAL ALBUM OF SOUTHBRIDGE, COUNTY OF WORCESTER, COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS 1816-1966, Rotary Club of Southbridge, Southbridge, MA, 1966, B&W illustrations, 140pp, very good, wraps (softcover), Album of the Sesquicentennial Celebration May 20-29, 1966., (Order No: 57725 ), $15.00
171. Nason, Elias, A HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF DUNSTABLE, MASSACHUSETTS, FROM ITS EARLIEST SETTLEMENT TO THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1873, orig pub 1877, 316pp, good+, wraps (softcover), Reprinted in commemoration of the 300th anniversary of the town., (Order No: 58464 ), $30.00
172. Neumeier, Victor L. (photographs by), THE WAR YEARS IN THE TOWN OF SUDBURY MASSACHUSETTS, 1765-1781, Town of Sudbury, Sudbury, MA, (1975), B&W illustrations, 290pp, very good, wraps (softcover), Being a compilation of the Town Meeting Records of the actions of the men and women of the Town before and during the War of Independence. From Town Records, Book 6, 1755-1790., (Order No: 48841 ), $10.00
173. Newhall, James R.; Oldpath, Obadiah (new edition by), LIN: OR, NOTABLE PEOPLE AND NOTABLE THINGS IN THE EARLY HISTORY OF LYNN, THE THIRD PLANTATION OF MASSACHUSETTS COLONY, George C. Herbert Bookstore, Lynn, MA, (1890) 2nd ed, B&W illustrations, 500pp, very good, brown cloth (hardcover) small rub line on spine, First published in 1879., (Order No: 44973 ), $85.00
174. Noble, Richard E. (inscribed by the author), FENCES OF STONE - A HISTORY OF SOUTHBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS, Peter E. Randall Publisher, Portsmouth, NH, (1990), 419pp, fine, green cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket as published, (Order No: 57837 ), $40.00
175. Nobles, Gregory H., DIVISIONS THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE - POLITICS AND SOCIETY IN HAMPSHIRE COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS, 1740-1775, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, MA, (1983), 258pp, fine, gray cloth (hardcover), ISBN 0521244196, (Order No: 56921 ), $30.00
176. O'Connell, James C. and Konig, Michael F. (edited by Joseph Carvalho), SHAPING AN URBAN IMAGE: THE HISTORY OF DOWNTOWN PLANNING IN SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, Conn. Valley Historical Muse, Springfield, MA, 1990, B&W illustrations, 120pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), This book was developed from an exhibit displayed at the Springfield Library and Museums Association in 1987. The exhibit was undertaken as part of a planning process for a new master plan to guide downtown growth and beautify the urban environment., (Order No: 53657 ), $30.00
177. O'Connell, Shaun, IMAGINING BOSTON - A LITERARY LANDSCAPE, Beacon Press, Boston, MA, (1990) 2nd ptg, 405pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0807051020, (Order No: 56466 ), $5.00
178. O'Connor, Thomas H., MASSACHUSETTS IN THE CIVIL WAR - VOLUME I "THE CALL TO ARMS" 1860-1861, Mass. Civil War Cent. Comm., Boston, MA, 1960, 46pp, very good, wraps (softcover), This booklet was published for distribution throughout the schools of the Commonwealth., (Order No: 55214 ), $7.00
179. O'Gorman, James F., CONNECTICUT VALLEY VERNACULAR - THE VANISHING LANDSCAPE AND ARCHITECTURE OF THE NEW ENGLAND TOBACCO FIELDS, Univ. of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, PA, (2002) 1st ptg, B&W and color illustrations, 109pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 081223670X A fascinating history of the cigar leaf tobacco industry in the Connecticut River Valley and its immigrant labor force, and the architecture of the barns devised for the drying of the leaves. A good "read" which I enjoyed and recommend for an understanding of the countryside driving down Interstate 91., (Order No: 56923 ), $30.00
180. O'Malley, Patricia Trainor and Tedesco, Paul H., A NEW ENGLAND CITY: HAVERHILL MASSACHUSETTS, AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY, Windsor Publications, Inc., Northridge, CA, (1987) 1st ed, B&W and color ill., 127pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0897812182 Amid the rolling terrain and twisting rivers, colonial farmhouses coexist with high-tech condominiums to create a lively juxtaposition of old and new in the city on the Merrimack., (Order No: 16057 ), $10.00
181. Palme, Arthur, THE BERKSHIRES: THROUGH THE CAMERA OF ARTHUR PALME, Palme-Grove Publishing Co., Pittsfield, MA, (1951) 1st ptg, B&W photographs, 1 map, unpaginated, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), This is the story of The Berkshires, told in picture form through the photographic genius of Arthur Palme., (Order No: 15607 ), $12.00
182. Parker, Francis J., THE STORY OF THE THIRTY-SECOND REGIMENT MASSACHUSETTS INFANTRY, C. W. Calkins & Co., Publ., Boston, MA, 1880, 260pp, good, brown cloth (hardcover) edgewear to cloth, "Whence it Came; Where it Went; What it Saw; and What it Did." Parker's service ended in 1862; but he continued his account through the course of the war; a typical unit history. Nevins, CIVIL WAR BOOKS, Vol. I, page 142., (Order No: 55384 ), $300.00
183. Parker, Herbert, COURTS AND LAWYERS OF NEW ENGLAND - 4 VOLUME SET COMPLETE, American Historical Soc. Inc, New York, 1931, color illustrations, 4 vols, 1015pp, very good, brown cloth (hardcover) slight discoloration on spine, An extensive history of the development of laws, courts and lawyers in the New England states., (Order No: 42469 ), $80.00
184. Parker, Margaret Terrell, LOWELL: A STUDY OF INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, Kennikat Press, Port Washington, NY, (1970), B&W illustrations, 238pp, very good++, gray cloth (hardcover), ISBN 0804613737 First published in 1940. CONTENTS INCLUDE: AN OLD CITY AND A MODERN PROBLEM; LOWELL TODAY; THE EVOLUTION OF THE PATTERN; FACTORS IN INDUSTRIAL RISE AND DECLINE; FUTURE POSSIBILITIES., (Order No: 47638 ), $75.00
185. Parker, Robert B. (art direction by Jil Foutch), BOSTON: HISTORY IN THE MAKING - URBAN TAPESTRY SERIES, Towery Publishing, Inc., Memphis, TN, (1999), color illustrations, 320pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1881096661 A unique guided tour of the uniqueness of the city., (Order No: 57913 ), $20.00
186. Parkhurst, Winnifrid Chadwick and Perley, Barbara Carolyn, UPDATED DWELLINGS OF BOXFORD - BOXFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, published by the authors, Boxford, MA, (1977), B&W illustrations, 214pp, good+, maroon cloth (hardcover), "The purpose of this book is to aid in the identification of houses in Boxford built prior to 1893 which are in existence in 1976 and houses more recently builton old sites.", (Order No: 47453 ), $25.00
187. Parkhurst, George Adams, NIGHTS AT THE ROUND TABLE: WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF 20 EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE OF CHELMSFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, George Adams Parkhurst, North Chelmsford, MA, (1998), B&W illustrations, 207pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover) inscribed by the author, ISBN 0966875605 This volume is about a fictitious group that meets on Monday nights at the Radisson Hotel to discuss local history--the history of Chelmsford, Massachusetts. Although the members of the group are fictitious, including The Doctor, The Historian, The Curator, The Professor, The Librarian, and The Innkeeper, the biographical sketches are not., (Order No: 54428 ), $25.00
188. Parkhurst, George Adams, SMALL TOWN KID: GROWING UP IN A COUNTRY VILLAGE IN THE 1920'S AND 1930'S - [CHELMSFORD, MASSACHUSETTS BEFORE WORLD WAR II], George Adams Parkhurst, Massachusetts, (1991), B&W illustrations, 191pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover) signed by the author, This book is a collection of local historical trivia of the 1920's and 1930's, beginning in the afternoon of November 7, 1918, when the end of World War I was erroneously reported, up to December 7, 1941 when Pearl Harbor was bombed., (Order No: 54622 ), $8.00
189. Parsons, James M., NORTHAMPTON - IMAGES OF AMERICA [NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS], Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, SC, (1996), B&W illustrations, 128pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0738546437, (Order No: 57944 ), $15.00
190. Pearson, Henry Greenleaf, RICHARD COCKBURN MACLAURIN: PRESIDENT OF THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 1909-1920, The Macmillan Company, New York, 1937 1st ptg, 12 B&W illustrations, 302pp, good, red cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), (Order No: 14922 ), $5.00
191. Perry, Joseph H. and Emerson, Benjamin K., THE GEOLOGY OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, Worcester Natural Hist. Soc., Worcester, MA, 1903, B&W illustrations, 166pp, very good, blue cloth (hardcover), From the preface, "This book has not been written for geologists. It has been written for the people of Worcester ... it will serve as a guide over the fields and through the streets in the study of the rocks of Worcester, and of their relations to one another.", (Order No: 54935 ), $45.00
192. Pinkney, Helen R., CHRISTOPHER GORE: FEDERALIST OF MASSACHUSETTS 1758-1827, Gore Place Society, Waltham, MA, (1999) 2nd ptg, 180pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), First published in 1969. Through speculation Gore acquired great wealth and built a country house that is one of America's finest examples of Federalist architecture, and from the ratification of the federal Constitution until the beginning of the Era of Good Feelings, he applied his talents to shaping the policies of the Federalist party in Massachusetts., (Order No: 54024 ), $12.50
193. Plante, Bill (introduction by); Yesair, Ruth (preface by), IMAGES FROM THE PAST: 1635-1985 NEWBURY, MASSACHUSETTS, [1985], B&W illustrations, 161pp, very good+, black cloth spine (hardcover) one corner bump, Published to commemorate the 350th Anniversary of the settlement of Newbury. Contents include: Travel; Churches; Education; Farming; Business and Industry; Plum Island; Firefighting; and, Town Government., (Order No: 56630 ), $25.00
194. Polan, Barbara; Brenner-Fricke, Amy, WORCESTER: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY [WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS], Community Communications Inc, Montgomery, AL, 1999 1st ed, B&W and color illustrations, 128pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1581920059 "Not a rote telling of historical events, WORCESTER, AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY is an engaging journey through time to discover the evolution of one of America's most fascinating cities.", (Order No: 56625 ), $25.00
195. Pratt, Frank Wright (a new foreword by David R. Proper), BOYHOOD MEMORIES OF OLD DEERFIELD: A FACSMILE OF THE 1936 EDITION, Anne M. Pratt, Brookline, MA, 1972, B&W illustrations, 308pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), These real-life experiences, boyhood antics and pranks, set against the background of one of New England's most historic villages, are a chronicle of life in a simpler, less complex age., (Order No: 40238 ), $10.00
196. Prince, Thomas, A CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF NEW ENGLAND IN THE FORM OF ANNALS, Cummings, Hilliard and Co., n.p., 1826, 439pp, very good, 3/4 leather, raised bands (hardcover) light edge wear, First published in 1736. "...Being a Summary and exact Account of the most material Transactions and Occurrence relating to this Country, in the order of Time wherein they happened, from the Discovery of Capt. Gosnold in 1602, to the Arrival of Governor Belcher, in 1730..." Clean, bright and tight copy. Wear to extemities of leather binding and raised bands, teg., (Order No: 40097 ), $275.00
197. Proehl, Stephen (introduction by Norton H. Nickerson), OVER CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA, 1979 1st ptg, color ill., B&W maps, 139pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0385279372 The author offers a totally new view of the Cape from the air of its shoreline, interiors, and outlying islands., (Order No: 29016 ), $7.50
198. Prospect Union Association of Cambridge (compiled by), RECREATION IN AND ABOUT BOSTON - A HANDBOOK OF OPPORTUNITIES, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA, 1930, B&W illustrations, 220pp, good, green cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 51189 ), $10.00
199. Prude, Jonathan, THE COMING OF INDUSTRIAL ORDER: TOWN AND FACTORY LIFE IN RURAL MASSACHUSETTS, 1810-1860, Univ. of Massachusetts Press, Amherst, MA, (1999), B&W map, figures and tables, 364pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 1558492046 The best single account of the world of early 19th-century textile manufacture, a chapter in American social, labor, and business history which carried continuing implications for the industrial civilization of subsequent years., (Order No: 28333 ), $5.00
200. Rand, Frank Prentice, THE VILLAGE OF AMHERST, A LANDMARK OF LIGHT - AMHERST, MASSACHUSETTS, The Amherst Historical Soc., Amherst, MA, 1958, B&W illustrations, 337pp, very good, maroon cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, Part One: Colonialism, and Thereform--A College; Part Two: Industry, and Therefrom--Another College; Part Three: Violence, and Thereform--Order; Part Four: Nature, and Thereform--Science; Part Five: Creativeness, and Thereform--Beauty; Part Six: Aspiring Enterprise, and Thereform--Enlightenment; Village, Vale; Appendix., (Order No: 43671 ), $15.00
201. Rand, Frank Prentice, HEART O' TOWN, privately printed, Amherst, MA, 1945, ill. by Frank Prentice Rand, 148pp, very good, brown cloth (hardcover), Poetry about Amherst, Massachusetts, the college, and Emily Dickinson., (Order No: 23276 ), $7.00
202. Randall, Ruth Kimball, MALDEN: FROM PRIMITIVE PAST TO PROGRESSIVE PRESENT - MALDEN, MASSACHUSETTS, Phoenix Publishing, Canaan, NH, (1975), B&W illustrations, 167pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0914016156 Published in recognition of Malden's 350th Anniversary., (Order No: 47576 ), $30.00
203. Raymond, Samuel (compiled by), THE RECORD OF ANDOVER DURING THE REBELLION - MEMORIAL VOLUME - ANDOVER, MASSACHUSETTS, Warren F. Draper, Printer, Andover, MA, 1875, 232pp, good, brown cloth (hardcover) wear to spines and board edges, This record includes: Personal Army Records; lists by regiments with engagements and time periods; bounties paid; and much more., (Order No: 46779 ), $60.00
204. Regan, Mary Jane, ECHOES FROM THE PAST: REMINISCENCES OF THE BOSTON ATHENAEUM WITH A MEMOIR, The Boston Athenaeum, Boston, MA, 1927, 5 B&W illustrations, 90pp, very good, blue cloth, teg (hardcover) (some pages unopened), (Order No: 15373 ), $12.50
205. Resch, Tyler (revised edition, designed and edited by), BERKSHIRE: THE FIRST THREE HUNDRED YEARS 1976-1976 [BERKSHIRE, MASSACHUSETTS], The Berkshire Eagle, Pittsfield, MA, 1976, B&W and color illustrations, 163pp, very good, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 57671 ), $7.00
206. Resch, Tyler (introduction by George S. Wislocki), BILL TAGUE'S BERKSHIRES - IMAGES OF AMERICA, Arcadia - Tempus Publishing, Gloucestershire, UK, (2003), B&W illustrations, 128pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0738512745 Photographer Bill Tague, who lived on a flank of Mount Greylock Massachusetts, created haunting landscapes and incisive portraits of the residents of his mountains., (Order No: 58102 ), $20.00
207. Richardson, Frank B. (chairman), PROCEEDINGS AT THE TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE INCORPORORATION OF THE TOWN OF WOBURN, MASSACHUSETTS - 1892, Printed for the City, Woburn, MA, 1893, B&W illustrations, 233pp, good+, brown cloth (hardcover), Half-title page reads: 1642-1892 TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY WOBORN MASSACHUSETTS; and, title page reads: PROCEEDINGS OCTOBER SECOND TO SEVENTH 1892 AT THE TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTIETH ANNIVERSAY OF THE INCORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF WOBURN MASSACHUSETTS. Contents include: The Preparation; The Celebration (Sunday, Thursday, Friday); and, Appendix., (Order No: 49783 ), $65.00
208. Richardson, Laurence Eaton, CONCORD RIVER, Barre Publishers, Barre, MA, 1964, photos of Katharine Knowles, 76pp, very good, decorated green boards (hardcover), (Order No: 54110 ), $5.00
209. Ripley, Emma F., WESTON, A PURITAN TOWN -- [WESTON, MASSACHUSETTS], The Benevolent-Alliance, Weston, MA, 1961, B&W illustrations, 271pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, signed by the author, Miss Ripley has not only traced the story of the First Parish, and of the other churches which came into being in later years, but she has also added immeasurably to the rich lore of Weston through descriptions and histories of many of the old houses., (Order No: 53414 ), $20.00
210. Robinson, William F., COASTAL NEW ENGLAND: ITS LIFE AND PAST, The Wellfleet Press, Secaucus, NJ, (1989), 100 B&W and 20 color ill., 222pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1555214908 The one book for all those who love New England and the sea. A richly illustrated, comprehensive history of those who have lived here under the ocean's sway, in this region "peopled with witch-hanging Puritans, broad-shouldered whalemen, dignified sea captains, and recalcitrant Down Easters." Excellent notes and bibliography., (Order No: 14151 ), $8.50
211. Robinson, Thomas J. (Secretary of Committee), 1807-1907, THE ONE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE INCORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF ARLINGTON MASSACHUSETTS, privately printed, Arlington, MA, 1907, B&W illustrations, 65pp, very good, maroon cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 45960 ), $65.00
212. Roboff, Sari, BOSTON'S LABOR MOVEMENT - AN ORAL HISTORY OF WORK AND UNION ORGANIZING, Boston 200 Corporation, Boston, MA, 1977, B&W illustrations, 72pp, very good++, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 58365 ), $14.50
213. Rodger, Linda M. and Rogeness, Mary S. (edited by), REFLECTIONS OF LONGMEADOW 1783-1983, Phoenix Publishing Company, Canaan, NH, (1983), B&W illustrations, 101pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0914659014 Longmeadow has three claims to fame: It is the only American town with this picturesque and unique name; it was the first town granted a charter by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts after the Revolutionary War; and it remains even today one of the few true picturebook New England towns., (Order No: 36076 ), $70.00
214. Romaine, Mertie E., HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MIDDLEBORO MASSACHUSETTS - VOLUME II - 1905-1965, Reynolds-DeWalt Printing Inc, New Bedford, MA, (1969), B&W illustrations, 660pp, very good+, blue buckram cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 44256 ), $50.00
215. Ruckstuhl, Irma, OLD PROVINCETOWN IN EARLY PHOTOGRAPHS - [PROVINCETOWN, MASSACHUSETTS - CAPE COD], Dover Publications, Inc., New York, (1987), B&W illustrations, 88pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0486254100 "Captures one of America's favorite ports of call at its photogenic best.", (Order No: 57013 ), $20.00
216. Ryder, Alice Austin, LANDS OF SIPPICAN ON BUZZARDS BAY, Sippican Historical Society, Marion, MA, (1975), B&W illustrations, 386pp, very good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), First published in 1934. "The author has combined the charm of a bye-gone day as seen in an old Buzzard's Bay town, with accurate historical data on such interesting stories as that of the MARY CELESTE, and on the local industries of that time, such as the old salt works, the building of whalers, etc., and a later picture of the numerous famous characters who lived in this old town during the last half century.", (Order No: 45002 ), $100.00
217. Sammarco, Anthony Mitchell, THE GREAT BOSTON FIRE OF 1872 - IMAGES OF AMERICA SERIES, Arcadia Publishing, Dover, NH, (1997), B&W illustrations, 128pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0752405594 Eventually destroying 775 buildings and causing millions of dollars in damage to the commercial section that we now know as Boston's business district, the Great Boston Fire of 1872 was a spectacular conflagration., (Order No: 57539 ), $15.00
218. Sandrof, Ivan, YESTERDAY'S MASSACHUSETTS - SEEMANN'S HISTORIC STATES SERIES NO. 7, E. A. Seemann Publishing Inc, Miami, FL, (1977), B&W illustrations, 144pp, very good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0895300001 "A long look at the history of Massachusetts in words and over 340 pictures and engravings...", (Order No: 56695 ), $25.00
219. Schneider, Mark R., BOSTON CONFRONTS JIM CROW 1890-1920, Northeastern University Pr., Boston, MA, (1997) 1st ptg, 262pp, very good++, wraps (softcover) inscribed by the author, ISBN 1555532950 This study deepens one's understanding of African-American history as well as the history of Boston., (Order No: 56737 ), $7.50
220. Schultz, Nancy Lusignan, FIRE & ROSES: THE BURNING OF THE CHARLESTOWN CONVENT, 1834, The Free Press, New York, (2000) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 317pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0684856859 Schultz brings alive this forgotten moment in the American story, shedding light on one of the darkest incidents of religious persecution to be recorded in the New World., (Order No: 43057 ), $4.00
221. Scott, Henry Edwards (editor), VITAL RECORDS OF WINDSOR MASSACHUSETTS TO THE YEAR 1850, NE Historic Genealogy Soc., Boston, MA, 1917, 153pp, very good, tan cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 48353 ), $35.00
222. Sewall, Samuel (with a memorial sketch of the author by Rev. Charles C. Sewall), THE HISTORY OF WOBURN, MIDDLESEX COUNTY, MASS.: FROM THE GRANT OF ITS TERRITORY TO CHARLESTOWN, IN 1640, TO THE YEAR 1860, Wiggin and Lunt, Publishers, Boston, MA, 1868, B&W frontis, 657pp, good, black cloth (hardcover) light corner wear - clean & tight!, This History originated in a series of historical lectures upon Woburn., (Order No: 54459 ), $80.00
223. Sharon American Revolution Bicentennial Committee, SHARON, MASSACHUSETTS: A HISTORY, Sharon Amer Rev Bicentennial, Sharon, MA, 1976, B&W illustrations, 355pp, very good, maroon cloth (hardcover), "Sharon is fortunate to have citizens whose talent and willingness combined to produce this volume. Material is included which illuminates its earliest years, and other which narrates the activities of its people and its government in recent times.", (Order No: 44691 ), $75.00
224. Shattuck, Jeanne Noyes, NUTTINGS LAKE REMEMBERED: A LOOK BACK TO A TIME WHEN LIFE WAS GENTLER, Marshall Jones Company Pub., Francestown, NH, ill. by Carl Kirkpatrick, 105pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0833801996 The author reflects on Nuttings Lake and the surrounding Massachusetts community., (Order No: 50913 ), $25.00
225. Shattuck, Louise in collaboration with David James, SPIRIT AND SPA - A PORTRAIT OF THE BODY, MIND AND SOUL OF A 133-YEAR-0LD SPIRITUALIST COMMUNITY IN LAKE PLESANT, MASS., Delta House Press, Greenfield, MA, (2003) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 169pp, fine, wraps (softcover) signed by the authors, ISBN 0974668206 SPIRIT AND SPA traces Lake Pleasant from its early years as a vibrant resort of 3, 000 to the sleepy little village of 300 that it is today. Lake Pleasant was founded in 1870 as a summertime recreational community. By 1872, Spiritualists had begun to gather there in force, making it a "tent city" in the wild woods of Western Massachusetts. Lake Pleasant lays claim to being the oldest continuously-existing Spiritualist community in the US. The author's family has been part of the community for three generations., (Order No: 51299 ), $35.00
226. Simon, Peter (photographs by); Ames, Evelyn; Brustein, Robert; Bryant, Nelson; Buchwald, Art; et al (contributions by), ON THE VINEYARD, Anchor Books / Doubleday, New York, 1980 2nd ptg, B&W illustrations, 183pp, very good+, wraps (softcover) signed by Peter Simon, ISBN 0385150520 To complement his island studies in ON THE VINEYARD, resident photographer Peter Simon has gathered a selection collection of Island authors, many of them friends, keen observers every one, to tell their stories of Martha's Vineyard., (Order No: 37234 ), $25.00
227. Siracusa, Carl, A MECHANICAL PEOPLE: PERCEPTIONS OF THE INDUSTRIAL ORDER IN MASSACHUSETTS, 1815-1880, Wesleyan University Press, Middletown, CT, (1979) 1st ed, 10 B&W tables, 3 figures, 313pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0819550299 This book contributes not only to our understanding of labor and intellectual history, but also--by analyzing the perceptions of industrialization among the molders of public opinion and enactors of legislation--to the literature on modernization in early America., (Order No: 15656 ), $7.50
228. Smith, Captain Sylvanus, FISHERIES OF CAPE ANN - [MASSACHUSETTS], Press of Gloucester Times Co, Gloucester, MA, 1915, B&W illustrations, 131pp, good, black cloth (hardcover) wear to spine and boards, A Collection of Reminiscent Narratives of Fishing and Coasting Trips; Descriptive Stories of "Sandy Bay" and "The Harbor"; also Some Interesting Comment on Fisheries Legislation and Cause of the Decline of the Fisheries; with a Prophetic Glimpse Into the Future., (Order No: 53912 ), $145.00
229. Smith, Charles C., A SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY TOGETHER WITH THE ACT OF INCORPORATION..., Printed for the Society, Boston, MA, 1908, 63pp, good, maroon cloth (hardcover), "...ADDITIONAL ACTS AND BY-LAWS AND A LIST OF OFFICERS AND MEMBERS JANUARY, 1791 - APRIL, 1908.", (Order No: 40164 ), $20.00
230. Smith, Samuel Abbot, WEST CAMBRIDGE 1775 - THIRD EDITION, Arlington Historical Society, Arlington, MA, 1974, 68pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), "The dramatic account of the events that took place in Arlington - Menotomy, on the first day of the American Revolution - where more troops were engaged, and more casualties suffered than in Lexington or Concord." A facsimile of the original 1864 edition which was an address presented, and published by Alfred Mudge & Sons., (Order No: 49073 ), $15.00
231. Smith, William C., A HISTORY OF CHATHAM MASSACHUSETTS; FORMERLY THE CONSTABLEWICK OR VILLAGE OF MONOMOIT, Chatham Historical Society, Chatham, MA, 1981 3rd ed, 433pp, very good, green cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 55391 ), $25.00
232. South Gardner Historical Society, GARDNER - IMAGES OF AMERICA [GARDNER, MASSACHUSETTS], Arcadia Publishing, Dover, NH, (1995), B&W illustrations, 144pp, very good++, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0752402218, (Order No: 57928 ), $30.00
233. Southwick, Albert B., MORE ONCE-TOLD TALES OF WORCESTER COUNTY - [WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS], Databooks, Worcester, MA, 1994, 180pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0963627759, (Order No: 56977 ), $8.00
234. Southwick, Albert B., ONCE-TOLD TALES OF WORCESTER COUNTY, Databooks, Worcester, MA, 1994, B&W illustrations, 169pp, very good++, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0963627740, (Order No: 58556 ), $7.50
235. Stackpole, Edouard A. (text and notes by), and Dreyer, Peter H. (photographs by), NANTUCKET IN COLOR - PROFILES OF AMERICA, Hastings House Publishers, New York, (1973), color photographs, 95pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0803850301, (Order No: 18061 ), $7.00
236. Standish, Lemuel W. (editor), THE OLD STOUGHTON MUSICAL SOCIETY - AN HISTORICAL AND INFORMATIVE RECORD OF THE OLDEST CHORAL SOCIETY IN AMERICA, published by the society, Stoughton, MA, 1928, B&W illustrations, 188pp, good, green cloth spine (hardcover) lt. spotting to spine/boards, "Together With Interesting Data of Its Organization, Meetings, Reunions and Outings, and a Complete List of Past and Present Officers and Members.", (Order No: 43697 ), $25.00
237. Stapp, Carol Buchalter, AFRO-AMERICANS IN ANTEBELLUM BOSTON - AN ANALYSIS OF PROBATE RECORDS, Garland Publishing, Inc., New York, 1993, 309pp, very good+, gray cloth (hardcover), ISBN 081531194X, (Order No: 49071 ), $20.00
238. Stark, James H., STARK'S ANTIQUE VIEWS OF YE TOWNE OF BOSTON, Morse-Purce Co., Boston, MA, (1907), B&W illustrations, 378pp, good, decorated brown cloth (hardcover) edgewear to cloth, First published in 1882. Interesting history filled with facts, figures, B&W illustrations, and fold-out plates. Nice clean and tight copy, albeit with wear to top and bottom of spine and edges of the boards., (Order No: 43030 ), $50.00
239. Stark, James Henry; Thomte, Theodore (edited by); Saltonstall, Leverett (foreword by), JAMES HENRY STARK'S ANTIQUE VIEWS OF BOSTON, Burdette & Company, Inc., Boston, MA, (1967), B&W illustrations, 237pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), A reproduction of the 1882 classic., (Order No: 57123 ), $25.00
240. Stoughton, Ralph M. (first volume); Citizens of Gill (second volume), HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF GILL: FRANKLIN COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS, 1793-1943 AND 1942-1992 -- TWO VOLUME SET, Town of Gill, Gill, Massachusetts, 1978 & 1993, B&W illustrations, 337pp, 303pp, Vol I: good++, red cloth; Vol II: good, maroon cloth (hardcover), The purpose of this history is to tell Gill's story as simply and as readably as possible, and at the same time to give sufficient historical connection. Front hinge of Volume II has a repair., (Order No: 46799 ), $125.00
241. Streeter, William W. and Morris, Daphne H., THE VITAL RECORDS OF CUMMINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS 1762-1900, William W. Streeter, Cummington, MA, (1979), B&W illustrations, 416pp, very good, brown cloth (hardcover) old repair to rear hinge, The authors, in this beautifully printed book, have presented the results of years of searching out all records of birth, marriage and death for this area, finding them in the Town Clerk's office, ten churches, fifteen cemeteries and several family records and diaries now deposited in the files of the Cummington Historical Commission., (Order No: 48842 ), $85.00
242. Sullivan, Robert F., SHIPWRECKS AND NAUTICAL LORE OF BOSTON HARBOR, The Globe Pequot Press, Chester, CT, (1990) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 164pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0871064979 A Mariner's Chronicle of More Than 100 Shipwrecks, Heroic Rescues, Salvage, Treasure Tales, Island Legends, and Maritime Anecdotes., (Order No: 52716 ), $7.00
243. Sullivan, James E., AMERICAN TOWN - BARRE, MASSACHUSETTS 1774-1974, Barre Historical Society, Barre, MA, 1974, ill. Daniel Breen, 56pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), This overview has been prepared for the bicentennial of Barre., (Order No: 54759 ), $20.00
244. Systematic History Fund, VITAL RECORDS OF ROYALSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, TO THE END OF THE YEAR 1849 - ROYALSTON VITAL RECORDS, Franklin P. Rice, Worcester, MA, 1906, 196pp, very good+, rebound in light brown cloth (hardcover), "The list of Royalston Births, Marriages and Deaths comprised in this volume includes all that were found in the Town Books covering the period from the earliest date there recorded to the end of the year 1849.", (Order No: 49320 ), $45.00
245. Tager, Jack and Ifkovic, John W. (edited by), MASSACHUSETTS IN THE GILDED AGE: SELECTED ESSAYS, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 1985, 255pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0870234803 Using case studies, the essays in this anthology discuss voting patterns, factory towns and labor conflicts, social mobility, Irish-Catholic assimilation, and varied social reform activities., (Order No: 36080 ), $20.00
246. Tague, William H. and Kimball, Robert B. (compiled, designed and edited by) (text by Richard V. Happel), BERKSHIRE: TWO HUNDRED YEARS IN PICTURES, 1761-1961, The Eagle Publishing Company, Pittsfield, MA, 1961 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 115pp, good+, wraps (softcover), "We present BERKSHIRE: TWO HUNDRED YEARS IN PICTURES as The Eagle's Salute to Berkshire County, the City of Pittsfield and the Town of Great Barrington.", (Order No: 44860 ), $7.50
247. Teele, John Whittemore (edited by), THE MEETING HOUSE ON THE GREEN: A HISTORY OF THE FIRST PARISH IN CONCORD AND ITS CHURCH - 350TH ANNIVERSARY 1635-1985, The First Parish in Concord, Concord, MA, 1985, B&W ill., color frontis, 361pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 56847 ), $12.00
248. Temple, Josiah H., HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF PALMER, MASSACHUSETTS, EARLY KNOWN AS THE ELBOW TRACT..., Town of Palmer, Palmer, MA, 1889, B&W ill., fold-out maps, 602pp, good+, brown cloth w/some staining to cloth (hardcover), "...INCLUDING RECORDS OF THE PLANTATION, DISTRICT AND TOWN. 1716-1889, WITH A GENEALOGICAL REGISTER." We had our binder add new inside hinges under the original endpapers to this copy making it tight for future generations' use., (Order No: 40438 ), $275.00
249. The Centennial Volume Committee, CLINTON CENTENNIAL VOLUME 1850-1950, The Town of Clinton, Clinton, MA, (1951), B&W illustrations, 223pp, very good+, dark green cloth (hardcover), THE STORY OF CLINTON, MASSACHUSETTS INCORPORATED MARCH 14, 1850 AND THE CLINTON CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. Edition Limited to One Thousand Copies., (Order No: 47374 ), $45.00
250. The Recorder; Tim Blagg, Editor, FRANKLIN COUNTY AND THE NORTH QUABBIN REGION - PICTORIAL HISTORY [MASSACHUSETTS], Vintage Publications, Marceline, MO, (2003), B&W illustrations, 128pp, fine, green boards (hardcover), A nicely done pictorial history of this Massachusetts region., (Order No: 58084 ), $45.00
251. The Tercentenary History Committee (compiled and edited by), THE NORTHAMPTON BOOK: CHAPTERS FROM 300 YEARS IN THE LIFE OF A NEW ENGLAND TOWN - 1654-1954, The Tercentenary Committee, Northampton, MA, 1954, B&W illustrations, 426pp, good, orange cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket) EX-LIB edgewear, Contents include: Puritans and River Gods; Enterprisers and Forerunners; The Athens of the Connecticut Valley; Earning a Living; Town, City, and County Seat; A "Supremely Likable Town.", (Order No: 36365 ), $27.50
252. Thernstrom, Stephan, THE OTHER BOSTONIANS: POVERTY AND PROGRESS IN THE AMERICAN METROPOLIS 1880-1970, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1973, 345pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0674644956 "Thernstrom dispels the view that as late as 1870 the United States was a society of small, tight-knit communities and the popular images of the ghetto as a closed society.", (Order No: 54724 ), $7.50
253. Tower, Henry M., HISTORICAL SKETCHES RELATING TO SPENCER, MASS. - VOLUME IV, W. J. Heffernan, Spencer, MA, 1909, B&W illustrations, 235pp, very good, green cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 55155 ), $65.00
254. Town of Maynard Massachusetts, MAYNARD TOWN REPORT, MAYNARD, MASSACHUSETTS 1871-1971 - ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDING 1971, Town of Maynard, Maynard, MA, 1971, 201pp, very good, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 47592 ), $10.00
255. Townsend, Charles Wendell (with an introduction by Ralph Hoffmann), SAND DUNES AND SALT MARSHES: NEW EDITION, L. C. Page & Company Pub., Boston, MA, (1925), B&W illustrations, 311pp, very good, decorated brown cloth (hardcover), The history of the changing sand dunes of Massachusetts is recorded by Dr. Townsend with the same accuracy that an archaeologist uses in tracing the growth and decline of a great civilization., (Order No: 54429 ), $30.00
256. Tucci, Douglass Shand (with a foreword by Walter Muir Whitehill), BUILT IN BOSTON: CITY AND SUBURB, 1800-1950, New York Graphic Society, Boston, MA, 1978, B&W and color ill., 269pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0821207415 A full-length history of Boston's architecture., (Order No: 33461 ), $8.50
257. Tucker, Louis Leonard, THE MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY: A BICENTENNIAL HISTORY 1791-1991, Northeastern University Pr., Boston, MA, 1995, B&W illustrations, 623pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0934909687 The account of the transformation of a small social club of Boston gentlemen ("The Saints") into a national institution for historical research., (Order No: 56484 ), $12.50
258. Tymeson, Mildred McClary, WORCESTER BANKBOOK: FROM COUNTRY BARTER TO COUNTY BANK - 1804-1966, Worcester County National, Worcester, MA, (1966), B&W illustrations, 183pp, very good, light blue cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), An interesting banking history with many banknote illustrations including on the endpapers., (Order No: 15761 ), $10.00
259. Tymeson, Mildred McClary (compiled and written by), WORCESTER CENTENNIAL 1848-1948 - HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF THE SETTLEMENT THE TOWN AND THE CITY - WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, Worcester Centennial, Inc., Worcester, MA, 1948, B&W illustrations, 84pp, very good, brown limp leather (hardcover), Specially bound copy of the WORCESTER CENTENNIAL 1948 booklet for a member of the committee, and inscribed to him by the author., (Order No: 47095 ), $25.00
260. van Antwerp, Lee D. (compiled by); Sherman, Ruth Wilder (edited by), VITAL RECORDS OF PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS TO THE YEAR 1850, Picton Press, Camden, ME, (1993) 1st ptg, 774pp, fine, blue cloth (hardcover), ISBN 0897251105, (Order No: 58027 ), $150.00
261. Van Voris, Jacqueline (with an Epilogue by Edward K. Shanahan), THE LOOK OF PARADISE: A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 1654-1984, Phoenix Publishing, Canaan, NH, (1984), B&W illustrations, 149pp, very good+, brown cloth spine (hardcover) inscribed by author, ISBN 0914659073 Contents include: Foreword; Prologue/Northampton: a goodly heritage; Chapter I Business & Industry; Chapter II Education; Chapter III Government; Chapter IV Wars; Chapter V Religion; Chapter VI Recreation & Nostalgia; Epilogue/Northampton: the last thirty years; Bibliographic Notes and Acknowledgments; Illustrations and Credits; Index., (Order No: 46793 ), $30.00
262. Vanderwarker, Peter (foreword by Robert Campbell), BOSTON THEN & NOW - 59 BOSTON SITES PHOTOGRAPHED IN THE PAST AND PRESENT, Dover Publications, Inc., New York, (1982), B&W illustrations, 121pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0486243125, (Order No: 57960 ), $4.00
263. Vuilleumier, Marion (design by Jamie Backus Raynor), CAPE COD: A PICTORIAL HISTORY, Donning Company Publishers, Norfolk, VA, (1982), B&W illustrations, 224pp, good+, pictorial blue cloth (hardcover), ISBN 0898652634 A limited edition of 5000 signed by the author. This history will make all of us who have loved Cape Cod come to love its land, its people, and the surrounding sea all the more., (Order No: 39211 ), $45.00
264. Vuilleumier, Marion Rawson (illustrations by Pierre Du Pont Vuilleumier), CHURCHES ON CAPE COD, Wm. S. Sullwold Publishing, Taunton, MA, (1974), B&W illustrations, 128pp, very good, pictorial boards (hardcover), ISBN 08884920054, (Order No: 58077 ), $10.00
265. Wadlin, Horace G. (prepared under the direction of), CENSUS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS: 1895 - VOLUME V - MANUFACTURES, Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, MA, 1898, 641pp, good, black cloth (hardcover), Detailed statistics with Manufactures by Towns, and by Industries., (Order No: 38387 ), $75.00
266. Walton, Richard K., BIRDS OF THE SUDBURY RIVER VALLEY - AN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, Massachusetts Audubon Soc., Lincoln, MA, (1984) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 220pp, very good, wraps (softcover) inscribed by the author, ISBN 0932691005, (Order No: 57853 ), $7.00
267. Warner, Anne Sabo (written and edited by), A BICENTENNIAL HISTORY, GOSHEN, MASSACHUSETTS 1781-1981, The Goshen Historical Comm., Goshen, MA, (1980), B&W illustrations, 407pp, very good+, blue cloth (hardcover), One thousand copies printed of this limited edition, of which this is Number 467. PART ONE: Two Hundred Years of Change; PART TWO: History of the Families and Homesteads of Goshen; PART THREE: Lore, Legend and Recollections; Appendices and Index., (Order No: 42092 ), $95.00
268. Warren, Philip H. (index by Brenda M. Favreau), THE PURPLE CONNECTION: A CELEBRATION AND AN INVESTIGATION OF THE SOCIETY OF ALUMNI OF WILLIAMS COLLEGE AND RELATED PHENOMENA, Williams College, Williamstown, MA, 1987 1st ed, ill. by C. Lindsay Rockwood, 104pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0915081016 An absorbing mosaic of the Society of Alumni of Williams College--the oldest such body in the United States., (Order No: 54067 ), $17.50
269. Weisman, Richard, WITCHCRAFT, MAGIC AND RELIGION IN 17TH-CENTURY MASSACHUSETTS, Univ. of Massachusetts Press, Amherst, MA, 1984, 267pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) EX-LIB with usual markings, ISBN 0870234153 Weisman argues that the colonial response to witchcraft was marked by a lack of consensus over how to define the problem and how to deal with it., (Order No: 49349 ), $15.00
270. Welch, Wally (text and photography by), THE LIGHTHOUSES OF MASSACHUSETTS, Lighthouse Publications, Apopka, FL, (1989), color illustrations, 80pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 09611841028 "The most complete pictorial guide presently available of the historic lighthouses of Massachusetts.", (Order No: 58011 ), $8.50
271. Wetherell, W. D. (edited by), THIS AMERICAN RIVER - FIVE CENTURIES OF WRITING ABOUT THE CONNECTICUT, Univ. Press of New England, Hanover, NH, (2002) 1st ptg, 311pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1584651113 "Writers have found many ways to pay homage to the Connecticut [River] through the centuries, and this anthology gathers the best, most readable of these, the ones that give the sense of the river in all its variety.", (Order No: 56909 ), $10.00
272. Wheelwright, Thea (text by), TRAVELS IN NEW ENGLAND - BASED ON TIMOTHY DWIGHT'S TRAVELS IN NEW ENGLAND AND NEW YORK, Bonanza Books, New York, (1989), photos by Katharine Knowles, 160pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover) small bump bottom, ISBN 0517690462 Over 150 B&W photographs. A reprint of the 1972 edition (Volume 1) by Barre Publishers., (Order No: 15366 ), $10.00
273. White, Albert B., MASSACHUSETTS POLICE PROCEDURE, Reynolds Printing Co, New Bedford, MA, 1931, 493pp, good, gray cloth (hardcover) spotting on spine, Within this book will be found a question pertaining to practically every law in the Massachusetts statutes which the police are expected to enforce. Every important question, with its answer, asked in police promotional examinations during the past fifteen years., (Order No: 45872 ), $40.00
274. Whitefield, Edwin, THE HOMES OF OUR FOREFATHERS - (MASSACHUSETTS - THIRD EDITION), A. Williams and Company, Boston, 1880 3rd ed, 32 chromolith plates, unpaginated, good, original green cloth (hardcover), BEING A SELECTION OF THE OLDEST AND MOST INTERESTING BUILDINGS, HISTORICAL HOUSES, AND NOTE PLACES IN MASSACHUSETTS from original drawings made on the spot by Edwin Whitefield. This edition contains 32 very good chromolith plates, each with 2 buildings and brief descriptive text., (Order No: 34752 ), $200.00
275. Whitehill, Walter Muir & Kotker, Norman, MASSACHUSETTS: A PICTORIAL HISTORY, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, (1976), 750 B&W ill., 379pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0684172887 An extradorinary collection of illustrations and colorful, informative text depicts the rich and varied history of the commonwealth. They vividly describe Massachusetts life from colonial times to the present, from Plymouth pioneers and Irish immigrants to the growth of such industries as whaling, farming, textiles, and finance., (Order No: 11424 ), $8.00
276. Whitehill, Walter Muir, BOSTON: A TOPOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - SECOND EDITION, ENLARGED, Belknap Pr. of Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA, (1968), B&W illustrations, 299pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0674079515 In the past years a time of great physical change has come once more to Boston, this time along the Fenway, on Bay State Road, and elsewhere. The author tells of what is being done and planned, relating these things to Boston history and the continuing need for architectural beauty and simplicity., (Order No: 18090 ), $5.00
277. Wikoff, Jerold, THE UPPER VALLEY: AN ILLUSTRATED TOUR ALONG THE CONNECTICUT RIVER BEFORE THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, Chelsea Green Publishing Co., Chelsea, VT, (1985) 1st ptg, wonderful B&W photographs, 188pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) small closed tear on dj, ISBN 0930031016 Of the few books published on the Connecticut River, I find this the most informative historical look at the Upper Connecticut River, the border between Vermont and New Hampshire. Well researched, well written, and easily read, this book is divided into four main sections: THE EARLY YEARS: BEFORE EUROPEAN DISCOVERY TO THE 1790s; GROWTH AND TURMOIL: The 1790s to the 1830s; AGRARIAN AND INDUSTRIAL TRANSFORMATION: The 1830s to the 1880s; and, TOWARD A NEW ERA: The 1880s to the early twentieth century., (Order No: 8179 ), $20.00
278. Wilkins, Ruth Chamberlin, CARLISLE: ITS HISTORY AND HERITAGE -- CARLISLE, MASSACHUSETTS, The Carlisle Historical Soc., Carlisle, MA, 1976 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 481, map, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), Here is the story of colonial Carlisle, its settlement, Indian neighbors, arrangements for preaching, schooling and roads, and the building of taverns, mills and shops., (Order No: 47971 ), $37.50
279. Wilson, Clark M. (compiled and edited by), TRACING THE TELEPHONE IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS, 1877-1930, Clark M. Wilson, n.p., 1958, B&W illustrations, 430pp, very good, red cloth (hardcover) EX-LIB one internal mark only, This information regarding the early telephone business in Western Massachusetts was obtained principally from contemporary newspapers., (Order No: 46988 ), $15.00
280. Wing, Forrest Bond, THE SHIRLEY STORY - SHIRLEY, MASSACHUSETTS, published by the author, n.p., 1981, B&W illustrations, maps, 192pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), This volume was prepared and condensed from the original book by the Shirley Historical Society. Contents include: Roads of Yesteryear; The Groton Plantation; Long, Long Longley Trail; Land of Shirley; Schoolhouses; The Ten Taverns of Old Shirley; Churches; and maps and photos of the subjects listed above., (Order No: 47303 ), $30.00
281. Winslow, Ola Elizabeth, A DESTROYING ANGEL: THE CONQUEST OF SMALLPOX IN COLONIAL BOSTON, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA, 1974 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 137pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) closed tear on jacket, ISBN 0395184533 This volume deals with the conquest of one of the world's great plagues--the 1721 epidemic which took 884 lives in colonial Boston, at that time a town of presumably 11,000 inhabitants., (Order No: 48270 ), $7.50
282. Wiswall, Marcia Wilson (editor), LYNNFIELD: A HERITAGE PRESERVED 1895-1976, Phoenix Publishing, Canaan, NH, (1977), B&W illustrations, 391pp, fine, black cloth spine, pictorial boards (hardcover), ISBN 0914016415 History of this Massachusetts town, contents include: Evolution; Community; Government; Heritage; Appendices., (Order No: 37666 ), $30.00
283. Wood, Frederic J. (abridged with an introduction by Ronald Dale Karr), THE TURNPIKES OF NEW ENGLAND AND EVOLUTION OF THE SAME THROUGH ENGLAND, VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND - NEW EDITION OF THE 1919 CLASSIC, Branch Line Press, Pepperell, MA, (1997), B&W illustrations, 428pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0942147057 First published in 1919. "Turnpikes, as distinguished from the ordinary roads of the same time, were those on which gates barred the progress of the traveler, at which payments were demanded for the privilege of using the road. Such payment was called 'toll' and the gates were know as 'toll-gates.'" This abridgement has deleted footnotes and bibliographical references, and selectively cut in some chapters. A classic work!, (Order No: 45278 ), $50.00
284. Worthen, Edwin B., TRACING THE PAST IN LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS, Vantage Press, New York, 1998 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 209pp, very good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0533122082, (Order No: 48882 ), $35.00
285. Written by Its Citizens, HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF ASHFIELD, FRANKLIN COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS - VOLUME TWO 1910-1960 -- ASHFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, Published by the Town, Ashfield, MA, 1965, 221pp, fine, blue cloth (hardcover), Continues where Volume I (first published in 1910) leaves off., (Order No: 47597 ), $60.00
286. Written by Townspeople and Sponsored by Cushman Library Trustees, HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF BERNARDSTON FRANKLIN COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS - VOLUME II 1900-1960 WITH GENEALOGIES, Cushman Library Trustees, Bernardston, MA, 1962, B&W illustrations, 271pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover) FAINT DAMPSTAIN BOTTOM EDGE, (Order No: 57800 ), $25.00
287. Yeulenski, Lois R. (compiled by), WORCESTER - IMAGES OF AMERICA [WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS], Arcadia Publishing, Dover, NH, (1995), B&W illustrations, 128pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0752400762, (Order No: 58557 ), $10.00
288. Zieman, Irving, FOUNDERS TO BOUNDERS BOSTON IN RHYME, Starr Books, Cambridge, MA, (1961), B&W frontis, 395pp, very good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Zieman creates a giant tapestry of a city's past and present, and through this tapestry, like a golden thread, runs his gentle yet piercing commentary on the events and the people depicted--succinct "asides" and epigrammatic observations that express in a few lines of verse what it would take pages of prose to say., (Order No: 40189 ), $14.50
289. Zollo, Richard P.; Trask, Richard B; and, Reedy, Joan M., AS THE CENTURY TURNED: PHOTOGRAPHIC GLIMPSES OF DANVERS, MASSACHUSETTS 1880-1910, Danvers Historical Society, Danvers, MA, 1989, B&W illustrations, 176pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0898657660 "The dynamic, changing life of a community is the subject of this beautifully illustrated volume.", (Order No: 54389 ), $30.00