1. Arms, William Tyler, SALUTE TO COURAGE: NEW ENGLAND'S MOST EXCITING HISTORICAL NOVEL, The Enterprise and Journal, Orange, MA, (1967) 2nd ptg, 272pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Exciting action story which mirrors the struggle of the pioneer settlers on the New England frontier during the final decade of the French and Indian wars., (Order No: 37845 ), $7.50
2. Bacon, Dolores, OLD NEW ENGLAND CHURCHES AND THEIR CHILDREN, Doubleday, Page & Company, New York, 1906, B&W illustrations, 442pp, good, decorated red cloth, teg (hardcover), The author tells the story of New England Churches., (Order No: 49225 ), $15.00
3. 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
4. Blanchard, Fessenden S., GHOST TOWNS OF NEW ENGLAND: THEIR UPS AND DOWNS, Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1960, B&W illustrations, 205pp, very good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), This is the story of New England ghost towns, once live and flourishing, but now inhabited by ghosts, often of a romantic and historic past., (Order No: 35254 ), $65.00
5. Boyer, Paul and Nissenbaum, Stephen (edited by), SALEM-VILLAGE WITCHCRAFT: A DOCUMENTARY RECORD OF LOCAL CONFLICT IN COLONIAL NEW ENGLAND, Wadsworth Publishing Co., Belmont, CA, (1972) 1st ptg, 416pp, good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0534001130, (Order No: 37486 ), $10.00
6. Cahill, Robert Ellis, NEW ENGLAND'S WITCHES AND WIZARDS - COLLECTIBLE CLASSIC NUMBER 1, Chandler-Smith Publishing, Peabody, MA, (1983), B&W illustrations, 48pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0916787001, (Order No: 53650 ), $4.00
7. Carter, Robert, CARTER'S COAST OF NEW ENGLAND: A NEW EDITION OF A SUMMER CRUISE ON THE COAST OF NEW ENGLAND, New Hampshire Pub. Company, Somersworth, NH, 1977, B&W illustrations, 221pp, good+, wraps (softcover), Being an account of a cruise from Provincetown to Bar Harbor in the summer of 1858, newly abridged and illustrated for readers of a later generation., (Order No: 49145 ), $7.00
8. Chamberlain, Samuel (illustrations and text by), SIX NEW ENGLAND VILLAGES, Hastings House, Publishers, New York, (1948), B&W illustrations, 104pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Beautiful photographs of: Hancock, New Hampshire; Litchfield, Connecticut; Little Compton, Rhode Island; Old Bennington, Vermont; Old Deerfield, Massachusetts; and, Wiscasset, Maine., (Order No: 57967 ), $15.00
9. Delbanco, Andrew (edited by), WRITING NEW ENGLAND: AN ANTHOLOGY FROM THE PURITANS TO THE PRESENT, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 2001, 463pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0674006038 Samples a wide range of New England writings., (Order No: 52872 ), $13.50
10. Eaton, Walter Prichard, NEW ENGLAND VISTA, W. A. Wilde Company, Boston, MA, (1930), frontis by Walter King Stone, 121pp, good++ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Impressions of our native scene by this noted son of the Berkshires, done into a charming gift volume for all lovers of New England., (Order No: 47929 ), $7.50
11. Eaton, Walter Prichard, ON YANKEE HILLTOPS, W. A. Wilde Company, Boston, MA, (1933), ill. by Edwin H. Lincoln, 128pp, very good, blue cloth (hardcover), Contents include: Cellar-Holes; Falling Leaves; Wet Woods; FIreflies and Woodland Voices; The Geese Go By; November; Golden Hemlock; Sweets for Squirrels., (Order No: 48311 ), $7.00
12. Eisenmenger, Robert W., THE DYNAMICS OF GROWTH IN NEW ENGLAND'S ECONOMY, 1870-1964, Wesleyan University Press, Middletown, CT, (1967) 1st ed, 201pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), New England is an economic paradox. It has no significant natural resources other than scenery; its agricultural lands are sparse and its climate harsh; its geographical position and transportation connections are not favorable to the nation-wide distribution of manufactured goods. But it is traditionally a manufacturing center, and most of its workers earn their livelihoods in urban or urbanized surroundings., (Order No: 48655 ), $10.00
13. Fennelly, Catherine (compiled and edited by), NEW ENGLAND CHARACTER AND CHARACTERS - AS SEEN BY CONTEMPORARIES, Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, MA, (1965) 2nd ed, B&W illustrations, 46pp, fine, wraps (softcover), New Englanders tended to look at themselves and their homeland somewhat differently from the way in which foreigners and natives of other regions looked at both., (Order No: 53648 ), $8.00
14. Floyd, Candace, THE HISTORY OF NEW ENGLAND, Portland House, New York, (1990), B&W and color illustrations, 304pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0517689065 Contents include: An Abundant Land; Turbulent Beginnings; Independence; Statehood and the New England Federalists; A New Workplace and the Age of Reform; Abolition, Civil War, and Women's Rights; The Changing New Englander; New Englanders at Work; Democratic Victory; Changin Attitudes, New Economies., (Order No: 36817 ), $10.00
15. Gould, Mary Earle, WHEN WE WERE YOUNG, A. S. Barnes and Company, South Brunswick, NJ, (1969), ill. by Linda Sinecola, 297pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0498067815 These irresistibly appealing short articles originally appeared in Miss Gould's hometown paper, the Worcester, Massachusetts, Telegram. Some of them deal with household items--in the kitchen, in the parlor, and in milady's chamber; others concern themselves with life as it was once led--in the schools, in the homes, in the fields, and in the towns., (Order No: 18524 ), $17.50
16. Haywood, Charles F., MINUTEMEN AND MARINERS - TRUE TALES OF NEW ENGLAND - ENGLARGED AND REVISED EDITION, Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, (1967) rev ed, B&W illustrations, 277pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover) signed by the author, First published in 1963., (Order No: 49377 ), $7.50
17. Hebert, Ernest, GREETINGS FROM NEW ENGLAND: A GLIMPSE AT THE PAST THROUGH POSTCARDS, Graphic Arts Center Pub. Co., Portland, OR, (1988), great color reproductions, 112pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0932575606 A glorious celebration of the New England region through wonderful reproductions of early twentieth-century picture postcards. Text provides colorful commentary on these postcards, highlighting the enchantment of this colorful region in all of its turn-of-the-century charm., (Order No: 13425 ), $15.00
18. Henderson, Helen W., A LOITERER IN NEW ENGLAND, George H. Doran Company, New York, (1919), B&W illustrations, 445pp, good, brown cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 41436 ), $5.00
19. Hubbard, Charles D., AN OLD NEW ENGLAND VILLAGE, Falmouth Publishing House, Portland, ME, 1947 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 107pp, very good, black cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, some fad cloth, A wonderful look with fine illustrations of what life was like in a colonial New England village including: The Road to the Village; A Homestead; The Village Gree; The Blacksmith Shop; The Meeting-House; School Visiting; The Auction; Haying; Fair Day; The Pumpkin; A Snow Storm; The Fireside., (Order No: 59641 ), $8.00
20. Lewontin, Timothy, PARSONS' MILL, Univ. Press of New England, Hanover, NH, (1989) 1st ptg, 184pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover) bump top corner, ISBN 0874514797 "WANTED: SAWYER TO TRAAIN - HENRY PARSONS MILL" A delightful New England tale set against the backdrop of a small town in northern New England., (Order No: 48985 ), $6.00
21. Ludlum, David (and the editors of Blair & Ketchum's Country Journal), THE COUNTRY JOURNAL NEW ENGLAND WEATHER BOOK, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA, 1976 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 148pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0395244021 This is a book all about weather in New England. It is also an unusual introduction to the subject of weather and its influence on our history and our daily lives., (Order No: 17600 ), $7.50
22. Morse, Jedidiah and Parish, Elijah, A COMPENDIOUS HISTORY OF NEW ENGLAND DESIGNED FOR SCHOOLS AND PRIVATE FAMILIES, Thomas & Whipple, Newburyport, MA, 1809 2nd ed, no map as in some copies, 336pp, good+, full calf (hardcover), Printed byh Joseph Cushing, Printer, Amherst, NH. Second Edition with improvements by the authors. A map appears in some copies, but there is no evidence of a map ever having been in this copy. A very nice clean and tight copy., (Order No: 57767 ), $95.00
23. Munn, Charles Clark, POCKET ISLAND: A STORY OF COUNTRY LIFE IN NEW ENGLAND, The Abbey Press Publishers, New York, (1900), B&W illustrations, 185pp, very good, green cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 46579 ), $10.00
24. Okrent, Daniel, THE WAY WE WERE: NEW ENGLAND THEN, NEW ENGLAND NOW, Grove Weidenfeld, New York, (1989) 1st ed, wonderful B&W photographs, 179pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1555843581 "A stunning visual and textual reflection on New England that reveals who we were, who we are, and what the great leap into modern age has cost us." These photographs capture the essence of New England's heritage., (Order No: 14915 ), $12.00
25. Palfrey, John Gorham, HISTORY OF NEW ENGLAND; DURING THE STUART DYNASTY - FOUR (4) VOLUMES, Little, Brown, and Company, Boston, very good+, original brown cloth (numbers on spine) SEE NOTE, Volume I, 1865 1st ed, 634pp, frontis map; Volume II, 1865 1st ed, 640pp; Volume III, 1870, 659pp, frontis map; Volume IV - FROM THE REVOLUTION OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY, 1890, 604pp, frontis map, pages mainly unopened. This exceptionally clean, tight, and nice set reposed for decades in the vaults of a small library. Although book numbers appear on white on the spines, and there are stamps on the endpapers and title page, this WAS NOT a circulating set, and appears to have never been used., (Order No: 35499 ), $225.00
26. Parkman, Aubrey, ARMY ENGINEERS IN NEW ENGLAND 1775-1975, US Army Corps of Engineers, Waltham, MA, 1978, B&W illustrations, 319pp, very good+, red buckram cloth (hardcover), The Military and Civil Work of The Corps of Engineers in New England 1775-1975., (Order No: 40754 ), $14.50
27. Perrin, Noel and Breisch, Kenneth, MILLS AND FACTORIES OF NEW ENGLAND, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, (1988), color photographs, 108pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0810914484 Breisch recounts the history of what has been called "one of the most successful vernacular building types in the recent history of architecture," and Perrin explores the place of the mill in the New England landscape. Exquisite photographs of New England mills., (Order No: 36941 ), $17.50
28. 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
29. Robinson, William F., MOUNTAIN NEW ENGLAND: LIFE PAST AND PRESENT, Little, Brown and Company, Boston, (1988) 1st ed, 152 B&W ill., 20 color ill., 206pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0821216708 This book explores the region's development from earliest geological times to the modern day and traces the complex tapestry of events that produced the famed Yankee character. Robinson blends historical fact with lively anecdote and amusing pieces of folklore and legend to give us a true understanding of this rolling upland in America's northeast corner. Several fascinating chapters on the development of tourism in the area and winter and summer sports., (Order No: 13848 ), $10.00
30. 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
31. Robinson, William F., ABANDONED NEW ENGLAND: ITS HIDDEN RUINS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM, New York Graphic Society, Boston, MA, (1978) 2nd ptg, 125 B&W ill., 20 color ill., 211pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0821207342 First published in 1976. In every corner of the New England landscape, waiting to be discovered and explored lie forgotten traces of New England's past. A milestone unnoticed in a city's bustle, a canal hidden deep in a forest, an empty church standing in lonely faded splendor--these and hundreds of other sites and relics are described in this book. Includes: canals, mills, mineral springs, iron industry, textile industry, railroads, and more. One of this bookseller's favorite titles and authors., (Order No: 22882 ), $14.50
32. Shurcliff, Arthur A., SECOND NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL, Riverside Press, Cambridge, MA, (1942), B&W illustrations, 135pp, very good, black cloth spine (hardcover), A collection of short essays about places and things in New England. Original glassine/tissue dustcover, some loss to paper spine label at top., (Order No: 25262 ), $20.00
33. Shurcliff, Arthur A., NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE MEN WALKING AND TALKING, The Old Corner Book Store, Boston, MA, 1948, B&W illustrations, 205pp, good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), THE ANNALS OF A SOCIETY OF SAUNTERERS IN THE LATE HORSE AND CARRIAGE DAYS OF 1905-1906. New England College Men Walking and Talking In the Decade Which Came Before The Automobile Had Changed New England life In the Towns, Farms and Colleges., (Order No: 46370 ), $20.00
34. Silitch, Clarissa M. (editor) and Kirkpatrick, Carl F. (designer), MAD AND MAGNIFICENT YANKEES: A NEW ENGLAND PORTRAIT GALLERY, Yankee, Inc., Dublin, NH, 1973 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 319pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), A COLLECTION OF TRUE STORIES ABOUT NEW ENGLAND GENIUSES, ECCENTRICS, ODD-BALLS AND CHARACTERS OF UNUSUAL ACCOMPLISHMENT., (Order No: 19786 ), $5.00
35. Stomberg, John R. (edited and with an essay by), A CHANGING WORLD: NEW ENGLAND IN THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF VERNER REED 1950-1972, Commonwealth Editions, Beverly, MA, (2004), B&W illustrations, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1889833932 With a keen eye, Reed documents the people and places of New England., (Order No: 57320 ), $25.00
36. Thollander, Earl, BACK ROADS OF NEW ENGLAND, Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., New York, (1974) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 224pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) small chip spine of dj, ISBN 0517514222 On the spot pictorial record of the villages and places the author has seen and enjoyed while traveling the back roads of the six New England states., (Order No: 40940 ), $10.00
37. Truettner, William H. and Stein, Roger B. (edited by) (with contributions by Dona Brown, Thomas Andrew Denenberg, et al), PICTURING OLD NEW ENGLAND: IMAGE AND MEMORY, National Museum of Amer. Art, Washington, D.C., (1999), B&W and color illustrations, 240pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0300079389 The essays in this volume explore works of art originating between the Civil War and World War II that depict New England, investigating the direct and indirect meanings in this imagery., (Order No: 39570 ), $15.00
38. Wagenknecht, Edward, A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF NEW ENGLAND, Crown Publishers, Inc., New York, (1976), over 600 B&W ill., 342pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0517523469 A suberb compendium of visual and narrative, bringing alive the excitement and vitality of New England., (Order No: 2975 ), $9.50
39. Wellington, Andrew, DEBORAH MOSES OR PEN PICTURES OF COLONIAL LIFE IN NEW ENGLAND, The Good Will Publishing Co., Concord, NH, (1915), B&W illustrations, 550pp, good+, blue cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 54634 ), $7.50
40. 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
41. Wilson, Harold Fisher, THE HILL COUNTRY OF NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND: ITS SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC HISTORY, 1790-1930, AMS Press, Inc., New York, 1967, B&W illustrations, 455pp, very good, green cloth (hardcover), First published in 1936. An admirable study in social and economic history, and a unique and valuable contribution to the history of American agriculture as well., (Order No: 52142 ), $75.00
42. 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 ), $12.50