As you know, Rhode Island ("Little Rhody") is a small state, so it makes sense that we have only 30 Rhode Island  related titles that are available and on the shelves in Walpole, New Hampshire on January 10, 2007.  Remember, ordering is easy from Ray Boas, Bookseller.

1. THE NEW-ENGLAND MERCANTILE UNION BUSINESS DIRECTORY, SIX PARTS IN ONE. ... 1849, Pratt & Co., New York, 1849, maps, 324pp, ads, good+, original black cloth (hardcover) edgewear SEE NOTE, "...Containing A New Map of New-England, An Almanac for 1849, A Memorandum for Every Day in the Year, and a Business Directory for New England, showing The Name, Location, and Business, of Mercantile Firms, Manufacturing Establishments, professional Men, Artists, Corporations, Banking, Moneyed and Literary Institutions, Courts, Public Offices, and all the Various Miscellaneous Departments which Contribute to the Business, Wealth, Prosperity, and Happiness of New-England, to which is appended, A Short Advertising Register, and a Business Directory of Many of the Principal Mercantiles Houses and Manufacturing Establishments of New York. Complete with maps of Boston (fold-out); Maine; New Hampshire; Massachusetts; Vermont; Rhode Island; and Connecticut. CONDITION NOTE: Nice clean and tight copy; light edgewear; and lacking a small piece of cloth on the bottom edge of the spine (measuring about 1/4 inch by 2 3/4 inches and starting up from bottom edge about 1/2 inch., (Order No: 49592 ), $225.00

2. ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE ADJUTANT-GENERAL, QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL, AND SURGEON-GENERAL OF THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND FOR YEAR 1904, E. L. Freeman & Sons, Providence, RI, 1905, 304pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover), On front cover, ANNUAL MILITARY REPORTS RHODE ISLAND 1904., (Order No: 45346 ), $25.00

3. ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE ADJUTANT-GENERAL, QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL, AND SURGEON GENERAL, OF THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND FOR YEAR 1905, E. L. Freeman & Sons, Providence, RI, 1906, 329pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover), On front cover, ANNUAL MILITARY REPORTS RHODE ISLAND 1905., (Order No: 45347 ), $25.00

4. ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE ADJUTANT-GENERAL, QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL, AND SURGEON GENERAL OF THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND FOR YEAR 1907, E. L. Freeman & Sons, Providence, RI, 1908, 297pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover), On front cover, ANNUAL MILITARY REPORTS RHODE ISLAND 1907., (Order No: 45348 ), $25.00

5. ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE ADJUTANT-GENERAL AND QUARTERMASTER GENERAL OF THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND FOR THE YEAR 1909, E. L. Freeman & Sons, Providence, RI, 1910, 378pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover), On front cover, ANNUAL MILITARY REPORTS RHODE ISLAND 1909., (Order No: 45349 ), $25.00

6. ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE ADJUTANT-GENERAL AND QUARTERMASTER GENERAL OF THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND FOR THE YEAR 1910, E. L. Freeman Company, Providence, RI, 1911, 331pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover), On front cover, ANNUAL MILITARY REPORTS RHODE ISLAND 1910., (Order No: 45350 ), $25.00

7. ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE ADJUTANT-GENERAL, QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL, AND SURGEON GENERAL OF THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND FOR YEAR 1911, E. L. Freeman Company, Providence, RI, 1912, 365pp, good+, blue cloth (hardcover), On front cover, ANNUAL MILITARY REPORTS RHODE ISLAND 1911., (Order No: 45351 ), $25.00

8. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADJUTANT GENERAL, OF THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND, FOR THE YEAR 1912, E. L. Freeman Company, Providence, RI, 1913, 48pp, good+, blue cloth (hardcover), On front cover, ANNUAL MILITARY REPORTS RHODE ISALND 1912., (Order No: 45352 ), $20.00

9. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADJUTANT GENERAL, OF THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND, FOR THE YEAR 1913, E. L. Freeman Company, Providence, RI, 1914, 79pp, good+, blue cloth (hardcover), On front cover, ANNUAL MILITARY REPORTS RHODE ISLAND 1913., (Order No: 45353 ), $20.00

10. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADJUTANT-GENERAL AND QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL OF THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND FOR THE YER 1915, E. L. Freeman Company, Providence, RI, 1916, 80pp, good+, blue cloth (hardcover), On front cover, ANNUAL MILITARY REPORTS RHODE ISLAND 1915., (Order No: 45354 ), $20.00

11. CIVIL GOVERNMENT OF RHODE ISLAND - JOINT RULES AND ORDERS, AND RULES AND ORDERS, COMMITTEES &C. ..., Knowles, Anthony & Co., Providence, RI, 1855, 65pp, very good, brown cloth (hardcover), "... OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, FOR THE POLITICAL YEAR, 1855; WITH THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE. (Published by Order of the General Assembly.)" Uncommon item., (Order No: 45490 ), $40.00

12. Barry, Jay, GENTLEMEN UNDER THE ELMS, Brown Alumni Monthly, Providence, RI, (1982), B&W illustrations, 176pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), "A TRIBUTE TO ELEVEN OF BROWN'S FACULTY OF THE PAST" Here in ten chapters are accounts of eleven "Gentlemen," "Characters," "Originals"--call them what you will., (Order No: 42038 ), $7.50

13. Carpenter, Esther Bernon (introduction by Caroline Hazard; compiled from Letters published by Oliver Wendell Holmes), SOUTH COUNTY STUDIES: OF SOME EIGHTEENTH CENTURY PERSONS PLACES & CONDITIONS IN THAT PORTION OF RHODE ISLAND CALLED NARRAGANSETT, The Merrymount Press, Boston, MA, (1924), B&W frontis, 297pp, good, gray cloth spine, teg (hardcover) no dustjacket, It was in 1879 that Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote to Esther Bernon Carpenter. She regarded these letters as giving her the best lessons of her life, letters of encouragement, of criticism, of understanding, which put her in touch with the world of thought and literature., (Order No: 49643 ), $25.00

14. Clauson, J. Earl (foreword by Sevellon Brown; illustrated by Milton Halladay and Paule Loring), THESE PLANTATIONS: SECOND EDITION, James W. Clauson, n.p., (1937) 2nd ed, B&W illustrations, 121pp, good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Some of the best-remembered of Earl Clauson's articles about old Rhode Island people and the Rhode Island countryside from the pages of the Evening Bulletin., (Order No: 48824 ), $10.00

15. D'Amato, Donald A., WARWICK'S 350 - YEAR HERITAGE: A PICTORIAL HISTORY, The Donning Company, Virginia Beach, VA, (1992), B&W illustrations, 224pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0898658454 Traces the city's rich and exciting yesterdays beginning when the colony was founded in 1642. A well done and fascinating history., (Order No: 37371 ), $60.00

16. Downing, Antoinette F. & Scully, Jr., Vincent J., THE ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE OF NEWPORT RHODE ISLAND 1650-1915, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1952 1st ed, 230 plates, map, 241pp text, very good w/lightly chipped dustjacket, (Order No: 5289 ), $140.00

17. Fox, Frank B., TWO HUGUENOT FAMILIES -- DEBLOIS-LUCAS, University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1949, B&W illustrations, 120pp, good+, blue cloth (hardcover), Facts of the lives of Stephen Deblois and Augustus Lucas who settled in Newport, RI about 1700 and 1767 respectively., (Order No: 48675 ), $20.00

18. Greene, Stephen, STEPHEN GREENE: MEMORIES OF HIS LIFE, Privately published, n.p., 1903, B&W illustrations, 188pp, very good, gray cloth, teg (hardcover), "with Addresses, Resolutions and other Tributes of Affection.", (Order No: 5322 ), $15.00

19. Livermore, S. T., LIVERMORE'S HISTORY OF BLOCK ISLAND, RHODE ISLAND, Committee of Republication, Block Island, RI, 1961, B&W ill., B&W maps, 389pp, good, wraps (softcover) light wear/soil to covers, Originally printed 1877. Reproduced and Enhanced By The Block Island Committee of Republication for The Block Island Tercentenary Anniversary., (Order No: 21816 ), $15.00

20. Moses, Michael (cosponsored by Israel Sack, Inc.), MASTER CRAFTSMEN OF NEWPORT: THE TOWNSENDS AND GODDARDS, MMI Americana Press, Tenafly, NJ, (1984), B&W and color illustrations, 361pp, very good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover) small crease on jacket, THE BOOK on Newport, Rhode Island furniture. We have been fortunate in the last 10 years to be able to find and offer only a dozen copies of this elusive title, and are pleased to again offer a copy for furniture historians and fine cabinet makers., (Order No: 3349 ), $950.00

21. 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

22. Phelps, Harriet Jackson, NEWPORT IN FLOWER - A HISTORY OF NEWPORT'S HORTICULTURAL HERITAGE, Pres. Soc. of Newport County, Newport, RI, 1979, color illustrations, 153pp, very good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), "This book is written to give the reader a glimpse of Newport's horticultural heritage." The illustrations come from a collection of colored lantern slides done int the early 20th century for The Newport Garden Club., (Order No: 46460 ), $45.00

23. Pierce, John T., HISTORICAL TRACTS OF THE TOWN OF PORTSMOUTH RHODE ISLAND, Hamilton Printing Company, Portsmouth, RI, (1991) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 114pp, very good+, wraps (softcover) signed by the author, ISBN 0963172204 Mr. Pierce's book will be an adventure for even the most knowledgeable and long-term resident of Portsmouth, for it is the culmination of a lifetime of interest in "his town" sparked when he was a boy and found an arrowhead in a farmer's field. The book uses two great tools--words and photographs--to view the past 350+ years., (Order No: 48680 ), $125.00

24. 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 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 ), $350.00

25. 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

26. Roscoe, Theodore, ONLY IN NEW ENGLAND: THE STORY OF A GASLIGHT CRIME, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, (1959), 241pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) signed by the author, "Fiction based on fact, this is a most unconventional and intriguing book." This book deals with the violent and mysterious death of a formidable New England lady which occurred years ago in an isolated coastal village., (Order No: 18132 ), $7.50

27. Stachiw, Myron O. (with contributions by Claire W. Dempsey, Robert B. Foley, Willie Graham, Patrick Gutherie, et al), THE EARLY ARCHITECTURE AND LANDSCAPES OF THE NARRAGANSETT BASIN - VOLUME I: NEWPORT, Vernacular Architecture Form, n.p., 2001, B&W illustrations, 128pp, fine, wraps (softcover), The papers on Newport architecture prepared for the Annual Meeting and Conference of the Vernacular Architecture Forum, Newport, Rhode Island, April 25-29, 2001., (Order No: 44455 ), $60.00

28. 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

29. Wonson, Richard L., THE TRACKLESS TROLLEYS OF RHODE ISLAND, Boston Street Railway Assn., Cambridge, MA, 1983, B&W illustrations, 96pp, fine, wraps (softcover), The history of trackless trolley cars in the State of Rhode Island. Boston Street Railway Association, Inc. - Bulletin Number Eighteen., (Order No: 13268 ), $7.50

30. Wood, Frederic J., THE TURNPIKES OF NEW ENGLAND AND EVOLUTION OF THE SAME THROUGH ENGLAND, VIRGINIA, AND MARYLAND, Marshall Jones Company, Boston, MA, 1919 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 461pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover), "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.'", (Order No: 45278 ), $60.00