Search Results: BOSTON from Peter L. Stern & Company, Inc.

Boston: Redding & Co., 1845. First Edition. Foxed; very good in what appears to the publisher’s deluxe “gift” binding of full red morocco, decorated in gilt and blind; all edges gilt. The anonymous author describes sites in and outside of Boston.

Boston: Haskell & Allen, n.d. [probably 1871-1875]. Approximately 19 x 13”; framed (contemporary, if not original) and glazed; hand-colored lithograph. This view is hardly changed to this day; above this path, an iron railing runs along Beacon Street; the State House sits above and to the left; the Park Street Church spire is seen to the more distant right. Along the path the well-dressed local citizenry, couples, children, a baby carriage and a bewildered looking gray-beard are enjoying the day. The story could be apocryphal, but it has more than the ring of truth in it, that a now-late imposing figure in Boston bookselling stepped outside onto Beacon Street on a very hot day. His companion, from out of town, proceeded to remove his suit coat. He was told to put it back on, as “a gentleman does not go out onto Beacon Street without wearing a jacket.” The print is in only good condition, and has undergone some professional preservation and cleaning. However, there is some soiling, staining,… Read More

No place of publication [Boston]: [City of Boston], n.d. [presumably 1873]. An exceptionally large and detailed map, approximately 44 x 57”; scaled at 50 feet to the inch; with pink and green highlights. The destruction is outlined with each parcel’s size and ownership noted; many of the streets, primarily small ones, no longer exist, and others were widened. Folded numerous times; some chips, tears and stains, which are, for the most part, marginal; a good example that would benefit from relatively minor conservation, as well as mounting on canvas. Cities in an earlier day often went up in flames, and this conflagration destroyed most of what is now downtown Boston and the financial district. The fire chief at the time was modernizing his department, and objected to the demolishing of buildings in the path of the fire, correctly noting that rather than blocking the fire, this practice fueled it. The map shows where the fire was stopped at Milk Street, at the Old South Meeting-House. This… Read More

Boston: Privately Printed, 1964. First Edition. A homage to the enduring Boston hostelry. The printer’s copy; with their bookplate. Very good in publisher’s illustrated paper-covered boards.