Search Results: Massachusetts from Rose's Books, IOBA

Boston: Ginn & Company, 1922. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. Revised Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Revised edition. Revised by Leroy Phillips. 12mo. Cloth. 136.+ p. Color maps. Black and white illustrations and photographs. A charming little guidebook to the city of Boston, Massachusetts. Gilt lettering and decoration on front. Fading to spine. Owner's name. Near fine..

Providence, RI: H. Gregory, 1899. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. 250 p. A collection of short tales, many written in New England dialect, of country life in New England. Minor edgewear. Binding tight. Near fine..

New York: Oxford University Press, 1964. Book. Very Good. Cloth. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Reprint. 12mo. Cloth binding, 195 pp. A sixties look at life in the intellectual hub of Harvard and M.I.T. Dustjacket edgeworn, price-clipped. Very good in a good dustjacket, protected with a mylar cover..

New York, NY: Bramhall House, 1961. Book. Illus. by Kane, Henry Bugbee. Near Fine. Cloth. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York, NY, Bramhall house, 1961. First, thus. 8vo. Blue cloth with black lettering embossed on spine, illustrated throughout, 300 pp. Introduction by Henry Beston. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover..

City of Boston: Municipal Printing Office, 1897. Book. Very Good. Cloth. Second Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Second edition. Brown sandcloth binding, gilt decoration and titles. Antique ex-library, hand-dated bookplate. Chocolate coated endpapers. Frontispiece photograph of Everett's birthplace, protective tissue. 106 pp. Speeches given on the occasion of Everett's birthday. Everett was considered the nation's greatest orator of his time. He was invited to give the main speech at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on September 23, 1863, following the Battle of Gettysburg. He told the organizing committee that he would be unable to prepare an appropriate speech in such a short period of time, and requested that the date be postponed. The committee agreed, and the dedication was postponed until November 19. Almost as an afterthought, David Wills, the president of the committee, asked President Abraham Lincoln to make a… Read More

Boston, MA: Little Brown and Company, 1973. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. 302 pp. Index. References. Black and white photographs. Minor edgewear to boards. Jacket has small tears and light chipping along upper edge and overall light shelfwear. Near fine in very good jacket in mylar cover..

Boston, MA: David R. Godine, 1981. Book. Illus. by Cannell, Amanda. Near Fine. Cloth. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition, second printing. 8vo. Cloth. 142 pp. Illustrated with line drawings. Minor edgewear to boards. Jacket is edgeworn with fading on spine. Near fine in very good jacket in mylar cover..

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1937. Ex-Library. Illus. by Benson, Frank W.. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. 258 p. Illustrated with 1 color and numerous black and white plates by Frank W. Benson, noted American Impressionist. A charming and readable book, made up of ornithologist's Brewster's field notes and diaries, of his observations of natural life in and around the Concord River in Massachusetts. This is an ex-library copy from the Sturgis Library in Barnstable, Massachusetts. Library marks include lettering and remains of a sticker on spine, 1938 bookplate, pocket, barcode, title page notations and stamps. Pasted down publisher's note from dustjacket on endpaper. Minot shelfwear. Very good..

Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, 1878. Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, 1878. 3 volumes, complete. Brown silk binding, paper spine labels. Volume I: first edition, frontispiece portrait of Sewall, protective tissue, 532 pp. including index; Volume II: second edition, 462 pp. including index; Volume III: 572 pp. including index. Sewall was one of the judges overseeing the Salem Witch Trials. Apart from his involvement in the Salem witch trials, Sewall was somewhat liberal in his views for the time. In The Selling of Joseph (1700), for instance, he came out strongly against slavery, making him one of the earliest colonial abolitionists. The Selling of Joseph was the earliest-recorded anti-slavery tract published in the future United States. In it, Sewell argued, "Liberty is in real value next unto Life: None ought to part with it themselves, or deprive others of it, but upon the most mature Consideration." He regarded "man-stealing as an atrocious crime which would… Read More

Boston: Dudley, 1873. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo. Presumed first edition. Published 1873 (with 1873-74 information). Newly rebound History of Towns in Plymouth and Barnstable Counties. 8vo. Cloth binding, 206 numbered pages, plus over 65 pp.period advertising. Covers history, churches, town officers and directories of both counties. Lacking title page and folding map. Three in-text engravings. Some pages show waterstaining around edges, does not affect text. Scarce reference work. Very good..

Boston: Briggs & Co., Publishers, 1888. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Fair. Pastedown Over Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition. Printed pastedown over cloth boards. Great advertisements, many illustrated. Business directory, arranged by town. Directory of other businesses, including academies, arranged by type and by town. 672 pp. One corner of one page razored out (probably someone saw an engraving they fancied ...) Endpapers used for additional advertising. Both hinges cracked open. Solid, clean textblock. Fair Condition..

Nantcuket, MA: Nantucket Historical Trust, 1970. Ex-Library. Very Good. Cloth. Limted Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Nantucket: Nantucket Historical Trust, 1970. Limited edition. 63 p. Illustrated. 8vo. Cloth. Includes Nantucket Historical Trust Fact Sheet. A comprehensive bibliography of material on the history of Nantucket. This is an exlibrary copy from Cape Cod's historic Sturgis Library, the oldest library building in the country. Library marks include barcode, stamps and spine lettering. Minor edgewear. Very good..

Boston, MA: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1849. 8vo. Green cloth binding with gilt lettering and black title block on front. 22 p. Illustration of Boston New Jail and Plan of Principal Floor. One fold-out plan of "Model Plan for a County Prison," Jos. Billings, Architect. House....No. 157. Commonwealth of Massachusetts. House of Representative, April 14, 1849. REPORT: The Joint Standing Committee on Prisons, to whom were referred sundry documents, relating to the State Prison; also orders of the House, authorizing them to "visit and examine the County Prisons, and to report such plans as they might deem expedient for their improvement, with specifications of the same." This report includes a history and philosophy of prison systems; an overview of the State Prison, Houses of Correction at Ipswich, South Boston, East Cambridge, and New Bedford; County Jails at Ipswich, Salem, and Boston; suggested improvements in the discipline of several prisons and in its mode of… Read More

Haverhill, MA: C. C. Morse & Son, 1890. Book. Good. Sewn Wrappers. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition. Sewn wrappers, 20 pp. Inaugural address of Mayor Thomas E. Burnham. Soiling to covers, one corner bent, closed tear to title. Good..

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1937. Ex-Library. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. 2 volumes. The authors presents material from previously inaccessible family archives to give a history of Massachusetts businessmen and merchants. The letters reproduced here show how Salem, Newburyport, and Beverly, as well as Boston, were connected commercially and culturally with the rest of the world. Includes information on trade with East India, Calcutta, and Rio De Janeiro. Exlibrary markings include neat vintage bookplates, spine labels, pockets, and barcodes. Minor edgewear. Near fine..

Boston: State Street Trust Company, 1950. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Fine. Trade Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Boston: State Street Trust, 1950. First edition. Trade paperback, 146 pp., 2 pp. advertising. Illustrated seals of the towns and cities of Massachusetts with local historical sketches and anecdotes. 1 of 2 volumes. Fine..

Boston: Wright & Potter, 1932. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Boston: Wright & Potter, 1932. 8vo. Cloth binding, 711 pp. Light soiling. Very good condition..

Boston: David H. Williams, 1843. Periodical. Near Fine. Quarter-Leather. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Boston: Williams, 1843. First edition. 8vo. Quarter-leather, 523. Calf over marble boards, leather spine labels. Bookplate of Dr. Joshua Green. Contains several articles on the Treaty of Washington, also known as the Webster-Ashburton Treaty. The Webster-Ashburton Treaty, signed August 9, 1842, settled the dispute over the location of the Maine-New Brunswick border between the United States and Great Britain and the shared use of the Great Lakes. It also reaffirmed the location of the border (at the 49th parallel) in the westward frontier up to the Rocky Mountains, originally defined in the Treaty of 1818. It also called for a final end to the slave trade on the high seas, to be enforced by both signatories. The Treaty was signed by United States Secretary of State Daniel Webster and United Kingdom Privy Counsellor Alexander Baring, Lord Ashburton. A plaque… Read More

London: Edward T. Whitfield, 1857. Book. Good. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. London: Whitfield, 1857. 8vo. Cloth. 342 p. The author has taken genealogical and historical information that he amassed through his research on pilgrim Richard Sears and "put flesh upon the bones" by telling the tales of the lives of early Pilgrims to the United States. Wear and fading to blindstamped brown boards and spine. Interior clean. Hinges weak. Owner's name. A good copy..

Boston, 1897. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Slate grey cloth binding, gold titles. Library title in white inked on spine. 50 pp. Antique ex-library, no pocket. Very good condition..