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First edition, octavo, pp. 188. Illustrated with historical regional photographs and vignettes. Internally clean and unmarked. Minor spotting and scuffing on rear cover, but Very Good and sound in the publisher's photo-illustrated card-stock wrappers with black plastic comb binding.

Removed from a bound volume, octavo, pp. [1]-5. Spine rough. Strings perished. Pages are together just tenuously and will likely separate soon. Housed in a clear protective display sleeve with white card stock backing board.

Publisher's brown cloth over blue boards with paper label affixed to upper board, 12mo (7 1/4 inches in height x 4 3/4 inches in width), pp. 265. Warm year of publication gift inscription on free front endpaper from the author to previous owner. A bit of scuffing and rubbing at spine ends and on paper spine label. Small spot of discoloration on front panel near bottom edge. Upper board fore-edge protrudes slightly farther than lower board fore-edge, as in an overbite. GOOD and sound, withal. Author was the last surviving daughter of Union Civil War General Charles J. Paine. An uncommon title institutionally, with an April 2023 OCLC search returning Boston Athenaeum; Massachusetts Historical Society; New Bedford Whaling Museum; and New England Historic Genealogy Society only.

Publisher's cream-colored buckram-style cloth with elaborate upper board gilt lettering and decorative device within double-ruled gilt border, 12mo, pp. 70. Tissue-guarded frontis of the author and 8 additional illustrations by E. H. Garrett inserted. Note that the List of Illustrations calls for the final illustration to be inserted at page 64 but it is at page 68. Top edge gilt. Leaves printed on rectos only. GOOD condition with shelf soiling on front and rear boards that shows more readily than if publisher had chosen a darker color. This copy with a nice sentimental gift inscription from one sister to another in the year of publication.

Wraps, octavo, pp. 63. This copy a bit weary, with chips along edges, old creasing and foxing, and spine has nearly eroded. Withal, still serviceable in light blue wrappers. Inside unmarked. Ensconced now in a clear protective display sleeve with white cardstock backing board.

Removed from a bound volume, octavo, pp. 39. Creasing along spine where removed but essentially a very good copy an uncommon title.

Wraps, octavo, pp. [12]. Black and white illustrations. Just light shelf wear. Very Good in the publisher's stapled wrappers laid in to a decorative cardstock folder from a Whittekind exhibit at the Robert Hull Fleming Museum at University of Vermont, which ran from March 20 until April 10, 1974. Ensconced in a clear protective display sleeve with white cardstock backing board.

Publisher's original stapled wrappers, octavo, pp. [32]. Black and white illustrations. Very Good condition with just light fading from sun along spine and a mild smudge on the last blank page from what appears to be publisher's toner. Stored safely in a clear new display sleeve with white card-stock backing board.

Hardcover, octavo, pp. 30. Illustrations. List of Past Presidents. Page edges, prelims, and terminals light foxing, otherwise just mild generalized wear. Very good and string-tied into publisher's blue boards with faded spine lettering. Upper board gold foil title label with a bit of light spotting and shelf rubbing. Ensconced now in a clear protective Ultra-Pro display sleeve. Uncommon in trade or in institutional holdings, with a May 2019 OCLC search showing (1) American Antiquarian Society; (2) Clark University; (3) Univ. Mass. Amherst; and (4) Worcester Public Library only.

Four panel tourist brochure measuring 9 x 4 inches. No date of publication given, but a Family Suite at the Copley was $21, so "Do the Math," as they say. Light creasing at bottom edge fold point. Ensconced in a clear protective display sleeve with white card stock backing board.

Boston Medical and Surgical Journal was published Wednesdays by D. Clapp, Jr., of 184 Washington Street, Boston. This number dated Wednesday, November 29, 1837. String-tied, octavo, annual pagination [261]-276. FAIR-only with foxing, old tide-lines, creasing, and short marginal tears. Safely stowed now, however, in a clear new Ultra-Pro sleeve with white card stock backing board. The Lead articles this week were "Functions of the Brain" and "Formation of the Brain, Heart, &c." Also contains "A Case of Malformation of the Septum Narium"; "Liston's Surgery"; and a brief Yarmouth, Maine, obituary for a Dr. Gad Hitchcock, "aged about 50." Of present day interest is a short ad on the last page informing physicians that they can procure "ten quills charged with PURE VACCINE VIRUS" for $1.00, post paid. Includes a few additional notes and advertisements.

Publisher's stapled blue wraps, octavo, pp. 32. Frontis portrait of Bishop Daniel Ayres Goodsell, LL.D. Additionally, a portrait of Gustavus Adolphus Hinckley. Light creasing; upper page tips bumped mildly; a chip here and there along wrapper perimeter. Withal, GOOD condition and ensconced now in a clear protective Ultra Pro display sleeve.

Publisher's stapled blue wraps, octavo, pp. 32. Frontis portrait of Boston University School of Medicine. Several other illustrations. A nick here and there along wrapper perimeter, and the bottom tip of the rear wrapper has chipped off. Withal, GOOD condition and ensconced now in a clear protective Ultra Pro display sleeve.

Publisher's original brown printed wrappers with decorative bookshelf device, octavo, pp. 3. GOOD and sound with just light edge wear. Ensconced now in a clear protective display sleeve with white card-stock backing board.

Disbound, octavo, pp. 44. A couple of illustrations. Tear near spine at upper corner of first page with some loss of paper but not text, otherwise GOOD and sound and ensconced now in a clear protective display sleeve with white cardstock backing board.

Revised edition, octavo, pp. xii, 543. Black & white illustrations, including tissue-guarded frontis. Top edge gilt. Some pages unopened. Previous owner tasteful bookplate on front pastedown. Just light wear, as with age & handling, but near very good with gilt spine lettering and upper board vignette.

Two World War I era notices on Boston Globe letterhead, dated August 17th & August 21st, 1915, to what is possibly a distribution agent for the Globe and the Boston Post in Phillips, Maine. Each notice measures 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches and each is somewhat age-toned but with no tears or paper loss. The first notice was enclosed with a bill from the Globe and advises that the paper will be glad to supply copies if the bill (against a third party) is paid by check. The second notice advises that "if you should decide to pay this bill and have a supply of papers from the Globe without the stipulation that you shall be the only agent, we will supply you." These notices are ensconced in a clear protective display sleeve with a white cardstock backing board.

Sewn binding. Cloth over boards, octavo, pp. 360. Illustrated. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket.

Stiff wrappers, octavo, pp. 143 plus appendices and ads. Just light shelf and consultation wear. Small sticker-removal shadow on rear panel. GOOD and sound in the publisher's card-stock gray wrappers with blue plastic comb binding.

Publisher's red cloth with spine lettering gilt (somewhat faded), octavo, pp. xi, 207. Upper board with clever blind-stamped chapel window decoration. Illustrations in color and in black and white. Board edges shelf-rubbed. A few small spots on front panel. Board tips rubbed through. GOOD and sound withal.