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Brattleboro, VT: Stephen Greene Press, 1976. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. light wear to the book and jacket; page edges spotted else cean and unmarked First printing, full number line. Native Vermonter, farmer, horticulturalist, Governor of Vermont, United States Senator, Aiken was called the "conscience of the Senate." He is perhaps best remembered for his Vietnam peace plan often paraphrased as "Declare victory and get the hell out!" Aiken was also one of seven Republican senators who denounced in writing the tactics of Senator Joseph McCarthy, warning against those who sought "victory through the selfish political exploitation of fear, bigotry, ignorance and intolerance." Beloved in Vermont, his last campaign ran up expenses of $17.09, albeit in 1969 dollars. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when… Read More

Blue Mountain Lake: Adirondack Museum, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good-/good. light wear to tips, corners and edges of book and jacket which is rubbed, soiled with some discoloring also slightly affecting the book. First printing / edition stated, no others noted. Lieutenant John Enys (1757 – 1818) was a British Army officer who served during and after the American Revolution. John was also present with Gen. Carlton's naval squadron on Lake Champlain at the Battle of Valcour Island on 11 October 1776. With the defeat of Burgoynes' army at Saratoga and loss of the 29th Regiment's light Infantry company in October 1777, John was promoted from Ensign to Lieutenant on 16 February 1778 and placed into a composite "Ranger" company that took over the duties normally performed by the light infantry company of the regiment. In the Autumn of 1778, John and his Ranger company took part in a raid down the eastern side of Lake Champlain burning crops, farms and other… Read More

Rutland VT: Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1969. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/None as Issued. Top edge offront cover sunned as is the map of West Rutland, spotting to rear endpapers, else clean and unmarked. A facsimile reprint of the 1869 atlas. Scarce in any edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Hard Cover. Books and other items ship promptly with a tracking number and (generally over $15.00) jacket protectors if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!

Rutland VT: Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1969. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/None as Issued. Light shelf wear to the book, covers show light soiling, a bit whiffy. A facsimile reprint of the 1869 atlas. Scarce in any edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Hard Cover. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility! 

Barre, VT: Aldrich Public Library, 1979. First edition. Paperback. Very Good+. very light wear to the book. First printing, no others noted. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility! .

Barre, Vt: Barre Daiy Times, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. VG. covers and spine soiled, spotted, edge wear, previous owner's name to front endpaper. Scarce, not in Bassett, among the seventeen citations for Vermont almost legendary flood of 1927; Barre, Vermont, an Annotated Bibliography, no. 22. The Great Flood of 1927 took 63 lives and cost $25,000,000.00 (in 1927 dollars). Illustrated by photographs. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover.

Woodstock, VT: Countryman Press, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good+. Signed, first printing. Lightest wear to the book and jacket which is rubbed. Clean and unmarked. First printing, full number line. Signed by the author. By the foremost historian of Vermont's leading role in the Civil War. Grant's Overland Campaign of 1864 and the part played by the Vermont regiments. Books and other items ship promptly with a tracking number and (generally over $15.00) jacket protectors if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!

Woodstock, VT: Countryman Press, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good+. lightest wear to the book and jacket which s rubbed. By the foremost historian of Vermont's leading role in the Civil War. First printing, full number line. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.

Castleton VT: Castleton State College, 1999. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. light wear to the book, page edges spotted, else clean and unmarked. Scarce. First printing, no others noted. Bomoseen is the largest lake completely within the borders of Vermont. It is the principal vacation lake of central Vermont but has a long and storied history told in this volume. Millions of years ago, clays that accumulated on the ocean floor compressed into shale. When the ocean floor uplifted to form the Taconic Mountains, heat and pressure metamorphosed the shale into much harder slate. Lake Bomoseen nestles in a valley surrounded by some of the lower hills on the western side of the range. The Taconics are the slate-producing region of Vermont, and the area's history parallels the rise and fall of Vermont's slate industry.Bomoseen State Park has several quarry holes and adjacent colorful slate rubble piles. These quarries provided slate for the West Castleton Railroad and Slate Company, a… Read More

Bristol, VT: Bristol Historical Society, 1979. Paperback. Very Good. Cover curl, else clean unmarked. From the papers of Harvey Munsill. Esq. Bassett 3279. Not in Gilman. No date in the book. Bassett gives the date as (1979 ?). Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!

Charleston, SC: History Press, 2010. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Very light shelf wear. Signed by the author. First printing, no others noted. Town history of Castleton, Vermont, the home of Castleton University. Books and other items ship promptly with a tracking number and (generally over $15.00) jacket protectors if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!

Wilton, New York: Bannister Books, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Light shelf wear to tips, corners and edges of the book, more to the jacket which is rubbed; front cover slightly sprung, significantly worn at corners and tips, previous owner's name to front endpaper else clean and unmarked. First printing stated. Over the years, there have been over 300 reported sightings of Champ. There have been many sightings in modern times. Legends of a creature living in Lake Champlain date back to Native American tribes in the region. Both the Iroquois and the Abenaki spoke of such a creature. The Abenaki referred to it as "Tatoskok". Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!

New York: Macmillan, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good. light wear to tips, corners and edges of the book, more to the jacket, gift inscription of 1959, else clean and unmarked. First printing stated. "Writing from an intimate knowledge of New England's geography, geology and ecology, Miss Thomson surveys its plants, animals, forests, farmlands, and rocky physiography." 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility! 

Burlington Vt: Robert Hull Fleming Museum / University of Vermont, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Previous owner's name and date to the half-title page else As New in all respects. Clipping regarding the show laid in. First printing, no ohers noted. Charles Louis Heyde (1822–1890), a French-born landscape painter, resided in Burlington, Vermont. The landscapes of Vermont and nearby Canada provide his subj ect matter.Heyde was Walt Whitman's much disliked brother-in-law. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility! 

Privately Printed, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/no jacket, as issued. Signed by the author. Light shelf wear to the book. First printing, no others noted. A brief history of the Orange County shire town. Bassett 3886. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility! 

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1946. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Royce, Edmund Homer (illustrator). Light wear to the book; priced jacket is edge worn, chipped, tips perishing, rubbed with a label removal mark to the front panel. The first Borzoi edition of a book first published in Vermont in 1941 by the Stephen Daye Press. It has become a classic work on the subject. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. First printing, no others noted. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.

Montpelier VT: Vermont Life Magazine, 1966. Paperback. Good. Light wear to the magazine, label scar to the front cover, scattered spotting. Essential index to the first twenty years of the iconic magazine Vermont Life. Books and other items ship promptly with a tracking number and (generally over $15.00) jacket protectors if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!

Brattleboro VT: The Stephen Greene Press, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. light wear to both book and jacket, top edge dusty, previous owner's address label to front endpaper, map endpapers. An excellent biography of the hero of Ticonderoga and the leader of the Green Mountain Boys. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. First printing, full number line. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility! 

Rutland VT: Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1963. First printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. First printing. Shelf wear to tips, corners and edges of book and jacket, previous owner's notation of the front endpaper. No slip caseBased on a lifetime's work in the field by the author of Old Vermont Houses and The Covered Bridge. First printing stated, no others noted. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.

Enosburgh: Enosburgh Historical Society, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Scarce Vermont town history. Light shelf wear to the book and jacket which is rubbed with two closed tears. First printing, no others noted. Enosburgh is a town in Franklin County, Vermont. Enosburgh includes the village of Enosburg Falls and the settlements of Bordoville, East Enosburgh, North Enosburgh, Sampsonville, West Enosburgh, and Enosburgh Center. Enosburgh was named for Roger Enos who took part in Benedict Arnold's ill fated expedition to Quebec. He later commanded the Vermont Militia as a Major General. The town is a commercial center for the eastern half of Franklin County. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!