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Gray, Roland. JOHN CHIPMAN GRAY
Boston 1917 first edition. Privately printed. Hardcover octavo. Dark blue cloth with gilt lettering. 142p. (3). End papers lightly toned. Near Fine . no dj. no owner marks. Gray was lawyer and a professor at Harvard. (a100396)
$33.00Boston University. THE TWENTY YEARS OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY 1869 - 1889 - FIFTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT`
Boston 1890 first edition. University Offices. Original first edition printing in later wraps. Staple binding. 62p. Indexed. VG slight stain along outer edge of rear page. no owner marks. Very Scarce. (a100954)
$95.00Broyles, Michael. MUSIC AND CLASS STRUCTURE IN ANTEBELLUM BOSTON - article in one complete issue of JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MUSICOLOGICAL SOCIETY, Fall 1991
Richmond, VA 1991 first edition. vol XLIV, no. 3. large octavo wraps. issue paginated 359-535. plus ads. Broyles article pp. 451-493 . Other articles in issue as well. VG faint small stain on cover. no owner marks. (a104947b)
$35.00Haraszti, Zoltan (ed). THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY QUARTERLY - OCTOBER 1959
Boston 1959 first edition. Articles include: John Burroughs "Burns the Glorious Sinner"; Edith Wright " Mythologie of Gustave Dore"; "Hiram C Merrill" by Arthur W. Heintzelman. other articles as well. VG light wear; no owner marks. issued paginated 179-225. (a104998)
$29.00Buckingham, Joseph Tinker. THE ORDEAL - 5 issues: vol 1 #2, #3 , #10 #17 #18 - all 1809
Joseph Tinker Buckingham as Boston conservative intellectual who lived 1779-1861. He put out a weekly satirical cultural and political magazine called THE ORDEAL beginning in January of 1809 which ran for only 6 months. Bound together here into two volumes are 5 issues dated January 14, Jan 21, March 11, April 29, May 6 - all 1809. Articles include: Review of Mr. Gile's first speech in the senate of the US; "Comedy in the Cage, an Ode" on pp. 22-26 of Jan 14 issue; "The Contrast between the death of a deist and the death of a Christian", many poems including "A Reckoning with Time" by George Colman the younger, "Mr. Jefferson's Answer to the Citizens of Willmington and its Vicinity",reviews of Pantomime and Mel-Drame, "German Theatre", much more. Toned; stringbound; reinforced backstrips. Fairly Good. A few pages have small margin chips; just one text page has chip which removed a few letters only from text which is still completely legible (p. 271.) Very Scarce. (a106073)
$240.00Weston, Rev. D et al. THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE OLD COLONY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION HELD WITH THE BAPTIST CHURCH IN NORTH MIDDLEBORO
Boston 1872 first edition. Hewes. Original yellow printed octavo wraps. 36p. Good, some cover wear, light cover soiling.no owner marks. (a108009)
$35.00Oliver, F E MD and Calvin Ellis MD (eds). THE BOSTON MEDICAL AND SURGICAL JOURNAL - 22 individual issues February 2 to July 19, 1860 - Volume LXII
Boston 1860 first edition. David Clapp. 22 original stringbound octavo wraps issues of this weekly journal. Around 19-45 pages per issue. not illustrated. Includes: Walter Channing on "Smallbox and Vaccination"; Ephraim Cutter "Variola and Vaccinia", "Research on Treatment of Neuralgia by the injection of Narcotics and Sedatives" by A. Ruppaner, "Lupus Vulgaris" by James C White, much more. In lot are issues 1-7, 10-14, 16-25 all from volume LXII. All signed on cover by Dale W. Parsons. Good, all somewhat worn but intact; most all splitting at spine but held securely by binding strings. Scarce. (a108087)
$330.00Norr, Ruth (ed). NEW ENGLAND ECONOMIC REVIEW , FEDERAL RESERVE BANK BOSTON - 3 issues 1980, 1984, 1989
Boston. 1980, 1984, 1989 first edition. 4to wraps. VG no owner marks. 3 issues: (a108687)
$75.00Boston Election Broadside. ELECTION BROADSIDE FOR MAYOR... 1865
Municipal election broadside for Frederick W. Lincoln Jr. for Mayor of Boston, and related candidates for municipal office, Ward 6, 1865. VG. (a13150)
$60.00 Boston . FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION
Boston 1841 Dutton and Wentworth. Octavo, 108p., original stringbound wraps. Ink writing on wraps about the report and how report should be read and used. Good, some spots on margin edges of text, cover chipped. (a15899)
$49.00Massachusetts Institute of Technology. PRESIDENT'S REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDING SEPT. 30, 1873
Boston 1873 Kingman. 89p. Wraps. Good. (a1646)
$40.00 Tobin, Maurice . FIFTY YEARS OF BOSTON A MEMORIAL VOLUME ISSUED IN COMMEMORATION OF THE TERCENTENARY OF 1930
1932. Thick 4to. 799pp., some photos, portraits, index. Signed presentation copy from the mayor Maurice j. Tobin. VG, black buckram with gilt lettering, a bit faded, some scratching on cover, some light white marks on rear cover. (a19885)
$85.00Minturn, R.S.. REMINISCENCE OF '84 ( HARVARD COLLEGE ) AND APPENDIX TO THE CLASS REPORT (signed)
Cambridge 1904. First edition. Hardcover large octavo. Harvard College Class of 1884. Read at the Algonquin Club of Boston to 118 members of the Class. No limitation stated, but clearly a limited printing. Fullpage inscription in pencil and signed by Minturn to J. F. Reynolds. 233pp., 1/2 cloth and boards. FINE. (a21719)
$100.00 Gross, Akexander . GEOGRAPHIA COMPLETE STREET ATLAS OF GREATER BOSTON
NY n.d. (1950). Includes 19 surrounding communities with street indices. Lg.4to., 64pp., maps, wraps. Good, some wear. (a24420)
$50.00Cotting, Benjamin Eddy M.D.. MEDICAL ADDRESSES (ORIGINAL WORK, NOT A MODERN REPRINT)
Boston 1875 1st David Clapp. Harvard graduate, President of Massachusetts Medical Society, author of numerous medical works. Octavo, 123pp., rebound in later wraps. Good plus. (a2515)
$25.00 (taxation) . REPORT OF A COMMITTEE OF THE CITIZENS OF BOSTON AND VICINITY OPPOSED TO A FURTHER INCREASE OF DUTIES ON IMPORTATIONS
NY 1828 Clayton. 8vo., 196pp.. rebound in later wraps. Fairly Good, foxed, some initial pages chipped on edges. Old library stamp and ink numbers on titlepage and a few internal stamps. (a25782)
$29.00Gordon, George A.. BOOK OF THE FORTIETH YEAR
Boston 1924. Old South Church, Boston. Copy No. 48 of 999. 8vo., 316pp., illustrated, hardcover. Largely uncut. Fine in Good DJ, a bit worn. (a28635)
$35.00Chapin, E. H.. A SERMON DELIVERED ...AT THE ANNUAL ELECTION ON...JAN 3, 1844 THE RELATION OF THE INDIVIDUAL TO THE REPUBLIC
Boston 1844 Dutton and Wentworth. 8vo., 36pp., rebound in later wraps. Good. (a2895)
$25.00 Eliot, Samuel A, . NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOSTON ACADEMY OF MUSIC...1841
Boston 1841 Marvin. 8vo., 8pp., original wraps. Fair, wraps chipped and frayed. (a3541)
$30.00 Thacher, Samuel Cooper . AN APOLOGY FOR RATIONAL AND EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANITY, A DISCOURSE AT THE DEDICATION OF A NEW CHURCH ON CHURCH GREEN, SUMNER STREET, BOSTON.
Boston 1815 Wait. First edition. small octavo., 43pp., rebound in later wraps. Good. Text toned, some light wear. (a3889)
$35.00 Yeomans, John W . SERMON DELIVERED BEFORE HIS EXCELLENCY LEVI LINCOLN, GOVERNOR....ON THE ANNUAL ELECTION, 1834
Boston 1834 1st Dutton and Wentworth. 8vo., 30pp., riginal yellow printed stringbound wraps. Sermon on Matthew 6:33." Seek First the Kingdom of God. " Fairly Good, pages uneven in size, outer page margin lightly chipped and worn. (a3908x)
$35.00 Young, Alexander (Nathaniel Silsbee) . THE GOOD MERCHANT - A DISCOURSE DELIVERED IN THE CHURCH ON CHURCH GREEN MARCH 26, 1873, THE SUNDAY AFTER THE DECEASE OF WILLIAM PARSONS (signed "The Author")
Boston 1837 first edition. Hilliard, Gray. 30p. * Presentation copy to Nathaniel Silsbee "with the Author's respects". Silsbee, 1773-1850 , was Massachusetts politician. Original brown printed wraps. Stringbinding. Fairly Good-lightly foxed throughout; cover frayed at fold. (a3909x)
$25.00 Channing, Walter M.D. . REPORT ON PHYSICAL TRAINING IN THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Boston 1898. Offprint from the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, January 13, 1898. Small octavo, 10pp., bound in later wraps. Institution stamp on front. Good, light soiling. (a40299)
$29.00Channing, William E.. LETTER OF THE REV. WILLIAM E. CHANNING TO THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE PROPRIETORS OF THE MEETING-HOUSE IN FEDERAL STREET
Boston 1840 Joseph Dowe. 8vo., 16pp., plain but very old wraps (original cover?). Stringbound. Good. (a47646)
$33.00 (Robert Browning) . THE YEAR BOOK OF THE GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY OF THE BOSTON BROWNING SOCIETY 1885-1935
Boston 1937 . 12mo., 78pp., 2 photo plates of medallions with portraits of the Brownings, wraps. Owner name stamp on front. Good, a few chips on rear cover. Scarce. (a50951)
$45.00 Sprague, Charles . AN ODE PRONOUNCED BEFORE THE INHABITANTS OF BOSTON, SEPTEMBER THE SEVETEENTH, 1830 AT THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF THE SETTLEMENT OF THE CITY
Boston 1830. 8vo., 22pp., wraps. ink name on front. VG. (a52975)
$25.00 (boston) . VISITORS GUIDEPOST SEPTEMBER 27 TO OCTOBER 11, 1968 BOSTON'S OFFICIAL GUIDE TO ENTERTAINMENT AND CULTURAL EVENTS
Boston 1968. 4to., 23pp., illustrations, original illustrated wraps. VG. (a57256)
$25.00 Clark, William R. et al . THE PITTS-STREET CHAPEL LECTURES: DELIVERED IN BOSTON BY CLERGYMEN OF 6 DIFFERENT DENOMINATIONS, WINTER 1858.
Boston 1859 1Jewett. Twelfth Thousand. 12mo., 366pp., original cloth. Pastoral Library Bookplate. Good, some foxing, light wear to head of spine. (a58048)
$30.00 Lothrop, S. K. . THE MORAL POWER OF CHARACTER - A SERMON PREACHED IN THE CHURCH IN BRATTLE SQUARE
Boston 1853 Eastburn's Press. 8vo., 26pp., original printed wraps. Good, wraps a bit soiled, lightly worn. (a58339)
$45.00Stratton, William D. (comp.). DEDICATION MEMORIAL OF THE NEW MASONIC TEMPLE, BOSTON
Boston 1868 1st Lee and Shepard. Sm.4to., 267pp., original mounted photograph of the Temple as frontis, green cloth hardcover with gilt calligraphy on front and bright full gilt decoration on spine. Good plus, cover corners a bit worn, some light soiling on rear endpapers. Nice copy. (a59460)
$50.00 (books) . CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF THE BOSTON ATHENAEUM 1807 - 1871 PART V
G K Hall reprint of original Boston 1882 edition. 4to., green buckram binding.Ex-university library with usual stamps and labels. No underlines, text clean. Near Good, inner hinges cracking. Part V only. (a59917)
$50.00 Schneider, Eric C. . IN THE WEB OF CLASS DELINQUENTS AND REFORMERS IN BOSTON 1810s - 1930s. ISBN 0-8147-7933-6
New York 1992 first edition NYU. ISBN 0-8147-7933-6, Hardcover. Octavo, 260pp., cloth. Fine in Fine DJ. new, unused. (a60380)
$20.00(prisons). THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF MANAGERS OF THE PRISON DISCIPLINE SOCIETY BOSTON
Boston 1828 Marvin. Numerous interesting articles such as: What is the History of the Troubles in the Prison at Charlestown During the Last Wwinter?; What Has Been Done to Prevent Evil Communication in Orisons? Also has details on prisoner diets, life in prison. Octavo., 83pp., original wraps. Signed on top of cover by Stephen Allen. Good, inch-long chip on front, spine splitting, light fraying on edges. (a61487)
$35.00 Evans, SamueI (editor) . THE MASONIC MONTHLY VOL. III NO. 26 DECEMBER, 1865
Boston 1865. Octavo, pp.41-80, original printed wraps (lacks original rear wrap). Good, new paper spine, light wear and light soiling. (a61744)
$30.00 Evans, Samuel (editor) . THE MASONIC MONTHLY VOL. III NO. 25 NOVEMBER, 1865
Boston 1865. Octavo, pp.1-40, original printed wraps. Several owner signatures on front. Good, new paper spine, light wear and light soiling. (a61745)
$40.00 (boston symphony) . BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PROGRAMMES 1911-12
Boston 1991-1912. Full year of 24 programs bound in one hardcover volume. Many contemporary advertisements. Original covers not present. Good , a very few light pencil marks on a very few pages, a few page tips curled, one page has 3 tiny chips in middle. Scarce. (a66416)
$120.00 (boston) . SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOSTON SOCIETY FOR THE RELIGIOUS AND MORAL INSTRUCTION OF THE POOR..1822
1822. Octavo, 46pp., 2 charts, removed from volume and rebound in later wraps. Contemporary owner inscription Israel Thorndike from his friend Charles Cleveland on top margin of first page. Good. (a66580)
$35.00 (boston) . ABSTRACT FROM THE NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOSTON SOCIETY FOR THE RELIGIOUS AND MORAL INSTRUCTION OF THE POOR
Boston 1825 Crocker & Brewster. Octavo, 28pp., removed from volume and rebound in later wraps. Good, some foxing, corner of title page chipped. (a66585)
$35.00 Eliot, Ephraim . HISTORICAL NOTES OF THE NEW NORTH RELIGIOUS SOCIETY IN THE TOWN OF BOSTON WITH ANECDOTES OF THE REVEREND ANDREW AND JOHN ELIOT
Boston 1822 Phelps and Farnham. Octavo, 51pp., removed and rebound in later wraps. Signed by Eliot on top of title page (the t from Eliot has been cropped off.) Good. (a66596)
$45.00 Ballard, Joseph . ACCOUNT OF THE POOR FUND AND OTHER CHARITIES HELD IN TRUST BY THE OLD SOUTH SOCIETY, CITY OF BOSTON
Boston 1868 Geo. C. Rand & Avery. Octavo, 232pp., green cloth hardcover with gilt spine lettering. Signed by Ballard in presentation to Edward D. Boylston. VG plus. Scarce. (a66815)
$240.00 Reed, George B. . SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF HONORABLE JOHN READ OF BOSTON 1722-1749
Boston 1879 first edition Privately printed. John Read was a Boston lawyer. Octavo, 18pp., original wraps bound in later hardcover. Small label of Geo. B. Reed, Boston, on title page. VG plus, slight spotting on cover. (a66816)
$65.00 Shannon, Martha A. . BOSTON DAYS OF WILLIAM MORRIS HUNT
Boston 1923 Marshall Jones. Limited to 1500 copies. Octavo, 165pp., frontis, illustrations, hardcover. VG. (a66981)
$35.00(boston). ELEVENTH REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE BOSTON SOCIETY FOR THE RELIGIOUS AND MORAL INSTRUCTION OF THE POOR..1827
1827 Crocker & Brewster. Octavo, 28pp., removed from volume and rebound in later wraps wraps with original title page included. Narrow section of top margin of title page neatly cut out (signature removed?). Good. (a68066)
$25.00 (boston) . SECOND REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE BOSTON SOCIETY FOR THE RELIGIOUS AND MORAL INSTRUCTION OF THE POOR..1827
1818 Parmenter and Norton. Octavo, 22pp., removed from volume and rebound in later wraps with original title page included. VG, light foxing. (a68067)
$25.00 (tarrifs) . REPORT OF A COMMITTEE OF THE CITIZENS OF BOSTON AND VICINITY OPPOSED TO A FURTHER INCREASE OF DUTIES ON IMPORTATIONS
NY 1827 1st Nathan Hale. Octavo, 196pp. Original wraps. Good, edges frayed and corners bumped. (a68554)
$39.00 (boston) . FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOSTON SOCIETY FOR THE RELIGIOUS AND MORAL INSTRUCTION OF THE POOR..1821
1821 Octavo, 31pp., rebound in later wraps. VG. (a68559)
$35.00 Phillips, Wendell . SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF MRS. ELIZA GARNAUT
1850. Garnaut was a major figure in the Moral Reform Society and Home of Boston. Octavo, 8pp., original stringbound wraps. Good, some light foxing. (a68635)
$25.00 (advertising) . ADVERTISING RATES OF THE BOSTON GLOBE
Boston 1893 Globe Newspaper Co. Folded printed card 5-1/2 x 3-1/2 inches. Drawing of man with big pot belly on front. Fine. (a72573)
$22.00 Seaver, William J. . AN OCTOGENARIAN'S RAMBLING RECOLLECTIONS OF BOSTON 1840 - 1851
Brookline 1917 Brookline Print. 12mo. 25pp., stringbound wraps. VG plus. Scarce. (a73536)
$75.00 advertising ephemera . ADVERTISING BROCHURE FOR THE UNRIVALED GEM OIL STOVE
Sold by R Hollings and Co, Boston. One large sheet of paper 13 x 8 inches, folded in quarters, opens to show 8 engravings of stoves, broilers, iron heaters, and ovens; verso shows 9 engravings of oil stoves. Each engraving has brief description and price. Kept constantly on hand and for sale by R. Hollings & Co, 547 Washington Street, Boston. VG plus. (a73555)
$35.00 (boston) . NEW ENGLAND WOMEN'S CLUB 1890-1891 5 PARK STREET, BOSTON
Boston 1891.Lists officers and committee members and meetings for the year. 4-1/2 x 5-1/2 inches, 5pp., printed stiff wraps. Silk string binding. Fine. (a73574)
$30.00 Mann, Horace . AN ORATION DELIVERED BEFORE THE AUTHORITIES OF THE CITY OF BOSTON JULY 4, 1842
Boston 1842 Eastburn. Octavo, 86pp., original stringbound wraps. Lacks original blue paper cover. Good, bit of curling on lower corners. (a73647)
$45.00 Hobbs, C. W. . C. W. HOBBS, MAPS OF ALL PRINCIPAL CITIES OF THE UNITED STATES. GUIDE MAP TO THE CITY OF BOSTON
Very large 19 x 27 inch color map of Boston folded down to book size(5-1/4 x 3 inches). Map copyright 1880 which appears to be the date of the book also. Maroon cloth covered stiff wraps with gilt lettering on front panel. Accompanied with 12 pages of Hints to Travellers and Places of Interest in and About the City plus 16 pages of floorplans with numbered seats for the Boston Theatre, Globe Theatre, Boston Museum, Parker Memorial Hall, Park Theatre, Boylston Museum and so on. VG, some light wear, a few tiny breaks along folds in corner of map. Scarce. (a73668)
$290.00 (Rev. E. Winchester Donald) Huntington, William Reed . THE KING'S CUP-BEARER, A SERMON IN MEMORY OF THE REV. E. WINCHESTER DONALD PREACHED IN TRINITY CHURCH...1904 BY THE REV. WILLIAM REED HUNTINGTON
Boston 1905 Trinity Churchy. Hardcover. Octavo, 23pp., frontis portrait of Donald, cloth. Good plus, light wear on cover and spine ends. (a75021)
$45.00 Boston University Yearbook . THE HUB 1939 YEARBOOK OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY
Boston 1939. Lg.4to., 287pp., monochrome photo illustrations, cloth. No ownership marks. VG plus. (a75553)
$55.00Warren, J.C. M.D.. THE GREAT TREE ON BOSTON COMMON
Boston 1855 1st Wilson. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 20pp., frontis, double page map of Boston, original green cloth with gilt image of the famous elm tree on front. A pencilled note on book says the tree was destroyed February 12, 1876. VG, tiny chip from cloth on lower edge of spine, green cloth is fading to a pale orange. (a76671)
$50.00 Lesley, Susan I . RECOLLECTIONS OF MY MOTHER (ORIGINAL EDITION, NOT A MODERN REPRINT)
Boston 1886 Geo. H. Ellis. Hardcover. Octavo, a few illustrations, original brown cloth with mounted red leather gilt printed spine label. Top edge gilt. Good, inner hinges cracking. (a77314)
$50.00Hale, Nathan. BOSTON WEEKLY MESSENGER - 8 Iindividual issues FOR 1816
Boston 1816. Weekly political journal published in Boston by Nathan Hale. March 28 to May 1816 . Volume 5, Nos. 24-31. Octavo, 16pp. per issue, wraps. All are contemporary owner signed (T. A. Smith). Good, lightly frayed at edges, lightly stained. 8 issues. (a77880)
$220.00 (Andrew, Gov. John A) . CEREMONIALS AT THE UNVEILING OF THE STATUE OF GOV. JOHN A ANDREW...TUESDAY FEBRUARY 14th, 1871
Boston. 1871 Wright & Potter. Octavo, 29pp., original printed wraps. Good plus. (a78583)
$23.00Schurz, Carl. ISSUES OF THE CAMPAIGN
Boston 1892 Massachusetts Reform Club. Octavo, 31pp., rebound in later wraps. Fair, toned but legible, edges brittle and chipping. (a78585)
$24.00 Ware, Horace Everett . GOVERNOR WINTHROP'S COURSE ACROSS THE ATLANTIC
Cambridge 1909 John Wilson. Offprint from Publications of Colonial Society of Massachusetts Octavo, pp. 191-203, doublepage map of Winthrop's trip., original printed wraps. Mostly uncut. Good, light fraying of edges. (a78586)
$34.00 Andrew, John A. . VALEDICTORY ADDRESS OF HIS EXCELLENCY JOHN A. ANDREW TO THE TWO BRANCHES OF THE LEGISLATURE OF MASSACHUSETTS JANUARY 4, 1866
Boston. 1866 Wright & Potter. Octavo, 42pp., original green printed wraps. VG plus. (a78610)
$20.00 (music) . BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PROGRAMS 1923-1924 BOUND IN ONE HARDCOVER VOLUME (21 programs)
Boston. Hardcover. Thick octavo, 1818pp., gilt printed red buckram. Owner signed. VG. No covers except for one on the first program. Contains 21 programs, lacks programs #2, 7, 10, 11. Many bw illustrations. Many advertisements. Cover a bit stained but not worn. (a79140)
$200.00 Nagi, Dennis L. . THE ALBANIAN-AMERICAN ODYSSEY A PILOT STUDY OF THE ALBANIAN COMMUNITY OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
New York 1989 first edition AMS. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 152pp., black cloth with gilt border and lettering on front and spine. Long-lasting alkaline paper. Fine (although slight residue from removed price tags inside front cover). No jacket issued. In later removable glassine jacket. (a79630)
$450.00 Ward, Edward . BOSTON IN 1682 AND 1699 A TRIP TO NEW-ENGLANDAND A LETTER FROM NEW-ENGLAND
1970 Burt Franklin reprint of original 1905 edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 95p., cloth. VG, no DJ. (a80159)
$30.00 Woods, Robert A. (editor) . AMERICANS IN PROCESS: A SETTLEMENT STUDY BY RESIDENTS AND ASSOCIATES OF THE SOUTH END HOUSE. NORTH AND WEST ENDS BOSTON
Boston 1902 first edition Houghton Mifflin. Hardcover. Octavo., 389pp., many doublepage color maps showing the racial makeup or social class distribution of Boston neighborhoods, index, hardcover. Good, rear hinge cracked, front hinge glued, spine rubbed and worn. (a8069)
$35.00 Choate, Rufus . ADDRESSES DELIVERED AT THE UNVEILING OF THE STATUE OF RUFUS CHOATE IN THE COURT HOUSE IN BOSTON OCTOBER 15, 1898 (ORIGINAL BOOK, NOT A MODERN REPRINT)
Boston 1899 Mudge. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 29pp., illustrations, cloth. Good, inner hinges cracking, light cover wear. (a80888)
$34.00 Warren, Annie Crowninshield . REMINISCENCES OF MY LIFE FOR MY CHILDREN
1910 1st Privately Printed at the Riverside Press. Annie was daughter of Benjamin Crowninshield, Secretary of Treasury under Madison and Monroe, wife of Dr. J. Mason Warren and active member of Boston social life centering around Harvard, being a friend of Lowell, Holmes, Motley, Agassiz, Longfellow and others. Mrs. Warren was born in 1815. She began this memoir late in her life and it was published a few years after her death in 1905. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 66pp., four photo illustrations, cloth. VG, small chip from lower spine end, light cover wear. Binding secure and text clean. Scarce (a81134)
$160.00 (Baldwin, William H.) . WILLIAM H. BALDWIN PRESIDENT OF THE BOSTON YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN UNION 1868 TO 1907 (Original edition, not a modern reprint)
Boston 1910 Nathan Sawyer. Hardcover. Octavo, 31pp., frontis portrait of Baldwin, cloth. VG. (a82192)
$45.00Anonymous Bostonian. ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN DIARY OCTOBER 8, 1836 TO MARCH 14, 1837 OF BOSTONIAN MAN TRAVELLING TO EUROPE
1836 , 1837. Diary is just volume one (of at least 2 volume set). One volume 7-1/4 x 4 -1/2 inches, 80pp., limp red leather-covered boards. Brown ink manuscript entries, very legible. Author was a Bostonian who travelled to Boston to New York then on to Liverpool, Belfast, Dublin, Manchester, London, Paris. He travelled on the ship "George Washington" under command of Captain Holdridge. He travelled with fellow Bostoninans Mrs. Thorndike, Shaw, Cushing, A. Slade, Josiah Colby, J. B. Hutchinson and New Yorkers Norton, Kelly, Hay. A total of 45 persons plus 8 servants were aboard. Author is clearly highly intelligent and writes in an engaging, even funny style: "Time spent on shipboard is nothing but a blank to me. so much blotted out of existance. The pain of going to bed. the misery of getting up, the pleasures of eating and greater pleasure of vomiting for the benefit of the fishes." Lots of interesting observations: "In coming from Manchester through Yorkshire I was exceedingly struck with the great contrast between the lower classes in this country and in our own. Intemperance, licentiousness and every other sin that degrade people prevail here to a more alarming extent."(Glasgow Nov. 18). "Anywhere but in France it would have seemed strange to see a madam of 65 waltzing and dancing, but so it is here. Pelasure, present enjoyment seems to be the whole object of a Frenchman's life". (Paris Feb. 23rd) Louvre was "too much crowded to see the paintings. It is quite as much as one can do to keep from being trode upon." Note at end indicates volume 2 follows but we do not have any other volumes beyond this first one. Good, solid, light wear, becoming loose in cover. (a83513)
$400.00 Lincoln, Frederic W. JR (Boston) . ORIGINAL POSTER ADVERTISING FREDERIC W. LINCOLN JR.'S RUN FOR MAYOR OF BOSTON
Mid 19th century. Broadside measures 11 x 5-1/2 inches. Printed on recto only. Picture of Boston city government building on top. Lincoln was mayor of Boston 1858-60 and 1863-67. Poster lists names of candidates for Aldermen, Common Council, School Committee, Warden, Clerk, and Inspectors. VG light wear. Ephemera. Paperback. (a85879)
$125.00Jones, Leslie Ronald. COLLECTION OF 27 ORIGINAL GLASS SLIDE NEGATIVES AND 25 PHOTOGRAPH PRINTS OF THESE NEGATIVES
Leslie Jones, 1886-1967, worked as a photographer for the Herald-Traveler in Boston for 39 years from 1917 to 1956. This is a collection of 27 original glass photograph negatives, 5x4 inches. There are also 25 positive photograph prints of the glass slides included. The photographs are of Aimee Semple McPhersen vigorously preaching In Boston Garden October 12, 1931, King and Queen of Belgium in Boston in 1919, President and Mrs. Coolidge in Andover in June 1928, The Coolidges in Marshfield Mass, Lindbergh, Hoover, more. One photo is of a photographer with a camera near his face - appears to be a portrait of Jones at work. Some photos are identified, a few are dated but most have no date or subject given. Housed in Kodak film box also 5 x 4 inches. VG. (a87155)
$395.00 Boston . CONSTITUTION OF THE HANCOCK LIGHT INFANTRY ADOPTED JUNE 11, 1839
Boston (1839). 16mo., 10p., original stringbound marbled wraps. Owner signed "Thomas Moulton, Jr." Some doodling inside covers and on title page. Good (a87300)
$35.00Buckminster, Joseph. A DISCOURSE DELIVERED AT THE ORDINATION OF THE REV. JOSEPH S. BUCKMINSTER TO THE PASTORAL CHARGE OF THE CHURCH IN BRATTLE-STREET, BOSTON
Boston 1805 first edition. Young & Minns, printers. 37p. Removed from larger binding, lightly cropped around edges , contemporary owner signed on first page, rebound in later wraps. Good. Dr. Buckminster's Discourse at the ordination of his son, Jan. 30, 1805 . (a90663)
$34.00 Robbins, Chandler . A SERMON PREACHED AT THE GENERAL CONVENTION OF CONGREGATIONAL MINISTERS IN BOSTON MAY 29, 1794
Boston 1794 first edition. Samuel Hall. 31p. Removed from larger binding, now in later plain wraps. Good, light stain on lower left of front and rear cover but text itself clean. no ownership marks except contemporary ink note "Ser. 24th" on cover. Sermon on Acts xx.26. "I am pure from the Blood of all Men." (a90669)
$95.00 Bancroft, Aaron . A SERMON DELIVERED AT THE INSTALLATION OF THE REV. ANDREW BIGELOW TO THE PASTORAL CARE OF THE CHURCH IN MEDFORD
Boston 1823 first edition. Christian Register Office. Later plain wraps. 28p. Good, no ownership marks. Sermon based on 2 Corinthians Ch. v. verse 20. (a90685)
$45.00 May, Abby W. (pres) . WOMEN'S AUXILIARY CONFERENCE. CIRCULAR LETTER TO THE WOMEN OF THE CHURCHES AND FIRST BIENNIAL REPORT NOVEMBER 1882
Boston 1882 first edition. Deland and Barta. 16p. Original pale pink printed octavo wraps. Good, slightwear on cover. Unitarian. (a92274)
$25.00 Winslow, Isaac (chairman); Lemuel Shaw; William Goddard, Henry Lee, etc . MEMORIAL TO CONGRESS AGAINST THE TARIFF LAW OF 1828 BY CITIZENS OF BOSTON
Boston 1829 first edition. Beals, Homer and co. later paper spine. 16p. "Robins" written in ink on titlepage. Light foxing, light wear. (a92498)
$39.00 Cobb, Sylvanus . AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE FIRST FORTY-ONE YEARS OF THE LIFE OF SYLVANUS COBB, D.D. TO WHICH IS ADDED A MEMORY BY HIS ELDEST SON SYLVANUS COBB, JR.
Boston 1867 first edition. Universalist Publishing. Hardcover octavo. Brown cloth with gilt spine lettering. Frontispiece portrait of Cobb.552p. Good , some fraying of spine ends; some foxing on initial and final pages. Binding secure. Copy of Wm R Cobb, likely a relative. (a93180)
$35.00Adams, Faneuil and John m Kahn. ANTECEDENTS OF HILL & BARLOW: AN INFORMAL HISTORY
1976 first edition. Hill & Barlow. Hardcover thin octavo. Brown cloth. 85p. Photo illustrated. Errata slip tipped in. History of famous Boston law firm founded in 1895 and dissolved in 2002. VG plus, tiny bump on lower edge of front board o/w near Fine. no dj. Scarce. (a94397x)
$140.00Hale, Nathan. BOSTON WEEKLY MESSENGER - ISSUE FOR THURSDAY MAY 30, 1816
Boston 1816 first edition. Nathan Hale. Octavo wraps. pp. 521-632. No cover. Uneven page sizes; some fraying and curling on page edges. Contemporary owner signed (J. A. Smith ). Fairly Good. Toned, lightly worn. Has 5p. article on Mr. Webster's comments on specie payments . (a95742)
$35.00Bill Heads - Boston. COLLECTION OF 6 ORIGINAL BILL HEADS and COMMERCIAL RECEIPTS - 1894 - 1902 - CITY OF BOSTON
6 separate pieces of paper, approx 8 x 12 inches each. All bills have preprinted illustrated business logos on top. All have typed letters. Includes: Orr & Sembower Engines and boilers; Whitney Foundry Equipment and Cranes; Geo. F Blake Manufacturing , Niles Tool Works, Woodrough, Mansfield and Co . VG. (a98156)
$33.00Ballou, Adin and in 1832 Adin plus E. M. Stone (eds). INDEPENDENT MESSENGER - 20 separate issues 1831 - 1833
Boston 1831, 1832, 1833 first editions. 20 guaranteed original newspapers. wraps. Folio, 4 p. each. Folded in quarters. All Good. Each issue is in its own plastic bag so chipping and wear is minimal. Sold as a lot. (a98680)
$150.00Carter, Hendee & Co.. CATALOGUE OF APPROVED SCHOOL BOOKS PUBLISHED AND FOR SALE BY CARTER, HENDEE & CO., BOSTON
Boston. last text date is 1833 , possibly 1834. 12mo wraps. 12p. Stringbound. Good, toned, a bit worn but intact, no tears. (a99497)
$35.00Norcross, Otis. THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS OF HIS HONOR OTIS NORCROSS, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BOSTON...JANUARY 7, 1867
Boston 1867 first edition. Alfred Mudge. Hardcover tall octavo. 48p. Inner hinges cracked. Original dark brown end papers; original dark cordovan clothcovered boards with gilt Boston logo in middle of front cover panel. Later black paper spine. Near Good. Scarce . (a99935)
$59.00Boston. CITY OF BOSTON - LIST OF ASSESSMENTS
Boston. June 25, 1900. first edition. Board of Street Commissioners. 4to wraps. no cover (as issued). 18p. Lists all estates, major people, major buildings, hospitals, residences, businesses ; gives their address and location and states exact amount assessed in order to pay for an extension of Huntington Avenue from Copley Square to the boundary line of Brookline and widening from Gainsborough street. Good plus, light wear; faint foldlines where folded in thirds long ago. Quite Scarce. (a99967)
$110.00Charles W Galloupe and Francis B Hayes. ORIGINAL DEED WITH TYPED TEXT, HANDWRITTEN NOTATION AND FANCY OFFICIAL GREEN AND RED COURT SEAL DATED 1889
Boston. 1889 first edition. Three page document, 4to, typed with half page of notation and signature in ink manuscript with official Superior Court document which has large circular red and green seal and ink manuscript insertions. Deed affirms sale of land and building in city of Boston bounded easterly on Tremont , north on Van Renssellaer Place, west of Loring, etc. VG. (a99969)
$75.00 Morgan, Rev. Henry. . SHADOWY HAND OR, LIFE STRUGGLES.
Boston 1888 7th edition, with extra chapters, Shawmut. Sm.8vo., 504pp. Author attempted to reform the evils of a great city (Boston) in spite of its 'great barrier, the Catholic Church.' Attractive green cloth cover. Good, leaves browning in margins. (ac235)
$35.00 Bartol, C. A. . INDIVIDUAL AND PUBLIC REFORM, A DISCOURSE DELIVERED ON FAST DAY APRIL 2, 1846 AT THE WEST CHURCH IN BOSTON.
Boston 1846. first edition. Wm. Crosby. octavo., original brown printed wraps. 16p. Good. (ac27)
$25.00Strong, Jonathan.. SERMON PREACHED BEFORE THE MASSACHUSETTS MISSIONARY SOCIETY, AT THEIR ANNUAL MEETING IN BOSTON, MAY 24, 1808.
Boston 1808 Joshua Cushing. Octavo, 34pp., original stringbound wraps. Contemporary signature of Tho. F Davis on front. Uncut. Good. (ac337)
$29.00 West, Samuel. . SERMON PREACHED BEFORE...JAMES BOWDOIN, GOVERNOR....MASSACHUSETTS, MAY 31, 1786.
Boston 1786 Adams Nourse. 32p. Stringbound. Appears to have been cropped slightly on top margin. Waterstained. Sabin 102750. Later wraps. Signed by M. Barnard. (ac367)
$95.00 Bigelow, Andrew. . SERMON PREACHED BEFORE HIS HONOR SAMUEL T. ARMSTRONG, LT GOV. THE HONORABLE COUNCIL AND THE LEGISLATURE OF MASSACHUSETTS AT THE ANNUAL ELECTION, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1836.
Boston 1836 1st Dutton and Wentworth. 8vo., 78pp., original green printed wraps. Appendix of 5 pages with dense list of previous ministers who preached at this anniversary in the past from 1631 to 1836. Good. light foxing, some wear; blind stamp of an institute on titlepage. (ac38)
$29.00 Paddock, Rt. Rev. Benjamin . THE FIRST CENTURY OF THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE DIOCESE OF MASSACHUSETTS
Boston 1885 1st Convention. Octavo, 56pp., rebound in later wraps. Good, some fraying on edges. (m610)
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