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(new hampshire) . CATALOGUS PRAESIDUM SENATUS...UNIVERSITATE DARTMUTHENSI..IN NEO HANTONIA
Leuphanae 1813 Caroli Spear. Lists Curators, Professors, Tutors, Alumni and Students. Octavo, pp., 6-28 (no pages seem to be missing), bound in later wraps. Good, foxed on initial pages. Original printing, not modern reprint. (a15569)
$45.00 Smith, Isaac W. . EULOGY ON WILLIAM HENRY BARTLETT, LATE ASSOC JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE...BEFORE THE ALUMNI OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE AT COMMENCEMENT JUN 23, 1880
Concord NH 1881 Republican Press. 16pp. Original wraps bound in library pamphlet folder. Good. (a15578)
$25.00 Vose, John . ORATION PRONOUNCED AT HANOVER AUG 27, 1805 BEFORE THE PHI BETA KAPPA SOCIETY
Hanover 1806 Moses Davis. Octavo,14pp., later wraps with original cover mounted on front.Signature on cover of Elijah Dimond or Demond. Good, original wraps chipped, a bit worn. (a15753)
$35.00 Barton, Cyrus . DEFENCE OF CYRUS BARTON AGAINST THE ATTACKS OF HON. ISAAC HILL UPON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NEW-HAMPSHIRE PATRIOT AND STATE GAZETTE
New Hampshire Patriot Extra Sept 7, 1840. 8vo., 16pp., original printed stringbound wraps. Good. (a15772)
$39.00 Alden, Timothy Jr. . DISCOURSE DEL'D BEFORE THE MEMBERS OF THE PORTSMOUTH FEMALE ASYLUM SEP 1804
Portsmouth 1804 J. Melcher. 22p. Taken from larger binding. Lists subscribers (all women.) (a15898)
$55.00 Dartmouth College . CLASS OF ALUMNI OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE IN 1811: MINUTES OF THEIR MEETING IN 1849 ALSO BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF THE MEMBERS
Concord NH 1850 McFarland. Wraps. Disbound but complete. 35p. (a16069)
$35.00 New Hampshire . PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING IN CONCORD 1851
Concord 1851 Tripp and Osgood. 68p. Stringbound. Wraps. Lists all legal voters in town of Concord. Good. (a16081)
$45.00 Gregg, Jarvis . ADDRESS DEL'D TO NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE LYCEUM
Concord 1834 first edition Marsh, Capen and Lyon. Small octavo, 32p., original wraps. Good, light wear. (a16084)
$30.00 Dartmouth . CATALOGUS PRAESIDUM SENATUS ACADEMICI, PROFESSORUM, TUTORUM
Leuphanae 1816 Caroli Soear. Removed from larger binding. 25p. Cropped a bit on lower end-not affecting text. Fairly good. (a16441)
$25.00 Dartmouth . CATALOGUE OF THE OFFICERS AND STUDENTS OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE OCTOBER 1820
Hanover 1820 Bannister and Thurston. Octavo, 14p., removed from larger binding and now in later wraps. Good. (a16442)
$25.00 Hardon, Henry W. . NEWINGTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE FAMILIES IN THE 18THC
1991. Heritage Books. Wraps. 216p. VG-Fine. (a16566)
$30.00Cleaves, Charles Poole. THE CITY OF OPEN AIR AND OTHER VERSE
Concord NH 1927 1st Rumford. 110pp. Signed presentation copy to Wilmot Mitchell. VG in Good DJ, a bit browned. (a22299)
$25.00 Randall-Mills, Elizabeth . COUNTRY OF THE AFTERNOON (signed)
Francestown, New Hampshire 1964 Golden Quill. 94pp. **Nine lines of original manuscript poetry by author written in on front end paper and signed. Good, some browning on end papers, just beginning to crack along front outer hinge, no DJ. (a23111)
$50.00 Stoddard, Rev. and Eliza A. . TWO TRIPS ABROAD
1915 Dover Advance. 8vo., 116pp., full page frontis portrait of Stoddard, photo illustrations, hardcover. Signed by Eliza Stoddard. Some poems tipped in. VG, light wear. (a23565)
$45.00 (prayer book) . A PRAYER BOOK FOR THE USE OF FAMILIES PREPARED BY THE ASSOCIATION OF MINISTERS ON PISCATAQUA-RIVER AND RECOMMENDED BY THEM AS AN ASSISTANT TO THE SOCIAL DEVOTIONS OF FAMILIES
Portsmouth N.H. 1807 Printed for Charles Peirce Third Edition, Enlarged. 12mo., 87pp., table of contents at rear, 4 pp. of ads for Peirce;s bookstore. Contemporary rebinding in light wood and leather. Ancient water stain on many pages in front and rear. Wood binding broken away at bottom one fifth of front, rear board chipped, leather spine chipped. (a25275)
$50.00Coue, Charles Morris. PAPERS IN DESCRIPTIVE GEOMETRY
Dartmouth College 1873. Hardcover. Octavo, fully manuscript album with fancy titlepage, many geometric shapes and 5 handrawn monochrome map plates, 3/4 leather. Illustrations and maps show high level of artistic competence. Good, rubbed and leather worn. Internally VG, text pages clean and bright. (a26317)
$150.00 Lord, C.C. . POEMS OF PENACOCK THE SEER THE LAST POWWOW
No place 1892. Penacook being the Indian name of the Merrimack River in Concord New Hampshire. Two epic poems. Hardcover. 12mo., 192pp., historical notes, cloth. All edges gilt. Short obituary notice of Henry Bartlett (d. 1914) laid, causing some offsetting on two adjacent pages at the beginning of the notes. VG. Scarce. (a27009)
$155.00 (new hampshire) . HISTORY OF THE CHURCH IN CLAREMONT (N.H.)
New Haven 1805. In the Churchman' Monthly Magazine, Vol. II, Nos. 8,9, August, September 1805, at pp. 175-177, 211-213. 2 complete issues of this early religious magazine. A few institution ownership stamps on a number of pages. August issue lacking most of front wrap, September issue lacking most of rear wrap. September issue uncut. VG, as noted. Two issues: (a29123)
$70.00 Alley, Gloria I. . THIS VERY MADNESS
Francestown 1977 1st Golden Quill. Sm.8vo., 95pp. Signed by the author. VG in Good DJ, light wear. (a33144)
$45.00 Buckminster, Joseph. . SERMON PREACHED AT THE INSTALLATION OF REV. JAMES THURSTON TO THE PASTORAL CHARGE OF THE CHURCH IN MANCHESTER.
Portsmouth 1809 Oracle Press. 8vo., 32pp., original wraps. Good, light wear. (a38191)
$40.00Woods, John. IMPORTANCE OF PRESERVING OUR CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS FROM DESTRUCTION, ILLUSTRATED IN A SERMON PREACHED AT WARNER...1815..AT THE ORGANIZATION OF A MORAL SOCIETY IN THAT TOWN
Concord 1815 Hough. On importance of keeping the Sabbath. Includes Constitution adopted by The Moral Society in Warner. Octavo, 31pp., later wraps. Good. (a3906x)
$34.00 (moravian) . THE FRATERNAL MESSENGER VOLUMES II AND IV
Bradford (New Hampshire) 1853,1856 J. Parkinson. Bound periodical containing news, position papers, anecdotes, etc. Covers foreign missions, proselytizing, temperance. 2 volumes. Hardcovers. Small octavos, 504pp., 512pp., cloth. VG. 2 volumes. (a3916x)
$95.00Harris, Ira Francis. BREEZES FROM THE ORIENT (hardcover; signed)
Nashua 1914 Author. 'Letters written by Ira F. Harris, Cashier of the Indian Head National Bank, Nashua, NH, to the Nashua Daly Telegraph...while on a tour around the world' in 1913. Hardcover. octavo red cloth. 148pp.. ***Inscribed and signed by Harris on the front free blank. VG. no dj. (a42793)
$39.00 (new hampshire) . PEMIGEWASSETT BEAN SOUP VOLUME 51 ,1960
1960. Christmas newsletter from New Hampshire summer boys camp (Pemigewassett Summer Camp). Much camp information; list of campers (but no illustrations). 8vo., 119pp., wraps. Good, corners worn, small chip from rear cover. (a45415)
$45.00Odell, Eva Beede. MISS PRISSY'S DIAMOND RINGS AND OTHER TALES
Cambridge 1914 1st Huntington Art Press. Short stories by New Hampshire writer. 12mo., 112pp., hardcover. VG, light cover soiling. (a46244)
$38.00 Moses, John F. . HYMNS COMPOSED BY JOHN F. MOSES EXETER N.H NOW IN THE 85TH YEAR OF HIS AGE
Exeter 1876. 16mo., 15pp., wraps. VG. (a47699)
$35.00 Russell, Mrs. Sarah . ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER
Written by Mrs. Russell's husband from Dover April 30, 1830, to his wife Sarah in Weatherford (?), New Hampshire. Family matters. Octavo, 2pp. Good, several closed tears. (a51580)
$35.00 Tilden, William P. . SHALL THE SWORD DEVOUR FOREVER? A DISCOURSE SUGGESTED BY THE DEATH OF LIEUT. EDWARD EASTMAN OF THE U. S. ARMY WHO DIED AT CAMARGO, OCTOBER 26, 1846 AGED 28
Concord 1847 first edition. Granite Freeman Press. octavo., 15pp., in original tan printed wraps with black line border. Light vertical crease. VG, light wear, top corner of rear leaves bumped. (a59167)
$35.00 George, Col. John H. . WEBSTER CENTENNIAL ADDRESS OF COL. JOHN H. GEORGE AT WHITE'S OPERA HOUSE, CONCORD, N H BEFORE THE WEBSTER CLUB JANUARY 18, 1882
Concord 1882 Republican Press Association. Octavo, 9pp. (double column), original blue printed wraps. Old vertical crease. Good, tiny chip from front panel. (a61834)
$25.00 new hampshire) . HISTORICAL ADDRESSES DELIVERED ON THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF TH FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, CONCORD, N. H. NOVEMBER 18TH 1880
Concord 1881 1st Granite Monthly. Octavo, 71pp., original wraps. Good, some fraying on all edges. (a62045)
$25.00 Lord, N. (Dartmouth College) . REPORT ON A MEMORIAL OF THE ALUMNI OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE AT BOSTON
Boston 1858 LIttle Brown. Octavo, 54pp., original printed wraps. Inscribed and signed by N Lord. Good, (a62306)
$35.00 Bisbee, Prof. Marvin D. and James Thayer Gerould . BIBLIOGRAPHY OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE AND HANOVER, N. H.
Concord 1894 1st Edward N. Pearson. Octavo, 69pp., later grey cloth with original wrapper mounted on front. Institution bookplate stamped discard which is signed by J. T. Gerould. Institution blind stamp on titlepage, and remants of pocket at rear (no spine numbers). Good plus, opens to titlepage. Scarce. (a62338)
$145.00 Morgan, William . PORTALS PHOTOGRAPHS BY WILLIAM MORGAN
Dublin 1981 Bauhan. Limited to 500 copies. Octavo, 13 monochrome photo illustrations, original wraps. VG. (a63434)
$25.00 Herrick, Rev. S. E. . DISCOURSE COMMEMORATIVE OF JOHN M. PINKERTON
Boston 1881 1st Pinkerton Academy. For 21 years a Deacon in Mt Vernon Church, Boston...and President of the Board of Trustees of Pinkerton Academy, Derry, N H. Congregational Church. Octavo, 28pp., portrait frontis, original printed wraps. Good. (a64052)
$45.00 (new hampshire) . THE WHITE MOUNTAINS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE IN THE HEART OF THE NATION'S PLAYGROUND
Boston 1917 Passenger Travel Department. Square octavo, about 45pp., photo illustrations, large foldout map, original brown wraps with mounted photo illustration on front. VG. (a65099)
$45.00 Wines, Abijah . AN INQUIRY INTO THE NATURES OF THE SINNER'S INABILITY TO MAKE A NEW HEART, OR TO BECOME HOLY, CONTAINING SOME REMARKS ON THE HON. NATHANIEL NILES' LETTER TO A FRIEND
Windsor 1812 P. Merrifield. Wines was Pastor of the Congregational Church of Christ in Newport, New Hampshire. 12mo.. 169pp., Full leather. No ownership marks. Cover not too worn; binding secure; text a bit toned and worn, initial and final blankend papers very worn and wrinkled. Original book, not a reprint. (a67695)
$165.00 Adams, John P. . DROWNED VALLEY, THE PISCATAQUA RIVER BASIN. ISBN 0-87451-123-2
Hanover 1976 1st University Press of New England. ISBN 0-87451-123-2. Foreward by Charles E. Clark. 4to., 274pp., mMany historical photo illustrations, hardcover. Near Fine, slight rippling in text, in VG DJ, price clipped. a few very short closed tears and some discoloration. (a68536)
$100.00 Thacher, Peter . A SERMON PREACHED AT EXETER IN NEW HAMPSHIRE JUNE 2, 1790, AT THE ORDINATION OF THE REV. MR. WILLIAM FREDERICK ROWLAND
Exeter 1790 Printed by Henry Ranlet. Sermon demands that ministers be especially law abiding and good. Octavo, 44pp., later wraps without half title. VG. (a68642)
$55.00 Sanborn, Prof. E. D. . REMARKS OF PROF. E. D. SANBORN..ON THE RESOLUTION TO CREATE A SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION DEC 21, 1850
Concord 1850 Butterfield and Hill. 12mo., 14pp., original stringbound wraps. Good, light soiling. (a68701)
$35.00 Dinsmoor, Sam'l . MESSAGE TO THE LEGISLATURE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE JUNE SESSION....1831
1831. Octavo, 8pp., original wraps.Good, edges frayed and worn. (a68702)
$35.00 Hodgson, Alice Doan . THANKS TO THE PAST, THE STORY OF ORFORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE
1965 1st ed Hodgson. Octavo, 448pp., photo illustrations, endpaper maps, hardcover. Dust jacket designed by Henry Dunster Chaplin. Inscribed and signed by Hodgson. VG in Good DJ. (a70048)
$120.00 Matscheck, Walter . UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION ADMINISTRATION IN WISCONSIN AND NEW HAMPSHIRE
Chicago 1936 Public Administration Servie. 4to., 74pp., original wraps. VG, light wear. (a70423)
$75.00 Ellis, Vernon . ON MODERN PAINTING - FOR DISTRIBUTION AT AN EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS BY VENON ELLIS AT THE BROOKS REED GALLERY
Boston 1916. Exhibition, November 1-15, 1916. This American Artist spent most of life in New Hampshire. 12mo., 27pp., original violet wraps. Near VG, some cover wear. Rare. (a71745)
$75.00 Bell, Hon. Charles H. . CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE HON. CHARLES H. BELL OF EXTER N. H. CONSISTING OF A VALUABLE COLLECTION OF AMERICANA
Boston 1895 1st Libbie & Co. Books on New Hampshire town histories, New Hampshire law, Revolutionary War, Indian Captivities, Mexican War, War of 1812, etc. Hardcover. octavo, 164pp., 1800 items listed, original printed boards with blue cloth spine and paper spine label.Good. Scarce. (a71783)
$245.00(travel brochure). RAYMOND'S VACATION EXCURIONS - SOUVENIR LIST OF MEMBERS PARTICIPATION IN TOURS TO LAKE MEMPHREMAGOG AND THE WHITE AND FRANCONIA MOUNTAINS...Sept...1887
Boston 1887. Including a night on the summit of Mt. Washington and a carriage ride up Mt. Willard. Tour leaders: Charles C. Harding and Frank I .Whitcomb. 4 x 6 inches, 4pp., original printed stringbound wraps. VG, string breaking but still holding. (a73588)
$25.00(president campaigns). REPUBLICAN TICKET FOR PRESIDENT ULYSSES S. GRANT. FOR VICE -PRESIDENT SCHUYLER COLFAX
(1867 or 1868) 5 x 3 inches. One piece of paper, printed on front only. Picture of two uniformed men with portrait of Grant in the middle. This is a ticket for Electors from New Hampshire (Amos Paul, Joel Eastman, Mason W. Tappan, Edward L. Goddard and Albret M. Shaw). Poor to Fair some tape stains, edges frayed, one blank corner gone. (a73660)
$50.00Noyes, Harriette Eliza (compiler). A MEMORIAL HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF HAMPSTEAD, NEW HAMPSHIRE N H
Boston 1899 first edition. George B. Reed. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 469pp., frontis portrait of Noyes, photo portraits, illustrations, text drawings, brown cloth. VG plus plus , almost fine, has one tiny closed tear on lower spine end. No DJ. in later protective glassine jacket. No ownership marks. (a73813)
$58.00Bartlett, Edwin J. A DARTMOUTH BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE - PEN AND CAMERA SKETCHES OF HANOVER AND THE COLLEGE BEFORE THE CENTENNIAL AND AFTER (first edition)
Hanover 1922 first edition. Webster Press. Hardcover. Small octavo, 160pp., photo illustrations, half green cloth with mounted printed label on front. Owner signed (Charles R Main). VG plus, very slight cover wear, faint spotting on front and on fore-edges. (a73822)
$44.00 (new hampshire) . ACTS OF INCORPORATION AND CONSTITUTION OF THE CONCORD FEMALE CHARITABLE SOCIETY CATALOGUE OF MEMBERS WITH ADDRESS AND REPORTS AT THE CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY 1812 - 1912.
1912. Square 12mo., 69pp., wraps. Signed by Alice L. Dana who is listed as one of the Members. VG (a75210)
$45.00 (railroads) . REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF INVESTIGATION OF THE NORTHERN RAILROAD TO THE STOCKHOLDERS MAY 1850
Concord (New Hampshire) (1850) Asa McFarland. Octavo, 64pp., large foldout chart at rear, original printed tan wraps. Good plus, some foxing. Scarce. (a77692)
$150.00 Edwards, Peter . CANDID REASONS FOR RENOUNCING THE PRINCIPLES OF ANTIPAEDOBAPTISM ALSO AN APPENDIX CONTAINING A SHORT METHOD WITH THE BAPTISTS
Exeter 1802 1st American Ranlet. Octavo, 199pp., later wraps. Fair, worn, spotting in text. Not a modern reprint. (a7947)
$25.00 (Dartmouth College) . SKETCHES OF THE HISTORY OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE AND MOORS' CHARITY SCHOOL WITH A PARTICULAR ACCOUNTOF SOME LATE REMARKABLE PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FROM THE YEAR 1779 TO THE YEAR 1815
no place, no publisher given. presumably printed 1815 or 1816. Octavo, 88pp., removed and rebound in later wraps. Owner's name on titlepage - Alexis P. Proulx. Good, some chipping of title page corners, text slightly tined. (a79773)
$145.00 Fox, Charles J. . A GUIDE TO OFFICERS OF TOWNS; CONTAINING THE STATUES RELATING TO THEIR OFFICIAL DUTIES, WITH FORMS, DIRECTIONS AND LEGAL DECISIONS ADAPTED TO THE REVISED STATUTES OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE
Concord 1843 (1842) G .Parker Lyon. Hardcover. 12mo., 343pp., full calf leather with mounted red leather spine label. Front board present but detached; rear board hanging by strings. Good, text block binding secure. (a79961)
$40.00Adams, Nathaniel. ANNALS OF PORTSMOUTH COMPRISING A PERIOD OF TWO HUNDRED YEARS FROM THE FIRST SETTLEMENT OF THE TOWN; WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF A FEW OF THE MOST RESPECTABLE INHABITANTS
Portsmouth 1825 first edition. Author. C. Norris, Printer. Large octavo. 400pp.,original leather boards with backstrip reinforced and original spine label remounted. Good, light foxing throughout, leather on boards quite worn and tips lightly rounded; binding secure. (a81693)
$55.00 New Hampshire . DEDICATION OF KIMBALL UNION ACADEMY. DEXTER RICHARDS HALL
1894 The Academy. Hardcover. Octavo, 32pp.,frontis, portrait of Madam Kimball, brown cloth with gilt lettering. VG. (a81808)
$28.00 Hale, John P. . FUNERAL CEREMONIES AND MEMORIAL SERVICES ON THE OCCASION OF THE DEATH OF HON. JOHN P. HALE OF DOVER, N. H., LATE U.S. SENATOR AND MINISTER TO SPAIN (Original edition, not a modern reprint)
Portland 1873 1st Stephen Berry. Octavo, 16pp., original blue printed wraps. VG. (a82176)
$35.00 Woodbury, Mr. . SPEECH OF MR. WOODBURY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE RELATIVE TO THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT
Washington no date. Octavo, 8pp., wraps. Latest date in text is 1829 and is owner signed on top margin 1831. Good, a bit toned, lightly frayed on edges. (a82330)
$29.00 (new hampshire) . COMMEMORATIVE SERVICES AT THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY OF PINKERTON ACADEMY, DERRY, N.H. SEPT 12, 1866
Concord 1866 McFarland and Jenks. Hardcover. Octavo,108pp., original brown cloth with gilt lettering. Original dark brown end papers. Hinges not cracked. No ownership marks. Good, some wear to spine ends, cover rubbed. (a8248)
$45.00 Wiggin, Winthrop . COLLECTION OF 100 PIECES OF ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT EPHEMERA BY OR RELATING TO WINTHROP WIGGIN OF MEREDITH, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 1802-1850
All business ephemera - debts, loans, purchases. No personal letters. Over 100 loose pieces Legible. Good. All original handwritten documents dating 1802-50. Meredith, New Hampshire. Ephemera. Paperback. (a83850)
$160.00 Bartlett, D. W. . THE LIFE OF GEN. FRANK PIERCE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
Auburn 1852 first edition Derby & Miller. Hardcover. Small octavo, steel engraved frontis portrait of Pierce, original green cloth. Owner bookplate. Fair, front and rear free blank pages gone, occasional slight foxing in text, frontis moderately foxed all over, top half inch of cloth on spine. (a83983)
$45.00 Williams, Rev. Nathaniel W . THE REIGN OF JESUS CHRIST - A SERMON DELIVERED AT CONCORD..JUNE 7, 1827
Concord 1827 first edition Jacob B. Moore. Octavo, 23p., original stringbound printed wraps. A few pages as yet uncut. Fair, frayed on all edges, toning in text block, some spotting, small chips on edges. (a85896)
$100.00 Ellis, Ferdinand . CIVIL GOVERNMENT AN ORDINANCE OF GOD. A SERMON DELIVERED AT CONCORD....JUNE 8, 1826
Concord 1826 first edition Jacob B. Moore. Octavo, 26p., original stringbound wraps.Fair, foxed throughout, edges frayed and lightly chipped. No ownership marks. (a85904)
$35.00 White, O. J. . PASTOR'S ANNUAL REPORT OF THE WINTHROP STREET BAPTIST CHURCH, TAUNTON, MASSACHUSETTS 1899-1900
Taunton 1900 Davol. Small octavo, 12p., original green printed wraps. Near Good, cover chipping a bit on edges. Binding secure and text clean. (a85906)
$35.00 Baptist . MINUTES OF THE EIGHTEENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SALISBURY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION ...SEPT. 21 & 22, 1836
Concord 1836 first edition Stevens & Young. Small octabo, 16p., removed from larger binding and rebound in later wraps. Owner signed. VG (a85908)
$45.00