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Trenton NJ: Africa World Press, 1989. 1st US Edition. 8Vo. Dust Jacket with a few chips, 221 pgs, map, history of Cape Verde, independence and transformation. A good copy, No markings. ISBN 0-86543-121-3 ... more information

London: Gay & Bird, 1900. Small 8 Vo. Red cloth, paper cover and spine labels. 288 pgs incl index, numerous b&w photos, untrimmed edges. Owner's name in ink, no other marks. By an American expatriate, is "less a guide book then a dream book." Spine very slightly sunned, ow a Very Good copy. ... more information

Fairhaven, MA: The Milicent Library, 1974. 8Vo. Red cloth, gilt lettering, 190 pages incl bibliography, illustrated. Wall Street financier, built Standard Oil Co with Rockefeller. Had a 85 room mansion, friends with Mark Twain, patron of Helen Keller, robber baron and benefactor, especially to Fairhaven, MA. A Good+ copy. No markings. Signed by author. No ISBN ... more information

Williamsburg: Virginia Independence Bicentennial Commission, 1969. Paperbound facsimile of 1769 original. A Good+ copy in a good blue hard board slipcase. See Howes USIANA D-327. No markings. ... more information

Bristol RI: The Bristol Phoenix, 1896. 8Vo. Brown cloth, gilt lettering, 64 pages incl one page list of places visited including Civil War Service with the 12th RI Regiment and two pages of 44 vessels served on with dates 1839 to 1866 (Brigs, Barques, Schooners and Steamships). He was on shalers in the North Atlantic and the South Seas. A very fascinating narrative of a difficult life. Covers slightly rubbed ow a Very Good copy of a rather scarce title. No auction records. Not in Jenkins, Albion or Ri... more information

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (Grotius), 1975. 1st edition. 8 Vo. Printed, hard board binding with illustrations, 257 pgs incl index. International Institute of Humanitarian Law. In 6 parts - from general provisions, basic rules, methods and means of war at sea to protected persons. A Very Good copy. Scarce. ISBN 0-521-55188-9 ... more information

Salem, MA: The Essex Institute, 1916. 1st edition. 8Vo. Limited to 200 copies, green cloth, gilt spine title, 215 pgs incl index, uncut edges. Illustrated. Includes Holyoke genealogy and diaries of Holyokes: Rev Edward, Edward Augustus, John, Mary (Vial), Margaret, and Susanna (Ward) - from Marblehead, Cambridge and Salem. Inner hinge weak, but holding. Many pencil checkmarks, ow a Good usuable copy. Haskell, Bibliography of Mass History No. 6392. ... more information

Cambridge, MA: Cambridge Public Library, 1989. Small paper bound 8 Vo, 124 pages. Six chapters on its history and 4 historical commentaries. A Very Good copy. OP and Scarce! ISBN 0-9623982-0-9 ... more information

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1972. 1st edition. 8Vo. Paper dust jacket in mylar, soiled, rubbed and chipped at edges. 291 pages incl index, bibliography and appendices. Eleven maps, numerous tables, footnotes. A pioneering study, edges slightly foxed ow a Good copy. No markings. ISBN 0-226-17001-2. Uncommon. Labaree - Supplement to Albion's Naval & Maritime History, pg 81. "This is a scholarly study of the Portuguese Atlantic Islands, their relative properity in the age of sai... more information