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NY: Scribner's, 1950. Later edition of 1937. Small 8 Vo. Chipped, soiled dust jacket enclosed in mylar. 340 pgs incl index, footnotes in text. Liturgical origins and development to 1928. Bookplate, light foxing, ow a Good copy. No ISBN. Scarce! ... more information

NY: Sheldon & Company, 1872. 1st edition. 8Vo. Blind stamped decorative, red-orange cloth, black lettering, gilt spine title. 249 pgs, sub-title Fun Love Society & Satire. Illustrated with 200 photo etchings by Arthur Lumley (1837-1912) who was the first artist sent to the Army of the Potomac by Leslies to cover the Civil War. Landon 1839-1910, was among the foremost humorists of his day, although Twain disliked him as a writer. Supposedly a series of letters written in the future from Saratoga... more information

Providence: John Carter Brown Library, 1986. 4To. Stiff card covers, French fold, 102 pgs limited to 1200 copies. A catalog to accompany an exhibit at the JCB to honor the 350th anniversary of the founding of Rhode Island. Numerous illustrations, 91 items,, mostly printed examples. Edges lightly rubbed, 3 small smudge marks on rear cover, ow a Good copy. ISBN 0-916617-02-5 ... more information

Washington DC: Smithsonian Institute, 1959. 8 Vo. Pub # 4375 0 Misc Collections, brown cloth, gilt lettering, 268 pgs. Journal of a cruise on the Brazils onboard US ship Delaware, 1841-1842 and notes onboard US schooner Enterprise, 1843. Illustrated, a Good+ copy. Slight soiling to edges, no markings. Not in Albion Naval Bibliography. ... more information

Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Dept of Labor and Industries, 1922. 8Vo. Blue cloth, gilt lettering, 121 pages incl bibliography, appendix. Fold out map. Photos, numerous charts, statistical tables, various historical essays. A few pencil check marks, ow a Good+ copy. Scarce! Not in Larson's Business History, Haskell, Mass History Bibliography No. 1996 ... more information

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1937. 1st edition. Small 4To. Large paper issue, no 132 of only 225 copies, signed by Phillips. Cloth spine, paper title label, blue hard boards. 526 pgs incl index to a large folding map in rear pocket, general index and appendices. Untrimmed edges, footnotes in text, numerous illustrations. A sequel to Phillip's Salem in the 17th Century work (1932). Good fold out map of Salem 1760. A Very Good copy with a fine folding map in pocket. No markings. Haskell, Bibliog of M... more information

Boston: Little, Brown, 1929. 1st Edition. 8Vo. Blue cloth, gilt title, 375 pages incl index, photos, folding map. A Very Good copy of this classic scholarly work. Spine slightly sunned, no markings. Larson, Guide to Business History #1067, "A sympathetic pictue of petty-capitalist and incipient industrial-capitalist life in the Old South which gives much attention to the plantation and its product, work, workers (slaves), managers (overseers) and owners (masters). Broadfoot (4th edition), Seagrave... more information

Ely: Embers Hand Press, 1981. 8Vo. 12(2) pages, grey printed paper wrappers. First limited edition, this being number 133 of only 160 copies. Barcham green handmade paper. (No 79-160 on "Hayle" paper.) Cover paper handmade in the Auvergne by Richard de Bas. Tabor A-24. A fine copy. No markings. ... more information

(Haverford, PA): Privately Printed, April 15, 1946. 4To. Red cloth, gilt cover title, AEG, 80 pgs plus 16 pages blank with ruled lines for taking notes. Several illustrations including a handsome family chart with 17 small chromo coats of arms. Ancestry of Joseph Hudson Plumb, born Dec 1944, back to 1655 with the arrival of John Plumbe in CT in his own vessel. Includes Hegeman, Peck, Kimball, Hall, Foster, Hopkins, Carroll, Middleton, Rumsey, Hudson, Phelps, Borton, Griswold, Branson, Melyn, as well as ... more information

Los Angeles: Privately Printed, 1933. 8Vo. Handsome brown cloth with gilt lettering and illustration, 200 pgs, illustrated, definitions of technical terms. While legit in content, the author is really promoting his invention, "The Foot Pullmanizer". A Good+ copy, no markings. Scarce! ... more information

NY and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1912. Tall, thick 8vo. Dark red cloth, 476 pp. incl. index. Frontispiece portrait of Putnam. Scarce title! - Life and work of the founder of the great publishing house. ... more information