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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: Exposition Press, 1973. 1st Edition. 8 Vo. Good dust jacket, corners rubbed, 231 pgs incl index and bibliography, footnotes in text. Light foxing ow Good. Labaree - Supplement to Albion's Maritime History Bibliography pg 91. ISBN 0-682-47711-7 Quite scarce! ... more information

Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina, 1931. 12Mo. Blue cloth, gilt spine title, 120 pgs incl index, illustrated. Essays by Sizer, D.R. Fox and H.S. Canby from Bourdon Lectures at Mount Holyoke. Includes reflections on American Revolution by Andrew C. McLaughlin. Wove paper, untrimmed. This copy signed by the author to Theodore R. Sizer. A Good copy. ... more information

Kemblesville PA: Olearius Editions, 1984. 4 TO. Very good dust jacket, 126 pgs incl index and extensive notes. Numerous b&w photos, maps, drawings, etc. Moravian religious community of artisians and in effect this is a bibliography of an early American industrial building. A Very Good copy. ISBN 0-917526-02-3 ... more information

NY: History Book Club, 1951. 12Mo. Illustrated hard boards, unpaginated. A facsimile of the 1588 quarto. A very good copy. In a worn slipcase. No markings. See Sabin 8784, JCB 1:396. ... more information

NY: National Temperance Society and Publication House, 1871. J.N. Stearns Publishing Agent, oblong, cloth spine, hard boards with pasted down illustrations 8 x 5 inches. 128 pgs incl index. Copy is slightly rubbed, corners bumped, slight chipping to inner hinges, but is a tight copy. Toning, but no foxing, no markings. Rather uncommon to scarce. ... more information

Sandwich: The town of Sandwich, 1974. 1st edition. 8Vo. Paper bound, 111 pages, photos, genealogy charts. 90 pages of historical records and the first extensive bibliography of Burgess by Ralph M Titcomb (171 entries). Signed by Lovell. A good plus copy, no markings. ISBN 0-88492-002-x ... more information

Melrose, Massachusetts: The Society, 1950. 1st edition. sm 8Vo. Dark green cloth, gilt lettering, logo. 74 pgs, photos, list of past - present members, a history program laid in. Presentation copy to Association president - 1974. A Very Good copy. ... 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

NP: Microprint, 1966. 8Vo. A facsimile printing of the 1578 original in English. Simulated blue leather, gilt title, 405+ pages. Accounts of Cortez, Ulloa, deNiza, Coronado and Cabrillo. Edges soiled, ow a Good copy. See Streeter Sale I-191. No markings. ... more information

Columbus OH: Old Trail Printing Co, 1998. 4 To. Paper bound, 198 pgs incl index, references and appendix. Numerous b&w maps, photos and figures. List of bridge builders arranged by counties, probably the definitive work. Covers lightly scratched ow a very good copy. Scarce! ISBN 1/882376-99-4 ... more information

North Hampton, MA: Betty Allen Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, 1914. 8Vo. Blue cloth, pen and ink sketches by Thomas Munroe Shepherd and other illustrations. Edges with some fraying ow a Good, Tight and bright copy. Scarce. Armstrong, Bibliog of Mass History #10477 ... more information

Cuttyhunk Island (New Bedford): Privately Printed, 1976. 8Vo. Blue cloth, pasted down color illustration, gilt lettering, 158 pages, vintage phots, drawings. Pre Coast Guard stations, crews, boats, etc. A Good plus copy, no markings, no ISBN. Labaree, Maritime History Bibliography p, 193. ... more information

New Haven: Yale, 1925. 1st edition. Sm 8Vo. Red-brown cloth cover (rubbed), 111 pages. Foreword by Ralph D. Paine. From memoirs, representative of a shipmaster of America's maritime age. A Good copy. Owner's name, no other markings. Albion, Maritime Biography pg 75, "a work of particular significance. ... more information

Norfolk VA: Donning Co Publishers, 1982. 8Vo. No dust jacket as issued, handsome blue letherette binding, gilt lettering and image of a sailing ship. 223 pgs incl index. Maps, hundreds of photos arranged by 7 chronological chapters. A Very Good+ copy. No markings. ISBN 089865-271-5. A heavy book. ... 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

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

Boston: William D. Ticknor, 1844. 12Mo. 1833 was 1st edition. Later 19th century blind stamped brown buckram, gilt spine title and panels. Nineteen interesting woodcuts. Much on Indian Wars, Puritans, early settlements, closes at 1763. Another volume covered the Revolution. A tight, neat, clean copy. Handsome older Juvenile history title. ... more information

Philadelphia: George G. Evans, 1893. 8Vo. New revised edition (Columbian), black cloth, gilded cover seal of Columbus. Faded gilt spine title (cloth sunned). 177 pages plus ads. Numerous illustrations, 24 full page plates of specimens of mostly US coins with prices. Boards slightly rubbed, ow a Good+ copy. No markings. ... more information

Boston Anthenaeum, 1962. Thick 8vo, paper dust jacket, slightly chipped with several closed tears, 593 pages incl index, footnotes in text. Sub title, An Inquiry into their research and publication functions and their financial future. A rather scholarly work, light soiling and foxing to edges, ow a Good copy. A presentation copy signed by Whitehill. No markings. ... more information