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The Romantic Story of the Puritan Fathers - And Their Founding of New Boston and the Massachusetts Bay Colony

By: Addison, Albert Christopher

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Boston, L. C. Page & Company: 1912

Edition: First

Seller ID: 022757

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First Edition, first impression. Clean decorated American trade binding. Gray cloth boards with gold, white and black sailing ships and seagulls, gold lettering decorating cover; gold lettering and sailing ship on spine. Two very small (pin head size) spots to rear board. No fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with gilt top edges. Clean decorated endpapers; no names, writing or marks. Frontis portrait of Joseph Cotton with clean tissue guard (total of 48 illustrations). All pages have green decorative border, including index pages. 243 pages.
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Old New England Churches - And Their Children

By: Bacon, Dolores

Price: $40.00

Publisher: New York, Doubleday, Page & Company: 1906

Edition: First

Seller ID: 021983

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

First Edition clean decorated American trade binding. Red ribbed cloth boards with gold church and tree decoration on cover with double ruled line border and gold lettering on cover and spine. No fading, tiny points of corner wear, gold lettering on spine has some wear but still legible. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with gilt top page edges. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. Frontis photograph of the spire of the Old South Church, Boston, with printed tissue guard; 33 additional photographic plates of New England churches. 442 pages.
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Boston and Return

By: Brooks, Gladys

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Atheneum: 1962

Edition: First

Seller ID: 012935

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Clean blue-gray boards with with blue cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean red endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 272 pgs. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, unchipped, tiniest hint of wear at top spine edge. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Impressions and memories of two cities, two continents, and many people ranging from New York to Boston and Europe, then back to Boston again, and then New York. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Biography.
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The Rules of the Game

By: Chace, James

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Garden City, Doubleday: 1960

Edition: First

Seller ID: 022614

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Stated "First Edition" in clean unclipped original jacket. Book is very clean, but unfortunately someone has torn a piece from the top edge of front free endpaper to remove their name. Clean green cloth boards with red lettering on spine. No bumping, no wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking; pages and edges are clean. 238 pages. Clean jacket is not price clipped (3.95 at top corner of front inside flap). Dust jacket art by Giola Fiammenghi. No chips, very short closed edge tear at top rear panel edge. Nice photo of author on rear panel. Enclosed in new archival quality...
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Jeb Hutton - The Story of a Georgia Boy

By: Connolly, James B.

Price: $200.00

Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner: 1902

Edition: First

Inscription: Signed

Seller ID: 021161

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Very clean decorated blue cloth boards, SIGNED by the author. Gold and black lettering on cover, gold lettering and small decoration on spine. No fading or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, no previous owner markings. Inscribed and signed by the author: "A fair wind to you Chester - James B. Connolly - Boston, October, 1911." Frontis illustration with clean tissue guard; seven additional illustrations, all by M. J. Burns. 289 pages.
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Romantic Days in Old Boston

By: Crawford, Mary Caroline

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Boston, Little Brown: 1910

Edition: First

Seller ID: 007962

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Ex-library with light library markings. Clean green cloth boards with paste-on illustration (portrait) on cover (unchipped), gilt decoration, white lettering. Light wear to corners. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean. Gilt top page edges. 411 pgs. with index. Illustrated with photographs. 8vo. Massachusetts.
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The Fading Smile - Poets in Boston, from Robert Frost to Robert Lowell to Sylvia Plath, 1955-1960

By: Davison, Peter

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1994

Edition: First

Seller ID: 024976

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Stated First Edition in clean unclipped dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with blind-stamped lettering on cover, gold lettering on spine. No fraying or wear. Tiny bump to one corner tip. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright, with clean endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 348 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. An intimately perceptive account, by a poet who knew them all, of the brilliant circle of poets who liv...
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Leschi of the Nisquallies

By: Emmons, Della Gould

Price: $65.00

Publisher: Minneapolis, T. S. Denison & Co.: 1965

Edition: First

Inscription: Signed

Seller ID: 013184

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Clean rust brown cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. Hint of surface wear to corners, no fraying. Binfing is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers are ilustrated with maps; no names, writing or marks. 416 pgs. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on back of front free endpaper; also inscribed and SIGNED by C. E. Hutchin, Jr. to whom the book is dedicated by the author. Dustjacket has very light soiling, very small chip at lower spine corner and lower spine tip, small price clip to front inside flap. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. The story of Leschi, th...
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Fish

By: Engel, Monroe

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Atheneum: 1981

Edition: First

Seller ID: 015410

ISBN: 0-689-11219-X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Clean red boards with blind-stamped lettering on cover, clean brown cloth spine with unchipped metallic lettering on spine. No bumping or wera. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages are clean. Small previous owner name and year neatly penned at top edge of front free endpaper; no other marks. 217 pgs. Clean dustjacket is unchipped, not price clipped, very short closed edge tear at top rear panel edge near spine, slight edge wear at top edge of spine. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. A novel set in Cambridge, Boston and the New England coast. 8vo. Fiction.
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Melindy's Happy Summer

By: Faulkner, Georgene

Price: $175.00

Publisher: New York, Julian Messner: 1949

Edition: First

Inscription: Signed

Seller ID: 019164

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First Edition, SIGNED association copy, in original jacket. Very clean gray cloth boards with small illustration on cover. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Illustrated endpapers. SIGNED by author on half-title page: "Georgene Faulkner - The Story Lady". And a notation on front free endpaper: " I student-taught under her (Georgene Faulkner) in Kdg., 1939-1940, Faulkner School for Girls." 182 pp. Illustrated by Elton C. Fax. Clean bright dustjacket is price clipped, has slight wear at top and bottom spine edges. Enc...
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Triumph Over Pain

By: Fulop-Miller, Rene

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Indianapolis / New York, Bobbs Merrill: 1938

Edition: First

Seller ID: 027930

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Stated First Edition in clean original dust jacket. Clean black cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No fraying or wear, tiny bump to one corner tip. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Tasteful previous owner bookplate on front pastedown; brief previous owner inscription dated December 25th, 1941 on front free endpaper. Translated by Eden and Cedar Paul. Illustrated with black and white plates. 438 pages with index. Dust jacket is clean, very slightly age-toned and a few very short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover...
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Summer of '49

By: Halberstam, David

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, William Morrow & Co: 1989

Edition: First

Seller ID: 027738

ISBN: 068806678X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Solid first edition in clean unchipped dust jacket. Clean beige boards with clean green cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean illustrated endpapers; previous owner inscription and signature on back side of front free endpaper. 304 pages with index. Clean bright dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Wonderful book about the 1949 pennant race in which two legendary rivals, the Bostn Red Sox and the Ne...
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Gift of Wings: An Aerial Celebration of Canada

By: Hiebert, Carl

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Erin, Ontario, Canada, Boston Mills Press: 1995

Edition: First

Inscription: Signed

Seller ID: 027291

ISBN: 155046129X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Third Edition, SIGNED by the author, in clean unchipped slipcase. As new condition. Clean unfaded blue boards with bright gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean deep blue endpapers. Signed by the author on half-title page: "Carl E. Hiebert.' No other writing or marks. Gorgeous full color photographs throughout taken over Canada from the air. 179 pages. Clean bright dust jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. An amazi...
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Old Harbor

By: Hopkins, William John

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin: 1909

Edition: First

Seller ID: 022158

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

First Edition decorated American trade binding (signed binding - tiny monogram AS on cover - Amy Sacker). Dark green cloth boards with lighter green and gold decoration and harbor scene on cover, gold lettering and light green decoration on spine. Hint of very light soiling, slight surface wear to corners, no fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or bookplates. 389 pages.
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Legacy in Stone: The Rideau Corridor

By: Humphreys, Barbara and Fiona Spalding-Smith

Price: $17.00

Publisher: Erin, Ontario, Canada, Boston Mills Press: 1999

Edition: First

Seller ID: 027365

ISBN: 155046213X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

First Edition in unclipped dust jacket. Clean unfaded black cloth boards with bright silver lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright with clean endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates. Illustrated with full color photographs by Fiona Spalding-Smith. 96 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, not price clipped, has one short closed edge tear. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Stretching some 200 kilometres between Kingston and Ottawa, the Rideau Corridor encompasses a wealth of rural charm. At its h...
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Canada's Classic Fishing Lodges

By: John,St. Louis;Townley, John

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Erin, Ontario, Canada, Boston Mills Press: 2003

Edition: First

Seller ID: 027788

ISBN: 1550463969

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Very clean book and dust jacket. Midnight blue cloth boards with silver lettering on spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean yellow endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Beautifully illustrated with full-color photographs. 160 pages with index. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, unclipped. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Lovely book about fishing lodges in Canada, portrayed in essays and photographs, including sport fishing, recreation, lodgings, fishing guides, and their great outdoor environment.
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The Prejudices of Mr. Pennyfeather

By: Moffat, Donald

Price: $65.00

Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown & Co.: 1938

Edition: First

Seller ID: 020373

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Stated "First Edition" in original unclipped jacket. Green cloth boards with no bumping, one tiny spot of wear to bottom corner tip. Black stamped lettering and blind-stamped feather design on front board. Light foxing to board edges. Binding is tight, no cracking, slightest hint of lean. No previous owner markings. 274 pp. with illustrations by Hildegard Woodward. Bright illustrated dustjacket is not price clipped, has been trimmed (1/4" short), light general soiling to rear panel, tiny chips at top and bottom spine edge. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar co...
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The Sin of the Prophet

By: Nelson, Truman

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Boston, Little Brown: 1952

Edition: First

Seller ID: 016261

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Stated First Edition. Very clean beige cloth boards with dark brown lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean red endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 450 pgs. Clean unfaded beautifully illustrated dustjacket is unchipped, has slight wear to corners, a few very short closed edge tears; corner of front inside flap is price clipped (4.50 price remaining). An historical novel about a runaway slave returned from Boston under the Fugitive Slave Act. Theodore Parker, the great Abolitionist preacher, was his ...
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Cheers from the Bull & Finch Pub

By: Prati, Steven

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Boston, Massachusetts, Bull & Finch Enterprises: 1993

Edition: First

Inscription: Signed

Seller ID: 026485

Condition: Fine

First Edition hardcover book, SIGNED by the author. Clean glossy illustrated boards. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Small "Autographed Copy" sticker on front lower corner of book. Signed by the author on title page: "Cheers! - Steven Prati." Illustrated throughout with both black & white and color photographs. 95 pages. A celebration and history of the Boston pub which inspired the popular and long-running television series, "Cheers".
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Danger Song

By: Rollins, Bryant

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Garden City, Doubleday & Co.: 1967

Edition: First

Seller ID: 010493

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Clean black cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages & edges are clean and bright. Clean gold endpapers have lightly stamped i.d. number on front free endpaper. No names or bookplates. 280 pgs. Dustjacket is unchipped, not price clipped, with one very small closed edge tear (under 1/2"). Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. The story of a young African American who attempts to reach beyond his surroundings, which have always been Boston's Negro ghetto. 8vo. Fiction.
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Keyword: Boston