Hardcover. West Kennebunk, ME, Phoenix Publishing, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 274 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has some light edge wear, which has been repaired with clear tape to the best of our ability. Orange cloth covers with a quarter black spine and a gilt eagle logo are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Minor foxing is visible on the external page edges, but this does not affect the legibility of any text blocks within. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book traces the historical and geographic narrative of Goshen, Connecticut, a town which earned its nickname because its commercial center sits at a higher altitude than any other in Connecticut, acting as the watershed for eight surrounding towns. The book covers the town's biblical naming origins, its 1739 founding, agricultural boom, and early settler genealogies. This scarcely available local history volume is one of only 1,000 first edition copies printed. Clean copy. Record # 34583
Hardcover. Garden City, NY, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1st thus, 1913, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 664 pages, hardcover. Brown cloth covers stamped with black text show significant edge wear and rubbing, with bumped corners. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid, but the hinges are tender. Contains B&W photography and illustrations throughout, with notes on the illustrations by Russell Sturgis. This book is a comprehensive, historically significant work documenting the evolution of American furniture styles, craftsmanship, and domestic interiors from the earliest 17th century settlements through the 19th century. It tracks how European styles transformed upon reaching early American homes. Clean copy. Record # 34614
Hardcover. Aldershot, U.K., Gale and Polden, Ltd., 3rd Ed., Revised & Enlarged, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 451 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in very good condition, as protected by a clear plastic sleeve. Blue cloth covers with silver inlay are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography of medals throughout, plus a color frontispiece. This book is scarcely available in the US. It presents a description of every Campaign Medal and Bar awarded since the Armada, with the historical reasons for their award. Contains previous owner's paste-in on the inside front cover, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34666
Hardcover. London, U.K., Beaux Arts Editions / Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, Inc., 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 380 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, pictorial boards, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W and full-color photography throughout. This magnificent volume highlights some of the finest impressionist paintings collected by American institutions. A general introduction and essay accompanies each of the 48 color plates, providing an overview and appropriate social, cultural, and historical background for each work. Presents artwork by Monet, Degas, Renoir, Manet, van Gogh, Cezanne, Seurat, Pissarro, and many others. This is a large-format book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34701
Hardcover. Helena, Montana Historical Society, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 554 pages. Black & white photography and maps.
softcover. Canada, Cape Cod Historical Pubns, reprint, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 177 pages. Softcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. Extensive b&w photography throughout. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.
Hardcover. New York, The Baker & Taylor CO, 1st, 1905, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 113 pages + b&w plates. Includes several full-page plates from the marine paintings depicting American history from Lief Erickson through the Spanish-American war. Tissue-protected photography portrait of the artist in front. scarce edition. Blue cloth spine with gilt lettering. Some bumps and wear to cover. Inscription: "Compliments of the Ainslie Galleries Inc, 677 Fifth Avenue, New York City" on front attached end paper. Rough cut edges. In good shape
Softcover. University Park, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Historical Association, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 76 pages. Pennsylvania History Studies: No. 13. White wrappers with color and b&w illustration, perfect binding, profusely illustrated with b&w photography by Mark Dorfman. Light rubbing to wrappers, pages crisp and unmarked; a very neat, tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Winter House Ltd., 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, In black and green cardboard slipcase w/ edge wear, rubbing. 282 pages, several b&w daguerreotypes. Black cloth covers. A very clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Edgartown, MA, Martha's Vineyard Historical Society, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 296 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Jacket shows some creases and chipping along upper edge, and has an "autographed" sticker that is beginning to peel. Signed copy on title page. Slight foxing to top of text block, otherwise clean and tight copy.