Softcover. Cherry Valley, NY, The Co-operative Press, Reprint, Circa 1900s, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 140 pages, soft cover. Covers are in good condition, despite a tear at the bottom of the spine. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. John Roseboom (1739-1805) was born in Albany, New York, the son of son of Hendrick Myndert Roseboom (1707-1803) and the great grandson of Henderick Roosenboom (d. 1703). He settled early on in Schenectady as a merchant. He was a member of the Committee of Safety, and a Lieutenant in the army of the Revolution. Most descendants listed here lived in New York. Clean copy. Record # 33929
Hardcover. New York, NY, Alfred A. Knopf, First Edition, 1945, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 199 pages. Hardcover. Green boards with gilt titles to spine & embossed tree to cover. Light marginal toning throughout. Light sunfade to spine & board edges. Otherwise clean copy.
Hardcover. Providence RI, Society of Colonial Wars, 1st, 1916, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 11 pages, red cloth covers with black lettering, spine label. Clean, bright copy.
Hardcover. East Montpelier Historical Society, First Edition, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 370 pages. Hardcover with lot maps to endpapers, 1793. Previous owner's bookplate to preliminary page. Green cloth boards with gilt titles to cover & spine. Black & white illustrations throughout. Dust jacket with only minor wear. Clean, unmarked copy.
Softcover. New Haven CT, William H. Stanley, 1st, 1849, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 23 pages, blue paper wrappers, front corner chipped, rear panel gone. Otherwise very good.
Softcover. Plainfield, NJ, Privately Printed by Porter Steele, 1st, Date unknown, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 14 pages. Softcover pamphlet. Binding (staple) tight. B/w illustrated frontispiece (see image). A touch of tanning from age throughout. Pages clean and unmarked. Published date unclear, early twentieth century. Wrapper excellent. A speech delivered by Samuel Pingree at the July 4th centennial celebration in Hartford, VT.
Hardcover. New York, Dodd, Mead, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 275 pages, b&w photographs. Light edge wear, rubbing to dust jacket. Light foxing to top edge. Else a clean, tight copy.
Softcover. North Andover, MA, Merrimack Valley Textile Museum, First Edition, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 121 pages. Softcover, one of 3,000 limited editions, profusely illustrated in black & white. Quarter-sized stain to front cover, light wear to edges. Else clean & unmarked.
Softcover. Portsmouth, Ralph May, 1st, 1946, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 39 pages. Softcover. Ex-museum library copy with tape along spine and stamp at top right corner of front endpaper. Pamphlet of Historic Portsmouth stapled to inside of front cover. Clean, unmarked text.
Softcover. Massachusetts, Gerald David Lincoln, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 128 pages. White covers with black titles and b&w illustration, perfect binding, profusely illustrated with b&w plates of bottles and accompanying descriptions. Rubbing to covers, spine slightly discolored, previous owner's pen inscription in blue ink to top right corner of title page; overall a clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Salem, MA, Essex Institute, 1983, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Good, Reference guide to historical architecture in Salem, Massachusetts, with reviews of over 350 buildings. 311 pages, fully illustrated with black/white photographs and maps. Cloth bound book is in near fine condition, no internal marks; dust jacket has wear at the corners and on the ends of the spine, two rips along the top edge.
Hardcover. NY, Da Capo Press, reprint, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 326 pages. 37 B&W illustrations. Blue boards with dark blue spine. Gilt title to spine and front. Frontispiece. Stamp on bottom left corner of rear flyleaf. Overall, a clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Oxford University Press, 2nd, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 357 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. Mild rubbing and edgewear to dust jacket. Mild soiling to front dust jacket panel and fore edge text block. Unmarked. A tight copy.
Hardcover. Rutland, Charles E. Tuttle, Co., Reprint, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Illustrated with black & white maps. Some small flecks of spotting to back over. Clean, tight copy.
Softcover. Virginia, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 48 pages. Exhibition catalog. Stapled covers with b&w illustration, tipped-in color frontispiece, dozens of large b&w plates. Light rubbing to covers, color plate partially detached; overall a very clean, tight copy.
Softcover. Brandon, VT, Brandon Improvement Association, 1st, 1910, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 63 pages. Softcover. Staple binding. B/w illustrations (plates) throughout. Brown construction paper wrapper (agewear), orange title and decoration on front cover. Formerly on exhibit at Shelburne Museum, with stamp of proprietorship on front flyleaf. Just a touch of tanning to pages and edges, otherwise clean and unmarked. Beautiful photo-illustrated promotional travel book highlighting the sites of downtown Brandon, VT, circa 1910. Collector's delight.
Hardcover. Massachusetts, Belmont Hill School, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 179 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Gilt title on spine and front cover board. Some foxing to cover boards. Clean inside. in honor of the 75th anniversary of the celebrated Massachusetts prep school, including a full history.
Softcover. Stockbridge, Massachusetts, Chesterwood, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 30 pages. Historical catalog. White stapled wrappers, profusely illustrated with large b&w plates of historical buildings, acknowledgments by Paul Ivory, introduction by Cornelia Brooke Gilder, roster of historical architecture lost since 1900 within 100-mile radius of Chesterwood. Small light brown markings to front, pages very crisp; overall, a very neat, tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Hastings House, 1st, 1937, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 95 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Gilt title on front board still quite bright, spine gilt slightly faded. Decorated endpapers. Agewear to dust jacket, but still intact. Boards just slightly faded with age, but no tears or fraying. Spine broken at page 48, but pages still attached. Considering age, clean inside with only a bit of yellowing. Illustrations of the interiors of New England houses.
Softcover. Wakefield, Mass., Pride Publications, Inc., 1st, 1972, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Four volumes from the New England Historical Series, illustrated by Robert J. Neary. 1970-1972. Minor foxing on cover corners and edges, previous owner's stamp on front endpaper on all four volumes. Overall, very clean and bright pages and tight biinding.
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