Softcover. Chester, VT, National Survey, 1st, 1942, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 390 pages. Softcover with moderate wear to paper wrappers. Light soiling. Maps and ads inside. Tight copy.
Hardcover. Brattleboro, VT, Stephen Greene Press, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 194 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED ON FRONT FLY LEAF. Clean, tight copy with light rubbing to cover edges. Dust jacket has crease and small closed tear on rear.
Hardcover. Stowe. VT, Walter J. Bigelow, 1st, 1934, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 251 pages. Hardcover with NO dust jacket. Moderate fading to green cover boards, Gilt lettering on front and spine. Light scratches on rear cover board. Internally, Previous owner's writings on front fly leaf, otherwise bright, tight copy.
Softcover. Burlington, VT, Russell Farnsworth, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 88 pages. Softcover with light edgewear to paper wrappers. Folder in rear with a maps included. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Urbana, University of Illinois, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 212 Pages. Hardcover with NO dust jacket. EX-LIB with usual markings, stamps. Card residue on rear fly leaf. Tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, W.W. Norton, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 237 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ex-Lib copy with only one sticker on board spine and one sticker on rear cover board. Dust jacket has no evidence of ex-lib. Tight, clean copy, otherwise.
Hardcover. Boston, Benjamin B. Mussey and Company, Second Edition, 1853, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 364 pages. Hardcover. Two volumes in one, revised edition to the original published work by the author of "May Martin or The Money Diggers;" "Locke Amsden or The Schoolmaster." Green cloth boards with embossed decoration to cover & gilt titles to spine. Scuffed edges to boards, frayed edge to spine. Moderate foxing throughout. Otherwise clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Norwich, Norwich University, First Edition, 1920, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 156 pages. Hardcover. Red pebbled cloth covers with gilt titles to cover. Toning throughout. Pages untrimmed, and many unopened. Frontis illustration, Captain Alden Partridge, Founder. Black & white illustrations throughout. Clean & unmarked copy.
Softcover. Sanbornton, Sant Bani Press, First Edition, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 333 pages. Softcover. Full page, full color illustrations and a few in bw. Interviews & reflections with Kirpal Singh, Baba Sawan & Sant Ajaib. Light wear to spine edges, light sunfading to lower spine. Discolored smudge to top edge. Previous owner's signature to preliminary pages. Otherwise, clean & unmarked copy.
Softcover. Notre Dame, University of Notre Dame Press, First Thus, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 344 pages. Softcover. Black & white illustrations throughout including maps, photographs. Bright front cover, sunfade to rear cover. Clean, unmarked copy.
Hardcover. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, First Edition, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 464 pages. Hardcover. Ivory & light grey cloth boards with gilt titles to spine. Black & white illustrations throughout. Bright dust jacket with ligh wrinkles. Clean, unmarked copy.
Hardcover. New York, Viking Press, First Thus, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 628 pages. Hardcover. Bright dust jacket with light sun fading to spine. Clean & unmarked text. A nice copy.
Softcover. Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1st Edition, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 382 pages. Softcover in very good condition with full color photo of Isaiah Berlin to cover. Tight copy. Clean & unmarked text.
Hardcover. Annapolis, MD, Navel Institute Press, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 238 pages. Hardcover with faded spine dust jacket. Black and white photographs/illustrations throughout. Clean, tight copy with only light wear to dust jacket and light rubbing to cover boards.
Hardcover. 2013, Alfred A. Knopf, First Edition, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 632 pages. Hardcover. Grey & navy cloth boards with gilt titles to spine. Illustrations in bw throughout. Bright dust jacket in very good condition. Clean & unmarked.
Hardcover. Roma, CalicEditori, First Thus, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 440 pages. Hardcover in Italian text. Red cloth boards with black titles to spine. Bright navy dust jacket with photograph & red printed titles. Clean, unmarked & crisp copy.
Hardcover. London, Grub Street, First Edition , 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 224 pages. Hardcover SIGNED BY AUTHOR to title page. 50th Anniversary Edition. Red cloth boards with gilt titles to spine. Black & white illustrations throughout. Dust jacket, bright & in very good condition. Clean, unmarked text.
Hardcover. New York, HarperCollins Publishers, First Edition, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 845 pages. Hardcover SIGNED BY AUTHOR to title page. Brown cloth covers with orange titles to spine. Black & white illustrations throughout. Bright dust jacket with only marginal wear. Clean & unmarked. A nice copy.
Hardcover. Atglen, Schiffer Publishing , First Edition, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 267 pages. Hardcover with marble styled endpapers. Grey cloth boards with black printed titles to cover & spine. Black & white illustrations throughout. Bright dust jacket with light marginal wear. Clean & unmarked copy.
Hardcover. London, Hamish Hamilton Ltd, First Edition, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 350 pages. Hardcover. Black cloth boards with silver titles to spine. Previous owner's signature to front flyleaf. Black & white illustrations throughout. Bright dust jacket with light marginal wear. Clean & unmarked text. A nice copy.
Hardcover. Malibu, Coastline Publishers, First Edition, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 208 pages. Hardcover. Full color photograph to cover boards with marginal wear. Faint foxing to endpapers. Light toning to edges. Bright black & white illustrations throughout. Otherwise very clean & unmarked copy.
Hardcover. New York, Penguin Press, First Edition, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 642 pages. Hardcover. Grey cloth boards with silver titles to spine. Black & white illustrations throughout. Crisp dust jacket with only minor wear. Very clean & unmarked. Crisp, tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Simon & Schuster, First Edition, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 599 pages. Hardcover. Wine cloth boards with gilt titles to spine & illustrated, sepia toned endpapers. Profusely illustrated in full color & black & white, images beautifully presented to accompany text. Bright dust jacket with marginal wear. Clean & unmarked copy.
Hardcover. New York, Artabras, 2nd Printing, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 252 pages. Hardcover. Red cloth boards with black printed rocking horse decoration to cover, black printed titles to spine. Profusely illustrated in full color & black & white, images beautifully interspersed throughout text. Bright dust jacket with sunfading to spine. Clean, unmarked copy.
Hardcover. Bennington, The Bennington Museum, First Edition, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 172 pages. Hardcover with facsimile of early ads to endpapers. Published to accompany the exhibition by the same title, held at the Bennington Museum, Bennington VT, May 6 - July 30, 1995 and Shelburne Museum, Shelburne VT. Full page, full color & bw illustrations throughout detailing antiques, collectibles, furniture, related maps & historical documentation. Dust jacket with only light, marginal wear. Unmarked & bright copy.
Softcover. Lima, Librerias A. B. C., Reprint, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 252 pages. Softcover with light marginal wear to wraps. Bright photograph, Young Hiram Bingham in Front of Tent, to front wrap in bw. Full page, full color photographs throughout. Very clean, unmarked copy.
Hardcover. Oxford, Clarendon Press, First Edition, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 356 pages. Hardcover with illustrated endpapers. Black cloth covered boards with gilt titles to spine. Dust jacket with light sunfade to bottom edge. Illustrations in bw throughout. Clean & unmarked copy.
Hardcover. Hoboken, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., First Edition, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 272 pages. Hardcover. Black cloth covered boards with red printed titles to spine. Dust jacket in very good condition. Illustrations in bw throughout. Clean & unmarked copy.
Softcover. Amsterdam, Amsterdam Scheltema en Holkema's Boekhandel, First Edition, 1912, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, large folio size, in Dutch text. 40 pages text followed by 470 plates in black & white. Brown cloth covered boards with embossed illustration in black & gilt. Moderate rubbing, scuff marks to covers. Fraying to head & heel of spine. Gilt titles to cover & spine. Tender front board with crack to top quarter hinge. Toning to edges throughout. Striking, full page black & white illustrations detailing castles, gardens, mansions, intricate woodwork throughout. Previous owner's signature & stamp to front flyleaf. Otherwise clean & unmarked.
Hardcover. Garden City, Duobleday & Company Inc., First Edition, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 537 pages. Hardcover. Black cloth covered boards with white titles to spine. Black & white illustrations. Dust jacket with light, marginal wear, now protected with a plastic cover. Tight binding, clean & unmarked pages throughout.
Hardcover. New York, Atria Books, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 271 pages, b&w photos, very clean, tight copy, like new.
Hardcover. London, Bradbury, Agnew & Co, reprint, nd, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 308 pages. Black & white illustrations by John Leech plus 10 hand-colored plates by him. Raised bands on spine. Marbled covers and end papers. Previous owner's signatures on front flyleaf. Foxing to flyleaves. Wear to spine and corners, edges. Heavy rubbing to covers. Marbled edges.
Hardcover. Philadelphia, W.A. Leary & Co., 1853, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 588 pages w/ appendix. Brown leather w/ raised bands on spine, outlined in gilding. Spine cracking and worn. Edge wear. Colorful marbled end pages. Engraving of G. Washington pictured on frontispiece. Inscription in pencil on prelim page dated 1954. Blue design on top/bottom/sides of pages. Corners of boards have gilt design. B/W sketches throughout. Some tissue guards.
Hardcover. Montpelier VT, Walton's Steam Printing Est., 1st, 1867, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 200 pages. Brown cloth w/ lettering and Vermont seal in gilt on front. Border design embossed on front and back covers. "Containing Together with the Constitution of the State and that of the United States and a List of the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Departments of the State, State Institutions, their Locality and Officers, and Other Historical and Statistical information. Rules and Manual the Rules and Orders of the Senate and House 1867." Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf, dated 1867. Binding still tight and straight, pages also in excellent condition relative to age. Great fold-out map of the state of Vermont on title page. Red ribbon bookmarks w/ b/w etchings of sailboat, horse glued on tucked into front. White ribbon bookmark w/ red lettering "Reunion 1885" tucked into pages 48, 49.
Hardcover. New York, Fowler and Wells, reprint, 1852, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 237 pages. Black cloth, gilt, embossed design. Minor wear to spine edge. Shelf wear. Pages are foxed and tanned throughout. Copyright page states 1849 so assumed reprint. (...A Complete and Authentic History of the Manners and Customs, Character and Condition of the Female Sex, in Civilized and Savage Countries, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time)
Hardcover. Albany, J.B. Lyon Co., 1904, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two large hardcover volumes. Vol. 1: 534 pages w/ index. Brown cloth w/ color decorative soldier design on front cover. Front and rear interior hinges cracked, but holding. Spine cloth chipped and missing 1/2" at top and bottom of spine. Cloth along spine with tears and some separations. Beginning of Separation at 2nd signature. Cover corners lightly bumped and rubbed. Gilt top edge. Interior clean,and unmarked. Vol. 2: 336 pages w/ index. Brown cloth w/ gilt lettering. Front interior hinge cracked, but holding. Rear interior hinge loose, but holding. Spine cloth chipped and missing 1/2" at top and bottom of spine. Cloth along spine with tears and some separations and narrow strips of cloth missing. Cover corners rubbed and bumped. Interior clean, and unmarked.
Hardcover. New York, Washington Book Co., 1st, 1953, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 124 pages, plus appendices. Tan cloth covers, over 50 chapters and 40 b&w photographs. Library binding and titles, but without any of the usual ex-lib markings, stamps, or envelopes inside covers, very light rubbing to covers; a clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. New Hampshire, Dartmouth College, 1st, 1912, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 1912 Junior Annual of Dartmouth College. Blue cloth covers with gilt titles to spine and front cover, beveled edges. Light edgewear, mild foxing to page block edges, spine slightly cocked, ex-lib with bookplate to front endpaper, otherwise no evidence of ex-lib markings, pages crisp and unmarked; overall a very neat, tight copy in great condition.
Hardcover. New York, James Pott & Co, 1st, 1911, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 340 pages. Red cloth covers, gilt titles and gilt embossed illustration to front, top edge gilt, tissue-protected b&w frontispiece, 16 b&w plates. Very light edgewear and rubbing to covers, spine lightly faded, pages crisp and unmarked, stiff binding; a very clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Boston / New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1st US, 1920, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, TWO VOLUMES. Volume I, 621 pages. Volume II, 581 pages. In depth history of WWI. In very good condition, some wear to maroon boards and soiled edges of pages. Otherwise clean and well-bound. Pages unmarked.
Hardcover. unknown, private publishing, 1st, 1887, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 324 pages. INSCRIBED BY PHINEAS SPAULDING. Includes Life and Selected Poetry of Caroline A. Spaulding. Brown cloth covers, beveled edges, black stamped boarders and pictorial, gilt titles to spine, b&w tissue-protected frontispiece of author's portrait, decorated endpapers. Light edgewear to covers, previous owner's inscription to front endpaper, pages crisp and otherwise unmarked, stiff binding; a very clean, tight copy in great condition.
Hardcover. Garden City, NY, Doubleday, Page & Co., 1st, 1915, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR to a Mrs. Thomas (the levelest head I know among women) with sincere affection and regard. Dated Newport. 27 May, 1915. The dust jacket is fragile with large missing chips and a few tape repairs on the inside, but with both flaps intact and the front and back being essentially there to be able to read the extensive copy on both sides. Internally very clean.
Hardcover. Washington, DC, Associated Publishers, Revised Ed., 1944, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 381 pages. Dark green cover with slight wear and white spotting to back. Slight soiling to edges. Binding cracked at page 45. Overall, a clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Boston, B. J. Brimmer Company, 1st, 1923, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Rare, limited edition, one of 155 copies signed. 183 pages, b&w illustrations. Green covers w/ light wear to corners, top of spine. Top edge gilt. Soiling to title sticker on spine. Previous owner's bookplate on front fly leaf. Else a clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Philadelphia, J. W. Lewis & Co., 1st, 1885, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 188 pages, b&w illustrations, patterned end papers. Dark green covers w/ gilt lettering on spine and seal on front. Rubbing to corners. Bookplate inside front cover. Front hinge cracked. Else a clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Publishers Company, 2nd edition, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 5 volumes: 291, 291, 317, 304, and 306 pages. Light brown cloth covers, with silver and black titles, profusely illustrated with b&w plates. Slight rubbing to covers, small brown stain to spines of Theater and Civil War volumes, previous owner's embossed stamp to all title pages, ex-lib bookplates to all copyright pages, pages very crisp and unmarked, tight binding; overall, volumes are in clean, tight condition. NOTE: DUE TO WEIGHT AND SIZE, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.
Hardcover. New York, Harper & Brothers, 1st, 1866, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 272 pages. Maroon cloth covers w/ gilt lettering on spine. Light edge wear, soiling to covers. Previous owner's inscription on front and rear fly leaf. Light smudging to edges. Else a clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Boston, L. C. Page & Co., 1st impression, 1912, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 243 pages, b&w illustrations, illustrated end paper. Gray covers w/ gilt lettering and design. Gilt top edge. Rough-cut pages. Light edge wear to covers. Sticker inside front cover. Else a very clean, tight copy.
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Used & Antiquarian History Books
The history section spans American and world history in used, rare and out-of-print editions, from local and regional chronicles to Civil War narratives and primary sources. Titles include Joseph Judge's Season of Fire: The Confederate Strike on Washington, Letters of Abraham Lincoln (Heretofore Unpublished) and the two-volume History of Pittsfield, MA.
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