Indian Wars in New England (In Three Volumes) by Sylvester, Herbert Milton - 1910

NY: Andrews' Printer, (38 Chatham St. ). Very Good; Some light creasing and toning. Faint penciled name (A. M. . Catton? ) on top border.. N.D.. Ephemera. Circa 1858 handbill. Printed song lyrics with decorative border. Printed on 9.5 x 6 inch sheet on verso only. New lyrics to the old nursery rhyme with references to Queen Victoria, Battle of Sebastopol, Napoleon, and the prohibition law passed in the State of Maine. Last verse reads: “Mayor Wood has put the rumsellers through, The Maine Law’s a sad evil, We cannot get our toddy now; Pop goes the weazle. ”A nearly identical version of this ditty, with the “z” in weazel replaced with an “s”, can be found in Beadle’s Dime Song Book, A Collection of New and Popular Comic and Sentimental Songs (1857). According to Grosvenor Library Bulletin: An Indexed Catalogue of Books in the Department of Local History and Genealogy (Mar. 1900) : Volume 1, Mayor Wood refers to New York City Mayor Fernando Wood,… Read More

New Haven, CT: Press of the Tuttle, Morehouse and Taylor Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, light foxing to photographic . plates.. 1914. Limited Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Brown pebbled cloth with front title in gilt. 80 pages + 1 page ad. Black and white frontispiece map, black and white maps and illustrations, and black and white photographs. Facts, historical incidents, and data gleaned from original manuscripts, pamphlets, and records of the early history of the area's original white settlers, Revolutionary War patriots, Civil War soldiers, and historical essays by local residents. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall .

Boston: Dutton and Wentworth. Very Good with no dust jacket; Minor wear to boards, pages toned.. 1856. First Edition. Hardcover. A married set of first editions with Volume One bound in brown blindstamped cloth and Volume Two bound in maroon blindstamped cloth. 350 pp; 351-698 pp, index. Vol. I bears armorial bookplate of T. Bigelow Lawrence on front pastedown and has engraved frontispiece of man at desk with books and engraved title page featuring man digging in graveyard. A collection of essays, previously published in the Boston Evening Transcript, which discuss burial and funeral practices of various cultures and eras, his opinions and prejudices about various ethnic groups, criminal justice, Boston society, ghosts, literature, and social history. Gilt titles on spines. Sabin 77004. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Boston: John P. Jewett and Company. Good with no dust jacket; 2 inch tear to map, library stamps and markings, . pages toned, some stains to pages, wear to spine extremities, rear hinge . cracked. Describes geography, settlement, land availability, and other . attributes of the Territory of Minnesota.. 1857. Hardcover. Handcolored folding frontispiece map by J. H. Colton of Minnesota measuring 13 x 15 inches. Original brown cloth stamped in blind and in gilt. Howes P 84, Sabin 58723.; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 159 pages .

New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn, bookplate on front free endpaper, sectional maps waved at top edge. 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. Navy cloth titled in cloth and photo reproduction mounted to front boards. Top edges gilt. xii, 590pp. Index. Folding sectional maps in pocket at rear. 100 black and white illustrations and photos. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

NY: Andrews' Printer, (38 Chatham St. ). Very Good; Some light creasing and toning. Faint penciled name (A. M. . Catton? ) on top border.. N.D.. Ephemera. Circa 1858 handbill. Printed song lyrics with decorative border. Printed on 9.5 x 6 inch sheet on verso only. New lyrics to the old nursery rhyme with references to Queen Victoria, Battle of Sebastopol, Napoleon, and the prohibition law passed in the State of Maine. Last verse reads: “Mayor Wood has put the rumsellers through, The Maine Law’s a sad evil, We cannot get our toddy now; Pop goes the weazle. ”A nearly identical version of this ditty, with the “z” in weazel replaced with an “s”, can be found in Beadle’s Dime Song Book, A Collection of New and Popular Comic and Sentimental Songs (1857). According to Grosvenor Library Bulletin: An Indexed Catalogue of Books in the Department of Local History and Genealogy (Mar. 1900) : Volume 1, Mayor Wood refers to New York City Mayor Fernando Wood,… Read More

New Haven, CT: Press of the Tuttle, Morehouse and Taylor Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, light foxing to photographic . plates.. 1914. Limited Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Brown pebbled cloth with front title in gilt. 80 pages + 1 page ad. Black and white frontispiece map, black and white maps and illustrations, and black and white photographs. Facts, historical incidents, and data gleaned from original manuscripts, pamphlets, and records of the early history of the area's original white settlers, Revolutionary War patriots, Civil War soldiers, and historical essays by local residents. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall .

Boston: Dutton and Wentworth. Very Good with no dust jacket; Minor wear to boards, pages toned.. 1856. First Edition. Hardcover. A married set of first editions with Volume One bound in brown blindstamped cloth and Volume Two bound in maroon blindstamped cloth. 350 pp; 351-698 pp, index. Vol. I bears armorial bookplate of T. Bigelow Lawrence on front pastedown and has engraved frontispiece of man at desk with books and engraved title page featuring man digging in graveyard. A collection of essays, previously published in the Boston Evening Transcript, which discuss burial and funeral practices of various cultures and eras, his opinions and prejudices about various ethnic groups, criminal justice, Boston society, ghosts, literature, and social history. Gilt titles on spines. Sabin 77004. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

NY: Freeman Hunt & Co.. Good with no dust jacket; Boards stained and worn, endpapers foxed and scattered foxing in text.. 1836. First Edition. Hardcover. 209pp + 6pp of publisher's ads. Original brown blindstamped cloth titled in gilt on spine. 6x4 inches. Sabin 33849. Travel essays about towns up and down New York's Hudson River, including Poughkeepsie, Peekskill, Tarrytown, Troy, Fort Edward, Albany, West Point, and Saratoga Springs. Penciled owner name (Eliza Warren, Saratoga Springs) on front free endpaper and title page. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall .

New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn, bookplate on front free endpaper, sectional maps waved at top edge. 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. Navy cloth titled in cloth and photo reproduction mounted to front boards. Top edges gilt. xii, 590pp. Index. Folding sectional maps in pocket at rear. 100 black and white illustrations and photos. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .