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Published By the Society, 1900. Limited Edition. Octavo. 179 pages. Limited to 800 copies. The present copy is #138. Illustrated. The second year book of the Mayflower descendants in New York. Beautifully printed on the finest laid paper with wide margins. The ancestors of members list those descendants from: John Alden, William Bradford (e.g., George Bird Grinnell [tenth in… Read more about this item

Published By the Society, 1896. Limited Edition. Octavo. 127 pages. Limited to 500 copies. The present copy is #138. IllustratedThe first year book of the Mayflower descendants was established in New York in 1894 (other states followed later). Beautifully printed on the finest laid paper with wide margins. The symbols of the decendents are hand colored, e.g., "The Flag… Read more about this item

Berryville, Virginia, (1972): Virginia Book Company. Thick Quarto. Facsimile edition from the original 1890 edition. 925 pages, index, illustrated. Perhaps the most complete history of the region with a long and important section on the John Brown and the Harper's Ferry Raid as well as the rise of Stonewall Jackson. The next chapter (26) deals with Jubal Early and… Read more about this item

London: Printed by G.J. for Abel Roper and Arthur Collins, at the Black Boy in Fleetstree, 1710. Octavo. 2nd edition. Frontispiece, 6 preliminary leaves, 408 pages, 158 (pages), [2]pp. publisher's ads. 2 parts bound as one. Each account has the coat of arms, p. 158 in the 2nd part is misumbered as page 58. This edition has… Read more about this item

Salem, MA: Cushing and Appleton, 1809. Octavo. 511 pages, errata (p. 512). From the Adams family to Yale Elihu. The family of Rev. Joseph Buckminster (page 88-89) is noted in the book and also written on the front pastedown the following biographical information: Great Grandfather Buckminster, Col. 1876, Essex Co,....Richard Buckminster, Limerick, NY; Drafted in War of 1812; John… Read more about this item

Indianapolis: Union Direct Co, 1902. Octavo. 284 pages. A very scarce Indiana directory covering towns and villages in 19 contiguous counties around Indianapolis with thousands of ads from the items of the era; bicycles and horse-drawn wagons in an age just before the automobile appeared on the scene in Indiana even before 1900. Dr. W.T. McCarthy's full-page ad on… Read more about this item

Hollis, NH; (1997): Penobscot Press. First Edition. Octavo. viii, 619 pages, includes bibliographic references (pages 561-564) and index. The town's history was intense with twenty-seven "first families" from the early 18th century until the Gold Rush when those tired of the hard scrabble farming dreamed of Gold, most returned and then a decade later the young men joined the… Read more about this item

Marlborough, Mass: Pratt Brothers, 1886. Octavo. 280 pages, index alphabetically arranged. Feltons are found in virtually every state of the union. While they initially settled in Salem, they eventually moved to the Carolinas and across the country. John B. Felton, a former Oakland, California mayor, a judge and a San Francisco Bay Area investor in his day, the town… Read more about this item

London: Printed for the Author By T. Spilsbury, 1780. First Edition. Folio. . 2 large folio volumes, illustrated with copper plates, title continues after mottos: of all sovereign princes and states; as also the Atchievements [sic] of the peers, peeresses, and baronets, of England, Scotland, and Ireland. An historical catalogue of all the different orders of knighthood ... The… Read more about this item

nd/np. Small Octavo. 2 pages. none recorded in OCLC. Preface page has a pastedown picture of Peter Reesor and notes: Born, December 25, 1775, Died, November 16, 1854. As Mennonites their family history shows persecution during the Revolutionary War and even afterward. They grew and prospered in Markham township where he was known as "the… Read more about this item

Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1965. Octavo. 252 pages, index. Originally published in 1908. With a foreword by James Phinney Baxter. Besides listing all the pioneer towns and plantations of Maine and New Hampshire, it has a special directions for research on Maine and New Hampshire with helpful hints regarding variations of surnames, unique abbreviations, unusual sources, and the… Read more about this item

An interesting series of connections in Bethany Pennsylvania in 1831. Thomas T. Kissam has written to Thomas Fuller, an Attorney in Bethany requesting him to proceed in collecting an unpaid debt of Joseph Miller. He writes that they have a mutual friend, Randell Wilmot [father of David Wilmot, of the 'Wilmot Proviso'] who recommended him. He… Read more about this item

Rutland, VT: Tuttle, 1890. Cloth/hard Cover. Quarto. 269p. A near fine copy of a scarce genalogical work.

Philadelphia: Brookfield Publishing Co, 1950. Octavo. part 6; pages [1464]-1922, folding chart, bound in rd cloth lettered in gilt, spine lettering gilt, previous owner's gift inscription with a nice sentiment "The past belongs to us only in so far as we accept it as a challenge to our present and only as we make it a foundation of which… Read more about this item

Privately Published, 1961. Octavo. 291p. Inscribed: "to Ruth Butler with warm regards, Albert W. Atwood" This is Atwood's life story written mostly for his family. He discusses his travels, the places he lived and worked, family (with family member's names) and all the connections in between. Bound in stiff paper wraps lettered in black, toning… Read more about this item

Barcelona: Jua Oligeres and Monmany, 1836. First Edition. Octavo. In two volumes. Vol. I: 254 pp. one large folding plate. Vol. II: 381 pp. one full page plate (family tree) Chronology And Genealogy Of The Kings Of Spain. The author was a Spanish historian and archivist. His son followed the same path. A very nice set bound in 1/4… Read more about this item

Boston: George B. Reed, 1899. Cloth. Very Good-. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Original blue cloth, 469 pages. index, profusely illustrated with over 100 photographs of leading citizens, buildings, map. Has library blindstamp on title page, but no other markings. Nice tight binding and bright blue with only light beginning edgewear. … Read more about this item

1920. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 156pp. Diocese of St. Asaph. contents, volume VIII., part 2 St. Martins, 1601-1735.

London: For Abel Roper and Arthur Collins, 1709. Octavo. 470pp. An early issue with an index but without the careful indexes done in later issues especially with the work of Burke. The first printed peerage of England. Bound in a modern purple flexible cloth with yapped edges, spine lettering gilt, owner's name stamped in… Read more about this item

Washington: Sons of the American Revolution - W.F. Roberts, 1896. Decorative Cloth. Very Good Plus. Later Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 272 pp. Moderate soiling and staining front and back covers, light rubbing on spine.