Search Results: Town History from Lippincott Books

Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1900. Hardcover. Very Good. 871 pp. Blue cloth, spine gilt. With index and folding plates. " A Bibliography of Mississippi" on pages 633-828. Slight spine slant, slight yellowing of pages, shelfwear. Good to Very Good.

Philadelphia: Free Library of Philadelphia, 1982. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Fine. unpaginated. Brown cloth, red morocco label with title in gilt tipped in to front panel, marbled endpapers. One of 1250 copies. Published on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the founding of the city, this edition reproduces 27 color plates from the original 1800 edition, opposite which are black & white photographs of the same site taken in 1960 & 1982. 2 maps, facsimile list of subscribers, references, and related pictures.

Lynn, Mass.: Press of Geo. C. Herbert, 1891. Hardcover. GVG. 147 pp. Brown cloth, title gilt. 1791-1891 Centennial Souvernir. Frontispiece loose, some wear to boards, damp-stained at head of spine, otherwise VG.

Columbia, SC: R. L. Bryan, 1967. Hardcover. Very Good/GVG. 205 pp. With index of photographs. SIGNED by both authors. Red cloth. Head and tail of spine lightly rubbed else VG. Dust jacket with several 1" chips, creases, edgewear, GVG.

Shaker Heights, Ohio: Selden W. Campen, 1998. 2nd Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. 142, [2] pp. Includes glossary of terms, bibliography, appendix, index of homes by architect, and map. Shaker Heights was an early example of a planned community. Incorporated in 1911, the village was built on the site of the Center Family North Union Society of Shakers by a syndicate formed by the Van Sweringen Brothers. Building lots were sold with a requirement that every house be designed by an architect. Houses are grouped by architect, and shown in color photographs with a brief description.

Tullamore, Co. Offaly: Esker Press, 1990. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good+. xxiv, 415 pp. Blue cloth, spine title gilt. Facsimile of first edition with a new introduction by Margaret Hogan. With 20 appendixes. One of the most important historical studies of the Irish Midlands in the 19th century. Slight foxing on top edge. VG in VG+ dust jacket.

Menasha, Wisconsin: George Banta Publishing, 1953. Pictorial Paper Wrappers. Very Good. x, 86 pp. B&w photos. Wear at corners.

Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1983. Facsimile Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. iv, 425, 49 pp. Reprint of Vol. I of the 1900 edition, edited by John Scales Includes index of persons and index of places. Green cloth with titles gilt on spine. Names of seven families written in ink on the ffep, and entries pertaining to those families have been underlined in red ink throughout, else fine.

Haverfordwest: n.p. By Subscription, 1914. Enlarged Edition . Hardcover. GVG. [xii], 268 pp. Red cloth with titles and emblem on front panel stamped in black. 12 Illustrations, errata and addenda. Corners and edges bumped, small tear at head of spine, light foxing. Lists of Pembrokeshire words and phrases, of high sheriffs of the county of Pembroke, of mayors and sheriffs of Haverfordwest, and a list of the subscribers.

Manhasset: Channel Press, 1963. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 144 pp. With bibliography, index. Bluecloth, spine title gilt, map endpapers, richly illustrated with b&w photos. Previous owner's signature in blue felt pen, shelf wear to bottom of spine. Price-intact dustjacket has faint ring mark on front, 1/2" chip off spine. Very Good in Good dust jacket.

Boston: James Loring, 1831. Hardcover. Fair. [iv], 406, [2] pp. Appendices, index. A protective 19th century cloth has been attached at the endpapers over the original leather binding . Front board loose, previous owner's name, foxing throughout. A reading copy.

Ann Arbor, Michigan: Wenham Historical Association & Museum, 1975. Hardcover. VG+/No Jacket. vii, 242 pp, with index. Brown cloth, gilt title on spine. Slight spine slant, a few pen marks, otherwise clean and tight.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1933. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. A Memorial to Edward W. Baker. Prepared under the direction of the Brookline Historical Society. Map of Boston & Environs on endpapers. Includes photos, b&w illustrations and index. Sticker with previous owner's name on ffep.

Woodstock, VT: Countryman Press, 1985. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. 298 pp. With index. Green cloth. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket.

Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 1985. First Edition . Hardcover. VG/GVG. 278 pp. Includes photographs and illustrations in black and white, with epilogue, notes to text and illustrations, and index. Book would have been in fine condition if the otherwise very good dust jacket had not been glued to the book along the spine! We have problems with using descriptions like " else Fine", but it would be tempting in this case. VG/GVG

Hardcover. Very Good. 15 pamphlets bound together in red cloth, with title gilt on spine. The collection includes historical material on towns and churchs in Maine, Massachusetts and New Hampshire, including Boothbay, Camden and Wells, Newburyport, Salem, Andover Center and Hampton, among other places. Includes A Historical Sketch of Charlestown. Boston, 1814; A Topographical and Historical Sketch of Epsom, New Hampshire. Pittsfield, N.H., 1885, Josiah Coffin Papers (Coffin was a historian of Newbury, Mass), and The Fire Clubs of Salem. Also one T.L.S. from the author of an historical sketch. Of interest are the historical discourses on the First Congregational Church of Boothbay, Maine and on the Old South Meeting House of Newburyport, Massachusetts, both biographical source material for Rev. John Murray's life. Murray was minister to the town of Townsend, now Boothbay, and later the chaplain to the Penobscot Expedition. From the library of Francis Greene, historian and author of the… Read More

1972. First Edition . 219 pp. Softcover. With fold-out map, numerous black and white photographs and 21 pages of local advertisements. VG

Cohasset, Massachusetts: Town of Cohasset, Massachusetts, 2002. Fine/Fine. xix, 388 pp. With color map. Color and black and white photos throughout. Fine in fine dust jacket.

Huntington, New York: Brochure Committee of the Huntington Tercentenary Inc., 1953. First Edition . Paper Wrappers. Very Good. 95, [1] pp. Green paper wrappers. Illustrated with hundreds of photographs and drawings. The story of the town is told through captions for the illustrations. The last section comprised of photographs of businesses, with detailed histories for each. Wrappers soiled, with a few water spots.

Boston: Parish of the Advent, 1944. Probable First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 212 pp, [vii], with index. Dark red cloth, b&w photographs. Previous owner's signature, spine shows very slight sunning and soiling, otherwise clean and tight, Very Good.