First Edition. Washington, D.C. / Philadelphia: The United States Supreme Council Southern Jurisdiction / The Afro-American Historical and Cultural Museum, 1977. Stated First Edition. Signed by the author without inscription on front pastedown. Octavo (8.5" x 5.75"); xvii, 237p. Black cloth with gold lettering and design. Covers slightly leaning, with..... More
![Broadside] Mr. Clother Gifford, Practical Phrenologist and Physiologist. Clother Gifford](/pictures/thumb/5354.jpg?v=1569346671)
First Edition. [Boston?, n.d., ca. 1850s]. First Edition. Small printed broadside flyer (20x14cm.), accomplished in manuscript. Light foxing, previous folds, else Very Good. Small handbill advertising a lecture delivered by abolitionist phrenologist Clother Gifford on Monday and Tuesday, October 17 and 18 in the School Room in Mansfield..... More
![Salem Vessels and Their Voyages [Series 1 through 4]. George Granville Putnam](/pictures/thumb/5687.jpg?v=1572981229)
Salem: The Essex Institute, 1924. Reprinted from the Essex Institute Historical Collections Volumes LVII and LVIII. Four volumes. Octavos; 173pp, 168pp, 164pp, 175pp.. Black and white photographs throughout. Blue paper-covered boards and navy cloth spine with mounted black and white ship illustration to fronts and gilt lettering to spines... More
Boston: John H. Eastburn, 1832. First Edition. Octavo. Removed. 21 pages. Upper edge of title page a bit soiled. Evident ex-library copy with "Dup discard" in pencil on title and call number to rear. Quincy lectures on the American Revolution as the result of historical circumstances rather than..... More
First Edition. Hardcover. Wellesley: Davis Museum and Cultural Center, 1997. First Edition of 4000 copies. Folio (14.25" x 9"); 247p. Illustrated translucent dustjacket over blue cloth boards with blindstamped patter and bronze lettering. Jacket rippled with light edgewear, but no chips, tears, or marks. Boards are clean with front board..... More
Worcester, MA: Isaiah Thomas, 1793. First Edition. Octavo (21.5 x 13 cm); vi, 7 - 339, [1] pp. Partial fold-out frontis map (approximately 15.5 x 13.5 inches) of the County of Worcester by "Charles Baker Esq. & Capn. John Pierce of said County." Top left portion of map missing (approximately..... More
Fitchburg, MA: [Livermore & Knight], 1896. First Edition. Oblong octavo; [28] pp. Illustrations and local advertisements throughout. Printed in three columns on coarse brown butcher paper. Stiff burlap wrappers with decorative ribbon binding and a wax seal. Side staple binding. Wrappers are cracked and separated from the text block..... More
Donald McKay. Second Printing. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1951. Stated Second Printing, August 1951. Signed by the author without inscription on front free endpaper. Octavo; 221pp. Illustrated dust jacket with original $3.00 price; book in patterned red cloth with white title block to spine. Jacket torn and chipped at..... More
First Edition. Hardcover. Boston: International Jubilee Convention, 1901. First Edition. 12mo (7.25" x 5"); 184p. Numerous ads and illustrations throughout. Rebound in three quarter leather over pebbled black cloth. Index and terminal ads (pages 167-178) brought to front with pages 179-184 remaining at end. Boards are sturdy with light shelfwear..... More