[Rarebooks] FS: Town Histories MA #3

[Clare Murphy]

1.  BENEDICT, REV. WILLIAM A. AND TRACY, REV. HIRAM A.  HISTORY OF 
THE TOWN OF SUTTON, MASSACHUSETTS, FROM 1704 TO 1876; INCLUDING 
GRAFTON UNTIL 1735; MILLBURY UNTIL 1813; AND PARTS OF NORTHBRIDGE, 
UPTON AND AUBURN. Worcester: Sanford & Company, 1878. Illustrated by 
b&w plates and illustrations to the text throughout contents. First 
edition. Brown cloth with gilt embossed design and lettering to front 
board and spine, black embossed design to rear board. 9.5" x 6". [837 
pgs] Good. First signature is loose with detached pages, all present, 
signatures at center of book loose with thread showing.  Front 
interior hinge cracked.  Some shelf wear to extremities.  Contents 
are clean.  $95.00

2.  CONVERSE, PARKER. LINDALL.  1642-1892 LEGENDS OF WOBURN 
1642-1892. NOW FIRST WRITTEN AND PRESERVED IN COLLECTED FORM WITH 
TWENTY-THREE FULL-PAGE PLATES AND EIGHT TAIL-PIECES TO WHICH IS ADDED 
A CHRONO-INDEXICAL HISTORY OF WOBURN. Woburn, Mass: Published by the 
Author, 1892. First edition. Green cloth with black embossed titling 
and design, gilt lettering and design at spine. Signed by the author. 
8vo. [177 pgs] Very good. Ex-lib with usual marks.  Previous owner's 
attractive bookplate with matching leather labels at boards.  Minor 
wear at extremities, contents are clean and tight.  $75.00

3.  GAGE, THOMAS AND BRADFORD, REV. JAMES.  HISTORY OF ROWLEY, 
ANCIENTLY INCLUDING BRADFORD, BOXFORD, AND GEORGETOWN, FROM THE YEAR 
1639 TO THE PRESENT TIME. WITH AN ADDRESS DELIVERED SEPTEMBER 5, 
1839, AT THE CELEBRATION OF THE SECOND CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY OF ITS 
SETTLEMENT, THE. Boston: Ferdinand Andrews, 1840. Illustrated by two 
plates, both tinted; one a map with names of residents laid-out, the 
other a view of the common. First edition. Brown cloth with blind 
embossed designs at boards and gilt lettering and design at spine. 8" 
x 5". [483 pgs] Very good. Split in cloth covering front hinge, with 
no loss.  Light stains to front board.  Mild scattered foxing to 
contents.  Previous owner's signature at ffep (Robert Cross). 
Contents are tight and clean. Much about the Indian wars. A very 
detailed account of the lives and deaths of the inhabitants. 
Wonderful genealogical tool. Scarce.  $250.00

4.  HODGES , MAUD. DELEIGH.  CROSSROADS ON THE CHARLES, A HISTORY OF 
WATERTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS. Canaan, NH: Watertown Free Public 
Library/Phoenix Publishing, 1980. Edited by Sigrid R. Reddy. 
Illustrated by b&w illustrations of homes, persons, and maps 
throughout contents. First edition. Brown cloth with gilt design at 
front board with cream cloth spine and gilt titling; pictorial dust 
jacket. Signed by Charles Burke and Sigrid Reddy. Folio. [243 pgs] 
Fine/Near fine. Epilogue by Charles T. Burke.  Very clean and sound. 
$75.00

5.  HUDSON, ALFRED. SERENO.  HISTORY OF SUDBURY, MASSACHUSETTS. 
1638-1889, THE. Sudbury: Privately Published, 1889. Illustrated by 
thirty-two b&w illustrations. First edition. Black cloth with gilt 
and blind embossed designs to front board, gilt lettering at spine 
with floral end-papers. 9.5" x 6". [660 pgs] Very good. Inner hinges 
are partially cracked but intact. Minor shelf wear at extremities. 
Previous owner's signature at ffep. Contents are otherwise sound and 
clean.  $150.00

6.  JACKSON, FRANCIS.  HISTORY OF THE EARLY SETTLEMENT OF NEWTON, 
COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX, MASSACHUSETTS. FROM 1639 TO 1800. WITH A 
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER OF ITS INHABITANTS, PRIOR TO 1800. Boston: 
Privately Published, ca. 1908 (1854). Illustrated by a portrait 
frontispiece and a large color fold-out map of Newton 1700. Black 
embossed cloth with gilt lettering at spine. 7.75" x 4.5". [555 pgs] 
Near fine. Presentation slip at ffep, for this photographic 
reproduction.  Previous owner's signature at ffep.  Minor shelf wear 
at extremities.  Contents are tight and clean.  $125.00

7.  LAMSON, COL. DANIEL. S.  HISTORY OF TOWN OF WESTON, 
MASSACHUSETTS. 1630-1890. Boston: Press of Geo. H. Ellis Co, 1913. 
Illustrated by several b&w photo illustrations of homes and the 
author. First edition. Green cloth with gilt lettering at front board 
and spine. 9.5" x 6". [214 pgs] Good. Front hinge cracked at title 
page, frontispiece is loose. Minor wear at extremities.  Contents 
clean.  $95.00

8.  LEONARD, HENRY. C.  PIGEON COVE AND VICINITY. Boston: F.A.Searle, 
1873. First edition. Brown cloth and gilt lettering . Very good. 
Former owner's inscription and bookplate ca. 1873.  $125.00

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