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Ayer, Mary Farwell. EARLY DAYS ON BOSTON COMMON. Boston; privately printed: 
1910. Edition limited to 250 copies, printed by D.B. Updike at the 
Merrymount Press. Boston Common has had many uses over the centuries- a cow 
pasture, a drilling ground for the British troops occupying the city during 
the early months of the Revolution, the site of Whig pavilions and balloon 
ascensions in the 19th century... This elegant book tells of all these 
things and more, and is illustrated with 24 b/w reproductions of antique 
prints showing all sorts of events on, and views of, Boston Common. 
Hardcover. 7.5"x10.5", vii + 79 pages, plus 24 b/w plates with tissue 
guards; light wear and soil; a nice copy. [06452] $100.00

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Warren, J.C. THE GREAT TREE ON BOSTON COMMON. Boston; John Wilson & Son: 
1855. An informal discussion of the history and character of the Great Elm 
that stood on Boston Common. Estimated to have been a hundred years old in 
1722, the elm was aged and weakened, but still hanging in there, in 1855. 
At that point it had survived the quartering of British troops on the 
Common in 1775, political riots in 1806, and all manner of storms and 
tumults. Of particular interest are Warren's descriptions of some of the 
damages the tree had sustained in the last 50 years and the apparently 
successful actions taken to correct them. Warren was the President of the 
Boston Society of Natural History. Hardcover. 6"x9.75", 20 pages, 
double-page map of Boston, 1 b/w plate. Publisher's embossed cloth with a 
gilt-impressed tree on the cover; covers slight faded and a bit worn; 
slight internal soil and several brown ink spots. [06453] $100.00

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