[Rarebooks] FS: NE Town Histories Half Price. pt 1

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1.  CHAFFIN, W. L.  HISTORY OF EASTON MASSACHUSETTS. Cambridge, MA., 1886. Illustrated by Forbes albertype plates from photographs and four maps, one folding. First edition. Original brown cloth with gilt rules and lettering. Inscribed by the town counsel. 838 pgs Very good. Fine index. Although the binding is fine, the first signature is starting and another later page is loose. Two underlinings. A couple of spots on pages. This is a scarce town history and a very professional job of research. Much about the leading family Oakes/Ames.  $135.00 NOW $67.50

2.  COTHREN, WILLIAM.  HISTORY OF ANCIENT WOODBURY, CONNECTICUT. Waterbury CT., 1854. Illustrated by a map and 6 plates. First edition. Full polished calf with embossed borders and gilt lettering on a leather spine label. 8vo. Index, [12] 833, vii pgs Very good. Cothren went on to publish two more volumes of this history, covering later periods in Woodbury's history. This volume stands alone, covering the period of 1659-1854. Howes states that Cothren "devoted thirty-two years to the task, an all-time endurance record among local historians." Signed by two mid-nineteenth century owners. Very scarce.  $850.00  NOW $425.00

3.  CURTIS, JOHN. GOULD.  HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1933. First edition. Cloth, gilt seal of town on front board. 349 pgs Very good.  $70.00  NOW $35.00

4.  GOZZALDI, MRS. MARY. ISABELLA.  SUPPLEMENT AND INDEX TO HISTORY OF CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS 1630-1877 WITH A GENEALOGICAL REGISTER BY LUCIUS R. PAIGE. Cambridge: Cambridge Historical Society, 1930. First edition. Brown cloth with gilt lettering at front board and spine. 9.5" x 5.75". 860 pgs Near fine. Clean and tight.  $150.00  NOW $75.00

5.  HADLEY, GEORGE. PLUMMER.  HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF GOFFSTOWN, 1733-1920. VOLUME ONE ONLY. Goffstown, N.H: Privately Published, 1922. Illustrated by 45 illustrations including 19 maps. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering  9.25" x 5.75". 601 pgs Very good. Previous owner's signature at ffep.  Binding is shaken, with some signatures loosening. Contents are clean, and there is minor shelf wear to extremities.  $75.00  NOW $37.50

6.  JONES, MATT. BUSHNELL.  HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF WAITSFIELD, VERMONT 1782-1908 WITH FAMILY GENEALOGIES. Boston: George E. Littlefield, 1909. Illustrated by photographs and folding map of town in very good condition. First edition. Original green cloth, gilt lettering, t.e.g. 524 pgs Good. Shadow of label to bottom of spine and small sticker to rear pastedown. Previous owner's bookplate. Final blank is missing.  $85.00 NOW $42.50

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  NOW  $47.50
 
8.  NEWHALL, JAMES. R.  HISTORY OF LYNN, ESSEX COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS: INCLUDING LYNNFIELD, SAUGUS, SWAMPSCOTT, AND NAHANT. Lynn: Privately Published, 1883. Illustrated by b&w illustrations throughout contents, including portraits, homes, facsimile signatures. First edition. Purple cloth on beveled boards with gilt lettering at spine. 9.5" x 5.75". 327 pgs Very good. Previous owner's signature at ffep.  Boards faded, with some shelf wear at the extremities.  Front inner hinge cracked, rear inner hinge starting, both intact.  Contents are clean and tight.  $100.00  NOW $50.00

9.  NOON, A.M, ALFRED.  LUDLOW : A CENTURY AND A CENTENNIAL, COMPRISING A SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF LUDLOW, HAMPDEN COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS, TOGETHER WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE CELEBRATION BY THE TOWN OF ITS CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY, JUNE 17TH, 1874. Springfield, MA: Privately Printed, 1875. Illustrated by four pages of portraits and the centennial program. First edition. 8vo. 208 pgs Good. Boards show some wear at all edges, front board lower  quarter to corner worn through binding .  Previous owner's bookplate.  $75.00  NOW $37.50

10.  PAIGE, LUCIUS. R.  HISTORY OF CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS. 1630-1877 WITH A GENEALOGICAL REGISTER AND MANUSCRIPT MATERIAL. Boston: H. O. Houghton and Company, 1877. Illustrated by a portrait frontispiece of Paige, plus five town plans. First edition. Original brown cloth with gilt lettering at spine. Signed by Edward F. Everett, 1877, Cambridge. Lieutenant Civil War, genealogist. 9.5" x 5.75". 731 pgs. Near fine. Included with this important work, are two hand-written notes by the author; the first addressed to Mr. S. A. Drake (important American historian)  and the other to F. Kidder Esq. (Civil War historian). Front paper covering hinge is split. Rebacked with original spine laid-down.  Contents tight and clean.  $300.00 NOW $150.00

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