[Rarebooks] FS: NE Town Histories Half Price. pt 2

[Clare Murphy]

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11.  PIERCE, JOSIAH.  HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF GORHAM, MAINE. Portland, Maine: Foster & Cushing, 1862. First edition. Cloth. 5.5 x 9". 239 pgs Very good. Owner's signature on title page.  $145.00 NOW  $72.50
 
12. HISTORY OF DUBLIN, NEW HAMPSHIRE, CONTAINING THE ADDRESS BY CHARLES MASON AND THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION, JUNE 17, 1852; WITH A REGISTER OF FAMILIES, THE. Boston: John Wilson and Son, 1855. Illustrated by a folding map and other plates. First edition. 433 pgs Includes index and additional pages of corrections. The map is in rough condition with one fold split and tattered to one edge. An excellent town history. Ex-library.  $125.00  NOW $62.50

13.  QUINCY, JOSIAH.  MUNICIPAL HISTORY OF THE TOWN AND CITY OF BOSTON DURING TWO CENTURIES. FROM SEPTEMBER 17, 1630 TO SEPTEMBER 17, 1830, A. Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1852. Illustrated by two b&w engravings. One is a lovely view of Faneuil Hall and market by Billings. First edition. Brown cloth with blind embossed designs to boards, gilt lettering and design at spine. 9.5" x 5.75". 444 pgs Good. Previous owner's bookplate at paste-down, with another previous owner's signature at ffep. Some loss of cloth at head and tail of spine, front board corners worn, minor wear at other extremities.  Binding split at page 108.  Contents are bright and un-opened.  $125.00  NOW  $62.50

14.  SMITH, ALBERT, M.D. LL.D.  HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF PETERBOROUGH, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE WITH THE REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS AT THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION IN 1839, AN APPENDIX CONTAINING THE RECORDS OF THE ORIGINAL PROPRIETORS, AND A GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORICAL REGISTER. Boston: Press of George H. Ellis, 1876. Illustrated by tissue port frontis, folding map, showing land owners' names and size of lots, tissue engraved plates (collated). First (NAP) edition. Green cloth, gilt print spine. Large 8vo. 356, 375, Index pgs Near fine/mylar jacket. 1894 university library stamp, removed rear label. Extra  plate at pp. 193, depicting the Morrison house (lithograph). Very scarce.  $300.00 NOW $150.00

15.  THOMPSON, D. P.  HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MONTPELIER, FROM THE TIME IT WAS FIRST CHARTERED IN 1781 TO THE YEAR 1860.  TOGETHER WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF ITS MOST NOTED DECEASED CITIZENS. Montpelier, VT: E. P. Walton, 1860. Illustrated by frontispiece portrait. First edition. 8vo. 312 pgs Near fine. Blue cloth library binding.  Remnant of pocket at rear pastedown; previous owner's bookplate. No other library marks. Very tight binding. Scarce.  $75.00  NOW  $37.50

16.  WHEELER, EDMUND.  HISTORY OF NEWPORT, NEW HAMPSHIRE FROM 1766 TO 1878 WITH A GENEALOGICAL REGISTER, THE. Concord, NH: Republican Press Association, 1879. Illustrated by twenty-eight steel and wood engravings of eminent persons and homes. First edition. Brick cloth with gilt embossed rules and designs on beveled boards with gilt design and titling at the spine. 8vo. 600 pgs Near fine. Bright clean and sound. Very attractive binding and no foxing to pages. Scarce.  $150.00  NOW  $75.00

17.  WHITON, JOHN. M.  HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF ANTRIM, N. H. FOR A PERIOD OF ONE CENTURY FROM 1744-1844. Concord, NH., 1852. First edition. Pamphlet. Stitched wraps. 95 pgs Good. Pages are browned with some old dampstaining and foxing. Complete and readable. Outer wraps present. This is a very scarce town history by the author of Sketches of the History of New Hampshire. Very scarce.  $425.00  NOW  $212.50

18.  WILLIAMSON, JOSEPH.  HISTORY OF THE CITY OF BELFAST IN THE STATE OF MAINE FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT IN 1770 TO 1875. Portland, Maine: Loring, Short, and Harmon, 1877. Illustrated by lovely folding illustration (lithographed)  of bird's eye view of city, maps and engravings. First edition. Cloth. 6" x 9.5". 956 pgs Very good. x-lib. Boards faded, mark on spine from removed sticker, pastedown bookplate. Very useful to genealogists with lists of soldiers and sailors in the American Revolution and the Civil War. Also lists of persons who died here as civilians (necrology).  $125.00  NOW $62.50

19.  WOODBURY, PETER P. , SAVAGE, THOMAS AND PATTEN, WILLIAM.  HISTORY OF BEDFORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE ; BEING STATISTICS, COMPILED ON THE ONE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE INCORPORATION OF THE TOWN; MAY 19TH, 1850. Boston: Alfred Mudge, 1851. Illustrated by Map of the village of Piscataquoc; and an illustration of Dr. Woodbury's residence. First edition. 8vo. 364 pgs Very good. Original brown cloth binding with embossed design, gilt lettering to spine.  A few small chips at spine extremities.  The front board appears to have an old repair to the hinge.  Corners are slightly worn as are the  board edges. Previous owner's signature to first free end paper.  Minor foxing to contents. Scarce.  $360.00  NOW  $180.00


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