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1 Address At The Centennial Celebration Of The Town Of Fitchburg, June 30, 1864.
Fitchburg, MA Piper & Doutelle 1876 Very Good with no dust jacket; wraps soiled, 
Wraps, 55p. 
Price: 20.00 USD
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2 Appletons' Hand-book Of American Travel. Northern And Eastern Tour, Including New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and the British Dominions. Being a Guide to Niagara, the White Mountains, the Alleghanies, the Catskills, the Adirondacks,
NY Appleton & Co. 1873 First Edition Thus Hardcover Very Good-; Lacks top half inch of shabby torn spine, first and third folding maps each have a three inch tear, else near VG internally. 
12mo 7" - 7½" tall; x, 294 pages; Red cloth, four folding maps, index, pictorial ads. **"The Berkshire Hills, The St. Lawrence, Lake Champlain, Lake George, Lake Memphremagog, Saratoga, Newport, Cape May, The Hudson, and other famous localities; with full descriptive sketches... with maps, and various skeleton tours, revised for summer of 1873, with appendix." 
Price: 100.00 USD
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3 Ein Ernstlicher Rus An Die Deutschen In Pennsylvanien.
Lancaster Ulbrecht [1799] Good with no dust jacket; 
Sewn, 15p. , ragged margins. **Evans 35450. A Federalist pamphlet advocating James Ross for governor. 
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4 Gleason's Pictorial. Volume VII. [Complete]
Boston F. Gleason 1854. First Edition Hardcover Corners and spine ends shabby otherwise VG, clean tight and most likely not read. 
Folio; 3/4 contemporary leather, 416p., profusely illustrated. **Volume VII, July-December, 1854. 
Price: 300.00 USD
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5 History And Proceedings Of The Celebration Of The One Hundred And Fiftieth Anniversary Of The Incorporation Of The Settlement Of Windham In New Hampshire Held June 9, 1892.
Windham, NH The Executive Committee 1892 First Edition Hardcover Good; Hole on bottom of spine. 
8vo; ix, 124 pages 
Price: 20.00 USD
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6 History Of Wilbraham, U.S.A., Bicentennial Edition, 1763-1963.
North Bennington, VT Polygraphic Company [c1964] First Edition Hardcover Very Good-; Spine ends bumped, rear cover rubbed. 
Large 8vo; 305 pages; Pictorial front cover, photographs. 
Price: 75.00 USD
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7 Impeachment Of The President. (transcript Of The Senate Hearings On Tuesday, March 24, 1868) .
[ca1868) Pamphlet Very Good 
8vo; [4] pages 
Price: 25.00 USD
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8 Inconsistency And Hypocrisy Of Martin Van Buren On The Question Of Slavery.
[1848] First Edition Self-wraps Good+; Perforated library stamp on foot of front leaf, due stamp in margin of last leaf else VG. 
8vo; 16 pages; Sewn. **Wise & Cronin #65. 
Price: 100.00 USD
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9 Laws Of The State Of New-Hampshire, Passed November Session...1828.
Concord NH Printed By Jacob B. Moore 1828 First Edition Hardcover Good+; Pages at both ends are a bit dog-eared otherwise tight and clean. 
8vo; Sewn as issued, [2], [293]-480p. **American Imprint 34439. "And be it further enacted, That all rogues, vagabonds, lewd, idle and disorderly persons, persons going about begging, persons using any subtle craft, juggling, or unlawful games or plays, persons pretending to have knowledge in phydiognomy or palmistry, persons pretending that they can tell destines or fortunes or discover by any spells or magic art where lost or stolen goods may be founf, common pipers, fiddlers, runaways, stubborn servants of children, common drunkards, common night walkers, pilferers, persons wanton and lascivious in speech, conduct or behavior, common railers or brawlers, such as neglect their calling or enployments, misspend what they earn..." Also, "An Act for the preservation of pickerel in Martin Meadow pond in the town of Lancaster," which sets a fine of $3 per fish. **Chapter LXXVIII: "An Act to incorporate the Connecticut river canal company," comprising ten pages. 
Price: 100.00 USD
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10 Laws Relating To Pensions, Military And Naval Bounty, And Back Pay, And Bounty Lands; in Force At the Close of the Second Session of the Thirty Seventh Congress, Together with the Instructions and Forms Prepared by the Several Departments.
Washington GPO 1862 First Edition Pamphlet Good+; Wraps soiled else tight and clean. 
8vo; x, 84 pages; **Sabin #39438. 
Price: 35.00 USD
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11 Letters From An American Farmer Describing Certain Provincial Situations, Manners, and Customers, Not Generally Known; and Conveying Some Idea of the Late and Present Interior Circumstances of the British Colonies in North America.
London & NY Dent & Dutton N.D. Hardcover Good+ 
Everyman's Library; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; Green cloth, gilt spine, xxiii, 256p. , index. **Reprinted from the London, 1782, edition. Hartley-Howes C-887: "Description of American life of great influence in attracting European immigration in the post-revolutionary period. As literature unexcelled by any American work of the eighteenth century. " ***with a section on "Reflections on Negro Slavery" and another "Horrid Treatment of a Negro Slave. " 
Price: 9.75 USD
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12 Old Anti-slavery Days: Proceedings Of The Commemorative Meeting, Held By The Danvers Historical Society...
Danvers Danvers Mirror Print 1893 First Edition Hardcover Good; Cloth blotched 
8vo; xxvii, 151p. , 1 plate with key. **"...April 26, 1893, with introduction, letters and sketches. " The speakers include Garrison Samuel May, Lucy Stone, Richard Storrs, Ednah Cheney, etc. , etc. 
Price: 125.00 USD
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13 Papers And Proceedings Of The Connecticut Valley Historical Society, 1882-1903. Volume II (only).
Springfield, MA The Society 1904 Hardcover Good; binding worn, inner hinges weak. 
8vo; xxiv, 309 pages 
Price: 20.00 USD
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14 Political Text Book: Containing: 1. The Declaration Of Independence. 2. the Articles of Confederation. 3. Constitution of the United States. 4. Washington's Farewell Address.
Cincinnati J. A. James 1845 Hardcover Good; Lacks half of spine, extremeties worn, sound internally. 
32mo; 120 pages; Leather, 3 5/8" by 2 1/2". **Not in American Imprints. 
Price: 85.00 USD
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15 Remarkable Shipwrecks, Or A Collections Of Interesting Accounts Of Naval Disasters. With Many Particulars Of The Extraordinary Adventures And Sufferings of the Crews of Vessals Wrecked At Sea, and of Their Treatment on Distant Shores. Together with an Account of the Deliverance of Survivors. Selected from Authentic Sources.
Hartford Andrus & Starr 1813 First Edition Hardcover Good+; Several leaves protruding else a sound tight copy. 
12mo ; Contemporary leather, spine gilt ruled, red leather label with gilt bands, x, 11-384, [373]-384, 397-129 (ie429) p. **American Imprint #29640. Howes R-190. With the contemporary ownership signatures of "Richard Stuart, Property price $1-50" on front free end-paper, and "Paul Stuart's Book" on second blank from the rear. 
Price: 250.00 USD
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16 Remarks On The Project Of Establishing A Line Of Packets Between Boston and Liverpool.
[Boston] [ca1822] First Edition Pamphlet Good+; Removed from bound volume. 
8vo; Self-wraps, 20p. ** American Imprint #2984 (1820): Whi only. American Imprint #10084 (1822 supplied by MWA): MWA & PPL only. "Note. An important fact was omitted in the paragraph, page 16 (beginning, `Having in a hasty manner, &c') showing the peculiar advantage to the petitioners in being incorporated... the omission is here stated, to show the great importance of an incorporation, to this company." 
Price: 47.50 USD
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17 Supplement To The Congressional Globe: Containing The Proceedings Of The Proceedings of the Senate Sitting for the Trial of Andrew Johnson, President of the United States. Fourtieth Congress Second Session.
Washington City F. & J. Rives & Geo. A. Bailey 1868 First Edition Hardcover Good+; Five inch crack in front hinge else clean tight copy. 
4to; xiv, 526 pages; 3/4 leather, printed in three columns. 
Price: 125.00 USD
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18 The Historical Collections Of The Topsfield (ma.) Historical Societ; Vol. Xiii. 1908
Topsfield MA The Society 1908 Wraps Fair 
Ex-Library; 8vo 
Price: 25.00 USD
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19 The Language Of Love; With Hints On Courtship.
NY Leavitt & Allen [c1844] Hardcover Fair; Spine ends heavily worn, gilt mostly rubbed off. 
32mo 4" - 5" tall; Red cloth ornately stamped in gilt, 124p. **American Imprints, 45-3788, lists Redfield as being the original publisher. 
Price: 35.00 USD
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20 The Records Of The General Association Of Ye Colony Of Connecticut; Begun June 20th, 1738 Ending June 19th, 1799.
Hartford, CT Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co. 1888 First Edition Hardcover Very Good-; Paper beginning to get brittle and brown. 
tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 198 pages; Index. 
Price: 50.00 USD
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