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Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, 1878. Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, 1878. 3 volumes, complete. Brown silk binding, paper spine labels. Volume I: first edition, frontispiece portrait of Sewall, protective tissue, 532 pp. including index; Volume II: second edition, 462 pp. including index; Volume III: 572 pp. including index. Sewall was one of the judges overseeing the Salem Witch Trials. Apart from his involvement in the Salem witch trials, Sewall was somewhat liberal in his views for the time. In The Selling of Joseph (1700), for instance, he came out strongly against slavery, making him one of the earliest colonial abolitionists. The Selling of Joseph was the earliest-recorded anti-slavery tract published in the future United States. In it, Sewell argued, "Liberty is in real value next unto Life: None ought to part with it themselves, or deprive others of it, but upon the most mature Consideration." He regarded "man-stealing as an atrocious crime which would… Leer más

Boston: Dudley, 1873. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo. Presumed first edition. Published 1873 (with 1873-74 information). Newly rebound History of Towns in Plymouth and Barnstable Counties. 8vo. Cloth binding, 206 numbered pages, plus over 65 pp.period advertising. Covers history, churches, town officers and directories of both counties. Lacking title page and folding map. Three in-text engravings. Some pages show waterstaining around edges, does not affect text. Scarce reference work. Very good..

Delacorte Press/Quicksilver Books, 1976. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. Early Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Delacorte Press/Quicksilver Books, 1976. First edition, second printing. 8vo. Black cloth with blue lettering embossed on spine, 228 pp. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover..

Delacorte Press/Quicksilver Books, 1976. Delacorte Press/Quicksilver Books, 1976. First edition, second printing. 8vo. Black cloth with blue lettering embossed on spine, 228 pp. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover.. Early Reprint. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Atglen, PA, U.S.A.: Schiffer Publishing, Limited, 1986. Book. New. Stiff Wrappers. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Atglen: Schiffer, 1986. First edition. 4to. Stiff wrappers. 10 cut and assemble buildings in H-O scale. New condition..

Hanover: The University Press of New England, 1972. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo. Hanover: University Press of New England, 1972. First edition. Squared-off 8vo. Yellow cloth binding, 106 pp. Scenic and historic paintings created on plaster walls. Illustrated in black and white throughout. Previous owner name to front endpaper, dust jacket price-clipped. Book feels unread. Very good in very good dust jacket, protected with a mylar cover..

New Haven, CT: Yale University, 2005. Book. New. Half-Cloth. First Edition, First Printing. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. New Haven, CT, Yale University, 2005. First edition, first printing. 4to. Navy blue half-cloth over navy blue boards with silver lettering embossed on spine, dark blue endpapers, illustrated frontispiece, illustrated in black and white, 1564 pp. New in a new dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover..

New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. Book. Very Good. Quarter Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York, NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. First edition. 8vo. Blue quarter cloth over light blue boards with light blue lettering embossed on spine, rough cut pages, 264 pp. Former owner name on endpaper, else would be graded 'fine'. Appears unread or gently read. Very good+ in a near fine dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover..

New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. New York, NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. First edition. 8vo. Blue quarter cloth over light blue boards with light blue lettering embossed on spine, rough cut pages, 264 pp. Former owner name on endpaper, else would be graded 'fine'. Appears unread or gently read. Very good+ in a near fine dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Chester, CT: Pequot Press, 1973. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. Folio. First edition. Folio. Soft cover. 192 p. A New England spin-off of the Whole Earth Catalogue, published after the last edition of Whole Earth. Features New England crafts, goods, and services. Minor shelfwear. Pages tanned due to paper used. Near fine..

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. Book. Fine. Quarter Cloth. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Boston, MA., Houghton Mifflin. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First edition. 8vo. Ivory quarter cloth over tan boards with gilt lettering embossed on spine and front board, pale olive colored endpapers, rough cut pages, 278 pp. This is the story of a conventional girl with unconventional stirrings and of the two men in her life who represent different possibilities. In Lilian Eliot's world, from Beacon Hill to summers in Maine and Grand Tours in Europe between World Wars I and II, it is the choosing if a husband that determines a woman's life. The author has created a society and a way of life in the tradition of Edith Wharton. Fine in a fine dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover..

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1975. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1975. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. A historical novel about pre-Civil War New England and Abolitionists by the author of The Tamarac Tree. Jacket has edgewear and one small tear at rear corner. Near fine in very good jacket protected with an archival-quality mylar cover..

Martha's Vineyard: Vineyard Social Day Program, 1994. Book. Fine. Wrappers Bound with String. Signed by Editor. First Edition. 12mo.. Martha's Vineyard: Vineyard Social Day Program, 1994. First edition. 12mo. Wrappers bound with string. 24 pp. LETTER FROM SOCIAL WORKER TO DONALD W. BAKER. Don Baker was a well-known teacher/poet/mentor/editor. SIGNED/INSCRIBED to Don Baker and his wife, Natalie, as well. A collection of poems by Vineyard elders. Pages 3 and 4 bound in twice. Fine..

Hayden, AL: Sunpiper Press, 2008. Book. Fine. Paperback. Signed by Author(s). Second Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hayden, AL, Sunpiper Press, 2008. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Second edition. 8VO. Paperback with pictorial cover, included ephemera about author, 236 pp. Abby Haddad, a Muslim teenager living in a small Massachusetts town, uses her Islamic background to uncover some frightening connections between recent events. Torn between loyalty to family and love of Country she calls home, Abby decided to halt the impending disaster. The combination of persistence, patriotism and Abby's in-depth knowledge of the Muslim religion leads to a final showdown. Appears unread. Fine..

Albany: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1887. Book. Illus. by RHODE ISLAND GENEALOGY. Very Good. Cloth. First Thus. Folio. Albany: Munsell's, 1887. First thus with additions and corrections. Folio. Dedication, preface, index of families, abbreviations, dictionary, additions and corrections, general index, including family names on other pages at later dates than on their own and surnames of other families. Includes EPHEMERA: "A Few Cullings from The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, folded folio page, 4 sides, fine. Rebound in cloth, new endpapers. Some chipping to page edges main at prelims; text is not affected. No foxing. Antique ex-library reference discard with stamping, no pocket. Overall very good in new binding..

New York: W W Norton & Co Inc, 2004. Book. New. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo. First edtion. 8vo. Cloth binding, 315 pp. including index. A passionate and unparalleled look at the lives of the American colonists by the best-selling author of Benjamin Franklin. This is Morgan's first collection of essays in several decades, divided into "New Englanders," "Southerners," "Revolutionaries," and "Questions of Culture." New in new dustjacket..

New York: W W Norton & Co Inc, 2004. Book. New. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo. First edtion. 8vo. Cloth binding, 315 pp. including index. A passionate and unparalleled look at the lives of the American colonists by the best-selling author of Benjamin Franklin. This is Morgan's first collection of essays in several decades, divided into "New Englanders," "Southerners," "Revolutionaries," and "Questions of Culture." New in new dustjacket..

New York: W W Norton & Co Inc, 2004. Book. New. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo. First edtion. 8vo. Cloth binding, 315 pp. including index. A passionate and unparalleled look at the lives of the American colonists by the best-selling author of Benjamin Franklin. This is Morgan's first collection of essays in several decades, divided into "New Englanders," "Southerners," "Revolutionaries," and "Questions of Culture." New in new dustjacket..

New York: W W Norton & Co Inc, 2004. Book. New. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo. First edtion. 8vo. Cloth binding, 315 pp. including index. A passionate and unparalleled look at the lives of the American colonists by the best-selling author of Benjamin Franklin. This is Morgan's first collection of essays in several decades, divided into "New Englanders," "Southerners," "Revolutionaries," and "Questions of Culture." New in new dustjacket..

New York: W W Norton & Co Inc, 2004. Book. New. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo. First edtion. 8vo. Cloth binding, 315 pp. including index. A passionate and unparalleled look at the lives of the American colonists by the best-selling author of Benjamin Franklin. This is Morgan's first collection of essays in several decades, divided into "New Englanders," "Southerners," "Revolutionaries," and "Questions of Culture." New in new dustjacket..