Books, Ephemera & Collectibles #172

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Great lots of antiquarian books and ephemera. Great collection of items! NO RESERVES - $5 FLAT SHIPPING.

South Boston Books


(978) 331-0895
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The Creation, An Oratorio Arranged (1818) First American Edition - HAYDN - Interesting Owner

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The Creation, An Oratorio Arranged for Voices, Organ or Piano Forte by Muzio Clementi. From the London edition. Franz Joseph Haydn, Published by Printed by Thomas Badger ...moreJr., Boston (1818) Fair/Good with loose cover (still attached). First American edition. Has the name "Thomas Wittemore" on the cover. VERY LIKELY owned by Thomas Whittemore the Christian Universalist author, speaker and influential member of the Universalist Church of America. He founded and was the editor of The Trumpet and Universalist magazine, which succeeded the Universalist magazine of Hosea Ballou in 1828. No inside information on the owner other than the name on the cover. Wi

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Romance of Firefighting by Robert S. Holzman (1956) Over 300 Photographs

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Romance of Firefighting by Robert S. Holzman, Published by Random House Value Publishing. Tells the magnificent and colorful saga of America's great firemen and fires. Wi...moreth over 300 photographs. Good condition with good- tattered dust jacket with some wear.

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SCRIBNER'S MONTHLY 1870-1871 Bound with Hans Christian Andersen

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Good- condition with general wear, large hardcover over 680 pages. Also includes Children who Work, Life in the Cannibal Islands, the Chinese Question, the Hoosac Tunnel,...more the Northern Lights, Weather Telegrams, and many more.

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REGENERATION by Edmund H. Sears (1856)

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Regeneration. Printed for the American Unitarian Association by Edmund H. Sears, Published by Crosby, Nichols, Boston (1856) good condtion with some slight wear on the sp...moreine.

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CULINARY AMERICANA - 100 Years of Cookbooks (1860-1960)

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Hardcover, reference book, 418 pages. With fair/good dust jacket, internal pages in very good....more

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The World of Invisible Life by Mary Bowen Stephenson (1931) Illustrated Juvenile Science

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The World of Invisible Life by Mary Bowen Stephenson, Published by Follett Publishing Company, Chicago (1931) good condition, hardcover, with fair dust jacket in fair con...moredition in mylar protector. Sized about 6" x 8", 112 pages.

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Memoirs of Celebrated Characters by Alphonse De Lamartine (1856) Two Volumes

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Memoirs of Celebrated Characters by Alphonse De Lamartine, Published by Harper and Brothers, NY (1856) Good condition, two volumes complete. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" ta...morell. Some slight staining. 406p. foxing. Contents include biographies of Nelson, Heloise, Columbus, Bernard de Palissy, Roostam and Cicero.

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Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the Year 1871 - Engines - Florida - Montana - Lincoln

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Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the Year 1871, Published by Government Printing Office (1872) 8vo. 524pp. Good+ Hardcover. Has very old library sticker on f...moreront cover. Plate highlights: several fungus (grapevines, tomatoes, pears), Gang Plow (patented this year, 1871), Parvin's Traction Engine, Seed Drill, Moule's Earth-Commode, sows, cows and goats, engravings of three Agricultural 'land-grant colleges' (NE, NH, OH). Article highlights: Facts from Florida, Introduction of Jute plant, wools of US, 1871 agricultural patents, irrigation in different countries (and Colorado), Centennial of American Independence, Industrial education of women, statistics of fences in US, Resources of Montana Territory. [Contents and Illustrations scanned to illustrate period agriculture, then a composite of the 1837 'vision' (seeds, plants and patents) with Lincoln's 1862 Morrill Act, or, pre-Hatch Act of 1887 (and Extension Service, Smith-Lever Act of 1914), Cleveland's 1889 USDA, and split separating USPO (Patent Office), Department of the Interior, etc].

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CATALOGUE of Ancient MASONIC Documents (1890)

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In Possession of Grand Lodge of Nova Scotia - Halifax (1890) good pamphlet with tattered front cover. Sized 6" x 8", 74 pages, no back cover....more

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The Authentic Life of T. DeWitt Talmage, the Greatly Beloved Devine (1902)

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The Authentic Life of T. DeWitt Talmage, the Greatly Beloved Devine, RUSK, Rev. John; CONWELL, Rev. Russell, Published by L. G. Stahl (1902) The book covered Talmage's li...morefe and deeds, rise to fame, resurrection of a dying church, assistance to the poor, home life and personality. Good condition.

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The Confederate Navy by Philip Van Doren Stern (1962) Large Hardcover

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The Confederate Navy by Philip Van Doren Stern, Published by Bonanza Books (1962) 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Good condition with general wear. Interior pages very good. 2...more52 pp.

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Berlin Metropolis: Jews and the New Culture, 1890-1918 by University of California Press

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Berlin Metropolis: Jews and the New Culture, 1890-1918 by Published by University of California Press (2000) Berlin Metropolis: Jews and the New Culture, 1890-1918 vividl...morey documents the many ways that Jewish artists and entrepreneurs participated in this burst of artistic creativity and promoted the emergence of modernism on the international scene. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 265 pp. Good condition, little to no wear, softcover.

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The Lucky Bag for 1925: United States Naval Academy Annapolis, Maryland

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The Lucky Bag for 1925: United States Naval Academy Annapolis, Maryland. Landers, W.N./Triebe, E.J. Published by Du Bois Press, Rochester (1925) Folio - over 12" - 15" ta...morell. 560 pp. This massive book chronicles part of the origins of the U.S. Navy's history of World War II, because many midshipmen of this Regiment were to prove their worth in the Atlantic, Pacific, and wherever there was ocean water on the globe.

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A System of Physical Geography (1857) with 20 Maps

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A System of Physical Geography Containing a Description of the Natural Features of Land and Water and the Phenomena of the Atmosphere. Warren, D. M. Published by H. Cowp...moreerthwait and Co., Philadelphia (1857) Sized 10" x 12" in good condition with wear and rubbing. "containing a description of the natural features of the land and water the phenomena of the atmosphere, and the distribution of vegetable and animal life to which is added a treatise on the physical geography of the united states. The whole embellished by numerous engravings and illustrated by twenty copper-plate and electrotyped maps and charts." The maps are world maps detailing different features.

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Life and Deeds of GENERAL SHERMAN Memorial Edition (1891)

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Life and Deeds of General Sherman Memorial Edition by Henry Davenport Northrop, Published by International Publishing Co., Philadelphia & Chicago (1891), good condition, ...moreone page has tear and loss. Being a graphic narrative of his boyhood and early life; education at West Poinrt; Career in Florida, California and Louisiana; Daring Deeds at Shiloh, Corinth and Vicksburg; Sublime Achievements in the Georgia and Tennessee Campaigns, and Closing Scenes of the Great Struggle, Etc. Etc. comprising thrilling descriptions of battles, marches and victories; personal anecdotes; life as a citien, last sickness and death; the nation's sorrow, and magnificent tributes to the Great Commander, Hero and Patriot. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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The Deerslayer of The First War-Path by James Fenimore Cooper (1925) Illustrated by N.C. WYETH

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The Deerslayer of The First War-Path by James Fenimore Cooper, Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, NY (1925) good condition headcover, illustrated fep has tear. Wyeth, ...moreN. C. (illustrator). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. James Fenimore Cooper's series, "Leather-Stocking Tales," consists of five books set in the early frontier period of U.S. history.

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A History of the SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY by Clement Eaton (1962)

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A History of the Southern Confederacy by Clement Eaton, Published by Macmillan (1962), good condition with dust jacket. Contents include The Conservative Revolt; The Deci...moresion for War; Creating a Southern Republic; Confederate Diplomacy; Soldiers in Gray; Generals and Strategy; The Logistics of the Gray Army; Invasion of the South; Naval Power in the Civil War; Crossing the Potomac; Society and Culture in a War Atmosphere; Economic Disintegration; The Loss of the Will to Fight; Sunset of the Confederacy.

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THE LOST PRINCESS OF OZ by L. Frank Baum (c.1949)

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Hardcover, good condition, reprinted 1950 edition of the 1919 classic....more

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SKETCH FROM REAL LIFE for the Many (1863) U.S. CIVIL WAR

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SKETCH FROM REAL LIFE for the Many, Boston John Wilson (1863) hardcover, good condition, sized 4" x 8", wear on the outer spine. Some light foxing. Inside story also deta...moreils the U.S. Civil War.

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With LAWRENCE IN ARABIA by Lowell Thomas (1924) First Edition

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With Lawrence In Arabia by Lowell Thomas, Published by The Century Company, New York (1924) 1st Edition. First edition, probably a very early printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9...more¾" tall. Illustrated with historic photographs (illustrator). Good condition.

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Thrilling Incidents in the Wars of the United States (1851) American Revolution - War of 1812

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Thrilling Incidents in the Wars of the United States by Jacob K Neff, Published by Robert Sears (1851) good+ condition, rebound with original covers, very nicely. Hardcov...moreer, 600 pages, interior pages with some browning and wear. Hundreds of illustrations, Revolutionary War, War of 1812, and more.

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RARE Four Color Illustrated Prints (c.1855) Published by John Redington

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Four plates published by John Redington sometimes in the 1860's. Sized 6" x 8" in good- condition with some wear. (John Redington (1819–1876), who described himself as a ...more'Printer, Bookbinder and Stationer; Tobacconist; and Dealer in miscellaneous articles', opened a theatrical print warehouse at 73 Hoxton Street in 1851. Redington was as an agent for the toy theatre publisher John Kilby Green, and when Green died in 1860 Redington bought up his engraved copper plates.)

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COLLECTION of Thirteen Antique Lithographs - Ancient Costumes - Russia, Turkey, Mongolia, Babylonia

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All in good condition, a few are more tattered than others. Sized 9" x 12", unreal illustrations, color, guess at a date is (c.1880-1890)....more

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Antique Newspaper from Nantucket MA (1834)

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Antique Newspaper from Nantucket MA (1834) good condition with slight rubbing wear. With shipping news and other interesting articles....more

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Abraham Lincoln and Men of War-Times; Some Personal Recollections of War and Politics (1892)

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Abraham Lincoln and Men of War-Times; Some Personal Recollections of War and Politics during the Lincoln Administration. A.K. McClure, Published by The Times Publishing C...moreompany, Philadelphia (1892) Good- condition with chipped loss on front cover (see pic).

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