Local History from Digital Editions

This history is the digital edition of a two-volume set of books with a total of 1034 pages by John Newton Harman, Sr., originally published in 1922 and 1925. It consists of two text files (3.6 Mb) in doc format and 26 high-resolution image files (11.4 Mb) in gif and jpg format, digitized in 2008 and issued on CD-Rom. The… Read more about this item

Richmond, VA: W. C. Hill Printing Company, 1923 and 1925. Two volumes, octavo (9.25 x 6.25), 467 pages + 653 pages. Red cloth binding with gold lettering on spine. The first volume cover has a small puncture near the top edge of the spine; the second volume is ex-library. One index page of Volume I is torn out but included.… Read more about this item

This history is the digital edition of a 620-page book by Alonzo Lewis and James R. Newhall, originally published in 1865. It consists of two text files (2.1Mb) in doc format and 32 image files (2.2Mb) in jpg and gif formats, digitized in 2009 and issued on CD-Rom. The story of Lynn, one of the earliest settlements of Massachusetts, is… Read more about this item

This history is the digital edition of a book with xv + 412 pages (including 18 pages of index) by Henry S. Burrage, originally published in 1914. It consists of 2 text files (1.2Mb) in doc format and 26 image files (3.5Mb) in jpg and gif formats, digitized in 2009 and issued on CD-Rom. A literate, judicious, well-reasoned, and thoroughly… Read more about this item

Harrison, NY: Harbor Hill books, 1979. Octavo (9 x 6), 583 pages. Reprinted in 1979 from the original, published by the author in 1927. Illustrations have been slightly rearranged. The table of contents has been added. Red cloth binding with gold lettering and image on spine. Some stains and small tears on dust jacket. Spotless interior with not obvious toning.… Read more about this item

Santa Maria, CA: Janaway Publishing, 2003. Trade paperback, octavo (8.25 x 5.5), 296 pages. This is a facsimile of a volume originally published in 1911 (according to info on the obverse of the title page), with an added all-name index. We find no explanation in this volume of the discrepancy between the terminal year of the history (1916) and… Read more about this item

Hartford: Press of Case, Tiffany and Company, 1853. Octavo (9.25 x 6), 252 pages. Brown cloth binding with engraved design on cover. Spine is missing, and text block is split into 2 parts. Some water damage to back cover. Foxing on pages and endpapers. Contains maps, property, church, production, and population records as well as town meeting minutes and biographical… Read more about this item

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1914. Octavo (9.25 x 6.25), xii + 389 pages + foldout map of Nantucket + 8 interleaved illustration pages. Blue cloth binding with gold lettering on spine and cover. Very slight wear at edges and corners of spine and cover. Previous owner's bookplate and name in endpapers. Provides a history of Nantucket from 1602 -… Read more about this item

Farmington, CT: Mabel S. Hurlburt, 1943. Octavo (9.5 x 6.5), xxi + 404 pages + 26 interleaved illustrations. Blue cloth binding with adhesive title plate on cover. Ex-library. Spine has been repaired and marked by library. Repair shows wear at edges of spine. Signed by the author, who was also the last of the town clerks featured this volume. … Read more about this item

Portland, ME: Published by the Author, 1895. Octavo (9.5 x 7.5), xiv + 1250 pages + 74 interleaved plate views and portraits. Red cloth binding with affixed title label on spine, partially worn off. Front endpaper is torn along spine, and first few pages are loose. Includes Table of Contents with Family Histories section, List of Illustrations, and Index of… Read more about this item

USA: Thelma K. Jelliffe - Authorized Reprint of the First Edition, 1972. Duodecimo (7.75 x 5.5), 173 pages. Green cloth binding with gold lettering on spine. Paper title plate from front cover has unadhered, but is included inside this volume in excellent condition. Includes black and white photos. Inscription in ink in front endpaper.

New York: Basic Books, Inc., 1970. Hardcover. Fine/very good +. 8vo, 6.5 x 9.5, x + 354 pages, illustrated. Dust jacket is bumped on the front, upper left. Else the volume is as issued

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1970. Hardcover. As New. 8vo, 6.5 x 9, 128 pages, magnificently illustrated. No dust jacket.

New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. 8vo, 6 x 8, 189 pages, including 67 photographs, 22 line drawings, and one map. A volume in Praeger's Ancient Peoples and Places series. This volume is unused and would probably have been rated "as new" but for the following: dust jacket is priced… Read more about this item

Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good +. 8vo, 6 x 9.5, x + 326, illustrated. Unused. As issued, except for toning of dust jacket (which is also bit chipped at the top, because it was cut a bit too large for the binding).

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good +. 8vo, 6 x 9.5, xvi + 272 pages, illustrated Dust jacket is curling at top and bottom edges; one corner slightly bumped.

New York: Barnes & Noble:, , 1973. First American edition,. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 8vo, 5.5 x 9, 272 pages. Contains "Late Medieval Stamford: a Study of the Town Council, 1465-92" (Alan Rogers); "York Under the Tudors: the Trading Life of the Northern Capital" (D. M. Palliser); "The Building of Burford: a Cotswold Town… Read more about this item

Salt Lake City: The Deseret News Press, 1946. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo, 6 x 9, xvi + 432 pages, illustrated. Tightly bound in library quality black buckram with gold stamping. The stamping has faded, but the cover shows no other wear apart from some rubbing on the lower edge. Interior is bright, except for… Read more about this item

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1970. Trade Paperback. Very Good +. 8vo, 5 x 8, xvi + 208 pages. Tightly bound; front cover has one crease is is curling at outer edge; spine is moderately discolored. Edges of the book block are moderately soiled. Interior is bright and clean.

Caldwell, Idaho: Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1942. Hardcover. Very Good +. Subtitle, or continuation of the title page: "An intimate narrative of peaceful conquest by empire builders. The fruits of their labors along tortuous rivers and valleys now sparkle like pearls in the diadem that is Idaho, the Gem of the Mountains." 12mo, 5.5 x 7.5, 444… Read more about this item