Boston: O.H. Bailey, 1877. Large lithograph, framed to 23.5 x 29.5 inches visible area. Uniformly toned, some light creasing. Light dampstain along lower edge. Not examined out of frame. A scarce bird's eye view of Turner Falls, Massachusetts, published by the prolific viewmaker of northeastern towns, O.H. Bailey. "In concentrating..... More
Boston: Printed and Sold by Rogers & Fowle Next to the Prison in Queen-Street, 1743. 215pp., final page misnumbered 115. 12mo. Contemporary sheep, blind ruled. Hinges cracked, but holding; boards scuffed. Contemporary ownership inscription on front free endpaper and shelf label on spine. Light wear to edges of text block;..... More
Greenfield, [Ma.]: Franklin Job Printing Office, 1866. 11pp. Original printed wrappers, gilt lettered.Stitched, as issued. Very minor edge wear. An occasional faint fox mark. Uncommon by-laws of this relatively early Colorado mining venture organized by Massachusetts and Illinois investors. The text provides a list of company officers and rules for..... More
![Manuscript Volume Recording Land Purchases Made by the Railroads Throughout the 19th Century]....](/pictures/thumb/McBRB187_01.JPG?v=1545496886)
[Various locations in Massachusetts: ca. 1890]. 247pp. Small quarto. Late 19th-century tan cloth. Binding lightly worn and soiled. Stamps for the Engineering Department of the B. & M. R.R. on binding and endsheets. Minor soiling to contents. Written in a neat and legible hand. The Boston & Maine Railroad and..... More
[Athol, Ma. 1916]. Broadside, 16 x 5 inches. Previously folded. A couple of chips and small closed tears at edges. Even tanning. Rare broadside advertisement for a weekend engagement of D.W. Griffith's infamous silent epic The Birth of a Nation at Steinberg's Athol Opera House, located in Athol, Massachusetts. The..... More
![Small Archive of Thirteen Letters Written by Boston Soprano Mrs J.H. (Hattie) Long to a Friend]....](/pictures/thumb/McBRB1954_01.jpg?v=1622221654)
Boston: 1857-1859. Thirteen letters, [49]pp. Octavo sheets. Old fold lines, some light wear and minor soiling. In a highly legible hand. One letter cross-written. Small archive of letters written by Hattie Long to her friend, Willie, discussing music, her career, and mutual friends and family back home in New Hampshire..... More
Boston: 1868. Broadside, 13 x 9.75 inches. Printed on purple paper. Light fading and minor soiling at edges. Broadside advertising the rail line from North Bridgewater, East Stoughton, and East Randolph departing for Boston for passengers to take in the afternoon and evening theatre shows in the city. Times are..... More
Boston: J.H. Bufford, 1873. Lithograph sheet map, 27.5 x 36.25 inches. Extraneous ink along top edge. Small nick at lower edge. Very minor creasing at center. A large and unusual two-stone lithographed plan and view of western Oak Bluffs along the shore of Lagoon Pond across from Vineyard Haven, between..... More
![The Mentor. Vol. V [Nos. 1-12]. Prison Magazines, Massachusetts](/pictures/thumb/McBRB1949_01.jpg?v=1631720585)
[Boston]: Charlestown Prison, 1904-1905. 502pp. Lithographed. Folio. Contemporary tooled calf; spine perished. Corners heavily worn, minor soiling to boards. Light toning and wear to contents, but generally clean. A complete run of the twelve issues comprising Volume 5 of the magazine printed at the Massachusetts State Prison. Content includes fiction..... More