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Lot 265
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* 5 vols. * 5 vols.
New England - Decription, Travel & History:
Snow, Caleb, H. A History of Boston. Boston: Able Bowen, 1828. 2nd ed. 8vo, later 19th-century 1/2 polished black calf & marbled bds & edges, gilt, spine gilt; light wear. With 3 maps, 18 plates, wood-engraved text illus. Light foxing & minor offsetting. Attractive copy. Howes S-741. * Allen, William. The History of Norridgewock. Norridgewock, [ME]: E.J. Peet, 1849. 1st ed. 12mo, modern 3/4 morocco & marbled bds, gilt. With additional vignette title + 6 plates. Some dampstaining throughout. Howes A-164. * [Homer, Winslow; Danvers, MA.] Proceedings at Reception and Dinner in Honor of George Peabody. Boston, 1856. 8vo, orig richly gilt blue cloth; some moderate edge wear. With 2 portraits + 16 tinted litho views. Occasional minor staining. Incl examples of Homer's work as an apprentice. Sabin 18517. * Hough, Franklin B. Papers Relating to the Island of Nantucket. Albany, 1856. 1/150. 4to, contemp 1/2 green morocco & marbled bds, spine gilt, speckled edges; occasionally scuffed. Fold color map. Sound, internally clean copy. Howes H-682; Sabin 33147. * Nanson, Elias. Sir Henry Frankland, Baronet: or, Boston in the Colonial Times. Albany, 1865. 1/250 (of 300). 8vo, contemp 1/2 brown morocco & marbled bds, spine gilt; occasionally scuffed. Some spotting to title, internally clean. Sabin 51887. Bookplates on front paste-downs.