Local and New England histories

We have just acquired a number of 19th and 20th century local Massachusetts and New England histories. Featured above: GREENE, George Washington. A SHORT HISTORY OF RHODE ISLAND. Providence: J. A. & R. A. Reid, 1877. First edition. xxvi + [2] + 356 pp. + 1 pp. publisher's advertisements. 8vo., brown cloth stamped in gilt, black and blind. Moderate shelfwear, corners bumped. Spine slightly frayed at heel and crown. Faint pencil to front flyleaf (coated brown endpapers). Tissue guard removed from frontispiece; title page partially detached at bottom edge. Interior clean and tight. Author's note (correction) tipped in after p. 287. B/w map in excellent condition. Very good. Offered at $250.00.

Also new in the shop: 19th century Massachusetts town histories of Boston, Essex, Lynnfield, Woburn, Lowell, Beverly, Medford, Dedham, Manchester, and Plymouth; Eastport, Maine; Warren, New Hampshire; New York City; and state histories of New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York, to name a few. For more information, email us, or stop by to see the selection.