Search Results: Massachusetts History from Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library

1994 hardcover as pictured. Nathaniel Philbrick's comprehensive history of Nantucket from the time of European settlement through the 19th century. Binding is firm. Black cloth boards with gold stamping are clean with minimal shelf wear. Pictorial endpapers. Endpapers and text appear unmarked. Two small stains on fore edge of text block. Dust jacket is soiled and crinkled at top edge. with a small tear at rear hinge. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s OE4

1996 hardcover as pictured. An interesting monograph on archaeological work done in Lowell, Massachusetts. Binding is firm. Blue cloth boards with gold stamping are faded at spine and top edge. Text is clean and unmarked. Includes many illustrations and photographs. No dust jacket. Your purchase helps support our small village library. sAR

1896 hardcover as pictured, not a reprint. This is a short history of the Pilgrims in the early days of Massachusetts Colony. A nicely made volume in good shape given its age. Binding is intact, front hinge lightly cracked at title page. Gold cloth boards with white and gold stamping are lightly soiled with minimal edge wear. Owner's name and date on FFEP. Gilt top edge of text block. Text appears clean and unmarked. No dust jacket. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s OG1

Circa 1920 pamphlet as pictured. This is an original printing, not a reproduction. Ex-library with the only marking a sticker on the front cover. The Mohawk Trail began as a Native American trade route which connected Atlantic tribes with tribes in Upstate New York and beyond. It followed the Millers River, Deerfield River and crossed the Hoosac Range, in the area that is now northwestern Massachusetts. Today the Mohawk Trail is a part of Routes 2 and 2A. Binding is intact. Brown covers with black and red printing are rubbed with small (1/4 inch) tears at head and tail of spine. Pages are lightly mottled but otherwise clean and unmarked. Your purchase helps support our small village library. sON4

1988 hardcover as pictured. This is volume 2 only of a 3 volume series detailing the history of the once prosperous factory town of Fall River, Massachusetts. The book is a collection of newspaper stories and photographs from 1886 to 1900. It includes a number of articles about and photographs of Lizzie Borden. Inscribed and signed by author. Binding is firm. Cranberry cloth boards with gold stamping are clean with minimal shelf wear. Endpapers and text appear clean and unmarked. Edge of text block is mottled. Dust jacket is rubbed and worn at edges. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s AR

1967 hardcover as pictured. A collection of poetry by the most prominent of early English poets of North America and first writer in England's North American colonies to be published. Bradstreet was the first Puritan figure in American Literature. Ex-library with usual markings. Binding is firm. Gray cloth boards with gold stamping are lightly rubbed with some edge wear. Foreward by Adrienne Rich and Introduction by Jeaninne Hensley. One page of the introduction has pencil markings, the text appears otherwise unmarked. Includes notes, an appendix and index. No dust jacket. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s AR