Historic New England

Henry Hobson Richardson, and his works /by Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer ; with a portrait and illustrations of the architect's designs ...

ix, 152 pages : frontispiece (portrait) illustrations, 36 plates (including plans) ; 39 cm

Date: 1888.

Creators: Van Rensselaer, Schuyler, Mrs., 1851-1934.

GUSN: 361748

Call Number: Rare NA737.R5 V3 1888

Handyman's book /Better Homes & Gardens.

400 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Date: 5th printing, Ã1957.

GUSN: 361765

Call Number: Stacks TX323.B4 1957

Dr. Chase's recipes;or, Information for everybody: an invaluable collection of about eight hundred practical recipes ...By A.W. Chase ... Stereotyped. Carefully revised, illustrated, and much enlarged, with remarks and full explanations.

xxix, 384 pages including frontispiece, illustrations, portrait 18 cm

Date: 1867.

Creators: Chase, A. W. (Alvin Wood), 1817-1885.

GUSN: 361766

Call Number: Rare TX153.C48 1867

Furniture-makers and consumers in England, 1754-1851 :design as interaction /by Akiko Shimbo, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan.

xvii, 261 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Creators: Shimbo, Akiko, author.

GUSN: 361767

Call Number: Coll HD9773.G72 S45 2015

The HABS and the HABs nots :documenting the architecture of Newburyport in the Historic American Buildings Survey /by Reginald W. Bacon ; Newburyport Preservation Trust.

160 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 29 cm

Creators: Bacon, Reginald W. Newburyport Preservation Trust.

GUSN: 361768

Call Number: Stacks NA735.N53 B33 2017

American country furniture :projects from the Workshops of David T. Smith /by Nick Engler and Mary Jane Favorite.

ix, 422 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm, "Provides step-by-step instructions for making a wide variety of woodworking projects, including a pie safe, candle stand, lap desk, pencil-post bed, and cradle."--Abebooks.com viewed Nov. 15, 2022., Signed by the author, 1991

Date: Ã1990.

Creators: Engler, Nick. Favorite, Mary Jane, 1942- Workshops of David T. Smith (Firm)

GUSN: 361769

Call Number: Coll TT194.E54 1990

Collecting antiques in America / Thomas Hamilton Ormsbee.

321 pages illustrations 25 cm

Date: [Ã1962]

Creators: Ormsbee, Thomas H.

GUSN: 361770

Call Number: Coll NK1125.O7 1962

The practical book of American silver /by Edward Wenham ; with line illustrations by Edgar Holloway and reproductions from photographs.

xvii, 275 pages : illustrations, plates ; 24 cm, Different periods of American silver and its prevailing style.

Creators: Wenham, Edward, 1884-1956.

GUSN: 361771

Call Number: Coll NK7103.W46 1949

The story of American furniture,by Thomas Hamilton Ormsbee ... with thirty-one line drawings by Robert Curry and one hundred and seventeen illustrations.

xxi, 276 pages frontispiece, illustrations 24 cm

Date: 1937 [Ã1934]

Creators: Ormsbee, Thomas H. (Thomas Hamilton), 1890-1969.

GUSN: 361772

Call Number: Coll NK2406.O73 1937

Antiques:a popular guide to antiques for everyone;introduction by Peter Philp.

144 pages illustrations (some color). 29 cm

Date: 1973.

GUSN: 361781

Call Number: Coll NK1125.A64 1973

Winterthur illustrated /John A.H. Sweeney ; photographs by Gilbert Ask ; introduction by Henry Francis DuPont.

179 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, map ; 28 cm.

Date: 1963

Creators: Sweeney, John A. H. Du Pont, Henry Francis, 1880-1969. Sweeney, John A. H. Treasure house of early American rooms. Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.

GUSN: 361782

Call Number: Coll NK460.W5 S9 1963

The Country club, 1882-1932,by Frederic H. Curtiss and John Heard.

x, 213 pages including plans frontispiece, plates, portraits 27 cm

Date: 1932.

Creators: Curtiss, Frederic Haines, 1869-1967. Heard, John, Jr., 1889-

GUSN: 361791

Call Number: Stacks GV969.B7

Agricultural literature :proud heritage, future promise : a bicentennial symposium, September 24-26, 1975 /edited by Alan Fusonie, Leila Moran ; sponsored by the Agricultural History Society [and others].

371 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Date: Ã1977.

Creators: Fusonie, Alan M. Moran, Leila, 1924- Agricultural History Society.

GUSN: 361792

Call Number: Stacks S494.5.A39 A37

Farming in the new nation :interpreting American agriculture, 1790-1840 /edited by Darwin P. Kelsey.

ii, 239 pages ; 24 cm

Date: 1972.

Creators: Kelsey, Darwin P. Agricultural History Society.

GUSN: 361793

Call Number: Stacks S441.F26

The old farmer and his almanack :being some observations on life and manners in New England a hundred years ago, suggested by reading the earlier numbers of Mr. Robert. B. Thomas's Farmer's almanack, together with extracts curious, instructive, and entertaining, as well as a variety of miscellaneous matter /by George Lyman Kittredge.

xiv, 403 pages : frontispiece (portrait) illustrations, plates, map, facsimiles ; 23 cm, Being some observations on life and manners in Vew England a hundred years ago, suggested by reading the earlier numbers of Mr. Robert. B. Thomas's Farmer's almanack, together with extracts curious, instructive,...

Date: 1920. [c 1904]

Creators: Kittredge, George Lyman, 1860-1941.

GUSN: 361794

Call Number: Stacks F5.K62 1920

Nantucket,a camera impression,by Samuel Chamberlain.

73 pages frontispiece, illustrations 19 x 16 cm

Date: 1939.

Creators: Chamberlain, Samuel, 1895-1975.

GUSN: 361795

Call Number: Stacks F72.N2 C45 1939

Directory of historical organizations in the United States and Canada /American Association for State and Local History.

1358 pages ; 28 cm

Date: Ã2002.

Creators: American Association for State and Local History.

GUSN: 362295

Call Number: Ref E172.D5 2002

Records of Boston architecture in the architectural records of the Smithsonian Institution.

224 pages ; 27 cm

Date: 1969.

Creators: Mathieson, Moira B. Smithsonian Institution.

GUSN: 362297

Call Number: Ref NA735.B7 M43

Luigi Lucioni :modern light /edited by Katie Wood Kirchhoff ; essays by David Brody, Thomas Denenberg, Katie Wood Kirchhoff, Alexander Nemerov, Nancie Ravenel, and Richard Saunders ; in association with Shelburne Museum, Vermont.

159 pages : color illustrations, portraits ; 28 x 25 cm

Creators: Lucioni, Luigi, 1900-1988, artist. Wood Kirchhoff, Katie, editor, writer of supplementary textual content. Brody, David Eric. writer of supplementary textual content. Denenberg, Thomas Andrew, 1967- writer of supplementary textual content. Nemerov, Alexander, writer of supplementary textual content. Ravenel, Nancie, writer of supplementary textual content. Saunders, Richard H., 1949- writer of supplementary textual content. Shelburne Museum,

GUSN: 362472

Call Number: Stacks ND237.L83 A4 2022

Indigenous continent :the epic contest for North America /Pekka Hämäläinen.

xiv, 571 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm, There is an old, deeply rooted story about America that goes like this: Columbus "discovers" a strange continent and brings back tales of untold riches. The European empires rush over, eager to stake out as much of this astonishing "New World" as possibl...

Creators: Hämäläinen, Pekka, 1967- author.

GUSN: 362473

Call Number: Stacks E77.H197 2022

Here & everywhere else :small-town Maine and the world /Andrew Witmer.

xiii, 248 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm, "In 1822, settlers pushed north from Massachusetts and other parts of New England into Monson, Maine. On land taken from the Penobscot people, they established prosperous farms and businesses. Focusing on the microhistory of this village, Andrew Witmer ...

Creators: Witmer, Andrew, author.

GUSN: 362474

Call Number: Stacks F29.M8 W58 2022

The Maine lobster boat :history of an iconic fishing vessel /Daniel Sheldon Lee.

xxiii, 459 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm, "Filled with colorful characters, old maritime tales, and fascinating details, this a definitive look at the origins and lore of Maine's most ubiquitous vessel"-- Provided by publisher.

Creators: Lee, Daniel Sheldon, 1966- author.

GUSN: 362475

Call Number: Stacks VM431 L44 2022

William Rimmer :champion of imagination in American art /Dorinda Evans.

x, 236 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

Creators: Evans, Dorinda, author. Rimmer, William, 1816-1879.

GUSN: 362476

Call Number: Stacks N6537.R546 E83 2022

The art & times of Daniel Jocz /foreword by Susan Grant Lewin ; with essays by Wendy Steiner, Jeannine Falino, Patricia Harris, and David Lyon ; edited by Sarah Davis.

207 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, portraits ; 28 cm

Creators: Jocz, Daniel. Lewin, Susan Grant, writer of added commentary. Steiner, Wendy, writer of added commentary. Falino, Jeannine J., writer of added commentary. Harris, Patricia, writer of added commentary. Lyon, David, writer of added commentary. Davis, Sarah, editor.

GUSN: 362477

Call Number: Coll NK7398.J63 A4 2022

Champlain Valley Fair /Stephen Mease.

127 pages : chiefly illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 24 cm.

Creators: Mease, Stephen Michael, 1955-

GUSN: 362478

Call Number: Stacks F59.E7 M43 2022

Design with nature on Cape Cod and the islands /Jack Ahern.

180 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 22 x 27 cm, "Cape Cod and the islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket are special places known for their distinctive flora, including pine-oak forests, sandplain grasslands, and sand dunes peppered with bearberry shrubs. Unfortunately, this unique sense of ...

Creators: Ahern, Jack (John F.), author.

GUSN: 362479

Call Number: Stacks SB472.45 .A43 2022

Ghost towns of New England :twenty-six locations lost to time /Taryn Plumb.

viii, 241 pages ; 23 cm, "People are inexplicably drawn to abandoned places. Believe it or not, New England is home to numerous ghost towns long abandoned, but filled with mystery, unexpected beauty, and a sense that these locations are simply biding their time, waiting for people to return. Taryn ...

Creators: Plumb, Taryn, 1981- author.

GUSN: 362480

Call Number: Stacks F2.3 .P585 2022

Shaker fancy goods :shaker survival through sisterhood and craft /Catherine S. Goldring.

xxv, 165 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

Creators: Goldring, Catherine S., author.

GUSN: 362481

Call Number: Stacks NK805.G65 2022

Lost on the Freedom Trail :the National Park Service and urban renewal in postwar Boston /Seth C. Bruggeman.

xvii, 301 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm., "Boston National Historical Park is one of America's most popular heritage destinations, drawing in millions of visitors annually. Tourists flock there to see the site of the Boston Massacre, to relive Paul Revere's midnight ride, and to board Old Iron...

Creators: Bruggeman, Seth C., 1975- author.

GUSN: 362622

Call Number: Stacks F73.65 .B78 2022

The women of NOW :how feminists built an organization that transformed America /Katherine Turk.

434 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm, "The story of the National Organization for Women-its structures, trials, and revolutionary mission--told through the work of three extraordinary, little-known members"-- Provided by publisher., "In the summer of 1966, crammed into a ...

Creators: Turk, Katherine, author.

GUSN: 362623

Call Number: Stacks HQ1421.T87 2023

Life and letters of Henry Lee Higginson,by Bliss Perry ...

viii p., 2 l., 557 p. front., ports. 24 cm.

Date: [c1921]

Creators: Higginson, Henry Lee, 1834-1919. Barry, Bliss, 1860- ed. Ralph Ellison Collection (Library of Congress)

GUSN: 362624

Call Number: Stacks CT275.H5965 A3

The survivors of the Chancellor :diary of J.R. Kazallon, passenger /by Jules Verne ; translated from the French by Ellen Frewer.

vii, 358 pages, [55] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm

Date: 1876.

Creators: Verne, Jules, 1828-1905. Verne, Jules, 1828-1905. Martin Paz. Jules Verne Collection (Library of Congress)

GUSN: 362625

Call Number: Rare PQ2469.C3 E54

The life and raigne of King Edward the Sixt /written by Sr. Iohn Hayward, kt., Dr. of Lawe.

[6], 179, [1] pages : portraits (engravings) ; 18 cm (4to)

Date: 1630.

Creators: Hayward, John, Sir, 1564?-1627. Vaughan, Robert, active 17th century, engraver. Passe, Willem van de, 1598-approximately 1637, engraver. Partridge, John, -1649, bookseller. Levis, Howard Coppuck, former owner Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) Pre-1801 Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)

GUSN: 362626

Call Number: Rare DA345.H38 1630

Following the Equator :a journey around the world /by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens).

712 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm, Chronicles Mark Twain's 1895 round-the-world lecture tour where he wrote stories about the people and places he encountered along the way.

Creators: Twain, Mark, 1835-1910, author. Beard, Daniel Carter, 1850-1941, illustrator. Frost, A. B. (Arthur Burdett), 1851-1928, illustrator. Clinedinst, B. West (Benjamin West), 1860-1931, illustrator. Dielman, Frederick, 1847-1935, illustrator. Newell, Peter, 1862-1924, illustrator. Senior, F. M., illustrator. Fogarty, Thomas, 1873-1938, illustrator. Warren, C. H. (Calvin H.), 1853-1914, illustrator. Reinhart, Albert Grantley, 1854-1926, illustrator. Smith, F. Berkeley (Frank Berkeley), 1869-1931, illustrator. Gilbert, C. Allan, illustrator. Chase, Walter G., photographer.

GUSN: 362627

Call Number: Rare PS1310.A1 1897

Macmillan encyclopedia of architects /Adolf K. Placzek, editor in chief.

4 volumes : illustrations ; 29 cm

Date: Ã1982.

Creators: Placzek, Adolf K.

GUSN: 362628

Call Number: Ref NA40.M25 1982

Garden clubs & spades,by Laurence McKinney; pictures by Helen E. Hokinson.

64 pages illustrations 20 cm

Date: 1941.

Creators: McKinney, Laurence, 1891- Hekinson, Helen Eina, illustrator.

GUSN: 362629

Call Number: Stacks PS3525.A2594 G3 1941

Gordon's print price annual, 1998 /supervising editor, Jodie L. Benson.

1996 pages ; 29 cm

Date: 1998.

Creators: Gordon's Art Reference, Inc.

GUSN: 362694

Call Number: Ref NE85.G67 1998

Poole's index to periodical literature;the second supplement from Jan. 1, 1887, to Jan. 1, 1892,by William I. Fletcher ... with the cooperation of the American library association ...

xiii, 476 pages 27 cm

Date: 1963 [Ã1893]

Creators: Fletcher, William Isaac, 1844-1917. American Library Association.

GUSN: 362695

Call Number: Ref AI3.P7 Suppl. 2 v.III

Poole's index to periodical literature;third supplement from Jan.1, 1892 to Dec.31, 1896by William Fletcher and Franklin O. Poole with the cooperation of the American Library Association.

xix, 637 pages : frontispiece (portrait) ; 27 cm

Creators: Fletcher, William Isaac, 1844-1917. Poole, Franklin Osborne.

GUSN: 362696

Call Number: Ref AI3.P7 3d Suppl. v.4 1963

Poole's index to periodical literature :fourth supplement from January 1, 1897, to January 1, 1902 /by William I. Fletcher ... and Mary Poole ... with the coöperation of the American Library Association.

xiv pages, 646 pages ; 27 cm

Date: 1963.

Creators: Fletcher, William Isaac, 1844-1917. Poole, Mary.

GUSN: 362697

Call Number: Ref AI3.P7 4th Suppl. v.5 1963

Poole's index to periodical literature :fifth supplement, from January 1, 1902, to January 1, 1907 /,by William I. Fletcher ... and Mary Poole ... with the coöperation of many librarians.

xv, 714 pages ; 27 cm

Date: 1963.

Creators: Fletcher, William Isaac, 1844-1917. Poole, Mary.

GUSN: 362702

Call Number: Ref AI3.P7 5th Suppl. v.6 1963

Poole's index to periodical literature :the first supplement, from January 1, 1882 to January 1, 1887 /by William Frederick Poole and William I. Fletcher, with the coöperation of the American Library Association.

xiii, 483 pages ; 27 cm

Date: 1963.

Creators: Poole, William Frederick, 1821-1894. Fletcher, William Isaac, 1844-1917.

GUSN: 362703

Call Number: Ref AI3.P7 suppl.1 v.2 1938

American interior design :the traditions and development of domestic design from colonial times to the present /by Meyric R. Rogers.

309 pages ; 29 cm

Date: Ã1947.

Creators: Rogers, Meyric R. (Meyric Reynold), 1893-1972.

GUSN: 362704

Call Number: Coll NK2002.R64 1947

State register of historic places /Massachusetts Historical Commission.

volumes ; 22 x 28 cm

Creators: Massachusetts Historical Commission.

GUSN: 362705

Call Number: Ref F65.S73 2021

American architecture :a history /Leland M. Roth, University of Oregon, Amanda C. Roth Clark, Whitworth University.

xlii, 673 pages, 32 pages of plates : illustrations (some color), plans ; 26 cm, "More than fifteen years after the success of the first edition, this sweeping introduction to the history of architecture in the United States is now a fully revised guide to the major developments that shaped the envi...

Creators: Roth, Leland M., author. Clark, Amanda C. R., 1977- author.

GUSN: 362711

Call Number: Stacks NA705.R669 2016

A world of art /Henry M. Sayre, Oregon State University-Cascades Campus.

xx, 694 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm

Creators: Sayre, Henry M., 1948-

GUSN: 362712

Call Number: Stacks N7425.S29 2016

The inspired life of Sarah Ellen Waldo /Amrita M. Salm and Judy Howe Hayes.

xviii, 405 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, portraits ; 22 cm., "[Sarah Ellen] Waldo was the transcriber of the Inspired Talks of Swami Vivekananda, as well as the editor of most of his talks ... She was also one of a select group of women disciples and ...

Creators: Salm, Amrita M., author. Hayes, Judy Howe, author.

GUSN: 362713

Call Number: Stacks BL1175.W35 S25 2019

French sculpture :an American passion /Laure de Margerie ; with a contribution by Antoinette Le Normand-Romain ; [translation from French to English, Elisabeth Lyman, Miriam Rosen, Cole Swensen, and Susan Wise].

495 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits (some color) : 31 cm, The extraordinary abundance of French sculptures in the United States is indicative of a specific taste for this area of French art, but also of the close proximity of Franco-American historical and artistic relations. The Un...

Creators: Margerie, Laure de, author. Le Normand-Romain, Antoinette, contributor. Lyman, Elisabeth, translator. Rosen, Miriam, translator. Swensen, Cole, 1955- translator. Wise, Susan, translator.

GUSN: 362721

Call Number: Coll NB541.M3713 2023

Wallace Nutting :father of the colonial revival movement /Linda B. Palmer.

147 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm, Indispensable reading for historians, novice antique collectors, antique connoisseurs, dealers, museums and historical societies. In this book you will learn the many facets of Wallace Nutting: Congregational Minister, Photographer of hand-colored platinum prints, ...

Creators: Palmer, Linda B., 1946-, author.

GUSN: 362722

Call Number: Stacks CT275.N787 P35 2020

Bigger than tiny, smaller than average /Sheri Koones.

224 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 29 cm, Smaller, more environmentally-friendly houses seem to be the wave of the future. As people chose to move out of cities, finances and life style will limit the size of the houses these new home owners will choose. One or both people in the hom...

Creators: Koones, Sheri, 1949- author.

GUSN: 362723

Call Number: Stacks NA7533.K6635 2022

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