Historic New England

Divinity and dust :a history of Townsend, Massachusetts /by Richard N. Smith.

409 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.

Date: c1978.

Creators: Smith, Richard N.

GUSN: 251714

Call Number: Stacks F74.T75 S6 1978

The illustrated encyclopedia of woodworking handtools, instruments, & devices :containing a full description of the tools used by carpenters, joiners, and cabinet makers, with many examples of tools used by other woodworkers such as, woodsmen, sawyers, coach makers, wheelwrights, shipwrights, wainwrights, coopers, turners, pattern makers, and whittlers /written and illustrated by Graham Blackburn.

238 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Date: [1974]

Creators: Blackburn, Graham, 1940-

GUSN: 251715

Call Number: Coll. TT186.B52

The history of Nantucket,county, island, and town,including genealogies of first settlers, by Alexander Starbuck.

871 p. incl. front., illus., tables. 4 fold. maps. 24 cm.

Date: 1924.

Creators: Starbuck, Alexander, 1841-1925.

GUSN: 251716

Call Number: Stacks F72.N2 S7 1924

Landscape gardening :notes and suggestions on lawns and lawn planting, laying out and arrangement of country places, large and small parks, cemetery plots, and railway-station lawns, deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs, the hardy border-bedding plants, rockwork, etc. /by Samuel Parsons, jr.

xxii, 329 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Date: 1891.

Creators: Parsons, Samuel, 1844-1923.

GUSN: 251717

Call Number: 85M Stacks SB472.P3 1891

The gardens of England in the northern counties,ed. by Charles Holme.

x, xxxvii p. CXXXVI pl. (8 col.) on 72 l. 30 cm.

Date: 1911.

Creators: Holme, Charles, 1848-1923, ed.

GUSN: 251718

Call Number: Stacks SB466.G7 H7 1911 (and 1 more)

The gardens of England in the southern & western counties,ed. by Charles Holme.

ix, xxxvii p. 136 pl. (incl. front., part col.) 29 cm.

Date: 1907.

Creators: Holme, Charles, 1848-1923, ed.

GUSN: 251719

Call Number: Stacks SB466.G7 H73 1907

Wool and cotton in all forms from yarn to fabric.

177 p. illus. (some fold.), facsim. 30 cm.

Date: [c1921]

Creators: William Whitman & Company.

GUSN: 251720

Call Number: Stacks TS1425.W55 1921

The homes and habits of Blandford /by Sumner Gilbert Wood.

xi, 215 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.

Date: 1985.

Creators: Wood, Sumner Gilbert, 1855-1942.

GUSN: 251858

Call Number: Stacks F74.B45 W77 1985

The gavel and the book :the Simsbury town meeting, 1670-1986 /by Evan W. Woollacott.

xiv, 567 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Date: c1987.

Creators: Woollacott, Evan W. 1929- Simsbury Historical Society (Simsbury, Conn.)

GUSN: 251859

Call Number: Stacks F104.S6 W66 1987

The Showroom handbook for wallpaper installations /by Robert M. Kelly, cp.

75 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Date: c1926.

Creators: Kelly, Robert M.

GUSN: 251860

Call Number: Coll. TH8441.K45 1996

Experience Mayhew's Indian converts :a cultural edition /edited and with an introduction by Laura Arnold Leibman.

xvi, 424 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Date: c2008.

Creators: Mayhew, Experience, 1673-1758. Leibman, Laura Arnold. Mayhew, Experience, 1673-1758. Indian converts.

GUSN: 251861

Call Number: Stacks E78.M4 M64 2008

The works :the industrial architecture of the United States /by Betsy Hunter Bradley.

347 p. : ill.

Date: 1998.

Creators: Bradley, Betsy H.

GUSN: 251862

Call Number: 85M Stacks NA6402.B73 1998

Cradle of violence :how Boston's waterfront mobs ignited the American Revolution /Russell Bourne.

xiii, 272 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Date: c2006.

Creators: Bourne, Russell.

GUSN: 251863

Call Number: Stacks E215.B68 2006

Historic Quabbin hikes /by J.R. Green.

131 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Date: c1994

Creators: Greene, J. R. (John R.)

GUSN: 251864

Call Number: Stacks F72.S94 G744 1994

Alfred Stieglitz and the equivalent :reinventing the nature of photography : exhibition and catalogue /prepared by Daniell Cornell.

37 p. : ill. ; 19 x 22 cm.

Date: c1999.

Creators: Cornell, Daniell. Stieglitz, Alfred, 1864-1946. Yale University. Art Gallery.

GUSN: 251865

Call Number: Stacks TR647.S84 1999

Benjamin Vaughan, 1751-1835 /by Mary Vaughan Marvin.

ii, 150 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.

Date: c1979

Creators: Marvin, Mary Vaughan.

GUSN: 251866

Call Number: Stacks DA506.V38 M37 1979

Chester revisited :a history in honor of the town's 275th anniversary /Richard Holmes.

685 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Date: 1998.

Creators: Holmes, Richard, 1945-

GUSN: 251867

Call Number: Stacks F44.C523 H6 1998

A guide to the makers of American wooden planes /Emil and Martyl Pollak.

477 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Date: c2001.

Creators: Pollak, Emil. Pollak, Martyl. Elliott, Thomas (Thomas L.) Pollak, Emil. Guide to American wooden planes and their makers.

GUSN: 251868

Call Number: Stacks TJ1201.P55 P64 2001

The Beinecke Library of Yale University /edited by Stephen Parks ; architectural photography by Richard Cheek ; dedication photographgy by Ezra Stoller ; collection photography by Stan Godlewski ; with contributions by Robert G. Babcock ... [et al.].

237 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 32 cm.

Date: c2003.

Creators: Parks, Stephen. Babcock, Robert Gary, 1958- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

GUSN: 251869

Call Number: Stacks Z733.B4 B45 2003

Yale's Confederates :a biographical dictionary /Nathaniel Cheairs Hughes, Jr.

xxiv, 232 p. : ill., ports. ; 29 cm.

Date: c2008.

Creators: Hughes, Nathaniel Cheairs.

GUSN: 251870

Call Number: Stacks E467.H887 2008

Beyond the farm :national ambitions in rural New England /J.M. Opal.

xiv, 261 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Date: c2008.

Creators: Opal, J. M.

GUSN: 251871

Call Number: Stacks F8.O63 2008

Get your house right :architectural elements to use & avoid /Marianne Cusato & Ben Pentreath ; with Richard Sammons & Leon Crier ; foreword by H.R.H. The Prince of Wales ; in association with the Institute of Classical Architecture and Classical America.

xiv, 257 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm., "In this comprehensive and authoratative guide, Marianne Cusato explains why so many of today's traditional-style buildings miss the mark; describes the essential elements of a house, how they work together, and how to use them appropriately; and shows how to...

Date: c2007.

Creators: Cusato, Marianne. Pentreath, Ben. Sammons, Richard Franklin. Crier, Leon. Institute of Classical Architecture.

GUSN: 251872

Call Number: Stacks NA7110.C87 2007

The steeples of old New England :how the Yankees reached for heaven /by Kirk Shivell.

359 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.

Date: c1998.

Creators: Shivell, Kirk.

GUSN: 251873

Call Number: Stacks NA2930.S54 1998

Social gardens :outdoor spaces for living and entertaining /Charlotte M. Frieze ; photographs by Peter C. Jones.

223 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.

Date: c1988.

Creators: Frieze, Charlotte M. Jones, Peter C.

GUSN: 251874

Call Number: Stacks SB473.F835 1988

Gertrude Jekyll :a vision of garden and wood /Judith B. Tankard, Michael R. Van Valkenburgh ; foreword by Jane Brown.

x, 148 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Date: c1989.

Creators: Tankard, Judith B. Jekyll, Gertrude, 1843-1932. Van Valkenburgh, Michael.

GUSN: 251875

Call Number: Stacks SB466.G8 M868 1989

In your own style :the art of creating wonderful rooms /by Linda Chase and Laura Cerwinske ; photographs by David Phelps.

191 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.

Date: 1994.

Creators: Chase, Linda. Cerwinske, Laura. Phelps, David.

GUSN: 251876

Call Number: Stacks NK2004.C48 1994

An introduction to the study of Gothic architecture.

xxiii, 331 p. : ill. ; 17 cm.

Date: 1891.

Creators: Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884.

GUSN: 251913

Call Number: Stacks N440.P3 1891

The manor houses of England,by P.H. Ditchfield. Illustrated by Sydney R. Jones.

v, 210 p. illus. (part col.) 26 cm.

Date: 1910.

Creators: Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson), 1854-1930. Jones, Sydney R. (Sydney Robert), 1881- ill.

GUSN: 251914

Call Number: Stacks NA7620.D5 1910

A Sense of line :American modernist works on paper /[editor, Sheila Schwartz].

80 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.

Date: c1989.

Creators: Schwartz, Sheila. Hirschl & Adler Galleries.

GUSN: 251915

Call Number: Stacks N6512.5.M63 S46 1989

Sea-captains' houses and rose-covered cottages :the architectural heritage of Nantucket Island /Margaret Moore Booker, Rose Gonnella, and Patricia Egan Butler ; principle photography by Jordi Cabrâe.

ix, 213 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm.

Date: 2003.

Creators: Booker, Margaret Moore. Gonnella, Rose. Butler, Patricia Egan.

GUSN: 251916

Call Number: Stacks NA7235.M42 N363 2003

"The beauty of life" :William Morris & the art of design /edited by Diane Waggoner.

176 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 28 cm.

Date: 2003.

Creators: Waggoner, Diane. Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.

GUSN: 251917

Call Number: Stacks NK942.M8 B43 2003

Interiors :an introduction /Karla J. Nielson, David A. Taylor.

xvii, 484 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

Date: c2002.

Creators: Nielson, Karla J. Taylor, David A.

GUSN: 251918

Call Number: Stacks NK2115.N45 2002

1966 dedication :The Boston Architectural Center : a record of the events of the dedication of the new building : 320 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts, May 8 through May 14, 1966.

[45] p. : ill., ports. ; 22 cm.

Date: 1966.

Creators: Boston Architectural Center.

GUSN: 251919

Call Number: Stacks NA2300.B67 B67 1966

Designer's guide to furniture styles /Treena Crochet.

xxvii, 292 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.

Date: c1999.

Creators: Crochet, Treena.

GUSN: 251920

Call Number: Coll. NK2235.C76 1999

A May and November correspondence,[by] Dorothy Hardy Richardson [and] Arthur Sherburne Hardy; the cover drawing by Elizabeth Shippen Green Elliott.

24p. front., col. plates, ports., facsims. 24cm.

Date: 1928.

Creators: Richardson, Dorothy Hardy, 1887?- Hardy, Arthur Sherburne, 1847-1930.

GUSN: 251921

Call Number: Stacks PS673.C5 R5 1928

The bathroom ; a new interior.

95 p. col. illus., ports., plans. 32 cm.

Date: 1931.

Creators: Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Company.

GUSN: 251922

Call Number: 85M Stacks NA2850.88.S73 1931

Interior design illustrated /Francis D.K. Ching.

318, [1] p. : ill. ; 22 x 28 cm.

Date: c1987.

Creators: Ching, Frank, 1943-

GUSN: 251923

Call Number: Stacks NA2850.C45 1987

Empire style, 1804-1815.

64 p. : col. ill. ; 31 cm.

Date: 1972.

Creators: Apráa, Nietta.

GUSN: 251924

Call Number: Coll. NK1372.A67 1972

Materials and components of interior architecture /J. Rosemary Riggs.

xv, 240 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.

Date: c1999.

Creators: Riggs, J. Rosemary.

GUSN: 251925

Call Number: Stacks TA403.R525 1999

Modern gothic :the revival of medieval art /Susan B. Matheson and Derek D. Churchill.

95 p. : ill. (some col.) : 28 cm.

Date: 2000.

Creators: Matheson, Susan B. Churchill, Derek D. Yale University. Art Gallery.

GUSN: 251926

Call Number: Stacks NA967.5.G68 M38 2000

Letter Seal

Circular metal stamp or head with face of cast grid pattern; attached to simple turned wooden handle; for sealing wax.

Date: 1785-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: steel (alloy), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 4301

Accession Number: 1977.539

Letter Seal

Oval metal stamp or head with cast and incised design on face of script initials (possibly "TJ") framed by concentric rings and banded edge; ivory handle with ring and vasi-form turnings; for sealing wax.

Date: 1795-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component), metal

GUSN: 4302

Accession Number: 1977.605

Spectacles

Brass framed spectacles with rectangular lenses, two hinged arms bowed slightly at ends; right arm marked "14" (stamped).

Date: 1785-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 4303

Accession Number: 1977.606.1

Spectacle Case

Black pressed paper case; elongated flattened cylindrical form; not original to this pair of spectacles.

Date: 1785-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 4304

Accession Number: 1977.606.2

Receipt

Piece of a bill of payment; laid paper with handwritten ink inscription in script: "Boston Sep. 20 1763 / Errors Excepted / Joseph Barrell." Glazed and framed in a gilt molded wooden frame with mitred corners.

Date: 1763

Maker: Barrell, Joseph, 1739-1804 (Author)

Material: ink, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 4305

Accession Number: 1977.607

Snuffbox

Round box consisting of lid fitting over conforming bottom; typical glossy, painted black surface with traces of polychrome decoration on top.

Date: 1785-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: papier mâché

GUSN: 4306

Accession Number: 1977.608AB

Brazier and Pan

A) Circular brass and copper body with pierced bottom decorated in heart, circular and oval motif; three brass projections on rim joined with copper rivets; turned wooden handle attached to brass socket which is attached to side with copper plate and rivets. B) Circular spun and hammered brass pan w...

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), copper (metal), hammering, iron (metal), oak (wood), piercing

GUSN: 4307

Accession Number: 1977.609AB

Teakettle

Squat round body with flat bottom, goose neck shaped spout; rigid C-shaped handle; dovetailed construction; copper exterior, tinned on inside; circular slightly domed top with turned copper finial.

Maker: unknown

Material: copper (metal), tinning

GUSN: 4308

Accession Number: 1977.610AB

Hanging Lantern

Square box-shaped body of painted black tin framing two amber and two red transparent glass panes; top edge and side edges decorated with applied zig-zag and scroll-shaped bands; one side hinged as door; pyramidal top surmounted by ring for hanging; four ball feet; tin and brass burner socket with s...

Date: 1895-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), glass (material), tinning

GUSN: 4309

Accession Number: 1977.611

Lamp

Oil lamp, electrified; Molded colorless glass body; octagonal vasi-form font decorated with Greek key design around top; octagonally faceted columnar support terminating in tapered octagonal base.

Date: 1895-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), glass (material), molding (forming)

GUSN: 4310

Accession Number: 1977.612

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