Historic New England

Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes : a biography / by Silas Bent.

xi, 386 p., [7] leaves of plates : ports. ; 24 cm.

Date: 1932.

Creators: Bent, Silas, 1882-1945.

GUSN: 150844

Call Number: Stacks E664.H773 B4

Oliver Wendell Holmes : the autocrat and his fellow-boarders / by Samuel McChord Crothers.

64 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.

Date: 1909.

Creators: Crothers, Samuel McChord, 1857-1927. Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894.

GUSN: 150845

Call Number: Stacks PS1981.C7

Reminiscences, 1819-1899 / by Julia Ward Howe ...

2 p. ¾., 465, [1] p. : front., plates, ports., 2 fold. facsim. 21 cm.

Date: 1899.

Creators: Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910.

GUSN: 150846

Call Number: Stacks PS2018.A4

The life of Thomas Hutchinson, royal governor of the province of Massachusetts Bay, by James K. Hosmer...

xxviii, 453 p. front, (port.) 1 pl., facsim. 23 cm.

Date: 1896.

Creators: Hosmer, James Kendall, 1834-1927. Massachusetts. Governor (1771-1774 : Hutchinson) Massachusetts. General court, 1773.

GUSN: 150847

Call Number: Stacks F67.H935

A memoir of Dr. James Jackson; with sketches of his father, Hon. Jonathan Jackson, and his brothers, Robert, Henry, Charles, and Patrick Tracy Jackson; and some account of their ancestry, by James Jackson Putnam, M.D.

456 p. illus. 22 cm.

Date: 1906.

Creators: Putnam, James Jackson, 1846-1918.

GUSN: 150848

Call Number: Stacks R154.J3 P6 1906

Sarah Orne Jewett, an American Persephone / Sarah Way Sherman.

xii, 333 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Date: c1989.

Creators: Sherman, Sarah Way.

GUSN: 150849

Call Number: 85M Stacks PS2133.S54 1989

Sarah Orne Jewett.

174 p. : port ; 23 cm.

Date: [c1960]

Creators: Frost, John E. (John Eldridge), 1917-

GUSN: 150850

Call Number: 85M Stacks PS2133.F767 1960 c.1 (and 1 more)

Master smart woman : a portrait of Sarah Orne Jewett : based on the film by Jane Morrison in collaboration with Peter Namuth / text by Cynthia Keyworth.

179 p. : ill. ; 19 x 27 cm.

Date: c1988.

Creators: Keyworth, C. L. (Cynthia L.) Morrison, Jane, 1947-1987.

GUSN: 150851

Call Number: 85M Stacks PS2133.K4 1988 c.1 (and 1 more)

Sarah Orne Jewett, by Francis Otto Matthiessen.

159 p. illus. 23 cm.

Date: c1929.

Creators: Matthiessen, F. O. (Francis Otto), 1902-1950.

GUSN: 150852

Call Number: 85M Stacks PS2133.M3 c.1 1929 (and 2 more)

Maxim Karolik, 1893-1963 / Brian O'Doherty.

[18] p. : plates ; 26 cm.

Date: [1963]

Creators: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

GUSN: 150853

Call Number: Stacks N5220.K3 B6

Rudyard Kipling in New England / by Howard C. Rice ...

39 p. : plates, facsim. ; 21 cm.

Date: 1936 [i.e. 1937]

Creators: Rice, Howard C. (Howard Crosby), 1904-

GUSN: 150854

Call Number: Stacks PR4856.R5 1936 c.1

Thorn cottage, or The poet's home. A memorial of Frederick Knight, esq., of Rowley, Mass.

108 p. 20 cm.

Date: 1855.

Creators: Knight, Frederick, 1791-1849. Knight, Henry C. (Henry Cogswell), 1789-1835.

GUSN: 150855

Call Number: Stacks PS2196.K65 Z8

Henry Knox, a soldier of the Revolution; major-general in the Continental Army, Washington's chief of artillery, first secretary of war under the Constitution, founder of the Society of the Cincinnati; 1750-1806, by Noah Brooks ...

3 p. ¾., v-xv, 286 p. front., plates, ports., facsim. 21 cm.

Date: 1900.

Creators: Brooks, Noah, 1830-1903.

GUSN: 150856

Call Number: Stacks E207.K74 B8

Life of Amos A. Lawrence, with extracts from his diary and correspondence, by his son, William Lawrence.

x, 289 p. : ill., port. ; 20 cm.

Date: 1888.

Creators: Lawrence, William, Bp., 1850-1941.

GUSN: 150857

Call Number: Stacks E415.9.L38 L4 c.1 (and 1 more)

Memoir of Colonel Henry Lee; with selections from his writings and speeches; prepared by John T. Morse, jr.

viii p., 2 ¾., [3]-441 p. 7 pl., 2 port. (incl. front.) 22 cm.

Date: 1905.

Creators: Morse, John Torrey, 1840-1937.

GUSN: 150858

Call Number: Stacks F69 L47

Life and letters of Peter and Susan Lesley / edited by their daughter, Mary Lesley Ames.

2 v. : ill., ports. ; 22 cm.

Date: 1909.

Creators: Ames, Mary Lesley, 1853-1929.

GUSN: 150859

Call Number: Stacks QE22.L6 A7 vol.1 (and 1 more)

Captain Lightfoot, the last of the New England highwaymen : a narrative of his life and adventures, with some account of the notorious Captain Thunderbolt.

162 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Date: 1926.

Creators: Martin, Michael, 1795-1821. Waldo, Frederick W.

GUSN: 150860

Call Number: Stacks HV6248.M4 A3 1926

The story of my life : or, The sunshine and shadow of seventy years, by Mary A. Livermore ... with hitherto unrecorded incidents and recollections of three years' experience as an army nurse in the great civil war, and reminiscences of twenty-five years' experiences on the lecture platform... to which is added six of her most popular lectures ... with portraits and one hundred and twenty engravings from designs by eminent artists...

xxxiv, 730 p. : ill., plates ; 24 cm.

Date: 1897.

Creators: Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice, 1820-1905.

GUSN: 150861

Call Number: Stacks CT275.L5 A3 1897

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; his life, his works, his friendships / by George Lowell Austin.

x, 419 p. : front., ill., plates, ports., fold. facsims. ; 21 cm.

Date: 1883 [c1882]

Creators: Austin, George Lowell, 1849-1893.

GUSN: 150862

Call Number: Stacks PS2281.A7

The story of Longfellow / by Frances Fairfield.

29, [3] p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.

Date: 1905.

Creators: Fairfield, Frances.

GUSN: 150863

Call Number: Stacks PS2281.F3

The Henry Wadsworth Longfellow memorial statue; exercises at the unveiling, May seven, nineteen hundred nine, Washington, D. C. The National association, the regents, the local committees, the subscribers.

31 p. : front. ; 27 cm.

Date: [c1909]

Creators: Longfellow national memorial association.

GUSN: 150864

Call Number: Stacks F203.4.L8 L8

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow : a sketch of his life, together with Longfellow's chief autobiographical poems / Charles Eliot Norton.

vii, 121 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Date: 1907.

Creators: Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908.

GUSN: 150865

Call Number: Stacks PS2281.N6 1907

Jasper Mauduit : agent in London for the province of the Massachusetts-bay, 1762-1765. The Charles Grenfill Washburn collection [of letters and papers.

xxxvii, 194 p. ; 25 cm.

Date: 1918.

Creators: Mauduit, Jasper. Bollan, William, d. 1776. Washburn, Charles Grenfill, 1857-1928.

GUSN: 150866

Call Number: Stacks F61.M41 vol. 74

The life and public services of Justin Smith Morrill.

viii, 378 p. illus., port. 23 cm.

Date: 1971 [c1924]

Creators: Parker, William Belmont, 1871-1934

GUSN: 150867

Call Number: Stacks E664.M8 P2 1971

Thomas Bird Mosher of Portland, Maine.

26 p. ; 19 cm.

Date: 1941.

Creators: Matthews, Annie Harmon. Stevens, Edward F. (Edward Francis), 1868-1956. Rogers, Bruce, 1870-1957, former owner. Southworth-Anthoensen Press. Pforzheimer Bruce Rogers Collection (Library of Congress)

GUSN: 150868

Call Number: Stacks Z232.M886 M38 1941

George Nichols, Salem shipmaster and merchant : an autobiography / George Nichols.

89 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Date: [1910]

Creators: Nichols, George, 1778-1865.

GUSN: 150869

Call Number: Stacks CT275.N63 A3 1910

In memoriam : Otis Norcross.

94 p. : port. ; 28 cm.

Date: 1883

GUSN: 150870

Call Number: Stacks BX9843 I5 1883

Charles Eliot Norton : two addresses / by Edward Waldo Emerson and William Fenwick Harris.

3 p. l., [3]-53 p. : ill., port ; 22 cm.

Date: 1912.

Creators: Emerson, Edward Waldo, 1844-1930. Harris, William Fenwick, 1868-

GUSN: 150871

Call Number: Stacks PS2478.E5

The art of garden design in Italy / by H. Inigo Triggs.

xii, 135 p. : ill., plans,128 plates , 45 cm.

Date: 1906.

Creators: Triggs, H. Inigo (Harry Inigo), 1876-1923.

GUSN: 151073

Call Number: Rare Browne Ovr. SB466.I8 T8

The London pleasure gardens of the eighteenth century, by Warwick Wroth, assisted by Arthur Edgar Wroth.

xviii, 335 p. illus. (part col.), ports. 22 cm.

Date: 1896.

Creators: Wroth, Warwick William, 1858-1911. Wroth, Arthur Edgar.

GUSN: 151074

Call Number: Rare Browne DA689.P2 W9

Hints to gentlemen of landed property. By Nathaniel Kent, of Fulham.

vii, 282 p., 10 plates (plans) 22 cm.

Date: 1776.

Creators: Kent, Nathaniel, 1737-1810.

GUSN: 151075

Call Number: Rare S455.K4

Andrea Palladio, his life and works / by Banister F. Fletcher ...

xvi, 132 p. : 56 plates, port., plans; 29 cm.

Date: 1902.

Creators: Fletcher, Banister, Sir, 1866-1953.

GUSN: 151076

Call Number: Rare Browne NA1123.P2 F6

Sir John Soane / by H. J. Birnstingl ; with 35 illustrations from photographs by F. R. Yerbury.

29 p., [1], 34 leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

Date: 1925.

Creators: Birnstingl, Harry Joseph, 1890-

GUSN: 151077

Call Number: Rare Browne NA997.S7 B5 1925

Vita dell'architetto Luigi Vanvitelli / Luigi Vanvitelli.

55 p., [5] leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.

Date: 1823.

Creators: Vanvitelli, Luigi, 1700-1773.

GUSN: 151078

Call Number: Rare Browne NA1123.V36 A2 1823

The elements of civil architecture, according to Vitruvius and other ancients, and the most approved practice of modern authors especially Palladio. By Henry Aldrich ... Tr. by the Rev. Philip Smyth.

viii, 151 p. front. (port.) LV pl. (incl. plans) 24 cm.

Date: 1824.

Creators: Aldrich, Henry, 1647-1710. Smyth, Philip, tr.

GUSN: 151079

Call Number: Rare Browne NA2515.A4

The practical draughtsman's book of industrial design, and machinist's and engineer's drawing companion : forming a complete course of mechanical, engineering, and architectural drawing / rewritten and arranged, with additional matter and plates, selections from and examples of the most useful and generally employed mechanism of the day, by William Johnson ; translated from the French of M. Armengaud, the elder ... and MM. Armengaud, the younger, and Amoureux.

v, 196 p. : ill., plates ; 29 cm.

Date: 1854.

Creators: Armengaud, aãinâe (Jacques-Eugáene), 1810-1891. Armengaud, Charles A., 1813-1893. Amouroux, Jules. Johnson, William, 1823-1864.

GUSN: 151080

Call Number: Rare T353.A72 1854

Cours d'architecture qui comprend les ordres de vignole, ... l'art de Bastire / par le sieur C.A. D'Aviler ... par Pierre-Jean Mariette.

iii-lvj, 447, [1] p., [77] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; cm.

Date: 1760.

Creators: Aviler, Augustin-Charles d', 1653-1701. Vignola, 1507-1573. Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564. Mariette, Pierre Jean, 1694-1774.

GUSN: 151081

Call Number: Rare Browne NA2510.A95 1760

The cottage builder's manual / by Z. Baker ...

176 p. : ill., plates ; 25 cm.

Date: 1856.

Creators: Baker, Z. (Zephaniah), 1815-1894.

GUSN: 151082

Call Number: Rare NA7561.B35 1856

The architect : or, Practical house carpenter / illustrated by sixty-four engravings, which exhibit the orders of architecture, and other elements of the art; designed for the use of carpenters and builders. By Asher Benjamin ...

viii, [9]-119 p. : LXIV plates, plans, diagrs. ; 27 x 23 cm.

Date: 1851.

Creators: Benjamin, Asher, 1773-1845.

GUSN: 151083

Call Number: Rare Browne NA2520.B45 1851

The architect, or, Complete builder's guide / illustrated by sixty-six engravings, which exhibit the orders of architecture, and other elements of the art ; designed for the use of builders, particularly of carpenters and joiners ; by Asher Benjamin.

83 p., 66 leaves of plates : ill., plans ; 27 cm.

Date: 1845.

Creators: Benjamin, Asher, 1773-1845.

GUSN: 151084

Call Number: Rare Browne NA2520.B44 1845

The architect; or, Practical house carpenter; illustrated by sixty-four engravings, which exhibit the orders of architecture, and other elements of the art; designed for the use of carpenters and builders.

viii, [9]-119 p. illus. 27 x 23 cm.

Date: 1853 [c1847]

Creators: Benjamin, Asher, 1773-1845.

GUSN: 151085

Call Number: Rare Browne NA2520.B4

Elements of architecture : containing the Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian orders, with all their details and embellishments / Also, the theory and practice of carpentry ... Containing twenty-eight plates. By A. Benjamin ...

232 p. : ill., plates, tables. 24 cm.

Date: 1849.

Creators: Benjamin, Asher, 1773-1845.

GUSN: 151086

Call Number: Rare Browne NA2520.B43

Practice of architecture : containing the five orders of architecture, and an additional column and entablature, with all their elements and details explained and illustrated, for the use of carpenters and practical men, with sixty plates / by Asher Benjamin.

92 p., 60 leaves of plates : ill., plans, ; 27 cm.

Date: 1855.

Creators: Benjamin, Asher, 1773-1845.

GUSN: 151087

Call Number: Rare Browne NA2520.B48 1855

The rudiments of architecture, being a treatise on practical geometry, on Grecian and Roman mouldings; shewing the best method of drawing their curves, with remarks on the effect of both. Also, on the origin of building, on the five orders of architecture, on their general and particular parts and embellishments, with examples for cornices, base and surbase mouldings, architraves and stairs, correctly engraved on thirty-four copperplates. By Asher Benjamin.

96 p. ill., plates (2 fold.) 22 cm.

Date: 1820.

Creators: Benjamin, Asher, 1773-1845.

GUSN: 151088

Call Number: Rare Browne NA2520.B5 1820

The American builder's general price book and estimator : to elucidate the principles of acertaining the correct value of every description of artificers' work required in building ... in any part of New England ... to which are added a variety of useful tables, memoranda, etc.

130, [2], 78, [1] p. incl. tables ; 22 cm.

Date: 1836.

Creators: Gallier, James, b. 1798.

GUSN: 151089

Call Number: Rare TH435.G35 1836

The American builder's companion, or, A new system of architecture : particularly adapted to the present style of building in the United States of America ... / by Asher Benjamin and Daniel Raynard.

70 p. : ill., plates ; 27 cm.

Date: 1806

Creators: Benjamin, Asher, 1773-1845. Raynerd, Daniel

GUSN: 151090

Call Number: Rare Browne NA2610.B4 1806

The American builder's companion, or, A system of architecture particluarly adapted to the present style of building : treating on practical geometry, the origin of building ... / by Asher Benjamin.

iv, [2] p., pp. [5]-104 p., [1] p., [82] p. of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.

Date: 1811.

Creators: Benjamin, Asher, 1773-1845.

GUSN: 151091

Call Number: Rare NA2610.B4 1811 c.1 (and 1 more)

The American builder's companion, or, A new system of architecture ... / by Asher Benjamin.

iv, 102 p. : ill., plates ; 27 cm.

Date: 1816.

Creators: Benjamin, Asher, 1773-1845.

GUSN: 151092

Call Number: Rare NA2610.B4 1816

The American builder's companion, or, A new system of architecture ... / by Asher Benjamin.

iv, 106 p. : ill., plates ; 27 cm.

Date: 1826.

Creators: Benjamin, Asher, 1773-1845.

GUSN: 151093

Call Number: Rare NA2610.B4 1826

The builder's guide : illustrated by sixty-six engravings, which exhibit the orders of architecture and other elements of the art. Designed for the use of builders, particularly of carpenters and joiners / by Asher Benjamin.

82 p., [66] leaves of plates : ill., diagrs. ; 28 cm.

Date: c1838,1839 printing.

Creators: Benjamin, Asher, 1773-1845.

GUSN: 151094

Call Number: Rare NA2815.B4

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