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The Ed and Dorothy Steele Collection Catalogue

Auction was held October 23, 2010

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ED & DOROTHY STEELE

      Edmund D. Steele was born in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, in 1911, the son of Charles W. and Charlotte (Lincoln) Steele.  He graduated from St. Johnsbury Academy in 1928 and attended Middlebury College in 1928-29.  Ed moved to New York City in 1930, where he worked for National City Bank for seven years; during that time he graduated in 1935 from New York University’s School of Commerce, Accounts and Finance.  He worked for the Vermont Savings Bank in its Brattleboro and Chester offices from 1938 to 1945, when he moved to St. Albans to take a job with the Franklin County Bank.  Ed worked for the bank until 1976, and he served on the board of directors until 1981.  He served on the boards of many Vermont civic, charitable and historical organizations, including St. Albans Rotary, First Congregational Church of St. Albans, the St. Albans Historical Society, the Rowland E. Robinson Memorial Association, the Auto Club of Vermont, and the Vermont Historical Society.  In 2000 the St. Albans Rotary Club named Ed its Man of the Year.  Edmund D. Steele died on March 27, 2009.

      Dorothy C. Steele was born in Bath, New Hampshire, in 1912, the daughter of George H. and Hortense (Nutter) Crowe.  She entered St. Johnsbury Academy as a sophomore in 1927 and graduated as valedictorian in 1930.  Dorothy earned a Phi Beta Kappa key at Middlebury College, from which she graduated in 1935.  She was an active member of Church Women United, Eastern Star, the First Congregational Church of St. Albans, the American Association of University Women, and the Vermont Historical Society.  She was instrumental in founding the St. Albans Historical Society and edited its newsletter for 17 years.  She also edited the Congregational Church newsletter for 13 years, wrote three chapters for Those Intriguing, Indomitable Vermont Women, and was a co-editor of St. Albans, Vermont Through the Years.  Dorothy C. Steele died on June 30, 1995.

      Ed and Dorothy married in New York City in 1935 after Dorothy’s graduation from Middlebury College.  In 60 years of married life, they shared interests in books, history, the 251 Club, and selfless service at the local, county and state levels.  They are survived  by one son, George, and his wife Dianne, and two grandsons, Jason and Jeffrey Steele.  

      The foundation of this auction is the Vermontiana collection that Ed and Dorothy assembled over many years. 

 

 

VERMONTIANA AND AMERICANA BOOK AUCTION

10:30 A.M., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2010

HOLIDAY INN, 1068 WILLISTON ROAD

SOUTH BURLINGTON, VERMONT

AUCTIONEERS: WILLIAM L. PARKINSON, BOOKS

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1.  Adams, Andrew N.  A HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF FAIR HAVEN, VERMONT (Fair Haven, 1870).  8vo, 516 pp., 2 colored folding maps.  Condition: spine ends chipped; good.

2.  (Addison County, Vt., 1871).  F. W. Beers et al., ATLAS OF ADDISON COUNTY, VERMONT (New York, 1871).  Folio, 24 town plans and 35 village plans in color.  Cobb #366.  Condition: spine repaired; some water-staining; otherwise good.

3.  (-----, 1882). Hamilton Child, comp., GAZETTEER AND BUSINESS DIRECTORY OF ADDISON COUNTY, VT FOR 1881-2 (Syracuse, 1882).  8vo, 541 pp.,  illus.  Condition: rebound; edges of pp. 535-36 (Publisher’s Notes) worn slightly into print; pp. 537-41 (Publisher’s Notes and distance table) in photocopy; lacks map; remainder good.    

4.  (The Adviser, 1809-10).   THE ADVISER; OR VERMONT EVANGELICAL MAGAZINE (Middlebury, 1809-1810). 8vo, 2 vols. In 1, 312 & 382 pp.  McCorison 1051 and 1137.  The first two volumes of the Vermont missionary serial.  Condition:  fair to good.

African-American Singers Broadside, ca. 1877

5.  (African-mericans, 1877).  THE ORIGINAL VIRGINIA JUBILEE SINGERS!  A GENUINE SLAVE BAND!  (Providence, RI, n.d. [1877]).  Broadsheet, 40 x 28cm, 7 litho. portraits at center.  “Solemn, Sacred Songs of the Plantation, Which for Melody & Harmony are Unsurpassed”; list of 90 songs on verso.  Condition: encapsulated; good.

6.  (Albany & Rutland Railroad, ca. 1860).  ALBANY & RUTLAND RAILROAD AND ITS CONNECTIONS  (New York, n.d. [ca. 1860]).  Lithographed map, 34 x 17cm, plus margins.  Shows Montreal to New York, Schenectady to Boston; towns, waterways, railroad lines.  Condition: good.

7.  Allen, Ethan.  A NARRATIVE OF COL. ETHAN ALLEN’S CAPTIVITY (Walpole, 1807).  12mo, xi 158 pp.  Howes A-136.  Condition: front flyleaf missing;  good.

8.  -----. -----.  Two editions (Burlington, 1838) and (Burlington, 1846).  12mo, 144 and 120 pp.  One title, two volumes.  Condition: both good.

9.  -----.  REASON THE ONLY ORACE OF MAN (Boston, 1854).  12mo, 171 pp.  Condition:  ex-library; spine ends chipped; fair to good.

10.  (-----, 1937).  STATE OF VERMONT.  CHARLES M. SMITH, GOVERNOR.  A PROCLAMATION.  WHEREAS GENERAL ETHAN ALLEN WAS BORN ON THE TENTH DAY OF JANUARY, 1737 . . . ([Montpelier, 1937]).  Broadside,  43.5 x 28cm.  Governor’s proclamation urging Vermonters to observe the bicentennial of Allen’s birth; signed in manuscript by Smith and Eleanor Dana, Secretary of Civil and Military Affairs; with green ribbon and gold Vermont state seal.  Condition: very good.

11.  (----- group).  Stewart Holbrook, ETHAN ALLEN (New York, 1940). 8vo, 283 pp.  With:   John Pell, ETHAN ALLEN (Boston, 1929). 8vo, 331 pp.  With:  Charles W. Brown,  ETHAN ALLEN (Chicago, 1902). Small 8vo, 281 pp.  With:  Henry Hall, ETHAN ALLEN THE ROBIN HOOD OF VERMONT (New York, 1892). 12mo. 207 pp.   Condition:  fair to good. Four titles, Four volumes.  

12.  (Allen, Ethan & Ira).  ETHAN & IRA ALLEN: COLLECTED WORKS (Benson, Vt., 1992).  8vo, 3 vols., 309-355 pp.  The complete published works of the two Allen brothers, with the exception of Ethan’s Reason the Only Oracle of Man.   Edited and with an introduction by J. Kevin Graffagnino.  Condition: fine.

Ira Allen’s Scheme for a Revolution in British Canada

13.  Allen, Ira.  A CONCISE SUMMARY OF THE SECOND VOLUME OF THE OLIVE BRANCH (Philadelphia, 1807).  8vo, 24 pp.  Howes A-143, “aa.”  Allen’s explanation of his 1796 attempt to buy arms in France and ship them to America on the ship Olive Branch; the British intercepted the ship and confiscated the guns, saying (correctly) that they were meant for a rebellion in Canada, and Allen spent the rest of his life trying to secure compensation and restore his fortune.  Quite rare.  Condition: good.

14.  (Almanac, 1814).  THE LADIES’ AND GENTLEMEN’S DIARY, AND ALMANAC . . . 1814 (Brattleboro, 1813).  Small 8vo, [48] pp.  McCorison 1468, only five locations.  Condition:  fair to good.

15.  (-----, 1816).  THE VERMONT REGISTER AND ALMANAC . . . 1816 (Middlebury, 1815).  24mo, 108 pp.  McCorison 1699.  Condition: top inch of half-title torn off; good.

16.  (-----, 1802-56).  Group lot of 23 Vermont and New England almanacs.  Includes 11 New England Farmers’ Almanack, 1815-46; Ladies and Gentlemen’s Diary and Almanac, 1814 & 1822; Franklin’s Legacy; or the New-York & Vermont Almanac, 1802.  Twenty-three volumes.  Condition: poor to good; should be seen. 

17.  ( American Antiquarian Society, 1820).  ARCHAEOLOGIA AMERICANA: TRANSACTIONS AND COLLECTIONS OF THE AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY. (Worcester, 1820).  4to, 436 pp. 13 (of 14) plates.  Volume One of the long-running AAS Proceedings series.  Condition:  lacks Plate 1; fair.   

18.  (American Society for Educating Pious Youth, 1819).  CONSTITUTION OF THE NORTHWESTERN BRANCH OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR EDUCATING PIOUS YOUTH FOR THE GOSPEL MINISTRY (Middlebury, 1819).  16mo, wraps, 9 (21) pp.  McCorison 2083.  Condition: good.

19.  (Arbor Day, 1924).  STATE OF VERMONT.  REDFIELD PROCTOR, GOVERNOR.  A PROCLAMATION . . . FRIDAY, APRIL 25TH, AS ARBOR AND BIRD DAY ([Montpelier, 1924]).  Broadside, 35.5 x 21.5cm.  Governor’s proclamation, also designates April 21-27 as Forest Protection Week.  Condition: very good.

Vermont’s First Book of Poetry, 1797

20.  Arnold, Josias L.  POEMS (Providence, 1797).  12mo, 141 pp.  Gilman p. 15.  Author the son of one of St. Johnsbury’s first settlers, died there in 1796 at the age of 28.  Condition: top inch of front flyleaf missing; otherwise good.

21.  Auld, Joseph.  PICTURESQUE BURLINGTON (Burlington, 1894).  8vo, 180 pp., photos.  Condition: good.

22.  (Austin, Warren R.).  Group of 50 Franklin County Savings Bank & Trust Company checks signed by Austin, on the C. G. Austin and Sons firm, dated 1911-13.  Austin (1877-1962), a U.S. Senator from Vermont and first United States ambassador to the United Nations, began his career as a lawyer in St. Albans.  Condition: good.

23.  Bailey, Phinehas.  PHONOGRAPHY: CONTAINING A COMPLETE SYSTEM OF SHORT HAND WRITING (St. Albans, 1852).   With:  Jeffrey D. Marshall, THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF THE REVEREND PHINEHAS BAILEY (Burlington, 1985).  8vo, 32 pp.  Bailey (1787-1861), a long-time Franklin County, Vt., resident, was a pioneer in creating a viable system of shorthand writing.  Gilman pp. 17-18.  Two titles, two volumes.  Condition:  good.

24.  Bassett, Thomas D. S.  VERMONT: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ITS HISTORY (Boston, 1981).  4to, 391 pp.  The essential bibliography of Vermont history.  Condition: some pencil notations; good.

25.  Batchellor, Albert S., ed.  THE NEW HAMPSHIRE GRANTS . . . CHARTERS OF TOWNSHIPS . . . WITHIN THE PRESENT BOUNDARIES OF THE STATE OF VERMONT, FROM 1749 TO 1764 (Concord, 1895).  8vo, 792 pp., folding frontis. map.  Condition: modern green cloth binding; good.

26.  Baylies, Nicholas.  AN ESSAY CONCERNING THE FREE AGENCY OF MAN, OR THE POWERS AND FACULTIES OF THE HUMAN MIND, THE DECREES OF GOD, MORAL OBLIGATION, NATURAL LAW; AND MORALITY (Montpelier, 1820). 16mo, 215 pp. McCorison 2187.  Condition: front hinge cracked; otherwise good.

27.  Beadle, J. H. LIFE IN UTAH; OR, THE MYSTERIES AND CRIMES OF MORMONISM. BEING AN EXPOSE OF THE SECRET RITES AND CEREMONIES OF THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS (Philadelphia, 1870).  8vo, 540 pp., folding map. Condition: good. 

28.  Beckley, Hosea.  THE HISTORY OF VERMONT; WITH DESCRIPTIONS, PHYSICAL AND TOPOGRAPHICAL (Brattleboro, 1846).  8vo, 396 pp.  Gilman p. 28.  Condition: light water-staining; good.

29.  (Bellows Falls, Vt.—Imprints).  Group lot of 2 early Bellows Falls imprints.  Flavius Josephus, THE WONDERFUL AND DEPLORABLE HISTORY OF THE LATER TIMES OF THE NEWS (Bellows Falls, 1819).  16mo, 299 pp.  McCorison 2172.  With:  James Hale, ELEMENTS OF GEOGRAPHY AND TRIGONOMETRY, WITH AN EASY AND CONCISE SYSTEM OF LAND SURVEYING (Bellows Falls, 1829).  16mo, 115 pp.  Two titles, two volumes.  Condition: Josephus ex-library, fair to good; Hale printed covers quite worn, fair; should be seen. 

30.  Benedict, George G.  A SHORT HISTORY OF THE 14TH VERMONT REG’T.  (Bennington, 1887).  8vo, printed wraps, 97 (1) pp., ports.  Includes an account of the regiment’s 1887 reunion.  Condition: some wear to paper spine; good.

31.  -----.  VERMONT IN THE CIVIL WAR (Burlington, 1886-88).  8vo, 2 vols., 620 & 808 pp., ports., maps & plates.  Condition: good.

Trial of the St. Albans Raiders, 1864

32.  Benjamin, L. N., comp.  THE ST. ALBANS RAID; OR, INVESTIGATION INTO THE CHARGES AGAINST LIEUT. BENNETT H. YOUNG AND COMMAND, FOR THEIR ACTS AT ST. ALBANS, VT., ON THE 19th OCTOBER, 1864 (Montreal, 1865).  8vo, 480 pp.  Condition: repaired front hinge; new front flyleaf; good.

Bennington, Vt., Wall-Map, 1894

33.  (Bennington, Vt., 1894).  D. L. Miller & Co., “Map of Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont” (New York, 1894).  Wall-map, 115 x 102cm, on rails.  Cobb #442.  Condition: light water-stain top center; 10cm split in top right margin; otherwise very good.

34.  (-----).  Group lot of town histories:  Isaac Jennings, THE ONE HUNDRED YEAR OLD MEETING HOUSE OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST IN BENNINGTON (Cambridge, 1907).  John & Caroline Merrill, SKETCHES OF HISTORIC BENNINGTON (Cambridge, 1898).  Elizabeth Dwyer, THOSE WERE THE DAYS: A COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF NORTH BENNINGTON, VERMONT (Bennington, 1970).  Three titles, three volumes.  Condition: all good.

35.  (Bennington, Battle of—Centennial, 1877).  THE BENNINGTON CENTENNIAL.  Broadside, 40 x 25.5cm.  Full page illustration from Harper’s Weekly, August 25, 1877.  “Drawn by H. W. Herrick”; “Gen. Stark and Col. Warner” at center, 9 images of soldiers, armaments and scenes around the edges.  Condition: good.

Bennington County Wall-Map, 1856

36.  (Bennington County, 1856).  E. Rice & C. E. Harwood, “Map of Bennington County, Vermont” (New York, 1856).  Wall-map, 103 x 135cm, on rails.  Cobb #296.  Condition: some water stains; light cracking; good.

37.  (-----, 1869).  F. W. Beers, ATLAS OF BENNINGTON CO., VERMONT  (New York, 1869).  Folio, 17 town plans and 27 village plans in color.  Cobb #350.  Condition: some tape repairs, otherwise good.

38.  (-----).  -----.  Rutland, 1969).  Reprint edition. Condition: very good.

39.  (-----, 1880).  Hamilton Child, comp., GAZETTEER AND BUSINESS DIRECTORY OF BENNINGTON COUNTY VT., FOR 1880-81 (Syracuse, 1880). 8vo, 507 pp., colored folding map. Condition: small tears on map; fair to good.

40.  Benton, Reuben C.  THE VERMONT SETTLERS AND THE NEW YORK LAND SPECULATORS (Minneapolis, 1894).  8vo, 188 pp.  Scarce.  Condition :  front hinge starting; original front cover over new paper covers; otherwise good.

41.  (Bethel Granite Railway Company, ca. 1905).  BETHEL GRANITE RAILWAY COMPANY.  Broadside, 19 x 24.5cm.  Stock certificate for the line to the Bethel granite quarries; decorative border, locomotive and coal car top center.  Condition: good.

Miniature Bible, 1816

42.  (Bible, 1816).  MINIATURE BIBLE; OR ABSTRACT OF SACRED HISTORY FOR THE USE OF CHILDREN (Brattleboro, 1816).  Miniature, 256 pp., illus.  McCorison 1825.  Rare.  Condition: lacks  front flyleaf; fair to good.

43.  (-----, 1834-42).  William Jenks, ed., THE COMPRENSIVE COMMENTARY ON THE HOLY BIBLE (Brattleboro, 1834-42).  4to, 6 vols., 734-924 pp., illus., maps.  Condition: good.

44.  (-----, 1879).  THE HOLY BIBLE, CONTAINING THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS (Philadelphia, 1879).  4to, 848, 32, 44, 36 pp., plates. Family information for Chester Royce of Barnard, Maria Spear of Pomfret, in ms.  Fancy binding, a.e.g.  Condition: good.

45.  Bigelow, Edwin L.  STOWE VERMONT: SKI CAPITAL OF THE EAST 1763-1963 (Essex Jct., 1964). 8vo, 216 pp. Bassett 5860. Condition: very good.

46.  Blackstone, William.  COMMENTARIES ON THE LAWS OF ENGLAND (Dublin, 1766-75).  8vo, 4 vols., 443-520 pp.  Condition:  covers worn; good.

47.   Boardman, Harvey.  A COMPLETE AND ACCURATE GUIDE TO AND AROUND THE WHITE MOUNTAINS (Boston, 1859).  16mo, 26 pp., 2 folding maps.  “Railway Map of Routes to the White Mountains,” 38 x 34cm, in front; “Map of the White Mountains,” 50 x 55cm, in back.  Condition: good.

48.  Bogart, Ernest L.  PEACHAM: THE STORY OF A VERMONT HILL TOWN (Montpelier, 1948). 8vo, 494 pp. Bassett 5101. Condition: good.

49.  Bogart, Walter T. The VERMONT LEASE LANDS (Montpelier, 1950). 8vo, 457 pp.  Detailed scholarly overview of early Vermont land grants.  Condition: good.

Reincarnation in Cuttingsville, ca. 1880

50.  (Bowman, John P.).  LAUREL GLEN MAUSOLEUM, A MAGNIFICENT PRIVATE FAMILY TOMB, BUILT AT CUTTINGSVILLE, VT., BY HON. JOHN P. BOWMAN (Rutland, n.d. [ca. 1880]).  16mo, printed wraps, 20 pp., port.  Bowman’s mausoleum featured a statue of him entering the building but looking back at the world, to symbolize his belief in reincarnation.  Scarce.  Condition: hinge weak; otherwise good.

51.  Bradford, Ebenezer.  THE QUALIFICATIONS, COMMISSION, AND WORK OF AN AMBASSADOR OF CHRIST—ILLUSTRATED (Windsor, 1791).  8vo, 18 pp.  McCorison 196.  “A Sermon, delivered at the ordination of the Rev. Nathaniel Lambert, to the pastoral care of the Church of Christ in Newbury, in the State of Vermont, November 17th, MDCCXCI.”  Quite scarce.  Condition: good.

Bradley Family Papers, 1823-1870

52.  (Bradley family).  Group lot of – manuscripts of the Bradley family of Westminster, Vermont.  Letters, documents and receipts, 1823 to 1870, majority 1831.  Includes: deeds, legal papers, receipts, business misc. of J. D., Richard and Richards Bradley.  80 pieces.  Condition: fair to good.

53.  (Bradley, William C.).  Mrs. S. B. Willard, A TRIBUTE OF AFFECTION TO THE MEMORY OF HON. WILLIAM C. BRADLEY (Boston, 1869).  8vo, 112 pp., frontis. port. photo.  Sketch of the accomplished Westminster, Vt., Congressman (1815-19, 1823-27) and lawyer, by his granddaughter.  Condition: good. 

54.  [Brainard, John G.]  FORT BRADDOCK LETTERS; OR A TALE OF THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WARS, IN AMERICA, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY (Worcester, 1827). 24mo, 98 pp. frontis.   Sabin 25199. Condition; leather spine worn; otherwise good. 

55.  Branthoover, W. R., comp.  REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIERS BURIED IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, VERMONT (No place, 1982).  8vo, 180 pp., illus.  Edition limited to 18 copies.  Condition: good.

56.  (Brattleboro, Vt., 1869).  FOURTH OF JULY . . . WILL BE CEREMONIOUSLY OBSERVED BY CITIZENS OF BRATTLEBORO . . . ([Brattleboro, 1869]).  Broadside, 48 x 15cm.  Program including music, orations, “grand trial of fire engines,” velocipede race, facetious renderings of presenters’/participants’ names.  Condition: fold lines, minor wear at edges; encapsulated; good.

57.  (-----, 1876).  BRATTLEBORO’S CENTENNIAL PARTY.  FROM THE VERMONT PHOENIX OF FEB. 25, 1876 . . . ([Brattleboro, 1876]).  Broadside, 38 x 30cm.  Four-column text detailing Brattleboro’s festivities for February 1876 centennial of Washington’s birth.  Condition: good.

Charles W. Grau ca. 1880 Map of Brattleboro

58.  (-----, ca. 1880).  BRATTLEBORO AND VICINITY (New York, n.d. [ca. 1880]).  Lithographed map, 36 x 41cm,, plus wide margins.  Cobb #392.  Revised second, thin-paper edition of map by Brattleboro water-cure proprietor Charles W. Grau, showing the West River Railroad (completed in 1880).  Scarce.  Condition: fold lines; good. 

59.   (-----)).  Group lot.  Grout, Lewis.  A MONOGRAPH ON THE ORIGIN AND EARLY LIFE OF BRATTLEBORO (Brattleboro, 1899). 8vo, 32 pp.  With:  BRATTLEBORO, VERMONT SOUVENIR 1912: THE BRATTLEBORO PAGEANT (Brattleboro, 1912). 4to, 31 pp.  With:  Harold Barry et al., BEFORE OUR TIME: A PICTORIAL MEMOIR OF BRATTLEBORO, VERMONT FROM 1830 TO 1930 (Brattleboro, 1974).  Oblong 8vo, 160 pp.  With: IMAGES OF AMERICA BRATTLEBORO (Arcadia, 2000).  8vo, 128 pp.  Four titles, four volumes.  Condition:  fair to very good.

60.  (-----).  Group lot of 13 early Brattleboro imprints.  Includes McCorison #s 822, 841, 914, 931, 1032, 1506, 1514, 1592, 1623, 1650, 1720, 1734, and 1737.  24mo-8vo.  Condition: fair to good; should be seen. 

61.  (-----).  WITH INTEREST (Brattleboro, 1922-31).  24mo, 16 pp.  Twenty-four issues, one duplicate.  Much Windham County history content.  Condition: good.

1876 Vermont State Atlas

62.  Burgett, H. W.  ILLUSTRATED TOPOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL ATLAS OF THE STATE OF VERMONT (New York, 1876).  Folio, 163 pp., 24 color maps, numerous plates & illus., a.e.g.  Cobb #383.  The most impressive of the 19th-century Vermont atlases.  Scarce in complete form, with most copies long since cut up for separate sale of the maps and plates.  Condition: spine gone; hinges weak; contents sound and good.

63.  (Burlington, Vt., ca. 1950).  KING BROS. CIRCUS, BURLINGTON FAIR GROUNDS.  SPONSOR: KIWANIS CLUB (no place, no date).  Broadside, 56 x 36cm, elephant, clown, tents & crowds.  “This is the big show.”  Condition: good.

64.  Burnham, Henry.  BRATTLEBORO, WINDHAM COUNTY, VERMONT.   EARLY HISTORY, WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF SOME OF ITS CITIZENS (Brattleboro, 1880).  8vo, 191 pp., ports.  “Edited by Abby Maria Hemenway, of the Vermont Historical Gazetteer.”  Condition: fair - good.

65.  Burrage, Henry S.  HISTORY OF THE BAPTISTS IN MAINE (Portland, 1904).  Small 4to, 497 pp., illus. Condition: good. 

66.  Burton, Oscar A.  THE FRANKLIN COUNTY BANK, ST ALBANS, VERMONT; OR A NEW, NOVEL, AND INTERESTING SYSTEM OF BANKING (n.p., 1861). 8vo, 29 pp.  A torn 1856 Franklin County Bank $5 banknote laid in at front.  Condition: leather spine and corners poor; contents good.

67.  (Butler, Ezra).  Blank Vermont militia commission, signed in manuscript by Butler as Governor and Commander in Chief 1826-28.  Broadside, 26 x 42cm.  State seal, cannon and eagle top center; angel with trumpet at left; soldier with flag at right.  Condition: good.

68.  Cabot, Mary R.  ANNALS OF BRATTLEBORO 1681-1895 (Brattleboro, 1921).  4to, 2 vols., 1,104 pp., front. map, ports., illus.  Condition:  inside hinge cracked Vol. 1; some water-staining; good.

69.  (Caledonia County, Vt.).  F. W. Beers, COUNTY ATLAS OF CALEDONIA, VERMONT (New York, 1875).  Folio, 17 town plans and 37 village plans in color.  Cobb #380.  Condition: lacks state and county maps; rest good.

70.  (----- & Essex Counties, Vt.).  Hamilton Child , comp., GAZETTEER OF CALEDONIA AND ESSEX COUNTIES, Vt. 1764-1887 (Syracuse, 1887).  8vo, 492 298 pp., folding maps, portraits.  Condition: spine gone; fair to good.

71.  Canfield, Thomas H.  LIFE OF THOMAS HAWLEY CANFIELD  (Burlington, 1889).  4to, 48 pp., front. port.  Howes C-113.  Life of Vermont’s noted steamship and transcontinental railroad tycoon.  Condition: very good.

72.   Cannon, Carl L.  AMERICAN BOOK COLLECTORS AND COLLECTING FROM COLONIAL TIMES TO THE PRESENT (New York, 1941).  8vo, 391 pp.  Condition: good.

73.  Cannon, LeGrand B.  PERSONAL REMINISCENCES OF THE REBELLION, 1861-1866  (New York, 1895).  12mo, 228 pp.  Gilman p. 51.  “Printed for private distribution among my family and friends.”  Condition:  good.

74.   Carpenter, W. H. & Arthur, T. S.  THE HISTORY OF VERMONT, FROM ITS EARLIEST SETTLEMENT TO THE PRESENT TIME (Philadelphia, 1854).  12mo, 260 pp., 36 pp. of ads.  Condition: top of spine chipped; good.

75.   [Cave, William].  THE LIVES OF THE HOLY EVANGELISTS AND APOSTLES (Barnard, Vt., 1813).  32mo, 120 pp.  McCorison 1484.  Scarce.  Condition: original full calf binding, red leather spine label; good.

76.   (Central Vermont Railroad, 1892).  CENTRAL VERMONT RAILROAD COMPANY.  FIRST CONSOLIDATE MORTGAGE GOLD BOND (New York, 1892).  Broadside.  $1,000 bond, 100 $20 coupons attached as two separate sheets.  Signed in manuscript by CVRR president and Vermont Governor E. C. Smith; 2-color printing; decorative and illustrated borders.  Condition: fine.

77.  Chadwick, Albert G.  SOLDIERS’ RECORD OF THE TOWN OF ST. JOHNSBURY, VERMONT, IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION, 1861-5 (St. Johnsbury, 1883). 8vo, 215 pp. Condition: good.

78.   Chamberlain, Jason.   AN INAUGURAL ORATION, DELIVERED AT BURLINGTON, AUGUST 1, 1811  (Burlington, 1811).  8vo, 21 (1) pp.  McCorison 1269.  By the new “Professor of the Learned Languages in the University of Vermont.”  Condition: disbound; good.

79.  Chambers, William.  ATLAS OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN 1779-1780  (Bennington, 1984).  Folio, xxxii 70 pp., 50 illus., 32 color full-page charts, dust jacket.  American Revolution nautical atlas, by the commander of the British fleet on Lake Champlain.  Condition: very good.

80.  Champlain, Samuel de.  THE VOYAGES AND EXPLORATIONS OF SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN (1604-1616) (New York, 1906).  16mo, 2 vols., 254 & 229 pp., folding map.  Translated by A. N. Bourne.  Condition: ex-library; good.

81.  Chapin, Walter.  THE MISSIONARY GAZETTEER, COMPRISING A VIEW OF THE INHABITANTS, AND A GEOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE COUNTRIES AND PLACES, WHERE PROTESTANT MISSIONARIES HAVE LABORED (Woodstock, 1825). 12mo, 420 pp.   Gilman 53.  Author was a graduate of Middlebury College and pastor in Woodstock 1810-1827. Condition: ex-library; good.

82.  Chase, Francis.  GATHERED SKETCHES FROM THE EARLY HISTORY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AND VERMONT (Claremont, 1856).  12mo, 215 pp., frontis., 2 plates.  Gilman p. 54.  Condition:  lacks front flyleaf; good.

83.  Chipman, Daniel.  THE LIFE OF COL. SETH WARNER (Burlington, 1858).  16mo, printed wraps, 84 pp.  “With an account of the controversy between New York and Vermont from 1763 to 1775.”  Condition: spine taped;  good.

84.  -----.  THE LIFE OF HON. NATHANIEL CHIPMAN, LL.D., FORMERLY MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE, AND CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE STATE OF VERMONT  (Boston, 1846).  8vo, 402 pp.  Gilman p. 55.  Condition:  good.

85.  -----.  A MEMOIR OF THOMAS CHITTENDEN, THE FIRST GOVERNOR OF VERMONT (Middlebury, 1849).  16mo, 222 pp.  “With a history of the Constitution during his administration.”  Gilman p. 55.  Condition: some light water-staining;  good.

86.  Chittenden, Lucius E.  PERSONAL REMINISCENCES, 1840-1890 (New York, 1893).  8vo, 434 pp., illus.  “Including some not hitherto published of Lincoln and the War.”  By the grandson of Thomas Chittenden and a Treasury administrator during the Civil War.  Condition: front hinge cracked; good.

87.  -----.  RECOLLECTIONS OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN AND HIS ADMINISTRATION (New York, 1891). 8vo, 470 pp.  Condition: ex-library, no exterior marks; front hinge a bit weak; otherwise good.

88.  Chittenden, L. E.  EXERCISES ATTENDING THE UNVEILING AND PRESENTATION OF A STATUE OF GEN. ETHAN ALLEN AT BURLINGTON, VERMONT, JULY 4TH, 1873 (Burlington, 1874). 8vo, 66 pages. Gilman 7. Condition: good.

89.  (Chittenden County, Vt.).  F. W. Beers, ATLAS OF CHITTENDEN COUNTY, VERMONT (New York, 1869).  Folio, 17 town plans and 25 village plans in color.  Cobb #352.  Condition: covers detached; tape on folds of some maps; fair.

90.  (Cigars, ca. 1890).  JESSE WELDEN.  10 C CIGAR.  ST. ALBANS, VT.  UNION MADE.  DONOVAN AND DORMAN MAKERS (No place, no date [ca. 1890]).  Broadside, 23 x 49.5cm.  Condition: good.

91.  (Civil War).  Group lot:  Philip Stern, SECRET MISSIONS OF THE CIVIL WAR (New York, 1959).  Joseph Hergesheimer, SWORDS & ROSES (New York, 1929).  Frank Vandiver, JUBAL’S RAID (New York, 1960).  Frank Haskell, THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (Boston, 1958).  W. C. Storrick, THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG.  Five titles, five volumes.  Condition:  ex-library; all good.

92.  (-----Vermont).  Group lot: DEDICATION OF THE STATUE TO BREVET MAJOR-GENERAL WILLIAM WELLS AND THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE FIRST REGIMENT VERMONT CAVALRY (Burlington, 1914).  PROCEEDINGS OF THE REUNION SOCIETY OF VERMONT OFFICERS 1864-1884 (Burlington, 1885).   Thomas C. Cheney, VERMONT AT GETTYSBURG JULY 1863 AND FIFTY YEARS LATER (Rutland, 1914).  Edward A. Sowles, HISTORY OF THE ST. ALBANS RAID (St. Albans, 1876).  Four titles, four volumes.  Condition:  Sowles covers detached but present; all good.

93.  (-----.  -----).  PROCEEDINGS AT THE FIRST AND SECOND REUNIONS, ROSTER AND ROLL 7TH REGIMENT VERMONT VOLUNTEERS (New York, 1883).  8vo, 91 pp., frontis. port.  Condition: good.

94.  Coffin, Howard.  FULL DUTY: VERMONTERS IN THE CIVIL WAR (Woodstock, 1993).  4to, 376 pp., illus., dj.  Condition: very good.

Rare Admiral Dewey Souvenir Volume Printed in Hong Kong

95.   Colthurst, John E.  THE ‘DEWEY’ SOUVENIR (Hong Kong, 1899).  Small 4to, 112 pp., frontis. port., illus.  Tribute to Admiral George E. Dewey; illustrated by Leonard C. Passano; author and illustrator were members of Dewey’s crew on his flagship, the U.S.S. Olympia.  Rare.  Condition: Dewey newspaper clipping tipped in at front; good.

96.  (Connecticut, 1917).  STATE OF CONNECTICUT.  BY HIS EXCELLENCY MARCUS H. HOLCOMB.  A PROCLAMATION.  FLAG DAY (No place, 1917).  Broadside, 43 x 28cm, state seal at top.  Condition: encapsulated; good.

97.  (-----, 1921).  STATE OF CONNECTICUT.  BY HIS EXCELLENCY EVERETT J. LAKE.  A PROCLAMATION.  THANKSGIVING (No place, 1921).  Broadside, 43 x 28cm, state seal at top.  Condition: encapsulated; good.

98.   (Converse, Julius).  BY HIS EXCELLENCY, JULIUS CONVERSE, GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF VERMONT.  A PROCLAMATION . . .  ([Montpelier, 1872]).  Broadside, 43.5x 35cm.  Designating Nov. 28, 1872, for Vermonters “to assemble at their respective places of worship, and there make their acknowledgments to God for his kindness and bounty.”  Condition: good.

99.   (Coolidge, Carlos).  STATE OF VERMONT.  A PROCLAMATION, BY THE GOVERNOR . . . ([Montpelier, 1849]).  Broadside, 39.5 x 30cm.  Designating April 6, 1849, “as a day of public humiliation, fasting and prayer.”  Condition: good.

100.  (Council of Censors, 1813-36).  Group lot:  Records of the conventions to consider amendments to the Vermont constitution; 1813, 1821, 1827, 1834 and 1841.  8vo, printed wraps, 16-36 pp.  Five years, five volumes.  Condition: 1813 lacks wraps; all fair to good.

101.  (-----1836-69).  Group lot: Records of the conventions: 1836, 1843, 1850.  With journals of the Council of Censors 1841-42, 1848-49, 1855-56, 1862, and 1869.  With Articles of Amendment 1842 and 1869.  Ten volumes.  Condition: one rear cover missing; all generally good.

102.   (Country Peddler, 1874).  VERMONT—A WINTER SCENE—THE COUNTRY PEDDLER.  Broadside, 23.5 x 35.5cm, plus margins.  Full-page illustration from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, Dec. 26, 1874.  “Sketched by Joseph Becker”; shows a Rutland County peddler negotiating with a farmer’s wife; text on verso about the picture.  Condition: good.

103.  (Crafts, Samuel C.).  Blank Vermont militia commission, signed in manuscript by Crafts as Governor and Commander in Chief, 1828-31.  Broadside, 26t x 43cm.  State seal, cannon and eagle top center; angel with trumpet at left; soldier with flag at right.  Condition: good.

104.  Crocker, Henry B.  HISTORY OF THE BAPTISTS IN VERMONT (Bellows Falls, 1913).  8vo, 700 pp., ports.  Condition: good.

105.  Crockett, Walter Hill.   A HISTORY OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN: THE RECORD OF THREE CENTURIES 1609-1909 (Burlington, 1909).  Small 8vo, 335 pp. Condition:  good.

106.  -----.   VERMONT: THE GREEN MOUNTAIN STATE (New York, 1921-23).  8vo, 5 vols., 545-638 pp., illus.  Bassett 515.  Includes the fifth/biographical volume.  Condition: generally good.

The Middle East in 123 Plates, 1855

107.  Croly, George. THE HOLY LAND, SYRIA, IDUMEA, ARABIA, EGYPT, & NUBIA (London, 1855).  4to, 3 vols. not paginated, 123 plates by Louis Haghs from drawings by David Roberts.  Attractive blue cloth bindings, gold decoration, a.e.g.  Condition: spine and hinge wear; otherwise good; plates very good. 

108.  Curtis, George W. ed. THE CORRESPONDENCE OF JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY (New York, 1889).  Small 4to, 395 & 423 pp.  Condition: good.

109.  Cutter, William Richard, ed. NEW ENGLAND FAMILIES GENEALOGICAL AND MEMORIAL (New York, 1914). 4to, 4 vols., 2,227, xxix pp., ports.  Three-quarter red morocco,  marbled edges and endpapers. Attractive set. Condition: good.

110.   (Dale, Porter H., 1923).  STATE OF VERMONT.  REDFIELD PROCTOR, GOVERNOR.  A PROCLAMATION . . . BY REASON OF THE RESIGNATION OF THE HONORABLE PORTER H. DALE . . . A VACANCY OCCURS IN THE OFFICE OF REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS . . . ([Montpelier, 1923]).  Broadside, 30 x 21.5cm.  Announcing an Oct. 9, 1923, special election to fill Dale’s U.S. House seat, as he moved up to the U.S. Senate to replace the late William P. Dillingham.  Condition: good.

111.  (-----,  ca. 1925).  UNITED STATES SENATOR PORTER H. DALE (n.p., n.d. [ca. 1925]).  Broadside, 36 x 28cm, portrait of Dale.  “To know that my work has brought cheer to the average citizen and given him faith that the government is operated for his welfare.”  Condition: heavy card stock; good.

112.   (Dartmouth College, 1865).  THE DARTMOUTH OESTRUS.  Volume 1, Number 3, July 1855.  Four-page student newspaper; mix of satirical stories, facetious ads, college news, illustrations, etc.; thinly-veiled references to individual faculty and students; includes a strong call for President Nathan Lord’s resignation.  Quite scarce.  Condition: slight wear at fold lines; vertical tear pp. 3-4 repaired with 19th-century thread; fair.

113.  Davis, Gilbert.  CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION, TOGETHER WITH AN HISTORICAL SKETCH OF READING, WINDSOR COUNTY, VERMONT (Bellows Falls, 1874). 8vo, 169 pp., ports.   Condition: ex-library; fair.

114.   Dean, James.  AN ORATION ON CURIOSITY, PRONOUNCED IN THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT, 24TH APRIL, 1810, ON INDUCTION INTO OFFICE (Burlington, 1810).  McCorison 1160.  As the new Professor of Mathematics & Natural Philosophy at UVM.  Condition:  disbound; good.

115.   (Defense Test, 1924).  STATE OF VERMONT.  REDFIELD PROCTOR, GOVERNOR.  A PROCLAMATION . . . NATIONAL DEFENSE TEST DAY . . . FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 . . . A PARTIAL TEST OF OUR MILITARY MACHINERY ([Montpelier, 1924]).  Broadside, 35.5 x 21.5cm.  “To be prepared to save ourselves from a definite danger is the surest proof that we wish to avoid it.”  Condition: very good.

116.  Deming, Leonard.  CATALOGUE OF THE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS OF VERMONT, AS CONNECTED WITH ITS POLITICAL HISTORY FROM 1778 TO 1815 (Middlebury, 1851).  8vo, 216 pp.  With:  John Comstock, comp., A LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS OF VERMONT FROM 1777 TO 1918 (St. Albans, 1918).  8vo, 411 pp.  Two titles, two volumes.  Condition: both good.

117.  DeMorgan, John.  THE HERO OF TICONDEROGA; OR ETHAN ALLEN (Philadelphia, 1896).  12mo, 223 pp.  Scarce.  Condition: good.

118.  DePuy, Henry.  ETHAN ALLEN AND THE GREEN MOUNTAIN HEROES OF ’76 (Boston, 1853).  8vo, 428 pp., front. port.  Condition: good.

119.  Devlin B.  ST. ALBANS RAID.  SPEECH OF B. DEVLIN, ESQUIRE, COUNSEL FOR THE UNITED STATES, IN SUPPORT OF THEIR DEMAND FOR THE EXTRADITION OF BENNETT H. YOUNG, ET AL., CHARGED WITH THE ROBBERY UPON THE 19TH OCTOBER LAST, OF SAMUEL BRECK, IN THE TOWN OF ST. ALBANS (Montreal, 1865).  8vo, 60 pp.  Unsuccessful attempt to extradite the St. Albans raiders on grounds that they had stolen money from private citizen Breck while robbing the banks in St. Albans, after the Canadian courts had ruled that the raiders were military combatants and not subject to extradition.  Condition:  good.

120.  -----.   THE SAINT ALBANS RAID. INVESTIGATION BY THE POLICE COMMITTEE, OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF MONTREAL INTO THE CHARGES PREFERRED BY COUNCILLOR B. DEVLIN, AGAINST GUILLAUME LAMOTHE, ESQ., CHIEF OF POLICE; (Montreal, 1864). 8vo, 78 pp. Condition: removed; no wraps; fair.

121.  (Dewey, George, 1899).  THE EVENING ARGUS.  SPECIAL DEWEY SECTION.  Folio, 4 pp., illus.  Published October 12, 1899, for Montpelier’s Dewey Day celebration in honor of its native son, hero of the Battle of Manila Bay; heavily illustrated with photos and sketches; decorative red, white and blue border on front page.  Condition: good.

122.   (-----, ca. 1900).   FOR THE PERMANENT INSTITUTION OF CAMP DEWEY (NEAR NEW LONDON, CONN.) -- $10.00  (No place, no date [ca. 1900?]).  Set of 100 stamps, in a 10 x 10 grid, sheet 25 x 40.5cm.  “Camp Dewey” at top of stamp; “Hero of Manila Bay” portrait of Admiral Dewey at left; Dewey’s flagship U.S.S. Olympia at center; “U.S. Junior Naval Reserve N.Y.” at bottom.  Rare.  Condition: good.

123.   (Dillingham, William P.).  STATE OF VERMONT.  REDFIELD PROCTOR, GOVERNOR.  A PROCLAMATION . . . BY REASON OF THE DEATH OF THE HONORABLE WILLIAM P. DILLINGHAM . . . ([Montpelier, 1923]).  Broadside, 35.5 x 21.5cm.  Designating November 6, 1923, for a special election to fill Dillingham’s U.S. Senate seat.  Condition: very good. 

124.  Doddridge, P.  SOME REMARKABLE PASSAGES IN THE LIFE OF HON. COL. JAMES GARDINER, WHO WAS SLAIN AT THE BATTLE OF PRESTON PANS, SEPTEMBER 21, 1745 (Exeter, 1795). 16mo, 250 pp.  Condition: lacks front flyleaf; fair to good.

125.  Dodge, Grenville M. & Ellis, William.  NORWICH UNIVERSITY 1819-1911:  HER HISTORY, HER GRADUATES, HER ROLL OF HONOR (Montpelier, 1911).  8vo, 3 vols., 604-760 pp., illus.  Condition:  good.

126.   (Douglas, Stephen A.).  Edward S. Marsh, compiler & editor, STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS: A MEMORIAL (Brandon, Vt., 1914).  Tall 8vo, 121 p., front. port., illus.  Privately printed in an edition of 200 copies.  Brandon’s tribute to its native son, U.S. Senator from Illinois, 1860 President candidate.  Condition: untrimmed; good.

127.  (Driftwind).  DRIFTWIND FROM THE NORTH HILLS (North Montpelier, 1927-1946).  8vo, 36 pp.  Seventy-six issues of the Vermont literary magazine edited, published and printed by Walter John Coates.   Seven issues are duplicates.  Condition: generally good. 

128.  Dufur, S. M.  OVER THE DEAD LINE: OR, TRACKED BY BLOOD-HOUNDS (n.p., n.d. [1902]).  8vo, 283 pp., photos.  Author from Richford, served in the First Vermont Cavalry.  “Giving the author’s personal experience during eleven months that he was confined in Pemberton, Libby, Belle Island, Andersonville, Ga., and Florence, S.C., as a prisoner of war.”  Condition: good.

129.   Dunham, Josiah.  AN ORATION, IN COMMEMORATION OF THE BIRTH OF OUR ILLUSTRIOUS WASHINGTON, PRONOUNCED AT WINDSOR, FEBRUARY 22, 1814 (Windsor, 1814).  8vo, 48 pp.  McCorison 1598.  By the state’s Secretary of State, “at the request of the Washington Benedolent[sic] Society.”  Condition: disbound; good.

130.  Dutcher, L. L. THE HISTORY OF ST. ALBANS, VT., CIVIL, RELIGIOUS, BIOGRAPHICAL AND STATISTICAL (St. Albans, 1872).  8vo, pp. 289-382, ads.  With:  HISTORICAL DISCOURSE ON THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF ST. ALBANS (St. Albans, 1860).  8vo, 12 pp.  Two copies.  Two titles, three volumes.  Condition: good.

131.  Dwight, Timothy.  TRAVELS IN NEW ENGLAND AND NEW YORK (New Haven, 1821-22).  8vo, 4 vols., 524-34 pp., 3 maps.  Howes D-612, “aa.”  Scarce.  Condition: rebound in black cloth; good.

132.  Eastman, Charles G.  POEMS (Montpelier, 1848).  12mo vii 208 pp.  Coates p. 119.  Gilman p. 79, “exceedingly scarce [in 1880].”  From the collection of Vermont poetry bibliographer and printer Walter John Coates, with his bookplate and signature.  Condition: good.

133.  -----, ed.  SERMONS, ADDRESSES & EXHORTATIONS, BY REV. JEDEDIAH BURCHARD (Burlington, 1836).  12mo, 119 (1) pp.  Gilman p. 79.  “Containing some account of proceedings during Protracted Meetings, Held under his direction, in Burlington, Williston, and Hinesburgh, Vt., December, 1835, and January, 1836.”  Strongly critical of Burchard’s religious revivals.  Condition: good. 

George F. Edmunds as King of the U.S. Senate, 1886

134.   (Edmunds, George, 1886).  OUR ROYAL RULERS (BY DIVINE RIGHT) IN SECRET SESSION.  Broadside, 39.5 x 26.5cm.  Full-page color illustration from Harper’s Weekly, April 3, 1886.  By Thomas Nast; shows Vermont’s U.S. Senator 1866-91 with royal crown, robe, orb and scepter, in the U.S. Senate chamber; pointing with scepter to paper, “The people have no right to any part in government.  King Charles I.”  Condition: good.

135.   (Education, 1874).  EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS . . . EXAMINATION OF PERSONS PROPOSING TO TEACH IN THE COMMON SCHOOLS IN WASHINGTON COUNTY . . . 28TH DAY OF NOVEMBER . . .  ([Montpelier, 1874]).  Broadside, 33 x 25.5cm.  Notes that candidates must average 65% on each of the four sections of the written exam.  Condition: good.

136.  (Election, 1952).  WHEN?  (Washington, D.C., 1952).  Broadside, 53.5 x 42cm., illus. of hands and barbed wire.  Extracts from the Republican and Democratic national party platforms.  Condition: fold lines; good.

137.  (Episcopal  Church, 1826-29).  THE EPISCOPAL REGISTER (Middlebury, 1826-29). 8vo, 4 vols. in 2, 192-207 pp.   Condition: modern brown cloth bindings; good.

138.  (Europe, 1846).  J. Pinkerton, PHYSICAL & POLITICAL MAP OF EUROPE (New York, 1846).  Wall-map, 57.5 x 80cm, on wooden rails.  Condition: light water stains; good.

139.  Fairbanks, Edward T.  THE TOWN OF ST. JOHNSBURY, VERMONT: A REVIEW OF SOME ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE YEARS TO THE ANNIVERSARY PAGEANT 1912 (St. Johnsbury, 1914).  8vo, 592 pp., illus.  Condition:  good.

140.   (Fairbanks, Horace, 1876).  THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION ([Montpelier, 1876]).  4to, 2 pp.  Governor’s proclamation declaring Nov. 30, 1876, “a Day of Public Thanksgiving and Praise to our Heavenly Father.”  Condition: very good.

141.   Faxon, C. A.  FAXON’S ILLUSTRATED HANDBOOK OF TRAVEL TO SARATOGA, LAKES GEORGE AND CHAMPLAIN, THE ADIRONDACKS, . . .  (Boston, 1874).  16mo, 210 1 20 pp., frontis., illus., 3 folding maps.  Condition: front inner hinge strengthened; one map separated at folds; good.

142.  [Fessenden, Thomas G.].  TERRIBLE TRACTORATION!  A POETICAL PETITION AGAINST GALVANISING TRUMPERY, AND THE PERKINISTIC INSTITUTION (New York, 1804).  First American edition.  16mo, 192 pp., four plates.  Condition: small hole in fourth plate; professionally rebound; good.

143.  Field, Timothy.  A SERMON DELIVERED AT WESTMINSTER, SEPTEMBER 15, 1816 ([Brattleboro, 1816]).  Small 8vo, 20 pp.  McCorison 1842, listing only one location.  Field was pastor of the 2nd Congregational Church, Westminster.  Quite rare.  Condition: early 20th-century binding; good.

144.   (Fish & Game, 1897).  AN ACT REGULATING THE HUNTING OF DEER AND PROHIBITING THE KILLING OF MOOSE AND CARIBOU (St. Johnsbury, 1897).   Broadside on linen, 45.5 x 30cm.  Text of act limiting deer season to October, with one-deer limit and ban on deer-jacking and hunting with dogs; $50 Vermont Fish and Game League reward for conviction of violators.  Condition: good.

145.  Flanders, Louis W.  SIMEON IDE: YEOMAN, FREEMAN, PIONEER PRINTER (Rutland, 1931).  8vo, 347 pp.  Biography of the early Vermont printer and engraver; includes a genealogy of the Ide family by Edith Flanders Dunbar.  Condition: good.

146.   (Flood, 1927).  STATE OF VERMONT.  VERMONT STATE FLOOD BOND.  LOAN OF 1927 . . . ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS . . .  ([Montpelier, 1927]).  Broadside, 37 x 26cm.  Two-year, 3.75% bond to raise funds for recovery efforts after devastating November 1927 flood.  Condition: very good.

147.  Franklin, Benjamin.  THE LIFE AND ESSAYS OF THE LATE DOCTOR BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (Brattleboro, 1814).  12mo, 322 pp.  McCorison 1604.  Condition:  some water-staining;  good. 

148.  -----.  WORKS OF THE LATE DR. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN:  CONSISTING OF HIS LIFE, WRITTEN BY HIMSELF.  TOGETHER WITH ESSAY, HUMOROUS, MORAL, AND LITERARY (Fair Haven, 1798).  12mo, 253 pp.  McCorison 484.  Condition: some light water-staining; fair to good.

149.  (Franklin & Grand Isle Counties, 1871).  F. W. Beers et al., ATLAS OF FRANKLIN AND GRAND ISLE COUNTIES, VERMONT (New York, 1871).  Folio, 20 town plans and 42 village plans in color.  Cobb #368.  Condition: tape on spine; some water-staining; fair to good.

150.  (-----, 1883).  Hamilton Child, comp., GAZETTEER AND BUSINESS DIRECTORY OF FRANKLIN AND GRAND ISLE COUNTIES, VT., FOR 1882-83 (Syracuse, 1883).  8vo, 612 pp., colored folding map.  Condition: rebound in leather; good.

151.  French, W. R.  A HISTORY OF TURNER, MAINE FROM ITS SETTLEMENT TO 1886 (Portland, 1887). 8vo, 312 pp., illus., map. Condition: cloth spine split; fair to good.

152.  Frost, Robert.  NORTH OF BOSTON (Boston, 1916).  With: NEW HAMPSHIRE (New York, 1928).  8vo, 116 pp.  With:  A FURTHER RANGE (New York, 1936).  8vo, 102 pp.  Three titles, three volumes.  Condition: all good.

153.  (-----).  COLLECTED POEMS OF ROBERT FROST (Garden City, 1942). 8vo, 453 pp.  With:  THE POETRY OF ROBERT FROST (New York, 1967). 8vo, 607 pp.  With: IN THE CLEARING (New York, 1962). 8vo, 101 pp.  With: Kathleen Morrison, ROBERT FROST: A PICTORIAL CHRONICLE (New York, 1974). 4to, 133 pp.  With:  Jean Gould,  ROBERT FROST: THE AIM WAS SONG (New York, 1964). 8vo, 302 pp.   Five titles, five volumes.  Condition: good.   

154.  Fuller, Andrew.   DIALOGUES, LETTERS, AND ESSAYS, ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS (Middlebury, 1811).  12mo, 256 pp.  McCorison 1299.  “Second American edition.”  Condition:  good.

155.  Gale, David C.  PROCTOR: THE STORY OF A MARBLE TOWN (Brattleboro, 1922). 8vo, 260 pp. Bassett 5246. Condition: good.

156.   (Galusha, Jonas).  Blank Vermont militia commission, signed in manuscript by Galusha as Governor and Commander in Chief 1816-20.  Broadside, 21 x 34.5cm.  Condition: good.

Gilman’s Bibliography of Vermont, 1897

157.  Gilman, Marcus D.  THE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF VERMONT (Burlington, 1897).  4to, 349 pp.  The essential guide to early Vermontiana.  Condition:  good.  

158.  (-----).  CATALOGUE OF THE HISTORICAL LIBRARY OF M. D. GILMAN, ESQ., OF MONTPELIER, VT. (Boston, 1884).  8vo, 104 pp.  1,815-lot.  F. Libbie & Co. auction catalogue for the library of Vermont’s bibliographer, including numerous Vermontiana and Americana titles.  Condition: good. 

159.  Goodrich, John E., ed. THE STATE OF VERMONT. ROLLS OF THE SOLDIERS IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 1775 TO 1783 (Rutland, 1904). 8vo, 926 pp.  Condition: one of the 1927 Flood copies; rebound; first and last pages professional repaired; otherwise good.   

160.  Goodrich, S. G.  A PICTORIAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE WORLD (Boston, 1841).  Small 4to, 2 vols., 1,008 pp., 1,000 engravings.   Condition: edges worn; otherwise good. 

161.  Graffagnino, J. Kevin.  VERMONT IN THE VICTORIAN AGE: CONTINUITY AND CHANGE IN THE GREEN MOUNTAIN STATE, 1850-1900 (Bennington, 1985).  Folio, xxxii 152 pp., illus., slipcase.  Condition: fine.

162.  Graham, John A.  A DESCRIPTIVE SKETCH OF THE PRESENT STATE OF VERMONT (London, 1797).  8vo, 186 pp., frontis port.  Howes G-288.  Gilman pp. 204-05.  Valuable source on 1790s Vermont.  Scarce.  Condition: hinges weak; good.

163.  (Granai, Cornelius O.).  VOTE FOR CORNELIUS O. GRANAI LT. GOVERNOR (n.p., n.d. [1960]).  Broadside, 43 x 28cm, portrait of Granai.  “Vote for an Aggressive, Progressive, Liberal Candidate.”  Granai represented Barre for eight terms in the Vermont House 1947-63.  Condition: foxed; good.

164.  Greeley, Horace.  RECOLLECTIONS OF A BUSY LIFE: INCLUDING REMINISCENCES OF AMERICAN POLITICS AND POLITICIANS (New York, 1869).  8vo, 624 pp., ads.  Condition: inside hinges cracked; spine ends chipped; fair to good.

165.  Grout, Josiah.  MEMOIR OF GEN’L. WILLIAM WALLACE GROUT AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JOSIAH GROUT (Newport, Vt., 1919).  8vo, 402 pp., illus.  Includes author’s Civil War service; W. W. Grout represented Vermont in Congress for 18 years; Josiah Grout was Governor 1896-98.  Condition: very good.

The Geology of Vermont, 1861

166.  Hager, Albert D.  REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF VERMONT: DESCRIPTIVE, THEORETICAL, ECONOMICAL, AND SCENOGRAPHICAL (Claremont, 1861).  4to, 982 pp., 3 folding maps, 38 plates.  Condition: ex-library; top of spine gone; edges worn; fair to good.

167.  Hall, Benjamin H.  HISTORY OF EASTERN VERMONT (Albany, 1858).  8vo, 799 pp., illus.  Howes H-50.  Scarce.  Signature of James Tyler, Congressman and Vermont Supreme Court justice, on front flyleaf.  Condition:  inside hinge taped; ex-library; good.

168.  Hall, Hiland.  THE HISTORY OF VERMONT, FROM ITS DISCOVERY TO ITS ADMISSION INTO THE UNION IN 1791 (Albany, 1868).  8vo, 521 (1) pp.,  folding map.  Howes H-68.  Inscribed by the author, “Mrs. Hiland B. Hall from her cousin and friend, Hiland Hall, North Bennington, Vt., November 16, 1879.”  Condition: good.

169.  Hall, Samuel R.  THE CHILD’S ASSISTANT TO A KNOWLEDGE OF THE GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY OF VERMONT (Montpelier, 1831).  12mo, printed boards, 74 pp., illus., folding color map.  Third edition of the first American state geography textbook.  Scarce.  Condition:  slight cover wear; some foxing; good.

170.  -----.  LECTURES ON SCHOOL-KEEPING (Boston, 1829).  12mo, xi 135 pp., 12 pp. of ads.  Gilman p. 114.  First book by the founder of America’s first normal school, inventor of the school-house black-board, and a longtime teacher and minister in northern Vermont; an influential work.  Scarce first edition.  Condition: fair.

171.  (Hartland, Vt., 1952).  HARTLAND FAIR, HARTLAND, VT.  AUG. 20-21-22-23.  (Norwalk, OH, 1952).  Broadside, 51 x 13.5cm, cowboy & prize bull at top.  Condition:  heavy card stock; good.

172.  (Hastings, Susanna Willard Johnson).  A NARRATIVE OF THE CAPTIVITY OF MRS. JOHNSON (Windsor, 1807).  12mo, 144 pp.  “Second Edition, Corrected and Enlarged.”  McCorison 926.  Howes J-153.  “Containing an account of her sufferings, during four years, with the Indians and French.”   Condition:  half of rear flyleaf missing; good.

173.  -----.  Another edition (Springfield, 1907).  16mo, 194 pp.  Edition limited to 350 copies.  Condition: ex-library; good.

174.  Haswell,  Anthony.  MEMOIRS AND ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN MATTHEW PHELPS (Bennington, 1802).  16mo,  210, 64, xii pp.  Howes H-300.  McCorison 643.  “Particularly in two voyages, from Connecticut to the River Mississippi, from December 1773 to October 1780.”  Rare.  Condition: front cover detached but present;   pp. 11-14 of Appendix in photocopy; rest good.

175.   (Haverhill, N.H., 1865).  EPISCOPAL MEETING.  THE REV. J. H. EAMES . . . SERVICES AT THE ACADEMY HALL, HAVERHILL, N.H. . . . JULY 1865  ([Haverhill, 1865]).  Broadside, 20 x 23cm.  Condition: encapsulated; good.

176.  Hayden, Chauncey et al.   THE HISTORY OF JERICHO, VERMONT (Burlington, 1916). 8vo, 665 pp., ports., maps. Bassett 4445. Condition: spine detached but present; contents sound and good.   

177.  Hayes, Lyman S.  THE CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY IN SOUTHERN VERMONT AND NEW HAMPSHIRE (Rutland, 1929).  12mo, 358 pp.  Condition: good.

178.  Haynes, Lemuel.  DISCOURSES ON RELIGIOUS SUBJECTS, BY THE LATE REV. JOB SWIFT, D.D. TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED, SKETCHES OF HIS LIFE AND CHARACTER, AND A SERMON, PREACHED AT WEST RUTLAND, ON THE OCCASION OF HIS DEATH BY THE REV LEMUEL HAYNES (Middlebury, 1805). 16mo, 300 pp. McCorrison 811. Presentation in ink ft flyleaf to Elizabeth D. Angelin sp? From W. Eli Eddy one of the listed subscribers. Condition: wear to corners, spine;  good.

179.  Hayward, John.  A GAZETTEER OF VERMONT (Boston, 1849).  12mo, 216 pp., folding map.  Condition: lacks front flyleaf; fair to good.

180.  Hazard, Thomas R.  RECOLLECTIONS OF OLDEN TIMES: ROWLAND ROBINSON OF NARRAGANSETT AND HIS UNFORTUNATE DAUGHTER; WITH GENEALOGIES OF THE ROBINSON, HAZARD, AND SWETT FAMILIES OF RHODE ISLAND (Newport, 1879).  8vo, 291 pp.  Condition:  fair to good.

181.  Hegewisch, D. H.  INTRODUCTION TO HISTORICAL CHRONOLOGY (Burlington, 1837).  16mo, 144 pp.  Condition: ex-library; good.

182.  Hemenway, Abby M.  CLARK PAPERS. MRS. MEECH AND HER FAMILY. HOME LETTERS, FAMILIAR INCIDENTS AND NARRATIONS (Burlington, 1878). 16mo, 312 pp. Gilman 121. Bassett 423. Condition: good. 

183.  -----,  ed.  A HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, VERMONT TAKEN FROM MISS HEMENWAY’S VERMONT HISTORICAL GAZETTER (Claremont, 1877).  8vo, pp. 89-472 pp., illus.  Condition: original printed wraps bound into green cloth; good.

184.   -----.  THE HISTORY OF THE TOWNS OF CABOT AND CALAIS (Montpelier, 1882).  Small 4to, printed wraps, pp. 73-176, front. plate.  From Volume 4 of Hemenway’s Vermont Historical Gazetteer.  Condition: untrimmed; good.

Hemenway’s Vermont Historical Gazetteer

185.  ----. THE VERMONT HISTORICAL GAZETTEER (Burlington, 1871). Volume Two. 8vo, 1200 pp. Howes H-403. Original three-quarter leather binding.  Condition; some margin notes and underlining; good.

186.   -----.  -----.  (Claremont, 1877). Volume Three. 8vo, 1245 pp., ports. Howes H-403.  Scarce.  Condition: some exterior wear; contents sound & good.

187.  -----.  -----.  (Montpelier, 1882). Volume Four. 8vo, 1200 pp., ports. Howes H-403. Condition: nicely rebound in brown cloth; very good.

188.  (-----, -----).  (Brandon, 1891).  8vo, (1,231) pp., ports.  Howes H-403.  Rarest of the Hemenway volumes.  Condition: modern green buckram binding; good.

189.  Herder, J. G.  THE SPIRIT OF HEBREW POETRY (Burlington, 1833).  Small 8vo, 2 vols., 293 & 320 pp.  Gilman p. 161.   Translated from the German by James Marsh, president of UVM.  Condition: ex-library; good.

190.  Hobart, Alvah S.  EIGHTY-THREE YEARS A SERVANT.  OR THE LIFE OF REV. ALVAH SABIN (Cincinnati, 1885).  8vo, 174 pp.  Gilman p. 123.  Sabin (1793-1885), of Georgia, Vt., served in Congress 1853-57.  Condition:  good.

191.  Holbrook, Wm. C.  A NARRATIVE OF THE SERVICES OF THE OFFICERS AND ENLISTED MEN OF THE 7TH REGIMENT OF VERMONT VOLUNTEERS FROM 1862 TO 1866 (New York, 1882). 8vo, 219 pp.  Condition: good.   

192.  Hollister, Hiel.  PAWLET FOR ONE HUNDRED YEARS (Albany, 1867).  12mo, 272 pp., tipped-in front. port. photo.  Condition: good.

193.  Hooper, Robert.  THE ANATOMIST’S VADE-MECUM: CONTAINING THE ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE HUMAN BODY (Windsor, 1809).  16mo, 264 pp.  McCorison 1083.  Condition: fair to good.

194.   Hopkins, Samuel.  A NEW EDITION OF TWO DISCOURSES (Bennington, 1793).  16mo, 120 pp.  McCorison 268.  Printed by Anthony Haswell.  Condition: original half-calf, marbled boards; good. 

195.  Hoskins, Nathan.  A HISTORY OF THE STATE OF VERMONT (Vergennes, 1831).  12mo, orig. full calf, 316 pp.  Valuable for detail on early 19th-century Vermont.  Condition: very good.

“Yes” on the Vote for Vermont Women, a Half-Century Early

196.   Howes, Harvey.  A LAST RESORT (Fair Haven, 1870).  Small 8vo, 9 pp.  Published in defense of the author’s being the only delegate to Vermont’s 1870 constitutional convention to vote for women’s suffrage; Howes was from West Haven, Vt.  Quite scarce.  Condition: good.

197.  Howes, Wright .  USIANA  (1650-1950) (New York, 1963).  8vo, 652 pp.  “A selective bibliography in which are described 11,620 uncommon and significant books relating to the continental portion of the United States.”  Condition: ex-library; good.

198.   (Hunting, 1924).  STATE OF VERMONT.  REDFIELD PROCTOR, GOVERNOR.  A PROCLAMATION . . . I DO HEREBY SUSPEND THE OPEN SEASON FOR THE HUNTING OF ANY KIND OF GAME IN THE STATE OF VERMONT . . .  ([Montpelier, 1924).  Broadside, 35.5 x 21.5cm.  In response to drought in Vermont forests, declares Nov. 3-16, 1924, a closed hunting season.  Condition:  very good.

199.   Hutchinson, Titus.  AN ORATION, DELIVERED AT THE SOUTH PARISH IN WOODSTOCK, VERMONT, ON THE FOURTH DAY OF JULY, A.D. 1806 (Randolph, 1806).  8vo, 24 pp.  McCorison 858, only 4 locations.  Scarce.  Condition: disbound; good.

200.  (Indians).  INDIAN NARRATIVES: CONTAINING A CORRECT AND INTERESTING HISTORY OF THE INDIAN WARS, FROM THE LANDING OF OUR PILGRIM FATHERS, 1620, TO GEN. WAYNE’S VICTORY, 1794  (Claremont, 1854).  Small 8vo, 276 pp.  “To which is added a correct account of the capture and sufferings of Mrs. Johnson, Zadock Steele and others.”  Condition: light water-staining; good.

201.   (-----).  Susannah W. J. Hastings, A NARRATIVE OF THE CAPTIVITY OF MRS. JOHNSON (Windsor, 1814).  16mo, 178 pp.  McCorison 1613.  With: Zadock Steele, THE INDIAN CAPTIVITY: OR A NARRATIVE OF THE CAPTIVITY AND SUFFERINGS OF ZADOCK STEELE (Montpelier, 1818).  16mo, 142 pp.  McCorison 2045.  Two titles, two volumes.  Condition: Hastings fair to good; Steele t.p. in photocopy, poor to fair. 

202.   Jackman, Alonzo.  A TREATISE ON THE DOCTRINE OF NUMERICAL SERIES, BOTH ASCENDING AND DESCENDING: ALSO THE BINOMIAL THEORY, WITH INTEGER AND FRACTIONAL (Claremont, 1846).  8vo, stiff printed wraps, 55 (1) pp.  Author was “Professor of Mathematics in Norwich University.”  Condition: some foxing; good.

203.  Jeffrey, William H.  RICHMOND PRISONS IN 1861-62 (St. Johnsbury, 1893).  8vo, 272 pp.  “Compiled from the original documents kept by the Confederate Government.”  Gilman p. 139.  Condition:  ex-library; inside hinges cracked; fair to good. 

204.  -----. SUCCESSFUL VERMONTERS: A MODERN GAZETTEER OF CALEDONIA, ESSEX, AND ORLEANS COUNTIES (East Burke, 1904).  4to,  361, 274 pp., numerous ports. Condition: good.  

205.  Jennings, Isaac.  MEMORIALS OF A CENTURY . . . THE EARLY HISTORY OF BENNINGTON (Boston, 1869).  8vo, 408 pp.  Condition:  good.

206.  [Jewett, Paul].  THE NEW-ENGLAND FARRIER; IN FOUR PARTS: WHEREIN THE DISEASES TO WHICH HORSES, NEAT CATTLE, SHEEP AND SWINE, ARE INCIDENT (Woodstock, 1824).  24mo, 107 pp.  Condition: fair to good.

207.  Jillson, Clark.  GREEN LEAVES FROM WHITINGHAM, VERMONT (Worcester, 1894). 8vo, 244 pp. Bassett 6233. Condition: good.

208.  Johnson, Herbert T., comp.  ROSTER OF VERMONT MEN AND WOMEN IN THE MILITARY AND NAVAL SERVICE . . . WORLD WAR 1917-1919 (Montpelier, 1927). 8vo, 1665 pp. Condition: good.

209.  -----.  STATE OF VERMONT: ROSTER OF SOLDIERS IN THE WAR OF 1812-14 (St Albans, 1933). 8vo, 474 pp. Condition: good.

210.  -----.  VERMONT IN THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR (Montpelier, 1929).  8vo, 163 pp.  Condition:  good.

211.  Jones, Matt B.  HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF WAITSFIELD, VERMONT 1782 – 1908 WITH FAMILY GENEALOGIES (Boston, 1909). Small  4to, 524 pp. Bassett 6062. Condition: good. 

212.  -----,  Matt B.  VERMONT IN THE MAKING 1750-1777 (Cambridge, 1939).  8vo, 471 pp.  An influential study of early Vermont.  Condition: good.

213.  Jones, Robert C.  THE CENTRAL VERMONT RAILWAY: A YANKEE TRADITION (Silverton, CO, 1981-82 and Shelburne, 1995).  8vo, 7 vols., 182-92 pp., photos., illus., maps.  Volume 7 signed presentation copy from author.  Condition: fine.

216.   (Juvenile, 1817).  THE HISTORY OF LITTLE HENRY AND HIS BEARER (Middlebury, 1817).  32mo, wraps, 64 pp.  McCorison 1953.  Scarce.  Condition: good.

217.   (-----, 1826).  SABBATH SCHOOL HYMNS (Bennington, 1826).  32mo, wraps, 19 pp., illus.  “By a Friend of Youth.”  Scarce.  Condition: some foxing; good.

218.   (Keene, N.H., 1834-36).  CATALOGUE OF THE YOUNG LADIES’ SEMINARY, IN KEENE,, N.H. (Keene, 1834 & 1836).  16mo, 2 vols., (16) & (16) pp.  Two volumes, two years.  List faculty, students, curriculum, costs.  Condition: light foxing; both good.

219.  Kendrick, Ariel.  SKETCHES OF THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ELD. ARIEL KENDRICK (Ludlow, 1847).  16mo, 96 pp.,  Gilman p. 146.  Condition: good.

Vermont Marble for the World, ca. 1870

220.  Kent, D. L. & Co.  D. L. KENT & CO.  EAST DORSET VARIEGATED MARBLE (n.p., n.d., [ca. 1870]).  Broadside, 56 x 72cm, 21 illustrations of “turned marble monuments, urns, etc.  Condition: edges chipped; small hole in upper right margin; good. 

221.   Keyes, Elias.  AN ADDRESS TO THE INDEPENDENT FREEMEN OF VERMONT (Windsor, 1818).  Small 8vo, 12 pp.  McCorison 2025, only 2 locations.  Candidate Keyes disputes allegations that he was drunk at the 1814 Battle of Plattsburgh.  Quite rare.  Condition: disbound; good.

222.  Knight, Charles. ed. LONDON (London, 1841).  Small 4to, 6 vols., 400-444 pp., illus.  Attractive three-quarter leather and marbled paper bindings.  Condition: good. 

223.  (Lake Champlain, 1848).  REASONS SUPPORTED BY STATISTICAL INFORMATION, AGAINST BRIDGING LAKE CHAMPLAIN, AND IN FAVOR OF THE ST. LAWRENCE AND CHAMPLAIN CANAL (n.p., 1848).  8vo, 24 pp.  By “A Vermonter.”  Condition: printed wraps missing; good.

224.  (-----, 1911-13).  Group lot:  THE CHAMPLAIN TERCENTENARY REPORT OF THE NEW YORK LAKE CHAMPLAIN TERCENTENARY COMMISSION (Albany, 1911).  With: THE CHAMPLAIN TERCENTENARY FINAL REPORT (Albany, 1913).  Two titles, two volumes.  Condition: both front covers detached but present; otherwise good.

225.  (-----).  Group lot:  Odgen Ross, THE STEAMBOATS OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN (Quechee, 1997).  With:  Frederic F. Van de Water, LAKE CHAMPLAIN AND LAKE GEORGE (Indianapolis, 1946).  Signed by the author.  Two titles, two volumes.  Condition: Ross very good; Van de Water good.

226.  (Lamoille & Orleans Counties,  1868).  F. W. Beers et al., ATLAS OF THE COUNTIES OF LAMOILLE AND ORLEANS, VERMONT (New York, 1868).  Folio, 29 town plans and 56 village plans in color.  Cobb #388.  Condition: some repairs; some water-staining; fair to good.

227.  (-----, 1883).  Hamilton Child, comp., GAZETTEER AND BUSINESS DIRECTORY OF LAMOILLE AND ORLEANS COUNTIES, VT., FOR 1883-84 (Syracuse, 1883).  8vo, 658 pp., colored folding map.  Condition: lacks map of Lamoille County; fair to good. 

228.  Lane, E. H.  THE SOLDIERS’ RECORD OF JERICHO, VERMONT (Burlington, 1868).  Small 8vo, 47 pp. Condition: shaken; fair to good.

229.  (Lebanon, N.H., 1862).  THE COLLEGE BOYS ARE COMING!  THE GLEE CLUB OF THE WESLEYAN COLLEGE WITH GIVE A CONCERT IN TOWN HALL, LEBANON, ON MONDAY EVENING, AUG. 4  (Springfield, Md., [1862]).  Broadside, 46.5 x 15.5cm.  List of songs; decorative border; varied type sizes.  Condition: fold lines; good.

The Nobel Laureate Defends His Adopted State

230.  Lewis, Sinclair.  A LETTER TO CRITICS (Brattleboro, [1931]).  Broadside, 31.5 x 41.5cm.  Vehement rebuttal of Eda Lou Walton’s dismissive review in The Nation of the Vermont Commission on Country Life’s Vermonters: A Book of Biographies; reprinted from The Nation.  Designed by Vrest Orton and printed at the Stephen Daye Press in an edition of 500 copies.  Yellow paper, text in black, borders & decorations in orange, 3-column text.  Quite rare.  Condition: fold lines; encapsulated; very good.

231.   Lincoln, Benjamin.   AN EXPOSITION OF CERTAIN ABUSES, PRACTICED BY SOME OF THE MEDICAL SCHOOLS IN NEW ENGLAND (Burlington, 1833).  8vo, printed wraps, 76 pp.  “Particularly on the agent-sending system, as practiced by Theodore Woodward, M.D.  Addressed to medical gentlemen in the state of Vermont.”  Condition: good.

232.  Lovejoy, Evelyn M. W.  HISTORY OF ROYALTON, VERMONT WITH FAMILY GENEALOGIES 1760-1911 (Burlington, 1911).  8vo, 1146 pp., 2 folding maps, numerous ports. & illus.  Condition: good.

233.  Ludlum, David M.  SOCIAL FERMENT IN VERMONT 1791-1850 (New York, 1966).  8vo, 305 pp.  Valuable study of reform movements in early Vermont.  Condition:  good.

234.   (Lyndon Institute).  THE INSTITUTE CHIMES (Lyndon Center, 1883-88).  Seven issues of the  LI student magazine, 1883-88, including Volume One, Nos. 1-2 and 4-5.  4to, 12-24 pp., some with printed wraps.  Condition: good. 

235.  (Lyndonville, Vt., 1891).  LYNDON CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION CHIEFLY AT LYNDONVILLE, VT., JULY 3, 4 AND 5 (St. Johnsbury, 1891).  Broadside, 71 x 28cm.  Condition: small edge tears; good.

236.  McCorison, Marcus A.  VERMONT IMPRINTS 1778-1820 (Worcester, 1963).  8vo, 597 pp.  Condition:   good.

237.  McElroy, John.   ANDERSONVILLE: A STORY OF REBEL MILITARY PRISONS, FIFTEEN MONTHS A GUEST OF THE SO-CALLED CONFEDERACY (Washington, 1899).  8vo, 654 pp.  “A private soldier’s experience in Richmond, Andersonville, Savannah, Millen, Blackshear and Florence.”  Inscribed on last page, “Sergeant S. E. Harris Co. 13, 25th U.S. Infantry, Fort Shaw, Montana, 1888, by his comrades.”  Condition: ex-library; rebound in brown cloth; fair to good.

238.   McGuier, Henry.  A CONCISE HISTORY OF HIGH SPRING ROCK (Albany, 1868).  16mo, printed wraps, 42 pp., illus.  Sabin 43294.  Promotional pamphlet for a Saratoga Springs spa/hotel.  Condition: good.

239.  McKeen, Silas. A HISTORY OF BRADFORD, VERMONT (Montpelier, 1875). 8vo, 459 (3) pp., ports. Bassett 3113. Condition: good.  

240.  McLaughlin, J. Fairfax.  MATTHEW LYON.  THE HAMPDEN OF CONGRESS (New York, 1900).  8vo, 531 pp., frontis. port.  Earliest biography of the early Vermont Congressman and firebrand.  Condition:  good.

241.   McWatters, George S.  KNOTS UNTIED: OR, WAYS AND BY-WAYS IN THE HIDDEN LIFE OF AMERICAN DETECTIVES (Hartford, 1871).  8vo, 665 pp., front. port., illus.  “A narrative of marvelous experiences among all classes of society—criminals in high life, swindlers, bank robbers, thieves, lottery agents, gamblers, necromancers, counterfeiters, burglars, etc., etc., etc.”  Condition: spine chipped; cover faded; fair to good.

242.   (Maine, 1905).  MAP OF THE STATE OF MAINE (Boston, 1905).  87 x 77cm, hard black covers, folds to 24 x 11cm.  On verso, “The New England Commercial and Route Survey,” 87 x 77cm, directory lower right.  Condition: good.

243.  Mallett, Peter S.  THE HISTORY OF GEORGIA, VERMONT 1763 TO 2002 (St. Albans, 2002).  4to, 2 vols., 834 pp.  Condition: very good.

244.   (Marble, 1870).  TO THE HONORABLE THE COMMITTEE OF WAYS AND MEANS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S.A. . . . THE AMERICAN MARBLE INTERESTS . . . UNLESS SOME ALTERATION IS MADE TO THE PRESENT TARIFF, THE ENTIRE AMERICAN QUARRY AND MILL INTERESTS . . . WILL BE RENDERED UNPRODUCTIVE . . . (No place, 1910).  Broadside, 60 x 29cm.  Two-column text, detailing inequities between imported Italian and domestic marble, asking for higher tariff rates.  Condition: good.

245.   (-----, 1881).  Sherman & Gleason, PRICE-LIST OF RUTLAND MARBLE (Rutland, 1881).  24mo, printed wraps, 40 pp., errata slip.  “Quarries at West Rutland, Vt..  Office at Castleton, Vermont.”  Condition: some soiling to back wrap; good.

246.  Marsh, George P.  MAN AND NATURE; OR, PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY AS MODIFIED BY HUMAN ACTION (New York, 1864).  Small 4to, 560 pp.  First edition of a pioneering work in environmental studies.  Condition: good.

247.  -----.  Group lot: THE ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE (New York, 1860).  With:  same, third edition (New York, 1869).  With:  LECTURES ON THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE (New York, 1864).  Two titles, three volumes.  Condition: good.

248.  -----.   REPORT . . . ON THE ARTIFICIAL PROPAGATION OF FISH (Burlington, 1857).   8vo, 52 6 62 pp.   “Made under authority of the legislature of Vermont.”   Gilman p. 93.  Condition: some water-staining; fair to good. 

249.  [-----].  CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF GEORGE PERKINS MARSH (Burlington, 1892). 4to, 742 pp.  With:  David Lowenthal, GEORGE PERKINS MARSH: PROPHET OF CONSERVATION (Seattle, 2000). 8vo, 605 pp.  Two titles, two volumes.  Condition: Catalogue a bit shaken; Lowenthal lacks dust jacket; both good.   

250.  Marsh, James.  AIDS TO REFLECTION, IN THE FORMATION OF A MANLY CHARACTER, ON THE SEVERAL GROUNDS OF PRUDENCE, MORALITY, AND RELIGION (Burlington, 1829).  8vo, lxi 399 pp.  Gilman p. 160.   Marsh (1794-1842) was president of UVM 1826-33.  Condition:  inside front hinge cracked; good.

251.  (-----).  THE REMAINS OF THE REV. JAMES MARSH D.D. LATE PRESIDENT, AND PROFESSOR OF MORAL AND INTELLECTUAL PHILOSOPHY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT; WITH A MEMOIR OF HIS LIFE (Burlington, 1845).  Small 4to, 642 pp.  Second edition.  Condition: good.  With:  Emily Peterson, THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY OF JAMES MARSH, 1799-1842 (New York, 1973).  Small 8vo, 63 pp.   Two titles, two volumes.  Condition: good.    

252.  (Masonic).  RECORDS OF THE GRAND LODGE OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF THE STATE OF VERMONT, FROM 1794 TO 1846 INCLUSIVE (Burlington, 1879). 8vo, 420 pp.  Condition: fair to good.

253.  (Massachusetts, 1884).  COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.  BY HIS EXCELLENCY GEORGE D. ROBINSON, GOVERNOR: DAY OF FASTING AND PRAYER (No place, 1884).  Broadside, 61 x 48.5cm, state seal at top.  Condition: encapsulated; good.

254.  Mayer, Alfred M.  SPORT WITH GUN AND ROD IN AMERICAN WOODS AND WATERS (New York, 1883). 4to, 888 pp., illus., a.e.g.  Condition: a bit shaken; otherwise good.

255.  (Middlebury, Vt.—Imprints).  Group lot of 9 early Middlebury imprints.  Includes McCorison #s 756, 1289, 1294, 1368, 1745, 1977 and 2022.  With:  THE YOUTH’S ETHEREAL DIRECTOR; OR A CONCISE AND FAMILIAR EXPLANATION OF THE ELEMENTS OF ASTRONOMY (Middlebury, 1822).  Two copies.  Eight titles, 9 volumes.  Condition: poor to good; should be seen.   

256.  (Middlebury College, 1804).  THE LAWS OF MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE, IN MIDDLEBURY, IN VERMONT (Middlebury, 1804).  8vo, 20 pp.  McCorison 747.  “Enacted by the President and Fellows, the 17th Day of August, 1803.”  Condition: disbound; good.

257.  (Militia/military lot).   Hiland Hall, THE CAPTURE OF TICONDEROGA IN 1775 (Montpelier, VHS, 1869). 8vo, 32 pp.  With:   THE GREEN MOUNTAIN BOYS AT CHICKAMAUGA GEORGIA 1898. Oblong 8vo, 46 pp., illus.  With:   MESSAGE OF THE GOVERNOR TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VERMONT, OCTOBER 12, 1865 (Montpelier, 1865). 8vo, 44 pp.  Includes section on the St Albans Raid.  With: THE RANSOM GUARD OF ST. ALBANS, VERMONT (St Albans, n.d).  16mo, 33 pp.  Four titles, four volumes.  Condition: fair to good.   

258.  Miller, Edward & Wells, Frederic P.  HISTORY OF RYEGATE, VERMONT (St. Johnsbury, 1913).  8vo, 608 pp., illus.  “With genealogical records of many families.”  Laid in:  FIFTH ANNUAL FAIR CALEDONIA PARK: THE RYEGATE AND WELLS RIVER DAIRYMEN’S ASSOCIATION (1893).  Condition:  good.

Mitchell’s 1849 Atlas

259.  Mitchell, S. Augustus.  A NEW UNIVERSAL ATLAS CONTAINING MAPS OF THE VARIOUS EMPIRES. KINGDOMS, STATES AND REPUBLICS OF THE WORLD WITH A SPECIAL MAP OF EACH OF THE UNITED STATES, PLANS OF CITIES, &C. (Philadelphia, 1849).   Folio, 72 pp., 117 maps/plans/sections.  Condition: good.

260.  (Montpelier, Vt.—Imprints).  Group lot of 4 early Vermont imprints.  Includes McCorison #s 1505, 1837 and 2099.  With:  AN ESSAY ON THE POWERS AND FACULTIESOF THE HUMAN MIND (Montpelier, 1829).  24mo-16mo.  Four titles, four volumes.  Condition: fair to good; should be seen. 


Joe Beef Feeds Montreal at Good Prices, ca. 1870

261.   (Montreal, ca. 1870).  JEO [SIC] BEEF OF MONTREAL, THE SON OF THE PEOPLE . . . JOE BEEF’S CANTEEN, MONTREAL.  NOS. 4, 5, 6 COMMON STREET  ([Montreal, ca. 1870]).  Broadsheet, 103 x 23cm.  Woodcut portrait of Joe Beef, interior and exterior views of his establishment on recto; woodcut of evangelist admonishing beggar and a police court scene on verso; humorous text extolling Beef’s character and canteen; list of some 400 categories of people he will feed for five cents (“Drawing-Room Fops,” “Half-Witted Nobility,” etc.); facetious “Rules for Police Constables” on verso.  All in all, a most curious item.  Condition: slight roughness around edges and fold lines; good.

262.  Moore, Hugh.  MEMOIR OF COL. ETHAN ALLEN (Plattsburgh, 1834).  12mo, 252 pp.  One of the earliest Allen biographies.  Scarce.  Condition:  binding worn; front hinge cracked; fair to good.

263.  Morton, Daniel O.  MEMOIR OF LEVI PARSONS, LATE MISSIONARY TO PALESTINE (Poultney, 1824).  12mo, 431 pp., front. port.  Two copies.  Condition: fair to good.

264.  (Mount Vernon).  MOUNT VERNON N.W. VIEW OF THE MANSION OF GEORGE WASHINGTON  (No place, no date [1927?]).  Lithography, 38 x 48.5cm.  Twentieth-century reproduction of an earlier view.  Condition: framed; attractive display piece; good.   

265.  Munsill, Harvey.  THE EARLY HISTORY OF BRISTOL, VERMONT FORMERLY KNOWN AS POCOCK (Bristol, 1979).  8vo, 258 pp., folding map.  Condition: good.

266.  Napoli, Marjorie Little.  THE SMITH GENEALOGY (No place, 1974). 8vo, 198 pp. map of Swanton and Sheldon, Vt., on endpapers.  Condition: very good.

267.  (New England, 1848).  Ensign & Thayer, MAP OF NEW ENGLAND (New York, 1848).  Wall-map, 76.5 x 69cm, on wooden rails.  Portrait of John Hancock, farm scenes, Indians, and six state seals around edges.  Condition:  small hole in title cartouche; very good.

268.  (-----, 1875).  Rand, Avery & Co., EXPRESS MAP OF NEW ENGLAND AND A PORTION OF THE BRITISH PROVINCES, SHOWING THE VARIOUS EXPRESS COMPANIES (Boston, 1875).  Wall-map, 107 x 107cm, on wooden rails.  Condition:  small holes upper margin; very good.

George White’s Map of New Hampshire, ca. 1850

269.   (New Hampshire, ca. 1850).  George White, MAP OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE  (Greenbush, Vt., n.d. [ca. 1850]).  29.5 x 19cm, plus margins.  Cobb #184.  Engraved wall-map, backed on linen; shows towns, counties, waterways, roads, railroads; White’s New Hampshire and Vermont maps are the only ones he published.  Scarce.  Condition: small nail-holes in margins; good. 

270.   (----- & Vermont, ca. 1870).  JOHNSON’S NEW HAMPSHIRE AND VERMONT ([New York, n.d., [ca. 1870]).  Lithograph, 57 x 39.5cm, plus margins.  Double-page Johnson & Browning atlas map; towns in color; shows waterways, railroads, roads, villages, etc.; decorative border.  Condition: horizontal center fold; very good.

271.   (New York City, ca. 1870).  MAP OF NEW YORK AND VICINITY (New York, n.d. [ca. 1870]).  Lithograph, 75 x 67cm, plus margins.  Published by Beers, Ellis & Soule.  “Accompanying ‘Atlas of New York and Vicinity”; towns in color; shows details from Burlington, NJ on south to Poughkeepsie, NY on north, Brook Haven on east to Mansfield, PA on west.  Condition: small separation at center fold; vibrant color; good to very good.

272.  Newton, A. Edward.  THE AMENITIES OF BOOK COLLECTING AND KINDRED AFFECTIONS (Boston, 1931).  8vo, 327 pp., illus.  Condition:  good.

273.  Newton, Ephraim H.  THE HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MARLBOROUGH, WINDHAM COUNTY, VERMONT (Montpelier, 1930).  8vo, 330 pp.  Edition limited to 300 copies.  Condition: good.

274.  (North Montpelier, Vt., ca. 1880).  THE INDEPENDENT CLUB WILL HOLD A GRAND FAIR!  AT UNION VESTRY HALL, NORTH MONTPELIER (Montpelier, n.d. [ca. 1880]).  Broadside, 69 x 28cm.  “An Elegant Negro Doll, Which Will be Voted to the Most Popular Gentleman!”  Condition: encapsulated; right edge ragged; fair.

275.  (Northern New England, ca. 1835).  Brown & Parsons, MAP OF MAINE, NEW HAMPSHIRE AND VERMONT FROM THE MOST AUTHENTIC SOURCES (Hartford, n.d., [ca. 1835]).  Folding map, 44 x 38cm, in pocket-size case with population statistics inside the front cover.  Condition:  good.  

Beers Atlas of Orange County, 1877

276.  (Orange County, Vt.).  F. W. Beers & Co., ATLAS OF THE COUNTY OF ORANGE, VERMONT (New York, 1877).  Folio, 17 town plans and 43 village plans in color.  Cobb #386.  Condition: good.

277.  Osborn, Benjamin.  A FAREWELL SERMON, DELIVERED AT TINMOUTH, OCTOBER 28, 1787 (Bennington, 1788).  8vo, 24 pp.  McCorison 149.  Printed by Anthony Haswell.  Quite scarce.  Condition: moderate wear; untrimmed; fair.

278.   (Page, John B.).  STATE OF VERMONT.  BY JOHN B. PAGE, GOVERNOR.  A PROCLAMATION ([Montpelier, 1868]).  Broadside, 43 x 34cm.  Designating Nov. 26, 1868, “as a day of thanksgiving and praise to almighty God.”  Condition: good.

The History of the World in Color on One Long Page, 1871

279.  Paine,  J. A.   A CHRONOLOGICAL CHART OF ANCIENT, MODERN AND BIBLICAL HISTORY SYNCHRONIZED BY HON. SEBASTIAN C. ADAMS, WITH MAPS OF THE WORLD’S GREAT EMPIRES New York, 1871). Large folding chromolithograph in hard covers, opens to 71 x 710cm,.  Condition: covers quite worn; chromolithograph good to very good.    

280.  Palmer, Peter S.  HISTORY OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN, FROM ITS FIRST EXPLORATION BY THE FRENCH IN 1609 TO THE CLOSE OF THE YEAR 1814 (Albany, 1866).  8vo, 276 pp.  Condition: spine ends worn; good.

281.  (Paper Money).   United States 10 Cents. American Bank Note Company Act of March 3rd, 1853.  With:   United States X Cents Series of 1874, two copies.   With:  Franklin County Bank St Albans One Dollar note 1858, used, pasted down on paper backing.  With:  Missisquoi Bank Three Dollar note 1859, also pasted down, on cardstock.  With:  Canal Bank, New Orleans 18— $5 note, uncirculated.  Six pieces.  Condition: fair to good; should be seen. 

282.   Parker, C. C.  THE EARLY HISTORY OF WATERBURY (Waterbury, 1867).  8vo, wraps, 28 pp.  “A discourse delivered February 10th, 1867” by the pastor of the Waterbury, Vt., Congregational church.  Condition: good.

283.  Parkman, Francis.  PARKMAN’S WORKS (Boston, 1891-1905).  8vo, 12 vols., 320-412 pp.  Condition: small extra illustrations tabbed in throughout; good.

284.  Parks, Roger, ed.  RHODE ISLAND: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ITS HISTORY (Boston, 1983).  4to, 229 pp., map.  Volume Five of the Bibliographies of New England History, Committee for a New England Bibliography.  Condition: very good.

285.   (Patent Medicine, 1861).  BICOLORATA BARK.  BY EDWARD E. PHELPS, M.D. . . . FEW IF ANY REMEDIES EQUAL IT . . . OXYGENATED BITTERS . . . GEORGE B. GREEN, WINDSOR, VT., APRIL 20, 1861  ([Boston, 1861]).  Broadside, 48.5 x 33cm.  Windsor, Vt., patent medicine; 2-column text.  Condition: very good.

Peary Brings the Arctic to Brattleboro, 1893

286.   (Peary, Robert E.).  TOWN HALL, BRATTLEBORO . . . APRIL 17, 1893 . . . LIEUT. PEARY, U.S.N.  (New York, 1893).  Broadsheet, 33 x 25.5cm., illus.  “The most successful Arctic Explorer of any age, will graphically describe his experiences near the North Pole”; portrait of Peary, 5 scenes; lecture tour “for the Benefit of the Peary Arctic Expedition of 1893-4.”  Condition: good.

287.   (Peck, Asahel).  STATE OF VERMONT.  BY HIS EXCELLENCY, ASAHEL PECK, GOVERNOR. A PROCLAMATION . . .  ([Montpelier, 1874]).  Broadside, 40.5 x 26.5cm.  Designating Nov. 26, 1874, “a day of thanksgiving and praise to almighty God.”  Condition: good.

288.  Peck, Theodore S.  REVISED ROSTER OF VERMONT VOLUNTEERS AND LISTS OF VERMONTERS WHO SERVED IN THE ARMY AND NAVY OF THE UNITED STATES DURING THE WAR OF THE REBELLION 1861-66 (Montpelier, 1892). 4to, 863 pp.  Presentation 1897 to Vermont Antiquarian Society, front flyleaf.  Condition:  modern buckram binding; good.

289.  Phelps, John.  FAMILY MEMOIRS (Brattleboro, 1886).  8vo, printed wraps, 68 pp.  Detailed account of the Phelps family in 18th-century Vermont, including the anti-Vermont activities of Charles (1717-89) and Timothy (1747-1817) Phelps of Marlboro.  Scarce.  Condition: good.

290.  (Port Folio).  “Oliver Oldschool, Esq.”  THE PORT FOLIO (Philadelphia, 1801-11).  4to and 8vo, 6 vols., 416-622 pp.  Volumes for 1801, ’03, ’04, ’05, ’08, and ’11.  Condition: varies; should be seen.   

291.  (THE POST BOY, AND VERMONT & NEW HAMPSHIRE FEDERAL COURIER). Bound volume for 1805, the first year of the Windsor, Vermont, weekly newspaper. Volume 1, Nos. 1-52. Stories, ads, editorials, etc. Rare. Condition: lacking top 2/3 of title page and index at the front of book; otherwise; fair to good.

292.  (Proctor, Redfield).  STATE OF VERMONT.  REDFIELD PROCTOR, GOVERNOR.  A PROCLAMATION . . . THE TWENTY-NINTH DAY OF NOVEMBER . . . AS A DAY OF THANKSGIVING AND PRAISE ([Montpelier, 1923]).  Broadside, 35.5 x 21.5cm.  Condition: very good.

Old Man Vermont Finally Wakes Up, 1892

293.   (Puck, 1892).  EVEN SLEEPY OLD NEW ENGLAND IS WAKING UP.  Front cover of Puck, Sept. 21, 1892.  Color illustration by W. A. Rogers of Vermont as Rip Van Winkle-like old man, waking up to kick a diminutive  William McKinley, who holds a “McKinley Tariff” scroll; rising sun “Tariff Reform” in background.  Condition: strong color; very good.

294.  (Ransom Guards).  Charles S. Forbes, A MEMENTO: SKETCH OF THE RANSOM GUARDS OF ST. ALBANS, VT., AND THEIR CENTENNIAL EXCURSION TO PHILADELPHIA (St. Albans, 1876).  16mo, 24 pp.  Two copies.  With:  BY-LAWS OF THE RANSOM GUARDS (St. Albans, 1872).  16mo, 17 pp.  Two titles, three volumes..  Condition: all good.

Vermont Welcomes the First Republican Candidate for President, 1856

295.  (Republican Party, 1856).  FREMONT MASS CONVENTION! . . . NORTH BENNINGTON, VERMONT ON THE 16TH DAY OF AUGUST, 1856.  BEING THE SEVENTY-NINTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF BENNINGTON!  (Bennington, 1856).  Broadside, 62.5 x 47.5cm.  “A meeting of the friends of Fremont and Dayton!  Of freedom and free Kansas; and of those opposed to the policy of the present National Administration.”  Condition: fold lines; light foxing; good.

296.   Ripley, William Y. W.  VERMONT RIFLEMEN IN THE WAR FOR THE UNION, 1861 TO 1865 (Rutland, 1883).  Small 8vo, 204 pp.  “A history of Company F, First United States Sharp Shooters.”  Scarce.  Condition: good.

297.  Robinson, Rowland E.  CENTENNIAL EDITION of Robinson’s complete works (Rutland, 1933-37).  8vo, 7 vols., 248-287 pp., illus.  Condition: very good.

Rowland Robinson’s Rarest Work

298.  [-----].  FOREST AND STREAM FABLES (New York, 1886).  8vo, printed wraps, (18) pp.  By far the rarest of Robinson’s titles, by “Awahsoose the Bear.”  Condition: good.

299.  -----.  A HERO OF TICONDEROGA (Burlington, 1898).  16mo, 187 pp., frontis port.  One of two Robinson novels published in Burlington by Hobart Shanley.  Two copies.  Condition: good.

300.  -----.  IN THE GREEN WOOD (Burlington, 1899).  16mo, 163 pp. The second and last Robinson novel published in Burlington by Hobart Shanley.  Two copies.  Condition: good.

301.  -----.  VERMONT: A STUDY OF INDEPENDENCE (Boston, 1892). 12mo, 370 pp.  First edition of Robinson’s popular history of Vermont.  Condition: good.

302.  -----.  Group lot of Robinson works:  OUT OF BONDAGE (1905); DANVIS FOLKS (1894); A DANVIS PIONEER (1900); SAM LOVEL’S BOY (1901); IN NEW ENGLAND FIELDS AND WOODS (1896);  VERMONT: A STUDY OF INDEPENDENCE (1920); SAM LOVEL’S CAMP (1889); UNCLE LISHA’S SHOP (1887); UNCLE LISHA’S OUTING (1897); HUNTING WITHOUT A GUN (1905); SILVER FIELDS (1921).  Eleven titles, 11 volumes.  Condition:  good. 

303.  Rockwell, Norman.  EISENHOWER (No place, 1956).  Broadside, 109 x 102cm, color.  Condition: tape residue at corners; fold line; good.

304.   Rogers, Ammi.  MEMOIRS OF THE REV. AMMI ROGERS, A.M.: A CLERGYMAN OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH (Middlebury, 1830).  16mo, 268 pp.  Gilman p. 235.  Condition: ex-library; fair to good.

The Steamboats of Lake Champlain and Lake George

305.   Ross, Ogden J.  THE STEAMBOATS OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN 1809 TO 1930 (No place, 1930).  4to, 184 pp., illus.  The principal source on its subject; privately printed in an edition of 200 copies.  Rare.  Condition:  good.

306.   -----.  THE STEAMBOATS OF LAKE GEORGE 1817 TO 1932 (No place, 1932).  4to, 174 pp., illus.  The companion volume to Ross’ Lake Champlain book; also privately printed in a very small edition.  Rare.  Condition: good.

307.   (Rutland & Burlington Railroad, 1849).  REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE RUTLAND AND BURLINGTON RAILROAD COMPANY (Burlington, 1849).  8vo, printed wraps, 22 pp.  “At their annual meeting, at Rutland, held 20th June, 1849.”  Condition: good.

308.  (Rutland, Vt., ca. 1950).  CLYDE BROS. CIRCUS.  SPONSORED BY RUTLAND ELKS LODGE.  RUTLAND, WED., MAY 31-THURS. JUNE 1 (No place, no date).  Broadside, 36 x 514.5cm, elephant, clown.  Condition: heavy card stock; good.

309.  (Rutland  County, Vt., 1869).  F. W. Beers et al., ATLAS OF RUTLAND COUNTY, VERMONT (New York, 1869).  Folio, 27 town plans and 40 village plans in color.  Cobb #356.  Condition: tape on spine; good.

310.  (-----, 1881).  Hamilton Child, comp., GAZETTEER AND BUSINESS DIRECTORY OF RUTLAND COUNTY, VT., FOR 1881-82 (Syracuse, 1881).  8vo, 643 (1) pp., folding map.  Condition: tape over spine; contents sound, good.

311.  (-----, 1886).  H P. Smith & W. S. Rann, eds., HISTORY OF RUTLAND COUNTY, VERMONT (Syracuse, 1886). 4to, 959 pp., ports., Bassett 2579.  Condition:  rebound; edges of some pages chipped; good.  

312.  (-----Misc.).  Group lot:  Henry K. Adams, A CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF ST. ALBANS, VERMONT  (St. Albans, 1889); With:  ADVANTAGES, RESOURCES AND ATTRACTIONS OF ST. ALBANS, VT (1889);  With:  SKETCHES OF EARLY LIFE IN ST. ALBANS (1925); With:  ST. ALBANS THROUGH THE YEARS    (1977).  Four titles, four volumes.  Condition: Adams poor; rest good.

313.  (-----, -----).  Group lot of miscellaneous 19th- and early 20th-century St. Albans pamphlets, newspapers and ephemera.   Condition: fair to good; should be seen.   

314.  (St Albans Raid). Three-ring notebook of St. Albans Raid material collected by Edwin D. Steele.  Includes John Branch, ST ALBANS RAID, ST. ALBANS, VT., OCTOBER 19, 1864 (St. Albans, [1935]).  8vo, 67 pp.  Condition: good; should be seen.    

315.  (St. Johnsbury, Vt.).  Group lot.  Arthur F. Stone, comp., ST. JOHNSBURY ILLUSTRATED: A REVIEW OF THE TOWN’S BUSINESS, SOCIAL, LITERARY, AND EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES, WITH GLIMPSES OF PICTURESQUE SURROUNDINGS (St. Johnsbury, 1891).  Oblong 4to, 100 pp.  With:  ST. JOHNSBURY (St. Johnsbury, 1895).  Oblong 8vo, 60 pp.   Two titles, two volumes.  Condition: Stone fair, other good.

316.  (-----).  Group lot.  F. A. Balch,  A COLLECTION OF VIEWS IN AND AROUND ST. JOHNSBURY, VERMONT (St. Johnsbury, 1900).  Oblong 8vo, 65 pp. of photos.  With:  BOOK OF WORDS: THE PAGEANT OF ST. JOHNSBURY (St. Johnsbury, 1911).  8vo, 86 pp.  With:  Lowell Smith, 150 YEARS OF PROGRESS 1937: 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF ST JOHNSBURY (St Johnsbury, 1937). 4to spiral bound, 101 pp., ads.  Three titles, three volumes.  Condition: good.   

318.  (St. Johnsbury Academy).  Group lot.  Richard Beck, A PROUD TRADITION: A SESQUICENTENNIAL HISTORY OF ST. JOHNSBURY ACADEMY (St. Johnsbury, 1992). 8vo, 319 pp.  With:  CLASS BOOK 1923 ST. JOHNSBURY ACADEMY (St Johnsbury, 1923). 8vo, 100 pp.  With:  AN HISTORICAL SKETCH OF ST. JOHNSBURY ACADEMY 1842-1922 (No place, [1924]). 8vo, 119 pp.  With:  Arthur F.  Stone, THE FIRST HUNDRED YEARS (No place, 1942). 8vo, 31 pp.  Four titles, four volumes.  Condition: good.

319.  (-----).  Group lot.  REPORT OF THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL OF ST. JOHNSBURY ACADEMY JUNE 24TH, 1892 (St. Johnsbury, 1893). 8vo, 58 pp.  With:  Edward Fairbanks & Bourke Cockran, ST. JOHNSBURY ACADEMY COMMENCEMENT ADDRESSES JUNE, 1916 (St. Johnsbury, 1916). 8vo, 37 pp.   With:  CATALOGUE OF ST. JOHNSBURY ACADEMY FOR 1879 (St Johnsbury, 1879). 8vo. 30 pp., frontis., plans.  With:  THE ACADEMY STUDENT: COMMENCEMENT NUMBER, JUNE 1930.  (St. Johnsbury, 1930).  8vo, 74 pp.  Four titles, four volumes.  Condition:  good. 

320.   (Scales, 1865).  FAIRBANKS STANDARD PLATFORM AND COUNTER SCALES  (St. Johnsbury, [1865}).  24mo, printed wraps, 36 pp., illus.  “Adapted to every branch of business where a correct and durable scale is required.”  Condition: good.

321.   Scott, Walter.  THE LADY OF THE LAKE  (Montpelier, 1813).  24mo, 320 pp.  McCorison 1529.  Condition: original full calf, red leather spine label; covers worn; good.

322.  Shaughnessy, Jim.  THE RUTLAND ROAD (Berkeley, 1964). 4to, 368 pp., illus., dj.  Popular history of the Rutland Railroad. Condition: tape on dj tears;  otherwise good.

323.   (Sheep, 1887).  REGISTER OF THE VERMONT ATWOOD MERINO SHEEP CLUB (Rutland, [1887}).  Small 4to, 999 pp., illus., t.e.g.  “With individual pedigrees, sketches of the Merino before and after their importation, portraits of some of the early breeders and illustrations of stock rams.”  Condition: good.

324.  Siebert, Wilbur H.  VERMONT’S ANTI-SLAVERY AND UNDERGROUND RAILROAD RECORD (New York, 1969).  8vo, 113 pp., map, illus.  Pioneering study of the subject.  Condition: good.

325.   (Skinner, Richard).  Blank Vermont militia commission, signed in manuscript by Skinner as Governor and Commander in Chief, 1820-23.  Broadside, 25 x 41cm.  State seal, cannon and eagle top center; angel with trumpet at left; soldier with flag at right.  Condition: good.

326.  Slade, William, Jr., ed.  VERMONT STATE PAPERS (Middlebury, 1823).  8vo, 567 (1) pp.  “Being a collection of records and documents, connected with the assumption and establishment of a government by the people of Vermont.  Earliest attempt to compile a documentary history of Vermont’s 18th-century history.  Condition: nicely rebound; very good.

327.  Smith, Anne E. Brainerd.  NOTES OF TRAVEL (St. Albans, 1886).  12mo, 123 pp.  Travels in California and Mexico, by the wife of John Gregory Smith and matriarch of the Smith family’s Vermont dynasty in railroads and politics.  Presentation copy from the author.  Gilman p. 254.  Condition:  fair.

328.  -----.  Group lot of novels:  SELMA (New York, 1880); ATLA (New York, 1886), 2 copies.  Two titles, three volumes.  Gilman p. 254.  Condition: all good.

329.  Smith, Justin H.  OUR STRUGGLE FOR THE FOURTEENTH COLONY: CANADA AND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION (New York, 1907).  8vo, 2 vols., 638 & 635 pp., “315 Illustrations and 23 Maps.”  Condition: good.

330.  Smith, William F.  FROM CHATTANOOGA TO PETERSBURG UNDER GENERALS GRANT AND BUTLER (Boston, 1893).  8vo, 201 pp., 4 folding maps in rear pocket.  Condition: good.

The Spanish-American War in Slides, 1898

331.  (Spanish-American War).  COMING!  NATIONAL GRAND VIEW CO’S GRAND EXHIBITION OF THE CUBAN WAR . . . OVER 100 VIEWS!  ALL TOO TRUE TO NATURE (n.p., n.d. [1898]).  Broadside 82 x 52.5cm, portraits of William McKinley and Admiral George Dewey, Spanish execution of prisoners at center.  Condition: light water-stains; fair to good.

332.  Spargo, John.  ANTHONY HASWELL: PRINTER-PATRIOT-BALLADER  (Rutland, 1925).  Small folio, xv 295 pp., illus.  Edition limited to 300 copies, signed by author.  Condition: good.

333.  Sparks, Jared.  THE LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY (New York, 1854).  16mo, 10 vols., 335-407 pp.  Condition: ex-library; fair to good.

334.   Spear, J. A.  REMARKS, OFFERED IN A NON-RESISTANCE CONVENTION, HELD IN EAST BETHEL, FEBRUARY 24TH AND 25TH, 1841 (Brandon, Vt., [1841]).  16mo, 22 pp.  Urges end to all forms of taking human life.  Condition: some toning and wear; fair.

335.  THE SPIRIT OF THE FARMER’S MUSEUM, AND LAY PREACHER’S GAZETTE (Walpole, 1801).  16mo, 318 pp.  Condition: title tab on spine missing; contents sound and good.

336.  (State Papers of Vermont).  Group lot.  Twelve volumes from the State Papers series, publishing early Vermont records and papers.  Includes 18th-century legislative proceedings, committee reports, petitions, laws, records of land confiscation during the Revolution, etc.  All Montpelier, 1950s-70s.  All 8vo, 200-400 pp.  Twelve titles, twelve volumes.  Condition: good or better.

337.  Stevens, Henry, Sr.  TO THE FREEMEN OF VERMONT (No place, no date [ca. 1820]).  Broadsheet, 47 x 32.5cm.  Four-column text; extracts from Vermont documents and publications 1774-1820, to document “the part that Vermont has taken in relation to slavery.”  Condition: good.

338.  Stevens, Henry, Jr.  RECOLLECTIONS OF MR. JAMES LENOX AND THE FORMATION OF HIS LIBRARY (London, 1886).  16mo, 211 pp., front. port.  Details of a Green Mountain Boy’s role in the creation of one of America’s greatest book collections.  Condition:  ex-library; good.

339.  -----.  STEVENS’S HISTORICAL NUGGETS: BIBLIOTHECA AMERICANA (London, 1885).  16mo, viii 80 pp., prospectus and order form at front.  Gilman p. 263.  One of Stevens’ greatest Americana catalogues.  Condition: lacks front wrap; otherwise fair to good.

340.  (-----).  Group lot.  Henry Stevens, Jr., RECOLLECTIONS OF JAMES LENOX (New York, 1951).  8vo, 187 pp.  With:  Wyman W. Parker, HENRY STEVENS OF VERMONT: AN AMERICAN BOOK DEALER IN LONDON, 1845-’86 (Amsterdam, 1963).  8vo, 348 pp., illus.  With:  HENRY STEVENS, GREEN MOUNTAIN BOY 1819-1886 (Burlington, 1986).  8vo, 30 pp.  UVM exhibit catalogue.  Three titles, three volumes.  Condition: good.

341.   (Stewart, John W.).  STATE OF VERMONT.  BY JOHN W. STEWART, GOVERNOR.  A PROCLAMATION . . .  ([Montpelier, 1871]).  Broadside, 43 x 35.5cm.  Designating April 7, 1871, “as a day of fasting and prayer.”  Condition: good.

342.  Stone, Arthur F.  THE VERMONT OF TODAY: WITH ITS HISTORIC BACKGROUND, ATTRACTIONS AND PEOPLE (New York, 1929).  4to, 4 vols., 446-526 pp., numerous illus. & ports.  Detailed and useful source on Vermont in the 1920s.  Condition: good.

343.  Stratton, Allen L.  HISTORY TOWN OF NORTH HERO, VERMONT (Burlington, 1976). 8vo, 238 pp., spiral bound. Signed by author. Condition: very good.

344.  Streeter, Nellie M.  THE TOWN OF LUNENBURG, VERMONT 1763-1976 (Lunenburg, 1977). 4to, 80 pp. Bassett 4497.  Condition: good.

345.  Streeter, Russell.  MIRROR OF CALVINISTIC FANATICISM, OR J. BURCHARD & CO., DURING A PROTRACTED MEETING OF TWENTY-SIX DAYS IN WOODSTOCK, VT.  (Woodstock, 1835).  16mo, 168 pp.  Gilman p. 270.  Highly critical account of the 1835 Woodstock religious revival.  Condition: good.

346.  Sturtevant, Ralph O. & Marsh, Carmi L.  PICTORIAL HISTORY THIRTEENTH REGIMENT VERMONT VOLUNTEERS, WAR OF 1861-1865  (n.p., 1910).  Tall 8vo, 897 pp., numerous illus.  Condition:  a bit shaken; good.

347.  Swift, Esther M.  VERMONT PLACE-NAMES: FOOTPRINTS OF HISTORY (Brattleboro, 1977).  8vo, 701 pp., maps.  A must for any Vermont reference shelf.  Condition:  good.

348.  Swift, Samuel.  HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MIDDLEBURY, IN THE COUNTY OF ADDISON, VERMONT (Middlebury, 1859).  8vo, 444 pp., ports.  One of the best early Vermont town histories.  Condition: good.

349.  Taber, Edward Martin.  STOWE NOTES LETTERS AND VERSES (Boston, 1913).  8vo, 335 pp.  Condition:  good.

350.   (Temperance, 1853).  FACTS AND CONSIDERATIONS RESPECTING THE VERMONT LIQUOR LAW (Rutland, 1853).  Folio, newspaper format, 4 pp.  “Ordered to be published by the Vermont State Temperance Society, Rutland, January 6, 1853.”  Condition: light water-staining; good.

351.  Thompson, Charles M.  INDEPENDENT VERMONT (Boston, 1942).  8vo, 574 pp., dj.  Revisionist study by the grandson of Daniel P. Thompson.  Condition: dust jacket tattered; book good.

352.  Thompson, Daniel Pierce.  HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MONTPELIER (Montpelier, 1860).  8vo, 312 pp., front. port.  Howes T-190.  Condition: red leather binding; good.

Zadock Thompson Books on Vermont History, Geography and Geology

353.  Thompson, Zadock.  FIRST BOOK OF GEOGRAPHY, FOR VERMONT CHILDREN (Burlington, 1849).  16mo, printed boards, 74 pp., illus., frontis. map.  Condition: good.

354.   -----.  A GAZETTEER OF THE STATE OF VERMONT (Montpelier, 1824).  12mo, 310 (2) pp., folding map, 3 engraved plates.  Howes T-207.  Condition: good.

355.  -----, ed.  GREEN MOUNTAIN REPOSITORY (Burlington, 1832).  Two issues of Thompson’s short-lived  (and scarce) periodical, Volume 1, Nos. 2 and 3.  8vo, pp. 25-48 and 49-72.  Condition: light water-stain; good.

356.  -----.   HISTORY OF THE STATE OF VERMONT, FROM ITS EARLIEST SETTLEMENT TO THE CLOSE OF THE YEAR 1832 (Burlington, 1833).  16mo, leather and printed boards, 252 pp.  Howes T-208.  Condition: good.

357.  -----.  HISTORY OF VERMONT, NATURAL, CIVIL, AND STATISTICAL (Burlington, 1842).  8vo, 224 224 200 pp., folding map, numerous illustrations.  Howes T-209.  Condition:  very good.

358.  -----.  JOURNAL OF A TRIP TO LONDON, PARIS AND THE GREAT EXHIBITION IN 1851 (Burlington, 1852).  8vo, 143 (1) pp., frontis.  Signed presentation copy from Thompson to Eli Chittenden.   Condition:  good.

The Citizens of Troy, N.Y., Speak Out on the Embargo and “A War of Conquest,” 1812

359.   (Troy, N.Y., 1812).  AT A VERY NUMEROUS MEETING OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF TROY, CONVENED AT THE COURT-HOUSE ON THE 7TH DAY OF MAY, 1812 . . .  (No place, no date [1812]).  Broadside, 38.5 x 24cm.  Ten resolutions criticizing Jefferson’s Embargo and opposing “a war of conquest”; with attached “Circular” from the Troy “Committee of Correspondence” transmitting the resolutions.  Condition: good.

360.  Tyler, Mary Palmer.  GRANDMOTHER TYLER’S BOOK: THE RECOLLECTIONS OF MARY PALMER TYLER 1775-1866 (New York, 1925).  8vo, 366 pp.  Autobiography of Royall Tyler’s wife, “one of the ablest among the many educated and refined women who adorned the earlier history of our State” (Gilman, p. 281); a valuable social history source.  Condition: good.

361.  Tyler, Royall.  THE ALGERINE CAPTIVE; OR, THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF DOCTOR UPDIKE UNDERHILL, SIX YEARS A PRISONER AMONG THE ALGERINES (Hartford, 1816).  24mo, 252 pp.  Scarce.  Condition:  top corner of pp. 245-46 (Table of Contents) damaged; otherwise good.

Royall Tyler’s Rare 1800 Oration on the Death of Washington

362.  -----.  AN ORATION, PRONOUNCED AT BENNINGTON, VERMONT, ON THE 22nd FEBRUARY, 1800, IN COMMEMORATION OF THE DEATH OF GEORGE WASHINGTON (Walpole, 1800).  8vo, 16 pp.  Quite rare; Tanselle locates institutional copies only at UVM, AAS and the Huntington.  Condition:  professionally bound in red leather; title-page professional reinforced; good.

363.  -----.  Group lot:  REPORTS OF CASES ARGUED AND DETERMINED IN THE SUPREME COURT OF VERMONT (New York, 1809), Volume One of a two-volume set;  THE ALGERINE CAPTIVE (1970); THE CHESTNUT TREE; OR A SKETCH OF BRATTLEBOROUGH (1931),  THE CONTRAST: A COMEDY IN FIVE ACTS (1920).  Four titles, four volumes.  Condition: good.

364.  (-----).  Peladeau, Marius B., ed.  THE PROSE OF ROYALL TYLER (Montpelier, 1972).  8vo, 501 pp.  With:  Peladeau, ed.,  THE VERSE OF ROYALL TYLER (Charlottesville, 1968).  8vo, 269 pp.  Two titles, two volumes.  Condition: good.

365.  (-----).  Group lot: G. Thomas Tanselle, ROYALL TYLER (1967);  Ada & Herbert Carson, ROYALL TYLER (1979); Dorothy S. Melville, TYLER-BROWNS OF BRATTLEBORO (1973); Royall Tyler, Jr., A BOOK OF FORMS WITH OCCASIONAL NOTES (1845).  Four titles, four volumes.  Condition: good.

366.  (Underhill, Vt., ca. 1960).  UNDERHILL, VERMONT ON THE WESTERN SLOPES OF MOUNT MANSFIELD.  3000 FOOT ELEVATION—TWO—1000 FOOT TOWS.  NEW PRACTICE SLOPES AND TRAILS (Underhill, n.d. [ca. 1960]).  Broadside, 53.5 x 41.5cm, skier at center.  Condition: very good.

367.  (Underwood, Wynn).  WYNN UNDERWOOD FOR SENATOR FROM RUTLAND COUNTY (n.p., n.d. [1948]).  Broadside, 56 x 36cm, portrait of Underwood.  Condition: heavy card stock; light water stain left edge; some clear tap fragments; fair to good.

368.  (United States, Acts 1789).  ACTS PASSED AT A CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, BEGUN AND HELD AT THE CITY OF NEW-YORK, ON WEDNESDAY THE FOURTH OF MARCH, IN THE YEAR M,DCC,LXXXIX (Hartford, 1791).  Small 4to, 327 pp.  Evans 23843.    “Being the Acts Passed at the First Session of the First Congress of the United States.”  Condition: lacks front flyleaf; tape repairs to title-page; juvenile scribbles in pencil on a few pages; hinges weak; spine chipped; fair. 

369.  (University of Vermont, 1810).  THE LAWS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT (Burlington, 1810).  8vo, 28 pp.  McCorison 1218, only three location.  Rare.  Condition: disbound; good.

370.  (Van Ness, Cornelius P.).  Blank Vermont militia commission, signed in manuscript by Van Ness as Governor and Commander in Chief 1823-26.  Broadside, 25 x 41cm.  Condition: good.

Amos Doolittle’s 1795 Map of Vermont

371.   (Vermont, 1795).  Amos Doolittle, VERMONT FROM SURVEY ACTUAL SURVEY ([Philadelphia, 1795]).  Atlas map, 37 x 29cm, plus margins.  Cobb #117.  From Matthew Carey’s 1795 American edition of Guthrie’s Geography Improved.  Condition: encapsulated; good.

372.  (-----, 1804).  Aaron Arrowsmith & Samuel Lewis, VERMONT ([Philadelphia, 1804]).  Atlas map, 24 x 20cm.  Cobb #160.  Condition: in attractive wooden frame; very good.

373.  (-----, 1823).  Fielding Lucas, VERMONT (Baltimore, 1823).  Atlas map, 26 x 20cm, colored.  Cobb #191.  Condition: in attractive wooden frame; very good.

374.  (-----, 1838).  Thomas G. Bradford, VERMONT (Philadelphia, 1838).  Atlas map, 35 x 27cm, colored.  Cobb #229.  Condition: in attractive wooden frame; very good. 

375.   (Vermont and Canada Rail Road, 1850).  THE VERMONT AND CANADA RAIL ROAD COMPANY FOR VALUE RECEIVED, ACKNOWLEDGE THEMSELVES INDEBTED TO THE BEARER IN THE SUM OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS . . . (No place, [1850]).  Broadside, 42 x 29cm.  Five-year 6% bond, with 10 semi-annual interests coupons; dated Jan. 1, 1850.  Condition: good.

376.  (Vermont and New Hampshire, ca 1860).  Ensign, Bridgman & Fanning,  MAP OF VERMONT AND NEW HAMPSHIRE  (New York, n.d. [ca 1860]). Wall map, 85 x 71cm, on wooden rails.  Portraits of Ethan Allen and John Stark, vignettes of the two state capitols at edges.  Condition:  edge wear and light stains; fair to good. 

377.   (Vermont Central Railroad, 1872).  VERMONT CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY.  INCOME AND EXTENSION BONDS (St. Albans, 1872).  Broadside, 69 x 35.5cm.  Attractive 2-color printing; $100 bond; engraved illustrations; 60 semi-annual $4 coupons attached below.  Condition: very good.

378.   (VERMONT FARMER, 1835).  “Specimen number,” August 15, 1835.  4to, 8 pp.  Richards & Tracy proposal for a new monthly paper “adapted to the special wants of Vermont farmers.”  Condition: uncut; good.

379.  (Vermont Historical Society).  COLLECTIONS OF THE VERMONT HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Montpelier, 1870-71).  8vo, 2 vols., 508 & 530 pp.  Condition: light water-staining; good.

380.  (Vermont imprints, 1796-1814).  Group lot of 8 early Vermont imprints.  Includes McCorison #s 387, 539, 841, 956, 1396, 1446, 1626.  32mo-16mo.  Eight titles, 8 volumes.  Condition: poor to good; should be seen.

The Compiled Statues of Vermont, 1787

381.  (Vermont laws, 1787).  STATUTES OF THE STATE OF VERMONT, PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH 1787  (Windsor, 1787).  8vo, 171 pp.  McCorison 136.  Scarce.  Condition:  good.

382.  (Vermont legislature, 1965).  LAST 246-MEMBER HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND LEGISLATIVE EMPLOYEES—1965.  Photograph, 20.5 x 56cm.  By the Hills Photo Service, Montpelier.  Last one-town, one-member House of Representatives, before court-ordered reapportionment trimmed the number to 150.  Condition:  good.

383.  (VERMONT LIFE).  Fifty-five year (1946-2001) run of the state magazine, including the scarce first issue.    Lacking Spring, 1994 issue. Condition: good or better.

384.  (Vermont Military History).  Group lot.  William R. Folsom, VERMONTERS IN BATTLE AND OTHER PAPERS (Montpelier, 1953). 8vo, 236 pp.  Signed presentation copy from author.  With:  Herbert  T.  Johnson, ed., VERMONT IN THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR (Montpelier, 1929). 8vo, 163 pp.  With:  Albert G. Chadwick, SOLDIERS’ RECORD OF THE TOWN OF ST. JOHNSBURY, VERMONT, IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION, 1861-5 (No place, no date).  Reprint of the 1883 original.  Three titles, three volumes.  Condition:  good. 

385.  (Vermont Miscellany).  Group lot of misc. 19th- and 20th-century Vermont books and pamphlets.  Condition: fair to very good; should be seen.  

386.   (Vermont politics, 1950s-60s).  Group lot of 12 political broadsides.  Includes Consuelo N. Bailey for Lieutenant Governor, Charles E. Gibson for State’s Attorney, etc.  Broadsides, varying sizes.  Condition: fair to good.

387.   (Vermont state government, 1880).  OUR STATE EXPENSES.  A STATEMENT OF FACTS, COMPILED FROM THE OFFICIAL RECORDS . . . FROM THE VERMONT WATCHMAN & STATE JOURNAL OF AUGUST 25, 1880                ([Montpelier, 1880]).  Broadsheet, 35 x 27cm.  “Published by the authority of the Republican State Committee” to refute Democratic claims of unnecessary increases in the state budget.  Condition:  fold lines; good.

388.   (VERMONT STOCK JOURNAL, 1857-58).  Five issues of the Vermont Stock Journal (Middlebury, 1857-58).  4to, 16 pp. each, illus.  Jan. 1857 (Volume 1, Number 1); April 1857; April, May & Oct. 1858.  Published by D. C. Linsley, “devoted to the interests of stock growers and purchasers.”  Condition: good. 

389.  (THE VERMONTER).   Bound set of 37 years (1895-1932) of the forerunner to Vermont Life.  (St. Albans and White River Junction).  Started by C. S. Forbes,  The Vermonter ran as a monthly magazine from 1895 to 1945; its demise after the death of long-time publisher Charles R. Cummings opened the door to the founding of Vermont Life as the state’s official magazine.  Condition: 37 years in 25 volumes, 18 in half leather, 7 in cloth; fair to good.

390.  (View books, 1863-64).  Two bound volumes of European views, 1863-64.  8vo, total of 29 views in Rome and Vienna.  Condition:  good; should be seen. 

391.   Waite, Otis F. R.  NEW HAMPSHIRE IN THE GREAT REBELLION (Claremont, 1870).  8vo, 608 pp., front. port., illus., ports.  Condition: light water-staining top edge of some pages; good.

392.  -----.  VERMONT IN THE GREAT REBELLION (Claremont, 1869).  Small 8vo, 288 pp., plates.  “Containing historical and biographical sketches, etc.”  Condition: good.

393.  Waldo, S. Putnam.  THE TOUR OF JAMES MONROE, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, THROUGH THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN STATES, IN 1817; HIS TOUR IN THE YEAR 1818; TOGETHER WITH A SKETCH OF HIS LIFE (Hartford, 1819). 12mo, 348 pp. frontis.  Howes W-29.  Condition: ex-library; light water stains; one hinge split; fair.     

394.   Walker, Aldace F.  THE VERMONT BRIGADE IN THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY 1864 (Burlington, 1869).  12mo, 191 pp., front. map, maps.  Condition: front flyleaf replaced; corner of front. map torn, not affecting printed area; good.

395.  Wardner, Henry S.  THE BIRTHPLACE OF VERMONT: A HISTORY OF WINDSOR TO 1781 (New York, 1927).  8vo, 562 pp., illus.  One of the best Vermont town histories, with much good material on 18th-century Vermont.  Condition:  good.

396.   (Washburn, Peter T.).  BY HIS EXCELLENCY, PETER T. WASHBURN, GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF VERMONT.  A PROCLAMATION . . . ([Montpelier, 1869]).  Broadside, 43 x 35cm.  Designating Nov. 18, 1869, “as a day of Thanksgiving and praise to almighty God.”  Condition: good.

397.  (Washington, George).  WASHINGTON’S FAREWELL ADDRESS; AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES (Middlebury, 1812).  24mo, 48 pp.  McCorison 1448.  “Published for the Washington Benevolent Society.”  Condition: lacks front flyleaf; good.

Beers Atlas of Washington County, 1873

398.  (Washington County, Vt., 1872).  F. W. Beers, COUNTY ATLAS OF WASHINGTON, VERMONT (New York, 1873).  Folio, 21 town plans and 34 village plans in color.  Cobb #376.  Condition: good.

399.   (-----, 1882).  Abby M. Hemenway, ed., THE HISTORY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY (Montpelier, 1882).  4to, 932 pp., illus., ports.  Separate publication of the Washington County material in Volume 4 of Hemenway’s Vermont Historical Gazetteer.  Condition: good.

400.  Wells, Frederic  P.  HISTORY OF NEWBURY, VERMONT (St. Johnsbury, 1902).  4to, xiv 779 pp., 3 folding maps, illus.  Valuable for the early history of the upper Connecticut River.  Condition:  good.

401.   (Weston, Vt.).  Three paper covered booklets with covers bound into one cloth hardcover binding. WESTON VERMONT (VHS, 1947). Pp 77-128. Illus. with 37 pasted in early signature cut outs of people mentioned on that page in text. INTRODUCING WESTON, VERMONT PAST & PRESENT. 16 pp, with 21 more signature cut outs pasted in. THE FARRAR-MANSUR HOUSE IN WESTON, VERMONR. 16 pp. Unique item. Condition: good. 

How a Vermont Boy Went Bad

402.   White, George M.  FROM BONIFACE TO BANK BURGLAR; OR THE PRICE OF PERSECUTION (Bellows Falls, 1905).  8vo, 495 pp., front. port.  Reminiscences of 1860s-‘70s life of crime, by a Windsor County native; “how a successful businessman, through miscarriage of justice, became a notorious bank looter.”  Quite scarce.  Condition:  untrimmed; good.

403.  White, Homer.   THE NORWICH CADETS: A TALE OF THE REBELLION (St. Albans, 1873).  8vo, 136 pp.  Gilman p. 329.  Condition:  very good.

404.   (White River Junction railroad disaster, 1887).  THE SCENE OF THE DISASTER TO THE BOSTON AND MONTREAL EXPRESS TRAIN AT WOODSTOCK BRIDGE, NEAR WHITE RIVER JUNCTION.  Broadside.  Full-page illustration from Harper’s Weekly, Feb. 19, 1887.  “Drawn on the spot by Charles Graham”; burned bridge and wreckage, “The Bridge and Cars in Flames” as inset upper left; Vermont’s worst rail disaster, more than 40 fatalities.  Condition: rough top margin edge; good.

405.  Wilbur, James B.  IRA ALLEN: FOUNDER OF VERMONT 1751-1814 (Boston, 1928).  8vo, 2 vols., 544 & 579 pp., illus.  Condition: lacks front flyleaves; good.

406.  Williams, Samuel.  A HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION INTENDED AS A READING BOOK FOR SCHOOLS (Stonington, 1826).  16mo, 284 pp.  Condition: lacks flyleaves; fair to good.

The First Published History of Vermont

407.  Williams, Samuel.  THE NATURAL AND CIVIL HISTORY OF VERMONT (Walpole, NH, 1794).  8vo, 416 pp., folding map.  Howes W-478.  First edition of the first published history of Vermont, with the map.  Condition: good.

408.  -----.   -----.   Second, revised edition (Burlington, 1809).  8vo, 2 vols., 514 & 487 pp., folding map.  Howes W-478.  McCorison 1130.  “Corrected and much enlarged.”  Condition: good.

409. 

410.  Williamson, Chilton L.  VERMONT IN QUANDARY: 1763-1825 (Montpelier, 1948).  8vo, 318 pp.  An important study of early Vermont.  Condition: good.

411.  (Williston Church of Christ, 1831).  ARTICLES OF CONFESSION AND CONVENANT OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST IN WILLISTON, VT.  ([Burlington], 1831).  16mo, 6 (1) pp.  Rare.  Condition: early 20th-century binding; good.

412.  Wilson, Dennis K.  THE CASE OF THE SAINT ALBANS RAIDERS (A STUDY OF MULTI-LEVEL SOCIAL INTERACTION) (Cambridge, 1988).  M.A. thesis in History, in two 3-ring binders, 250 pp.  Presented to Edmund D. Steele by the author in appreciation of his assistance with the work.  Condition: good.

413.  (Windham, N.H.).  HISTORY AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE CELEBRATION OF THE ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE INCORPORATION AND SETTLEMENT OF WINDHAM IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, HELD JUNE 9, 1892 (Windham, 1892).  8vo, 124 pp.  Condition:  good.

414.  (Windham County, Vt., 1869)  F. W. Beers, ATLAS OF WINDHAM CO., VERMONT (New York, 1869).  Folio, 23 town plans and 49 village plans in color.  Cobb #358.  Condition: lacks front flyleaf; spine ends worn; contents sound and good.

415.  (-----, 1884).  Hamilton Child, comp., GAZETTEER AND BUSINESS DIRECTORY OF WINDHAM COUNTY, VT., 1724-1884 (Syracuse, 1884). 8vo, 624 pp., colored folding map; ports. Condition: tape on map; leather spine professionally relaid; contents good.

Framed Doton’s 1855 Wall-map of Windsor County

416.   (Windsor County, Vt., 1855).  Hosea Doton, MAP OF WINDSOR COUNTY (Pomfret, 1855).  Wall-map, 133 x 104cm, colored.  Cobb #495.  Includes 29 inset town and village plans, 10 building views.  The scarcest of the 19th-century Vermont county wall-maps, and the only one compiled and published by a Vermonter.  Hosea Doton (1809-86) taught school in Windsor County for many years,  oversaw the construction of the Woodstock Railroad, and did the astronomical calculations for Walton’s Vermont Register for many years.  Condition: professionally framed, excellent display piece; strong color; very good.

417.  (Windsor County, Vt., 1869).  F. W. Beers et al., ATLAS OF WINDSOR CO., VERMONT (New York, 1869).  Folio, 24 town plans and 40 village plans in color.  Cobb #359.  Condition: lacks spine; covers detached but present; pages loose but complete and sound. 

418.  (-----, 1884).  Hamilton Child, comp., GAZETTEER AND BUSINESS DIRECTORY OF WINDSOR COUNTY, VT (Syracuse, 1884). 8vo, 666 pp., folding colored map. Condition: spine covered with red book cloth tape; contents good.

419.  (-----, 1891).  Lewis C. Aldrich & Frank R. Holmes, eds., HISTORY OF WINDSOR COUNTY, VERMONT (Syracuse, 1891).  8vo, 1005 pp., numerous ports.  Condition: covers detached but present; fair.

420.  (Woodstock, Vt.—Imprints).  Group lot of early Woodstock imprints.  A CHOICE SELECTION OF PSALMS, HYMNS, AND SPITITUAL SONGS, FOR THE USE OF CHRISTIANS (1819). 24mo, 600 pp. McCorison 2102. Two copies.  With:  Isaac Watts, PSALMS, HYMNS, AND SPIRITUAL SONGS (1824).  32mo, 595 pp. Two titles, three volumes.  Condition: fair to good. 

421.   (-----).  Walter Chapin, THE MISSIONARY GAZETTEER (Woodstock, 1825).  16mo, 420 pp.  With:  THE CHRISTIAN BRETHREN’S DISCIPLINE (Woodstock, 1825).  24mo, 90 pp. Two titles, two volumes.  Condition: both fair.

422.   (World War One).  VERMONT COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC SAFETY.  VERMONT’S FIRST YEAR OF THE WAR. . . . SECOND STATE WAR CONVENTION, MAY 10, 1918 ([Montpelier, 1918]).  Broadside, 42 x 28cm.  List of 24 Vermont contributions to the national war effort.  Condition: fold lines; good.

 

ADDENDA

423.  Allen, Ethan.  REASON, THE ONLY ORACLE OF MAN; OR A COMPENDIOUS SYSTEM OF NATURAL RELIGION (Boston, 1854). 12mo, 171 pp. Gilman 6. Condition: spine ends rubbed;  good.

424.  Benedict, George G.  VERMONT IN THE CIVIL WAR (Burlington, 1886, 1888). 8vo, 2 vols., 620 & 808 pp., ports., maps & plates.   Condition: fair to good.

425.  Chittenden, Lucius E.  PERSONAL REMINISCENCES, 1840-1890 (New York, 1893).  8vo, 434 pp., illus.  “Including some not hitherto published of Lincoln and the War.”  By the grandson of Thomas Chittenden and a Treasury administrator during the Civil War.  Condition: ex-library, no exterior marks; good.

426.  Franklin, Benjamin.  WORKS OF THE LATE DR. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN:  CONSISTING OF HIS LIFE, WRITTEN BY HIMSELF.  TOGETHER WITH ESSAYS, HUMOROUS, MORAL, AND LITERARY (Fair Haven, 1798).  12mo, 254 pp.  McCorison 484.  Condition: lacks flyleaves; top right corner of Preface page missing, affecting a few lines; fair. 

427.  Gilman, Marcus D.  THE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF VERMONT (Burlington, 1897).  4to, 349 pp.  Two copies.  The essential guide to early Vermontiana.  Condition: among the many copies that went through the 1927 Flood in Montpelier; reading copies, but usable. 

428.  Hall, Hiland.  THE HISTORY OF VERMONT, FROM ITS DISCOVERY TO ITS ADMISSION INTO THE UNION IN 1791 (Albany, 1868).  8vo, 521 (1) pp., folding map.  Howes H-68.  With two Hall pamphlets on early Vermont laid in.  Condition: spine professionally replaced; good.

429.  Ludlum, David M.  SOCIAL FERMENT IN VERMONT 1791-1850 (Montpelier, 1948). 8vo, 305 pp.   Valuable study of reform movements in early Vermont.  Condition: good.

430.  Peck, Theodore S., comp.  REVISED ROSTER OF VERMONT VOLUNTEERS . . . WAR OF THE REBELLION, 1861-66 (Montpelier, 1892).  4to, 863 pp.  Condition: ex-library; rebound; text reading copy.

431.  (THE POST  BOY AND VERMONT AND NEW HAMPSHIRE FEDERAL COURIER).  Bound volume for 1805 of the Windsor, Vermont, weekly newspaper.  Nos. 2-4, 7-9, 11-17, 19-24, 27-29, 31, 35, and 45-46.  Stories, ads, editorials, etc.  Condition: fair to good.

432.  Robinson, Rowland E.  Group lot:  OUT OF BONDAGE (1905);  DANVIS FOLKS (1896);  A DANVIS PIONEER (1900); SAM LOVEL’S BOY (1901); IN NEW ENGLAND FIELDS AND WOODS (1896);  SILVER FIELDS (1921); UNCLE LISHA’S SHOP (1887);  HUNTING WITHOUT A GUN (1905).  Eight titles, 8 volumes.  Condition: good.

433.  Thompson, Zadock.  HISTORY OF THE STATE OF VERMONT, FROM ITS EARLIEST SETTLEMENT TO THE CLOSE OF THE YEAR 1832 (Burlington, 1833).  16mo, full orig. calf, 252 pp.  Howes T-208.  Condition: title tab on spine missing; good.

434.  -----.  JOURNAL OF A TRIP TO LONDON, PARIS AND THE GREAT EXHIBITION IN 1851 (Burlington, 1851).   8vo, 143 (1) pp., frontis.  Condition: good.

435.  Williamson, Chilton.  VERMONT IN QUANDARY: 1763-1825 (Montpelier, 1949). 8vo, 318 pp.  Condition: good.  

 

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