|
|
Massachusetts | - 19 items found in your search |
Click on Title to view full description |
| |
|
1 |
Spy Pond Stories (Arlington, MA)
Arlington, MA Tek/Komp 1973 73-17916 First Paperback Good
Heavy reading wear to cover, name on page edge, page clean, lots of pictures, 7.5"x5.25" non-smoking home. Arlington, Massachusetts. B
Price:
50.00 USD
|
|
Add to Shopping Cart |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
4 |
Chandler, Seth History of the Town of Shirley MA
Shirley MA Chandler 1883 Shirley First Hardcover Fair/Good
Brown cloth boards, gilt lettering on spine, spine fading, shelf wear to corners & edges, spine cloth fraying at bottom, book plate, names on first & last page, pages starting to yellow on edges, back board starting to separate, includes pamphlet on Redemption Rock. Smoke free. Additional postage required.B
Price:
180.00 USD
|
|
Add to Shopping Cart |
|
|
| |
|
5 |
Cheney, Frank and Anthony Sammarco When Boston Road the El
Arcadia 2000 0738504629 / 9780738504629 Trade Paperback USED
Minimal wear, clean, smoke-free. The Boston Elevated Railway broke ground in 1899 for a new transit service that opened in 1901, providing a seven-mile elevated railway that connected Dudley Street Station in Roxbury and Sullivan Square Station in Charlestown, two huge multilevel terminals. When the EL, as it was popularly known, opened for service, it provided an unencumbered route high above the surging traffic of Boston, until it went underground through the city. The new trains of the EL were elegant coaches of African mahogany, bronze hardware, plush upholstered seats, plate glass windows, and exteriors of aurora red with silver gilt striping and slate grey roofs. They stopped at ten equally distinguished train stations, designed by the noted architect Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow. All of this elegance, let alone convenience, could be had for the price of a five-cent ticket. The popularity of the EL was instantaneous. The railway continued to provide transportation service high above Boston's streets until 1987, when it was unfortunately ended after 86 years of elevated operation. Today, the squealing wheels of the elevated trains, the rocking coaches, the fascinating views, and the fanciful copper-roofed stations of the line are a missing part of the character of Boston, when one could ride high above the city for a nickel.
Price:
11.95 USD
|
|
Add to Shopping Cart |
|
|
| |
|
6 |
Cunningham, Sheila Willow's Walkabout: A Children's Guide to Boston
Bunker Hill 2012 1593730969 / 9781593730963 first Hardcover NEW May 16, 2012
Willow the Wallaby escapes from the Zoo and goes on a tour of Boston from Foxboro to Back Bay, riding Swan Boats, running the Marathon, hopping into the Science Museum and the Children's Museum before touring the Freedom Trail and taking the Duck Tour and the T to dozens more exciting places. Written in bouncy Wallaby Verse, practical and delightful, this guide will become a treasured memento of any visit to the Patriot City!
Price:
16.00 USD
|
|
Add to Shopping Cart |
|
|
| |
|
|
7 |
Curran, Richard Salem Three Hundred
Vantage 1992 0533097223 / 9780533097227 1st Hard cover - cloth USED - Very Good Very Good Gift inscription to Elizabeth from Dick (author)
DJ has light reading wear, book in very nice condition, gift inscription, smoke-free.
Price:
10.00 USD
|
|
Add to Shopping Cart |
|
|
| |
|
8 |
Foley, Joanne S. Lynn (Massachusetts)
Arcadia 1995 0752402080 / 9780752402086 Trade Paperback USED
SIGNED - To Dot & Earl, Best Wishes! Hope you enjoy the book! Joanne S. Foley Minimal wear, out of print, smoke-free. A photographic history of Lynn, MA
Price:
8.50 USD
|
|
Add to Shopping Cart |
|
|
| |
|
9 |
Gagnon, Dan Methuen (Massachusetts)
History Press 2008 1596294221 / 9781596294226 Trade Paperback NEW
Although they might be shaking hands with the king of Hawaii or waving the banners of women's suffrage in front of the White House, the citizens of Methuen never forgot their home. Even at the end of Leverett Bradley Jr.'s four years of Civil War service, he was still sending his Methuen family news (and urgent requests for butter) at the same constant rate. Dan Gagnon introduces the men and women who made this Massachusetts town so memorable. Sit beside them in an eighth-grade class taught by famous poet Robert Frost, or walk among them as they march out to risk their lives in Korea, France or against the redcoats just down the road.
Price:
16.00 USD
|
|
Add to Shopping Cart |
|
|
| |
|
10 |
Harriman, Joanne Stoneham (Images of America)
Arcadia 0738502227 / 9780738502229 Trade Paperback NEW
Discover the history of Stoneham, Massachusetts, from its inception in 1725 to the 1990s, in this unprecedented pictorial history. Stoneham invites you back to the days when groceries and ice were home-delivered and when local transportation consisted of the railroad and the "Yellow Peril." Over 200 vintage photographs, many of them never before published, show this historically rich town as it once was. Learn about the automobile industry in early Stoneham and a Stoneham-produced car, which won a transcontinental race in 1909. See the early homes, police and fire departments, churches, businesses, and schools, including the first South School (1851-1938), as well as the second (1938-1998), which helped give the town its unique character and small-town charm. Meet some Stoneham men and women who defended liberty, and see what local folks did on the home front to contribute to the war effort.
Price:
20.00 USD
|
|
Add to Shopping Cart |
|
|
| |
|
11 |
Howlett, D. Roger The Lynn Beach Painters: Art Along the North Shore, 1880-1920 Art Along the North Shore
Lynn Historical Society 1998 1882162137 / 9781882162130 1st Cloth Very Good - Used, Light reading wear to book & DJ, clean pages, non-smoking home. Oversized. Very Good out-of-print
The picturesque coast of Boston's North Shore, from Revere to Marblehead, was home to a remarkable school of American marine impressionists. From 1882 to the 1890s, seven significant American artists shared a similar technique and interest in the wide beaches, tidal marshes, and working fisherfolk of the Lynn and Swampscott shorelines. The seven -- Nathaniel L. Berry, Edward Burrill, William Partridge Burpee, C.E.L. Green, T. Clark Oliver, Edward A. Page, and Charles H. Woodbury -- developed a particular style of regional impressionism and form the group now known as the Lynn Beach Painters. In this volume, art historian D. Roger Howlett for the first time recognizes the group for both its cohesiveness and its significance, and places the artists' work within the context of late nineteenth-century American art, a period that was strongly influenced by French Impressionism, plein-air painting, and the modern Dutch school. Through careful research and lavish illustration, The Lynn Beach Painters restores this sometimes overlooked school to its rightful place in American art history.
Price:
59.00 USD
|
|
Add to Shopping Cart |
|
|
| |
|
12 |
Lennon, Heather Maurer Lancaster Revisited (MA)
Arcadia 2005 0738537594 / 9780738537597 Trade Paperback USED Signed
Light reading wear, clean pages, has a sticker on 1st page from Lancaster, Ma Historical Society & autograph of Heather Lennon, numbered 179/400. H Lancaster Revisited is an engaging look at this historic town located in the heart of New England. This book takes the reader on a tour of residential life, from cottages and town homes to lavish country estates of the Gilded Age. Glimpse places that vanished as Fort Devens annexed a portion of the town, and witness the devastation caused by the flood of 1936 and the Great New England Hurricane of 1938. Learn the poignant story of one of Lancaster's hometown boys lost in World War II, and meet the father of the Nashua River Greenway plan. Vintage photographs depict the pleasures of small-town life, including two of Lancaster's anniversary celebrations. Enhanced by insightful captions, these images bring to life memories of days gone by in this charming and picturesque place.
Price:
12.00 USD
|
|
Add to Shopping Cart |
|
|
| |
|
13 |
McLaughlin, Robert Pleasure Island (Wakefield MA)
Arcadia 0738564605 / 9780738564609 Trade Paperback New 3-5 days
Billed as Boston's answer to Disneyland, Pleasure Island opened on June 22, 1959. William Hawkes, president of Childlife Magazine, and executives at Cabot, Cabot and Forbes collaborated with Marco Engineering of Los Angeles to build what was called the Disneyland of the East. Pleasure Island rose from the wetlands off of Route 128 into an 80-acre theme park. Through photographs, Pleasure Island recalls memories of boat rides to Pirate Cove, searching for the great white whale, driving a Jenney car, getting dizzy in the Slanty Shanty, and taking a ride on Old Smoky. At Pleasure Island, children and children-at-heart entered into a world that traditional amusement parks could not provide, where character actors continually put on a show and the entire park was the stage.
Price:
20.00 USD
|
|
Add to Shopping Cart |
|
|
| |
|
14 |
O'Dougherty, Kathleen Woburn (MA Images of America)
Arcadia 2000 0738504009 / 9780738504001 Trade Paperback Very Good - Used
Travel back to the earliest days of Woburn, when life was simple and farming was the chief occupation of its settlers. Then, continue your journey as Woburn transforms itself into a small industrialized city on the brink of the twentieth century. Founded in 1640 by a team of seven able men from Charlestown, Woburn grew, prospered, recorded, and documented its history, providing a legacy for generations to come. Through the weaving of stories and photographs, we witness this growth and marvel at the transformation of village to city. As you delve into these intimate glimpses of Woburn, you will be introduced to rare photographs of Civil War combatants and view significant historical documents, such as the "Bloody Butchery" broadside, which details the battles of Lexington and Concord replete with Woburn heroes. You will be mesmerized by the old-time photographs of landmarks such as "Busy Bend" and "Horn Pond." You will see a Woburn "celebrated for its greenhouses, tanneries, and ice-cutting industries." And you will meet Woburn's celebrities: the famous, the not so famous, and the infamous.
Price:
14.00 USD
|
|
Add to Shopping Cart |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
16 |
Plimpton, Oakes Robbins Farm, Arlington, Massachusetts by Oakes Plimpton (1995, Paperback, Illustrated): A Local History
Penobscot Press 1995 0897252314 / 9780897252317 2 Trade Paperback Very Good - Used
Moderate reading wear, clean pages, non-smoking home. Now a popular town park and recreation area featuring spectacular views of the Boston skyline, Robbins Farm was once a thriving agricultural enterprise. Oakes Plimpton compiled oral histories from area residents to tell the colorful story of Nathan Robbins, prosperous, hard-working descendant of Minutemen and philanthropists.
Price:
20.00 USD
|
|
Add to Shopping Cart |
|
|
| |
|
17 |
Sammarco, Anthony Boston's North End ( Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
Arcadia Publishing 2004 0738534692 / 9780738534695 Trade Paperback NEW 16.95
The streets of Boston's North End, some laid out in the seventeenth century, exude a rich history that has included every generation of immigrants to Boston since 1630. An active port, the neighborhood of the North End also included churches of every denomination, historic homes, and early commercial concerns. Immigrants from Russia, Ireland, Germany, Italy, and most other European countries settled in the North End and contributed to its development over the years. Today, most visitors to Boston tour the North End and see the Paul Revere House and the famous Old North Church. On the weekends, shoppers visit the bustling Haymarket and attend feasts and festivals amidst the appetizing ambiance of restaurant row. This thriving, lively area of town is an alluring meeting place for residents and tourists alike.
Price:
16.95 USD
|
|
Add to Shopping Cart |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
19 |
Simcox, Alison and Douglas Heath Lake Quannapowitt (Wakefield MA)
Arcadia 0738573892 / 9780738573892 Trade Paperback New
Lake Quannapowitt is named for James Quonopohit, a member of the Pawtucket tribe of Nipmuc Indians and signer of the 1686 deed selling land to European colonists. A town called Redding (now Wakefield) developed on the shore of the lake that provided colonists with a bounty of fish, including salmon and alewives, until mills stopped their passage upstream. The town remained rural until the Boston and Maine Railroad arrived in 1845. Overnight, new markets became accessible, and Lake Quannapowitt ice was exported to destinations worldwide. Icehouses dominated the shoreline and stood side-by-side with boathouses and bathhouses. Some in Wakefield remember the last days of ice harvesting, although barely a trace of its existence remains. More residents remember Hill's Boathouse and Dance Hall, where many a romance began. For recent arrivals who walk and jog its idyllic 5-kilometer shore, the lake's industrial and complex past will come as a surprise.
Price:
20.00 USD
|
|
Add to Shopping Cart |
|
|
|
