707003 Lebanon 1761-1994: The Evolution of a Resilient New Hampshire City, by Roger Carroll. Published by Phoenix Publishing, West Kennebunk, Maine for Lebanon Historical Society in 1994. 1st ed. Indexes, biblio., illus., photos., maps, 4to., tan cloth with maroon spine, dj., VG condition, 307 pp. $45.00

704004 The Prescott Story, by Ray Brighton. Published by The Portsmouth Marine Society, New Castle, NH in 1982. Index, photos, ports., tan cloth, dj. (edges worn, several tears), 4to., VG condition, 119 pp. Inscription on fep. The story of Mary Elizabeth Prescott and her sister Josephine Fitts Prescott, daughters of Charles Smith Prescott and Joanna Abbott Fitts, and how they devoted a major portion of their fortune to erase the blighted South Mill Pond area of Portsmouth from the city map. $75.00

703014 Inscriptions on Gravestones in the Two Old Cemeteries on the East Hill in Peterborough, N. H.  Published by Peterborough Historical Society circa 1908. Index, photos., map, wraps (rear stained, spine torn), 8vo., VG interior, 68 pp. $40.00

703015 The Church of Christ in Holles [Hollis]. The First Two Pastorates 1734-1831. An address Delivered on the Occasion of the Dedication of the New Meeting House, August 20, 1925 by Charles Darwin Adams. Published by the DAR, Hollis, NH circa 1925. Wraps, 8vo., VG condition, 31 pp. Adams’ address details the eighteenth century settlement of Hollis, New Hampshire by members of the Worcester, Powers, and Emerson families. $12.50 

612193 Stark Decency: German Prisoners of War in a New England Village, by Allen V. Koop. Published by University of New England Press, Hanover, NH in 1988. 2nd printing. Index. notes, illus., photos, black cloth, 8vo., VG condition, 136 pp. The story of Camp Stark in WWII, located in Stark, New Hampshire, as told by the prisoners themselves. $17.50

612089 The History of Milford, by George A. Ramsdell. Family Registers, by William P. Colburn. Published by the Town of Milford, NH in 1901. Index, references, illus., photos, ports., rebound in red buckram, thick 8vo., VG condition (a few pencil marks), 1,023 pp. Over 400 pages of family biographies. $95.00

612086 New Hampshire Residents 1633-1699, by Jay Mack Holbrook. Published by Holbrook Research Institute, Oxford, MA in 1979. Bibio., map, green cloth, 8vo., Near-new condition, 209 pp. Previous owner’s blind stamp. The author has reconstructed and compiled this list of 7,566 heads of household, with biographical information,  from tax lists, land grants, estate valuations, petitions, church membership lists, oaths of allegiance, ministers rates, first settler lists, and probate records. $30.00

612042M Early Generations of the Founders of Old Dunstable-Thirty Families, by Ezra S. Sterns. Published by George E. Littlefield, Boston in 1911.  Index, brown cloth (edges a little worn), 8vo., VG condition, 103 pp. The area comprising Old Dunstable is located today in both Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Includes the following families: Acres, Beale, Blanchard, Cooke, Cromwell, Darbeyshire, French, Galusha, Gould, Harwood, Hassell, Honey. Lovewell, Lund, Marks, Parris, Perry, Read, Robbins, Searles, Smith, Swallow, Taylor, Temple, Tyng, Usher, Waldo, Warner, Weld, and Whiting. $75.00

612007 History of the Town of Rye, New Hampshire, From its Discovery and Settlement to December 31, 1903, 2 parts, by Langdon B. Parsons. Facsimile reprint, in 2 parts, of the original 1905 edition, published by Heritage Books, Bowie, MD in 1992. Indexes, photos, maps, softcovers, 8vo., VG condition, 675 pp. 2 folding maps laid in. Part I contains the narrative, Part II contains genealogies. Two volumes: $42.50

611095 Vital records of Rye, New Hampshire: A Transcript of the Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths in this Town to the Year 1890, by Kathleen E. Hosier. Published by Heritage Books, Bowie, MD 1992. Softcovers, 8vo., VG condition, 336 pp. Also includes records for Portsmouth, New Castle and Hampton as well as an annotated 1790 Federal Census. $27.50

611096 Vital Records of Londonderry, New Hampshire. A Full and Accurate Transcript of the Births, Marriage Intentions, Marriages and Deaths in this Town from the Earliest Date to 1910, by Daniel Gage Annis and George Waldo Browne. A facsimile reprint published by Heritage Books, Bowie, MD 1989. Illus., softcovers, 8vo., VG condition, 320+ pp. $27.50

611046 Supplement to the History of Windham in New Hampshire. A Scotch Settlement. Giving the History of the Presbyterian Religious Society,  . . . , and Record of Marriages, Births, and Deaths from 1882 to 1892, . . .,  by Leonard A. Morrison. Published by Damrell & Upham, Boston, 1892. Red cloth, 8vo., VG condition, 169 pp. Also includes a records of marriages, baptisms and burials taken from the church register, parish of Templemore, diocese of Derry, Londonderry, Ireland (mid 1600s to early 1700s), and other lists of genealogical interest. $40.00

611047 History of Pittsfield, New Hampshire, by E. Harold Young. Published by the author, Pittsfield, NH, in 1953. Index, illus., photos, ports., map, green buckram, 8vo., VG condition, 575 pp. A thorough history of Pittsfield, Merrimack, County, with lots of reference to residents. The index is not very useful. Includes a section with information on the families of Richard Bartlett, William Berry, Joseph H. Danis, Drake, Goss, William Bainbridge Hartwell, Lane, Marston, Perkins, Edward Parkman Sanderson, Swett, Knowlton, French, Hiram A. Tuttle, John A. Walker, Edward S. Watson, and Sherburn Josiah Winslow.  $42.50

611048 A History of Walpole, New Hampshire, 2 Volumes, by Martha McDanolds Frizzell. Published ny Walpole Historical Society, Town of Walpole, NH, in 1963. Index, biblio., illus., photos, end-paper map, folding map laid in, gray cloth (edges a bit worn), 8vo., VG condition, 672 + 333 pp. Volume II comprises the index and genealogies. Two volumes: $75.00

611049 God, Grace, and Granite: the history of Methodism in New Hampshire, 1768-1988, by Charles W. Kern. Published by Phoenix Publishing, Canaan, NH, in 1988. 1st edition, limited to 1,250 copies. Index, biblio., sources, illus., photos, map, end-paper map, brown cloth with tan spine, dj., 8vo., VG condition, 195 pp. Includes lists of: presiding elders and superintendents, delegates to general conferences, traveling ministers, etc. $22.50

611051 History of Exeter, New Hampshire, by Charles H. Bell. A facsimile of the 1888 edition with a completely new every-name index by Karen L. Towle. Published by Heritage Books, Bowie, MD, in 1979. Index, folding maps, green cloth (corners bumped), 8vo., VG condition, 469 + 82 pp. + unpaginated index. Includes 82 pages of family registers, marriage, births, deaths, baptisms, and marriage intentions. $60.00

611052 Collections of the Dover, N.H., Historical Society. Volume I [Vital Records]. Published by the Dover Historical Society in 1894. Index, embossed black cloth, 8vo., VG condition, 305 pp. Marriages, Births, Deaths, and Baptisms in Dover down to the year 1850, gathered from widely separated records. $60.00

611053 Manchester: A Brief record of its Past and A Picture of its Present, including an account of its settlement and of its growth as town and city; a history of its schools, churches societies, banks, post-offices, newspapers, and manufacturers; a description of its government, police, and fire department, public buildings, library, water-works, cemeteries, streets, streams, railways, and bridges; a complete list of the selectmen, moderators and clerks of the town and members of the councils, marshals and engineers of the city, with the state of the vote for mayor at each election,; the story of its part in the war of the rebellion with a complete list of all its soldiers who went to the war; and sketches of its representative citizens. With 38 steel and 18 wood engravings of its prominent men and buildings. Published by John B. Clark, Manchester, NH, in 1875. Index, illus., ports., adverts, brown cloth (edges and corners worn, cover spotted), 8vo. 463+ pp. The inside hinges are cracked, one signature at the back is loose, otherwise the interior is VG. The title says it all! $75.00

611056 Manchester of Yesterday, a Human Interest Story of its Past with One Illustrations, Including Rare Wood Engravings of Old Pioneers and Places, by L. Ashton Thorp. Published by Granite State Press, Manchester, NH, in 1939. Illus., ports., green cloth (edges a little worn), 8vo., VG condition, 561 pp. Book is in a damaged and soiled box, which has kept the book looking almost like new. Brief inscription on fep. Full of personal stories with many references to early residents. $55.00

611054 History of the Town of Durham, New Hampshire (Oyster River Plantation) with Genealogical Notes, 2 Volumes, by Everett S. Stackpole and Lucien Thompson. Published by New Hampshire Publishing Company, Somersworth, NH, 1973. A facsimile of the 1913 edition bound in a single volume. Indexes, illus., tan pictorial cloth, 8vo., VG condition, 436 + 502 pp. Previous owner’s receipt for purchase of book is pasted in the rear of the book. Includes 436 pages of narrative and 502 pages of genealogies. $60.00

611055 History of Pembroke, N. H. 1730-1895 in Two Volumes, by N.F. Carter and T. L. Fowler. Published by Published in Concord, NH, 1895. Both volumes are bound together. Indexes, illus., ports., folding tissue map, maroon cloth, 8vo., 428 + 459 pp. The title pages and most of the introductory pages are badly chipped and loose, the inside hinges are cracked. 428 pages of narrative and 384 pages of genealogical material. $125.00

611057 The History of Concord from its First Grant in 1725, to the Organization of the City Government in 1853, with a History of the Ancient Peacocks. The Whole Interspersed with Numerous Interesting Incidents and Anecdotes, Down to the Present Period, 1855; Embellished with Maps; with Portraits of Distinguished Citizens, and Views of Ancient and Modern Residences, by Nathaniel Bouton. Published by Benning W. Sanborn, Concord, NH in 1856. Name index, ports, 44 engravings, maps, brown embossed cloth (worn, spine and interior hinges reinforced with transparent tape), 8vo., interior in good to VG condition, 786 pp. A large folding tissue map of the city of Concord is laid in. $125.00

611041M The Fishbasket Papers: The Diaries, 1768-1823 of Bradbury Jewell, Esquire of Tamworth, Durham and Sandwich, New Hampshire, by Marjory Gain Harkness. Published by Richard E. Smith Publishers, Peterborough, NH, in 1963. Photos., end-paper map, orange cloth (inscription), dj., 8vo., VG condition, 236 pp. Bradbury Jewell (son of Mark Jewell of Devonshire) settled in Tamworth, NH in 1768 at age 16. He later became at Revolutionary War Militia Captain, a Justice of the Peace, and a farmer. He married Ruhamah Jewell (daughter of Elder Jacob Jewell)  $37.50

603014 Bent’s Bibliography of the White Mountains, edited by E. J. Hanrahan. Published by New Hampshire Publishing Company, Somersworth, NH, 1971. Originally published in 1911. Index, ports., softcover, 8vo., 114 pp. VG condition. $22.50

601035 Index to Genealogies in New Hampshire Town Histories, by William Copeley. Published by the New Hampshire Historical Society, no date (1988). Softcover (spine worn), 8vo., 103 pp. The author included surnames when the genealogy in the Town History included at least three generations of that family. $20.00

511027 The Androscoggin River Valley: Gateway to the White Mountains, by D. B. Wight. Published by Charles E. Tuttle Company, Rutland, VT in 1967. 1st edition. Indexes, maps, gray cloth, dj., square 8vo., 561 pp. VG condition. History of the area, arranged chronologically. Full of genealogical information with 69 biographical sketches. $40.00

511028 Hoyt’s History of Wentworth, New Hampshire, transcribed by Francis A. Muzzey. Author published in 1976. 1st edition. #333 of 500 copies. Endpaper maps, blue cloth (edges worn), 8vo., 381 pp. Interior in VG condition. Transcribed from an original 1870 manuscript written by Peter L. Hoyt, M.D. Wentworth town papers were destroyed by fire in 1890. Dr. Hoyt’s manuscript is the only comprehensive record of the settling and growth of the town based on personal interviews with the original proprietors and grantees. $65.00

508086 Rye on the Rocks: The Tale of a Town, by William M. Varrell. Author-published, 1962. 2nd printing. Illus., photos., tan cloth (top of spine frayed), 8vo., 149 pp. Ex-library copy with the usual markings, card pocket, etc., otherwise VG. More than just a history of the famous New England resort area, this work was compiled after extensive research in Portsmouth newspapers, scrapbooks and diaries. $45.00

206021 Reminiscences of a New Hampshire Town: The Belmont Centennial 1869-1969, complied by Wallace P. Rhodes. Published by The Centennial Book Committee, no date or place [1969]. Photos, softcovers (light soil), 8vo., 91 pp. History of the town, its industry, schools, and families. $17.50

310026 Lake Winnipeskaukee N.H. and Vicinity. Published by Tichnor Bros., Inc., Boston, no date. Photos, map, softcover (several small abrasions, front creased), 8vo., 32 pp. Top corner turned down, interior VG condition. Captioned photos of the lake and many of the summertime activities, apparently from the era of the 1940s and 1950s. A small tear on the edge of one page is mended with tape. $15.00

310027 Souvenir View Book of the White Mountains N.H. The Land of Scenic Splendor as Seen Through the Eye of a Camera. Published by Tichnor Bros., Inc., Boston, no date. Photos, maps, softcover (corners bumped and cover abraded), 8vo., not paginated (48 pp.). Interior mostly VG condition. Captioned photos of Crawford Notch, Mt. Washington, Bretton Woods, Franconia Notch, the Conway region, Lost River, and other areas. An area about 1 1/2 inches square on the bottom edge has been abraded. There are indentations on the bottom corner of many pages, mostly in the margins. $15.00

310028 Follow the Mount, by Heald, Bruce D. Published by Winnipesaukee Flagship Corp., Weirs Beach, NH, 2000. Later printing. Photos, maps, stiff wraps, 8vo., 124 pp. VG condition. A history of the early steamships which serviced Lake Winnipesaukee, with brief histories of each of the port cities. A useful reference. $12.50

310012 Webster Cottage and Those Who Lived There, by Childs, Frances Lane. Published by Hanover Historical Society, Hanover, NH, 1969. Photos, softcover (slightly wrinkled), 8vo., 40 pp. VG condition. Webster Cottage is owned by Dartmouth College and operated by the Hanover Historical Society as a house museum. This pamphlet was written by Francis Lane Childs (1884-1973), Professor of Anglo-Saxon and English Language and Literature at Dartmouth College. It details 175 years of house history, chronicling the lives of the Ripleys, Smiths, Skinners and McMurphys. Presentation inscription to his friend and colleague Rosalie Littell Colie (1924-1972), critic, scholar and author of the classic Paradoxia Epidemica: The Renaissance Tradition of Paradox. Scarce thus. $22.50

308034 Heads of Families at the Second Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1800 New Hampshire. Privately printed, Madison, WI, 1973. Index, cloth, 4to., 222 pp. VG condition. Gives the number of free white males and free white females, by age groups, and the number of all other free persons. $25.00

308172 State of New Hampshire Manual for the General Court 1977, by Kelley, Edward C. (ed.). Published by Department of State, Concord, NH, 1977. B&W and color photos, charts, cloth, thick 12mo., 835 pp. VG condition. Includes a list of towns and wards, many lists of government officials, and information on the erection of each city and town, and some unincorporated places. $15.00

108097 The Daniel Webster Birth Place Celebration. by William E. Chandler. Franklin, 1913. 20 pp., photos, illus. $7.50