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Unless otherwise indicated, all books in this list are in sound, usable condition ("very good"), in the original cloth binding and are 8vo. (approximately 6" X 9" in size.) Most are not new; however, previous owners' names, bookplates, stamps and other marks of ownership are not noted unless such markings are disfiguring. Bindings on older books will usually show normal signs of wear and use relative to the age of the book. Excessive wear or damage is noted in the description. Books whose condition is above average are also noted.
0905012 Arlington Along the Battenkill, Its Pictured Past, by Hugh Henry. Published by Arlington Township Association, Arlington, VT in 1993. Index, illus., photos, maps, softcover (lightly creased, warped), 4to., 144 pp. Interior VG condition. History, told largely with captioned photos. $25.00
0902009 Green Mountains, Dark Tales, by Joseph A. Citro. Published by University Press of New England, Lebanon, NH in 1999. Index, softcovers, 8vo., 229 pp. VG condition. “A hybrid of journalism and legend.” A “lively collection of local folklore.” $17.50
612052 Vermont State Conference Daughters of the American Revolution 1892-1930, compiled by Alice A. Hinman. Published by The Tuttle Company, Rutland, VT in 1931. Photos., navy cloth (covers warped), 8vo., VG condition, 345 pp. A splendid reference, this book includes biographical sketches with extensive genealogical information for every regent of each DAR chapter on the State of Vermont through the time of publication. There is also a complete list of members and qualifying ancestor, arranged by chapter. $35.00
0901074 Potash and Pine. The Formative Years in Randolph History, by Leigh Wright. Published by Randolph Historical Society and Randolph Bicentennial Committee in 1977. Index, biblio., photos, maps, red cloth, dj. (edges worn), 8vo., 134 pp. VG condition. A readable account. $40.00
812130 Chelsea. The Origin of Chelsea, Vermont And a Record of its Institutions and Individuals, by John Moore Comstock. Published by the author in 1944. Green cloth (corners bumped), 8vo., 62 pp. VG condition. Includes lists of government officers, Masons, ministers, and military service of residents as well as a transcript of the 1791 census of the village. $35.00
812131 Stories of Old Bradford, by Marguerite Grow. Published by the author, Bradford, VT in 1955. Illus., photos., green cloth (edges a bit worn, corners bumped, a large ding in rear spine), 8vo., 191 pp. Interior in VG condition. Vignettes of life in the village. $50.00
812132 Bi-Centennial A New Fane in the Second Century Vermont 1774-1974. Published by Committee for the Bicentennial, Newfane VT in 1974. Illus., photos, green cloth (edges dented), dj., 8vo., 82+ pp. Interior VG condition. Includes the 1974 voter registration list with women’s’ maiden names and children’s names added. Capsule history with many photos. $37.50
812133 Shoreham The Town and its People. No author stated. Published by Shoreham Historical Society, Shoreham, VT 1988. Index, illus., photos, endpaper maps, blue cloth, dj., 106+ix pp. Date stamp on fep., otherwise VG+ condition. Many references to early residents. $35.00
702022 Shrewsbury, Vermont, Our Town as it Was, by Dawn D. Hance. Published by Rutland Academy Books, in 1980. Author signed. Biblio., illus., photos, maps, folding map in rear pocket, red cloth (edges of spine a little worn), 4to., VG condition, 320 pp. Thoroughly researched and well documented, this history of a Rutland County community contains information not easily found elsewhere. Pages 239 through 303 contain genealogies of town families. An important and uncommon reference. $100.00
612172 Rupert, VT. Historical and Descriptive 1761-1898, by George S. Hibbard. Published by The Tuttle Company, Rutland, VT in 1899. Maroon cloth (worn and spotted), 8vo., interior in VG condition, 211 pp. Lacks fep. Much information on early settlers and later residents. $65.00
612148 The History of Jericho, Vermont, edited by Chauncey H. Hayden, et al. Published Bennington, VT in 1916. Photos, folding maps, rebound in black buckram, 8vo., VG condition, 665 pp. Volume I was done in response to the 1913 Jericho Town Celebration. Volume II (not included) was published in 1963. Includes about 300 pages of family history and genealogy. $135.00
612049 Vermont Imprints Before 1800. An Introductory Essay on the History of Printing in Vermont with a List of Imprints 1779-1799, by Elizabeth F. Cooley. Published by The Vermont Historical Society, Montpelier, VT in 1937. Indexes, biblio., green cloth (edges a little worn), 8vo., VG condition, 133 pp. Bookshop stamp on fep. Imprints arranged chronologically. Also includes a list of Dresden Imprints 1778-1779 and a list of printers with place and date of first printing. $35.00
202018E Over Cram Hill, by Russell H. Farnsworth. Published by the author, Burlington, VT, 1967. Author signed. Photos, map, softcover (some soiling), 8vo., 79 pp. VG condition. The story of the author’s mother, Lizzie Butterfield, and her life in the Towns of Braintree (Orange County) and Roxbury (Washington) County. She was the daughter of Mary Woodward and Stephen Greenleaf Butterfield. $22.50
512113M The Story of the Ticonderoga: A Chronicle of Steamboating, by Ralph Nading Hill. Published by The Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, VT, 1957. Photos, softcover, 8vo., 107 pp. VG condition. The Ticonderoga carried passengers on Lake Champlain from 1906 to 1953. $17.50
512065 The Vermont Asylum for the Insane. Its Annals for 50 Years, by J. Draper. Published by The Asylum, Brattleboro, VT, 1887. Illus., plans, brown cloth (corners bumped, light edge wear), 8vo., 302 pp. VG condition. A thorough year-by-year history of the Vermont hospital also known as the Brattleboro Retreat. A very attractive copy in excellent condition and in its original brown pebbled cloth, this book contains references to many individuals associated with its founding, construction, administration and care. It does not contain references to named patients. $85.00
207007E Look Around Winooski, Vermont, edited by Lilian Baker Carlisle. Published by Chittenden County Historical Society, Burlington, VT, 1972. Heritage Series, No. 3. Illus., photos., maps, stiff wraps, 8vo., 32 pp. Photos and descriptions of homes, churches, and businesses. $7.50
207008E Proctor The Way it Was. Published by Proctor Historical Society, Proctor, VT, Bicentennial Year 1975. Photos, map, stiff wraps (light soil, "R. Maloney" and "Luke 10:7" inked on front cover), 8vo., 59 pp. Primarily a photo history of the Town. Proctor was formerly known as Sutherland Falls. $12.50
404014M Roxana's [Brown Walbridge Watts] Children: The Biography of a Nineteenth-Century Vermont Family, by Lynn A. Bonfield and Mary C. Morrison. Published by University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst, MA, 1995. Index, biblio., notes, photos, green cloth, dj., 8vo., 267 pp. VG condition. The story of Roxanna Brown Walbridge Watts (1802-1862), a farm wife in Peacham, Caledonia County, Vermont, and the 12 children she raised - nine of her own, two step-children, and a grandchild, told from letters, diaries, and photographs. $30.00
310025E A Walking History of Middlebury, by Glenn M. Andres. Published by Middlebury Bicentennial Committee, Middlebury, VT, 1975. Glossary, photos, maps, softcover, 8vo., 84 pp. Entire book is somewhat crinkled, probably water damage, not stained. A walking-tour guide with detailed histories of 155 homes and buildings. $12.50
612160 The History of Middletown, Vermont, in Three Discourses . . . by Barnes Frisbie. Published by Middletown Springs Historical Society in 1975. Reprint of 1867 edition. Index, photos, maps, softcover (minor soiling), 8vo., 137 pp. Good condition. An ex-library copy with a book plate and minor markings. A few names are underlined in ink, masking tape on lower edge of rear cover. $22.50
305052E Early Houses of Norwich, Vermont [Windsor County], by Philip Aylwin White and Dana Diane Johnson. Published by Norwich Historical Society in Norwich, VT, 1973. 2nd revised edition. Index, biblio., illus., photos, map, softcover, 8vo., 88 pp. VG condition. An important study of this Windsor County community and its architectural heritage. Includes information on early home owners, etc. $20.00
909053 My Little Vermont Book, by Alicia R. Bishop. Published in 1966. Illus., biblio., maps. very good, 8 vo, 72 pp. Near-fine condition. An anecdotal book of facts about the Green Mountain State. $17.50
906775E Barre, Vermont An Annotated Bibliography, by Daniel Beavin, et. al. Published for the Aldrich Public Library, 1979. Photos, softcovers, 8vo., 80 pp. Contains references to everything you could possibly want to know about this Vermont marble community. $17.50
108397E The Old First Church of Bennington, Old Bennington, Vermont. No publisher or date given.
Photos, solftcovers, 8vo., 11 pp. Ink notation on cover and on one page; and The First Congregational Church of Bennington, Old Bennington, Vermont. No publisher or date given (1960s?). Illus, softcovers (badly faded), 8 pp. Both items: $7.50108094E [Elmore, Lamoille County, Vermont Record Inventory] Inventory of the Town, Village and City Archives of Vermont. No. 8, Lamoille County. Vol. IV, Town of Elmore. The Historical Records Survey, Montpelier, Vermont, 1941. Index., biblio., map, diagram, small 4to., 62 pp. $20.00
906776 Let Me Show You Vermont, by Charles Edward Crane. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1937, 371 pp., 4th printing, 8vo., index, photos, foldout map, Cloth, dj. (worn), VG condition. Vignettes of travel and history. $15.00
906798 Times Gone By Woodstock, Views of an Early Vermont Village with Antique Photographs from 1854 to 1934, by Will and Jane Curtis. Author published, Woodstock, 1976, 88 pp., 1st edition, 4to., photos, Cloth, VG condition. $22.50
906796M Vermont in the World War 1917-1919, by John T. Cushing and Arthur F. Stone. The Legislature, Burlington, 1928, 759 pp., 8vo., ports., frontis., Cloth, VG condition. Contains historical info. and many lists of soldiers etc. $30.00
906786 Mischief in the Mountains, Walter R. Hard and Janet C. Greene. Vermont Life Magazine, Montpelier, 1971, 174 pp., 2nd edition, 8vo., illus., Cloth, dj., VG condition. Thirteen tales of mystery, criminality, hardship, and humor. $17.50
906804 Weathersfield Vol 1: Century One, by John L. Hurd. Phoenix Publishing, Canaan, 1975, 256 pp., 8vo., index, photos, Cloth, dj., VG condition. Includes additional map. Weathersfield is in Windsor County. $27.50
906815 History of Westminster, by M. Elizabeth Minard. Town of Westminster, Westminster, 1941, 174 pp., 1st edition, 8vo., photos, Cloth, dj. (chipped), VG condition. Westminster is in Windham County. $42.50
906800 Lake Champlain: Reflections on our Past, by Jennie G. Versteeg. University of Vermont, Burlington, 1987, 299 pp., 4to., photos, maps, softcover, VG condition. Essays on Lake Champlain's history by a variety of authors. $25.00
906802 Bennington, Vermont An Industrial History, by Rush Welter. Columbia University, New York, 1959, 65 pp., 4to., tables, charts, map, softcover, VG condition. A report of the Bennington Communications Study. Includes lists of 19th century manufacturing firms and some local history. $22.50