UP FOR AUCTION IS A 1893 BOOK ''CUSTOMS AND FASHIONS IN OLD NEW ENGLAND'' BY ALICE MORSE EARLE AND PUBLISHED BY CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS. DECORATED HARDCOVER APP.  5'' X 7.5'' AND 387 PAGES LONG, TITLE PAGE DATE AND COPYRIGHT DATE 1893 THUS FIRST EDITION, EX-LIBRARY, PAGES IN NEAR FINE CONDITION, ONE PAGE HAS A MINOR TEAR ON THE BLANK TOP EDGE MARGIN, ONE PAGE HAS A MINOR TEAR ON THE BLANK SIDE EDGE MARGIN, A COUPLE OF PAGES HAVE A VERY VERY MINUTE CHIP ON THE BLANK SIDE EDGE MARGIN, THE LAST PAGE IS SLIGHTLY STARTING TO SEPARATE, THE END-PAPERS HAVE SOME EDGE WEAR AND ARE SEPARATED AND LOOSE, THE COVER HAS MINOR FADING, MINOR FAINT FOXING, A MINOR SLIGHT SURFACE RIP ON THE TOP SPINE AREA, MINOR WEAR ON THE BOTTOM SPINE EDGE. THE COVER IS ALMOST SEPARATED FROM THE BINDING ALONG THE INSIDE SPINE HINGES. SOLD AS IS.