OFFERING an HISTORICAL MAGAZINE "OLD TIME NEW ENGLAND",
THE BULLETIN OF
THE SOCIETY FOR PRESERVATION OF NEW ENGLAND ANTIQUITIES (SPNEA)
 FOR VOL. XXX No. 4 (Serial No. 100) (April 1940)

  SPNEA is now known as HISTORIC NEW ENGLAND (I like the old name better...)

SEE VIEWS ABOVE

SIZE 9 1/2" HIGH

37 PAGES PLUS FRONTISPIECE

AT THE BACK
 3 pages of ads 
also 1 page "Recommendation for Membership"
(you had to be recommended - you couldn't just pay
your dues and join!)
and a 2 page Index to Volume XXX

 
plus 9 pages of SPNEA INFORMATION at the front
including the CONTENTS 

THIS SPNEA INFO IN THE FRONT INCLUDES 30 VIEWS
OF SPNEA PROPERTIES AROUND NEW ENGLAND

"A QUARTERLY MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO THE ANCIENT BUILDINGS, 
HOUSEHOLD FURNISHINGS, DOMESTIC ARTS, MANNERS AND CUSTOMS,
AND MINOR ANTIQUITIES OF THE NEW ENGLAND PEOPLE"

THE TRISTRAM COFFIN JR. HOUSE, NEWBURY, MASS.
IS ON THE COVER

Three Dollars per Annum - Single Copy, Seventy Five Cents

Published by the Society at the Harrison Gray Otis House,
141 Cambridge Street, Boston, Massachusetts

A full page ad on the inside front cover for The Magazine Antiques
($5. per year or $8. for 2 years)

Also a full page ad on the inside back cover for
Shreve, Crump and Low Company
showing an
"AMERICAN 18th CENTURY CORNER CABINET"

"In Maple with Cherry Cornice.
7 feet, 1 inch high. Entirely
original condition. $185."

LEAD ARTICLE INSIDE IS A 
TRIBUTE TO WILLIAM SUMNER APPLETON:
FOUNDER OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION
OF NEW ENGLAND ANTIQUITIES,
SERVING AS CORRESPONDING SECRETARY
SINCE ITS INCORPORATION IN 1910
and
MANAGER OF ITS REAL ESTATE
(3 illustrations including the
frontispiece of Appleton)

WHAT A WONDERFUL FAR-SIGHTED MAN HE WAS! --
REALIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF THESE OLD PROPERTIES
AND SAVING THEM FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS

THE ADDRESS OF THE VICE-PRESIDENT,
MR. BOYLSTON ADAMS BEAL

THE REPORT OF THE CORRESPONDIING SECRETARY
(William Sumner Appleton)
(14 illustrations - even though the contents states 12)

THE REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE MUSEUM
(Charles D. Childs)

AND
THE REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN
(Thomas G. Frothingham)
(1 illustration)

A WONDERFUL AERIAL VIEW OF THE CITY OF BOSTON
FROM THE COURT HOUSE, MARCH, 1940
(Courtesy of E. R. Snow - that would be Edward Rowe Snow)

 OTHER LARGE PHOTOS OF SPNEA PROPERTIES,
INCLUDING THE STETSON HOUSE IN HANOVER
(all part of Appleton's Report on Properties)

NEAR FINE VINTAGE CONDITION

VERY SLIGHT DIRTINESS AT THE TOP COVER EDGE

CONTENTS CLEAN AND TIGHT

LOTS OF GREAT STUFF HERE - I JUST LOVE HISTORY!!

BID NOW! 

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WE'LL SHIP ANYWHERE AS LONG AS YOU PAY THE SHIPPING!

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