OFFERING an HISTORICAL MAGAZINE "OLD TIME NEW ENGLAND", THE BULLETIN OF THE SOCIETY FOR PRESERVATION OF NEW ENGLAND ANTIQUITIES (SPNEA) FOR VOL. XXXVIX No. 2 (Serial No. 134)
(October 1948)
SPNEA is now known as HISTORIC NEW ENGLAND
(I like the old name better...)
SEE VIEWS ABOVE
SIZE 9 1/2" HIGH
25 NUMBERED PAGES
(35-90)
plus the frontispiece (not numbered)
plus 2 pages of Society info and Contents at the front
plus ad on the inside back cover
and Society info on the inside front cover
plus 2 pages of ads at the front
(1/2, 1/4 & 1/8 page ads)
A QUARTERLY MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO THE ANCIENT BUILDINGS,
HOUSEHOLD FURNISHINGS, DOMESTIC ARTS,
MANNERS AND CUSTOMS, AND MINOR ANTIQUITIES
OF THE NEW ENGLAND PEOPLE
ENGRAVING BY THOMAS DOOLITTLE FOR
BENJAMIN TRUMBULL'S "FUNERAL DISCOURSE"
(for George Washington),
NEW HAVEN, 1800
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
FRONTISPIECE SHOWS
THE HAY SCALES, NORTH ANDOVER, MASSACHUSETTS
Plan and Elevations by Frederick Bond for
Historic American Buildings Survey
LEAD ARTICLE:
THE NORTH ANDOVER HAY SCALES
BY Walter Muir Whitehill
(2 illustrations including the frontispiece)
OTHER ARTICLES INCLUDE:
NOTES ON THE BOOKPLATES OF
THOMAS DOOLITTLE
BY Francis W. Allen
(2 illustrations)
CORNELIUS COOLIDGE,
ARCHITECT OF BEACON HILL ROW HOUSES
1810-1840
BY Allen Bernstein
(no illustrations)
CANDLES FOR LUCK
BY Dorothy Tooker
(no illustrations)
THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL AND
THE JEWS' BURYING GROUND
BY Lee M. Friedman
(2 illustrations)
REPORT OF THE CORRESPONDING SECRETARY
Bertram K. Little
March 1, 1947 to May 1, 1948
(no illustrations)
GREAT AD ON THE INSIDE BACK COVER FOR
SHREVE CRUMP & LOW COMPANY
"FROM OUR RECENT SHIPMENT FROM ENGLAND
Top: One of a pair of superb Dr. Wall Worcester;
circa 1775; 7 1/2 inch plates, decorated in blue,
red and gold. Pseudo Chinese marks. $185, the pair...
Middle: Two cups and saucers, blue and white
panels. Mandarin seal mark. $50. each...
Pair of 3 inch bowls. $40. the pair."
Offered subject to prior sale
LOTS OF WONDERFUL OLD ADS
AD ON THE BACK COVER FOR THE GEORGE FRANCIS DOW
BOOK "EVERY DAY LIFE IN THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY"
Special Edition with Slip Case $10.00
only 6 remain for sale
FINE VINTAGE CONDITION
CONTENTS CLEAN AND TIGHT
LOTS OF GREAT STUFF HERE - I JUST LOVE HISTORY!!
BID NOW!