Historic New England

The art of blacksmithing / Alex W. Bealer.

438 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Date: 1976.

Creators: Bealer, Alex W.

GUSN: 147259

Call Number: Stacks TT220.B35 1976

How to paint trays; with authentic antique designs and working diagrams for stenciling and brush-stroke painting. Adaptable for boxes, chests, chairs and other furniture. Drawings by the author.

95 p. illus. 28 cm.

Date: 1949.

Creators: Blanchard, Roberta Ray.

GUSN: 147260

Call Number: Stacks NK8650.B6

Wax portraits and silhouettes; with an introd. by Charles Henry Hart.

88 p. illus. 21 cm.

Date: 1915.

Creators: Bolton, Ethel Stanwood, 1873- National Society of the Colonial Dames of America. Massachusetts.

GUSN: 147261

Call Number: Stacks NK9580.B6 1915

Early American design motifs.

191 p. illus. 28 cm.

Date: [1952]

Creators: Chapman, Suzanne E.

GUSN: 147262

Call Number: Stacks NK1115.C47

Quilling: paper art for everyone [by] Betty Christy and Doris Tracy.

205 p. illus. 23 cm.

Date: [1974]

Creators: Christy, Betty. Tracy, Doris, joint author.

GUSN: 147263

Call Number: Stacks TT870.C52

The village blacksmith, by Aldren A. Watson. Illus. by the author.

ix, 125 p. illus. 26 cm., Describes the work of a blacksmith, including the development of techniques for working iron, the tools used, and the objects made on the forge. Also discusses the decline of this profession with the expansion of large scale industry.

Date: [1968]

Creators: Watson, Aldren Auld, 1917-

GUSN: 147264

Call Number: Stacks TT220.W3

Scrimshaw; folk art of the whalers. Text by Walter K. Earle, curator. Illus. by Jane Davenport (Mrs. Jas. A. de Tomasi) assistant curator.

36 p. illus. 23 cm.

Date: [1957]

Creators: Earle, Walter Keese, 1886- Whaling Museum Society, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.

GUSN: 147265

Call Number: Stacks NK5903.W47

Woodwork from the Stone Age to do-it-yourself.

72 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.

Date: 1962.

Creators: Goodman, William Louis.

GUSN: 147266

Call Number: Stacks TS820.T66

Early American wooden ware & other kitchen utensils, by Mary Earle Gould, fully illustrated by the author.

xiv, 230 p. incl. front., illus. 25 cm.

Date: 1942.

Creators: Gould, Mary Earle.

GUSN: 147267

Call Number: Stacks E161.G6

Furniture decoration made easy; a practical work manual for decorating furniture by stenciling, gold-leaf application and freehand painting. Drawings by the author.

146 p. illus. 28 cm.

Date: 1952.

Creators: Hallett, Charles, 1894-

GUSN: 147268

Call Number: Stacks NK8650.H34

The countyman at work; written and illus. by Thomas Hennell, with a memoir of the author by H. J. Massingham.

80 p. illus., port. 29 cm.

Date: [1947]

Creators: Hennell, Thomas, 1903-1945. Massingham, H. J. (Harold John), 1888-1952.

GUSN: 147269

Call Number: Stacks TT57.H4

The history of signboards, from the earliest times to the present day. By Jacob Larwood [pseud.] and John Camden Hotten. With one hundred illustrations in fac-simile, by J. Larwood ...

x, 536 p. col. front., XIX pl. 20 cm.

Date: [187-]

Creators: Larwood, Jacob, 1827-1918. Hotten, John Camden, 1832-1873, joint author.

GUSN: 147270

Call Number: Stacks GT3910.S2 1870

William Morris & Kelmscott.

190, [1] p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 21 cm.

Date: 1981.

Creators: Design Council. West Surrey College of Art & Design.

GUSN: 147271

Call Number: Stacks NX547.6.M67 W54 1981

Table decoration yesterday, today & tomorrow.

288 p. illus. (part col.) 27 cm.

Date: [1968]

Creators: Smith, Georgiana Reynolds.

GUSN: 147272

Call Number: Stacks TX879.S38 (and 1 more)

Scrimshaw at Mystic Seaport, featuring objects from the Kynett, Howland, Townshend and White collections.

x, 53 p. illus. 26 cm.

Date: 1958.

Creators: Stackpole, Edouard A., 1905-

GUSN: 147273

Call Number: Stacks NK6022.S76

Craftsmen & artists of Norwich: furniture, paintings, clocks, silver, pewter, pottery. [Catalogue compiled by Jo Darmstadt.

xii, 67 p. illus. 24 cm.

Date: 1965]

Creators: Darmstadt, Jo Raynes, comp. Society of the Founders of Norwich, Conn. Friends of the Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, Conn.

GUSN: 147274

Call Number: Stacks NK838.N6 S6

IES lighting handbook; the standard lighting guide.

1 v. (various pagings) ill., plans, photos. 24 cm.

Date: 1947.

Creators: Illuminating Engineering Society.

GUSN: 147275

Call Number: Stacks TK4161.I45

Gaslighting in America : a guide for historic preservation / Denys Peter Myers.

279 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Date: 1978.

Creators: Myers, Denys Peter, 1916-

GUSN: 147276

Call Number: 85M Ref. TH7960.M93 c.1 (and 3 more)

Candleholders in America, 1650-1900; a comprehensive collection of American and European candle fixtures used in America [by] Joseph T. Butler.

xiv, 178 p. illus. (part col.) 27 cm.

Date: [1967]

Creators: Butler, Joseph T.

GUSN: 147277

Call Number: Stacks NK9990.C2 B8 (and 2 more)

The lighting book; a manual for the layman, setting forth the practical and esthetic sides of good lighting for the home, by F. Laurent Godinez.

5 p. i., 109 p. front., illus., plates 24 cm.

Date: 1913.

Creators: Godinex, Francisco Laurent, 1880-

GUSN: 147278

Call Number: Stacks TH7703.G6

Colonial lighting, by Arthur H. Hayward.

xxviv, 168 p. illus., plates. 24

Date: 1927.

Creators: Hayward, Arthur H.

GUSN: 147279

Call Number: Stacks NK8360.H3 1927 (and 1 more)

Early lighting in New England, 1620-1861. With sketches by Ellen Hatch Brewster.

88 p. illus., port. 22 cm.

Date: [1964]

Creators: Hebard, Helen Brigham, 1897-1961.

GUSN: 147280

Call Number: Stacks NK8360.H34 1964 (and 1 more)

The Bazar book of decorum. The care of the person, manners, etiquette, and ceremonials ...

viii, [9]-278 p. 17 cm.

Date: 1870.

Creators: Tomes, Robert, 1817-1882.

GUSN: 147281

Call Number: Stacks BJ1852.T7

Good manners.

384 p. pl. 20 cm.

Date: 1888.

Creators: Lavin, Eliza M.

GUSN: 147282

Call Number: Stacks BJ1852.L26

The elements of character / by Mary G. Chandler.

234 p. ; 19 cm.

Date: 1860.

Creators: Ware, Mary Greene Chandler, Mrs., 1818-

GUSN: 147283

Call Number: Stacks BJ1521.W28 1860

The market assistant, containing a brief description of every article of human food sold in the public markets of the cities of New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and Brooklyn; including the various domestic and wild animals, poultry, game, fish, vegetables, fruits &c., &c., with many curious incidents and anecdotes. New York, Hurd and Houghton, 1867.

455 p. illus. 22 cm.

Date: 1975 [c1867]

Creators: De Voe, Thomas F. (Thomas Farrington), 1811-1892

GUSN: 147284

Call Number: 85M Stacks TX353.D48 1975

Godey's lady's book, 1850.

iv, [4], 5-422, 3-388, [60] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.), music ; 27 cm.

Date: 1850.

GUSN: 147285

Call Number: Periodicals

The gentlemen's book of etiquette and manual of politeness : being a complete guide for a gentleman's conduct in all his relations towards society : containing rules for the etiquette to be observed in the street, at table, in the ball room, evening party, and morning call : with full directions for polite correspndence, dress, conversation, manly exercises, and accomplishments : from the best French, English, and American authorities / by Cecil B. Hartley.

332 p. ; 20 cm.

Date: c1860.

Creators: Hartley, Cecil B.

GUSN: 147286

Call Number: Stacks BJ1855.H3 1860

The guide-board to health, peace and competence; or, The road to happy old age.

752 p. ill., ports.

Date: [1872]

Creators: Hall, W. W. (William Whitty), 1810-1876.

GUSN: 147287

Call Number: Stacks RC81.H188

The gentlemen's book of etiquette, and manual of politeness : being a complete guide for a gentleman's conduct in all his relations towards society ... / From the best French, English, and American authorities, by Cecil B. Hartley.

332 p. ; 19 cm.

Date: 1876.

Creators: Hartley, Cecil B.

GUSN: 147288

Call Number: Stacks BJ1855.H3 1876

Decorum, a practical treatise on etiquette and dress of the best American society / [by John A. Ruth] ; revised by S. L. Louis.

414 p. ; 20 cm.

Date: 1882.

Creators: Ruth, John A. Louis, S. L.

GUSN: 147289

Call Number: Stacks BJ1852.R82 1882

The book of good manners : a guide to polite usage for all social functions / by Frederick H. Martens,

x, 502 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. ; 20 cm.

Date: 1923.

Creators: Martens, Frederick Herman, 1874-1932.

GUSN: 147290

Call Number: Stacks BJ1853.M29 1923

Mackenzie's five thousand receipts in all the useful and domestic arts : constituting a complete practical library relative to agriculture, bees, bleaching ...

456 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Date: 1829.

Creators: Mackenzie, Colin.

GUSN: 147291

Call Number: Stacks TX153.M15 1829c

The science of life : or, self-preservation : a medical treatise on nervous and physical debility, spermatorrhoea, impotence, and sterility, with practical observations on the treatment of diseases of the generative organs / by William H. Parker ...

xiv, [xvii]-xviii, 178, [2], 179-284 p., [1] folding leaf of plates : ill., ports. ; 17 cm.

Date: c1881.

Creators: Parker, William Humboldt. Peabody Medical Institute.

GUSN: 147292

Call Number: Stacks QP251.P37 1881

The young mechanic / by the author of the young merchant.

233 p. ; 15 cm.

Date: 1844, c1843.

Creators: Frost, John, 1800-1859.

GUSN: 147293

Call Number: Stacks HF5386.F76 1844

The Centre table. Illustrated by fifty fine engravings.

264 p. 50 pl. (incl. front., engr. t.p.) 26 cm.

Date: 1860.

GUSN: 147294

Call Number: Stacks PR1145.C4

Backlog studies. By Charles Dudley Warner ... With twenty-one illustrations by Augustus Hoppin.

3 p. l., 281 p. front., illus. 17 cm.

Date: 1873, [c1872]

Creators: Warner, Charles Dudley, 1829-1900. Hoppin, Augustus, 1828-1896.

GUSN: 147295

Call Number: Stacks PS3152.B3 1873

Household hints and recipes / by Henry T. Williams and "Daisy Eyebright" ...

156 p. ; 22 cm.

Date: 1884.

Creators: Williams, Henry T. Johnson, S. O. (Sophia Orne) joint author.

GUSN: 147296

Call Number: 85M Stacks TX145.W72 1884 (and 1 more)

The Pentucket housewife : a manual for housekeepers, and collection of recipes / contributed by the ladies of the First Baptist church, Haverhill, Mass. ; [by C. W. Train].

iv, 144 p. ; 22 cm.

Date: 1888.

Creators: Train, Carrie W. First Baptist Church in Haverhill.

GUSN: 147297

Call Number: 85M Stacks TX715.T768 1888

Mrs. Hale's new cook book. A practical system for private families in town and country; with directions for carving, and arranging the table for parties, etc. Also, preparations of food for invalids and for children. By Mrs. Sara J. Hale ...

1 p. ¾., xix-xlvi, 47-526 p. illus. 19 cm.

Date: [c1857]

Creators: Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell, 1788-1879.

GUSN: 147298

Call Number: 85M Stacks TX715.H162 1857

Home gleanings 1891 : tested recipes from many households / selected by the ladies of the First Universalist Church, Fitchburg, Mass.

100 p. ; 20 cm.

Date: 1891.

Creators: First Universalist Church (Fitchburg, Mass.)

GUSN: 147299

Call Number: 85M Stacks TX715.H65 1891

Seventy-five receipts for pastry, cakes, and sweetmeats / by a lady of Philadelphia.

viii, [5]-88 p. ; 18 cm.

Date: 1828.

Creators: Leslie, Eliza, 1787-1858. A lady of Philadelphia.

GUSN: 147300

Call Number: Stacks TX765.L634 S49 1828

First principles of household management and cookery. A text-book for schools and families.

xi, 133 p. 17 cm.

Date: 1880.

Creators: Parloa, Maria, 1843-1909.

GUSN: 147301

Call Number: 85M Stacks TX715.P266 1880

Pomfret cookery.

71 p. : ill. ; 14 x 19 cm.

Date: 1890.

GUSN: 147302

Call Number: Stacks TX715.P77

A primary cook book : for new beginners in housekeeping ... / by Mrs. Putnam.

84 p. ; 19 cm.

Date: 1862.

Creators: Putnam, E., Mrs.

GUSN: 147303

Call Number: 85M Stacks TX715.P9621 1862

The new hydropathic cook-book; with recipes for cooking on hygienic principles ...

xviii, [19]-226 p. illus. 20 cm.

Date: 1854.

Creators: Trall, Russell Thacher, 1812-1877.

GUSN: 147304

Call Number: 85M Stacks TX353.T76 1854

The Mary Frances housekeeper ; or, Adventures among the doll people / by Jane Eayre Fryer ; cover dolls & silhouettes by Julia Greene ; frontispiece & furniture by Albert C. Mowitz.

xiv, 253 p. : ill ; 24 cm.

Date: c1916.

Creators: Fryer, Jane Eayre, 1876-

GUSN: 147305

Call Number: 85M Stacks TX148.F79 1916

Housekeeping made easy, by Christine Terhune Herrick.

viii, 313 p. 17 cm.

Date: 1888.

Creators: Herrick, Christine Terhune, Mrs., 1859-

GUSN: 147306

Call Number: 85M Stacks TX145.H56

Mistress, maid and market the transformation of domestic service in New England, 1790-1870 / by Carol S. Lasser.

vi, 335 leaves : ill.

Date: 1981.

Creators: Lasser, Carol S.

GUSN: 147307

Call Number: 85M Stacks HD6070.2.U55 L37 1981a

Records of births, marriages and deaths to January 1, 1898 / Lexington, Mass.

ix, 484 p. ; 24 cm.

Date: 1898.

Creators: Lexington (Mass. : Town)

GUSN: 147158

Call Number: Stacks F74.L67 L49 1898

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