Historic New England

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

An account of the celebration by the town of Lincoln, Massachusetts, April 23rd, 1904, of the 150th anniversary of its incorporation, 1754-1904.

v, [1] p., 3 ¾., [2], 239, [1] p., 1 ¾. front., 18 pl. (1 fold.) 23 cm.

Date: 1905.

Creators: Adams, Charles Francis, jr., 1835- Lincoln (Mass.)

GUSN: 147159

Call Number: Stacks F74.L7 L6 (and 1 more)

A rich harvest : the history, buildings, and people of Lincoln, Massachusetts / by John C. MacLean.

xxiv, 680 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.

Date: 1987, c1988.

Creators: MacLean, John C., 1949-

GUSN: 147160

Call Number: 85M Stacks F74.L7 M33 1988

Vital Records of Lincoln, Massachusetts, to the year 1850.

179 p. 23 cm.

Date: 1908.

Creators: Lincoln (Mass.)

GUSN: 147161

Call Number: Stacks F74.L7 L5

Illustrated history of Lowell and vicinity, Massachusetts; done by divers hands; respectfully dedicated to the inhabitants of the city of Lowell by the Courier-Citizen Company, publishers.

881 p. : incl. illus., ports. 32 cm.

Date: 1897.

Creators: Courier-Citizen Company, Lowell, Mass.

GUSN: 147162

Call Number: Stacks F74.L9 I3

History of Lowell and its people / by Frederick W. Coburn.

3 v. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Date: 1920.

Creators: Coburn, Frederick William, 1870-

GUSN: 147163

Call Number: Stacks F74.L9 C65 vol.3

Little stories about Lowell : romances and facts of earlier days / by Sara Swan Griffin.

123 p., [7] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Date: 1928.

Creators: Griffin, Sara Swan.

GUSN: 147164

Call Number: Stacks F74.L9 G87

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