Historic New England

History of the introduction of pure water into the city of Boston, with a description of its Cochituate water works. Comp. by a member of the Water board.

xxi, 299 p. illus. 26 cm.

Date: 1868.

Creators: Bradlee, Nathaniel J. Boston (Mass.). Cochituate Water Board.

GUSN: 149597

Call Number: Stacks TD225.B7 B81

Boston, the place and the people.

397 p.

Date: 1903.

Creators: Howe, M. A. De Wolfe (Mark Antony De Wolfe), 1864-1960.

GUSN: 149598

Call Number: Stacks F73.3.H85

Boston landmarks, by M. A. De Wolfe Howe, with photographs by Samuel Chamberlain and reproductions of old prints.

6 p. ¾., 3-133 p. incl. plates (1 double) 21 cm.

Date: [1946]

Creators: Howe, M. A. De Wolfe (Mark Antony De Wolfe), 1864-1960. Chamberlain, Samuel, 1895-

GUSN: 149599

Call Number: Stacks F73.37.H84

A Book for Boston : in which are gathered essays, stories, and poems / by divers hands, especially written in honor of the city, upon the occasion of the three hundred and fiftieth anniversary of its incorporation, the twentieth day of September, anno Domini sixteen hundred and thirty.

viii, 216 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Date: [1980]

GUSN: 149600

Call Number: Stacks F73.35.B66

Illustrated Boston, the metropolis of New England. 1889.

xiii, [33]-305 p. illus. (incl. ports) 27 cm.

Date: [1889]

Creators: American Publishing and Engraving Co.,

GUSN: 149601

Call Number: Ref. F73.5.I29

Lost Boston / Jane Holtz Kay.

xiii, 304 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Date: 1980.

Creators: Kay, Jane Holtz.

GUSN: 149602

Call Number: 85M Stacks NA735.B7 K39 1980 c.1 (and 3 more)

Boston after Bulfinch; an account of its architecture 1800-1900; by Walter H. Kilham.

xv, 114 p., 1 l. front., illus. (incl. map) xxxii pl. (incl. plans) on 16 l. 25 cm.

Date: 1946.

Creators: Kilham, Walter Harrington, 1868-1948.

GUSN: 149603

Call Number: Stacks NA711.B6 K5

King's hand-book of Boston.

1p. l., 294p. illus., plates, double plan. 21cm.

Date: c1878.

Creators: King, Moses, 1853-1909, ed.

GUSN: 149604

Call Number: 85M Stacks F73.5.K56

The plain people of Boston, 1830-1860: a study in city growth [by] Peter R. Knights.

xx, 204 p. illus. 22 cm.

Date: 1971.

Creators: Knights, Peter R.

GUSN: 149605

Call Number: Stacks HB3527.B7 K6 (and 1 more)

Old Boston boys and the games they played / by James D'Wolf Lovett.

x, 233 p. : illus., ports. ; 20 cm.

Date: 1907.

Creators: Lovett, James D'Wolf, 1844-1935.

GUSN: 149606

Call Number: Stacks GV54.M4 B7 1907

Invitation to Boston, a merry guide to her past, present, and future. Photos. by Samuel Chamberlain, maps by Chadbourne & Wilcox.

xiii, 258 p. illus., maps. 22 cm.

Date: [1947]

Creators: Lyons, Agnes Claire, 1908- Chamberlain, Samuel, 1895-

GUSN: 149607

Call Number: Stacks F73.5.L9

Sights in Boston and suburbs; or, Guide to the stranger. By R. L. Midgley. Illustrated by Billings, Hill, Barry, and John Andrew.

2 p., ¾., 2, 5, 225 p. front., illus., 2 maps (1 fold.) fold. plan. 17 cm.

Date: 1856.

Creators: Midgley, R. L.

GUSN: 149608

Call Number: Stacks F73.44.M62

One boy's Boston, 1887-1901 / Samuel Eliot Morison ; with a foreword by Edward Weeks.

xi, 81 p., [15] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.

Date: 1983, c1962.

Creators: Morison, Samuel Eliot, 1887-1976.

GUSN: 149609

Call Number: Stacks E175.5.M66 A36 1983

A municipal history of the town and city of Boston during two centuries : from September 17, 1630, to September 17, 1830 / by Josiah Quincy.

xi, 444 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Date: 1852.

Creators: Quincy, Josiah, 1772-1864.

GUSN: 149610

Call Number: Ref. F73.3.Q75

Yesterdays with actors, by Catherine Mary Reignolds-Winslow.

201 p. front., ports. 21 cm.

Date: 1887.

Creators: Winslow, Catherine Mary Reignolds, d. 1911.

GUSN: 149611

Call Number: Stacks PN2287.W5 A3

Recreation in and about Boston; a handbook of opportunities, compiled by the Prospect union association of Cambridge.

xix, 220 p. front., plates. 17 cm.

Date: 1930.

Creators: Prospect Union Association, Cambridge, Mass.

GUSN: 149612

Call Number: Stacks F73.5.P96

The book of Boston: the Federal period, 1775 to 1837. With photos. by Samuel Chamberlain.

176 p. illus. 24 cm.

Date: [1961]

Creators: Ross, Marjorie Drake.

GUSN: 149613

Call Number: Stacks F73.44.R82

The old Representatives' hall, 1798-1895. An address delivered before the Massachusetts House of representatives, January 2, 1895, by Alfred Seelye Roe ...

72 p. front., plates, ports. 25 cm.

Date: 1895.

Creators: Roe, Alfred S. (Alfred Seelye), 1844-1917. Massachusetts. General court, 1895. House of representatives.

GUSN: 149614

Call Number: Stacks F73.8.S8 R7 (and 1 more)

Every picture tells a story : images of Victorian life / with commentary by John Hadfield.

159 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.

Date: c1985.

Creators: Hadfield, John, 1907-

GUSN: 152827

Call Number: Roth/Coll. ND1452.G73 H33 1985

Of time and place : American figurative art from the Corcoran Gallery / essays by Edward J. Nygren and Peter C. Marzio ; catalog entries by Julie R. Myers, with the assistance of Edward J. Nygren.

196 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Date: c1981.

Creators: Nygren, Edward J. Marzio, Peter C. Myers, Julie R. Corcoran Gallery of Art. Smithsonian Institution. Traveling Exhibition Service.

GUSN: 152828

Call Number: Roth/Coll. N6510.C69 1981

Victorian jewellery, by Margaret Flower. With a foreword by Margaret J. Biggs and a chapter on collecting by Doris Langley Moore.

xxviii, 271 p. illus. (part col.) facsim., ports., 26 cm.

Date: [1967]

Creators: Flower, Margaret Cameron Coss.

GUSN: 152829

Call Number: Roth NK7109.F55 1967

Victorian sentimental jewellery [by] Diana Cooper & Norman Battershill.

127 p. illus. 22 cm.

Date: 1973, c1972.

Creators: Cooper, Diana. Battershill, Norman, joint author.

GUSN: 152830

Call Number: Roth NK7309.8.C66 1973

Japonisme comes to America : the Japanese impact on the graphic arts, 1876-1925 / Julia Meech and Gabriel P. Weisberg.

256 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.

Date: 1990.

Creators: Meech-Pekarik, Julia. Weisberg, Gabriel P. Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum.

GUSN: 152831

Call Number: Roth/Coll. N6510.M44 1990

Growing up in America : children in historical perspective / edited by N. Ray Hiner and Joseph M. Hawes.

xxv, 310 p. : ill., ports ; 23 cm.

Date: 1985.

Creators: Hiner, N. Ray. Hawes, Joseph M.

GUSN: 152832

Call Number: Roth HQ792.U5 G75 1985b

Revisiting the white city : American art at the 1893 World's Fair / organized by Carolyn Kinder Carr and George Gurney ; essays by Robert W. Rydell and Carolyn Kinder Carr ; catalogue of works by Brandon Brame Fortune and Michelle Mead.

408 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.

Date: 1993.

Creators: Carr, Carolyn Kinder. National Museum of American Art (U.S.) National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)

GUSN: 152833

Call Number: Roth/Coll. N6510.R48 1993

Hard at play : leisure in America, 1840-1940 / edited by Kathryn Grover.

vi, 262 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Date: c1992.

Creators: Grover, Kathryn, 1953- Symposium "American Play, 1820-1900" (1987 : Strong Museum)

GUSN: 152834

Call Number: Roth GV53.H28 1992 (and 1 more)

Culture and consumption : new approaches to the symbolic character of consumer goods and activities / Grant McCracken.

xv, 174 p. ; 25 cm.

Date: c1988.

Creators: McCracken, Grant David, 1951-

GUSN: 152835

Call Number: Roth HC79.C6 M385 1988

Dolls and duty--Martha Chase and the progressive agenda, 1889-1925 / Paul G. Bourcier, curator ; Miriam Formanek-Brunell, academic consultant.

48 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Date: 1989.

Creators: Chase, Martha Jenks, 1851-1925. Bourcier, Paul G. Forman-Brunell, Miriam, 1955- Rhode Island Historical Society.

GUSN: 152836

Call Number: Roth NK4894.2.C43 A4 1989

Design 1935-1965 : what modern was : selections from the Liliane and David M. Stewart Collection / edited by Martin Eidelberg ; essay by Paul Johnson ; contributors, Kate Carmel ... [et al.].

424 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm.

Date: 1991.

Creators: Eidelberg, Martin P. Johnson, Paul. Carmel, Kate. Musâee des arts dâecoratifs de Montrâeal. David A. Hanks & Associates.

GUSN: 152837

Call Number: Roth/Coll. NK1394.D47 1991

Mechanical brides : women and machines from home to office / Ellen Lupton.

65 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.

Date: c1993.

Creators: Lupton, Ellen. Cooper-Hewitt Museum.

GUSN: 152838

Call Number: Roth/Coll. HQ1420.L87 1993

David Hunter Strother : "one of the best draughtsmen the country possesses" / John A. Cuthbert, curator ; Jessie Poesch, co-curator.

168 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.

Date: 1997.

Creators: Cuthbert, John A. Strother, David Hunter, 1816-1888. Poesch, Jessie J. West Virginia University. Art Collection.

GUSN: 152839

Call Number: Roth/Coll. NC975.5.S77 A4 1997

Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood.

48 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.

Date: 1993.

Creators: Victoria and Albert Museum.

GUSN: 152840

Call Number: Roth AM101.B4 B4 1993

Hearth & home : a history of material culture / Norman J.G. Pounds.

x, 437 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Date: c1989.

Creators: Pounds, Norman John Greville.

GUSN: 152841

Call Number: Roth/Coll. GT76.P67 1989

Children in the house : the material culture of early childhood, 1600-1900 / Karin Calvert.

xi, 189 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Date: c1992.

Creators: Calvert, Karin Lee Fishbeck.

GUSN: 152842

Call Number: Roth HQ792.U5 C35 1992

An outline of the life and works of Col. Paul Revere; with a partial catalogue of silverware bearing his name.

43 p. illus. 28 cm.

Date: [c1901]

Creators: Towle Mfg. Company.

GUSN: 152843

Call Number: Roth F69.R448 1901x

Yesterday's tomorrows : past visions of the American future / Joseph J. Corn and Brian Horrigan ; edited by Katherine Chambers.

xvii, 158 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 20 x 26 cm.

Date: c1984.

Creators: Corn, Joseph J. Horrigan, Brian. Chambers, Katherine. Smithsonian Institution. Traveling Exhibition Service. National Museum of American History (U.S.)

GUSN: 152844

Call Number: Roth E169.1.C777 1984

The Japanese influence in America. With an introd. by Alan Priest.

xix, 292 p. illus. (part col.) port., plans. 32 cm.

Date: 1963.

Creators: Lancaster, Clay.

GUSN: 152845

Call Number: Roth NA705.L3

English interiors 1790-1848 : the quest for comfort / John Cornforth.

143 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 34 cm.

Date: 1978.

Creators: Cornforth, John, 1937-

GUSN: 152846

Call Number: Roth/Coll. NK2043.C67

Sketches of urban and cultural life in North America / by Friedrich Ratzel ; translated and edited by Stewart A. Stehlin.

xxix, 319 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Date: c1988.

Creators: Ratzel, Friedrich, 1844-1904. Stehlin, Stewart A., 1936-

GUSN: 152847

Call Number: Roth E168.R2213 1988

Long Island landscape painting, 1820-1920 / Ronald G. Pisano.

iii, 167 p., [1] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 21 x 31 cm.

Date: c1985

Creators: Pisano, Ronald G. New York Graphic Society.

GUSN: 152848

Call Number: Roth/Coll. ND1351.5 P58 1985b

The Conran directory of design / edited by Stephen Bayley.

255 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.

Date: 1985.

Creators: Conran, Terence. Bayley, Stephen.

GUSN: 152849

Call Number: Roth/Coll. NK1165.C6 1985

English vernacular furniture 1750-1900 / Christopher Gilbert.

viii, 294 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.

Date: 1991.

Creators: Gilbert, Christopher.

GUSN: 152850

Call Number: Roth NK2528.G45 1991

Jet jewellery and ornaments / Helen Muller.

32 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Date: 1984, c1980.

Creators: Muller, Helen.

GUSN: 152851

Call Number: Roth NK5755.M85 1984

Designing with collectibles / Candace Ord Manroe.

143 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.

Date: c1992.

Creators: Manroe, Candace Ord, 1954-

GUSN: 152852

Call Number: Roth/Coll. NK2115.5.C58 M36 1992

Ornament : a social history since 1450 / [Michael Snodin & Maurice Howard].

232 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.

Date: c1996.

Creators: Snodin, Michael. Howard, Maurice.

GUSN: 152853

Call Number: Roth/Coll. NK1442.S62 1996

Cast iron from Central Europe, 1800-1850 / Elisabeth Schmuttermeier [et. als.]

351 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.

Date: 1994.

Creators: Schmuttermeier, Elisabeth. Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts. èOsterreichisches Museum fèur Angewandte Kunst.

GUSN: 152854

Call Number: Roth NA3950.C37 1995

Do it yourself : home improvement in 20th-century America / Carolyn M. Goldstein.

109 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.

Date: c1998.

Creators: Goldstein, Carolyn M., 1962-

GUSN: 152855

Call Number: Roth TH4816.G645 1998

The Devotion family : the lives and possessions of three generations in eighteenth-century Connecticut / edited by Lance Mayer and Gay Myers.

64 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Date: c1991.

Creators: Mayer, Lance. Myers, Gay. Lyman Allyn Art Museum.

GUSN: 152856

Call Number: Roth/Coll. NK810.D48 1991 (and 1 more)

The Stars and the Stripes; the American flag as art and as history from the birth of the Republic to the present [by] Boleslaw and Marie-Louise D'Otrange Mastai.

238 p. col. illus. 27 x 30 cm.

Date: 1973.

Creators: Mastai, Boles±aw. Mastai, Marie-Louise d'Otrange, joint author.

GUSN: 152857

Call Number: Roth JC346.Z3 M37 1973

John Singer Sargent / edited by Elaine Kilmurray and Richard Ormond.

286 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 30 cm.

Date: 1999.

Creators: Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925. Kilmurray, Elaine. Ormond, Richard. Tate Gallery. National Gallery of Art (U.S.) Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

GUSN: 152858

Call Number: Roth/Coll. N40.1.S24 K55 1999

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