Panoramic View From Bunker
Hill Monument. Engraved by James Smillie,
from a drawing by R.P. Mallory. Luther Stevens. Boston. c1843. 8
3/4 x 47 inch folding view of Boston from the top of the monument.
Folds into small 4to volume. 16 p. Steel front. view, cut. Green
printed boards, old bookplate. Buildings and landmarks identified
on the view itself and in the text. Smillie is a listed artist. I.D.#07887.
SOLD.
 The Boston Almanac For
The
 Year 1865. No. 30 Issued by George
Coolidge... American News Co.... Boston/New York. 1865. 16mo,
fold. plan of Boston, tables, many ads. Black cloth. In addition
to almanac material there is a national register (with Lincoln as
president), a city directory, business street lists, and a list of
leading businessmen. I.D.#00218.
 Carpenter,
Woodward, & Morton.
 A
List Of Boston Streets, Etc., Etc. Carpenter, Woodward, &
Morton. [Boston]. 1868. 16mo, 52 p. 2 engr. fold. maps. Violet
cloth, faded. Bookplates of Bishop J.B. Troy and St. Charles
College, Catonsville, MD. Library label on front cover. The
publishers were paint manufacturers. Ephemeral & Scarce.
I.D.#03359.
State Street Trust Company.
Boston’s Growth. A Birds-Eye View Of Boston’s Increase In
Territory And Population From Its Beginning To The Present.
State Street Trust Co. Boston. 1910. 8vo, 46 p. maps, illus. Brown
printed wraps. with laid in advrtising slip. (No.5 Brochures on
Boston’s history). Title is vague. Actually a detailed essay on
reclaiming marsh land and filling to create the present shore
line. I.D.#07873.
Navy Yard. untitled.
Aerial photograph, reprint, showing the Navy Yard in foreground.
Boston. c1918. Eight important sites nearby including wharves
belonging to the Boston & Maine Railroad. U.S.S. Constitution (Old
Ironsides) lower right. 10.6" x 8." Once folded, upper right
corner gone. Encapsulated. I.D.#09385.
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