Whitmore William H Editor (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Not Issued. First Thus. Moss green buckram, lettered in silver foil. Minor shelf wear, slight spotting to a small area of text block fore-edge. Date in pencil on front flyleaf, otherwise unmarked. 111 pp. First edition thus, with reconstructed index and repaginated. Originally published in 1900. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. …

Buckram. Condition: Near Fine. Not Issued. First Thus. Green buckram, lettered in gold foil. Light shelf wear, spine lettering slightly rubbed. 111 pp. Excerpted and reprinted from "A Volume of Records Relating to the Early History of Boston Containing Miscellaneous Papers," Registry Dept. of the City of Boston, Document Number 100 (Boston, 1900). Republished w/ new index, repaginated. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Excerpted and reprinted from A Volume of Records Relating to the Early History of Boston Containing Miscellaneous Papers. Has a reconstructed index. 111 pages. Three words written on fly leaf. Else Fine. (F3).

Cloth. Condition: VG+. First Thus. Stated 4th edition, compiled by the publishers (Joel Munsell's Sons), based on previous editions of 1862, 1868 and 1875 edited by William H. Whitmore. Dark red cloth, spine panel lettered in gilt. 328 pp. A valuable reference for genealogists. Lightly soiled cloth, mild shelf wear, one corner slightly exposed. Front flyleaf and first several prelims show corner crease. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dustjacket. Later Edition. ISBN . Hardback. Brown hard-shell 3-ring binder, pages inside 9-3/4x6-3/4 inches, approximately 1-1/2 inches thick, 273 pages with plastic tabs along right edge denoting section headings. Very good condition, with minor edgewear, some browning to edges of interior pages, title page and first couple pages of text have torn loose from rings and are attached with a paper clip. Tight, sound, unmarked copy. No statement of later printing on copyright page. Oversized. No Signature.…

Half-Leather. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Issued. 395pp. Half leather, green with green cloth boards. Gilt spine titles, five raised bands. Red edges, marbled end papers. Edge-wear. Clean.

First Edition. ISBN-13: 9781584776291; ISBN-10: 1584776293. Bibliographic Guide to Colonial Laws of Massachusetts Whitmore, William H, Editor. A Bibliographical Sketch of the Laws of the Massachusetts Colony from 1630 to 1686. In Which are Included the Body of Liberties of 1641, and the Records of the Court of Assistants, 1641-1644. Arranged to Accompany the Reprints of the Laws of 1660 and of 1672. Boston: Rockwell and Churchill, Printers, 1890. xliii, 150 pp. Facsimiles. Reprinted 2006 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584776291. ISBN-10: 1584776293. Attractive smythe sewn, cloth hardcover. New. $95. * Whitmore [1836-1900] was an important Massachusetts antiquarian. As Boston's Record Commissioner and, later, City Registrar, he produced numerous modern editions of public records. Two volumes edited under his direction were Colonial Laws of Massachusetts Reprinted from the Edition of 1672, With Supplements Through 1686 (1887) and a second volume reprinted from the edition of 1660, with supplements to 1672 and the Body of Liberties of 1641 (1889). Whitmore's Bibliographical Sketch is a companion to these books. Its chapters are "Additions Made in the Second Printed Edition of the Records of Massachusetts, And Not Found in the First Editions," "Records of the Court of Assistants of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay in New England. From October 28, 1641, Through March 5, 1643-4," "The Body of Liberties. 1641. A Fac-simile From the Hutchinson Manuscript, With a Line-For-Line Printed Version" and a detailed bibliographic history of the colonial laws.…