Search Results: New Hampshire from Hedgehog's Whimsey Books

Charleston, SC: The History Press., 2012. 3rd printing. 1st in 2009, 2nd 2011.. Trade paperback. New.. Various photographers. 1 Trade paperback. Glued binding. 126 p. 18 cm. Chronology, Illustrations, black & white, Maps. Audience: General/trade. In New Hampshire, where the viewing of the lofty and iconic Old Man profile had become a tourism attraction and symbol of the ruggedness of the state and its people, folks woke up on May 3, 2003, to learn the Old Man had fallen from its mountain. However, there are still numerous Old Men roaming New Hampshire who may think they are good substitutes for viewing. Be wary of substitutes. Kidding aside, the engineering effort over many years and 3 generations to save the Old Man profile from the ravages of weather and vandalism has been significant is here documented in a captioned photoessay.

Durham NH: The Senior Class University of New Hampshire at Durham, 1958. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket as issued.. 0 346 p. Includes ad section. B&W photos; Green spot color. UNH yearbook. Dedicated to Edward York Blewett, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, service to UNH since 1926. Students, faculty, activities, sports, ads.

University of New Hampshire at Durham, 1960. Printed by Robert W Kelly Publishing, New York City.. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket as issued.. 0 340 p. Includes illustrations. Dark brown & tan cloth covered boards, brown titles. B&W photos. Tan ink used, some pages. Illustrated endpapers, black & tan on cream. University of New Hampshire yearbook. Dedicated to Laurence F Whittemore, President, Board of Trustees, first appointed 1944. Students; faculty; Activities; Sports; genealogy resource.

Lebanon NH.: Lebanon Historical Society., 1975. Trade paperback. Very good. Light front binding edge has surface-only damp stain. Clean interior.. 1 Trade-size stapled paperback; illustrated yellow cover w/ Pen&Ink horse & buggy, bridge on green. B&W archival photos. SCARCE: Covered bridges spanned rivers in cities and towns, for wagon, vehicular, and train travel, up and down riverways. This history focuses on bridges depicted along the Mascoma River, as well as reaching across the Connecticut River. A line art map locates the sites by number. Histories are included; many of the bridges are no longer covered, but have been replaced.

New Hampshire.: The Clarke Press (Printed and bound by)., 1945. First edition. Presumed 1st. No print line.. Hard cover. Fine. No dust jacket.. 1 92 p. Green tightly woven cloth over boards. 24 cm. Poetry: Edith Haskell Turner authored "Stray Rhythms", Driftwind Press, 1932, and was co-editor with Grace Holbrook Blood of "An Anthology of New Hampshire Poetry", The Clarke Press, 1938. At back, 46 publications listed which have earlier accepted this author's work.

Camden ME.: Down East Books., 1980. First edition. Presumed 1st. No print line.. Trade paperback. Fine. Light cover surface wear.. 1 Trade paperback (US). 72 p. Horizontal format, 9x5in. B&W photos. Color aeronautical cover photo. Red titles. Color photo essay at center. Located 10 miles off the coast of New Hampshire and Maine, the Isles of Shoals include Star Island, White and Seavey's, Cedar, Lunging, Duck, Appledore, Smuttynose and Malaga Islands. Numerous photos including a section showing Birds. Stone and wood-frame buildings are shown. History notes the Isles were a center for fishing and trading in the 1600s, and later a place of inspiration for writers, artists, musicians.

Cambridge MA.: Self-published / Printer: Riverside Press., 1894. First edition. Same date: title & copyright pages. Presumed 1st.. Hard cover. Good. Signed by previous owner. Two prior owner names, dates, 1933, 1948. Moderate soiling to cream material; back spine edge damage. Corners lightly bumped. Boards beginning to separate. Interior clean.. 1 Small hardcover, 4.5x6in. Cream mock leather and green cloth over boards. Gilt spine titles, top page block and vertical border line front and back. 136 p. Audience: General/trade. Poetry / Verse: The Granite Hills likely refers to New Hampshire, The Granite State. Collection of 112 short poems, several with Christian themes. A note at Contents' end is appreciative to periodicals in which some of these selections first appeared: "Good Housekeeping" and "Yankee Blade".

New York: Dell (Yearling), 1971. Trade paperback. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by previous owner. Minor spine crease. "Merry Christmas, John, from Aunt Jean, Dedcember 25, 1971. ". Unwin, Nora S. 0 Glued binding. 181 p. Audience: Young adult. Pen&ink chapter heading illustrations; Cover in black, magenta, blue, w/red frame & back. During 1725, At-Mun was captured by a slave trader in Africa's Gold Coast. By the end of the century, he was a free man, living in Jaffrey, NH, and this is his true story, written for a youth audience. Winner of the Newbery Award. Yates is also a Sarah Josepha Hale Award author in Newport, NH, given annually by the Richards Free Library Trustees since 1956.

Pantheon Books., 1980. Trade paperback. Very good. Signed by previous owner. Age-toning.. 1 Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 394 p. Glossary. Audience: General/trade. Manchester, New Hampshire, industrial textile mill oral history recounted by numerous individual interviews over four years, many with immigrants, from workers to management. Herein are layers upon layers of manufacturing history in turn-of-the-century America during the industrial revolution. Over 70 photos help tell the stories, from classic Lewis Hines documentation to more modern B&W portraits of the interviewees. Tamara Hareven is a leading family history scholar and professor. Randolph Langenbach is a designer, architectural historian, and photographer.

Sunapee NH.: Town of Sunapee, N.H. / Argus Printing / Acme Bookbinding Co., 1928. Boun d together in 1984.. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Mostly clean copies of 6 consecutive Town Reports, professionally bound. Penciled notes. Name, front, 1930.. 1 Surable sealed blue cloth over boards. Gold spine titles. Includes the School Board Report and the Vital Statistics for the year. Required by New Hampshire towns, an annual record of Town budgets and actions voted at the encompassing Town Meeting, plus the Town Warrant for the upcoming votes at Town Meeting. Valuable in researching family histories; principle players are noted, and the Vitals include marriages, births, deaths. Example, in 1931, Health Officer Albert D Felch reported 17 measles cases, ages 6mo. -64yrs. in 7 different homes; 7 cases of diphtheria in 4 homes, 1 fatality. Notations of books and papers from diphtheria homes having been burned plus cautions to take.

Newport NH (County Seat).: Sullivan County NH / Mosher Press, printer., 1948. First edition. One edition annually with changing report.. Trade paperback. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Normal aging. Corner curls. Staples rusting.. 1 60 p. Trade-size paperback, stapled binding. Gray light-weight fiber-flecked paper covers. Blue titles. Required record-keeping noting income and expenses in detail for Sullivan County in west central New Hampshire for the fiscal year. Delegates (those elected to NH Legislature and having authority at the County level) from various Towns and Cities number 18: from Acworth, Charlestown, Claremont, Cornish, Newport, Plainfield, and Sunapee, and also representing Croydon, Goshen, Grantham, Langdon, Lempster, Springfield, Unity, Washington. Reports include, Extension Services, Sheriff's Dept, County Elderly Home, Boarders, Jail, Courts, Farm (agriculture), funds paid to area individuals and businesses. Names listed.

Newbury NH.: The Fells., 2006. Wraps. Very good. Partial cover sun-fade. else fine, unread.. 1 32 p. Paper cover in blues w/ white graphic logo. Stapled binding. Topo map of Sugar River, NH, in B&W. Location and art B&W photos. Sponsor advertisements. Ephemera: Program booklet. The Sugar River winds from Sunapee Harbor and 2 other branches through to join together in Newport, NH, then on through Claremont to join the Connecticut River headed southward. The "Around the Bend" program of events celebrated life along that river.

Collierville TN.: Fundcraft Publishing., 1978. Spiralbound. Very good. Light cover soiling.. 1 108 p. Red plastic spiral binding for opening flat while cooking. Red-toned front cover photo. Full color section photos. Recipe index. Contributors' names with many of the recipes. Helpful Hints back section offers lists, charts, glossary. Keene State College in Keene, New Hampshire is part of the University of New Hampshire system.

St. Johnsbury VT / W. Lebanon NH.: Self-published: Troll Press / Imperial Company., 1987. First edition. Presumed 1st. No print line.. Trade paperback. Very good. Top page block soiling. Minor spine fade.. 1 143 p. A good-natured, self-deprecating, willing participant in life around him, writer Robert H. Guest, shares his steam of anecdotes about himself, spouse Kate, and their 4 boys. Active in the Connecticut River Upper Valley of Lebanon and Hanover, New Hampshire, during the 1960s, he brought with him post World War II career experience with the National Labor Relations Board and the Yale Technology Project. Guests called to teach the human side of business management at Dartmouth College's Tuck School. Themes: travel, keynote speeches, teaching, and hometown activities like ski jump competition judging, golf, and politics.

Alton NH.: Black Lab Publishing LLC., 2004. First edition. 1st printing.. Trade paperback. New. Signed by author.. Sweet MacDonald, Patricia (Illustrated by). 1 Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 76 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white. Bear & Katie, 2. Audience: Children/juvenile. Bear & Katie are black labrador dogs who go on a winter jaunt to Nestlenook Farm in Jackson Village, New Hampshire. It is Christmastime and playing in the snow fills the day Then Bear senses danger!

Alton NH / Manchester NH.: Black Lab Publishing LLC / Morgan Press, printer., 2005. 2nd printing. 2004 copyright.. Trade paperback. New. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by author.. Sweet-MacDonald, Patricia (Illustrated by).. 1 Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 86 p. Wraparound color illustrated covers; Interior grayscale drawings. Audience: Children/juvenile. Youth fiction series: Bear and Katie are two Black Labrador dogs who love adventure, exploration, and mischief. They travel with their vacationing New Hampshire family to the small town of Searsport, Maine, where they romp in the ocean, find an old boat, and, with their kid family, Julia and Michael, follow a mysterious treasure trail after finding an old metal box. In the second pard of this volume, another family excursion to Camden and Rockport, Maine, allows the Labs to explore lighthouses. The treasure map has brought them on this tour, including a Pirates Museum and history lessons woven into the excitement of the hunt.

Claremont NH; Concord NH.: Self-published; The Capital Offset, printer., 1966. First edition. No other printings noted.. Hard cover. Fine in very good dust jacket. Author's return address label applied to base of printed family tree, first free end paper. Minor edge tears to jacket, top edge.. 1 Red sealed cloth over boards. Gold spine titles. xii, 119p., 23 cm. Brown and off-white illustrated jacket. B&W archival photos and Illustrations. Genealogy charts, end papers and rear appendix. Researched over 15 years, Alice Clark Haubrich, then of Claremont NH, compiled this record for her daughter, the 10th great-granddaughter of "Becky", of the old Portsmouth village of "Strawbery Banke". 17th and 18th century New Hampshire history. Bibliography: p. 103-104. Special attention is given to prominant New Hampshire citizens who played impoertant roles historically.

Crawfordsville IN.: R.R. Donnelley's & Sons Lakeside Press, 1988. First edition.. Hard cover. Fine. No dust jacket. Signed by author. Inscribed by author "To Dorothy with sincere regards".. 1 Red leatherette over boards. Blue titles, cover portrait line art. 186 p. 25 cm. B&W photo portrait, Dedication page: Jeff Belyea of Warren NH, descendant of the first NH natives. Historical novel featuring people of the Native Nations in the land that became New Hampshire, to which early white settlers began to migrate, explore, and inhabit during the 18th century, individually, then with families, then those who would build towns, often on the lands that for generations had been the wilderness home shared among the Natives. The traditions, lands, mountains, lore, observations, and legends are learned through the eyes of Acteon, a boy growing into a man, son of Chief Jacoba. The setting centers in what became Warren NH, with Mt. Moosilauke, Owl's Head, Sentinel Mountain, and Blueberry… Read More

New London NH.: The Country Press., 1992. Trade paperback. Very good. Light spine and corner crease. No markings found on text pages.. 1 247 p. Green-toned B&W wraparound photo cover: ball game on the Dartmouth Green. B&W photos of class members, current to 1992, with family and career notes for each. 28 cm. Alumni book prepared for a class reunion celebrating and accounting for 50 years since graduation. Then a college for men to graduate in 1942, some classmates left their numbers to enlist in the armed forces and train for combat in World War II. Commencement was accelerated as 82% "were in service or about to be", noted 1992 College President James O. Freedman in his letter to the reunion. Of those, 33 lost their young lives to that war, including the Class of 1942 Valedictorian.

New London NH.: Mary S Peterson / The Mountaineer / Country Press., 1971. Trade paperback. Very good. Minor sun-fade overlapping binding. Slight rust to staples.. 1 48 p. Red card stock covers. Black titles, Mountaineer artwork. B&W archival photos throughout. Stapled binding. Historic selections of events and places in West Central New Hampshire, beginning with Teddy Roosevelt's visit in 1825 to Newport NH to hunt wild boar. Other highlights: Billy B Van, a vaudeville performer, family man, and entrepreneur; a one-room schoolhouse; John Hay who served U.S. Presidents; early 4-party phone line; steam-boating; the Clock Museum; architecture; ski runs; maple sap gathering; and more numbering 20 chapters.