This catalog is going out by email only to a few select individuals who I think might have an interest in such items. The material herein represents 32 years of squirreling interesting local stuff away. It is only the front end of several hundred books -- in print and antiquarian -- pertaining to Cape Ann, and thousands of pieces of ephemera also relating to the local scene. This will be the opening stock of the book section of Flatrocks Gallery, our new venture at 77 Langsford St. in Gloucester.

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1.	Anon. THE FISHERIES OF GLOUCESTER FROM THE FIRST CATCH BY THE ENGLISH IN 1623 TO THE CENTENNIAL YEAR, 1870. Gloucester. n.d. 88 pp. b/w ills. Published by the Procter Brothers and loaded with facts and statistics on the fisheries, as well as an article on the granite industry. Illustrated with period ads. A very nice copy in paper wrappers, and unusual thus. $200 Illustration
2.	Anon. THE REAL BILLY BARLOW. A TALE OF OLD CAPE ANN. n.p. n.d. 21 pp. The exploits of a local con man, customs cheat and smuggler on Cape Ann. The attempt is toward humor and the anonymous author sometimes succeeds. Probably published in the 1920s or 30s, but speaks of happenings a generation before. Unopened, in green wrappers. A mystery. You can take a crack at it for only $50 Illustration
3.	Averill, Charles E. THE PIRATES OF CAPE ANN; THE FREEBOOTERS’S FOE. Boston. n.d. 100 pp. b/w ills. A potboiler that begins and ends in Gloucester Harbor. Wright I, 208, who gives a date of 1848, based on an advertizement on the back wrapper. Original illustrated wrappers. Outer edges chipped. Printer’s error on page 9 resulting in the loss of a few lines of text. Old stab holes along spine. A Good copy overall. $250 Illustration
4.	Babson, Thomas. RIVERDALE STORY. n.p. 1950. 80 pp. plus 27 genealogical charts. b/w ills by Marcia Babson “A family scrap-book of the forbears and descendants of Osman and Marcia Babson.” Family history, but lots of local detail too, especially regarding Wheeler’s Point, Riverdale and Dogtown. Copy #18 of only 125 printed. Bound in illustrated wrappers. One of the subscribers, a descendant of the original Osman, was my cat’s vet. He was a placid man, memorable for the lack of the top of his index finger - sacrificed to some nervous horse, I always thought. $75 Illustration
5.	Bowles, Ada C. THE OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN AND OLD MOTHER ANN. Bos. 1892. Unpaginated, 13 leaves. b/w photo ills. Bowles’ poem concocts a pretty myth - The two geological formations, one in New Hampshire and the other off Eastern Point, were once quarreling lovers. They’ll become human again when war and hate are banished from the earth. The fact that the Old Man of the Mountain has fallen apart adds a rather discouraging postscript. Stiff card wrappers tied with string. Cards chipped. $75 Illustration
6.	Broadside. THE ACTS OF THE SOLDIERS’ FRIENDS, IN THE PROVINCE OF CAPE ANN, DISRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS. Folio sheet 13 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches, printed in two columns. Broadside advertizing a Christmas charity event for soldiers, written in Old Testament style, playing on the “acts” of the title. Thus “Abraham” (Lincoln) replaces “James” (Buchannan) and “those in the South country... many of the baser sort... said.. we will have Jeff be our King...” The long and ther short of it is, they have the Civil War and the ladies of Gloucester - “this Northern town, which is by the seaside” - get together and hold a charity fair to raise money for the wounded. Someone has written “Dec 25th 1864 at the Pavilion” in a contemporary hand at the top of the broadside, doubtless referring to the famous hotel on Pavilion Beach in Gloucester. Unevenly tanned, laid down on pasteboard, on the back of which someone has written that the broadside is from the estate of antique dealer Russell Grey, who “passed on in 1984.” $250 Illustration
7.	Clark, Mrs D.O. SLAYING THE DRAGON. A STORY OF CAPE ANN LIFE. NY. 1888. 267 pp. b/w frontispiece. This is a temperance story of drunken fishermen and their redemption, in the manner of Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, but much scarcer. Worldcat shows copies only in the Library of Congress and the University of Virginia. VG in original Victorian decorated cloth binding. $150 Illustration
8.	D.G. Beers Co. (Publisher). MAP OF THE BUILT UP PORTIONS OF THE TOWN OF GLOUCESTER MASS... 1872 Color lithographed map measuring 32 x 35 inches, on rollers. In Very Good condition, with only light chipping, and one short tear in a blank area in the upper right corner. Shows the inner harbor area, downtown Gloucester and Rocky Neck, out as far as Ten Pound Island, and inland to Friend St. and Oak Grove Cemetary. Buildings are outlined in their actual configurations and property owners are named on the map. Wall maps of this sort have become quite hard to find of late, especially in such good condition. $1750 Illustration
9.	Document. SURVEY AND DEED TO BABSON PROPERTY. “Plan of a piece of Land with the dwelling house formerly belonging to the Estate of Jacob Allen, drawn by a scale of 110 feet to an inch by William Saville Surveyor Gloucester May 31, 1831.” on a folio sheet measuring 12 x 15 inches. Docketed “Plan of the Allen House & Garden belonging to Nath(?) Babson by Joseph Babson deceased.” With Joseph Babson’s quitclaim deed of purchase from Tyler Parsons, April 12, 1815, describing the property and its boundaries. Both items $250 Illustration
10.	Ephemera. ANNISQUAM THE IDEAL. n.p. n.d. (but probably Gloucester ca. 1910). 16 pp. “A little booklet dedicated to Annisquam, and particularly to Lookout Hill.” The little booklet sings the praises of ‘Squam and goes into considerable detail about Lookout hill because, surprise, surprise, “upon Lookout Hill are a few lots offered for sale.” The whole thing is a real estate promotion. Still, it’s fairly discrete, and the photographic illustrations of the Ledges and other mansions and beauty spots show the place in its heyday. Paper covers a bit soiled, interior Very Good. $75 Illustration
11.	Ephemera. BROADSIDE ADVERTIZING MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE. GLOUCESTER, 1905. Broadsheet measuring 10 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches, printed in two columns. Advertizes the sale of a plot on the south Side of Washington St. near Folly Cove. Also the “Hill Pasture, and “Gallop’s Folly Swamp” near the Cove, and “Maple Swamp,” near the Rockport line. $50
12.	Ephemera. “COMPLIMENTS OF ROCKPORT GRANITE CO.” Eight page promotional booklet printed on card stock with seven images, including the quarry, the great arch in Rockport, steam drilling and blasting operations, quarrying and the Grantie Company’s wharf. Most are linecuts from Harper’s magazine. The back cover offers testimonials of the high quality of their granite. VG $75 Illustration
13.	Ephemera LIFE SAVING AWARD OF CAPT. ZACHARIE SURETTE. In December 1896, Surette skippered the Gloucester fishing schooner George S. Boutwell To Grand Manan for a cargo of frozen herring. On the way, in rough weather, he came upon the damaged British steamer Warwick as she was about to break up. Two lifeboats had been launched and Surette saved all 52 men on them. This made him a local hero in Gloucester for a time. The items offered here are a printed notice of a lecture given by Surette, an elaborate calling card (showing some surface abrasion), and a cabinet photo and photo postcard of Surette, a plaque and a gift presented to him by the Queen. The lot of 4 items $50 Illustration
14.	Ephemera. PROMOTIONAL BOOKLET FOR HOTEL OVERLOOK, ANNISQUAM, Gloucester, n.d. (probably early 1900s). This booklet measures 3 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches. It describes the hotel (built in 1895, at the end of Rockland Ave.) and its features - including “gas” and a veranda room from which may be seen “the most beautiful of sunsets across Ipswich Bay.” Illustrated with 7 photos by Martha Harvey. Paper wraps, VG $40 Illustration
15.	Ephemera. THE DORY “CENTENNIAL” n.d. b/w halftone illustration on 3 x 4 1/2 card. The front of the card depicts the dory on the open sea with Centennial Johnson at the tiller and a sailing ship in the background. The back of the card has information about the dory’s measurments and Johnson’s single-handed Atlantic crossing in her. “Compliments The Original Ready to Fry Fish Cakes from Gorton.” $40 Illustration
16.	Ephemera. THE LOSS OF LIFE AT SEA. Broadsheet measuring 8 x 8 inches recounts in ten quatrains a disastrous storm that swept the fleet on George’s Bank in the winter of 1860, drowning 36 Gloucester fishermen. See the “Fishermens Memorial and Record Book” p. 22. No author, place, or date given, but slug at the bottom reads, “Published and sold by Mrs. E.R. Sexton” The Gloucester Directory for 1869 (see below) has a listing for an Esther Sexton “widow.” Some foxing, mounted on pasteboard. Rare. $500 Illustration
17.	Ephemera. THE “SEA BREEZE” POLKA BRILLANTE. Bos. 1856. 3 pp. b/w litho cover. “Composed & arranged for the piano forte by O.J. Shaw and cordially inscribed to his friends & companions the bathers at Gloucester Beach, Summer of 1856.” Inscribed by Shaw to a Mrs. M.E. Merrill, presumably one of the bathers.With a very nice lithographed view of the Pavilion hotel and beach by F. F. Oakley. Looks good in its old frame. $125 Illustration
18.	Ephemera. THE SWISS GAZETTE. 4to. 4 pp. Lanesville, 1886. Folded folio sheet, making a four page flyer advertizing the Swiss Fair. “The ladies of the Universalist Society of Lanesville will hold a Swiss Fair at the Skating Rink...” Goods were sold, refreshments and entertainment offered. Admission was 10 cents for adults, 5 cents for kids. The paper, which measures 8 1/4 x 10 3/4 inches, is filled with advertizing from local firms. The headers reads, “Vol. I. Lanesville, Mass., March, 1886. No. 1.” All published. A hen’s tooth. $50 Illustration
19.	Ephemera. THE TRUTH SEEKER. Folio sheets, 4 pp. Lanesville, 1886. Like the Swiss Gazette, the purpose of The Truth Seeker was to advertize a church fair. In this case it was the one held by the Congregational Society in Lanesville. “Ice cream, confectionary, oysters and other refreshments will be for sale.” - Odd dietary! The rest of the paper is taken up with advertizing for local firms, church history and schedule, and filler articles such as “Why We Wish No Wine.” This is Vol II, no. 2, leading one to suspect that the Swiss Universalists copped the Congregationalist’s good idea. VG $50 Illustration
20.	Ephemera. THREE ITEMS PERTAINING TO THE GRANITE INDUSTRY. “Constitution and By-laws of the Granite Cutters’ International Union” Rocckland, Maine, 1875. 12mo. 62 pp. “Bill of Prices for Cape Ann, Mass. 1891.” 12 pp. in plain wrappers. “Agreement Between the Granite Co. of Cape Ann... and the International Union of Steam Engineers Local 108.” 3 pp. typescript, each page with the blindstamp of the Union. Three diverse but related items. The first, published in 1875, dictates the behavior of union members and gives procedures for such matters as hearing grievances, etc. At the back of the book a ten hour work day is recommended. The second, dating from 1891, sets prices for all sorts of stone work involving cut granite. The recommendation here is for nine hours a day, eight on Saturday. By 1909, the Steam Engineers are getting five eight hour days. The lot $200 Illustration
21.	George Walker & Co. (Publishers). MAGNOLIA. GLOUCESTER MASS. 1887. Birdseye view of Magnolia lithographed by Walker & Co., with insets of Crescent Beach and The Hesperus hotel. Backed on heavy paper, acid free, with original glit lettered boards into which the map folded. Later hand coloring. Slight discoloration along outer edge, else excellent condition. $650 Illustration
22.	Gibb, Bobbi. TO BOSTON WITH LOVE. N.P. (1980) b/w line ills. Gibb, a Rockport resident, was the first woman to run the Boston Marathon. This is her handmade and self-published account of the adventure. Ephemeral to the point of non-existence, unless Bobbi has a case of them in her attic. Yellow wrappers slightly soiled, else VG $50 Illustration
23.	Gloucester Garden Club. RECIPIES. n.d. unpaginated (10 leaves). Ten recipies typed on construction paper and decorated with hand paintings. The book begins with Betty (gracious wife of publisher Peter Smith) Smith’s Christmas Cookies. Other recipies include a delicious-sounding Periwinkle and Mussel Stew by Sarah Fraser Robbins. It was either a prototype for what was to be a published version, or a handmade gift item. The pages are bound with yarn ties. No authorship is given. A craft item with local significance, soon to be folk art. $75 Illustration
24.	Gordon, John. A COLLECTION OF SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES AND NEWSPAPER REPORTS FROM 1816 TO 1905, RELATING TO THAT GIGANTIC AQUATIC MONSTER KNOWN AS THE SEA SERPENT... South Brewer, Maine. 1926. 67 pp. linoleum cut ills. and title page in red, blue and gold. “Including reports from Boston, Portland, Gloucester, Salem, Hallowell, Nahant, California. Also, Snake Stories and strray gems of marine poetry.” An eccentric little gem of a book published in a limited edition of 200 copies. Worldcat shows 8 libraries holding copies, most of them in Massachusetts. From the library of artist and historian Clifford Ashley, with his bookplate. $200 Illustration
25.	Hale, Dr. William. THE FEARFUL EXPERIENCE OF A GLOUCESTER FISHERMAN. Gloucester. n.d. 77 pp. Contemporary account of Howard Blackburn’s epic struggle for survival. Separated from the “Grace L. Fears” on a fishing trip, he rowed his dory for several nights and days through a north Atlantic winter storm to the Newfoundland shore. This is combined with some background information and a poem by Hale about the event, as well as the crude woodcuts of Blackburn and his adventure. This and the account by Collins are the two contemporary accounts of Blackburn’s incredible story. Wrappers chipped but interior in excellent condition. $200 Illustration
26.	Jackson, William L. (Surveyor). PLAN OF OCEANA, EASTERN POINT, GLOUCESTER MASS. b/w lithograph measuring 20 1/ x 35 1/2 inches. Boston, 1873. In 1873 a Boston surveyor named William Jacksopn drew up this map in preparation for the sale of 448 acres at the extreme end of Gloucester, comprising the property formerly known as “Niles Farm,” which became “Eastern Point.” The property was ultimately sold in the 1880s, but none of the subdivision proposed in this plan went forward, and the land remained a preserve of the wealthy. There is another, similar map from the 1880s, and a Cape Ann Atlas sheet which reflect these plans for subdivision, but both differ substantially from this map. This “Plan of Oceana” is unrecorded and unknown. Some chips along edges and tears along folds, but generally in a good state of preservation. $1250 Illustration
27.	Linnaean Society of New England. REPORT OF A COMMITTEE OF THE LINNAEAN SOCIETY...RELATIVE TO A LARGE MARINE ANIMAL, SUPPOSED TO BE A SERPENT, SEEN NEAR CAPE ANN, MASSACHUSETTS, IN AUGUST, 1817. Bos. 1817. 52 pp. b/w folding plate. A great rarity, and the primary document relating to the sea serpent of Cape Ann, one of the most widely reported serpent sightings in American maritime history. First seen in Gloucester harbor in 1817, the creature reappeared off the coast in 1818 and 1819. Knowledgeable mariners and shorebound onlookers of all sorts reported sightings. A minister gave a detailed description of the monster, which was reported in Boston papers. The Linnaean Society sent three objective observers to the scene, and this is their report. In the spirit of strict scientific inquiry, it cites about 20 depositions by locals, provides information about a Norwegian sea snake to whom the mysterious serpent might be related, then gives a detailed description of “Scoliophis Atlanticus,” a baby sea serpent about three feet long, “killed upon the sea shore by some laboring people of Cape Ann.” The account closes with another sighting from Long Island. The folding plate of the baby serpent opens to nearly 30 inches. Pages untrimmed, edged chipped. Old stab sewing broken. The single-page plate of the dissected serpent is lacking. $1250 Illustration
28.	Manuscript. NOTEBOOK OF THOMAS HALE (?) ROCKPORT, 1852-53 About 150 pp. entries. Someone has put a note on the book that it belonged to Thomas Hale, but his worn pencil signature on the endpaper looks more like “Thomas House’s book.” Whoever he was, he seems to have been an assessor for the town of Rockport. He records his time “employed in prising the property of the town” and records his estimates of the values of schooners and sloops, businesses and dwellings. He also seems to have been a contractor, or involved in some other way in figuring costs of public works projects for the town. A revealing look at the businesses and residences of Rockport in the mid-19th century. $300 Illustration
29.	Manuscript. THE FOREST. 4to. 14 pp. manuscript in hand lettered wrappers This is a handwritten newspaper. Editor Maria Bray contributes an article, written in mildly amusing Old Testment style, on the activities of the Forest Lodge in West Gloucester. She remarks that in the era of “Woman’s Rights” it is fitting that a woman is elected president of the group, when only men had served before. The article accompanies various others on temperance, history and culture, along with a smattering of poetry. Vol II, no. 1, and the seal on the masthead indicates the Lodge was formed in 1865... but I’ve never seen another issue. $100 Illustration
30.	Manuscript. THE PETITION OF THE INHABITANTS OF SANDIBAY THE FIFTH PARISH IN GLOUCESTER. Folio sheet measuring 7 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches, manuscript on both sides. Inhabitants of Sandy Bay (Rockport), Mass. seek protection from the “Privateers belonging to the Enemy that are on our Fishing Ground to the great Annoyance of our Business. The petitioners request a “Watch to be sett at some proper place and with some Artillery.” The privateers, they claim, “have lately Captured a Number of our Vessels, in sight of our habitations.” The petition is signed by Jabez Rowe and Ebenezer Cleveland “in Behalf of the People.” William Ellery, John Smith, Daniel Warner, Jacob Allen and James Day - the “Committee” named on the verso - vote “that Col Warner Deliver one Field Piece and two Swivel with such Ammunition as he thinks necessary to Maj. Row for the Defence of the Cape.” The document is undated, but was probably sent prior to 1780, when Ebenezer Cleveland moved to New Hampshire. Babson, Pringle and Swan are unaware of this document. A beautiful piece of history. $1200 Illustration
31.	McFarland, Raymond. A HISTORY OF THE NEW ENGLAND FISHERIES. NY. 1911. 457 pp. b/w maps. Rare first edition. Published by the University of Pennsylvania in a limited quantity, this authoritative history is for some reason practically impossible to locate in the first edition in good condition. Aside from the 19th century works of Goode and Sabine, it is probably the most important and comprehensive work on the topic. VG $200 Illustration
32.	Mills, John Alvey. A CHURCH MISSION TO DEEP-SEA FISHERMEN. (Bos.) 1897. 26 pp. b/w photo ills. In this intriguing document Mills carefully describes “the men and the vessels, and the characteristic of the moral and religious work that would help them.” He then describes various kinds of outreach, such as establishing a Fishermen’s Club, distributing literature, and launching a church smack that would sail among the fleet. Mills rounds out his proposal by asking for donations and then recounting some tales of shipwreck and rescue, implying but not stating the spiritual equivalency. The text is illustrated with vintage halftone photographs of the fisheries at the turn of the century. Bound in chipped wrappers, tape repaired. Sewing loose. $50 Illustration
33.	Newspaper. CAPE ANN BREEZE. AUGUST 28, 1884 - DEC 31, 1885. VOL I, NO. 1 - VOL III, NO. 413. Folio sheets, wood engraved b/w ills. The first paper on Cape Ann was published in 1827, so the industry was well underway by the time the Breeze blew in. But the Breeze was a daily, only the second paper in Gloucester history to be issued thus. The format began as four pages, then grew to eight, and the paper ran until 1901 when it merged with the Gloucester Daily News. It is notable as the first paper in town to be printed with stereotype plates. These first three volumes give us a detailed picture of daily life in Gloucester when she was at her height as a fishing port. Arrivals and departures, fish prices and shipwrecks fill the pages along with news of local politics and the doings of the upper class swells and the lower class criminals. In excellent condition, bound in marbled boards with leather spine. $500 Illustration
34.	Newspaper. PROCTER’S ABLE SHEET. JULY, 1853 - OCTOBER, 1855. VOL I, NO. 1 - VOL V, NO. 4. (BOUND WITH) CAPE ANN ADVERTISER. JANUARY, 1856 - DECEMBER 30, 1859. VOL !, NO. 1 - VOL. II, NO. 2. Folio sheets, b/w wood engravings. The Procter Brothers were the great publishers of Cape Ann. Their periodicals and books, including such compilations as “The Fishermens’ Own Book” helped romanticize the fishing industry and create the public image of the Old Salt that was later to identify Gloucester (as well as becoming Gorton’s advertizing logo). “Procter’s Able Sheet” was the brothers’ first publishing effort. It was primarily an advertizing vehicle, distributed for free by the Procter Brothers themselves. At the end of its successful two year run, they were getting $40 per column year from advertizers. They published letters and news of local interest from neighborhood correspondents (probably Francis and George, primarily). They determined to build on their success with a more elaborate venture called the “Fireside Gazette,” which would have more local news and correspondants from neighboring communities. When it finally did come out three months later, it was called “The Cape Ann Advertiser.” It was to be Gloucester’s dominant newspaper until the turn of the century and, as much as any other single influence, it shaped Gloucester’s perception of itself. Edges and folds of many pages of the “Able Sheet” have been repaired, with slight loss. The “Advertiser” is in excellent condition. Both are bound in later cloth over marbled boards with a label reading “Francis Procter” on the front board. A rare and important run. $1500 Illustration
35.	North Shore Realty Company. PROPERTIES OF THE NORTH SHORE REALTY COMPANY. Gloucester. (1912) 23 pp. After several decades of developing the concept of high-end oceanfront real estate between Beverly Farms and Gloucester, city services had finally been extended to these areas and values had “increased ... by leaps and bounds. It is no dream; it is actual reality.” The authors of this promotional pamphlet go on to show and discuss great North Shore estates, and then get to the gist of their proposal. They’re looking for investors in their firm, - The North Shore Trust - which is in the business of developing new waterfront property. They plan to carve up sections of land between Rocky Neck and Eastern Point. The pamphlet is accompanied by a lithographed plan, measureing 17 x 28 inches. It contains inset charts of 5 properties between Wonson’s Cove and Eastern Point, with lots layed out. Interestingly, tipped into the back of the pamphlet is a brief notice by Joseph Procter, Manager of the Trust, stating that “stock of this company has been withdrawn from the market.” Sounds as if they’d made their nut. The pamphlet is in stiff wrappers. The chart has been hand colored. A spectacular piece. $750 Illustration
36.	Photograph. “BLUENOSE AT A RACING ANGLE.” A marvellous image of the Bluenose heeled over in a stiff breeze. The photograph measures 7 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches. It is floated on matboard, titled and signed by MacAskill in his hand, with his studio blindstamp on the lower right. A true collector’s item. $350 Illustration
37.	Photograph. GLOUCESTER STREET RAILWAY. Silver print photo of the horse, car and driver of the Gloucester Street Railway stopped in front of clapboarded dwellings. Probably dates from the 1880s. It is of an unusually large size, measuring 15 1/4 x 23 1/2 inches. Light tanning and oxidation, but still in good condition. $150 Illustration
38.	Photograph KENT CIRCLE, 1893. Vintage photographic print measuring 9 3/4 x 12 inches, taken from the cut looking west. It shows the intersection of dusty dirt roads and a single run-down building labelled ALHAMBRA. About 300 words of pencil description on the back date the scene to 1893, when “the present Park on Kent Circle resembled a dump.”The writer chonicles the widening of Essex Ave. and improvements made to the area by various mayors and by George O. Stacy, after whom the Boulevard is named. $200 Illustration
39.	Photograph. PANORAMIC PHOTOGRAPH OF ROCKY NECK, GLOUCESTER, MASS., 1905. This is a panoramic silver print photograph measuring 7 x 34 3/4 inches, printed on four adjoining sheets. Taken from Banner Hill in East Gloucester, it shows the Wonson and Gorton Pew wharves and fish flakes in the foreground, Rocky Neck and various vessels beyond them, and a long stretch of Gloucester harbor in the background.It was made in 1905 by renowned marine photographer Henry G. Peabody, and is an original vintage print, from Peabody’s own sample collection. It is in excellent condition, archivally mounted and framed. $2500 Illustration
40.	Photograph. THE AMERICAN CUTTER “GREAT WESTERN” IN WHICH CAPTAIN HOWARD BLACKBURN THE FINGERLESS NAVIGATOR CROSSED THE ATLANTIC ALONE. Cabinet photograph measuring 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches, of the sloop, with an image of Blackburn inset, and the story of his adventures printed on the back. Price for the card was “six pence” indicating that this item was sold after his arrival in England. Scarce thus. $100 Illustration
41.	Plimpton, Theodore M. and Frank Merrill. A CRUISE ON THE DAWN. N.P., N.D. (ca. 1878.) 4to. 60 pp. “Through the generosity of Mr. Wm. A. Merrill, the good yacht Dawn had been placed at the disposal of Ned Tuttle for a cruise of a week down the coast of Maine.” This delightful work recounts that week and the adventures of the five friends who chartered the yacht. This is a privately published lithographic printing of handwritten journal entries, with illustrations on most pages, (executed by Frank Merrill) many hand colored. As they sailed east from Boston they stopped at Gloucester Harbor (a colored illustration of Ten Pound Island Light graces p. 9). They shopped in Gloucester and stopped at a boatyard (also illustrated) on Rocky Neck. The next day found them at Appledore on the Isles of Shoals, where they saw, but did not speak with, Celia Thaxter. Then Boon Island, Cape Porpoise, Cape Elizabeth and Portland Harbor, where they put in. They sailed down to Harpswell Harbor before returning to Boston. This is a decidedly social account. The men go to dinners and balls, and meet frequently with other yachtsmen, both at sea and ashore. The people they meet are recorded with as much gusto as the landscape they pass, and the entire work gives us an intimate and animated look at yachting in Victorian times. This is a rare work, unknown to either Toy or Morris & Howland, obviously printed in a very small run (probably less than 10, assuming a copy for each crewmember) and unrecorded anywhere, with no holdings on OCLC and no sales records anywhere that I can find. It is bound in half leather over boards and is accompanied by a letter to one of the men, thanking him for the loan of the book. Bound in half morocco over pebbled cloth with gold cover title. Front free endpaper detached but present. Light cover wear. Text and illustrations in an excellent state of preservation. Colors in the illustrations are still fresh and bright. $2000 Illustration
42.	Procter Brothers. CAPE ANN. Gloucester, ca. 1870s Eighteen lithographed views of Gloucester and Rockport folded accordion-style into blindstamped green boards measureing 3 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches. I believe these are renderings of photographs, but are NOT the same images that the Procter Brothers published as stero views.With an image of Rockport’s spiffy new town hall, dating it post 1869. $75 Illustration
43.	(Procter Brothers). THE FISHERMEN’S OWN BOOK. Gloucester, MA (1882) 274 pp. b/w woodcut ills. in text and ads. “The list of men and vessels lost from the Port of Gloucester... from 1874 to ... 1882.” One of the essential books on the fisheries, containing also much anecdotal and narrative material about this industry in the 19th century. WITH A PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION FROM THE PROCTER BROTHERS TO DR. WILLIAM HALE, AUTHOR OF THE HOWARD BLACKBURN SAGA. Unique! $200 Illustration
44.	(Procter, George). NORA RAY, THE CHILD-MEDIUM. A SPIRITUALISTIC STORY. Gloucester. 1878. 170 pp. Among the rarest Gloucester books, this is a pot-boiling novel by George Procter, the more spiritual of the two Procter Brothers - Gloucester’s great printer/publishers, and later land developers. Young Nora is abandoned in Gloucester. She travels to Surinam and discovers her psychic powers, then returns and recovers her rightful position. A fragile publication, issued in wrappers. VG $400 Illustration
45.	Raine, Herbert. SEVENTEEN PENCIL DRAWINGS OF THE GLOUCESTER WATERFRONT, 1929. In the summer of 1929, on the eve of the Great Depression, Canadian artist Herbert Raine took a sketching trip to Gloucester. Raine was an architect, an etcher, and a specialist in watercolors and etchings of great works of architecture. Born in England in 1875, he emigrated to Canada, where he became a member of the Royal Canadian Academy, placing his work in museums and private collections. What he found in Gloucester, though different from his usual subject matter, must have delighted him. He commenced a methodical drawing tour, from Pavillion Beach through all the nooks and crannies of the inner harbor, to Rocky Neck, recording the water’s edge scenery in pencil drawings of such detail and finish that they seem more like etchings. Many are signed and identified by Raine, all are unmistakeably from this series. Sizes vary, but are in the 9 x 10 inch range. All are matted and shrink wrapped for protection. The lot $5000 Illustration
46.	Sampson, Davenport, & Co. THE GLOUCESTER & ROCKPORT DIRECTORY FOR 1869... NO. 1. Gloucester. 1869. 206 pp. b/w illustrated ads throughout. This is the first directory in the Sampson Davenport series, and quite scarce. Procter Brothers printed it, and they may have preceded it by a few years with a directory of their own. A mine of information about mid-19th century Cape Ann. In excellent condition, showing only moderate cover wear. The advertizements are priceless. The book is only $300 Illustration
47.	(Sargent, Charles Lennox.) THE LIFE OF ALEXANDER SMITH, CAPTAIN OF THE ISLAND OF PITCAIRN, ONE OF THE MUTINEERS ON BOARD HIS MAJESTY’S SHIP BOUNTY... WRITTEN BY HIMSELF. Bos. 1819. 240 pp. Here’s an unexpected local connection. Alexander Smith, AKA John Adams, the notorious mutineer of the Bounty, begins his autobiography thus: “I was born in the town of Gloucester, State of Massachusetts, in the year 1760.” He claims to have started as a Banks fishermen, who then got shipwrecked and passed through other adventures, culminating in his experience aboard the Bounty and on Pitcairn Island. The whole thing, alas, is almost certainly fiction, put together rather convincingly by Sargent, who was a Gloucester sea captain, and son of Epes. (Though the Vital Records show an Alexander Smith born in Gloucester in 1764 and Ebenezer Pool claims Smith of Bounty fame was, in fact, born in Dogtown.) The Sargent genealogy refers to the book as, “an account of his own career.” See “Epes Sargent... and his Descendants, p. 23 and Wright I, 2281. The book is bound in old calf over marbled boards. Hinges are worn but holding. Text is foxed and spotted in places. Still, a scarce title in good condition. $300 Illustration
48.	Stickney, Alfred and Leonard A. Burnham (editors). LITERARY MELANGE. Gloucester, 1857. 4to. Unpaginated (52 pp.) Volume I of this literary newspaper published under the auspices of the Young Men’s Debating Club, and printed at the offices of the Cape Ann Advertizer. Numbers 1-13, complete, and all published. The editors make it clear in their farewell essay that the publication ceased after 13 four page issues. The articles are all original (the editors attest to this) and published under pseudonyms. They tend toward topics such as “Temperance,” “Labor,” “Hard Times,” and “Rusticiy” with plenty of musings about nature, life, and the consolations of philosphy. Rare. OCLC shows no libraries holding copies. Bound in half leather over marbled boards. Some coverwear. Text clean. $500
49.	The Ladies of the First Baptist Church, Gloucester, Mass. RELIABLE RECEIPTS FOR THE HOUSEWIFE. Gloucester. 1888. 103 pp. plus illustrated ads. Second edition of a wonderful old cookbook that brings us the cuisine of 19th century Gloucester. First 26 pages shaken in binding, else a good copy. (and) Third edition with 124 pages. I recommend Mrs. Patillo’s clam chowder. Each copy $75 Illustration
50.	Van de Water, Frederic. THE REAL MCCOY. NY. 1931. 305 pp. One of the classics of fishing schooner lore. Famed rumrunner Bill McCoy fell in love with Gloucester schooner Arethusa and ultimately purchased her as his floating headquarters and chief accomplice in the dangerous and romantic smuggling trade. Van de Water was a professional journalist, and this tale was his best effort. The American slang phrase “The Real McCoy” originated as a tribute to the high quality of Bill McCoy’s booze. You heard it here... This copy is a first edition INSCRIBED BY McCOY IN 1935, with a letter from the person to whom he inscribed it. Backstrip lightly sunned, else VG. $200 Illustration
51.	“Victim.” BILLY GRIT’S ADVENTURES (AND) BILLY GRIT’S SECOND ADVENTURE. Two printed broadsheets measuring about 8 x 4, written in four line stanzas and relating the adventures of an obscure character named Billy Grit. He seems from the context to be a crooked or overzealous law man, and his antagonists are hell raisers of some kind - perhaps bootleggers. Grit hails from Manchester, but has his legal work done in Gloucester. He has allies named Kitfield, Pierce and Swett, and a Judge Davis hears his case. Grit wins but winds up getting hung in effigy. Plenty of clues are dropped. For the modest purchase price, you get to figure the mystery out. $100 Illustration
52.	Waterman, Florence. FOLLY COVE, CAPE ANN. Gloucester. 1949. Unpaginated (8 pp.) b/w plate Three poems by Waterman, one by Nancy Hale. With a frontispiece of a painting of Folly Cove by Leon Kroll. In stiff paper wrappers. $30 Illustration
53.	Wilcox, W.A. THE FISHING INDUSTRY AND ANNUAL REPORT OF THE AMERICAN FISH BUREAU. GLOUCESTER, MASS. FEBRUARY, 1887. Gloucester. 1887. 36 pp. b/w folding map. Some interesting stats during the heyday of the Gloucester fishing industry. But also a promotional piece for the American Fish Bureau, which began collecting statistics in 1885. This is the only issue I have ever seen cited, and I believe it was the only one printed. Illustrated wraps. VG in protective folder and slipcase. $75 Illustration