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Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Assoc. The Allen Sisters An illustrated biography of two famed American women photographers.

Flynt, Suzanne L.; Naomi Rosenblum, foreword

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Library of Congress Ambassadors of Progress Highlights the contributions of women to photographic history.

Griffith, Bronwyn, ed. Derrick R Cartwright, Verna P. Davis, and Michael Poivert, contribs.

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Chipstone Foundation American Furniture 1996 An annual publication forging a link between social history, American studies, and the decorative arts.

Beckerdite, Luke, ed.

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Chipstone Foundation American Furniture 1997 The articles in this volume were presented at "A Region of Regions: Cultural Diversity and the Furniture Trade in the Early South" -- a symposium co-sponsored by the Chipstone Foundation and the Williamsburg Institute in November 1997.

Beckerdite, Luke, ed.

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Chipstone Foundation American Furniture 1998 An annual publication forging a link between social history, American studies, and the decorative arts.

Beckerdite, Luke, ed.

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Chipstone Foundation American Furniture 1999 Acknowledged as the journal of record in its field, American Furniture presents new research on furniture design, use, production, and appreciation. The 1999 volume presents articles devoted to Rhode Island furniture, plus the usual book reviews, bibliography of recent works, and index.

Beckerdite, Luke, ed.

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Chipstone Foundation American Furniture 2000 An annual publication forging a link between social history, American studies, and the decorative arts.

Beckerdite, Luke, ed.

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Chipstone Foundation American Furniture 2001 An annual publication forging a link between social history, American studies, and the decorative arts. Acknowledged as the journal of record in its field, American Furniture (distributed for the Chipstone Foundation) presents new research on furniture design, use, production, and appreciation. Begun in 1993, this award-winning annual provides a comprehensive forum on furniture history, technology, connoisseurship, and conservation by the foremost scholars in the field. It is the only interdisciplinary journal devoted exclusively to furniture made or used in the Americas from the 17th century to the present.

Beckerdite, Luke, ed.

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Chipstone Foundation American Furniture 2002 Features articles on the Lloyd family's furniture legacy, furniture fakes from the Chipstone collection, Pennsylvania clouded limestone, joiner's trade in seventeenth-century America, the Claypoole family joiners of Phiadelphia, the politics of the caned chair, tradition and exclusion in American furniture scholarship, and seventeenth-century cupboards from Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Beckerdite, Luke, ed.

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Chipstone Foundation American Furniture 2003

Beckerdite, Luke, ed.

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Chipstone Foundation American Furniture 2004 An annual publication forging a link between social history, American studies, and the decorative arts.

Beckerdite, Luke, ed.

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Chipstone Foundation American Furniture 2005 An annual publication forging a link between social history, American studies, and the decorative arts

Beckerdite, Luke, ed.

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University Press of New England American Playgrounds A compelling history, a manifesto, and a manual for change.

Solomon, Susan

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University Press of New England American Wall Stenciling, 1790–1840 A generously illustrated survey of an important post-revolutionary American decorative art form.

Brown, Ann Eckert

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Wesleyan University Press Anni Albers The only source in print of the key essays of a pioneer of modernist design.

Albers, Anni

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University Press of New England Architecture and the Arts and Crafts Movement in Boston The first full-length study of an important turn-of-the-century New England architect , educator, and leader of the Boston Arts and Crafts movement.

Meister, Maureen

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University Press of New England Architecture in Salem Long-awaited reprint of an essential guide to the architectural heritage of Salem, Massachusetts.

Tolles, Bryant F.

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Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities Beauport Beauport is the tantalizing personal statement of interior designer Henry Davis Sleeper. Built as a summer home....each room presents a theme that showcases Sleeper's amazing collection of thousands of decorative arts objects....this dazzling book of photographs and text offers an intriguing window on decorative art traditions of the past.

Curtis, Nancy, and Richard C. Nylander.

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library The Beinecke Library of Yale University

Parks, Stephen, ed.

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University Press of New England Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn The twentieth anniversary edition of the classic architectural study of the connected farm buildings of New England.

Hubka, Thomas C.

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University Press of New England The Book of Looms A heavily illustrated classic on the evolution of the handloom is now reissued in a handy paper edition.

Broudy, Eric

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University of New Hampshire Press Boston Modern A fresh, incisive study of the expressionist approach to modern art in Boston.

Bookbinder, Judith

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University Press of New England A Building History of Northern New England The first and only full-scale technical and stylistic analysis of 200 years of architectural evolution in northern New England.

Garvin, James L.

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University Press of New England Buildings and Landmarks of Old Boston A charming and indispensable guide to the major buildings in Boston built from 1630 to 1850.

Andros, Howard S.

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University Press of New England By Shaker Hands An appealing illustrated portrayal of the art and world of the Shakers—their furniture and artifacts, and the spirit and precepts embodied in them.

Sprigg, June

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Winterthur Campbell Collection of Soup Tureens at Winterthur An appealing catalog of the world's most important collection of soup tureens.

Fennimore, Donald L. and Patricia A. Halfpenny

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Chipstone Foundation Ceramics in America 2001 A new annual from the Chipstone Foundation.

Hunter, Robert, editor

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Chipstone Foundation Ceramics in America 2002

Hunter, Robert, editor

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Chipstone Foundation Ceramics in America 2003 Features articles on chamber pots, the Talbot Hotel Pit group, terracotta gravemarkers from New Jersey and New York, Staffordshire potters and their emigration to America in the 1840s, the pottery of Henry Piercy, the potters and pottery of Morgan’s Town, Virginia, ceramic and porcelain representations of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Long Island Redware, and the ceramics of Lucio Fontana.

Hunter, Robert, editor

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Chipstone Foundation Ceramics in America 2004 The 2004 issue features many important articles including the first color publication of America’s earliest stoneware factory-The Poor Potter of Yorktown. In addition, other articles feature previously unpublished information about several important American Salt-glazed stoneware potters. The redware products of Morgantown West Virginia are presented along with information about English porcelain, Maryland tobacco pipes, and a wonderful essay about Bernard Leach’s travels in America.

Hunter, Robert, editor

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Chipstone Foundation Ceramics in America 2005

Hunter, Robert, ed.

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Chipstone Foundation Ceramics in America 2006

Hunter, Robert, editor

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Northeastern University Press City In The Woods A look at a once-flourishing religious phenomenon and its effects on an island community.

Weiss, Ellen

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Yale University Art Gallery Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers Winner of the Charles F. Montgomery Prize of the Decorative Arts Society: A groundbreaking reference on a colonial American craft.

Kane, Patricia E. Jeannine Falino, Deborah A. Federhen, Patricia E. Kane, Barbara McLean Ward, and Gerald W. R. Ward, contribs.

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University Press of New England Color Codes A multidisciplinary look at the role of color in contemporary aesthetics.

Riley, Charles A. II.

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Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities Country Arts in Early American Homes An expert looks at a wide variety of country arts that characterized early New England homes.

Little, Nina Fletcher. Wendell Garrett, fwd.

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Museum of the City of New York Creative Lives A fresh new photographic and artistic interpretation of the daily activities of mid-20th-century New York City.

Nolan, Leslie, and Francis V. O’Connor

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Northeastern University Press Designing MIT The first book to describe in detail the fascinating story of the planning, design, and construction of MIT's unique Cambridge campus, from its inception in 1913 to its opening in 1916.

Jarzombek, Mark M.

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University Press of New England The Dickinsons of Amherst A master photographer and three distinguished scholars document the physical world of Emily Dickinson.

Liebling, Jerome, Photographs. Christopher Benfey, Polly Longsworth, and Barton Levi St. Armand, eds.

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University Press of New England The Dickinsons of Amherst A master photographer and three distinguished scholars document the physical world of Emily Dickinson. This is the signed, limited edition in deluxe binding.

Liebling, Jerome, Photographs. Christopher Benfey, Polly Longsworth, and Barton Levi St. Armand, eds.

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Winterthur Discover Enchanted Woods An "insider's" look at the newest Winterthur offering.

Magnani, Denise

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Winterthur Discover the Historic Houses of Odessa Readers journey into the past as they enter early American homes and gardens in Odessa, Delaware.

Pulinka, Steven M

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Winterthur Discover the Winterthur Estate

Eversmann, Pauline. With Kathryn Head

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Winterthur Discover the Winterthur Garden Discover the Winterthur Garden tells the story of the creation and restoration of this masterpiece of 20th-century naturalism.

Magnani, Denise

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Winterthur Discover the Winterthur Period Rooms This illustrated room-by-room tour through some of the most famous rooms offers a brief history and interpretive summary of each one, including its historic architectural interior and the collection of furniture, silver, needlework, textiles, paintings, prints, ceramics, and glass on display.

Eversmann, Pauline

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Winterthur Discover Winterthur Series: Boxed set of all five volumes in the series. Generously illustrated, most in color.

Winterthur

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Winterthur Discover Yuletide at Winterthur Highlights the Yuletide celebrations both at Winterthur and throughout early America.

Harper, Deborah V. R

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Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum Disegno A book on the origins of modern-day objects and concepts of design.

Holman, Beth L., ed. and introductory essays

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Museum of the City of New York Elegant Plate A generously illustrated examination of the precious metals trades and usage of precious metal artifacts in New York City.

Waters, Deborah Dependahl, ed. and catalogue entries

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University Press of New England Envisioning New England A lavish celebration of infrequently seen New England works by beloved American artists.

Belanger, Pamela. Consortium of New England Community Art Museums

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Winterthur Evaluating Your Collection A book on connoisseurship launches the new Winterthur Decorative Arts Series. Utilizing the unparalleled resources of the Winterthur collection and staff, these books will provide a unique forum of "how-to" advice for novices and experts alike.

Lanmon, Dwight P., comp.

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Extravagant Crowd

Kuhl, Nancy

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Winterthur Eye for Excellence A richly-illustrated catalog featuring the best of the museum’s collection, according to its own curators. Arranged by category (metalwork, glass, ceramics, furniture,textiles and embroidery, paintings and prints, books and manuscripts), with short introductory essays and detailed information on each object illustrated.

Fennimore, Donald L., Amanda E. Lange, Robert F. Trent, Deborah E. Kraak, E. McSherry Fowble, and Neville Thompson. George Fistrovich, photos

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Dartmouth College Press The Familial Gaze Contemporary artists, writers, and theorists challenge standard interpretations of family photographs.

Hirsch, Marianne, ed.

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University Press of New England Field Guide to New England Barns and Farm Buildings A generously illustrated handbook for identifying and understanding structures that symbolize the region's unique cultural and historical landscape.

Visser, Thomas Durant

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Winterthur Flights of Fancy The first in-depth study ever on silver bird-decorated spoons.

Fennimore, Donald

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Winterthur Flower Arranging the Winterthur Way

Melloy, Alberta A.

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University Press of New England For Every House a Garden Prominent hortoculturalists present an excellent practical guide for reproducing period gardens in their many forms.

Favretti, Rudy J., and Joy P. Favretti

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University Press of New England The Garden Squares of Boston Beautifully illustrated history of a previously undocumented feature of Boston’s urban landscape.

Goodman, Phebe S.

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Winterthur Grandeur on the Appoquinimink This classic in American architectural history documents the building of colonial Delaware’s finest Georgian mansion by Quaker tanner William Corbit, and locates the man, his house, and his architect in the context of their world.

Sweeney, John A. H.

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Thistle Hill Publications & Vermont Folklife Center Granite and Cedar An unusual collaboration between a documentary photographer and a writer of fiction to produce a haunting portrait of the people and the land of Vermont's most rural area, often referred to as the "Northeast Kingdom."

Miller, John M.

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Wesleyan University Press Graven Images The classic study of gravestone art.

Ludwig, Allan I

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Peter E. Randall Publisher A Guide to Medieval English Tithe Barns 134 post and beam barns, built before 1555, are described in this generously illustrated guide.

Griswold, James

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Winterthur Guide to the Winterthur Library

McKinstry, E. Richard

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Winterthur Guide to Winterthur Museum & Country Estate

Eversmann, Pauline K.

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University Press of New England Herb Garden Design A unique and handsome book for novice and professional gardeners. The plans, with full commentary and plant lists, offer a wide range of designs easily adapted to one’s own needs.

Swanson, Faith H., and

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University Press of New England A History of American Architecture A richly illustrated history of American architecture that explains why particular architectural ideas occurred when and where they did.

Gelernter, Mark

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Chipstone Foundation If These Pots Could Talk Lively prose and wonderful color photographs portray a veteran's passion for British household pottery.

Noël Hume, Ivor, O.B.E., F.S.A.

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University Press of New England In Sight Sabra Field’s latest prints presented in a dazzling new look at her bold, signature creative process.

Field, Sabra

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Winterthur Iron at Winterthur

Fennimore, Donald L.

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Brandeis University Press The Japanese Iris An international authority on irises offers the first definitive book in English on the history and cultivation of the Japanese iris.

McEwen, Currier

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University Press of New England The Jews of India An intimate look into the daily life, customs, and arts and crafts of India’s three distinct Jewish communities.

Slapak, Orpa, ed.

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University Press of New England The Jews of Kurdistan Published in Israel in a Hebrew edition, this extraordinary translation brings to life the ethnic and cultural history of Kurdish Jews.

Shwartz-Be’eri, Ora

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Colonial Coin Collectors Club John Hull, the Mint and the Economics of Massachusetts Coinage

Jordan, Louis

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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Josiah McElheny A contemporary glassblower's work merges the past with the present.

Hickey, Dave, and Jennifer R. Gross

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Winterthur KIDS!

[Winterthur]

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University Press of New England The Laces of Ipswich Richly illustrated study of the central role of lace making in defining a colonial American community.

Raffel, Marta Cotterell

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Winterthur Life at Winterthur Never-before-published photographs and personal reminiscences enliven this pictorial history of life at one of America's grand old country estates.

Lidz, Maggie

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Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities Little by Little This matchless account of a superb collection of New England country arts of the 17th through the 19th centuries tells the story of the collection and describes the joys, pitfalls, and philosophy of collecting with grace, humor, and great knowledge.

Little, Nina Fletcher

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University Press of New England A Long, Deep Furrow A highly readable history and almost encyclopedic reference work, with information on every pertinent aspect of farming and country life.

Russell, Howard S. Abridged and with a fwd. by Mark Lapping

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Winterthur Made in China

Fuchs, Ronald W. , II in collaboration with David S. Howard

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University Press of New England Maine A dazzling photographic tribute to the land, people, and sheer beauty of "the other Maine".

Saÿen, Murad, Roger Payne, fwd.

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University Press of New England Maine, A Peopled Landscape Images that document the changes in — and challenges of — life in the real Maine.

French, Hugh T., ed. and introd. C. Stewart Doty, James C. Curtis, and R. Todd Hoffman, essays

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University of New Hampshire Press Marsden Hartley A provocative new reading of the great American avant-garde arist Marsden Hartley's late work.

Cassidy, Donna M.

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Winterthur The Material Culture of Gender / The Gender of Material Culture Essays expanding the definition of gender and its interface with American material culture. In showing some of the ways gender is made visible, they explore avenues such as the gender of things that surround us; subtle and invisible processes of inclusion and exclusion from valuation; fusing form and content, practice and product; and how the material culture of gender produces gendered beings.

Martinez, Katherine A., and Kenneth L. Ames, eds.

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Museum of Our National Heritage Material Culture of the American Freemasons An illustrated catalogue of Masonic artifacts and a history of their ownership.

Hamilton, John D.

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Winterthur Metalwork in Early America

Fennimore, Donald L. George J. Fistrovich, photography.

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University Press of New England Mocha and Related Dipped Wares, 1770—1939 An authoritative guide to the history and craft of this rare and much sought-after ceramic ware.

Rickard, Jonathan

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Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities Neat and Tidy A classic of material culture, first published in 1980, is once more available.

Little, Nina Fletcher. Wendell Garrett, fwd.

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University Press of New England Neither Plain nor Simple The first complete site and map inventory of a communal society—showing a surprising array of consumer artifacts used and sold by the Canterbury Shakers.

Starbuck, David R.

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Peter E. Randall Publisher New Hampshire Spectacular, large-format book by one of New Hampshire's leading photographers.

Randall, Peter E., panoramic photographs. Ronald Jager; essay; Stephen H. Taylor, fwd.

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University Press of New England New Hampshire Architecture An illustrated popular guide to the Granite State’s rich architectural heritage.

Tolles, Bryant F., Jr. with Carolyn K. Tolles.

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Salve Regina University Newport Through Its Architecture A comprehensive architectural history of America’s greatest living architectural laboratory.

Yarnall, James L.

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Norman Rockwell Museum at Stockbridge, MA Norman Rockwell The definitive Rockwell source in a two volume boxed set, depicting and documenting every known illustration done by the artist in a career spanning six decades.

Moffatt, Laurie Norton, text and catalogue. David H. Wood, introd.

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Terra Nova Press Norwich's Maps of Africa

Norwich, Oscar I; Kolbe, bibliographical descriptions; Pam; Stone, Jeffrey C., ed.

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University Press of New England Notes from the Garden Words of wisdom and humor from an organic gardener.

Homeyer, Henry

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University Press of New England Old Time Gardens A classic work on historic gardens is available again.

Earle, Alice Morse; introduction by Virginia Lopez Begg

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Peter E. Randall Publisher One Woman’s Work Discover an unexplored dimension of the life of a popular 19th-century gardner, poet, and personality.

Stephan, Sharon Paiva

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Peabody Essex Museum Painted with Thread

Richter, Paula Bradstreet

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University Press of New England Pewter at Colonial Williamsburg

Davis, John D.

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University Press of New England Postcards from Vermont A vivid picture of four decades of social and cultural history in the Green Mountain State.

Davis, Allen F.

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Salzburg Seminar Preserving the Built Heritage A pragmatic approach that examines architectural preservation policies and offers new models for action.

Schuster, J. Mark. With John de Monchaux and Charles A. Riley II, eds

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University Press of New England Reading Houses and Building Books Portrays an author, architect, and landscape architect who greatly influenced antebellum American culture.

Sweeting, Adam

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University Press of New England Resort Hotels of the Adirondacks An architectural study of the large Adirondack hotels that focuses on the cultural history of travel and tourism.

Tolles, Bryant F., Jr.

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Brandeis University Press Resplendent Synagogue A provocative interpretation of the art and architecture of a pre-modern wooden synagogue illuminates the social, historical, and religious context of an Eastern-European Jewish community.

Hubka, Thomas C.

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University Press of New England Robert Frost’s New England Inspired by the writings of Robert Frost, professional photographers Betsy and Tom Melvin present beautiful, and sometimes poignant, scenes of the New England landscape.

Melvin, Betsy and Tom. Jay Parini, fwd.

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University Press of New England Rockingham Ware in American Culture, 1830-1930 A groundbreaking case study that links social and cultural interpretation with descriptive classification and historical context.

Claney, Jane Perkins

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University Press of New England The Saints of Modern Art Asceticism seen as a powerful force in the art and thought of our time.

Riley, Charles A. II

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University Press of New England The Same Ax, Twice A wide-ranging inquiry into the nature and possibility of restoration.

Mansfield, Howard

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University Press of New England A Shaker Family Album An insider’s view of everyday life in a unique nineteenth-century religious community.

Starbuck, David R., and Scott T. Swank

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University Press of New England SHAKER TEXTILE ARTS A comprehensive book on the kinds of textiles the Shakers used, how they were produced, and their cultural and economic importance to the communities.

Gordon, Beverly

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Winterthur Shaping a National Culture Social, economic, political, and architectural historians join scholars and curators to present their findings about Philadelphia’s myriad economic groups, political enclaves, religious structures, cultural institutions, and artisanal output during the period.

Hutchins, Catherine E., ed

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Hood Museum of Art Shaping an American Landscape A rich portrait of a major figure in American art and architecture and his role in shaping American cultural identity.

Morgan, Keith N. Rebecca Warren Davidson, Deborah S. Gardner, Erica E. Hirshler, and Maureen C. O’Brien, essays.

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University Press of New England Silver Nutmeg Graters

Davis, John D.

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University Press of New England So Fine a Prospect Join Alan Emmet on a tour of gardens that graced New England from just after the American Revolution into the 20th century. A Martha Stewart Decorative Arts Gift Book Choice for 1996.

Emmet, Alan

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St. Johnsbury Athenaeum St. Johnsbury Athenaeum The stunning guide to an extraordinary American cultural treasure in northeast Vermont

Mitchell, Mark

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University Press of New England Summer Cottages in the White Mountains An expert looks at the historic role of summer cottages in New Hampshire's popular White Mountain region.

Tolles, Bryant F., Jr.

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University Press of New England Temples of Grace A new kind of architectural history that combines the fields of U.S. history and religion to explain the transformation of worship and community throughout Connecticut in the early years of the new Republic.

Buggeln, Gretchen

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University Press of New England Traditional Jewish Papercuts The definitive work on papercuts, a long-overlooked aspect of Jewish folk art.

Shadur, Joseph and Yehudit

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University Press of New England Trees, Shrubs, and Vines for Attracting Birds A new edition of the classic guide to creating a habitat to attract birds.

DeGraaf, Richard M.

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Thistle Hill Publications Untamed Vermont A fresh and innovative look at the remote and remarkable wild areas in one tiny New England state.

Gardner, A. Blake

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Boston Athenaeum Whipple And Black

Pierce, Sally

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University Press of New England Windsor-Chair Making in America The definitive work on the production of Windsor furniture, from one of America’s premier authorities.

Evans, Nancy Goyne

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Winterthur The Winterthur Guide to Caring for Your Collection A unique forum of "how-to" advice for novices and experts alike.

Landrey, Gregory J., et al.

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Winterthur The Winterthur Guide to Color in Your Garden

Joyce, Ruth

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Winterthur The Winterthur Guide to Recognizing Styles

Eversmann, Pauline

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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum The Word Made Image Seven experts explore some of the dynamics of religious faith and power—two of the great preoccupations of 16th-century Spain—and expressed in its art and architecture.

Brown, Jonathan, ed.

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