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Castner, Harold W. Story of Ancient Pemaquid, The: "Metropolis of the New World" Boothbay Register 1953

History of Maine coastal settlement including hypothesis that it began as a Viking expedition Very Good. Front and back covers have a few smudge marks; 2nd

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Rense, Paige (editor). Architectural Digest 2/03 SPECIAL: BEFORE & AFTER. Los Angeles: Conde Nast Publications, 2003.

Architectural Digest February 2003 2/03, Volume 60, No. 2. SPECIAL: BEFORE & AFTER. 244 pages. The magazine, in illustrated rappers, is in FINE condition. JMVINTAGE specializes in Books, Magazines and Treasures related to the Duke and Duchess of Windsor and ..other curious subjects. COVER: The great room of a Manhattan apartment located in the former police headquarters. Architecture and interior design by Gwathmey Siegel. After photography by Paul Warchol. See page 148. COVER STORY BEFORE & AFTER AN ARRESTING DEVELOPMENT Charles Gwathmey Streamlines a Police Gymnasium for Living, Architecture and Interior Design by Gwathmey Siegel, Text by Philip Nobel, After Photography by Paul Warchol. The gymnasium of the Beaux Arts-style Police Building in Manhattan is redesigned for a couple as four-bedroom apartment; ADIRONDACK IDYLL Stephen Shadley Reimagines Six Cabins in the Catskills, Interior Design by Stephen Shadley, Text by Wendy Moonan, After Photography by Scott Frances. The designer's Leeds, new York retreat; AN AMERICAN IN PARIS Ordered Calm for a Designer on the Boulevard St. Germain, Interior Design by Thomas Pheasant, Text by Steven M. L. Aronson, After Photography by Durston Saylor; CAN WE TALK? Joan Rivers Finds the Perfect Foil in Connecticut, architecture by Michael Boe of Boe Studio, interior design by Joe Cicio, Text by Nancy Collins, Before Photography by Billy Cunningham, After Photography by Mary E. Nichols; TRANSCENDENT IN TRIBECA Metallic Forms Galvanize an Uninspired New York Loft, Architecture by Joseph M. Valerio, FAIA, Text by Penelope Rowlands, After Photography by Durston Saylor. Tracy Gardner and his wife Dani James' redesigned New York loft; WHERE COLOR IS KING Arnold Scaasi's Fitting Redesign in Palm Beach, Text by Stephen Drucker, Photography by Dan Forer. The fashion designer and his partner, Parker Ladd, redesign their Palm Beach home; CLASSIC WITH A TWIST Updating the Concept of Prewar Style in New York, Architecture and Interior Design by Thomas Kligerman, Joel Barkley, and John Ike of Ike Kligerman Barkley, interior design by Mia Jung and Carrie Weinstein of Ike Kligerman Barkley, Text by Joseph Giovannini, After Photography by Durston Saylor; A LIFE ON THE WATER Two Martha's Vineyard Houses Recover Their Historic Spirit, Architectural Design and Interiors by Twanette Tharp, Text by Gerald Clark, In-Progress and After Photography by Peter Vanderwarker. Ferry House and Dester House; INSPIRED CONNECTIONS A Reconfigured Manhattan Duplex Forms a Unified Whole, Architecture and Interior Design by Campion A. Platt, AIA, Text by Amanda Vaill, After Photography by Durston Saylor. Mary Bernard and Tom Bergan's Murray Hill duplex; CANADIAN METAMORPHOSIS A Contemporary Design in Calgary Emerges From It's 1950s Shell, Architectural Design and Interiors by Paul Lavoie, Text by Jeff Turrentine, After Photography by Roger Brooks. The designer's home in Calgary; CROSSING THE FINISH LINE A Former Motorcycle Racer Pursues French Style in Beverly Hills, Architecture by Richard Landry, AIA, Interior Architecture and Design by Thomas Allardyce and Illya Hendrix of Hendrix/Allardyce, landscape architecture by David P. Tardiff, Text by Peter Haldeman, After Photography by Mary E. Nichols. John Kocinski's renovated French villa in Beverly Hills; DEPARTMENTS LETTERS; CONTRIBUTORS; DESIGNERS AT LARGE Our Editors Present Designers' Favorite Sources; AD SHOPPING: ADVENTURES IN AUCKLAND Sandra Nunnerley Returns to Her Kiwi Roots and Hits Her Favorite Shops, Text by Christopher Petkanas, Photography by David O. Marlow; BEFORE & AFTER: PHILADELPHIA FREEDOM A Spacious Apartment Is Liberated from Rooms in the Old Barclay Hotel, Interior Design by Harry Schnaper, Text by Cynthia Zarin, Photography by Billy Cunningham; DESIGN DIARY: MISSIVE FROM MAASTRICHT Notes on The European Fine Art Fair from Tiffany's Design Director By John Loring; HOTELS: PHOENIX RISING IN BUFFALO Rescued from Near Ruin, a Local Landmark Becomes The Mansion on Delaware Avenue, Architecture by Silvestri Architects, an Amherst, New York firm, Interior Design by Susan Dario, ASID, Text by Michael Frank, After Photography by Billy Cunningham. Buffalo industrialist Charles F. Sternberg commissioned a flashy Second-Empire-style house in 1860s from architect George M. Allison to be located in the city's then fashionable Delaware Avenue. New owners Dennis Murphy and Diana Principe created a small 28 guest room/suite luxury hotel; THE PROFESSIONALS: Architect PETER MARINO Heavy Lifting and the Value of a Broad Education By Nicholas von Hoffman. New York apartment (AD march 200); Living room of a redesign in St. Jean-Cap-Ferrat; rendering of a metal-clad pavilion for an unbuilt weekend house in Connecticut; BEFORE & AFTER: MONTECITO REVIVAL Polishing a Southern California Gem Designed by George Washington Smith, Architecture by Michael Burch, Interior Design by Pamela Banker, Text by Christopher Finch, Before Photography by Peter Valli, After Photography by Charles S. White. Casa del Herero, a Spanish Style Colonial Revival mansion owned by Toby Lambert; ESTATES FOR SALE: EDITORS SELECT PROPERTIES AROUND THE WORLD- FRANCE In Bazoches-ur-Guyonne, France, Maison Carre, a designated historic monument, a house built for art dealer Louis Carre by Finnish architect Alvar Aalto between 1956 and 1959; MAINE A secluded family retreat in Camden; MONTECITO a 1928 George Washington Smith designed Mediterranean-style carriage house; MANHATTAN A 1925 Fifth Avenue apartment designed in recent years by Albert Hadley with views of Central Park; CARMEL VALLEY 1983 California vineyard, built by architect Jerry Whitney; SWITZERLAND Villa Helios, designed in 1902 by architect Otto Mariani, for one of the most prominent families in Lugano. The house sits above Lake Lugano and has mountain views; MANHATTAN Prewar Elegance on Sutton Place, formerly the home of legendary fashion designer; VERMONT Poet Robert Frost's refuge retreat, an 18th century farmstead named The Gulley in the Green Mountains; SOUTH CAROLINA The William Wigg Barnwell House, an antebellum mansion in Beaufort, that was saved from the wrecking ball in 1973 and restored to its original condition by antiques dealer Jim Williams, a key figure in the Midnight of the Garden of Good and Evil. Built in 1816 and now listed on the National Register of Historic Places . AD DIRECTORY A Listing of the Designers, Architects, Galleries and Hotels Featured in This Issue Paperback condition: Fine

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Freeman, Samuel, Editor. The Probate Auxiliary; Or, A Director and Assistant to Probate Courts. 1793

Freeman, Samuel [1743-1831], Editor. The Probate Auxiliary; Or, A Director and Assistant to Probate Courts, Executors, Administrators and Guardians. Being the Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Respecting the Estates of Testators, Intestates and Wards. Carefully Collected. Together With a Comprehensive Alphabetical Index to the Same. To Which Are Added, A Variety of Forms, For the Use of Probate Courts, And of Such Persons as May Have Business to Transact Therein. Portland [ME]: Printed by Benjamin Titcomb, 1793. xi, [1], 156 pp. Octavo (4" x 6-1/2"). Recent period-style quarter calf over cloth, gilt fillets and lettering piece to spine, endpapers renewed. Small early owner signature to head of title page, interior otherwise clean. An appealing copy of a scarce title. * Only edition. Written when he was Probate Register for Cumberland County, Freeman was a lawyer and judge in Portland, Maine who served in the Provincial Congress (1775) and the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1776, 1778). He wrote several legal manuals including The Probate Directory (1803) and The Massachusetts Justice (1795). Cohen, Bibliography of Early American Law 4683.

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Goldstein, Judith S.: Crossing Lines. History of Jews and Gentiles in Three Communities. N.Y., William Morrow & Comp. (1992).
Erste Ausgabe. Durch Register erschlossen. - Über das Zusammenleben großer jüdischer und protestantischer Familien in den amerikanischen Städten Bangor, Mount Desert Island und Calias in Maine.

gr.8°. 320 S.mit Abb. O-Halbleinenband mit O-Umschlag. Sprache:ENGLISCH

[SW: Geschichte und Gesellschaft, en; englisch; Jewish; Judaica; Judentum; Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika]

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