Paperback
Retail Price: $24.99
Currently out of print
Reprinted and distributed by PDA Publications. Available exclusively at River's Edge Card & Gift.

Produced by the Spanierman Gallery, New York in conjunction with its 1999 - 2000 gallery showing of Dow's work. Contains over 250 pages, many in full color. A beautiful book to treasure!

This book is available by prepaid order only. Please allow 3-5 days shipping time. Display copy available for viewing at River's Edge.

Oversized Hardcover
Retail Price: $130.00
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Watching the Wharf, by June Caley
Historical
Signed Copies

Because so much of its past is still present, New England has a unique charm. A lot has been written
about such places as Plimoth Plantation, Boston, and Salem. Ipswich, however, is a little-known treasure on the coast thirty miles north of Boston. Settled in 1633 by John Winthrop, Jr., son of Governor Winthrop, it became an intellectual and cultural center second only to Boston.

Today, the population of Ipswich is 13,000. Two-laned roads wind past more pre-1725 homes than in any other town in the country. A river rushes through stone-arched bridges, one of which is Choate Bridge, the oldest stone-arch bridge in North America. After zig-zagging through town and around Ring Bolt Rock at the Town Wharf, the Ipswich River flows out through the famous Ipswich clam flats to the Atlantic Ocean. The sand bar, which at one time caused shipwrecks at the mouth of the river, now forms a world-class beach of sparkling sand five miles long. Much of the past is still present.

Watching the Wharf, the Story of a New England Town is a five chapter overview of the history of Ipswich in Massachusetts Bay Colony, with focus on the Town Wharf. In about 6000 words, 380 years of tangled historic facts are placed in order in an appealing way. Colorful, realistic watercolor illustrations bring to life the progressive changes in the wharf and town as an Indian village in the wilderness develops into a town of ethnic diversity.

Copies currently on hand are of a limited production run and hand signed by the author.

Paperback
Retail Price: $24.95

Ipswich - Some Poems, Some Stories, Some Facts, by Henry S. Bowen
Historical

Originally compiled and printed in 1954, this booklet contains stories, little-known facts, poems,and more. According to the author, the content is "Some you know!, Some you don't know!, and Some you should know!"

Booklet
Retail Price: $4.99

The Orchard - A Memoir, by Adele Crockett Robertson
Historical

Written by the late Ipswich resident, Kitty Robertson, this story takes place on her family's Argilla Road apple orchard.


The following synopsis appears on the back cover of the Bantam Trade Paperback:

"Discovered by the author's daughter, The Orchard is the extraordinarily poignant and moving memoir of a young woman's single-handed struggle to save her New England farm during the Great Depression. Her father's death left Adele "Kitty" Robertson determined to preserve the small apple orchard that was her scattered family's one remaining link with its past. Leaving behind a secure city job, she returns to her childhood home, far down a country road, with only her Great Dane for company."

"There she pits herself against bone-grinding work and relentless cold, broken machinery and a mountain of debt. But reviving the neglected orchard brings surprising rewards: the glory of spring mornings and the rich scents of autumn, the comic intricacies of bookkeeping, the dramas of well-digging and apple thieves, and the unexpected kindness of neighbors and hired hands. A profoundly inspiring tale of one woman's heroism, The Orchard chronicles the grimness of impoverishment while celebrating the quiet courage and simple goodness than can bloom even in the cruelest of times."

Paperback
Retail Price: $13.95

Plum Island - The Way It Was, by Nancy V. Weare
Historical
Signed Copies

The story of Plum Island from the time of the early settlers up through the 1930's
-- a glimpse of island life and activities in text and photographs.

Nancy Weare makes a generous donation to the Plum Island Project for each book sold.

Paperback
Retail Price: $16.99

Anne Bradstreet, America's First Poet, by Nancy V. Weare
Selections From Her Works
Historical

The name Anne Bradstreet is vaguely familiar to many Americans, but until recently knowledge of her work has been largely the province of scholars. The intent of this little volume is to introduce Mistress Bradstreet to a wider audience and bring her to life through her own words.

Paperback
Retail Price: $8.99

History of Ipswich, Essex, and Hamilton, by Joseph B. Felt
Historical

Written in 1834, contains information on early Ipswich and its parishes of Chebacco (Essex) and Hamlet (Hamilton). If not in stock, this book may be ordered. However, there is currently a 10 week turn-around time on orders.

Hardcover
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The Hammatt Papers - Early Inhabitants of Ipswich, Massachusetts - 1633-1700, by Abraham Hammatt
Historical

Genealogical data on early Ipswich families. If not in stock, this book may be ordered. however, there is currently a 10 week turn-around time on orders.

Hardcover
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Jeffrey's Neck & the Way Leading Thereto, with Notes on Little Neck , by T.F. Waters
Historical

Historical data on Jeffrey's Neck Road, Great Neck and Little Neck areas. Contains genealogical and statistical data. If not in stock, this book may be ordered. However, there is currently a 10 week turn-around time on orders.

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Momento Mori: An Accurate Transcription of the Memorials in the Town of Ipswich...from 1634 to 1935., compiled by A.W. Johnson & R.E. Ladd, Jr.
Historical

Transcriptions of early grave markers at the Old Burying Ground, Ipswich. If not in stock, this book may be ordered. However, there is currently a 10 week turn-around time on orders.

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Cape Ann,A Photographic Portrait , Twin Lights Publishers
Photography

Be it ocean vistas, marshes, lakes, ponds, beaches, quiet wooded lanes, secluded quarries, working fleets of fishing and lobster boats, sailing vessels, wild life, glorious flowers that flourish near the sea, the colorful patch work quilt of the city and towns, the uniqueness of Cape Ann's scenery is captured here for your enjoyment.

Hardcover
Retail Price: $24.95

The North Shore - A Social History of Summers Among the Noteworthy, Fashionable, Rich, Eccentric and Ordinary on Boston's Gold Coast, 1823-1929, by Joseph E. Garland
Non-Fiction/Historical

A fantastic book outlining the history of the North Shore -- the subtitle says it all.

"Joseph Garland is the definitive historian of the North Shore, and it is wonderful to see his two books back in print, and in a single volume. It should be on every set of shelves from Revere to Ipswich." - John Updike

Paperback
Retail Price: $21.95

Eastern Point - A nautical, Rustical and More or Less Sociable Chronicle of Gloucester's Outer Shield and Inner Sanctum, 1606-1990, by Joseph E. Garland
Non-Fiction/Historical

Over 300 years of Eastern point history at your fingertips.

"Hail to a new poet-place relationship in the great tradition of Henry D. Thoreau and Walden. This one is between Joe Garland and Eastern Point... A major work of history and cultural lore, more amusing than many made-up stories. " - Paul B. Kenyon, Boston Sunday Globe

Hardcover
Retail Price: $34.95

The Ipswich Painters at Home and Abroad, by Stephanie R. Gaskins and David Sellin
Non-Fiction/Historical


Printed in conjunction with a 1993 art show, presented by the Cape Ann Historical Society. An interesting history of Ipswich artists Dow, Kenyon, Mansfield, Richardson, and Wendel.

Paperback
Retail Price: $14.99