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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;anundverkaufen, post: 435194, member: 49&quot;]This book was given to me by George Gloss (Brattle Street Book Shop) in the early 70’s. I was a frequent pain in the a$$ kid that pawed through piles of old books, ephemera and such in his shop. I lived in Marshfield at the time in a first period colonial home, when he gave it to me he told me to “watch out for the lightning when you’re in Marshfield”.</p><p>I didn’t quite grasp who Nathaniel Bradstreet Shurtleff was until a couple weeks later as I was cutting through Memorial Hall at Harvard and noticed a marble plaque on the wall memorializing him. I was so excited when I realized he was once the mayor of Boston and the author of my book. I ran all the way to the book shop to tell George, out of breathe I practically yelled to him that NBS was the mayor! He was so sweet and acted really excited for and with me. The book doesn’t have much monetary value but George played a huge part in forming my obsession with history, antiques and art.</p><p>Inscribed by NBS in 1850 to H.G. Somerby, limited to 100 copies.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]152648[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]152649[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]152650[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]152651[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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