A) 'History of Amesbury including the seventeen years of Salisbury to the separation in 1654; and Merrimac from its incorporation in 1876" by Joseph Merrill. Press of Franklin P. Stiles, Haverhill, 1880. Frontispieces, fold out map. Hardcover, brown cloth with gilt on spine. Errata slip at the back. 451pp. Very good condition. B) 'History of Newburyport; from the earliest settlement of the country to the present time. With a biographical Appendix." By Mrs. E. Vale Smith. Newburyport, 1854. Hardcover, original decorated boards. Inscribed on front free endpaper, "Caleb Putney, with respect of Enoch G. Currier".