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Strasburg, VA: 1910s. [1] pp. 4 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches. Early 20th c. advertisement. Product for sale by D.L. Kenly & Co. of Hagerstown, Md. featuring an engraving of Chief Powhatan. A very good copy. More
Strasburg, VA: 1910s. [1] pp. 4 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches. Early 20th c. advertisement. Product for sale by D.L. Kenly & Co. of Hagerstown, Md. featuring an engraving of Chief Powhatan. A very good copy. More
Battle Creek / Springfield: Forbes & Wallace, ca 1920s. [24] inc;. wrappers. Illus. 12mo. Stapled paper wrappers. Recipe booklet. Advertisement used by Forbes & Wallace but actually published by The Battle Creek Food Co. A very good copy. More
Edinburgh: W.H. Lizars, 1833-1860. [1] pp. 6 1/2 x 4 inches. Removed. Hand colored engraving of bird species. Plate 21 from William Jardine: The naturalist's library. Vol. 1-2 Humming birds. A very good copy. More
Edinburgh: W.H. Lizars, 1833-1860. [1] pp. 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches. Removed. Hand colored engraving of bird species. Plate 5 from William Jardine: The naturalist's library. Vol. 1-2 Humming birds. A very good copy. More
Binghamton: New York Folklore Society, 1979. Trade format. Paper wrappers. First edition. Articles on: Whittlesely Affair, Wickham Brothers, Maria Cook, Liberated Women, Adirondacks, Erie Canal, Paul Revere, Iroquois Environmental Imagery. A fine copy. More
New York: Swaann Galleries, 2002-2018. 8vo. Photo illustrated paper wrappers. First edition. Thousands of images, some double page. Feb 15, 2018 Icons & Images: - Sale 2466. Feb 14, 2017 Icons & Images: - Sale 2436. Oct 25, 2016 Art & Storytelling: - Sale 2426. Apr 19, 2016 Images &..... More
Washington, D.C. Catholic University of America, 1927. xii, [2 leaves], 323 pp., [1]. Sm. 4to. Paper wrappers. The Catholic University of America. Studies in American Church History Vol. VI [vol. 6]. "A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of Philosophy of the Catholic University of America in Partial Fulfilment of the..... More
[New York]: 1927. [1] pp. 8.5 x 11 inches. In this letter dated Nov 17 /27 Flagg confesses to his friend, Joe Chapple, his affinity for "The Night Before Christmas." Though declaring it doggeral, he continues:"The verse... that came to my mind as having had a real truth for me..... More
1787-1897. Spanning 110 years, 64 different titles, nearly 2000 issues, and tens of thousands of pages, with numerous illustrations, both black and white and colored. A few are more popular titles, but most are quite uncommon, rarely for sale, found only at a few institutions, a number only at the..... More
[Brooklyn, NY?]: 1900s-1921. 49 leaves [98 pp]. Folio. [16.25 x 16 inches]. Brown leather covered boards. 347 images, including over 100 chromolithographic and other color cards. Plus programs, newspaper articles, images, photographs, drawings, & maps. Most are related to items of interest to a young girl at that time, however..... More
Baltimore: 1864. 2pp. 5 x 8 inches. Johnson's follow up letter requesting Appelton & Co. to send him further books on Gladstone, Cicero, The Life of William Wirt, Attorney-general of the United States, and others. Reverdy Johnson (1796-1876) was an American politician and defense attorney from Maryland, who served as..... More
Philadelphia; New York; Utica: 1811-1864. 3 pieces. Considered to be a highly influential pioneer of American surgery, Valentine Mott (1785-1865) graduated from Columbia Medical College in 1806, before studying in London with a group of renowned surgeons there. When he returned to New York City in 1809, he was able..... More
Philadelphia: 1855. [3] pp. Bifolium. 8.5 x 10.5 inches. In his January 6th, 1855 letter to Charles Harris, M.D., of Somerville, NJ, Wetherill illustrates the painstaking process of establishing reliable calculations in the field of chemistry, advising Harris on his use of the standard references. He cites both the values..... More
[New York]: 1822. [1] sheet. 8 x 3 inches. Educator and abolitionist Lindley Murray Moore (1788-1871) opened a Quaker school in Rahway, NJ in 1813, before moving to New York City in 1815. In 1820, he opened a boarding school for boys in Flushing as well as in Westchester Village..... More
[Louisville], Jefferson County, [District of Kentucky]; [VA]: 1785. [1] sheet. 8 x 13 inches. This manuscript balance sheet, dated May 21st, 1785, is for business expenses and goods for the months of April & May for Brodhead, with the balance payable to Roger Neilson & Co. Statement below the tally..... More
Yonkers, [New York]: 1862. [2] pp. Bifolium. 5 x 8 inches. August 13, 1862, estimate from carpenters & builders, Ackert & Quick, to E.F. Shonnard for extensive work to furnish his estate, totaling $320.00, including over 400 feet of partitions. 13 doors, 40 tables 2- 4 ft long, 80 benches..... More
Columbus, [NJ]: 1831. [1] pp. 6.5 x 10.5 inches. July 1st, 1831, with integral address to G Haywood, Secretary of the Mount Holly Fire Insurance Company. Signed survey for the home of Isabella Neilson, of Bordentown. The Mount Holly Fire Insurance Company was incorporated in 1831. "By the request of..... More
Fall River, [MA]: 1825. [3] pp. Bifolium. 8 x 9.5 inches. September 19th, 1825, with integral address to Andrew Roberson, a whaling merchant from New Bedford, who was expanding his textile empire into Fall River, Borden writes about his survey of several possible roads throughout the area. The actual plot..... More
New York: 1809; 1817. 2 sheets. 7 x 6 inches. Two Bills presented for Payment. 1. Bill from the summer of 1809, signed by Jacob P. Roome, for balls and Stove parts, certified by Department of Repairs, for convicts of the County of New York. Docket filed as No. 124..... More
[New York]: 1804. 1 sheet. 6.5 x 8 inches. August 24th, 1804. Receipt for 20 orders of which 16 are for rum, for customers (noted by initials) imported from Jamaica, signed by William S Smith, Inspector. The Haitian Revolution and declaration of Haitian independence in 1804 led to a shift..... More
[Boston]; [Charlestown]: 1802. 1 sheet. 8 x 12.25 inches. July 15th, 1802. District of Boston and Charlestown shipping form, for merchandise including six bales of sheeting and two bales of Ravens Duck, shipped by Ebenezer Parsons on board the Schooner Doris of Joseph Elderidge, bound for the Port of Baltimore..... More
Hilton Head, SC: 1865. [2 pp], rectos only. 8 x 10 inches. September 3rd, 1865 from Isaac Arnold Jr., Chief of Ordnance, Department of the South, at Hilton Head, S. C. This letter acknowledges the service of Major Wheelock Pratt, before Arnold departs to serve as Asst. Ordinance Officer in..... More
New York: 1914. 1 sheet. 7.5 x 9 inches. Dated April 8th, 1914, on letterhead for "The Forum" periodical. Publisher Mitchell Kennerley writes to Benjamin Butler Davenport, to explain that he cannot publish his play, "'The Doubter's Faith', as my list is very crowded at present. The delay in informing..... More
[Pennsylvania]: 1784. 1 sheet. 7.25 x 6 inches. December 11th, 1784. Muhlenberg, then justice of the peace and register of wills and deeds of newly organized Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, writes to Jonathan Nicholson, Esq., requesting the order for 75 dollars due to him, by the state, be delivered to Mr..... More
[Orange County; Rockland County, NY]: 1798. 1 sheet. 7.5 x 3.5 inches. December 6th, 1798. Receipt of payment received by Jonas Brewster from Abraham Stage, signed (witnessed) by John Suffern (1741-1836), Revolutionary War soldier in the Orange County Militia. Suffern later led the establishment of Rockland County out of Orange..... More