Green-Wood Illustrated.
Book. In Highly Finished Line Engraving, From Drawings Taken on the Spot, by James Smillie. With Descriptive Notices by Nehemiah Cleaveland. New York: R. Martin, 1847. Folio, original elaborate pictorial gilt morocco. Pp. 94. a.e.g. With engraved frontispiece, extra title, and 17 plates of views. Narrow damp stain in upper right corner of title and occasionally to blank margins within. Some marginal rubbing to binding. A very good sound copy. First edition. In Brooklyn, one of the great landscape... Read More
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Funny Songster
New York: John Burke Book. n.d. (ca. 1860s). Broadside, 15 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches, untrimmed. Eagle woodcut at top. Blank corner torn away, folded. Eight songs, including Johnny Sands, The Postman's Knock, The White Squall, Pauper's Drive and Foster's Gentle Annie..
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"Howard" Instructor for the Banjo.
Book. [Cincinnati: Rudolph Wurlitzer, 1905.] Oblong 8vo, pictorial wrappers. Pp. 64. Marginal wear, a good copy. Lacking, as usual, insert lettered fingerboard. 21 pages of instruction, the rest song collection..
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Allegheny Cemetery: Historical Account of Incidents and Events Connected With Its Establishment.
Pittsburgh: Bakewell & Marthens, 1873. Book. 8vo, cloth, rubbed, corners knocked, rebacked. Pp. 166, uncut, illus. with 16 full-page photographic views. Presentation from James R. Speer, founding corporator of the cemetery. The work is a long historical account, pages 139-152 being an essay on "The Ornamentation and Arrangement of Cemeteries." Library stamp on title, no external markings. Internally a good copy..
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Sugar Cane: A Monthly Magazine, 7 vols.
Book. (Sugar.) Sugar Cane: A Monthly Magazine, Devoted to the Interests of the Sugar Cane Industry. Vols. III-V, VII-X, 1871-78. 7 vols, thick 8vo. Occasional illus., folding plates, mounted photos. Crimson half-morocco, marbled bo ards. Some bindings rubbed, overall a sound set..
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(Sheet music catalogue) White, Smith & Perry's Desciprtive Catalogue of Sheet Music and Musical Works.
Boston: White, Smith & Perry Book. [1872.] Narrow 12mo, original printed wrappers. Pp. 137 + 7 pp. ads. Moderate soiling, some corners dog-eared; a very nice copy. Unusually substantial catalogue, with musical works listed by subject as well as title, with excerpted lyrics and descriptive commentary..
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The New Song Book, Containing a choice collection of the most popular songs, glees, choruses, extravaganzas, &c. many of which have never before been published. With twelve plates.
Hartford: Ezra Strong, 1936. Book. 12mo, illustrated paper boards, leather spine. Pp. vi, [7--126. Frontispiece and eleven small cuts in text. Wear to extremities, foxed. Interesting songster, with mix of old ballads, patriotic songs and others of American interest, e.g., "The Kentucky Hunters", "Connecticut" (a parody of "Mother"), the legal satire "Law! Law! Law!", and an early songster appearance of T. D. Rice's minstrel standard "Jim Crow". Imprints 39208..
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(Torpedo Warfare.) Submarine Warfare; Fixed Mines and Torpedos. The Lay Moveable Torpedo: Its Superiority Over All Other Implements of Submarine Warfare.
Book. Np, nd [?Buffalo: 1867?] 4to, original illustrated wrappers. Pp. 14; 4 plates. Printed slip "W. W. Rowley, Buffalo, NY" tipped in at rear. Minor wear, a very good copy. Rare promotional pamphlet on the locomotive torpedo invented in 1867 by Col. John Louis Lay, a specialist in under-water warfare who had already invented a torpedo used with some success in the Civil War. The US Navy purchased only two of Lay's torpedos, the Russian and Turkish governements considerably more.... Read More
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New England Society for the Improvement of Domestic Poultry. List of Premiums for the Exhibition in Boston, on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, September 7, 8, 9 and 10, 1852.
Book. Boston: Cross & Freeman, printers, [1852]. Broadside, 28 1/4 x 23 inches, untrimmed. Folded, a few small stains, narrw tear from blank Handsome exhibition poster, the text giving rules and regulations and the various divisions with premiums, set within a border of 25 woodcuts of fancy poultry and apparatus.
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El Agrónomo, ó sea Diccionario del Agricultur...Recopilado de varios autores españoles y estrangeros
Barcelona: V. é H. de Mayol, 1849. Book. 2mo, original printed wrappers. Pp. 268, uncut. Minor foxing. A very good copy. Sole editon of a Spanish agricultural and horticultural compendium, with occcasional medical entries and applications as well. OCLC locates the Univ of New Mexico copy only. A nice copy..
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Dies Iræ. Translated by Epes Sargent.
Philadelphia: Printed on the Hawthorn Press, 1867. Book. Large 4to, loose sheets laid into printed wrappers, as issued. Half-title, title, pp. [8]. First edition of Sargent's translation. "Edition: Fifty-five copies. Privately printed by J. P. Norris." There seems to have been a fashion during the Civil War decade for translating this 13th century hymn, generally attributed to Thomas of Celano. We have noted four separate versions, for the most part printed on private presses in small runs. James Parker... Read More
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(Literary Periodical.) , The Monitor, Designed to Improve the Taste, the Understanding, and the Heart. Volume I.
Book. Boston: R. Bannister, 1823. 8vo, early full calf. Pp. viii, 424. Some soiling and stains, a sound copy. The first year complete of a monthly periodical for youth over the age of 15, with literary anecdotes, historical profiles, religious articles, etc..
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Transactions of the Wisconsin State Horticultural Society.
Madison:: Atwood & Culver,, 1872. Book. 8vo, orig cloth. Pp. 200. Folding color lithograph frontis. ; illus. Binding worn at extremities, occasional soiled leaves within; a sound copy. The second volume of the series, with a fine folding litho view of the residence and pleasure grounds of Milwaukee financier Alexander Mitchell, described in detail in the text. Much on fruit growing, and an interesting list of gardeners, florists and nurserymen in the state. Scarce..
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(Temperance) The Beauties of Rechabism. By a Rechabite.
Boston: James M. Usher, 1845. Book. 24mo, original stamped cloth gilt. Pp. 104. Small stain on front, a little worn at extremities; a very good copy. First edition. Promoting the temperance reforms of the Independent Order of Rechabites, a fraternal order with a women's auxilliary, described in the final chapter. Imprints 646, locating 3 copies..
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(Trade Catalogue). 1892 Trade Price List of Brushes Manufactured by J.M.C.Martin's Sons, Sole Makers of the Boar's Head Brand.
New York, (1892.) Book. The catalogue is divided about evenly between brushes for the artist and those for the tradesman. Sm 8vo, limp cloth, decorative endpapers. Pp. 98, [2], very nicely illustrated. Broadside advertising sheet tipped in (one corner torn with slight loss .) A little wear and chipping to covers; internally, aside from a few ms. annotations, near fine..
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American Education Society. Quarterly Register and Journal. Conducted by Rev. E. Cornelius and Mr. B.B. Edwards. Vol. I. bound with Thirteenth Annual report of the Directors of the American Education Society. Andover, 1829.
Andover: Flagg and Gould, 1829. Book. 8vo, boards (somewhat stained) with oaoer label. Pp. 244 + 32..
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The American Minstrel: Being a Choice Collection of Original and Popular Songs, Glees, Duetts, Choruses, &c. New and Revised Edition. With Select Music.
Philadephia: Henry F. Anners, 1844. Book. 12mo, orif. brown stamped cloth gilt. Pp. 318. Engraved frontis. A little wear at extremities, title browned otherwise a fine, bright copy. Second edition, enlarged. First published in 1836. An attractive copy of a substantial and scarce songster. A few of the songs have music in shape notation. Imprints 169, locating only the copy in the Harris Collection at Brown, and we know of another in the Goldstein Collection at MTSU.
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(Art Auction Catalogue) American Art Galleries. Catalogue of Private Collections of Modern Paintings Belonging to Mr. Beriah Wall and Mr. John A. Brown, of Providence, R.I.
Book. To Be Sold At Auction, Without Reserve, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday Evenings March 30th, 31st and April 1st, at Half-Past Seven O'Clock At Chickering Hall, Fifth Ave., cor. Eighteenth St. New York: 1886. 12mo, orig.cloth gilt. Pp. 93, a.e.g. Printed in red an black. Minor external wear, a very good copy. Fully priced in manuscript, with all buyers recorded. Collection heavy on French salon painters and others - Corot (incl. his major work "Forest of Fontainebleau"), Delacroix, Isabey, Bouguereau,... Read More
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(Leather sample book.) George & Co., London. Group of Six of the Company's Sample Packets
Book. Ca. 1920?. 8vo. Most bi- or trifold card stock with mounted leather samples. Includes Velvet Persians, Velvet Sheep, Fancy Leathers, Skivers, Gloving Leathers, Persian Morocco..
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[New Haven - First Church.] Confession of Faith, Covenant, and Articles of Practice, Adopted by the First Church in New-Haven. To which is added, A Catalogue of the Members... from March 1s. 1758, to January 1st. 1810.
[New Haven:] Sidney's Press, 1810. Book. 8vo, stitched title wrappers, pp. 16. Tide mark stain to first three leaves. With the contemporary ownership signature of Frances Julia Webster, the second daughter of Noah Webster, who with her father, her mother Rebecca and family are listed among the members. Also notable among the membership are eleven named men and women of color, some as early as 1758..
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The Liverpool and London Fire and Life Insurance Company, Sydney, Australia. Printed Insurance Policy, May 18th, 1854.
Book. Broadside, 18 1/4 x 11 1/4 inches, untrimmed. Ornamental title with elaborate insignia. Folded, name and address of policy holder, crossed out. Very good condition. Issued for "Three stores in the City of Sydney, built of stone and brick and slated adjoining on one side the stores (now erecting) of Mr. Blockame, and on the other side the new stores belonging to Mr. A. Moses. in equal proportions..
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(Agricultural Fair Broadside - Berkshire County.) Farmington Valley Agricultural Society.
Book. The Fifth Annual Cattle Show and Fair of the Farmington Valley Agricultural Society, will be held at Otis, Mass. On Wednesday, Sept. 23, 1868. Lee, Mass.: Chronicle Print, [1868.] Broadside, 24 x 18 inches, untrimmed. Folded, near fine. In a modern frame. Handsome broadside on mustard yellow paper, listing officers, committees, and entry divisions; varied type headline, text within double rule..
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(Connecticut.) Acts and Laws, Made and Passed by the General Court, or Assembly of the State of Connecticut; Holden at New-Haven (by Adjournment) on the First Thursday of January, Anno Dom. 1789.
Book. [New-Haven: Printed by Thomas and Samuel Green 1789.] Folio, stitched as issued. 4 leaves, numbered 371-378, uncut. Folded, early ownership signature of George Wyllys, and docketed in his hand. First edition. Fourteen acts, chief of which is "An Act for regulating the Election of Senators and Representatives, for this State, in the Congress of the United States." Unusual in this as-issued condition. Evans 21748, calling this "the official issue.".
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The New York Mirror: A Weekly Journal, Devoted to Literature and the Fine Arts. Vol. X, No. 47. New York: Saturday, May 25, 1833.
Book. Folio, loosely laid in orig. printed wrappers, 4 leaves. With engraving "The Falls of the Sawkill", engraved by A. B. Durand after W. J. Bennet. A single issue, in as issued state, notably with the loose engraving still present, and rare thus. The printed wrappers are full of lists of agents, indexes of music and engravings in former numbers, and New York City ads..
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(Pomology - New Hampshire) Group of Ten Mounted Photographs of Maplehurst Fruit Farm, Pittsfield, New Hampshire. Ca.1900-1910.
Book. Attractive group documenting a turn-of-the-century New Hampshire orchard, probably prepared for display or promotional purposes. Each of the photos is mounted on heavy card board and titled in elaborate calligraphic script. 5 of the photos are identified as by Charles H. Flood, Brookline, Mass., and 5 by Henry W. Osgood, Pittsfield, N.H. The photos include a view of the entire orchard, the homestead, various varieties in bloom, a woman picking apples, a fruit-laden branch, etc..
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