Vernacular Photograph Album depicting the Domestic Life of an Unidentified American Family circa 1890
Hardcover. Very Good. oblong quarto, album contains 36 mounted silver prints on 17 cardstock leaves, along with 16 unmounted silver prints of the family, laid in, bound in original cloth, in very good condition. The images measure 4 x 7 ¾ inches, the images are in generally very good condition, some are over exposed, but most are sharp and clear. The album is of probable New York or New England origin. The photographs show members of an extended... Read More
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Manuscript Ballad “Bold Dighton” “Being the Account of an action fought of Gouadalope in 1805 where ninety five Americans and near three hundred Britons made their escape from the prison at that place”
c. 1805-1830 American Manuscript Ballad of Anglo-American Prisoner's Escape from French Prison on Guadeloupe. small folio, 4 pages, portion of sheet clipped at bottom not affecting text, some scattered staining, foxing, and toning to paper, else legibly inscribed in ink, very good. Manuscript ballad, entitled: Bold Dighton, with text of lyrics nearly – but not exactly – identical to the printed song sheet held by the Library of Congress, undated but probably... Read More
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Group of 14 Stereo views of the Long-Abandoned Towns of Ellaville, New Troy and Columbus, Florida, in the Suwanee River Valley, circa 1870
14 stereo views, mounted on yellow cardstock mounts, no photographer's credit on mount verso, views identified in pencil on versos, in good clean condition. Rare group of stereo views providing visual documentation of the long-vanished Florida towns of Ellaville, Columbus and New Troy, all located near each other along the Suwanee River. The views have light period pencil notations on their versos identifying each view. There are only a handful of images known to survive of Ellaville, especially from its early... Read More
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“Constitution of the Oria” [Mt. Holyoke]
octavo, circa 1855, 4-page, unsigned manuscript, formerly folded, in very good, clean and legible condition. Mary Lyons founded Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in 1837; it did not become a "college" until the 1880s. The 58 members of the 1855 graduating class started an alumni association called "Oria", an abbreviation of the religious phrase "Our Rest Is Above". Two of that class became missionaries abroad – some 60 Mt. Holyoke alumni were foreign missionaries before the Civil War – and another 40... Read More
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Photograph Album of the town of Albion, Orleans County, New York, dated circa 1890s-1910s
Small quarto album, containing 114 black and white photographs, mainly silver prints, the album is bound in original half leather, marbled paper boards, the photographs are mounted onto sheets of paper in album; the paper stock of these leaves is of poor quality, all sheets are browned, and brittle, chipped at margins, and loose in album; several photos loose, not pasted to sheets; photos vary in size from 5" x 3 ¾" to 6" x 4" to 7 ½" x... Read More
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Cashiers’ Manuscript Letter Copy Books for the Ilion Bank, Herkimer County, New York, 1853, 1856, and 1859
Three Volumes, quarto, Manuscript Letter Copy Books containing 1525 pp., with approximately 1500 business letters of four different cashiers for the Ilion Bank, of Ilion, Herkimer County, New York, dated between 1 April 1853 and 7 September 1859. The Ilion Bank, had as its president the arms manufacturer, Eliphalet Remington, who was the bank's president from the time of its founding in 1852 to his death in 1861. The letters, in the present volumes, were written by four different... Read More
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Report of A Trial in the Jury Court, Edinburgh, on the 25th June, 1821, for An Alleged Libel: In the Case Rev. Andrew Scott, Roman Catholic Priest, Glasgow, versus William M’Gavin, Author of a work Entitled The Protestant, and Others. Taken in Shorthand.
octavo, iv, 140 page pamphlet, ex-library, hand and blindstamps on titlepage, removed from bound volume of pamphlets, some minor dust soiling to titlepage, else a good copy.
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Report of the Trial by Jury, Professor John Leslie against William Blackwood, for Libel in “Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine.” Reported by William Bennet, W.S. July 22, 1822.
octavo, [iv], 161 page pamphlet, ex-library, hand and blindstamps, removed from bound volume of pamphlets, else a good copy.
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Libel Suit of Chief Justice Ames Against Thomas R. Hazard. Hon. Joseph M. Blake’s Argument for Defendant upon Plaintiff’s Demurrer.
octavo, 38 page pamphlet, disbound from pamphlet volume, lacking wrappers, else a good clean copy.
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Gerry, Elbridge T., The “Strong” Divorce Case. Argument of Mr. Elbridge T. Gerry, of Counsel for Mrs. Strong, Before Justice Garvin of the Superior Court of the City of New York on a Motion for A Verdict in the Case of Peter R. Strong agst. Mary E. Strong. December 4, 1865. Reported by Warburton & Underhill
octavo, 69 page pamphlet, original printed wraps, removed from bound volume of pamphlets, else a good copy.
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Wilson's New York City Copartnership Directory, 1861-62, The Partners and Special Partners Therein, Obtained from Reliable Sources, also bound with the issues for: 1862-63, 1863-64, and 1864-65
New York:: John F. Trow, publisher, 1861. Hardcover. Good. octavo, 89, 1, 86, 88, 100 pp., four works bound in one, covers the years of the American Civil War, rebound in later cloth, red and black leather spine labels, ex-library, handstamps, call number on spine, some shelf wear and dust soiling, else in good condition.
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Report of the Trial of Mr. Thomas Menzies, for an Alleged Assault upon Mr. William Auld of Leith, before the High Court of Justiciary, on Monday, 28th March 1825. Taken in Short Hand by James W. Dickson, Esq. Advocate, and John Dow, Esq. W.S.
octavo, 132 page pamphlet, ex-library, handstamps on titlepage, removed from bound volume of pamphlets, some toning to text, else a good copy.
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Manuscript Minute Book for the Tremont Savings Association, kept by Joseph Stoffler, of Tremont, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, Secretary of the Association, minutes written in German, 1877-1890
Hardcover. Very Good. Two volumes, 269 totaling pages as follows: Volume One: contains 14 pages of pasted in printed material, including: the printed Constitution & By-Laws of the Association, printed in both German and in English, plus 3 manuscript pages which carry a list of the names of the original members, 112 names in all, small quarto, measures 7 ¾"" x 9 ¾"", bound in half red leather, marbled paper covered boards, front board and a couple of leaves... Read More
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(Religion – Missions) Eliatamby, Maria, Autograph Letter Signed, O. F. B. School, [Ceylon] November 15, 1888, to Miss Green, Worcester, Massachusetts
octavo, 4 pages, written in both English and Miss Eliatamby’s native language, old folds, in very neat and legible condition. This letter was written by Miss Eliatamby a “native Christian,” and translated by her into her native language. “Miss Green My dear Benefactress, ... Read More
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New York City Business Directory Published Annually (with Latest Changes) 1891-92
New York:: United States Printing Co., 1891. Hardcover. Good. 12mo, ix,[9] -416 pp., ex-library, handstamps, bound in later cloth, red and black spine labels, some cover soiling, else a good copy.
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(Gay Studies) Letter datelined Wilkinsonville, July 17, 1850, from an unidentified mother to her son
octavo, four pages, old folds, inscribed neatly in ink, lacking original mailing envelope, very good. Letter from an unidentified, but concerned mother to her son, warning him to use caution around a young man with whom her son is friendly, the nature of her worries are not mentioned but can be discerned from the context of her letter: “My dear Son, - ... Read More
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Arrest Du Conseil D'Estat: Qui Commet Les Sieurs Menjot & Mesnager, interessez en la Compagnie des Indes Occidentales, pour pouvoir à l'utile employ des effets de ladite Compagnie. Du 9. Avril 1672.
Paris: Par Sebastien Mabre-Cramoisy, Imprimeur du Roy, 1672. No Binding. Fine. Quarto, 8 pages, two tiny marginal ink spots on last page, otherwise a fine fresh clean copy. After the disastrous Anglo-Dutch War of 1666 France found the French West India company to have failing fortunes. On April 9, 1672, Menjot, conseilleur, and Guillaume Mesnager, a stockholder and former director, were instructed to prepare the liquidation of the company's effects. This revocation was owing partly to the poverty of the... Read More
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Catalogue of a Collection of Scarce and Rare Books, Pamphlets, Old Papers, Engravings, Colonial and Continental Bills, Also, A Few Rare Coins and Medals, and a Fine Coin Cabinet, to be Sold at Auction by Leonard & Co., Auctioneers, 49 & 50 Bromfield St., Boston, on Tuesday, December 18, 1866, at 10 o’clock A. M. …
octavo, 17 pages, in very good clean condition. The sale consisted of 349 lots of books pamphlets, ephemera, coins, and tokens. McKay 1178
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“Arnold v. Mundy” – Contemporary, 1819, Retained Copy of One of the First Legal Actions Leading to the First Major Articulation of the Public Trust Doctrine in America
folio, twelve pages, sewn, gathering of six folio leaves, old folds, damp-stain running, through text, especially last few leaves. "A Landmark case in New Jersey riparian and tidewater jurisprudence as well as American wildlife and public trust law (Lund 1980), even though it was more often ignored than followed (Jaffee 1971, 1974) …" "One day in 1818 Benjamin Mundy led a... Read More
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Manuscript Minute Book for the Methodist Episcopal Church of Turin, Lewis County, New York, 1833-1906
small quarto, 131 manuscript pages, plus blanks, bound in original ¼ sheep and marbled boards, binding somewhat worn and rubbed, text in very good, clean, and legible condition. Manuscript minute book containing the record of the meetings of the trustees of the Methodist Church in the small village of Turin, New York. The volume is of the greatest interest for its pages dealing with the efforts by the trustees to raise funds by subscription for the construction of the Methodist meeting... Read More
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Pair of Manuscript Diaries kept by an unidentified United States Navy sailor, a machinist, including accounts of his service aboard USS Octopus, an early US Navy Submarine, 1907-1911
2 diaries, small quarto, 247 pages, plus blanks, and pasted in clippings and pictures, original plain paper wraps, wrappers, worn, badly chipped, detached, but present, entries in ink, generally clear and legible. Diaries of an early US Navy submariner, a machinist. The diaries discuss his daily shipboard activities, as well as those in his personal life. From the entries we learn that the early submarines were mechanically unreliable, accident prone,... Read More
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Arret Du Conseil D'Etat Du Roi, Qui excepte de l'Entrepot accorde, par l'arret du Conseil du 29 decembre 1787, aux productions & marchandaises des Etats-unis, les poisons, Huiles & autres marchandaises provenant de leurs peches. Du 22 Fevrier 1788. Extrait des Registres du Conseil d'Etat.
Paris: De L'Imprimerie Royale, 1788. No Binding. Very Good. quarto, 4 pp., some ink spotting and tanning to text, ink inscription dated 1788 in upper blank margin of first page, else good. Not in Wroth & Annan, not in Maggs, The French Colonisation of America
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Report of the Trial of McLaurin F. Cooke, Sub-Master of the Eliot School, of the City of Boston, for An Assault and Battery upon Thomas J. Wall, A Pupil of that School. With The Arguments of Counsel, and the Opinion of the Court Reported in Full. Carefully Revised and Corrected.
octavo, 80 page pamphlet, ex-library, handstamp on titlepage, removed from bound volume of pamphlets, titlepage tanned, edges and extremities chipped, else good.
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Arret Du Conseil D'Etat Du Roi, Concernant l'etablissement des Paquebots pour la correspondence avec les Colonies Francoises & les Etat-unis de l'Amerique. Du 20 Decembre 1786. Extrait des Registres du Conseil d'Etat.
Paris: De L'Imprimerie Royale, 1787. No Binding. Near Fine. quarto 6 pp., a very good, clean, bright copy. Wroth & Annan 2042, two copies cited JCB and BM.
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Dated August 1, 1903. Augusta Union Station Company to The Safe Deposit and Trust Company of Baltimore, As Trustee. First Mortgage To secure $ 250,000 of 4% bonds, due July 1, 1953
N.P., 1903. Soft cover. Very Good. octavo, 39 page pamphlet, original printed wrappers, ex-library, handstamps on wrappers, else in very good condition. Unlisted on OCLC. For the construction of the union passenger station and terminal facilities in Augusta, Georgia.
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