Hoosac Tunnel Excursionist, Hoosac Tunnel Route. From Fitchburg R.R. Sataion. Boston.
Newspaper. [Boston?]: 1880s Folio, p. 16, illus. Transverse tear to final leaf, no loss. Very good. Sole edition. A promotional newsprint publication for tourists, with descriptive text, time tables, etc., and illustrated with railroad maps and views of sights along the route. .
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(Dyes - Synthetics.) I. G. Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main. Teintures sur soie artificielle en flottes (Viscose Agfa).
Frankfurt a. Main Book. ca. 1940s. 4to, cloth gilt. Pp. 12 text + 26 pp. bearing 520 mounted samples of threads. Some soiling and wear; very good..
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Architectural Notes on the Churches and Other Medieval Buildings of Suffolk.
Oxford and London:: John Henry and Jas. Parker,, 1855. Book. 8vo, original printed wrappers. Pp. [102]; 27 plates, incl. 1 folding. Wear to the spine, a very good, mostly unopened copy. Part VII of the Ecclesiastical and Architectural Topography of England series, published by the Archeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. A valuable illustrated guide, mostly the contributions of architects William Caveler and T. M. Rickman..
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Devoe & Co. Founding Document.
Book. (Business History.) Manuscript Articles of Agreement of F. W. Devoe & Co. October 1st, 1869. Folio, 17 pp; remnants of ribbon ties. Tax stamps affixed to each page. Folded, small piece missing at fold, with loss of a few letters. The original partnership agreement between Frederic W. Devoe and four principals for establishing a business in "maufacturing, importing and dealing in paints, oils, etc.", signed by all. With origins back to 1754, the Devoe Company was the first American... Read More
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(Victorian Gardening.) Illuminated Vellum Proclamation for Princess Beatrice
Book. To Her Royal Highness Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore Princess of Battenberg. May it please Your Highness. We the Aldermen and Burgesses of the ancient and loyal Borough of Southampton in Council assembled beg leave to most repectfully tender to your Royal Highness our sincere and hearty thanks for your kindness in consenting to open for the present year the Show of the Royal Horticultural Society of Southampton and the exhibition of the Hants Beekeepers Association in Westwood Park... etc.,... Read More
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The Devil's Progress. A Poem. By the editor of the 'Court Journal.'
Book. The illustrations designed by R. Seymour, and engraved by Evans and Welch. Second edition. London: Lupton Relfe, 1830. 12mo, printed wrappers. Pp. 4, 67 + 4 pp ads. 4 plates. Minor wear and stains, a very good copy. Second edition, with four prefatory pages not in the first edition. One of a number of parodies and imitations elicited by the publication of Southey and Coleridge's The Devil's Walk (1830). Wise Bib. of S. T. Coleridge, 72.iii..
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(Songster) Old Uncle Ned Songster.
Philadelphia: Fisher & Brother, n.d. Book. 24mo, original pictorial wrappers. Pp. [124]. Pictorial title and frontispiece. Minor wear, a fine fresh copy. Minstrel era collection, includes "Angelina Baker", "Poor Old Joe", "Walk in the Parlor", "The Rose of Baltimore", and "Night Funeral of a Slave", etc..
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(Texas.) Constitution of the State of Texas. Adopted by the Constitutional Convention...on the Sixth Day of September, 1875. With Amendments Declared Adopted Oct. 14, 1879; Sept. 25, 1883; Dec. 19, 1890; and Sept. 22, 1891.
Austin, Texas: Press of Deaf-Mute Institute, 1891. Book. 8vo, original printed wraps. Pp. 75. An uncirculated ex-lib copy, with two discreet stamps (not on title), and spine cloth taped, otherwise fine, with Gov. Hogg's printed complimentary ticket tipped in at front. Provides the original and amended readings, all fully indexed by subject..
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(Texas.) Constitution of the State of Texas. Adopted by the Constitutional Convention...on the Sixth Day of September, 1875. With Amendments Declared Adopted Oct. 14, 1879; Sept. 25, 1883; Dec. 19, 1890; and Sept. 22, 1891.
Austin: Press of Deaf-Mute Institute, 1891. Book. 8vo, original printed wraps. Pp. 75. An uncirculated ex-lib copy, with two discreet stamps (not on title), and spine cloth taped, otherwise fine, with Gov. Hogg's printed complimentary ticket tipped in at front. Provides the original and amended readings, all fully indexed by subject..
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Useful and Ornamental Planting.
Book. Useful and Ornamental Planting. With an index. Published under the superintendence of the Society for The Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. London: Baldw in and Craddock, 1832. 8vo, early 3/4 calf (worn). Pp. 151. First edition. Mostly arboriculture for timber, with a chapter on ornamental plantings..
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(Broadside Songster - English.) Grand Comical Theatre. Selected and Published for the Purchaser. Price 1 shilling [together with:] The same, another issue.
Book. Np: nd [ London: ca. 1815?]. Double broadside, 20 1/2 x 25 1/2 inches, untrimmed. Each with text in 3 columns, divided by wavy rule, with individual ornamental borders. Dust soiled, piece torn from blank border, very good. Two distinct broadside songsters, unseparated on a single double folio sheet. The first, within a floriated typographical border, includes the lyrics to ten songs including"Sandy and Jenny", "All when my farm is taken", "Lovely Patty", "The Booby in Love", etc. The... Read More
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(Anti-Catholic - Charlestown Riots.) An Answer to Six Months in a Convent, Exposing Its Falsehoods and Manifold Absurdities. By the Lady Superior, with some preliminary remarks.
Boston: J.H. Eastburn, 1835. Book. 8vo, stitched. Pp xxxvii, (3), 66. Lacking wrappers, dusty, small blank corner piece of title chipped. First edition, by the head of the Ursuline convent in Charlestown, Mass. A detailed refutation of Six Months, the sensational and largely fictional account of convent abuse which sparked the notorious Charlestown riot and burning of the convent, and fed anti-Popery sentiment throughout the country. Imprints 33103..
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(Gypsy Music) Munczi Lajos and His Orchestra.
New York: Eden Musee Book. [1887.] 16mo, orig title wraps. Pp. 24, illus. with port. of Lajos. Fine. Promotional pamphlet for the American tour of this Gypsy violin virtuoso. With a respectable history "Gypsies and Their Music" pp. 1-13, and press notices..
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The Red Book of Jocoseria.
Book. [Swarthmore, Pa.: 1899.] Oblong 12mo, red paper wrappers, stitched with ribbon. 63 pp of hectograph typescript. Wrappers a little chipped. Humorously written annals and minutes of a club of giddy Browning enthusiasts at Swarthmore, one of a handful of copies made up for the membership, which included mostly faculty, as well as a former Swarthmore president..
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Lithograph. Group of Holstein Friesian Cattle.
Book. Maples Stock Farm. Compliments of Wm. Rood, Binghamton, N.Y. Lithograph, 15 x 25 1/4 inches, signed in image "Jno. W. Hills". Ca. 1890. Fine condition. Fine large group portrait of 9 champions grazing, each subject identified with name and pedigree..
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(Periodical.) Gardening. Vols. I-IV, Sept. 15, 1891 - Sept. 1, 1894.
Book. 4 vols., folio, black cloth, illustrated. A good initial run of this Chicago bi-weekly, edited by William Falconer, the articles contributed by its nationwide readership. A very good, sturdy set..
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(German Guilds - 18TH c.) [ms. title:] Zunfft Articull der Schneider und Schumacher...1749. Germany, 1749.
Book. Folio, contemporary vellum, titled on front. 22 leaves on both sides, in a secretarial hand, with glosses. Soiled, gathering loose in binding. Interesting series of 37 articles regarding reforms of shoemaker, leather and other guilds in the mid-18th century. As indicated in the preamble, the articles were issued by Prince Wolffgang Ernst I of Ysingen and Budingen (1686-1754), and the manuscript bears his signature and seal. A letter from an earlier owner to Walter Schatzki describes the ms. in... Read More
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Massachusetts. A Guide to the Pilgrim State. Second edition, revised and Enlarged
Boston, 1971. Book. 8vo, cloth w/DJ. Pp. 525 illus. Fine copy in a good DJ..
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The Nightingale or Musical Companion, Being a Collection of Entertaining Songs.
New York: Smith & Forman, 1814. Book. 12mo, contemp. marbled boards, leather spine. Pp. 72. Woodcut on title. Light damp stain, front cover detached. A collection of 72 songs, including patriotic, naval, popular and sentimental ballads. Lowens 477: "One of 5 related imprints, of which this is undoubtedly the earliest." Imprints 32357..
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Crystal Fount: or, Songs for the Sons and Daughters of Temperance.
Philadelphia: John B. Perry Book. 1850s. 12mo, orig. stamped cloth, spine gilt. Pp. 192 + 16 pp. publisher's catalogue. Inner hinge cracked, a very good copy. Without music, some tunes indicated, along with authors and, occasionally, performers. Not in OCLC which does record a single copy of an edition dated 1854 at Brown..
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Proceedngs At the Half-Yearly Meetings of the Teachers Instructed At The Institution of the Home and Colonial Infant School Society, From July, 1841 to July, 1844.
London: Ridgway, Infant School Depot, 1845. Book. 8vo, orig cloth (some discoloration, spine faded, edges slightly frayed). Pp. 11, 70, 40, 45, 36, 48. Several reports published as one. Internally very good..
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The American Wild Flower Club. All About It.
Wilmington, DE: Charles S. Horn & Company, 1890. Book. 8vo, printed, stitched wrappers. Pp. 17 + 15pp. ads. Minor wear. Early conservation group, dedicated to saving native flora. With interesting related trade advertisements..
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Christy's Panorama Songster. Containing the songs as sung by the Christy, Campbell, Pierce's Minstrels, and Sable Brothers.
New York: William H. Murphy Book. nd [ca. 1846-1856]. 12mo, yellow illustrated wrappers, stitched. Pp. 71-136, (2). Frontis.; vignette illus. Fine. A robust collection of forty-six minstrel dialect songs, words only..
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Christy's Plantation Melodies. Published under the authority of E. P. Christy...originator of Ethiopian Minstrelsy, and the first to harmonize Negro Melodies.
Philadelphia: Fisher & Brother Book. nd [1851.]. 12mo, illustrated wrapper (rear wrapper lacking, stitched). Pp. 71, (1). Frontis. port.; title vignette. First edition of the first offering from a notable series..
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The Shakespearian Advertiser. Illustrated by Edward S. Jones
Providence: H.P. Boyce, 1871. Book. Illus. by Jones, Edward S. Sq 12mo, orig. Illustrated orange wrappers. Pp. [154]; illus. Lightly soiled, near fine. A nice copy of this Providence advertising directory, with a wide range of products and types, and with full-page comic illustrations throughout, punning selected quotes from Shakespeare..
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