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Map of this East End Long Island town, from Mecox Bay in the west to Wainscott Pond in the East, from the Atlantic Ocean on the south to Old Noyac Path in the north; with some interesting historical features, including 10 shipwrecks found with their general locations offshore along the beach-line, the ships Henry, Circassian, Benjamin Church, Adelia, Eligible, Southern Cross, Loretta D. Fish, Julia E. Warr, James T. Abbott and the Northcliffe; notes on graveyards and old markers, a list of 59 'Important Buildings and Sites Old Houses Built Before 1800' - with their locations marked on the map and with brief background history & ownership details; mileage from towns thereabout inset; the central map surrounded by 28 additional illustrations of significance to the town, including schools, churches, buildings of architectural note; black and white map, approx. 23" x 27 1/2" size, overall - including approx. 3/4" margins around, done on medium-weight paper stock; some edgewear, darkening; few old discolorations, unobtrusive; in good plus condition, interesting Bridgehampton, Long Island cartographic, genealogical and historical interest.
Bridgehampton Long Island A Historical Map with Illustrations Compiled and Drawn By Paul H. Curts for the Bridgehampton Historical Society
(Bridgehampton - Map)
Bridgehampton, L.I. New York: Bridgehampton Historical Society, 1960.
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A handwritten version of this (published) prayer for this 'night devotion' to Jesus, here accomplished in purple ink in 18 lines, surrounded in parallel rules, top with calligraphic flourishes & small tendriled decoration, title larger-lettered and also with added, fine-lined decorations; in very small pencil writing below is "Montreal 1876 Brother Eugene of Mary"; done on a sheet of plain notepaper, 5 1/2" x 7 1/4" approx. size; splitting along old fold lines, some spotting and soiling, edgewear; still good condition and an interesting ephemeral 19th century calligraphic Canadian Christian devotional item.
Offering to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament Handwritten Prayer with Elaborate Calligraphic Flourishes Writen in Purple Ink Signed By Brother Eugene of Mary Montreal 1876
(Canadiana - Devotional Manuscript)
Montreal Canada: Not Published, 1876.
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Printed white on dark blue; approx. 24 1/2" x 25 1/4" size; locomotive engine No. 2342 and 'Reg. U.S. Patent 15999" at base margin; some sunning of the central panel, old fold lines; colors still bright; in very good condition; nice railway transportation union workers ephemeral item.
C. 1950s Railroad Brotherhood Bandana
(Americana - Railroad Brotherhood)
United States: Railroad Brotherhood, 1950.
Price: $45.00
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An abstract, reclining female nude figure, line-drawn, reflecting the solid sculptural style of this artist; on the lower left the limitation noted as number 31/40 and signed lower right by the artist, Diem Phung Thi (1920-2002) Vietnamese - French woman sculptor, originally from Hue in Vietnam and to which she returned after many years in Paris - her work has been the subject of several exhibitions in her home country and her sculptural artworks also installed in France; printed on good quality paper stock; approximately 4 1/2" x 7", with margins making it 5 1/2" x 8 1/2"; light wear; little bit of pinkish color-bleed at top edge, not intrusive; in very good condition.
Original Etching Signed By Vietnamese Artist Diem Phung Thi
(Diem Phung Thi)
Vietnam: Artist Published, 1990.
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A very good impression of a European village scene, inscribed and signed in the margin below in pencil by the artist in a neat hand, "Sketch "Saint Martin de la Place" With the compliments of the artist. Proof from demonstration plate drawn, etched, and printed in 2 hours before The Present Day Club of Princeton, N.J., March 1, 1933 John Taylor Arms"; approx. 5" x 7" size with margins 9" x 11 1/8"; little bit of old matte-burn around margin of artwork; light wear; tipped-on top edge to foamcore, with (loose) matte; in very good condition; especially for the written evidence explaining the artwork-in-process immediacy of the work. John Taylor Arms (1887 - 1953) American architectural etcher, "...almost entirely self-taught...(and) one of the leading etchers of his day…an eloquent and indefatigable evangelist for his art. He developed an extraordinary form of lecture-demonstration, in which he delivered a stentorian discourse on the history, methods, and aesthetics of etching, all the while drawing ambidextrously, demonstrating every stage of the etching process from sketch to pulled proof. Between 1920 and 1953 Arms gave some 150 such performances to groups at colleges, libraries, museums, art associations, and business and industrial exhibitions..." - as evidenced in the piece offered here. (Christopher Caines in the ANB)
1933 Etching Created 'On the Spot' at the Present Day Club of Princeton New Jersey - Inscribed with Explanatory Message and Signed By John Taylor Arms
(John Taylor Arms)
Princeton, New Jersey: Artist Published, 1933.
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278 pages; the Taiwan piracy edition; copyright page lists "First Printing" but this is the typical smaller issue, thinner-paper piracy; Chinese characters printed on colophon page; some edge, tips wear and rubbing to the dustjacket; previous owner name on endpaper; good condition overall.
Hell's Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs
Thompson, Hunter
Taiwan Pirate Edition:
Price: $65.00
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Stark figures, done in black and colors, children grouped as if following an adult figure - an African-American theme, done in a bold abstract-realism style; approx. 12" x 16" size, stretched and stapled to wooden backer framing; signed lower right, 'Wesson'; with the exhibition label on back, giving artist name and gallery, title, original price; with a newspaper advertisement for the gallery also attached to the back, lower frame; in very good condition, a powerful image.
1970 Oil on Canvas Signed By Betty Wesson "The Hope" with the Exhibition Label of the Thirteenth Annual Exhibit 1970; with Sidney Rothman The Gallery Barnegat Light New Jersey Provenance.
(New Jersey Art - Betty Wesson)
Barnegat Light New Jersey: Not Published, 1970.
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Nicely-done watercolor, with charming naivete, of a beach & dunes scene; approx. 10" x 11" size; signed lower right, 'Fred Stover '70'; done on watercolor paper-covered board; some sunning to the image, old matte-line around 1/4" margin; old mounting tape residue on back; in very good condition, a nice East Hampton Long Island ocean - scape image.
1970 Watercolor Dunes Landscape Signed By East Hampton Long Island Artist Fred Stover
(Long Island Art - Fred Stover)
East Hampton Long Island New Y: Not Published, 1970.
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24 pages; illustrated throughout in black and white with views of the resort and Shelter Island; resort & hotel amenities, Manhanset cottages, amusements, recreational opportunities via swimming, golf, social life, boating, more; interior and exterior views of this resort hotel complex; with advertisements & illustrations of two other Lannin Co. properties, the Garden City Hotel as well as the Hotel Gramatan; giving detailed instructions for travel, via the Montauk Steamboat Co. Ltd. (also illustrated, underway before the Manhanset house property) and the Long Island Railroad; original illustrated printed paper wrap covers; with an oval tipped-on black and white illustration of the Manhanset House; elaborate lettering in green and gilt; 5 1/4" x 8 1/2" size; old pen calculations on cover in a contemporary hand; soiling & discoloration, still good; contents in very good condition and interesting, detailed information especially via the illustrations of the amenities at this early 20th-century resort on Shelter Island; the main building burned to the ground in 1910.
Season 1907 Manhanset House Manhanset Manor Shelter Island New York J.J. Lannin Co. Proprietors
(Long Island - Shelter Island)
Shelter Island New York: Manhanset House, 1907.
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214 pages; tissue-guarded color frontispiece plate of the Larchmont Yacht Club flags & burgee, signals; and additional pages of color plates at back, illustrating International & Club codes -flags & pennants & U.S. Signal Service weather pennant signals; black and white illustrations in text, including photos, the frontispiece "In Memoriam" portrait of James B. Ford, Commodore of the club 1915-1928 (his death); an image of the Flagship Tara, of Commodore Henry L. Maxwell, the sailer Sythetic of the Vice Commodore Joseph B. Dunbaugh, the Novia of Rear Commodore Harold Tobey; one of the most prestigious yacht clubs in the United States, founded in 1880 in New York's Westchester County; previous owner ownership rubber stamp on front endpaper of Charles A. Ward of New Rochelle, N.Y., listed as a club member - Ward was an electric vehicle manufacturer; faint pencil remark on cover; original beige cloth binding, cover with the club's emblem; some edge, tips wear, soiling; very good condition and interesting American yachting and sailing club history with good membership-owner provenance.
Constitution, By-Laws Racing Rules, Etc. Larchmont Yacht Club
(Larchmont Yacht Club)
Larchmont, New York: Larchmont Yacht Club, 1928.
Price: $125.00
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The Little Red Hen And the Wheat
(Childrens Book - Miniature)
No Place Noted: No Publisher, 1920.
Price: $65.00
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(2) leaves; + half-title & colophon leaf; title page with a small woodcut illustration; noted as one of 500 copies printed by D.B. Updike at the Merrymount Press in December of 1924; on F.J. Head & Co. watermark paper; the colophon also with a small cut; 7 1/4" x 8 1/2" approx. size, oblong format; previous owner inscription on half-title; original sewn illustrated paper wraps in dark olive; edge, tips wear to the wraps, small chip at top of spine, small piece of back upper corner chipped away; in very good condition; a good Merrymount Press ephemeral item.
Home! Sweet Home! By John Howard Payne A Reproduction of the Author's Manuscript of the Poem with the Seasons Greetings from Mr. & Mrs. W.K. Bixby
(Printing History - Merrymount Press)
Boston: Merrymount Press, 1924.
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(8) pages; containing this decorative architectural elements firm's 'take' on "Old Timbers. Old Brasses. Pewter & Wrought Iron The Art of the Craftsman of Olden Days." according to Arthur Todhunter's prefatory remarks, "...I set myself the task, this summer (1925) of bringing together from the old villages of England a collection of those pieces which are so necessary, if this delightful effect is to be obtained to-day..."; with the rest of the booklet devoted to illustrating in black and white the items selected - which are described as they would be used on-site, the items not priced; approx. 5" x 6" size; original illustrated (2-color) stapled stiff paper covers, depicting the quintessential English Cottage; light cover wear; some old staple coloring to inner page gutters; in very good condition; interesting architectural arts ephemeral item, from the point of view of the decorator.
Quaint Ideas for the English Cottage from Todhunter
(Architecture - Todhunter)
New York - London: Todhunter, 1925.
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Group of 5 pieces, inspired and accomplished via the calligraphic creativity of East Hampton artist Jennifer Ward - who makes use of calligraphically-written words to create images of art, including: "To Oz" titled in pencil below the image, signed lower right, marked 13/13, 11 1/2" x 16" image approx. 13" x 20" overall with the margins, printed in several colors, with light gray 'rain' falling diagonally across the plate, and the (rain) 'bow' arching across the sheet in purple, blue, turquoise, green, yellow, orange, red, on white paper; "Big Apple" titled in pencil below the image, signed lower right, marked 18/20, 11" x 13" image approx., 13" x 20" overall with the margins, printed red and brown on white paper, (with) another "Big Apple" printed on slightly smaller 13" x 17" cream chain-laid paper stock, this marked AP 3/9, also signed & titled below the image; "Printfeet" titled in pencil below the image, signed lower right, marked 9/11, 11 1/2" x 16" image approx. 13" x 20" overall with the margins, printed black on tan on white paper "Scratch" or Fat Cat, titled in pencil below the image, signed lower right, marked 16/16 which has been marked through and NFS, 11 1/2" x 16" image approx. 13" x 20" overall with the margins, printed black on cream on white paper; light wear to margins; the colors of all pieces very vivid and bright, in very good condition, a nice group of the humorous and thought-provoking calligraphic work of this skilled East Hampton, Long Island calligraphy artist.
C. 1970s Group of 5 Screenprint Artworks Signed By Calligraphic Artist Jennifer Ward
(Calligraphy - Contemporary Art)
East Hampton Long Island New Y: Artist Published, 1970.
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Two water birds, stream, drifting snow falling; approx. 11 1/2" x 17 1/2" overall with the margins; black and red ink signed artist chop-mark and signature; loosely tipped-on the right side to a larger paper sheet with the Uchida rubber stamp at bottom; the colors very vivid and bright, heightened with touches of silver; a very good impression, in very good condition.
C. 1950 "Water Birds in Winter" Japanese Color Wood Block Printed By Uchida Printing Co. Ltd.
(Japanese Block Print)
Japan: Uchida Wood Block Printing Co. Ltd., 1950.
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Winter scene with children shoveling snow by Kiyoshi Saito- (1907 - 1997) Japanese artist, known for these so-saku hanga woodblock prints, starting with his "Winter in Aizu" series; this not dated, circa 1950(?); approx. 10" x 14 1/2" with the margins; pencil-signed lower left and with the studio stamp on back lower right; the paper toned a bit, the colors very vivid and bright, a very good impression, in very good condition.
Children Shoveling Snow Aizu Winter Signed Color Block Print By Kiyoshi Saito
(Kiyoshi Saito)
Japan: Artist Published, 1950.
Price: $250.00
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Group includes two country landscape scenes in color, both signed lower left Katsutaro Furuya in black ink, both approx. 9" x 13"; 2 ink and wash, heightened and accented with white paint, winter scenes, approx. 10" x 14 1/2", one signed lower right; and 2 ink wash, waterside scenes, 10" x 14 1/4" one signed lower left; all are laid-down on to paper backers; light wear; one of the wash pieces with a thin line-scrape, not intrusive; these not dated and circa 1950s; all in good condition, the paper backers with wear and wrinkling in margins, creasing; the artworks very good.
Circa 1950s Group of 6 Original Works of Art By Katsutaro Furuya Including Color Watercolors, Pen & Ink Brush Work, Signed by the Artist
(Katsutaro Furuya)
Japan: Artist Published, 1950.
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Clark'; Louisiana-based photographer (b. 1949) known for her atmospheric landscape photography which explores her deep connection to the beauty of the American South; her works held at several U.S. & international institutions as well as private and corporate collections: New Orleans Museum of Art, Ogden Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Mississippi Museum of Art, Memphis Brooks Museum, Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, N.Y., Paine Webber, New York, Uwe Scheid Collection, Germany Alumni, Brazil and more; 9" x 11 3/4" (sight); 15" x 17 3/4" framed; image of a wooded glen, much plant and flowering undergrowth and a lone ladies' or girls slipper at forefront; matte surround darkened; unexamined out of frame; not dated, probably circa 1980-90; frame with a little wear and rubbing, still very good; a nice example of this photographer's haunting work; an artist of great courage and perseverance, whose studio and photographic equipment and much of her output destroyed by hurricane Katrina; she continues to produce and photograph with skill and vitality.
Framed Landscape Photograph By Louisiana Photographer Sandra Russell Clark.
(Sandra Russell Clark)
Louisiana: Photographer Published, 1990.
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143 pages of text + 3 pgs musical piece 'Stucke des Bidermann'schen Automaten-Spinetts + section of gravure plate pages, with hundreds of well-illustrated ancient musical instruments of all types illustrated, cataloged, explained and identified as to makers and use; text in German throughout; an overview of the subject by the Austrian polymath Julius Schlosser (1866-1938) historian and writer, "...Influential scholar and leader of the so-called (second) Vienna School of art history; successor to Max Dvoràk at the University of Vienna...Schlosser is considered one of the giants of the discipline of art history in the twentieth century. Today, his best-known work is his survey of the entire corpus of western writing on art, from antiquity to modern times...The second half of Schlosser's life was devoted to the study of Lorenzo Ghiberti, whose influence Schlosser had come to appreciate through the study of primary texts...he was also an excellent cellist and toured with a string quartet of which Hahnloser was the violist." (Dict. of Art Historians); this part (Band III) of Schlosser's scholarly work for his school; bound in the original printed paper-covered boards, approx. 9 1/2" x 12 1/2" size, cloth spine; endpapers spotty, boards warping, tips wear-through, bumped; text and plates very good and an interesting overview of musical instruments of antiquity, some of them quite beautifully decorated and with famous provenance.
Die Sammlung Alter Musikinstrumente
Schlosser, Julius
Wien: Kunstverlag Anton Schroll & Co., 1920.
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A snappy-looking simple electric vehicle design in fine pen and ink and hand-colored in blue, yellow and heightened in white; chain-driven, steering 'bar' instead of wheel, open top, plush interior visible; side and front views; bottom third of drawing with pencil details of parts; approx. 13" x 18 1/2" size; on 'onionskin' engineering linen-paper; old fold lines; some rubbing-away of surface at bottom, corners, fold lines; fraying towards edges; still in good condition, colors bright and very well-accomplished; not signed or credited and with good provenance, from the family of the founder of the Ward M.V. Co., which specialized in electric vehicles and eventually trucks, in the first part of the 20th century; interesting automotive ephemeral material & electric car history.
Circa 1916 Color Rendering of a Ward Motor Vehicle Company Electric Car Design
(Automobile History - Electric Car)
New York: Ward Motor Vehicle Company, 1916.
Price: $250.00
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A broken volume of this botanical book, with 8 (of 20) of the color plates, each about 9 1/2" x 12" and in very good condition, with careful coloring and well-done; also contains a first appearance of a William Wordsworth work, "Verses Composed at the Request of Jane Wallas Penfold' dated 1 January 1843 and another set of verses by her friend Mrs. Calverley Bewicke, "Song of the Madeira Flowers" 1844; with the extra illustrated title page which has some coloring (albeit titles faded, as is much of that page); with 12 of the pages of botanical textual description, as well as the subscribers list; all leaves had been excised from the original binding; boards still here, dull green cloth, with flower-filled urn cover design in gilt and repeated in blind on back; boards soiled and worn, spine covering coming loose; in good condition; see Christie's South Kensington 9/25/2007 Sale # 5139 Lot 414 Travel & Natural History for further details on this Madeiran botany - which in part notes this as "...RARE: the subscribers' copies number 66 and it seems unlikely that many more copies were printed; only two copies (the Plesch and Duchess of Manchester copies) are recorded at auction by ABPC since 1975." 1875 Bibliography Reference BM(NH) IV, p. 1542; Nissen BBI 1503; Pritzel 7030; Stafleu and Cowan 7629.
Madeira Flowers, Fruits, and Ferns, a Selection of the Botanical Productions of That Island, Foreign and Indigenous, Drawn and Coloured from Nature
Penfold, Jane Wallas
London: Reeve, Brothers, 1845.
Price: $500.00
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A company overview and catalog, 47 pages; black and white illustrated throughout; history of Kimball, manufacturing musical instruments in Chicago for years; extolling quality, tonal design, testimonial quotes from 'outstanding organists' - users around the country; at this time, the company could reveal that they had "...built over four thousand pipe organs, installed all over the world...designed by the Kimball staff in consultation with the purchaser and his advisers to suit the acoustical conditions of the church and the purpose it serves..."; with c. 25 pages of illustrations of their products visible in the interior, or exterior views of: St. Bernadette's R.C. Church, Brooklyn; Hollywood Presb. California; First Church of Christ Scientist Oak Park, & that in Cambridge Mass; Congregation B'nai B'rith Los Angeles; St. Paul's Cathedral Pittsburgh; St. John's Cathedral Denver (this one double-page, with specifications of the organ as well); Thorne Hall at Northwestern; Municipal Auditoriums at Minneapolis, in Worcester Mass, Memphis, Union Medical College in Peiping(sic) China, and many more mentioned, with details of construction and use of all these; the rest of the catalog describing the quality of the Kimball-Welte Reproducing Organ, self-contained and pipe organs, the company line of pianos; descriptions of the factory & offices, console organs, illustrations of factory techniques and testing of products; catalog quality-printed on glossy stock, in black and deep orange type and ornamentation; approx. 9 1/4" x 12 1/2" size; metal 'coil' binding (little rust at back inner leaf), illustrated stiff blue paper covers, matching endpapers; some edgewear, closed tears to binding, bit of color-fade, very good overall; (with) laid-in Wicks company 4-fold illustrated brochure for their 'Fuga' organ (circa 1930s also) and several typed pages which list organ stop information - the organ of Leipzig, another list of ranks for a 'miniature baroque organ' and others, and a page of 'repertoire' listing various organ pieces - this group of paper with some relevant pencil notes and information; contents of Kimball catalog in very good condition as are the ephemeral items; interesting keyboard musical instrument history and especially for the illustrations and background of some of the particularly large & famous organ installations of the Kimball Company - both the Kimball and Wicks (only very recently) co.'s had given up the manufacturing of organs in this country, after enjoying much popularity and long-term brand recognition in their fields.
Kimball Pipe Organs
(W.W. Kimball Company)
Chicago Illinois: W.W. Kimball Company, 1938.
Price: $250.00
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64 + (4) additional pages of advertisements (on blue paper, at back); contents with much editorial on finance and treasury topics, banking and proposed reform measures, devaluation and stolen notes, "The Silver Raid, " an article on "Prof." W. A. Rooks, "Treasury Expert." from Boston; Canadian banking institutions, much on how to detect counterfeit notes, stolen notes, descriptions of counterfeit silver notes, counterfeiting of coinage, Canadian counterfeit notes, foreign gold, silver and bank notes information, more; the advertisements with coin scales, check punches, caligraphs, adjustable microscope, bill holder; pamphlet format, approx. 6" x 9" size; original light gray illustrated (Treasury Bldg & ornamental type) printed paper wraps, stapled binding; little rust-through on wraps at stapling; spine paper splitting, some soil, tiny soot-burn hole (about 1/16"); back cover with closed tear at bottom corner; contents very good; according to an OCLC search, this serial appears to have run from 1884-1907; with few physical holdings and a microform; an interesting American & international financial and monetary history ephemeral item from the latter part of the 19th century.
Dickerman's United States Treasury Counterfeit Detector, The Standard Authority. June 1890 No. 6.
(Americana - Treasury)
New York: Dickerman's United States Treasury Counterfeit Detector and Bankers' & Merchant's Journal, 1890.
Price: $250.00
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173 pages; several pages of black and white photo-illustrations of wolves and wolf-hunting; contents with various stories of wolves and wolf-attacks, in Great Britain, Ireland, France (the 'louvetier' hunters) and countries of the north; werewolf legends and stories, mythology, folklore from the ages; "First Published" on copyright page; bound in green textured paper covered boards, silver spine titles, dramatic illustrated dustjacket designed by Biro; jacket with chipping to top & bottom of spine, back cover with old staining; endpapers of volume spotty, previous owner name; little edge-discoloration on last blank endpaper at bottom; in good condition overall.
Wolves and Werewolves
Pollard, John
London: Robert Hale Limited, 1964.
Price: $45.00
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A press photograph of an active operating room scene with surgery taking place, 5 doctors and nurses visible, instrument tray, dramatic focused lighting; black and white, approx. 7" x 9" size; with the Bob Leavitt 921 Wash'n Av. Brooklyn, N.Y. studio stamp and "Not released B.L." in pen below along with request for credit, also in ink; a few pencil numbers; no other identifiers; image with a little edgewear, back with some soiling; in very good condition, good photographic & medical history ephemera, especially with photographer Leavitt's personal initial & markings.
C. 1940 Press Photograph of an Operating Room with Surgery Underway By Bob Leavitt Brooklyn New York and Initialed by Him.
(Photography - Medicine)
Brooklyn, New York: Bob Leavitt, 1940.
Price: $125.00
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7 pages; elaborately lettered & decorated black and white cover page; the musical score for this march, no lyrics; an unusual Long Island sheet music item, an OCLC search reveals no holdings; approx. 10 3/4" x 14" standard sheet music size; some soiling, closed edge-tears, scrape and offsetting of title lettering on back cover; in good condition and good east end Long Island musical history ephemera.
To H.G. Elmer, Peconic, L.I. Southold Grand March By Harry M. Payne. Southold. N.Y.
(Sheet Music - Long Island)
New York: P. Lawson, 1893.
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Colorful map of this east end Long Island village; the map surrounded by black and white images from the community, a couple of inset maps at bottom and giving streets, locations of interest and use - schools, beach club, churches, 'Home of the late Alfred Thayer Mahan USN', more; approx. 11" x 17" size, National Survey Chester Vermont printer; on back at center are listed 45 local businesses with their small business-card-like advertisements for their services, including Shipman's Riding School, Miss Isabel Hair Stylist, Elsie's Corset Shop, Henry L. Bennett's Garage, The Blackburn House, many more; with also explanatory text regarding location and accessibility, accommodations, fishing, yachting, wildfowl sanctuary, bathing, country club activities, salient facts about Quogue; nicely printed, map colors still vivid; old fold line, some edgewear, little closed tear; in very good condition and interesting Long Island local history ephemera from about mid-20th century.
C. 1950 Village of Quogue Long Island New York
(Quogue - Map)
Quogue, Long Island New York: Quogue Businesses, 1950.
Price: $65.00
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15 pages; especially interesting for the fold-out "Chart of Montauk Yacht Harbor (by) Montauk Beach Development Corp...." provided at the back and with a perforation for easy detaching (still wholly integral here), approx. 15 1/2" x 23", black and white, noted as submitted, approved and dated 6/7/3, revised after a 1929 plan - with an inset map showing the location of this 'development' in the larger Montauk landscape. The chart shows future commercial basin & boat houses, polo fields, the Montauk Island Club, yacht basin on Star Island, a future channel running right around the inner coastline of Lake Montauk and other details. This development project was the final real estate resort scheme of Carl Graham Fisher (1874-1939) American automotive & real estate entrepreneur, who had previously developed Miami Beach and used the funds to try and establish a similar resort in the north, in Montauk Long Island - "...In 1925, Fisher purchased the entire peninsula of Montauk…to develop as a grand resort. Much of what makes up today's Montauk - it's roads, churches, downtown village, harbor area, golf course, and dozens of commercial buildings and homes, were built by Fisher during a whirlwind of development from 1926 - 32. If it weren't for his considerable vision and investment, Montauk would be a far different place today…his impact profound..." (ref. Montauk Life).; black and white illustrated throughout with images from prominent Montauk locales: the yacht & golf clubs, tennis club, riding, Island Club, these mostly of a sporting nature, meant to attract the wealthy clientele Fisher wished to have patronize his resort; a page devoted to the 1930 train service between New York and the Hamptons & Montauk and including the Montauk-New London ferry service, and a directory with telephone numbers for local businesses and services; approx. 8 1/2" x 11 1/4" size; original stapled covers, illustrated with a black and white view of fishing boat in Montauk; cover wear and soiling, first leaf with some faint spotting; contents good; interesting Montauk real estate development, sporting and social history ephemera.
Montauk Yacht Harbor
(Montauk - Real Estate Development History).
Montauk, Long Island New York: Montauk Yacht Club, 1930.
Price: $250.00
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48 pages; with a useful 'Index to Exhibitors' With classes in which they have entries (names and town addresses) + index to advertisers at back (which acts as a local business directory for the time), black and white illustrated throughout with images from prominent Montauk, Long Island locales: the Montauk light, fox hunting at Montauk, the Downs golf club, tennis club, casino & pools, more, mostly of a sporting nature; the show committee members including: Gen. Robert H. Tyndall, Carl G. Fisher, J.V. Bouvier III (father of Jacqueline Kennedy), Harrison Tweed, Mr. & Mrs. James R. MacMann, Judges including W.E. Baker (saddle horses & ponies), Frank A. Bonsal Jr., J. Garner West (hunters and jumpers) & other worthies listed; a very large event, with classes for model & novice hunters of various weights, novice, model & gelding saddle horses, polo mounts, jumpers, 'horses suitable to become hunters,' road & park hacks, touch-and-go, more ; approx. 7" x 9 3/4" size; original stapled covers, illustrated with a black and white view of the frontage at Montauk Manor; wear and soiling, old rubber stamps on back of Mr. Marcell O. Thommen Sag Harbor N.Y. on back; detached from the binding, and triangular chip at top inner back of the cover; contents good; interesting Montauk sporting and social history ephemera, with genealogical interest as well.
1931 Montauk Horse Show Official Catalogue
(Montauk - Horse Show)
Montauk, Long Island New York: Montauk Horse Show, 1931.
Price: $65.00
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Black and white image of deep- sea fisherman and author Farrington & his wife (also a world-record holder angler) holding large placards which advertised theatre seating for the Dowling show at the John Drew Theatre in East Hampton; no photographic studio noted, not dated and circa 1950; approx. 5" x 7"; very good; interesting photographic East Hampton theatre & social history ephemera, with genealogical interest, from the middle part of the 20th century.
C. 1950 Candid Photograph of S. Kip Farrington & His Wife Chisie Selling Tickets at the John Drew Theatre in East Hampton Eddie Dowling in "Border Be Damned"
(East Hampton - Photography)
East Hampton Long Island New Y: Not Published, 1950.
Price: $20.00
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Photograph approx. 6 1/4" x 8 1/2", most probably a professionally taken image in sepia tones, notations on back: "T.A. Loveland (Buck's company secretary) Frank Buck in foreground - Chicago World Fair and Monkey Mountain Frank Buck's Jungle Camp"; the 'mountain' a huge construction, with over 50 simians visible on it and humans surrounding the feature, gazing on - souvenir shop, other fair attractions visible in background. Old pin mounting-holes at corners, crinkling to image, still a great view and in good condition; (with) 1937 typed letter signed by Loveland on Frank Buck Enterprises, Inc. letterhead from Amityville, Long Island thanking the sender for a suggestion for the Park (with) a lengthier (3 paragraph) 1938 TLS by Mrs. Fanchion E. Long, also on a (different) F.B.E. Inc., letterhead to the same recipient, regarding an introduction to an unnamed authoress friend who'd wanted a 'jungle prowl' with Loveland - with news of the 'Jungle Camp' travels, thanking the sender for a 'pineapple concoction' recipe - perhaps for sale at the amusement park - also mentioning music on the grounds via the public address system, which may have been an earlier suggestion by the same person. Both letters with their original Frank Buck mailing envelopes with postal cancellations, some wear and aging to mailers, letters in very good condition; Frank Howard Buck (1884-1950) American hunter, movie actor, director, writer and producer, entrepreneurial entertainer, in addition to being the supplier of many of the world's zoos and nature parks with live specimens of animals for their exhibits; Buck had taken his 'Jungle Camp' exhibit from the Chicago World's Fair "...which broke all attendance records." and relocated it to Long Island and again showed his exhibit at the 1939 NY World's Fair; interesting World's Fair, Long Island amusement park and entertainment ephemera.
1937-38 Frank Buck Enterprises, Inc., "Frank Buck Jungle Camp Zoological Specimens Animals Birds Reptiles Amityville Long Island - 2 Letters (with) Photo of Frank Buck's Monkey Mountain (from the Chicago World's Fair - Later Re-Constructed on Long Island)
(Long Island - Amusement Parks)
Amityville, Long Island New Yo: Frank Buck Enterprises, Inc., 1938.
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Collection includes: a pencil sketch titled Revolution Cottage Orient, approx. 6" x 6" (on 6" x 9" sheet) and on another fold of the same sheet, 6" x 9" are three more sketches - another Orient home on the shoreline, a small sailboat and an interior view with lamp - paper darkened, old burn-spot at edge of 'lamp' sketch, edge-chipped a bit, sketches good and with good detail; with another sketch of a stylized butterfly corner-ornament, perhaps for an illustration - done in colored crayons on a 5" x 7 3/4" sheet, the art about 3" x 3" - on the back of this is a tracing of the butterfly in pencil and above that a sketch of a sailing boat pictured in a seashell-cornered frame - sailing vessels being one of Davis' favorite subjects - this sheet with a couple of closed tears and darkened a bit, artwork good; (these are not signed); (with) a (32) page double-space typed manuscript with corrections in Davis' hand for a book by him "Tentative Title: From Many Ports" - that surveys the history of ships and commerce, especially American sailing boats, with corrections in his hand throughout. In good condition, light wear, with old paper-clip rustmarks at top of sheets and with an index card written in his hand stating that "...Book idea specimen Mss. & 7 sheets of drawings sent Little, Brown Apr 1/35 Ret." (drawings not part of this ms.) with the first class mailing envelope from Little Brown that held the ms. papers - Davis "...had a great enthusiasm for sailing vessels and made a careful study of their structures and the details of their sails and riggings..." (quote from a Oysterponds Hist. Soc. exhibit notice of his works - with a copy of this notice here as well) - as far as we can determine, this book was not published; (with) a copy of the French arts review magazine 'Revue Du Vrai Et Du Beau' of Paris, issue of December 10, 1924 with a typed translation of an article about Davis, with corrections in his hand, that his found within a larger piece on "The Exhibition at Newport" by Count Chabrier and the article illustrates 2 paintings by W.S.D. - the translation is 2 typed pages, both magazine & trans. in good condition; (with) Art Exhibition catalogues in every one of which are found one or more works by William Steeple Davis, among artistic endeavors of many other prominent artists of the time: 1914 Second Annual art Exhibition Benefit Eastern Long Island Hospital Greenport L.I. ([4] sides, W. Cole Brigham, Sarah L. Craven, Whitney M. Hubbard, Edith & Henry Prellwitz, Julia M. Wickham, Gladys & Irving Wiles, more) some chipping and soil, good; 1926 Montclair At Museum ([4] sides, single artist exhibit for Davis, with a large list of works, oil, watercolor, etching, block prints); 1926 Brooklyn Society of Artists Tenth Annual Exhibition ([8] pages, at Pratt Institute Brooklyn, Edna Thurber, W.E. Spader, Sara Hess, Leon Davo, Will J. Quinlan, Louise Mansfield, Katharine Lovell, Isabel Moore Kimball, with list of Society members); 1927 Canadian National Exhibition Fine, Graphic & Applied Arts & Salon of Photography ([140] pages, black and white illustrated throughout, hundreds of artists & works listed, Anna Airy, Reginald Brundrit, Gordon Coutts, Lady Scott Young, Louis Jourdan, F.S. Coburn, Amy C. Despard, Fred Haines, Charles Jefferys, Marion Long, Charles Comfort, W. Maltman, Tod Lendenmouth, Stanley Turner, Tankai Suzuki, J. Sudek, Edward Mudge, Laboratorio di Resinotipia, Frank Drtikol, an excellent, detailed catalog); 1928 Brooklyn Soc. of Artist at Pratt, ([6] panels, Eugene F. Cole, Sanilslav Rembski, Fred Cuming, Eugene Jones, Louis J. Urich, Frances Keffer, Alta West Salisbury, Bessie Eisenberg, Alexander Zeitlin, more); 1929 Eighth Annual Exhibition of Etchings Lithographs Block Prints The Art Alliance Philadelphia ([8] panels, Charles H. Woodbury, John Taylor Arms, Lee Sturges, Gordon Grant, Richard E. Bishop, Margaeret J. Patterson, Wuanita Smith, Frances H. Gearhart, Beatrice S. & William Auerbach-Levy, G. A. Mock, Marylka Modjeska, Frank W. Benson, more) 1940 Tercentenary Art Exhibition Peconic School ([4] panels, Virginia Beresford, Caroline M. Bell, T. Currie-Bell, Gladys & Irving Wiles, Julia Wickham, Willa Hagerman, Edith & Henry Prellwitz, more, with list of Patronesses); (and) a copy of the November 1916 Photo-Era The American Journal of Photography, (72) pages, which holds 8 black and white photo-images by W.S. Davis, as part of a featured article "The Possiblities of our Neighborhood" by him, (and articles & illustrations by others) - magazine with some wear and soiling to covers, rub- spot, in good condition; (and) 1957, 1958 and 1960 single-artist exhibitions of Davis' work, paintings, at the National Arts Club Gramercy Park, lists of oil paintings and watercolors, (4) panels each catalog; the above are all priced catalogs, with titles identified, the group with light wear, very good; (with) a Little, Brown & Co. illustrated 4-panel review and order form for the popular W.S. Davis book "Practical Amateur Photography"; (and) a (16) page child's school-book in which a young Davis translates line-by-line various French works, fairy tales and fables, all in his script hand, (paper wrap covers detached, in very good condition); William Steeple Davis (1884-1961) painter, educator, engraver, inventor, block printer, pictorial photographer, writer, graphic artist, resident of Orient, Long Island, (WWW in American Art 1999); a good group of material concerning this artist's life and work and especially interesting for the insight it offers into the many aspects of his creative work; also of interest to read of how this work, in many different artistic fields, was promoted and sold over a half-century, along with seeing how other artists joined in the effort to vigorously publicize and sell their works over the years; this group of special interest concerning Peconic Art School and Orient Long Island art history.
1900-1959 Group of Materials Illustrating the Creative Life of William Steeple Davis, Orient Long Island New York Fine Artist Including Original Sketches, a Typed Manuscript of a Nautical Book, Art & Photography Exhibition Catalogs & Articles.
(William Steeple Davis)
Orient, Long Island New York: Various, 1900.
Price: $750.00
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Album of materials gathered by John Henry Cornell (1828-1894) American musical author, organist and composer, "...a solidly trained composer of church-music, part-songs and songs...an erudite and methodical student of theory, and an able author and translator..." (Grove); educated in New York, England and Germany, in 1866 he traveled once again to Europe, visiting historic sites and his musical peers, collecting photographs, autographic materials and ephemera along the way, that are preserved here; Approximately 100 pages, with items usually tipped-on to one side only; including photographs of composers, usually standard carte-de-visite size, of fellow musicians & others including: 3 Photos (on the same page) of musicians Carl Reinecke (1824 - 1910), Danish composer; Ferdinand David (1810-1873) German virtuoso violinist and composer; Alexander Dreyschock (1818-1869) Czech pianist and composer; trombone virtuoso Moritz Nabich (2, one with his instrument) and others of Madame and Fraulein Nabich; King John of Saxony; Fraulein Suvanny, Soubrette at the Leipzig Theatre; German actress Hedwig Raabe (1844-1905) with a clipped signature - and on the same page, a photo of Franz Buchner, Orchestral Director with a small inscribed card; German painter Peter von Cornelius (1784-1867); a cdv-size photo of A.J. Boekelman musical director from Utrecht with inscribed card; photo of Hungarian composer, pianist, conductor and arranger Károly (Carl) Thern (1817- 1886) with clipped signature; U.S. Consul Dickinson of Indiana (see below, in printed ephemera, for a bit more on this man); photo of Father Skelly, O.S.B. (Kilkenny, Ireland) - and almost 20 additional portrait photographs of (presumed) musical peers and their families, some of these with signed inscriptions (that have so far eluded identification); Also including and laid-into the album loosely or on pages trimmed from the album: Moritz Hauptmann (1792-1868) a small photo and two small clipped notes signed, a few inches square, one tipped-on below the image, another note on a tipped-on card 2" x 3", loose; below the image of Hauptmann is a photo of (Isaac) Ignaz Moscheles (1794-1870); on another sheet, Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819-1885) autograph 7-line note signed, with cdv-size photo with a clipped greeting on card tipped in below the image - another unidentified musician's image above, also with a signed photo & card and on the back of the sheet with the letter, another two images, one with signed card; Johannes Gijsbertus Bastiaans (1812-1875) and a photo of his wife, both inscribed; on a loose sheet, the obituary of Cornell, noting his musical career, marriage, education and travels and that he at one time had taken Roman Catholic religious orders in Baltimore and had died within the Episcopal Church, with selections of his compositions played at the funeral service held at Trinity Chapel in New York City - here are a signed card of W(illiam) R(eed) Huntington of Grace Church (1838-1900) and an autograph of Morgan Dix (1827-1908), both men prominent leaders of the Episcopal Church of the U.S. in the 19th century - Dix was one of the officiants at Cornell's funeral - on the back of this loose sheet is a cabinet card photograph of an image of W.A. Mozart; Printed ephemera including: A 3" x 5" card printed black on pink with humorous musical-themed imagery announcing "Klapperkasten Moscheles-Abend Leipzig d. 12 May 1866 im Schutzenhaus" with a small circular albumen photo image of the composer, at the side a younger cdv-size image of Moscheles and above another printed note accomplished in hand to John Cornell regarding Klapperkasten; a card printed black on blue stock "Soiree musicale von Nabich Posaunen-Virtuos," 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" - old fold line, good cond. (loose) and a "Groot Concert te geven door den heer Moritz Nabich...B. Van der Eijken...J. Hrimaly.." with the program below, in which 2 pieces are by Cornell - approx. 8" x 4", Joh. Enschede en Zonen Haarlem imprint below - on the back of this (loose) sheet are two photographs of architecture, one identified as the "House of W. Vorschuur", and three cdv-size photos: one of Dutch painter W(outerus) Verschuur (1812 -1874) and his son W. Verschuur Jr., also a painter - both signed directly below their portraits on the photos, and one of the performers on the concert program, Czech violinist Jan Hrimaly (1844-1915); a broadside announcement for a "Musikalische Soiree" Im Saale des Hotel de Prusse, with the program printed by Julius Krampe, with 2 Cornell pieces played, 8 1/2" x 5" (one edge with some creasing, wrinkling, still very good); a Soiree Musicale with Moritz Nabich and Mejufvrouw Boekelman and list of works, printed by Van Munster & Zoon, 8" x 5" and with 2 Cornell works played too, with a couple closed edge-tears and creases, good; another loose piece of ephemera 4 1/2" x 3 1/4" a menu-card, dinner-choice text handwritten and the rest printed by Friedrich Daehne and noted below by Cornell as "Bill of fare of our 4th of July Dinner..." - on back is noted "...with U.S. Consul T. Y. Dickinson, Jas. Wilson of Newport, R. I. and others Leipzig"; an announcement of a concert 10" x 7 1/2" "Jena. Montag, den 19. Februar 1866 im Rosensaale Concert des Academ. Gesangvereins..." with the program of music, tipped-on is most of a map published by C.H. Wogan, "The Strangers Guide to Dublin" approx. 6" x 8", one side trimmed close with loss to two of the corner vignettes; also a folding 12" x 15" map of Berlin by Baldwin & Cradock, trimmed close to the neat line all around; a curious advert for a moisturizing, rejuvenating apparatus (not illustrated) clipped from a periodical, for "Regenerators" of Leo Bohlius, a hairdresser in Germany; with some additional newspaper clippings of the time and a few later, also tipped-in or loose; with approximately 150 additional architectural, scenery & art photos from the time, averaging 3" x 3" size, with a few larger images; the photos are of locales in Kilkenny, Quenstown, Ireland; various places in Wales & England; Altenburg, Leipzig, Dresden, Hanover Germany; Brussels Belgium and other places; including a small photo of the Kristallnacht-destroyed synagogue of Leipzig; and another noted as the "Old Opera-House (in Dresden) as I saw it. Burnt down..."; among these are about 10 ethnic European costume photos, in cdv size also; the album approx. 13" x 11" size; the sheets only, no covers; still loosely bound; many pages edge-chipped and the paper quality good; the first page with old discoloration and the "Ireland" scenery photos on that page chipped, torn and worn; as noted above, there are many loose and cut-out pieces - the evidence is within the album of where some of these may originally have been located - all this seems to be done by a very unskilled hand, perhaps a childish effort; some leaves obviously and crudely excised at some time; by and large, the photographs & ephemeral items in good condition; good also to have included here the final materials recording his obituary & death; a very interesting compendium of visual and textual information, especially regarding the Romantic composers of Europe and their association with their American counterpart; we note that one of the loose albume pages contains a group of material regarding the wife of Martin Luther; including a photographic reproduction of an engraving depicting the ruins of the Kloster Nimbschen, by Selbstverlag V. Peters Leipz., approx. 3" x 4" in black and white, identified below as "Ruins of Nimbshcen Convent, of which Katharine Bora was a member."; with an unknown gentleman's carte-de-visite-sized photo-portrait, circa 1860s; with an albumen photograph, also carte size, approx. 2 1/4" x 3" of a portrait identified below, of Katharina von Bora Luther (1499-1552) wife of Martin Luther, the German leader of the Protestant Reformation; and tipped-on is a 1" x 1 3/4" thin beige leather fragment, having evidence of tiny stitching and some threading around 3 edges, of a "Piece of Katharine Bora's slipper" identified in the same handwriting as the above items; "...According to Dr. Stefan Rhein, Director of Luther monuments in the state of Sachsen-Anhalt...Katharine von Bora was Luther's companion and equal partner…the picture of a self-assured, self-confident, liberated woman at the side of her husband. But this most important woman of the Reformation period of the 16th century is relatively unknown, for she lived in the shadow of her powerful husband..." (Erwin Weber, Lutheran Journal 1999); for the future of the Protestant Christian faith, Luther's marriage established the validity of marriage within the clergy as well as focusing attention on the importance of inspirational, strong women in early Protestantism; the items with some ageing, darkening; the old backer paper with some tears, cutouts from paper, probably from a larger sheet; list of items on the page written in a later hand in top left corner; the items in very good condition and an interesting fragment of the life of this important Lutheran woman.
C. 1866 - 1868 Album Formed By American Musical Composer John H. Cornell While Visiting Europe Including Autographs and Photographs of His Musical Associates, Related Ephemeral Material & Travel Photos.
(Music History)
European Origin: Not Published, 1866.
Price: $2,500.00
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xiv + 169 + (11) pages of index of names and sponsors at back; black and white illustrations of architecture, views, old town worthies; with a fold-out map "Bridge Hampton Center as Harry Sayre Remembers It to have been when he was 10 - 1875 drawn by Paul H. Curts" - noting the homeowners names, locations of properties & businesses, the map listing the landowners of 1956 as well; book edited by Paul H. Curts; introduction by historian Ernest S. Clowes; chapter information concerning Sagg, old houses in Mecox, Hay Ground, Bridgehampton Center, various churches and their history, schools, Bull's Head Tavern, Hampton House, Atlantic House, Atlantic Hall, Marconi Station, occupations & industries, wreck of the ship Circassian, distinguished citizens, hurricanes & blizzards, community organizations, contemporary institutions, more; previous owner name on front endpaper and another's bookplate following; bound in the original polished buckram cloth, gilt spine titles; spine cloth faded & dulled, splitting along edge; boards with some wear and spotting; in good condition and good history, genealogical information for this east end Long island town.
Bridgehampton's Three Hundred Years Historic Material from Many Sources Selected By a Special Committee on the Occasion of Bridgehampton's Tercentenary Celebration in 1956
(Bridgehampton - History)
Bridgehampton New York: The Hampton Press, 1956.
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Materials consisting of a finely leather-bound volume of handwritten information concerning these families, research notes & correspondence, all in French: volume with 32 pages, handwritten, with various branches of the family noted and traced back to before the time of Henry III and the Crusades with descendants, places of residence, occupations and spouses, children when known; most of the book taken up with research done prior to 1875 and with the last 4 pages noting the "Branche Allemande-Russe" and taking that research up to c. 1900, ending with Vasil le Juge Docteur-et-Lettres; at several places in the later text, there are various stamps and signed notations from the Ministere de la Justice, Tribunal Civile and the British Consulate in Paris which attest to the information within; illustrated with 4 small coats-of-arms of the family, executed in colors and gold, each about 1 1/2" x 2 1/2" size; the book bound in dark green leather, gilt cover titles and panel surround; gilt spine titles and simple rules; inner gilt roll-tooling, marbled endpapers, approx. 8 1/2" x 12 1/2", with light wear and rubbing to the tips of the boards & edges, and contained in a matching green cardstock box lined with marbled paper (box with much wear and rubbing, split, still serviceable and has protected the contents well); (with) 7 letters, dated 1899-1903 from the Archives de la Noblesse, Docteur Le Juge de Segrais and one other correspondent regarding genealogical research and findings related to the family, a couple of the letters with original mailing envelope (stamps excised); (with) c. 40 pages of notes, most on 6 1/2" x 8 1/2" plain notepaper, a few larger, with notations and 'extrait'; (with) 5 additional mimeographed typed genealogy information sheets and ½ sheets having the 'Actes de Notariete Heraldique' stamp with signature and administrative numbering; lastly is a closely-ink-written 1946 note in German from Oskar Rohde in Luneburg writing with more information; the loose notes and letters with some wear and aging, in very good condition; a good archive of material concerning this family and its genealogy.
Genealogie De La Famille Le Juge De Segrais et De La Famille Le Juge d'Orel (with) a Collection of Manuscript Research Materials Including Correspondence Concerning These Families
(France - Genealogy)
Paris, France: Not Published, 1875.
Price: $350.00
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Small pamphlet, consisting of a light blue 'linen' finish paper cover, with the title "Marine Mosaic?" and with no further authorship or date or printer indicated; with 3 interior 'panels' with illustrations of: Mullioned Window, Memorial Window (Frederick Schroeder) and a 4-light group of Yacht Windows; the front inner panel of the cover describes "Marine Mosaic is the artistic adaptation of shells, stones and glass, strongly cemented to form effects, beautiful in color and unusual in design...originated in the studio at Harbor Villa, Shelter Island, N.Y...." and describing some of its decorative uses; approx. 3 1/4" x 8 3/8" size; with soiling, old stains on the covers and contents and wear along old fold lines, splitting; the illustrations of the work clear and good, and evidence of the skill of the creator & inventor of the technique, Shelter Island artist Walter Cole Brigham (1870-1941) painter and craftsperson, studied with William Merritt Chase, Siddons Mowbray and others, member of the Art Students League, whose work in mosaic may still be seen at some of the churches on the Island as well as at the Brooklyn Museum (1999 WWW in American Art); we speculate that this 'flyer' may have been a self-published promotional tool created by him to publicize his work; in good condition overall and an interesting piece of Long Island arts & crafts history ephemera.
"Marine Mosaic?" Illustrated Works By Walter Cole Brigham Harbor Villa Shelter Island New York
(Shelter Island - Commercial Art)
Shelter Island New York: Harbor Villa, 1910.
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52 pages; with a short history of the town by the Trustees; followed by illustrated black and white views and architectural, commercial, geographic features of this east end Long Island town, each with its own explanatory text, often giving business owner name, telephone number, commercial details of interest to the visitor and serving as a directory for the village at the time: Lundhurst Hotel, Lily Pond House, Sag Harbor Yacht Club, Bay View Garage, Cove Terrace Development, Hotel Bay View, Sea View house of J.K. Morris, prop; Municipal Building & Fire Headquarters; Thompson & Osborne, Inc., Bliss Torpedo Station at Long Wharf, "Boxwood" residence of Dr. Charles D. Napier; Sag Harbor Garage; Elm Restaurant of George McLain, R.C. Barry & Son Hardware, M. Simon's Dept. Store; McNally's Bathing Pavilion at Noyac Road, run by Mazzoli Co.; interior view of machinery at Wilson's Bottling Works; Fred W. Wilson residence; Ideal Store of Gibbons & Dalzell, Ivan's shoe shop, Watch Case Factory and more; approx. 6 1/4" x 9" size; former owner signature in faded ink on cover of John L. Ahlquist; original stapled binding; printed paper covers, detached, chipped at bottom corner and spine; edgewear and aging; some contents detached at old staples; pages in very good condition overall and interesting Sag Harbor commercial & architectural history ephemera; uncommon, OCLC with 4 institutional listings for the actual item and several others with a microform; none of the likely Long Island institutions showing a holding.
Sag Harbor In the Land of the Sunrise Trail 1707 - 1927
(Sag Harbor - History)
Sag Harbor Long Island New Yor: Sag Harbor Village Trustees, 1927.
Price: $250.00
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(16) pages; brightly-colored tropical-theme lithograph cover; text printed in aqua and black; illustrated throughout in black and white with selected depictions of the elaborately-costumed entertainment, including Los Vianor Spanish dancers & singers, risque showgirls and men, Monique and The Zerbys, Roland the Great, Frederick and Frederika, Yarira and others; the art deco style club provided Venice-style gondolas with singing gondoliers to propel you along the club's flower-lined waterways, and "...Our Garden Bar, surrounded by thousands of flowers, illuminated by 15,000 bulbs, is a most colorful sight to behold..."; the 'Villa,' (in small print - Formerly the [more-famous] Latin Quarter); provided entertainment in a lavish Florida nightclub setting on exclusive Palm Island; "Papa Bouche Originator of the Theatre-Restaurant in America..." the entire production created by him, with costumes designed by Mme. Bouche - three shows nightly; the cover with a "Compliments Bouche Villa Venice Betty Smith (?- perhaps a member of management) and date of 3/18/50..." and another notation of attendees; approx. 8 1/2" x 10 1/4" size; covers with some wear and soiling, the inking of the litho illustration with bleed-through on back, not marring interior text of following page; paper splitting along the stapled spine; in good condition and an interesting piece of Miami and nightclub entertainment ephemera from mid-20th century; the owners also take the opportunity of advertising their similarly-named club found near Chicago, Illinois.
Bouche Villa Venice America's Smartest Theatre Restaurant
(Bouche Villa Venice Restaurant)
Palm Island Miami Beach Florid: Bouche Villa Venice Restaurant, 1950.
Price: $65.00
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Collection includes 50 individual items, with some of these running to multiple pages; 1798 - 2 documents; 1800-1810 being 5 pieces; 1811-1820 having 13 items; 1821-1830 with 19 cases; 1838 with 1 and 1843 with 1 case; the Justices involved include Abraham Ditmars, William Mott, Oliver Denton, Richard Bedell, Cary Dunn Jr., William Furman, Amory Remson, James Hendrickson, Luke Covert and others; areas mentioned include Oyster Bay, Hempstead, North Hempstead, Jamaica, all within the old Queens County jurisdiction; for offenses including chicken- stealing, assault and battery on a woman, tenancy eviction, insolvency and debtors arrangements, tavern licensing, juror lists, various pleas and statements, dockets on cases; document sizes and paper quality varies, most written in very legible hands on good quality paper, several with the original wax seals still extant; about 1/2 dozen of the documents are partially printed and have the blindstamp of the State of NY and completed by hand; some wear, splitting along old fold lines; in generally good to very good condition and an interesting group of law and crime related documents from Long Island in the earliest part of the 19th century, with a variety of legal import.
1798 - 1843 Collection of Legal Documents Queens County Long Island New York State, Court of Common Pleas, Supreme Court and Special Sessions
(Manuscript Americana - Law)
New York: Not Published, 1798.
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Over 150 pages of correspondence relating to the life of Michael J. Walsh, of New York City; worked at and perhaps also lived at the Hartley House Settlement, a New York city charity community service operating since 1897 and still extant at its original West 46th street location, serving the Hell's Kitchen community of Manhattan, New York; when the U.S became involved in the first World War, Walsh enlisted in the U.S. Navy and takes the radio operator examinations, the school to be conducted at Harvard; the collection with the earliest dated letter, 1915 from a Mrs. Goon who is pleading with Walsh to find room at Hartley House to provide lessons for 'reel dancing' since "...If we wish to please the Irish parents as we certainly do, nothing will do it more than to gradually bring their young people to appreciate their rich inheritance from the old country..."; a 1917 copy of a typed letter sent to Frank Hackett of the Riverdale School in NY refers to Walsh's role at Hartley House "...where for a number of years I had the extreme pleasure and good fortune of assisting the late Stephen Lindenfelser..." and refers Hackett to May Matthews and M.L. Nichols of Hartley and Mr. Linn or Dr. Heyes of Trinity school as references; as he enlists in the Navy, he is stationed at Newport, R.I. and evidently struggles with authority, as his friends and relatives write him to be of patience - there was an incident where he had been 'squealed upon' to superior officers and threatened with the brig; he is also encouraged on his application to radio school by all - and apparently gets in and refers to a position in the 'hydro squadron' later on; as proof of his attendance there is in addition to the correspondence, a group of about 30 sheets of notepaper having his occasionally-illustrated notes and drawings from his classes, which include officer nomenclature and signaling terms & mathematical notes; also with a printed 2-page "Officer - Material School Wadsworth House, Harvard University Memorandum" which gives instructions and a list of items needed by the cadets, signed in type by C.B. Lundy Lieut.- Comdr.; Walsh's friend Eleanor from Hartley House writes frequently (there are approximately 60 pages from her) and sometimes with very candid humor, about doings at the Settlement (much of this on Hartley House letterhead) and her frustrations with various 'uppity' volunteers and staff and missing the social times with Walsh, evidently a frequent movie-goer and clubbing companion - she also writes of her ongoing education at Northampton, Mass. and frustrations in apartment-hunting in New York; also a group of correspondence from his friend May Mathews, who was with the HHS for many years and ran it in the 1920s period; there are many one-or two letter groups of corredpondence as well, from a friend at Yale Univ. laboratory of Pathology & Bacteriology, who writes of visiting barracks and measle-infected soldiers; others write about soldiers in the trenches in France and their experiences; a couple of notes from buddies in training in Texas, pleading for Walsh to send them money as a fellow is counted rich if he has 10 cents, the army had not paid wages in a month; a subgroup of letters from his married brother; throughout are relations of the willingness of the folks at home to sacrifice for the cause - coal was in short supply and people were going without heat, as well as foregoing sugar and tobacco items in an effort to help the war cause; Walsh complains of being unable to travel easily as the railroads were gouging in their rates; and several times are noted in the letters from different senders the wartime blackouts in New York City and the depressing view of a dull and lifeless Broadway without the usual bright lights; also briefly mentioned is that news from the front can be both frightening and unknown to Walsh - newspapers were being kept from the soldiery; as time went on, Walsh tried to parlay his contacts and talents into a furthering of career, as there is letter from the Navy Dept. in April of 1918 regarding a position as Assistant Paymaster in the Naval Reserve; there are several miscellaneous letters too, one which refers to some type of scandal in the Education Dept in NYC and another referring to a disgruntled customer of the Strout Farm Agency sales practices; there is one letter from 1940 from a friend to Walsh, evidence of his survival of the war; Condition: the Harvard memo with much wear and splitting, one panel of information detached and present, couple of stains; condition of the letters overall is good, with some wear and soiling, some of the correspondence with the original mailing envelopes; paper size varies from 8 1/2" x 11" to note-size; an interesting group and offering a glimpse into the life of a man involved in WWI U.S. Navy as well as the life of the people involved in one of the more famous 'settlement houses' of the time.
1915-1918 Collection of Correspondence to Michael J. Walsh, U.S. Navy Radioman, from His Associates at the Hartley House Settlement in Hell's Kitchen New York City & Hartley Farm, Relating to the Settlement and His Naval Career.
(World War I)
New York: Not Published, 1915.
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Group of engravings of all 29 Presidents, from Washington to Coolidge inclusive; also with an engraving of the White House (south view) and an engraving of Martha Washington; each presidential portrait approx. 2 1/4" x 3" size, the engraving made on heavy white cardstock 6" x 8", each mounted via corner-holders to a larger sheet for preservation; (the White House image slightly larger); each with a small rubber stamp on the back "This portrait is sold by the U.S. Government..."; not dated, circa mid-20th century or so - the price was 10 cents (the U.S. Bureau of Printing & Engraving now only offers only the current president & there are no other identifiers on these); the presidents complete in consecutive order, no gaps; The engravings are of the finest banknote-quality in representation and artwork and are identified at base of each engraving; no engravers are noted; fine delineation of form and shadowing, near photographic in quality; the portraits and mount pages are clean and are in very good condition; fine representations of these U.S. presidents.
Collection of Fine Portrait Engravings of the United States Presidents, from George Washington to Calvin Coolidge By the U.S. Bureau of Engraving
(U.S. Presidents)
Washington, D.C.: United States Bureau of Engraving, 1933.
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C 120 pages; with approximately 250 photographic images in black and white, which cover the ski sports club's seasons of 1953 to 1963, usually 3 1/2" x 4 3/4" format, with several larger 6" x 9" & others which are mostly enlargements of the smaller imagery, recording skiing trips and social events that were held by the club; with several pages of newspaper clippings and club announcement sheets, officer lists, event tickets, publicity and news related to the club, also tipped-in; most of the materials mid-1950s; one especially nice feature is that most of the material and photographs are identified in white ink on the album pages - with also humorous little stick figure skiing-themed artwork that accompany the items within - often, candid, funny comments go along with the images of club members; events including: the Long Island Olympic Ski Ball, with the ladies in their gowns in a beauty competition, Spring picnic, annual dinners, summer camping at Woodcliff Park, ski waxing party, Christmas party (at Charlotte Galligan's house), Bromley and North Creek skiing trip photos and accompanying report on the trip; summer events including water skiing and Fire Island barbecue; various prize-winner items; Halloween party at Lars Jacobsen's; New Year's weekend at Killington Basin & Sugarbush; trips to Hillcrest Inn, Mt. Snow, Hog Back, Highmount, Cannon Mountain, Belleayre - Colonial Inn; an interesting page of photos of dryland skiing at Kissena Park, LI; each year's section compiled by another 'author', usually with their name on the year's title page - this evidently a club member ongoing effort to record their history; contained in a large, oblong format album, 11 1/2" x 15 1/2" approx. size; heavy, scalloped-edge wooden boards, with "Sunrise" of Sunrise Ski Club in jigsaw-cut script lettering on cover ('Ski Club' lettering gone, leaving the shadow of the title words); with leather thong tied side-binding; some wear to boards, ageing; some black-paper page edges chipped; a few newspaper clippings & items have become detached - photos mounted in, not glued-down; one section of a few pages at back with some top-edge damage, with a few photos lost or damaged from water-stain; overall, contents and boards in very good condition and interesting Long Island winter sports and social club history from the middle part of the 20th century, recording a group of people having a lot of fun.
1953-1963 Album of Photographs and Memorabilia from the Sunrise Ski Club Valley Stream Long Island New York
(Sunrise Ski Club)
No Place Listed: Not Published, 1953.
Price: $350.00
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Collection of approximately 150 loose images; various sizes and formats, black and white or sepia tone; from snapshot to 7" x 9" size; not many identified; mostly of American locations, a few of a European trip and about 1/2 dozen of an India trip; a couple of amateur 'panoramas' also, with images numbered to be placed in a row to obtain the overall view; many images of trees that intrigued Gaskill, and towards the end of his long life, photographs which record field trips with friends and family; with a group of images of interior & exterior views of a summer home; a good, albeit worn & creased 5" x 7" image of the young Gaskill as State Forester of New Jersey with a large group of men in a burnt-out-looking forest area, identified on back as "Compliments the New York State College of Forestry Syracuse - Photo by Hugh P. Baker" (who was later Dean of the School); a small group of 4 images from early in his career show a tented campsite and a group of men, in a big pine forest; family, candid and other images are here as well; Alfred Gaskill (1861-1950) American forester & conservation expert, author of much literature in the field and especially respected in the areas of arboriculture & reforestation, born in Philadelphia, in 1898 went to the Biltmore Forestry School in Asheville, North Carolina, continued at Harvard University and at the University of Munich;. The U. S. Bureau of Forestry employed him as a Field Assistant in 1901. By 1905, when the United States Forest Service was formed under Gifford Pinchot, he rose to the rank of Assistant Forest Inspector and was one of those who originated the idea for a National Association of State Foresters, the forerunner being an "Eastern" Association and becoming today's full-fledged National Association of State Foresters; in New Jersey, Gaskill was appointed State Forester on February 1, 1907…"…The State Forester used every opportunity to awaken an interest in forestry, to explain its principles and purposes and to induce every citizen to join in its work. He spent many days giving lectures to interested groups, using colored lantern slides loaned by the United States Forest Service, His audience included Farmers' Institutes, clubs, boards of trade, school boards, schoolteachers, student assemblies. Women's Clubs in the northern part of the State were among the most ardent listeners and supporters. Gaskill encouraged the teaching of forestry in schools in connection with economics and nature study. He promoted the proper observation of Arbor Day and wrote advice to private owners, inspecting their woodlots and preparing woodland management plans…" (2005 Wright, A Century of Forest Stewardship in New Jersey 1905-2005); some images with edgewear and creasing, couple with tears or worse wear; overall, the images are in very good condition and a good glimpse into the life of this noted forestry & conservation advocate.
C. 1890 - 1940 Collection of Photographs from the Life of United States & State of New Jersey Forester & Conservation Advocate Alfred Gaskill
(Forestry - United States)
No Place Listed: Not Published, 1890.
Price: $250.00
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Document "To the Commissioners of Excise, in and for the County of Queens..." regarding a tavern for Christian F. Siebs (who later became a postmaster and hotel owner in the area); dated 1862, 4" x 7 3/4" approx. size on blue paper, attached by seal to a 7 3/8" x 12" additional document which has attached the list of petitioners that back up this request, with the signatures of 20 residents of the same district (No. 1), many with Germanic surnames; signed by the Justice of the Peace Thomas Pettit; old fold lines, few old stains and wear; very good condition and interesting Newtown Long Island business and social history ephemera; according to our research, the Lutheran cemetery had only recently been founded as of this date, and rapidly became one of the most-used in the city.
1862 Newtown Tavern License Document Signed with Attached Signed List of Petitioners, the Tavern to be Kept at the Lutheran Cemetery in That Town
(Newtown)
Newtown New York: Not Published, 1862.
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3 documents include: 1825 Queens County Court of Common Pleas, a document printed and completed in manuscript concerning a plea of trespass, Borick Mutte(?) accusing Benjamin Kirby of the crime, with the blindstamp of the county and signed by Thompson as Attorney as well as by S. Sherman, Clerk, 5 1/2" x 12 3/4", some edge, tips wear, splitting along old fold lines, very good; (with) 1826 Queens Co. Comm. Pleas court, notice of Rule to Disclose served on Mary Humble & Rich Field adv. David Demott & wife, handwritten document, B.F. Thompson noted as attorney in the case, with docketing entry notice on back, 7 3/4" x 6 7/8" approx., some edge, tips wear, couple of splits of paper at top, very good condition; (and) 1831 Queens Co. Com. Pleas, John B. Fowler vs. Epenetus Smith, a complaint of trespass and slander, with the paper-covered blindstamped seal of the county still affixed with its wax, B.F. Thompson attorney & Sherman as Clerk, document handwritten, 6 3/8" x 7 3/4" size, light wear, some offsetting from signature of Smith on back in very dark ink, who has additionally agreed to appear at the return of the writ, in very good condition; Benjamin F. Thompson (1784-1849) medical doctor, assistant county clerk, historian, county representative in the State Assembly, Setauket, LI postmaster, district attorney of Queens County - his History of Long Island saw two editions during his life, the third and expanded edition being in manuscript at his death (1949 Bailey [ed.], Long Island A History); an interesting group of documents which illustrate the varied work and legal career of Thompson.
1825-1831 Three Legal Documents Regarding Long Island Attorney and Historian Benjamin F. Thompson
(Benjamin F. Thompson)
New York: Not Published, 1825.
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181 pages; inscribed and signed on the half-title page by the author, 'for Cecile Love, Linda"; with photographic number list, title & date at back; "First Edition" stated; nicely printed in Italy on quality paper stock; designed and typeset by Roger Huggett; a photographic journey of years of travel and recording "...candid glimpses and startling juxtapositions..." (from the jacket information) by Linda Louise (Eastman), Lady McCartney (1941-1998), American-born photographer and promoter of vegetarianism; dustjacket over light-gray cloth covered boards; light wear to jacket and volume; in very good condition.
Roadworks
McCartney, Linda
Boston & New York: Bulfinch Press Book Little, Brown, 1996.
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Divided-back postcard, not postally used; with the imprint of H. Bouquet, Paris and a well-taken printed image of the author on front; Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish-born writer, "...In 1875 he paid his first visit to the artists' colonies in the forest of Fontainebleau frequented by Bob Stevenson, and for the next three years spent much time first at Barbizon and then at Grez. He wrote of his impressions in ‘Forest notes’ (1876) and ‘Fontainebleau’ (1884). He was always at ease in France; he spoke the language fluently and loved French literature..." (Ernest Mehew in the DNB); light wear and darkening; very good condition.
C. 1910 Postcard Image R.L. Stevenson at Barbizon (1876-1880) By H. Bouquet, Paris
(Robert Louis Stevenson)
Paris, France.: H. Bouquet, 1910.
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The homestead of the late Dennis Murphy, with a map of the property, approximately 8 acres and showing the location of a house and barn - "...On the premises is an excellent neat New House, handsomely painted and well finished, together with other out buildings adequate for the size of the farm, all in good order..."; bounded on the south by a lane leading to Wm. J. Willis' Residence, on the east by the land of Willis (and also most probably north side as well - here, not designated) and on the west by the "Highway Leading from Glen Cove to Hempstead"; this is an area outside of Roslyn proper and may be part of what is now Greenvale; printed by the Long island Farmer Print, with their notice at bottom, dated Dec. 2nd 1885 - who are still in business today as the Long Island Press; a large and boldly-printed broadside announcement poster - approx. 19 3/4" x 28"; printed with several typefaces typical of the time; old fold lines; some discoloration markings at center lines, small crumb of paper loss at old fold; bit of edgewear; in very good condition and an interesting ephemeral survival of late 19th century Long Island real estate development history, from an area which rapidly became one of the most populous & wealthiest in the state and the U.S., especially after the formation of Nassau county in 1899.
1885 Large Broadside with Map: Wm. E. Hawxhurst, Auctioneer. Executor's Sale of Real Estate...One and One-fourth Miles Easterly from the Village of Roslyn...Benjamin Hicks Executor.
(Long Island Real Estate Development History)
Jamaica, L.I.: Long Island Farmer Print, 1885.
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4 letters, whose running theme is one of wry amusement at his location and predicament; 11 pages overall; the writer is Sergeant George R. Ellis of the 10th Weather Squadron of the U.S. Army Air Force and from California, writing to a Miss Mae Wood of Bridgeport, Connecticut; the first letter, of 10 August 1945 is single-space typewritten, (the others are handwritten) 1 1/2 pgs, "...All kinds or rumors floating around about Japan being on the verge of surrendering. My suggestion is that in the future no war ought to be allowed to last over three years. That is long enough for the generals to practice up on their profession and for the historians to have some good material for new books. Of course with the new atomic bomb, maybe none of us will be on earth long enough to have to worry about such things..." with a great description of India travel of the time - he is stationed near Kharagpur - "...to get to Cal(cutta) it usually necessary to take the train. A second class ticket costs five rupees, or about a dollar and half. The train ride is not too bad, and one gets to see some rather pretty country, full of jungle and palm groves and green rice fields. The train pulls into Howrah Station, right across the river from Calcutta, and I am often reminded of the B & O approach to New York from the South, where you get off the train at Jersey City and take a bus over the ferry. However here there is a big bridge...I found ordinarily the best way is to take the tram which is faster than a rickshaw and costs only six pice, or about three cents. However, during rush hours these street cars are so unbelievably crowded that a New York subway would be solitude in comparison..."; on August 31, "...three of us are leaving tomorrow for rest camp. ...we travel third class. Although the distance is only about 1000 miles, the trip takes three days...next time I write I will be up in the Himalayas at Ranikhet..."; On 14 September, "...We were in Calcutta five days waiting for our train...the day after I arrived I came down with a fever...This is a British hospital...there are only three men in the ward, a British sailor and a British soldier who got malaria fighting the Japs in Burma. The sanitation and the food are not up to American standards. We are in a nice room, though, with a fireplace at one end where we have a fire in the evenings. The orderlies are Italian prisoners and the ward boys are soldiers in the Indian army. The nurses are English. For some reason, they are called "sisters." Some of them I wouldn't want for my sister...We had quite a trip up here...At Beirelly we changed to a little narrow-gauge train with a shiny little brass engine. After waiting for about an hour after the time it was supposed to leave we asked the conductor what the trouble was. "We'll start just as soon as it stops raining," he said, as if we had asked a foolish question. Later he leaned out of his caboose window and asked us if we wanted him to stop the train while we had tea...a British lance-corporal met us and guided us to the station restaurant which had three doors, one labeled "Moslems," the second, "Hindus" and the third " Non-orthodox Hindus." only the Moslem section was open, so we all went in and had eggs and chips served by two ancient bearded gentlemen who must have wondered if we were true followers of the prophet..."; in the final letter, dated 27 September 1945, still located in Ranikhet, and hiking into the mountains, "...For lunch we brought along in our pockets three cans of beer, two cans of c rations and a can of cheese. We cooled the beer in a mountain stream and shared the cheese with two dogs which insisted on following us all the way..." and remarking that he should be discharged soon, being told that "...the trip from Calcutta to the east coast took about 25 days..." and resignedly expecting that his correspondent will soon be finding a boyfriend given that all the troops would be returning stateside; looking forward to going back to his home state of California and beginning life again, with a possible trip to the Baja planned; letters in very good condition, with all four of the original mailing envelopes, all free postage with cancellations from the Army post office; size varies from 8 " x 10 1/2" to 5" x 8"; an interesting group, especially coming from an American in the Indian war theatre.
1945 4 Letters from a Sergeant in the U.S. Army Air Force 10th Weather Squadron Stationed in India
(World War Two)
Indiana: Not Published, 1945.
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127 + (1) errata at back; with the author's presentation inscription on the front endpaper; this the much-expanded and annotated version of this Memoir, originally published in 1817 at 72 pages; this grown to include an entire new section, the author noting in the printed Advertisement: "The Notes were chiefly, soon after the publication of the Memoir, in 1817…recently, interleaved, in manuscript, facing the pages containing the passages to which they refer..." - which is further borne out by the author's presentation inscription on the front endpaper "Hist. Sec. Presented by the Author" his addition of the words "...Of Names..." below the 'Memoir' on the title page, numerous small additions and corrections and quotes in his hand throughout and with other authorial 'signals' - many miniscule 'pointing hands' in the margins; there are several places with added poetic or legalistic quotes, one lengthier quote from the poet Pope at back; the book with interesting material on the early families and history of New York City and surrounding area: Indian names, New Netherlands, Dutch names of places; the settlement of the area, slavery among the Negros employed by the Dutch, material on Benjamin Franklin, banks in New York, and more; bound in the original marbled-paper covered boards, red leather spine with gilt titles and simple rule lines; some edge, tips wear and rubbing to boards and spine; back spine edge chipped a tiny bit and with a little splitting of the leather beginning at top; old Hartford Theological Seminary blindstamps on title and half-title, last page, unobtrusive; some foxing to leaves; overall, in very good condition. Egbert Benson, (1746-1833) American jurist and a 'founding father of the country', one of the most influential and active New York lawyers of the time, "......In the war-created chaos he served simultaneously as the state's first attorney general (1777-1788) and as an assemblyman during the legislature's first four formative sessions (1777-1781). Before the state government was organized he served on the second council of safety...returned to the first federal House of Representatives. He was active in implementing the new government and in the process helped to create the two-party system. He was deeply involved in crafting the enabling acts creating the executive departments...appointed to the New York Supreme Court in 1794. His former clerk, Kent, estimated that he "did more to reform the practice of that court than any member of it ever did before, or ever did since," including providing the court's first set of rules...(in addition) a founding member and first president of the New-York Historical Society.(Donald Roper in the ANB - who also notes that "Ironically the first president of the New-York Historical Society left very few papers, and they are in highly scattered collections throughout the country." (# 317 Doggett, Long Island Imprints)
Memoir, (Of Names) Read Before the Historical Society of the State of New-York, December 31, 1816. By Egbert Benson. Second Edition - With Notes.
Benson, Egbert
Jamaica: Henry C. Sleight, Printer, 1825.
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A product film by this noted Minnesota technology company, sent out for review; filmed in Eastman Color safety film and noted as being 23 minutes run-time; laid-in the mailing case is a business reply card carrying a questionnaire, to be sent to the attention of Carl Andrews at 3M, asking about various aspects of the film (not filled out); the film contained in its original metal film can, 12 1/2" round, with the 3M label and title of film; with the original mailing box, made from stiff cardstock and with reinforced metal corners, cloth 'belt' ties, with the original postal stamp dated (very faded) and shipping label, addressed to a Mr. Don Iams in Phoenix Arizona, sent by Herb Johnson in Audio Visual Services Bldg 31 Floor 1, with an (indecipherable by us) signature of 3M Dept. head approval; some wear and soiling to mailer, can and film in very good condition, some scent of vinegar syndrome; film looks to be in good condition, not viewed; interesting subject, especially for early computer and data-storage techniques of the time.
1963 Minnesota Mining & Mfg. Co. 3M 16 mm Audio Visual Services Film "Magnetic Memory".
(Minnesota Mining & Mfg. Co.)
St. Paul Minnesota: Minnesota Mining & Mfg. Co., 1963.
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C. 140 pages, 5 full chapters of the work plus a short introduction; typed one side, 'onionskin' paper, type in black or blue ink; with corrections and additions in pencil and pen throughout; at front paste-down is a typed, very thorough review of the material within by Philip Singer, Ph.D. of New York, "...presents an intimate picture of the anthropologist, in this case a woman, in the field of Africa...concerned with the Nyika tribes of the former trust territory of Tanganyika, now known under the independence name of Tanzania...combines excellent objective African ethnology with an intimate view of the subjective thoughts and feelings of the investigator as she attempts to do scientific research..." with more of a similarly complimentary nature, extolling the virtues of the text and it's proposed use - which was eventually successful: the book was published by Indiana U. Press in hardcover and later went into a softcover edition; bound in the original plain black cloth hardcover 'spring-clip' binder; some edgewear, tips and spine ends wear-through & soiling to the boards; contents with some page-darkening; in very good condition; an interesting work-in-progress manuscript for this anthropological work by a woman scientist of the discipline while working and living directly with this tribe in Africa, at a time of great political, social and economic change in that continent; Dr. Slater, Bryn Mawr alumnus, was Professor emeritus at Queens College and also with the graduate school of that institution; she continued her anthropological studies and writing until her death a few years ago.
Original Typed Manuscript of "African Odyssey: An Anthropological Adventure" with Corrections, Additions and Professional Review for Publication
Slater, Mariam
New York: Author Typescript, 1976.
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xlvi + 458 pages; with a useful index; frontispiece of the site of Old Fort Pierre, facsimile of the original title-page of the journal, portrait of Tehon-su-mons-ka; the Historical Introduction states that Fort Clark "...was one of the three principal posts of the American Fur Company on the upper Missouri..."; with the first-hand relations & business enterprises of this fur-trading outpost in the American West; more than half the text taken up with extensive notes and references, appendixes - including Alexander Kennedy's journal, various extracts from St. Louis Enquirer, the Will of Daniel Lamont, Reports on Fur Trade Conditions, Selected Letters from Fort Union Letter Book, Reports on Primeau and Deschamps Massacres, small-pox and more; laid-in is a copy of an article found in Plains Talk Vol. 10 # 2 Spring 1979 by Erik Holland, Site Supervisor at Ft. Clark, which questions how much information was edited from the entries in the original journal; bound in the original sturdy red buckram cloth, spine titles gilt (bit dulled); light wear to spine ends & tips of the cloth; very good condition, interesting primary-source material on the fur trade in the American West.
Chardon's Journal at Fort Clark 1834-1839: Descriptive of Life on the Upper Missouri; of a Fur Trader's Experiences Among the Mandans, Gros Ventres, and Their Neighbors; of the Ravages of The Smallpox Epidemic of 1837
Abel, Annie Heloise (editor)
Pierre, South Dakota: Department of History, State of South Dakota, 1932.
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Nice sharp image with the three men standing, all wearing beaded and decorated clothing shoes and headgear; with names handwritten on back; no date but with photographer stamp on back; our historical sources indicate that Linnaeus Allen (b. 1886) was a farmer living in Cutchogue, NY, 1930, Married to Elsie, Son Hayden, Daughter, Elizabeth, who was an accomplished photographer as per this image; recently an exhibition at the Cutchogue Library featured this image as part of the retrospective documentation concerning Linnaeus Allen's photographic career; Approx. 6" x 7 1/2" size, with a glossy finish on heavier stock; interesting and in very good condition, a great image.
C 1940s Large Format Cabinet Style Photograph By Linnaeus Allen Cutchogue, N.Y. Of John White Jesse Lyons Andrew Lewis in Full Native American Garb
(Native American History)
Cutchogue New York: Linnaeus Allen,
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Broadside format, printed single-side; approx. 4 1/4" x 9 3/8" size; at least 1/3 of which is taken up by a well-done woodcut illustration signed in the plate by Hodge, lower left; the image showing a few vignettes of projects dear to Boston's voting populace, and titled "Branch Libraries", "H.R. City Property" (horse railroads), "Free Ferries", "City Gas", "Free Markets"; below the image is the list of candidates, topped by Frederic(k) O. Prince, for Mayor; also those running for alderman, school committee, street commissioner, common council, ward officers, inspectors - with all names listed; within the image is handwritten the date 1877 and again in pencil at top of the broadside; Prince had been elected in 1876 to serve in 1877 and then again in 18790-81 in the same office; broadside edges unevenly trimmed, one side with 1/2" x 2" chip, no loss to text or imagery; light wear; in very good condition; nice ephemeral survival; Boston, Massachusetts political item of the latter third of the nineteenth century.
1877 Broadside Announcement Ward 4. Regular Labor Reform Ticket of Bunker Hill District. "Without Labor Nothing Succeeds." For Mayor, Frederic O. Prince....With Woodcut Illustration By Hodge
(Political Memorabilia - Boston)
Boston, Mass.: No Publisher, 1877.
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Group includes: a large albumen photograph of a group of 12 men, seated and standing, with the stamp of Logan Photographer Fargo, N.D. on back and also with several men identified via pencil notes: Dr. Starling, (Dr.?) Guptil, Frank White, Dr. Hall, A.G. Clark; with the added notation that the photo was "Presented by Mrs. A.B. Welch Mandan N.D. April 5 1930" - our research indicates that A.B. Welch was a local collector. Image on mount card, approx. 11" x 14", nearly to the edge of the backer, which is gilt-edged. Some wear to edges, one corner creased, a bit of spottiness and fade to the image, still about very good condition; (with) C. 1910 17 men and what appears to be a live camel on stage, all men in their full Masonic Shriners garb approx. 7 1/2" x 9 3/4" (image) and 11 1/2" x 13 1/2" overall mount size, with Dewey's Studio Fargo, N.D. Studio imprint below the image on the mount - with some wear and soiling, discoloration to mount card, image very good; (with) another Dewey's Studio image, of about the same period, with a much large group of men onstage, at center foreground a young boy (or girl - long hair) in a uniform; about 100 participants, all in full Masonic garb of various kinds, man in center on (live?) camel, with 5 different Masonic banners, Auvergne Commanderie, Rex Regnum et Dominus Dominorum, others; photo not mounted - bottom right corner with Dewey's Studio imprint in the plate; one corner chipped away, bottom edge with abrasions, loss - no perceivable loss to the sense of the image's contents; (with) 1913 Shriner's Banquet El Zagal Temple Fargo N.D. June 5 1913 a dinner or banquet portrait of a roomful of hundreds of men and women (and a few children visible) in dinner attire for this event, approx. 9" x 11 3/4" size, not mounted, with the Camera Craft studio imprint in the image and the title of the event; light creasing, wear, very good; (with) Ladies Night El Zagal Temple Fargo N.D. June 5 1913, showing a stageful of male Masonic members in uniforms, approx. 6 3/4" x 11 1/2" size, with the Camera Craft MPLS imprint and title in the image as in the other, light wear and creasing, very good; an interesting group of Fargo, North Dakota photographic imagery from the early part of the 20th century, especially showing the popularity of Masonry in the area and for genealogical, historical research.
C. 1890 - 1913 Group of 5 Large-Format Photographs from Fargo, North Dakota Especially Related to Masonic Membership and Events
(Photography - North Dakota)
Fargo, North Dakota: Various Photographers, 1890.
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Black and white cabinet-card style image of a man & woman, three small children, all in Turkish native garb of the earlier part of the 20th century, the man wearing a fez, woman with half-veil; taken with a primitive backdrop and with crude furniture, decoration & furniture, dirt floor - the photograph sealed within a standard 'window' photo-mount of the time, with textured finish, having the studio imprint printed on the front; if not for this studio's location in Massachusetts, the photo could have been taken in Turkey - the image clearly belonging in the mount and found as such; no identification of the subjects, no date and circa 1920s or so, most probably before the fez had been outlawed in 1925; image approx. 4" x 6"; mount 6" x 9"; some edge wear to mount card, may have had hinged covers at one time; the image very good and interesting ethnic ephemeral item taken in the U.S.
C. 1920 Cabinet Card Style Photograph of a Turkish Family in Native Garb By Zaza Photo Studio 203 Winter St. Haverhill, Massachusetts
(Photography)
Haverhill Massachusetts: Zaza Photo Studio, 1920.
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260 pages + (2) pages of useful index, followed by (8) pages of publishers announcements and 7 maps of Irish areas printed in colors, also at back; list of contents matches the 100 stereo views that Underwood had put together for this 'tour' of Ireland; the author gives some autobiographical notice in his Preface, and so, "...When I came to America eleven years ago, I had it in my heart to try to tell again the story of Ireland as I understood it, to her unnumbered children scattered throughout these western lands...the very places themselves, evoked by magic art, arise in the optic glass before the reader..."; the author providing a step-by-step journey with historical reminiscence and travel advice, throughout the book; bound in the original dark brown finely-ribbed cloth, gilt cover and spine titles; light edge, tips wear to boards; in very good condition.
Ireland Through the Stereoscope
Johnston, Charles
New York: Underwood & Underwood, 1907.
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A somewhat pale albumen cabinet card photograph of an unidentified sitter, the card mount trimmed with the bottom inserted within the back of the frame, having the Devenport Waxahachie Texas studio imprint; in an elaborate period wooden frame, with a raised wooden surround having gilt scrolling borderwork done by hand, an inner gilt framing and a 1" approx.. brown velvet surround and another gilt frame around the photo itself; the frame with the printed label on the back of Spaulding & Co. Books, Stationery, Albums, Pictures, Picture Frames...daily, weekly and monthly periodicals furnished at Publisher's prices Rutland Vermont"; the label darkened and with about a line of text chipped away, all the previous text visible & readable; overall size of frame approx. 9 1/2" x 11 1/4"; some scratching, wear to frame; in very good condition and an interesting, decoratively custom-made photo-frame from the latter part of the 19th century; (with) a small portrait of a woman on celluloid, image rubbed and worn, in a metal frame, acquired from the same estate.
C. 1890 Portrait Photograph of a Gentleman, Photograph By Devenport of Waxahachie Texas in a Hand-Painted Decorated Wooden Frame By Spaulding & Co. Books, Stationery Rutland Vermont, with Their Label at Back
(Photography)
Waxahachie Texas: Devenport Photograph, 1890.
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Number 17 of the limited edition of 50 printed on Japan vellum, signed by Lawrence and the copy number written in longhand by him; with decorations in color by the author; David Herbert Lawrence (1885-1930) British poet, novelist and essayist, passionately sensitive to nature, always possessed simple tastes, indifferent to material success, left England, largely because of hostile attitude towards himself and some of his writings, both prosecutions for obscenity in Sea and Sardinia and Lady Chatterley's Lover caused a great stir at the time. (DNB); (with) a loosely laid-in portrait etching of D.H. Lawrence very intensely & realistically portrayed, bearded and thin-faced, by American artist Bernard Sanders (b. 1904) with a pencil presentation inscription "To John Vassos" and pencil signed by the artist below the image, as well as signed in the plate, the image about 3 1/4" x 5" and 6 1/4" x 8" overall; the endpaper with a Christmas presentation of the book to John Vassos from a Carl Weck(?), dated 1929; some light edge, tips wear, darkening in spots to original paper wraps binding, the spine paper of which is about gone and signatures loosened, with the remains of most of the original glassine wrapper (for both front and back cover); with the gray-brown marbled paper slipcase, with wear and splitting; very good condition overall (ref. Minkoff Bibl. Of the Black Sun Press A-27); especially nice as being the copy owned by John Vassos (1898 - 1985) American industrial designer, painter, illustrator, lecturer, graphic designer, President of the influential Silvermine Guild of Artists; his papers are at Syracuse University. (WWW in American Art 1999)
The Escaped Cock
Lawrence, D.H.
Paris: Black Sun Press, 1929.
Price: $2,500.00
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A twelve-line acrostic in the form of 2 stanzas of a poem, handwritten and with a bit of explanatory text below; the first letter of each line of the poetry matching the first letters of Sophia Taylor's name; the explanation below relates "...An Acrostic written one evening while waiting for Supper, for Mr. Albert Bee to send to Miss Sophia Taylor, of Massachusetts 1845..."; and below having some amusing additional text which alludes to the couple's romantic inclinations; a total of another dozen lines of writing after the acrostic; done in a fairly strong & clear contemporary hand in dark sepia ink, with a few small 'write-over' corrections to a few letters; on a 8" x 12 1/2" sheet of plain paper; on back in the same hand is noted "An Acrostic Nov 26th"; some splitting along old fold lines; little dustiness & wear; in good condition and a pleasant bit of early-American romantic poetry in acrostic form.
C. 1845 Manuscript Americana Romantic Acrostic Between Mr. Albert Bee and Miss Sophia Taylor of Massachusetts
(Manuscript Americana)
Massachusetts: Not Published, 1845.
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View lof the main part of the bridge and looking north, with a large four-masted sailing ship, flying along under all sails, directly beneath the large span, and a smaller vessel, perhaps a harbor tug, some two ship-lengths behind; approx. 13 1/4" x 10" size; no photographer, date or studio information, probably circa 1960 or so; evidence of an old inscription at bottom left, now faded almost to complete obscurity; matte-finish photo paper; couple of old edge-wrinkles, light edge-wear; image well-taken and dramatic, a nice one of this famous California engineering landmark.
C. 1960 Large-format black and White Photograph of the Golden Gate Bridge San Francisco California
(San Francisco)
United States: Not Published, 1960.
Price: $45.00
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Copper-engraved map of Asia, with original hand coloring; colored cartouche at top left; no date and circa 1700; 58.5 cm x 49.0 cm approx.; laid-down to cardstock; darkened, slightly paler along old fold line; few closed tears visible at bottom edge, unobtrusive; not much of a margin; still an interesting and good-looking map of the area, with a colorful cartouche.
L'Asie, Distenguee En Ses Principales Parite Scavoir La Turquie En Asie, L'Arabie, La Perse, L'Inde, La Chine, La Tartarie, Les Isles Du Iapon, Des Philippines, Des Molucques, De La Sonde, De Ceylan Ou Des Maldives...
(Map of Asia)
Amsterdam Holland: Gerard Valck, 1700.
Price: $750.00
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The gravure printed in light sepia tones on a good heavy paper stock; identified below the image as from the Andersen-Lamb Co. of NY; showing the classically-designed Packard Commercial School, at Lexington Ave. & E. 35th St. in New York: the bottom section with the names associated with the project: Henry F. Ballantyne Architect, Hedden Cons't Co. Builders, and most prominently displayed and with their design logo, W.G. Cornell, the plumbing & heating contractors - one of the largest in America at the time and responsible for some of the largest commercial projects, as this; image approx. 11 1/2" x 7 1/4"; the plate with a highly polished chrome surface, as was sometimes done with the photogravure process and which required specialized equipment - chrome plating allowing more printing life for the copper plate; the gravure with old paper corner-tape securing it to a paper backer and with some soiling and dustiness, still a good image; the copper printing plate weighing two pounds, with some of the chrome surfacing chipping at borders, couple of flecks in the image area, not intrusive; both in good condition and interesting evidence of the photogravure printing process by way of the imagery for an historic New York City location.
Circa 1910 Large Photogravure of Packard Commercial School New York City, now Stern College for Women Yeshiva University, (with) the Original Polished Chrome-Plated Copper Printing Plate for the Gravure
(Printing History)
New York City: Andersen-Lamb Company, 1910.
Price: $350.00
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Collection of material includes: 1901 Appointment on parchment, completed in a calligraphic hand, constituting Colonel Kline of the 14th Regiment Inf. to Brigadier General of the NY National Guard; approx. 12" x 16", signed & witnessed by Benjamin B. Odell, Jr., (1854-1926) Governor of the state, with the gold-embossed NY State Seal - some darkening, ageing to the parchment, in very good condition; with 6, 8 1/2" x 11" press photographs of Kline as Mayor, with his wife in his Hillcrest Queens NY home and in Jamaica Queens at a summer place, also an image after his mayoral stint in a review of the Old Guard military - one of these photos with the G. Legendre Photo, N.Y. World accreditation, 2 of the images from American Press Assoc. and one of the smaller photos Brown Bros. N.Y.; with a couple of smaller images of the Hillcrest home & of the Mayor & wife and sepia-tone photo of Kline in his old Guard uniform, completely with tall bearskin shako military hat - some edge, tips wear and occasional chipping to corners of images, in generally very good condition; The newspaper clipping scrapbook of 150 pages; very usefully at the front of the scrapbook is an alphabetical index of all the articles found within, all printed within the time of office of A. L. Kline as Mayor of the City of New York; Kline (1858-1930) had become acting Mayor of New York City on September 10, 1913 (and remains the only Mayor of NY who'd never held an elected position) upon the death of Mayor William Jay Gaynor (1849-1913), serving for the rest of that year; this scrapbook announces and gives Kline's & the NY public's reaction to the death of Gaynor, who had died while at sea traveling to Europe - doctors suspected from overwork and old injuries sustained from an attempted assassination a few years prior; in the index, most of the articles are given their newspaper attribution - N.Y. Tribune, Globe, Eagle, Sun, World, Mail, Post, Times - the date of printing, a short title of the article and the page number at which to be found in the scrapbook; at the articles' page, each is again dated, newspaper identified; with editorial opinions, news, police and crime pieces, various financial and board proclamations and debates, city works and charities, education and more covered here, headline examples include: Tammany Snow Contract Blocked; Temperance Women Welcomed; Teachers Pension Fund is found lacking; Mayor Elects Testimony; Mr. Stover Found in New Orleans (city official had disappeared from Parks Dept. post for a month); Kline Demands Budget Economy; Mayor Kline's Good School Appointments; Buildings and Safety of Them and hundreds more pieces - much on Mayor Gaynor, his life, death and city legacy and many other topics covered; in addition to the tipped-in scrapbook articles are laid-in sections of newspapers of the time, reporting the death of Mayor Gaynor and announcing the appointment of Kline as Acting Mayor; with another photograph tipped-on to a loose scrapbook page of A.L. Kline & John Purroy Mitchel (1879-1918) who succeeded Kline as mayor of New York (and was the second-youngest to have ever held the position at 34 years old); some of the scrapbook items with black and white illustrations; the book approx. 11" x 16 1/2" size; a ledger style, "Mark Twain's Scrap Book" by Daniel Slote & Co., N.Y., which touted a patented 'self-stick' mounting system for placing items within; ledger with this brand's sticker on front endpaper; textured green cloth covered boards, leather corners; spine covering gone, boards detached; some of the scrapbook leaves chipped and detached, the paper brittle and darkening; in generally good condition and giving an excellent nearly day-by-day accounting of Kline's short interim term as Mayor; there is no identity given of the scrapbook's maker, however due to its thoroughness, we speculate it may very well have been kept by a close family member or a mayor's office worker at the time; it would be very difficult to recreate the information found here in this same orderly and accessible fashion; a very good reference to New York City history of the time, via primary sources.
Material Recording the Political & Military Life of New York City Mayor Adolph Loges Kline Including His 1901 Appointment as Brig. General of the NY State Guard, Photographs and 1913 Indexed Scrapbook of His Mayoralty.
(Adolph Loges Kline)
New York City: Not Published, 1901.
Price: $650.00
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Original work of art, depicting a free-standing, glass-windowed 8-sided reception or ticket booth for the ice-skating rink, with an art-deco 'look' - rounded glass panes, stylized skater motif on booth panel; executed in colored pencils; identified below the image "Suggestion for Pay Box. Richmond Ice Rink"; not signed; on 11" x 15" size paper, the image with a curved framing surround in soft chalk, giving an airbrushed background effect; an interesting design for this popular ice skating facility built in Clevedon Road, Twickenham which was closed and demolished in 1992, now the site of luxury apartments in this area in England; we speculate this artwork may have been submitted during one of the re-designs of the interior of the facility.
C. 1940s Original Color Pencil Artwork Suggestion for Pay Box Richmond Ice Rink
(Richmond Ice Rink)
United Kingdom: Not Published, 1940.
Price: $125.00
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218 pages; (from the dustjacket): "...another cracking good tale of suspense in the far-distant future." by science fiction writer Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) "...a pioneer in elevating science fiction from pulp-magazine adventure to a genre that dealt with sociology, history, mathematics, and science. ...one of science fiction's most popular writers..." (Bill Peschel in the ANB); illustrated dustjacket over blue cloth boards; "First Edition" stated on copyright page, jacket not price-clipped; little bit of corner wear & edgerubbing to jacket, short (1/4") closed edge-tear on bottom edge of front pane; back edge with 2 closed tears, all unobtrusive; little shallow chip at crown of jacket, little bit of color-fade on spine; in very good condition and a good-looking copy.
The Stars Like Dust
Asimov, Isaac
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1951.
Price: $500.00
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Broadside measures approx. 21" x 14"; Archer auctioneers established in 1872, with their eponymous illustrated logo; here auctioning a "...Bungalow consists of Four Rooms and has just been recently built on a plot of ground 50 x 100. It is situated on the West Side of Edgemere Ave., 500 feet South of Jerusalem Ave., in Hempstead Park, Section 2, known as Lot Nos. 72 and 73. "; printed at the Long Island Daily Press, Jamaica, N.Y. in few different typefaces for presentation & variety on plain newsprint; attached at top margin to the original light blue protective paper over-wrap, having a few notes in pencil regarding the property: "Nelson White to Mettrich - Arrange with Schwencke for deed. - Notify other people as to doing - Sch."; some browning to paper of broadside, closed tear repaired on back with archival tissue; top edge unevenly trimmed, no loss to text; over-wrap with some soiling and wear; unevenly folded and somewhat fragile, not delicate; overall, good condition and an interesting piece of Long Island real estate development ephemeral history from Nassau County as it was being built.
Broadside T.F. Archer Auctineer Bungalow at Auction on Edgemere Avenue Hempstead Manor Hempstead, N.Y. Sat. June 9, 1923 ...by Order of Nelson White
(Long Island Real Estate Development)
40-42 New York Ave. Jamaica, N: T.F. Archer Auctioneer, 1923.
Price: $125.00
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Hand-drawn 'ledger' style sheet, noting "Sales of 8 hhds (hogsheads) of Brigt. Planter by Israel Munson for ...risk of Mr. William Neil Merchants Portsmouth..." - dated 1806 with purchases by D. Kingman, Prince Snow (ship?), Nichl. Parsons; giving amounts, terms, and a number of calculations and carefully-listed 'Charges' - dated Boston Jany. 15th 1806, "...for F. Munson - Chas. Barnard" and countersigned on back Wm. Neil and Israel Munsons Sales of Sugar entd. Brig. Planter; approx. 9 3/4" x 8"; accomplished in a good legible hand; ink with a little fading, some old faint soil and discoloration, some splitting along old fold lines; in good condition.
1806 Sales of Sugar in Boston, of the Brigantine "Planter" of Portsmouth New Hampshire
(Manuscript Americana)
Boston, Mass.: Not Published, 1806.
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With over 225 individual items, including ship discharge papers, printed and manuscript ephemera relating to voyages made, the formation of the National Maritime union and CIO with related strike materials especially from the 1935-1937 time period, business and personal correspondence, a few photographs and other paper. The ships and working career of this man and the track of the development of the National Maritime Union & its fortunes in peace and war are here as evidence of these stories: there are many ship discharge papers, which offer valuable information, albeit in very abbreviated form: Seaman's name, signature of shipmaster & the seaman, as well as the shipping commissioner, ships name, number, net tons, brief description of voyage (as in "Foreign" or "North Atlantic"), birthplace of seaman, character, ability, seamanship, capacity (serving as, in this case "A.B." - Able Seaman), date of entry, date of discharge; by examining the discharge papers over the 17-year span of the career of this seaman, Raymond McIlwaine (sometimes written McIlvaine here) we trace his career and movements via the American mercantile shipping of the time: the oft-served S.S. President Harding of the United States Lines traveled the North Atlantic - here also is a 1934 recommendatory typed note signed on U.S. Lines letterhead from R.C. Gregory Clerk in Charge of the U.S. Sea Post Office No. 4 regarding this seaman's work in the onboard post; in 1935 there was work aboard the S.S. Manhattan and the S.S. Columbia and a Certificate of Discharge from the Marine Hospital on Staten Island after a 10-day hospital stay; 1936 service on the S.S. Standard of Standard Oil of New Jersey, the E.G. Seubert, the oil tanker S.S. Wm. Rockefeller (torpedoed & sunk in 1942), the Pan America (traveling the New York-East Coast of South America-Trinidad run) and also in 1936 comes evidence of involvement with union politics - McIlwaine is registered as Lookout aboard the S.S. California of the Panama Pacific Line at the time when that ship became the focus of the union activities of Joseph Edwin Curran, (1906-1981) American labor leader and also aboard as an able seaman who - "...while his ship, the California, was docked in San Pedro, California, …organized a sit-down strike to press (union) demands. The strikers went back to work after Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins promised they would get a fair hearing in New York, but as soon as they landed all sixty-four men were fired and blacklisted. In the wave of strikes that followed, East Coast sailors made few gains in part because they were systematically undermined by their union leaders...Curran's activism in the strike, which crystallized years of dissatisfaction with bad conditions and ISU's corrupt leadership, made him a hero with ordinary seamen. Organizing his fellow insurgents as the Rank-and-File Committee, Curran initiated a series of job actions so disruptive that they convinced employers the ISU could no longer control its members. In May 1937 one major shipping line agreed to recruit its sailors from Curran's hiring hall. Immediately Curran announced the formation of the National Maritime Union (NMU)...A contemporary described the six-foot two-inch Curran as having "a head like a block of granite, a loud, angry voice, and the attitude of someone struggling against an impulse towards mayhem"…These qualities served him well, reinforcing his standing as a militant voice for the ordinary sailor..." (Sandra Opdycke in the ANB) - three days of log entry from this period are here, typed, signed by the Ship master and chief officers, for McIlwaine with the entry: "For refusing to turn to, and to let-go the lines, in order that the ship might proceed to sea; also refusing routine ship's work" - for each one of these infractions his is fined 2 days pay - he was physically involved in the seminal, occasionally violent formation of this powerful American union in its first moments, with two well-worn Strike Picket Cards for McIlwaine, signed by Joseph Curran, one with a note by Curran on back - card No. 48, International Seamen's Union Provisional Strike Committee dated 3/19/36 and the other later, Dec. 3 1936 - here also are the discharge papers for the S.S. California and a crew station card with duties which indicaes that McIlwaine was one of the 64 men blacklisted and idled by the heavy-handed treatment of government and private industry against the men; in 1939 McIlwaine returned to duty aboard the S.S. President Harding, with several voyages; in 1939 also are an airmail letter from Ireland, U.S. unemployment card, Tanker Strike Clearance cards, Grace Line identification card and in 1939 and in other years, there are several pencil-written note sheets with items important to this seaman- union book and strike book numbers, identification numbers and more - these private papers also give a chronology of organizations joined and dates, wages, benefits and other work-related details; in 1940 there is service aboard the S.S. Tachira (sunk by U-boat with loss of 5 hands in 1942), service on S.S. Nightingale, the steamship Santa Rosa; 1941: S.S. Pastores, the S.S. America and again on the Santa Rosa; 1942 service on the S.S. Uruguay, "Now Bound on Voyage to - Ports in any part of the world"; 1943-1944 service on the S.S. Brazil (one of FDR's 'Good Neighbor Ships' in the S. American trade run by Moore-McCormack line - at this time the ship was probably being used to transport troops to the North African theater of war); in 1945 there is a typed letter signed on Carolina Line shipping company letterhead regarding sending clothes to McIlwaine's sister and receipts from the United Fruit Company Champ Clark, with related War Shipping Administration documents and receipts; 1946-47 finishes the group, with a few Treasury Dept. receipts and notes and some materials regarding payments from Wright Aeronautical for a deceased family member, along with service on the S.S. Grenville M. Dodge, S.S. George Durant, S.S. Amasa Delano - all 'Liberty' cargo ships; miscellaneous materials include: cancelled membership book of McIlwaine, with various stamps at front -Marine Committee to Aid Spanish Democracy NMU, Tanker Strike support sticker, Algic Crew Defense Fund sticker (crew arrested for mutiny, not allowing scabs to unload ship at dock in Uruguay) and other stickers and stamps and a running history of his union 'Statement of Account' until 1940; a group of crew passes, business(?) cards of men and women in the U.S. and other countries; a WPA N.Y.C. employee i.d.; a 5" x 7" negative of McIlwaine in sailor dress uniform, a few snapshots of possibly related women, a Membership Employment Card of the Bowery Branch YMCA; medical social service papers; a clearance card for the Joint Maritime Strike Council (New York) noting 51 days on strike (w/ facsimile sig. of Curran and others); an interesting "Ficha Individual" for McIlwaine, working the Munson Steamship Lines Pan America, printed text in Spanish, with his photo, fingerprints, and on back over 2 dozen entry stamps for Argentina for various dates in the 1930s; a small pin-back button "I.S.U. Striking Member"; other strike and union money assessment papers; a 1937 typed letter of recommendation signed on Pharma Chemical Corporation letterhead indicates that McIlwaine sought land work as well, perhaps between available voyages or possibly, while on strike from the Merchant Marine; our research has not indicated a date of death for McIlwaine and date of birth is variously reported here on documents as 1904 or 1905, with residence in New Jersey - possibly using the address of a married sister from internal evidence; one particularly poignant folded pencil-list of ports of call visited is folded carefully around a small coiled lock of hair; Condition: overall, condition of the materials is good; some of the cards and papers with old fold lines, soiling and much wear, others in very good condition; an interesting glimpse into the life of a union-activist working seaman over a nearly 2-decade span. NOTE: For convenience, these papers have been ordered by year and with a miscellaneous file for the undated items.
1930 - 1947 Manuscript and Printed Ephemera: The Career of a Seaman in the U.S. Merchant Marine, Including Union and Strike Material signed by Joseph Curran & the Formation of the National Maritime Union and other Material
(U.S. Merchant Marine)
New York - London: Not Published, 1930.
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A complete set of the Hopi Kachina art; eight lithographs, limited edition # 12 of 650; overall plate size with generous margins, 18 3/4" x 14 3/4"; images 15" x 10 1/2" size; with all four of the original printed stiff-paper portfolio covers, numbered I, II, III, IV and with matching # 12 of 650 designations; with 6 (of 8) of the insert cards which bear the titles of the individual Kachina as well as notes by J.J. Mora and Barton Wright, curator of the Smithsonian traveling exhibition "Year of the Hopi"; also 6 of 8 tissue guards for the artworks; with 2 copies of a Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. CPAs letters verifying the printing limitation of the art on their letterhead; Kachina include: Mu-Shaish Katchina (Mosairu Kachina) Plaza Dance; She-Eu-Heu-Mish Katchina (Sio Hemis Kachina) Niman Home Dance; Sho-Yang-Ep Katchina (Soyangephoya Kachina) Plaza Dance; Teu-Mahs Katchina (Tumas Kachina) Soyoko-Powamu Ceremony; Poo-Wha-Muich Katchina (Powamu Kachina) Soyoko-Powamu Ceremony; Heu-Mish Katchina (Hemis Kachina) Nimian Home Dance; Mu-Shaish Katchina - Buffalo Dance; See-Peek-Nich East Mesa Kachina; all by Jo (Joseph Jacinto) Mora (1876-1947) Uruguayan-born American painter, sculptor, cartoonist, illustrator, author and cowboy, who studied at the Art Students League, Chase School of Art, Cowles Art in Boston, member of the Bohemian Club, with works found across America at institutions and in private holdings - "...took a four year trip through the Southwest, traveling by wagon and living and sketching among the Navajo and Hopi Indians..." - well known for his colorful maps and for his Western American portrayals as here, as well as his lively sculptures. (Falk, WWW in American Art, Vol. II 1999); condition: portfolio covers with some edgewear and soiling; some wear to old tissues; artworks clean and very good - two with side margins trimmed, one of these with a little waviness to paper, will flatten easily - both still with plenty of framing and matting room; in overall very good plus condition, with bright, very good color, nice examples of Mora's Native American illustrative work, commemorating the Indian ritual & costume of the Hopi people.
Jo Mora's Watercolor Collection of Hopi Kachina and Ceremonial Figures
(Jo Mora)
Tulsa Oklahoma: Western Art Productions, Inc., 1979.
Price: $1,500.00
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Letter handwritten and signed, one side; R. H. Shankland was the owner of this newspaper, as well as U.S. Agent of Indian Affairs for the Seneca peoples; here he is writing to an undecipherable 'Friend..." in relation to a bill of sale and a hidden discount for same; printed dark blue on cream paper stock, Salamanca, N.Y.; approx. 5 3/4" x 9" size; old fold lines, some light wear; in very good condition.
February 10, 1893 Autograph Letter Signed on Cattaraugus Union Newspaper Letterhead By R.H. Shankland, the Proprietor
(Cattaraugus Union)
Cattaraugus, New York: Cattaraugus Union, 1893.
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The collection includes over 150 dated and signed letters written to (and a few items from) Dr. Lucinda DeLeftwich Templin (1888-1969) author, historian & collector, "...one of El Paso's best-loved and most distinguished educators - in 1916 she took her undergraduate and Master's at U. of Missouri and became Dean of Lindenwood College in St. Charles, MO., did doctoral work at Harvard and Columbia and took over as principal at the Radford School in 1927 (at the time, called El Paso School for Girls); Dr. Templin interested Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Radford of Webster Grove, Mo., in the school and the Radfords paid off the mortgage, provided an endowment fund that insured the institution's stability and the name of the school was changed in honor of these benefactors. During Dr. Templin's administration, Radford School grew to a nationally accredited school for girls in the Southwest and when she retired in 1967, the 22-acre campus had more than $1,000,000 in physical improvements and was debt-free. Dr. Templin had also completed plans for construction of a $400,000 library and museum on property owned by the school; she was a member of the nation's leading educational organizations and honorary societies, named consistently to Who's Who in America and Who's Who in American Education; author of numerous publications, most of which were concerned with the field of education. (The above material from her obituary); This wide-ranging, diverse collection has three intertwining themes - letters concerning Dr. Templin's ongoing interest in education and educational materials for her school, letters which relate to the business and academic part of Radford and letters of reference for applicants and correspondence which relates to the creation of her War Museum, where she collected military autographs, uniforms, photographs, paraphernalia, weapons from around the world. A sampling of what is found here, chronological order: 1921 Dr. James G. Kiernan, writing about some autographs he was sending to Templin - he was famous for the earliest-known use of the word heterosexual in the United States; 1921 Ellen Shaw Barlow writing in relation to the national Committee on Prisons and Prison Labor, requesting Templin's presence for a meeting of the Committee on the Care and Training of Delinquent Women and Girls; 1926 Roy Franklin Nichols (1896-1973) American historian and a Pulitzer Prize winner, writing regarding one of Templins' publications; 1928 Breckinridge Long (1881 - 1958) diplomat and politician served in the administrations of Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, on Democratic National Committee letterhead - regarding a portrait of Rev. John Breckinridge (his great-grandfather) Templin was sending in appreciation of his "…defense of Religious Freedom…"; Federico de Onis Sánchez (1885 - 1966 ) Spanish writer and literary critic, taught Spanish literature at Columbia University in New York concerning a recommendation of one of his students for a position at Radford ; educator John L. Bergstresser; Jessie H. Humphries Associate Dean Texas Womens University; Butler Ames (1871-1954) American politician, engineer, soldier and businessman; Richard Fenner Burges (1873-1945) Texas legislator and conservationist; Alice Mildred Burgess; William Blair Roberts (1881-1964) Episcopal Suffragan Bishop South Dakota; Katharine Denworth, president of Bradford Academy, regarding an article on sororities in colleges; N. Floyd Templin of the Ohio House of Representatives writing on Templin family genealogical matters; John G. Barry, consulting mining geologist and engineer of El Paso, regarding an educational alliance between the Radford School and the Texas College of Mines; Arthur L Burroughs, publisher, writing about the subject of grammar in education; Harriet M. Chase of the National Education Assoc.; Jack Braveheart, regarding a talk on the American Indian; Ivan Lee Holt, Methodist bishop of St. Louis; Cornelia McKinne Stanwood of the Sarah Dix Hamlin School San Francisco; Joseph Dorfman, economic historian at Columbia Univ., asking Templin about her studies with Thorstein Veblen; an interesting 2-page letter from Dr. J. Travis Bennett of El Paso, regarding the setting-out of a chart for the physical examination and reportage on condition of applicants to Radford, with suggestions; Bertha Baur (1858-1940) directed the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music; A.F. Kuhlman, Assoc. Dir., University of Chicago, regarding research work on childrens' reading habits, information; Dr. William S. Gray (1885-1960) American educator and literacy advocate, also of U. of Chicago on the same subject; Sallie Caldwell, Teachers College Columbia University, regarding early learning & English curriculum materials; Mrs. Florence F. Osgood of the Neshobe camp for girls in Vermont requesting an alliance with Radford School; U.S. Army major (later colonel) Livingston Watrous; Colonel D.C. Pearson, New Mexico Military Institute; Ruth Elliott of Wellesley College; Chris P. Fox sheriff El Paso, regarding falling down on the job for police protection near the school; Brent N. Rickard American Smelting & Refining Works; Louise Traxell Greeley, Dean of Women at U. of Wisconsin Madison; Lieutenant Colonel Joseph P. Aleshire Fort Bliss Texas; Mrs. L.J. Calvocoressi, Chairman of the Women's Auxiliary of the Greek War Relief Assoc.; Lt. Col. (later major-general) Ray. T. Maddocks; , Robert E. McKee, Sr. (1889-1964), major U.S. contractor, engineer, builder; Columbia Broadcasting System program press information director George Crandall; Colonel (later Brig. General) Charles G. Sage; Elmer Davis (1890 1958) news reporter, author, the Director of the United States Office of War Information during World War II and a Peabody Award recipient; William McChesney Martin, Jr. (1906-1998) ninth and longest-serving Chairman of the United States Federal Reserve, serving from April 2, 1951 to January 31, 1970 under five Presidents; Bernard Hoffman (1913 - 1979) American LIFE magazine photographer and documentary photographer, first American photographer on the ground at Hiroshima and Nagasaki after the atomic bomb was dropped in 1945; Alfred E. Stearns, Chairman Overseas Schools Committee; Colonel Hugh J. Deeney, Chief of the Adjutant General Division; Col Harold R. Turner, first commander of White Sands Missile Proving Ground; Guy Sylvestre (Jean-Guy Sylvestre), OC, FRSC (1918 -2010) Canadian literary critic, librarian and civil servant; Rear Admiral Barry Kennedy Atkins (1911 -2005) officer of the United States Navy best known for his achievements as a destroyer captain in World War II; R. Burdell Bixby, prominent Republican of NY State; Robert W. Hamilton, justice of the Texas Supreme Court, regarding a Radford school girl reference; Colombian world federalist Santiago Gutiérrez; M.S. Sundaram Head of Education, Indian embassy; Raymond L. Telles, Jr. (b. 1915) was the first Mexican-American Mayor of a major American city, El Paso, Texas (3 letters); Ángela Acuña de Chacón, Chilean who served as commissioner 1960-1972 on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights; William G. Stark, Consul General of Canada; Rene Mascarenas Miranda, Municipal President (mayor) of Juarez; Gordon Llewellyn Allott (1907-1989) Republican politician; Mrs. William Barclay Parsons, president of the National Council of Women of the United States; John Koehler Gerhart (1907 - 1981) United States Air Force four star general; J. T. Rutherford (1921 - 2006) United States Representative from Texas; R. G. Follis, Chairman of Board. Standard Oil Company of California; Robert John Morris (1914-1996) President of the University of Dallas, American anti-Communist activist (2 notes); Karl Robin Bendetsen (1907 -1989 remembered primarily for his role as architect of the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II; Elmer Ellis (1901 - 1989) American educator and fourteenth president of the University of Missouri; historian C.L. Sonnichsen; Marshall S. Carter, Deputy Director of Central Intelligence (CIA); Millicent C. McIntosh 1898-2001, fourth dean of Barnard College (1947-1952) and the College's first president - this is the last letter, dated 1962 and in it, Dr. Templin is asking for McIntosh to help with providing a successor to the headship at Radford - Templin was soon to retire and died relatively soon afterwards. Some of the letters and notes are very short, with limited content; others more voluminous.Additional materials include: letters to another Templin family member from Scott Wike Lucas (1892 - 1968) two-term Democratic United States Senator (1939-1951) from Illinois and Joel Bennett Clark (1890 -1954), better known as Bennett Champ Clark, Democratic United States Senator from Missouri from 1933 until 1945, later a United States federal judge; and a few other letters; an undated letter to Templin from pianist Ola Gulledge; a two -page undated letter on The American School Foundation Mexico letterhead; a few letters from Frank S. Ross, Major Gen. U.S. Army regarding the Templin War Museum project; a clipped signature of Alvan Tufts Fuller (1878 -1958) and one of John Kieran; and a unidentified sepia-tone matte-finish photograph circa 1920s that may be Dr. Templin or perhaps a friend; a few of the items with the original mailing envelopes; many letters with old adhesive residue from being mounted at some time, some with old tape marks in the corners, some of the items trimmed as if to accommodate in a smaller frame or album (not here); old fold lines, ageing; some with corner-attrition due to being removed; in overall good to very good condition and an interesting group of material encompassing the rich educational, business and personal life of this well-known Texas woman educator, whose contacts spanned the United States and the world.
1921 - 1962 Collection of Correspondence of El Paso Texas Educator & Author Dr. Lucinda De Leftwich Templin, Including Material Concerning Her War Museum and the Establishment of Radford School for Girls
(20th Century Womens Education History)
El Paso Texas: Not Published, 1921.
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The first letter dated 29 Nov. 1937, handwritten in blue ink on 3 sides of Beverly-Wilshire Beverly Hills California letterhead-imprinted folded notepaper and signed in full; in this letter, Romola Nijinsky recounts the kindnesses shown to her by the addressee, one Mrs. Vance of El Paso Texas and gives thanks for hospitality, looking forward to perhaps continuing her lecture tour in Mexico and later, returning to Europe - the wording very personal and complimentary to her Texas hostess - "...You looked so lovely (although you always do) the evening of the lecture, you ought to be painted like this..."; the second letter, dated June 7 1947 on thin airmail paper, typed and signed in black ink; much darker in tone and almost pleadingly pathetic; written from Mittersill Castle Austria; stating in part, "...Next fall we intend to go with my husband to the U.S.A. We have had an awful time during the war as we were war prisoners in Hungary. After unspeakable sufferings and hardships we were liberated in 1945 by the Russian Army and went to Vienna, were(sic) we stayed one year as guests of the British commander in Chief; later General Clark put this glorious unique medieaval Castle of the 11th century to my husbands disposal...If I may trouble you do send us a food parcels; It is awfully hard to get here anything, for no money of the world can you obtain any canned meat, fruit or fruit juice...Thanking you in advance..." and signed in full Romola Nijinsky; both letters with their mailing envelopes; with postal cancellations; and both envelopes with evidence of being mounted to a souvenir album page at some time, with adhesive residue on envelope backs; the letters themselves with light wear and in very good condition, interesting content touching on the life of the great Vaslav Nijinsky (1890-1950), considered one of the 20th century's greatest ballet dancers and choreographers; after his mental collapse, Romola cared for him and traveled Europe in search of a cure for his affliction.
2 Letters with Good Content, Signed By Romola Nijinsky, 1937 and 1947; Wife of Ballets Russes Dancer & Choreographer Vaslav Nijinsky.
(Romola Nijinsky)
California and Austria: Not Published, 1937.
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viii + 545 pages + (1) page publishers' announcement at back; the author's reminiscences traveling, recognized in Asian lands as a 'fankwei' - foreign devil, shipping out from New York harbor as U.S. Navy surgeon (with title of Surgeon of the Fleet - he'd done nearly 30 years in the service at this time) on board the U.S. steam frigate San Jacinto, the second-oldest on board (the commander excepting); one of the ship's tasks was to go to Pulo Pinang "...in the Straits of Malacca, and take on board the Hon. Townsend Harris, Consul General to Japan..."; W.M. Wood (1809-1880) American naval surgeon, widely traveled and an author of several books regarding these journeys, accomplished while he was in his U.S. Navy career - also an important reformer of naval medical practices and hiring of competent medical officers for the service and being present at many of the seminal historic moments of the 19th century - playing a key intelligence gathering role in the Mexican War, in naval battles during the Civil War and during the 2nd China Opium War and the final acquisition of California as part of the U.S.; chapter information on Hong Kong, Siam, Canton, Shanghai, Macao, Japan, more; much of diplomatic and cultural, historical interest; laid-in at the section of the book concerned with the Chinese fighting during the opium war troubles is a small map (newspaper clipping with ads on back) of the battle positions during some of the fighting; another old newspaper laid-in piece on "Chinese A Race and Not a Nation"; tipped-in at the back of the book is an article "Letter from Pulo Penang. U.S. Flag-Ship Powhattan, Penang, Straits of Malacca, April 30, '59 with at top in a contemporary hand "By Rev. Henry Wood Chaplain U.S. E. India & China Squadron rec. Oct. 13th/59" which describes landing at Penang, the climate and foliage, sugar cane cultivation, an account of the very small Armenian presence, local people & customs, economic & religious news, newspaper and publishing, geography & some of the architecture found in the entrepot of Georgetown, the history of the English acquisition of the area and the success of British commercial venturing - "...I counted 35 ships in the harbor, besides a considerable number of Malay boats and prows, and two or three Chinese junks..." and a startling account of a relic of Christian martyrdom during the Boxer uprising, finishing with compliments to Charles C. Currier, the U.S. Consul for Penang who'd taken care of the Rev. & his ship officer companions, as well as to "...the Hon. Mr. Ward, our Minister to China" - it is unclear as to whether the Rev. Wood was a relation of Dr. W.M. Wood; previous owner name of Chas. Wells on front endpaper and his name-stamp on the next blank sheet as well; bound in the original pebbly-finish brown cloth, decoratively blindstamped and with gilt titles (very dulled); binding very worn and mottled, loosening; text good, clean; in good condition overall.
Fankwei; or, the San Jacinto in the Seas of India, China and Japan.
Wood, William Maxwell M.D., U.S.N.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1859.
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Including: (20) page Passenger List for the S.S. Carinthia from New York to Nassau and Havana Wednesday, June 22nd, 1938 Returning to New York Friday,, July 1st, 1938 giving list of passengers, crew, amenities, various cruise options; small "Tour Instructions" for passengers brochure, for the Havana stop; Bulletin No. 3 on board ship, (4) sided with various Havana rules, regulations, port entertainments and highlights; 3 menus, with illustrated covers and a card with a Kenneth Shoesmith color illustration of the ship and an abstract of the log on back, giving run details and times, mileage between stops; Captain A.C. Greig, O.B.E, R.D., R.N.R.; some light wear, soiling; larger menu with corners chipped a bit; abstract card corner with tape, unobtrusive; in overall good plus condition and interesting Cuban tourism and Cunard White Star line ephemeral material.
1938 R.M.S. Cunard White Star Steamship "Carinthia" Nassau and Havana Sea Lark Cruise Ship Ephemera Including Menus, Passenger List, Tour Instructions, Cruise News, Abstract of Log Card
(Cunard Steamship Line)
New York: Cunard Line, 1938.
Price: $65.00
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A large-format mounted black and white photograph of 29 young women and their (presumed) teacher or maestro, the only male in the image; an entirely stringed instrument orchestra, with 22 violins, 2 bass viols, 3 cellos and a large standing harp; the laides all very formally attired in long petticoated white dresses, decorated with elaborate flouncing and lacy sleeves, the women all very serious and posed to perform; with the Gessford, N.Y. studio name in the plate and the Gessford, Photographer 288 Fifth Ave., N.Y. small rubber stamp identifier on back of the cardstock mount; very large format, the photograph 10 3/4" x 13 1/2", the mount making it a full 16" x 20"; no date and circa 1910; some wear and soiling to the cardstock; the image with some spottiness, soil; still, a good clear photograph, in very good condition overall; Joseph G. Gessford (active 1875-1925) a successful portrait & society photographer in New York.
1910 Large format mounted photograph of an Women's Entirely Stringed Instrument Orchestra by Gessford, N.Y. Photographer
(Gessford Studios)
New York: Gessford Photography, 1910.
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A four-paneled 'flyer' or brochure-catalog for this boarding school in New Jersey; listing pertinent facts for prospective students & their parents: "...This Institute is designed as a Boarding School for Boys, and the number of pupils will be limited to twelve....Youth will be carefully prepared for admission into any College in the United States, or for Commercial and other pursuits. The full course of study, therefore, will embrace a period of four years, and will be, as nearly as possible, according to the following scheme:..."; with list of the studies proposed for each of the 4 years; Latin, Greek, composition, history, arithmetic and algebra, geometry, Xenophon's Cyropaedia, Book-keeping, First Principles of Natural Philosophy, Homer's Iliad or Odyssey, Greek and Roman Antiquities, Surveying, Navigation, Evidences of Christianity; also "English Compositions required weekly during each year" and "A Biblical recitation on an every Sabbath"; Hackensack is described as "...a beautiful and healthy village, and is accessible three times a day from Hoboken."; the tuition was $ 250 per annum; with an impressive list of references, starting with the "Faculty of Rutger's College" and then listing 11 others, mostly reverends and various esquires; at the back panel is a handwritten letter, not dated and c. later 1850s, from G. Myers Anderson to his Aunt extolling the virtues of this school for her son, "...it will be more like home for him, from my own experience I would give this school preference..." and with a p.s. giving the Barclay stage coach directions to reach the place; each panel approx. 8" x 10"; printed black on a pale blue stock in several typefaces; some edge, tips wear & soil, old fold lines, old bleached-out spottiness; still very good, legible; an interesting ephemeral New Jersey educational history item from the middle part of the 19th century.
1854 Program Announcement and Catalog of Classes & References for (the) Private Classical and Mathematical Institute Hackensack, N.J. John T. Demarest, Principal (with) an Integral Letter of Reference to a Prospective Students' Guardian from a Graduate
(Private Classical and Mathematical Institute)
Hackensack, New Jersey: Private Classical and Mathematical Institute, 1854.
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206 pages; useful index; with a detailed color map depicting the Indian reservations west of the Mississippi River in 1920, the legend for which gives the sites of the former reservations, day schools, supervisors districts, boarding schools, hospitals, mission boarding, contract and day schools, non res. schools, superintendents headquarters, more, approx. 28" x 40"; topics of the text including factors concerning Indian education, employment, citizenship for Indian soldiers and sailors, oil and gas in the Five Civilized Tribes, Oklahoma Indians, land allocations and settlements, individual Indian moneys, court decisions, "The Pueblo Problem," Black Hills Sioux claims, and much of statistical use, with 47 tables listed; bound in sturdy olive buckram cloth, gilt spine titles; library ink numbers on spine, withdrawn stamp from the Hill Reference Library St. Paul on title page; map with short (1") closed marginal tear; binding strong and in very good condition, interesting historical, cultural information on the condition of the various Indian peoples at the beginning part of the 20th century and the relationships of the tribes with the U.S. government.
Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to the Secretary of the Interior for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1920
(Native American History)
Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1920.
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A small pamphlet which is publicizing an effort to unify the Order of Railroad Conductors with the larger Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen; ostensibly to keep dues low and create a larger power bloc for bargaining and union solidarity; the verbiage says that conductor members have "In past years (been subject to) a great deal of propaganda…to the effect that you "belong" in the O.R.C. …don't you really owe your support and loyalty to the organization that gets you promoted?..."; not dated and no place noted; circa 1920s; approximately 3 1/2" x 6" size; folded, four-panel; light wear; in very good condition; interesting American railroad history ephemera, a transportation union internecine conflict item from the earlier part of the 20th century.
A Message to Conductor Members of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
(Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen)
United States: Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, 1920.
Price: $20.00
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(6) pages; inscribed and signed on the cover page "Presented to Alfred G. Arvold with the compliments of Charles Edison July 9, 1954"; Charles Edison (1890-1969) Under Secretary of the Navy in the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration and later governor of New Jersey; black and white illustrated throughout with pictures of Thomas Alva Edison and his wife Mina and their New Jersey home, grounds, office; nicely printed with gravure-like quality to the imagery by Coakley & Company New York; no date and circa 1950s; approx.6" x 9" stapled pamphlet format, illustrated cover; light wear, little darkening to paper, old fold line; very good condition and interesting especially as signed by the son and heir to the control of the business.
Welcome to Glenmont The Home of Thomas Alva Edison Inscribed and Signed By Charles Edison
(Thomas Edison)
New Jersey: Glenmont, 1954.
Price: $125.00
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173 pages; "Perry Mason, Della Street and Paul Drake...faced with a puzzle to which their arch antagonist, Hamilton Burger, alone seemed to have the missing piece..."; William Morrow dustjacket priced $ 2.95 on inner flap, and Walter J. Black imprint; back cover with photo illustration of Erle Stanley Gardner; some wear to dustjacket; red spine lettering faded; volume in very good condition.
The Case of the Duplicate Daughter: A Perry Mason Mystery
Gardner, Erle Stanley
New York: Walter J. Black, 1960.
Price: $20.00
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(72) pages, plus the (2) page Supplement; with a classified business directory, followed by an alphabetical listing of residents listed on this social register, giving their New York City (or elsewhere, permanent residence) and their Hamptons domicile, with phone number; at back is a list of Guests at Hotels, with their names, permanent residence & hotel or other accommodation; following this is a useful "Locater List" which provides an alphabetical list of rented houses for 1948 - for instance, the J.V. Bouvier Estate on Apaquogue Road was rented to Mrs. Gerard B. Werner for the season and John Astor rented The Crossways owned by W.W. Benjamin; with much local advertisement interspersed throughout the guide; the Supplement provides the names of Late Arrivals and corrected listings, corrected or additional telephone numbers; 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" approx. size; stapled white paper printed covers; darkened and worn, old penciling on back cover; contents clean and in good condition, a few stray pencil notations; interesting ephemeral society & genealogical material from this prestigious town on the East End of Long Island.
East Hampton Social Guide 1948 (with) Supplement
(East Hampton)
East Hampton Long Island New Y: Not Published, 1948.
Price: $45.00
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(22) pages; recipe contributions by Mrs. Charles Rose, Mrs. C.S. Halsey, Mrs. Harry Burnett, Alice Pierson, Mrs. E.F. Sayer, Mary A. LeFevre, Helen Halsey, Mrs. Costello, Mary D.W. Halsey Annie R. Corwith, Mrs. Stephen P. Burnett, Mrs. J. G. Worrell, Miss Magee, M.E. H. Dickinson, others; recipe pages interspersed with blank pages (we suspect, for notes - none extra here); recipes for cocoa bread, Rosie's Cake, Apple Snow, Corn Souffle, more, heavy on the cakes and treats; side string-bound printed & illustrated paper covers, with a nice art-nouveau side-portrait of a woman ornament, initialed "W.H.M."; no date or publisher, circa 1920; covers darkened and worn, soiled, back cover chipped at spine, inside blank pages with staining; good condition, interesting ephemeral culinary and genealogical material from this town on the East End of Long Island, south shore.
Water Mill Cook Book
(Water Mill)
Water Mill New York: Not Published, 1920.
Price: $125.00
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16 pages; the cover sheet notes this to be an "Abstract of paper to be presented in London and in New York, April 25th, 1935."; dealing with windmills situated "...east of the portage at Canoe Place, and the Shinnecock Hills; few remain..."; descriptions the including Bridgehampton Beebe Mill; East Hampton: Gardiner, Hook, Pantigo Mills; Gardiner's Island mill; Hay Ground, Montauk Point, Shelter Island, Southampton: Good Ground & Mill Hill mills and Water Mill, most of which at the time were privately owned; with detailed technical descriptions of all of these and a summary on the materials, historical and anecdotal, and acknowledgements; all by the noted premier scholar of the windmill at the time, Rex (Reginald) Wailes, OBE (1901-1986) British engineer, President of the prestigious Newcomen Society for the Study of the History of Engineering and Technology - "...During his long membership of this society he presented forty-three papers of which all but three were devoted to windmills...admired for the care with which he encouraged others working in the same field, and in many instances helped to train them..." (J. Kenneth Major in the DNB); 16 typed sheets, text on one side only, probably one of those given out at the presentations noted; stapled at top left corner; old spottiness and paper-clip mark on cover; in good condition and interesting Long Island historic windmill and technical engineering history for wind-energy.
Notes on the Windmills of Eastern Long Island
Wailes, Rex
London: Newcomen Society for the Study of the History of Engineering and Technology, 1935.
Price: $125.00
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In four sections, each measuring approx. 27" x 25" size, plus margins, often generous, esp. to the outer sides of the maps; making them about 26" x 30 ½" or so; original hand coloring; accomplished by this well-known map maker before the formation of Nassau County, so that area of Long Island is also shown, before the historic event - Oyster Bay and Cold Spring Harbor on the northeast and Garden City, Seaford & Farmingdale in the southeast portion; with detailed inset maps of various areas which were being promoted in real estate development schemes and which state the acreages & plot sizes that are available: Sheepshead Bay and outlining the Jockey Club facilities; inset of Coney Island; Cedarhurst; Bath Beach; Long Island City, Morris Park, Hollis, Richmond Hill; Seacliff; the Long Island Camp Meeting Association inset, in Merrick; a tiny inset for Lloyd's Neck and another for Rockaway Beach Oceanus P.O.; these maps with business inset advertisements for: John Sutter Marble and Granite Works Middle Village, R.H. Allen Agricultural Implements NYC, Earl A. Gillespie Lumber Yard Woodhaven and Ozone Park (with illustrations of buildings); St. Raphael's Church Blissville (with illustration); James F. Walsh successor to James Hall Monumental Granite Works Cypress Hills L.I. (with monument illustr.); Hurd, Waite & Co., Brooklyn's Reliable Dry Goods Establishment; Leonard Ruoff Furnishing Undertaker & Florist, Brooklyn; H. Bade Boots Shoes & Rubbers East N.Y.; Wm. E. Kay Steam Granite & Marble Works South Brooklyn; M.E. Kelly Marble and Granite Works, Calvary Cemetery L.I.; D. Jewell & Son, Dealers in Flour, Grain...(with illustr. of building) East N.Y.; W.F. Moore Furnishing Undertaker Livery and Boarding Stable East N.Y.; included on one section is a useful place index, giving a location finder and includes post offices, location of telegraph and telephone services in the places listed; the "Brooklyn City reference Table" on the same sheet is a business directory with dozens of businesses and their locations listed - we recognize Brooklyn Mill & Lumber and Budweiser Brewing Co.; the maps also showing a portion of the Lower East Side of Manhattan and landowners in the less densely settled areas; wards in the city of Brooklyn, in Long Island City, and on lower east side of Manhattan; an OCLC search indicates 3 holdings, however, these are all for a one-sheet modern reprint of this title; a bit of darkening to paper, as natural for the Beers maps; a little edgewear and chipping, to margins only; one closed marginal tear; overall, in very good condition and with a wealth of cartographic, business, cultural and real estate development history information.
Very Large 4-Section Hand-Colored ‘Map of Kings and Queens Counties New York from Actual Surveys Published By J.B. Beers & Co.’
(Map of Kings and Queens Counties)
New York: J.B. Beers & Co., 1886.
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xii + (2) + 327 pages + errata slip pasted-in at last (blank) leaf; containing general & private laws, memorials & resolutions - some of which concern various counties established or re-organized, Laramie, Lincoln, Minnehaha, incorporation of the City of Cheyenne, Dakota Territory (later Wyoming Territory); An act to provide common schools for the Territory, regulation of liquors, An act to strike the word "white" out of the Election Laws, An Act conferring the rights of citizenship upon certain Halfbreeds; asking for land from Congress for the building of railroads and for building the capital for the Territory, "...A Memorial to the President...relative to the removal of the Pembina band of Chippewa Indians", the establishment of a mail route from Fort Totten to St. Joseph, D.T. and several other mail routes in the Territory; and Number 15, asking Congress "...for the Organization of a new Territory out of the Southern Portion of Dakota."; useful index; Allen in Dakota Imprints 1858-1889 states in his Introduction, "...some of the titles in the list are of works of lasting usefulness. These are especially the volumes of session laws and of codes and digests, the reports of the decisions of the territorial Supreme Court, and others of the kind needed for consultation in other states as well as in the Dakotas..." this is # 61 in the list, a fairly early printing from the Territory by Kingsbury, one of the earliest newspaper publishers as well; with interesting Dakota Territory provenance - the endpapers with several stamps repeated of "C.T. McCoy Dealer in Lands and Town Lots, Bon Homme, Dakota" and with his stamp also (numbering this book as 133) from Aberdeen, S.Dakota - and his signature and a notation "Judge of Probate and Ex. Off. Co. Treasurer for Bon Homme Co. D.T." - McCoy had much involvement politically and financially in the growing area; with another ownership signature, of "...Armstrong, Bon Homme"; original leather binding, boards with faint blindstamped viney surrounding border, spine with red leather label & gilt titles; boards detached, very worn as is spine covering & title; text block sewn securely, old dampstain in back section; still, the text in good condition, fairly clean and good and having interesting primary-source material on the Dakota Territory as well as the surrounding areas; a candidate for rebind and for reference.
Public and Private Laws, Memorials and Resolutions, of the Territory of Dakota. Passed By the Legislative Assembly at the Seventh Session Thereof Begun and Held at Yankton, The Capital...December 2nd, A.D. 1867...
(Dakota Territory)
Yankton, Dakota Territory: Published By Authority, Geo. W. Kingsbury, Public Printer, Union and Dakotian Office, 1867.
Price: $350.00
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'Delegate' printed inset in top gilt-surround bar, blue cloth ribbon with gilt lettering; attached below is a 1 1/4" diameter gilt disk with an inset color illustration of the Maine Great Seal with motto, "Dirigo -Maine", with farmer & sailor, pine tree & moose at center; about 3 ¾" length overall; all three parts of the badge with the Whitehead & Hoag Co. Newark, NJ advertising specialty company information on back; some wear and corrosion to gilding, dulling to lettering on ribbon; still in good condition, interesting political memorabilia & Maine ephemeral item.
Delegate's Ribbon with Pendant Color Chromolithograph Illustrated Disk from the Republican State Convention Portland (Maine) March 23, 1916.
(Political Memorabilia)
Portland, Maine: Republican National Convention, 1916.
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A sharp black and white photograph of an Indian, probably Plains tribe; visible on his left shoulder is a badge or ribbon, with only the words "...Beach - Cowboy Country of Teddy Roosevelt" - we infer that this is Beach, North Dakota an area that Roosevelt had ranched and that the sitter was perhaps a member of one of the Native American shows for tourists in the area; approximately 7 1/2" x 9 1/2" size; hinged at top back only to a sheet of heavy paper; "Old Elk" written at bottom of mount sheet; on back of photograph in pencil, "Elk"; no studio or photographer noted; no date, circa 1920s; light wear, wrinkling; in very good condition.
C. 1920 Photograph Native American in Plains Indians Garb, "Old Elk" Having a Badge or Ribbon from "Beach - Cowboy Country of Teddy Roosevelt"
(Photography)
United States: Not Published, 1920.
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xiv + vii + 442 pages; with tissue-guarded portrait frontispiece illustrations of 'O'Donovan Rossa in Prison Dress' and a bust portrait as well, which is signed below in ink by the author, this being noted as the 'Author's Autographed Edition' of this memoir; additionally, it is inscribed and signed by author on the front endpaper, "To Henry L. O'Brien D.D.S. from O'Donovan Rossa. April 7, 1913"; Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa [Diarmuid Ó Donnabháin Rosa] (bap. 1831- 1915) Irish nationalist, early member of the Irish Republican brotherhood, writer and newspaper editor and publisher in Ireland and America, "...he had inaugurated a politics that sealed the fate of landlord influence and turned the tide against priestly control, henceforth chastened into dependence on lay support. No less paradoxically, Rossa's prison life gave noteworthy aid to British prison reform..." - adopted after his death as an heroic inspiration by the Easter Uprising leadership and later Irish nationalist militants. (Owen Dudley Edwards in the DNB); this text originated in the 1870s, and here is added to by Rossa in 1882 with the material at front; the Dedication To the Irish Convicted Felons, 1865-1870 contains a historically useful listing of the names, sentence and birthplaces of nearly 200 men so convicted; newly and finely rebound by Richard Lamb of New Lamb Bindery in black cloth, with black leather spine label and gilt spine titles and simple line rules, all edges gilt; the binding in fine condition and the text clean and very good, Rossa's signatures strong and bold; a great copy of the author's perhaps most famous and effective work and especially so for the double signatures & inscription.
Irish Rebels in English Prisons: A Record of Prison Life
Rossa, Jeremiah O'Donovan
New York - London: P.J. Kenedy and Sons, 1882.
Price: $450.00
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432 pages; half title; frontispiece portrait of Harmon by Leney after Schroeder; with only half of the folding "Map of the Interior of North America engraved by Annin & Smith Boston" and one part that split away along fold; this copy without the errata slip; with the Journal followed by sections: "Character of the Canadian voyagers, An account of the Indians living west of the Rocky Mountain, A general account of the Indians on the east side of the Rocky Mountain, A specimen of the Cree or Knisteneux tongue, A specimen of the Tacully or Carrier tongue, A concise account of the principal animals;" References: Wagner-Camp-Becker 17; Graff Coll. 1786; Sabin 30404; Pilling Bibl. Algonquian lang.,; p. 222; Streeter Americana; 3692; memoir of his travels by Daniel Williams Harmon, (1778-1843) Bennington Vermont-born American fur trader and diarist, entered the fur trade with the North West Company in Montreal, and "...began a remarkable diary of life in the North American wilderness. Harmon's journal was no mere business ledger, as were so many journals of the day; rather, it was an intensely personal memoir of his encounters with the elements, the natives, friends, and ultimately his own inner self. The abiding appeal of these encounters derives from their extraordinary nature...remembered for his long service and, especially, for his diary, one of the era's richest legacies..." (David C. Jones in ANB); Preface by Daniel Haskel (1784-1848); original full-leather binding, very darkened tree-calf; boards soiled, edge-worn and rubbed at spine ends and edges; foxing & spotting to text, one leaf within text with corner 'bite' at bottom, no loss to text; in good condition overall.
A Journal of Voyages and Travels in the Interiour of North America...Extending from Montreal Nearly to the Pacific Ocean...Including an Account of the Principal Occurrences, During a Residence of Nineteen Years...
Harmon, Daniel Williams
Andover: Flagg and Gould, 1820.
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vi + 330 pages + errata leaf; recounting the activities of Alexander Henry (1739-1824), fur trader and merchant - "...secured the second fur trade pass given to an Englishman to trade in the upper Great Lakes..." this memoir, written towards the end of a very active life in the north, "...became an adventure classic and is one of the best descriptions of Great Lakes Indian life." (David Arthur Armour in the ANB); previous owner signature at front endpaper and another on the title page; bound in the original full polished leather, gilt spine titles on a red-leather label; binding scarred and worn, top board hanging on by one thread; no free front endpaper or half title, no portrait as is sometimes found - Howes (H-420) noting that the portrait "…not issued in the earliest copies…"; title page with darkening, closed edge-tear & little chip, staining; the text block with old staining and wear, overall, in fair to good condition, for reference or rebinding.
Travels and Adventures in Canada and the Indian Territories, Between the Years 1760 and 1776. In Two Parts.
Henry, Alexander, Esq.
New York: I. Riley, 1809.
Price: $500.00
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Collection of 30 silver-print original photographs of female nudes, seemingly of the same model in various poses and states of undress, many with props - bow & arrows, hand-mirrors, flowers, filmy garments…; each with the Aurora Studio imprint & negative number with the date of 1912 or (mostly) 1913 in the plate; each also with their stamp on back, stating "For Artists Use Permission is given to copy this photo in any medium except photography for use in illustration, designs, mural decorations, etc. The Aurora Studios Boston, Mass." the images are not mounted and are printed on good quality heavy photographic paper stock; average size 5" x 8" with some having a more slender format, according to the pose in the image; found loose within a small portfolio with plain polished paper-covered boards, cloth spine, original black cloth ribbon ties; some wear and fading to the portfolio, previous owner pencil name on endpaper; all images clear, strong with good light and contrast, very professional and in very good condition; a very good group of this genre, especially interesting as being of one model and within a specific and short time period; documenting the history of photography in erotic art, here presented as 'artistic' studio aids.
1913 Collection of 30 Original Cabinet-Size Photographs from The Aurora Studios, Boston Massachusetts
(Aurora Studios)
Boston, Massachusetts: The Aurora Studios, 1913.
Price: $3,500.00
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