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Archive which graphically details the history, progress and development of the landmark 1910 McKim, Mead, and White-designed Pennsylvania station, including: A group of primary material contained in an printed envelope stating Jos. T. Richards, The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, with address in Philadelphia and handwritten beneath Richards' name "Chief Engineer M. of Way" and also noting "N.Y. terminal Sta. Tunnels Yards &c Maps Charts Data of Station operating features Work of P.R.R. operations of line" - this evidently his personal or office packet of working plans that could be carried on-site to the project - all materials in this pouch approx. 4 1/2" x 10 1/2" size or larger as described here - containing: 1907 folding blueprints, printed blue on white, showing the splendid facades designed for Penn Station - New York City, Thirty-first Street elevation, the Thirty-Third St. elevation, a Section on East and West axis, another section on North and South axis, showing underground details and all 14" lengths; 4 1/2" x 10" depictions of the 7th and the 8th avenue elevations and sheets of the same size showing the interior layouts of the main floor below street, street level, concourse floor, 2nd, 3rd and attic level and giving details on the rooms, purpose on each floor (this group's printing a bit 'muddy' and still good); 22 1/2" length blueprint of Arrangement of tracks NYC terminal at Penn, very detailed, a 1907 Arrangement of tracks NYC terminal for Penn Station, very complex and detailed, unfolds to 6" x 17", a blueprint profile of P.N.J. & N.Y. R.R. and P.N.Y. & L.I.R.R. a view of the depth of the tunnel and relative heights of land masses from New Jersey, Manhattan and into Brooklyn for the proposed tunnel-building; a printed map of the entry of the train lines into the yard at Manhattan attached to a couple of printed depictions taken from L.I.R.R. information regarding that line's locations, tipped-on to a card - all of these materials with three side-punched holes evidently for a binder or clip, the blueprints especially printed on good quality durable paper stock and with the beautifully-rendered architectural design elements faithfully portrayed. This collection also includes supportive material, delineating the preparations leading up to and during the construction of the tunnel, station and lines:1899 statement of passenger pass-through for various U.S. railway stations, London and Paris; May 1900 2 drawings on one page of "A single Track Study" and a Double track "Study" with the notes in J.T. Richard's hand stating for the first, "At Osnabruck Hanover Germany (initialed J.T.R.) and for the second, "Submitted to Mr. A.J. Cassatt in Planning for Washington Term'l Station Jos. T. Richards Chairman-Committee 1902", drawings in section style, frontal views of the 'tube's of the tunnels with trains; 1903 table regarding sizes and lengths of tracks needed at Jersey City, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Camden, North Boston, others and the proposed needs at New York station, blueprint 8" x 10"; 1903 two tables, one depicting Number of passengers passing through each station per annum also area of passenger rooms and ticket office and lineal feet of selling front on ticket office at each station- giving east coast U.S. examples (including ferry, rail passengers) and also several London examples and ending with a row for New York - Proposed New Station - data gathered from 1898-1902 and attached, a smaller table showing seating capacity of restaurants in six U.S. stations, including the proposed NY station, number of tables, dining room, cafe, lunch counter no. of stools, totals - in column form, dated 1903 both printed blueprints, 8" x 9 1/2" and 5" x 9 1/2"; 1901-1903 Statement of the Number of pieces of baggage handled during the years 1901 and 1902 with area of baggage rooms, waiting rooms and package rooms at each station, giving New York, NJ, Brooklyn, Pittsburgh, Washington, other locations and their totals in columns including a list of square feet of waiting room for passengers at these locations and other data - half the statement is filled with printed "Notes" regarding Adams and Southern Express Companies, United States Express Co., capacities of baggage cars and comparisons with horse-drawn baggage movers and also conditions and recommendations for enlargement of these places and reasons, approx. 12" x 17" blueprint sheet, clearly printed and another, 1901-1902 results but more detailed, and with number of pieces of handled, notes that the proposed Penn station would handle 1, 400,000 pieces of baggage a year - this has a smaller chart attached with this comparison, both are blueprint style as well; accompanying this and of the same date is a group of 7 pages clipped together 8" x 10" with more baggage handling details, and adding the new Washington D.C. Union Station proposed needs as well as the NY Penn station proposed totals, a page with "Notes on Baggage 1902-1903" with some interesting statistics: NY: Baggage business doubled in 15 years 1886-1901...and needs for larger station spaces in current locations; Washington "Unusually heavy travel in 1902 - G.A.R. Encampment" and data regarding express companies; other pages with sizes of space compared in charts, passengers passing through stations, including Paris and London locales, station car capacities, with some manuscript corrections to data and notations on back of page with calculations and more and seating capacities of restaurants; 1903 mimeo copy of a letter to J.R. Wood Gen. Passenger Agent from J. F. Trout Supt. D.C. & Rest's regarding a memorandum from J. T. Richards, giving seating capacities of various restaurants in locations on the Penn lines in Jersey City, Baltimore and more, noting seating capacities at each table, and correcting the blueprints for the new NY terminal "...an error was made in transferring..." - with a group of four more mimeo sheets comparing toilet facilities, baggage handling, table capacities of restaurants; 1904 Capacity of Large Terminals of the United States mimeograph chart, giving no. of passenger tracks at station, approach tracks, lineal feet of standing room on pass'r tracks in sta., clear of switches, lineal feet of clear track in coach yards adjacent to station, number and distance of turntables adjacent to station, schedule trains per 24 hours, schedule trains busiest hours, trains per station track busiest hour, total moves in and out of shed busy hour, lineal ft. of clear track in outer coach y'ds, lineal ft. tracks engine storage outer coach y'd, No. of stalls in engine house outer coach y'd, distance-station to outer coach yard, distance, station to engine yard, and with another sheet-chart giving comparative areas in sq. ft. of various rooms in NY terminal, Broad St. station & others, including toilets and package rooms, offices; 1904 group of 5 typed lists on 'onionskin' paper, probably the office carbons, giving "Business at Broad Street Station on Wednesday, June 1st, 1904, as compared with Saturday, June 1st, 1901 - June 1st, 1904 being a dull, cold rainy, disagreeable day, and June 1st, 1901, being a bright, clear sunshiny day." comparing trains arriving, cars, parcels stored, baggage forwarded, transferred, received, bicycles forwarded etc., children's coaches, cash receipts, newspapers forwarded, letters, packages, valuables, pouches received and forwarded, cab service dept. stats, including 4-wheelers, hansom cabs, victorias and their movements, bureau of information inquiries handled and their times, use of passenger elevator numbers, ladies' & men's toilet usage, station porter activities, restaurant activity, comparison chart for 1901 and 1904 giving division - New York, Philadelphia, Maryland, Central, Schuylkill, and passengers in and out, totals, cars in and out and totals; 1905 3 1/2" x 9" one-sided 'chart' on paper showing "Street Grades in New York City..." giving location, per cent of grade, length, remarks, ie. "Heavy Team traffic and important cross-town undergrade trolley..." and penciled in at bottom of list "Our PRR Station Driveway 6.1% (grade) and "Baggage wagons & carriages down to waiting Rm"; 1905 P., N.Y. & L.I.R.R. Proposed Overhead Bridges over Sunnyside Yard Long Island City, N.Y., blueprinted 10" x 13" approx. and with colored lines chalked-in for emphasis of detail, attached is typed list of committee members for the project, this accompanied by a 4-page 1905 letter from Richards to A.J. Cassatt regarding the Blackwell's I. Bridge plan, signed by Richards in ink and who has noted on the back in manuscript, "Copy of a letter showing how much in detail (underlined) Mr. A.J. Cassatt entered into the planning of the New York Terminal Lines & Station - At this time he was on his vacation at Bar Harbor - and supposed to be resting - but he followed up his office work just the same (initialed) Jos. T. R.", much here on the actual placement of the yards and the problems associated with locations and vested interests; 1905 Capacity of Stairways typed list, probably the J.T. Richards office carbon, for Manhattan Elevated Ry. NY, 23rd St. Station, City Hall Sta., IRT, several other stations, Brooklyn Bridge, for the NY and Brooklyn ends, giving precise data on rate of approach of passengers, head counts, speeds of the crowds, sizes of the platforms on which movement is made; 1905 chart and map of Speed of trains new York Station to Jamaica, through interchange yard "Comparison of Running Time with interchange from Electric Motors to Steam Locomotives at Sunnyside Yard or at Jamaica." with list, rates for level grades used, and with a map below, blueprint approx. 8" x 10"; (with) 1905 folding 9 1/2" x 33" map-plan of the P.N.Y. & L.I.R.R. Sunnyside Yard, Long Island City, showing the dozens of train lines coming into this important depot that handled all of the city traffic that was to come out of Penn station, with lines emphasized with colors. Split at folds of each panel, last panel with an edge chipped away approx. 1 1/2" x 6", the central, important part of the map very good, a very detailed and precise depiction with graph of grades below main map - this plan had been approved by Richards and with his (printed) signature; 1907 blueprint map of New York Terminal Railroads Harrison to Jamaica approx. 20" x 48", with red lines drawn for the H. & M. tunnels and showing transit of the line from the New Jersey side, to Manhattan, Brooklyn also shown, with the Sunnyside yards and the Pennsylvania RR lines, more, split along folds and in good condition; 1909 8 1/2" 32 1/2" map-chart in black and white of the Pennsylvania Tunnel and Terminal Railroad Bergen Hill Tunnel, NJ to Long Island Shaft, Borough of Queens, 2 views on same chart, top view and side view of length of tunnel, depths etc., very detailed and precise; 1910 6-page densely- typed letter sent by Engineer Richards to A.J. County, Asst. to Second Vice-President, sending "...list of several committees of operating engineers and officers, showing the work assigned to these committees by the late President, Mr. Cassatt..." (referring to the recently-deceased Penn RR president Alexander J. Cassatt, who was the proponent behind the massive Penn Station project and did not live to see it complete) - the letter notes that planning for this undertaking began in 1902 for certain aspects of the Penn yards, with committees established, and great historical information regarding their decisions made from their studies - track plans, and train movements - also noting the progressive developments, which would "...enable Mr. Geo. Gibbs... Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & Co. to plan the electric locomotives for tunnel service....maximum weight at five hundred tons...twenty-four trains per hour in each tunnel" then, referring to a 1904 report to Cassatt regarding the need to purchase more property for the yards, (four blocks had already been purchased) - here is mentioned the first formation of a second committee for the planning of the (Pennsylvania) Passenger Station and giving committee members. Further, meetings with the architects of the station are mentioned - McKim, Mead & White and mentioning that "...All operating features of the station were considered, including the ticket offices, baggage rooms, package rooms, size and capacity of waiting rooms, dining room, restaurant, concourses..." here also are reiterated the establishment of engineering criteria for the tunnel heights and clearances, assignation of tracks to local and long-distance trains, changes of committee membership noted and the participation of the Long Island Railroad in the discussions- also regarding the sale of land to the US Government for the Post Office and agreements made between the railroad and the government in use of the property and storage, more - this evidently an office or file copy, however signed in ink by Jos. T. Richards, as is the following sheet which gives a list of the various committees involved in the project, names, dates of membership and change, a chronology of upper-level rail personnel participation in this huge project; a few note-scraps, undated - one listing "showing how much in detail is Mr. Cassatt entered into thosw large engineering matters (initialed JTR)" and evidently a title note for other items, since it states "Letters, &c My Planning with Mr. Cassatt new York Terminal Station - Washington Terminal Station, Richards here being named as the Chairman of Committee for the planning of these large stations, about 5 1/2" x 6 1/2" linen-backed paper - another note also very interesting and reading "E.W. Moir V.P. of I. Pearson & Son - a N.Y. Corporation owned by a British firm of same name Sir Weetman Paearson's right hand man is W.W. Moir, (or Muir) the Pioneer of submarine tunneling for west coast of Scotland 40 - 45 years..." below this is a small drawing showi g a tunnel 'tube' and with notations regarding pounds of pressure "...70 lbs highest at end to keep out water..." and listing "Alfred Noble Calif. Engr. Harrison, Woodward, Mason & Brace Assts...has been 22 Nationalities worked on the job" evidently speaking of the massive tunnel work itself, 3" x 4 1/2" and a mimeograph "Committees" list, J.T. Richards here at the top and listed as Sta. Yard Opr.and other names below, a dozen and their positions at the time on the rail line; 1913 black and white map from the New Jersey Harbor Commission showing Railroad Systems with Terminals in New York Harbor, 21 3/4" x 24 3/4" approx., with inset chart of Mileage of Railroad Systems and giving totals, couple of short closed tears along foldlines, very good; 1913 black and white map from the NJ Harbor Commission showing Steamship Lines with Regular Sailings from New York Harbor, very detailed, 22" x 24 1/2" approx., with inset chart of lines from new Jersey and from New York and giving totals, very good; another map, probably similar vintage and undated, NJ Harbor Commission showing Waterfront Communities Bordering on New York Harbor, 22" x 24 1/2" approx., couple of closed tears along foldlines, old 1" chip at bottom just to the neat line, no loss of material, very good; contained in the original light-gray heavy manila envelope, titled with "Preliminary Surveys for Tunnels and entrance into New York City..." worn and soiled; all materials in good to very good condition and offering a chronological, insider's glimpse at the planning, development and building of one of the United States and New York City's most famous landmark public buildings.
1899 - 1913 Collection of Materials Regarding the Building of Penn Station -Blueprints, Maps, Plans, Documents Including Preliminary Surveys for Tunnels and Entry Into New York City, Joseph T. Richards Chief Engineer Pennsylvania Railroad.
(New York City)
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2 Typed Manuscripts By Himilce Novas
(Himilce Novas)
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239 pages; containing three items: One Day, concerning an Athens visit, the story Nerinda and the essay On the Herpetology of the Grand Duchy of Baden, by (George) Norman Douglas, (1868-1952) British travel writer; 2000 copies were printed; printed dustjacket over blue boards; some edge, tips wear to the jacket, small chip at top of spine edge, unobtrusive; volume in very good condition.
Three of Them
Douglas, Norman
London: Chatto & Windus, 1930.
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215 pages (a few unopened), bibliography, index; "First Published" stated on copyright page; Chapman and Hall printed on title page, with a small slip tipped in stating "This book is now published by Chatto & Windus..." - Woolf notes that 1425 copies were printed, the book was remaindered to Simpkin Marshall and in turn the sheets bought by Chatto, and with this slip added-eventually, even Chatto moved their extra copies on to John Grant Ltd.; Woolf also notes that "...Douglas writes in Late Harvest (p. 26): "The English commercial editions omits my few illustrations but contains some corrections and a good deal of fresh material..."; some dustjacket edgewear, top of dustjacket spine chipped 1/8", darkened; one leaf with a short (1/4") closed tear; overall toning to leaves; volume in very good condition.
Birds and Beasts of the Greek Anthology
Douglas, Norman
London & Edinburgh: Chapman and Hall, 1928.
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242 pages; first edition, the first state, with these 'points of issue': pictorial endpapers, title page printed in orange and black, "Press of Braunworth & Co. Bookbinders and Printers Brooklyn, N.Y." at bottom of copyright page, illustration on page 238 printed upside-down; with 8 color plates by Fanny Y. Cory collated complete and other illustrations in orange throughout; previous owner gift inscription in the year of publication on endpaper; in the original grayish-tan pictorial boards binding, with red, yellow, orange & black coloring; spine lettering in orange outlined in black; some edge, tips wear, soiling to binding; a few leaves with some soiling; overall, in good plus condition, especially nice for being the first state.
The Enchanted Island of Yew Whereon Prince Marvel Encountered the High Ki of Twi and Other Surprising People
Baum, L. Frank
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1903.
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267 pages; tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) philosopher "...Jefferson preserved his serene faith in freedom, enlightenment, and the progress of humanity..." (Merrill D. Peterson in the ANB); interesting provenance with the front endpaper in manuscript, "The property of the Library Company of Southampton..." with some return 'rules' stated and their number for the book in script - we are unaware of any such organization and was probably a short-lived experiment in the this Long Island, New York township in an effort to imitate the much more prestigious Library Company of Philadelphia - this evidently being a private lending library of similar sort and with no markings in the text or binding; bound in the original full polished brown leather, simple gilt rules on spine, red leather spine label with gilt titles; some edge, tips wear and scuffing to the boards, a little splaying, flaking at hinges; some foxing and spotting, dampstaining to text, mostly at beginning leaves, otherwise, solidly bound and in good condition.
The Life of Thomas Jefferson, Author of the Declaration of Independence, and Third President of the United States.
Linn, William
Ithaca New York: Mack & Andrus, 1834.
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viii + 209 pages; tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Grover Cleveland, other illustrations in the text by Henry S. Watson; title page printed in red and black; the author enthusiastically recommending the sporting life and it's activities; Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) 22nd & 24th President of the U.S., between his presidencies, Cleveland "... purchased "Gray Gables" near Bourne, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod, where he relished slow-paced summer days, relaxing with his family, socializing with his well-to-do neighbors, and fishing in Buzzards Bay..." (ANB) most probably the source of some of this book's material; bound in the original olive-green rough-textured cloth, gilt cover and spine titles; some edge, tips wear to the boards, spine cloth & titles darkened; good condition.
Fishing and Shooting Sketches
Cleveland, Grover
New York: The Outing Publishing Company, 1906.
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A group of 5 artworks which are the original black and white pen and ink illustrations for the Viking Press book, "Superliner S.S. United States"; on 3 boards; each item separately mounted; on back of all three boards are the printed Viking Press paper markers, each with the typed identifications for the art; the largest and perhaps the most dramatic is the artwork for the title page, showing the liner boldly underway, 13" x 16" overall, with added mount board edging and matte cover with clear plastic 'window' protector; other four pieces smaller, average size 7" x 8", mounted two to a board and also with 'window' mattes: illustrations for pages half-title, 55, 60, 61; two of these are of the S.S. United States, fore and stern depictions; the other two are of historic vessels, one very action-packed of a sidewheel & masted steamer 'going down' amidst storm waves; great illustrative art by Henry Billings (1901-1985), American painter, illustrator, muralist and educator, a Bronxville NY native whose murals and artworks can be found in post offices and public buildings around America, taught at Bard College for nearly 20 years and was a member of the Woodstock Artists Assoc. among others. (WWW in American Art, 1999); some wear and soiling, tears to the mount cardstock; one label chipped at corners, still identifiable; artworks very good and giving a glimpse into the artistic process of creating Billings' work on this historic American cruise ship, breaker and holder of Atlantic speed crossing records and currently still afloat - at dock in Philadelphia.
Original Illustrations for the Book Superliner S.S. United States Written and Illustrated By Henry Billings
(Henry Billings)
New York: 1953.
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23 pages; delineating a History of the Memorial Windows, including the process by which these windows were designed and completed by Charles J. Connick, stained glass artisan of Boston and after Connick's death, by his company with Orin E. Skinner as president; with a history of the Art of Stained Glass; about half the booklet is given to minute examination of every window in the building, noting physical description, donors, and the pictorial representation called for, ie. "...Second Window. In the first panel of the second window, which is devoted to the great legendary figures of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, Abraham is shown dividing the land with Lot. Represented at either side are the Departure of Lot, and the Sacrifice of Isaac...The Aisle Windows The aisle windows develop the story of Christ's life, culminating in the large window in the chancel. The principal subjects are bordered by architectural canopies, while angelic figures kneel in attitudes of adoration in the base of each window panel; and angels with trumpets and censers, symbolizing Praise and Prayer, appear in the tracery which is enriched by decorative stars and clouds of heavenly glory..."; with short quotes from Connick, Skinner and Arthur Kingsley Porter regarding the work; some edge, tips wear and soiling to paper wrap covers; good condition overall.
The Memorial Windows in the Reformed Church of Bronxville, New York
Walker, Jessie Blancard (Preparer)
Bronxville New York: Reformed Church of Bronxville, 1956.
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Original watercolor approx. 4 1/4" width x 6" height of this Warren Brandt still life subject; inscribed at the bottom left in pencil "For Gloria Merry Christmas 1988 (and beneath that) Warren Brandt Paris 1988"; inscription is to Gloria Jones, wife of the American author James (From Here to Eternity) Jones; colors bright and vivid; had been tape-mounted in the past, now re-tipped on at top edge archivally; in it's original mount, a hand-painted matte board cover, probably also done by Brandt, since the back of the board is additionally inscribed "For Gloria Christmas 1988" in the artist's hand; the matte is worn, naive-looking- the artwork itself is in very good condition a nice, intimate small piece. Warren Brandt (1918-2002) American painter, teacher, author, studied with Philip Guston and Max Beckmann, active in Provincetown Massachusetts, widely exhibited, at Metropolitan Musem of Art watercolor exhib., Sachs Gallery, more. (Who Was Who in American Art)
Original Signed & Inscribed Warren Brandt Still-Life Watercolor on Paper
Brandt, Warren
Paris and London: 1986.
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273 pages; illustrated with all fourteen color plates by N.C. Wyeth, collated complete according to the list; pictorial endpapers; title and copyright page dates of 1911, match, publisher's seal on copyright page; with the contents page (x) listing chapter XVI on page 23 in error (should be page 123); top edge not gilt and no tissue guards on the plates, indicating a later state of the printing; color paste-down on cover; previous owner name on half-title page; edge, tips, spine ends wear-through, rubbing, fraying at spine ends, top of which chipped a bit; contents with the occasional closed edge-tear, soiling; overall, presentably good condition, plates very good.
Treasure Island
Stevenson, R.L.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911.
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Poster signed "Grace Hartigan" at middle bottom left in black ink, a good clear signature; Black and white; approx. 11 3/4" x 15"; depicting the artists' abstract work "Poxabogue" by Grace Hartigan (1922-2008) American Abstract Expressionist painter of the New York School, friend of de Kooning, Pollock and many others, herself a very influential force in early pop art and widely collected; Robert Keene, a Southampton, Long Island NY town historian, bookseller and publisher - cultivated friendships and social interaction with inner-circle artists & literati in the Hamptons, also occasionally printing books & ephemeral material of local and regional interest, here promoting his then-wife Hartigan, a very brief one-year marriage for the artist; slight wear; in very good condition, a nice ephemeral art history item of the New York School artists
1959 Grace Hartigan Art Exhibition Poster Signed By the Artist -"Paintings Summer Work… The Robert Keene Gallery Southampton"
(Grace Hartigan)
1959.
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Dated "VII-2-1970" and stating "Dear Miss Bunyan - I'm glad that you got the check - Thank you for trusting us - Mr. Dolan - her son - was very pleased - Also happy that you enjoyed Coco - (signed) Katharine Hepburn" a very typical bold dark signature; Katharine Hepburn (1907-2003) award-winning American actress; Letter on 'Cranes' watermark paper; approx. 10 3/8" x 7 1/4"; with her mother's name simply printed in small red lettering at top, Katharine Houghton Hepburn; old fold lines; in very good condition. 'Coco' about Coco Chanel, was Katharine Hepburn's only stage musical and was running on Broadway at this time; Robert Emmett Dolan was musical director of the production; our source for this autograph item indicated only that the "Miss Bunyan" referred to reputedly owned or worked at a flower shop and evidently did a favor for Hepburn which was appreciated and gratefully acknowledged. The actress was apparently frugal - she is using the letterhead of her mother, Katharine Martha Houghton Hepburn (1878-1951) women's rights activist and noted suffragist - 20 years after her death.
1970 Typed Letter Signed by Katharine Hepburn - on Her Mother's Letterhead Paper
(Katharine Hepburn)
1970.
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15 + 115 + 47 + 64 pages typed one side only; with a few corrections, mostly spelling or grammatical in nature; one notation added in Greek in a reference at bottom of page; the manuscript corresponding to the 1935 Leipzig Verlag Jakob Hegner 1st edition, excepting the last section, 'Pascals Kampf' and which does not appear to have been part of the manuscript; the German edition bound in light gray cloth, black leather spine label with gilt titles, top edge tinted gray, light wear; the pagination slightly different in the printed version; (and) including a copy of the 1966 Herder and Herder New York 1st edition translated by Brian Thompson, 'Pascal for Our Time' 236 pages in dustjacket, light wear to the jacket, volume very good; the manuscript leaves in the original 'Baschaga' binder as found, which has a spring-grip spine holding the loose ms sheets (which remove easily when the binder is opened); Romano Guardini (1885-1968) Catholic priest, influential intellectual author, and theological academic born in Italy and who spent his entire working life in Germany - during the Nazi regime there he was forced to resign from his teaching position due to his opposition to the National Socialist views - and later reached prominence among many of the 20th century's philosophers and authors, much of it via his modern interpretations of the great thinkers, as here; an interesting ephemeral typescript from an author that had wide readership and influence, here writing of Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) French child prodigy mathematician, physicist, and religious philosopher.
Typed Manuscript for Romano Guardini's Christliches Bewusstsein Versuche Uber Pascal (with) the German First Edition (and) the English Translation, Pascal for Our Time
Guardini, Romano
1935.
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15 pages; at back is a useful list of subscribers, along with the officers of the organization and on back of the self-wraps, Constitution of the Society; the subscribers listed alphabetically in their respective towns on Long Island; with an interesting provenance from an old Long Island family, the name signature of John Gardiner just visible on the front cover which is also the title-page; the report notes that the society "...gratuitously distributed fifty-one Bibles and forty Testaments, which, added to the number previously given away, make the aggregate to be five hundred and one Bibles, and two hundred and thirty-two Testaments..."; in addition are given numbers of Bibles & Testaments sold - the encouragement of selling the books coming from the recommendation of the American Bible Society; the Treasurer's report is appended also; a number of statistics given on worldwide distribution of Christian literature, from the American and British societies; mention also is made of the Russian Bible Society, Protestant Bible Society of Paris, United Netherlands Bible Society, Swiss, German, Danish, Swedish societies and others; The British society "...offered five hundred pounds sterling for the first thousand copies of every approved translation of the New Testament, into any dialect of India into which no translation had been previously printed..."; mention is also made of "...a promising Society formed in New South Wales, of a Branch Society at Van Diemen's Land..." and more; report given by David S. Bogart, Cor. Sec'y.; original sewn printed self-wraps; some edge, tips wear and soiling to covers, short closed tear, small wear-through hole on back, no loss and unobtrusive; good condition and a nice copy of an unusual Brooklyn, New York imprint; an OCLC search at time of cataloging indicated one institutional holding only.
The Fifth Annual Report of the Long-Island Bible Society, read and Adopted at the Meeting of the Society, at Jamaica, on the 20th of September, 1820
(Long Island Bible Society)
Brooklyn, New York: Erastus Worthington, 1820.
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Black and white photograph, 8" x 10" format; with the image 5" x 7"; on back is stamp for April 19 1941 Edition-2, along with pencil notations for the title; attached is the original newspaper printing of the same image, from the New York World-Telegram 1941; some edge, tips wear to the photo, some surface abrasion and graying in areas; couple of pencil lines; still an interesting image from wartime China, in good condition.
1941 Original Press Photograph of a Training Center and Hospital of the Chinese Red Cross Medical Relief Corps Kweijing Kweichow
(China)
China:
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Black and white photograph, professionally-taken of a "Split-level exhibit house with nine closets, two baths, three bedrooms and two-car garage, priced at $ 26,000 on 1/3-acre wooded plot is being opened today in Woodland Estates on Forest Ave, north of Cross-County Pkwy in Rye, Westchester County. Builders are Edgar D. Schraub, Louis Levin and Herman Lewis. Architect is Lee Perry and sales agent is Lane Realty of Forest Hills." press release attached, from Winchell Royce, Garden City L.I. evidently press agent for Lane Realty; light edge, tips wear to photo, press release with old fold lines; very good condition and interesting Westchester County architecture and real estate development history ephemeral item.
1954 Photograph of a Model Home in Woodland Estates in Rye, Westchester County, New York Forest Ave north Cross-County Pkwy
(Westchester)
Westchester New York: 1954.
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Group of five volumes by James L. Weil (1929-2006) poet and publisher, founder of the Elizabeth Press; including: The Oboe Player, 1961 Golden Quill Press NH, 63 pgs, hardcover in jacket, inscribed by Weil in the year of publication, "For David Ignatow with best wishes from James L. Weil May 24, 1961", ltd. ed. copy # 67 of 1000, additionally signed on the colophon by Weil; Sorrow's Spy, 1963, American Weave Press Cleveland, 26 pgs, softcover, inscribed and signed in the same manner, "For David Ignatow with good wishes from Jim Weil September 24, 1963", ltd. ed of 400; The Thing Said and other poems, 1965 American Weave Press Cleveland, vi + 25, bound in boards, black leather cover label with gilt titles, inscribed "For David Ignatow with good wishes from Jim Weil 12 July 1965", ltd. ed of 400, seemingly specially bound; Your Father, The Elizabeth Press New Rochelle 1973, hardcover in slipcase, 55 pgs, inscribed "For David with good wishes from Jim", ltd ed. of 400; Perfectly Yours, 1974 The Elizabeth Press New Rochelle, (16) pages, inscribed on the colophon, for David from Jim; small printed wraps, 3" x 4", ltd. ed of 200; light wear and rubbing to all of the above, in better than very good condition and a nice association between these two poets; David Ignatow (1914-1997) American poet, recipient of major literary awards, including the Bollingen Prize, Guggenheim fellowships, the John Steinbeck Award, and from the National Institute of Arts and Letters.
1961- 1974 A Collection of 5 Books of Poetry By James L. Weil, All Inscribed to David Ignatow
Weil, James L.
New Rochelle, New York: Golden Quill et al, 1961.
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32 pages; inscribed and signed on the front endpaper by the author, "For my Little Poet Friend Ethel Simon Francis Lambert McCrudden Go little book, or long or short your days, You too shall have your share of blame and praise May 27 - 1936"; Francis Lambert McCrudden (1872-1958) American poet, the founder-leader of the Raven Poetry Circle of Greenwich Village; Preface by Vincente N.O. Beltrone, poet and fellow-member of the Circle, which had a lifespan of some years, c. 1933- early 1950s and which habitually posted their poetic works on the fence in New York City's Washington Square Park, in an effort to publicize and sell their work; approx. 4 1/4" x 6 1/2" size; original printed red paper wrap covers; some wear and soiling, single staple has released the 'block' of contents; good condition and an interesting Greenwich Village and NYC ephemeral literary scene item; an OCLC search at time of cataloging reveals 2 institutional holdings only. "Let others sing of London Town, for diplomats and fogs renowned...But New York’s good enough for me..."and more in a similar vein.
The New Yorker and Other Poems
McCrudden, Francis Lambert
New York: Greenwich Village Co-Operative, Publishers, 1932.
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A massive archive collection, over 200 individual pieces of material, including: 1901 Map of Property belonging to Van Brunt and Goodale Southampton, Raynor survey, "Pelletreau Plot Elm Street and Hampton Road Desirable Building Lots for Sale from $ 275.00 Upwards..." 8 1/2" x 11" black on white, depicting parcels, dimensions, location (3 copies); 1901 blueprint map of property belonging to the Southampton Horse Association, Raynor survey, 23" x 28", with a smaller 1901 version of the same lands, Smith survey, with slightly different ownership and perspective, detail, 14 1/2" x 18", the larger map with some splitting along folds and edgechipped; 1906 manuscript pencil survey of Eugene Howell property, Raynor survey 13" x 15"; 1909 manuscript map on polished onionskin Halsey, Daniel & Osborne properties, several lots fronting on Moses Lane, survey by Seth J. Raynor, 10" x 23 1/2"; 1912 map of Old Town Park Southampton, owned & developed by Samuel L. Parrish, Halsey survey and a 1913 map of the same, Halsey & Van Tuyl survey, showing some changes in lot numbering, 25" x 26", (with) a later part of this development's 'story' - 1925-1926 Revised Maps 'C' and 'D' of Old Town Park Southampton, 'C' owned and developed by Samuel L. Parrish, 'D' owned by a group of local names, both with penciled in ownership details, including hospital use (Southampton Hosp. Assoc. has a large block), Halsey surveys, both maps 20" x 23", 'D' with an attached small group of typed and ms notes regarding restrictions of use, pricing, and other details; 1912 large Subdivision Plan property of Elmer E. Halsey, farmlands at Bridgehampton, W.H. Halsey survey, about 8 2-acre plots, with measurements etc., 18" x 48", the old Erastus Halsey farmlands; 1912 Southampton Horse Association Map, Raynor survey with lot sizes - a very small 6" x 4" printed size, with a much larger blueprint map survey of the same property, G.E. Smith of Center Moriches Survey, 13" x 17 3/4"; 1912 blueprint map of Property of Mrs. C.B.R. Barnes, 7 acres, including ocean waterfront of about 500', backing to Mecox Bay, indicating dunes and width of beach, etc., 18" x 23"; 1912 manuscript copy of Survey of Byers properties in Southampton, giving details, measurements, owners, of the lands on Meadow Lane by W. H. Halsey, on tissue (with some old repairs to folds) 1912 Estates of Fort Pond Bay at Montauk, L.I. "Within 500 feet of the proposed site of the new piers to be built for ocean liners..." Richard B. Allen Land Co. NY, 20" x 24" folding survey of the land and subdivisions of lots, black and white illustrated and reverse with a smaller detail of the tract as well as an image of the proposed terminal and bay facilities, with Estates of Fort Pond Bay inset, with a Bulletin No. 1 price list and terms of sale for the first offerings of these lots; 1913 Ms Map on tissue, pencil and ink, Southampton Beach Co. Proposed location of Road between Halsey's Neck Lane and Cooper's Neck Lane, 10" x 14"; 1914 large scale Map of the Village of Southampton, corrected and enlarged for the Southampton Water Works Co., D.T. Wells, Architect, with all ownership names and many structures noted, 27" x 35" (2) copies; 1914 ms map of Property in SH village, 12 acres on the ocean beachfront on tissue 14" x 16", pencil and ink, with a mimeographed copy of a 'memorandum' attached to contract 1914 for sale of seven acres of dune land by Joseph S. Clark to Mrs. Dudley Olcott 2nd, describing the lands in detail and with a further small pencil note attached regarding some of these lot lands dated 1928; 1916 lithographed map with hand coloring, very nicely accomplished, of Ram Island - West Neck Harbor and Channels to Peconic Bay and location map of West neck Owned by Thomas A. Howell et al, situated near Southampton, with the printed notation that this particular map was made 1921, as per changes made by Halsey survey, the differing colorations indicating Howell, Undivided and others properties, with owner names, footprint shapes of buildings and structures, topographical features, landings, more - this property edged by that of the National Golf club, 'Escallop Pond', Peconic Bay, West Neck Harbor, Island creek, very detailed and decorative; 24" x 27 1/2"; 1916 blueprint map of Property owned by Edward H. Wales + Clara Wales Root Village of Southampton, Halsey survey for Title Guarantee, on Lake Agawam, 19 acres, showing structure footprints, more, 14" x 17"; 1916 blueprint map of Property at Wickapogue Southampton town, Elizabeth W. Quay owner, Halsey survey, 25 acres, (very faded) 22" x 34 1/2"; 1916 blueprint survey Map of Property owned by Emily Davies Southampton, on Coopers Neck Pond, Halsey surveyor, 14 3/4" x 20 1/2"; 1917 Manuscript map on linen onionskin, of Property belonging to Cameron and Schwenk formerly the Old Horse Assoc. Grounds, Southampton, Raynor survey, showing plot divisions, sections etc., 15" x 19 1/2"; 1919 blueprint map of Property in Southampton, 37 acres, Baird survey, indicating structures, magnetic headings, more, 19" x 24", with accompanying scrap pencil note and noting on back of map Chas. H. Sabin Farm "now S.H. Country Club"; 1919 Blueprint Map of Property owned by Reginald Fincke, Esq. On the Beach, Village of Southampton, Halsey survey, 14 1/2" x 22 1/2" (2 copies); 1919 Map showing fire alarm system and Fire Hydrants in the Village of Southampton, Halsey survey, with key list of various signals and named locations, 18 1/2" x 23 1/2"; 1919 Blueprint Property Map Mr. George B. Gordon on the beach Village of Southampton, Halsey survey, 8 1/2" x 27"; 1920 Map of "Holme Lee" owned by William C. Potter, Southampton, bordered by Head O' Creek, 18" x 25 3/4", very detailed, showing footprints of residence, garden, more, Halsey survey - especially as this is accompanied by another blueprint map, evidently later, showing the Sub-Division map of "Holme Lee" - superimposed over some of the remains of the old structures and buildings, approx. 44 acres herewith divided up, 18" x 28"; 1921 Manuscript map in black on onionskin polished linen, Map of Part of Property owned by Southampton-Peconic Bay Estates Roses Grove, Noyack, Halsey survey, 13" x 14"; 1925 Auction of lands "...Aggregating 350 Acres...Shinnecock Hills Property...Immediately adjoining the Village of Southampton and the Art Village Large Frontages on the Montauk Highway (Merrick Rd.), North Highway, St. Andrew's Road, Tuckahoe Lane, Etc. Adjoining the National and Shinnecock Hills Golf Clubs and the New Southampton Links..." Jere Johnson Jr. Co. Auctioneers, 18 1/2" 24" printed two-color map on one side, depicting also directly surrounding properties (2 copies) (with) 1925 "...The Remaining 339 Plots..." in Shinnecock Hills on Great Peconic and Shinnecock Bays, also Jere Johnson Jr. Co., this a separate 'catalog' of another sale, with written on front, 'Marked copy of Properties of Jere Johnson' and with a birds-eye view of the area for sale, other side color printed of the lots being offered and with those properties owned by Johnson marked in red manuscript ink - a very large folding brochure, opening to approx. 28" x 42" - this with old taping, damage along folds, some loss, still good condition and very interesting, giving block numbers for all and ownership names of properties in surrounds as well as the sale items and smaller black and white illustrations of properties and the surrounding amenities (with) another copy of the large brochure for the remaining lots, in pieces, and with (5) copies of the 8-page stapled booklet giving 'Detailed Description of the Plots included in the Shinnecock Hills Auction Sale' and with (2) copies of the map of the Easterly Part of Shinnecock Hills to be sold at this auction, with the property (printed) colored red to be sold, 18 1/2" x 24" and two typed pages regarding the subdivision of these lands, originally made in 1907 by Olmsted Bros and Downing Vaux, with amendments to property details and dated 1927(?) and with a group of typed correspondence from various real estate agencies inquiring of owners if they'd like to sell their properties in the hills, asking for prices, availibility etc., interesting buying and selling, researching techniques; 1925 Blueprint map of Property of J.H. Topping, Southampton Village, Baird survey, showing barn and other structures, bordered on Tuckahoe Road, Hill Street, 6 1/2" x 15"; 1925 Blueprint map of Property of L.E. Downs, Southampton Village, Baird survey, 132 acres, between Flying Point Rd. and Wickapogue Rd., 15" x 27"; 1925 Blueprint map Subdivision Property of Irving L. Terry, Southampton Village, Baird survey, (2) copies, noted on back as the "Bigg" property; 1925 Blueprint map of Property to be conveyed by Clarence J. Squires to E. Steuart Davis North Sea, 15 acres, Halsey survey, detailing structural footprints of houses, sheds, more, 15" x 16 1/2"; 1925 Blueprint maps of (A.H. Reeves) Land in Village of Southampton (2 copies) Baird survey, 12" x 13"; 1926 Blueprint Map of Property owned by Samuel L. Parrish, 13.9 acres in Shinnecock Hills, Halsey survey, 23" x 31"; 1926 Blueprint Map of Property Owned by George H. Fordham Village of Southampton, Halsey survey, 11" x 23"; 1926 Blueprint Property Map of E.H. Foster, 9 acres in Southampton Village, Baird survey, 17 1/2" x 28"; 1926 blueprint map of property of Mrs. H.A. Borrowe, Shinnecock Hills, Baird survey, 21 1/2" x 28", with a smaller photographic map of the same property, this with finely penciled-in details of the footprints of buildings, tennis court, walkways, residences on the property, (with) a printed 1933 auction notice of the estate (23 acres) of Annie Corbin Borrowe, with detailed map of the property and a large 'aeroplane view' illustration on back of the auction catalog of the estate taken from the waterside, interesting progression of ownership and dispersal of the property over a few years; 1926 blueprint map of the farm of John Darby, about 49 acres, Baird survey, 22" x 31" with a reduced map of the same, about 8" x 10"; 1926 blueprint map of Irving Halsey property village of Southampton, Baird survey, bordered by Toylesome(sic) Lane and Little Plains Road, noting the footprints of a couple of buildings on the property, 25" x 28"; 1926 Pine Neck Park Noyack Southampton, map of subdivision 12" x 13" with attached price list card; 1926 Blueprint Map of Property of Montauk Trails Realty Corp. Village of Southampton, Baird survey, with plots demarcated in red crayon and pricing, 14" x 16"; 1926 Blueprint Map Property of M.H. Green, C.H. Walker and L.P. Hildreth, Shinnecock Hills, Halsey survey, 11" x 13", on Peconic Bay; 1926 Blueprint Map of Projected Art Colony in Hampton Bays, 400 lots (25' x 100' size) Squire survey, 19" x 29", with a laid-in black and white smaller map of the Township of Southampton showing "Proposed Scenic Highway on Dunes' and location for proposed bridge, back with view of same and a more detailed map of the bridge area coming from the Shinnecock Light lands, 7 3/4" x 16"; 1926 large Map of Part of Shinnecock Hills showing lots owned by Nellen Realty Corp., properties surrounding Middle Pond, 30" x 36"; 1926 blueprint Map of the Sub-Division of Property of Bernstein and Kurrsman Southampton, Waters survey, 16 parcels, with sizes, prices in pencil, 15" x 16"; 1926 blueprint map of Property of Wm. R. Halsey, Village of Southampton, Baird survey, 27 acres at Wickapogue on the ocean and noting in ms on back that this also included each part of Halsey Farm, 15" x 32", with 4 smaller blueprint maps (avg. 16" x 20") dating from 1927-1940, showing various permutations of ownership for this parcel and for surrounding properties as well and with a hand-written page describing the lot - showing an interesting progression of ownership and development, in addition to a variety of survey techniques; 1926 Subdivision map of Southampton Manor owned by Grenlyn Realty Corp., Halsey survey, 15 lots in the Village, 14" x 18 1/2"; 1926 blueprint map of the A.W. Tunnell property, formerly known as Squires Grove (owned by Ryan) updated to 1933, Halsey survey, about 7. 5 acres on Peconic Bay, with an attached letter handwritten on Southampton Golf Club letterhead dated 1933 proposing various 'deals' for the property and signed by the owner, addressed to a Mr. Howell 14 1/2" x 21"; 1926 (filed 1927, noted in ms) Subdivision Map of Lake Missapogue Heights North Sea Southampton, Halsey survey, 19" x 23" with a blueprint map of the same vintage, 23 1/2" x 29", showing the Missepogue Lake Development as well as Lake Missepogue Heights, roads etc., with a typed one-page deed covenant regarding the lands and a small penciled map as well; 1926 Blueprint Map of Property owned by Wickapogue Dune Co. Southampton, approx. 45 acres in 3 large parcels along the Atlantic Ocean, eastern boundary Flying Point Road, Halsey survey 12" x 32 1/2"; c. 1920s Public Auction Sale 200 Water Front Water Right Plots North Sea Park Southampton, 23 1/2" x 34" folding brochure, opening on one side to dozens of small black and white images of Southampton scenes, small inset map of the North Sea Park parcel, aerial views of the area, more, other side with text details on the property, plot map, area map, J. Edward Breuer Auctioneer Roslyn LI, Ralph T. Overton agent Southampton, previous owner name stamp and written name of Arthur W. Tunnell, who had evidently marked out a few blocks on the map to be looked at, with his bids penciled in as well; C. 1920s Portfolio of sheets advertising Southampton Shore, Inc. architects John C. B. Moore - Delano and Aldrich, Assoc. Architects, Mario di Zoppola & Co. interiors, landscaping and gardening - 4 sheets printed on heavier paper stock, delineating planning and design of "two houses and one cottage..." and giving a summary of special construction features, in detail - map location of proposal, renderings in black and white of the buildings, floor plans of all including the garages & their upper level rooms, layout of grouping of furniture in the living room of House 1, layout and elevations of Bedroom No. 1 & No. 3 in House No. 1 - all of this well-printed and placed in a printed portfolio-style cover, name written in of Mrs. Watson Dickerman; 1927 Public Auction 284 Business and Residential Lots, Village of Southampton, William Kennelly auctioneer, with inside map of the lots offered, opens to 10" x 28"; 1927 blueprint Map of Property owned by Herbert W. Dimon Shinnecock Hills, Halsey survey, on Great Peconic Bay, 9 3/4" x 16" (2) copies; 1927 blueprint map of Sub Division of Property of Marian O'Connor Shinnecock Hills, Baird survey, blocks on Peconic Bay as well as inland, about 9 acres total, 17" x 33"; 1927 Public Auction Sale, various properties in Bridgehampton, East Hampton, Amagansett, Montauk acreage, business property, homes and homesites , by I. Lincoln Seide Co. NY, opens to a large 25" x 38" illustrating the properties, with maps and plans, descriptions, showing Carl Fisher Montauk properties being built, main street East Hampton, more; 1928 Map of Property owned by Wm. I. La Fon Jr. & L.S. Holden Village of Southampton, Halsey survey, 14 1/2" x 22", accompanied by an undated blueprint map of additional La Fon properties on Shinnecock Bay, 10 1/2" x 15" giving building footprints and details, with two smaller 6" x 14" hand-drawn and colored renditions on linen onionskin of the same property, also detailed with buildings drawn in pencil; 1928 large Subdivision Map of Section A Southampton - Quogue each Property of Southampton Bay & Beach Co., Halsey survey, 17" x 38" - interesting in that there are (2) copies, both offering differing details of ownership and state of sales and one having additional ms drawings attached with note; 1928 blueprint Map of the Subdivision of the Betts Property Shinnecock Hills, Baird survey, 14" x 26", 13 lots subdivided on Peconic Bay and inland; 1929 very large Map of Property owned by Tethell Realty Corp. in Wickapogue Southampton, Halsey survey, 42" x 48", around Sayres and Channel ponds, map with some damage and loss and nevertheless with very good detail, showing accurately located structures and with owners, dimensions, etc. delineated; 1930 blueprint map Location plan of properties in and near the Village of Southampton, with 16 large acreages shaded and noted in the map's key, with inset map of a smaller parcel also included- noting the new owners and from whom acquired, 28" x 31" (2) copies; 1930 large Auction Sale of 200 Residential Lots, folding brochure, opening to 14 3/4" x 21 1/2", with black and white illustrations of Montauk Point Light, 3 other 'beach' illustrations from Southampton locales, inside is a Map of Southampton Terrace, Village of Southampton, David Strauss auctioneer (2) copies, with terms of sale, directions; 1930 blueprint map of property of C.J. Coulter Village of Southampton, Baird survey, 8 1/2" x 16" with attached 3 pages of typed and handwritten ms. material regarding the property and description of surrounds; 1931 Map of Land Located at Hampton Bays, Hawkins survey, 40 acres, surveyed for Paul N. Westerbeke and with his business card attached, noting in ms '10% commission', 9 1/2" x 19 1/2"; 1932 blueprint map of Property of A.W.Tunnell, Hampton Bays, on Tiana Bay, Baird survey, 13 1/2" x 17 3/4"; 1933 large broadside announcement of the Auction Sale 60 Choice Bungalow Sites Wickatuck-Noyac, Chas. Humblet Realtor, R.R. Kendrick, auctioneer, with map of plots offered, details of property, terms of sale, 15" x 22"; 1935 Map of Property of the Estate of Ysidor Pendas Hampton Bays, Baird survey, 26 acres on Peconc Bay, 8 1/2" x 11"; 1935 Blueprint Map of Property of Vincent Anderson Shinnecock Hills, Halsey survey, showing 60 building lots and other land, subdivision Map A, 11" x 18" (3) copies; 1937 Blueprint Map of Scott Property North Sea LI, 127 acres Halsey survey, with inset location map, 13" x 17"; 1937 map of property owned by the estate of George W. Roberts, Noyack, Halsey survey, 14" x 20" (2) copies, noting and naming structural footprints and more, about 40 acres total mapped, with an attached note on sale details, pricing; 1937 Blueprint Map of Property of the Estate of George Fordham Village of Southampton, C.W. Baird survey, 13" x 18 1/2" showing also the building outlines on the property as well as neighboring structures, with penciled notations on back giving two listings of the rooms in the buildings as well as noting structure dimensions; 1938 blueprint map of Property owned by the Estate of A.E. Schermerhorn Village of Southampton, large scale of 1" = 50', showing residences, barn, garage, more, with dimensions of property, detailed, Halsey survey, 18 1/2" x 20"; 1938 early photogrraphic-format copy of map of properties of Miss Eleanor Sevagne(?) Shinnecock Hills, parcels on bay as well as inland, noting sizes and map headings, 18" x 24"; 1938 Map of Southampton Shores Section One Peconic Bay Southampton, developed by Oliver Bros. Oyster Bay, Halsey survey, with insert map of locations, 16" x 17 1/2" (2) copies, one with extensive penciled details on pricing, numbering; 1938 War Dept. U.S. Engineer Office letter regarding dredging of West Neck Harbor, with postal cancellation and with map on back of proposition's details, 8 1/2" x 11" (2) copies; 1940 manuscript map in pencil on tissue, property in Shinnecock Hills, revising a survey of 1919 of Halsey, 4.6 acres and depicting house, mill, more, 16 1/2" x 20"; 1940 Map of Subdivision of Agawam Estates Southampton Village, Halsey Survey, with inset key map, owner and developer Riverhead Savings Bank, 19 lots in the subdiv., 18" x 20"; 1941 map of Subdivision of Shinnecock Hills, Tunnell property, Squires survey, .88 acres, on Middle Pond, 9" x 10"; 1944-46 group of (7) letters and copies of letters from Edward H. Howell & Son realtors to Helen Nesmith NYC regarding possible purchase of Peconic Terrace Shinnecock Hills Southampton property (with) a 1927 16 1/2" x 29" blueprint survey by Wallace H. Halsey engineer & surveyor, a subdivision map of the area, which lay along the shoreline of Great Peconic Bay and Cold Sprint inlet - Nesmith wishing to sell the entire parcel (suggesting $ 20,000); A sub-collection within this group for "The Southampton Shops" in the village of Southampton, including printed and manuscript material, relating to the plans, design of shops and renting details to particular clients: 1937 printed brochure for 'Southampton Shops' marked as 'Prices - OK for 1937' and with Walter McMeekan Management Corp. NYC noted as managers of the property, after Greater New York Suffolk Abstracts Corp is crossed out, with also the notation in pencil, "Keys with Herman Johnson 210 Main St." and containing the first floor plan, in black line drawing with dimensions, clearances, etc and marked in pencil are the prices for the various stores, 12 in all, with a blueprint map 'renting plan' by B. Robert Swartburg, RA reflecting the same information 16 1/2" x 25 1/2", a smaller penciled version of the plan, with pricing, and a detailed offices layout, evidently above the stores with pricing for the various rooms (with) a printed folding brochure, circa 1920s "Can You Afford a shop at Southampton?" printed in halftones on light green background, depicting the Bonwit Teller shop and the other shopfronts in the property, with a floor plan on back 'x'ing' out several and with an attached note regarding store # 12, with a pencil note regarding putting in equipment for a hair salon in that spot, (with) 7 other copies of same map, up to 1938 vintage which indicates names of the renters in pencil and prices for each, giving a gradual financial and leasing history for these locations (with) a mailing envelope dated 1936 from the McMeekan firm's Max Greenstein (signing a cover letter) with what appears to be a different version of the 'plan' for these, in black and white - same cover illustration, Sraeel & Jabaly at the Bonwit spot, Michael of Waldorf in the 'hair salon', and containing a 'map' of the inner village showing the Southampton Shops and their position in relation to other businesses in the village- Post Office, Museum, Saks, Best & Co., Kerges, Ovington, Bank, etc. (several copies of this as well included) with a folding illustrated brochure for The Arcade Stores, designed by Grosvenor Atterbury Architects NY which held the Saks Fifth Ave., Black, Starr, & Frost, Gorham and other businesses (as indicated in the first floor plan within), with a small front cover illustration of these; 1940 Proposed Layout Property of Alex & Ronald Cameron Shinnecock Hills, Squires survey, 17 lots laid out, 14 3/4" x 17"; 1941 map of property owned by the Estate of Edmund C. Lynch, Village of Southampton, 12 acres, Squires survey, detailing and naming structures, garages & apartments, green house, more, 10" x 21"; 1941 (revised) Map of Property Northerly of Hampton Bays, 13 acres from the 1938 Halsey survey, Rev. by Squires, showing lots and the locations of houses, garages, other features of the property, 17 1/2" x 22", the Judge Jacques property; 1950 blueprint map of Property owned by Frank E. Tupper Shinnecock hills, Squires survey, lots portrayed, dimensions, more, 18" x 27", a large parcel with at least 50 lots; +++++++++++++++++++C. 1920s hand-drawn and typed mimeograph map, with some hand-coloring in blue crayon of properties of J. Metcalfe Thomas, lots between Wickapogue Pond and Old Town Pond and on the Atlantic Ocean, small plan 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" with property dimensions, prices; C. 1920s hand-drawn map of Land of E.P. Huntting, 23+ acres on Shinnecock Bay, with prop. dimensions, surrounding owners, on tissue paper, 15" x 19"; C. 1920s Map of Property of Alex Cameron Sr., Southampton Village, owners, measurements, other details, on tissue 28" x 32"; C. 1920s Ms. map of property near White's Lane and West Neck Harbor Southampton (73 acres) owned by Charles B. MacDonald, blue pencil and ink on tissue, 14" x 19"; C. 1920s ms map on onionskin of former Burnett properties, now indicating ownership F. Halsey, Townsend, Thompson others, on Ocean and Lakefront, black ink, with names, property sizes, some buildings drawn in, 16" x 17"; C. 1920s ms maps in pencil, rather crudely drawn, of Big Fresh Pond with owner names, etc. (2) one with just the pond- shape and roads, 8" x 13" in pencil; C. 1920s ms Sketch of Cow Neck and North Sea, point of land at Great Peconic and Little Peconic bays, backed by Scallop Pond, ink on onionskin, 15" x 18", names of Ridge, Buckley, Scott, Howard, Jagger, Fanning; C. 1920s pencil ms map of property on Meadow Lane west of Halsey's Neck Lane, on tissue, with owner names of Ives, Curtis, Ellsworth, McGee, Mulford, Gordon, Finke, Mellon, Rogers, all oceanfront properties, attached to its original file envelope from Great American Insurance Co. NY; C. 1920s pencil ms map sketch plan of Alyward Martin property, formerly Richardson, on Majors Path, 8" x 10 1/2", with much notation and pricing etc; C. 1920 Lots, of Philip Brady property, ms in pencil, yellow outlines of lots, sizes, polished onionskin cloth 11 1/2" x 19"; (2) pencil drawings of Henry Trevor properties in Southampton, Meadowmere, Reeves lots, Havens & Dodge Lots, with prices and sizes, 6" x 9" and 8" x 13"; a very nicely handcolored manuscript map on polished onionskin of the length of Hill Street in Southampton, from the J. Woodburn property to the end past First Neck Lane to Jobs Lane - with property owner names, buildings indicated, sizes of frontage, 5 1/2" x 28 1/2"; C. 1920 ms Map showing Alteration Meadow Lane, with indication of old road and new, with property names, angle compass headings, more, 10 1/2" x 20"; C. 1920 ms map, red, blue & graphite pencil on tissue, of Property in Southampton Village, approx. 25 acres, with owner names, along Atlantic ocean Beach, owner names, survey details of acreage and information noted on roadbuilding and extensions in the area, 16 1/2" x 25"; C. 1920 ms map on onionskin polished cloth regarding properties bounded by Little Plains Road and Toilsome Lane, with parcel sizes, numbers, 'sold' indicators, 12 1/2" x 19"; C. 1920 Sketch of Shinnecock Hills map, noting "24 copies" made, survey Theo. F. Squires, black on cream paper, red 'x's' on some properties, with owner names, sizes, lot numbers, 12" x 16" with real estate names of Arthur W. Tunnell and E.H. Howell & Son; C. 1920s blueprint map of Property of Nicholas Meyer, several blocks on Cold Spring Bay down to the Shinnecock Hills Road, 8 3/4" x 11"; C. 1920s Map of Midhamptons Long Island Long 18 3/4" x 20 3/4" printed one side, map is a watercolor painting of this area, roughly that of the area north of Montauk Highway, Georgica Pond and west a bit, Island Realty Investors Corporation NYC, Mann & Mac Neille Architects and Town Planners - color, elaborate decorative border, obviously a production made for high promotion of the area - known locally as Wainscott, not referred to as 'Midhampton'; C. 1920s blueprint map of "Meadowmere Park by the Sea" a block from the ocean in Southampton, Young survey, noting all improvements available and lots sold marked out (most sold), 114 lots in the parcel, 12 3/4" x 26", with an accompanying typed 'blurb' giving information regarding the property; C. 1920s Map of properties in Southampton, noting the Art Village Improvement Assoc. property and Fleming Property, Tuckahoe Road, Hill Street, Studio Lane, Briar Lane, 21 parcels, 21" x 24"; C. 1920s blueprint map of 159 acres Property formerly of C.T. Barney Estate at Southampton, Hicks Land Co. Inc., with owner names, land surrounded Agawam Lake, 14" x 16" (2) copies; C. 1920s very large composite Map Showing Property under development The Montauk Beach Development Corp., Montauk LI, 43" x 48", very detailed, noting 'Casino Site', development areas outlined in black, parcels numbered in same, on many, structures are also noted; C. 1920s very large blueprint map, scale of 40' = 1", Baird survey of the Howard Townsend property in Village of Southampton, with detailed rendering of the structural, garden footprints including positions of shrubbery, walkways, stable and cow barn, clothes house, more, 31" x 68", ms note on back notes "...Now The Amagansett Realty..." property; C. 1940s Red Cedar Point on the Great Peconic Bay Hampton Bays, informational brochure, for "...an exclusive Development for Home Seekers who desire water front plots at a moderate price..."opens to show map of property, and with details on surrounding amenities; this archive also with supportive miscellaneous material - about 40 pieces, including typed letters from real estate agencies to prospective clients, making deals, correspondence from insurance companies, offers on real estate, a legal indenture on property in Speonk, a legal opinion regarding ownership deeds from the London Assurance Corp., via James H. Pierson Agency (2), a circa 1920s photograph in four pieces of the Oriental Cafe 7" x 9" approx., (presumed in Southampton Village), 2 8" x 10" photographs of "The Shallows" property of Mr. L.H. Tyng Southampton, (chipped away lower edge, copy of old covenant regarding the Brophy lands, etc.; many of these items in this collection have penciled notations on the maps and backs of plans, with additional writings which 'fill out' the stories contained in this important real estate development historical archive; most of the material seemingly from the offices of the Howell real estate firm and there are many here mentioned through the 50-year span of the collection; condition generally is good to very good, with exceptions noted above in the description of individual pieces; good condition overall. This collection represents the intricacies and the precise details of the real estate development of one of the most prestigious areas in New York and in United States, tracing the fortunes of individuals and corporations as they formed the basis for today's residential and business landscape in the Hamptons.
1901-1950 Collection of Original Maps, Plans, Surveys, Correspondence, Auction Ephemera, and More Detailing the History and Development of Residential and Commercial Lands & Business in Southampton Town and Village and East End Long Island New York
(Long Island Real Estate Development History)
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With details in pencil on back; also with Norman Fortier studio stamp and photo image number; this is not the more famous ketch-rigged yacht of the Bermuda Yacht Race fame, this a sloop rig and of smaller length, our thanks for this information from a former Bermuda 'Aries' crewmember; approx. 8" x 10" size; very good condition and a very good vintage sailing photo image; much of Fortier's imagery now resides at the New Bedford Whaling Museum.
Sailing Yacht "Aries" 1958 By Marine Photographer Norman Fortier
(Norman Fortier)
52 Elm Street South Dartmouth: Norman Fortier Photographic Illustrator, 1958.
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xvi + 588 pages; useful index at back; warmly inscribed on the front endpaper by the author, "To Harry - in grateful appreciation of his assistance and interest, and with warm regards. Woody"; the author was Professor of Finance at Dartmouth; "First Edition" stated on title page; theories of finance, economics, investment, banking, securities and more; bound in the original light blue-gray cloth, gilt cover and spine titles; some light wear to binding; in very good condition; good reference to the theories of economics, business and banking at the time.
The Monetary and Banking System
Woodworth, George Walter
New York: McGraw Hill, 1950.
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298 pages; the prefatory remarks by Keynes justify his resignation from the table at the Paris Peace Conference and the book reveals his reasons doing so; John Maynard Keynes, Baron Keynes (1883-1946) famed British economist, "...it was he who opened up the whole area of macroeconomics, which seeks to explain what governs the level of output, income, and employment. His name will continue to be associated with what has been a major transformation in economic theory...Keynes neither solved all the old problems nor foresaw all the new ones. We do not know what fresh solutions he might have offered to current problems. But at least he has provided us with a better starting point for reviewing the workings of the economy and given us an impressive demonstration of the power of economic ideas to remedy some of its defects." (Alec Cairncross in the DNB); previous owner bookplate and ownership inscription on front endpaper of Russell Donald Kilborne, author of "Principles of Money and Banking" (1927); and another owner signature and small name stamp here and on title of H. Feldman Hanover New Hampshire; bound in the original dark blue cloth, gilt spine titles; some edge, tips wear and rubbing to binding; old note on review of the book on front endpaper as well; good condition; good reference to the Keynesian theories of economics, business and society at the time.
The Economic Consequences of the Peace
Keynes, John Maynard
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920.
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184 pages; signed on the title page by the artist, Esteban Vicente; color, black and white illustrations of this artists' modern art; text in Spanish & English side-by-side; essays, artist biography, chronology of artistic career; a catalog of the exhibition of this artists' work; previous owner gift inscription on endpaper; illustrated softcover; some light edge, tips wear to wraps; in very good condition; good reference to the art of Esteban Vicente.
Esteban Vicente Pinturas Y Collages 1925-1985
(Esteban Vicente)
Madrid: Fundacion Banco Exterior, 1987.
Price: $45.00
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432 pages; color, black and white illustrations of art, much on the late 19th, early 20th century period of artistic endeavor in Hungary, graphics, painting, sculpture as well as some foreign artists; text in Hungarian; few pages of a museum bulletin at back, along with advertisements; contents interspersed with copies of Mucsarnok, printed on light stock, with various art history notices; essentially an art history, criticism of the time; essays, artist biographies, useful artist index at back; large, heavy volume, approx. 8 1/2" x 11 1/4" size, weighing over 6 pounds with the shipping; previous owner name on front endpaper; bound in marbled paper covered boards, green cloth spine; gilt spine titles; some edge, tips wear-through to binding; volume contents in very good condition, interesting Hungarian art reference.
Muveszet
Lyka, Karoly
Budapest Hungary: Az Orszagos Magyar Kepzomuveszeti Tarsulat Tamogatasaval Kiadja Singer Es Wolfner, 1905.
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59 pages; color, black and white illustrations of this artists' modern art; text in German; essays, artist biography, chronology of artistic career; a catalog of the exhibtion of this artists' work; illustrated softcover; some light edge, tips wear to wraps; in very good condition; good reference to the art of Laszlo Feher.
Laszlo Feher
(Laszlo Feher)
Stuttgart: Institut Fur Auslandsbeziehungen, 1992.
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282 pages; color, black and white illustrations of this artists' modern art; text in Hungarian, with useful art identification title sections in Hungarian & English; essays, artist biography, chronology of artistic career; catalog of the exhibition of this artists' work; illustrated softcover wraps; some light edge, tips wear to wraps; in very good condition; good reference to the art of Lajos Kassak.
Kassak Lajos 1887-1967 A Magyar Nemzeti Galeria Es a Petofi Irodalmi Muzeum Emlekkiallitasa
(Lajos Kassak)
Hungary: MNG, 1987.
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422 pages; color, black and white illustrations of the modern art, 20th century period of artistic endeavor in Hungary; text in Hungarian, with useful art identification title sections in Hungarian, English and Cyrillic; Aba Novak, Margit Anna, Istvan Desi Huber, Adolf Fenyes, Karoly Kernstok, Laszlo Mdnyanszky, Jozsef Rippl-Ronai, Istvan Szonyi, more; essays, artist biographies, useful artist index at back; previous owner name on front endpaper; medium brown cloth over hardcover boards; some edge, tips wear, bumping to binding; volume in very good condition.
20. Szazadi Magyar Festeszet Es Szobraszat
(Hungarian Art)
Hungary: Kepzomuveszeti Kiado, 1986.
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207 pages; color, black and white illustrations of the modern period of artistic endeavor in Hungary; text in Hungarian; Gyula Benczur, Ede Bohacsek, Adolf Fenyes, Lajos Gulacsy, Laszlo Medgyes, Istvan Szony, Janos Vaszary, more; essays, artist biographies, useful artist index at back, followed by some gallery advertisements; dustjacket over hardcover boards; some light edge, tips wear and rubbing to jacket, volume in very good condition.
Uj Magyar Piktura 1900-1925
Kallai, Erno
Budapest: Gondolat, 1990.
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156 pages; color, black and white illustrations of the art nouveau period of artistic endeavor in Hungary; text in English; Karoly Ferenczy, Adolf Fenyes, Janos Vaszary, istvan Scok, the Goddollo Artists' Colony, Odon Moiret, Miklos Ligeti, Imre Simay, more; essays, artist biographies, useful artist index at back; previous owner name on front endpaper; dustjacket over hardcover boards; some light edge, tips wear and rubbing to jacket, volume in very good condition.
Art Nouveau in Hungary Painting, Sculpture and the Graphic Arts
Szabadi, Judit
Hungary: Corvina, 1989.
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392 pages; color, black and white illustrations of the modern period of artistic endeavor in Hungary; text in Hungarian throughout; Aba Novak, Imre Bak, Gyula Derkovits, Ignac Kokacs, Ferenc Martyn, Jozsef Lamperth Nemes, Lajos Tihanyi, Janos Vaszary, many more; essays, artist biographies, useful artist index at back; previous owner name on front endpaper; dustjacket over hardcover boards; some edge, tips wear and rubbing to jacket, volume in very good condition.
Modern Magyar Keptar Pecs
Hars, Eva & Ferenc Romvary
Hungary: Corvina, 1981.
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247 pages; color, black and white illustrations of this important period of artistic endeavor in Hungary; text in Hungarian throughout; Sandor Barta, Josef Capek, Agoston Erg, Naum Gabo, Gyorgy Lukacs, Jeean-Pierre Morel, Ludwig Rubiner, David Sterenberg, Bela Uitz, many more; essays, artist biographies, useful index at back; previous owner name on front endpaper; dustjacket over hardcover boards; some edge, tips wear and rubbing to jacket, volume in very good condition.
A Magyar Aktivizmus Muveszete 1915-1927
Julia, Szabo
Hungary: Corvina, 1981.
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xii + 151 pages, unopened; one of a Limited edition of 400 copies; very nicely printed at the Ballantyne Press for George Allen, with ornamental red initial letters throughout; bound in vellum, gilt cover design and spine titles; with the remains of one of the old silk ribbon ties present at top; light wear and some darkening, soiling to vellum covers; an handsome printing in very good condition.
Unto This Last
Ruskin, John
London: George Allen, 1902.
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viii + 128 pages; Limited edition No. 23 of 280 printed on hand-made paper, the "Large Paper Edition"; tissue-guarded portrait frontispiece of Jefferies, 4 other illustrations in the text descriptive of Jefferies' life, prepared by Miss Bertha Newcombe; with a useful "Bibliographical Appendix' of Jefferies works; a few penciled bookseller notations on front endpapapers; bound in the original medium brown sturdy polished buckram cloth, gilt spine titles, top edge gilt; light wear, couple small spots to binding; very good condition.
Richard Jefferies A Study
Salt, H.S.
London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., 1894.
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xv + 13 pages; one of the first works produced in America having to do with the humane treatment of animals - hence the reprinting by the ASPCA of the rare original, originally printed by David Frothingham at Sag Harbor (Sagg-Harbour in old parlance and as printed on the original cover); approx. 4 1/2" x 7 1/4" size; printed blue paper covers, stapled wraps, reproducing the original cover; light wear; very good condition and interesting animal rights and Long Island printing history ephemeral item.
The Rights of Animals By Herman Daggett an Oration Delivered at Providence College September 7, 1791 With an Introduction By Edward P. Buffet
Daggett, Herman
New York: The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 1926.
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xxxvii + 280 pages; Translated from the Original German with a Preface by Harwood L. Childs of Princeton Univ. and with a Commentary by William E. Dodd, former Ambassador to Germany; endpapers illustrated with facsimiles in red of the original cover and title pages as appearing in the original German edition of the 'primer', the Handbuch Fur Die Schulungsarbeit in Der HJ; illustrated in black and white; bound in the original light gray cloth covered boards, red cover and spine titles; some edge, tips wear and soiling to boards; in very good condition, interesting German social, educational history just prior to World War II.
The Nazi Primer Official Handbook for Schooling the Hitler Youth
(National Socialist Party of Germany)
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1938.
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126 pages; Introduction by George Henry Sargent; containing selections from The Picture of Dorian Grey, An Ideal Husband, Lady Windemere's Fan, The Importance of Being Earnest, L'Envoi, more; previous owner name on front endpaper and additionally, some critical and artistic pencil notations on back blank pages, evidently a close reader and inspired by Wilde's work; bound in the original polished beige paper covered boards, black cover and spine titles and design, top edge gilt; some tips wear-through, edgewear, spine darkened; good condition.
Epigrams & Aphorisms
Wilde, Oscar
Boston: John W. Luce, 1905.
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333 pages; "First Edition" stated on copyright page; translated by Francis Price; map endpapers; Sembene Ousmane (1923-2007) Senegal film director and author, this being his third and perhaps most famous book concerning a railway strike in then French West Africa; some edge, tips wear and darkening to back panel of dustjacket; volume in very good condition.
God's Bits of Wood
Ousmane, Sembene
New York: Doubleday, 1962.
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106 pages; Limited edition No. 171 of 300 on very nice quality Batchelor's Hammer and Anvil paper, printed at the Fanfare Press; nine illustrations in black and white by Thomas Lowinsky; 3 short pieces by James Laver (1899-1975) British expert on fashion and writer - ...He was equable and adaptable to an uncommon degree, he was learned without being pedantic, and convivial without becoming intemperate, a quietly genial man. He is now remembered for his analysis of fashion trends and his books on art and artists..." (Doris Langley Moore, rev. in the DNB); bound in the original blue-gray marbled paper covered boards, silver gilt paper spine title label, matching cardstock slipcase; slipcase very worn and splitting; still holding together; volume spine worn, rubbed, old discoloration on back board, bit of bowing; nevertheless contents very good, nicely printed.
Ladies' Mistakes Cupid's Changeling A Stitch in Time Love's Progress
Laver, James
Bloomsbury England: The Nonesuch Press, 1933.
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177 pages, unopened; collection of short pieces by Italian writer Francesco Lanza (1897-1933); with an introduction by Italo Calvino; Italian text throughout; bound in the original illustrated paper wraps, with the glassine overwrap as issued; light wear to volume, glassine chipped and worn a bit, darkened; very good condition.
Mimi Siciliani
Lanza, Francesco
Palermo: Edizioni Esse, 1971.
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156 pages; illustrated with diagrams and drawings, mathematical calculations; with the author's description and delineation and "...Use and Importance of the Measure...Being encouraged to make this discovery by the large offers and appropriations by all governments, I devoted my best endeavors to effect a perfect quadrature; and have, as I believe, to the satisfaction of all who may examine my work, and to my own, beyond all possible doubt..."; with various testimonies to the verity of the work at back; the author proposes standardization of weights and measures through the states of the U.S. and around the world and compares the then-current manner of weighing and measuring; bound in the original dark brown decoratively blindstamped and gilt-designed cloth; top of spine cloth chipped away 1/4"; some edge, tips wear and spine ends wear; good condition; interesting mid-19th century mathematical theory as applied to everyday work and business problems; the author's copyright indicates 1851, however, our research indicates that it may have taken until 1854, this printing, for it to reach the press.
The Measure of the Circle. Perfected in January, 1845, By John Davis.
Davis, John
Providence: Author Published, 1854.
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lxxxvi + (2) 'Private Key to the Memoir...' + 328 pages; with a frontispiece portrait engraving of Sir Kenelm by Thos. Wright; tracing the life of Sir Kenelm Digby (1603-1665) British natural philosopher and courtier, "...The extraordinary intelligence, courage, and ambition that carried Sir Kenelm Digby through so many adventures in his youth and made such an impression at court inspired him to take part in the philosophical and scientific revolution of the seventeenth century. His pioneering work in integrating mechanical philosophy with traditional Aristotelianism was soon superseded. Credulity mingled with precise observation in his wide-ranging, receptive mind but some of his research, especially in embryology, made positive contributions to scientific progress. All in all, Digby was one of the most remarkable thinkers and scientific enquirers of his day." (Michael Foster in the DNB); previous ownership signature of John Ashhurst Jr. dated 1858 (J. Ashhurst Jr., 1839-1900, member of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, historian & doctor); on front endpaper and the title page and some penciled bookseller notes; bound in the original pinpoint-patterned olive green cloth, paper spine title label; front board's hinge paper splitting as is cloth along that line, top spine chipped, label darkened; some edges, tips wear and spine ends wear, rubbed; portrait offset darkening to title; generally, contents clean and good, albeit loosening a bit; good condition, a good reading and reference copy.
Private Memoirs of Sir Kenelm Digby, Gentleman of the Bedchamber to King Charles the First. Written By Himself. Now First Published From the Original Manuscript, with an Introductory Memoir.
(Sir Kenelm Digby)
London: Saunders & Otley, 1827.
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(12) pages; color illustrated cover art of showgirl presenting the title signage; contents thoroughly illustrated in black and white, mostly showgirls in various states of undress, giving their names and their 'credits' - Ziegfeld Follies, 'Goldwyn Girl', Miss United States 1932, Miss Maine 1933, Earl Carroll Vanities, more; several of the 'girls' from Europe and from all over the U.S.; the authors of the Paradise show were Maurice Kusell, Sam H. Stept, Ned Washington; centerfold with the actual program details, conducted by Nils T. Granlund, Master of Ceremonies; including Bob Ripa Denmark's Juggling Genius and Sally Rand and her Bubble Dance & Fan Dance, Will Osborne and his Orchestra for show music and dancing; the club's Rhumba Bar was designed by Joseph Urban Associates; approx. 6" x 9 1/4" size; original stapled wraps; light wear; very good condition and interesting New York City 1930s social and club scene ephemeral history item.
N.T.G. (Nils T. Granlund) Presents Paradise Parade of 1935 Paradise Cabaret Restaurant Broadway at 49th Street New York Program Guide
(Paradise Cabaret Restaurant)
New York: Paradise Cabaret Restaurant, 1935.
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vii pages; inscribed and signed on the front endpaper "Gertrude Rice from S. Weir Mitchell"; his poetic salutation to George Washington, at Univ. of Pennsylvania; S.Weir Mitchell (1828-1914) American physician and writer, Union Army surgeon during the Civil War and a prominent member of Philadelphia society, medical and literary circles (ANB); nicely printed on good quality paper stock at the Boston Merrymount Press, approx. 6 1/2" x 10 1/4" size, original printed paper wrap covers, chipped, worn, detached; contents with some residue from old paper clip (removed) and some wrinkling, old binding glue residue along front endpaper gutter; still, good condition.
Verse Read Before the University of Pennsylvania On the Birthday of Washington, MDCCCCII
Mitchell, S. Weir
Merrymount Press Boston: Read Before the University of Pennsylvania On the Birthday of Washington, MDCCCCII, 1902.
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89 pages; inscribed and signed on the front endpaper, "C.R. J...Hammond with respects of J.H. Mifflin May 27, 1838" (most probably to a member of the family of Percy Hammond, early 20th century theatre critic - we have cataloged several of his books in a recent collection); book of poetry, mostly of a personal nature, ballads, songs, odes, some written regarding locations - Savannah, Susquehanna etc. by John Houston Mifflin (1807-1888) American portrait and miniature portraitist, worked in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and Georgia after studying in Europe - father of the perhaps more famous painter Lloyd Mifflin, also a portraitist. (WWW in American Art, 1999); the author notes in his "To the Reader" prefatory remarks, "This little volume is not published, but is presented to the friends of the author..."; small volume, approx. 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" size; original dark brown patterned cloth covered boards binding; some edge, tips wear to boards, spine covering gone, top board about detached; some scattered light foxing throughout; good condition; the poetry reveals the some of the inspiration behind the art.
Rhymes of an Artist
Mifflin, J. Houston
Philadelphia: William Brown, 1835.
Price: $125.00
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41 pages, unopened; woodcuts by Harry Cimino; foreword by French Strother; limited first edition, an unnumbered copy of 990 printed, the "...first publication of the Huntington Press...designed and printed at the Harbor Press....printed on Worthy Hand and Arrows paper...bound in boards with marble paper designed by Douglas Cockerel..."; printed in green and black; paper covered boards, teal blue-green cloth spine, gilt spine titles; some light edge, tips wear; in very good condition.
A Remedy for Disappearing Game Fishes
Hoover, Herbert Clark
New York: Huntington Press, 1930.
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82 pages; signed by the author on the title page; illustrated with color plates & black and white throughout, color pictorial endpapers; small childrens book approx. size 5" x 6 1/4"; color illustrated dustjacket over paper covered boards with a paste-down color plate illustration, utilizing different colors than the jacket, with the fragile glassine overwrap as well over the boards; some light edge, tips wear and rubbing to the jacket; volume clean and in very good condition as is the glassine; by an interesting author, Charles E. Kilbourne (1872-1963) American military officer, Medal of Honor & Croix De Guerre recipient, retired as a Major General from the U.S. Army - and wrote 10 of these 'Baby Animal' series books among others.
Baby Reindeer and Silver Fox
Kilbourne, C.E.
Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company, 1923.
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31 pages; color, black and white illustrated throughout; with the Charles Dana Gibson contributions, centerfold double, cover art by Gibson, more; world news, sketches by E.W. Kemble, story by Robert McDonald, illus. C.M. Relyea; Kenneth Brown story; poem by John A. Macy; advertisements of the time including tinted back cover Cream of Wheat; large format approx. size 10 3/4" x 15"; laid-in is a NY Times book review from 1936 regarding the Gibson biography by Fairfax Downey, illustrated; old previous owner comment on inner leaf, unobtrusive; some edge wear & chipping, closed tears, darkening, soiling; still, in very good condition, a nice reference to the artwork of this popular illustrator.
Collier's October 21, 1905 Vol. XXXVI No. 4 Gibson Number New Stand Edition Ten New Gibson Drawings and "Ave Atque Vale, Gibson," an Appreciation By Robert W. Chambers
(Collier's)
New York: Collier's, 1905.
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24 pages; illustrated throughout with scenes from the life and death of President Garfield; large format, approx. 11 1/4" x 16 1/4" size; with very big centerfold "The Murder of the President. - The Physicians and Surgeons, with other Attendants, Lifting the Sufferer from the Bed for a change of Mattress and Linens"; other dramatic portrayals, of the assassin Charles J. Guiteau, his pistol and ammunition; another centerfold of the President lying in his coffin for viewing and several plates of the memorial ceremonies and parade; portraiture of the Garfield family members, home life; original pictorial illustrated light gray paper wrap covers, detached; some edgewear; little spotting and soiling, faint old fold line; a good survival and tabloid history-style reminiscence and eulogy of the dead President and in good condition.
Pictorial History of President Garfield's Career: His Home Life Inauguration and Assassination
(President Garfield)
New York: Frank Leslie's Publishing House, 1881.
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Folding map printed in blue tones on thin paper; approx. 25" x 30 1/2" size; with a decorative border and inset of a steam locomotive in full throttle traveling cross-country; also with inset list of 'Rail Roads in Operation" with various lengths of roads; map gives rail lines, indications of bituminous coal findings, canals, city, town, county designations; one part of the border line partially chipped away, old holing along fold lines, no loss, closed tear along one panel; some light foxing, spotting, unobtrusive; no covers; the map in good condition, a nice survival and decorative, of the railroads to be found in New York State during the Civil War period.
1864 Map of the Rail-Roads of the State of New York Prepared Under the Direction of William B. Taylor By S.H.Sweet, Deputy State Eng.r And Suv.r
(New York State)
Albany New York: Weed, Parsons & Company, 1864.
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