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Map of this East End Long Island town, from Mecox Bay in the west to Wainscott Pond in the East, from the Atlantic Ocean on the south to Old Noyac Path in the north; with some interesting historical features, including 10 shipwrecks found with their general locations offshore along the beach-line, the ships Henry, Circassian, Benjamin Church, Adelia, Eligible, Southern Cross, Loretta D. Fish, Julia E. Warr, James T. Abbott and the Northcliffe; notes on graveyards and old markers, a list of 59 'Important Buildings and Sites Old Houses Built Before 1800' - with their locations marked on the map and with brief background history & ownership details; mileage from towns thereabout inset; the central map surrounded by 28 additional illustrations of significance to the town, including schools, churches, buildings of architectural note; black and white map, approx. 23" x 27 1/2" size, overall - including approx. 3/4" margins around, done on medium-weight paper stock; some edgewear, darkening; few old discolorations, unobtrusive; in good plus condition, interesting Bridgehampton, Long Island cartographic, genealogical and historical interest.
Bridgehampton Long Island A Historical Map with Illustrations Compiled and Drawn By Paul H. Curts for the Bridgehampton Historical Society
(Bridgehampton - Map)
Bridgehampton, L.I. New York: Bridgehampton Historical Society, 1960.
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48 pages; with the first few pages having testimonies from Young's admirers: "Verses to the Author" Madg. Col. Oxon. T. Wharton, "To a Lady, with the Last Day. Pemb. Col. Oxon. T. Tristram and "To Docotor Young, On his Last Day, and Universal Passion." 1736 J. Banks; the 'three books' of this a Christian narrative poetic morality piece by Edward Young (bap. 1683 - 1765) British writer,"... first composition of note was the lengthy A Poem on the Last Day (1713), revised in 1715 and reprinted twenty times in the next half-century. In three books and roughly 500 couplets, Young describes the resurrection of the dead, the tortured speech of those awaiting judgment, and the final conflagration...Young's place in literary history is…embodied (in) new sensibilities and notions of literary self-consciousness and imagination. The only major literary figure spanning the reigns of Queen Anne and George III, Young has retained an importance that is also ensured by his friendships with writers as diverse as Pope, Johnson, and Richardson and his contemporaries' admiration," (James E. May in the DNB); approx.. 4 ¼" x 7 ¼" size; previous owner name of John G. Clarke 1806 at top of title page; bound in the original plain paper covers, side-sewn; title page with a couple water-marks; text pages darkened; spotted throughout; one leaf of the preliminary material trimmed short, little loss in one corner (does not appear to be any textual excision) and with a humble paper repair via thread-sewing of the bottom part of the page; covers with wear and chipping, especially along spine and edges, paper very soft; still in good condition; Shaw & Shoemaker 3603 2nd Series Early American Imprints.
Poem On the Last Day. In Three Books.
Young, Edward
Salem, (Massa.): Nathaniel Coverly, Jun., 1802.
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Matte-finish black and white photo of a row of 4 old flat-bed potato trucks, laden with tons of sacked potatoes, just visible to left of image is warehouse or garage; image approx. 7" x 10" approx. size; good heavy-quality photo stock; "Orient, N.Y. and "C.A. Barwise" written on back in pencil; light wear, one corner with old crease; a nice image with a nostalgic east end Long Island agricultural business theme, the potato still grown in the area for market, although much of the agricultural lands left are now devoted to commercial cultivation of the grape.
C 1920s Large Format black and White Photograph of Loaded Potato Trucks at Orient, Long Island
(Long Island - Photography)
Orient, Long Island New York: Not Published, 1920.
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A handwritten version of this (published) prayer for this 'night devotion' to Jesus, here accomplished in purple ink in 18 lines, surrounded in parallel rules, top with calligraphic flourishes & small tendriled decoration, title larger-lettered and also with added, fine-lined decorations; in very small pencil writing below is "Montreal 1876 Brother Eugene of Mary"; done on a sheet of plain notepaper, 5 1/2" x 7 1/4" approx. size; splitting along old fold lines, some spotting and soiling, edgewear; still good condition and an interesting ephemeral 19th century calligraphic Canadian Christian devotional item.
Offering to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament Handwritten Prayer with Elaborate Calligraphic Flourishes Writen in Purple Ink Signed By Brother Eugene of Mary Montreal 1876
(Canadiana - Devotional Manuscript)
Montreal Canada: Not Published, 1876.
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Printed dark blue on white background; with a central illustration of the framed appropriate 'union shop' signage that should be displayed at a union barbershop; approx. 14" x 22" size; no date and circa post mid 1950s (AFL-CIO partnership began in 1955); few old mounting pinholes at top edge; top left corner with crease, bottom left with thin marginal discoloration; darkening to white background cardstock; still in very good condition, interesting American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations ephemeral item.
C. 1955 Poster This is a Union Barber Shop A.F.L. - C.I.O. Please Patronize Shops Displaying This Card J.B.H.C.P.I.U.A - Property of Local
(Americana - A.F.L. - C.I.O.)
United States: A.F.L. - C.I.O., 1955.
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Printed vivid red and dark blue on white background; approx. 21" x 21 1/2" size; striking image of a fierce-looking American eagle carrying a bunch of U.S. cash in its beak, with the title of the credit union and the numbers 2345 6789 1234; old fold lines, slight wear; colors very bright; in very good condition; a nice U.S. postal union workers ephemeral item.
C. 1970s St. Louis Postal Employees Credit Union Bandana
(Americana - Postal Union)
St. Louis Missouri: St. Louis Postal Employees Credit Union, 1970.
Price: $45.00
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Printed white on dark blue; approx. 24 1/2" x 25 1/4" size; locomotive engine No. 2342 and 'Reg. U.S. Patent 15999" at base margin; some sunning of the central panel, old fold lines; colors still bright; in very good condition; nice railway transportation union workers ephemeral item.
C. 1950s Railroad Brotherhood Bandana
(Americana - Railroad Brotherhood)
United States: Railroad Brotherhood, 1950.
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8 page newspaper; with occasional small black and white illustrations; front page headline content with: "Hanna's Scheme. Will make an effort to subsidize the country press and poison this avenue of information to the people"; "The Sugar Trust's Insatiable Greed; A Lot of Bad Bills. A Short session of a dead congress used to get through measures"; an interior article of several columns on "Corporationism. The Terrible Blight which has fastened upon the country. It is similar to but Far Worse Than British Landlordism..."; approximately 15 1/2" x 22" newspaper format; old fold lines, wear-hole at center of frontpage, few words lost, not to affect the sense of the text, little darkening; in good condition and interesting late 19th century news; a Populist Party paper, at this point beginning to lose their political strength.
The American Nonconformist. Indianapolis, Indiana, Thursday, February 25, 1897. Whole Number 870.
(The American Nonconformist)
Indianapolis Indiana: The American Nonconformist, C. Vincent Editor and Proprietor, 1897.
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A dancing nude woman posed with flowing fabric with stark dead tree as accompaniment; With the photographer's hand-written label taped to the back of the mounting cardstock, giving the type of camera (4 x 5 Korona View) and lens, aperture, exposure and other details; signed by him and noting the address of the Art Center School 2544 West Seventh Los Angeles, California; not dated and the Art Center moved from this location in 1946; image in black and white, approximately 10 1/2" x 13 1/2"; tipped-on to cardstock mount, which is stained, darkened and soiled; image in very good condition.
C. 1940s Large Format Photograph of Untitled Nude By Norman Lindblom Art Center School Los Angeles California
(Photography)
California: Artist Published, 1945.
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An abstract, reclining female nude figure, line-drawn, reflecting the solid sculptural style of this artist; on the lower left the limitation noted as number 31/40 and signed lower right by the artist, Diem Phung Thi (1920-2002) Vietnamese - French woman sculptor, originally from Hue in Vietnam and to which she returned after many years in Paris - her work has been the subject of several exhibitions in her home country and her sculptural artworks also installed in France; printed on good quality paper stock; approximately 4 1/2" x 7", with margins making it 5 1/2" x 8 1/2"; light wear; little bit of pinkish color-bleed at top edge, not intrusive; in very good condition.
Original Etching Signed By Vietnamese Artist Diem Phung Thi
(Diem Phung Thi)
Vietnam: Artist Published, 1990.
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A very good impression of a European village scene, inscribed and signed in the margin below in pencil by the artist in a neat hand, "Sketch "Saint Martin de la Place" With the compliments of the artist. Proof from demonstration plate drawn, etched, and printed in 2 hours before The Present Day Club of Princeton, N.J., March 1, 1933 John Taylor Arms"; approx. 5" x 7" size with margins 9" x 11 1/8"; little bit of old matte-burn around margin of artwork; light wear; tipped-on top edge to foamcore, with (loose) matte; in very good condition; especially for the written evidence explaining the artwork-in-process immediacy of the work. John Taylor Arms (1887 - 1953) American architectural etcher, "...almost entirely self-taught...(and) one of the leading etchers of his day…an eloquent and indefatigable evangelist for his art. He developed an extraordinary form of lecture-demonstration, in which he delivered a stentorian discourse on the history, methods, and aesthetics of etching, all the while drawing ambidextrously, demonstrating every stage of the etching process from sketch to pulled proof. Between 1920 and 1953 Arms gave some 150 such performances to groups at colleges, libraries, museums, art associations, and business and industrial exhibitions..." - as evidenced in the piece offered here. (Christopher Caines in the ANB)
1933 Etching Created 'On the Spot' at the Present Day Club of Princeton New Jersey - Inscribed with Explanatory Message and Signed By John Taylor Arms
(John Taylor Arms)
Princeton, New Jersey: Artist Published, 1933.
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Map of this northern area and coastline of Germany, handcolored in outlines for the various principle provinces; noted in outside margin at top as Ausg. in 63 B1. No. XXVIII and Stieler's Hand-Atlas (No. 22a), with the Gotha: Justus Perthes 1860 copyright at bottom center margin; approx. 12" x 14 5/8" size (neat line), including margins 14 1/2" x 17 3/4"; some toning, ageing to paper, old centerfold line; little edgewear, one corner with creasing in outer margin, not in map; one corner with a bit of shadowing, also not in map; in very good condition, interesting German cartographic and historical map.
Nord-Ostliches Deutschland Enthalt: Sammtliche Saechsische Lande, Die Preussischen Provinzen: Sachsen, Brandenburg, Pommern. Mecklenburg, Holstein, Braunschweig...
(Germany - Map)
Gotha: Justus Perthes, 1860.
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Map of Long Island, New York; lithographed in colors; not dated and circa mid 1920s; approx. 20" x 22 1/2" size, including approx. 1" average margin around; printed on fairly light paper stock; some toning, ageing to paper, little edgewear, one corner with creasing in outer margin, not in map; very good condition, interesting Long Island cartographic and historical development interest.
Map of Long Island, East Part & West Part
(Long Island - Map)
Boston Massachusetts: Walker Lith. & Pub. Co., 1925.
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278 pages; the Taiwan piracy edition; copyright page lists "First Printing" but this is the typical smaller issue, thinner-paper piracy; Chinese characters printed on colophon page; some edge, tips wear and rubbing to the dustjacket; previous owner name on endpaper; good condition overall.
Hell's Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs
Thompson, Hunter
Taiwan Pirate Edition:
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Stark figures, done in black and colors, children grouped as if following an adult figure - an African-American theme, done in a bold abstract-realism style; approx. 12" x 16" size, stretched and stapled to wooden backer framing; signed lower right, 'Wesson'; with the exhibition label on back, giving artist name and gallery, title, original price; with a newspaper advertisement for the gallery also attached to the back, lower frame; in very good condition, a powerful image.
1970 Oil on Canvas Signed By Betty Wesson "The Hope" with the Exhibition Label of the Thirteenth Annual Exhibit 1970; with Sidney Rothman The Gallery Barnegat Light New Jersey Provenance.
(New Jersey Art - Betty Wesson)
Barnegat Light New Jersey: Not Published, 1970.
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Nicely-done watercolor, with charming naivete, of a beach & dunes scene; approx. 10" x 11" size; signed lower right, 'Fred Stover '70'; done on watercolor paper-covered board; some sunning to the image, old matte-line around 1/4" margin; old mounting tape residue on back; in very good condition, a nice East Hampton Long Island ocean - scape image.
1970 Watercolor Dunes Landscape Signed By East Hampton Long Island Artist Fred Stover
(Long Island Art - Fred Stover)
East Hampton Long Island New Y: Not Published, 1970.
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24 pages; illustrated throughout in black and white with views of the resort and Shelter Island; resort & hotel amenities, Manhanset cottages, amusements, recreational opportunities via swimming, golf, social life, boating, more; interior and exterior views of this resort hotel complex; with advertisements & illustrations of two other Lannin Co. properties, the Garden City Hotel as well as the Hotel Gramatan; giving detailed instructions for travel, via the Montauk Steamboat Co. Ltd. (also illustrated, underway before the Manhanset house property) and the Long Island Railroad; original illustrated printed paper wrap covers; with an oval tipped-on black and white illustration of the Manhanset House; elaborate lettering in green and gilt; 5 1/4" x 8 1/2" size; old pen calculations on cover in a contemporary hand; soiling & discoloration, still good; contents in very good condition and interesting, detailed information especially via the illustrations of the amenities at this early 20th-century resort on Shelter Island; the main building burned to the ground in 1910.
Season 1907 Manhanset House Manhanset Manor Shelter Island New York J.J. Lannin Co. Proprietors
(Long Island - Shelter Island)
Shelter Island New York: Manhanset House, 1907.
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214 pages; tissue-guarded color frontispiece plate of the Larchmont Yacht Club flags & burgee, signals; and additional pages of color plates at back, illustrating International & Club codes -flags & pennants & U.S. Signal Service weather pennant signals; black and white illustrations in text, including photos, the frontispiece "In Memoriam" portrait of James B. Ford, Commodore of the club 1915-1928 (his death); an image of the Flagship Tara, of Commodore Henry L. Maxwell, the sailer Sythetic of the Vice Commodore Joseph B. Dunbaugh, the Novia of Rear Commodore Harold Tobey; one of the most prestigious yacht clubs in the United States, founded in 1880 in New York's Westchester County; previous owner ownership rubber stamp on front endpaper of Charles A. Ward of New Rochelle, N.Y., listed as a club member - Ward was an electric vehicle manufacturer; faint pencil remark on cover; original beige cloth binding, cover with the club's emblem; some edge, tips wear, soiling; very good condition and interesting American yachting and sailing club history with good membership-owner provenance.
Constitution, By-Laws Racing Rules, Etc. Larchmont Yacht Club
(Larchmont Yacht Club)
Larchmont, New York: Larchmont Yacht Club, 1928.
Price: $125.00
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The Little Red Hen And the Wheat
(Childrens Book - Miniature)
No Place Noted: No Publisher, 1920.
Price: $65.00
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(2) leaves; + half-title & colophon leaf; title page with a small woodcut illustration; noted as one of 500 copies printed by D.B. Updike at the Merrymount Press in December of 1924; on F.J. Head & Co. watermark paper; the colophon also with a small cut; 7 1/4" x 8 1/2" approx. size, oblong format; previous owner inscription on half-title; original sewn illustrated paper wraps in dark olive; edge, tips wear to the wraps, small chip at top of spine, small piece of back upper corner chipped away; in very good condition; a good Merrymount Press ephemeral item.
Home! Sweet Home! By John Howard Payne A Reproduction of the Author's Manuscript of the Poem with the Seasons Greetings from Mr. & Mrs. W.K. Bixby
(Printing History - Merrymount Press)
Boston: Merrymount Press, 1924.
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(8) pages; containing this decorative architectural elements firm's 'take' on "Old Timbers. Old Brasses. Pewter & Wrought Iron The Art of the Craftsman of Olden Days." according to Arthur Todhunter's prefatory remarks, "...I set myself the task, this summer (1925) of bringing together from the old villages of England a collection of those pieces which are so necessary, if this delightful effect is to be obtained to-day..."; with the rest of the booklet devoted to illustrating in black and white the items selected - which are described as they would be used on-site, the items not priced; approx. 5" x 6" size; original illustrated (2-color) stapled stiff paper covers, depicting the quintessential English Cottage; light cover wear; some old staple coloring to inner page gutters; in very good condition; interesting architectural arts ephemeral item, from the point of view of the decorator.
Quaint Ideas for the English Cottage from Todhunter
(Architecture - Todhunter)
New York - London: Todhunter, 1925.
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Group of 5 pieces, inspired and accomplished via the calligraphic creativity of East Hampton artist Jennifer Ward - who makes use of calligraphically-written words to create images of art, including: "To Oz" titled in pencil below the image, signed lower right, marked 13/13, 11 1/2" x 16" image approx. 13" x 20" overall with the margins, printed in several colors, with light gray 'rain' falling diagonally across the plate, and the (rain) 'bow' arching across the sheet in purple, blue, turquoise, green, yellow, orange, red, on white paper; "Big Apple" titled in pencil below the image, signed lower right, marked 18/20, 11" x 13" image approx., 13" x 20" overall with the margins, printed red and brown on white paper, (with) another "Big Apple" printed on slightly smaller 13" x 17" cream chain-laid paper stock, this marked AP 3/9, also signed & titled below the image; "Printfeet" titled in pencil below the image, signed lower right, marked 9/11, 11 1/2" x 16" image approx. 13" x 20" overall with the margins, printed black on tan on white paper "Scratch" or Fat Cat, titled in pencil below the image, signed lower right, marked 16/16 which has been marked through and NFS, 11 1/2" x 16" image approx. 13" x 20" overall with the margins, printed black on cream on white paper; light wear to margins; the colors of all pieces very vivid and bright, in very good condition, a nice group of the humorous and thought-provoking calligraphic work of this skilled East Hampton, Long Island calligraphy artist.
C. 1970s Group of 5 Screenprint Artworks Signed By Calligraphic Artist Jennifer Ward
(Calligraphy - Contemporary Art)
East Hampton Long Island New Y: Artist Published, 1970.
Price: $150.00
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Two water birds, stream, drifting snow falling; approx. 11 1/2" x 17 1/2" overall with the margins; black and red ink signed artist chop-mark and signature; loosely tipped-on the right side to a larger paper sheet with the Uchida rubber stamp at bottom; the colors very vivid and bright, heightened with touches of silver; a very good impression, in very good condition.
C. 1950 "Water Birds in Winter" Japanese Color Wood Block Printed By Uchida Printing Co. Ltd.
(Japanese Block Print)
Japan: Uchida Wood Block Printing Co. Ltd., 1950.
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Winter scene with children shoveling snow by Kiyoshi Saito- (1907 - 1997) Japanese artist, known for these so-saku hanga woodblock prints, starting with his "Winter in Aizu" series; this not dated, circa 1950(?); approx. 10" x 14 1/2" with the margins; pencil-signed lower left and with the studio stamp on back lower right; the paper toned a bit, the colors very vivid and bright, a very good impression, in very good condition.
Children Shoveling Snow Aizu Winter Signed Color Block Print By Kiyoshi Saito
(Kiyoshi Saito)
Japan: Artist Published, 1950.
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Group includes two country landscape scenes in color, both signed lower left Katsutaro Furuya in black ink, both approx. 9" x 13"; 2 ink and wash, heightened and accented with white paint, winter scenes, approx. 10" x 14 1/2", one signed lower right; and 2 ink wash, waterside scenes, 10" x 14 1/4" one signed lower left; all are laid-down on to paper backers; light wear; one of the wash pieces with a thin line-scrape, not intrusive; these not dated and circa 1950s; all in good condition, the paper backers with wear and wrinkling in margins, creasing; the artworks very good.
Circa 1950s Group of 6 Original Works of Art By Katsutaro Furuya Including Color Watercolors, Pen & Ink Brush Work, Signed by the Artist
(Katsutaro Furuya)
Japan: Artist Published, 1950.
Price: $350.00
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Clark'; Louisiana-based photographer (b. 1949) known for her atmospheric landscape photography which explores her deep connection to the beauty of the American South; her works held at several U.S. & international institutions as well as private and corporate collections: New Orleans Museum of Art, Ogden Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Mississippi Museum of Art, Memphis Brooks Museum, Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, N.Y., Paine Webber, New York, Uwe Scheid Collection, Germany Alumni, Brazil and more; 9" x 11 3/4" (sight); 15" x 17 3/4" framed; image of a wooded glen, much plant and flowering undergrowth and a lone ladies' or girls slipper at forefront; matte surround darkened; unexamined out of frame; not dated, probably circa 1980-90; frame with a little wear and rubbing, still very good; a nice example of this photographer's haunting work; an artist of great courage and perseverance, whose studio and photographic equipment and much of her output destroyed by hurricane Katrina; she continues to produce and photograph with skill and vitality.
Framed Landscape Photograph By Louisiana Photographer Sandra Russell Clark.
(Sandra Russell Clark)
Louisiana: Photographer Published, 1990.
Price: $250.00
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143 pages of text + 3 pgs musical piece 'Stucke des Bidermann'schen Automaten-Spinetts + section of gravure plate pages, with hundreds of well-illustrated ancient musical instruments of all types illustrated, cataloged, explained and identified as to makers and use; text in German throughout; an overview of the subject by the Austrian polymath Julius Schlosser (1866-1938) historian and writer, "...Influential scholar and leader of the so-called (second) Vienna School of art history; successor to Max Dvoràk at the University of Vienna...Schlosser is considered one of the giants of the discipline of art history in the twentieth century. Today, his best-known work is his survey of the entire corpus of western writing on art, from antiquity to modern times...The second half of Schlosser's life was devoted to the study of Lorenzo Ghiberti, whose influence Schlosser had come to appreciate through the study of primary texts...he was also an excellent cellist and toured with a string quartet of which Hahnloser was the violist." (Dict. of Art Historians); this part (Band III) of Schlosser's scholarly work for his school; bound in the original printed paper-covered boards, approx. 9 1/2" x 12 1/2" size, cloth spine; endpapers spotty, boards warping, tips wear-through, bumped; text and plates very good and an interesting overview of musical instruments of antiquity, some of them quite beautifully decorated and with famous provenance.
Die Sammlung Alter Musikinstrumente
Schlosser, Julius
Wien: Kunstverlag Anton Schroll & Co., 1920.
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Well-printed folding railway map, done in black and colors; printed by Dai Nippon Printing Company; the legend showing trains, elec. car, private railways, subway; approx. 17" x 23 1/2" size; title section on reverse notes the Tuttle Bookshops & directions, and a list of travel and Japanese culture books with pricing; the railway map lists station in English characters; some wear and soiling, couple short closed edge-tears; still about very good and an interesting mid-twentieth century Japanese transportation history ephemeral item.
Railway Map of Tokyo and Vicinity
(Japan - Map)
Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1955.
Price: $45.00
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A snappy-looking simple electric vehicle design in fine pen and ink and hand-colored in blue, yellow and heightened in white; chain-driven, steering 'bar' instead of wheel, open top, plush interior visible; side and front views; bottom third of drawing with pencil details of parts; approx. 13" x 18 1/2" size; on 'onionskin' engineering linen-paper; old fold lines; some rubbing-away of surface at bottom, corners, fold lines; fraying towards edges; still in good condition, colors bright and very well-accomplished; not signed or credited and with good provenance, from the family of the founder of the Ward M.V. Co., which specialized in electric vehicles and eventually trucks, in the first part of the 20th century; interesting automotive ephemeral material & electric car history.
Circa 1916 Color Rendering of a Ward Motor Vehicle Company Electric Car Design
(Automobile History - Electric Car)
New York: Ward Motor Vehicle Company, 1916.
Price: $250.00
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A broken volume of this botanical book, with 8 (of 20) of the color plates, each about 9 1/2" x 12" and in very good condition, with careful coloring and well-done; also contains a first appearance of a William Wordsworth work, "Verses Composed at the Request of Jane Wallas Penfold' dated 1 January 1843 and another set of verses by her friend Mrs. Calverley Bewicke, "Song of the Madeira Flowers" 1844; with the extra illustrated title page which has some coloring (albeit titles faded, as is much of that page); with 12 of the pages of botanical textual description, as well as the subscribers list; all leaves had been excised from the original binding; boards still here, dull green cloth, with flower-filled urn cover design in gilt and repeated in blind on back; boards soiled and worn, spine covering coming loose; in good condition; see Christie's South Kensington 9/25/2007 Sale # 5139 Lot 414 Travel & Natural History for further details on this Madeiran botany - which in part notes this as "...RARE: the subscribers' copies number 66 and it seems unlikely that many more copies were printed; only two copies (the Plesch and Duchess of Manchester copies) are recorded at auction by ABPC since 1975." 1875 Bibliography Reference BM(NH) IV, p. 1542; Nissen BBI 1503; Pritzel 7030; Stafleu and Cowan 7629.
Madeira Flowers, Fruits, and Ferns, a Selection of the Botanical Productions of That Island, Foreign and Indigenous, Drawn and Coloured from Nature
Penfold, Jane Wallas
London: Reeve, Brothers, 1845.
Price: $500.00
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A company overview and catalog, 47 pages; black and white illustrated throughout; history of Kimball, manufacturing musical instruments in Chicago for years; extolling quality, tonal design, testimonial quotes from 'outstanding organists' - users around the country; at this time, the company could reveal that they had "...built over four thousand pipe organs, installed all over the world...designed by the Kimball staff in consultation with the purchaser and his advisers to suit the acoustical conditions of the church and the purpose it serves..."; with c. 25 pages of illustrations of their products visible in the interior, or exterior views of: St. Bernadette's R.C. Church, Brooklyn; Hollywood Presb. California; First Church of Christ Scientist Oak Park, & that in Cambridge Mass; Congregation B'nai B'rith Los Angeles; St. Paul's Cathedral Pittsburgh; St. John's Cathedral Denver (this one double-page, with specifications of the organ as well); Thorne Hall at Northwestern; Municipal Auditoriums at Minneapolis, in Worcester Mass, Memphis, Union Medical College in Peiping(sic) China, and many more mentioned, with details of construction and use of all these; the rest of the catalog describing the quality of the Kimball-Welte Reproducing Organ, self-contained and pipe organs, the company line of pianos; descriptions of the factory & offices, console organs, illustrations of factory techniques and testing of products; catalog quality-printed on glossy stock, in black and deep orange type and ornamentation; approx. 9 1/4" x 12 1/2" size; metal 'coil' binding (little rust at back inner leaf), illustrated stiff blue paper covers, matching endpapers; some edgewear, closed tears to binding, bit of color-fade, very good overall; (with) laid-in Wicks company 4-fold illustrated brochure for their 'Fuga' organ (circa 1930s also) and several typed pages which list organ stop information - the organ of Leipzig, another list of ranks for a 'miniature baroque organ' and others, and a page of 'repertoire' listing various organ pieces - this group of paper with some relevant pencil notes and information; contents of Kimball catalog in very good condition as are the ephemeral items; interesting keyboard musical instrument history and especially for the illustrations and background of some of the particularly large & famous organ installations of the Kimball Company - both the Kimball and Wicks (only very recently) co.'s had given up the manufacturing of organs in this country, after enjoying much popularity and long-term brand recognition in their fields.
Kimball Pipe Organs
(W.W. Kimball Company)
Chicago Illinois: W.W. Kimball Company, 1938.
Price: $250.00
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64 + (4) additional pages of advertisements (on blue paper, at back); contents with much editorial on finance and treasury topics, banking and proposed reform measures, devaluation and stolen notes, "The Silver Raid, " an article on "Prof." W. A. Rooks, "Treasury Expert." from Boston; Canadian banking institutions, much on how to detect counterfeit notes, stolen notes, descriptions of counterfeit silver notes, counterfeiting of coinage, Canadian counterfeit notes, foreign gold, silver and bank notes information, more; the advertisements with coin scales, check punches, caligraphs, adjustable microscope, bill holder; pamphlet format, approx. 6" x 9" size; original light gray illustrated (Treasury Bldg & ornamental type) printed paper wraps, stapled binding; little rust-through on wraps at stapling; spine paper splitting, some soil, tiny soot-burn hole (about 1/16"); back cover with closed tear at bottom corner; contents very good; according to an OCLC search, this serial appears to have run from 1884-1907; with few physical holdings and a microform; an interesting American & international financial and monetary history ephemeral item from the latter part of the 19th century.
Dickerman's United States Treasury Counterfeit Detector, The Standard Authority. June 1890 No. 6.
(Americana - Treasury)
New York: Dickerman's United States Treasury Counterfeit Detector and Bankers' & Merchant's Journal, 1890.
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250 pages; translated from the original German by Alberto Saldivar P.; an obscure South American edition of Hitler's autobiography, OCLC indicating one holding in microform in Mexico of this edition; no date and circa mid-1930s; bookseller's stamp of Libreria Matus on the half-title, which may have been a shop located in Chile; approx. 5" x 7 3/8" size; original illustrated paper wrap covers, with portrait of Hitler; a cheap production, browned paper stock, covers with some edgewear & chipping, back cover bottom corner chipped away; still in about good condition overall; an unusual imprint.
Mi Lucha
Hitler, Adolf
Buenos Aires: Luz Ediciones Modernas, 1933.
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173 pages; several pages of black and white photo-illustrations of wolves and wolf-hunting; contents with various stories of wolves and wolf-attacks, in Great Britain, Ireland, France (the 'louvetier' hunters) and countries of the north; werewolf legends and stories, mythology, folklore from the ages; "First Published" on copyright page; bound in green textured paper covered boards, silver spine titles, dramatic illustrated dustjacket designed by Biro; jacket with chipping to top & bottom of spine, back cover with old staining; endpapers of volume spotty, previous owner name; little edge-discoloration on last blank endpaper at bottom; in good condition overall.
Wolves and Werewolves
Pollard, John
London: Robert Hale Limited, 1964.
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Collection of sheet music, 32 printed pieces, eight with lithographic illustration; mostly of the 1840s and all of American publishers; those pieces not dated in list are circa the same era, those with lithographic illustrations (all black and white) are noted with their printers, including: 1840 Rockaway Or, On Old Long Island's Sea-Girt Shore with Bufford & Co.'s Lith.; The heath is all lonely and drear. Or The Last Farewell A Favorite Ballad as Sung by Mr. Graham; The Old Kirk Yard, a favorite Ballad, sung by Mr. Parry Junr., Fleetwood lith. scene; Love Much an Admired Song Written by "Rosalie"; 1842 The Blind Boy. Poetry by Miss Hannah F. Gould..., Thayer & Co.'s Litho. illust., Second Edition; The Legacy With the Favorite Words of The Delights of Home (sheets very brown); The Rose of Cashmere Ballad; 1847 The Mother Who Hath A Child at Sea, Lith. by G.W. Lewis NY and the sheets printed on a pale blue paper stock; 1837 "A Wet Sheet & A Flowing Sea" A Nautical Song; 1843 "The Vulture of the Alps" lith. by Endicott, after Parsons; Spring Time of Year is Coming, A Ballad; Fairy Gathering... Mrs. John Harman by Miss Pardoe, Music composed by David Lee; 1839 Nothing Else to Do Comic Song; Rouse Thee Up Shepherd Boy, Tyrolian Air; 1843 The Snow Storm. A Ballad Thayer & Co. litho.; Nora Creina, See the Flow'rs. A Favorite Irish Song; Who'd A Thought of Seeing You, cover excised, and with a "Catalogue of Popular Songs, Duetts, Glees....published at Atwill's Music Saloon...N.Y." hundreds of musical pieces listed on the back page; Fairy Bells Favorite Ballad; The Leaf & The Fountain; At this point in the album are bound-in four pages of manuscript music, not dated, for "The Grave of Bonaparte" with lyrics and a short instrumental piece "Rory O'Moore" (these leaves with edgewear at outer margin, due to being slightly wider than the printed texts); Followed by: Oh! Take me Back to Switzerland Tyrolian Ballad, and by three more pages of manuscript, with some lyrics, untitled and with the first line "Joys that we've tasted may sometimes return..." and a few pages of blank musical-staff ruled paper; 1841 Prize Banner Quick Step...Dedicated to the Whigs of The Prize Banner Ward, lithographic illustration not credited; 1840 The Greek March in which is introduced an original Greek Air; 1843 The Village Quick Step; Giraffe Waltz...by Zaleucus; 1842 The Hero's Quick Step; Herculean Quick Step...by Zaluecus (two different spellings of the composer's name here); Affection Waltz...Published at Millet's Music Saloon; Von Weber's Last Waltz; Semper Paratus Hall's Quick Step, lith. by Thayer's after Cooke (full page); The Cachucha Dance; The Louisville Callopade; The Linden Waltz; And a final few pages of (blank) musical staff paper; 10 1/2" x 13 1/2" approx. size; bound in the original marbled-paper covered boards, dark brown leather corners and spine, gilt-lettered matching cover label with ownership name of Ernestine S. Randall; spine with simple rules and gilt lyre harp ornaments, marbled endpapers; some wear and rubbing to the binding, spine leather just starting to split a bit at ends, block still sewn strongly; contents with occasional foxing and spotting, edgewear or closed tear, little bit edge-discoloration, old marginal dampstain; (blank) endpapers creased, spotty; depending on the paper quality - some sheets completely clean and good, others less so; overall, in very good condition and an interesting compendium of American-published sheet music, with some good graphic content, the manuscript music adding its own appeal.
C. 1840s Bound Volume of Sheet Music, Some with Lithographic Illustrations (with) Manuscript Musical Material.
(Sheet Music - Bound Volume)
Various Places Listed: Various, 1840.
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A press photograph of an active operating room scene with surgery taking place, 5 doctors and nurses visible, instrument tray, dramatic focused lighting; black and white, approx. 7" x 9" size; with the Bob Leavitt 921 Wash'n Av. Brooklyn, N.Y. studio stamp and "Not released B.L." in pen below along with request for credit, also in ink; a few pencil numbers; no other identifiers; image with a little edgewear, back with some soiling; in very good condition, good photographic & medical history ephemera, especially with photographer Leavitt's personal initial & markings.
C. 1940 Press Photograph of an Operating Room with Surgery Underway By Bob Leavitt Brooklyn New York and Initialed by Him.
(Photography - Medicine)
Brooklyn, New York: Bob Leavitt, 1940.
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A press photograph of Churchill, while riding; with the Assoc. News. Ltd. group stamp on back; no date, circa 1930s; approx. 5" x 7" size, crudely trimmed-down at the corners and bottom by a previous owner; image with some yellowing at edges; back of photo spotty; in about good condition, a good image of a sprightly-looking Churchill on horseback.
Circa 1930s Photograph of Winston Churchill on Horseback
(Photography - Winston Churchill)
Northcliffe House, London Engl: Associated Newspapers Ltd., 1930.
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Group of 9 letters; 2 from Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania in 1881, Cousin Adah and friend Elsie Thompson writing to Miss Cora Morrison in Bangor Maine (the recipient of all these letters) about their pets & Christmas presents; 1882 from East Cambridge, on a notepaper imprinted with a stylized japonisme-style lettering stating 'Thursday,' from Lillian L. Rackliff regarding sickness and schooling; 3 notes in 1883 from Minneapolis, regarding education, the names of boys in the school and a bit of poetic sentiment and a couple of discourses on dolls and types of clothing & wear compared (& using patterns from?) with Harpers (magazine) material; 1884 note to 'Dear Friend Cora' - from John Green in Orono Maine who mentions "...I have just written to Fred how does Flora Davis get along now I gave Bradbury her letter and we had lots of fun with him the girl that thought him so pretty and picking chips for a liveing did not suite very well on his stommach(sic)..."; and an undated note from So. Ovington, somewhat laboriously written regarding skating, visiting and a new baby, from Gertie Y. - this note also addressing "Cousin Freddie" integrally; and a short undated note from 'Lizzie' that is hoping to arrange a meeting and having a good time; some wear and soiling, old fold lines, a couple are pencil written, one with some dimming of lettering in the first few lines; 4 of these come with their original mailing envelopes, one with stamp gone, other envelopes more or less worn and soiled, chipped & ripped, one with a cancellation mark trimmed away; the letters in good condition; a good little glimpse of children's & young adults' concerns and these correspondents' level of literacy, their willingness to communicate and exchange news, writing from various places to their friend in Maine; we speculate that some of these may have been written at the behest of parents.
1881-84 Group of Letters to Cora Morrison in Bangor, Maine
(Manuscript - Children's Letters).
Minneapolis Minnesota: Not Published, 1881.
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7 pages; elaborately lettered & decorated black and white cover page; the musical score for this march, no lyrics; an unusual Long Island sheet music item, an OCLC search reveals no holdings; approx. 10 3/4" x 14" standard sheet music size; some soiling, closed edge-tears, scrape and offsetting of title lettering on back cover; in good condition and good east end Long Island musical history ephemera.
To H.G. Elmer, Peconic, L.I. Southold Grand March By Harry M. Payne. Southold. N.Y.
(Sheet Music - Long Island)
New York: P. Lawson, 1893.
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Colorful map of this east end Long Island village; the map surrounded by black and white images from the community, a couple of inset maps at bottom and giving streets, locations of interest and use - schools, beach club, churches, 'Home of the late Alfred Thayer Mahan USN', more; approx. 11" x 17" size, National Survey Chester Vermont printer; on back at center are listed 45 local businesses with their small business-card-like advertisements for their services, including Shipman's Riding School, Miss Isabel Hair Stylist, Elsie's Corset Shop, Henry L. Bennett's Garage, The Blackburn House, many more; with also explanatory text regarding location and accessibility, accommodations, fishing, yachting, wildfowl sanctuary, bathing, country club activities, salient facts about Quogue; nicely printed, map colors still vivid; old fold line, some edgewear, little closed tear; in very good condition and interesting Long Island local history ephemera from about mid-20th century.
C. 1950 Village of Quogue Long Island New York
(Quogue - Map)
Quogue, Long Island New York: Quogue Businesses, 1950.
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15 pages; especially interesting for the fold-out "Chart of Montauk Yacht Harbor (by) Montauk Beach Development Corp...." provided at the back and with a perforation for easy detaching (still wholly integral here), approx. 15 1/2" x 23", black and white, noted as submitted, approved and dated 6/7/3, revised after a 1929 plan - with an inset map showing the location of this 'development' in the larger Montauk landscape. The chart shows future commercial basin & boat houses, polo fields, the Montauk Island Club, yacht basin on Star Island, a future channel running right around the inner coastline of Lake Montauk and other details. This development project was the final real estate resort scheme of Carl Graham Fisher (1874-1939) American automotive & real estate entrepreneur, who had previously developed Miami Beach and used the funds to try and establish a similar resort in the north, in Montauk Long Island - "...In 1925, Fisher purchased the entire peninsula of Montauk…to develop as a grand resort. Much of what makes up today's Montauk - it's roads, churches, downtown village, harbor area, golf course, and dozens of commercial buildings and homes, were built by Fisher during a whirlwind of development from 1926 - 32. If it weren't for his considerable vision and investment, Montauk would be a far different place today…his impact profound..." (ref. Montauk Life).; black and white illustrated throughout with images from prominent Montauk locales: the yacht & golf clubs, tennis club, riding, Island Club, these mostly of a sporting nature, meant to attract the wealthy clientele Fisher wished to have patronize his resort; a page devoted to the 1930 train service between New York and the Hamptons & Montauk and including the Montauk-New London ferry service, and a directory with telephone numbers for local businesses and services; approx. 8 1/2" x 11 1/4" size; original stapled covers, illustrated with a black and white view of fishing boat in Montauk; cover wear and soiling, first leaf with some faint spotting; contents good; interesting Montauk real estate development, sporting and social history ephemera.
Montauk Yacht Harbor
(Montauk - Real Estate Development History).
Montauk, Long Island New York: Montauk Yacht Club, 1930.
Price: $250.00
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48 pages; with a useful 'Index to Exhibitors' With classes in which they have entries (names and town addresses) + index to advertisers at back (which acts as a local business directory for the time), black and white illustrated throughout with images from prominent Montauk, Long Island locales: the Montauk light, fox hunting at Montauk, the Downs golf club, tennis club, casino & pools, more, mostly of a sporting nature; the show committee members including: Gen. Robert H. Tyndall, Carl G. Fisher, J.V. Bouvier III (father of Jacqueline Kennedy), Harrison Tweed, Mr. & Mrs. James R. MacMann, Judges including W.E. Baker (saddle horses & ponies), Frank A. Bonsal Jr., J. Garner West (hunters and jumpers) & other worthies listed; a very large event, with classes for model & novice hunters of various weights, novice, model & gelding saddle horses, polo mounts, jumpers, 'horses suitable to become hunters,' road & park hacks, touch-and-go, more ; approx. 7" x 9 3/4" size; original stapled covers, illustrated with a black and white view of the frontage at Montauk Manor; wear and soiling, old rubber stamps on back of Mr. Marcell O. Thommen Sag Harbor N.Y. on back; detached from the binding, and triangular chip at top inner back of the cover; contents good; interesting Montauk sporting and social history ephemera, with genealogical interest as well.
1931 Montauk Horse Show Official Catalogue
(Montauk - Horse Show)
Montauk, Long Island New York: Montauk Horse Show, 1931.
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Black and white image of deep- sea fisherman and author Farrington & his wife (also a world-record holder angler) holding large placards which advertised theatre seating for the Dowling show at the John Drew Theatre in East Hampton; no photographic studio noted, not dated and circa 1950; approx. 5" x 7"; very good; interesting photographic East Hampton theatre & social history ephemera, with genealogical interest, from the middle part of the 20th century.
C. 1950 Candid Photograph of S. Kip Farrington & His Wife Chisie Selling Tickets at the John Drew Theatre in East Hampton Eddie Dowling in "Border Be Damned"
(East Hampton - Photography)
East Hampton Long Island New Y: Not Published, 1950.
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Portrait image of this fashionably-attired young woman, with the identifier hand-written on back in a contemporary hand; our research indicates that Blanche (L.) Babcock was educated at State Normal School (now SUNY Cortland) and went on to teach high school at Sag Harbor & Sayville on Long Island, before accepting a teaching position at the House of Refuge on Randalls Island, the Manhattan reformatory for children; approx. 4 3/4" x 6" size overall; black and white; Hyatt & Tooke Cortland N.Y. photographer's blindstamp imprint at base of mount card; some soiling in margins; image very good; interesting photographic Sag Harbor & New York educational history ephemera, with genealogical interest, from the first part of the 20th century.
C. 1900 Cabinet Card Photograph of Blanche Babcock, Sag Harbor Long Island By Hyatt & Tooke, Cortland N.Y.
(Sag Harbor - Photography)
Sag Harbor Long Island New Yor: Not Published, 1900.
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Photograph approx. 6 1/4" x 8 1/2", most probably a professionally taken image in sepia tones, notations on back: "T.A. Loveland (Buck's company secretary) Frank Buck in foreground - Chicago World Fair and Monkey Mountain Frank Buck's Jungle Camp"; the 'mountain' a huge construction, with over 50 simians visible on it and humans surrounding the feature, gazing on - souvenir shop, other fair attractions visible in background. Old pin mounting-holes at corners, crinkling to image, still a great view and in good condition; (with) 1937 typed letter signed by Loveland on Frank Buck Enterprises, Inc. letterhead from Amityville, Long Island thanking the sender for a suggestion for the Park (with) a lengthier (3 paragraph) 1938 TLS by Mrs. Fanchion E. Long, also on a (different) F.B.E. Inc., letterhead to the same recipient, regarding an introduction to an unnamed authoress friend who'd wanted a 'jungle prowl' with Loveland - with news of the 'Jungle Camp' travels, thanking the sender for a 'pineapple concoction' recipe - perhaps for sale at the amusement park - also mentioning music on the grounds via the public address system, which may have been an earlier suggestion by the same person. Both letters with their original Frank Buck mailing envelopes with postal cancellations, some wear and aging to mailers, letters in very good condition; Frank Howard Buck (1884-1950) American hunter, movie actor, director, writer and producer, entrepreneurial entertainer, in addition to being the supplier of many of the world's zoos and nature parks with live specimens of animals for their exhibits; Buck had taken his 'Jungle Camp' exhibit from the Chicago World's Fair "...which broke all attendance records." and relocated it to Long Island and again showed his exhibit at the 1939 NY World's Fair; interesting World's Fair, Long Island amusement park and entertainment ephemera.
1937-38 Frank Buck Enterprises, Inc., "Frank Buck Jungle Camp Zoological Specimens Animals Birds Reptiles Amityville Long Island - 2 Letters (with) Photo of Frank Buck's Monkey Mountain (from the Chicago World's Fair - Later Re-Constructed on Long Island)
(Long Island - Amusement Parks)
Amityville, Long Island New Yo: Frank Buck Enterprises, Inc., 1938.
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v + 98 pages; with a useful 5- page bibliography at back; with a page having six small black and white illustrations of early aircraft; a year-by-year chronology of the aerospace industry on Long Island, from its infancy in the mid-19th century to 1965: "...a first attempt to list events peculiar to geographical Long Island's aviation history. From the very beginning, planes were being built, men and women were flying them, and all "records" were continually being broken..." (from the Preface); part of the Hofstra University Yearbook of Business Series 5, Volume 5; bound in the original printed light blue stapled paper covers, approx. 5 1/2" x 8"; light wear, fading to binding; in very good condition and interesting Long Island aviation history.
Development of Aerospace Industry on Long Island A Chronology: 1833-1965 By Raymond V. Discala (With Additions and Editing By William K. Kaiser)
(Long Island - Aerospace Industry)
Hempstead Long Island New York: Hofstra University, 1968.
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Collection includes: a pencil sketch titled Revolution Cottage Orient, approx. 6" x 6" (on 6" x 9" sheet) and on another fold of the same sheet, 6" x 9" are three more sketches - another Orient home on the shoreline, a small sailboat and an interior view with lamp - paper darkened, old burn-spot at edge of 'lamp' sketch, edge-chipped a bit, sketches good and with good detail; with another sketch of a stylized butterfly corner-ornament, perhaps for an illustration - done in colored crayons on a 5" x 7 3/4" sheet, the art about 3" x 3" - on the back of this is a tracing of the butterfly in pencil and above that a sketch of a sailing boat pictured in a seashell-cornered frame - sailing vessels being one of Davis' favorite subjects - this sheet with a couple of closed tears and darkened a bit, artwork good; (these are not signed); (with) a (32) page double-space typed manuscript with corrections in Davis' hand for a book by him "Tentative Title: From Many Ports" - that surveys the history of ships and commerce, especially American sailing boats, with corrections in his hand throughout. In good condition, light wear, with old paper-clip rustmarks at top of sheets and with an index card written in his hand stating that "...Book idea specimen Mss. & 7 sheets of drawings sent Little, Brown Apr 1/35 Ret." (drawings not part of this ms.) with the first class mailing envelope from Little Brown that held the ms. papers - Davis "...had a great enthusiasm for sailing vessels and made a careful study of their structures and the details of their sails and riggings..." (quote from a Oysterponds Hist. Soc. exhibit notice of his works - with a copy of this notice here as well) - as far as we can determine, this book was not published; (with) a copy of the French arts review magazine 'Revue Du Vrai Et Du Beau' of Paris, issue of December 10, 1924 with a typed translation of an article about Davis, with corrections in his hand, that his found within a larger piece on "The Exhibition at Newport" by Count Chabrier and the article illustrates 2 paintings by W.S.D. - the translation is 2 typed pages, both magazine & trans. in good condition; (with) Art Exhibition catalogues in every one of which are found one or more works by William Steeple Davis, among artistic endeavors of many other prominent artists of the time: 1914 Second Annual art Exhibition Benefit Eastern Long Island Hospital Greenport L.I. ([4] sides, W. Cole Brigham, Sarah L. Craven, Whitney M. Hubbard, Edith & Henry Prellwitz, Julia M. Wickham, Gladys & Irving Wiles, more) some chipping and soil, good; 1926 Montclair At Museum ([4] sides, single artist exhibit for Davis, with a large list of works, oil, watercolor, etching, block prints); 1926 Brooklyn Society of Artists Tenth Annual Exhibition ([8] pages, at Pratt Institute Brooklyn, Edna Thurber, W.E. Spader, Sara Hess, Leon Davo, Will J. Quinlan, Louise Mansfield, Katharine Lovell, Isabel Moore Kimball, with list of Society members); 1927 Canadian National Exhibition Fine, Graphic & Applied Arts & Salon of Photography ([140] pages, black and white illustrated throughout, hundreds of artists & works listed, Anna Airy, Reginald Brundrit, Gordon Coutts, Lady Scott Young, Louis Jourdan, F.S. Coburn, Amy C. Despard, Fred Haines, Charles Jefferys, Marion Long, Charles Comfort, W. Maltman, Tod Lendenmouth, Stanley Turner, Tankai Suzuki, J. Sudek, Edward Mudge, Laboratorio di Resinotipia, Frank Drtikol, an excellent, detailed catalog); 1928 Brooklyn Soc. of Artist at Pratt, ([6] panels, Eugene F. Cole, Sanilslav Rembski, Fred Cuming, Eugene Jones, Louis J. Urich, Frances Keffer, Alta West Salisbury, Bessie Eisenberg, Alexander Zeitlin, more); 1929 Eighth Annual Exhibition of Etchings Lithographs Block Prints The Art Alliance Philadelphia ([8] panels, Charles H. Woodbury, John Taylor Arms, Lee Sturges, Gordon Grant, Richard E. Bishop, Margaeret J. Patterson, Wuanita Smith, Frances H. Gearhart, Beatrice S. & William Auerbach-Levy, G. A. Mock, Marylka Modjeska, Frank W. Benson, more) 1940 Tercentenary Art Exhibition Peconic School ([4] panels, Virginia Beresford, Caroline M. Bell, T. Currie-Bell, Gladys & Irving Wiles, Julia Wickham, Willa Hagerman, Edith & Henry Prellwitz, more, with list of Patronesses); (and) a copy of the November 1916 Photo-Era The American Journal of Photography, (72) pages, which holds 8 black and white photo-images by W.S. Davis, as part of a featured article "The Possiblities of our Neighborhood" by him, (and articles & illustrations by others) - magazine with some wear and soiling to covers, rub- spot, in good condition; (and) 1957, 1958 and 1960 single-artist exhibitions of Davis' work, paintings, at the National Arts Club Gramercy Park, lists of oil paintings and watercolors, (4) panels each catalog; the above are all priced catalogs, with titles identified, the group with light wear, very good; (with) a Little, Brown & Co. illustrated 4-panel review and order form for the popular W.S. Davis book "Practical Amateur Photography"; (and) a (16) page child's school-book in which a young Davis translates line-by-line various French works, fairy tales and fables, all in his script hand, (paper wrap covers detached, in very good condition); William Steeple Davis (1884-1961) painter, educator, engraver, inventor, block printer, pictorial photographer, writer, graphic artist, resident of Orient, Long Island, (WWW in American Art 1999); a good group of material concerning this artist's life and work and especially interesting for the insight it offers into the many aspects of his creative work; also of interest to read of how this work, in many different artistic fields, was promoted and sold over a half-century, along with seeing how other artists joined in the effort to vigorously publicize and sell their works over the years; this group of special interest concerning Peconic Art School and Orient Long Island art history.
1900-1959 Group of Materials Illustrating the Creative Life of William Steeple Davis, Orient Long Island New York Fine Artist Including Original Sketches, a Typed Manuscript of a Nautical Book, Art & Photography Exhibition Catalogs & Articles.
(William Steeple Davis)
Orient, Long Island New York: Various, 1900.
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Album of materials gathered by John Henry Cornell (1828-1894) American musical author, organist and composer, "...a solidly trained composer of church-music, part-songs and songs...an erudite and methodical student of theory, and an able author and translator..." (Grove); educated in New York, England and Germany, in 1866 he traveled once again to Europe, visiting historic sites and his musical peers, collecting photographs, autographic materials and ephemera along the way, that are preserved here; Approximately 100 pages, with items usually tipped-on to one side only; including photographs of composers, usually standard carte-de-visite size, of fellow musicians & others including: 3 Photos (on the same page) of musicians Carl Reinecke (1824 - 1910), Danish composer; Ferdinand David (1810-1873) German virtuoso violinist and composer; Alexander Dreyschock (1818-1869) Czech pianist and composer; trombone virtuoso Moritz Nabich (2, one with his instrument) and others of Madame and Fraulein Nabich; King John of Saxony; Fraulein Suvanny, Soubrette at the Leipzig Theatre; German actress Hedwig Raabe (1844-1905) with a clipped signature - and on the same page, a photo of Franz Buchner, Orchestral Director with a small inscribed card; German painter Peter von Cornelius (1784-1867); a cdv-size photo of A.J. Boekelman musical director from Utrecht with inscribed card; photo of Hungarian composer, pianist, conductor and arranger Károly (Carl) Thern (1817- 1886) with clipped signature; U.S. Consul Dickinson of Indiana (see below, in printed ephemera, for a bit more on this man); photo of Father Skelly, O.S.B. (Kilkenny, Ireland) - and almost 20 additional portrait photographs of (presumed) musical peers and their families, some of these with signed inscriptions (that have so far eluded identification); Also including and laid-into the album loosely or on pages trimmed from the album: Moritz Hauptmann (1792-1868) a small photo and two small clipped notes signed, a few inches square, one tipped-on below the image, another note on a tipped-on card 2" x 3", loose; below the image of Hauptmann is a photo of (Isaac) Ignaz Moscheles (1794-1870); on another sheet, Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819-1885) autograph 7-line note signed, with cdv-size photo with a clipped greeting on card tipped in below the image - another unidentified musician's image above, also with a signed photo & card and on the back of the sheet with the letter, another two images, one with signed card; Johannes Gijsbertus Bastiaans (1812-1875) and a photo of his wife, both inscribed; on a loose sheet, the obituary of Cornell, noting his musical career, marriage, education and travels and that he at one time had taken Roman Catholic religious orders in Baltimore and had died within the Episcopal Church, with selections of his compositions played at the funeral service held at Trinity Chapel in New York City - here are a signed card of W(illiam) R(eed) Huntington of Grace Church (1838-1900) and an autograph of Morgan Dix (1827-1908), both men prominent leaders of the Episcopal Church of the U.S. in the 19th century - Dix was one of the officiants at Cornell's funeral - on the back of this loose sheet is a cabinet card photograph of an image of W.A. Mozart; Printed ephemera including: A 3" x 5" card printed black on pink with humorous musical-themed imagery announcing "Klapperkasten Moscheles-Abend Leipzig d. 12 May 1866 im Schutzenhaus" with a small circular albumen photo image of the composer, at the side a younger cdv-size image of Moscheles and above another printed note accomplished in hand to John Cornell regarding Klapperkasten; a card printed black on blue stock "Soiree musicale von Nabich Posaunen-Virtuos," 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" - old fold line, good cond. (loose) and a "Groot Concert te geven door den heer Moritz Nabich...B. Van der Eijken...J. Hrimaly.." with the program below, in which 2 pieces are by Cornell - approx. 8" x 4", Joh. Enschede en Zonen Haarlem imprint below - on the back of this (loose) sheet are two photographs of architecture, one identified as the "House of W. Vorschuur", and three cdv-size photos: one of Dutch painter W(outerus) Verschuur (1812 -1874) and his son W. Verschuur Jr., also a painter - both signed directly below their portraits on the photos, and one of the performers on the concert program, Czech violinist Jan Hrimaly (1844-1915); a broadside announcement for a "Musikalische Soiree" Im Saale des Hotel de Prusse, with the program printed by Julius Krampe, with 2 Cornell pieces played, 8 1/2" x 5" (one edge with some creasing, wrinkling, still very good); a Soiree Musicale with Moritz Nabich and Mejufvrouw Boekelman and list of works, printed by Van Munster & Zoon, 8" x 5" and with 2 Cornell works played too, with a couple closed edge-tears and creases, good; another loose piece of ephemera 4 1/2" x 3 1/4" a menu-card, dinner-choice text handwritten and the rest printed by Friedrich Daehne and noted below by Cornell as "Bill of fare of our 4th of July Dinner..." - on back is noted "...with U.S. Consul T. Y. Dickinson, Jas. Wilson of Newport, R. I. and others Leipzig"; an announcement of a concert 10" x 7 1/2" "Jena. Montag, den 19. Februar 1866 im Rosensaale Concert des Academ. Gesangvereins..." with the program of music, tipped-on is most of a map published by C.H. Wogan, "The Strangers Guide to Dublin" approx. 6" x 8", one side trimmed close with loss to two of the corner vignettes; also a folding 12" x 15" map of Berlin by Baldwin & Cradock, trimmed close to the neat line all around; a curious advert for a moisturizing, rejuvenating apparatus (not illustrated) clipped from a periodical, for "Regenerators" of Leo Bohlius, a hairdresser in Germany; with some additional newspaper clippings of the time and a few later, also tipped-in or loose; with approximately 150 additional architectural, scenery & art photos from the time, averaging 3" x 3" size, with a few larger images; the photos are of locales in Kilkenny, Quenstown, Ireland; various places in Wales & England; Altenburg, Leipzig, Dresden, Hanover Germany; Brussels Belgium and other places; including a small photo of the Kristallnacht-destroyed synagogue of Leipzig; and another noted as the "Old Opera-House (in Dresden) as I saw it. Burnt down..."; among these are about 10 ethnic European costume photos, in cdv size also; the album approx. 13" x 11" size; the sheets only, no covers; still loosely bound; many pages edge-chipped and the paper quality good; the first page with old discoloration and the "Ireland" scenery photos on that page chipped, torn and worn; as noted above, there are many loose and cut-out pieces - the evidence is within the album of where some of these may originally have been located - all this seems to be done by a very unskilled hand, perhaps a childish effort; some leaves obviously and crudely excised at some time; by and large, the photographs & ephemeral items in good condition; good also to have included here the final materials recording his obituary & death; a very interesting compendium of visual and textual information, especially regarding the Romantic composers of Europe and their association with their American counterpart; we note that one of the loose albume pages contains a group of material regarding the wife of Martin Luther; including a photographic reproduction of an engraving depicting the ruins of the Kloster Nimbschen, by Selbstverlag V. Peters Leipz., approx. 3" x 4" in black and white, identified below as "Ruins of Nimbshcen Convent, of which Katharine Bora was a member."; with an unknown gentleman's carte-de-visite-sized photo-portrait, circa 1860s; with an albumen photograph, also carte size, approx. 2 1/4" x 3" of a portrait identified below, of Katharina von Bora Luther (1499-1552) wife of Martin Luther, the German leader of the Protestant Reformation; and tipped-on is a 1" x 1 3/4" thin beige leather fragment, having evidence of tiny stitching and some threading around 3 edges, of a "Piece of Katharine Bora's slipper" identified in the same handwriting as the above items; "...According to Dr. Stefan Rhein, Director of Luther monuments in the state of Sachsen-Anhalt...Katharine von Bora was Luther's companion and equal partner…the picture of a self-assured, self-confident, liberated woman at the side of her husband. But this most important woman of the Reformation period of the 16th century is relatively unknown, for she lived in the shadow of her powerful husband..." (Erwin Weber, Lutheran Journal 1999); for the future of the Protestant Christian faith, Luther's marriage established the validity of marriage within the clergy as well as focusing attention on the importance of inspirational, strong women in early Protestantism; the items with some ageing, darkening; the old backer paper with some tears, cutouts from paper, probably from a larger sheet; list of items on the page written in a later hand in top left corner; the items in very good condition and an interesting fragment of the life of this important Lutheran woman.
C. 1866 - 1868 Album Formed By American Musical Composer John H. Cornell While Visiting Europe Including Autographs and Photographs of His Musical Associates, Related Ephemeral Material & Travel Photos.
(Music History)
European Origin: Not Published, 1866.
Price: $2,500.00
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Photograph of Gloria Finckenor Jayne, Mrs. Victor (Betty) Young, Mrs. Malcolm (Nancy) Willey and Mrs. Douglas A. (Victoria) Gardner in WCBS studio with two unidentified men, one of the ladies holding the Guide and evidently on air; on back in addition to the list of names is the statement "Telling the World about Historic Sag Harbor 40 years ago" - referring to another notation stating 'Sept. 10/87 in paper" - perhaps used in the 1980s to publicize this 'radio history' story one more time; approx. 7" x 9" size; black and white; no photographer or studio noted; much crinkling at top edge of image, back soiled, spotty; still, in good condition and interesting Sag Harbor media and social, history ephemera from the first half of the 20th century.
C. 1940s Photograph of the Ladies of the Sag Harbor Round Table Club at WCBS Radio Station Reading from Their Visitor's Guide to Historic Sag Harbor on Air
(Sag Harbor - History)
Sag Harbor Long Island New Yor: Not Published, 1932.
Price: $45.00
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Small broadside announcement for this theatrical event; with "...New Scenery painted by Messrs. Lynch, Dayton, Hand and assistants. The Decorations by the Misses Dominy and Dayton. the Musick composed by Henry R. Bishop, Esq. and performed by the Misses Marting and Mulford and Mr. Young..."; with the program "...arranged and produced by Mrs. Estelle Davis, assisted by Mr. Mammen..."; with the list of parts, characters, musical numbers sung and their players; notice was also given of thanks to the New York State Historical Association for their patronage; printed by W. Boughton, Printer, Main Street, East Hampton and the prices in admission given in British notation, we surmise for extra period 'flavor'; approx. 6" x 12 1/4" size; printed one side only; old fold lines, light wear; in very good condition and an interesting piece of East Hampton amateur theatre production history ephemera.
Guild Hall - East Hampton...On Saturday Evening, October 8th, 1932 Will be Performed the Much-Admired Drama in 3 Acts, Entitled Clari or, the Maid of Milan Written By John Howard Payne, Esq....Stage Manager, Mr. Stasheff
(East Hampton - Theatre)
East Hampton Long Island NY: Guild Hall, 1932.
Price: $65.00
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