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C. 1933 16mm Film Regarding Alaska: Natural History, Inuit Life and Customs, Fishing, Hunting, Travel & Exploration and Missionary Activities, Community History & More.
(Alaska)
Alaska: No Publisher, 1933.
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Collection of 30 silver-print original photographs of female nudes, seemingly of the same model in various poses and states of undress, many with props - bow & arrows, hand-mirrors, flowers, filmy garments…; each with the Aurora Studio imprint & negative number with the date of 1912 or (mostly) 1913 in the plate; each also with their stamp on back, stating "For Artists Use Permission is given to copy this photo in any medium except photography for use in illustration, designs, mural decorations, etc. The Aurora Studios Boston, Mass." the images are not mounted and are printed on good quality heavy photographic paper stock; average size 5" x 8" with some having a more slender format, according to the pose in the image; found loose within a small portfolio with plain polished paper-covered boards, cloth spine, original black cloth ribbon ties; some wear and fading to the portfolio, previous owner pencil name on endpaper; all images clear, strong with good light and contrast, very professional and in very good condition; a very good group of this genre, especially interesting as being of one model and within a specific and short time period; documenting the history of photography in erotic art, here presented as 'artistic' studio aids.
1913 Collection of 30 Original Cabinet-Size Photographs from The Aurora Studios, Boston Massachusetts
(Aurora Studios)
Boston, Massachusetts: The Aurora Studios, 1913.
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Collection of material in seven binders, approx. 5" x 7" size; of the six-ring variety in uniform black 'leatherette' covers; including: Binder titled BMT 1 Vol. 1-A to G-1 to 26 (2 copies, identical contents) which contain a frontispiece foldout (to 20") of Bureau of Line Equipment B.M.T. Division Third Rail Diagrams, giving index, key, list of 49 locations and specific street addresses for equipment, trolley third rail, and a separate section of circuit breakers & control list, noting diagrams, control wiring, breakers, etc.; location sheet on white which gives key to diagrams, via map of the area served; page with list of graphic symbols used on the plans, and their purposes; followed by the blueprints of the systems, often in tri-fold format and very clearly printed; emergency alarm boxes and their standard connections and another which shows the trip operators and grid at which each are located on blueprint- with standard alarm trip circuit diagram; 6-fold Fourth Avenue line shown in detail + a 4-fold extension of same, continuation sheets; Manhattan Bridge materials, Myrtle Ave., Canal, Broadway, with connections hooking to the I.R.T. and circuit breaker plans, points, instructions on locations of housings, details, Montague St. Tunnel, Broad Street Shaft, 5-fold blueprint, Furman St. shaft, De Kalb Ave., City Hall, Broadway, Cortlandt St., Whitehall St. Nassau St. Loop, Rector St., all the details for breaker locations, tracks, controller locations, Union Sq. Broadway Subway, Prince St. express trains, Q line, G line, 60th St., 57, 53rd Sts., cable, circuit lines, tracks, sections, Lexington Ave. Contact rails, 60th St. River tunnel, the complications of routing the Breaker house, east approach, Queens Plaza controlled from IRT, and notes as in "...Snow melters on Contact Rail controlled from Switch Tower Lower level, West-end of North Platform Queens Plaza Station..." and more of the same ilk - even marking temporary manual operation control areas; a small one-page dark blue on white divider map notes "This sheet showing a portion of the IRT line is included in the BMT pocket book in order to show the full extent of emerg. Alarm control from IRT S.S. No. 26 for the Queens Plaza Area and Vicinity followed by a 7-panel blueprint extending from the Bowery to Broad Street Shaft, Essex St., track lines Canal Street, Chambers St., noting control of vent fans, circuit breakers, cables, more; Williamsburgh Bridge Brooklyn approach, Essex St., track lines , control cables, breakers, portals, followed by a smaller blueprint of 3 panels with the Williamsburgh Bridge and the Broadway showing Marcy Ave, Hewes St. Lorimer St. crossings, next with Myrtle Ave, Kosciusko St.; nice five-fold of the Broadway L to Fulton St., with an extension of the same to Crescent St. and Jamaica Ave.; another of the Broadway L along Jamaica Ave straight run, to 168th St.; 6-fold 14th St. Canarsie St. Line crossing 8th, 6th, Union Square, 3rd Ave., 1st and then into the 14th st. Tunnels coming to Bedford Ave.; 3-fold extension of the same from Bedford to Bushwick S.S.; and the following map f the crossing of the Canarsie Line with the Myrtle Ave., showing auxiliary switches, controllers, cables, more; 5-fold of the Canarsie Line traveling from Palmetto St. to East New York, with various control stations noted; and the next following on the edge of E. New York following the Canarsie Line; which then extends along Van Sinderen Ave. to the Church Ave. Surface feeder; a black on white plan follows, 4-fold which shows the Fulton St. overhead feeders from Halsey S.S. and leading south to Van Sinderen Ave., Snediker Ave, Pitkin Ave.; 7-page foldout leads the line along Pitkin as it makes the bend at Euclid to Liberty and Lefferts Ave.; Vol. II follows on with approx. 35 more blueprints and plans, much on Coney Island and Culver Line, Sea Beach Line, section on Coney Island Shop Yard Circuit Breaker Control plans and diagrams, 5th Ave. Bus Garage, and also material useful for repair: "…Schematic control wiring diagram of typical Circuit breaker panel GE Co., Mct Automatic Reclosing Circuit Breaker" with full details; all three of these volumes with the name of the engineer, S.H. Bingham printed on covers; these volumes have all have the updates to 1950-1955 imprinted on the plans; (with) a similar ringed binder, titled on spine, "IND Division Third Rail Diagrams", first leaf a blueprint map or 'Key Plan' of Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, Bronx, showing the lines routes (splitting along folds); followed by folding blueprint of Court St. to B'way E.N.Y. rail diagrams and details of operation, a smaller map of the Shepherd Ave. Euclid Ave. details, map of Church St. to B'Way Nassau St. with notations on open switches, power lines, crossover networks, more; (with) a binder with alphabetical tab section dividers containing: list of IRT Co. Automobiles and Trucks Operated by Departments - the General Manager drive a Cadillac 1928 sedan, Treasury a White 1927 Truck, Car Equip. Dept. 1930 sedan, Engineering Dept. had Reos, Fords, Packards, Dodges, GMs of various styles, weights of trucks and sizes - and a limousine, the Motive Power Unit drove a 1916 Pierce-Arrow 5 ton Truck, a Studebaker sedan, several G.M.C. Trucks, Dodges, Fords, an Indiana, Brockway, Graham Page, General, again listing sizes and motor #s; also in the 'A' section of this pocketbook are the Amortization of Debt, Discount & Expense, Manhattan Railway Company Second Mortgage 4% Bonds; giving dated information from 1916 & 1917 by month, totals, and other pertinent financial information; "C" section gives cash balances for various divisions and totals - Manhattan, Subway, Corporate, totals; 1930s, 1940s, distribution of construction cash, for Subway Contribution, Manhattan 3d Tracking, Elevated Extensions, Manhattan Div. P.P.; interesting section on car mileages for divisions, massive totals and several pages of lists of same; Dividend rentals; Deferred charges to profit and loss for dividend rentals; statement of dividends declared on capital stock of the IRT: starting in 1904 and listing through to 1919; Debt Discount & Expense Contract No. 3 & Certificates; Manhattan Preferential Deficits from Operation of new elevated lines (large section of pages); balance sheets, assets, liabilities all delineated here; Pension board balances, Employee Pension Fund, First and Refunding Mortgage 5% Gold Bonds - Fully Insured and other percentage notes; interest on city bonds, sinking fund on city bonds, 1929-1940 Lessee's Charges 6 to 9 inclusive of Article XLIX Contract No. 3, 9 pages; Notes payable; joint operations; a most interesting section, with typed entries as well as manuscript concerning the Manhattan Divisions operations: Dec. 4, 1938 Service on Sixth Avenue Elevated Line from South Ferry to 53rd St. & 8th Ave. discontinued...May 19, 1941 Night Service on 2nd Ave. 'L' from South Ferry to Astoria & Flushing discontinued...July 14, 1930 34th Street Spur from 3rd Ave. to East River, discontinued at 11:59 P.M. Title taken by City of New York...June 27th, 1908 Transfers bet. Met. St. Ry. and Man. Ry. and the 8c transfer agreement bet. Union Ry. Co. and Man. Ry. Co. discontinued; Nov. 20th, 1894 Transfer system at South Ferry inaugurated whereby passengers may ride on East or West Side lines for 5c fare; the same listing of historical data by date is listed for the Subway division as well as the Independent Subway System, pages of very specific line openings and closings and availability of passenger movement, pricing, stops, and more; 6 pages of Payments to the City of N.Y. under contract No. 3 Agreement dated August 30, 1929 and going forward to 1934, with totals and payments, dates by month, more; 5 closely-typed pages listed in columns by division of passengers carried from 1873 to 1940; Patent license fees; Percentages, Division of Material and Supplies,1904-1939; Rates of Fares, Rental Accounts, offices, storage space, reports, Sinking Fund savings, Manhattan Division Power Station and Sub-Stations, with notes; same for Subway system; taxes and rates structures; water rates accrued; another binder beginning with Passenger Traffic including loss due to New Subway Operation dating 1926-1931; these loose pages preface a hand-written 'title' page stating Sidney H. Bingham Engineer of Transportation Office of President & General Manager 165 Broadway, New York. Data Pertaining To: Subway & Manhattan Railway Divisions/ Motive Power Department, Engineering, Maint. of Way, Car Equipment Dept., Transportation Dept., Claim Dept., Operation - Earnings & Expenses Passengers Carried, Population by Boroughs and Miscellaneous-hundreds of pages, typewritten, double-sided with dated, detailed information on the daily running of the greatest subway system in the world; a final binder with about 100 pages gives details on the Subway Division cars - numbers, H.V. Motors, L.V., car equipment including trailers, motors, pay cars, construction car, open cars, composite cars and their numbers in series; about 10 pages have tipped-in line stations and miles & minutes, distances from points and about 40 pages with typed street numbers with finely hand-drawn lines and printing indicating submarine cables passing under lines, hand switches, portals, switch towers, and important operating instructions, ie.: "...Track 'M' con't by Hand Switch can be connected to N.B. or S.B. Express Track...Hand Switch to Cut out Middle Track..." and more, on each page. These are accurate, obviously painstaking observations taken by Bingham in an effort to operate a secure and safe system; this smaller binder ends with lists of pertinent phone numbers for the various stations and operators, schedule of trains in a.m. and p.m. rush hours, and their capacity to handle crowds; condition: two of the binders without covers; contents in all generally good to very good, legible and with typed information, when handwritten, also clear and concise, some leaves loose, with some soiling and wear; a collection of hundreds of pages worth of New York City subway and mass transit transportation history that is a trove of information on the development of this massive system, from the engineer that was closely involved in its development and use.
1894-1955 Archive of S.H. Bingham of N.Y. City Railway Engineer Of Transportation for the IRT Train System, Including Blueprints, Equipment Lists and Financial Details, Subway Time Schedules, IND Division Third Rail Diagrams, Passenger Use History & More.
(New York City)
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The collection includes over 150 dated and signed letters written to (and a few items from) Dr. Lucinda DeLeftwich Templin (1888-1969) author, historian & collector, "...one of El Paso's best-loved and most distinguished educators - in 1916 she took her undergraduate and Master's at U. of Missouri and became Dean of Lindenwood College in St. Charles, MO., did doctoral work at Harvard and Columbia and took over as principal at the Radford School in 1927 (at the time, called El Paso School for Girls); Dr. Templin interested Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Radford of Webster Grove, Mo., in the school and the Radfords paid off the mortgage, provided an endowment fund that insured the institution's stability and the name of the school was changed in honor of these benefactors. During Dr. Templin's administration, Radford School grew to a nationally accredited school for girls in the Southwest and when she retired in 1967, the 22-acre campus had more than $1,000,000 in physical improvements and was debt-free. Dr. Templin had also completed plans for construction of a $400,000 library and museum on property owned by the school; she was a member of the nation's leading educational organizations and honorary societies, named consistently to Who's Who in America and Who's Who in American Education; author of numerous publications, most of which were concerned with the field of education. (The above material from her obituary); This wide-ranging, diverse collection has three intertwining themes - letters concerning Dr. Templin's ongoing interest in education and educational materials for her school, letters which relate to the business and academic part of Radford and letters of reference for applicants and correspondence which relates to the creation of her War Museum, where she collected military autographs, uniforms, photographs, paraphernalia, weapons from around the world. A sampling of what is found here, chronological order: 1921 Dr. James G. Kiernan, writing about some autographs he was sending to Templin - he was famous for the earliest-known use of the word heterosexual in the United States; 1921 Ellen Shaw Barlow writing in relation to the national Committee on Prisons and Prison Labor, requesting Templin's presence for a meeting of the Committee on the Care and Training of Delinquent Women and Girls; 1926 Roy Franklin Nichols (1896-1973) American historian and a Pulitzer Prize winner, writing regarding one of Templins' publications; 1928 Breckinridge Long (1881 - 1958) diplomat and politician served in the administrations of Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, on Democratic National Committee letterhead - regarding a portrait of Rev. John Breckinridge (his great-grandfather) Templin was sending in appreciation of his "…defense of Religious Freedom…"; Federico de Onis Sánchez (1885 - 1966 ) Spanish writer and literary critic, taught Spanish literature at Columbia University in New York concerning a recommendation of one of his students for a position at Radford ; educator John L. Bergstresser; Jessie H. Humphries Associate Dean Texas Womens University; Butler Ames (1871-1954) American politician, engineer, soldier and businessman; Richard Fenner Burges (1873-1945) Texas legislator and conservationist; Alice Mildred Burgess; William Blair Roberts (1881-1964) Episcopal Suffragan Bishop South Dakota; Katharine Denworth, president of Bradford Academy, regarding an article on sororities in colleges; N. Floyd Templin of the Ohio House of Representatives writing on Templin family genealogical matters; John G. Barry, consulting mining geologist and engineer of El Paso, regarding an educational alliance between the Radford School and the Texas College of Mines; Arthur L Burroughs, publisher, writing about the subject of grammar in education; Harriet M. Chase of the National Education Assoc.; Jack Braveheart, regarding a talk on the American Indian; Ivan Lee Holt, Methodist bishop of St. Louis; Cornelia McKinne Stanwood of the Sarah Dix Hamlin School San Francisco; Joseph Dorfman, economic historian at Columbia Univ., asking Templin about her studies with Thorstein Veblen; an interesting 2-page letter from Dr. J. Travis Bennett of El Paso, regarding the setting-out of a chart for the physical examination and reportage on condition of applicants to Radford, with suggestions; Bertha Baur (1858-1940) directed the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music; A.F. Kuhlman, Assoc. Dir., University of Chicago, regarding research work on childrens' reading habits, information; Dr. William S. Gray (1885-1960) American educator and literacy advocate, also of U. of Chicago on the same subject; Sallie Caldwell, Teachers College Columbia University, regarding early learning & English curriculum materials; Mrs. Florence F. Osgood of the Neshobe camp for girls in Vermont requesting an alliance with Radford School; U.S. Army major (later colonel) Livingston Watrous; Colonel D.C. Pearson, New Mexico Military Institute; Ruth Elliott of Wellesley College; Chris P. Fox sheriff El Paso, regarding falling down on the job for police protection near the school; Brent N. Rickard American Smelting & Refining Works; Louise Traxell Greeley, Dean of Women at U. of Wisconsin Madison; Lieutenant Colonel Joseph P. Aleshire Fort Bliss Texas; Mrs. L.J. Calvocoressi, Chairman of the Women's Auxiliary of the Greek War Relief Assoc.; Lt. Col. (later major-general) Ray. T. Maddocks; , Robert E. McKee, Sr. (1889-1964), major U.S. contractor, engineer, builder; Columbia Broadcasting System program press information director George Crandall; Colonel (later Brig. General) Charles G. Sage; Elmer Davis (1890 1958) news reporter, author, the Director of the United States Office of War Information during World War II and a Peabody Award recipient; William McChesney Martin, Jr. (1906-1998) ninth and longest-serving Chairman of the United States Federal Reserve, serving from April 2, 1951 to January 31, 1970 under five Presidents; Bernard Hoffman (1913 - 1979) American LIFE magazine photographer and documentary photographer, first American photographer on the ground at Hiroshima and Nagasaki after the atomic bomb was dropped in 1945; Alfred E. Stearns, Chairman Overseas Schools Committee; Colonel Hugh J. Deeney, Chief of the Adjutant General Division; Col Harold R. Turner, first commander of White Sands Missile Proving Ground; Guy Sylvestre (Jean-Guy Sylvestre), OC, FRSC (1918 -2010) Canadian literary critic, librarian and civil servant; Rear Admiral Barry Kennedy Atkins (1911 -2005) officer of the United States Navy best known for his achievements as a destroyer captain in World War II; R. Burdell Bixby, prominent Republican of NY State; Robert W. Hamilton, justice of the Texas Supreme Court, regarding a Radford school girl reference; Colombian world federalist Santiago Gutiérrez; M.S. Sundaram Head of Education, Indian embassy; Raymond L. Telles, Jr. (b. 1915) was the first Mexican-American Mayor of a major American city, El Paso, Texas (3 letters); Ángela Acuña de Chacón, Chilean who served as commissioner 1960-1972 on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights; William G. Stark, Consul General of Canada; Rene Mascarenas Miranda, Municipal President (mayor) of Juarez; Gordon Llewellyn Allott (1907-1989) Republican politician; Mrs. William Barclay Parsons, president of the National Council of Women of the United States; John Koehler Gerhart (1907 - 1981) United States Air Force four star general; J. T. Rutherford (1921 - 2006) United States Representative from Texas; R. G. Follis, Chairman of Board. Standard Oil Company of California; Robert John Morris (1914-1996) President of the University of Dallas, American anti-Communist activist (2 notes); Karl Robin Bendetsen (1907 -1989 remembered primarily for his role as architect of the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II; Elmer Ellis (1901 - 1989) American educator and fourteenth president of the University of Missouri; historian C.L. Sonnichsen; Marshall S. Carter, Deputy Director of Central Intelligence (CIA); Millicent C. McIntosh 1898-2001, fourth dean of Barnard College (1947-1952) and the College's first president - this is the last letter, dated 1962 and in it, Dr. Templin is asking for McIntosh to help with providing a successor to the headship at Radford - Templin was soon to retire and died relatively soon afterwards. Some of the letters and notes are very short, with limited content; others more voluminous.Additional materials include: letters to another Templin family member from Scott Wike Lucas (1892 - 1968) two-term Democratic United States Senator (1939-1951) from Illinois and Joel Bennett Clark (1890 -1954), better known as Bennett Champ Clark, Democratic United States Senator from Missouri from 1933 until 1945, later a United States federal judge; and a few other letters; an undated letter to Templin from pianist Ola Gulledge; a two -page undated letter on The American School Foundation Mexico letterhead; a few letters from Frank S. Ross, Major Gen. U.S. Army regarding the Templin War Museum project; a clipped signature of Alvan Tufts Fuller (1878 -1958) and one of John Kieran; and a unidentified sepia-tone matte-finish photograph circa 1920s that may be Dr. Templin or perhaps a friend; a few of the items with the original mailing envelopes; many letters with old adhesive residue from being mounted at some time, some with old tape marks in the corners, some of the items trimmed as if to accommodate in a smaller frame or album (not here); old fold lines, ageing; some with corner-attrition due to being removed; in overall good to very good condition and an interesting group of material encompassing the rich educational, business and personal life of this well-known Texas woman educator, whose contacts spanned the United States and the world.
1921 - 1962 Collection of Correspondence of El Paso Texas Educator & Author Dr. Lucinda De Leftwich Templin, Including Material Concerning Her War Museum and the Establishment of Radford School for Girls
(20th Century Womens Education History)
El Paso Texas: Not Published, 1921.
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Three large archival binders housing large scrapbook pages in 11" x 15 3/4" size, about 116 pages; including signed and inscribed pieces, all collected by his friend and physician-companion on the trip, Dr. William S. Schroeder Jr. NYC's Sanitation Commissioner and staunch Walker ally; there are several aspects of this grouping that make it particularly memorable and an important historical compendium: nearly all the people, places and events which were attended by the mayor and his friend are identified; the time is of a limited duration - one month in 1931, a significant period at the beginning of the Depression years, with the growing presence of National Socialism in Germany and concurrent fears and societal upheaval in surrounding countries; the importance of the Mayor of New York elevated his status to the level of a visiting head of state - and the countries he visited lauded and feted him at that level, with the very highest-placed government, scientific and social dignitaries anxious to meet him and cultivate his friendship- of course, the places he stayed and the meals he ate which are recorded in detail here in hotel printed ephemera, wine lists and printed menus and tour itineraries - and were also of the finest quality; Jimmy Walker (1881-1946) had been pressured into resigning the mayoralty as a consequence of the corruption investigation of the Seabury Commission and by then-Governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The ex-Mayor then left promptly for this tour of Europe, where far from being disgraced, it is obvious he was feted and honored by the heads of state and society in England, France, Germany, Czechoslovakia and Hungary; including: a large-format professionally taken and mounted photograph of the dapper Mayor, signed and inscribed to Dr. Schroeder below the image by Jimmy Walker; Nord Deutscher Lloyd Bremen steamship ephemera - maps, first class passenger list book; dozens of newspaper clippings relating to the Mayor's departure, return to NYC, the doctor's work with the Sanitary Commission of NY, and all the visits in Europe made by the Mayor and his friend, including such tidbits as Jimmy Walker being awarded the French Legion of Honor, denying losses at the Monte Carlo gaming tables, taking the 'cure' at Carlsbad spa, with various notables of society and politics throughout the Europe tour and more; there is an ongoing correspondence as well, letters and telegrams concerning the doctor's involvement in the Mutual Insurance business and its sale as well as his work with the sanitary commission; there are literally hundreds of items here, carefully tipped-on to the scrapbook leaves and often in layers two and three deep to the page; in addition to the photographs and memorabilia, there are unusual and colorful bon voyage cards and well-wishes and dozens of telegrams from friends and associates to the doctor on his tour; the photographs range from snapshot to large 7" x 9 1/2" size photos, real photo postcards and other formats; A sample photo: A group in Cannes France, identified as "...August 26, 1931 at the Hotel Martinez: James J. Walker, William Schroeder Jr., Henri Prince, Charles Wilson Prop. of the Martinez, William Degrau, David Mairen Roger Davis and a number of the guests of the hotel" or a press photo "Raimbouillet France Mayor James J. Walker of New York Pays a Visit to President Doumer of France..." and " Tomb of Unknown Soldier Budapest Hungary August 23, 1931 with official representatives of the city of Budapest and the Mayor" many photos of the shipboard life and more of the tour; an example of an ephemeral item, a typed list: "Dinner to be given by Sir William Jowitt, Attorney General of England, at the House of Commons, on Monday, 14th September, to meet Mayor Walker. Those invited to dine with Mayor Walker are the following - Lord Reading, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Rt. Hon. Stanley Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill, Rt. Hon. J. H. Thomas, Secretary of State for the Dominions and Colonies, Rt. Hon. Arthur Greenwood, Minister of Health in the late Labour Government, Rt. Hon. Sir John Simon..."; An interesting sidebar to the tour was medical research work of Dr. Schroeder, who had been asked to visit various medical institutions and scientific research facilities in Germany and elsewhere to investigate techniques, especially as related to community hygiene. Letters and telegrams of invitation, signed by German scientists and including itineraries are here present, evidently the doctor's work of some importance; A unique and massive collection and a wonderful evocation and record of the time.
1931 Large-Format Collection of Photographs, Hotel and Steamship Brochures, Telegrams and Souvenir Items from State and Social Dinners, Community Events and More from the European 'Exile' Tour of New York City Jazz Age Mayor James John "Jimmy" Walker
(Jimmy Walker)
1931.
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Cover printed in letterpress; 16 total, printed back to back; black and white; maps included: Massachusetts and Rhode Island; Oregon (also showing Vancouver's Island & part of the border of British America and part of Upper California; Mexico, with inset of Central America and Yucatan (with New California as part of Mexico, to the Oregon border); Indian Territory Northern Texas and New Mexico Showing the Great Western Prairies by Josiah Gregg (showing main routes of wagon trains, route of Col. Cooke's Division, route of Texan Santa Fe Expedition, more); North Carolina; South Carolina; Pennsylvania (with insets of the Coal Region & of Philadelphia Montgomery and Delaware Counties); Kentucky & Tennessee; Texas (with copyright date of 1844); (back to back with) The Californias by T.J. Farnham (copyright 1843- showing 'Sutter's Colony', missions, Mt. Shasta is simply "Volcano", more; Indiana; Illinois; Iowa and Wisconsin Chiefly from the Map of J.N. Nicollet; Michigan; Arkansas; Missouri; maps sight at 14" x 11" approx; overall approx. 16 1/2" x 13" size; back cover with various publishers' announcements; cerography was the process of engraving on a wax-covered metal plate for which a printing surface is prepared by electrotyping; previous owner name on front cover of Mrs. J. Moore; original softcover printed wraps; printed on thin stock paper; some spotting and foxing, wear, closed tears to some maps, covers more so; some chipping to edges; four maps, one gathering including the Mexico, Oregon, Indian Territory, Mass.-Rhode Island are very edge-worn, chipped to the border line, darkened, Indian Territory map with some more spotting at center; given that this was an ephemeral newspaper supplement; in fair to good condition overall.
The Cerographic Atlas of the United States. No. 3
Morse, Sidney & Breese, Samuel
New York: Sidney E. Morse & Co., 1845.
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Nearly 50 pages of entries in a ledger- style book; letters and notes sent, accomplished in various hands and signed by Stone regarding his duties as Acting Ordinance Officer Cavalry Forces, Dept. of the Gulf; the first entry dated January 21st, 1865 and addressed to Brig. Gen. A.B. Dyer, the last dated entry Jun 14, 1865, to a Capt. Perkins. (There is a last, undated entry to E.B. French, Auditor of the Treasury regarding returns of stores); With some interesting content: Noting lack of ammunition for the 'new' Spencer carbines; evidently, Stone a stickler for details, detailing lack of the appropriate number of rounds of ammunition sent, orders for the Colt 44 revolver ammunition and discussion of the fact that these pistols were only to be issued to officers; need for a larger storehouse, rather than the one at 53 Carondelet Street New Orleans, as "...that one is much too small for an Ordnance warehouse..."; Request for relief from duty May 25, evidently not honored, as he continues the work; "Details" of cavalry stores, nose bags, percussion caps, curry combs, etc.; urgently requesting an assignment of a civilian clerk noting that enlisted men could stay for 2-3 weeks only, the end of the war reducing manpower drastically; a long letter regarding the 4th U.S. Col'd (Colored) Cavalry regarding mistakes in stores and ordinance issues; also noting that (see above) Stone employed E.R. Duigan as Clerk at 100 dollars/mo.; consolidating the 14th regiment with 18th - renamed the 18th NY Cavalry - also transfer of stores; Moving stores from 53 Carondelet Street - and urgently requesting Captain Chittenden to "...Send with their teams (6) Six Negro hands for temporary use..." for moving the stores at his warehouse in June of 1865; 20 day leave request; mentioning in June 17th note that he will "...forward Requisitions for the Stores to be taken to Shrevesport by me. Please have Gen. Sheridan approve them and return...there are no accoutrements except Sharps in this Dept. and I suppose it would be as well for the Troops to retain those they have..."; ordinance movement - "...1107 Spencer Carbines (&) 111780 Rounds Spencer Ammunition..."; and more reports and notes, mostly routine and occasionally noting exasperation and frustration with the supply situation; this officer's contacts were wide, with some of the addressees of notes (and some also notated as 'telegrams') - to: Maj. Van Voust(?), Col. Nettleton, Gen. Dyer, Capt. J. C. Stone, Maj. A. Redwood Price, Col. J.J. Byrne, Capt. J.W. Todd, Col. Crosby, Brig. Gen. S. Thomas, Col. Willard Sayles, Capt. Martin, Lieut. Bristol, Capt. Chittenden, Maj. Gen. Osterhaus, Lieut. S. Smith, Capt. John MacClure, Capt. Perkins, Majr. E.C. Burt, Lieut. M. Fagan, Col. Jas. Grant Wilson, Capt. Benj. Berry, Col. H.W. Young, Lieut. Col. N.C. Mitchell, Lt. Col. C. T. Christensen and others; George Stone (1843-1915) Civil War veteran of Griffins Corners (now Fleischmanns) New York. A brief encapsulation of his military career, which saw much action in the East, Shenandoah and Southern theatres: enlisted 1861 in Third New York Volunteer Cavalry, in a few weeks made Sergeant, became Second Lieutenant of his Company E, resigned about a year later to accept promotion as First Lieutenant in the Fourteenth New York Cavalry,1863. In December following he was made Lieutenant Colonel of the Twenty-Fifth Regiment Corps d'Afrique, Louisiana Volunteers, which command he held until March following, when he resigned and returned to the Fourteenth New York Cavalry, promoted to the captaincy of Company E, Eighteenth New York Cavalry, held until May 31, 1866, mustered out among the very last of the Union forces. (ref. Overland Monthly 1896) He'd had the experience of commanding forces during the NY draft riots as well as being taken prisoner in the battle of Mansfield, April 8, 1864, and being incarcerated at Camp Ford in Tyler, Texas and later exchanged. After the war, he made his home in San Francisco California, marrying a Standard Oil heiress, Annie Burr Jennings of Connecticut and becoming involved in railroad construction with the Union Pacific Railroad systems and in the Republican party political machinery of the time: Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1896 and California Republican state chair, 1900; (with) Taber studio 121 Post Street between Kearny St. & Grant Ave. San Francisco 'Platinotype' portrait of Geo. Stone in uniform and medals, approx. 10" x 7 1/2" size, with a little wear and soiling to the mount, little scratching to surface, very good condition; also contained in this copybook are some old pen-trials, notes and what appear to be a few pages of store ledger notations or debts, from the Stone family; NOTE on condition of the copybook: approx. 14 1/2" x 8 1/2" ledge-style book, bound in the original marbled paper covered boards, black leather spine and corners, with the booksellers ticket of "From Peter O'Donnell Stationer, Printer & Blank Book Manufacturer, 16 Camp St. New Orleans" on the front endpaper, with an old cover label, mostly abraded away, with the words '...Of Cavalry' just visible; binding very worn, spine about perished; some pages detached, others excised at some distant point; some pages used as a scrapbook in the latter part of the 19th century, with glue residue and some pages with adherents still remaining; some leaves a bit faint, readable nevertheless; handwriting clear and legible; overall, in good condition and interesting Civil War historical material.
1865 Civil War Manuscript Copybook of 1st Lieut. (later Capt.) George Stone 14th New York Cavalry Volunteers Dept. Of the Gulf New Orleans Louisiana (with) a Large Cabinet Card Portrait of Stone By Taber of San Francisco
(Civil War)
Louisiana: Not Published, 1865.
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In four sections, each measuring approx. 27" x 25" size, plus margins, often generous, esp. to the outer sides of the maps; making them about 26" x 30 ½" or so; original hand coloring; accomplished by this well-known map maker before the formation of Nassau County, so that area of Long Island is also shown, before the historic event - Oyster Bay and Cold Spring Harbor on the northeast and Garden City, Seaford & Farmingdale in the southeast portion; with detailed inset maps of various areas which were being promoted in real estate development schemes and which state the acreages & plot sizes that are available: Sheepshead Bay and outlining the Jockey Club facilities; inset of Coney Island; Cedarhurst; Bath Beach; Long Island City, Morris Park, Hollis, Richmond Hill; Seacliff; the Long Island Camp Meeting Association inset, in Merrick; a tiny inset for Lloyd's Neck and another for Rockaway Beach Oceanus P.O.; these maps with business inset advertisements for: John Sutter Marble and Granite Works Middle Village, R.H. Allen Agricultural Implements NYC, Earl A. Gillespie Lumber Yard Woodhaven and Ozone Park (with illustrations of buildings); St. Raphael's Church Blissville (with illustration); James F. Walsh successor to James Hall Monumental Granite Works Cypress Hills L.I. (with monument illustr.); Hurd, Waite & Co., Brooklyn's Reliable Dry Goods Establishment; Leonard Ruoff Furnishing Undertaker & Florist, Brooklyn; H. Bade Boots Shoes & Rubbers East N.Y.; Wm. E. Kay Steam Granite & Marble Works South Brooklyn; M.E. Kelly Marble and Granite Works, Calvary Cemetery L.I.; D. Jewell & Son, Dealers in Flour, Grain...(with illustr. of building) East N.Y.; W.F. Moore Furnishing Undertaker Livery and Boarding Stable East N.Y.; included on one section is a useful place index, giving a location finder and includes post offices, location of telegraph and telephone services in the places listed; the "Brooklyn City reference Table" on the same sheet is a business directory with dozens of businesses and their locations listed - we recognize Brooklyn Mill & Lumber and Budweiser Brewing Co.; the maps also showing a portion of the Lower East Side of Manhattan and landowners in the less densely settled areas; wards in the city of Brooklyn, in Long Island City, and on lower east side of Manhattan; an OCLC search indicates 3 holdings, however, these are all for a one-sheet modern reprint of this title; a bit of darkening to paper, as natural for the Beers maps; a little edgewear and chipping, to margins only; one closed marginal tear; overall, in very good condition and with a wealth of cartographic, business, cultural and real estate development history information.
Very Large 4-Section Hand-Colored ‘Map of Kings and Queens Counties New York from Actual Surveys Published By J.B. Beers & Co.’
(Map of Kings and Queens Counties)
New York: J.B. Beers & Co., 1886.
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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.
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List of Maps collated complete; all are hand colored; 11 double page maps, approximately 21" x 25" size opened; Locations include all of the town and surrounds of Riverhead, Long Island, listing businesses, fire houses, water facilities, public utilities, Suffolk County Agricultural Society Fair Grounds with Race Track, Peconic River and all the businesses at the riverside in this time: Tower Roller Mill, C. Hallet's Sons Flour Mill & Electric Light Plant, Auxiliary Plant, Carriage Repository, Lumber & Construction businesses, boat & carpenter shops, American Ice Company, Frank H. Hill & Bro. Monument Works, county buildings-court house complex & jail, Long Island House, Banks, Public Library, tailor, jewelry, drug, tobacco & cigarette retailers, horse boarding & livery stables, S. Terry Hudson Agricultural Implement Works, Riverhead Coal Co., Shinnecock Distributing Co., Beer Agents & Soda Water Bottlers, railroads- train & transportation lines; Wm. Sweezy's Ice Ho., Corwin & Vail Lumber, cemeteries, schools, residences, public works, boarding houses-ie. Benjamin House, E. Griswold & Co., Cigar Factory & Wholesale Candy Dealers, F. C. Lane's Ice House, and much more; bound in the original paper wraps, covers soiled and with old fold line; with slight marginal soiling and darkening, a little bit of edgewear to a few; a bit of bowing from old fold; maps are in very good plus condition overall and clean, colors bright, printed on very good paper with good margins.
Riverhead Suffolk County New York Atlas
(Riverhead)
New York: Sanborn Map Company, 1909.
Price: $1,800.00
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314 pages; signed by the author on the front endpaper; 'with 61 illustrations' including a black and white frontispiece of Earhart and her companions on the "President Roosevelt"; introduction by Marion Perkins; recounting the trans-Atlantic journey of Amelia Mary Earhart, (1897- 1937) American aviator -"...her life served as an inspiration for generations of young girls and women…Earhart's influence on the establishment and growth of the aviation industry during its formative years and beyond was profound, though not without controversy, as she was often accused of shameless publicity stunts and questionable flight proficiency. Nonetheless, she remains a universally recognized symbol of aviation, personal achievement, and women's rights.." (Dorothy S. Cochrane in the ANB); original illustrated dustjacket over blue boards with bright orange lettering, top edge tinted orange; dustjacket tips and edgewear, light edge-chipping, some fading to the orange background on spine and front, still very good and dramatic; boards and text clean and in very good condition as is signature; in this case, Grosset evidently using the original Putnam plates and design, with the Knickerbocker Press slug still on the copyright page; the title states that this edition was "Published by Arrangement with G.P. Putnam's Sons."
20 Hrs. 40 Min. Our Flight in the Friendship The American Girl, First Across the Atlantic By Air, Tells Her Story
Earhart, Amelia
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1928.
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6 Volumes of the town records & early documents concerning this New York State community on the east end of Long Island; "...transcribed with Notes and an Introduction by Wm. S. Pelletreau, and compiled by the undersigned Committee, chosen at Town Meeting, April 1st, 1873, and published at the expense of the Town, by its authority. Henry P. Hedges, Wm. S. Pelletreau, Edward H. Foster."; this is the set presented by the Town to Foster for his services rendered and in tribute to his efforts (see binding details for more on this) E. H. Foster was Clerk of Town of Southampton, N.Y. and his 'Certification' of the Resolution to print the documents acts as preface to the book proper; Volume I with xi + 177 pages, with a frontispiece woodcut illustration of The Old Pelletreau House; main text is followed by a half-title page "Patent of the Town of Southampton. Published by Authority of the Town. Sag-Harbor Printed at the Corrector Office. 1835." 12 pages, which appears to be one of the original printings, as it is letterpress and on differing paper-stock to the rest of the text (we speculate the Town still had copies available for insertion) + "Centennial Celebration at Southampton, Long Island, N.Y. July 4th, 1876. Historical Address by William S. Pelletreau. Express Print Sag Harbor, L.I. 1876" 26 pages + "A Centennial and Historical Address, Delivered at Bridgehampton, L.I. by Hon. Henry. P. Hedges, July 4th, 1876. Sag Harbor; John H. Hunt, Printer 1876" 24 pages + a iv- page "A Record of the Soldiers and Sailors, Who served in the war of the Rebellion, buried, born in, or enlisted from Bridge-Hampton, (being Election District No. 2,) Town of Southampton, Suffolk Co., N.Y." with an important genealogical and Civil War-related historical note in Foster's hand indicating "Names marked # properly belong in Southampton village; election district No. 3, as they enlisted there, most of them were born there." this volume with a useful name index at front and a couple more woodcuts of local historical homes in the text; Vol. II xi + 364 pages + x page index + (1) page "Special Index of Highways" at back, facsimiles with signatures of town worthies at front, one leaf with closed tear; Vol. III viii + 411 + xix index, endpapers detached, one leaf at preface noting "Explanation of Map" split, present (no map here - we note that the early 20th century reprint of this volume does not contain a map or this explanatory page); Vol. IV vi + 335 pages + (16) pages set in columns "List of Soldiers and Sailors...engaged in the military and naval service...in the War of the Rebellion, from the Town of Southampton..." with alphabetically-organized names, age, regiment or vessel, when ent. service, term of enlistment, first rank, promoted rank, remarks (deaths & location of same, re-enlistments, 'colored' soldiers, transfers) with laid-in mimeograph of hymn, '...sung at the unveiling of the rock at Conscience Point (landing spot of the original settlers) June 1910..." - the title page of this Vol. also notes "...with Other Ancient Documents of Historic Value."; Vol. V xxii + a very useful ix pg. alphabetical "Index of Deeds" + 304 pgs + several folding plates of facsimile documents, maps & 7 pages of explanatory text in this Appendix - laid in is sheet of notes regarding land transfers & sales of historic interest, in Foster's hand & on his letterhead notepaper; Vol. VI (7) + 313 pages + 3 folding maps at back, this vol. having "...additional unrecorded deeds with Indexes of names and localities..."; all this group of volumes, I -VI, with much on the early history of this town, via primary sources including deeds, town records, land transfers and proclamations, military records and the formation of regiments, abstracts of documents, much more; selling arms to the Indians, first settlers, courts, union with Connecticut, East Hampton deed, Indian deed, prison built, Shinnecock Indian information, commercial and farming details, wolves, negros, town plots, more; names of Barnes, Dayton, Davis, Foster, Griffin, Howell, Jagger, Ludlam, Mulford, Needham, Pierson, Payne, Rose, Rogers, Sayre, Terry, Winthrop, Wood, more; the series goes to 1913 as the published date for Volume VI; Volumes I-III bound in full leather, nicely composed of two colors & grains, with red leather cover labels noting "Presented to E.H. Foster by the town of Southampton, N.Y." in gilt lettering, spines with gilt ornaments and red & black title labels, these three with spines darkening, drying, some chipping to edges, spine ends, some foxing to pages in these earlier volumes, still good; Vols. IV-V-VI bound in the publisher's dark reddish-brown or dark brown cloth, gilt spine titles, also with some wear, rubbing, spine ends chipped, and also in good condition; a couple of these with endpapers loose; all six volumes with the bookplate of Foster H. Corwith and first five with the inscription stating that the books were presented to E.H. Foster by the publisher as well; overall, good condition and excellent source material for early Long Island history on the east end, and especially good for being one of the compilers' copies of the set.
The First Book of Records of the Town of Southampton with Other Ancient Documents of Historic Value, Including All the Writings of the Town Clerk's Office from 1639 to 1669; Transcribed with Notes and an Introduction...(with) Volumes II - VI
Hedges, Henry P., Wm. S. Pelletreau and Edward H. Foster (compilers)
Sag Harbor, New York: John H. Hunt, Book and Job Printer, 1874.
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Colorful, light-filled abstract artwork; oil on masonite; signed and dated in the lower left "Claude Lion 55"; approx. 28 3/4" x 23 1/2" size; painted to the edge of the board; old mounting holes around the margins; some darkening, soil to surface, few small scrapes & rubs, unobtrusive; in very good condition overall and with much interesting action, color work and perspective; we have seen another record for Claude Lion, sold at Christie's in 2008 ($ 2250.00).
1955 Oil on Board Abstract Circus Trapeze Artists Signed By Claude Lion
(Claude Lion)
United States: Not Published, 1955.
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A complete set of the Hopi Kachina art; eight lithographs, limited edition # 12 of 650; overall plate size with generous margins, 18 3/4" x 14 3/4"; images 15" x 10 1/2" size; with all four of the original printed stiff-paper portfolio covers, numbered I, II, III, IV and with matching # 12 of 650 designations; with 6 (of 8) of the insert cards which bear the titles of the individual Kachina as well as notes by J.J. Mora and Barton Wright, curator of the Smithsonian traveling exhibition "Year of the Hopi"; also 6 of 8 tissue guards for the artworks; with 2 copies of a Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. CPAs letters verifying the printing limitation of the art on their letterhead; Kachina include: Mu-Shaish Katchina (Mosairu Kachina) Plaza Dance; She-Eu-Heu-Mish Katchina (Sio Hemis Kachina) Niman Home Dance; Sho-Yang-Ep Katchina (Soyangephoya Kachina) Plaza Dance; Teu-Mahs Katchina (Tumas Kachina) Soyoko-Powamu Ceremony; Poo-Wha-Muich Katchina (Powamu Kachina) Soyoko-Powamu Ceremony; Heu-Mish Katchina (Hemis Kachina) Nimian Home Dance; Mu-Shaish Katchina - Buffalo Dance; See-Peek-Nich East Mesa Kachina; all by Jo (Joseph Jacinto) Mora (1876-1947) Uruguayan-born American painter, sculptor, cartoonist, illustrator, author and cowboy, who studied at the Art Students League, Chase School of Art, Cowles Art in Boston, member of the Bohemian Club, with works found across America at institutions and in private holdings - "...took a four year trip through the Southwest, traveling by wagon and living and sketching among the Navajo and Hopi Indians..." - well known for his colorful maps and for his Western American portrayals as here, as well as his lively sculptures. (Falk, WWW in American Art, Vol. II 1999); condition: portfolio covers with some edgewear and soiling; some wear to old tissues; artworks clean and very good - two with side margins trimmed, one of these with a little waviness to paper, will flatten easily - both still with plenty of framing and matting room; in overall very good plus condition, with bright, very good color, nice examples of Mora's Native American illustrative work, commemorating the Indian ritual & costume of the Hopi people.
Jo Mora's Watercolor Collection of Hopi Kachina and Ceremonial Figures
(Jo Mora)
Tulsa Oklahoma: Western Art Productions, Inc., 1979.
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Cover printed in letterpress; 16 total, printed back to back; black and white; maps included: Maine; Vermont and New Hampshire; Connecticut; New Jersey; New York; City of New York 1843; New York (city) and Vicinity; Florida (with inset) of West Part of Florida; Georgia; Alabama; Mississippi; Louisiana (showing part of the Texas border lands, Sabine City, Beaumont, Zavilla, Jasper, San Augustin, few others); Maryland and Delaware, with inset of District of Columbia; Virginia; Ohio; Iowa; maps sight at 14" x 11" approx; overall approx. 16 1/2" x 13" size; cerography was the process of engraving on a wax-covered metal plate for which a printing surface is prepared by electrotyping; the cover notes at bottom of copyright information: "Postage. - This number contains two sheets, and the postate is two cents any where within the State, or within 100 miles out of the State. Over 100 miles, and out of the State, three cents."; Since this copy does not have the title of Supplement to the New York Observer, we speculate that perhaps this group of maps may have also been marketed separately from the newspaper affiliation; original softcover printed wraps; printed on thin stock paper; some spotting and foxing, wear, to maps, covers more so; some chipping to edges, no loss to any maps' image; good condition.
The Cerographic Atlas of the United States.
Morse, Sidney & Breese, Samuel
New York: Sidney E. Morse & Co., 1843.
Price: $1,200.00
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Cover printed in letterpress; 30 total, printed back to back; black and white; maps included: Massachusetts and Rhode Island; Oregon (also showing Vancouver's Island & part of the border of British America and part of Upper California; Maine; Vermont and New Hampshire; Connecticut; New Jersey; New York; City of New York 1843; New York and Vicinity; Florida with inset of West Part of Florida; Maryland and Delaware with inset of District of Columbia; Virginia; Ohio; Iowa; Pennsylvania with inset of Philadelphia Montgomery and Delaware Counties & Coal Region; Kentucky & Tennesse; Missouri; Arkansas; North Carolina; South Carolina; Georgia; Alabama; Mississippi; Louisiana; Indiana; Illinois; Michigan; Iowa and Wisconsin; Mexico, with inset of Central America and Yucatan (with New California as part of Mexico, to the Oregon border); Indian Territory Northern Texas and New Mexico Showing the Great Western Prairies by Josiah Gregg (showing main routes of wagon trains, route of Col. Cooke's Division, route of Texan Santa Fe Expedition, more); maps sight at 14" x 11" approx; overall approx. 16 1/2" x 13" size; some of the maps on slightly different, darker sheets and smaller margins; back cover with various publishers' announcements; cerography was the process of engraving on a wax-covered metal plate for which a printing surface is prepared by electrotyping; previous owner name on front cover of Rev. W. Hunting; original softcover printed wraps; printed on thin stock paper; some spotting and foxing, wear, closed tears to some maps, covers more so; some chipping to edges; given that this was an ephemeral newspaper supplement; in good condition overall.
The Cerographic Atlas of the United States. No. 3
Morse, Sidney & Breese, Samuel
New York: Sidney E. Morse & Co., 1845.
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Document states: "Queens county Common Pleas Whitehead Cornwell vs. Isaac Hendrickson Plea And the said Whitehead by Alexander Hamilton his Attorney comes and defends the force and injury when (?) and Says that he is not guilt of the said trespass as the said Isaac above complains against him and of this he puts himself upon the Country and the said Isaac likewise Hamilton for Def't Queens County for Whitehead Cornwell puts him in his place Alexnder Hamilton his Attorney at the suit of Isaac Hendrickson in the plea aforesaid" (on back) "Queens County Com. Pleas Whitehead Cornwell vs Isaac Hendrickson Plea Hamilton Atty." (and in another hand) "with leave by consent to give the special matter in evidence."; 6 3/4" x 8" approx. size; no date but circa 1802; Alexander Hamilton (1755 or 1757-1804) American statesman; light browning along old fold lines; very good condition. Interesting documentation of an Alexander Hamilton case. Comparison of signatures from other documents does not conclusively indicate that this is his writing hand, nevertheless this piece is certainly worthy of further research; we note a small reference in the Aaron Burr papers to a Whitehead Cornwell and the Library of Congress Hamilton papers show the case as part of his legal history; perhaps there is a connection here between these two men and to Hamilton and his subsequent death in the duel that ended his life.
C 1802 Manuscript Legal Document Concerning Alexander Hamilton
(Alexander Hamilton)
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153 pages; with large hand-colored folding map of the region attached to guard at back, approx. 25" x 39 1/2"; chapter information on the itinerary of emigrant travelers, Indians, population, minerals, agricultural lands, grazing and water resources, geographical descriptions, Catholic missions and travelers' advice, also material on the Northwestern Territories & resources thereof and more; Captain John Mullan (1830-1909) American army explorer, road builder, and lawyer - "... worked diligently to fill in the details of the geography of the upper Rocky Mountain region that was known only in broad outline before the 1850s. The culmination of his work was one of the first roads in the far West built, to the extent possible given the funds available, according to the engineering standards of the industrial age..." (Kent D. Richards in the ANB); bound in the original dark brown zig-zag ribbed cloth, decoratively floral-blindstamped, gilt spine titles; some wear-through to edge and tips of boards; spine ends chipped: 1/4" piece from right of bottom of spine, top of spine a bit less, no loss to titles; faint old dampstain at bottom corner of text leaves, not intrusive; map with a 2" old tape repair at one side, colors and paper very good as are text block overall; in better than good condition and with a nice map.
Miners and Travelers' Guide to Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado. Via the Missouri and Columbia Rivers. Accompanied By a General Map of the Mineral Region of the Northern Sections of the Rocky Mountains.
Mullan, Captain John
New York: Wm. M. Franklin, 1865.
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Two letters; one typed and signed and the other entirely hand-written; the first on James Montgomery Flagg 340 West 57th Street New York City letterhead and typed, signed in red crayon "Monty", a very amusing and irreverent letter, obviously to a close friend, dated "Indegardampendence Day 1944" (1944 artistically spaced beneath; the addressee 'Paul' from internal evidence was apparently an executive at CBS radio and for whom Flagg worked on occasion), stating in part: "Dear Paul - One of my most favorite characters of fiction and Lousey but Beloved Bastard of Modern Times; Snir; There is a despicable weakness in my otherwise robust ego that lets me write to you on my Model T Corona. I would think my Pride would stop me knowing as I do that you not only will ignore it but in all likelihood wont even read my letter: Maybe you cant read! So you went into advertising. What is this magnetism you use on me? It cant be entirely the hope that I can wangle jobs out of you; And yet what HAVE you got but money? You certainly are not pretty!...(a friend gave Flagg a book on Velasquez)...I pored over it and decided there wasn't such a chasm between Velasquez and me as you would hastily imagine. Except he couldn't illustrated Galsworthy-nor think up Nervy Nat while putting out a pair of clean shorts for Philip IV. You have noticed that Velasquez is NOT listed in Who's Who!..." and more, comparing his talent and lambasting that of Franz Hals, Howard Chandler Christy and Hamilton Fisher; evidently, Flagg was asking about painting a portrait and ends with "...For the love of Mary and Michael Joseph answer this for-free proposal! Don't be a mucous-minded small-town Equine-Brioche!"; the second letter, undated and seemingly from the same period of time and also addressed to "Paul", written in black ink on two sides of plain paper and referring to additional portrait work, Flagg is complaining about bothersome staff and getting paid for his efforts; He jibes Paul with "...Did you get a copy of Owen Wister's "Ancient Grudge"? I told you I'd like to read it on the air- I doubt if you heard me as you were sitting in a dark corner making fond caricatures of me at the time!..." Flagg goes on to speak of other sitters he has had or not been able convince for a portrait painting sitting, mentioning a Mrs. Berwith, Sgnr. Martinelli (most probably Giovanni Martinelli, Italian opera singer) at the Lotos Club and comparing refusals because of 'busyness" to the fact that FDR found the time to have his portrait done; with suitable funny ranting about calling Martinelli a "...shirt with a voice in it!..."; Flagg calls Mrs. Berwith "...she is nothing but a girdle with an angel in it..."; Flagg signs in ink "Monty" with the admonishment below, "Now pay attention to this letter!" and with a wonderful self-portrait caricature in pencil, colored in red crayon and with finger pointing at the sentiment above; letters are perhaps addressed to Paul Kesten, who was Vice President of the fledgling CBS Radio network at this time, during the WWII years; James Montgomery Flagg (1877-1960) American illustrator, cartoonist, perhaps most famously remembered for his fabulous poster art especially of the patriotic variety during the U.S. involvement in wars; typed letter one-sided; script letter is two sided; some edge, tips wear and old lines; some age-darkening; very good condition and wonderful content revealing the humor and personality of this famous American illustrative artist.
1944 Two letters signed by artist James Montgomery Flagg, with an original caricature self-portrait of the Artist
(James Montgomery Flagg)
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Collection of fine art portrait photographs of Natalie Hays Hammond (1904-1985) heiress daughter of mining engineer and speculator-developer of mining properties John Hays Hammond who became a painter, Broadway set and costume designer, author, and patron of the arts; includes: portrait by Soichi Sunami (1885-1971) with his blindstamp at bottom right and with his studio stamp on back, 7" x 9 1/2" approx., printed on glossy stock to the edge of the paper, light edgewear, very striking and with a somewhat 'noir' feel to the image, shadows and softening of the clothing, upturned collar, very good-we speculate that Hammond's friendship and work with the famous dancer Martha Graham may have been the 'meeting point' for Sunami and Hammond - the photographer known for his Graham portraiture; Peter A. Juley & Son, the leading fine arts photography firm in New York from 1906 to 1975 and perhaps most famously known for their portraits of artists at work - as this portrait, matte finish in sepia tones 7 1/4" x 9" approx., with studio imprint on back and with the signature in pen lower right 'Juley N Y', of Hammond at studio drawing board, concentrating with pen in hand. A bit of fade towards edges, line of old mount residue on back of cardstock, nevertheless atmospheric, good plus; (3) images taken at Ira L. Hill's Studio, N.Y.C. Ira L. Hill (1877-1947) eccentric and prolific society, fashion and Broadway acting portrait photographer - each with the studio stamp and one with the handwritten 'Natalie Hays Hammond' identified, all on glossy stock, printed to the edge. All different poses, 2 differing clothing outfits, (a) 9" x 11 3/4", light wear, few scratches & tiny abrasions, one corner chipped away, good, (b) 9 3/8" x 11 3/4", light wear, few tiny edge abrasions, very good and (c) 9 1/2" x 12 1/2", top two corners with old crease lines, some other tiny flecking in the body of the image, good; A medium size child portrait of a very young Natalie being held fondly by her father John Hays Hammond (1855-1936) "...the best-known mining engineer in the world..." after his stupendously successful exploits working with Cecil Rhodes in the development of mines in South Africa (DAB) and the source of his daughter's later fortune, in sepia tones gum print, pencil signed Ames below right, image 4 3/4" x 7" approx., hinged at side to heavy paper stock mount, approx. 8 3/4" x 12 1/2" image fine, mount with a bit of edge, tips wear, old mounting hinge residue on back of mount paper, very good; light wear; A photographic portrait of "Miss Natalie Hammond dau. of Mr. & Mrs. John Hays Hammond of Washington marble portrait in Royal Academy exhibition 1926 by Cecil Thomas Permission given to reproduce (signed) Cecil Thomas" by the sculptor, evidently commissioned by the family for the work. 6" x 8" approx., glossy stock, some minor edge, tips wear and soiling on back, very good; and (2) portraits that are unidentified as to studio: 9" x 13" approx. size for both, done in gold tones reminiscent of the best of Arnold Genthe portrait work, subtle lighting effects, soft tones and yet very dramatically posed and taken - some edge, tips wear and corner-creasing, one with two closed edge-tears - with all faults still superb images and perhaps the best-taken of the lot; all in all, a very good group of some of the best of the photo portraiture work taken by well-known society and art photographers of the time; especially interesting to have the ability to compare the same subject taken through the eyes of several master studios' work; N.H. Hammond's former home in North Salem, New York is now part of the Hammond Museum and Japanese Stroll Garden in that community.
C. Later 1920s Collection of Fine Portrait Photography of Natalie Hays Hammond By Soichi Sunami, Peter A. Juley & Son, Ira L. Hill Studio, Ames & Others
(Natalie Hays Hammond)
New York - London: 1927.
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