London, England: Oxford University Press, 1972. First Edition, Third Impression. Hard Cover with Dustjacket. xiv + 131 pages. Map of The Blasket Group and contiguous mainland on endpapers; black and white portrait frontispiece of Peig; translated from the Irish by Seamus Ennis and introduced by W.R. Rodgers. (From the dustjacket.....
New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923. First Edition. Leather. viii + 54 pages; title page printed in blue and black. Short poetical works by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Scotland Edinburgh-born writer "...Stevenson is the most autobiographical of writers, and inevitably his personality is part of the pleasure that readers.....
London & Boston: Enitharmon Press, 1973. First Edition. Hard Cover. 68 pages; Limited edition No. 61 of 450 copies; Gissing Series No. 3 of the Enitharmon Press. George Robert Gissing (1857-1903) English novelist, noted for his realistic style. (From the jacket information): "...provide us with a valuable sketch of the.....
Port Jefferson Long Island New York: Roscoe C. Craft, District Superintendent, 1923. First Edition. Hard Cover. The towns served in this district at the time were Town of Brookhaven and Township of Islip; with 11 (eleven) issues of this yearly directory. From the publisher's Foreword: "…a mine of information regarding.....
New York, NY: Gould, Banks & Co., 1843. Second Revised and Greatly Enlarged. Hard Cover. Complete in two volumes; 511 + 554 pages; with useful index and folding engraved map of Long Island, 9" x 21" approx. size. Volume 1 with a tissue-guarded engraved portrait of the author & with.....
New York, NY: George F. Nesbitt, Printer, 1850. First Edition. Hard Cover. 292 pages; poetic literature with historic and descriptive quality by John Orville Terry (1796-1869); several of the pieces with specific Long Island, NY reference, places, persons: Greenport, The Isle of Cedars (prefaced by the author's statement - "The.....
East Hampton Long Island New York: Privately Printed, 1933. First Edition. Hard Cover. x + 114 pages; Foreword by Ettie C. Hedges, who recounts "...author ...was the daughter of George and Augusta Miller Ryley of New London, Conn., where she was born on October 31, 1860. She married Thomas M......
Hartford Connecticut: Edwin Hunt, 1849. First Edition. Hard Cover. 127 pages; (From the preface): "During the summer of 1846, '7, the author had the pleasure of visiting the peninsula of Montauk in company with a friend, to whom all its objects of curiosity and its tales of former times were.....
Paris, France: Revue Hebdomadaire, 1948. Magazine. Soft Cover. (110) pages; cover illustration from the film Aux Yeux du Souvenir; with film and movie-making advertisements and illustrations in colors and black and white throughout; printed on various paper stocks. At center is a triple-fold-out printed on heavier paper stock, in three.....
New York, NY: Not Published, 1823. F. Partially printed salary order for John Curtis, for coach hire, made out from the Treasurer of the City of New-York, at the Mechanics' Bank. Signed by the Mayor, Stephen Allen (1767-1852) Mayor of New York for three terms from December 1821 through 1824.....
New York, NY: Not Published, 1866. F. Partially printed & filled in manuscript Salary as Assistant Docket Clerk County Clerks Office order for Isaac T. Brown. From the County Treasurer of New York, at the Broadway Bank, signed by the Mayor, John T. Hoffman (1828-1888) born in Ossining in Westchester.....
Poughkeepsie New York: Not Published, 1953. F. About 115 letters, most of them having their mailing envelopes with postal cancellations, from Cameron S. Reynolds of Poughkeepsie, New York, sent to his parents, with a few letters to his sister Beverly; with photographs, ephemera & documents listed below. The letters average.....
New York, NY: Not Published, 1828. F. Partially printed & manuscript order by the City Council, for P. Amermans Clerk 3 Markets, made from the Treasurer of the City of New-York, at the Mechanics' Bank. Signed by Wm (illiam) Paulding (1770-1854); from 1824 to 1826, mayor of New York City.....
Farmingdale, Nassau Co., L.I., Not Published, 1913. F. Archive consists of 8 documents, including: Aug. 7 1913 typed letter signed on State of NY Executive Chamber letterhead to Edward H.L. Smith, St. James, L.I. "...establishment of the New York State School of Agriculture on Long Island is a work of.....
Smithtown, Long Island New Yor: Not Published, 1865. F. Three promissory notes, dated September & October 1865; receipted as paid by the estate of Mrs. Jane Blatchford; for medical expenses including payment to Dr. Josiah Bowers for his attendance and also to Mills & Co. who had covered this expense.....
Boston, Mass. Not Published, 1882. F. Handwritten letter, dated Feb. 11th, 1882 on Crosby company letterhead, acknowledging payment of a debt: "...Please accept our thanks and congratulations on the prosperity which has enabled you to carry out a noble plan; such examples of business integrity are quite too rare in.....
Soerabaia, Dutch East Indies: Helmig & Co., 1910. F. A group of twelve gravures, printed in dark sepia on heavy cream paper stock, with titles in Dutch & English below the image, as well as the Helmig & Co. Soerabaia copyright. The images include: Batik Women Djocdja, Cutting Sugar Cane.....
New York, NY: Not Published, 1882. F. Handwritten letter of two pages, dated Feb. 13th, 1882 on Richard Dudgeon company letterhead, acknowledging payment of a debt:"...Allow me to congratulate you on your ability to accomplish what you have been so earnestly striving to do…I found none who for a moment.....
New York, NY: Not Published, 1882. F. Handwritten letter dated Feb. 13th, 1882 on Theo.W. Morris company letterhead, acknowledging payment of a debt:"...We cannot but express our pleasure, for your sake more than our own, at this phenomenal experience. It is so unusual that we hardly know how to refer.....
United States & France: Not Published, 1925. F. A hand-drawn and lettered chart with artists & their relationship-lines, dates, related schools; finely written in black ink, with some of the title lettering in blackletter style; sidebar column on left offers a chronological Outlines of Venetian History dated 1335 - 1560.....
United States of America: Not Published, 1850. F. Mostly photographic materials revolving around the late 19th century and early 20th century life of former IRS Special Agent Graydon Clemens Crawford and his wife, Doris Dinwiddie Crawford. Graydon Crawford (d. 1968) had a long and varied career. He saw service in.....
Chestnut Hill, Mass. Boston College Museum of Art, 1996. F. 144 pages; with color, black and white illustrations throughout. Including essays on various Irish art subjects by Angela Bourke, John T. Koch, Margaret MacCurtain; Kristin Morrison; Peter Murray; Philip O'Leary; Timothy O'Neill and Kevin Whelan. With a short list of.....
Islip, New York: Author Copyright, 1953. F. 151 pages + (4) pages of useful index at back. Map endpapers with Westhampton Beach & part of Westhampton. With several black and white illustrated sections, imagery of significance to the village's development and history. The author's foreword notes that this is the.....
New York & Philadelphia: Brady & H. Manger's Photograph Gallery, 1860. F. Two carte-de-visite photographs, the woman's portrait with touches of lip rouge & cheek tinting. Accompanied by an old mount-surround identifying: "Mrs. Sadie Robbins born Phil. abt. A.D. 1823 died at Brooklyn Aug. 2 A.D. 1874 buried at Woodlands.....
Isle of Wight, England: C. Oakeshott, Photographer, 9, Pier Street. Ryde, I.W., 1862. F. Two carte-de-visite photographs; accompanied by an old mount-surround identifying both. Studio identified on the backs of the mounts. Approx. 2 1/4" x 4" size; some light wear, soiling, Mrs. Smith card top corner tips rounded; in.....
