The Theater and Fountain, Savin Rock, New Haven, Conn. Postcard
1907. Undivided back postcard; used; 1907 cancellation; no publisher listed; some edge, tips wear; very good condition.
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Membership Certificate for the New York Marine Society No. 3305 Issued to Capt. Asmus Leonhard February 8 1897 Framed and Glazed
New York: New York Marine Society, 1897. Certificate for the Captain's membership, framed and glazed in a contemporary heavy oak frame, with a black inner frame surround, certificate size approximately 10" x 12 1/2", with frame 17 1/2" x 20 1/2" approximate; Reads: "New York No. 3305. These are to.....
September 25, 1949 Suburban Train Service New York and Stamford-New Canaan the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad Co. Schedule Eastern Standard Time
New York: The New York New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co., 1949. Folding schedule for this line; for Stamford to New York, New Canaan Branch, New York to Stamford, with small map of the route; opens to approximately 13 1/2" x 11" size; light wear; very good condition...
C 1880 Large Format Nice France Photograph: Vue Generale Prise Du Mont Boron By ND Photo. (Napoleon Defeu) with Roma. Statua Di S. Pietro in Bronze Photograph Mounted on the Back.
Nice France: ND. Nice view of Nice, harbor and surrounds from the named heights; numbered 574 & with Text identifier 'Vue Generale Prise Du Mont Boron' and ND photographer at base of image; 10 3/4" x 8 1/4" size approximate; no date but circa 1880s; St. Peter statue in bronze.....
State of North Dakota 1913 Legislative Manual
Devils Lake, N.D. Journal Publishing Co., 1913. F. 533 pages; published under the direction of the Secretary of State, Thomas Hall; with a color plate of the State Flower the wild prairie rose and the state flag; black and white illustrated section, including portraits of the state's political & judicial.....
State Parks and Historic Sites in North Dakota
Bismarck, North Dakota: State Parks Committee State Historical Society, 1950. F. 18 pages; with a folding black and white map of North Dakota at back, which shows the state parks and historic sites of the state, including Huff Indian Village, Fort Buford, Writing Rock, Camp Grant, Lake Metigoshe, Fort Abercrombie.....
Geschichte Der Griechischen Plastik
Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung, 1881. In two volumes: xiv + 486 + vi + 502 pages, half-title pages present; index to both volumes at back of Volume II; 1881 for Vol. I & 1882 for Vol II publishing dates; (Erster & Zweiter Band stated on title pages); illustrated in black.....
The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 Under the Auspices of the Peary Arctic Club
New York: Frederic A. Stokes Company, 1910. xxxii + 373 pages; tissue-guarded color frontispiece of 'The Five Flags at the Pole,' several other color plates and illustrated throughout with black and white illustrations, color folding map at back; with a short Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt; Foreword by Gilbert H. Grosvenor;.....
New York as an Eighteenth Century Municipality Prior to 1731 Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosphy in the Faculty of Political Science Columbia University
New York - Paris: Author Published, 1917. xi + 201 pages, unopened; historical, social, technological material covered, fire, trade & industry, regulations, conduct of business, ferries & transportation, politcal history of New York City, more; nicely printed in letterpress; bound in original green printed paper wraps; cover detached, chipped and.....
Amlico's Famous Photos. Published 10 Views in a Part. A Series Of Unmounted Photographic Views Of The Most Noted Places In The World Parts 1-4.
New York: Knapp Co., 1885. While publicizing the images as 'photographic', under examination they are printed according to a lithographic process on a glossy paper stock in deep sepia tones, clearly made to closely resemble and compete with the much-admired photographs of Carleton Watkins and others who had popularized Western.....
Poemes D'Amerique
Paris: Albert Messein, 1928. 178 pages; inscribed presentation "A Monsieur Richard M. Goldfarb cordial souvenir de l'Auteur"; limited edition number 48 of 225 printed on Arches; text in French throughout; marbled-paper covered boards, endpapers to match, dark blue leather spine & corners, gilt ruled, decorated gilt spine, gilt titles, top.....
Menaechmei Cum Notis Ac Glossario Ad Textum Praecipue Bothei. Edidit Jacobus Hildyard, A.M. Coll. Christi Socius
England: Cantabrigiae, 1836. 220 pages, index; Latin text throughout, occasional Greek reference, with glossarial notes with some English; Plautus, Titus Maccius (wrongly M. Accius) c. 250-184 B.C., the chief comic poet of Rome...the charm of Plautus, lying in his genuine humour and powerful grasp of character, goes deep down to.....
The British Album. Containing the Poems of Della Crusca, Anna Matilda, Arley, Benedict, the Bard, &c. &c. &c.Revised and Corrected By Their Respective Authors.
Boston, Massachusetts: Belknap and Ball, 1793. F. (12) + 324 + (2) pages contents at back; including a portrait of Della Crusca and another of Anna Matilda, both engraved by Sam. Hill Boston; 2 title pages, one which describes this as the First American Edition from the Fourth London Edition;.....
The Land Of the Monuments: Notes of Egyptian Travel By Joseph Pollard. With Introduction By Rev. W. Wright, D.D.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1898. 456 pages, index; "With Map and Fifteen Illustrations"; (From the Introduction): "...has for many years employed the comparative leisure of a country gentleman in mastering the literature of the monuments; he has constructed an elaborate dictionary of the hieroglyphics for his own use; and his.....
The Harbor Port Jefferson, Long Island, N.Y.
Port Jefferson, L.I. Times Ste: Kane's Pharmacy. Divided back postcard; unused; no date but circa early 20th century; light edge, tips wear, very good condition.
Portsmouth, N.H., Ladd House Built 1760 Postcard
Portland, Maine: Hugh C. Leighton. Divided back postcard; used; cancellation not discernible but circa 1909; to the prominent D.P. Corey Family Malden Massachusetts; some edge, tips wear; very good condition.
Sa Maitresse et Moi
Paris: Les Editions De France, 1925. 277 pages; French text; marbled paper covered boards, marbled endpapers, red leather spine, dark brown leather spine labels, gilt lettered, spine gilt ruled & decorated, top edge gilt; some light wear to binding; some browning to leaves; very good condition in a nice binding.....
The Poetical Works of Matthew Prior (with) an Autograph Note Signed from Paul Van Dyke of the Princeton Theological Seminary
London: Bell & Daldy. Two volumes bound in one, xlix + 263 + viii + 328 pages; with the 1883 autograph note signed by Paul Van Dyke (1859 - 1933) American historian, brother of author Henry Van Dyke, Princeton graduate and later professor at Princeton Theological Seminary - the note.....
Arte Poetica di Q. Orazio Flacco recata in versi italiani da Tommaso Gargallo Marchese di Castellentini col Testo Latino a Pie di Pagina
Napoli: Stamperio dell'Ancora Napoli, 1837. F. 35 pages of text, Italian translation of Horace by Gargallo and the Latin original, below; followed by a section of blank leaves (approx. 80 pgs) presumably for note-taking; Quintus Horatius Flaccus (65-8 BC) the leading Roman Lyric Poet during the time of the emperor.....
Histoire De La Revolution Helvetique, De 1797 a 1803
Paris: Nepveu, Libraire, Passage Des Panoramas, 1823. F. xvi + 539 pages; title page portrait engraving of Aloys Reding (Alois von Reding) (1765-1818) Swiss patriot, military officer and politician; with a large folding "Carte de la Suisse Divisee en 22 Cantons..." with the arms of the Cantons in cartouche, lithographed.....
The Palace of the Great King: Or, the Power, Wisdom and Goodness of God Illustrated in the Multiplicity and Variety of His Works
Glasgow: William Collins, Publisher & Queen's Printer, 1864. 295 pages; expounding and interpreting various topics and ideas: Endless Variety of Divine Workmanship, Not Two Objects Alike, Varieties Geological and Geographical, The Elementary Particles of Things, Varieties Chemical, The Animal Kingdom, Man, Astronomical Varieties, Examples of Extraordinary Development Among Man as.....
1890 Colour Lithograph Portrait of Rev. William Morley Punshon
London & Edinburgh: Cassell & Co. Ltd., 1890. A good likeness in colors of Rev. William Morley Punshon; lithographed from a photograph "...by Mr. C.H. Braithwaite, of Leeds"; with a facsimile signature below; paper 8" x 11" sheet approx. overall; William Morley Punshon (1824-1881) British Wesleyan Methodist minister and public.....
Malingreux
Paris: M. De Brunhoff, 1886. 115 pages; illustrations by Ary Gambard in black and white, colorful cover illustration on original paper wraps bound-in; text in French throughout; marbled-paper covered boards, brown leather spine & corners, decorated gilt spine, leather spine label, gilt titles, top edge gilt; leaves a bit browned;.....
1876 Woodburytype of the Right Hon. Henry Bouverie William Brand, Speaker of the House of Commons
London & Edinburgh: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1876. A sharp and clear oval Woodburytype portrait of the Right Hon. Henry Bouverie William Brand; approx. 3 1/2" x 4 1/2" size, on the original heavy paper 8 1/2" x 10 1/2" sheet; Henry Bouverie William Brand, first Viscount Hampden.....
1890 Colour Lithograph Portrait of Right Hon. Sir Stafford Northcote, M.P.
London: Cassell & Co. Ltd., 1890. A good likeness in colors of Right Hon. Sir Stafford Northcote, M.P.; lithographed from a photograph "...taken by the London Stereoscopic Company"; with a facsimile signature below; paper 8" x 11" sheet approx. overall; Stafford Henry Northcote, first earl of Iddesleigh (1818-1887) British politician.....