Hand-Colored Lithograph Abbs Gregorius and Native of Haussa
New York: H. Bailliere, 1855. Original hand-colored plate from Prichard and Norris' Natural History of Man; approx. 5 1/2" x 9" size; slight toning; very good condition.
New York: H. Bailliere, 1855. Original hand-colored plate from Prichard and Norris' Natural History of Man; approx. 5 1/2" x 9" size; slight toning; very good condition.
London, England: R. And J. Dodsley in Pall-mall: And Sold By M. Cooper in Pater-noster Row, 1758. F. 11 pages; one of the writings of Mark Akenside (1721-1770) British poet and physician "...The Romantics were particularly attracted by the emphasis Akenside placed on the imagination and his active engagement with.....
Portland, Maine: Hugh C. Leighton Co., 1908. divided back postcard; used, with 1908 cancellation; light edge, tips wear, very good condition.
New York & Chicago: A.C. Bosselman, 1910. divided back postcard; used, with 1910 cancellation; light edge, tips wear, very good condition.
Boston: New England Publishing House, 1865. F. 144 pages; tissue-guarded frontispiece of Hay-making in Summer, pastoral scene; other woodcut illustrations throughout text; contents instructional in nature: Obedience, The First Day in the Country, Walter's Garden, Haymaking Fete, more; good examplar of nineteenth century inspirational for youth; previous owner pencil inscription.....
Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union, 1847. F. 72 pages; with a tissue-guarded woodcut frontispiece by Gilbert Guinon(?); and a few tailpiece illustrations following the chapters; mainly a Christian cautionary tale for youth concerning vanity and pride in matters other than spiritual, text followed by a poem relating to the same;.....
Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1898. F. 137 pages, index; glossary of terms; black and white illustrated including a tissue-guarded frontispiece illustration of "A Flock of Sheep, Franklin Park, Boston, Massachusetts"; nice fold-out Plan of the Property of the Arlington Mills situated in Lawrence Methuen December, 1897; with other illustrations including the.....
Autograph signature, on white cardstock; Baruj Benacerraf (b. 1920) of Spanish-Jewish ancestry and originally from Caracas, Venezuela, Benacerraf became a physician in the U.S. and an American citizen, and after research in France and New York, initiated the studies in Immunogenetics which, along with two others (Jean Dausset & George.....
New York: George H. Doran, 1921. F. 336 pages, index; illustrated with black and white portraits; Edward Frenderick Benson (1867-1940) Engilsh author, published several light novels with a scholarly or historical background as well as three autobiographical studies of Edwardian and Georgian society (Chambers); front endpaper with the bookplate of.....
Amsterdam: Blaeu. Map; engraved; hand-colored wooded lands, towns, outines of this district, rivers, cartouche with cherubs, standing figures, one holding a globe, cherubs holding coat of arms; the other cartouche of , mileage indicator with cherubs with globe, one with map dividers, books and charts; text in Latin on back.....
Frankfurt: Rutten & Loening, 1920. 256 pages; German language text by Waldemar Bonsels (1880-1952) German writer of children's books; illustrated with 12 interesting tissue-guarded black and white etchings with an eastern Indian theme by Kaete Wilczynski; bound in patterned-paper covered boards, brown leather spine and corners; boards with some edge.....
Milano: Libreria Editrice Dante Alighieri, 1869. 680 pages; black and white portrait illustration frontispiece of Guerrazzi, (conjugate leaf a cancel) other illustrations throughout; Italian Language Text; (From the Nota Dell' Editore): "Volendo alle poere dell'illustre F.D. Guerrazzi, che veniam restampando, premettere uno scritto che tutte, generalmente e sotto unmedesimo punto.....
Frankfurt Am Main: Societats-Verlag, 1930. 14 pages of black and white illustrated text in German, followed by 199 plates, also in black and white, with captions in English and German; reproductions of examples of the work of the luminaries of the photographic art of 1840-1870 including Talbot, Nadar, Hill, Daguerre.....
Boston: Metropolitan News Co., 1906. Undivided back postcard; used; 1906 cancellation; some edge, tips wear, rubbing on the back & short closed tear at bottom edge; good condition.
Boston: Foster Brothers. 'Trinity Church ' on tipped-on sheet on back of image; 7 1/2" x 9 1/4" size approximate; matte-finish image with photographers' stamp below left; photographer identifier on back of the image, rubber stamp and small sticker; no date but circa 1890s, dirt road in front of the.....
New York & Chicago: A.C. Bosselman, 1908. Undivided back postcard; used; 1908 cancellation; to the prominent D.P. Corey Family Malden Massachusetts; some edge, tips wear; very good condition.
Paris: Librairie Plon. 294 pages; French text; bound in marbled-paper-covered boards, dark brown leather spine, gilt rules, gilt spine titles & decorations, top edge gilt; some light edge, tips wear, rubbing, to binding; very good condition.
Munchen: Hugo Schmidt, 1919. 66 text pages; Limited edition no. 262 of 500 examples; illustrated with 61 tissue-guarded black and white etchings with a classic, humorous & semi-risque theme illustrating the satirical work of Francisco Gómez de Quevedo y Santibáñez Villegas (1580-1645) Spanish nobleman, politician and writer, known for his.....
Mattituck New York: Mad Printers of Mattituck, 1992. F. 218 pages, index; humorous food-related black and white illustrations; limited edition of 1000 copies; with a short history of the Bridgehampton Fire Department at front; "...a collection of our member's favorite recipes."; ; light grey paper-covered boards binding, gilt red &.....
Bridgehampton, Long Island: 1980. F. Not paginated, but 56 pages; front endpaper with grateful inscription dated in the year of publication by the author & pastor of the church at this time, Rev. Rusell K. Williams; history of the church, giving a chronology of the events which led up to.....
1906. Undivided back postcard; used; 1906 cancellation; on extra-heavy cardstock; some edge, tips wear; very good condition.
New York & Chicago: Illustrated Postal Card Co., 1907. Undivided back postcard; used; 1907 cancellation; some edge, tips wear. edge-darkening; very good condition.
Bridgeport, Conn. H.H. Jackson, 1905. Undivided back postcard; used; 1905 cancellation; some edge, tips wear; very good condition.
New York: U.S. Geographical Survey, 1938. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey, Brooklyn Quadrangle; 1938 version of map edition of 1900, depicting a partially revised shoreline of 1924; depicting contours, topography, waterways, train lines, roads and locations of homes; printed in three colors; back of map with information on.....
New York & Chicago: Harper & Brothers, 1841. F. In two volumes; 232 + 265 pages; publisher's announcements at beginning of Vol. 1 & at back of Vol. 2; Edward George Earle Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873), first Baron Lytton, British novelist, frequented the fashionable circles of London and Paris, supported himself by.....